Jethro_Grey

Interesting idea, but WG is WAY ahead and already implemented them in OPS. Where all CV should be.

Objective Glue: Secured. Capping is overrated when you can play like a spineless !

Problem? Full screen windowed mode. OBS doesn’t like that.

Not gonna happen. Not gonna happen. Not gonna happen. Not gonna happen. Yes. Yes. WG won't do that. Also, enjoy the gameplay while it lasts, cause next week we'll get RU wet-dream fantsay-designs who can stealth radar with RU Radar. Enjoy, sincerely, your favoritest WG balans department.

ALL OTHER CVs are NOT balanced. CVs as a class are NOT balanced, and NEVER will be. It was a grave mistake to add this class to the game. FdR might be in a "bad" shape, but ONLY if compared to other CVs. And that is NOT how you balance CVs. They need to be blanaced against surface ships. This whole thing shows clearly how broken CVs as a class are.

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Try later again. Also, these crates are standard crates, with consumeables. There's nothing of value in there.

Hey mate, nope and i just checked again to make sure. The Russian crate is a Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya container, not one from the upcoming event. Besides, the event ends on May, 9th while the patch hits EU on May, 14th. Would be awesome though, to get one of the new crates in advance...

Wait, will WG FINALLY release a somewhat balanced CV? Cause it sure sounds like it. FdR could serve as a prototype and base to which all other CVs are balanced against. That would be nice...

Conqueror HE can citadel the crap out of Smolensks. Never actually tried other BBs HE, but getting a triple citadel with HE on that little fantasy PoS was so satisfying.

... nice try tho.

You mean like guns that have a larger caliber then Yamato? Chances: close to zero...oh, hey Shikishima! Or stealth radar, because that was game breaking and had to be removed. Chances: close to zero...oh, hey new russian cruisers! Or ships like Kutuzov and Belfast, that were so broken due to HE spam and smoke combo they had to be pulled from the store and never were sold again? Chances: close to zero...oh, hey Smolensk! WGs track record at keeping promises or making actually smart decisions in terms of balance or features isn’t exactly stellar...or existing.

Not uninstalling after this game. It seems, the only BB players available today, graduated coward-cum-laude on the University of Spineless Cowards and Braindead . At least they did defend the 10 line (especially the Iowa, who reversed from the start ansd stayed at the blue line all game) against possible enemy reinforcements from the south ALL FRAKING GAME. In other news, i aquired web space, and found someone who might be interested in creating (or assisting) a hall of shame. EDIT: DD players aren't that much brighter. Just played this game. Pushed with my DDs (3 of them) near the center got spotted and asked for smoke. After repeating the request several times, one of the brainless ***** said affirmitive...and popped his smoke ~15 seconds after i got sunk. Nice gesture i guess, sadly, his timing sucks about as much as he does. Luckily, the rest of them was as smart as him, as they ALL (except for one brave Gearing who went against 4 ships, including a Radar CL) pushed the H line and camped the Island at H3 all game. Incredible how many ships can hide behind that Island, considering it's about the size of a FdG...

Venezia does not care about angling, so nerf the pen angles to german CA values. Increase detectability and nerf the Rudder shift. Also, scrap any plans to give ITA BBs SAP, cause that idea is CV levels of braindead.

One week.

Almost as pathetic as pointless remarks by CV players. LOL, you were downvoted for making a pointless comment and then you whine about it in what you consider a whine thread? These forums.

Last week i had for the first time in a looong time evidence that a clan was rigging a battle. And in a blatantly obvious way at that. I did send the replay, screen shots to WGs support, and due to RL/ Grinds in WoWS and WoT forgot about it. Just now, again players from the same Clan (not the previous one), spawn on two different teams. And while i was too busy dealing with team mates with the IQ of Pot plants and enemy BBs that always knew that my torps are incoming for some reason allowing them to dodge, to really pay attention to those Clan player Divisions, it seemed like a good opportunity to check what happened with my previous support ticket. (I have to check the replay before i can 100% claim that the Clan in question did more then sync dropping). Anyways, i open my ticket and it was closed...usually, i get notifications via email about the status, but this time nothing. In the message, which seemed like a copy pasta thingy, i get informed that those kind of violations are no longer handled manually, but are dealt with an automated system. Included was a link to an Article on the Portal: Introduced in update .7.4. https://worldofwarships.eu/en/news/game-updates/anti-abuse-system/ Really? That's it? Rigging of games isn't anywhere mentioned in that article. Not to mention, that even IF a automated system were in place, how would it determine whether the CLan in question really rigged the game, or just sync dropped to beat the living crap out of each other. Or even if it happened by accident. WTF WG. While it does not explicitly allow game rigging, it does jack $hit to prevent or punish it.

