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protective MM up to tier 4, forces 5 and 6s go in together mostly, that is because tier 7 has a very favorable MM, more than %50 Top tier. And as you can imagine, because of that, and the huge numbers in tier 9 and X ships, Tier 8 gets shafted sometimes. That is working as intended, and we've seen what they can do when they try to fix it. (go search WOT forums for 3-5-7 or MM template) I say don't touch MM.. being bottom tier is not that bad... If you know what to do

IMO, you are right.. It would be welcomed.. but mostly from the people who does not have any idea and skill to play RN CL. I think If any kind of HE get introduced to those ships, there would be a lot of smoke camping HE ONLY spamming people will start to play that line. and that is not the niche of this line. I think, 1 to 5k damage on a bow tanking montana in every 7.5 seconds from a tier 8 CL is a very nice damage output.

Counter the angling is "Superstructure" I guess!

I think there is a technical fault happened in the production of neptunes.. They put citadel onto the ship, AFTER they finished building it. So the citadel is just sitting on the deck.. like a big blop of jelly!

Epicenter is just disgusting.. for randoms.. I believe that mode is the one which requires the most teamwork. There can be very different and numerous tactics which can be implemented as a team! I would like to see that mode added into Clan Battles, as much as I would like to see it removed from random PVP

I didn't play her at all.. So I cannot say she is good or bad.. But fiji and edinburger are awesome.. On the otherhand gentelmen, I've realised something. Everyone who says "Neptune is crap" has already obtained the mino.. Is that because, you have the same MM and Mino is an absolute monster, that people feel bad about neptune? Is there anyone here, still grinding on the neptune, and can give a thought about it. Because I think, when you get your hands on mino, everything before that becomes obsolete :)

I agree, Wooster is a much bigger problem then 4 radars for a DD nowadays..

can you elaborate a little? Why she is your favorite RN CL?

I couldn't stand the emerald! I dropped the line.. Then after many months.. I said to myself.. "ManUP! Pull yourself together! You want that Mino!" then I decided to jump with Fexp. Asked to people about it.. they said, only skip Leander! Fiji is excellent! OMG... FIJI.. that ship is incredible.. It is where the true RN CL line starts.. and after that, people told me, Edin is just a bigger FIJI with worse MM.. but I didn't skip her.. I say.. Edin is not the same with FIJI.. yes same guns.. same reload.. better concealment (9km FTW) better torps (10km) and the heal??? Excuse me dear Dallas.. you burned me into crisp.. let me print another edin and come back to you! Voila! I don't know about neptune.. may be I skip her.. may be not.. but I can say this, RN CL's are the most fun ships for me to play.. Because they don't have range, I am forced to go in middle and closer.. to support any side.. Because I am made out of wet tissue paper.. I need to be careful.. Because My smoke is my biggest weapon, I need to use it as long as possible, not use 30 seconds of it and waste the other.. Positioning and map awerness is the most important skills for the RN CL line.. and having good results makes you feel really good.. on the other hand, it is not stresful.. because If you are detected.. you just say.. "Bollocks!" because there is no chance you can survive.. When you get detected, the number of the ships targeting you sky rockets.. everyone goes like: "British cruiser!! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!" As for me, there is no average games in them.. I do very well.. or I do crap..! nothing in between.. But there is no better ship for rewarding good play and good decisions.. On the other hand, some maps, usually the big ones, you really struggle to do something when the enemy team decides to run away.. Last night I started chasing some enemy ships down.. just to hit them once.. I am on the second in the front, after a shima.. 1 yama, 2 montana and a republiq.. started to retreat away when they see our BBs.. and with 15.4km range.. I was way far away from them to shoot.. my first shell started to fly after 8 - 10 mins in game.. But I believe that is my fault also.. You don't go to border or side with a RN CL.. you always go towards the middle.. or in between caps in domination. Your range is far worse limitating factor for you than your armor..

Don't you ever dare to joke about it in WOWs!! Don't even mention it @MrConway It is not even funny...!! Seing Prem. and ammo together in this forum just give me chills everytime.. I am just imagining shells going through armor belt of the GK, or Torpedos doing 80 Knots with 1km detectability.. I need a drink!!!

The number of 0-1 radar games are much more than 2+ radar for the last couple of weeks.. It will pass.. like every other phase of new ship line.. T61 is coming. Brace yourselves from the "tier 6 is ruined" topics!

Why no one talks about this? This guy had the most comprehensive data... (WIP) Thanks mate.. And here it can be seen that Conq is best for many stats.. but I dont care about that :) On the other hand, Wows numbers site author has replied my enquiry, and said, QUOTE " Only tracked player stats included in my site "

It would be great that If you tell me how did you gather that data?

Yep the numbers from the hidden accounts are not included I agree.. But I differ from him that all the open accounts are included, as opposed to his claim (only the tracked accounts numbers are there) Anyway, If the site admin replies to me, the mystery will be solved. I cannot say it is true.. mine or his.. On the other hand, Russians always favor russian tanks or ships.. heavily.. and I don't know why, they are good in it.. They usually win the global matchups.. and I don't know about the ships, but the meta in RU server for tanks.. are completely different.. Like they are playing a different game.. For example, in EU and NA server, Heavy tanks goes to same pace on the same map.. and get into a face to face brawling match.. for the same map and tier in RU server.. OMG..!! WTF!! first time I've seen them.. I was like.. "WHY THE HELL HE GOES THERE??? If that is same with the WOWs, That would explain not only moskva but all high tier WRs for RU server.

