Tyrendian89

who knows the mysterious ways WG works...

to me it never felt like that was the case tho... always got plenty of XP for my little firestarters (i.e. Omaha, Cleve and Mogami)... maybe the actual damage isn't counted but there's a flat reward for each fire set?

not really - for one, changes in gun layout (most notable on Kongo and Fuso) aren't shown in the stats at all, and how should they? But they do make a big difference both in quality of life and the engagement angles a ship can or can't do effectively. Not that I expect any of those on the Izumo...

we don't know anything like the precise formula, but here's a quick guideline: -capping gives a bunch -XP is based on % damage, as in doing 50% to a Battleship gives the same XP as doing 50% to a Destroyer even though the total number from the BB is obviously much higher -target tier also matters, as in shooting something higher than you gives bonus XP

yeah that too those two made the Gremlin, in my opinion, the only truly OP Premium ship. I mean, sure, Torpitz, Atago, Murmansk, maybe Citadelovich Kutuzov for its T9000 AA - those are all good ships, with certain areas that they are better in than some (or all) of their competition. But the Grem just doesn't have a serious drawback these days compared to Gnevny (perfectly fine ship in itself imho, got strengths and weaknesses) which is supposed to be its sister while having multiple huge advantages. And when you have a good captain at the helm (Esa comes to mind...) that knows what to do with those advantages, oh dear....

Smoke - yes, totally overdue access to T8 slot - maybe, if a bit unprecedented afaik... could just buff the ship itself... Torps - asking for Fletch torps might be a bit much for T7; Mahan 9.2/11k would do as well... then again, Myoko also has 10km/17k torps so maybe short range AA buff: probably yeah... but not too much since you've already got unlimited DF Maneuverability is pretty much the same on every US cruiser, and also historical... although there might be an argument for going against history since she's supposed to be the small zippy one ingame... guns are not the same as on Gearing - Mk21 vs Mk38. And the shell arc that does a moon flyby before hitting is more or less a defining feature of all US guns...

*sigh* yeah... sure... premiums have to be weaker... tell good ol' OP Gremlin (which was fine until it magically dodged the detection nerfbat that hit every other soviet DD...)

so, does one feel the lack of useful AP shells compared to regular Dresden? I can't for the life of me figure out why they'd have done that... 1700 instead of 2300 citadel damage, when the guns and even the shells are named the exact freaking same? Waterfork...

probably not... at least not in the foreseeable future, and not on EU

welp, good thing this ship never appealed to me in the least, otherwise I'd be rather upset now...

I've actually had that in a game once... kind of developed a life of its own, me saying glhf, one of them saying something... manly shall we say, me going "come at me bro" - and from that point on everyone was pretty much BROing everyone else in the game, which was really fun to see.

that's wrong on pretty much every level except for the range. Furu's pretty fast and rudder shift's the same as Omaha (turning circle's admittedly less than fantastic...). Range is fine, especially since you've got the concealment to get close enough to fire. Firepower when handled well is probably the best on its tier because of the 8" guns, although DDs can be a bit of a pain if they're good at dodging. And the torps have 10km range.

yep if she's anything like regular Dresden she's a definite keeper for me, that ungodly shell spam was just too fun. €dit: Whelp, almost an exact copy of the fully upgraded Dresden, with one important exception: It's apparently not German. As in, the HE shells are just as bad as ever, but the AP also completely stink - 1700 vs 2300 damage, which is literally the worst AP damage in the entire game except for the Tachibana's 76mm! Even though the guns and shells are named the exact same. What the actual eff.

oh yes, Hipper is the most fun T8 cruiser for me hands down - albeit not necessarily most powerful, that still goes to the amazing IJN HE because it's more versatile, but I'm very much an AP guy and that's what german CAs shine at like no other. I've put 12k AP salvoes into same tier Battleships, and if an enemy cruiser is careless for one single turn (i.e. exposes a broadside even for a short time) the Hipper can punish that like no other.

you did take into account repairs/ammo and restocking of camo/premium consumables?

it was never likely to be cheaper than a 60€ bundle, honestly, simply because that was the original price as well. Imagine the rage from the original buyers if it were a non-bundled 40€ now... and besides, the first wave proved that lots of people are willing to pay that price, so there's pretty much no point in WG making it cheaper. Doesn't mean that I like it, but it's certainly no worse than expected.

classic Wargaming testing quality... and right before XMas too so no patch for a week probably? maybe make an achievement for being top scorer (on your team or in the match in general) and give the flags out as singles for that? so the same/double amount will be awarded as the +20%credit flags, and it would definitely feel like an achievement...

that would be really nice actually... WoWS updates feel extremely slow, especially on the installing part (download is dependent on individual location obviously, but even there I'm getting less than half my usual speed...)

are we hearing different sounds? Must be, because for me the guns nowadays make a totally pathetic pop pop pop. Sounds completely idiotic. What sound settings (quality) are you on?

you're confusing the Confederate achievement with the ESCL flag here...

hmm is it just me or did the sound effects from this new mode (gun sounds, specifically) "leak over" into the regular game? Because mine suddenly sounds like crap, and I think I hear a resemblance to the sound effects from the announcement trailer. Don't get me wrong, I'm totally fine with WG adding the appropriate sounds to this - big thumbs up for the effort to increase immersion for the fans. But it also totally breaks immersion for the normal mode, to a point where I'll just not play until the old (awesome) sounds are back because nowadays it just sounds so bad.

this, a million times this. May sound strange, but with that kind of idiotically bad sound effects (and for no good reason either, sounded seven kinds of awesome before!), the game loses most of its appeal for me because the immersion is completely gone.

something like 10mil here, not sure what I'll do with it... not really working on any ships... Ibuki just doesn't feel like enough of an upgrade over Mogami to be worth it, gave up on Carriers... Benson might be something I suppose, or save it for the Izumo in 100k XP...

that tends to be called a Citadel hit from your friendly neighbourhood Battleship

kinda bad? yes. worth free-XPing out of? probably. unplayable? hell no. it's still got a crapton of accurate firepower. You've just had four completely useless games in her, don't give up on one of the best battleships around! My very first game (yes, completely stock) in her was 140k dmg or so, needless to say I immediately fell in love.