havaduck

First 14 pts captain EVER! - and this game did send my trusty NC over the edge. 4th ever Witherer That free xp! (Without anything p2w premium thats actually quite something to behold ^^) And the first time my avg. tier used is above 8. (While not a achievement by itself, its a novelty for me at least). Oh and I got 6 more wins towards the Takao for a grand total of 21. New extrapolated completion date is now mid January .......

Met GTX 10086 on the green side; and this time I even immediately recognised the Forumite. We won the battle so fast and decisively, I couldnt get any damage done ... still better than the other way around for sure.

I also remember when people rigged the free xp-Mission - and how WG handled it. You can even read BBVs opinion on that in my sig. Remember what their reasoning was? They wont take the cheated free xp away now that is promised via the mission. Now remember how they handled the promised silver compensation for double ARP ships? What do you think, would one middle finger be enough to portray it, or are both hands required? Lets just say I dont hold WG, their abilities or their stances on morally questionable actions in the highest regard. btw: lol @ Untouchable "earned" ships, again, my flank!

So you are totally fine if I pay WG to rig the MM to create the first sub 20 % player out of you? Below even all the Bots? That also never will be top tier again outside T 1 and 10? I mean, the other sub 35-40 % are accustomed to loosing anyway, so one more loss while being in the rigged game with you wont hurt them by your logic ...

I know and I cant understand that, but the rigging, even more so with payment and ruining games for the unfortunate others that happen to share the game is simply wrong. I want a Takao and since yesterday the extrapolated completion date went down from April next year to only March next year; so yeah I am pretty screwed right here. Nachi is god damn impossible for me too, as is Kirishima (but thankfully I already got that one)! The issue is WG. Go flame THEM.

How about you get some bile up and deposit it in WGs direction for designing a Mission in the most [edited] way possible? I might not get you the ship, but its also a lot less likely to rightfully endanger your Acc, as well as giving WG some positive re-enforcement for spending money on one of their ridiculous screw-ups.

You apparently never saw the endless stream of Tirpitzes/Scharnhorts other premiums that awaits anyone playing those tiers. ^^ Hell I even got lol-penned to death by Bot-Yamas ........ and I am not talking about the Testserver-PVE here ........ Trust me: It earns them well ........

I think people hiring each other to be their target is the next logical step in this game. WG will be even more pleased since it also earns them coin. Just wait what the next missions will be ........ btw: I couldnt care less, save for the fact that this is a attempt to rig 1/12 to even a full quarter of the team being target practice and ruin it for the other 11/12 to 3/4. So take a wild guess what my opinion on that is ......... btw2: Inb4 some guy ever again tells me that ships that are "earned" cant be nerfed ........... earned my flank.

No thx. We definitely should forfeit such a "increase of playerbase". I already get enough people in co-op AND pvp who should outright un-install anyway. I did Nr. 2 when having to play Sky-Carcinoma for GNB and I think its should be common curtsey. Even today I still only bestow Sky-Carcinoma only on bots ....... (if I play Sky-Carcinoma at all ofc) So for the remaining 3 Classes I am going to pick: Option 1. btw: I still remember that one all to well ....... http://forum.worldofwarships.eu/index.php?/topic/9009-what-were-your-greatest-gaming-achievements-today/page__st__3000__pid__1457697#entry1457697 Also a move of common courtesy! Unlike the parasites that insist of even grinding the most horrible stock ships, in classes they have no clue off in general, in ranked or as a mercenary in TB .....

NP, do whats necessary. It works for me now without issues. I just didnt know TR now requires that ....... Works for me now, but just for reference: AutoSpy IconsNappelcommander crosshairMinimap with ship names + circle options Nagasaki (Yokosuka)Japan & German Navy flagsColored tracers from BlackSkullDuke Nukem Voice ModNo MangaBetter ship icons on compact carouselTraining Room enablerClear VisionSteven Seagull (manually) Duke Nukem is a test, and usually I have extended tech tree too, but Aslain wrote to not mix it this time with the TRE.

