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I agree with you, that Currywurst eating your torps would be better for the win. But here's the thing - CVs have high "service cost" and they need to make a bit of damage as well. Which is why I usually bomb the crap out of a Curry. Make it burn baby! When I'm your CV-divvy I'll also notice you when he used DCP, so you can set a (few) perma-fire(s). If all good, you are sitting safely in smoke, capping, Curry being spotted by fighters...

Check out my stats in CV, it will show you what happens. When I div up my WR gets up, but my damage goes down. It is because I actually help t my divvies, for instance by dumping torps at the rear of a BB. Yeah I probably spill the torps, but it means a full hit for them. And one less red BB. I usually don't do that when solo, same as putting fighters up - because when solo, for sure they're not gonna help me either. That is, for instance, if they forsake a complete cap and 2 DDs come through I'll be toast and I'll need my fighters for myself. You should div up your DD with a CV, they can help each other a great deal. My usual divvy is a DD main, by now he is so used to CVs he developed lots of stuff to deal with the red ones. Usually ends up him being #1 and me being #2 on team. He probably means their 2 torps that hit but makes his 6 fat ones miss, due to BB trying to avoid those two "paltry ones".

I don't think you were carried... Usually what happens is that they see that fat BB, and then they all stuff up. Meaning your team makes most of the damage, but you are "enabling". What also matters is that these kind of ships need time. Currently we get many ROFLSTOMPS, yes you win but there is no time to make good damage. Or you lose and there is nothing you can do, game lasts less than 5 minutes - your average suffers badly. How I know? Well, I play in weekends...

You must be somewhat forgetful, the answer should be GIB YORKIE

Agreed. As is now, something like Ark Royal or Furious or Ryujo still needs to work in T8. It does... even faildivving T9 no problem, really. And what does it solve not having uneven tiers? If I'd play a T6 CV, I might just as well take a T7 CV. It is still one CV player in the waiting line.

I have a few pointers for the CV-players for that. IMO it is better to drop them a bit further away, so the planes provide spotting for the DD. I always drop them behind the cap, on the red side, when the DD is already in the cap. The reds already know then he is in the cap (as it is flipping). DD usually smokes up and because of fighters he still has vision. So have the rest of the team. I usually drop them BEHIND that ship, so he keeps sailing straight... True usually I do not hit, except if he turns to avoid the DD torps, then he eats mine... If those hit it usually causes rudder defects or other stuff, too. My usual divmate is a DD-main. That is why we found these tricks. But I also have something for the non-CVs: Please if I have withered down a BB, and I am spotting him because I fly in for the kill, leave him for me? No fun always spilling ammo, see it drop/speed towards the target and then being denied the kill. Or at least put in chat you are gonna finish him off.

I thought Monarch was a LOT better than King George V. We got similar guns back as on Queen E and Hood. King George, sure you set everything on fire, but you can't pen anything and everything can pen you. Lion is kinda nice. Conqkek is just insane. What I do, I get close, support my DD. Blap whatever is in that cap he wants to get. If there's many DDs, I'll load the HE. If not, AP it is. Go near cap, turn, shoot what is threathening your DD. Then kite away while shooting, and heal up. Works great, unless that DD dies, runs, or something. TBH I play Conqkek like a very very fat cruiser, not at range at all.

Oh boy are you gonna love that wet-fart-dispersion on Conqkek...

Nope, they still see them unless they also have them turned off (Pink Kongo = Arp Hiei with p-bear driving).

I prefer the normal "historic" stuff, outside special events like Halloween... It's Ok if you like it though, one good idea of WG is that I can just turn it off. I think that looks more like a floating sugar cake... or a popcorn stand

That's kinda BS, if you have something like 3DSmax you could make a whole ship in a week. It's not like they have to detail, map and texture every bolt. In this case, it is some minor changes.

Mannnnn my monitor just popped smoke.

Actually I do as well, it is mostly the gameplay and toxic behaviour in T10 that I dislike. T5-8 is where most of the fun is. I got Murmansk because I liked the Omaha. And it is an Omaha with Russian bias, heheheheh...

I wonder why I like Smolensk... maybe it is because I like this one too?

