Karkong_the_Impaler

I actually play the game for fun, not for some kind of virtual carrot someone is dangling in front of my face. I play it because I want to play it. Why shouldn't I play when I come back from the crying baby, maybe I can even manage to carry? Or at least apologize for the AFK? Ok, I'm at a loss - Is it me who isn't normal?

“Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash.” Not even a real quote by Churchil - but I can't find fault, nonetheless...

You actually have a point here. @Seraphice You need to increase punishment for players who are AFK multiple times in a certain timeframe and of course anyone who misses a whole game instead of only afking the first few minutes also needs a harsher punishment. @SurfaceFish how about that as an incentive?

Not sure she has seen a warship from the inside. I'd say thanks, but no thanks. Don't get me wrong, she's impressive nonetheless, but not what I expect of a legendary commander.

@MadBadDave replay or it didn't happen.

Nope. Yes, life issues happen - the baby cries, the wife is chasing you with roller pin or your boss is calling. That's not the thing, I'm not mad at anyone (although I note that most temporally challenged players have tuberous plant stats) But does that mean you don't deserve your pink cone of shame? Or that you deserve some rewards to sweeten the loss you helped cause? I don't think so. Say, if one plays CV, afks for five minutes while the enemy one spots for his team, then he comes, bleats about just how crap his team is and why so many are already dead and then proceeds to farm a few BBs... seriously, that deserves to be relegated to coop. On the red side. If you aren't sure you can manage to play the round, don't play. And if you really have to afk, then wear the pink dress with pride. And if there is the slim chance that you have to hurry away, at least don't play DD or CV. Yes, also BBs provide firepower and tanking, unfortunately most BBabies just suck, so it doesn't matter as much as with these classes. Yeah, go play coop, because I sure don't want to have you on my team. It's not WG who hates these who ruin my fun, it's me!

I had a rather sad but fun game with @Bainsmit_steel the other day - kudos man - but that's not what I am refering to: I couldn't help but notice his appearance in the latest iteration of that wows twitch compilation:

Edit: Now, how about you post some replays? That could be fun! As far as guessing goes: Maybe you were reported as "afk" for your gameplay by your enraged team - I mean, come on, we know about your anger management issues and your complex where you imagine you are a good player, but your team might not and if you aren't chatbanned, one can assume how they will react.

I just leave this here. I have yet to see an AFKer archieve lower win rate with a DD. Why is this? Because CVs have a much greater impact on the result of the match than anyone else. We already proposed the "spot only on the minimap" idea quite a while ago, but this was apparently not to WG balans department liking, so they canned it and "look for another solution"

I already said it: This is by design, you are supposed to learn your place by getting shat upon by CVs. Coop is a good place as any for this - they even provided a bot CV on the player side to make this beautiful interaction possible. That was fun and engaging, I guess.

Double post sorry

Just watched the replay - that was coop, the coop CVs have perfect aim - they just distribute their damage everywhere and don't focus or spot you to death. I believe this is what WG thinks also happens in randoms and balance the CVs accordingly. You also got especially unlucky, as the last of the rockets must have triggered the detonation, because you don't detonate with full health IIRC. But be happy that wargaming provided bot CVs to your side, so you could enjoy the full pleasure of being on the receiving end of CV gameplay you would have missed the other way. Also, the deto flag - I wouldn't bring one to coop, either. And I'd also keep AA on, just to shoot down some more planes, because it's tuberous plant mode anyway where one can get away with rolling the face on the keyboard. So, basically, tough luck. Apart from not even trying to mitigate the rocket strike by using WASD hacks, there is nothing much you did really wrong. PS: Please understand that russians, being distinctive and famed for the sheer amount of advanced carriers they fielded in world war 2, are provided with planes that basically are capable of ignoring AA fire as a balance choice offset by the disadvantage of having a vulnerable citadel. Please also note that russian CVs aren't considered to be the most powerful by competent players.

Basically, if you're so unlucky to get blapped early in the game - stop being so unlucky or face the consequences! Yes, it's ridiculous, but on the other hand, one can argue that as a DD he really should bring a deto flag. I've deleted cruisers with one salvo (without detonation) after they have been spotted by the CV and turned against the rocket planes just to show flat broadside. This is something that happens to all the lesser classes - only BBs are basically immune to it, and CVs even more so, of course.

Self-efficacy is so important.

Quite unexpectedly in a folder called "replays".

@Wild_Butter how about you post a replay?

That seems to be well within his competence. Only one got the joke... really sad, guys.

I didn't even free exp it. Can we now please stop talking about it?

Could it be that you were alt tabbed for a large part of your... short life?

Just what is fun. German BBs are harder to play because they are better at shorter ranges which in turn leads to getting shot more - overextending is the rule, not the exception. I always recommend the japanese line, Amagi is very good at tier 8 and Yamato is great. The only stinker is the tier 9 whose name shall not be named. You learn how to play there, then you can proceed to other lines and appreciate the differences. For exceptionally low skilled players, WG implemented the German Battlecruiser line, culminating in Schlieffen. The skill floor is basically the ability to press the W key. Man, don't do ranked. Not yet. Bronze is currently tier 6 and honestly, you can only get to silver by accident. You don't have the experience nor the skill - yet. So, apart from the importance of poking fun at Schlieffen players, really, there is only one thing to understand: Nouances in ship design are not so important at this stage. The best tier 8 BB is the one you manage to play well. Heck, the worst T8 BB is much better in the hands of a good player than the best T8 in the hand of the worst. Thus, I primarily recommend to git gud: I can also recommend yuros guides: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAO6C9T2NNWp88vp_KsXVsQ The best thing is, it's free.

Fixed it for you.

Your primary weapon against CVs is your short burst smoke. The best defense is to annoy the CV so much that he rather looks for another target to crap upon.

What for? Ranked? Randoms? Coop?

To the contrary, I propose that if a CV is the last remaining ship, the counter stops, the CV is incapable of launching planes, is automatically spotted and the remaining enemy players can just the way he on them the whole game. We deserve this.