Karasu_Browarszky

The only instance where you could see the friendly ships as sharing responsibility in a game like WoWS without predetermined tactical plans (meaning everyone makes up there mind where to go) is if they spot the torps early enough to avoid them but decide not to do that in order to make the other player turn pink. Yes, they have the responsibility to try and avoid the torps IMO but that does remove the overall responsibility off the one who fired them. In practice even that is complicated because if a large cruiser or a BB has to turn in order to avoid friendly torps, it puts them at an unacceptable risk under enemy fire. For this reason WG keeps things simple. Do not fire your torpedos in the direction of your team mates.

The only thing wrong is trying to find justificiation for 2nd line torping. I can understand the need for warning your team mates if you decide to take a calculated risk. By a calculated risk I don't mean 2nd line torping, but firing your torps into currently open water. There is no justifiable reason to think actual 2nd line torping should become a 'feature'. Never fire your torps if your team mates are in between your position and the enemy target! What could be interesting is having a DD division line up and fire their torpedos successively. If they are in a line formation they can all fire their torps from the 1st line. This, however, requires tactical coordination.

Yes, you begin to hear that sound about say.. 3 to 4 seconds before impact, at which point you look in the direction of the enemy only to realize there is nothing there. So that is when you turn your view and spot the torps just 1 second or so before they slam into your side. Theoretically, if you are lucky you can spot them earlier, if you happen to be looking behind you for some reason. But that isn't always the case. We know 2nd line torping is a thing, but subconciously we don't expect it.

Aren't you confugins the g-word with the f-words and p-words if you mean what used to be derogatory terms in very wide general usage. Not much point, I agree. But it is a matter of choice and/or preference what people like to use. Interesting how you don't see a problem with 'straight' as opposed 'gay'. It then appears there are two different 'sexualities', one approved of, and the other much less so... Actually, no, we don't.

To some degree that makes sense, but in some ways it still doesn't. It limits self identification and self expression.... ... while other ways of expressing that are not blacklisted. So... what about 'Straight' then? Should that be allowed or not? It can also be construed as something sexual.

Yes, I know you made the distinction. WG, however, is not inclined to make that distinction. I'm sure it has not escaped you, that in certain cultures things we would consider... strange are desirable, and things we would consider normal are restricted or a basis for persecution. Such as sexuality. Not just sexualization, but sexuality.

Indeed take it off! I could suggest... 'Blue_Koala'... it may seem counterintuitive, but it is 'working within the confines of a restrictive oppressive system'...

Yeah, we pretty much can guess where WG's policies are coming from... While I understand Skipper's reasoning, as pointed out elsewhere, it escapes me why sexuality is bannable for 7+ but gambling is cool. Make the Yuletide ga... (scratch that!)... profitable!

The most likely explanation. Again.

This is rapidly turning into a coming out party...

So would be any corpses playing this game. Outrageous!

Perhaps you with higher prices are in some control group?

Looks legit to me. Though OP likes Koalas more I gather.

Sad Panda? BTW they don't like people publishing CS replies.

We've made some progress at least! At least now OP is facing the thread instead of having his back turned on us.

But but... these ships are Naval Legends! They are the cream of the world's shipbuilding!

I expect massive lag.

Nice suggestion but with some room for improvement. Yes, they could sell 'collectors' editions' like that at reduced price, but rather than just Coop, they should also be able to play these ships in SCENARIO BATTLES: All we would need is a better selection of well designed operations both old and new, for various tiers covering a range of tiers and we'd be all set.

I know how quickly DD's can lose their HP's under fire... I disagree that 'dispositioning' is always the correct answer. If it were that easy, the correct position for BB's would be way back on the red line... oh... I been playing this game wrong all this time. Seriously speaking, it isn't so much about mispositioning as it is about mistiming or misassumption that your team is doing their part of the job. I tend to play my BB's passive aggressively, meaning I do both snipe from the rear, or the flank, but I also tend to opt for leading the push. What I maybe yet haven't learned is checking that all enemy positions are known before doing that.

I haven't exactly timed how quickly can a consistent HE spam literally melt down BB hps, but it feels extremely fast when you are on the receiving end. To top it all, personally I don't consider such HE spam fired from a ship with an insane RoF from the cover of a distant smoke and/or island protection truly a skill worth rewarding. Only such play where players actually risk their ships should be rewarded as far as I'm concerned.

If you can disengage early enough, yes. I know it is considered a mistake when you become focused by HE spamming, but nonetheless it happens a little too easily. Typically there is an unspotted enemy DD spotting for the HE spammers leaving you with no counter play options.

Well, this is one area where I probably think differently from the rest of the player base. IMHO a ship being able to 'delete' another ship, should be a rare occurrence. An exception to the rule that requires concentrated firepower a.k.a. team play.

BB's are particularly vulnerable to HE which is a problem IMO while others disagree. I would suggest weaking other aspects of the BB's in exchange for better protection against HE spam. My personal preference would be if HE was entirely removed from game apart from scenario battles, but it's not going to happen admittedly. You are right that BB's are often legendary and famous, whereas many cruisers are necessarily not. However, some are. The Prinz Eugen would be very high on my list if I just could do something else with it apart from getting sunk in record time. This is a ship that was hard to destroy even with an atomic bomb but... WeeGee...

Couldnt' they make the cruisers more attractive then? I don't mean tarting them up with pink flowery camos, though.

Er.. no, not really. It won't stay clear, necessarily... ... because ships change course and speed depending on the situation. The BOTTOM LINE is, that they don't expect torps coming from the rear. A front line DD does not even have the luxury of looking backwards being entirely focused on the direction where the enemy is.