m4inbrain

Sorry, what? Obviously not "brand new", our Schwarz Rot Gold exists since the 1850s, it's not "modern day germany". In fact, that flag was designed originally for the "Reichsflotte" around 184something. That's why i said "it's not modern". edit: that being said, i don't understand the obsession of people there - it's the same in every game. Warthunder, WoT etc. I don't understand that. I certainly won't miss it. edit2: and yeah, the Naval Jack would work too, i guess. Some of the ships will be ww1 era, so it wouldn't be entirely out of place.

They certainly won't use the modern german flag (it's not that modern btw). They'll go with the typical Balkenkreuz. The game would be banned in germany otherwise (swastika only allowed in terms of education). And most likely in russia as well.

Guess one could call the Arkhangelsk some form of flagship. Which is just a reflagged/renamed revenge-class battleship.

I can't be the only one who thought that.

I think that's because the testserver was severly limited in capacity. Usually it was better for me as well - but in "prime time", same old, same old.

I don't mind it going into OBT at the current state, really. It's still beta, just now you have more people playing = more data and in theory(!) better foundations for changes in balance (WG certainly doesn't have a good record with that though). What i'm kinda annoyed by is the EU WG Staff that consistently posted in the "open beta?" threads, suggesting that it doesn't start. If you can't deny or confirm the start of open beta, stay away from those threads, because you literally can't say anything - the only thing you can do is "hinting" one way or the other. And they were clearly hinting towards "doesn't go OBT".

Yeah i'm at episode 63, the last 10 or so were the first ones i enjoyed, the first 50 or smth were just "running gags", with no story really (no antagonist, nothing really). And yeah, it's safe to say that people are expecting too much of the Bismarck - she's not as stronk shep as the myth is trying to tell. By no means bad though, and that's what i expect to happen.

The first 50. ;) I actually don't think it should lose automatically against NCs. I'd actually say, based on specs, that's a good match.

Obviously. But i get the feeling that people swing into the other direction too much. She wasn't the best ship ever made, but at her time, she was more than capable. There's the difference, so many people trying to explain why she was a bad ship - she wasn't. It's just not as good as medias/the myth are trying to paint her. I'd be thoroughly disappointed (but i fully expect it) if she actually is a bad ship ingame, like Izumo-level of turdness. PS: Gin Tama Season 1 was boring.

I'd love PT boats. Sadly, they're not faster than DDs (around 40knots), just a smaller target with less torps and guns. More manouverable though. I don't really see a niche for them in the game. :/ .. Especially considering that we don't have night-battles, which is what they'd need.

Leo PTA is pretty bad, and both are considered contenders for worst T9 ingame. Other than that you're right. Nobody would take a Indienpanzer/RU 251 over a Leo PTA (panther II is the e50m line). Although that's partially due to the gun, the indienpanzer is nice, but 240 avg damage with 8 rof and 2,7 sec aim time is very underwhelming in t10 games, especially since the PTA has at least speed (IP doesn't have that either). That's all off topic though, i do not try to justify the weirdness of the kagero, i think that needs to be adressed.

Leo PTA called, told me it disagrees. I think in the background i heard a Lorraine 40t as well. In general though, yes. Although in WoT you have the same problem with T9 to T10, after the E75 the E100 is a letdown, after Obj 704 the 268 is a letdown, etc. Not for all lines, but a few. I think it's just the odd one out, it's just so glaring because we only have two lines really. And there's always the chance that they fix it. (..)

I actually think BBs and CVs are the only classes that reliably do their own hitpoints worth of damage. DDs certainly don't. They can have a game where they do 4x their HP worth in damage, but then four games of nothingness. I agree though, avg damage is not a good stat to look at. Neither is ships sunk per battle though, it's somewhere in between.

My bad, was just guessing - still, 3000hp on 54k tons is.. less than satisfactory.

Not once in that video you went "one vs one", the closest would be the BB which fired a full salvo the second the turrets were in position. Try that with someone who actually aims properly. The rest was simply people being distracted by other enemies, and you sweeping that kill. Example? First DD you kill, threw it's torpedos against another target. Second is the BB which is already dead anyway, throwing all it has in one blurp at you, missing pretty much everything while being targeted by a CV. Third scene: 500hp cleveland going for you after being pummeled by others, the DD, well.. i dunno what he did, but you wouldn't have hit me there with torps. There's actually not a single one vs one in that video, so i don't really see how that is supposed to prove your point. Apart from those people being really bad (cruiser head on towards DD? BB firing all guns at once? DD driving in a straight line for almost 25 seconds in the middle of a battle?). Yes, DDs can punish bad players badly. Pretty much like TDs in WoT - i don't see any problems with that.

That is actually not correct for IJN ships. Even the yamato used a "direct connection" from steamboilers to steamturbines to gearbox to shafts, no electric engines in between. They thought about a diesel-electric powertrain, scrapped it though. edit: http://www.militaryfactory.com/ships/detail.asp?ship_id=IJN-Shinano Explained for shinano, which in essence is the yamato. Izumo used the same system.

www.worldofwarships.eu Log in there, should be a big orange button.

Sitting in Izumo right now, definately not gonna go for yamato in OBT/release. Only thing positive is that it dies so fast, you don't need to play it for long in a match. And the turret rotation is kinda nice.

Oh i think i could make it work, but having a big steering wheel in front of me kinda impedes on my ability to use my mouse

I actually think that people who die should be "forced" to leave the game. Reason being, every game that i play with my mate, as soon as he dies the effectiveness of my ship goes up by 100%. I simply don't overlook anything anymore, since he looks out for torps, leaving me free to do whatever. I don't think that's well thought out. It's quite an advantage, and an unjustified one.

On that note, i actually was thinking to use my fanatec wheel as a big rudderwheel for WoWs. Stopped the idea though because it'd be very awkward to play with - maybe i'm doing that while a friend is over, who then can shoot etc for me.

Well, that's how it's supposed to be though. Here's me, still hoping that WG does another handout, so i can get premium back.. It actually is quite the grind without premium now, even with x20. edit: wouldn't be surprised though in regards to the supportteam thing. The message i got from the support seriously made me doubt their capabilities.

I'm not sure that it works that way with steam engines. You don't get improved torque unless you change the "gearboxes" that connect to the shafts, which would then not have an increase in power - just a shifted powercurve. Same gearboxes, 3000shp more is pretty much just a drop of water in the desert, you'd not feel, see or hear a difference, at all. I might be wrong there, but i'm pretty sure it works quite different compared to car engines (because you have a fixed gear-ratio, and can't change gears). I actually think that someone just screwed it up (quite a few mistakes in techtree, for example kongo engine and range upgrade cost 0 xp, fuso rangefinder upgrade takes it up to 14,5km while it actually is 22km, etc).

3000 horsepower on 70k long tons would be very slightly. ^^ Watching Gin Tama btw.

Happens all the time, i can't always dodge all torps - and i'm absolutely fine with that. Loved the Amagi btw, especially after trying the Izumo now. ^^ What were you driving, IJN or USN?