Jvd2000

Clan battles earn more? Due to higher rewards or better results due to having capable teammates? would think that during clanbattles the usage of economy flags is frowned upon since they take the space of flags that actually improve your capabilities!

Ok, but that’s not my avarage good battle. I have to sacrifice my girlfriend on the altar of the rng god before I get this more then once a month.

My main FXP income is not that much from playing but from crates and events. The two ( out of 3) crates give on average 1k FXP and I always finish both daily mission that gives 1000 xp, 1000 FXP and 2k captain xp. Then all the events last month ( we did hardly get time without events did we?) there were always FXP rewards to be found. The FXP I get by actually playing the game is way less and even that is still augmented by my clan building. So on average 2000 a day with only 2 crates and playing some flagless games.

I wonder how long Nelson stays available for that mere 375k FXP. Although Nelson was the first FXP ship, it was introduced as such because of the rage from the community for the KGV and Monarch set up by WG and the initial plan to make Nelson a payed premium.

And if other people want to spend real money to convert FXP for copy past ships it’s their decision. You don’t have to follow. Seems you have a grudge against people that choose to spend money so they have toys you don’t have since you did not want to spend money. Both decisions are fine but don’t complain and begrudge the other players decision. you may call them whales but they pay for WG servers..

I like to have bots on my side, they are most of the time even more incompetent then the enemy bots and thus prologue the match for me to have more hits, kills, tanking etc. whatever I need for my mission.

Ok, how did you play Chapa and Shchors? They are about the same level of vulnerable, gameplay etc.. The 180’s of DM are a bit higher calibre but it should not play that much different. DM has a very bad concealment though and you don’t “tank” BB shells but your manouvrebility does not encourage close combat either since you need time to react to incoming fire. fact is that this line needs a team to shine. You need a team to be a preferred target for the reds, if they die or are not willing to tank you won’t last long to have any impact. After the first kills you can be a bit more daring and use that radar to flush out enemy DD’s but remain vigilant and maintain that safe position. Russian cruisers are bad Yolo’s versus capable opponents. And from t8 you might encounter those more often...

Well looking at the pricetag of 2 mil FXP it depends on your own situation. How much do you have and if you have alternative and more interesting ways to spend that FXP. I never have too much FXP and while I grinded Musashi ( or was it coal?) Missouri, Krohnstadt and Nelson I only bought Alaska with the refund FXP that I got for resetting (abandoning) my CV’s. I got Azuma in a crate, for which I was extremely grateful, not for it being a great ship, but for sparing me the 1 mil FXP expenditure as a collector. Now only have 600k down from 850 because I have reset 3 lines ( FXP back to T6) and need 150k to get my Moskwa back before she becomes premium. Now while I normaly don’t FXP ships while I level and only use FXP chipwise to augment my captain FXP that 600k FXP is dead currency. So in the end I needed up buying ships for 750k FXP but 2 mil? For a DD? I stoppped leveling my DD’s after I reached t8 and grinded all modules ( hate stock ships in port even unplayed ones). So 2 million pricetag for a tier 10 DD? I prefer to keep hoarding back to 1 mil for either a better T9 ( pref the German supercruiser) and maybe boosting one of my long overdue projects of lines that I do play but are somehow stagnant. With my current FXP I can get Conqueror, Montana, Worcester, Henry IV and then have some left to give my UK CA a boost too. Or spend in on my regrind to get Ohio instantly. And then there is Vladivostok, Amalfi and an Edinburgh that want to become Kremlin, Venezia and a Minotaur. So for me with my limited budget and steady but not flag buffed daily FXP grow there are so much more and IMO better ways to spend my FXP then on a for me unintersting T10 DD.

I watched Flambass play on the Chinese server. A ping between 250 and 300 makes playing a bit iffy. And being patch 0.7.3 you also mis some good improvements.. Although sad that he did not play T6 Cleveland

Looking at this the most positive way: if I do the missions ( depending on difficulty offcourse, but say it has the same UK ca directive difficulty level) I am guaranteed the tier V. And for the permanent T5 camo 7500 xp (not sure if base) for which I have to play with this ship. With a bit more luck ( not only 10 tokens drops) I might stretch to the tier vi. The rest is either depending on above baselevel luck (T7) or big money (T8 and T9). So we trade the chance to get up to a T8 ( but also a chance to end up empty handed) for a guaranteed free T5( if you did your work for WG) and maybe a T6. All above means bringing money. So I prefer a fair shot at T7 or T8 ( the rng UK CA fest) above a guaranteed T5 “prize” that I can FXP cheap. And I only got the Hawkins....

Almost true. You could buy crates which give 10 oil that you can use to buy the 3 upgrades in your clan port. That gives up to 10% more coal. Not really efficient but by just playing you can get the 5% and 7% upgrade rather easy. Even more easy is to buy the event rewards to get direct coal. And luckily for us during the EU destroyer event there are gambling possibilities with coal as possible reward. So nice of WG

Missouri was 750k FXP as was Musashi and Kronstadt. Only with Alaska and Azuma the 1mil was reached.

