Fat_Maniac

If you don't want to get a chat ban, simply don't use chat in game, or throw salt.

No. Nobody plays 'normally' in a test environment. The only way to collect real performance data, is to try out the ships on the live environment. Colbert and Smolensk are insane, but the CC's and testers are experienced players, so know how to get the best from these boats, so they look more OP and insane than they actually are. Give them to the avg potato and they won't be nearly half as effective, as they won't know how to use them correctly. There is only so much balancing WG can do in a test environment, so live environment testing has to happen. For me the real issue at the moment as others have said, is that HE spammers are hard to counter. You can't angle against HE, and IFHE doesn't have enough trade offs for the extra pen and damage it brings. WG's current solution to balancing the HE spammer seems to be, to make them fragile, put them in the wrong place or make a mistake and you will be punished. The only effective counter seems to be avoid them, or let something with good concealment spot them, so another team mate with longer range and LoS can punish them. And here in lies the issue. That requires teamwork, and that only really happens if you div these days.

places available for anyone with an interest in history

WG want you to open your wallet and buy the premium containers

One thing for sure. Colbert does not need MBRB. She is an intimidating daka daka boat. But she is very very fragile. Experienced players are going to melt everything to the ground with her. The avg potato is going to die very quickly.

100% ^THIS^ And the fact that the same mounts on different ships have different DPS values just adds further confusion to the pot. At least I now know why Atlanta doesn't work as she used too.

Awwww. They tried to make a baby :

I'm with you there. Age of sail era wows would have to be a whole new game.

I'll look out for that :-)

You open the replays with the WorldofWarships.exe file found in your game folder.

We would end up with a game within a game, as more modern weaponry would probably need new mechanics, skills, and consumables

Are you 100% sure about a single div always spawning in the middle? I tend to find the class of ships in your div seems to have an influence too. In a mixed div spawning on a flank seems to happen fairly frequently.

WG tried Missile boats in internal testing. They said whilst fun, they have no place in this game. There is also an argument to say , why don't WG take the game back a few years to, so we have more pre dreadnought ships. There is a whole steam punk community out there that would love it.

^THIS^

A few clans will exploit the game to farm missions etc. Most clans like HOO, love shooting the crap out of each other. However as in any battle, if there is an easier or priority target to kill first that will take priority. There is a lot of paranoia about clan members being on opposite teams, revealing teammates locations, not shooting clan mates etc. I'm sure it does happen occasionally, but not as often as people think. It's a shame a few people spoil the fun and reputation of the majority, when it does happen.

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I've sent you a PM :-)

Nice post @Xanta99

Especially the ones on your team. With Torps

MM can be an issue, when it comes to the fair distribution of consumables. But every team has to adapt and work with what they are given. Steam rolls aren't fun, I prefer the close are we / arent we gonna win battles. But the steam rolls happen not because of the MM, but because the average player refuses to adapt to the situation or read the flow of battle

Places available for anyone regardless of ability who has a genuine interest in history, and is prepared to be an active part of our friendly and fun loving community.

With modules and skills, looks like 1,8sec reload can be reduced to 1.4. This is still going to be a hard boat to master.

MrConway mentioned a turtle back in the stream

Dev Blog said 27mm plating

As Commander of a clan dedicated to history, I have to say paper designs are ok, if there is no real world ship to take a spot. I'd rather have full tech trees. However what does grate is when WG come out with statements proclaiming that if the RU BB's had been built they would have been the greatest BB's ever.