Coenraad

Here you are mistaken. It is f2p, and you can get in for free if invited or get a key. However people with more money then patience (like me) can buy themselves into it. I was one of the first to complain on their facebook that the preorders should include cbt acces. This is not a finished game and it id peoples own choice to buy into and spend money on a game that still is being tested anf will undergo changes. As for all the hidden data, we don't need to know absolutely evrything. What we test is if it plays well. Becourse it should work well without having to know all mechanics at work. It's like if someone would as you yo testdrive a car for stability and without you know it they remove or slter the stabilizer. It does not matter if you know. Becourse when you drive, you will either feel it is stable or unstable and give feedback on that.

Tbh i think it is a great move. Experience shows that enough people are willing to pay allready in CBT. So why not use this? Better to make money then give free tokens. Especialy since the majority only is here to play and not to test. I can see why they do this and i agree. Especialy since you get everything back after reset into obt so if you didn't like the ships you got with tokens you can use the tokens on something else. As long as WG makes games like these i see no problem whatsoever to spend money allready in cbt.

Problem with the Jap cruisers is not do much the guns but the very weak citadel (untill 0.3.1 comes). In my Aoba and Mogami i am allways happy to meet other Japanese cruisers as i know i will most likely kill them first if i aim Well. This is only due to citadel. Becourse a Cleaveland or Pensacola will die just as fast (or faster) if i hit their citadel. I personaly find the Aoba easier then the Mogami. The trick is to allways play 2nd line and be evasive. If a friendly ship is close let him go in between you and the enemy. Also only turn a full if you are not focussed on. You can go at a little angle to use all 3 front turrets but never show your full side, you will get citadelled and die if you do. Edit: Same goes for Kuma, show full side when being shot at = citadel and die.

Check ghe 0.3.1 thread for flags /signals. You will be happy i think.

Icon looks pretty different from the side view. Looks more like agneisenau

On that gold ship icon? Nope, where do you see the barrels or main part of the "C" turret then? I see a rear structure with what looks like a rear rangefinder and then just 1 turret.

Cant be a Bismarck. The rear superstructure is totaly different. Looks like a single rear turret and two forward so a Scharnhorst or Gneisenau is more likely.

Keypress is faster. So i never saw the use for this.

You should sail with the BB's and not forward behind some cleveland. And they do well below 10k and not get citadelled as often? Are you under influence of something? I am happy when i meet an IJN cruiser close eange in my Mogami or Aoba simply becourse they are super easy to citadel at that range..... Edit: IJN cruisers are great for support. But do not show your sides. I love mine, and with the armor change they should get more durable.

I know theoretocal dpm is like 322k for the 155mm and 210k is for the 208mm's but in use the 208's just outshine the 155's. I was very hesitant at first but i am surely not going back. 208 + accuracy upgrade is very nice. Can citadel quite well. BB's will still not guaranti large hits thougH coz even the 208 eon't allways pen reliably

He rushed you who sailed a mogami? Sounds to me you where too far forward in your mogami? Smoke works fine and predictable. If a DD pops smoke i turn away, evade torps that might come and see if he gets drawn out. If not i'll find another target

I just love the IJN cruisers looks too much. I tried the USN cruisers but i just cannot stand their looks. I use the 8" on the Mogami as they are just better the the 6" guns. Only problem is that it sometimes hard to citadel so you do 30 hits and like 15k damage :p I wouldn't change the IJN cruisers tbh, they are quite good if used properly and we don't need USN cruiser playstyle with IJN looks

Btw Mogami and Myoko swap places in 0.3.1

Stay back a bit at the start and let others be focussed on. And learn to aim for citadels. Zigzag to avoid incoming fire and run away as soon as you are about to become main target. Japenese cruisers are soft but should get a little better after 0.3.1. Yesterday i sailed my Mogami and met an enemy Mogami and killed him in two salvo's while losing 20% myself. Citadel hits are super importand, also vs Clevelands etc. A good tactic if the situation allows is to sail towards the enemy so you don't show that large citadel.

I try to actively help with chat and minimap. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. But i feel that teamplay here is better then in WoT

I think it's okay to allow it. I used it in WoT for a few weeks but after an update i just dropped it. For me xvm did nothing. Becourse the winchance is just silly. 30% winchance might seem low but often enough we just crushed the enemy. And as for player level. It was not uncommon that the good player was the easy kill and the tomato was the one who killed me. But if people want to use it it'd fine with me. Toxic chat is allready becomming bigger anyways and has little to do with xvm but more with peoples egos

If i understood it right they come with the 0.3.1 patch that should come this week?

HMS Exeter

More waves would lead to allot of clipping wich would not look all that great. To aviavoid clipping they would need more complex water simulation wich in turn would increase system requirements by a fair bit. I can see them a little higher waves, but not waves so high they go over parts of the ship. Btw this is cbt so doubt it is high priority. So many other things to do before that.

I am sure some will mention s certain Mod, but as with all games many people simply are good and fast gunners. A tip i as a noob can give is to zigzag a bit to throw enemy aim off.

They will swap the Mogamy and Myoko? I will miss the Mogsmi's 3 forward turret salvos

I think that cbt shows the same problem as in WoT. Players that are dead and entitled themselves to a win start to insult their teammates and whine to the other team about how bad their own team is. I think it would be a good idea to have it like that when you die you can nolonger talk to the players still alive by either: Option 1: No chat rights in battle after the ship has been sunk. Option 2: The sunk ships go to their own chat pool, where only the sunk players can communicate troughout the remainder of the battle. I think this would greatly improve the atmosphere in game.

I got the Yubari and tbh i think it is a great little boat. Vety fast and manouverable. Guns are what i feel very good with AP ammo.

I kind of like it but i have problems doing damage to BB's with AP. Anyone else have this issue? I struggle vs any T5 BB and up, even wne aiming for citadel. Seems i have to resort to HE. Edit: Oh and when you are against 6 fuso's on the enemy team that sucks. I literaly got 2 shotted by "heavy damage" hits

I don't think the gameplay is all that boring. It's easy to focus too much one enemy and die becourse of that. What i think is that people should stop compare it to WoT. Wot is a landbased game wich gives it allot more options on maps and with that tactics, bushes, hills, rocks, houses solid and destructable etc. Wish ships you don't have all those elements, even though they might add weather that affects games etc and more diverse maps (moving ice? ) or a shore bombardment goal etc. But becourse it atm does not have all that many features does not make it that boring for me. Thing what people need to learn is play together, keep an good situational awareness and follow the lemmings train if there is one. But even a lone ship ( especialy a DD the op call a gimmic) can do surpisingly much damage with some well aimed shots or by sneaking around and dashing for like the enemy CV's. The game is what you make out of it. Don't get luocked into one boring playstyle. Be bold and smart. Also keep in mind this is CBT. In 4 years time we will have a totaly different and improved game.