mikelight1805

Don't get me wrong, i don't think there is anywhere near enough XP and credit gain for DDs and CVs who sacrifice their damage output for team vision. It is vital to the win, and there isn't enough recognition given. But to say the top XP earner on the enemy team shouldn't get to keep a star? i am sorry, i just don't agree with that. Its not like you are accumulating ranks for losing, you just don't progress.

OK, clearly i misunderstand the concept of a forum. My point of view is different to yours, so i am clearly wrong for thinking that the system is fine the way it is, and you are clearly correct for thinking that the system need changing. You ask why i think what i think matters? this is a forum: noun: forum; plural noun: forums; plural noun: fora 1. a meeting or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged. "we hope these pages act as a forum for debate" I think people who are willing to expose themselves to damage, who give the last BB left alive at the end free XP for damage done and damage blocked by armour are wrong, you think they are right. I don't think its worth it. clearly i am a more cautious cruiser captain than you.

If people are taking risks in ranked when the victory is secured, more fool them for taking unnecessary damage. There is no shame in running the clock down to get the win. Ranked isn't the place to be grinding XP and credits, so i say to these people "sorry, you are doing it wrong" I also find it hard to believe that good CLs working with good DDs taking caps are being out XP'd by bad BBs. If the whole team is crap then whoever sits on top of the XP pile is likely to be the guy who survives the longest. I don't see an issue with that as that person doesn't loose a star, he is also not gaining anything. I don't think the game mode should be changed because people are playing it wrong. The issue this season is that there are some really bad ships at T6 with more people playing them.

In the early days of the game i remember that CAs could fight in open water. Auto Ricochet and Overmatching was different back then so CAs could fight out in the open without fear of deleted unless showing full broadside. Cruisers now need the added protection of something solid as they are punished for fighting in open water. I fear if you idea of drifting was implemented the game would become even more static as people wouldn't position themselves in a area where they could drift into the open.

BBs camp, its what they do. If no one on the losing team can accumulate enough XP to outscore the camping BB then i would say there are issues with the DDs and CLs. I am usually able to last a decent amount of time in a ranked battle, if not to the end, it was a suicide to try for the win. If i loose a star because i carried hard but the team potatoed i dont agre with that to be honest. I also fail to see how someone can camp hard, potato and be carried to rank 1 if the rest of the team cant carry.

Cruisers are only easy to delete if they make a mistake, and cruisers like the Baltimore, Des Moines, Hipper/Eugen, Hindenburg can be surprisingly tanky if angled. What exactly are you wanting to improve in your game?

That's bad, i spend all day at work on this forum!

Check this out for forced movement skip to 2:30!

You mean Yuro?

I personally like to grind the lines, as the lower tiers can usually be ground through quite quickly. Also makes me feel like I've earned the higher tier ships. I got half way to Mo, and exchanged the rest on an additional XP conversion event. I'm glad i did, as i am usually short on credits, as i never really sell ships and am a bit of a collector. I wasn't too taken with the US BB line, and only wanted the Iowa anyway. I'm not the best at BBs, but i love the 16" guns. I've gone for the accuracy mod, and if doesn't disappoint! My recommendation is to save for the Missouri and grit your teeth with the low tier RN BBs

yes, that's the very thing i was thinking of

Maybe its time to add Oliver age 24's classic song "I am potato" to the games sound track.

Play CV. you can play the whole match in map view!

Raptor Rescue is frustrating as it requires certain things to happen at certain times. It also requires several ships to escort the group closely during the final transit stage, If half the team has gone and chased the first enemy CV it leaves the group exposed to torpedoes from the final enemy wave. I have had more success in this operation in a BB anchoring the right flank and letting the potatoes chase CVs by them selves. Once as no one went for the first CV i went after it in my Warspite. i dispatched it quickly and turned back to the fleet. 2 more team mates in BBs had followed me. guess what? we failed as raptor was torped!

Unfortunately we have found ourselves at a point in the game that most of the potatoes have now failed their way to the higher tiers on more than just one line of ships. I am seeing below average performance in most games now by a higher proportion of players.. These players feel themselves as veterans now because they have been playing for a year, and therefore wont take any advice and feel that their way of playing is correct.

I have both, and find the Sharnhorst more fun to play. Better matchmaking, and the higher rate of fire suits me well, as i predominantly am a cruiser player. As long as you only use AP on broadsides, the lower calibre isn't an issue. I find the Tirpitz ponderous and inaccurate.

I am hoping they cant decide between the names, but i doubt this as we are getting quite near release.

I am hoping its a place holder, but i am not sure why it would be, unless they were planing something else for the future regarding premiums and Doy/PoW. Its poor in my humble and otherwise worthless opinion

I'm running a Vanilla client, and sometimes suffer horrific load times. sometimes 2 mins into the game.

I am seeing a much poorer calibre of player this season. Potatoes turning up in Gnevny's, Graf Spee's and Nurnbergs all derping about. I honestly found last season at T7 better. I actually left the Belfast in port and set out in the fabulous Fiji and it was much more fun. I certainly am not feeling it this season. I would like a return to the old days with lower ranks at tier 6 then tier 8 at the higher ranks. at least then would be a bit of verity to look forward to.

I think a slight rebalance regarding Torp range and concealment would be ok if it wasn't too radical. Maybe an extra couple of KM range, coupled with a small concealment buff. I think the change should be moderate.

I have noticed lately that the game can take quite a while to load, even though i have been playing since CBT and havnt had issues before. Regarding ranked, I too have seen Nurnbergs (a ship made of citadels) sail off on there own, not even near the cap. I have addressed these players directly, advising to stick together and aim for a cap, only to be told "I'm Flanking" i even advised against this, but off they go, to a rapid trip back to the port screen. Keep at it, and don't give up. You do not loose a star if you finish top XP if you loose. So just try your best, grit your teeth and do what you can for the win without throwing your ship away. Once you get past the lower ranks, you will find better team play, as the imbeciles wont get past about rank 15.

Last day of June and no HMS Gallant,

Please dont think my statement is a pesonal attack on you, or even all US DD captains. I know there are some decent DD captains out there, and my statements are not meant to be a sweeping "All US DDs are morons" It just seems that players like your good self are becoming fewer and fewer. I have also smoked up team mates pushing a cap, and hung around to spot for the them and they just sail straight through the smoke and die whilst there is still a full minute on the clock for the smoke. The reason i mention the US DDs is that when i have been smoked recently, it was IJN boats! and i have run into several Gearings who sit in there own smoke and don't even use the guns, even if i have been radaring KM and IJN boats in the cap!

Agreed that each DD line is intended to have its own flavour, but it would appear that most of the newer players are unaware of this. In the CBT American DDs were knife fighting cap contesters with smoke to support the team. the IJN line was the stealthy torp ninja. But this seems to be all falling by the way side a bit at the moment. IJN should still be the superior torp boat, but with the changes to US torpedo range and the lack of the ability to stealth fire, the majority of poor DD play seems to be US DD drivers. Are most US DD players even aware that their smoke is superior to every other nation? Is it a case of with so many BBs about that more DD players want to farm torpedo damage at the expense of all else?