Aotearas
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not sure if i got lucky or im actually getting better
Aotearas replied to Black_Prince42's topic in General Discussion
Hard to say since those are CoOp results. As much as I'd like to replace some of my random teammates with bots sometimes, those bots are predictable. Maybe you got better, or maybe you just got better at predicting the bots, rather than mastering specific game mechanics or the ship. Also you didn't provide a comparision point (i.e.: how you performed earlier) and I'm not in the mood to backtrack your stats right now to check for statistical tendencies/improvement. What you can do is check your account stats on third party websites such as wows-numbers.com or warships.today, they have a nice rundown on statistics that you can track to your hearts content. -
Well okay: the Bismarck. Apparently the crew left all the portholes open and as such the ship takes continuous flooding damage the moment the game starts!
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Alright, let's make this a game: I say it's the Bayern and I'll name the cause the Fusou-Stockhull Syndrome.
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I'm in favour, but only if I'm guaranteed to finish the mission and earn the Scharnhorst given the circumstances of me having to work extra shifts and going to spend my only free weekend this month attending my cousin's wedding. So basically, just give it to for free already, you know you want to.
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Der "Japano Waifu Bilder" Thread (Jetzt mit Themenwochen)
Aotearas replied to anonym_DEInhM4yznj6's topic in Die Messe (Offtopic)
Eh, Probleme bei Mediumsübersetzungen sind eine Sache, sich einen Dreck um den eigentlichen Inhalt zu scheren oder bewusst rauszunehmen was ganz anderes. Und ich sag ja nicht das der Anime an sich schlecht ist, nur dass er aus genannten Gründen als Adaption vollends versagt hat. Als Shounen JSDF Wank für Leute die gerne sehen wie ein modernes Militär eine mittelalterliche Armee mit Orks und Wyvern umsägt ist der Anime nicht schlecht; ganz im Gegenteil, da müsste ich Lob für die Details an Ausrüstung, Maschinerie und Ton Effekte aussprechen. Ich bin mir bewusst das ich hier auf hohem Niveau mecker, aber ich find halt solche Sachen müssen genannt werden wenn Leute Interesse an dem Material haben -
Quite possibly the tier IX. At least the last stats I saw for the KM BB line was rather solid all the way up to tier VIII with the Bismarck. It's with the last two tiers that the stats just somehow failed to scale properly with the other equal tier BBs. The tier X ship isn't exactly looking very thrilling on paper (even with HAS), but since tier X ships don't really come with a stock hull, the semantics do strongly imply the tier IX is the culprit in question.
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Which forum members have you seen in random battles?
Aotearas replied to Cobra6's topic in General Discussion
Met an OMNI division with Blizzard_0 and friends ... sadly our team wasn't exactly gifted with overflowing competence (that New York+St. Louis faildivision on our team didn't exactly help much either) and a bit of a tactical misunderstanding in our own division caused our own delaying action to be significantly less effective than it was supposed to be, so it was a miserable loss for our side. -
'Unlimited Torpedo Works'
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WhiskeyWolf vs Tuccy - The match that will decide the fate of the WoWs forum
Aotearas replied to WhiskeyWolf's topic in Videos & Streams
Quick, catch him before he can run away: Scharnhorst ETA? Swiss Navy when? -
WhiskeyWolf vs Tuccy - The match that will decide the fate of the WoWs forum
Aotearas replied to WhiskeyWolf's topic in Videos & Streams
I propose SakeShibaInu. -
With you lots on that one, not liking Bastion myself. It just promotes a mad dash towards the capture zones at the start (as usual the team with more/better DDs tends to win the dash, just like in Domination) and after the zones have been captured, the gameplay immediately does a 180° turn to the worse as everyone becomes too lethargic to try and wrestle the control of those points from the enemy because the Forts actually do some decent damage and the Surveillance stations severely limit the ability for DDs to try and stealth cap a point. Yes, those two things can be incapacitated by shooting them, but that's assuming the enemy team is just going to let you. I find Bastion to be chaotic at best and downright campy at worst. Doesn't bring more to the table than Domination already provides. At least those are my .02$
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It certainly does seem to have erratic shell grouping on top of the rather generous dispersion (the latter not being much of an issue as long as you don't intend to snipe from close to max range however). I've seen the usual BB shell grouping with each shell from a single turret seemingly landing in three different map grids ... and then I've seen a salvo that's flying so tight you'd think all of them are going to punch through the same hole.