Yesterday finally brought some T8 victories. BT 10 mostly ofc, but still! You really gotta admire MM that puts your T 8 BB against no less than 4! T 10 battleship, not even speaking about even more T 10 ships of other classes. Anyway won 4 out of 5 games, so my Takao-Win count rose by over 1/3 from 11 to 15. Yay! Also met a bunch of Forumites, from which I consider 1 victory as getting carried. ^^ (to make up for the loss, which I consider caused by noob-team) http://forum.worldofwarships.eu/index.php?/topic/10242-which-forum-members-have-you-seen-in-random-battles/page__st__2580__pid__1470471#entry1470471 Game of the Day: Picked that one for 2 reasons: 1. The last game in the Bismarck without AFT. After that game I was a able to switch out accuracy for 2ndary range, which combined with AFT finally gave me those 10 + km 2ndaries. The CQC-Medal here was with the base Range. 2. It had Loran ........ desperation-quit. (aso to get some food ;)) All our games were sorely desperate, and this one was no exception. The Benson helped us defend B more than his xp shows, but since our BBs were freaking useless, we had a merry carousel of desperation going on: Driving in circles in and around B to defend it, fighting 5 BBs with only 2 ouf ours ..... At least Loran got the single plane kill for the mission.

I did run into a bunch of Forumites yesterday .......... I might have even have not recognised some or I will forget to mention them here; so sry for that. ;) So ran into Kettengesicht. He was testing the new p2w-boat ...... the new WG-Lie-boat (as there are no cruiser with guns bigger than 203 mm) .... WG newest exercise in middle finger flipping to silver peasants. They had the most lucky Bismarck ever as well. I did put at least 10 shots for absolutely no damage each into his turrets, while none got perma destroyed. Gotta love that stupid shell-eating-black-hole mechanic, because in russia, Gunhouse doesnt contain Vodka - thats whats fridge or toilet is for - so, Comrade, theres is nothing important there! Meanwhile we got one of those completely useless lemming team that couldnt properly push trough A with 10 ships. All that while Kostis and I were delaying at least 2 DDs, 2 BBs and 3 Cruisers (Kettengesicht with them), thats more than half their team, coming from the other side - just waiting to pincer the noobs. At least we had an additional Forumite on our side: Chib1977. Apparently my bitching about about p2w carries far; far enough to be recognised in game - but not Pony? Well I gotta post more of those then. But yeah, I went even full out DD hunting in the NC, and hat to put a citadel into the Graf p2w swell. I have no idea how we won that ...... but 100k spotting damage in a BB? 10/10 would flame lemming-team again. ______________ Next up was Icy-Johnes and a whole bunch of Forumites. That was my worst game of yesterday and I spend pretty much the whole game bouncing on T 10 battleships (you know T8 MM). At least I "helped" Loran and Kostis locking 2 of their T 10 BBs down at the cap. But yeah, whatever, since I got carried to victory: Its XP to outfit the Bismarck and a Win for Takao.

Esa, ........ play something different than only the Gremy. ;)

No. If thats the reason thx a lot for the tip & help, and I will try the direct install for once. Is this due to a recent change? I didnt install directly into WoWs for a long time now .........

v5.15.0 #02 (02-12-2016): Getting a error while trying to read \res\scripts_config.xml. Thought it would come frome trying Duke Nukem-Pack again, but the problem persists even without that one selected. Only tried because: v5.15.0 #01 (01-12-2016):- critical fix to Alt minimap/Navigator/Running Lights what were those fixes? In the mean time I'll stick to the #00 release as I hadnt had any issues with that one so far.

But ..... but ..... but ..... WG would never do that. /s Damn, guys, dont you all look back to the times in nostalgia when things like events and missions were yearned for, because we thought they would be actually done in a sensible way?

