Admiral_noodle

12 games is hardly a decent sample but yes it shows the point that win rate is only loosely correlated with other stats...

My fear about xvm is that people will get criticised abused and otherwise whined at *instead of* coached, supported and helped by their team mates. If I had figment and Elgerino in my team I would be tempted to ask them for advice given their stats. I already do that in divisions with better players. It would be great if used right. It just won't be.

Which is why you need to look at damage and survival rate. I have a 40% survival rate and 32k damage. In others I see 60% survival or better and 50k damage at the same tier with similar ships. Taken together this is an indicator they are better than me... So to op - you do die a lot perhaps you need to think about how to survive longer. Makes the games more fun too Earlier I had a much better game with Tirpitz because I tried to escape. Lasted a lot longer and got two more kills than I otherwise would have.

Premium is good for me as I get in at least 3 games every day - may as well grind as fast as I can.

Tirpitz deal with extra stuff on sale in Europe - where Germany is. Not all that surprising when you think about it ;) Anyway I bought it with the extra stuff and made use of it so I'm not too displeased. Though it's just as annoying when you go to YouTube and get "this video is not available in your country"

Survival rate also seems to be an indicator. Good players seem to survive over half their battles. I'm working on it

Stats. They are useful but only if you know how to interpret them. To OP all I can say is you're at low tier so your stats are particularly meaningless. Get over 200 games and look at the trends. Damage will increase as you increase tiers. My stats seem particularly average. Which is right as I'm pretty average. I do have a +ve k/d and I'm trying to increase it. Not necessarily by increasing kills but also by *not dying*. I've noticed I tend to get involved in fights and not realise I should be retreating. That's happening less now and my k/d is on the up. So is my damage, because by living longer I can do more damage. Patience is what I need to learn. And not charging off ahead in a futile attempt to "do something". Looking at my stats (ignoring win rate but that's approaching 48% after being as low as 43%) and comparing ship for ship against Elgerino for example I can see I can do more damage and survive longer by "picking my fights". It makes the game more enjoyable as well. I'm looking at players like Aerroon on YouTube as well to see how better statted players play. Finally stats don't lie. I wanted to be a good cruiser player but it's obvious I do better in battleships. Probably because I'm 37 and my reactions are not what they were - but I can plan... And rudeness over stats is uncalled for. I've seen it again and again from Naskoni and it's just not nice. If we do get xvm in this game I would hope that "good" players see it as their job to help out and guide those on their team less able. And not whine.

Hey English is clearly not his first language... I sincerely hope but if you can penetrate the meaning it's good advice!

Show your side to Fuso in a decent range and you're squished as a cruiser. Lower tier BBs have to play alongside cruisers to be effective. Especially myogi which can be penned and citadelled by AP on 8 inch guns.

Schools go back tomorrow in the UK - some today. Happy gaming in the day

Well I had a go in my new South Carolina today. Didn't seem to have a problem nuking cruisers. And a destroyer! I think Karachi and myogi have problems but the U.S. BBs have no issue, and Kongo and above don't either.

Which battleships? At the same tier if you do it right battleships own cruisers. It's the only way I get kills lately! There are a few vids/guides floating around especially on YouTube on how BBs can deal with cruisers. It's all about patience and AP.

Ranked battles is needed to bring back some variation. And continually more maps and shops

I had tier ten. On public test for a weekend. That count?

Convoy war is very interesting to learn about. Worth discussing in the historical section

I've shot 44 planes down in 7 games. The Tirpitz AA isn't terrible...

Yes. As far as I can see MM only messes with whether you're high or low tier - within the allowable range. I was just trying to say *if* MM took WR into account all it would do would be even the average win rates on either side. Anything else would be insane and wouldn't work - or achieve anything.

Agree. Suck it up and go play another ship

I'm not trying to take sides I'm was just trying to point out that it would be practically impossible for MM to "rig" teams so that if you keep winning you get out with "bad" players. Tiers are explained. Also in the blurb about MM it was discussing the possibility of balancing overall win rate per side not "rigging" it. Overall a balanced team on win rate would be good IMO. If that were true and you had a very high WR you'd be more likely to have a complete potato on your team obviously. To balance YOU out... But I don't think MM actually tried to balance win rate. I could try to analyse some stats but I've got a life...

My god this is still going on! MM will make you bottom tier if you keep winning and higher tier if you keep losing. MM cannot be putting you in teams of "losers" deliberately. If it did that it would push those losers even further down by creating those loser teams for you... Similarly if I'm a terrible player in order for MM to "boost me" it would have to put me in teams of good players - which means there would be a group of good players all together in a "winning" team... The easiest way to ensure a tendency towards 50/50 is simple randomness. If you are a good player you're obviously more likely to be teamed up with people less able - simply because the majority are worse than you... There is no conspiracy.

Doesn't even have to be detonation. The other day my Fuso went out for her first battle - first salvo a speculative shot at a distant Phoenix. Didn't even watch as the ship became undetected. Then 3 citadels, sunk Phoenix and first blood

Yea. Since the patch border huggers are much easier to hit. You even have a line to help your aim! But it still looks terrible

I've gone 1v1 against Cleveland in my Pepsi cola a number of times and I've always won. Not on massive health admittedly, but AP takes down cleveland if you are patient and shoot at the right place.

Thing is I've found the "chipping" can be 7k per salvo without citadels. Consistent damage rather than bounces so Tirpitz is hardly invulnerable.

Kongo is definitely fun but Fuso is a joyous gun bucket. Sometimes. For me the sweet spot is tier V-VIII in cruisers and BBs. Favourite ships: Omaha Cleveland Pensacola Kongo Fuso But I do love the Tirpitz