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i think its safe to assume - if he is running a radar cruiser the radar will be premium

Because the issue is not in the WG server its in routing somewhere between the user and WG or more to the point - somewhere between the WG ISP-s backbone and WG servers (that is the only point in the chain we all share) now is that some outdated/partially broken/badly setup equipment or just an overhead issue that I dont know, what i DO know is that all the rest of sites I tried to access while this DC issue is happening - works perfectly, ergo the issue is NOT my ISP as such, also it is WG EU issue as WG RU is working flawlessly... IDK about you but the evidence is pretty compelling in my book, as for a reason why its not fixed - money, also this would be a good spot to mention that few days after this started going strong and some hell was raised it got fixed for a day or two, that was still holiday season (vacations) and first working day afterwards - there it is again, my guess to the situation would be - someone from WG staff first complained to their ISP about issues and better/additional resources were allocated to the WG BUT next day some SEO got back to office, got presented with the new cost spreadsheet and decided he doesnt give a F about some plebs getting disconnected from time to time and ordered the changes canceled...

Yep Modstation has the mods that are legit and allow for slight advantage (nomogram, smokre timers, minimap mods) and rest are just QOL and cosmetic improvements, and that all you really need, I would like that Calm Water or something similar to be added though

You answered your own question there IJN gunboat line it is for you...? Well they are gunboat oriented hybrids, still remains to be seen how they perform, both initially and after the first wave of nerfs/buffs after they go live

Seems its getting hotfixed, good thing this Arms Race BS was tested on the PTS

You do know that Smolensk gets an armor nerf as part of the IFHE/armor rework?

Uhhh sounds like its Audatios time!

First season after cv rework, T9

We already had a rank in Arms race, I dont remember many positive comments about that experience back then

Unfortunately this Arms race mode is like a cockroach, every time you think its finally stamped out - there it is again... Its fascinating, some real heavyweight in WG dev department must be the creator of this mode for it to be so persistently and repeatedly shoved down our throats again and again...

I once heard/read a definition of an OP ship that is I think very accurate - ship whose stats are such that it changes the meta making itself the obvious choice OR making playing against it a miserable expetience... Now first part may or may not be considered true about CV class as such BUT the second part is MOST DEFINETLY true

There is only one thing to learn in the T5 and below these days and thats thinking happy thoughts until its done..

Yep they seem to (over)react to shells and torps beeing fiered while you have target lock as some report they dont dodge if you unlock them and fire "blind"

You mean using a CV? No, I have no issues torping anything with my CVs, I am quite potato with dive bombers but pretty decent with torps and usually hit even DDs (in any game mode) with ease using them... Bots are strong in the force but not that strong to dodge an accelerated aerial torpedo drop from minimal arming distance

So what you suggest is I finally finish my Audatios regrind and put the potatoes in rank to the torch using Cuningham?

Really? How so? Which tier is relevant then? T8? T10? If I say rank out with 60-70% in Haku in this arms race season WG would change the CVs? Or if I get 60% in randoms?

Yes as in getting worse reload in exchange for acceleration that will still not save you from Kremlin or Ohio

If the T4 situation didnt make the things clear to WG (which would manifest as removing at least the T4 cvs from game) then nothing will

Agreed I can remember the "death squad divisions" of old such as fully AA spec Minos or Woosters with a CV that esentially deplained the unweary opponent in couple of minutes and then farmed the rest of the red team, even having just a solitary ship with AA spec could be enough to defend yourself and often even allies, not on all ships ofc but at least the option was there and of as a cv you could shut your counterpart down to a great degree

No, that is not the case, not in this game or many others, this game has specialised classes (often refered as the rock-paper-scissors concept) that SPECIFICALLY counter each other in a certain way BY DESIGN, now ofc ie a good BB captain can and will thwart a bad DD captain but design wise the one has a natural advantage over the other when 1v1 and given similar skill levels should prevail every time. The problem arises from two things - hybrid solutions (good example is missouri) that outright break the direction and bx superclasses that counter all (esentially in a rock-paper-scissors game this is say - a plasma torch) now CV as a superclass (beeing equally effective against all other classes) was initially balanced.by itself (CV countering each other) but when rework removed that aspect nothing remains, a readonabbly skillful CV captain can only be countered by his own incompetent team collapsing so fast he doesnt have time to do enough

Except I dont want to play CV most od the time?

I think I am at 716 now (I am at work) and still have to collect D3 & 4 and some London tokens so I guess I am getting Cunningham and will even have some change to spend on gold, flags or whatnot

Yep I took mine out at the season start more sort of as a novelty and was looked at rather sideways for it but after we climbed to gale and then storm it rather changed, now its pretty much the requested boat for me to take by the team captains

IMO they are pointless, they can deliver damage with proper target selection and constant shooting but the same numbers will be far easier (less work involved) to come by in any other line really, interesting as a novelty and thats about it

Well the other day I played a match in Lightning and had the misfortune of getting a CV match, now apart from the first salvo he got in since I forgot to turn off AA on match start and shaved off some 4-5k the enemy CV basically did NOTHING other during the entire match except makong sure my day gets ruined, he didnt sink me, he didnt sink any teammates ALL he did is made sure I came bottom of the list as I couldnt do anything except duck in smoke every minute or so which OFC allowed me only to farm a bit of BB with guns and thats it... Spreadsheet lied that I had fun