Yeah the turret arrangement ........ and then: - The fact its for the most part totally immune to HE shells of the tier (that means fire chance x 0,5 as a bonus too). - and make that immune to AP shells to, since there is no SS to shoot at at all. - The fact its excellent in dodging torps - The fact its shaming ever higher tier BBs in accuracy, let alone all the peasant ships around it. And the disadvantages? Well its faster than a Wyoming while it should actually flood while going full ahead. And then the range is somehow 14,1 km with a shitty "range finder" mounted so low, hell it even got a torpedo belt. - WG truly knows no shame. Yeah, Yeah, I know it doesnt have any serious AA. So what you saying is: If I press "p" on my Wyoming, thus forfeiting the mighty 0-2 plane kills for loosing my entire ship, I suddenly become immune the HE and AP shells, can dodge torps even better AND get near Yamato Accuracy combined with Stalinium shells? Damn, I really gotta try that ...... /s Let me just ask the same question I asked a few times allready: Do you really think the tech tree equivalent will be better (as it should) or at least equally good? €: Apparently, even WG cant standing their own picture in the mirror while keep selling this thing, is nowadays no way near a clear indication of being brokenly OP. I wonder if a letter from God would do .........

So just to keep record: The silver-peasant-dung-carrier has "torp speed and damage" of "abysmal level" and "is no longer worth buying"; but the wallet-masterrace boat is not? Geeee, if only there would be a expression for that kind of situation .....

I think I have to uninstall then. I see the same BS there in co-op: People fighting over "who gets to stay away from the enemy the farthest", then when their team-mates are shot they are not even in effective gun range, or sometimes gun range at all. I saw the very same BS countless time in the Halloween event as well .... You would thing being a cowardish noob, they want to capitalize on a bullet sponge, but they are to useless to even try that ...... This is what triggers me the most; and its not confined to co-op: Be crap all you want, I will probably [edited]in TS but usually not in chat (ofc that tolerance gets lower the higher the tier) but if you are useless AND watching your team die, I get triggered. I have had so many battles that were on the brink, and if you play attrition you are going to loose for certain (because you are already down on ships). So you have to try something dramatic. In a (lost ofc) 260 k damage Amagi game I tried magazining 2 nearly full hp BBs by aiming for the forward turret magazines - even with the risk of hitting turrets which provide shell-eating-god-mode. Didnt get that lucky detonation, but it might have saved me the time to kill an additional NO, which might give me the time to fight the Tirpitz ....... Yeah, that kind of desperation, but also the only chance of actually wining. But what I rather saw just yesterday: hm a 3 vs 4 that is hard but winable? Should I help with my full hp fail-boat or not? Lets not help, let the players with the actual kills that actually achieved something for this team yet die without help. Next thing coming up then: The noob dies horribly without even trying in a 3 vs 1. Its not like there are any repair costs no to save up upon ..... What he could have tried: Charging down one of the Bismarck following and flanking me and AO and torp him. I bet he would have tripled his damage in the match from that one alone. In the Achievement of the day thread is a picture of me doing exactly that against a The Grobe. Ofc I died, Ofc it took both torp launchers to kill him, but I traded a nearly full hp T 7 BB for a nearly full HP t 9 BB and our team therefore had a chance - AND we won that one in the end. Remember that Amagi game I mentioned? I knew that one was lost the moment I saw the other 3 BBs "deploy". We said to contest B so they went completely "sod that, I go where I am the most useless". So without own DDs contesting B and only 2 cruiser and 1 BB against the whole enemy lemming train, we decided against actually going straight into B but to to contest it by proxy and maybe head to c. Unfortunately a Takao got locked down, so we supported him as best as we could, and what do you know? He was of way more use to the team than all the failboating BBs. Unless its the "Two-Brothers-Channel"-type of idiot, I definitely prefer any yolo runner over anybody just idle standing by and watching the team die. So hurray for the cruiser player that actually tried instead of failboating away from the enemy from minute 0 like the 3 BBs.

