Gudgeon

I remember when super containers were 'super' containers. The rewards dropped off a LONG time ago (I have played since 2015). We used to have weekly missions that netted you 1 Million credits. That was a godsend back in the day, when grinding lines.

too many noobs, that is who.

You are right.....the Fairey Swordfish MK III was fitted with centrimetric radar. In light of the CV class being totally broken and nothing being done about it, please add the Fairy Swordfish MK III to the game and be done with it. The radar had a range of 25 miles and was used to detect midget submarines at night.

I have 230 ships, probably 150+ captains. I want to actually have fun and game in my spare time, not work out what the .... the update means, and go through my captains and work out if I need to re-skill them or not. All for a skill that was introduced because you could not balance your game around three years ago. Thanks for the 'free' re-skill opportunity too. I might take a break and then work out what to do, or even consider if it is worth playing the game anymore. The goal posts are always moving these days, in the name of 'balance'.

Khabba needs an all round buffs. The torpedo's are the least of this ships problems.

The CC's who stream have all criticized CV's for the past year......but they apparently have not been heard, or the opinions expressed not taken on board.

They either have no idea about how their own game, or there needs to be a competitor in this genre which would make the developer make more considered decisions on the game, with the aim to improve/or keep interest in the game and hence keep the player base from jumping ship, so to speak. All this work on a class that 95% of the player base detests, but more to the fact that every mechanic associated with this class is broken and has never been addressed in any particular fashion since introduction. Every battle with a CV in it is normally slow, static, boring, add folks that overextend and get sunk (by leaving spawn) and the CV's are the last ships standing. You cannot even easily strike a CV out of the game.......which in real naval battles was the overriding objective. Totally broken and they are the fun police of the whole game.

Or add Let me guess......"suits my playstyle".

The smellyensk will not be changed, it will be offered in the lo.....Christmas boxes as bait. I have never wanted one as such ships are toxic to the game. The only problem I have with them is the stupid overpen mechanic, which this ship is particularly blessed with......perhaps it is flying a magic flag or something.

You have the three big circle things on the map? Or would you prefer your DD's to sail along the map border? Planes zip around the map so quickly it is quite easy to carry out a search flight pattern and find DD's regardless of whether the go near the OBJECTIVES or not.

You cannot 'just dodge' spotting from air when playing a DD. This is the biggest problem - getting spotted from air 40 seconds into the battle and getting attacked every 40 seconds by yet another flight of aircraft. If the CV does not rocket you to oblivion, your cover is blown and the rest of his team mates shoot at you. The game really went downhill on 23_01_2019. NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE 23_01_2019, THE INTRODUCTION OF FLYING DESTROYERS. I have cut my game time by 95% since that day, due to all the crappy battles caused by the presence of CV's.

Why bother? Are you looking to join a purple clan? Improve your skill, but don't worry about stats. If you play well and also win, you get the rewards in terms of credits and XP. Your stats going forward will reflect any improvement. Personally, I locked my stats so I could not micro analyze my profile after every battle, without a lot of effort. You know if you have played well without checking numbers. Note and learn from your mistakes. I realized I was basically playing for numbers, checking numbers after every battle, so after every loss/bad battle I would be even more annoyed. That is not the reason to play a game or participate in a hobby. Something is wrong if that is an individuals motivation for playing this game and maintaining interest in said game. This is supposed to be fun. Playing for numbers is not fun. The other question you should ask is whether there is a long term future in this game, that gives you enough time to re-roll and take advantage of a re-roll account, or will the game diminish in popularity and player numbers in the near-medium future? EDIT: I just looked at your stats. I think you should pick a tier (not tier 10) and play that tier and hit 50% WR consistently. Then do the same again. If you can do this and be consistent, you will see a marked all round improvement. Really, you should only go to the next tier when you can hit 50% wr average or better in the previous tier. You have not played any cruisers really. That is a gap in your positioning knowledge. You need to play DD's, which again give you so many skills in positioning, spotting, ambushing etc etc. Don't waste you time re-rolling. Improve what you have.

Sorry, I was not criticizing your skill in any way, I was not aiming for any offense to be taken. But if a CV wants you dead, there is little you about it, regardless of how good or intelligent you play. That was my point about potato cv players who do not think to spot or focus DD's. They just go for the biggest target as that is all they can hit.

