OldGrandad

Archeron's brother? Back to a little reality I suggest checking your connection before making a pretty poor suggestion. And, I suggest asking for support in game as to why was there no one helping you when you knew you were being tracked by an enemy DD?

Hello OVan, I would accept you at the drop of a hat as you are critical and we need those that can give good critique! Unfortunately, it is not my decision to accept new Supertesters but I can assure you if it is asked of me I will agree to your inclusion. Thank you. There are things that appear to work normally but we have to assume everything is never normal and test accordingly. Me? I am just a recalcitrant old man looking to breaking things!

I was not 'attacking' but noting that his lack of alternate directions was limiting what he could get out of the game. Boring? I ask again as if any map keeps you on your toes it is Ocean. All to their own opinion of it but until it gets taken out of rotation you have to accept it. It is not my favourite but I accept it. I have at no time insulted you but merely observed your limited view of the game. You on the other hand have insulted me and knowing your age somewhat saddens me, please do not resort to insults as it reflects immaturity. Some are trying to help you understand there is a bigger world outside of your bubble, but as you are more than happy carrying on sailing in it so be it.

Hello All, For those that are interested in becoming a Supertester, need to understand that a lot is required of you. The obvious pro from becoming a Supertester is that you become privy to seeing and trying new ships and other content long before they become available on the main server. The cons are that you have to go over and over with tests on the new content to try and see if bugs are still there after release from the studio. We test on a couple of other servers, often in conjunction with fellow colleagues from all the other regions, RU, NA and Asia all testing the same issues. It does not stop there, we then require you to write up reports on your tests in the fullest detail, not exactly fun I can tell you! That is where it ends with us, as then the information is then handed over to the studio for them to make changes or judgements to suit. But, it is satisfying, as that you know you have done your bit in trying to make the game better no matter what others outside of the testing arena think! Another but! There is no payment, no 'extras' for testing, only self satisfaction in testing alongside some great people, that for me is more than enough. Regards, Ducat.

Think he was relating to the fact she is a British built ship (built not far from where I live).

I was fortunate to sail her in testing and coming from a cruiser captain (soon to be a gunboat captain!) I loved every battle in her. At the time of testing, she was at tier 6, but obviously set at a tier too low and battle stats reflected that hence her being released at tier 7. Bottom line will be, when it comes up to the Mahan/Sims/Kiev will be the captain. Looking forward to taking her out again!

Boring and annoying, please elaborate? Ocean offers an alternate means of engaging in battle, more thought involved due to the very obvious lack of cover. I have grave concerns that WoWs is really not suited to you as you are too selective in what you want out of the game. Try being a little more acceptive and that will help you enjoy the maps a little more.

I have had a nights sleep to think about what happened last night and I find the anger I felt after the incident has not subsided. I now find myself empathising with victims of team killers even though I was not a victim directly, none the less I WAS affected ultimately. I believe there has to be a sanction on those that currently turn pink, that will ring fence them and not let them roam the game as they currently do. Pink equals a weeks suspension from the game, minimum. Then allow them back but still keeping their gaudy colour but under stricter restrictions, one more instance and the account is banned. It will then be up to that particular player to prove that what they did was a mistake. Currently team killers are let loose 'innocent until proven guilty' but surely in these instances it should be 'guilty until proven innocent'. The ticket system is not working as we would like to see, in game reports are certainly not adequate to highlight particular 'offences' in game. WG really does need to step up to the mark in dealing with TK'ers as the one that Bob talked about already has been reported and yet he is out there doing it again..... and again. I await a sound lucid response outlining what WG are doing about this.

Some here have criticized the RU DD's and so it is their choice to do so but the difference is the captain. Once you understand these are gunboats primarily and use them as such you will do well. Average damage for me is low but it is regular as all I do is pepper anything that is red and run. Ah did I say run? The speed of the RU DD's really helps in laying down fire and jinking at 40kts! Enjoy.