I believe Wows Numbers has the overall numbers. But since @wilkatis_LVsaid it has not, I've just e-mailed the author to ask that..

I didn't know that.. Thanks for the info.. lets dive into real numbers then.. Ok, there is a problem with the site you gave me, According to the WOWS numbers, there are 4.250.XXX battles have played in Yamato in total, according to site you gave is 3.872.594 Are you sure that the wows numbers are taking numbers from only given accounts? or may be you are confusing it with WOWStats.org?

The impact could be seen in the global stats. I am failing to understand how, but even though the battle numbers are low in RU cluster, average WR of tier X ships are much higher.. Really baffles me..

Wrong reasoning. They have that kind of money, BECAUSE they bought the premium ships and premium camos in the first place. About the tier 10 match numbers. This is the result WITH the negative economy on high tiers. What would it be like If people makes mountains of money do you think?

you are completely wrong at this here mate. The credit economy has 2 very important options. There are 2 different kind of players paying non-paying usually the paying players are the %5 of the servers population, (which is a general number for F2P games) Non-paying costumers has a great duty of populating the servers and they are important. But with the constant new player stream, there has to be someone at mid tiers to play with them. If every player with tier 10 ships, plays constantly at tier 10, mid tiers would be vacated and the newbies will bored to death in MM queue.. So the economy you claim has no impact is actually, doing 2 things. 1. Force you to become a paying costumer for WG, 2. or go back to mid tiers to earn credits to populate there.. If you think It does not hurt WG to give millions of credits to everyone after every game.. you are wrong. It will kill the game.. very fast.

ok global numbers for the battleships, really points towards to a great NERF for ConQ..

Ok, since I don't want to dive into the mountains of work infront of me, I have free time to spare. Very short work with very rough numbers.. these are the stats for 4 major cruiser from tier X at EU / RU and NA servers, and the global numbers according to those 3 servers. So basically, we may expect a same kind of small nerf onto the ZAO, and average damage on Desmo looks low, even though the WR is looking good.. ok I am curious about the numbers for battleships.. lets do that too :)

I didn't check the numbers, but If the numbers are you referring are from EU cluster, you are making a mistake, you need to look global numbers, combined for all servers. Because anytime a ship receives a buff or a nerf, It goes live everywhere. Usually russian server numbers for both tanks and ships makes them decide everything. For example, Hindi has over %51 WR in russian server with the best average damage, (I am not counting the ships with low match numbers) Desmo has a WR over %52 but has second to last damage numbers.. May be we can expect a nerf+buff combination for Desmo.. But I'didnt checked the other servers..

First I do not have a misso! I actually don't have any premium above tier 6. I have tier 10 camos for 2 ships I play. Not having any credit problems. Yes you have to grind for credits. That is the way of things.. you either; buy a premium ship and premium time to grind credits. or buy premium time and signals and tier 10 camo and grind credits. or you go back to mid tiers to grind credits and keep there populated. Basically, you either pay money to WG, or go populate the mid tiers If you wanna be complete freebie.. this is the system from the day one. You have to grind the credits whatever you do or buy. (Unless you pay ridiculous money for the war chests) The length of the grind is depends on how much money you spend on Premium acc, premium ships and premium camos. If you really dont like the grind, pay some money for premium, If you really don't want to pay money. Stop complaining. If you want to complain and dont want to give money, this is not the game for you. And regarding to the misso, even WG admitted, It was breaking the game economy with the earning potential and they said "THey made a mistake" so no more missouri. Right now you are just saying, "THEY HAVE IT! I WANT IT TOO!!!"

there are 2 factors that WG takes into account regarding to the balancing. Global WR of a given ship (or tank) and global average damage of a ship (or tank) after a min number of battles. (the number which we don't know but presumably quite high) For the tanks, because there is a possibility of a draw at the end of the matches, the critical number for WR is %49. Lets say, because there are no draws in WoWs, take the number as %50, When a given ship introduced into the game, lets say 1.000.000 total battles in global, If the WR of the ship is equals or above %51, ships get nerfed.. or equals or below %49 that ships get buffed.. but that is not simple.. lets say, a ship gets %51 WR after a given number of battles after the introduction but at the same time, another ship which is a direct opponent of that ship drops below %49, then may be it is time to buff the ship which is dropping below... (this causes the effect which as known as "PowerCreep") And the global damage numbers, sometimes, the WR of the given ship is in the margin of balanced! but the damage numbers are too high or too low regarding to a direct opponent of the said ship. Then this time, it is time to both NERF-BUFF at the same time.. For example, the global average damage of the tier 10 cruisers is around 45K. and the acceptable range is 30K - 60K so, If a new tier 10 goes under 30K or above 60K after a given number of battles, it is time to poke it with the hammer of SerB, something like this.. I've read a very very old interview about buffing and nerfing which is done with SerB. Years ago. About tonks.. but I presume it is same with the ships. They (developers and balance department) %95 takes only these into the account..

Dear WG, most (may be some) of us will sell the stock modules for the ships we are grinding.. What if you put an option on to an stock or old module which is demounted (like stock hull or B hull on some ships) to right click on it and sell.. the inventory is as usual is slow like the rest of the UI..