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When do we have a cleansing of these useless threads about hacks/bots?

There's also a T2 US DD with a strange name, just like the T10 IJN cruiser shown in the OP.

There's lack of telling jokes and serious answers apart, and then there's stuff like this...

Some people like grinding, having a hard time getting to something, and when they get it, enjoy the hell out of it! Now imagine that kind of people grind their way to T9, only to find out their grinding was ENTIRELY pointless because they gotta use the EXACT same ships as they've been using this whole time, to play a ship they've ALREADY grinded to. Really what is the point of exp in this game anymore? They might as well remove exp requirements past T7, the time to get to a new ship would be exactly the same. This is the reason those "special" x2 exp bonuses on the first win are more of a slap in the face, than an actual bonus.

We can disagree with that article all we want, while providing valid points. The main point is, the players who are looking to pick up this game won't read our opinion, but the reviewer's. And if the reviewer says you can't play the actually NICE ships (I'm not saying tiers 1-7 are not nice, but I'm saying WW2 ships are more famous, and there are more people who'd like to have them), they just won't play.

Why not just "all of October will be 2x exp on first win. That is all!"?

Is it? Also, if I understood correctly, you meant 60% as in up to tier 6, and maybe 70% up to tier 7. Because erie and chester, including their "grinds", are totally 20% of the game, am I right? And yes, I do pay for premium and will continue to do so (if WG actually lets me give it my money), I am not some freeloader who expects everyone else to pay the bill while I play.

Read the part where he says he does indeed have premium. Also, maybe we'd see engagements in less than 20 km happen on high tiers, if there were no/less expensive repairs.

Which tier 4 skill do you have? I'm planning to get Advanced Firing Training and Demolition Expert (if that's its name, the +3% fire chance one). I don't find any of the tier 5 skills necessary.

8 citadels with Fuso.

The latter. Sometimes, a stray shell from my BB will citadel a cruiser, and I don't get any hits, just 1 citadel.

Right click on ship, Sell, then check for an arrow pointing downwards. Click on it, and it lets you either keep (for doubloons) or sell (for credits).

So, I was very much enjoying my North Carolina. Surprisingly, I had 79k average damage with it, which isn't too bad. The grind to Iowa was a breeze, and I enjoyed every moment of it. But then I unlocked the Iowa... I desperately need some tips for this ship. I don't care if it's "noobish" that I've reached this level, after 853 battles and struggling with a T9 ship but oh well. I just can't take the 20 km standoffs, and most of the times my nose is towards the enemy. Now, I have some good battles with 100k+ damage, and then all is well. But a lot of tactics that work in lower tiers, which I play a lot to make credits, don't work at all. Are there some guidelines I could follow to be a better high tier player? I don't wanna obsess over stats, but my 67k average with Iowa, 12k LOWER than with NC is gonna drive me insane. Thanks in advance.

Thanks for the tips! I do almost all of that already, except I'm still working on the last one. Sometimes I rush into fights I can't possibly win because, well, it's an Iowa, it can destroy alien battleships . My modules are also exactly like that, except for the fact I've chosen the steering gear upgrade. I'm also using the premium repair kit, so I think it makes up for that. I improved a bit, because I'm now firing more carefully, not all at once, but still a long way to go.

I met CaptainObvious in his torpitz while I was in a division with troublemaker and Fi_8_8_8_8. Needless to say, we won easily .

Coming from a game where you literally HAD to have fighters on carriers, I may be a bit biased. However, 2 reasons I totally understand you using bombers instead (I have no carrier games, don't bother checking). 1) Most of the time fighters can't get the enemy bombers in time, or they start shooting them down after they've done some damage. 2) Judging from screenshots and personal experience with AA, shooting down planes does almost nothing for your exp. I wouldn't use a setup that makes me take twice as long to grind to the next ship, no matter what.

First of all, thanks for the replies! I'll go check out those videos and maybe try to mimic their gameplay. Usually in a new game I watch a lot of videos/guides, but this is one instance where I haven't done that. I do realise my NC's damage is incredibly good, ranked 33rd on the warshipstats website, but my problem is that I can replicate that with a better ship (the iowa) or even do better than that. Maybe I was just lucky with NC and had overly good performance, which is an exception rather than a rule. Maybe if I had lower damage with NC I wouldn't be so bothered by my performance in Iowa.

That's an interesting way to admit you were wrong.

This. I'm not a CV player, but I've been victim of some quite cleve use of DBs. First the TBs come and make you use your repair skill, then the DBs make you light up like a christmas tree until your repair is available again. Granted, some more situational awareness could fix this, but it's much more clever and unexpected than everything at once.

I actually think I'm too aggressive sometimes, I have to remember to hang back a bit. Especially with Iowa which does 30 knots and before I know it I'm well ahead of my team. Been using 3/4s more lately, unless I need to get somewhere quick. I find it helps.

He has played 155 battles and isn't even level 9 yet. I'm guessing some people were holding off playing too much, because they thought their accounts would be wiped.

Well then, I guess he could have played 50-100 battles and gotten really lucky or something. I was looking at his general average.

Make note of the lack of hundreds of battles in T9 and T10 IJN CVs though. His damage could be "up to par" if he played those. He'd be even more of a pro if he had played CVs before the patch.

X marks the spot? Treasure?

I've also encountered that. I was on Solomons as well, and my cleveland was drawrfing a friendly wyoming as it was passing by me. I know the cleveland is a big ship, but I was about twice his size, and we were right next to each other.