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Dude in the weekend you can be topscorer in T10, with 18k damage.

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I like Ark Royal. Because it is a sort of a challenge to get over 100k and help to get the win. Other CVs, not so much. Basically I can do sort of what I like, wreck stuff or farm or whatever. Maybe I should... ???

Well that North Carolina made some mistakes, I did punish him... Eh, you have been drinking from WGs bottle mate. Because that is indeed how they think I guess. It also means that you are correct: it is not gonna change. I heard we soon gonna meet in the KoTS tournament. I'm not sure if I should be thankful there are no CVs. Yet. As I am quite sure my a$$ is probably gra$$ anyway...

I liked the Chapayev, somehow it suits me. Could use a bit more damage, maybe I was too careful.

What CV nerf? A few more minutes and I'd have killed those last two as well. Get me a good, long game and >100K is very do-able. Someday I'll make that 200K... someday...

There's not THAT much RNG, really - in most CVs. In Ark Royal, a drop with the carpet bombs = - guaranteed 50% 1 fire; - in 25%, two fires; - if you are really lucky, 3 fires.... Same goes for flooding. Can be improved with flags, too. I dropped a North Carolina in 5 minutes with Ark Royal. True, first mistake he didn't see me coming (came from behind island). He ate 3 torps, got a flooding, and used DamCon. Second load got delivered 25secs later. Two floodings, which was unhappy. I then got back quickly and started two fires using rockets. He was dead even before the fires reached maximum, using his full repair was not enough to mitigate the damage. Decent AA is 80% avoidable. This is because the FLAK uses the speed/direction of the planes. That actually means the CV-player controls where FLAK spawns. If you know the rythm, you steer/brake at the correct moment. And any FLAK from nearby ships just gets added - makes bigger/more explosions, but where they appear is the same. That means CV-player ALWAYS controls Flak-burst. It would be soooo easy to change. Make it truly random, have a captain skill for "extra weird FLAK pattern". Have a button that (when ship-player presses it) changes the FLAK pattern. Make it no longer "ruled by incoming planes". Or at least do that for so-called AA-ships. Yessss let's not, and also not bring in the Supreme Masterrrr of that bote. Not really, indeed. But it also depends on tactics of that ship. I got that North Carolina because he was alone. He was in a strait between islands, could not avoid torps. And he was not close enough to the islands so I had room to drop the torpedoes. There are more methods. I have Silliwangi and I avoid most of the CV spam. For example I see when the rocket-planes start their dive - so that is when I run into them, shortening the aiming distance. Usually I do not take damage from rockets. I think most DD players do not know what CV has what possibilities. If he comes with AP bombs, well, the most dangerous is him spotting you and forget about the bombs really. But if it is Ark Royal with clusterbombs, yes problem - smoke up. And DO NOT FIRE FROM SMOKE. But hey... some still do. And then they complain... AA does not give away position from smoke, but main guns do. IMO it is their own fault, then. In CV I also meet GOOD DD-players, they get +1 for doing good. Sometimes they manage to kill me, I think extra bonus should be applied. Of course when CV wants DD dead, he dies. But this is the same when I have radar-cruiser: DD dies. The end result for the CV or radar-cruiser depends on how many close friends that DD has. the DD also has a CV on his side, that CV should help him by spotting the cap. And by destroying/spotting (= teammates should fire at) any opponents threatening that DD. Also, if the DD manages to spot the CV, most teammates do not give a crap. Why? Usually they are quicker than BBs, and more maneuverable. They are also harder to hit with AP/HE bombs and the carpet bombs 50% will miss. Also the fires do not last as long as on a BB. I have a harder time farming cruisers than BBs, really. That is certainly true. I think the choice for DoT instead of Alpha is quite a weird one. It means CV can be a damage farmer but not really influence game/win rate unless he farms damage like a nutter. The only thing a CV can reliably kill is a DD, because of their low HP.

Yeah man, tell me about it. I think it is the DD that does it. I do not play DD much, and certainly not higher tiers, but well... Usually a ROFLSTOMP, and guess what... 75% WR

Yeah but it costs a bit less steel. And mine came with special commander. Only 5 Million coal. Should try it, it really is excellent. Next steel ship will probably be Stalingrad though.

