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I assume its out of NDA now and I could indeed tell you some tales of why it needed balancing, and btw does it really count as a "nerf" when the ship is still in development? I'll return when its actually live anyway just to be careful.

I noticed you late in the game and not sure I even got to shoot you (we had just managed to win A but you had South tied up having got BC at about same time) and I confess - I charged into B a little too aggressively. We took some of you down with us at least and I think only three of my team managed over 1k xp with most in the low 100s. Some of us gave you a fight at least :) Well played cu next time.

As title, is this actually allowed under the EULA? I kind of assumed not - although maybe hard to identify unless the person brags about doing it I suppose (see below). I only ask because I was in a game last night where we had a Graf Zep/Blys division and from the start the Blys was playing quite oddly - sailed to the island by our CV and sat there just afk for maybe the first 4-5mins of the match. Predictably enough, the Graf eventually pushed a flag with the Blys hugging him and smoking him and they both got sunk in short order. Now, secondary Graf Z with DD smoke support divisions are funny and good luck to the people who try this sometimes, but when I asked the CV in question why division with a Blys since there are surely better options for smoke cover at T8 or even T9 he proudly informed us that he hadnt finished the grind for a better ship with his DD account (but was working on it) and he was playing on two PCs and even said he needed another table and PC so he could bring a full division. We won the game despite this but I was curious if this is something that WG should be looking at. Its potentially abusive (in this instance for the team they are on since the person in question wont be playing the DD or CV particularly well if splitting their attention between the two) and could be abused further in different ways that I wont outline here since I dont want to encourage people to do this. The fact this guy was doing it made me wonder how many others are doing it too. Anyway just curious what the official line is on this - I saved the replay so can send that to support if relevant.

Yeah completely agree and to be honest I wasnt contemplating trying this anyway. Thing is this guy openly bragging in chat about playing both ships at the same time is advertising he is breaking game rules (I assume) and is actively reducing his teams chances to win. And does he do this sort of thing in other ways such as sync dropping in two CVs so that he doesnt have an opponent CV? Its not unheard of for some CVs to just yolo at the enemy at the start which he could freely do with his second "burner" account. Once again I would be interested to hear the official line on this and whether its worth sending a replay to support of him admitting his crimes.

Yeah was hard work since I was only one trying to defend our flag from you lot. Game was lost 5 minutes earlier without me I guess, so fair enough. Made one small error at end but gave team enough time to cap your flag but sadly they got themselves sunk trying this :) gg

I didnt note the time but I had a DC earlier (wasnt my end - internet up and running) around mid afternoon. There wasnt any notification of battle results after I managed to log back in so im assuming that everyone was kicked at the same time. Not ideal but at least I wasnt sat around AFK in the match I guess.

@WWDragon, they really dont perform in the same way though since they are dropping double the amount of torps each time with a very short arming distance meaning its possible to get some very nasty cross-drops on DDs etc. The slow planes thing means you will generally want to be dealing with only the nearer flank and staying mobile behind your front lines, but the speed wont matter a lot when actually attacking assuming you have some speed boost left and are paying attention to angle etc. As with anything adapting to the ships weaknesses will help improve its strengths.

Dont often get round to posting on here but another thread irritated me enough to get me to login, so while im here and since the ship is now released I thought I might post this - was literally in my last game in Atlantico before it left test for the final time a couple of weeks ago (so was pretty much the same as release version). Normal disclaimers anyway since was WiP at the time :) The ending was hilarious (subs should really learn to surface if they want to cap) and we turned it round from something like 3-7 down. o7 to any who were on either side :) Edit: For the record the above was something around 2.7k base xp.

I find it incredible that after all the responses you have had that you still stick to the "glass cannons" thing. Its almost as if you cant accept you might be in error or that other people might be a bit more clued up than you. The planes arent fast but they are more than capable of attacking pretty much anything and often with both strikes (with the torps). The caveat to that is if you waste all your engine boost getting to the target (and its an assumption, but im guessing you rarely stop holding W) then you wont be able to get through the AA as easily when you arrive. You should probably work on things like approach angles and dodging flak judging by your performance in it as well. And yes, for the record I have played the ship WAY more than you but im sure you will continue to ignore any (more valid) opinions that dont match yours. Also, having run into you in a few matches its a bit insulting to have you question the competence of CCs/STs. We come in all shapes and sizes but pretty much all of them know the game better than you. Congrats on getting me to login to sigh and shake my head in your direction here on the forum anyway.

