How to cruiser (AMA?)

[Darius]

Is EK needed or not? How does it work with new thruster, gliding.

How do you use fat boys like the rheinland and Corsair cruisers in fleet fights? They seem so weak in teamfights compared to the hard to hit small ones.

The Donau I'm unsure what to really say. For anything other than face tanking and as a backline support unit, you have to be a demigod to do well in it. The best Donau player I know is Hemlocke, though while he flies other cruisers too, I saw him doing the best in it. Obviously there's also Haste and Pillow around but they don't fly it actively in game during engagements.

As for the Praefect, thing's flown like a larger Crecy. You play alongside your caps, don't go too aggressively and try your best to time your turns such that you shoot 3-4 impact salvos every few minutes, then return to the fleet. These are the basics for both caps.

One thing that really differs, though, is the fact that the Praefect is so large that dodging fast heavy guns is nigh impossible. The heavy mortar, trebuchet, as well as the razors (Sirian, Nomad and Gallic variants) are instant win conditions for any engagement against a Praefect. It sucks, but what can ya do. You can see it towards the end of the battle I was in yesterday: Click me!

PS: The above statement(s) apply mostly for duels. I'd have to generalize extremely broadly to talk about fleet fight usage specifically, but the basic tips about how to fly the two ships are same regardless of the type of battle.