HMS Majestic

The Majestic, as seen in game.

HMS Majestic was a British pre-dreadnought battleship featured in the game.

It is the first playable battleship.
She was later removed in the 1.66.11 update due to seeing little to no use by the player base only to be added back due to the community's fondness of this cute little bugger.

## Background History

The HMS Majestic was laid down on February 1894, launched on January 31, 1895, and was commissioned in December 1895.

Before World War 1, the Majestic served various British fleets. During the war, the ship participated in escorting Canadian troop transport ships. During 1915, the ship was dispatched to the Mediterranean sea to participate in the Dardanelles Campaign. The Majestic bombarded Turkish fortifications and shore artillery. On May 27, 1915; the ship was torpedoed by German submarine U-21, causing it to sink.

## Tactics

She might look like a downgrade from a Royal Sovereign, but she has some tricks the Sovereign does not have. For one, her maneuverability is excellent (not speed) and so is her reload. When fully upgraded with flags (which is very easy to achieve), she can surprise you with her dpm.

**When playing as a Majestic**

Keep in mind that she is VERY slow, at max she reaches 25.3 knots without flags and the Swedish flag gives her 29.1 knots. So you should be very patient for the ship to get in action. Act as support for other more bulkier ships since her HP is roughly equal to that of a destroyer. Her main guns can only do 13k damage but she has a 6 second reload, making her potentially quite a damaging enemy with almost consistent 78k damage per minute. Add to the fact that players ALWAYS underestimate her, she is a fun one to pull out sometimes for fun. Consider her as a slow destroyer (maybe something like a sized up Yukikaze without torps). When confronting the enemy, you should zigzag with the ship since its fast yet absurd time to turn can dodge many incoming attacks. While this ship is a MASSIVE improvement over the Sovereign in the AA department, it's still in danger of incoming air attacks so always go with a group. Best flags are Brazilian/or Pirate flag due to the extra speed, HP, and reload time

When played properly, it can consistently achieve 200k damage per game. Also the Majestic is best to use if she is fully upgraded because it can be used as an underdog ship, capable of surprising even skilled tacticians.

**When Playing alongside a Majestic**

Normally, you shouldn't consider it that invaluable, its very weak especially if its controlled by a new player or if it's still not maxed. However it's a very good ship for support, if a player is willing to follow you. If the player is a very skilled one, then it's a good option to follow it. It could help you win the battle and teach you new tactics such as zigzagging. Furthermore, the Majestic is always looked down upon by opponents, so she can silently slink in and lob damage.

**When Against a Majestic**

If the player is relatively new, then it should be an easy kill. Most new Majestic players dont realize that this ship is best as support or silent, ignored flanker. However some skilled people tend to use it to take advantage of new Majestic players. As such If the ship starts zigzagging, consider to flee since the Majestic will dodge most of your attacks and give you a very bad tim;, as the ship has astounding destroyer-like turn rates

## Advantages and Disadvantages

**Advantages**

* Small size and high maneuverability make it a difficult to hit target.
* Inexpensive upgrade cost and purchase cost.
* Decent anti-aircraft armament.
* Absolutely fantastic secondaries.

**Disadvantages**

* Low main gun damage.
* Low HP.
* Quite slow, even when fully upgraded.

## Editor/Contributor's Opinion

1) **XercesDenial** :- "Her Majesty is a brawler like no other... "

2) **Thathsilu898** - "Our cute little bugger."

3) **Cyberbug567** - "Silent but deadly."

## Trivia

* She was often mocked by players for her piss-poor stats in all aspects, destroyer-like HP, horrrendously slow speed, and very poor damage (saved in part due to very high reload speeds).
	+ Even so, many players were reluctant to see her go as she was a fun ship to just mess around with and her tight turning radius and small size allowed her to dodge many hits that would've killed other ships. Her lack of respect also did her justice, as many Majestics were actually able to get some decent damage in with high reload speeds and little attention paid to her. Ultimately, she was still removed, cited as being pretty much close to useless.
	+ Only to be added back as she had become somewhat of a fan favorite ship amongst the community, gaining a similar reputation to the Mikasa in World of Warships. (As you can tell by the length of this wiki and the number of edits done to it.)
* Her AA batteries was actually amongst one of the most powerful in the game, giving most of her aircraft carrier opponents a nasty surprise when fully upgraded.

**In game inaccuracies**

* She actually had underwater torpedo tubes. She would have become the most bizarre destroyer in the game.