Ferry_25

​lol! As much as I'm proud, I'm also realistic. My country hasn't been able to stop a "land based" invasion. Ever. Being realistic I'm not going even too far in time: starting with the Roman Empire... On the water however... Please ask the RN *etish whiners about the relation between Nelson and de Ruyter. Or the Spanish "Armada" though I do NOT condone his actions: Ask a Pptuguese about his warm feelings for Piet Heyn... And like I said: There would be no Russian line altogether in this game without our naval influence. And yeah: I know. This was all before sails were replaced by steam turbines. So I'll never expect a full Dutch line in this game. But none?? It really feels like saying the Red Army didn't play any role at all in Ww1 and 2...

All excellent proposals. I can't bring anything technical or tier-wise something. My only wish is to bring honor to all navies and make 1 (no more needed) Dutch ship. All, ok nearly all, naval aspects are derived from the Dutch (and Belgian for that matter) navy. All the "RN freaks" on this forum eerily remain silent when you only mention the name Michiel de Ruyter... And go dig into the Russian navy... Tsar Peter bought everything from the Dutch navy. Their terms: phlot, matros etc. Directly translated from Dutch. His statue is in Rotterdam. Untill recently the biggest harbor in the world. Still the second 1. After Shanghai took over. With all due respect to China. IMO it's an absolute disgrace there's not 1 Dutch ship present in this game...

Frankly I like the idea. In game practice this is my main reason to pop smoke in a DD. Leave it behind me and keep scouting so the heavy hitters can hide in it and invisi fire the reds. Too bad in the same practice they sail full speed ahead through them and get shot to s*it in no time. Calling me the noob for not scouting....

The losingstreak is becoming pandemic. I rageuninstalled wows because of that. Untill I found out much more people have the same problem. disregard WR completely. You only have 1/12th part influence on winning/ losing. That will save you a lot of hair. regarding Benson. IMO that's one of the most situational depending ships which also has the best ability to adept.... first I advice you to chose between b or c hull. I'm not the best shot so I sacrificed the turret for better AA and more important: much better maneuverability. In battle: keep adapting to the situation. If red BB'S are pushing I either become a bensonkaze (torp ambushes) or a benslanta: lighting the skies with endless HE spam. In a dd infested field I usually take the cruiser role and get into knife fights with other dd's a.s.o. never 100% failproof. My point: keep adapting and lose interest in WR. When you're forbidden to win, you'll lose. No matter how much krakens you score. In those losing freakstreaks you're often higher placed than the top 3 of the w(h)inning team...

Oh yeah! One day An Izumo cruise. I stumbled on a York in close distance!!! Ok, Ferry, no rush and stupid hurryshot. Wait For a good angle. Yes! Full BS aim For the waterline, he's only 5 kliks away... fire!!!!! Jeeej! 5 hits. All bounces. 0 dmg.....

None of the above. I don't consider a CV to be a serious thread. Annoying at best. I always compliment a CV player who manage to sink me. In most of the cases it's a deto because of a strike. Torps??? Lol! With their st Louis sped I outrun them most of the times with my st Louis. And if a skilled cv player manage to make an inescapable fish bone drop, I compliment him/ her. Most cv torp drops do ridiculously little damage anyway. Having to eat a plane torp is annoying at best. My paint is protecting me more than enough... ​

Fires on BB's.. This has been debated over and over. IMO the ships are fairly balanced. HE spam is about the only answer a cruiser has against BB's. People tempt to forget the drum/ sound reductions aka citadel hits a cruiser player has to suffer when a BB looks at it funny. I draw the LTP card on this 1. Don't kick in DCP on the 1st fire you get in a BB. Hell, in good health you can even endure 2 fires! Most of it you can heal back! Like Jinges rightfully said: it's highly annoying but seldom leathal. It's your colleague bb's and torps who are the biggest enemies. Bb's are designed to tank damage! My sincere advice: Get from behind the islands/ map borders an tank forward. Citadel your college BB's, hit their cruisers in the sweet spits and let your cruisers finish the job, with BBQ parties! Play your role or "die" trying. (up until T8 that is. After that you'll be punished by that behavior. But that's another discussion).

