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A very good idea, this is why I also tried all classes though I do suck at CV and BB. BUT it does give a fairly good idea what they are capable of and how to counter them. I have learned much in that respect. I used to be a DD main previously. Only took up Cruisers, as I kept getting in trouble with them. Doing much better now in both of them actually (DD & Cruiser). Still suck at BB and CV though, it is sad but then again I have not really bothered to play them much as of late either. Some day...

Listen to your bro man. He is quite right. RN BB's are custom made for the beginner, so yes easy to play and free to potato in. Hence the poor winrate. In expert hands they can be quite deadly though. German BB's are made for brawling, so do not try to snipe from a distance any longer than you absolutely have to - You have to get up close and personal (preferably to within their secondary range to maximize damage), this is precisely why they have slightly less inaccurate main guns and excellent armor BUT once you practice a bit I daresay the main guns will be accurate enough (10-15km and no issue). Secondary build works best for German BB's as they have kickasso secondaries. From tier 7 and Gneisenau onwards they are fast too, so patience is needed. Up to tier 6 BB are all slow (Japanese Myogi and Kongo exempted - They are FAST) and all low tier BB's tend to be quite inaccurate to begin with so changing country is not going to bring improvement in any case. If you want pinpoint accuracy and fast firing guns, try Cruisers instead. However, if you prefer to try and snipe from maximum distance, then you need to change to Japanese or possibly American BB's (since they are both highly accurate) rather than the RN (well OK, all BB's accuracy is pretty crap up to tier 6 anyways). RN is for HE spamming, though they do have decent AP too. They also have a good heal, but in exchange for that they have rather poor armor, so you will take damage quite easily. German ships generally have a reasonably good AP though the downside of it is that for it to work, you have to practice your aim to hit the target first.

Very useful, when hunting DD - Or in any other sudden panic situation. Of course, provided you actually remember to activate it, that is. Somewhat less impressive, if not active.

I liked it anyhow, but it used to be more open in the middle at first. No islands at B cap, they were added later. Lots of fast close range action and not much point in camping because you just could not see targets from behind all the islands. A very good map for Cruisers and DD's... Less appealing for the BB, I guess.

Yeah @BLUB__BLUB, it was a looong time ago and gameplay on that map was quite fun. I played mostly DD's at the time tho but usually the DD's and cruisers went on the map edges, playing pika-boo in-between the islands on both sides and trying to flank, while BB's dueled at the middle where it was more open with a couple of DD's from both sides patrolling the middle and trying to torp them and each other. Plenty of ambush opportunities on and whichever side managed to control one or both the flanks usually won. In domination mode D was behind 2 large islands, but completely open from both sides, C was in the islands but quite open B had a central island and A was inside the small bunch of islands on the other side. There was a quite large archipelago between D and around C cap next to those 2 big islands separating D from C, where you could skulk around hunting each other, expecting a torp salvo from behind every island. Ahhh, those fun days... Oh yeah, why babble? I have a picture! Of course, as you can see. D was acting as the "Noob trap" cap back them days.

Weel, personally I don't mind the anime or other dubious whatchamathingys, ships or captains in the game. I mean it's not like they are mandatory or anything. And though I only take those ships that historically existed for myself (so no par ships like Kronshtadt, for example) I do not mind others playing them or having available the option to go for that myself if ever I get the fancy at some time in the future (whether this purely hypothetical state of mind be due to excessive inebriation or an overdose of LSD). So fair enough, as far as I am concerned.

The very first one with many small islands (and a couple of big ones) on both sides and none in the middle? I liked that too. Dunnoh why they removed it.

Hmm, I would not mind either @MistahG But not to worry. Maybe they'll do that next year, now that Subs have been confirmed and everything. After all I-401 is kinda the main "character" annyhoot, so it would make sense too.

Yeah, "Ocean" is basically OK, but in small increments only and mostly, if you are NOT playing Cruiser OR if the teams are balanced and not particularly BB & DD heavy. i do not mind it, if in a DD either, but if you are in a Cruiser you tend to get quickly and violently raped, that's all Used to have Command and Conquer too, long ago, but I've transferred to Total War Series now... Have nearly all from the Historical games and waiting to see the next episode: "3 Kingdoms, Total War" with quite some enthusiasm, in fact. I have played the KOEI's "Romance of 3 Kingdoms" for nearly 25 years from version 1 up to 13 and had always hoped that there would be a Total War version available. Meanwhile just watching the Drama series just to wet the appetite (and it's working dammit). Link to first episode below, if anyone's interested: Yeeah, I admit it. I am a sucker for history...