I knew this would come. Yeah I wanted fire on the beached Gneisenau, that guy was angled to me and broadside to you and Jack. Also a full 2ndary build and he could use torps while I couldnt (for the most part since he was going away); but the sweet sweet HP of the that NY where mine, mine, mine. Damn I love those 4 seconds with that slightly horror-film sound and the single "mine" the most. (Btw you should have said something about the Kraken and I wouldnt have even tried to torp him) ;) So honestly, I had this before. Sometimes I dont see spotted torps, or only with a delay. Usually beeping when close but no direction indicator. Its the same problem with ships already being spotted on the MM being shown; or the matter that everyone sees the team list at the start before I can .... Didnt happen recently (I think) but happened before. THATS the reason I was pondering which torp, for I thought all 3 hit the NY. If a teammate says torps form a certain DD, and I dont see them I know usually know roughly where to expect them and act accordingly. This time I had no idea and was searching all around for a source like a friendly cruiser ........ Btw. I can see them in the replay ...... In a, maybe unreleated, matter: Fire duration-indicator is again broken during the game (since ....... a few days?), but works mostly in replays. Not as big of a issue ofc, but I also remember that being fixed already a few times. No little circle, no time indicator ..... €: So in total: /€ Anyway ....... I am still quite content: AO is a teamkiller (not pink but for future reference ) and we won that battle. Unlike ........ other games. See, lup3s, I was divisioned with DJ in the morning. T8 ships, BT 10. Team was crap, friendly Neptune torped DJ form behind out of no reason on a cap we actually won. So we were 2 ships down already (as the Neptune definitely was of no use) and then a T 9 Sky carcinoma came for me. "Barely any plane got through", which means I shot down 1 plane, but yeah: High tier AA, so OP, plz nerf. And games like that are just the tip of the iceberg ...... I had one where we lost for droping below 0 pts. Yes, we lost like that. I was the only one of our side sitting in a cap circle trying to cap with the Bismarck when we lost, and I came on top at a lousy 800 xp, meanwhile the best player on the enemy team had like 1200 xp. Yeah, one of THOSE victories which is really neither a victory to either side .... just because one team gets steamrolled so hard. Now I have the same problems on the Bismarck and Ibuki: No wins for Takoe, no xp to fully upgrade the ships or retrain the captain ....... To oblige the threadtopic and avoid spam: I still hate the useless shitty guns on this thing, but since it got manual AA on the captain, its viable to deter lower tier Sky carcinoma which you meet way to often ... (Also I think I used this one specifically to make AO jealous. 3 Fires! If you want that in a british cruiser you either have to buy premium HE-shells (aka Perth, Belfast) or use the 2ndary battery. ) Bonus Shot: Co-op. The only place where low tier british cruiser are actually fun to play, instead of getting citadeled to hell by even 102 mm HE.

Just like the OPerator is a T6. Since WG opted to get rid of protected MM, they circumvented the "issue" by dropping complete ships a tier or even 2 (at least compared to what a peasant-ship would get).

11 Victories now for the Takao ....... so yeah around May I might be finished with those 50 victories ........ Played a few T8 ships and, new, new, even a shitty T9 T7-with-a-heal-cruiser. Every single one a loss. I mean its really impressive. Even bots get 33 % WR ......... Gneisenau games? Yeah a few of those BT 9, but every single one a win. Also new Theme of the Day: Shoot the broadside ship (can be even the same one) and get way less damage than he does to you angled. You gotta love that.

Balance? Not being p2w?

Dont you know that Tirpitz really likes to lay in smoke covered Fjords? Ofc its wants to tug in there and get comfy.

I can entirely live with being pink. It happens so rarely and unlike "others", some of which are even present on this forum, I am only pink a short period. Its just that you asked (;)) for improvement-recommendations and the whole ramming affair is so stupid it immediately sprung to mind. Wheres my Gemlin then ?! (or any Supercontainer at all ....... seems like WG takes up on my bitching in their direction. )