Isoruku_Yamamoto

well if you know how to use IJN torp bombers you're all set. I mean ive had matches where i practically ONLY use torp bombers, because if you select your targets correctly and start your first attack run at ~9km, you basically can get away with 8-10 out of 12 bombers, having dropped roughly 10 torpedos on your target- sometimes even 12. Target hopping is also really valuable, so hit target #1, then straight to #2 and #3, but you kinda wanna make that up as you do it- don't plan it too much. The dive bombers are pretty good too though they really struggle against tier 9-10 AA ships, but they can certainly help in getting fires on BBs that repaired flooding for instance. I just leave the rockets unused (well, i do an initial scouting round with them if its a tier 9 or 10 battle, in tier 8 i generally even start with torpedo bombers)

Ive got Saipan, Kaga and enterprise. Imo its simple. If you dont know what youre starting pn, Saipan will suck. Kaga kinda needs a 19pt cpt, and if you play it wrong you can have a ton of reserves- but theyll still be gone in no time. Ark Royal is a lot better since it can see tier 6 battles, which are relatively AA friendlier than tier 8 battles for tier 8CV. Now, that doesnt mean Ark Royal is perfect, but i think its more noob-proof so to say. Kaga may seem noob proof but honestly it isnt. Its not very hard to play it right, but if you play it wrong its gonna suck

Im not sure who said this, but i completely agree that IJN carriers are all about target/ squad selection. Use rockets on DDs, torpedos on cruisers & battleships and AP bombs on turtlebacks or flat deck targets. Anything else generally doesnt work well, unlike with other carriers. But i just had a game where i hit a GK for 25k in 1 strike with AP bombs, and a hindenburg for 17k (in shokaku). even if you lose your planes thats amazing damage output.

Do you have any clue how many destroyers actually can go 20min games fully spotted and easily survive 40% of those games? The Friesland was recently released, which will be the anti-submarine King probably, and that thing doesn't give a flying F about being spotted- its always spotted anyway

"2 seconds after leaving enemy spotting range..." The bloom reset used to be near-instant after losing LoS, not after going out of spotting range. Spotting range is something vastly different than losing LoS. If its losing LoS then the change is good, if its being outside of spotting range then this is an insignificant nerf as you are unable to see ships outside of your spotting range (view range) to begin with.

I am ready to test this, but we've already missed the full first round and there is no clarity whatsoever as to whether we'll be invited to test for a second round

Lol could you imagine historical CVs. Scrambling 70 aircraft to bombard an enemy group of battleships at once, which would take roughly 8 minutes of preparation, after which you don't do a thing for the rest of the battle. No thanks. I agree that the current concept is not historically accurate, but its fun for the arcade nature the game has- and the attack runs themselves are very immersive IMO

Guys please, i came here to find info on how Le Terrible is, and you all helped me well. Lets stick to that, perhaps others in doubt find the same useful

Well, so do I :D Honestly if Le Fantasque got nerfed, Le terrible would strangely become a more viable premium XD. I think i'm gonna wait out to see if the after-shoot-bloom is getting fixed in 0.8.9. If it is, then that would be a massive boost to ships like the Friesland, harugumo and french DDs after all, and then i think i'll get it. My main issue so far is disengaging- you can kite away from those shells, but a few lucky hits destroy half your ship. Take away that single issue and i'd consider it a lot more viable. I only just noticed the 6s reload on Fantasque. Vauquelin has 5s reload, so i was confused. But hey, the faster armament reload and ship speed are interesting for sure. For now, thank you all very much. I will await the bloom update i think, if that is announced i will most likely get it, unless a better option shows up in the armoury before that. Grtz I_Y

Whoops, that goes for GK andwith that GK is actually quite okay then perhaps? I dont have it, but adding 4 barrels should make a huge difference. IJN and USN win on each tier. Now admittedly i forgot that GK has 12 barrels, greatly increasing grouping effect of the 1.8 sigma, but still. Especially Tirpitz, Bismarck and GK are in a very bad spot. Now this is not only due to accuracy, but also because if you hit, you hardly ever deal serious damage.

