Ferry_25

Grinding through the PA line now. With free captain XP I have got a 19 point commander. Right now at T5 in the ships. My DD playstyle is torpedo/ ninja/ PIA scouting. Not so much of a knife fighter. So I specced my DD's/ captain to torpedo reloads as much as possible. Also taking my top captain to the next ship tier. So my current captain will end up at the T10 ship. My current captain build is: Prev maint (1) Last stand (2) Torpedo arm Ex + Superintendant (3) RPF and Concealment ex (4) Those skills are "mandatory" for me in a DD. I know opinions differ about that. But those are working for me the best. My question for advice is: where do I put my last 2 points... My idea is actually Smoke screen expert... AR is not a very viable option: when I get "caught" I'm heading to the next match very quickly anyway. Jack of all trades? Hmmm. The difference between 10 or 9 seconds between smoke clouds is insignificant for me. I never take priority target on DD's because that's an "inherited treat" for a DD anyway. Like it's important to know 11 or 12 ships are targeting me when I get caught. The only "rival" I see for Smoke screen expert is Expert Marksman for knife fight situations. (Took that on my Shima for those situations). But the turret traverse is either garbage of excellent to begin with in this line. So what's your advice for me? What should I spend my last 2 points on. Again, from my POV: the others are "non debatable" for me to make my DD function optimally. Thank you for your reply of course.

Now I'm doubting... Shouldn't it be "vive la France?"

Well I'm not complaining about Hipper at all. I just found the grind very tedious because for me it shined in litterally nothing. But for me it also sucked with nothing. Just did it's job not more, not less. I more or less like ships with some "extremes" F.e. Molotov: packing huge punches with those guns but oh boy: I really need to be carefull not to take citadels from the side by the water splashes of missed shells aimed at my neighbour....

Indeed nice progress on stats OP. Like said: it's only part of the whole story. I use them to monitor my progress as well. And feel good about my progress. OC I have those aweful days but that's only a moment. As long as those lines are steadily going up I'm satisfied. Yorck and especially Hipper I found to be definitions of mediocreness. They shine nor suck in anything. Making them very boring for me. At least in Yorck I can remember 2 or 3 epic matches. In Hipper none. My stats reflect my feeling perfectly with my performance in them. Bit parallel on topic: looking at my H'burg stats I must say I feel a bit shocked. I love playing this ship and have the feeling I'm performing very decent with it. But my stats say I'm on par-ish with the server (give or take). What could cause this paradox?

Took you long enough. Wonder when the "where is my Flint?" whines are coming up... It always takes some time after Rank for the rewards to show.

They still aren't my cup of tea. Have grinded it uptill Kiev. Trashcant research I got for free and bought it on sale. Never played the thing. I like the DD "mental warfare" play and I can't find this in the IMO 1 trick ponies: pewpewing with mach 5 and being a PIA.

again now. Really awesome to watch. Must truly admit those matches are of way much higher lvl than I could perform. That's good: now I have something to strive for! really: Making a mistake in random ia bad, in CW it's a huge problem. Here it's instant sinking...

Haven't been playing lower tier DD's (a.k.a. sealclubbing) lately and fly the JC flags on high tier DD's. Guess I'll sharpen the sealclub pretty soon to meet my detonated quotum. I only have 866 det flags left....

Compliments OP: it took you this much rank seasons to figure it out. I've noticed this since the first season. I couldn't hardly care less for ranked. Do some matches to farm some flags but quickly get bored of it. Granted: I'd love to win Flint and Black but the insanity isn't worth it for me.

Most q's have been answered. And you might want to change the title of your post. These are the best questions I've seen in a long time. Really like your attitude! Small addition from my part. Alone vs planes. Of course depending on the situation: point your nose or less pref your aft tot towards the torpedo planes and give broadside to bombers. Again: depending on the situation: it's better to eat a plane torp than a ship torp! And it's better to take your chance with a bomb drop (often they miss) than giving full broadside to 3 BB's. The torp sinking. Learning by heart is 1 option. Know that DD's can have different torp range setups. Shimakaze f.e. has the choice of 20, 12 or 8 km range. (most people, me as well pick the 12's). Also there is a captain skill which reduces range but increases torp speed. You might want to use Aslain's modpack. It's a legal modpack which gives nice additions to your UI and other perks. One of them is a line up in which the various speeds, gun/ torp ranges is shown. I'm not sure though if it's taking the different ranges/ perks into account. But it'll give you a rough idea. http://aslain.com/index.php?/topic/2020-0702-aslains-wows-modpack-installer-wpicture-preview/ Last: it's a very, no extremely very good idea to make a intermediate "top" to T6. Grind out a few lines/ ship types (whether you like them or not: know thy foe) and grind on much later. I wish I did that in the beginning of my career. Don't worry about Ranked, CW or operations: they aren't going anywhere soon. You'll only have more fun in them when you're feeling comfortable in the lower tiers, like you said. Really OP: I'd love to suggest to WG to make your post a mandatory learn by heart item in which they take a 3 hours exam which new players must answer 100% correctly before even starting their first match! +1 from me.

