Karasu_Browarszky

With CV, radar, enemy DD's... subs incoming (?).... I'd say no, not really. Currently somewhat doable at the later stages of the battle if you manage to survive that long.

That's the problem of being the BB who wants to support the DD on cap. Look up for a neon sign saying 'Priority target here!'

So.. how should I put this as shortly as possible, if I got this right that is. Always shoot at the closest ship spotted. Never wander about the map on your own. Always fire at the target your DD's call you to fire at. Never yell at your DD's to go and cap right at the start. I've been to battles where my team lost 3 DD's within 10 seconds cause they were trying to cap (without support). Don't think we won any of those battles.

Conventional wisdom would suggest so, yes. The most guns, the largest guns, best armour protection, etc. Whether you should first engage the strongest enemy or not, is a vexed issue... No, they are contradictory, which always puzzles me when it comes to WoWS. It also means I lack a coherent tactical counterplay to these threats. Maybe that's just me, not sure. I do play all non-CV classes in randoms, so I am aware of the situation first hand. None of the ship classes behave as I would expect them though. As I said, I could give the cruiser a shot or two, but mostly likely I will miss. True, damage done benefits me, but it should also benefit the team. If I try to hit the cruiser and fail, there is no damage benefit. The cruiser might get scared and beaten off, so the tactical advantage to the team might offset the loss of damage. As for spotting damage, I think this is a major flaw in WoWS, the game does not adequately reward players who actively support their team in tactical roles. This sort of DD play makes sense to me, and is what I would expect more or less. It requires that your cruisers are ready to support the DD though. I try often, but it is rarely successful.

Still, a broadsiding cruiser is much harder to hit than a bow tanking BB. I could give it a shot (or two) but failing to score any hits means losing the damage potential of one or more of my salvos. I'd also consider capital ships the biggest threat. Though, they aren't necessarily always that.

Different versions? As in 'Made in England' vs 'Made in Hong Kong' or something?

The time that needs to be given to the counter measures is taken out of doing something else. The impact of this will affect game play even apart from any concerns over the subs themselves.

'Dynamic' sounds awful lot like the reasoning for the EBR's in Wot...

Seems.. easy enough...

Have you looked under the surface?

We call it 'planned economy', comrade.

I've paid my dues, now I'm too attached to my doubloons to part with them for an unworthy cause like this.

I'm seriously going to give Modstation a look soonish. The only thing I don't like is having to install them over and over after updates.

Years ago in WoWS, we either had by default or it was some mod I was using side panels showing enemy names and ships, WoT style. Much more enformative than the current setup where you have to press... tab? key to get the same information. Unsurprisingly, I imagine that key is not used often.

I'm open to suggestions how to flank differently. The best tactic I can come up would be for friendly flanks join up in friendly centre, and switch flanks or regroup depending on the enemy fleet positions. Impossible to carry out, in practice, though. Due to ehm... 'team dynamics'. The same applies to most if not all tactical plans.

Have you noticed that the HE spammers regularly focus on those BBs with the biggest HP pool instead of the fragile DD's with a fraction of that health pool that they could quickly destroy? Why is that? Maps do make a difference, but on any map getting caught in cross fire is not a smart move in my book. My preference would be to avoid that, team tactics wise, while remembering that you have to guard your middle against enemy DD's pushing through.

That wouldn't be effective, unless you can do right after firing the previous salvo. However, that means something like a 25-30 second waiting for the HE to load up, and the DD can disappear while waiting for that to happen, and then you end up with a BB loaded with HE and no HE target to shoot at.

Can only speak for myself, but there is a reason why I rather take my BB to the sides. Flanking is in my book smarter than becoming a centerpiece attraction for the enemy team.

World of Spreadsheets!

Any chance such 2018 containers would also drop 2018 meta?

Firing ONCE is a smart move at times, if you have an approximate fix on the DD smoking up, as they typically slow down and stop before being concealed by smoke. So, if you have the ammo ready, you might try firing one salvo at their last position or slightly aftwards of where you last spotted them. Without a lock on, it will mostly be a shotgun salvo, but with luck (RNG) you may be able to score one penetrating hit on the DD. Of course, it's not as much fun as firing two torpedo salvos at the angry smoke screen.

Better to buy them after Christmas, you get them more cheaply then.

Holy ship biscuit! What kind of a ... person comes up with these camo designs...

Be sure to check out this earlier advice too, @Inappropriate_noob in case you missed it.

Message received, over. Those cruisers are hard to hit, though. Either because they zig zag and change speed constantly or because they hide behind islands out of sight. BB's are going to need help from the team, the minimum is to have those cruisers spotted early, and consistently. My recommendation even to DD's would be not to be too aggressive when approaching the caps at least until we know where the threats are.