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Staggering incomptetence on Operations too. How does a team of 7 t6s lose 2 ships to a Myogi, Aoba and Minekaze? How does this happen most of the time? What's going on?

What is the reason to split the webstore from the ingame store, and not make doubloons spendable on the webstore? Especially considering that the premium ship selection ingame is much more limited than on the webstore?

Looks like the first event begins on the 7th, with the opportunity to earn USS Smith. And much more to come until Aug 10th.

Actually I think module damage should be a bigger part of the game, maybe more involved with lower module HP but some limited repair ability to restore the modules you need the most. iirc this is much more crucial in WoT than here.

If you have to ask, you shouldn't get it. The Missouri isn't going anywhere without an announcement, while more FXP ships are sure to appear eventually. You'll have a better selection to choose from later. It doesn't matter if it's good or bad, what matters if whether you'll be kicking yourself when a more appealing FXP ship comes along and you're months of grinding away from being able to get it.

''Massive discounts'' sounds good, but are we talking bigger discounts than normal? Also, please add the missing ships that are not available on the ingame store for doubloons. For most of them, it's the only way I can get them, and I don't want to pay extra for a port slot I already have.

To sum up, here's what WG have announced so far: - USSR DD line split (done) - More UK lines, undefined number (so either BB + DD or BB + CV?) - 2 French lines (Cruisers + BB or cruisers + DD?) - Unannounced by WG EU, but apparently WG Asia confirmed a Pan-Asian line for this year. So what do you expect, and what would you like to see? Hoping for more DDs, personally. Whatever line they do, looking forward to new playstyles rather than the watered-down USSR-like French line. Though not a fan of them personally, I hope new lines use the same experimental approach of UK CLs so we'll get something functionally different from the existing playstyles.

The more I think about it, I expect either French or Pan-Asian DDs next, by process of elimination. - They will not want to do another BB line again for a while after the UK. - They don't typically do the same country twice consecutively. - Both France and UK have gotten their cruisers, though a split would be possible. - CVs have been ruled out for this year. - If they're going to do 2 more DD lines this year, they'll want to stagger them. Maybe one in September and the other in December, broken up by UK CAs?

I'm burnt out on the game, it's been slow lately. No new lines, two filler patches (Bismarck one + tomorrow's patch), operations are a neat way to dodge t5-t6 MM but should be picked randomly for more variety for solo players. I'd save up money to buy a premium to spruce things up, but many ships are for some reason not available for doubloons. So my interest in the game has been waning. Maybe UK BBs will give me something to aim for, but they're a month away.

The problem with FoTS is that ships are too fragile and crews cowardly. Naval battles are over before you know it. Lots of detonations too. I'm sure there are mods to make it better though. Graphically it does some things better than WoWS, when a ship gets hit you can really see and feel the effects. And of course, crews are modeled.

I'm assuming it's not intended that left and right of the comments there is a dead gray area of wasted pixels (not including the banner on the top, which does actually use the entire length of the browser window). Any idea how to fix that?

Not a fan of the new look tbh. It might just be my browser (Firefox), or my zoom level, but a good chunk of the screen left and right of the comments is basically wasted space. Just an empty gray area. Leading to a wasteful and cluttered look. I also preferred the appearance of the old forum more, this one feels more sterile and gray.

It's one of the better changes the game has had. It encourages actually sailing forth to get things done rather than sit back protecting your credit balance.

Sure hope it won't be the next FXP premium, unless they're going to add more and cheaper ships afterwards as well, for FXP.

It's just such a ''meh'' DD, I find it hard to be mad at it. It's just mediocre. You want a t8 Soviet Hatsuharu? Well, there you go. I guess it stands out in that it's one of very few USSR torpboats with halfway-decent concealment.

I think it's a myth that the damn thing exists. When are we gonna see it on the ingame store?

I don't know why people have trouble spelling/pronouncing Ishizuchi. It's four syllables. It's not excessive. Anyway, fun ship. Really does feel like a huge, massive cruiser thanks to the HE focus, decent maneuvering and **** armor. It got buffed in both stealth and range in the stealth fire nerf patch since by the new rules, shooting the guns would decrease the detection range!

Kirov. Svietlana was an agile little firespammer with decent armor for t4, more useable torps than the rest of the line, and no problems with turret traverse thanks to casemate-mounted guns. So I was excited when I got the cool Soviet longboat with t9 guns. Then I started getting citted by DDs while being unable to dodge anything. You get citted when you turn, you get citted when you bowtank, you get citted by 305mm HE, you have good AA but not enough to fend off crossdropping torp bombers. Oh, and torpboats love the Kirov, which doesn't even get to keep its spotter plane on Hull B. Budyonny is such a massive improvement, and I enjoyed *that* ship. But Kirov is worse than old Pepsi in terms of survivability. Pretty much unplayable without someone smoking you.

I don't have Udaloi yet, but I expect its torpedo capability might be a bit... awkward. Only 1km stealth launch area (including CE), with a pretty unmaneuverable DD is not ideal, especially when you have to turn around for the last launcher. OTOH, no stealth launching is possible without CE, so that's reason enough to take it imo. Why relegate 15 torp tubes to a last-resort CQB role if you can help it? Besides, CE helps in DD-vs-DD situations. You'll never be on their level of stealth but it evens things out a bit and gives you more time to approach them without becoming a target.

In fact, doesn't it have lower RPM than Yorck, with t8 MM? What does it get in return, let's see: lower citadel, more AA (second best among T8 CA I believe, after Kutuzov), and better turret traverse, which sucks on Yorck. Oh, and useable AP trajectories. I mean, okay? Looks like a pretty incremental upgrade to the Yorck, but with some of the worst MM in the game.

Sure, it's just a bit trickier to get them there on time. If there's no BB in sight and the bots focus you, you're in trouble. Leander's a good choice for that reason.

Nope, so much nope. You need either a CV or preferably a DD that can wreck the CVs as soon as they appear, if you want the whole convoy to get to the end. Preferably the latter, because the torp bomber spam causes the liberty bots to crash into rocks and then they get picked off. You want those CVs gone fast while wasting even their first bomber swarm, and the best way to do that is have a DD waiting for them within 4km. Most DDs can pretty easily get games like this with a bit of practice, provided the rest of the team doesn't fall apart.

Anshan is great for Aegis. Torps can wreck those straight-sailing CAs, the AP can mangle Kuma (and to some degree Furutaka) broadsides. I always go north from the start, stealth torp the fleet coming from there before smoking up and helping kill it with guns. When the north fleet is gone, I get within 8km of the convoy and put some cits into the Kumas there while still heading north. Then by the time the escorts are destroyed, I'm at the top waiting for the CVs to spawn. I sink them, then head east to spot the Ryujo and draw fire until the convoy gets through. Provided there aren't 2 or more total potatoes on the team, this method should get you 5 stars. EG, Hatsuharu and Fubuki could do the same things, but Farra is better off just smoke-DPSing the vanguard and convoy because of **** gun range and no stealth torps.

Which tiers will get them?

Had 3 t8 BBs (all Amagis I think) spawn at the top of the map one time. I don't know what caused it but I never want to see it again.