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Mate, 3/4 of them struggle to hit a heavy cruiser in a BB, never mind a DD.

So never do anything or come up with any strategy that relays on your team to do something for it to come off. Never. Ever. And I used to be such a teamplayer back then, if i could hear myself now. The only place teamwork works and you can relay on your team is Clan Battles, providing you have a semi comp team. The meta has also crucified cruisers so the likelihood of them being close enough to support you anyway is extremely slim to none.

You know it's gonna be a tough game when your in a team full of red stat muppets with 300 games in a tier 10 game. Sorry but you know... DO NOT rely on your team to do anything at all. Never. Get Match Maker Monitor and THEN decide what to do, who to support and who to stay the hell away from in your team. If your DD's are muppets, then it's 9/10 game over. Teamwork died in 2017-18 ish,,,

Funny seeing some of the old names though. Half of them have left, some sold their accounts and most hardly play at all. Some clan's have even disappeared (like TTTX). The CV rework and the state of players in the game killed most of them off. I'm kinda happy they didn't see the state of it now. Cheers lads. It's gone to rats and your not missing much.

And how is that going for you. Not well I bet..

So many variables IMHO. YOUR playstyle, YOUR ship, YOUR gimmicks, YOUR premium captain and YOUR flags. You need to mix them all up and come to the one that benefits one skill the most. You will never see me in a Kurf without FP, ever. Far too much superstructure not to. So the amount of superstructure is ONE factor. Vermont is another ship. Can I disengage easy in the ship I am in? Yes? Great, then i don't really need FP as i will have time to use the heals and go invis. Does my captain skills give me a bonus to AR, like Honore? Am I going balls deep and trying to go against the meta and Brawl? Then FP is the ticket as i'm not gonna live long enough for all those heals. What is your playstyle? How good are you at managing fires? What other skills have you put on like BoS and what not. Fire can be healed and most of the time, the shear amount of HE spam you receive will create more than one fires anyway, regardless of FP? What i did was test all the ships and see how many heals, on average i burned through and went from there. Bourg, conq and thunderer is Heal all the way as i always use them up. The Massa I use BOTH. The Kurf I use BOTH. The Jean I use FP. Clan Battles BB's will have both on IMHO. So when you go into your next game, see how many heals you use up. But TANK ladies and gents, like a good BB should to be able to judge it right.

And you left ENUF? Don't think you can top that mate.

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Any DD, it doesn't matter. If you don't have a good DD on your team then your more than likely gonna lose. The first thing I look for on MM is the skill of the DD players and how lob sided their stats are to eachother . That then tells me how to play that game (all out win or save a star mode). Right now it's the Kidd for me.

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I hardly ever played ranked in the past. It is pure frustration and I hate dragging completely useless players to winning the game. You have to work hard and deserve it in my books. Ranked never meant anything regarding skill as you can smash the keyboard with your head and still achieve a high position. It has little to no baring on skill. Now i've got that out the way, from someone who hardly played ranked on the old system, the new system is BETTER for my needs. A casual ranked player who can get a bit of steel here and there (not like I need any of the steel ships WG has left). Bronze league is all I ever wanna be in as I have been told by many Clan players, with screenshots and the like, you have apparent "Bronze" class players in Silver and Gold anyway. As they come around more quickly, I can keep the Steel bank ticking over with a few games up to rank 2 or whatever of Bronze when I've exhausted the steel rewards. For me to play in the higher leagues they would really need to up the rewards to make it worth it. Currently it's nowhere near worth it IMHO, not worth the time or effort or stress. However, If I was a fan old the old system and now playing this system, you lot have to play a lot more to gain less steel. So YOU GUYS have S^&% out. So for me and my needs, both in rewards and wellbeing, the new system is better.

Zoup is on WG books and has been for sometime. Even when critical of WG due to common outcry, he is careful how he says it. And yes he makes me cringe. Sorry but being honest. Nearly all of them sold out now. Yeah, they all sell out in the end. Flambass is still hanging in though, but he is another one that makes a living from streaming. It's all about entertainment and money.

The Enterprise is an horridly overpowered CV. CV's are one thing, Enterprise is another. It was back then and it still is. I know, had it and completly dominated the sky with it. By the way i am not taking anything away from @Miragetank90 as he still be great in a Langly. But having a very good CV captain in a OP CV is deadly. Like putting me or a good CV player in the old RTS Kaga before the rework in a tier 5 game or same tier. It was the most brutal thing this game has ever produced, bar none. 94 Kaga (<30.01.2019) 7 Japan 223 79.82% 2 212 83 360 2.2 21.92 Details Anyway going off topic here, was just nice to see him.

Bed time but... They are not hot garbage, as that would mean they can't hit anything like French BB's now (ouch they got nerf in the secondary department). So hot garbage would mean French BB's secondaries for instance. But the Massa, Georgia and Ohio can STILL, and i mean just about, use a secondary build. But as it wasn't ideal for comp play then, it's tipped even further now. You then add the fact of every man and his dog is camping now and throwing shells (HE mainly) at a long distances with DEADEYE or cruiser spamming with the reload skill, it's simply not worth it. The nerf and meta have reduced them to not much. You NEED FP..You NEED more heals...You NEED to be spotted less...And those skills arnt cheap. I can still get about 30,000 damage on BB's and cruisers from secondaries from the Massa and Georgia, sometimes more and sometimes less depending on RNG. That is with a half spec only. Now could I have caused that damage with my main guns if I would have stayed alive longer per game? With FP, range and an extra heal? Almost certainly yes. So people can choose which they think is worth it more. But for me? The days of fully secondary builds are gone, they handicap your team too much. I miss them already.

