ColonelPete

Now you know what is going on. Reaching underwater --> just aim higher for upper belt or superstructure, as if one could reliably hit citadels with AP... Reaching citadels behind any spaced armor, including actual spaced armor, torpedo protection or through a bow/stern. --> just aim higher for upper belt or superstructure, as if one could reliably hit citadels with AP... Knocking out turrets with >96mm of armor, good luck hitting those with RM BB You should know that RM BB have the worst base dispersion. And yes, angling helps a lot vs SAP. So there is a way to mitigate SAP damage. And it works VERY well. HE would be better here. You aim higher with SAP, to avoid tougher armor, and you aim higher with AP vs angled ships to hit the superstructure. These are two different things as they are two different shells. Please take note what I write and do not mix stuff up. And no, you do not play all BB the same. Armor layout, speed, gun size, the historical design parameters lead to different playstyles, not some tinkering with shell parameters.

Which is the same, unless you think Sovjet gunboats should engage enemy DD from close range. I used those words to make sure that you understood that this is a bad idea. Sovjet gunboats have a lot HP too and have a MUCH higher DPM, but feel free to duel with them. You have my blessing. When you do not make a point, it is hard to get it. I posted both tables in this thread. You seem to have a tendency to miss what I post...

Back in 2016 I had ships that did not get rendered for a whole match. That got fixed when WG changed the file system and just to make sure I got a SSD. Never had that problem again.

Have you looked at the replay? Maybe your computer could not render the ship in time.

That happens when somebody shoots you from outside his gun range.

Weil der durchschnittliche Skill Level pro Tier steigt. Aber da Du hauptsächlich Tier VIII+ spielst und da auch nur wenige Schiffe, hast Du da die meiste Erfahrung.

Und jetzt mal nur ein ganz wenig nachdenken und überlegen wie lange die Schiffsdesigner der Z-31 für das Erstellen von 10 Karten brauchen. Und ja, es ist ok, das Du der Meinung bist das es zu wenig Karten sind. Dein Vergleich war nur "leicht uninformiert".

That has nothing to do with your numbers, which you brought as proof for something. And if what you say is true, why is the popularity lower than last year? That is a bit contradicting. And it does not matter from which side you look a the numbers. The current popularity is low... And no, I am not predicting the future here. I do not dare to claim I know how her popularity will develop. Exactly what I said. You seem to have missed that... The DD that will duel you at long range, will have no problem hitting such a slow and sluggish DD. But please, go ahead

Wenn man auf Tiers spielt, auf denen man nicht soviel Erfahrung hat, kann das passieren. Versuch es mal wieder mit Tier V. Da sollte es besser laufen.

NO SAP! At least not in its current form.

Frueher war das MM schlechter (Tier II vs Tier X, ungespiegelte Tiers und Klassen), aber die Spieler waren etwas besser und die Schiffe weniger stark. Skillunterschiede sind jetzt etwas haeufiger und wirken sich auf Grund der Schiffe staerker aus. Ich wuerde sagen wir haben jetzt mehr Varianz in der Gefechtsdauer.

When you have no clue what you are talking about, they seem to be random numbers. But when you have a basic understanding about what popularity means, you want to know how often a ship is played compared to its peers. Writing novels seems to be a good idea. Good fiction books sell well. Ask Mrs Rowling, she wrote over a dozen books, all made up. Now she is rich. So go for it

You do not seem to understand how a proof works... Bringing numbers that say nothing about the thing you want to prove is not a proof. And last year, Khaba was even slightly more popular... Sovjet DD are completly different ships than the new KM DD. The Sovjet DD were made for DD sniping. But feel free to duel Sovjet gunboats in your new KM DD KM DD do not hit threetimes better. That is what is needed to compensate the DPM difference to many DD. And the other DD take the RoF improvement. But feel free to duel them, especially when you are on the red team

Hast Recht. Hast Dich nie beschwert. Die Unikums stoeren Dich nicht. Es koennen so oft und soviel Unikums wie moeglich im Gegnerteam sein. Du hast auch nie behauptet das dies unfair waere oder das die Dich die Gefechte frustrieren

The Shimas I spot usally appear where they are supposed to appear. Exceptions are when the Shima and a French DD race head on towards each other with speed boost, then that distance might be 200m less. When you look in a different direction and have to change your view to see the DD, it is normal that the displayed distance is lower than the distance when the ship is spotted.

