Hanszeehock

It's a bit old now but suggest watching this

Hi from me to all the former WoWP players

I actually enjoyed the Pepsicola grind. As others have said it has a totally different playstyle to the Cleveland. It is not a HE spammer, use AP against other cruisers and lower tier BBs. Always try to avoid exposing your broadside, a challenging but good ship. Now about the New Orleans......groan

I think the real problem is that the staff in the Paris office are spread too thinly. As Ectar has made clear more than once, the EU team does not just cover WoWS. Maybe they should think about having staff solely dedicated to WoWS ?

Because with only 8 per side it would screw the balance.

Agree that people will have to learn the gameplay of these ships. However, I think a few people will be unhappy. I just use the 105s to spam HE obviously given the small size of the shell, penetration is not great. Supertesters have been given special accounts so they can test the ships on the live server. These have the name format WOWS_Testdrive_XX. I'm number 52, see you in battle.

It would make a great premium

It's Tier 4

Sorry to disagree but having played all of them, the T2 and T3 are my favourites. It's just fun machine gunning everything ! T5 and 6 are ok but made of glass the high tiers are a total waste of time. I'm sure they will get buffed but people are gonna hate them.

I've been testing the German cruisers. The AA is very weak on all but the T10. They do not have the AA consumable ability either.

A suggestion. When the German cruisers are released in a few days don't free XP your way to the higher tiers, you will be disappointed, promise.

The thing to remember is that the Russian DDs can only spam fire in ideal circumstances. Their detection range is still quite high and increases once they fire. so if there is an enemy DD just outside normal detection range, you get detected straight away. And there are also these things called planes. As Sharana has pointed out, it will take forever to damage a BB and I doubt if many CA captains are going to sit at a perfect range either. Anyway I just don't think we are going to see many Russian DDs as most players will find the grind too painful.

You read more than me

Yes, it would be nice to have some more realistic camos. The in game Warspite camo is hideous, the RL camos are much better

Yes, we were given only 3 skill points and no opportunity to earn more.

So sorry, I bow before the master. I realise your hit rate and damage at high tiers is so much better than mine. Your superiority in the Pensacola is amazing

Sorry I don't agree. Basically they have T5 guns. You can be a nuisance but it takes forever to kill stuff.

You played most of your games in OP CVs before they were nerfed. WR is simply irrelevant as it depends what ships you play in etc. You have played two DDs, probably the most OP ones. Try the Farragut and report back. I never stated I was a brilliant player, I'm just an older person who plays for fun, mainly with friends. But it does not make my opinion any less valid. The RU DDs are weak, period.

Says the man with the artificially inflated win rate. Basically the T10 has T5 guns, here is an example: 73 hits - look at the damage. I suppose an obnoxious person like you has to resort to the personal stuff when you run out of arguments. Anyway I look forward to all the whine threads about how UP the Russian DDs are. Perhaps when you have played them (oh wait, you only play OP ships) you can give an objective opinion (unlikely)

I suggest you watch Cloaking Donkey's vid above. The ship is not small, it has a terrible turning circle and awful rudder shift. I have actually sailed it on the live server and it is not going to dominate any battles. When you have been through the pain of this new line, lets talk again.

My point was this is the straight line speed. If you are detected you won't be going in a straight line and therefore will not be doing 43 knots. I answer to @Vulgarny, I realise you like to post that this game is doomed on a regular basis, but even you must admit that an alleged OP Russian T10 ship is unlikely to make lots of people quit the game ! Fact is most people do not play T10 and even when they finish the grind they will not play there regularly. But lets be even more realistic. Given ideal circumstances this DD can rain shells while being undetected, but these shells are not going to kill a high tier BB with its large HP pool unless the BB player is very stupid indeed.

There is a mod which removes the F key voice messages. I'm a happy user of it !

I agree. However, for average players it will not be so easy to maintain the correct distance and it many battles the opportunity to stay undetected will not exist.

In the two DDs you have played your torpedo hit rate is 3% & 4%. You obviously need better smokescreens ?

The Khabarovsk has a base firing range of 13km. If you fit Gun Fire Control Modification 2, range increase to 15.1. Obviously you can also eventually get the advance firing training Commander skill which adds another 2.6km. I've been testing it on the live server today without the Commander skill. Obviously in actual battles you do get detected a lot by enemy DDs and aircraft. The top speed of 43.4 knots does get you out of trouble, but remember you are not going top speed all the time. I found I was getting hit quite a lot and in one battle lost two turrets but not much HP quite quickly.