ChickenCheeze23

Happens to me all the time, but usually only if it hits the end of a ship. I've found shells are further behind than they appear graphically; so if it looks like you hit the bow of a ship, you might actually hit the forward turret instead.

Doing very well in a ranked battle and losing because your team was literally born yesterday is ridiculous. Also, showing the stars that the winning team got is just insult to injury. What's the point of showing them when everyone on the winning team gets a star regardless of how well they did (or didn't) do and everyone on the losing team loses a star. Surely the ranked system would be better if it was based on personal performance rather than, "Oh hey guys, I did absolutely nothing this game but we won so I get a star, hehe." And make it so the winning team is MORE likely to get stars than the losing team. People who just sail in a straight line and get 1 shotted by a BB or a DD don't deserve a star just because their team won the match for them. I just had a great game but we lost solely because our Fubuki literally just ran for the border and sat there the whole game. And how am I rewarded for my performance? "Unfortunate Battle" I really think the ranked system needs some looking at because this is stupid and unfair.

As it is now, it has to be one of the most badly designed ships in the game. I understand Wargaming doesn't really care about their customers and added this thing as a barrier to the Yamato, but still some of the issues could be fixed easily. For starters, the No.3 turret. It has no reason to be facing backwards and offers no benefits being like this. If it was facing forward not only would it have a better firing arc, but it could also keep up with the other 2 turrets allowing for better angling while keeping all of your firepower. The other glaring issue is the armor. The ship is extremely wide, making it quite sluggish, but it doesn't have the armor to accommodate such size. The Yamato is wide because it has a lot of armor and the sides are packed with secondaries and AA, but the Izumo's deck is much more sparse. Honestly fixing either of these would make the ship much less of a nightmare to play and my end my thoughts of suicide whenever I use it.

What is the deal with these ship's citadel? Is the armor that strong or is it just placed weirdly like the Cleveland's? I have only ever citadel'd these ships in a training room at about 2-3km range or by getting a really lucky hit with plunging fire. Not once have I been able to get them at close range in an actual game, not ONCE. Something is funky and I don't like it.

I never play a battleship as a sniper unless I have to, but the Nagato's guns are special. Even at close range they miss and often when I hit the citadel of a ship I can easily penetrate it often doesn't deal citadel damage. I've never had this problem with any of the other Japanese BB's. My luck has been a bit better recently but it still frustrates me to no end.

Why are the Nagato's guns so bad? It's next to impossible for me to citadel any equal tier BB's and its difficult to get them against tier 6's. I would have expected 2200lb 16 inch shells to have significantly more penetrating power than the Fuso's 14 inch guns but that barely seems to be the case. That topped by the fact that the dispersion is abysmal makes this ship an absolute nightmare to play. Am I just unlucky or is there actually something wrong with them?

Why are there no assist badges? Surely if I deal 90% if someone's hp and one of my teammates snipes the kill I deserve some credit for it. Seems unusual not to have any form of assists in a game like this.