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And even then RNG can screw you up. But IMO it's working both ways. Had plenty of situations where I thought "wow! I really got away there thanks to RNG-us!" I try to see the sense of humor in it. When it's frustrating me I don't see another solution than the altF4 hack. How waterline can turn out bad I recently found out. On Estuary (was a good match) I had to retreat through torpedo alley to def the cap. I knew there was the RN cruiser laying in ambush (he was behind his rock the entire match) and I was plane scouted. So I knew what was waiting for me but not going in would have meant game over in any case. I succeeded in bringing all 9 Sharnguns to bear, he layed full broadside, stationary. I only cut him in half before eating the enevitable mouth full of torps. Don't get me wrong: I complimented him for playing well. My wreck even got him the kraken. He was gloating heavily in the chat. So I politely pointed out only RNG saved him there...

If those are your options I'd recommend Molotov. Its a 1 of a kind ship: downside it can withstand almost nothing. Don't bother to check the armor layout. Because it has no armor. Refrain from drawing early attention. If you can do that: those guns are glorious. AFAIK they are T9 guns. If the battle is nicely raging, join the mix and they won't know what hit them! Anshan: if you're into Russian DD's, it's very nice. What I know it is a subpar DD compared to Granny. Don't have the old lady though so I can't confirm that insight. I like the longer torp range a lot. DQ?? Didn't make up my mind yet. Guns can pack a punch but the style is IMO a bit tedious: only 1 dimensional: either move forward or backwards. In most of the cases that is.

Awesome movie!! That's exactly my experience as well! Really the side with the most RN ships usually loses!

I like your suggestion OP. I don't think that will be the answer. Because if they'd give it to all T8. T7 wants it too etc. And IMO the heal isn't that extreme important because it doesn't heal back that much. A buff I'd suggest is to giving cruisers only the ammo switch speedup, regardless of all barrels are filled or not. That way they can adapt to a situation much quicker. This is something I really like to see. By the time I've reloaded AP the red is already angled again v.v.

All of the above. Although in my case the bloody reds always are swining contra parallel to the ammo type I have in my guns! BS? I have HE. Angled? just changed to AP! But for the rest I use that tactic in all cruisers. And of course I mean the real cruisers. Not the rowboats which you hardly see in battle because they're either hiding behind rocks all the time or at the bottom of the sea... Edit: bit off topic but I must point you out AP on IJN cruisers can be devastating on short range...

I learned on the internet PE is very much like Hipper. And I;m not overly fond of playing that ship. Though I don't hate it either IMO it's in fact a boring ship. Does its job and dealing some nice dmg. But I can't remember ever having played an epic match in it. As much as I like collecting the ships I passed on this 1.

Am I the only one? It seems on most (not all) supercontainer pics Mr Torpedo stroker isn't there... Could there be a pattern?

Great move WG by buffing the Takao mission to T8 and up. Not to whine only to think with you: could the Nachi mission be changed to 30, 30, 10, 10? There aren't as many USSR/ German ships as there are USN and IJN ships ingame.

Lol. i don't even run in a DD when facing a RN cruiser alone, but shoot them to smitherenes! Heck, the citadel bootcamp recently was a piece of cake: AP of HE. it's a citadel on those poor bastards! Really, they are IMO the biggest joke ever in this game!

W.T.F.??? I am touroughly convinced the RN cruiser line sucks like nothing else. Hit = cit (regardelss of what ship and what ammo you're using) in the worst case scenario. Instant delete is the main experience for me. Lol! They are so funny: laying behind a rock for the whole battle. Look at them funny and they become submarines instantly! But, heck, this is even beyond my comprehension!

I'm sorry moderator. Somebody else started a very similar thread almost at the same time I did. The 80 "kills" like MrEff is suggesting sounds very good as well.

OK. Thanks for the answer. I am grateful for this awesome missions! And have become a ARP fan myself!! Did my homework and watched all ARP movies! Like most fans, I'm fondly in love with Takao and Haruna!!

Lol. I just started a similar thread. Suggesting to change it to 30, 30, 10, 10...

Granted, they don't take up "actual reserve slots" But it does appear chaotic though. Why can't we dismiss those redundant captains? I don't even mind losing the ARP reserve slot with that.

Businesswise: I'd say direct cash income. Gamewise you're absolutely right. In fact I made that mistake: buying Atago when I was roaming the T4-5's. Bought it too soon so it was a painful lesson. But I don't see, business wise, any reason or difference in selling a T9-10 or a T1 for that matter with the other tier premiums. So I don't get why there aren't any ingame. And why should a Wow's player who likes the game only want to shortcut the grind? IMO the grind is part of the fun of the game for the vast majority of people playing it. Of course I can understand not everyone likes to play a grindgame and I doubt you'll see those players much around here. But that's a matter of taste. But don't get me the wrong way of course. I'm only curious to the reason why only T2-8 premiums. Not to start a off topic discussion.