Du hast Dich beschwert. Sicher.

These are partially 5 year old numbers. It should be obvious that an older ship has more battles than a newer ship and that this says NOTHING how often a ship is currently played. As I said, DD dueling at 12km is not the best of ideas. So it is ok to say Shima is not supposed to shoot at all, but it is not ok to say that the new KM DD job is not to fire at DD? Especially when they are marketed as cruiser hunters and they DPM vs DD is inferior vs most DD.... Not all KM DD are Elbing. The other three DD have around 10% less AP Alpha... And the HE pens of other DD still do more damage than Elbings AP pens in a fight. There is a "slight" difference in RoF one has to consider...

Er hat sich aber über die Unikums beschwert... In Ranked hat man kleinere Teams, womit das Ergebnis stärker von einem selber abhängt. Sprich: gute Spieler gewinnen mehr und schlechte Spieler verlieren mehr als in Random. Ranked zieht auch mehr kompetitivere Spieler an als Random. Durch das Ligen System wird das sogar etwas sortiert.

Dann gibt es ja nichts zum Aufregen.

Ranked soll etwas anspruchsvoller sein. Man soll sich gut überlegen ob man da mitmachen möchte oder nicht. Aber ich bezweilfe das Du regelmässig gegen 5 Unicums antrittst, die machen weniger als 2% der Spielerbasis aus. Davon ab haben es schon schlechtere Spieler als Du bis Rank 1 geschafft...

I already suggested to read the forum more, when you do not believe me. feel free to supply an example where SAP does not work, but AP does at the same distance they hit less than ships with higher Sigma, that should be obvious and apart from the Tier X, their number of guns are not special for that Tier I have compared my SAP and AP results in multiple battles, AP usually leads slightly in damage per shell over a whole battle and that is usually caused by citadels, meaning for normal hits SAP feels™ stronger, but in the end result AP is better as I said, you just aim higher with AP, AP pens on the superstructure are a thing vs angled targets and yes, HE would be better than SAP, as you use HE where SAP does not work well and use AP in all other situations The IJN dispersion pattern is not much different to other patterns (except the RU BB one), especially when you play at medium combat ranges, as you should in a BB. The same applies to the US plotting rooms. And KM BB do not really need the 1/4 pen for the main battery and it costs a lot of Alpha. The 1/6 pen works fine on most BB. Their playstyle does not change because of these things.

And I usually hit what I aim at even in other DD. Improving that does not really make a difference. And I also managed to hit the water in front and behind the target with one salvo in german DD at around 6 to 7km. That happens every time you are the lone DD at your spawn position, meaning most of the time (with 4 DD, only 1 of 3 spawn positions have 2 DD). And changing spawn positions from the start is usually a waste of time. You have to know what you are facing that this makes sense. Your enemy DD counterpart can be at a different spawn and changing spawns can make you meet him. Your DD counterpart can also be AFK and changing spawns just costs your team points. And please look at the Khaba numbers before making such a claim... The DPM difference should make this obvious. And yes, my Shima can also shoot at a Minotaur, but that is not her job. Just because you can do something, does not mean it is intended to be so. And that KM AP wrecks DD happens very rarely. I have tested that in scores of battles. While some salvos give good results, on average HE does slighty more damage than AP vs DD. Maybe that changes with the Tier IX or X.

I wonder when people realize that their computer has a print screen function and that they do not need to torture other people with unfocussed and aslant pictures of their screen...

Natürlich nicht. Wenn es da was gäbe hättest Du mir das schon gesagt.

Und das wurde schon am Anfang des Threads klar gestellt das dies nicht geht. Das sind verschiedene Teams mit verschiedenen Fähigkeiten. Es wäre lediglich möglich gewesen das Rework der bestehenden Karten für UBoote zu bremsen, um Ressourcen in neue Karten zu stecken. Das könnte aber dazu führen das bei einer möglichen Uboot Einführung einige Karten nicht mit Ubooten gespielt werden könnten. Tja, da fängt man am besten bei sich selber an, siehe Oben.