BruceRKF

In your case that means: fully upgraded t9 Baltimore in port now - you get fully upgraded t9 Buffalo after split plus a stock t8 Baltimore, however with the modules you had researched on the t8 New Orleans also researched on the new Baltimore.

Desirable indeed, I think those ships are just too beautiful to not be in the game

I don't really like to have literally the same class of ship at consecutive tiers (in this case 7 and 8 or even 6, 7 and 8). I don't know about you, but I'd like to have more variety than playing the same class of ships three tiers in a row, even with subclasses. Hawkins at t5 seems reasonable though.

You can't really make a full line of heavy cruisers for the RN. As far as I know, they did not have many heavy cruisers. Still, I'd very much like so see the York-class at t6 and the County-class at t7 in some form. Maybe as a sort of miniature line split and/or as premiums.

Actually, I believe that doing no damage and only capping (same as shooting down planes) will reward you nothing and only acts as an xp modifier. At least from my experience: solo-capped in my DD at the start of the match, then got deleted by a lucky torpedo thrown into the cap - zero xp. Got disconnected in my Hipper - carrier deleted me right when I loaded back into the game. Three planes shot down, but zero xp as well. Also something that probably should be adressed. And potential damage seems to gain only very minor xp and credits, since I had a game once in my Roon where I was focused quite a bit. Was only able to do about 70k damage, mostly on BBs, so not worth much, but tanked close to 3 Million - Still landed far down in the scoreboard. I agree with the assessment however, that other things than dealing damage or hitting stuff should be visibly rewarded with ribbons, so you know that you are contributing. Playing the objective is what ultimately gets you the win and therefore more xp and credits than just racking up damage.

Ich mache mir das ganze Problem mit der Lyon sehr einfach: Das Schiff wird das erste sein, dass ich komplett überspringe, bisher habe ich jedes Schiff gegrindet (außer der Turenne). Ich habe an sich nichts gegen Papierschiffe oder gar Fantasie-Kreationen, wenn diese zumindest durchdacht und glaubwürdig erscheinen. Aber dieses Ding? Praktisch keine Schwächen, vollkommen unrealistisch und dazu auch noch potthässlich. Ohne mich. Die 160k XP oder was auch immer ist es mir definitiv wert, diese Fehlkreation nicht von Nahem sehen zu müssen.

No ships for me and no completing the collection either (would be missing two even after trading in duplicates). Bummer, but that is just the luck I get with anything gamble-related (like the last two supecontainers each containing spotter plane upgrade). I am not so sad about not getting any of the BBs, since I like grind through all the ships in a line anyway. But hopefully we will get a chance (aside from buying containers) to finish the collection.

Hey guys, I have quite a lot of experience in WoWs and thought I knew the game mechanics. However, earlier today I took out my Akatsuki, went to cap, and met another Akatsuki. We both torped each other, both got one hit. I hit her for just over 9k damage, her torpedo killed me outright (no detonation). Both ships were at full health (B-Hull, no SE), so no damage saturation. We both couldn't explain it. Any idea what happened? PS: I probably ran into things like this more often, but this was the first instance where I consciously noticed.

Thanks for the educated clarification guys. What we should have learned is that you can't blame everything on RNG ;)

I took the torpedo about under the front turret, so a tad further forward and I would have survived? He took it at about his rear turrets, probably just far enough to count as stern then, I guess.

Makes no difference whether for the red or the green team, since I am colourblind anyway. I just know, the good things only happen others never to me

I knew that torps don't always do the same damage, but so far I thought it has to do with armour (which is the same for the DDs of the same tier, excepting the not-so-DD Khaba) and damage saturation. You never stop learning new things. Good to know RNG is just the same for torpedoes as it is for shells. Still seems mean to only do 9k when the max damage is almost twice that. Guess I didn't pray hard enough before the game

So simply RNG? Like overpen, pen, citadel?

Well, you would get Zara at t8 that way, if my mind-drawn tech tree is anything to go by.

I am also a bit puzzle with what WG is aiming at with Italian cruisers. As multiple people already said, the Duca d'Aosta, while a fun (and gorgeous) ship is overtiered already, and so is the Abruzzi. Imo, one of the 8-gun versions of the Condottieri class at t5 and then the Abruzzi sub-class at t6 would have been the way to go. Now we get a t7 premium that doesn't know what it is. Also, what will we get in the tech tree? A change to heavy cruisers at t7 with the Trento or artificially up-tier a light cruiser yet again?

