Redcap375

Company Gamers is one of the oldest and longest standing International WOWS clans whose primary language is English. We are actively engaged in clan wars, divisions and above all a friendly social atmosphere. 94% of it's members have increased their WR since joining Company Gamers, simply by being part of the community. Well known and respected semi competitive clan that has always punched above it's weight. Always active, always up for divs (see below). We have our own TS and Discord servers. Fully upgraded port for in game bonuses and super containers for all members (annually). As we are an International gaming community, we play many games (Star Citizen, Eve and more). Focus on the person not your stats! We're here to have fun, but its no fun loosing so we do take our Clan Battles seriously. Both Competitive and learning Teams in Clan Battles. If clan battles are not your thing, that's OK many of our members prefer divisions and count downs. We ask members to use and be on TS when in game. Encourage use of discord - mainly for the notifications, updates, posts, etc. Be prepared for plenty of banter! Check out the Company Gamers website for further details and joining criteria; https://redcap375.wixsite.com/company-gamers Proud branch of:

Massive pile of poo. Hard pass.

Compared to crusiers, BBs and CVs, DDs are still the hardest class to master IMHO. Stupidity effects all classes but hits DD more. The worse the DD player is, the bigger impact it has on the game for both sides. Torp boats are the easiest DDs to play solo random with as you don't need to rely on your team to get good results (my solo somers for example, 64%).

Belfast and DDs. There the ones I go to if i want to win rank games. Belfast is the ultimate DD support ship and still OP as hell. DDs doesn't matter that much as 3/4 of DDs (and players in general) don't have a clue about anything. But I can't stand ranked so don't play them much. Its a simple grind fest built on saving a star.

DDs are the game winners, they always have been. If you are worried about your team having bad DDs and you want to win then how about you play DDs? You have very little games in them so get to know just how hard it can be to play them? Sitting at the back spamming is differnt than trying to spot, take caps, avoid radar, CVs and enemy DDS.. It's alot more stressful than sitting in a fat arse BB. So.. Play DDs and understand what they have to go through in order to be even half good. BBs are support ships, taking the punches (meta changes) so you gonna suck it up if your front men (dds and light crusiers) fold first. And ask a DD player how they feel about having useless cant hit or tank anything BB players failing to take that radar crusiers out? I've seen plently of them around. However you are right in that if your DD players are bad... You are more likely to lose the game. Hence why I play DDs alot more than I used to (last line I learnt to play). I understood just how important they are to win games and lucky I have become alright in them. I'm the sort of Person that wants to learn and get half good at anything I put my mind to. And its normally BBs that fill up the MM, not DDs anyway.

No worries. Top tip.. If you use 2 BBs you have to be aggressive! The more time you let the CV get into the game the more chance you have at loosing. You have to mitigate his damage potential. Smart teams will react well, but avarage teams might not and wil get caught out trying to get into position. Come to peace with them being short and sharp games, winning some and losing some. Hopefully you win more and that's the point with BB builds. Smashing the caps and either kill them all or push them so far back you win on points as they can't get back on time. A good clan (with CV) will see you coming and know which way you are going. They will then position themselves in such a way to either make you pay for every inch or kite and burn. They will slow you down and wont give you any broadsides for you to shoot, one of the points in a BB builds (to cause confusion and suprise).

Yes mate. I could write a long list to why, but long story short its nearly always better. However, you can still get quite far if you practise with it because you don't have good CV players. Better to put people in ships they enjoy. Only one team I could think that did very well without a CV and that was JUNK. It got us into tyhoon with 2 Ohios 2 seasons ago but then hit a brick wall, the CV got us over that. So you can still do alright but against another team with the same skill level, the CV gives you a massive edge. So depends on how far you wanna get. It's also fun to have a few games with BBs to mix it up. Having fun and enjoying it is the most important thing.

Hakka can do the same and midway to some degree. It's not just a FDR thing. Depending on your team CV tactics, those 3 CVs are viable choices. The british one is just plan awful in CBs. They won't touch CV in that way (regeneration) as that is admitting the rework is failure and CVs carry too much potential, which they do.