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I think it was in PointyHairedJedi's video where I saw him getting a citadel penetration on an angled (!) New York (frontal citadel penetration), so citadel penetrations don't seem to be an impossibility at the very least. And when I can citadel the turret magazines of broadsiding BBs like the Nagato with 203mm cruiser AP, I'm sure the Scharnhorst's 283mm will be able to do the same.
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Well, 25mm bow armour is overmatched by 406/410mm AP shells, but I don't know if that's the actual armour thickness at the bow considering the stats page says 25-90mm unless I remember that wrong, so perhaps the actual armour strenth when facing bow-on is stronger, wouldn't be able to tell ad hoc without an armour-scheme viewer. Still, considering you can do 30 knots in the Scharnhorst (and it seems to accelerate well enough to actually reach that speed without having to throw it off a cliff first), one should be able to charge a ship relatively fast unless it's too far away. So I'd say an enemy BB gets two volleys worth of tries to wreck you before you closed the distance, whence the tables are turning in your favour. Experience is ultimately the last man standing, but just looking at the stats I'd say any camping BB better watch out for rushing mini-Torpitzes.
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Without any gameplay experience (for obvious reasons ...) and just looking at the stats, the neat thing about the Scharnhorst is that it looks like you can play it both as a BB and CA depending on your adversary. Against cruisers, you shells the crap out of them with your AP in typical BB manner. Lower caliber might mean fewer citadels, but should also mean fewer overpenetrations, so overall you should get a more consistent damage profile vs cruisers, which is a nice thing given the RNG'y all-or-nothing nature of your typical BB caliber AP performance vs cruisers. And the healthpool and armour means that for all intents and purposes, to them, your a full fledged BB. Against BBs, you can play it like a sluggish CA. Angled too well so your AP won't work? Light up the grill and dish out HE with that Chili sauce. Scharnhorst has even faster turret traverse than the Myoukou and should have better HE performance due to the higher caliber and slightly higher fire chance. In fact the Scharnhorst has me in a fierce inner debate on whether I would use 'Demolition Expert' ... up to 9 HE shells with 23% fire chance each every 20 seconds. That quality (if it actually realizes in practical gameplay) would make the Scharnhorst a very scaleable ship to play when uptiered in a match as you can switch between combat roles. Plus, given the popularity of bow-on sitting North Carolinas/Iowas/Izumos, having the option of just charging them as they are essentially sitting ducks and then putting a triplet of torpedoes into their sides, then beat their turret rotation for at least one free salvo from point blank range where the lower penetration won't be that much of a bummer ... *starts salivating*
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Der "Japano Waifu Bilder" Thread (Jetzt mit Themenwochen)
Aotearas replied to anonym_DEInhM4yznj6's topic in Die Messe (Offtopic)
Lustig ist dass auch der Manga um ein gutes Stück sanfter ist als die LN, behält aber den generellen Focus und das meiste der etwas kontroverseren Themen (Gewaltverständniss, etc.). Es gibt also einen Trend, dem man durchaus symptomatisch für Japans Gewalttoleranz in Medien bezeichnen könnte. LN mit dem geringsten Mediendurchbruch ist am "härtesten", dann der Manga ein bisschen gestutzt aber immer noch Seinen, dann der Shounen'ified Anime fürs Nachmittagsfernsehen. -
Yup. Personally hoping for a 30-35€ pricetag. Would actually not mind paying for a 50€ bundle if it comes with a handful Doubloons, 30 days premium and XP and Captain XP flags. I still have gaming budget sitting from the last couple months (had been hoping for the Blyskawice to get back into the store, but alas WG didn't want that money ...) and since I quite like playing BBs and was always eyeing the Tirpitz with a lamentful eye (too pricey!), a mini-Tirpitz at the mentioned pricing range (with goodies in a bundle perhaps) would be a sweet deal, nevermind the official seal of approval I'm seeing everywhere about this being a very fun ship to play with.