Ok I get it. I'm a mediocre player. Got enough battles under by belt to draw the conclusion I won't get much better. I'm fine with that. Yesterday I was on the verge of selling my Montana and Yamato. Didn't do it o.c. My point is: when I screw up: like doing a Jingles-straight line between islands and get 1 torped in Yamato I deserve nothing less that being punished. I won't even bother with the -200k fine. If I haven't learned that trick by now it's time to re-practise again. Being a human being (the last time I checked I think I still qualified) of course I keep making mistakes. But those are rare. Also blunt badluck: hell, those things happen too. No comment here. What I am irritated about is giving a hell of a fight, tanking damage for the team getting wrecked in the process and not dealing a legendary amount of damage but by doing so giving my part to a victory it feels like a b*tchslap to see the -150k profit in the end. And no I don't expect to see that 800k+ for that. I am fully convinced 1 day there will be a proper balance in the high tiers. Yes something at stake, the legends can keep on shining, us "mere footpeople" can have some good time too and WG can keep making profit (I get that too and I'm not bothered with that at all). I screw up? Big loss. take it, learn from the screw up and try again. Stupid bad luck? Same story. Did a mediocre game but my job? Here's your 2 pennies Ferry, try harder next time. And the legends keep getting their millions. All perfectly ok for me. I don't understand why this is so hard. And I keep liking those results like Sander93 had. Very well played! Wish I could be that good! Edit: it's probably too late for me but suppose a few of the similiar noobs as I am could turn into an ace. Wouldn't that be fun for the already existing ace-base??

I've given the matter thought and asked advice. Bottom line: you only have 1/12th influence of the outcome of a match. A friend pointed out I am doing decent games considering XP/ damage done regardless win or loss. Of course I still have my share of screw ups like we all do. But I've let go completely of the "importance" to win or lose. I can do only so much. I have no idea what's going on lately: see so many players not playing their roles and see the synergy of teamwork. Saw my entire team huddle behind 1 small island the entire match 1 day f.e. And I could give another 1000 examples. Like Aetam says: only thing I can do is try to point it out. But like Jingles mentioned: you can bring a horse to water but not force him to drink... So to hell with winrate stats! I'm doing my best, play to win and trying to improve. The potatoes can stay camping forever for all I care. Edit: IMO the BB hype from the German line seems to be wearing off now. Bringing more variable matches. Slight peak in DD's. I blame that on the mission.

Show me 10 of those battles in a row of 20 (I'll make it easy for you) and I'll keep practising....

This. Against better judgement I played a couple of qo matches tonight. Short summary: Yamato, 30 hits 30k damage. It's only overpens or hits with a penetration ribbon 0 damage against full health ships (admiral Noodle). You get citadels from every ship, from every angle and torps out of nowhere, regardless of how you change speed and course. -9 to -150k profit (premium, cammo, flag included). Yeah, LTP Ferry, give me the card please. It's not fun anymore for me. In t8 and below I play very decent. yeah make a good loss now and then. But that's when I screw up. T9-10 is fun for 0,0000001% of the player base. I'm a ship keeper, I like all the ships but the 9-10 will RIP (rust in port) forever. Actually I'd advice to make two versions of the game. Wow's-8 and Wow's 9+. I know I won't waste my time anymore on the second version.

I had the same thing yesterday. I just don't understand why people take a CV when you know you're a slow loader... And a guy who played "AFK" and suddenly came to life with his DD in the 12th minute. Took me completely by surprise. Actually not such a bad strategy. Boring? Yes absolutely. But it was effective.

Actually not bad ideas at all IMO. Uptill now the only way I can think of to make my CV the most relevant is to leave them in port.

Oh I am as formidable as you are txt. I once manage to bounce 5 AP shells from Izumo agains a full BS Yorck at 8 km.... 0 damage. It was so pathetic it was actually hilarious.

