RUSSIANBlAS

Lex can spawn both north and south. So you can be screwed by camping in the wrong place!!! No idea what causes Lex to spawn in whatever position. I've got a feeling its a troll WG move, as in whereever you mass. It will spawn AWAY from your fleet

That's the hardest part, protecting the Lex as a Mogami and a Hipper will be on it's @$$ and not divert for anything. Certainly helps to have a CV ready with planes to alpha one of the cruisers. I got 5 stars just now in a Ryujo, only way to fly

lol!! The most frustrating thing is you can't even suicide with your own planes if your team has messed up and there is no prospect of 5 stars

Exactly the same issue as lower level Ranked a few seasons ago. The amount of ppl who take a T5 ship into this when they could take a T6

The secret handshake of all CV plane controls is to click as little as possible. I used to think it was like other RTS where you constantly click a location but if you watch the planes they need a moment to move and re-adjust. I think the key is understanding that and knowing when to time strafes and bombing runs etc

Ha, no I jest in reply to the "op like Nikolai" comment above mine... Was just saying, if you remember what happened when Nikolai was first released. It actually half interests me but I'll await the reviews. I hate the direction the game is going but that's a bit off topic and unrelated to this matter.

The crew thing is annoying as the crews are further divided into different roles in the tank and class of tank so Prem tanks don't crew train as easily. I don't think the game really opens up until you've got decent crews on mid range tanks.

Surely there is plenty to learn without deliberately avoiding easy mode tanks? I'm having enough trouble being consistent regardless... Besides even if you feel the KV1 is OP, it is dead without good spotters and good positioning. The only thing in T5 I see that is blatantly op is the T67, so many idiot re-rollers who stats pad with it. I am making a bit of progress in T5 but I don't plan to go any higher for awhile unless 3xMoE the T5 stuff I play.

What will happen is this ship will be clearly OP. Withdrawn from sale. Then as an extra bonus MM for T5 will be protected to +/-1.

Is that same old issue with AS... If the enemy CV gets one good TB run then they've basically been more effective than you. And chances are they'll land more than one good bombing run.

Prem ships coming in thick and fast this month! Who feels rich?

AP has always worked on unangled BB with German cruisers. I recall raking to death an NC in my Nurn. Eugen gave me nice results when I was farming that 50 citadel Campaign Task as I couldn't be bothered to change back to HE.

Yes, I've played quite a bit of Eugen. Was impressed by her long range AP power but not with the need for perfect broadsides. Although I'll have to try Eugen with the armour buff and this on top.

Thing is I stopped grinding German Cruisers at Yorck, saw no reason to as I wasn't impressed by their performance on the PT. I do own a Eugen but only because Xmas Boxes donated me one, I don't play her that much but she's a solid T8 Cruiser. It just seems like this HE buff came out of nowhere as no one really asked for it... Oh and if German Cruisers are buffed too much, they might encroach on RU ones which WG cannot have

Pretty awesome looking ship... Had a look at it just now in the port.

Wouldn't that just make German Cruisers more USN like with better pen angles? Rather than a bit more like IJN stuff with HE buffs? I guess WG are in a bit of a bother with German Cruisers as any buffs would mean they emulate another tree's cruisers...

I like how Conqueror is billed as a gigantic Warspite. Slightly squishy but insane firepower...

RNG isn't magically good because you're using AP. I don't say use HE by default nor AP but there are situations where HE is well employed, if you're with cruisers its sometimes beneficial to help stack fire chances. I find AP is extremely erratic at long range, sometimes you'll get regular BB like penetrations and even the odd citadel, other times it'll bounce everything constantly. At least with HE you'll definitely score a few thousand damage. I'm a recent convert to HE Scharn, someone who is more skilled than I suggested I give it a try as they won last season of Ranked in a Scharn by leaning on HE.

If it is released they should make it so any Team damage is instantly reflected back, although I think the game does a good job to stop someone killing their own team anyway...

You'll be T5 in no time anyway. Lots of weekend doubles etc. You "really" need a a crew at 100% training as it makes a hell of a difference to how the crew performs, shame on WG for g!mping your crews so hard and having such a long grind to even a single skill point. There are often weekend discounts for crew retraining, I waited until then. I also intend to wait for discount garage slots. It's a shame you missed the Berlin Quartet, with free 100% Crews with Brothers in Arms skill also FREE. (This is a free perk that adds 5% or something to all crew skills). It's powerful and P2W but meh

Yeah same username here and there! I play at some strange times however. I'll prob play Tanks whilst 0.6.6 downloads tonight. I literally only own T5 with one T3, three T6 and a T7. T5 seems to be in an okay place for MM. The worst you can face are 3 T7s. Everyone from T5 onward fires gold a lot which can be lame. T7 is hell as you're sucked into T9 games all the time, I wouldn't buy a T8 Prem for a long time. Constant T10 MM.

FdG is a thing of power and awe. I have no idea why I love mine so much, I prefer it over Missouri and even GK Lion will have to be very good to claim my favourite T9 BB slot. Alabama was never going to sell in big numbers. It's not far off a £40 NC reskin... The event lets you leap from T5 to T8. And I though ppl hated the idea of the Xmas Convoy giving out T6 ships!

I won't be playing it. Recently I wanted some Tank action and chose the full fat version rather than Blitz as there's simply more to learn in the full game and it shares Prem time with Ships.

Scharn HE is fine, you should be working with cruisers. The target should be crispy fast as one of you is going to ignite. Also consider using HE just before you get into secondary range. Your enemy is going to burn for sure one way or the other and it'll demoralize a potato player

I started Tanks recently and I did my research before I started. I use Aslain mod, has useful stuff like server side Xhair, a rough armour guide and minimap enhancements. My current goal is to 'git good' at T5 then consider my options. My garage is KV1, KV1S, M4, T1 Heavy, T67, StuG 3, Pz4 H, IO Exp, BDR, T34. I've bought no garage slots but I've got enough to play with. Also spent a bit of money on a Thunderbolt, a Rudy, Type 64, IS (which I never play as T9 is bull) and a T127. I have a decent blend of tanks that can suit my every mood. OI Exp might be my fan so far however. It's a spotting game, everything is about cover and who can see you as you'll die and never see your killer a lot until you learn. This is made more fun as Tanks version of Situational Awareness isn't free and I've only just got my first tank crew with that and I've played over a thousand games. Add me and we can tomato together I guess...