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Or, again, you just filter for solo stats.

And if you don't you are useless and essentially afk for your team while putting it behind. Thus no matter what you do, the CV wins. Did you know that this method of "counterplay" is actually against the game rules and can be punished btw? Except no, because unlike CVs these mechanics have actual counterplay that allows you to take action against them without putting yourself into a negative position. Which is exactly why we didn't see a plethora of such whine threads and the few that we did see were shut down by the more experienced players. Sure dude. Enterprise is the most blatantly overpowered ship in the entire game. If you cannot make her perform, well, that just puts things into perspective.

Except holding back in itself is a misplay since you will allow the enemy DDs to get caps for free. You then have the arduous task to play from behind and retake caps against an enemy CV. Thus this method of "counterplay" is in reality a lose-lose situation. So only 5 out of 18 CVs aren't extremely dangerous to DDs, huh? Which btw is still untrue, Ark Royal is an excellent DD killer. That makes your count 4 out of 18, with only Saipan, GZ, Kaga and Indomitable being "bad" at dealing with DDs. And Saipan is arguable.

Flak ist ein automatisches System für das kein einziger Spieler zuständig ist. Es ist ein billiger skill check den man praktisch bei jedem Angriff überwinden muss. Der Schaden deines Kartoffel Gegners wird somit automatisch gegen null gesetzt, weder du noch deine teammates müssen dafür einen einzigen Finger rühren. Das ist natürlich komplett falsch, denn je nach player skill hat AA eine völlig andere Wirkung. Die Kartoffel verliert das gesamte squad schon bei Anflug, der unicum dagegen kriegt selbst gegen mehrere Schiffe 2-3 Angriffe durch.

1. It's not. 2. Because WG needs to keep the few CV players that are remaining happy, otherwise their current implementation of CVs could be considered a failure. 3. That depends on the skill of the CV player. If the enemy CV player is sufficiently skilled there is nothing you can do except for not playing DDs in the first place. Or any other class but CVs for that matter.

We did. They answered that CVs are currently indeed not satisfactory and that they're working on various adjustments and nerfs which are all either in concept stage or being internally tested. The goal of this boycott is that until CVs reach a satisfactory state they stay out of competitive since WG themselves have admitted that the current situation is unacceptable. So, now that even WG is unable to give us any advice on how to deal with CVs and asking us to wait for adjustments and nerfs instead, how about you go ahead and list some of yours?

The point is not that GZ cannot perform, it is a CV and thus naturally can. The point is that GZ is far inferior compared to some of her contemporaries.

Again, these people did try to adapt. They did not find a way to adapt despite topping the leaderboard. These are the very best players in the game. If you honestly believe you have some super secret way to defeat CVs, we're all ears. So far you've suggested using AA ships and specializations, both of which have been thoroughly tested and proven extremely ineffective. You've also suggested ambushing planes which doesn't even remotely work according to basic game mechanics. Anything else?

And I'm sure you can give me a link to said video. Also this somehow implies that 800 DPS can somehow be considered strong. It isn't. Likewise 1100 burst damage doesn't even kill a plane and will yield diminishing returns. I have no say over the ships my div mates pick. In fact I actually recommended against picking 2x Friesland because I knew it would be useless against an actually skilled CV player. Fortunately we did not meet one. Meanwhile the few times this has been tried against me, including a 3x Halland div, well, to say that it hasn't worked would be an understatement. And again, these clans are AT THE TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD. They are literally the best clans in this game. They have found no way to adapt to a CV because there isn't one. People have tried to bring AA ships into CBs, they have tried full AA spec. None of that works, so AA strength is completely discarded in the equation, hence why Stalingrad and Venezia were the primary picks because they both synergize well with a CV and provide other utility.

That is a misplay. Squad shortening is generally not necessary due to AA being too weak and plane reserves being too high. An AA build has minimal impact on AA performance as mathematically proven.

300 in a single battle is mathematically impossible given that even with fighters reworked CVs have at most "only" ~200 planes.

Which ofc makes you just plain wrong given that, again, these clans remain at the top of the ladder and top CV players are PART OF THE BOYCOTT. Ah, you mean the Friesland div you failed against? You can blame that on no one but yourself.

I'd love to know what the difference is between just letting AA stay enabled and disabling it only to enable it once aircraft enter long range AA aside from gimping your AA defense for a second or two.

Try reading perhaps.

I can refer you to a clip from Noc: https://clips.twitch.tv/DelightfulObedientKoalaFloof Basically what he does here is he is misdirecting the first two flak walls into a direction he didn't want to go anyway by flying in at an angle, then dodging the other remaining two via attacking. It is the most comfy way of dodging flak - not having to dodge it at all. Go fast, then slow down on your final approach. Flak is programmed to hit you towards the end of its "life span" and it always spawns so that it gives you the same time before you hit it regardless of how fast you go, so if you go fast, allow it to spawn then slow down you auto dodge it.

Because then no one would play CVs. AA was actually fairly effective for 2 patches. The CV population died hard as a result.

You don't. The CV player is in full control over where and how flak spawns.

Das alte System war zwar nicht gut aber es war besser. Allein schon aus dem Grund, dass surface ships spotting via effektiver stealth AA komplett verhindern konnten. Hatte letztens das Vergnügen, gegen 'ne Atlanta in meiner Hiryu zu spielen. Ich konnte sie ganze 5 Sekunden lang offen halten (was sowieso nichts genutzt hat weil die hinter 'ner Insel stand), bevor die mir alle 8 TBs zerbrezelt hat. Heutzutage hältst du halt passiv 'ne Flanke per fighter offen wenn's nötig ist, während du sämtliche Gegnerschiffe, die sich weder gegen spotting noch gegen deinen damage output wehren können, halt selbst noch kaputt machst. Und sowas wie 'ne Atlanta macht man auch komfortabel ohne größere Verluste in einem T6 CV platt, von T8ern ganz zu schweigen. Gab mal Zeiten wo man sich sogar in T9ern noch vor der in Acht nehmen musste wenn die partial/full AA war. Die einzige wirkliche Besserung ist, dass Flieger nicht mehr torps spotten können. Und das wurde auch während RTS schon unzählige Male vorgeschlagen, WG hat sich dagegen aber wie immer gesträubt weil es ja 'ne sinnvolle Änderung gewesen wäre und sowas macht man halt bei WG nicht.

Ich seh das gar nicht so positiv ehrlich gesagt. Ich mein okay, AA divs haben durchaus genervt, aber dafür ist halt AA jetzt komplett nutzlos was ja mal in die völlig falsche Richtung ging um das zu lösen. Statt AA komplett nutzlos zu machen hätte man alle AA eher nutzvoll machen sollen. Geht mit dem Rework aber natürlich nicht mehr, sonst spielt die ja keiner. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Of course it is camrade. (On a more serious note, the Yak-3 is an excellent aircraft no doubt.)

No, it's just a direct upgrade on the speed upgrade which it shares a slot with and has literally no downsides since tapping exists.

No, one pass. TiTs can citadel Kita through her belt. 6 hits is enough for a kill. If they kept her deck at 30mm Audacious bombs can citadel that.

Jo, viel Spaß allen zukünftigen Kita captains sag ich dazu nur.

Well, the most beautiful thing stays in mind the longest, no? And I dare you to say that the Spitfire isn't among the most beautiful, if not outright the most beautiful warplane that has ever taken to the skies. Too bad that their WoWs counterparts are garbage, really. Also probably why this thing is largely forgotten.