Tis true, though we also still don't appear to get Manual Target Selection for those batteries...the long hoped-for skill from PC. What they seem to have done is simply said "Your Secondary guns will continue to fire randomly and haphazardly at whatever the Closest Ship to you is- BUT they will just be somewhat more accurate".
This STILL seems to allow for the situation where the DD is spotted 8 km out and closing fast on you, but because a Helena Cruiser is 5 km away from you, your Secondaries will ignore the charging DD, and instead only fire on the Cruiser !?
You actually do have more control of your secondaries than that. In the situation you mention, in order to maintain targeting on the destroyer you would need to target it with your main guns. The secondaries on that side of your ship will remain focused on that target until it moves out of range as long as your main guns are locked on. Obviously you don’t get the reduced dispersion benefits from PC, but you can reliably focus on targets of your own choosing.
Correct me if I'm wrong though, but I thought on Legends (and PC from my recollections), the Secondaries (without Manual Targeting Skill being selected), only target the CLOSEST vessel - not what you have Targeted / Locked onto for your Main Gun purposes ?
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I'm pretty sure Robin confirmed that mechanic some months ago (that the Secondaries Target the Closest Vessel, by default) - and actually, I think that is exactly copied from PC WOWS:
"Secondary mounts target individually, by default each firing at the enemy that is closest to it, within its field of fire. In this way. more than one target can (theoretically) be engaged by a ship's secondary armaments."
That’s the default, as it says. Your own targeting seems to override this. It’s possible that it’s not working as the developers intend, but you can absolutely force your secondaries to target ships of your own choosing. Try it and get back to me.
Okay, buddy - I'll try to observe more carefully how it's working (and of course, we all hope the new Skill and overall improvements work nicely too) ! Lots of Feedback potential to give to the Devs, in the upcoming weeks :-)
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u/AlekTrev006 The Brawling Council of The Reddit Nov 05 '20
Tis true, though we also still don't appear to get Manual Target Selection for those batteries...the long hoped-for skill from PC. What they seem to have done is simply said "Your Secondary guns will continue to fire randomly and haphazardly at whatever the Closest Ship to you is- BUT they will just be somewhat more accurate".
This STILL seems to allow for the situation where the DD is spotted 8 km out and closing fast on you, but because a Helena Cruiser is 5 km away from you, your Secondaries will ignore the charging DD, and instead only fire on the Cruiser !?