Karkong_the_Impaler

Same issue here. I'm going to keep them, either for the next dockyard or for something really interesting. Until then I'm going to get some more from ranked and I will also wait for the next coupon - I recently bought Tiger '59 which is atrocious but fun. Reputedly the worst ship in Wows, it is the single most accurate ship in the game, a decent gunnery trainer for Minotaur (same guns) but only two turrets. Cannot recommend to anyone, it's very special interest - if you buy it, it's on you. But I like it.

People use brawls instead of coop to farm their presents. It's called a "brawl", not a "camp" Can't wait for the tier 8 DD only brawl to take my Asashio for a stroll.

Getting stuck between a Schlieffen to the west, a Mecklenburger to the north, a Bourg to the east and an island to the south in a Colbert, not only surviving but even killing 2 of them. The rest of the match... . Just look at the minimap. 20220919_213406_PFSC510-Colbert_20_NE_two_brothers.wowsreplay

That is simply wrong.

I also propose that you make a BIG popup when your protected MM ends, so players notice that they now swim with the sharks.

Radar on a BB is one radar more where everyone else can shoot the DD. It's not the BB itself who profits. This is basically also WGs fallacy. They design classes around the "fun" the player experiences, never ever thinking of the one on the receiving end - just look at CVs. Also who needs concealment when there are islands to sneak closer. And also, Emden still doesn't have torps. Maybe because it's an arcade game, after all.

Ok, and how can anyone tell on a screenshot if the low scoring but still alive BB just had a disconnect? Or the CL just got unlucky while dodging a Shiki? Or the DD had a fun and engaging detonation? It even works the other way around, the other day we had a BB score in a bit above the middle of the field, last man standing. Guess what, he left the team alone, went around the island, couldn't do anything and then tried to suicide untill luckily the time ran out. A single result screen shot is just not big enough of a sample to show skill, thus there can't be shame involved. A replay where you can see atrocious play in action is far more incriminating. Maybe take that rule and review it. I still think the intention should count and screenshot and replay are basically the same in this regard.

Yeah, told you, Druid is not good - just listen to everyone. It's also slow and doesn't have a speed boost. And what even I didn't know after ~1000 games is that it is sluggish.

Forrest Dump is very unlike Friesland, apart from the smoke/hydro. The dakka is much better, the ballistics are very comfortable, SAP is in most cases better than AP - if you could need AP, you have been outplayed in the first place. You have 2/3 of your firepower kiting straight ahead, which is also helpful and you don't get the worst matchmaking the game has to offer (supershits anyone?). I bought them both at about the same time, I very much prefer the Sherman. Khebap used to be the cool kid on the block, that was way before french bias was a thing. Now it's, to stay with that comparison, he grew up to become the unemployed drunk. And Elbing... don't know what to think about that one. Yeah, sure, it's a cool little cruiser but recently I've seen so many matches with only one DD and you're royally when your team has that piece of because most players don't bring utility to the team because they dakka from smoke and that from range. The Sherman at least does that from the cap. Don't have ragnar. Toying with the idea, but I have gotten myself a Colbert recently, so no urgent desire. Please don't Druid, we have so many of these recently - I rather have DDs show broadside. Check the 'greatest achievement' thread for some of my replays - it really sucks, you get spotted from the moon, you can't stop anyone from pushing you due to the lack of torps, it's pure fantasy, remotely inspired by a paper ship and worst of all, the derp charges shoot rearwards - compare that to the Shermans american "when in doubt, grenade it out" maximum overkill.

You can club seals with about every class - when you can't dodge torps or show broadside in your CL all the time, it's hard to prevent him from being blapped unless you give him special RNG or longer protected MM, but that will only shift the issue to a higher tier. What might help is some after battle hints, say "you got deleted because you showed broadside" or "you did not change speed or heading for the last five minutes, that makes it easy for an enemy DD to torp you" Now that I think of it, we could use that at tier 10, even...

That would be a ... camper? Edit: Just in, still warm from the graphics card: randoms & doom = randooms 20220918_195127_PFSC510-Colbert_16_OC_bees_to_honey.wowsreplay

Why stop there?

Yes, possible, but one has to note that just sticking one fire to several targets is akin to trying to burn down a conq. You inflate damage numbers without an effect. Yeah, I also run sherman with a "lighthouse" build. If someone is so close, you have an issue anyway, you can't stealth-hydro anyone, either and your days are spent best behind an island or in a smoke, happily wasting ammo, so, by definition your concealment is usually your max range. And for outspotting any other kind of ships but DDs, when you positively need to do that duty, it's good enough anyway. Only real disadvantage is the worse concealment for planes when you try to sneak into a cap.

These don't work for me, even typed manually - "code is invalid"

I beg to disagree, no lootbox is worth a damn. There is no need to purchase any of that, it's all just dark patterns aimed at weak willed cetaceans for a seasonal grindarap. To play the game or get the best ships, you don't need anything like that. Yes, dirt cheap, not even an aviation monetary unit, but I couldn't look in a mirror and say with a straight face "I just bought dozens of lootboxes for real money so I can have a cat commander with a unique voiceover". The inner scrooge in me would make me drown myself in the loo. And even if you get ahold of... a ship! lo and behold!... why do you need another low tier port queen? And even if you want a dubloon ship unavailable for steel/coal/RB because reasons, just play some ranked untill you can afford it. On the other hand, I'm more than happy that someone pays for the game, but one has to be aware that giving WG money is a double edged sword, on one side they need to earn some well deserved money for the servers and the maintenance, on the other hand, if they have too much, they start developing such gems as supershits and that submersible scum...

Play some ranked. We need an option to turn this off. I don't want to see any of this eye cancer inducing crap, give me historical camos any day.

Halland has useful AA, unless your enemy has a balans CV. I believe that is the gimmick of the line. Yes, torps are fast but the damage is anemic.

There was an infamous mod in the early days which showed you where you have to shoot to hit the citadel, in line with the weak point skins in WoT. It was deemed cheating quite quickly after an outrage. I remember this because from a youtube video I've learned for the first time where I'm supposed to shoot at. For an experienced player probably less important, but still.

So much this!

When the copium tanks are empty maybe?

Can you see it before you roll? Can you please wipe the foam of your mouth guys? Srsly, it's just a game. Not defending WGs bovine excrement, but this is a non issue. Can't we talk about way more important topics please, maybe the aim delay "fix" for railgunning?

"incorrect wargaming code format" I did copy paste - what am I doing wrong?

I still remember the exact day. It started when they introduced these supershit CVs...

But does it need to be some uber crap? Radar on BBs was one of the dumbest ideas they had for class crossover, never mind "historical accuracy".

Sherman is quite powerful, it's playstyle is just not very appealing to me. It's also not in a very high regard, because they don't provide spotting as they need to camp in their smoke or behind an island to deal damage. The advantage is, if you can plant your butt in a cap, it's usually yours when there are no pesky radars around. Due to the sluggish accelleration and the self blinding in the smoke, I've killed more than one by blind fire - the constant stream of shells make it quite easy to hit. Can't comment on the other ones. Alvaro does interest me, but given these choices, I'd probably keep my coal, but then, I already have the Forrest Dump.