RUSSIANBlAS

Nothing is final yet but KGV at T7 and mutant Monarch at T8 can only be WG laziness, sorry. Sure NC and Iowa for the USN tree are similar but both existed. Monarch is WG trying to save on development costs as they could have Nelson as tech tree T7 allowing KGV to be T8. I really cannot see a reason for Monarch and a Prem Nelson other than those relating to WG earning money the quick and dirty way. If there are other reasons then I'd love to be enlightened.

That's a different sort of tension as they would have no idea and as far as the Carthage/Roman slaves were concerned probably had no real interest other than their own ship not sinking. You'd have far more idea and far more involvement in a battle as a tank crew member than someone downstairs on a huge ship crapping themselves at every near miss not really knowing what's going on.

No! You probably have the blood of a thousand potatoes splattered on her hull by now

Add paywall Nelson too and don't forget the potential to milk us for a T8 Vanguard at some point too... Meh I guess WG needs to make some money I guess.

You're all complaining at nothing. When RN BB arrive you'll see BB lol MM beyond anything you can imagine... I really want to play them but I think I'm going to have to wait awhile before starting my grind.

Was using the Conqueror as an example but I can recall needing CE when I was grinding USN BB to have any chance of surving in my NC in hard T10 games. Maybe it's a MM issue for BB that's the main issue and not stealth ambushes...

The single launch torp ability makes Gallant very powerful. As you can launch one at the target, ones either side then wait&adjust. Instead of having to dump them all in 2 or 3 spreads. Once you're used to single torping no BB is safe as they'll almost always take at least one fish if you know how to adjust and predict.

Since it got buffed to T9 I was forced to play it to get my Khaba. It's "ok", you just skate around at 10km+ with PT and you HE spam everyone. The guns suck however, and before anyone goes to shoot me down they DO suck in comparison to the Khaba guns which have a much higher velocity. The grind is worth suffering as Khaba is so capable even If I my own stats in her suck

I must be one of the only people who suck with the Belfast. I simply couldn't make progress in her with Ranked in Season 6 and don't enjoy using a ship with bad maneuverability and smoke. I find the Fiji suits me a lot better... Therefore I find the Belfast fine in her current form. I didn't fear it in my Sims last season.

Yes but sorry WG I know we shouldn't complain about free stuff but this is getting beyond a joke. Is there any reason why you are giving away 10 camos for the 5th mission rather than 20 in many previous missions? Maybe stats show that too many are completing the missions? Maybe some of us have accumulated too many camos? Like how you nerfed flag containers from 5 flags to 4? Or maybe you want to laugh at the EU server again?

Gnevy in Ranked... He knows how to make the game hard for himself!

Maths isn't my strongest ability but every game you lose adds +2 to make any sort of progress as you need one win to recover your loss and another to make progress. If you're unable to finish top consistently then that soon snowballs into a large amount of games. You can literally spend 100+ at the same rank because you haven't broken the win loss win loss stranglehold...

The worst part is the buffs benefit people who are already winning... What's the point in that? There are enough one sided games, WG wish to stack it further.

I welcome the new Call of Duty kill streak style perks. I await remote control animals and helicopter gunships I can control. But I'd rather they let everyone benefit rather than just specific captains.

The new USN voices are stupid, just listen to "Set a smoke screen" if you do not believe me...

Personally I think anyone who reaches R4 can hit R1. However you may not have enough time this Season as quite often the majority of someone's Ranked battles will be in the top Premier League. Still give it a try if you have time but I needed a season in the Premier League to get used to the meta before I hit R1 the season after.

WG have halved the amount of 5th Mission camo reward this week. Was 20 all previous weeks, now it's 10... What a crock They really want people to not bother with them.

Maybe WG are trying to say the Izumo broke too many players so they want to put Nelson behind a paywall so you can give over your CC for the right to suffer weird turret lols? So they're saving us some unnecessary grinding That's the nicest reason I can see behind what S_O is saying, the more cynical reasoning is that WG just want your money.

That's the best thing about him! That he's totally not fussed his ship is burning.

I can understand the guys who do cruiser+DD to the enemy cap to block&frustrate. I've seen it pay off but I've also seen it fail just as often. I'll admit, I am not good enough to make that consistently work so instead I play it defensive and within my means. Personally I find Ranked a game of risk prevention, the less you can expose yourself to it and the fickle nature of RNG and MM then the better you'll do. Others are willing to make plays and take more risks than me. It is nice to see that different tactics can all get us to the magic #1

Find me when we get our Flints, and we will have retribution on the common potato

Yeah there often seems to be no middle ground for CVs, that includes both for MM when you are vs another CV and for the actual ships you might face. As in you either get facerolled by an enemy CV or you squish him. Likewise a Shokaku in a T6 game is a towering beacon of death as you can rush T6 BB as their pathetic AA isn't going to shoot down more than one or two planes.

I'm not sure about uptiered CVs, granted you have be very careful about who you bomb as otherwise you'll run out of birds in a few runs. On the other hand you shouldn't be given free reign to farm ships. CVs are an endangered species now these days, it makes my USN and KM Captains specced for AA in BBs worthless a lot of the time. WG's promises about CV balance are about as good as their claim that "we're looking at it" RE the BB numbers.

There are lots of issues with the game but I don't feel lots of smoke is one of them. As smoke promotes teamplay rather than just a game where you simply don't shoot green colored boats... WG will make a huge mistake if they ever implement the smoke and gunfire reduction idea. Bow tanking should actually encourage pushing, it's a lack of understanding of the game from players who bow snipe. Removing it would increase the camp as there would be no incentive for a BB to get closer as they'd just take huge bow shots. I'd be more concerned with CV tweaks and lowering the amount of BB in game personally.

I keep wondering if there are enough players to sustain a healthy clan scene since Team Battles went so well... If there are personal rewards in a Stronghold style mode like WoT I'll have to join a clan to farm even though I'll almost never be able to play in actual clan wars