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Realism, no. The game isn't a simulator. Authenticism, yes to the point where it doesn't actively conflict with balanced gameplay.

Considering the Cesare still ended up being OP I don't find that comparision to be particularily reassuring

Edited, dirty trick poll this is!

The Seperatists are gaining ground! 6% and going up! I tell you, the moment they reach 66% they're going to purge the servers of all super-unicums!

The ending song for 'Dororo' (one of the gems of the current anime season!) really stuck with me: And when I'm already talking about, going to watch 'Mononoke Hime' right now, so have this piece of orchestral orgasm too:

Yep. But good enough dispersion that it basically doesn't matter unless you want to snipe from maxrange. Too many people seem to just take a look at the sigma value and think those BBs are inaccurate when it's in fact the polar opposite.

Says the guy whose first reaction to @T33kanne's comment was this: And then subsequently had the gall to accuse him of stoking the flames. Might want to simmer that rage with a couple potatoes to absorb some of that overflowing salt ... in frivolous language that means "calm your tits".

I vote remain!!!

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Another round of loot containers with a chance to get the Irian in them. The consecutively and in sequence part is about maximizing drop chance due to how container contents are determined when you get them so buying them one after another rather than all at once yields better results/less duplicates.

BB salvo shot at you at the last second before you got dark, hits you 14 seconds later *blap*. Checkmate Oh no, it will be like that for open water gunnery. It just doesn't count for when you were sitting in smoke and gunning.

Which is why they downtiered the Azuma to tier IX too. *shrugs*

There is actually a mod that displays a countdown for that in the official ModStation (probably also in Aslains ModPack). A very useful little thing, especially considering that heavy incoming fire appears to disrupt the time-space continuum and stretching 20 seconds into an eternity.

At this point the only answer to that is me shrugging and trying not to think too hard about it.

Nevermind I misremembered, everyone put down the torches and pitchforks, this one was on me:

I do believe someone from WG had given a comment that indeed yes that would be the case. Nope, I misrembered, move along citizens!

You saw my comment, good. Any chance of getting a comment on the part that wasn't a single sentence of cynicism? Like how the Azuma was uncomfortable at tier X and how it's seemingly easier to try and rebalance her for tier IX with two direct competitors than making her work at tier X where she only has to distinguish herself from one? Because that's the more interesting part of my comment I think. Like, how underperforming was the Alaska that you imply only unreasonable tweaks would make her work (or what you'd consider as unreasonable tweaks)? I have my own opinion about the tier X Azuma and yes I believe her previous iteration was falling short, but not to a degree that she couldn't get tweaked within reasonable limits. Better dispersion (not quite normal cruiser dispersion mind you), the addition of 2x4 torpedo launchers, an improved heal to help with survivability to compensate for its weaker hull armour (more susceptible to HE) and Yamato-styled octagonal citadel (dem cheek cits) as a couple off the top of my head examples (not necessarily all of those at the same time, obviously).

I was talking about the timeframe of the rage only starting after years, not the obvious conclusion that raging would be a thing ...

That's an interesting prediction. I for one fully expect the forum to get virtually flooded with CVs OP threads and even more torches and pitchforks on the day the patch goes live, first weekend after the patch at the absolute latest and have that quickly turn into a fullblown rage fiesta. And I know I'll be contributing ... because I'll be playing and abusing CVs a LOT

Oh WG, as if your CV rework didn't already have enough victims ... oh no, got to add the Alaska to the list as well. The ONE good reason I still had to play non-CV ships after 0.8.0.

An obvious change ... after all, Stalingrad isn't supposed to have competion, oh no! I really, REALLY don't understand that decision. When the initial test stats for the tier X Azuma were released on the DevBlog people said it didn't really compare to the other supercruiser at tier X which is the Stalingrad and looked more fitting for tier IX. Now they move her to tier IX but it comes with a slew of nerfs that can only be considered crippling to its survivability, just to counterbalance the normal cruiser accuracy which seems to stem from the necessity of distinguishing her from the Kronshtadt and the upcoming Alaska that she'd directly compete with rather than any other balancing concern. What it already had to make it distinct from the Stalingrad at tier X was much better concealment, which would allow the ship to be played in a more free-roaming flanking position than compared to the typical static Stalingrad gameplay. Also, the complete concept of the new tier IX design is a literal glasscannon with amazingly accurate guns with a heavy punch, but with 13k less HP and only 25mm central hull armour that ship is going to be eaten alive by every BB it could face since their AP will simply overmatch the hull and then plunge straight into the octagonal citadel (with the sole exceptions being the Lyon and Scharnhorst that can't overmatch 25mm). The removal of the hydro also means that the free-roaming, flanking gameplay won't work as soon as there's an opposing DD involved (but then again, free-roaming gamestyles will very quickly fall out of fashion with the new CVs anyway). I'd really love to hear why the Azuma couldn't be made to work at tier X. On the other hand, at least I suppose that makes it less likely she'll only be available via Steel then. Might be free XP the same as the Kronshtadt/Alaska, which at the very least makes her more affordable to more players.

WG doesn't gain from that though. Whether clans give up or not makes WG no more or less money. Not at tier X at least.

Let's see if we get under 30 seconds base turret traverse for 180°

Different levels of player commitment. In CBs you don't have individual players looking at the whole thing and going "eh, I'll try". You start out with an organized group of players by definition. Compare that to Ranked and you're much more likely to see individual players look at the rewards and think to themselves they can have a go at it and get something out of it for basically any level of effort they put into it. Might even sell a Ranked-themed premium bundle to someone who thinks it gives him an edge. Ranked is simply a much broader target audience with a presumably much lower retention rate (few people stick it out to rank #1), so rewarding players at shorter intervals offers a more gratifying experience even to players who haven't committed heavily into it. Ranked is also typically played at tiers where WG sells the most premium ships and as such giving the impression of easier rewards for less commitment can directly translate to profits. I don't see that changing anytime soon unless WG drops CBs to lower tiers. Not saying CB rewards couldn't be given out at shorter intervals, but I'm having a hard time seeing WG caring about it when there's little for them to gain from it.

Damn you Pavlov!