loppantorkel

People underestimate how good the Pensacola is. ..or were. Not sure it's cut out for ranked though.

The titles here is one good reason to come back

I saw USS Black in a battle. I never saw it myself, but he was on the other team and we all felt his presence. Our team quickly lost the battle

Could be that there are more premium dd players in ranked than usually.

Didn't say it was. Still debatable what you could call it. Silent Service was called a submarine simulator...

No harm in providing thoughts on a forum, even if hundreds of people have had the same ones before. There aren't many warship simulators around.

Why does MM put you in the losing team more often? Could you hypothesise over some of the reasons? For how many games do you believe bad luck plays a role?

Why do you believe you need millions to get reliable stats? You don't need millions. You have tens of people telling you, a single person, are incorrect. Trust the numbers. There's no game or spiritual conspiracy that gives you bad luck and makes you lose games more frequently. Maybe submit a replay and ask for advice how to improve?

It is a game. All classes need to be reasonable competitive and fun. I suggest you try out cruisers and destroyers to get a better understanding of how they work and their drawbacks. You'll have easier countering/avoiding them in battleships then.

I liked North before but bbs tended to go far east or west, so I'll try this version out a few times before making a judgement.

Soo... Anyone tried Pensacola in ranked this season?

After the whole uproar over this skill.. I see it now and then, but infrequently. It doesn't appear to make much of a difference. I think I perform better without it in Fletcher and Benson, but I'm undecided on Gearing. Who uses it? On which ships is it a clear benefit? Are you still very upset over its inclusion? Which ships can't you perform well in anymore due to RPF? Does it need to go? Are there any improvements in the current meta due to it? If the game could be expanded - larger maps or new gametypes - would you reconsider your position on it? Posting in this thread won't count as a signature for any petitions, but can and will be used against you in the court of law, if necessary.

I'd like to see somekind of nemesis system where you keep track of the number of kills of some ship of choice. It would make it more interesting trying to kill the rarer OP ships. Instead of just seeing a ship to try avoid, you might view it as more of rare opportunity to sink it.

Capping MM to 3 of the same clan per game seems reasonable. Divisions shouldn't be larger than 3 in random games, which practically would be the case if more than 3 clan members join the same team.

Seems like a bad idea... Meeting German dds with hydro can be tricky, but they are handicapped in other ways. Seeing a Fletcher with radar in the enemy team would of course be the biggest threat at start in any game. A Fletcher with radar in a division with a Khaba and a Gearing would likely be a quick loss for the opponents. How would any dd deal with this matchup?

It will be so OP you won't be able to play it without feeling like a douche. You don't see many Flints around either...

But I barely see RPF in the game and when I do, I'm usually located because I'm the closest. I don't know who's got it but if it's a khaba or a cruiser, I'll see them. If it's a IJD dd or a US dd, I may have to pay a bit more attention to torp walls, but that's usually something you need to look out for anyway, otherwise it's the same routine as it used to be when spotting eachother. I don't see much change in the meta of high tier. As many dds around as it used to be. All nations. I haven't noticed people are more passive than before. IJN dds and RU dds refused to cap fairly often before RPF also. I didn't enjoy using RPF that much, it felt like it drew attention from more fun elements. I'm not sure if it's worth 4p. For some it may be. I'm still saving points on my captains if I decide it's worth the 4 points. I'd like to see it removed, unless WG is planning something where it's needed, but it doesn't affect me much if I just don't use it.

I'm not sure dd hunting is more effective with RPF. The best thing to happen upon early in the game is an IJN dd. With RPF those are likely to run away, without it - not so much.

I wonder if the German dds aren't the ones who benefit the most from RPF. RPF with the combination of reasonably low detectability, smoke and hydro seems suited for them. US dds seem viable without RPF... Some may find it useful, but they're perfectly good without. ..andmore fun without, I think.

Although.. it's faster to torp bbs in those tiers.

I wondered the same thing, mostly to get the upper hand on Udalois and Khabas, but it seems there's no benefit - http://forum.worldofwarships.eu/index.php?/topic/72053-inertia-fuse-for-he-shells-is-very-powerful/

In a few years we won't need to communicate at all. Thanks for the links

...or "I'm called One-hit and Devil of the Seas!". Could be either.

It can't be added afterwards? Maybe too high cost for little gain for WG, I guess. Would be interesting to see the battles unfold in retrospect though.

For me, it feels like a 2500xp game now was a 3500xp game before in dd games. I rarely hit 2500 now, not close to 3500 base xp, which was possible earlier. I don't mind they lowered the xp gain for dds, but I noticed it's much more difficult ending up top scorer in wins now. In wins, bbs seem to be the top scorer much more often. So - is the xp-reward system fair at the moment, or does it need adjustment? In which class do you end up as top scorer most often nowadays? ..and I realise some you have had great dd games with high xp...