Yeeah @Migantium_Mashum, repetition is makes things boring and is quite bad BUT just keep in mind it could always be worse. I once got the "Ocean" map 3 times in a row, while in Mogami in a tier 10 match with 5 BB&DD's per team. Unsurprisingly, things did not go well.... All of the sudden, "Empire Total War" began to look like a brilliant alternative for the day so I switched and all was well...

I don't remember ever actually getting any Super Containers from that "Try your luck"-thingy, though I do try it at the least once a day (usually the first container i take). However, I still continue to choose it because strangely enough, every Super Container I ever got was scored right in the next draw right after that one. Go figure...

They have to make Moar Maps lad. The reason there is so little variation is that they do not have too many maps available for tier 10 (because of increased ship speed and gun range, maps need to be bigger that at lower tiers and they just haven't made enough of them). It'll happen... One day... I hope. Perhaps... So yeah, totally agree here.

Yeeah, not a totally uncommon situation either. Though to their defense, I must say that I hear those Jaffa-cakes are awesome. Totally worth it.

Awesome! Thaanks!

Ahh, the innocence of youth is so refreshing at times... Of course it is possible and even likely. Met some players at tier 10 with the same problem and even saw 2 Asashios a few weeks back desperately circling each other in a cap while trying to torp the other in their smoke (did not work BTW) while the rest of us - Or me at the least watched the proceedings with an alarmed sense of dread and disbelief ("Trap" map, B cap). It all ended when the Clevelands on both sides decided that they had had quite enough of it and intervened, radared the fellows and promptly sank them both. JUSTICE AT LAST !

I have never gotten chat banned myself and I do even chat sometimes. Though I usually refrain from the negative, if at all possible. Last Saturday tho, I was in a similar situation on the "Shards" map. Someone (a BB player) suggested we go AC in domination mode and as soon as he had blurted that out all our BB's started heading to behind the islands towards C hugging the map border. Brilliant! I thought the game was lost there and then. So in desperation I said: "That would be stupid, if they go either AB or BC we are going to lose." - I admit, that was pretty tame but I was half-expecting to get chat banned for saying it. Well, to my surprise I didn't get banned and apparently all our Cruiser and DD players agreed with me and made a push to AB first. We even got a couple of the BB's to join in and support B. Captured them both and won the game in the end, though we did suffer unnecessarily heavy casualties due to 3 BB's sailing around map edges for 10 minutes without having any effect on the game while the enemy pushed BC, as I had suspected. Luckily the enemy BB's also started hugging the map edge at C, met and killed our 3 wayward BB's there but by the time their BB's got around to turn towards B it was too late for their team (BTW why on earth would you even want to try sailing around the entire bloody map in a New York anyways, the thing is WAY TOO SLOW to make it anywhere - Ever), we had already captured both A&B and ended up winning the game by points. It was a narrow call tho.

Hehehe! Had the same thing happen to me twice last weekend, when hunting Asashios skulking behind our lines with my Mogami. GREAT FUN! When mounting a speed flag the blighters are even too slow to run... Some might feel it a bit unfair though, lost 1 karma each time. Totally worth it.

Yupp, but we wanted something different. So what we came up with turned out to be BOTH strong and bubbly too. Used Champagne Yeast for that.

True true... That was indeed our original aim too, but somehow it "slipped" a bit both in terms of strength and pressure - I blame Global Warming. So that's what we ended up with. However it tasted great (the bit that wasn't immediately shot to the ceiling at least) and proved not to give you instant diarrhea or a horrible headache either, so we kinda stuck with the recipe from then on (we've been making it that way for 12 years now). Did try once with lesser bubbles too, but folks wanted to see it flying so we returned back to excessive pressurization too. Apparently it is more "Festive" that way and of course you will get the occasional free facewash... AND ANYWAY, IT'S MORE PIRATE-Y THADDA-WAY !! Hehehe! There was no way to resist that one, sorry

Yupp, it is fairly deceptive in that it goes down very (or much too) easily so there is a tendency to drink too much too quickly with quite definite and predictable consequences. During the event we had to limit distribution to 1 bottle per every 2 people at first, due to the fact that everyone who got 1 exclusively for himself (they were in 75cl bottles), suddenly tended to drop off afterwards. It was actually only 20% strong I swear. Perhaps it was it was all them fancy bubbles then? But the stuff is quite popular, we were left with nothing since the remaining bottles were carted off by the survivors at the end early next morning. Planning to make a new batch for X-Mas & New Year (we give them out as presents to dedicated fans on occasions) and then again for next Midsommer. It is traditional after all.

