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The saddest part of that comment is that the Zao would make an amazing aggressive brawler if closing in didn't spell certain death. 12 gun broadside and speedy torps, with that typically good IJN maneuverability (though to be fair, not as good as the Mogami) ? Ouch. Alas, a high tier cruiser's life stays long and prosper only when staying way back, invisibly spamming HE. And the Zao is the best at that.

I thought I'd have a blast with her, after all, I loved the Kirov... But I have no idea what's happening, I suck with it. Maybe it's just bad luck, but a fully broadside Furutaka at 7km, hitting it midship at the waterline consistently gives me about 3k damage only, despite 7 out of 9 shells hitting. Same for shooting at Kirovs, Myokos, Aobas...Everything. Meanwhile, I get citpenned by DDs, on whom I do about 500 damage per HE hit on average, I might add. I seriously don't know what's going on. 6 games in a row with the worst luck ever?

You kill the HE spammers before they kill you.

But that's the thing, the Zao isn't truly a counter, it's just a huge mechanics abuse that the devs just leave in, otherwise high tier cruisers would be utterly worthless. And that invisible HE spammer Zao problem is people like OP's fault, who have been managing to fail at the most user-friendly and forgiving class in the game for over a year and a half.

And I read that the game is crap because the RN wasn't first. Vocal people are the ones you hear the most.

Yup, we all know the mighty Storozhevoi and Derpski are the bestest tier2 and 3 DDs, easily surpassing the garbage Umikaze. As for the best cruisers? Well, the Aoba is probably the best all-rounder at tier6, the Myoko is a monster in the right hands, the Hipper and Roon are probably the best at tier 8 and 9, and the Zao takes the cake for tierX. So where are Russian cruisers in all that? You can argue that the the Bud is better than the Cleveland, or that the MK is a great all rounder...but there is never that one ship that stands out from the lot, as your post seems to imply.

Or some client/server desync. That can happen, and it's a far more likely explanation.

Alright well I'm done trying to reason with you. 200 games isn't 100 hours of gameplay, that would mean your average match is 30 minutes long. So unless you have access to a super secret gamemode I have, no, you're wrong. Also, when you go up in tier, so does the potential money making. If you're not seeing it, it's because you're not performing well enough to see it. Which is exactly what's happening with you ONE ship you're doing poorly with.

First point : Paypal and paysafecards say hi Second point: Playing 200 games from tier8 to go to tier 9-10 without having to play anything else for money is easy access. END GAME content available without playing any other ship to every average player in basically a month of playing 5-8 games a day. That's on average an hour a day. Now, to look at where your problem with tier8 battle income was, I checked your stats. The Fubuki is your only tier8, and you have a poor winrate. It's not a judgement on my part, you're an otherwise very good player, and we all have ships with which it just doesn't click. I can freely admit that I suck at the Nagato. It just doesn't like me. And that's where your vision comes from. Below average damage with a fragile ship with expensive torpedoes with which you lose more often than you win, and you're comparing it to tier7s with which you get some 60% WR on average. If you got another tier8 ship with which you managed to get similar stats to your other ships, you would see things differently. But right now you're comparing your worst performing ship with some of your best performing ships, in an all new tier you don't have any experience, nor references with.

...Have you? Seriously, you went from "WG's model is bad and the game will die" to "no I didn't say the is model bad, it's just harsh" in 10 posts Then go on about prices being set by country, when it's not for the very reason that has been explained to you in post 24. You're an economist trying to lecture people on how bad an economy that's proven to work in many games. A player trying to lecture people and one of the most successful gaming companies on game design when it's obvious you don't grasp that everyone having easy access to endgame content is BAD. Then you try to lecture me on what you can and can't do on the internet and online payment when it's obvious you have no idea what a VPN is? Do you really expect me, or anyone to take you seriously? By the way, I don't have a premium account, and do just fine at tier8. I win money on a decent tier9 match, and almost break even on a defeat. And if I need money, I do exactly what WG has in plan: I just play some very enjoyable mid tier ships.