You were playing against potato CV's.

To be honest, I can tolerate bad players etc as they usually provide easy damage and kills. The problem with this game...... CV's Aircraft spotting ability Aircraft respawn too quickly Aircraft travel too fast around in map too many radars and sonars CV's Bad CV players CV's CV's CV's CV's CV's did I mention the absolute game breaking, fun destroying CV class? And probably submarines.

Can be fun, but as the broken cv class is destroying 50%-75% of the current randoms, I would avoid DD's be it coal or real money premuims. Spend the coal on something else.

More like, enough new ships, how about balancing CV's, terminate the introduction of submarines, if new ships must be added, actually add some 'real' ships, such as the Italian battleship line, sort the MM out as tier 8 is now pointless and finally, how about MAKING THE GAME FUN AND INTERESTING? The game does not need more high tier HE SPAM horse dung and a 'Stalingrad' alternative branch that appears to be heading in to the game.You will break the game at this rate and power creep every other ship in the game. Yes, some new maps added into the rota would be nice. But only after sorting the rest of the game out first.

The Eastern Dragon is a much inferior Myoko to the ARP Myoko?

I'm sorry, you are missing the point. IN THIS SITUATION THE GAME IS NOT FUN. PLAYING IN A MATCH WITH CV(s) IS GENERALLY NOT FUN. If I want to watch paint dry, I can do that without wasting the electric current my PC is drawing from the national grid to tolerate this nonsense. But in any case, in the year we have had to tolerate the CV rework, my time spent in this game has shrunk by 90% from before the CV rework was inflicted on the game. Nothing is going to change re the rework, lets be honest.

To stay with strong AA ships, I am not playing the objectives. I spend 20 minutes looking at the enemy. Rather do something else if I am prevented in playing the DD class as it should. Good luck hunting Submarines in a dd when they arrive.

OK colonel, as a DD, please tell me how to counter a CV that is full on focusing me until I am out of the game? Smoke is not one of your answers. I want answers on how to counter the continual summoning of aircraft, like CV's are some divine god? How to maximize the basically RNG based nature of AA guns? Tell us your secrets. Just for reference, I am playing for the objectives, so not camping red line. Is that what I am doing wrong?

As the CV class divides the game population so much, perhaps WG should have CV free servers for two-three weeks to see if: The average number of players playing online increases Game revenue increases as people are more willing to put some money into the game Ex-players return who have quit the game Check if the game is fun without CV's game balance is restored or needs tweaking between the other surface classes, with no interference from air skewing the balance Or have a CV only co-op mode so the CV mains can spot/torp/bomb and rocket bots to their hearts content, without annoying the rest of the player base.

CV's are not balanced in this game. That is the problem. AA is basically worthless against a good CV player. You are at the mercy of the relative skill/knowledge/RNG of the enemy CV player. No other player on the team has as much influence in the battle, certainly in the first five minutes in any case. So if the worse CV player in the battle is on your team, then there is a good chance you are on the wrong side of a 'gg'. Yes you are right about subs. Submarines will finish this game off, if the implementation and execution of CV's is used as an example. They will break the game completely if implemented/balanced in the wrong way and WG do not want to admit that an error has been made and the class is then balanced properly/removed. About the fun, you are wrong. The most fun you can have in the game is any battle WITHOUT A CV. Then tactics/outflanking/surprise attacks can be made, without being spotted every second of the battle by the broken class that has blighted the game for the last year. I'm sure all the new players coming in have great enjoyment (I'll be surprised if there are and they also stick around) with the triple CV's a side battles they experience at tier 4. It must be horrific, especially with the seal clubbers polishing up their Hosho's, waiting for the newbies to arrive. What an introduction to the game. And no, HE firing battleships are another problem that need to be addressed too, but is currently hidden by this whole CV debacle.

Speed up, slow down, zigzag? Change direction, don't sail in straight lines and use your team as protection? Basically DD's damage BB's, so Wee Gee hates DD's and use CV's as a hard counter against the DD class. BB's are Wee Gee's main income, be it premium BB's or 45% WR BB mains putting money into the game in general.

I've seen enough. I am a 13K battle veteran, but never really played CV's, ever. I need something new to do/learn, so I am going to learn CV's at tier 4 and have a piece of this pie. It looks fun and engaging for all concerned.