Skyllon

This one might serve as a definition as well. ;) Washington Naval Treaty: PART 4 - Definitions: 'A capital ship, in the case of ships hereafter built, is defined as a vessel of war, not an aircraft carrier, whose displacement exceeds 10,000 tons (10,160 metric tons) standard displacement, or which carries a gun with a calibre exceeding 8 inches (203 millimetres)' As for balloons (barrage balloons/ blimps), they also served the anti aircraft role as the unfortunate obstacles that had to be taken into account during low level engagements... ;)

That's exactly what you are supposed to do. 2 kills in the span of 10 seconds... Times 25. ;) Have to say those little buggers are indeed useful... April fools not far away, chance to farm some of them again maybe? After SC frenzy right after SC had been introduced (roughly one every 3 days), my 'luck' is down to one every two weeks... 21 'try your lucks' since my 6th one and nothing so far... And some say this number can grow even to 70... Scary thought, scary thought...

I thought major highlights of the upcoming patch are new campaigns and London port. I understand since RN Cruisers are controversial, WG decided to sweeten the deal with new port, although with almost complete German line I'd rather see Bremerhaven or Wilhelmshaven.

I'm not so sure about 'fair', because best kind of engagement is unfair engagement, but for sure this game is not realistic. It is a game not NASA marine simulator... If it was it would've been boring as hell. There are of course part of the game that should be improved, but since it is in constant developement things will change for sure. Be patient and play thips you consider most unfair - a lot of fun guaranteed. P.S. On the sidenote. Real life Musashi was equipped in hydrophones, and radar was not a unique device on ships. Torpedoes, although not common, also were present on some battleships (in fact couple of them that already made into the game had in real life torps, but don't have them here)

Sometimes? I thought all the time... Magnificent hit ratio. Cruisers wiping out couple aircraft squadrons? Destroyers burning down a battleship? Radar X-Raying mountains? And let's not forget bows made of adamantium, ramming islads left and right without any repercussions. When ships are not taking damage from torpedos I blame faulty detonators.

You never know. He might have found his calling and rushed to depot to get a pickaxe.

You are absolutely right, CVs play need to be reworked, but you see, in my post I was not referring to whining about them, but solely about missions, which most of the time are thing not worth of paying attention to. I don't agree though current mission makes them any more primary targets then they already are. It's always been 'oh cv, let's kill it nomatter what' dd mentality in low to mid tiers, and as for cruisers, it is one of their primary roles to shoot down the planes, so yeah...

I'm not sure it is possible to avoid whining. There will always be those that criticise everything - there are people behind those nicknames after all - and I bet you even if WG decided to put some 'constructive missions' in game, there still are going to be those individuals posting 'how unfair' or 'how difficult' they are... Those topics pop up as soon as new mission appears in game and mostly bring absolutely nothing new. How about we had no missions at all? Money is very easy to come by, there is lot of stuff to get from containers, there is easy campaign with lot of free stuff and quite a lot has been given with every player level. The main problem WG faces is missions have to appeal to most players. And most players rarely are going to end up among top 3 players in a battle. Remember recent comments about 'win 50 battles in Tier 9' ship? Winning one battle every day for 2 months also proven to be too difficult. (issue of equivalent mission in NA server aside). And beside 'win x number of battles' or 'be among x players on winning side' what else there can be that wouldn't either be abused or 'too difficult'?

Next time just tell them it is obviously mum's wallet, since she carries lot of coins it makes way better projectile.

Who am I? Ally or enemy of course, depending on which side of the map we end up in the battle.

For the reasons unknown to me, in this way metaphor works better.

OP has got a point. Divisions can be considered broken at times. How often we see DD platoon (with only destroyers on team) that refuses to play objectives or is trying to chase down this one lonely ship away from everything else? Yes it is players at fault here, not division itself - it is true - but little changes could improve scenarios like this. IMO DDs should be limited in divisions same way as CVs are, and there should be two more rules imposed: - no more then 2 ships of the same class in division (with exception of CVs and DDs obviously), - each ship has to be unique (ex. while playing in Omaha divisioning with other Omaha is impossible - and yes, I know ARP ships could be used to abuse it but it would be rather the exception, not norm) I see also one more option. Better MM, that can properly handle divisions. Just my 2 Eurocents...

Took 2 hours to wreck her... ;) You know, some say she drank herself to death. I guess we will never know.

But that is the reason why they are called Supercontainers! I just got one today and it took over two weeks and 'trying luck' around 35-40 times. IMO it is not a bad chance.

I like to stay positive. Where you see 'minus' I see 'dash'. ;)

And more importantly, how come your average tier from past 7 days is 11.1?

You are absolutely right. Reporting needs fixing. For example, I've been reported for: - shooting down too many enemy planes (obvious cheating...), - being in division with 1 tier spread between its members (fail division...), - being in division with guy who retaliated after being shot by ally (collective guilt I suppose?) On the more serious note, it is not possible to come up with the system that wouldn't be abused by people (either small minded or just carried by anger/ emotions). People are people and common sense will tell you, it is impossible to get them fixed...

Campaign tasks lead to bad gameplay? Oh boy... Since they don't expire it is my belief that the same people whose gameplay is influenced by those missions, play bad without them anyway... I don't think any decent player cares for them enough to get carried by their goal. Sooner or later they got completed anyway without even trying. And something always is going to be there, if not tasks then missions, if not missions then events... Silver lining is, people are almost never going to complete the same task at the same time, since they can choose what they want to complete, so I think 'the problem' is going to be dilluted anyway. Sometimes I wonder, is there anything WG could come up with, that wouldn't have met critisism right away? Missions are bad, events are bad, promotions are bad, campaigns are bad, even supercontainers give players ships they don't want...

Being called 'a Hacker'* (Finally!) by Shokaku driver for earning 'Clear Sky' in my Gneisenau. Oh Joy! *TBH I think there should be corresponding Achievement granted every time someone is called Hacker/ Cheater.

Nah, he probably got bored of the same jokes and quit.

Reward for Mission 8, Task 3 in 'Science of Victory' Campaign seems out of place. I think it is meant as '500 free xp', not '500 credits'.

Which brings interesting question. How many times you need to be reported and over what time - to be banned from using chat?

I'm afraid it is not that simple. Short search is going to tell you there are multiple legislations that cover that subject. Maritime law, Law of the Sea, Cultural Heritage Law, Law of the Salvage and also various intergovernmental treaties. There is also tiny detail that not all countries accept all existing regulations. Every vessel has its rightful owners, be it warship or commercial vessel, and since there is no one universaly accepted legislation, each case must be viewed separately. It is only 'open season' if you are a pirate!

What are you suggesting? Alternate MM for people who play exclusively on weekends? It is down to pure luck. Sometimes you win, sometimes you loose. I find it easier for example, to influence battles on weekends since average level of play among people is lower then during a week.