I thought Perth was pulled from sale. Apparently it isn't! Indeed a blast to play: that "walking smoke screen" I find hilarious!

So you don't like the game and you uninstalled it. That's (probably) your constitutional right. But what's your point soiling the forum with whining? I didn't like WOT so I uninstalled it. I'd like to take the opportunity to point you to the fact that not liking it usually means you don't understand the game. The forum is a great place to ask for advice. I did so with WOT but still didn't like it. Nagging like this will rarely give you a positive reaction. I had to shred my pride very often and asked the forum what I was doing wrong. Why do i get oneshot all the time? Why am I attracting torpedo's like a magnet? F.e.

*edited* *This post has been edited by the moderation team due to promoting bad behavior in-game.

AFAIK it's impossible to change your pw. Tried it couple of times. Didn't get a solution from CS. Maybe through the WOT portal? I haven't tried that.

Parallel on topic question: AFAIK the oil barrels are always coming in with amounts of 10 don't they? I have a mystery in my contribution that's saying I have (Don't know the correct amount, cause awya from client) 4505.... How the heck did I get that 5 oil??? And there are more clan members who's showing those numbers...

I agree. Still haven't seen them, cause I modded them out. As much as I can understand people highly aprreciate the emblems I couldn't care less about them. So a disable function would make perfectly sense.

sorry OP. lynch me publically but WB is really the utmost least of my interests in life. There is no way I'll ever play this game on my cellphone anytime sooner than "snakes" or tetris. And last mentioned will win it in a heartbeat. I love wows. Don't get me wrong. But Donkey Wongs?? Like hell I am!

Apart from that. IMO that MM isn't that bad at all for a Sims...

Onze uitnodiging geldt nog steeds! We hebben behoefte aan goede cruiser spelers. Ook willen we graag trainen met andere clans. Doen we op de zondagavond. Lijkt ons geweldig om met andere clans de CW kaarten te oefenen en nadien onderling feedback geven. Zo worden we allemaal betere spelers!

Probably not. I decided to pass Roma as well.

Permanent is a relative thing I found out. Mo was supposed to be "permanently available" too. But it was available for a long time. I don't expect Musashi to go away any time soon. and AFAIK you can buy the cammo now: it'll be in your inventory forever. I have f.e. the bottom of the ocean and last conquest cammo's for Hood (won them in a previous mission). A ship I don't even own. And once you grinded Musashi, you can strap it on. 750k FXP is quite a grind but if you commit to it, it's doable.

Didn't read the whole threat but what's striking me is this ship seems to have the same consensus as the other 2 Italian. Everybody's finding them stunningly beautiful but in game it's either hate it or love it. Sad to say I'm feeling with the former group. I don't have Roma. But I struggled heavily with GC and Duca. With both the challenge is I want to get close (aweful range or dispersion) but I can't: don't mind brawling but in that case I need a ship that can take some punches. And that's where I always get in trouble with them: getting euthanasia by anyone looking funny at me. While at longer range the rate and intensity of missing ships is epic. So thrilling to see salvo's land perfectly around the ship in an almost exact silhouette as the target ship is having. But I must also agree with other posters you have very limited high tier experience OP. You don't even have T9 or 10 ships. Nothing wrong with that but you might try to grind those on to get a more complete picture and to learn what those ships' weaknesses are. And indeed looking at your numbers (which aren't bad overall to begin with) you are outperforming Bismarck heavily in Roma.. And I'd like to bring up the suggestion, parallel on topic, yet again to WG: give a trial period for premium ships. Say: 20 matches for 10% of the full purchase cost. In those 20 players will have a good idea if they like it or not. And if they decide to purchase the whole thing: deduct that 10% from the price. That way the income is still flowing but you avoid these negative publicity posts more.

You have excellent stats OP. Better then I'll ever gain. My advice is: why bother reporting them in the first place? Would you report an ant who bit in your foot? Let go of the whole karma BS and just keep doing at what you are doing apparently best: world of warships.

As a matter of fact I do. It's either a choice of grinding commander xp or free xp. The combat bonuses are the same. Also the credit savings. Your choice to pay the doubloons or not. And AFAIK: the "normal xp" bonus is going to the commander (pool) as well.

Nah. I played plenty of cruisers on that map. Heck I played an epic game on it with the T8 French cruiser: I supported 2 t10 BB's on it. We played not by the book and tanked the flank. Every opposition we obliterated. When we met BB's: my teammates tanked in and I kited around and support harassed He spammed them. They went on point and I fell back. Until we met a DD (Russian t10( IIRC)). That's when it was my turn to take point and them fall back. We annihilated him/ her too. Me mostly, because that was my job. It's not the cruisers who are having problems on this map: it's the lack of teamplay. Massive open spaces aren't the problem either. It's the ego playstyle. A cruiser is a support ship. Not more, not less. Either you charge in and wreck the water rats of fall back and harass the BB's. Yes you might get a lucky RNG cursed BB shell on long range, but when played well, you'll return the favor in dmg OT. (still not counting RN cruisers as a ship, let alone a cruiser in this matter: IMO they are still boats, whirling pingpong balls). This map is IMO awesome. Just not for epi center.