Noobsplatter

The biggest problem in my shima was the airplane speed coupled with short attack runs (compared to now) and the large turning circle of the DD (that we need to keep so most people are able to hit them).

My take is that one has to view the previous patch of cv nerfing doom toghether with this. The problem with cv`s was that they could with ease kill every ship they found. Now that they are nerfed, they are starting to adjust other things as well. I am guessing they are trying to make the cv true to it`s purpose (fight other cv and large surface ships) while not being able to much dd`s and ca`s at the same time. The hardest part about balancing all this is the big difference in tier 10 gameplay vs mid tiers so a change that seems resonable on tier 5-6-7 could be ludacris in tier 10. I am looking forward to trying this patch (2lazy2testclient). Now please ignore that my shimakaze is on standby, ready to be sent to battle as soon as the patch hits

Hello. After a long working shift I could finally start my vacation and celebrated this with a few some my fair share of skill cans (that never do what they are supposed to do). To the despair of those being in the same game as me, this makes me even more talkative ingame so I probably make people long for the next patch . But as usual there are plenty of friendly and nice people in this game who like to work togheter as a team and therefore deserves to be commended, but here comes the problem. One can only commend 5 people a day even if more of them deserves it. I asked around a bit ingame to see if my idea of increasing that number was only another drop in the ocean of silly ideas but it turns out there are at least a few other silly people out there. I know there are people out there who would like more reports as well but with the coming karma system I fear that it would be more damaging than for example "good karma padding". Especially in these times where there are a lot of negativity going around I think it would be nice to focus more on the more positive aspects of the game like friendly players. I am pretty sure most people would enjoy the game more if the games had a more friendly tone. To long, hurts to read version: Let us be able to commend more players each day since it promotes more positivity. Or if you disagree, tell Noobsplatter to stop sailing on the ocean of silly ideas (answer is in the video).

Strange, I don`t remember sailing my khab that day

I am pretty sure some of them are comparing different brands of paint dry and then go on a forum and ask for a nerf of the paint that dried first . Other than that, just keep up the positive tone OP. There are lots of friendly people in the games, you just have to reach out first to get them going.

You shall not recieve anything but upvotes from me. I love it as well. Sure the skill level is variable, sure there are seals at any tier but damnit there are nice people as well. Raskeria, Rap dog? and Iceyjones (yes I sucked in my rusty first game in shimakaze but I pulled togheter thanks to your empowering speech so we won ). If anything in this game, I want more upvotes for the nice people there so we can focus more on the positive rather than the negative.

Did you do anything to fix it or did it stop happening after a patch? I am asking since a friend of mine tried the game today and every game he gets a desync, restarting the game and other old tricks did not work.

You have not truly lived until you have had a torp war with 5 other shimas

Well, at least it will be a wonderful time to bring out the atlanta

Hmm, to not spam with pictures I will use 3 of them with high kill counts but I do have more. Not saying number of kills is what matters and usually I have a good idea of when to change target since I know the poor ship in my sights is dead before he can fire another salvo so instead of joining the mine mine mine crew I select another target to maximize my damage output. And yes these pictures are due to nice credit or xp gains to salt the wounds of some mates who play this game .

If they were IJN cruisers they brought shame on famiry. I would have joined you to glory in such a push since I mostly play aggressive and at times I am the bowling ball going for the pins .

Much like how I like to refer to people as chronically inverted stairwalkers instead of mentally challenged (or the edited word that I cannot post) since the recieving end is very unlikely to guess that connection and not report me for it

They are indeed superior gunboats but I have still sailed away victorious on some occasions (not sure if due to me superoutplaying him or him outplaying himself ) I like the current spread on shimas torps, at the long ranges it covers a large area and you kinda need that on such ranges since it somewhat counters small changes done by the target. Ofc this does make big gaps for ships to go trough and that is why you have a second salvo covering those gaps in such a way that the laughing dodgers cry as you hit them head on instead of in the torp bulge

