OldGrandad

No ship armed with torpedoes should ever launch from a second line unless the following checks have been made. Only fire if you can ensure no ally ship in front will be be hit accidentally or not, or has to make any sort of evasive manoeuvre to suit missing the ally torpedoes (as this could put said ally at risk with enemy gun fire/torpedo hit as well). It is the launchers responsibility to follow those guidelines and NOT any ally ship in front of the launcher to make any movement to suit the launcher.

So, someone says something you do not like and you resort to insults, immaturity at its zenith. I was 'the friend' who reported back on how I felt about SO. The best thing you can say about the game is that it will suit being played on very low end PC's, laptops tablets etc, it really is that poor graphically. Ship modelling is laughable, maps are poorly made (to suit the budget game engine I guess?) and the ship action (like they are on tracks) is poorly implemented. GUI looks like it was copied from the very first WoT release especially the tech tree which looks as dated as hell now. I played a few battles but no matter trying to accept its shortcomings I could never remotely put SO as a competitor to WoWs. Yes it is an imitator but nothing more. I will not play it again as it has nothing to hold my attention, subs? Oh dear, if you really want to 'experience' sub warfare try a more dedicated game. This is only my personal opinion.

Thought I would give you all a laugh, being a sad old collector I hardly ever sell so currently my port collection has risen to 62. The ships that I have sold that appear in my statistics are the Erie, Chester, Chikuma, Karlsruhe (no surprise there!), South Carolina and Kawachi. As I am a really poor CV captain I have bought the Langley and Hosho to see how I can master all that manual dropping stuff and the like (yes, I am still rubbish!).

This was what I was trying to say. All I am trying to do, as this competition is about shooting down planes (it does not say it is a CV only contest), is to try and make it a little more equal across the board, nothing more nothing less. I am sure most here will agree this competition, in its own nature, is really about ships on tiers 9 and 10 as the rest, as much as they try, will not be able to match the amount of planes in the air to shoot down. Best wishes to the winner.

No offence, but you are a very poor player with a lot of room for improvement. I suggest looking inwards before pointing the blame at anyone else.

My carousel (post battle) always goes to the end no matter which ship I take out in battle. I have selected 'Compact carousel view' in port.

You know what, some complain when a WG representative does not appear on the forum, and when one does, and to politely reply to a post all you can do is be sarcastic?

I recently (read 5 days ago) got my tier 8 Tashkent and although only 20 battles in with it I am averaging 1700 XP with it due mostly to contribution XP (capping, protecting cap etc). As for credits with a win I get between 250 and 400k (I am an average player) and even with a loss still clear circa 150k. The biggest drawback I see at these higher tiers and that is a severe lack of understanding of how to win a game with many players. Call it lack of skill if you like, but I find it very hard to understand how players that have obviously played many battles have not learned from previous experience. This is of course only my personal experience in the limited tier 8 battles I have been in and certainly does not reflect on others experience. I really do not mind losing against better teams, what I do not like though is losing alongside a team that have put little to no effort into trying to get a win. Am I alone with these thoughts?

Game Update 0.5.1.2 Fixed an incorrect function of the "Dogfighting expert" skill that caused a 100% damage bonus for fighter planes instead of 10% (nothing good ever lasts, eh?) Lines with base capture and protection points has been excluded from the detailed stats window as their display is currently not supported. They are still being taken into account for experience calculation Ishizuchi premium ship has been added to the Japanese tech tree Fixed an error that caused the ships carousel to jump back to the beginning of the list after each battle Fixed an issue that caused achievements earned in battle to be displayed twice in the achievements statistics section of the "Profile" tab Fixed an issue that caused the free view camera to not turn off in some cases, after leaving the Help window Server-side preparations for the start of the next Ranked Battles seasons

To make this fair to non-CV players would be to offer prizes to them as well, as I am sure if not, a CV will certainly win. Thoughts?

Have you tried (in Settings) checking the box for 'Reduce GUI refresh rate'. If that fails try putting 'Post processing' to off. In a nutshell try different settings until you find something that gets your port back to 'normal'. On the test servers I had graphical issues in port (not in battle) and I unchecked 'Reduce GUI refresh rate' and it helped me, so give it a try. (Live server is ok for me).

Wrong way round! Unless Ollie was sailing with that flag I guess Ollie's Iowa was in a healthier state than the Izumo at point of contact hence his survival?

Note C. You say almost capped enemy cap point, I put my money on that the enemy DID cap your point in the same time.

I am suffering many more crashes since the last update (0.5.1) more so in game yet previous to the update although I did suffer the odd crash it was only when in port. I have a very similar error message as the OP. My rig is lets say, pretty damn decent!

Well done, more sense of humour and less tinfoil wearing!

A sense of humour is needed in times like this. A sad day when someone vents their spleen at such a crooked and fixed game.

Damn it is windy today..........

Just a question of curiosity, how much would you hope it would be doubloons wise? (Note, I tested last night so had a sneak peek ) I for one agree with all of you regarding the current bundle only policy. Bundles are fine ONLY if they offer a significant saving over buying the parts of that bundle separately, and of course being sold via the tech tree for doubloons.

No, sometimes the GUI 'inherits' data from another ship depending what you may have viewed previously. I had reported this in previous tests but this is the first I have seen in this update, so good spot.

I was primarily playing tier 8 on Sunday and all matches were full from tier 8 through to tier 10, in fact I was more than surprised after some of the comments here about population. All I can surmise is, if at higher tiers, try to play at peak hours and weekends as that is where the high tier population is reasonably healthy. One other thing to consider is those (like myself), are grinding gradually so are only now getting to higher tiers. Most of my friends are only at tier 8 like myself and as you know the grind up from there is so much harder (which I like as it gives me that target to aim for).

Well, if the last 3 days is any indication, I would say compared with the initial launch and interest, the population online is pretty good. I popped in briefly to the main server last night after testing and there was 25k playing, not bad for a week day. Although I had a couple of tier 8 cruisers I was not as frequent at those tiers until the weekend and it was so easy to get a game quickly. But, you may be correct, they may have jumped ship, from CV to destroyers as there were quite a few at tier 8. The population of any game is just as tidal as an ocean, coming and going but I am still baffled why we get the doom mongers going 'woe is me' this early? Anyway, you are all welcome to your own views, but please respect others views even though you may not necessarily agree with them.

In all honesty I feel the issue has subsided since the changes, far less now speed cannot be maintained in order to minimise being hit. But, I still feel an automated return to battle system should be implemented (ala WoWp) which would stop any further complaints. But, as the devs said, this is an interim measure and not necessarily the final solution, so if there is still sufficient concern about the misuse of the border, I am sure the devs have something else to implement. Other than that, strangers suggestion of creating a border that contained elements that you know WILL slow or stop your ship (land masses, shallows etc) is just as good. The flip side is a complete map overhaul but I am sure the map makers have got the hang of things now!

Do it, I am having a ball with the RU DD's, Got the Tashkent Saturday lunchtime, 17 battles by the end of my play Sunday and I am already a third of the way to the Udaloy, 1st and 2nd games with her on Sunday.

Do they give day release to the less fortunate on a Monday? I mean, we had that whacky thread from cowboyslayer earlier! Ah, buy one get one free.......

I noted that last evening, in fact yesterday was a higher population online than many of the previous Sundays. In the morning it was 20k plus, not too bad.