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idk if I'd use CE on my ARP Myoko-ships, I can see the benefits of having better concealment, but I think it's better to spend the 5 skill points to other skills (e.g. AFT and BoS)

tbh I don't get detonated a lot in my DDs, and I'm not sailing the signal I think the most detonations I inflict, are with (air-launched) torpedoes on battleships and cruisers although I did detonate an undetected destroyer one time (accidentally fired one of my front turrets) - most epic kill ever

ah yes because all other battleships will never bounce AP off angled cruisers' hulls also, Jingles' aim was often quite off; and the times he aimed well he usually got a citadel hit hence, I trust Flamu's opinion more (especially regarding BBs) it's not that I distrust Jingles' opinion, I just trust Flamu's more. Especially regarding BBs. I think Jingles doesn't really like BBs, but has a hard-on for DDs (and CAs), as these are the most featured replays on his channel. In these videos, every time a BB dies to a spread of torps, he calls them "big stupid battleships", while he doesn't do this when a DD or a CA dies in the same manner.. I like how Jingles provides some history with his ship (p)reviews and I like his overall commentary (even though he's sometimes wrong), but for the gameplay I'll go to Flamu's channel

tbf it's Jingles .. an average player who makes entertaining YT videos. He often gives wrong information or isn't up-to-date with the latest patch changes, so I wouldn't pay much attention to his reviews or opinions of ships. I'd trust Flamu's opinion of a ship more than Jingles' opinion.

in the same match: OHK'd a Moskva with torp detonation OHK'd a Yamato by hitting 9/9 torps

won't this be a really high number? if I fire full broadside with New Mexico at a Cleveland, but only hit 2 shells, will the potential damage be 12 citadel hits? and what with torpedoes? BBs take reduced torpedo damage compared to CAs or DDs..

Almost 20 games played today, all but one were those specific tiers.

I also can't complain about the T7 games. Since 0.5.9, almost every game I play with a T7 ship, I'm top tier. It's no real surprise T5 ships are so often the bottom tier now, but I don't understand why T8 ships are so often the bottom tier. The latter is something that has bugged since I got to T8 a few months ago.

This one was quite extreme, I must admit. But I've had plenty of battles where I had serious doubts about the MM system. (a lot more than once in a hundred battles) I also stopped playing T5 ships because of this new "MM improvement".

But they are way more fun to play than Standard Battles (or Bastion ). Imo most Standard Battles end two ways: (1) both teams camp and the one with most tickets wins once the time is expired, (2) one team is too stupid to defend and a single enemy DD manages to capture the base on topic: please also add the option to disable the Bastion game mode

I like the idea of MM mirroring, as Mors_Invictus said: It seems that Divisions f*** up the MM mirroring (or that Divisions just f*** up the MM in general). Matchmaker "Improvement": 3 T8 DDs vs 3 T9 DDs, and they're all gunboats!

Again, not throwing my computer out of the window. Playing T5, T6 and T8 ships has become so f***ing frustrating. Thank you, "improved" MM

met AnotherDuck in his Fletcher today I was sailing my Amagi, so obviously it was a T10 battle

exactly a rant due to major frustration:

http://worldofwarships.eu/en/news/updates/update-059-release/ title: Battle Tiers and Matchmaking Tweaks This also applies to T6 and T7 CVs if they get a T8 battle.

funny because I prefer playing Domination (a lot more) than the Standard Battle, the latter promotes camping and is usually won by a single ship capturing the base :edit: but I can completely understand the frustration when no one on your team is trying to capture a base in Domination usually because BBs are camping at spawn and CAs too scared to move up because the BBs aren't

CVs are cheaters

Hah just noticed I've got the Highest Damage Dealt with the Tenryu

T7 CVs can still meet T9 ships according the to MM chart.. http://forum.worldofwarships.eu/index.php?/topic/57637-059-matchmaking-chart/ and MM considers the ship with the highest tier in the division; you could team up with a T2 and a T8, and get up a T10 battle

I am experiencing more people who go afk when the game isn't going as planned (e.g. no bases, 4 ships down)

beat me to it something I'd like to add: if you play in a Division it's nice to have a friendly DD or CA to help you with spotting enemy torpedoes and DDs. They also have a higher RoF to sink enemy DDs faster. Imo, good CAs are the T4+ KM CAs (they have good hydro to spot torpedoes), and the T8+ RU and USN CAs (they have radar to spot enemy DDs up to 9-12 km range). If a spotted DD is coming for you.. turn around and sail away, and try to make use of the good secondary guns on the IJN BBs (you can make than better with ship upgrades and captain perks).

use the scroll on your mouse? however I'm against using AFT on USN DDs, at that range the shell takes so long to reach its target it's highly probable the target will have changed course

I think it does. But I might respec my USN DD captain once I get to the Gearing. I might use TA in stead of Vigilance

my thoughts exactly