Your sucess often depends on a map you play and ammount od patience you have.

I usually find myself a friendly DD (American preferably) to follow around, and use his smoke for cover, at the same time covering him also, but that is also not a winning tactics, as when smoke dies, and you are left in open, you die also. Do not chase BBs, unless you have good cover or they are not busy with something or someone else, otherwise if they have you on crosshair, you are dead. Atlanta is a thorn in the eye, annoying firestarter, and they can kill you very quickly if you open yourself enough.

You can engage other cruisers also, but have someone to support you, or do not draw to much attention on yourself, although that will be a hard task as everyone on red team will be after your blood. Rapid fire is awesome, arc is high and it is a good thing when shooting over the Island, but can be a curse when trying to hit fast DD at 10 km range. But be ready for frustration, as Atlanta players seldom see the end of a battle.

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