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Der "Japano Waifu Bilder" Thread (Jetzt mit Themenwochen)
Aotearas replied to anonym_DEInhM4yznj6's topic in Die Messe (Offtopic)
Der Anime ist nicht schlecht, aber hat als Adaption absolut versagt. Weiß nicht ob A1 Pictures einfach nur Shounen kann und nichts anderes (alle deren Productionen die ich kenne sind Shounen!) oder ob das einfach nur Business Kalkül für Zuschauerzahlen war, aber das reicht mir schon um dem Anime eine Absage zu erteilen. ... rant over. Sorry, bin aber Purist was Adaptionen angeht und kann sowas überhaupt nicht ab. -
Der "Japano Waifu Bilder" Thread (Jetzt mit Themenwochen)
Aotearas replied to anonym_DEInhM4yznj6's topic in Die Messe (Offtopic)
Tu dir einen Gefallen, lies den Manga oder die LN, vergrab den Anime irgendwo und vermine das ganze Gebiet nur um sicher zu gehen. -
Basically any US CV I meet in my Ryuujou is running AS loadout. It's ludicrous. Bogues, Independences, Rangers ... almost everyone playing those is using AS. Even saw a AS Ryuujou recently. Why do people play that setup? It just turns two players into useless bricks. And imho people shouldn't play US CVs at all so WG will finally get it into their thick skulls that US CVs need a complete balancing overhaul because AS or no-fighter strike setups is a stupid choice. AS is boring as hell and any CV with a fighter squadron can just play around with a strike US CV.
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For the long run Superintendent for an additional heal isn't a bad choice, though my (albeit limited) experience with battleships taught me that I very rarely need an extra heal beyond what the premium consumable provides and the times where that extra heal could've saved me as I was in a position to help out my team to influence the game are easily counted on one hand. I'm also confident in my ability to predict DDs and by extension torpedoes, but I more or less choose Vigilance just to get a couple more seconds time to react, plus they help with those random wtftorps. Now, I have zero experience for t9+ cruisers and how the important heal an additional heal is for those, but I'd generally recommend Vigilance first and then getting Superintendent down the line for an 18 point captain, or maybe respec the caption for Superintendent if I really need it.
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Das "aus welchem Anime stammt das Waifu" Ratespiel!
Aotearas replied to anonym_DEInhM4yznj6's topic in Die Messe (Offtopic)
Wäre auch mein Tip. Wegen der GerDub, kann nichts sagen, da ich wegen zu vielen Ohr-Ebola Dubs zum Original VA/Sub Puristen trainiert wurde, ich habe allerdings gehört das zumindest der englische Dub nicht Abgrundtief grottig sei, kann also gut sein dass auch ein deutscher Qualitäts Dub existiert ... aber mich würdest du nicht mit zehn Gundams dazu bringen das auszutesten -
What Were Your Greatest Gaming Achievements Today ?
Aotearas replied to Hanszeehock's topic in General Discussion
To put pictures in here, it's easiest to upload your screenshots ('Prt Scrn' button on your keyboard by default if you don't know how to take a screenshot) to a image upload website (I found https://imgsafe.org/ to work neatly with everything, just select the image from your directory (by default in the WoWs screenshot folder)), copy the link from the uploaded image, then paste it into the link space for the image in the comment toolbar (left to the 'YouTube' button). -
Which forum members have you seen in random battles?
Aotearas replied to Cobra6's topic in General Discussion
Met xXx_Blogis_xXx and cpt_candy ( ). Sadly they were on the wrong team and even more sadly my team wasn't exactly the smartest of the bunch so we got hammered hard ... and the Nürnberg isn't exactly a ship with lots of carrying potential, most certainly not when a Saipan decides to torpdrop your aft right into the next reef. I send him my regards and both got the mandatory nepotism compliments to inflate that useless Karma meter -
What Were Your Greatest Gaming Achievements Today ?
Aotearas replied to Hanszeehock's topic in General Discussion
Brought the Kolberg out for a couple spins in preparation for the german BB release soonTM (don't want to unnecessarily spend free XP even just for unlocking Nassau if I can help it). I might add that I bloody hate this ship. Crap guns, crap ballistics, you get spotter further out than you can shoot, not exactly large healthpool and whilst not exactly slow certainly not fast enough to make up for everything. First game a respectable 33k damage, but nothing special and a loss, complete with whining CV player who blamed the team for the loss. Second game however ... I'd say that's damn respectable for that floating tin can. Also managed to get my first 'Witherer' today by giving out lots of free fires in my Shchors (yup, that one again). Sadly forgot to take screenshots of the battle results, but it was a pretty nifty game with ~118k damage total.