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Weel, it does give my Hipper the chance to make kamikaze torpedo charges at close range. Once scored a Double Strike on 2 BB's (Izumo and NC) by driving full tilt in-between them and launching torps from both sides. AND amazingly enough I survived the encounter with 50% of my health remaining. Most satisfying experience, though it sure helped that they were looking the other way at the time and failed to react quickly enough. But yeah, most of the time it gets a bit tricky in a Cruiser when taifoon hits. I don't really mind it tho.

Sadly, this is true. BUT on the positive side.... I did score epic 12 hits with a single torp salvo (well, maybe it actually counts as 2 salvos since I fired both sides 8+8) with my Mogami last weekend when such a blob of ships (they were 6 at that point) decided to start advancing all bunched together so tightly they weren't actually able to dodge anymore and ate nearly all of them. AWESOME! Only 1 sank, but 3 others flooded a bit for a while and also the 2 others took 1 torp each. This apparently so shook them up that they just refused to move any further from the cap zone they were occupying instead just reversing and trying to bow tank from extreme range for the rest of the game. Of course this allowed us to cap the other 2 caps nearly unopposed and decimate the rest of their team one-by one, then surround them where they sat. This was in the "Land of Fire" map, they camped at C-cap.

I thought they are quite cheesy as well and I'm not even British. Decided not to buy any premium containers for fear of getting a sh*tload of those abhorrent camos - I still haven't gotten rid of the awful "Revolutionary" camos from the French containers. I'll probably just sell them off or something.

Weel, I got a nice surprise on Saturday, when a random 45%'ter DD totally saved my bacon (me in Mogami), when I was getting focused on by several enemy BB's and a CV (yeah, i had f*cked up) by running just close to me and puffing smoke at exactly the right moment. Even while I had not asked for it (too busy dodging to chat). We lost the game, but he did score well on that game, stayinh up front spotting, getting 2 kills and capping. The DD-stuff, you know. Gave him +1 for that. He finished first in our team too, so there is clearly still hope (yeah, I got curious and checked his stats after the game, thought he might have been a Unicorn or something).

Well yeah, that is true. In the absence of CV's DD's tend to decide the game. However we did have a n unusual CV match too, basically our own CV got boinked 4 minutes on by the enemy CV and I though "All-righty then lads, we are toast now" but nopes, by some miracle of mercy much of the rest of the enemy team (particularly their BB's) just kept stubbornly yolo-ing to B cap in the middle in a kinda deranged single-file suicide pact and were then overwhelmed by our BB and Cruisers one-by one (we also managed to kill off their DD's first). Somehow it seems they never even considered trying to cap either A or C instead, both of which we then snapped up at our leisure. Their CV had a good game tho and still very nearly won the game all by himself, scoring Krakens and killing off nearly all of our BB's in the end. So although they clearly had the better CV, we won by points, because we had all the caps and still 3 ships left but it was a close one tho. Saved by the bell, methinks

Well, I had a good weekend this time tho. Nearly all the matches were quite even and a few times we even snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. The only exception being the last game yesterday, when I took my brand new Z-23 out for a spin and ended up in an epicenter match on "Trident" map. Had a ball trying to cap the center with my divisionmate in a Mogami, sadly he got killed early on by a hostile Nagato, whom I then torp'd in return. Oh well, we had a furious gunfight against 5 or 6 enemies there when I went down at around 10 mins. I had thus far been entertained and was quite happy with the game until then, when suddenly I realized that aside of the 2 of us (no wonder I had the disturbing feeling that every enemy was just focusing on me earlier on - That's because they were!) and a couple of other dead guys, our entire team had just gone to AB-line at the back of the map and just milled about there like a herd of sheep (no wonder we got no backup earlier). Apparently they (the remaining 7 members of our team) had been chased all the way there by a lone, particularly overpowering Gallant and then got shot to pieces while bunched up in the map corner, by the rest of the enemy team who all had headed for the epicenter in force right from the start. In the end our team managed to sink only 3 enemies during the entire game and the worst is that I was the one who had sunk all of them. The rest of the bunch did not manage even 1 more between all of them... So yeah, it was an odd game indeed. But other than that, most of the games yesterday were quite good for a change. I had a fun day.

