Kenliero

Troll is strong in this one.... and that is why I had to get it

It's actually funny to hear someone complain T7 matchmaking... T7 gets one of the best matchmakings in the game. just wait until you get to T8 and realize that every time you play at late hours, you will always end up in T10 games. T7 ship and T9 games are SO much easier than T8 ship and T10 games, specially for cruisers.

If I were you. I would save all free XP to skip stock hulls in battleships.

I think the best players are past rank 1-5 group. I got to Rank 5 with around 10 wins in a row and it was just walk in the park... The later season goes, easier it gets. that said I liked the quality of gameplay between ranks 5-10. it was much better when there was no irrevocables.

No one can Zao Zao, except Tao Tao.

Removing irrevocable ranks will put bots to the bottom ranks and everyone gets to play in their own level. Problem solved, unless your problem is playing at your own level.

Tirpitz doesn't make that good credits... at least not anymore. They nerfed the income. From Kraken Unleashed game 140k damage you get 580k. (This round was 480k profits after repairs and premium modules are not even counted...Assuming you have 2 premium mods. it's only 435k profit game) I personally use Sims for best income nowadays.

For me it was completely opposite. I had more losses in high ranks, because there was too many bots and AFKers to carry... (and Myoko/Kiev tests) but since rank 10 the quality of players is much closer, so you don't have to compensate 2-3 AFK/poor player gameplay(in your own team).

Games get much better once you reach 10. it's easier to get wins after that, because ther are no bots making it fully random. I've really liked games after 10. Don't have to carry AFK people.

Have you experienced this?

Yeah! (Did not notice you, sorry) It seems that I die a lot in Kiev, but my 87% winrate with it tells me that I must be doing something right, despite the deaths I think it's just the bad stealth that costs me in the end, when I run out of smokes... Don't have 5th captain skill.

Saw you yesterday as well. Had 19 win streak yesterday and unfortunately you were in the opposing team. You took 2 kills, but it wasn't enough to carry

19 wins in a row today

One can measure players skill level... by making these changes to ranked battles: 1: Remove ALL irrevocable ranks 2: Make always 4 stars per rank 3: Give extra star for reaching every new rank 4: Make total of 36 ranks. Battlesgroups every 5 levels... like 36-32 play together, 31-27 play together. 26-22 play together.... 21-17 play together... 16-12 play together... 11-7 play together.... 6-2 play together... Rank 1 = T10 ships together 5: Make Ranked Battles season 3 months long. Twice a year (with 3 month breaks) This way good players will "settle" around ranks ranks 1-10, above averages around 10-20 and below averages around 20-30, bots to 32+, All players start at rank 25. This way everyone can play in their own skill level and you can also measure skill. Thoughts about this suggestion? EDIT: Let's add Tier requirements also: Ranks 1: Tier 10 Ranks 11-2 Tier 9/8 Ranks 12-21 Tier 8/7 Ranks 22-31 Tier 7/6 Ranks 31+ Tier 6/5

Exactly... We shouldn't be "rewarding" bad gameplay, by giving better allies.

I think it would be awesome idea to have a switch, so that you can flip your controls to manual secondaries and automatic main batteries.... hmm... oh wait...

I agree... "Skill, IQ and music". That's how you do it.

Yesterday I was detonated by Autodrop Divebomber.... How much skill does that require? lol

I don't understand why OP does not want to communicate with his kind. Making friends should start from your own species first, and only afterwards do all that interspecies stuff...

I got it with Izumo, by winning as lone survivor and while there was 8 enemies alive

Oh, completely forgot we had the Karma feature! I should check mine some day, just for kicks

USN DD's change dramatically from Tier 7 because they get the long range torpedoes and their playstyle becomes more Blyskawica style instead of "ambush boat" or 100% gunboat like tier 6 and below. Mahan and Blyska are both multipurpose boats using guns AND torpedoes from medium range, setting "area denial tactics" with torps (Mahan can launch long range/4 spread torpedoes every 22 seconds) and if needed can engage into knife fights, just like Blyska. They have 8km torps and 9.2km torps, making them very similar. Both ships work really well around 4-9km and heavily using smokes. Russian DD's use only guns and can not use torpedoes at all most of the time, thus are played completely different and generally from longer range due their low gun arc and big size. Also they can be used as ambush boats, but not ideal because slow turrets and the playstyle is different, not using torps at all from mid range. PS. I have used Kiev in ranked and I have lot more than 7 games in it. Stats don't even show ranked from previous seasons.

I disagree. I think it plays more or less exactly like Mahan, Blyska is much closer to Mahan than Kiev, what comes to playstyle. PS. I have actually played Tier 7 USN DD, unlike you. (I have played all Tier 7 DD's in the game).

I personally think the main problem in Wot is that the matches end in 2 minutes. What kind of war is that? In Wows battles actually develop during the battle...