Prospect_b

Just out of curiosity: why would you call the data from those sites biased?

Lol. You stole my picture My point was about how he got the american bbs by the way.

So cute you think a lot of the "sort" we're speaking off "learn things in lower tiers" to begin with. I saw a Montana yesterday doing some really really awful things. Looked him up. Meet one of WG's favorite customers.

Yes, it's the speed about the NY I don't like (and to a lesser degree the damage it takes when properly angled, and the t5 mm), the guns and the turning speed for example are quite good (I did like the Wyoming better though). Horrible things happen when in larger maps, and indeed, team on the other side drops dead because their last braincell finally gave up. In standard battles (of which there are too much ffs!) I barely bother leaving the cap - which is quite annoying if our team roflstomps the other but necessary if our goes full tard... sigh. I was looking forward to the new Mex until I saw your comment ;) (btw I do regrettable things as well with all them lovely peeps out there. Only two chatbans until now though)

Doing exactly the same At New Yorck now, which is a bloody awful ship... Concerning subject: don't care about playing a gazillion matches for COTE, nor for playing a new line of BB-food. The latter might change some day, but I'm not in a hurry.

just 380s

Because imho WG listens to complains from average users. I for one can't stand tirpitzes in my team. Here's a typical example, took this screenshot in first battle with more than one tirp: The major problem I'm having it's again a buff to bloody battleships. The cruiser buffs are very limited (german t8-x cruisers don't get overmatched in the bow from bayern/gneis/bismarck/tirp) and some jap torps getting 100 or 200 meters less detection. Yea, this is going to solve the abundance of battleships WG. Well done... Looking forward to the future premium T8 Russian bullshBoat.

ftfy

Well, if there ever was a reason to just sail to A1, tears of the desert all hope - epicenter mode, would be the one....

Don't really agree, because 1. that assumes coordination in the team facing the no and 2. every cruiser that is visible will be focused by about everything, because bbs have to eat as well.

I saw/heard so many people laughing about bbs sailing in straight lines, that I was (un?)happily surprised when grinding some dds recently, that this actually really isn't the case anymore, so there is some kind of art in the interpretation of the torp lead indicator. (An art I haven't fully grasped yet btw) Or even more frustrating, launching torps to where a smart bb would go, only to find out he sailed in a line all the while... (ingame xvm now! ) About jap dd vs us dd: when firing try to keep distance (+7 km would be my estimate) while widening the distance. Don't engage cruisers dds from the motherland. I had some fun with the fubuki & akatsuki, when I'll have the credits I'll buy the kagero, but I really don't know if I'll continue the grind from there. It seems the us have major advantage at t9/10/(8?). I have taken the second mod that increases turret rotation btw, but not everyone takes that one. I don't know about german dds myself, but they seem to be in a decent spot these days.

This. I have been playing a lot of us/ijn dd's for a while now, never been detonated with them, and I don't use the flags or the mod. I have been detonated a few times in all games, but that can't be more than a handfull. (hope I don't jinx myself... )

T was a joke, though maybe not a good one

Iz 21th century - The Age of jpeg is over. The Time of the Gif has come.

I watched your Emerald game on Ring. Didn't take that long I am going to ask you yourself. You came around the corner, and there were two clemsons and a cruiser. Why did you shoot the Clemson that was 7km away, and not the one who was +-4 km and came to rush you? Also, you kept using your zoom key shooting that clemson at 7km, which disabled you to see the torps that closer clemson threw into the water (which you really should expect). That's a general tip: never stay in your zoom view, it will give you less awareness of what is happening, unless you can constantly look at the minimap as well. I must say I like the agressiveness, but in that situation, when you came across the corner, you should have seen that clemson charge you (awareness!). So 1. he should have been your target (you could also launch torps since he kept closing), 2. activate hydro (for detecting torps as well him in case he smokes) 3. you should immediately turn away from him, cause the only thing he would want to do in that charge is torp you, and is it much easier for you to evade torps when your ships side isn't perpendicular to his, end even easier when you are going in the opposite direction, 4. keep going away while shooting until you are not in immediate danger anymore and you have help from your team there. (if there is help but too few, just keep falling back, silence your guns so you are not detected anymore, and group up with some other team mates) That's just that situation of course. To grasp more general tactics I concur with the above, and look for some decent replays (youtube, wowsreplays, ...)

The problem goes further to be honest. T5/6 are fun only once in a while. Problem is like stated above there is no symmetry in being top/bottom bit**. Some ships are just unplayable. (don't know about minekaze, but i Freexpd to get rid of mutsuki) T1/2(/3) are generally not concidered engaging enough to be played often. Maybe even T4. (It can be fun though) T8/9/10 have problems on their own (see other thread(s)), especially BB(/DD) overdose and boring/camping meta. T8 cruisers are in the worst place I'd say. Solve for (the number of) x, where x is the tier(s) still reasonably fun and engaging for all/most shiptypes...

True. I remember a game like that, Rooning the Roon as she is ment to be Rooned. Was beginning of february. Only time I saw such team composition during KM cruiser grind. (starting from Hipper, that is). Ships actually moved around in a high tier game... Ah. Memories. Atm it makes more sense trying to oneshot a dd with battleship from 20 kilometers, than playing CA and hoping for such mm. Only realistic choice would be hardcapping BB, though I'd rather see a lot of their capacities nerved.

Well, tbh, I think if one compares british-german cruisers 1 vs 1 like mr "I am right because my point had nothing to do with my original statement" likes to do, I would think the germans would win most of the time. Even without their OP secondaries But that is just irrelevant, given that is not how one should compare them...

Yeah. Things must be funny in your world of reasoning.

I can. It's the main guns of the British cruisers. You know, the one you are talking about. If you want to play Emerald with secondaries, I won't stop you. Please be on the other team though.

Nevertheless, you barely have ships that could meet the belfast, nor do you have it. How could you know if it is overpowered or not?

A troll account with 615 battles played? You can get uptiered if you division up. Which reminds me, I saw you saying you don't like playing imperator anymore with protected mm. Why don't you div up with a t5, then you can go back chasing higher tier bbs?

wtf. If I'm still following, you take tier 4 cruisers in a division with higher tier "friends" (mind the quotation marks) and act as torpedo shield for them? Still massively impressed to ever changing degrees.

I'm sorry, but I had to check your profile now. To my amazement it says: "Mostly plays cruisers, especially low-tier" So you take out your cruiser and willingly take torps for your little battleship friends? I am deeply impressed by your altruism. (to a certain degree) edit: now i'm ninja'd...

We got a sub and free bugs for all? Seems to be not enough for all those spoiled brats here.