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24/08/2024

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19/08/2024

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So the Schill is available, it costs a tiny 1000 USD to unlock unless you have been around for a while, (it cost me nothing) so let see if its worth it...

18/08/2024

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11/08/2024

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01/08/2024

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06/07/2024

As Ocean Cup 3 Draws closer to the end, We can confirm we will be providing live coverage for the final 2 matches, We have Both Crimson Dragon's and The Wolf Packs perspective for game One, and Pain Armada's perspective for Game Two.

52 teams from around the world entered time to see who the final 2 will be Live. this Sunday

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12/05/2024

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02/03/2024

Is the game actually dying? just got into the top 10% only about 25k people place is 2441 x10. or has the playerbase just stopped playing arena.

27/02/2024

https://youtu.be/nW-yTDOAkN4?si=5dukfmrxnATou1-K

figured with all the talk about it here is my 2 cents on it all.

Welcome back to WOWSL with the Hive Hound, today we have a dive into some more controversy in the wowsl community, will sense prevail or will the unhinged ru...

10/02/2024

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fed up on toxic whining, heard enough about how the game should suit a particular playstyle, me too, join me for my first proper rant

07/02/2024

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Im sick so uncle Barnaby takes over my channel, sounds like he might be better at this than i am.

06/02/2024

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Well that didn't take long to figure out

02/02/2024

https://youtu.be/SsGKQEwVOTY
so can Spartan Elite43 fix the game? of will Spartans idea kill it?

30/01/2024

https://youtu.be/fXYPTOprjLY

30/09/2023

What's your biggest grip about the game, what issues do you see the most frequently, im curious

11/09/2023

https://youtu.be/NhvZys2hmPw
New Test even is here, check back to see if any of the other ships are worth your Doubloons to hire for a week

28/08/2023

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With Update Day here and 3 New Legendary ships, Tune in to see if which ones to grind out First

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16/05/2023

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Welcome Back to World of warships legends, today we are looking at and explaining the aiming bug currently plaguing the Smaland, and potentially some other s...

16/05/2023

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13/04/2023

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People's of the book of faces, a little FYI I also have a discord channel, if you have any questions, want to just generally chat or even team up, it's all right here at your fingertips too.

Check out the TheHives Hangout community on Discord - hang out with 335 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

10/04/2023

22/03/2023

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I may not be a fan of the game mode, but the reward is pretty rewarding

Welcome back to the Channel for more World of Warships Content, today we are looking at the tier 6 reward ship for the Racing Legends event, and let me tell ...

20/03/2023

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Welcome back to world of warships: Legends for the Racing legends event and break down, how to get the tier 6 Bulletproof for free,

13/03/2023

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Welcome back to World of Warships Legends with The_HiveHound for my first look at the new premium British T7 cruiser take my first impressions and await the ...

11/03/2023

Sun, Sea and Salt, the only thing I can guarantee is the Salt, I Will be Joining Spartan Elite43 and Legendary_V19 for the ranked battle stream, so jump on over to there channels, sit back, a glass of wine, your favourite, easy chair and relax to the smooth melody after all music can sooth even the most savage beast... (ok 20 kudos to anyone who tells me where that's from)

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Welcome to my channel! Here you’ll find content ranging from World of Warships gameplay, reviews, and much more!2nd channel for Greek content for anyone who ...

09/03/2023

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06/03/2023

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03/03/2023

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26/02/2023

Just watched Mavrick, why did I wait so long, genuinely one of the best films I have seen in a long time.

I apologise for the upcoming CV gameplay lol

23/02/2023

HMS Plymouth Review

TLDR
A hight skill floor cruiser that’s not fit for the casual player, Map Awareness is key, AP only with area of denial torpedoes, Smoke or Radar not both, basically a tier 7 Fiji.