8 wins, 1 lose yesterday (only loose against LEEUW on points) 2nd day and in Gail, group 2. CVs destroyed the fun for me. You lose all tactical advantages with a CV In the game. Comes down to who has the best CV and player whilst the rest of the team huddle up trying to stay alive. There is no element of suprise anymore. You know the disposition of the enemy nearly at all times. You simply have to react to the enemy which leads to boring gameplay. You basically wait for them to get bored, rush and make a mistake. Players have a choice.. Eat a full set of FDR torps or turn broadside to a grad or petro. What a choice that is.. Boring. As a brought back into service commander, lol, it's boring and lacks any tactical depth. There will always be meta builds, yes. Even when CVs wasn't in CB, you had full builds with Balance grads and such but even then there was more selection of ships. Most ship selections now are just a no go, which is crap for players who have ground their way up the line to find that they can't really use their ship because it will put the team at a disadvantage. You don't wanna be that person letting the team, regardless of how competive your clan is. But CB is the only scrap of team play left in this game so here I am. Also can't let the team down or clan down. PETRO will be the first restriction, just has to be. I would say Ohio, Halland or golith being the other ones.. However.... That just leads to more easy dog meat for the CV to tuck into. I enjoyed last season. Some top clans didn't reach their potential and some smaller clans did really well. That's due to the right restriction being put in place but more importantly, no bloody CVs! In the first session using CVs, Some top clans folded in and lost their members to other clans simply because they didn't have a unicum CV player keeping them ahead. That's all sorts of wrong. CVs carry too much influence in a game, I know I murdered 4 ships yesterday in it in one game andd I'm even a rework CV player.

WG Explain? We all made an informed decision when initially selecting (or not) that skill with the facts laid out in front of us. We spent captain skills on other skills we thought were better at that moment in time. You now changed those facts to something different. That different being a big game changer regarding Captain skills. Those that didn't, because of the negative effect that skill gave, decided to leave it out. Because you have changed the effect of that skill, many who didn't then will do now on some DD's (Small, Kleber ect...). Especially on those DD's that have horrible concealment and need to close the gap very quickly, with a 10% reload being massive. If we now want to change to that skill, we have to spend something* in order to change it?? That is a very slimey move WG, very slimey. You free respec for deadeye, do the same for this as you are changing the skill! It's not even a case for those that only have it in the first place, because if it was the other way around and this crap "swift" came first and then you changed it to "deadeye" I bet every BB captain would be up in arms and screaming for a free respec, and rightly so as they made an informed decision at the time of selecting the skill. So...YOU changed the goal posts, not us, so how about you pay the bill to sort them out! If you would have used your brains and in the spirt of customer relations , which is so low its subterranean, you SHOULD have given free respecs for all DDs. So we can then make an informed decision. Sure, your gonna make money in some form from this, in the old WG fashion, but stop being greedy and get a grip. NOTE TO EVERYONE ELSE Don't get sucked into this and spend money. That's what WG want so DONT BE SUCKERS. You spend, they don't learn and you encourage them to do it more in the future. Nothing is stopping them doing this every month, every week if they want to, nothing.

Problems of the last few Months: 1) Game crashes, more frequent. 2) Not able to access the chat channel in port. 3) Team leader couldnt invite player into CB yesterday. He had to open it up then you join. 4) invites sent by team leader didn't go through, yesterday i'm CBs. 5) Port freezes up and long lags when pressing the battle button. 6) Can't fire all of a sudden in game. 7) Shots falling way to short. 8) Battle results dissappear

Well...My opinion on the whole thing. Zoup is a family man that loves his family, got to give him that coming from another family man. I am glad he can now spend more time with his family than comment on this messed up game. The reason I never liked/trusted Zoup was because, until now, he was on WG books. Its now dried up. All the places he want, all the things he did and the bigging up of ships for WG was cringe worthy. WG gave him ships and he supported WG. I didn't watch many of his videos but the ones I did, I didn't agree with most of the time. He was too dediceated to WG to be impartial, the single thing I like to see watching people's videos, which I seldom do anyway. He was very pro WG. About what he said? Freedom of speech. He believed in something and compired it to whatever (nazi Germany) then its HIS opinion, regardless of what I think. As long he isn't braking the law or inciting anything illegal then he is entitled to it. He knew what he said wouldnt go down well with WG (their policy) but he still made the comment. That takes guts knowing your gonna lose out with WG. Flamu is a parasite. Always has been and always will be. He has no morale compass. Switching from one side to another and getting whatever views he can. Flamu seen an opening and went for Zoups neck. In a very political way which is just the way the current world works even though its low. Maybe because I'm old school, older and have travelled the world (and a still serving veteran, lol) but the whole thing is.....well....petty. Dont make a song and dance about it Zoup with your dying Swan act, just leave the cesspool that is WG. Enjoy your time with the family and don't look back. At least you stuck by your own belief in this judgemental, PC, everyone is a victim society and for that, you have my respect. If I believe in what he said and how he said it? that is a differnt matter.