Yeah, me neither... I only know it because every now and then some enemy actually takes it upon himself to announce in chat that I've been reported for unspecified offenses and curiously enough after I check player in the team list it often tends to be one Bismarck or another who just managed to blunder into my torps. Oh well, no worries tho. My karma has apparently reached its natural equilibrium value for now so whatever I manage to lose, I usually regain within the same weekend so it does not actually change much. I take it is a good sign then. Hehehe!

Yeah, it is lots of fun and engaging. You forgot to mention getting reported by a disgruntled enemy for sinking their ship tho. Fixed it for you.

Yupp, realized that just now... But then there's always Sims...

That explains a lot yes. DD's often have problems in operations specially if there are enemy planes present, they seem to target the DD's in particular probably becuse of their weak AA. If you insist continuing to use Leningrad, I think your best chance would indeed be to use smoke and hide there until the air raid is over. Otherwise consider changing ship, due to their better AA Cruisers tend to do very well in Scenarios, where there is heavy enemy air activity. But of course, still need to AA spec it. OR, as Colonel said Sims is a good choice too.

Hmm, sounds distressing. What ship are you playing? Make sure to fully AA spec your ship, modules, signals and Cap skills too. AI usually targets the nearest ship so making sure someone else is between you and the direction the planes are coming from might help. OR maybe just stay close enough to another ship to benefit from its AA "umbrella". If all else fails, remove the "Bullseye" camo-scheme from your ship.

Hmm...Officially "Inutilitatemitis" then. Is that linked to the opioid crisis?

Hhehehe! Oh well, the same thing can be said of almost any DD though. But hey, that's what the Elite Commander XP is there for right? Problem solved. Or a little torp practice with a Russian tier 5 DD and this one will soon seem like plenty good, I suspect.

Yeah... Totally agree here. personally I have 2 basic Cruiser configurations. AA Config, without hydro with def AA+AFT and so on - I use this one for all relatively slow-firing 203mm Cruisers like Myoko, Atago and Ibuki and then the "DD Hunter" build, which would have Hydro+Vigilance combo, these would mostly be the 150mm armed Cruisers + Furutaka (no choice there anyway) DM, Algerie and Prinz Eugen. I would not even think about rushing a smoke with a Def AA equipped cruiser, because you'll likely be dead due to being unable to dodge at such close ranges (2km), well unless you've seen the DD firing off those things at something else just before. I would however rush the smoke with a DD Hunter configged Cruisers, as the combination of Vigilance and Hydro gives me ample warning of any incoming torps so I would at most take just 1 (well, provided I have enough HP remaining to afford 1 hit that is). But of course, you can only do such things, if the DD is unsupported or else their supporting BB's.will blast you to bits long before getting anywhere near enough to spot and kill the pesky DD. But of course, Asashio is a sitting duck for any Cruiser and also too slow to escape most of them so in that case I would probably rush the smoke with any Cruiser

Yeah, I've found them quite easy to dodge in fact. Much easier than the normal narrow spread anyways (with narrow spread, you often eat at least one, if they aimed them right). Been facing RN Cruisers in my Mogami nearly daily now and often in close quarters (I generally try to get bow-on close so I can use AP to citadel them to pieces, it sometimes even works). Have only eaten torps twice and that was mainly because I screwed up myself (turned the wrong way than I was supposed to). Other than that, if you are aware they will be coming, they are quite easy to dodge.... Well OK, I do have Vigilance skill and Hydro mounted, which helps a lot too, hehehe.

Uh oh...

make sure you have the "preventive maintenance" and "Last Stand" for your captain. Also slot 1 main armaments mod, slot 2 propulsion mod and slot 3 aimin systems mod and all upgrades. Then try again

SHUSH MAN!! Don't be giving them any more ideas...

Thank God, at the least someone can still read. Kudos for that lad. You see this whole discussion started, when "Protagonist A" stated that a replay should not be even needed, but WG could either just access a user's account directly to collect information (but what if they have not turned it on, I wonder) or ban someone just based on their player stats on the fact that they got reported by someone else. We all can imagine how well that kinda thing would play out, we'll soon all be banned for life... I have merely been trying to explain why all that would be - Well, aside of illegal, also basically moronic.

Exactly what I have been trying to explain to dumbo here all day. => If WG asks for a replay before they will take action, then they do so for a good reason and the reason is that they also have to be certain of what actually happened and why, not just because one deranged gamer got into a spat with another or based on their player stats reference or on somebody's else's say-so. It would be nice tho if you guys actually bothered to read stuff before commenting, would make the conversation so much more meaningful for all would it not?

