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A Royal Navy battleship that's not made of cheap toffee like Warspite. KGV class would be nice. Fortunately Santa keeps visiting my account and leaving premiums as i've been such a good hard working lad this year

Assault mode. I believe they stopped it many patches ago. It was great if your team played as one but a camp fest if not. Also tanks have the advantage of employing cover and camo for defence which made it great fun if you liked tank destroyers. I don't know how you would defend a patch of water. In my humble meagre experience I have found in standard battle mode, the team that stays to defend its flag looses badly in a turkey shoot.

But for single language speaking kartoffel like me a video is worth a thousand words of print............

I rage sold my Gneis yesterday. Flippin' thing was worse than a worn out blunderbuss. It would seem though that RNG does not effect Ruskie boatskis as Molotov and Gnevey still spouted laser beams whilst my BB's made pretty spouts in the water........

Just watched Flamu's Ognevoi commentary which is education as ever and I think wraps up this thread. http://forum.worldofwarships.eu/index.php?/topic/62599-lower-tier-guides-ognevoi/ Time to break out the dragon flags in preparation for Oggy time.

Good reply. I did miss that role. Citadelling RN cruisers that think they are the defacto DD killers never gets tiring!

But do you think you are denying your team a proper DD? What is more beneficial, a well played DD or Ru gunboat?

Exactly what I've done the last two nights. I can live with loosing as long as I play well and being a sub 1k noob I've been really improving (thanks to the community help out there). However when you get frustrated and RNG bites you you in the bum at the same time everything crumbles. I even resorted to co-op and that was a loss! My only consolation was watching the end play of matches and chuckling at the clowns running off the map and colliding with each other in their desperation to run away from the scarey red ships! I can't go to bed on a bad match but luckily there is always fun to be had with a gangsta Gnevey . (Those recent stats were purple and green 2 days ago Harummph! That's how kartoffel I got!)

Ah that's where I was going wrong. I tried saying it with a sausage in my gob!!

Get them all. Go on its nearly Christmas. Treat yourself.

I always pronounced Gneisenau with a silent G. Nice to hear the correct way. Kartoffel....... The next team chat insult

Pretty much what the other guys said. Forget IJN and USN DD gameplay. You do what cruisers should but struggle with at present. You kill other DD's near the cap. You have speed and guns. Speed is your concealment skill. You want everybody to see you but be unable to hit you. Blast along 10k behind the cap and smash enemy DD's. WD hack to avoid incoming fire and use islands to turn and realign your guns then run in again. Make sure the enemy can see you and effectively your presence gives an area denial. If you have cover in the cap zone and even better, an escape route don't be afraid to smoke up and cap. However these are not really your capping DD's that die in the 1st 5 minutes. Try and be the one that kills those capping DD's and survive. Give your sneaky IJN DD's cover, Give your dogfighting USN buddy DD cover. Just don't get in close. That turret traverse will get you killed. The guns have a beautiful arc and shell velocity so gunnery is a pleasure. AP is very viable on cruiser broadsides too. Forget the torps. Use them if you want to turn an enemy DD or fire into smoke. The range is so short that other DD's can get an advantage on you or BB secondaries will murder you. I'm terrible at IJN torpedo boating but quite enjoy the Russian stronk gunboat Stallanium shell spraying speedboats. Spread the word and love of Stalin!

http://forum.worldofwarships.eu/index.php?/topic/65968-colorado-slow-but-dangerous/ As usual Flamu makes it looks ridiculously easy but he has some great points. I was half way through my grind to NC (fully upgraded) and kind of enjoying her. Guns are great compared to Gneisenau but she is just so sloooow. I spotted NC was in a sale and accidently bought her along with a ton of free XP. Ooops! I will say every battle of chugging around at the speed of a canal narrowboat is worth it. NC is fantastic (he gushes like a girl after only 2 battles!) Tier 7 is a great place to be though so enjoy it. Deleting cruisers with those beautiful guns never gets old.

I think tin cans and a bit of string were better than my old £9.99 bargain basement headphones!

Better for me. Pre patch I thought the guns were pathetic. However........ I have just bought a new set of surround sound cans. Only Logitech G430's so not outrageously pricey. Absolutely revolutionized my gaming enjoyment. Guns sound like thunder. QQ is how much better was the sound with decent headphones if you guys think it's terrible now?

I was watching ichase's review of La Dunkerque and he does a virtual walk around the deck showing off all the little details and touches you just don't normally notice. In port I can only zoom in so far but not enough. In battle I know you can free look but I've normally got better things to do (like preparing the liferafts!) Can we admire our ships close up?

That pattern is so 'Murica! Freedom is coming a sea near you! I have a Texas, not played it much but after now understanding the gameplay I've re-specced for AA. At tier 5 and around there's always CV's so it's nice to have a strong point. It's a slow old sow but I like the broadsiding freedom mode to the commie reds

That's what I figured. It would be a nice addition to a future patch. I've spent a fair wodge on premiums and wouldn't mind being able to enjoy them in closer detail within port.

Nah. That's only for looking and cycling through the specific items. WG spend so much time lavishly detailing the ships and you can't admire them in close detail panning around.

No 360 degree rotation on the Nurn.

I would like to say a thank you to the contributors of this thread. A fascinating read and wonderful pictures. Whilst only a game I do find the WG series has ignited a childhood spark for the wonder of history.

I found that as well. Aim at the waterline and all the shells derp into the sea. No Boom Boom only Splish Splosh.......... Aim a touch higher and bingo.

Just to comment on this. I'm learning CV just to discover the strategic gameplay and also how they work and can be countered in your BB or CA etc. So I'm playing exclusively on coop with a Langley and Saipan ....(I bought it in a drunken haze) (Ships fully upgraded as per reviews and 3 cap skills, NOT dogfighting expert). So you always get a ship match on coop and normally with upgrades and captain skills you should have an advantage. I'm attempting to learn how to bait fighters over friendly AA and do strafe attacks but more often than not it ends up in a furball dogfight. And again more often than not the bot fighters will slaughter your squadron (fully upgraded). Bot logic is pretty aggressive and they will always go for the dogfight. I just can't fathom how to gain an advantage in one?

First cruise and me likey. even a seal can seal club seals in this seal clubber

Yes at last ze Albert makes it to EU! Very highly regarded on the US forums. Complete no brainer buy it now Just rebought Kaiser for low tier lulz so this will compliment her well.