RUSSIANBlAS

Main thing is to learn from games you lose, even from winning ones. Even on potato teams, there is almost always more you have done personally. Bad players always blame their team...

Oh and both times I've hit R1 it's been late on. Arguably the potential to carry is greater later on for most of us...

Playing late at night or when most folk are at work can lead to some insane games as there will often be only one or two games running. You'll get the same guys every game who will make the same mistakes. If you'replaying at those times and are on losing streaks or Win, Loss, Win, Loss etc then you might as well stop.

I've heard some recommend that you always stop on a loss and chase your wins for as long as possible (e.g immediately click Battle On). But I've seen no real pattern personally...

I've won Ranked twice and I'm no unicum so I feel i can speak from an ordinary perspective. There is definitely a skill element and if you hit R1 it isn't an accident. Even if it's taken you a thousand games. Now even the elite tier of players simply won't win 100% of their games. If you can rank out at 60% WR or so you're a very good player. That means 40% of games are simply unwinnable even for the best amongst us so losing is something you'll have to come to terms with. R1 is an endurance test of your attitude as much as your ability and time.

I thought this too but that means 3 KGV class ships potentially and WG will be milking the cash cow... Maybe they'll remove "Monarch" and leave Rodney at T7 and relaunch it as a Prem PoW months later?

They could just call the T7 ship the one that got sunk (PoW?) And the T8 one KGV with some hypothetical upgrades?

No that was a proposed T8+ nerf to remove bow tanking for everyone (except Tirp strangely). The whine meant WG had to reinstate invincible bows. Probably the right choice in the end...

Folk need to chill. It's only a name, I'd rather have a competitive ship that's got a silly name. Although I can't see WG having a fake name ship when there are real names they could give out. They haven't done this for anything that isn't paper yet anyway...

Yeah it's when the BB whines that they're taken 1 8k damage torp when your fighters are needed to defend the DDs... Problem with AS CV in Ranked is you're primarily the spotter and will come in the bottom half of a game even with a win. It's not uncommon to spot over 100k of damage but you get nothing for it. But the main issue is there are no easy games as CV as anyone mad enough to take a CV into Ranked is usually hard core. I've played quite a few CV only Unicums which is made worse by generally poor AA at T6. E.g you're pretty screwed if your Cleve is a camper or has a death wish. I'm considering going back to BB as atleast in the Fatties you have carry potential and can actually come top of a team.

The rage in this season is as amazing as any other. I'm playing CV in it and you seem to get the blame for everything I messed up a game earlier and some guy took it upon themselves to message me all sorts of abuse. They were some sort of 6 x Rank 1 winner but their attitude was appalling.

WoT ranked is T10 which is pure wtf The people it excludes and the sheer credits drain lel As for this, T6 is a nice mix up from previous T7, T8, T7 etc of Ranked Seasons.

I thought the rework has already happened? The whole right click thing? lol Especially as I'm sure WG said they would not release any more Prem CVs after the Saipan until they were "happy" with CVs...

I started out with the best intentions, to assault Ranked in the Warspite but I find so many games are simply unwinnable as a BB. Had the same problem previous seasons with Scharn/Bismarck etc A BB simply cannot take part in the scouting/smoking/high mobility meta that is Ranked. All you can do is hope RNG blesses you with Devastating Strikes. I've tried using HE on Warspite at the start to help with DDs and starting fires but even that is sub optimal. I've won Ranked twice now, once in a DD and once in a Cruiser so I'd like to think I atleast have an idea of how Ranked works. Basically, I find BBs in Ranked are simply passengers along for someone else's ride. If anyone has reached the top in BBs I'll be very keen to hear of your tactics/general strategies.

Ryujo AS is the only way to fly in this season of Ranked. You simply set up a perimeter with your 3 fighters then go from there... No other deck or anything the USN can bring comes close... 1/1/1 will simply be out played, 3 fighters will swarm and kill the Indie's solo one and then it's free bombing/scouting time. Strike: Don't even go there. AS Indie can be difficult if you're not conservative with your planes as you need some good strafes/friendly AA support but eventually you'll out punch his single pathetic DB. 2/2/2 Ryojo will eventually lose the air battle vs 3/1/1 too.

WG know that some will pay as they are desperate/rich/have poor financial judgement/or simply MUST have a Prem T8 USN BB. Know your own wealth and act accordingly

Awhile ago when the ST of RN BB was first announced I'm sure I saw something that showed KGV had 14" guns everywhere except for the in game modules where it showed 381mm... Personally I don't care whether KGV has 14" or 15" as long as it's competitive at it's tier and looks good.

Anyone seen SkyBuckFlying yet in a Strike Indie?...

My Yam and GK don't have CE. I do far better on the PT when I spec CE captains. It's the only way you don't get hacked to pieces before you're in effective range. In fact I had one GK game where I had a bad spawn and basically died as First Blood. Nothing i could do as I had 3+ ships on my side burning me and GK is too fat to run or withdraw. Ships with decent concealment are Kings of most Ranked/Random Battles. Nothing beats being able to shoot first then hide again.

Is that iChase playing on the EU server?

Are WG still listing KGV guns as 14" but the stats show 15"?

Folk should think before they buy stuff. It's why I almost never buy bundles as there is stuff in there that I don't use. If you get the package now just for the camo and don't need any doubloons or the port slot then please think carefully before getting the CC out. At least WoT sell p2w (Brothers in Arms) crew with some of their Prem tanks so you can stack skilled crews. I've got a stash of doubloons here that I'm only going to spend on Hood when it's discounted on the tech tree...

Prob valid a nerf. I barely play my German BBs these days anyway. Even Scharn and Tirp. Main guns should always be doing the lion's share of damage unless you're really having a derp day. The nerfs won't change the overall flavour of the ships anyway as you'll probably notice no difference 80% or more of the time.

Erm, Tex Merica camo could be bought as a 1k permanent camo when I got it. I'm no programmer but it can't be that hard to do again...

Not entirely true. BB spotter can get smoke spammers too. It shows a 3D view of the area which helps get the drop on guys inside. However this doesn't work at short ranges I find.