deadly_if_swallowed

Met @SeeteufeI and his BLITZ division right now. Not sure what happened to you guys but it was a win nonetheless. 10/10 players, would play again :>

Got 20% off. But the coupon is not applicable for Roma. So sad. I presume you could use it to buy a premium ship you already have? Doubloon compensation should be 100%

Some clanmates and other discord people got it as well. We suspect somebody at WG wants to get fired.

Exactly. https://worldofwarships.eu/en/news/common/i-drink-your-milkshake/

Yesterday I got reported because the enemy player did not like my icon. gg WG, gud feature :x

Yes. Every CV player knows Atlanta and will avoid her at all costs. How often do you use DFAA? Once per battle? Twice at max? I simply double my long range dps which is more than enough to kill most planes I encounter and focus on hunting DDs.

I don't use IFHE at all. 127mm without IFHE is enough to pen standard DD and superstructure plating. Tried Atlanta with my Cleveland captain for training a few times but I was very uncomfortable with the lack of MAA (and hence taking DFAA consumable). Will definitely stick to a full AA captain with CE and hydro.

@Soft_Kitty_Warm_Kitty A bit outdated but really the only instructions you will ever need: Yuro/atsf and SharonRoseMotorrad have published some more great vids about her dakka dakka. Getting Concealment Expert is top priority. If you have a USN BB specced into AA (CE, mAA, BFT, AFT), use that captain and swap Defensive Fire against Hydro. You will become a nice multi-role boat if you can get a nice central position from where you can dakka dakka on enemy ships while hydro and radar will be a pain for any enemy DD nearby.

Met @Leo_Apollo11 in battle and we did a nice little Scharnhorst deathball push down the western flank on Two Brothers. Also, it was very nice to banzai charge @and444 and div up with him afterwards.

That thought never crossed my mind but I guess you shouldn't swallow an ICBM either I picked this name after watching a vid by LindyBeige about crap archery in the movie "Helen of Troy" in which he concludes that the bows used in that move were actually deadly... if swallowed.

@Ferry_25 Patchnotes for 0.7.0: This doesn't exactly buff her accuracy, but I presume her damage output will be increased as she is less likely to overpen thinly armored targets. Maybe this buff may help you getting to like her :)

Repair party is based on your ship's maximum hit points. Increasing the maximum hit points should indeed increase the heal per second.

I played Freddy with 406mm guns (muh reload) and secondary build. In fact, I am currently re-training a captain for her since I am very disappointed by GK (but she is great for coop missions). As for Gneisenau, I do have a dedicated AA captain. Her 128mm long range AA guns can reach 7.5km and have 180 dps when fully specced into AA, respectively 360 dps to the selected squad with Manual AA. I myself got a couple of Clear Sky achievements in her (the last one was against Lexington) and some clanmates use this build to farm AA flags as well. It's just hilarious. The main guns, however, do troll the player quite a lot.

I see. Sorry, got a bit thrown off by the exclamation marks :)

I don't think he withdrew the payment. Gifts can only be accepted within a given timeframe (2 weeks?) and will become void after that. So if the gift was not accepted by the receiver, PayPal will refund automatically. Just like prepaid pizza that was never delivered to you.

On paper, yes. In game however, I suggest you try these two yourself. Alabama feels so much inferior to me in that regard.

Of course it would break the game and I'd never insist on getting one. It's just a funny thought. It doesn't even have to outright sink you, but cause a flooding and four fires instead. Just for teh lulz

While I disagree with OP on the initial CV stuff, I actually do want a self destruct button. Some far right German politician said we should be proud of German soldiers' achievements in both World Wars. So yeah, I want to do that :> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuttling_of_the_German_fleet_in_Scapa_Flow

Maybe you played NC long ago when you were less experienced and took more pot shots from max range? After all, stepping up from the dreadnoughts like New Mex and Colorado, this ship is godlike and her range is very tempting in the beginning. Alabama was released fairly recently so you had more experience with the 16"/45 guns and USN shells. Maybe even some mechanics and ship specs were different back then. I got Alabama for ranked (because I tend to eat A LOT of random torps) but I am so fed up with her dispersion... Sure, there are some glorious salvoes among them, but NC is puts her shells right where you aim them at more consistently.

Seeing the ships you played so far, I'd suggest none of the above. At this stage I figure you lack the experience for higher tier gameplay. Better to grind your way up to T8 and then see which ships and national flavours you like better. As for the two ships themselves: Tirpitz all the way. I'm a bit disappointed by Alabama because her silver peer is so much stronger (i.e. more accurate), while Tirpitz, despite being a Bismarck-class ship and hence sharing the similarities, has torps that make her special.

We don't have enough Fletcher-class variants (jk), so I suggest adding a T9 premium USS William D. Porter (DD-579). In order to unlock her you will have to become pink x times in addition to the free xp, preferably by successfully torping an allied Iowa. Alternatively, you could just as well turn pink (and be treated as such) for one battle whenever you play her. That would be a nice feature :) Fun to read: http://www.cracked.com/article_19637_the-5-craziest-war-stories-all-happened-same-ship.html

I failed to carry

@iJoby Now I got a direct comparison. One good Conqueror game and a meh Montana game, both played today. Montana was AP only, Conqueror total damage was roughly 1/3 HE, AP, and fires each. Neither ship has perma camo, and the credits multipliers are visible. Conqueror: Montana:

Bleed Saipan dry, plane by plane. Save your bombers for late game. Empty dive bomber squads are great scouts though so you can rack up some spotting dmg. Even though Shokaku has the same flight decks as Hiryu, I highly recommend you get used to them while at T7 so you can still shine at T8 while going against the struggles of T10 MM. You will love your new torpedo bombers but you first have to learn to hate them :P