Used to get ships in them, don't anymore. Bet my mortgage they have decreased the chances of getting one since I started playing in 2016.

RB is the real money maker. Free XP ships bring in less revenue.

Daring sets a very high bar for strong DDs. It's a stone cold killer. SMALAND is better. Do the maths if that is OP or not.

@YabbaCoe Any scope for expanding the Officers club? Has this ever been brought up, discussed, or even dismissed before? WoT can field 100 members so why is WOWS so far behind? Wouldn't be hard at all to take those numbers up, game design wise. Clans are a fantastic tool to keep players interested in the game on a financial (for you) and social level (for the players). I also pity the poor folks trying to play this game solo or hanging on in an inactive clans, trying to drag 11 potatoes to victory. They deserve better as human beings.

Yeah I know how Alpha and Bravo roll in most clans. Even though we treat both teams the same (we call them Aries and Vulcan to denote that they are equal). I think it's doable if you have a good command structure. We have 49 members and don't feel stretched at all. Hummm. I just look at it from a div perspective. Yes you can div with anyone from any clan but its easier and better communications if you keep it within house. More of a community then, that is what people join clans for, well that and bonuses. I don't think it will do any harm increasing the numbers. If the clan struggles then simply cap your member count.

Then they are defo in the wrong clan if they are doing that, or at least their decision to stay under that clan criteria. In our books, CBs is a choice not a must and oil comes naturally regardless. But every clan is different and up to them how they operate it. As long as its members know how it rolls.

Well I'll be. Well I'll be a son of a gun. Thanks @Miki12345 @and @GarrusBrutus I think "oh my" is about right. Wow I feel stupid, lol. Thanks guys, just gonna cry in the corner in 2 secs. I think because we have never tried to field 3 teams before, preferring to have reserves instead. But at least I'm not going complely mad thinking you could field a Charlie team with its own rating.

Apologies but I'm gettting all kinds of confused now regarding ratings and divs when concerning CB teams. Trying to understand what you mean, but I probably do know when I understand. To clear it up first, you can only have Two teams playing at one time (alpha and Bravo) in a clan? I'm I correct? There is no Charlie team available, please say I'm right with that one..

Pete, just stop mate. That hole over there is becoming very deep. It's starting to get a bit cringe worthy now, just stop. Go google "validation" and "Quality Management System". Then think about what you write. If you don't know about something, don't bluff it. Just be honest and say "I don't know". It takes more of a person to know when he's wrong than when he's right.

Precisely. Validation is showing that the procedures you have in place is fit for purpose with the equipment you use. WG are complely out of wack in both regards, hence the current state of the game.

How do you create more than two CB teams in one clan? Am I missing something here? Is there a Charlie team which after all these years I didn't know about? And creating another sub clan isn't always the best thing to do, from many angles.

And you again forget/don't know/on purpose left out, the most important part of all this WG Pete. The validation of the equipment and procedures and is it fit for purpose... The 100% foundation of any Quility Management SYSTEM. Trust me, I know. You can train the chef as much as you want but if he has dodgy equipment that isn't for for purpose or does not do what it's designed to do in line with the procedures (validation we call it in the ISO world) , then it's all for nothing. Completely worthless.

Chaps.. Before you burn the poor OP on the stake in a fourm lynch mob fashion, how about you take a look at his stats? Yes he is struggling to stay alive, 24% survival is very poor no doubt and a part of that is indeed "get gud" but calling him BB Bingo isn't right. The chap has more games in DD than any other ship. His number of games in crusiers and BBs are about the same? The fact that he is managing to keep his head above 50% as a solo player is an achievement. He is also still grinding the game with tier 8 being his max with the vanguard (tut tut premium) . He's not a patato lads. Yes he is going up far to quickly and out stripping his ability but we have all been there. The fact is.. I agree with some of the things he is saying, not all but some. So cut him/her some slack. One of many examples, Yesterday I and another DD burnt a BB to death from nearly fully health. No torps, no hard hitting AP simply fire and 32mm pen. How fun is it being on fire for all of the game until your dead? A DD should not be designed to take down a BB with only guns, yet in this game we do. Due mostly to the eye wartering amount of HE spam dds currently in this game. Same thing can be said burning down supercrusiers, so it's not just a BB problem. Do you think that player is ever gonna push and tank in the future???? We are talking about an average player in this game.. And let's not turn BBs into island hugging ships, frightened to go into the open. Its not a BB problem, its a HE spam problem that is way out of hand..