Before WG adds Marks of Mastery, i‘d like to see them introduce tutorials that provide Marks of Mastering the basics. I.e. congrats, you know now how to: press W angle use AP at broadsides use consumeables like Radar at the right time know that camping is dumb know what the funny little circles on the mini map are for know what the mini map is for know that CVs are toxic and shouldn’t be played Once we have this kind of system, WG can start implementing MoE and MoM. Until then it‘s rather pointless.

The advice given by GarrusBrutus is very good. There are two ways to play the Furutaka. One is safer and better for beginners, the other one more risky and requires map awareness and experience. In any case, you should have an 11 point captain to make this ship shine. First one should be priority target, you want to know how many fans you have. Followed by Expert Marksman, as you turrets require WD40. Followed by Demoliton Expert, for additional fires. Then Concealment Expert for sneakiness. Rhe next one should be Expert Loader, as it allows you to switch ammo types 50% faster. The next one is Adrenaline Rush. Way one is what GarrusBrutus describes, basically play safe and preserve HP for the late game. Cruisers become more powerful the later the game, as everyone has taken a beating by then. Having a decent HO pool can be a game changer. Way 2, or as i like to play my lower tier IJN cruisers (up to TVII and when no CV is around!): i try to get into positions where I can get broadside shots at cruisers. The AP on the Furutaka is good, and with good aim you can get devastating salvos against other cruisers (and even BBs). After the initial salvo, I start kiting away, and either finish the cruiser, if he survived somehow, or start shooting DDs (if spotted) or BBs with HE. Set a fire and stop shooting to go undetected. Once the B.B. fires at something else, I shoot him again to set more fires. Torps are very situational and should only be used when you can sneak up on a BB from behind an Island. Always(!) maintain angling to avoid getting blapped. If you end up in a pi$$ing contest with something that has a high RoF and is angling against you, disengage and start kiting away. Go undetected if you lose too much HP. The playstyle is the same for almost all IJN cruisers until you reach TIX, where you can have a bit more range. Avoid trading with ITA cruisers, as the SAP will murder you.

I play Atlanta exclusively in this mode (now and then) to level her captain. With the nerf to XP/FXP, I see no reason to use special signals there anymore. In fact, I stopped using special signals even in randoms. Exceptions were, using special signals with Orkan, as the 200% boost missions give spicy rewards even for crappy games and while grinding the PAN EU DD line, as the FXP accumulated there allowed me to speed grind the resetted IJN DD line to get Ohio. But from now on, special signals are exclusively used on ships with 200% missions and ships I know I can do well in under any circumstances and only in randoms. For instance, I play the ranked sprint without any signals at all. First of all, I consider it not worth it, secondly, I use the opportunity to speed up the LM grind on ships i don’t like. So, Khaba and the TX CVs are currently running without any flags. I can’t say, it’s fun to play them, but I want the LMs. I‘m not gonna waste any special signals on the RN CA line grind. I am not in hurry to grind through. And once I drop down to 100 of a signal, i‘ll stop using it at all.

Was a pleasure playing with you! Btw, i am on a extended chat vacation until mid/end-May. I like how the WG staff is turning the "wheel of misfortune" extra for me...sadly, all i can win are chat vacations with steadily increasing duration. ^^ At least i am on a roll...

This playerbase has hit rock bottom...with its head. Multiple times. At high speeds.

It keeps team mates alive, creates opportunities and wins games. I‘d say, it’s very much worth it.

I got 2x15k coal in the last week from SCs, and i won a CC crate during a stream which gave me another 15k coal. 142k coal away from Thunderer...