Nah. It is just a "mah dakka dakka" thing, nothing is really good except it has idiot DPS output. The smoke is not that large, acceleration is crap, brakes are crap, steering is also crap. It is not like a Minotaur except for the dakka (and yes that is even more insane). Also it doesn't have armour which can be a blessing or totally troll RNG. As in, Yamato shoots you nothing happens, then a DD shoots you and you get all citadels. But... If you sit in smoke to "harvest"... it is probably the last thing you'll do that game. True it can be really toxic (or LMAO, if you have it). If you find some dufus BB that damcons the first fire and then stays "bowtanking"... OMG... What I use it for is mostly cap defence. It wrecks DDs, if they get spotted. It is also good following the herd/lemmingtrain. Find position, go brrrt brrrt.

Well the smoke cloud form Smolly is only 2 puffs... and Smolly is not that manouevrable.

Well, TBH it doesn't really matter if you sit broadside or not in smoke with Balansk. If you angle, you may arm shells that otherwise would have been overpens. The only thing to consider in smoke is incoming DD torps, the rest is RNG. It's still funny though if you blap one. I even find it funny if it happens to me (I enjoy the salt).

They hardly seem to be DDs though...

Well he killed that CV, I'd say that's some resistance... But true, I play Cv and I would want those poor piñatas to have some "skilled defence". No fun really, as you are fighting AI and not the opponent. A matter of learning which ship has the most stupid AI, that's it. Aside from the spotting issue (I have no goal/bonus spotting the whole i time, so why should I want it), that is why Reeeework = Reeeeee.

He probably sort of sucked then. I can see many more viable targets...For sure I'd not pick a Henry to go after. But was the point that you needed a potato CV to enjoy it, or was the point that he wasn't potato enough for you to enjoy it? Yeah seems like you carried it, but I doubt the thoughts of that red CV then. A Halland is the last thing on the menu IMO. Scrawny, not very tasty, and too spicy. So, is this about YOU not enjoying it, or about the REDS not enjoying it? I am confused now. Especially that second game. Why did you NOT enjoy it? Your scrawny little DD got himself a nice pelt. You killed him, you won. What's not to like? You didn't like him attacking you (when you were after him)? Enlighten me, I don't get it. This one was more potato than the one when you were in Henry. You smacked his butt. But you still don't enjoy it? Doesn't really look te me like those red CVs did what they wanted with impunity, which is sort of my point. The first one sort of spilled his planes on a Henry and didn't get very far, the second one you killed and he got nowhere at all. I doubt those CVs enjoyed playing against YOU very much. Pretty sure one of them hates Halland now. You ruined DD-hunting for him, he'll probably have bad dreams about it. But yes, if your point is about YOUR OWN carrier player, OK. He ruined the red fun quite a bit. Then again - he is unicum, and I think he's not much fun for the reds in whatever he plays. He'd probably be annoying as F (and you too) to the reds if you both were in DDs.

You do not have a lot of games (experience), so do not get a mega-high tier. And you say you like DDs. However do you like gunboats or torpedo boats? What lines are you grinding matters as well. I'd say a T61 is nice. Cossack, when you are ready. Sims, Kidd. But they are not mega-good, just nice. Watch out because some others are not "better" but just "strange" and to use that strangeness you need to git good.

Looks to me he did a fine job in that Halland. Also, fine job in that Henry too, but rest of the team being cow manure.

Well, that's not what I would say. I think when a CV player is bad, you (when playing a DD) will suffer more. From T6 up, they attack the DDs only, because they are not good enough to survive flak from other ships. That works OK for them as long as you are in a Shima or something like that. But Halland... However that is not really what seems to be happening here. The first game (lost), looks like the CV farmed the Currywurst, he ended 4th - not that bad. And he killed you yes. You couldn't carry your team hard enough, probably the CV went for you because you were "the last one alive"? Doesn't seem to me he was very good - less that 1000XP without the win bonus, your own CV was better. Was it the red CVs fault or was it your team being cow manure? In the victory game seems to me you went for their CV and had the much better team. Reversed to game 1. However looks to me like you went for the CV, so why would he not attack you? It is not guaranteed that this player was so bad he could only attack a DD. He just had to. Did you think that game was more enjoyable, because you had a mega-AA-DD and killed the CV? Meanwhile, you divved up with a CV. And as you DID div up with a CV so are guaranteed to get a CV on the reds. Both cases your CV did better than the enemy CV. Because he farmed harder. And why complain, then?

There's more clans... you'll find some new friends. However, most clans want active members. One of my old clans sometimes went into operations "pants down mode". Which is, you do not have enough people, uncheck the box "add others" so you go in with 1 or 2 short...

Best to do it is with your clan, it is a good practise for teamwork. Also, after you get it once, then you practise with "idiot ships". AKA you take the most impossible combo and still try to win.