I'm implying that: 1) Having a unicum in a team against....Well, 45% WR players is one thing. 2) Having an Enterprise in your team is another thing. 3) Going against an enemy CV with 40% WR is way another thing. 4) Having a unicum in an Enterprise against a 45% WR team and a 40% enemy CV is something way out there in "got this in the bag" street Basically the enemy didn't stand a chance. Their DD was practically taken out of the game before his planes returned and the enemy teams were horrifically unbalanced. Their Kaga player eat every bit of flack from my Kidd on his second run . I felt sorry for the only good player (54%) player on the enemy team. He was surrounded by a sea of red. If I was him, I would auto go into "save a star" mode. Been there, done that.

When the Massa first came out, I always spec it for secondary action. Not anymore. As it can no longer reliably hit DD's, I only take the range extender skill and mod (20%). And that is because causing the odd fire on a BB or to can help in certain situations, but it's far from ideal. Basically I just wanna keep some remanence of a brawling build on at least one ship. A reminder of what it used to be like. The rest goes straight into turtle the tank build.

In a nut shell: WG won't do a thing. Not a sausage. Regarding the Massa, yes you are completely right. The thing that made special it was it's very accurate secondaries. Even back pre-nerf they didn't always hit of course but they could reliably hit manual targets very well. DD especially and that was it's gimmick. Anti non main guns DD killers. "I'll kill that cruiser and BB whilst my secondaries rip that DD a new one". Now that has all changed regarding the latter. You can still hit BB's well, you can still hit heavy cruisers well, but regarding DD's? Nope. Well not to the point where you are gonna wanna spend all those skills on it anyway. Secondaries were hanging on by a thread anyway and this rework is the kiss of death in every sense.

well had @Miragetank90 on me team in ranked in his Enterprise. As you would expect from an Unicum OP Enterprise player vs 40% WR, 126 games only and "I have brought the Kaga but have no idea how to play the game, never mind a CV" player...... Yeah, we stomped them, badly

Company Gamers is one of the longest standing International WOWS clans whose primary language is English. We are actively engaged in clan wars, count downs, divisions and above all a friendly social atmosphere. 93% of it's members have increased their WR since joining Company Gamers, simply by being part of the community. We have our own TS and Discord servers. Fully upgraded port for in game bonuses. As we are a 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 and expect decent gameplay. If clan battles are not your thing, that's OK many of our members prefer divisions and count downs. We don't have minimum requirements all are welcome - we have several low tier players who are grinding/learning. We ask members to use and be on TS when in game. Encourage use of discord - mainly for the notifications 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/

I often wondered.

Oversite or incompetence I cant believe not one person in the development department didn't bring this up. And I'm sure that when people tested the skills they...Oh wait, that's right they weren't tested and zero feedback was able to be given Not like they have EVER listened to any feedback from testing.

I am so glad you are now considering actually grinding the silver lines, not buying a tier 8 ship right from the bat like you already have (the Vanguard). Vanguard 8 U.K. 34 44.12% 299 30 093 0.26 2.32 Details So I would recommend ANY BB line, just please don't play that tier ship for the sake for your team. I'm really sorry if that sounds harsh, but please. Learn the game. So.... You are struggling to stay alive in British BB's, never mind French ones which have on average lower HP and armour. Higher tier French BBs require more of a skilled player to use to it's fullest, but they are strong in the right hands. being fast is great, but being fast means nothing if you haven't got a clue what is going on and when to use that speed. They also have low pen shells (until tier 10) so you will struggle against good players in cruisers, never mind BB's. I would always recommend Russian BB's first simply due to its overmatch and thick armour (people at least stay alive longer and hit harder), but with that play style you are describing then grind the American line for now as they are a hybrid, then the French line if you wish.

Company Gamers is one of the longest standing International WOWS clans whose primary language is English. We are actively engaged in clan wars, count downs, divisions and above all a friendly social atmosphere. 93% of it's members have increased their WR since joining Company Gamers, simply by being part of the community. We have our own TS and Discord servers. Fully upgraded port for in game bonuses. As we are a 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 and expect decent gameplay. If clan battles are not your thing, that's OK many of our members prefer divisions and count downs. We don't have minimum requirements all are welcome - we have several low tier players who are grinding/learning. We ask members to use and be on TS when in game. Encourage use of discord - mainly for the notifications 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/

Oh I agree with the cossack comments no doubt, but its like apples and pears. The cossack at heart is DD hunter, the Fen isn't. How would the cossack be if you added on DW to with defensive AA? You would have a ship that can sink a BB in one, hunt DDs when it isn't doing that, swatting same or lower tier planes And smoke with a longer duration for fires. Farrrrr to much. The cossack is a very good ship but its still handicapped. The torps are shorter, carry less damage, has no AA, no heal and its HP is low. Plus its rear guns have awful arcs which forces it to turn boardside or sit in its short smoke. It has no durability. I would much rather be in a Kidd then a cossack any day one vs one and have many a times. But anyway, the Fen is what it is. You give it more shell power and your blurring the lines. P.s. Just because I hate seeing people being forced to spend captain skills on a necessity, if they increased the pen I wouldn't mind solely based on that fact.

Keeping a star is a great idea and needed, but the system of which its implement is god awful and rewards damage farmers. However in 6 years I have never got into ranked fully as its a exercise in pure frustration. You can roll your head on the keyboard and still end up ranked 1 or now gold league. My biggest grip is... Why the hell should I slave my guys out, killing 3-4 ships a game, grabbing caps and what not for some bottom feeder to get the win which they haven't earned in the slightest. Dying first just sailing In a straight line. WG will never change the star system as it simply caters for the those kinds of people. It's a screwed up circle.