Takeda92

It's not just Zaou vs DM.. it's USA vs Japan tree. USA: easy mode Japan: expert mode If you just want easy gratification, play USA. If you want challenge, play Japan. I don't know if devs intended this or not, but I definitely prefer to play the ships I both like and enjoy the challenge of playing them.

You can say all the arguments in the world and try to convince the complainers the otherwise, you give them facts and tips, you can explain to them with at most respect, yet they shut their ear out for any reason and insist that this "X" is OP. Sadly WG listens to those player without ever thinking if they are right or not.

Yes, with auto aim CVs are extremely easily to use now, this is also one of the problem as we don't want an easy class yet challenging yet balanced class that rewards skill!

I'd say E, F and G designs are the most interesting!

I hope you find your answer here http://forum.worldofwarships.eu/index.php?/topic/14258-basics-spotting-mechanics/

My only hope, is that WG notices and recognizes the disappointment of CV players about the current state of CVs. atm it is bigger issue than HE/AP balance (I'd even say it's bigger than IJN DD line problem that I'm trying so hard to put under the devs attention with no vain) and I truly believe that devs should invest more time in making CV fit into the game as both fun, challenging and fair class before OBT, because if they don't, both playing with and against CV would be frustrating.

The spread is so wide you'll only hit 2-3 of those. and no you won't die from 2 or 3...

depending on what he tried to do. When I died by a DD I blame only myself because I know I did something wrong. You are his counter after all. Tip: don't try to shoot the DD, turn away from it and give it your rear, he can't torp you that way!

Since it had 8 10cm guns, they could give it outstanding secondary armament with 7-10 range

you can do the same with AP, HE, bomb or any other way of attack. each ship has a small chance of one-shotted the other ship regardless of what it is. You're dumping your frustration on the wrong thing, torps has nothing to do with one-shotting since anything can trigger it.

Langleys torps may be weaker but you hit more per squad since they are 6 in a tighter spread, so the damage would probably even out if not succeed it.

umm.. It's late to say this but, what's APM?

I'm talking about the one that was made for arty.. it changes the angle you look at the target and gives a better view than the top down view.

Please, WG not only knows about WoT's arty camera mod they also gave them the best mod award. I don't suspect they will ban this mod too.

Yes, that's because WG decided that IJN is not allowed to do damage with their torps, they nerfed their spread and their damage on high tiers, but US is totally fine and they even gave them a damage buff.

First of all, no TB in game has 5 planes.. unless you're talking about US TBs that lost a plane each. In that case I'd say you're right. The recent buff to US carriers gave them too much power than they should. However, the role which was supposed to be give to IJN carriers has been taken away, There's no IJN carrier that has the ability to one shot a BB anymore unless he played his card rights and utilized flooding and fire, in that case it's the BB's fault for using his repair too soon.

@Sharana US + Russian bias confirmed

My problem isn't that BBs can one-shot CAs, it's the fact WG nerfed carriers because they could do the same for battleships that didn't pay attention. Those who did could still survive an attack from a CV. Double standards!

Tier 9 actually since her hanger isn't that big. It all depends on how WG balance (read make her useless) her however. But my point is, for the first IJN carrier line, I would pick Taiho over Shinano too.

US can now go for both setups and still be useful. If they go fighters they will deny the enemy a good game and if they go bombers they will still do very good damage. IJN carriers has no reason to go balanced deck unless you meet a lower tier IJN carrier (hopefully) and even its strike deck is being nerfed to be on par with the USN one.

You should add the turning circles for these two.

Also Taiho is a better example of a carrier than Shinano.

I'm not sure.. it's similar to what we have in WoT: AP is the default shell HE is for very special cases like dacapping and against low armor targets. Here, strangely, we have the other way around. WG will still tweak the balance. They are doing it ever since 3.1 came in. AP is also connected to armor so it makes balancing difficult. AP also is affected by the angle of impact, this makes it extremely difficult to use for the average player so I guess that's why they are doing it. One thing I'll say for AP is that some ships citadels are too big for it, causing ship oneshots not that uncommon. making citadels smaller or something like you have a percent chance to trigger a citadel hit if you hit the citadel.

There's so much wrong in this comment I don't know where to start. You seriously need expand your knowledge of other classes and start searching for some video tutorials because you are playing wrong.

I can't stop but to think how WG is insulting the IJN carriers by giving them worst carrier stats, worst fighter/TB/Db stats attack and defense wise, by making the spread of IJN worse (like they don't know how to aim) and making the IJN fighter drop like flies implying that they will have inferior planes to all the other nations.