tenacious_torps

It's a feature or at least that's what they said. I always wondered where the guys from Microsofts 90ies marketing department ended up. Well, another question answered.

Well, that's a pity then, the guy made some entertaining vids. Sadly he also has some more than valid points, the passivity at high tiers can be maddening for sure. As for the bit about Flamu... Well, I can see how he could rub some people the wrong way, especially when they've been on the collectively receiving end of some remarks. Or feel a bit protective about their community, for that matter. Doesn't mean I agree, but I can see where Business6 is coming from there.

You got a point. More importantly, I thank you for teaching me this. Very important lesson, explains so much I've seen in this game. I'd argue though, that concealment expert is a must have for the style. Even less danger to get actually shot at and even if so... well, just press S and wait for the problem to go away. Makes sense, right? So for now that's what I went for. Seems to work alright, got 4 kills and ~1900 base XP in a tier 10 match on my first trial run. Was on North, sailed behind the island between C and D and never left a zone of maybe six squares there, Total distance covered less than 30km. Quite relaxing really, I get the attraction. It's so nice when somebody gets you.

Alright, let's see if I got this. 2 fighters give double utility for spotting torps and fending off CV attacks, guess that one is easy. EM... well, yes, but do I need that at range? Not sure really. SI for the extra heal is obvious again, as is FP, I guess. Why AFT over manual AA? CV is much more likely to even get to me than a DD, isn't that reducing the benefit of AFT away somehow? Ah well, I really struggle with the mindset, it seems. More input plz. What now? There's a right and a wrong way? I intend to just play for fun. And dude, I know how to push, but I'd hardly take an IJN BB for that, right? German or US (well, up to the NC at least). New Mex was actually fun, too, I thought. But that's not what I want right now, that's for when I'm invested in it. Thing of the past, I'm looking for a build for some relaxed, casual clicking.

Yup, that would help. Maybe take it one step further and come up with some way to adjust spread - I still maintain that even wide spreads have their use - and maybe also add the ability to link up your launchers or even divide them, fire only half the torps on a launcher. I guess single launch torps are out of the question, since that seems to be intended as a RN thing. Anyway, torpedo boats should have the most flexibility in using their main weapon. As it is you actually loose flexibility with higher tiers. I've arrived at the conclusion that torps as a concept in this game are half-broken, it just shows way more clearly when they're what you have to rely on.

Well, about as many as there are halfway sensible builds. The Kongo and Myoko clones are an opportunity to test them all thoroughly and have the game collect separate stats for them. If you're into that. I'm not, it's just the only thing I could come up with and I do suffer from strange compulsions when it comes to rhetorical questions, so... well... err...

Signed. But what really changes things are changes in server stats, so what you need to do if you want to see this gone is to jump into a BB and camp, camp, camp. Always try to make it through a battle without a scratch to the paint. Not fun, granted, but when there are no more DDs, the game isn't really viable, so something needs to be done and quickly so. We know WG won't listen, it'll take a crapstorm of epic proportions. Get cracking and don't forget to bring marshmallows and your sleeping bag. Let's camp the crap out of WG.

You'd think BBs would be very, very wary to be left behind then, wouldn't you? Essentially you're saying that BBs aren't doing their effing job, even more, that their captains are too thick to even realize what that might be. Who am I to argue.

If there isn't already - never bothered to look - there'll be a premium camou for Fiji soon enough. WG never fail to offer ample opportunity to hand over cash for pixels.

Yup, it's the economy, stupid. Problem is if you aren't it makes you feel like exactly that if you continue.

Well, I did. And I've seen enough.

And that's why it's abysmal game design right there. Instead of more variety we're ending up with another must have skill. Great job, you fruitcakes.