Ok.... but how would they if they did?

All good responses but a little "black - white" IMO. The key factor is teamwork (as always). Now, if I "lead" a charge in a BB and we run into a massive superior force I don't mind if the cruisers/ DD's bail and they shoot me to smitherens. Better only me gone than 3 or 4 ships. If it's a "little trouble" Ill just keep pushing shoot the little trouble back to no trouble. Usually that make them bail back again. And there's a difference between running away and start wiggling because that's a aboslute must in a cruiser. You simply can't afford to go straight line or you'll be nuked instantly. Also running off cruisers in an angle ar the hardest to hit. So it might not be just running off and leaving you to rot but mere tactics to provide you with optimal supportfire with optimal risk taking. And I'm not suggesting the BB must always lead a charge. If your team makes a desperate push through the 2 brothers ditch it's obvious the DD must lead the carge. And no Kongo must not always snipe but IMO it is a good ship to snipe.

Does anyone have an idea as to why the premiums are only in the T2-8 range?

Eeer. THis answer falls in the same category as how life on Earth started... Here or from somewhere else? The latter only moving the problem: how did it start there? In my case I don't have clue why BF1 doesn't have females. Cause I don't play it. Could you elaborate please?

That's the green one, isn't it?

Oh come on OP. If you don't know how to handle cruisers @T8 or higher, I'd recommend you stop with them completely! In the "beginning" of ny Wow's "carreer" I opted the most skill needed ship is a DD. Now I know it's the cruiser. It's your job to adept to the situation the most! If you play a cruiser correctly the chances are slim you'll be 1 shot often. Granted: not 0%. I'm painfully aware of that fact. But most of the times its a knee strike on the "soft spot" but you'll live to fight another moment! I know I'm taking a huge shortcut here but all the other classes are pretty much the same. DD's: scout cap, annoy. BB's: tank, shoot and destroy. CV's: scout and annoy/ destroy. Cruisers: all of the previously mentioned. Together with assist all of the previously mentioned... I consider the cruier to be the slave of all trades but master of none.

Dunno. I rage quit while suffering my losing streak @ around 21:30

There's 1 slight error I must point you to OP: "Ranked battles is all about team up." No, this whole game is. Not only Rank battles. IMO Rank as it is in it's current form is indeed a joke. It's nothing more than a lottery. The side with the most potatoes loses. And if you draw the short straw over and over the fun is quickly gone. I have found that out every season. It's always the same: first few ranks are going OK. But after that you're fighting RMG (Random Matchmaking Generator). And nothing else. I've seen excellent suggestions but as long as they are not being listened too I'll stick for a few rounds to get some signals and the discount flag and move back to Randoms ASAP. I have no desire whatsoever to fly a skull flag. It will only draw even more attention to me. And the reds think I am sexy enough as it is already.... Heck, with my playstyle the amount of shells I'm attracting: if they could make ships pregnant, I'd go bankrupt on buying portslots.... Edit: my suggestion would be to make some combo of team- and rank battles... Or in the current meta: stop splitting rewards to winning/ losing teams, average the rewards and give the best 7 (heck I'm even not sure anymore how many players per side there are in Rank. I assume 7 but you get my point) players a star and revoking 7 with the others. That way you'll weed out the potatoes quickly. And the higher rank you achieve, the harder the matches are, because the potatoes can stay forever in R15. And that's the way it should be! Or combine rank with random in the current meta: 12 vs 12 is deluting the potatoe concentration much more than it is now in the current system.

When I see the details of the mission it seems to me the cooperation beween WG and ARP is coming to an end. My suggestion; why not make this challenge (T9-10 wins), maybe a bit harder, to a grand finale and let us grind for an ARP Yamato or ARP Mushashi? And make a separate mission for Takao? It's only a thought.... Edti: maybe this has been brought up already. If so I'm sorry: didn't feel like going through the whole thread... And I was silently hoping for a "true ARP" event battle mode: when the ARP ships can take themselves apart and present a ridiculous gun, sterilizing everything in it's path, firing 1 million rockets/ torpedo's per salvo or taking out drills with ropes to just tear a nearby ship apart...

Hmmm dunno.. With Gunzo I got a very pecularly feeling... Not to make any political incorrect suggestions but if you're not responding to Takao and slightly to Iona who seems to be a underage girl to me or that guy with his 3 eyes, I'm not sure where his interests are lying. I can for certain say I don't share those interest. My point being: I'd kick that character out of port if I got the chance. I would also revert to playing 1 tier below the requirement to get Gunzo so not to take any chance...