And here, along with every other online based game, it changes based on server region, not country itself. Or else everyone could just set their countries to the one selling stuff the cheapest in the server's region. "try to know what you're talking about" Good advice

They, along with many other gaming companies, made it work with other games Also, if players move fast, everyone would be in tierX, because e-peen waving. Lower tiers would be abandoned, and tier8-9 would often be bottom tier. Lastly, players would get bored. Striving for a ship is a psychological carrot on a stick. If you make it too easy, the carrot is bland and unforfilling.

You're an economist, and can't see why WG is inciting players to buy premium time? Are you sure about that degree of yours?

I know right? Because not everyone watches the chat (hell, not everyone watches the minimap <.< ), and firing torpedoes at someone who would probably get hit if they turned is a risk you take knowing the potential consequences. Hell, considering the amount of people who have no problem throwing down torpedoes right in front of you as you pass, or right besides you when they pass you, I'm surprised 10% of all players aren't pink already. The cavalier attitude towards allies and torpedoes is horrifying. I feel the need to repeat this : allies hit by torpedoes is in 99,99% of all cases your fault. You can't expect people to react to torpedoes coming from allies, you can't expect them to react to "watch out Cleveland" or something similar.

Was one of the words inside potentially "censorable"? Some ingame filters are stupid, and will just censor everything if it recognises a single part of the word as something it needs to censor. Case and point, this game censors "mustard" because it has "tard" in it. At least, it did that a few months ago...

Great, so they creep up, they're at 6-7 km, they fire their torpedoes and then... They're spotted. At close range. And everyone knows they just launched torpedoes. Maneuverability doesn't mean **** at 7km. You're spotted at that distance in a DD past tier 5, and you're not leaving without having taken half you HP in damage. Your idea would kill every single torpedo based destroyer, simple as that.

So basically, you want destroyers to be visible as soon as they do anything. Nice. Amount of destroyer games played : 15. Only in PvE, and with US gunboats at tier2 and 3.

4000 battles... Christ, I know you had the good sense of coming on the forums to ask, but 4000 battles and not able to put a mouse over a tooltip?

As posted several times, the problem with the last thread, other than it's way too generic point, was the presentation. You made it even worse. This is obvious flamebait, reported.

Not exactly very specific. It sounds exactly like a:"get a premium health potion on your tier9 cruiser and or you're a noob" to me. And honestly, if you're spotted (without radar) often enough in a Shima to require premium smoke, it sounds like the Gearing might be a better fit.

This thread is funny, because it's hilariously vague on what type of ship is mentioned, hence most of the negative feedback. All that needed to be said was : "you should use premium consumables on your battleships and DD gunboats, it will allow you to heal more/survive longer/escape fast more often" Instead, it came out as : "Use only premium consumables on every one of your ships, because 4 heals (with superintendent) is extremely important on cruisers". Same cruisers which tend to take heavy/citadel damage from AP, unrepairable, and take so much HE damage from other cruisers that fire damage is the least of their concern. Now, a premium radar? Ok, now we're talking useful, and a great way to boost WR. Premium health potion for a tier9-10 BB? That pays for itself 80% of the time. Getting one is solid advice. But a premium health potion for an Ibuki? Nope. A decrease in cooldown and an extra charge won't help me repair the gapping AP hole in it. Premium smoke for a Shima ? Smoke won't save you from radar, and it won't save you from an angry Khaba chasing you down.

Tell that to my AA spec'd cruiser.Planes dropping out of the sky, kill count going up, guns blazing, tracers filling the sky.

The only time auto-drop is acceptable (albeit a gamble) is when you're in an IJN CV focusing a BB that gives 0 ****s and moves in a straight line. If you're struggling a bit with the micromanagement, you can autodrop one or two TBs, and manually aim the last. It won't be as good as manually aiming all 2/3, but the best form of attack is the one you succeed at.