Both german and soviet BBs have been advertised as close range brawlers. It's not only the german BB line that has been somewhat outclassed by the soviet papership line, but it most certainly is the most obvious one to be affected. There’s a whole lot of “good enough” padding out these ships which, when combined with that vaunted durability just makes them monsters. Heck, even their concealment isn’t the worst. Not only are they tough, not only are they quite capable of putting out the damage, they’re not terribly slow. This has made the Soviet battleships the darling of the competitive meta.
The Soviet battleships, while not having ideal guns, certainly don’t have bad ones. This isn’t something the German battleship line can boast. That they manage this even with the gaping holes in their protection scheme (limited damage control, exposed citadel) speaks much about how effective their armour profiles are when properly angled. Furthermore, those ships which really emphasize this element do so to an extreme, almost to the point of absurdity. This isn’t universal across the whole tech tree, but it definitely trends. This borrowed element is one of durability. I’m feeling a little undeserved resentment towards the new instead of seeing one of my favourites getting the love instead. My sour opinion of the Soviet battleships isn’t owing to any of their flaws, but rather that I see them borrowing elements I would have preferred to see glued onto the Germans. Mine is more of a veteran’s complaint - the Soviet battleships get all of this attention but what I want to see is some more TLC being given to older lines: namely the German battleships, which I feel have been pushed out of the meta. It’s not that the line itself is inherently bad or overpowered or whatever.
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