Karasu_Browarszky

I'm sure we'd be fine as long as we had Leslie Nielsen as captain.

Not sure if this is a bug. The 'phenomenon' becomes apparent if you are using the 'Navigator' mod which tells you the angles. What that tool is telling you does not tally with what you are seeing on your screen.

Well, on the other hand, I can't ever blame someone for wanting to steer clear of those rocks. If we are talking about BB's, they should never go anywhere unscreened, unless you know there's no enemy DD lying in ambush, or other unseen and unknown threat. BB's cannot disengage below medium ranges so while it is good to commit early, it's less good if it goes wrong.

I would say the same based on how often rarely I myself actually manage to hit enemy broadsides hard. Strange mechanics this game has...

Plus play havoc on visibility...

Well.. there are few BB's with which you can rush into anything early in battle. In fact just about the only things that can wreck your BB battle early are being focused by either HE spammer(s) or CV's, or getting on the receiving end of some freak citadel hit out of the blue. When I do the ill advised 'rush' it mostly involves a situation where I'm trying to support the team's effort to take a cap and we get into a situation where our push either falters unexpectedly, or the enemy team has managed to suprise us (mostly due to the blasted rocks and gimmicky spotting mechanics we have). Other possible situation involve a flanking maneuver further off the caps, or a situation where the enemy has pushed past the cap zone into our rear because that's where you mostly would find my BB unless I'm part of the force pushing or flanking. It mostly then, at least for me, happens as a result of a hard commit or things gone awry. When it happens, I try to make most of it. With some BB's it's more fun and engaging than others. In like Flint!

Yeah, I heard you guys have vinyards and that there are palm trees up in Scotland too. A paradise the rest us mere mortals dare only whisper about in our dreams.

With all this hulabaloo about Petro, I'm starting to think I want to have to see if I can get one myself (after some extensive grind). Checked my summary, and all sins weigh heavily, meaning playing all those good old operations we used to enjoy where I often picked a cruiser. Something I've been more and more reluctant to do even on mid tiers now, not to mention the higher tiers. Meaning randoms, as I still do more and more coop these days. Psst please take note this is not intended to be taken as a stats argument.

Well.. over here it don't look like anythings gonna be blooming any time soon let alone cherry blossoms.

But but.. if the trees are blooming what can I do about it...

BTW speaking of operations, cherry blossoms are now blooming in Okinawa. How about in this game?....

Aptly named then. Funny thing about the Makarov BTW. Originally I really wanted the ship because it felt like an interesting upgrade over the Nürnberg. PLUS, both ships (yes I know it's the same ship) were historically real existing ships. Now though... not sure, maybe because I've seen how badly I perform in cruisers I mostly play DD's and BB's unlike in the early years where most of my cruisers battles come from.

Light cruisers in most cases fall under target practice.

Anyone mentioned Makarov?

They are the best choice. I occasionally try my luck by picking up a TYL container. Overwhelmingly often what it drops is 'Instant Regret', but sometimes you get lucky.

And... if most people go for whatever offers the best rewards.. what happens?

I see, so the BB's are tanks, cruisers are DPS, but the group is missing the healers though.. and a good healer is a must if you follow that path in terms of game design. Then again, perhaps I need to instead of thinking in terms of heroes, paladins, clerics and wizards... but where are the kobolds and the orcs? We could all merrily have that song and dance around the central volcano... ... and there's the likes of me who want to play a naval warfare game with naval battles. These game design choices are diametrically opposed and clash harder than the two teams in brawls. Some people will argue that as WoWS is an arcade game, anything goes. I know I'm more of a simulation oriented player, but my perception of arcade games is also different from what many seem to think the term 'arcade' implies. You are spot on asking why play a cruiser when you can as well play a BB. This, IMHO, points to fundamental game design flaws in terms of ship combat roles, intraclass balancing and game economy. I'm not advocating making BB's weaker relative to the cruisers, what I would like to see is making damage (both in the tanking and dps sense) relative to ship size, gun parameters and armor. There'd have to be fewer BB/CV's in battles relative to the other classes. Since what I'd like to see what need an 'Everything rework' I'm pretty sure it ain't ever gonna happen. I know it's bad form to quote yourself but... this is related to the issue and clarifies maybe a bit what I said above. BB's sometimes far from easy to play. Depends on the BB, the player, the map, and the teams. It's easy if everything goes right. I love it when it a plan comes together (most teams have no plan though).

Lots of forumites today it seems. Spotted @illy just now on one of the worst if not the worst map in rotation. Er... red team one this time. As well...

Spotted @Hugh_Ruka out there on the red team with the best DD motherland could build. My "Wonderful" ship was slightly more impressive, and... of course the my team finished in second place.

Tried out the "Wonderful" ship myself. I finished third last for my team, not overly impressed, even if the ship was almost stock with only B hull upgraded. The guns are reasonably accurate, or at least they were this time, but lack punch and HE does not really start fires (whereas my ship burned very well). At ridiculously close ranges the guns punch even more poorly, so it is not advisable to get within secondaries range, I think. If I was more serious about this, I might have a full tank build, or a more of a long range support build.

Oh right.. I remember getting confused over whether this was for NA only or for other servers as well.

Aand... loving it!

Uhm... can you compare BB's and cruisers though?

It never hurts to have options... but, most of the equipment there is something I wouldn't want to spend resources on (coal)... bar one exception. Since steel is still a somewhat 'elite' resource, WG would have to make sure any equipment for steel would remain equally superflous in terms of performance upgrades.