I for one, stopped playing due to the derp patch. I don`t care much about the whole bundle discussion as my stand is that if it feels worth it, I will buy it depending on price level and DO WANT! level. I will return once they have fixed the derps that have been mentioned plenty of times, the most annyong being that the shell tracer models are horribly off now so I can see my shells miss yet I get hits or vice versa and then again see myself dodging shells and get hit or vice versa again. I have shown this game to some mates (pre derp patch) and they loved what they saw. After the derp patch I told them to wait for fixes before trying, one did not get the memo and I got to drink some tasty rage tears . The reason is that since I have played this from the time of cbt I have a decent grasp of how to lead, new players like my mate though has to try to adjust his lead based on incorrect tracer models ingame and I can understand his frustration. He reported what he saw and I tried a few times myself to confirm if it was the work of derpus and his 12 derpciples and it was. I hope this coming patch will actually fix this as I can see it being a problem that would make new players give up the game. Also, if people could try not to let their frustration out on eachother in the forums...that would be great. Save it for the ingame chat so I can try to provoke even more frustration by running my mouth a little . Well then, time for me and dogmeat to go hunt supermutants while waiting for the fix.

I have unlocked the 15km torps just to get the shima to elite but I have never once used them. The 5km extra can sometimes mean the difference between a hit and a miss. And to be honest, vs good players the torps will miss just as badly as the 20km torps if you fire bad torps. I have yet to get in a situation where the extra damage is what would have made a difference (aka I would have killed if I had more damage or I would have survived if I had more damage). If WG decided to give the torps different speeds or reload it would be another thing but right now the extra damage for range does is not worth it in my opinion. Edit: Shima will never be a good gunboat compared to the russian DD`s. You can still beat a gearing at the right ranges if you outplay him but the gearing guns still work better overall.

To be honest I don`t think the AP problem overshadows the HE problem we have now with the lack of dmg on HE shells, even vs DD`s. I play a little bit of BB, a tiny bit of CV but a great deal of CA and DD. My personal experience as CA pre patch was that yes it was easy to get citadelled if I made a mistake but I think that is how it should be, good job by the BB who hit me and shame on me for letting him. I like to think that it was not easy to citadel me if I was paying attention and angled my CA, I saw plenty of BB shells bounce of me and it felt very rewarding. As for HE, yes it started fires a bit easy but I personally prefer to be able to citadel enemies while I am on fire . Regarding DD`s. I to often now see my HE shells knocking out AA on a DD while dealing no damage regardless of caliber used. While I drive my new favorite toy the russian khab, I also notice a bit to many times that hits that should have dealt a good amount of damage to me just doesn`t. My turrets however do get knocked out quite a bit but I guess that is to be expected with the amount of attention I tend to draw towards myself. I might not be good at making points in my current disposition (consumed my fair share of beers). But to sum it up. Citadels were bugged, but not so bugged that it would excuse the changes we have seen now. My to cents would be to rollback and fix everything before realising patch again. I am not going to go "rawr wg bad rawr". I still like the game and I will still play it while patiently waiting for it to be fixed but I fear that many people will not do so (and if all the seals leave then I will not be able to harvest their tears )

I hereby propose that we rename the border to the blue flypaper of justice!

Then I want it for my DD`s so I can lay waste to anything that dares scout me when I am hunting your battleships

Oh I have. And I do vote with my wallet as well. I did not buy the Tirpitz even though the idea of torps on a BB made me very interested, but it was not worth it in my opinion. I did not buy the Fujin. I would have if it had the 10km torps the minekaze lost since it was one of my favorites. It did however not have it so meh, not worth it. It`s simply a matter of judging for oneself if what they offer is worth it or not. I do understand people who do not want or need flags or premium time not being satisfied and I respect that, but I also expect said people to respect that others will find the same offers acceptable.

The rudder change is definetly noticeable. The problem is that the new rudder breaks very frequently and at times you cannot understand how it was even possible. But then again, there is a captain skill for such situations.

Probably because to few have them yet and people need to find out how to utilize them for their playstyle. I just inject myself with rabies and when the foaming starts I press the battle button

I do sympathize with people who dislike bundles and I understand their viewpoints, but...if they dangle a huge kitakami bundle in front of me I would instantly buy it. I must have it once again, I just must! Do you hear that WG? wink wink nudge nudge

If it had been me you would be even more frustrated as I would have cried KILL SECURED!

Only cruisers with dual purpose secondaries. You can check this in the tech tree.