One of the Designs for the Fables Town-Class cruiser of the Royal Navy Taking the potent class of light cruiser to the next level by lengthening the ship and replacing the 3 triple 152mm turrets with 4 quadruple 152mm guns but unfortunately (or fortunately depending on what side of the war you were on) This design never made it off paper due to the complexity of the quad turret design and the performance of the already well established triple 152mm and we ended up with HMS Belfast (which you can visit in the City of London) and HMS Edinbrugh which both have some significant histories during ww2.

The good the bad and the ugly

HMS Plymouth has a 16 gun 152mm broadside which also boast an impressive base reload if 6.5 seconds giving it the 4th highest DPM at the tier at 457k per minute (with the right build and the epic mod maxed out we can see 5 seconds giving a late game dpm of 595,200)
2x4 torpedoes with a base 10km range and a reasonably low 8 second reaction time making them quite the auxiliary armament

Short fuse British AP, this is absolutely devastating to destroyers and also incredibly effective against broad side super structure and cruisers alike, its one downside is it lack effectiveness against bow tanking ships

Movement, although HMS Plymouth is not the fastest or most agile ship in the game it boasts the classic British cruiser traits of fast acceleration, tight turning radius and of course the speed is not really effected during turns

Good base concealment (stealth radar is possible for the brave and bold)

Low citadel and a raided armour belt allowing Plymouth to bounce battleship calibre guns if angled carefully.

Its not all good thought there are some downside
The firing angles are horrid exposing the ship to significant damage

The range of the guns are quite low for the tier forcing more aggressive and careful placement of the ship, along with a low HP pool putting it mid pack but also has a 16mm bow and stern making Plymouth quite fragile too (this is negated slightly by the heal giving the effective hit points 58k ranking 6th overall, and mediocre AA suite

Playstyle

HMS Plymouth will feel incredibly comfortable to player who have spent time in British light cruiser (with Edinburgh being the exception with its god tier bow) adopt a Fiji/Belfast play style of sticking close to your DDs protecting them against the enemy with either radar, or smoke and using your DPM to qu**ky dispatch enemy DDs and cruisers. Full frontal engagements should be avoided particularly with battleships, American and Soviet heavy cruisers and the Edinburgh

If caught out by battleships and heavy cruisers do not try and use all your gun, with the awful firing angles you will expose yourself to easy citadels hits and you will be back in port before you can say “BY Joe that Hurt” you cannot afford to use all your guns unless in smoke or behind cover

Although fitted with reasonably good torpedoes the maximum output is only 67k per side, meaning you don’t really have dev strike capabilities against most battleships and are better used for area of denial than an all out offensive weapon

The AA suite is not great, poor 5km dps, mid pack 3.2km dps and 2km dps although good ins not going to save you taking multiple hits from carriers and little reason for a CV to avoid you

Armour
Plymouths armour is not good, 16mm bow and stern and 51mm casemate armour meaning 228mm gun can over match your bow and even 152mm can easily pen your citadel if given the right angle. The one saving grace is if angled correctly you can bounce 16 inch guns off the raised casemate but this is something you want to avoid in general.

Overall opinion
Plymouth is a true glass cannon, to little armour to reliable bounce shells, to much armour to rely on over penetrations, She absolutely excess at killing Destroyers and is quite possibly the best support ship at the tier and holds an easy top 3 cruiser spot. But this ship is not causal player friendly, effective use of cover and map awareness are critical to staying in the fight and utilising the DPM available, bad positioning and poor use of cover/ smoke can send you back to port fast or prevent you having any real impact on the battle.

Suggested builds

DPM Machine
Mods
Aiming Systems mod. 1
Steering Gear mod. 2
Concealment system Mod. 1
Main Battery mod. 3 (epic mod if you’re going to use Plymouth a lot)

Bruce Fraser
With Yamamoto and Von Essen as Inspirations
Piercer
Before its to late
Punch Through
Fixated
Fully Packed (the extra concealment from the addition smoke is far more usefull than additional dpm from a 10% reload buff)

Radar Plymouth
Hot Rod
With Mikawa and Swirski
Ingenious
Full speed ahead
Sponge
Acoustic Chamber
Fully packed.

Video Coming Soon......