I have a little problem. It says that you get one portrait for the collection in the daily containers. Today I already collected two containers and got nothing for the HSF collection. My Yamamoto campaign is finished and I activated the HSF collection. The only portraits I got so far are the starting container and two from Yamato games. Any ideas?

Wow, that is some generosity right there. I never win on things like this, but I would still participate and try my luck. #1 Atlanta #2 Duca d'Aosta / Molotov #3 Dubloons #4 Dubloons #5 Dubloons #6 Dubloons #7 Dubloons #8 Either Thank you very much to all the donors!

If it is too expensive credit-wise, I think going Cleveland only will get you the biggest benefit, since she is the only ship to be up-tiered (I think). Btw, does anyone know what you would likely get as replacement for Cleveland at t6? Pensacola or the new kid, Dallas?

The thing is, yes you can outdamage the enemy DD, but they have it far easier to disengage due to speed and maneuverability, so focus fire is not quite as harsh on them as it is on Akizuki. So, if you can't outright kill the DD you meet, you will leave it severly crippled, but alive. You will also have lost a lot of your health. The problem you now have is that most of the DDs you'll meet in caps are also very good torpedo boats. So at low health, they can still do stealth torpedo runs. Akizuki on the other hand is not a very good torpedo boat. So if you come out of an engagement at the beginning of the match with little health left, your impact on the game is severly diminshed already, since firing will make you visible (main damage source for Akizuki), while torping won't (and even blind shots into smoke can be bad for you at low health). Still, just my experiences with the ship. Others (like you, I presume) are getting her to work at contesting which I find admirable, since I tried and failed quite often at it. No need to tell me about the AP btw. As i stated, I don't have IFHE, so against BBs, I have to use AP to do damage. I actually use HE only to start fires on cruisers or lower level BBs, apart from that, AP it is. 3k salvos every 3 seconds is just too nice And since I get screwed by MM regularly anyway, being forced to play passively is not so much of a concern to me (normally it is not quite as bad, but my last game in her I was the only t8 in a t10 match, counting both teams )

I have a 15 point captain on her. I tried her with IFHE+concealment first, but she is just too slow in speed and turning to be a realiable cap contester, despite her DPM and health (for me that is). Now, I keep Akizuki purely for fun, not for anything resembling a "serious" match (i.e. looking for max damage/XP). Full AA build and hoping to get into a match with a carrier, play as fleet escort (shooting planes and enemy DDs, providing smoke if necessary). Her speed is ideally suited for that role as well, as you won't outrun your fleet anytime soon. Doesn't wield that much XP, but gets you compliments from your teammates and salt from the enemy carrier ;)

Since the Yamato is the only T10 BB I have I cannot say which one is the strongest or weakest from a player perspective. However, playing against, the Yamato is right now the BB that frightens me the least: lowest speed, lowest DPM, worst AA, easiest to citadel, slowest turrets. Only her torpedo protection and her overmatch capabilities speak in her favour. And overmatch only really gets important against bow-on BBs at short range which is not Yamato's ideal position in most cases anyway. Without cheking the exact stats, I believe Yamato, Montana and GK are reasonably close both in damage and winrate. Despite the weaknesses I mentioned, in my opinion Yamato is not really weaker than Montana or GK, just less forgiving and more situational (Conqueror on the other hand seems too strong right now, but that is a different matter).

Your rear turret hit the Missouri, in this case you could have fired just your front turrets until you wear completely clear of her. I don't see anything wrong with the team adamage penalty system in this case. As others have arleady said: The system is far from perfect, but it does more good than harm.

There is a problem I've had since a couple of weeks, but so far it only occurred sporadically. Recently however, it happens more frequently. The error occurrs sometimes right when starting a game, sometimes just after a game (in port) and sometimes right in the middle of a game, so no real pattern to it. I also get the error whether I'm playing the game on my computer at home or on my old PC when I'm visiting my parents. The best thing however is that I get this crash only when I'm playing in a division, never when playing alone. I've searched through the forum and while there where plenty of people with a similar problem, the causes where different or the solutions did not work for me. Ordinarily I don't take a screenshot of the error, but today luckily I remembered to. I have absolutely no idea what is causing this problem and hope someone can help. It's quite frustrating when you're starting a t10 game, the game crashes and when your're back loaded into the game you're dead with 5k damage done and 250k credits lost.