Sadly, common law always takes precedence over ANY private contract or agreement. So in case of conflict resolution any court will consider that first. And any company ignoring those rules will soon find itself in the paying end of an expensive legal settlement. You see, it is very unfortunate that even in 2018 most civilized nations would have consumer and data protection laws guiding these sort of things and therefore a company will have to cover all possible legal ends and means for its actions. So if the license agreement (if you pay attention every license agreement ever written pretty much stipulates that every company can do whatever the he*ll they want with your sh*it for no reason whatsoever, but strangely they still hardly ever do), for example, happens to state that you have to hand over your left testicle, if you dare to re-skill that 19 point captain. It is still going to be very unlikely that this argument will stand up in court, once the chop-chop guy shows up at your door to collect it. Well, with the possible exemption of Lappland. where you might be condemned to lose either that or to provide a replacement testicle from a reindeer of your choice (just because we are a bunch of weirdos). A License agreement is there to prevent the majority of the populace from suing you for every little thing by convincing them that there is no point, however it is not a bullet-proof guarantee that your company will win the case, sadly my own company has lost millions due to such oversights on occasion and that is precisely why, WG will not take any such action unless they have their backs covered 100%. That means following the process, which they have set in place just for that purpose. Their process says that a replay must be provided before any action will be even considered. End of story. You might want to consider why exactly that is ?

That is just the standard disclaimer clause lad, which is designed to ensure that you and any other fool would shut the f*uck up and not even try to sue them. It is however, not the way companies work in real life, simply because they will need to keep customers relatively happy to stay in business, this includes suspected trolls and lynching mob members with torches and pitchforks (which is what any complainant must be regarded as, if they cannot provide any evidence). If they actually began shutting accounts randomly left and right based on random accusations and arbitrary circumstance they would soon enough have to close down. They have to clearly and publicly be seen doing the right thing and observe due process at all times in order to maintain any credibility and stay in business. This is why there will be a set process, which will specify what evidences will be required in order to guarantee a fair decision before any action will be taken. The fact that tech support always asks for you to provide a replay should be proof enough to any rational human being. Any tech, who will breach those processes will end up in a soup and possibly suspended or fired outright from his job. This is why they will not take any such action without a replay provided. Trust me on that one, have been working in IT industry for 20 years already and I handle these sorts of matters daily (and yes, our company has a quite similar disclaimer in place too). However, if you still remain in doubt, feel free to start pursuing this matter yourself with WG and let's see how far you will get without a replay and what explanations you will receive. That should resolve the matter in due course.

Stats are unfortunately not sufficient evidence to lock anyone's account I'm afraid. This is a matter of legality and proof. just because you get reported by several pissed-off people does not make you guilty of anything so in every case like this the burden of proof lies with the person, who makes the complaint. This is why a replay is crucial. Without it nothing can be done. Otherwise, what is to say that you yourself could not be banned because a troll or a group of trolls who took a liking to you personally and reported you several times or some such? Bad stats and players happen and without a replay it is impossible to ascertain whether a person is a troll or just unbearably incompetent and sadly ineptitude is not against the rules. They need legally binding proof to do that. And replay is it, stats are just circumstantial evidence, which may lead you to suspect something, but it does not qualify, as proof, you have to catch the bugger in the act. You see, if they close someone's account unfairly or without proper evidence, they (WG) could conceivably be sued for it and be held liable for damages (not to mention the embarrassment and bad PR). We can all understand why they would not necessarily want that to happen now, don't we?

You do realize that would be illegal (a criminal offense) right? Support or anyone else has no right to access anyone's account without the said person's express consent. They can lock it yes, but they cannot access into it. Also, it would take too much space to store every game on server. So yupp, that is why a replay will be always needed.

Oh yeah, indeed a good observation - Planes can see behind islands too. Hiding behind an island does not work, if there are spotter planes nearby because they'll light you up every time you shoot (bloom). It only works, if there are no planes in the vicinity or if you are sitting in smoke yourself. IF you have good LONG RANGE AA you can try shooting it down first by focusing your AA on the plane so it might go down on it's next lap coming near you and then you can fire freely again (but of course, while you are doing this you will still be visible to the enemy, so take care) from concealment. This has worked well for my Hipper on occasion, not sure about the RN CL AA tho.