Admiral_noodle

I'm pretty sure the ribbons are server side. I don't see how they could be otherwise. What we need is an explanation of how all these things can happen. I've seen "turret sinks" in action (Notser video) and I've seen over damaging "over pens" - which I'm 99% sure is simply overpen to one section + pen to another. The only odd result I can't explain is that independence video.

This thread... Arkansas doesn't NEED AAA to make her competitive. She is competitive. - Tier 4 BBs basically don't shoot down planes anyway, so the AAA they have is just for decoration - Tier 4 CVs, even played well are not particularly powerful. - Unless they focus you all game you're unlikely to sink from CV attacks (as long as you PAY ATTENTION) - If you are with cruisers even their pathetic AAA will eventually cause the CVs at tier IV to run out of planes.

I agree. I suspect they thought it was a good idea at the start, but have now realised.... it isn't. It's wholly unfair to call them "liars" though because I feel they certainly intended to unify gold and XP at some point. XP unification I am wholly against... I'd just go bot in WoT to get free XP* (and probably do better than my current WoT stats ) and of course as Hans says the same would - WOULD happen the other way round. Gold/Doubloon unification poses its own problems. First its a solution looking for a problem (everyone I know who plays both is perfectly capable of maintaining separate WoT and WoWs budgets. Second I'm not convinved 1 gold = 1 doubloon. Its a bit like a Euro problem. Then, if the economies are effectively shared, you would need to have cooperation between WoT and WoWs over sales, promotions, offers etc... To me I've always thought there was little if any commercial benefit from this. But that's me. I'm sure a lot of people WOULD like unified gold, as it would make their lives more convenient. It would have been better if WG had been a bit more "in depth" on this issue, explained - honestly - why they aren't going to do it... Even put a full article up as a sort of explanation/apology... Not as an off the cuff answer to a Q&A... But that's me... *of course I wouldn't

Indeed. But then you have to hit the right bit of the ship. It's fine vs. Bow on cruisers but I'm talking about the wiggling angling ones who understand going bow on is daft.

Actually her lower penetration makes her better than BBs vs. cruisers in many cases as Scharnhorst will penetrate where a larger gun would overpen. But it depends on angle. AP is useless at a highly angled cruiser, so the skill with Scharnhorst is selecting the right ammo at the right time.

Yes this. I wasn't meaning any disrespect to Krazypenguin. He played well but our team kinda forgot how to domination. Plus they had a Flint... I do try to keep the peace. I don't often succeed. But I won't stop trying - if only to annoy fellow STs for being generally reasonable and objective I haven't said "it's just a game!" Lately. Need to get that in

Scharnhorst is great but I got taken down by a Mogami and Hipper. One by fire one by AP. Gang up on her and she will die like everything else

I tried out WoT. But it didn't take. I just got bored of it because I don't have the same love for tank battles I do for ships. So different people different likes.

Well I just got fireproof in Kaiser...

Why would people skip half the game? I honestly don't understand I save free XP to upgrade ships, then play them to next tier. Repeat. And I keep ships I like.

Seriously "how to high tier" would be a good series of videos youtubers could produce. Like what to do in certain situations. Unicums don't seem to have a problem - and I think they do things which stop camping by their team. I just don't know what

Saw Krazypenguin today in my Scharnhorst, him in his Atlanta on ocean. Didn't go well. Our team didn't concentrate on defending the caps. We had a gamescon Scharnhorst on each side. Both were pretty useless. But we came top and third in XP respectively, so not a bad performance by either of us. Ps. Don't attack other players it's just not good form

You can have 0 damage pens. For example guns have their own HP pool. If you do a pen to it but don't do evough damage to incapacitate it you'll see pen ribbon but no damage. Its not desync. The server decides on pens and damage. Not the client.

Hypothesis: invisifiring and firing from smoke sitting still is a symptom of passive play not a cause. Hmm.

I find perfectly broadside cruisers bad targets. I like them 20 degrees off broadside for maximum results (does not apply to cruiser AP except with Cleveland above). + some luck.

Ok - you have to learn the ship. I tested her pre nerf (that's known right?) and then after. My stats went UP after. Mostly because I realised she's not a real BB. Play her like a cruiser with great AP. Vs BBs. Aim higher with AP. Broadside you'll get 6k salvoes easily. Otherwise use H again at cruisers you will citadel if they are "exposed". But you'll get overpens if those cruisers are dead side on. HE does a nice lot of damage though if the ship is low HP and you have to kill it. Use your speed. Keep moving all the time. Don't engage multiple cruisers they will HE spam. And don't go exactly now on to BBs they will pen you. Angle slightly and you'll bounce AP. And don't be out in the open as much. You have speed. Use islands. Use friendly Colorados as meat shields

So having tested them all here's how I feel. Nassau. Best tier 3 BB Kaiser. Better than Myogi but prefer Wyoming Konig. I actually prefer Kongo and then NY but she's ok. Bayern. Everyone else loves her but I still prefer New Mexico. Better than Fuso? Arguable. Again I had her last. Gneisenau. Ok when you get used to 6 guns but not "good". I prefer Nagato. She's better than Colorado because of her speed Bismarck. Freidrich Der Grosse. Better for me than Iowa. But Iowa hates me Grosser Kurfürst: only tier X BB I've played. I did not have fun.

Sorry but the opening tone in this thread caused the replies. It was a whining "I want my money back this thing is rubbish" tone. Plus showing a complete lack of knowledge of the T&Cs he must have agreed to to make the purchase. What kind of response did you expect? Had OP started with "disappointed with Scharnhorst, what am I doing wrong" you would have seen an incredibly polite and helpful response. Even to the point where forumites offer to div with the guy for lessons!!!

This has to be a joke though right? Stating Scharnhorst is UP *and* not reading the T&Cs before buying? Too much fail

This will be a major factor in average damage stats at low tier. At least initially. Key stat is win rate after a couple of months...

I couldn't citadel cruisers that easily until someone shouted at me to aim under the turrets. This seems to work well against those I can't usually citadel. I want to see aScharn Vs Gneisenau duel though

Scharnhorst is no battleship Im assuming players of equal skill who wouldn't go broadside. A 1v1 would be interesting though. I'm not convinced Scharnhorst would win in all circumstances.

Or you could wait a week or so then start grinding / playing Scharnhorst. They aren't going anywhere.

I struggled when testing Gneisenau at first then it clicked. No she will struggle to beat Scharnhorst one on one, but that's not the point. She is much better against battleships. I can't wait to do the sisters in a division. They will be awesome.

Thats base fire chance. It's modified by the ship your firing ats fire resistance and obviously discount hits to areas already on fire. Given that it will almost always be lower. Also sample size...