My feedback on RL: DDs stay in port, will work on my long range aim with IJN BBs. Very occasionally and casually. I gave this crap a try, I really did, despite being deeply skeptical and it's just as bad as I suspected. Result: I don't give a flying fornication about winning or loosing a match anymore, it was questionable to begin with if you had that much influx on the outcome as a solo player (bit of a different story in a competent division), but RL is just the icing on that steaming dunk cake of a skilltree that removes any skill but aiming - RNGeezuz permitting - from the game. So, why should I be bothered by the result or actually burst my lungs to get one? Nah, I'll just sail around a bit and enjoy the scenery inbetween reloads. Frankly, I seriously think all DD captains - provided they still bother to play WOWS at all - should do the same. WG famously crap on community feedback - they are about to get an OED entry of their own: to wargame somebody = to troll your paying customers - but they do act on server stats apparently. If you want the game to change, sabotage it. Drive BBs and nothing else. The game was on the brink of viability due to BB infestation anyway, let's take it over the edge. Of course, that's still the second best option, it's preferable if you can bring yourself to just move on.

The new skill system? It stinks. Didn't have a single match that was actually fun since the introduction of this steaming pile of dunk. I was highly skeptical to begin with, did give it a try though. Result? I'll either stop playing altogether or just resort to occasionally and casually sailing at the back a bit in a BB to harvest some noobs in cruisers who haven't yet learned not to show broadside. Now, if I am about to greatly reduce the time I'll invest in the game, have a guess what that likely means when it comes to investing real money... Yup. I have about half the premium sheeps existing in the game, not going to add to that. What I can highly recommend is handing over your hard earned to some indie developer. Instead of the Kutuzov I intended to buy for next season of ranked I bought Rimworld yesterday. Loads of fun, quite to the contrary of the current incarnation of WOWS, and you don't feel like a fool for financing people who crap on their community.

Don't then. Too many players are too toxic anyway, especially those whining about whining.

Yup, absolutely great. Now my happy gang of multi-chemical abusing cannibals is planning a stealthy flanking attack on the base of an enemy fraction. Zombiecalypse mod is next. Don't think I'll miss WOWS.

I was thinking of buying a Kutuzov and giving ranked a real go this time around, instead I bought Rimworld today. Does that answer the question?

Well, I'm switching to BBs for a bit of occasional casual gaming. Every once in a while I'll sail around at the back and shoot at something on the other end of the map... I really can't be bothered anymore to take out the DDs, the game feels utterly stale and from what I've seen today this patch makes the camping even worse. And if you don't, you're just target practice now. Get radio'ed, CV gets alerted, plane-spotted until early demise, getting mass-torped in smoke when you hide from the planes as a variation. When the meta is forcing me to camp, I might as well choose a ship that's suitable for that. Of course, no ship should really be played that way, but at least BBs have range and huddling together behind an island they're pretty untouchable for the flyboys. Once in a while... The days of being heavily invested in this game are over. It's just not that much fun anymore, this patch was the last straw. On top of that: I feel like WG are taking us for fools. I simply can't stomach their marketing blabla. I'd loose all self-respect, if I carried on like nothing happened.

Just open up the entire techtree for co-op. All the people who just care for the big guns (for reasons I refuse to speculate on) will be kept out of random, while everybody who actually enjoys competitive play can just stick to the normal game. Better for everybody and I'm sure WG will find ways to extract real world currency no matter what.

http://forum.worldofwarships.eu/index.php?/topic/70925-bastion-needs-to-die/page__pid__1555932#entry1555932

The free XP was originally intended to allow you to skip some of the low tier British cruiser grind... :p

Yup, that stupid mode needs to die. Suggestion: there were quite some people who complained they didn't know what to do with all their credits, how about you start to boycott Bastion? You can afford it. Credits-wise and if that's the case also stats-wise. Heck, even I can afford that. Just throw those games. If we can get something going it will show in their stats... and that's the one and only way to enforce change.

If it isn't a technical bug, it's a bugged design, but a bug it is. :p

Nonsense, the last thing the game needs is yet another BB buff. They do have a heal. The rest is teamplay. The ideal capping task force includes all classes in a good balance: two DDs (for endless smoke and spotting from outside the screen), a cruiser (for detection consumables from inside the smoke when DDs need to retreat into it) and a BB (to deter enemy cruisers from rushing the smoke).