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I'm having it too now. Also with the lag-indicator, however my ping is consistent between 20-40ms. (before I'd only get the lag-indicator if my ping was much higher)

155mm: more shells per salvo, higher RoF, better shell velocity 203mm: faster turret traverse, higher chance of fire, higher HE and AP damage I've recently made a topic with a poll about it here I preferred the 155mm guns at first (as I thought they suited my style of playing better), but after reading some replies in that thread I started using the 203mm guns and I'm getting quite fond of them. The HE damage is more consistent when firing at BBs and the AP shells just shred CAs' armour. The only thing I still think the 155mm guns are better at, is shooting / hitting / sinking DDs (because you fire more shells at a higher rate and higher velocity).

I think I'll quit playing my T5's (and my T6 CVs) for some time, as I was bottom tier with my T5 ships in 8 out of 10 games played (3 in 4 with CV). I already sold some and bought the T3/T4 instead I really like(d) playing CVs but the last weeks I'm having less and less fun playing them. 6x T7, 2x T6, 2x T5 battle (with T5 ships) 3x T8, 1x T6 (with Independence)

can't tell if you're serious or sarcastic unless the enemy BB is very close (or the enemy BB is burning from stem to stern), why would you fire AP at it with your CA? of course you can do some damage at long distances, but the damage output with HE is much higher

Sounds like you were just very unlucky .. ships on your team not noticing / shooting the suicidal DD + the DD getting flooding with only 1 torpedo hit

time for a poll? ot: if I get a devastating strike with torpedoes and that enemy says something in chat that's not really salty (e.g. "wtf", "damn those torpedoes", "uh, DDs :/" ...), I'll usually reply something like "try to be aware of your map", "maybe use Vigilance if this happens often", "turn into the torpedoes and kill your speed" (i.e. I try to help him) however, if the enemy is really salty in chat about it (e.g. "[edited]DDs, noob no-skill class", "omg torpedo noob", "play real ships you DD noob" ...), depending on my mood atm, I might not reply (or say something 'funny' and try to aggravate him, e.g. "seems like you ate a lot of torpedoes.. not really good for your health tbh") or I might reply something .. bad

That's what I used.

I understand. I just hate to get flamed on because of statistics you don't always have under control (such as the huge drop in the WR of my Independence the last weeks because I got so many T8 battles).

Still, you'll probably get a much higher WR when playing in Divisions than when playing alone (especially in higher tiers), as you'll have at least 1 other ship who plays together with you / wants to help you. So yes, playing in Divisions helps greatly. But I don't know anyone irl who still plays this game at higher tiers (some mates of mine tried this game some months back but they only casually play T4-T5 max).

might be 'first win of the day'-bonus? and if it's not this, apart from the difference in damage, you've got a lot more 'base-ribbons' with your Fubuki, and these give you a lot of XP iirc Tashkent: 1x Defended base, 1x Assisted in base capture Fubuki: 9x Defendes base, 1x Base capture, 1x Assisted in base capture

The reason I've also set my profile to private. + WR is screwed as I almost always play alone, nearly never in divisions, and WR is just too dependent on your team if you play alone (I've lost count how many battles I ended up being alone against multiple enemy ships)

This. Especially when you're bottom tier CV in a battle. You don't get much damage done against a DD but it's quite satisfying to get that perfect torpedo drop on them, as they're so nimble.

just surprised to see a low calibre gun doing this

tfw I rekt a broadside Kuma with my Tenryu by scoring 7 citadel hits

(correct me if I'm mistaken) according to your stats you've only played the Langley and Bogue.. don't know how you'd be able to state that IJN CVs are much more stronger than USN CVs if you haven't played them yet? It also seems you're playing AS Bogue in Random Battles, so of course it seems underwhelming damage-wise. Try to use the stock setup (1-1-0), you'll still have an easy time dominating the sky AND you have that tight-dropping 6-TB squadron. Or if you're any good at sniping, go full strike setup

no last stand?

I know I've mentioned this plenty the last days but I'm frustrated and fed up with getting so many T8 battles in my Independence. I really like(d) playing CVs but now I just can't / don't have fun playing them anymore. I don't want to be OP, I don't want to be top tier every time; in fact I don't mind getting a T8 battle now and then, but as it's been the last weeks I'm just tired of getting into so many T8 battles where over half the ships are T8 (basically making the enemy fleet a NFZ). I want to try to help my team be victorious but keeping DDs spotted and trying to hit them is boring and not rewarding. About half the battles I get with my Independence, are T8 battles. My WR lowered from ~67% to 52% and my average damage lowered from ~80k to ~61k. That's almost the average damage I got with my Bogue (~59k), and I didn't even had DBs or as much planes with that ship, and I sometimes used the SA setup of the Bogue to get the Clear Sky achievement (I've never used the SA setup of the Independence). This noon I wanted to play some games to get my Indy's WR up again.. 3 battles, 3 times T8, 3 losses. Again. I thought of selling my Independence and getting the Bogue again, but as the MM for T5 ships is f***ed up now, I think I'll just by myself a Langley or Hosho and at least have some fun again when playing CVs.

I agree, and T5 ships are affected the worst. You're either top tier (T4-T5 battle) or you're bottom tier (T5-T6 or T5-T7 battle). You'll never be mid tier with your T5 ships. someone else stated in this topic:

this made me look at my own BB statistics 42 kills with secondaries in 638 BB battles.. do I rush too much? anyway, on-topic, I don't like salty chat (especially people calling others cheaters or hackers), but sometimes it's justified. Sometimes I give some players a scolding myself, e.g. BBs camping in the back further away from the battle than a CV, or DDs launching torpedoes in the path of allied ships. It's not because you have a range of 20km that you must sail over 18km away from the battle. You won't hit much and you don't help your team.

Because Co-Op Battles are meant to be played with bots? And if you don't like it.. Go play Random Battles? You might learn a thing or two and get better at this game. But I doubt so since you have less than 90% WR in Co-Op with more than 2000 battles played.

This. Also, at higher tiers, (multiple) fires cause much more damage than flooding. Imo it's only at low tiers (< T5) that flooding does a serious amount of damage; and still you can use captain skills, repair upgrades, premium consumables.. and your brains of course

Hindenburg also has devastating AA

This is wrong. If you end up 1v4 and can kill them all, you get the Solo Warrior achievement. I've got it once, managed to kill 2 of the 4 ships and then won by points.

rekt a Kuma with my Tenryu (all citadel hits were on the Kuma)

There should also be done something about the MM of CVs. Almost all the games I played tonight with my Independence, I ended up in T8 battles. Tbh I think about half the battles I've played with my Independence were T8 battles. And T8 AA vs T6 planes? Utter carnage. I don't really mind getting a T8 battle now and then, but if the majority of the enemy team is T8, there's not much you can do apart from keeping DDs spotted and trying to hit them. Because you only have 1 spare squadron of each in the Independence, you can only do 2-3 runs before you're out of bombers (if you're not attacking the DDs). e.g. The Tirpitz has the worst AA of the T8 BBs, and yet it's nearly untouchable as you'll lose 3/4 of your bombers; the same applies to T7 USN BBs and CAs, and T8 IJN BBs. T8 USN BBs and CAs are just untouchable. So I suggest that, if you're bottom tier CV in a battle (i.e. difference in tiers is 2), there should be a limited amount of top tier ships. At least you'll have some impact in the game then.