Well, got Moskva - liked Shchors and Chapayev, didn't like Donskoi that much tbh. Another one for the CB evenings, done and upgraded. On to the Henry or the Worchester I think.

What needs done to AA is simply,. make it RANDOM. Do not let the flask be predicted because of planes. I know that if I fly in straight line at same speed the FLAK will get me. So said - my OWN plane action determines where FLAK will spawn. No good.

Excavatus, even the CV-mains agree that the "double torp" buff for T4 is unwanted. Also, one CV is clearly plenty. I have played some games with my T4RN CV, and I was still able to outdamage the rest if I got double CVs. But it is no fun at all. It cannot even be called sealclubbing anymore. More like having a bulldozer and shoving all the poor seals in one big heap. Man I do not even want to try with the IJN or US CV. It would feel too dirty.

Even T6 CV can cap. And even in a T8 game. And win. Hey ho. BTW yes killed DD. In smoke, with a torpedo.

Problem is, WG considers "balance" when they sort of have same average damage to a BB. Or something like that. Like playing rock-paper-scissors, and then some idiot gets handed a giant goo-filled rubber pillow. Yeah sure it will only come out on top 1/4th of the time. Of course.

You cannot angle agains a CV. At least not against one that has more than 1 braincell. What you need to do against CV, is notice exactly when he sets in the final attack run. And THEN you can screw him over. I'm a potato in a DD, but I play a lot of CV... Now somehow I ended up with a Silliwangi due to some Chinese event... oh boy... Sometimes I play it and T8 has a lot of CVs. They never kill me. They don't even hit me, usually. Because I know how CV works, and I know how to screw them over. Note: I know if somebody like @El2aZeR or @Yoshanai in a CV wants me dead, well I am probably dead. But it will take them effort. And it will take them the same amount of effort that it would if they were in a BB. They might even decide ff that DD I am going to plunder something else. Quite sure if they know how "capable" I am in a DD they'll doo that (haha unfortunately).

Basically, it is like you are spammed to death by a BB at the backline. Except this one you can hit the turrets. And he can usually only do chip damage to you. But... you cannot run and you cannot hide, sort of like that. Also, every day I play CV, I spend all the +1 on 6 people that manage to make it difficult for me or kill me. It is possible to outsmart/outplay a CV. Except if he's unicum. Well, good luck on that no matter what ship he's in.

It will not help, they usually have zero karma anyway (I do... LOL).

Yes those. I usually report and block + blacklist them.

I compliment players that are damn good or otherwise funny. Forumites too, if I find out or they find out - sometimes I miss it... Good players = exceptional ones, like a DD that survives my Ark Royal and even manages to do well. Or a DD that blaps the BB that is targeting my cruiser. DD that manages to torp me in a funny way. Something like that. A CV that manages to outplay me. Not often... Reported, well you'd have to be a total numbnut to get reported by me. Nevertheless... there are some.

I do not see the problem. Minotaur is much stronger IMO. Must say though the REEEEEEEE when you play Smolensk is much better.

I know :-) Even though I play CV, I do not think it has a place in competitive. But I knew WG would do it, so I took care of business.

Well depends. Sub goes under water, is it now sunk or not?

I have no unclearly named commanders.

I know which one I'd rather meet... I hunt Belfasts in my BBs. I find it works great with a Leander captain. The same thing, smoke buff. The HE doesn't need any buffs IMO. So far I find it hilarious, but Exeter still a bit better for the tier though. Leander is better in operations because more dakka. But I really do like that ship so it's probably me.

I thought it was T8 Clan Brawl, but never mind. What happened was I could not even hit the DD. Once spotted he was already dead. Same with cruisers, well at least OI could get some hits in.... occasionally. Might even consider attacking the other CV. Simply put, I could hit any cruiser with ease, as once spotted they immediately got pre-fried by the rest of the team. And what they did was stick together in one cap, the other CV had no chance at all. This is NOT randoms... Al-in-all I think it is pretty dumb to not have mirrored MM here - when a CB-team takes a CV, they should get a CV on the other side as well. That way if a clan decides to take the BB, they should ALWAYS get a BB on the other team. Good luck and enormous balls to those that try.