Panocek
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Tips for my french battleship ambitions?
Panocek replied to Captain_Campbell's topic in General Discussion
Tier 6 and 7 are basically dreadnoughts but without speed flaw, with Normandie going as fast as 30kts On other hand firing arcs are atrocious and main armored belt is subpar, so expect receiving plenty of hurt when you can utilize your entire broadside. Richelieu is literally upscaled Dunkerque, as she was in real life. Richy is also first to get Engine Boost. Alsace unfortunately got nerfhammered to make room for Jean Bart to the point she can be considered downgrade over Richy unless you can bring 3rd turret to bear, which again, have mediocre firing arcs. Republique ditches smaller-than-average gun caliber for 431mm Croissant launchers, which overmatch 30mm plating used on quite a number of T10 cruisers. Uprated reload of 24s is also nothing to sneeze at either. -
Then don't forum so hard and start actually playing?
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Why not both at the same time Dunno play something else, either ship class or different game?
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And here I thought salt is only natural given theme of the game...
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Tips for my french battleship ambitions?
Panocek replied to Captain_Campbell's topic in General Discussion
Well, French certainly can deliver that, as from Richelieu onwards they fit into that description - armor doesn't hold up to HE blasting nor Yamato class massage, but their speed coupled with Engine Boost gives them much needed help in terms of ship handling. Richelieu guns I also find to be reliable, kinda ironic, as FR BBs supposedly use the same dispersion as Germans -
Any tips for WoWS noob about flags, captains and upgrades?
Panocek replied to seXikanac's topic in General Discussion
Once you get hang of things, "far and wide as ocean, but shallow as puddle" is about right. -
Favorite shipgirl (Kancolle,Azur lane, Arpeggio of blue steel,Haifuri)
Panocek replied to Kancolle_Kongou's topic in Off-Topic
Its just me or looking at Formidable stats and skills she can outdo Enterprise and Essex? also skill description gets ridiculously long -
In game Gneisenau represents "would be" retrofit planned for her, which included replacing guns with 380mm ones. Why stock Gneisenau doesn't have historical 283mm guns? Oficially by WG back then "to not confuse players with gun progression"... rapidly rebunked by introduction of Russian cruisers So "selling premium Scharnhorsts" remain more plausible answer.
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Gneisenau only shares hull and lack of main gun accuracy with Scharnhorst - Gneis guns (6x380mm) are of actual BB caliber and can overmatch plenty of things at tier 7, but GermanTM lack of accuracy combined with only 6 guns can prove... challenging to having fun. On upside, with top hull upgrade Gneis gets 128mm secondaries with improved HE pen, which can melt everything except tier 8+ BB straight out of the box. Scharn makes up for lacking accuracy with 9gun salvo and with improved reload at 20s, but caliber of 283mm struggles against battleship armor and start losing overmatch capabilities against same tier cruisers. On other hand, 105mm secondary guns have too small of a HE pen to reliably damage anything bigger than DD of tier 7 and below.
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Then we're talking about game that is about to be hit with overbuffed submarines, so never say never to reloading 10k+ hp torpedo boats crewed by dissidents, so you win even if they die
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Favorite shipgirl (Kancolle,Azur lane, Arpeggio of blue steel,Haifuri)
Panocek replied to Kancolle_Kongou's topic in Off-Topic
Still better story than getting Gilette and lifetime supply of Oklahomas from like 40 cubes -
Favorite shipgirl (Kancolle,Azur lane, Arpeggio of blue steel,Haifuri)
Panocek replied to Kancolle_Kongou's topic in Off-Topic
I don't mean tig biddies in swimsuit, there is plenty of them already. -
Favorite shipgirl (Kancolle,Azur lane, Arpeggio of blue steel,Haifuri)
Panocek replied to Kancolle_Kongou's topic in Off-Topic
Zara L2D skin is certainly going to raise more than eyebrow -
Favorite shipgirl (Kancolle,Azur lane, Arpeggio of blue steel,Haifuri)
Panocek replied to Kancolle_Kongou's topic in Off-Topic
And its going to be LONG maintenance -
And when you reach 18000 you get ban from SerB himself
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Its not my fault all aspects of the game tells you "ignore baBBies". They have damage mitigation (torpedo belts, reinforced decks, hidden citadels), health recovery, most AA to pew pew at planes and even game economy tells you so, as within time frame you would kill single baBBy you would spank quite a number of lolibotes and get so much more exp
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Main task for CV is to do damage. But then, main "source" for said damage numbers tend to be the most armed with AA, so casualties will follow while you might not be able to exert enough pressure on enemy team to win the game. Spanking lolibotes on other hand, can quickly tip the game in your favor and give you plenty of exp/credits, even if you don't get nice fat damage numbers.
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Except Kaga planes now have as much hp as Shokaku. And if crane gets around just fine with standard reserves, Kaga would be next for chopping block with amount of planes she has Whole concept of "Kaga and Enty having lower tier planes, compensated by reserves or replacement times respectively" got lost somewhere along the way as both have "proper" T8 planes AND gimmicks of their own.
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Why is F-keys layout different in WoWS comparing to WoT?
Panocek replied to seXikanac's topic in General Discussion
ShipJesus, GunJesus, TechJesus. And what if I am looking for mere mortal? -
And how exactly they would differ from destroyers? Subs already take the same niche as DDs
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Solid allrounder, can work just fine with pretty much any captain you put on her, so she fits "German captain trainer" checkbox. She can also participate in tier 7 Operation (Narai) if you're into PvE action, where she performs admirably with her combination of armor, speed, okayish guns, torps and secondaries.
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Any tips for WoWS noob about flags, captains and upgrades?
Panocek replied to seXikanac's topic in General Discussion
That is why USN DDs teach you how to get along with guns during cap brawls with other DDs, while short ranged fishes (hopefully) spark some... creativity around smokes and islands. -
Any tips for WoWS noob about flags, captains and upgrades?
Panocek replied to seXikanac's topic in General Discussion
Japanese destroyers used to be "torpedo boats", then nerfs to torpedo detectability happened. They still have above average damage per metal fish though and ships themselves have (mostly) pretty good concealment to sneak around, but guns... can leave something to be desired when you find yourself molested by other "gun oriented" destroyer. Issue is, other destroyers with tiers up get increasingly potent torpedo armament as well, while retaining their gunnery advantage. For low tiers, you can give them a go, with Umikaze still being top tier meme with 8km torps every 25s or so. Early French DDs also have surprisingly potent torps, but you don't have smoke nor heal as "oh button", so keep that in mind -
Why is F-keys layout different in WoWS comparing to WoT?
Panocek replied to seXikanac's topic in General Discussion
Many technical bits are similar as I think even game engine is the same (BugWorld). But core of the gameplay is not. As much I don't really like flamu, his description of the game (and why carriers don't fit in, especially in current form) is spot on. https://www.twitch.tv/flamuu/clip/CheerfulSlipperyHorseradishHassanChop -
With exception of Hakuryu TB and Kaga, all CVs have 50% (or close to) squadron size in reserve on deck. Implacable have 6/9, Lexington/Shokek have 9/14, Enty have 12/18. And then Enty prints new rocket fighter every 49s, compared to 99s and 66s respectively