First off, i'm talking high tier sigma. Tier 8-10 germans have 1.8 sigma @ 8 barrels. US tier 8: 2.0 x9 barrels tier 9: 1.9x 9 barrels tier 10: 1.9x 12 barrels IJN: 1.8 x 10 1.8x 9 2.1 x 9 Values may have changed, but that makes the Germans the utmost worst in terms of shell grouping among those, basically irregardless of dispersion. Dispersion has some effect, but it is minor compared to high sigma & barrel count

no single ship in WoWS has a difference in horizontal and vertical sigma, only in horizontal and vertical accuracy. But yes, the german sigma values are terrible

Now read my suggestion again, carefully.

Yamato has very poor turret traverse, so it MUST be mitigated with positioning and ship movement. In addition, Expert Marksman is an absolute must have skill on the Yamato, preferably on the yamamoto commander (no bias here).

Grinding can go insanely quickly mate, i unlocked the Le Fantasque in 1 night of Clan Brawls. That doesnt even show up in battle count (thats randoms only). Edit: brainfart, the battles shown are actually everything

That map is utter garbage for CVs though. Nowhere to hide if you are on your spawn, i had that two battles and those were my worst two battles, simply because i got killed pretty early- spotted by cruisers or battleships. You also cannot manoeuvre through those islands, since the autopilot does NOT understand how to do that

well, i consider myself a good DD player, as a matter of fact, statistics consider me a good DD player. And i like ships with high skill floors. But.... This is quite true. I was wondering if the Le Terrible has anything special going for it. Doesnt have to be too much, but you know, same way that the Atago is cool for anyone who likes the Myoko/ Mogami/ Ibuki/ Zao. And if i'm quite correct it is actually better in the french DD case to stick to the regular DDs than to go with the Le terrible- which would be somewhat of a shame IMO. Its worth noting though that i have nearly 6k doubloons sitting around and i got this coupon, so basically im looking for a nice ship to spend it on. I'd say Bayard if it were in armory, but guess what :(

Well, i suppose i am missing out on the FULL first round of testing. Quite a shame to be honest, exactly the same as in CV testing. I've been around since open Beta but apparently thats not worth too much either. Is there any chance i'll still be able to participate in any testing whatsoever?

I hit him, but missed the rudder. I guess thats where everything went wrong

Yeah well, i tried, but i got a tad unlucky with overlapping FLAK. Honestly nothing you can do some battles, cause there were no secluded targets, only groups. I know how to play CVs but in such scenarios the Ark Royal just doesnt hold up. Kaga wouldve been fine in such situation (even vs T10), but Ark Royal just has all of its aircraft get blapped out of the sky

I have 10 pts right now too, currently i got: https://worldofwarships.com/en/content/captains-skills/?skills=11,15,16,25&ship=Battleship Aiming to get (for 19pt) https://worldofwarships.com/en/content/captains-skills/?skills=8,10,11,15,16,24,25,29&ship=Battleship With addition order being aircraft armour, Air Supremacy, Demolition Expert, TAcc. Unconventional order for me since i prefer to do 1pts last, but in this case i'd switch the order a bit

My first battle in this thing was 127k damage in a tier 5/6 battle. No, i do not encourage to move the Ark Royal to tier 4 haha

Its a fun ship, its an interesting ship- definitely different from other CVs- and its quite good. But it sure does struggle against tier 8. Losing over 50 aircraft to a Bismarck- come on, historically the Bismarck didn't shoot a single Swordfish down guys, they were just firing Michael Bay style without actually hitting P.S. That doesnt mean i cant make it work against tier 8, its just that i keep losing aircraft like crazy and battle influence gets very low. Damage on the other hand is still pretty okay mostly

Well, with the CV rework being an experienced player (especially Beta player) worked severely against you. Everyone who signed up using a new/ inactive/ purpose created account got in way faster than the veterans, some exceptions there. I'm expecting it to be the exact same now, so assume to have to wait till nearly the last batch if you signed up using a legit account.

There is, as opposed to discounted pricing (0.89 for tier 2s) and bundle pricing (up to 135eu fo tier 9 ship bundles)