Gorizia seems to be worse in almost every way. So it looks possible to buy the ship, get the camos (which are pretty much the same cash value) and still have a premium cruiser afterwards for the investment of a few £ (less than buying a Yahagi or Exeter). But sure, from your perspective it's probably best to buy her asap and finish the directives that can be completed only using her.

But I still don't like the bait and switch WG pulled....  I admit I was surprised about just how tough the grind was, they are the toughest directives in WoWs history. Gorizia was the fourth and final member of the Zara class of heavy cruisers to be built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in the 1930s. Plus... Gorizia is not worth anything as far as I can see (can't talk from experience) as she has no torp, slower reload than Zara (same tier) and overall a worse ship than a standard tree Zara counterpart. But I still don't like the bait and switch WG pulled....  it's probably best to buy her asap and finish the directives that can be completed only using her. I'll assume I did the 10 games in the MW so I will also have completed it. I think this would take 10 CV games, and probably 15 Alaska games (25 games).

I would then move onto my Alaska and Enterprise, alternating to get both of the cruiser and CV credits missions done. Yep, I saw the grind for Puerto Rico and laughed because I knew it would be impossible to do and didn't want the ship anyway. I'm honestly just disappointed, as the rest of the event looked amazing, and very generous, and to have the centre piece suddenly yanked out from behind a 'reasonable grind' to one of the harshest set of directives I've seen, seems gratuitously cruel, if they had said before hand to expect a mission chan slightly harder than the PEF, I wouldn't be complaining.
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Well I do not get it why PEF is considered hard grind it was done by me just by playing the game, but I was playing much more back then. All in all I had to much hopes and I am rewarded with disappointment. Can someone please tell WG that we acknowledge they give away a lot in the form of coal, which imo is one of the most generous mechanics I've seen in any game This would complete the 12m credits mission, completing 4/6. This is not an easy option. At the time of their entry into service, they had the best armor among ships of their type. All events are T10 related and everything else seems to be a step (or obstacle) into getting to T10. I don´t see her in shop yet. Plus... Gorizia is not worth anything as far as I can see (can't talk from experience) as she has no torp, slower reload than Zara (same tier) and overall a worse ship than a standard tree Zara counterpart. I would start by grinding the 4mil credits with each ship type. Expect anything less from WG, only players that can play the game like it was a full time job will be able to get it for free. Named for the town of Gorizia, the ship was laid down at the OTO Livorno shipyard in March 1930, was launched in December that year and was commissioned into the fleet in December 1931. If i buy her now and unlock her later through the grind - will get compensated with doubloons? You'll find few videos on YouTube and some on Twitch that were streamed during the last month or so.. What I am NOT happy about is that the Gorizia is the second worst grind in WoWs, which if 

That's the impression I've had from all the other recent events. Not going through "PEF" grind again. But they advertise her as a "free moderate grind" and that's what the topic is about I believe. Why cant they just tell us how boosters work, as much we might [edited] and moan I think if they just told us "the gold boosters are enough and you can just do it with 2 +5 of the free ones" then we would not be in such a uproar about this because its not just we can buy the ship (because according to NA we totally can) but rather they are so damn evasive about if we can do it and their costs. I don´t see her in shop yet.