Indeed: respect you already won the challenge! I'm about halfway through the first phase....

I like Chapayev. Granted the main component of your armor consists of the cammo paint you chose. In the T8 the BB's get a hell lot nastier, so it's dodging/ speedchanging the whole time. It's also (like most Rus cruisers) deceptionally fast. So check the speed counter a lot. I have found myself overextended a couple of times because of that.

Other than a playback glitch I cannot explain this Skybuck. In my experience the slightest contact with a torp, regardless which part of the torp: warhead, side or propellor will automatically detonate the torp. I think I saw something similar in game once: a plane trop drop and 3 torps went straight underneath a cruiser, harmlessly. I looked like they must have been armed at that time. AFAIK there are no duds in the game. If so they would at least have stopped and not going on... Or maybe it's a desync glitch with server and users?

Planes can see ship right trough it? Sonar/ radar can penertrate it like they're not there. Hell planes can do a Battle Star Galactica and FTL into them to make a drop at a ship! So I don't understand why it is blocking shells and torps?

Oh good thread! I was once shot down to 1 hp. Seriously. Next time I'm having such a hilaric "I'm screwed" moment I'll try to capture it!

I'm positively surprised about the mild attitude towards premium costumors (like I am). In other discussions it's much more venomous. As a paying costumor I help carry this wonderful game like my fellow paying clients do. So everybody can enjoy it. And I don't mind at all: I like rewarding people who make beautiful things! On topic: I'm not whining or complaining. After all it's a mission for a free ship. But considering my opinion it would seem fair to give premplayers some advantage. Like Cosseria pointed out: it's not a race...

Well. I'll just wait and see. For now I've lost interest in IX-X anyway. Getting punished for playing my role to my best abilities has demotivated me completely. Every now and then I give it a shot but same story. Don't inflict a lot of damage but still trying my best. "that'll be 200k" I'm a bit curious of the development of "tank/ scout" xp/ credit rewards. I fully understand I won't be given 100k for spotting a BB. Yesterday f.e. I kept 3 BB's busy in a T 6 match in my DD (Really: I pushed them to the upper right corner of the map). Had 1 cap and 1 lucky torp hit. Keeping those BB's busy. Got some punches in return. Yielded me app 15k credits. Not saying I played the decisive factor but did my job. Should I have let them go and rush into the main fight? They'd turn back and could easily topple the balance. THis is IMO a decent reward for a decent match. Nothing too spectacular but neither was my performance. In the high tier that would have cost me at least 75k. No I'm done with that but will keep following the progress. Cause I'd love to play those tiers as well and have some fun out of that.

Hahahaha! You made me laugh OP! That face!!! Would be nice if they'd kick back Granny. Or at least another prem DD to train the suicide ship captains of the line!

Who won? @ IceyJones: use HE on full broadside ships and AP when they are bow on... This one is uncalled for. Happens to every cruiser player: hey, a ship is going in bow on. Empty my AP barrels and switch to HE. By the time I'm reloaded the bloody opponent has turned broadside! Ah, back to AP a.s.o. The rest of your list is spot on IMO. OK, not every battle but too much....

My good old friend Flamu. This time on my side. "time to set aside our differences" was my suggestion. "huh:? who are you?" was his response. Well, like all battles in which I met this guy I didn't even notice his presense. Don't even remember whether we won or lost. I think it was a win. Which is quite an achievement IMO considering we had netto 11 ships....

You're not doing anything wrong OP.... Reading your post you fulfill your role exactly as it was meant. It is beyond me but somehow players don't seem to grasp their role anymore. In you cruiser: covering your DD's is important. But since the BB's infestation those players tempt to stick behind their island ans leave you to rot. OK, not all of them but most of them. @ Admiral Noodle: great advice. I only suggest skipping Flamu. He's IMO only extreme horny of himself. "oh, look how great I am" (killstealing behind his island with some cheat mod nobody else has) and everything is [edited]-ed except Flamu himself. I've learned way more from Aerroon, Ichase and Notser for this matter.