Not ideal when both flanks retreat back to where their cv is :) Good game anyway - almost turned it around.

I dont often have time to post here but met many forum ppl recently. Was almost always nice matches. o7 to the THESO guys in several games and to _V_e_n_o_m_ for some teamplay :) Also many others.

Completely agree with the OP, although not in the way he would hope I suspect. If people cant manage to show some emotional maturity and instead end up swearing and abusing people (in a game) when it doesnt go as they want, and they still keep doing this after numerous penalties/warnings then maybe WG should start introducing actual account bans rather than just chat bans for repeat offenders. You wouldnt be missed.

Nice game won with @Estaca_de_Bares although we pretty much won our flanks separately due to spawns.

Sorry for resurrecting this (is only a few days old, the body is still warm) but I felt the thread spreading thanks and goodwill about the event on NA that we didnt get to play was worth posting to round it off. https://forum.worldofwarships.com/topic/239442-mega-thread-thank-you-hapa_fodder-and-wg-for-pirate-event/ Seems many enjoyed it although there seemed an amusingly high amount of people complaining that the Pirates actively tried to stay alive and play well. Also since the thread has now run its course on NA they will be confused by the views due to this maybe :)

Hi, Sorry if someone has already posted about this (did a quick search and couldnt see anything) - NA seems to get these events from time to time but to my knowledge we have never had anything similiar on EU. Looks like a bit of a laugh. Any chance of something like this on EU at some point? https://forum.worldofwarships.com/topic/238625-so-you-want-to-be-a-pirate-apply-within/

Was a few days ago, but killing 70 Kaga planes (including only 6-7 fighters I think) with my radar Neptune was a recent highlight. Funny thing was our Georgia also killed 43 and the Kaga was still attacking at the end of the match

Ahah when I posted this I didnt anticipate the amount of WG bashing it would provoke (although in retrospect I should have). Relative size of player base making it more of an issue on EU was also something I didnt consider, but I guess the logistics of getting and organising enough pirates (or whatever) to make the event meaningful would be a bit of a nightmare. I will go play with my Lindwurm while having a look at some American streams to see if we are really missing anything :(

30 days premium time is pretty ok - cheers WG.

Hilarious CV match very late last night. Maybe a good solution to cheer up all the CV haters.

Was an awesome game - I did play a bit of "touch the pink guy" on the Gneis who teamkilled at start when he overlapped me on flag after I had capped mid match. Best to let enemy get him and not retaliate :) Didnt get to watch much of what was going on elsewhere while we won our flank due to guns remaining hot for most of the game but felt the support from team. People actually setting fire to the Alaska I had flooded when I mentioned he had repped was nice. Was appreciated. Had a chat after the match with our Neustra who was our DD on the other flank who confirmed that the whole team played good (apart from our one sad lonely teamkiller of course). Good game mate. o7

One of those games when it doesnt matter if you tell your team that most of enemy are one side (as they yolo one by one into them). Happens :) o7

Its kind of lucky you couldnt see chat on our team - there was a whole lot of capslock rage from the first minute of the match, although I did enjoy one guy demanding we "GO TO LEGOLAND" which I felt was a nice variation on the usual "play lego", "play barbie" comments. Good job to your team anyway. On the plus side, beat @Sunleader and division in a t6 match later (top spot for him) so 1-1 vs forum people on the day :) o7

GG as always. Was receiving a whole lot of rage on the night in question (mostly from enemy players who didnt appreciate my attention - was finishing CV damage mission for Hizen) so was nice to see a friendly face. Also ran into @Europizza and his div in an earlier game though only noticed afterwards due to being busy keeping most of the enemy team spotted. o7

Pretty sure the hybrids are a non starter after we broke them in test.

Always a pleasure. And its hardcoded into the MM algo - if you are in game with me then its loss regardless of whether we on same team or otherwise. This only works for @Estaca_de_Bares. Also epic match with @Ze_Reckless and his division last night. Hope you passed on my compliments to your guy in London. Salute to all.