AWESOME!!! +YARR! Damn, now you dunnit. I just remembered something we made for last Midsommer Fest. I'll share..: We made some (36 liters) of MEAD for everyone in addition to the more traditional punch bowl. Bottle label shown above, the attached operating instructions (back label in each bottle) below (it had a bit of pressure so this was necessary - Trust me on that one). We had fun, hope you enjoy it too. Hehehe! Operating Instructions: Please, at all times, keep in mind that the contents of this bottle should be considered the most explosive substance known to man, bar a nuclear bomb. So handle it with care! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, NEVER!: 1) Shake the bottle, this could cause the bottle to explode (yes really) and quite possibly kill all life known to man within the circumference of several hundred kilometers. 2) Place it in a horizontal position, this will allow the contents to shake more and cause the cork to fly off with the speed of sound along with the entire contents of the bottle. 3) Just “POP” the cork open, this will cause entire contents of the bottle to instantly “boil” over giving you effective, high pressure face&body wash and also removing all plaster from and thus causing a permanent stain on your kitchen ceiling. WHAT TO DO, OH WHAT TO DO?: 1) ALWAYS transport the bottle upright and without shaking, just as you would bottles of Nitroglycerine. Keep in mind, the contents of this are much more dangerous. 2) Store it in the fridge (not on the door though, as it would be shaken) for a couple of days before consumption to ensure maximum enjoyment (it has to be drunk cold). 3) Open the cork VERY gently, while pressing it firmly against the bottle, use both hands, if necessary. Loosen the grip a tad at the time to let the pressure out in small increments, this will take 5-7 minutes, when done correctly. The longer time you take the larger proportion of the contents will remain in the bottle. Always remember, the Mead has a will of its own, it WANTS to fly back to its master (and on your face)! PS. Only 2 bottles actually exploded, the rest were successfully defused and consumed peaceably. Looking Forward to next year's bash already.

Weel, the key to taking risks in those 2 ships (love them both BTW) is to TAKE RISKS VERY VERY CAREFULLY! Kinda like this, but you get to be the Bunny... Awesome fun tho, will have me some more come next weekend.

Ssooo... You saying that we're gonna get tides and erosion next?

Weeel, @Linkaex as for your Hipper game. I don't think you guys had much hope of capping A straight on, considering that all your backup had skedaddled away and were sailing to B and C. The only thing(s) you might have tried at this point is to either !) Follow them and hope to impact the end result by living to fight later on. OR 2) To perform the "Infamous Hipper-kamikaze-charge" (depends on how much HP you had left at this point tho, you would need at the least 50% to pull it off). By sneaking close to the enemy BB's at E" under the cover of the island there (no shooting, you must remain unseen as long as possible), then burst out from behind the island at 3-4 km to their flank with hopefully their guns pointing somewhere else, then burst out full speed kiting to make their aiming a bit more tricky, steer between them and shoot all your torps from both sides at each BB. You'll probably not survive this, BUT you may get enough hits to sink one or both and give the Z-46 a chance to finish them off and finally cap A. Hipper is surprisingly Tanky that way, I bagged myself a Monty just last weekend doing exactly that (unfortunately without the benefit of island cover, still worked tho). This is high risk and often results in your death, so it is to be used sparingly and with caution. Sometimes you even live through it. As for the Normandie game, it is impossible to tell without seeing some screenshots from the game itself. End result is not really useful in that respect. It is fairly easy to be the best player in a losing team, but still manage to be the one that screwed up and lost the game for the team. Yeah, it suck but I have dunnit myself a few times too. As for 1 week's bad luck, that's nothing Lad! Try 6 weeks of 40% WR... Had that last April/May, while constantly breaking my damage records game after game. Really annoying but ship happens that's all I can say about that. In any case you will notice that quite often you will score higher in lost games than in those you actually win. This is what being the average guy actually means. You get more chances to shine, if the rest of the team sucks and if they play well, you win but possibly will not score so highly. We'll just have to get used to that too, hehehe. oh yeah, forgot to mention. Always keep in mind that for your stats to visibly improve (patience needed), you must win twice more games than you lose. Anything less than that will still improve them, but not so clearly and it will be a drudgery throughout. believe you me... I started with 36% WR, after the first 1.000+ games, went on to 40%+ at about 3.000+ games and it was only then I got to seriously thinking about WTF I am doing anyway and taking some (not all) advise in. So after trying all the ways THAT DO NOT WORK I have now after 13.000+ battles finally come to a stage, where I am consistently getting over 50%+ results. But it has been a struggle and not always to my merit, uh ehmm... Just keep at it and keep asking, it's the only way to get forward.

Seems normal to me... I have 1654 games in Mogami so far... About 600 of them at Tier 10, no complaints tho. And you are complaining after 10??? You must be doing something wrong dude. Concentrating to fix that instead of whining about MM might bring better results, just saying.