Well we already have ships that cost 2m FXP. If you want the Colbert or Ohio you need atleast 3 resets ( taking advantage of the dual reward version). That’s 3 times around 700k FXP if you unlock that way. That and credits and retraining etc.. So the 1 mil FXP ships are a steal and the Nelson almost free.

I am planning to buy my first t10 steel ship and I am torn between Stalingrad and Bourgogne. My preference is strongly Bourgogne but based on my liking of the Alsace and JB. i love my JB and while only a uptiered Richelieu the extra sigma, reload module and better base reload makes it a great ship. I wonder if the Bourgogne with the same extra added gimmicks is the same massive improvement over the Alsace? Basically is the upgrade Alsace —> Bourgogne of the same level as Richelieu—> JB? If so the she will be worth my precious steel. For the alternative, Stalingrad I have heard that she is a different beast then the Krohnstadt. I like the Krohn as a mobile overpenning ship of doom (both for me and the reds) but it seems Stalingrad is not a tier x Krohnstadt?

15 points short. Will require 2 more days of London wins for 2x10 tokens. Hearth of Oak daily mission. Seems that the other daily mission ends today.

Go JB! Should be no brainer. It’s now or never for JB ( or crate rng fest) and it is good. Best free premium BB I have (although grinding Bourgogne just because she is similar and I think I will enjoy BG as much as JB) and I have the BB you mention above. Neither Thunderer or Georgia aregoing away soon and since you have already 100k coal after purchasing JB you have enough time to grind for either BB if WG decides to pull the plug on one of them ( especially when you get a new discount coupon in June)

This is the one scenario that I totally ignore. This of all scenarios requires your teammates to not suffer from AFK brain and most of the time this is already too much to ask. And while you can finish the other scenarios with maybe still a 3 stars victory even with one or 2 windowlickers this has a high defeat chance. Sure defending the port scenario has players that die before even the second attack, the attacking the port has players oblivious that the exit point can be at 2 locations and Narai has BB’s going after the CV but this scenario is too dependant on your teammates. And being dependant on teammates with wows means a lot of anger and frustration.

I find the Casgogne one of the weaker premium ships with those 2x4x380mm. Atleast Richelieu has them all in the front easying the bow tanking. Getting 406’s ( as a calibre nothing special at this tier) and then only 6 in such an awkward setup..... They will really need that good French penetration added with a bit better sigma te be atleast somehow bearable. While I love champagne I prefer a good Bourgogne!

But never get flanked, while being flanked in a cruiser is never healthy Moskwa takes this to the extreme. You are tanky, but only angled from the front. Also similar cruisers will chip you down with HE if you and your adversary are both bow in. DM certainly will.

While Massa has accuracy you still need penetration and extra range. But with investment it can become a secondary monster. Alsace has the firestarter chance bonus ( and a few more pew pew guns) but even with buffs and captain upgrades is not really a good pick for secondaries. It needs the accuracy module to ofset its bad sigma and aft and manual will only result in more low/ no DMG hits that even IFHE cannot compensate. For Alsace the secondaries are for fireworks and the occasional fires.

Thanks for your answer. You confirm my thought that for enjoyment ( the kind of game I atleast prefer)Bourgogne is a better personal pick then the Stalingrad. But for my main question, do you think that the improvement Alsace —> Bourgogne is comparable with the difference in upgrade that you get when you go from Richelieu—> Jean Bart?

For Massa to fully shine as a secondary ship you really have to go deep in modules and captain skills that prevents you spending on alternatives like concealment and survivability. Extra range (aft), IFHE ( you can hit with 2ndaries but they lack pen without) and optional manual secondaries for even better hit chance and BFT for faster reload. Alsace has adequate range on secondaries but they lack accuracy and pen which only can be buffed to at best mediocre standards..French secondaries imo are best left unrubuffed and used as a bonus because they excel in starting fires.

Almost bought Kutnetzov. Already used my ship coupon and have 220k coal. With only coal ship Yoshino left, commanders might be an option.( will only by Yoshino with discount) But holding the trigger for possible future cmdr coupons and new premium ships. In the end, all the current available coal offers are not enticing enough for me to spend my coal now.

You will not lose the camo. Most certainly you will retain the tier x camo on the replacement silver tier x Russian cruiser that will take Moskwa’s place. So instead of a camo for Moskwa worth 5000 doubloons you will have 5000 doublouns worth camo on the replacement Soviet cruiser. We had changes like this before. I used to have permanent camo on the then tier 9 Baltimore. When Baltimore was replaced by the Buffalo as the new tier 9 my camo was retained in a way that the new tier 9Buffalo had permanent camo. ( as a bonus Baltimore kept the permanent camo too so I got a tier 8 camo for free as an extra)

The German admirals were against the O Class because the lack of armor. In its role of merchant hunting the large guns were unneeded and inferior to smaller, more numerous quick firing guns. When fighting enemy ships that have armor where your 380’s are actually usefull you probally dont want to be in that fight in the first place. Since wows as a game will put Siegfried in a battle vs an enemy fleet she has to do something she was not designed to do. No cruiser dpm but also not enough heavy mains ( both in number and calibre) to be relevant. Armor also quite meh. Even downtiered to 8 ( or 7 since inferior to Gneisenau but then it only takes a cruiser slot so. And offcourse it cant be compared with Yorck) it wil strugle.