Unfortunately your self diagnosis is spot on, currently you are playing poorly. We have discussed in the past on the forums as to why new players should not buy high tier premiums purely because you really do need good basic understanding and skill to play at those higher tiers. Read through the beginners thread and take Kurbains advice above in watching as many tutorial videos as possible, and then practice what you have read and watched in Co-op first then when proficient get back into random. You have as yet not played battleships, you may well be better in those so research those and have a go with them. But please, do not sail the Atago again until you have attained the skill to match the tier.

Well, you are knocking on the door of the tier 5 Gnevny which for me opened up my eyes. From there on I am having a ball with the Russians and currently on the Kiev. I now consider them my favoured line of all the ships I sail and that is coming from a preferred cruiser captain. They need a different discipline to be captained well and are as different from the IJN DD's as you can get. Treat them like light cruisers and you will do well.

I was the third player in the division and I raised the fact that we had a teamkiller on the team. We were all in destroyers as was this teamkiller and we were discussing our concern on teamspeak about him as we sailed away. As we looked back, we immediately knew his intentions as he sailed alongside our Colorado and I said that I saw torps being fired, and yes, he sunk the Colorado and with the reflected damage destroyed himself. Most will know I am passive but if I see this player in battle I will do my utmost to ensure that he does not do it again (read into that what you want). For the first time, I have felt sickened by another players actions in ruining not just his victims game but ultimately the entire teams game (Hans, me and Bob included).

@Antony1953 - I am afraid your ability with this game is sorely lacking. I am asking you to never pay for ships before you can master the ones that are free as you have pitiful results in them. Please do not blame age as I am only a few years younger than you. I suggest to study more videos, read more informative threads/posts about how to play before actually embarking on more battles. Do not blame the ships as they have good records with captains that can sail them well, look within for the failings and try to adapt your play style to suit.

I am assuming you have solid proof to back up your statement? Or are you quoting from personal experience?

Losing connection will mean going straight back to log in screen, if you have lost network connection you will not go back to port. Last night in one battle, my connection dropped 4 times kicking me back to the log in screen, every time I was able to rejoin the battle. If the game crashes sometimes you can rejoin and sometimes not, but quitting the battle should not give you the option to rejoin purely for the opportunity to abuse it.

If you quit the battle you cannot re-enter unlike losing connection whereupon you can. Think of it logically, if you quit a battle and back to port you can take another ship out, quit again and so forth, can you see why you cannot rejoin now?

The way tinfoil is being worn these days I may not get any for my turkey this Christmas........

Ok, you are hurting a bit and vented your frustration here on the forums, I can understand that but first, ensure you have a good case to put before the jury here other wise you will get hung, drawn and quartered, not just once but many times......

I use Fraps myself but the free version has a 30 second limitation and watermarks the video.

Congrats to the OP for bringing some light entertainment to the masses. I think this thread is the first to keep me entertained long enough for me to have a second cup of coffee, priceless. By the way, I am not a software engineer and do not claim to be anything other than an alien here on earth to study you all........

This I concur with, I found that turret loss on the Oggy (And with the Kiev but thankfully has 3!) to be painfully frequent with one battle losing both. But that aside I had many great battles in her and was looking forward to the Kiev and scoring reasonably well in 27 battles I managed to get the Kiev yesterday. She did not disappoint! 9 battles in and whilst getting used to higher tiered opposition am loving her. Only sailed the Tashkent in testing and as much as she is a good ship in her own right, as Daemon said, the Kiev was an upgrade to the Tashkent so a little jiggling needs to be done in the tech tree (Myoko/Mogami anyone?). Odd fact, On 28 June 1942 she was bombed by Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka"s and managed to reach Novorosiysk but foundered in the port on 2 July 1942. Her gun turrets were salvaged for use in the destroyer Ognevoi.

Turret destruction is ridiculous now, I have lost both turrets on my Kiev with minimal loss of HP. I would be happier losing 50% HP rather than taking away my best chance of damaging enemy ships.

Turret destructions seems to be much more prevalent (more so DD's) since the update.

Welcome, you bring some fresh air to the forum (currently rife with conspiracy theorists!)

One thing missing out of the OP's argument - the human element. You throw a conspiracy firework into the bonfire and obviously there is going to be an effect. Come back with hard wired facts. By the way I have a second account and my alter-ego does very well (wish I did as well!).