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Maybe they didn't force people before but I remember people complaining in the project R missions about them not being able to earn pearls etc. These kinds of complaints surface every time there is some new kind of missions based event added. So lets remove some of the complained about requirements. You don't like BBs, Redcap doesn't get DDs, loads of people don't like CVs, so no class specific missions. I don't like co-op so that is out. Loads of people don't want to go near top tiers so lets go max 7. Killing specific nations is out (http://forum.worldofwarships.eu/index.php?/topic/65648-arp-takao-nah-prepare-for-the-arp-nachi-pain/ - 25 pages of glorious salt), killing in general promotes kill stealing. Torp missions have to be out because it can force you to play classes. Fires have to be out to protect people only playing RN CLs. No divisions of course. Any mission requiring something like XXXX base XP in 1 game is out because that favours a) higher tiers and b) random battles. And some people only want to play co-op - not sure how we reconcile that with me not wanting to... Of course I am being a bit tongue in cheek, but my point is that you cannot have missions that please everyone all of the time. If they try to please everyone then all they can do is a) just hand out load of rewards for nothing (but I am certain we would have people complain because it was the wrong free stuff - I have seen the posts with people complaining at getting 250 DCP II for free!) or b) just sack it off don't add these things.

Admittedly it doesn't say exact tiers but it does warn you it is for high tier ships. It is is permanent meaning you can have it for a year and not complete if you like and you need to get a tier X first. I also like how you say it is wasted time except for all of the freebies you got for each task and mission. The main reward of 3 mil credits on mission 1/5 on Honourable service makes it worth the effort even if you ignore the sub rewards for each task.

Yea but it is like this for most events - I already spotted a co-op mission (science of victory) and I resent having to spend my time there, but I will. The idea behind these campaigns is to make people play multiple classes and roles and yet, as always some people just dig their heals in and refuse.

Scharnhorst is seriously good. If you don't like it then you are simply doing it wrong.

No. They changed the reward at some point but, everyone had a rank 12 reward. It might have been rank 10 (and max rank) when most people got it and others have been inserted below it, but it was issued.

Technically, they are behind us but they always patch a day ahead of us EDIT: also, I just posted about that - the 2 mil credits is due to the new account level (inserted at level 8, pushing the total to 13) that rewards you 2mil credits

You spotted a typo! Here, have a sticker.

It will just look like all of the other USN perma camos...

It has been answered. When they changed the requirements from using tier IX+ ships to VIII+ they said that they would not be making any further changes. You not liking their answer doesn't change the fact that it has been answered.

You asked how things were post Gneisenau and then 'beg to differ' using the Gneisenau for your argument when he says you shouldn't play them bow on. Huh? The Gneisenau/Scharnhorst are the exceptions with their 3 turret configuration but I have never really felt the need to play either of those particularly bow on anyway. The Bismarck certainly shouldn't be played bow on even if it shares the same 4-forward-facing-gun arrangement.

NCal is incredibly strong with its Bow armor, amazing AA and ability to have 6 turrets firing when in tank mode. Bismarck is king of the brawlers with those meaty 10km secondaries (when specced for it), turtleback armour and fast firing guns, but they lack the punch of the non-km BBs and you have a lot superstructure. you might not get citadelled but you sure eat consistent damage. I kept them both, because I love them both in their own way but it depends on whether you have only 1 playstyle.

Kind of just because. You could maybe argue that CVs inherited the queen of the seas title from BBs and so it is fitting they come from BBs, but who knows why WG actually chose that route. Fact is, that's the way it is and reason you have to invest your time in BBs to get there is that WG say that is what you have to do.

I've had to do some serious shifting around of my ships in order to deal with this since I was somewhat poor. I sold my Hiryu and Shokaku - both had no captain and were largely sat around in case I wanted them for ranked. I already owned the Kagero (for about 3 months despite playing 0 games in it!) and have now re-purchased the Fubuki and Hatsuharu. I am now spamming my perma-camo'd Gearing in order to up my finances (and work towards the 200 torp mission) and hopefully I can get the Farragut tonight. Little annoyed I had to sell the Shokaku, but not too bothered about the Hiryu - I have the Saipan after all. Final question - should I ideally have the Minekaze in my port too?

Patch day is the 1st. The 1st is a Thursday...

I own the Kagero, but I'm very poor at the moment (about to unlock the B hulls for both the NO and FdG and can't afford them!). Might try farm a few credits between now and then and get them. I read that having the Hatsu in port was the most important one to have for getting up the new line.

Hi Caronw and welcome to the forum. I saw you this morning in your Taiho when I was in my stock FdG on the ice map. We won quite comfortably.

This. Surely you waited for an opponent CV?

T4: Langley, Hosho T5: Gremyashchy T6: Fuso T7: Belfast, ShineyHorse, Saipan, Hiryu T8. Benson, Kutuzov (don't own), Bismarck, NCal, Shokaku T9: Fletcher, Taiho T10: Yamato. I don't own enough to further comment from experience - I've just got the Gearing and it is a beast (but only 7 games!) but I can't really compare it to others. Going for Zao as best cruiser, expect Hakuryu will be OP and hoping to get to the high tier RN CLs at some point.

This is my favourite thread on the forum.

New highest ever damage score: And a double strike... lol. I was actually under fire for the last 5 minutes of the game and in a desperate attempt at self-preservation I took out a Gneisenau chasing me and then the Scharnhorst with him ate the torps that missed the Genisenau. Also, the Fiji chasing me from stern on found that he was wholly ineffective in such a situation.

Just played my last game in my Pepsi this morning, unlocked the NO and then sold her. My experience of her? Enjoyable, I would say. As someone who is not a natural cruiser player, I have been really working to up my game in them recently. I've owned the Pepsi for perhaps 3 months and elited in 29 games. When I first got her I barely played her, and then only in divisions. Only in the past 2 weeks after I unlocked DE have I really moved her into my daily rotations (with some other cruisers) and played her mainly solo. As the OP says, the guns are really nice and the main problem is the visibility. Couple that with generally favourable matchmaking and I've been having some decent performances with quite a few games top of the team. Trying to walk the tightrope between being effective and being dead can be tough but I try to make sure I stick with other ships and make myself look an unattractive target (angling mainly) and go to areas where islands can give me enough cover to break from a fight and then I just support the team as best I can.

You realise they don't just tick a checkbox and all of those things work right? Those things would take crazy resources to implement... for your 1-2 days.

I died with 4 kills but got a kraken after my torps got the guy who killed me... and his name was ilovetorpedos. Made me laugh (sorry for bad first screenshot - didn't catch it before the kill started fading on the right hand side)

Please also keep in mind the Paypal discount ending in the morning. To truly get the most of the discounts you need to buy your dubloons tonight, and then convert the XP tomorrow. Last leak was 750k like Pete says, down from the 800k 'placeholder'. So, I guess if you want to prepare then you need to make a prediction based on current free XP, generation rate*, and what you think the cost might be. This might partially depend on how important you feel it is not to end up with too much free XP (which obviously can be used elsewhere) *a video yesterday seemed to think we NA will defo have it before Christmas, probably in the next couple of weeks (i.e. mid December).