Jinan is absolutely overtuned now
Remember when everyone was complaining about how broken Smolensk is and how that ship got removed from sale for being OP?
After the last like 500 buffs to the ship, Jinan has more range, more HP, better armor, almost the same HE DPM (but it can take reload mod, since the range is good already), higher fire/minute (22 vs. 17.1) and again that gap becomes bigger since Smolensk has to take range mod essentially. Jinan also has better smokes and an additional smoke charge
The only aspect in terms of artillery where Smolensk is superior is AP pen and DPM, as well as ballistics (by like 2 seconds at 15kms).
And of course this isn't mentioning the absolute Elephant in the Jinan room, which is is ridiculously broken Torpedo power with the retarded TRB consumable on top, so you can compensate a lack of skill/aim/luck with volume.
TRB is an absolutely retared gimmick in of itself, but slapping it on a superior Smolensk with one Yueyang worth or Torpeoes per side is downright demented.
The potential damage output of Jinan is broken beyond belief. In my second game this patch i raked in 180k damage in like 20 seconds with a combination of guns, torps and the DOT of fires and floods.
Jinan is downright toxic and impossible to push in most ships, if it's player has hands.
So yeah, if you already hate smolensk, have fun fighting Jinan once more people realize how broken it is now.