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Seems it can burn the hell out of anything, means if you get a perma-fire on a ship that is out of reach for other teammates, you can actually get a kill...

Depends on how you look at it. I also have ships (even CVs) that I suck at, and I know it. (they'd be DDs... check my stats...)

Yeah or I could screw myself over, you have no idea of my great talent for that....

That would be a fine T10, however, I'd rather have a T6... I play mostly mid-tiers, hating the campy meta at T10. No sale! So this one would be much better for me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Yorktown_(CV-5) I'd say give it a loadout of T4/T6 planes. Like Ark Royal but USA.

I'd like an US premium, but T6 is preferable to T8 for me. So something like Saratoga or Yorktown... whatever. I already grinded the T10, not buying if it's not fun. I do not need it as a captain trainer or something like that.

Someday they'll implement CV in Clan Battle, so make sure you Git Gud. RTS is not coming back. Actually I think the current Reeework is better than the RTS, mainly because it WORKS less buggy. The gameplay/balance problems have not been fixed though - just replaced (and sometimes with even worse ones). But you can still play RTS on the Chinese server, if you like.

You only need 1/12th, when we still have matches that have 3 CVs per team seems to me they are TOO popular.

Basically, if they'd sell me a T6 premium CV it would not be "more CVs" - as I can play only 1 at a time. But tempted to give it a try though - second account and a laptop... hmmm... I'd be all for it... Depends what they do. I can see why people do not like ARk Royal. The slow planes are a real challenge. I have the "dazzle" perma-camo on the Furious. They were in the armory for coal at some time. The other T6 CVs also have a "special" (their own warpaint?) camo, looking great IMO. Only 1k doubloons. Yes and I'll probably buy them someday, after all - server hamsters gotta eat, too. I also have THIS for the Implacable. Some grindfest/assignment and then you got it.

If you really like a ship it is a matter of practice and paying attention to "git gud". If I can do it, so can you - check out your replays, think of what you could have done better, ask around. I do not have GZ (I got Kaga... man it is a trollboat...) but I can see the fun of it. It is a challenge. All CVs are OP though, it is just a matter of finding out how to put them to best use. Tip: Tirtpitz... is often a Derpitz... and they do taste nice. Feed them torps.

In fact, I had the same map to day - and from the "wrong" side and that is what I did. T8 game (mostly), just me (Ark Royal) and a cruiser T6 and a T7 DD. Yes we lost (I cannot carry these potatoes) but I did 90K damage, 2 kills. We lost because most of our team lemming'd to left, leaving me and a DD to stop half their team as the reds split more evenly. THAT, and we had a couple of fat BBs that didn't want their paint scratched - they got whacked after the DD and me died and half the enemy team swarmed our base (and flanked them). It's not the map...

That CV is actually being smart, because he is going as close to the enemy as possible. That way he can hurt them faster, as he has less flight time.

Actually, anything ~45-55% is sort of average. If you are below 40 yes that means you are bad. IF you are over 60 then it is likely that you are good. It also matters WHEN you play. Weekends... I have sene people throw games. They just had to wait until the timer ran out. Score, 800 points and we had more ships. What happens - you see your (half or lower) HP cruisers go YOLOOO to try and get the (useless) camper enemy BBs. BLAP BLAP BLAP...

A Dutch captain should have the special ability of getting everything half-price... Reduced service cost 50%. And if he gets "first blood" he starts smoking weed, everyone else entering his smoke screen capseizes.

Ark Royal vs T9 works just fine (better than Implacable...). He doesn't always take Sims. Sometimes we take Texas... Yes we are horrible... (WG should have uneven tier CVs, simple as that). BTW he doesn't have Monaghan....

True about T10AA, but what I usually do is drop torps from a bit of distance. Pretty soon they do not want to group up together anymore.

It's not that it isn't easy, the damage output is just crud. First I was thinking, maybe it is me and I am doing/using something wrong. But I know that this thing depends just TOO MUCH LUCK AND RNGESUS to be useful/consistent. Some games went absolutely crud, I was just messing around, and I got 80K, other games I went "tryhard mode" and could not even do 40K. Whereas in Ark Royal if I go tryhard mode I will do AT LEAST 50K no matter what.

It WOULD BE, when I meant Kaga... but I did mean as rection to Incapable....so... eehhhh Implacable. THAT one is 35k. Nevertheless it still is mega-crud. But well, 5-7 minute game... I have done almost 120K in it and my average is ~40k. Many many games though that are 35. Well... weekends... and such. It's not strong at all. I do more damage in Ryujo and Ark Royal, and those are T6. Reminds me, I should grind Furious and Ranger a bit... Kaga is more like 80-90K regular. Although, some games... average at 53k so far but still learning.

Ah, I see now - I thought that was a Fuso next to that Langley but it's not.

Implacable is my veryvery worst CV. I struggle to do 100k in it... for T8 I got Kaga (man that is a trollboat... sweet MF J-sus). In fact, 35K is moire the usual. WHich is why I don't mind taking Ark Royal to T9 - better thant than Implacable. Besides, my divvy doesn't have Black - so what we'd get is T7DD + T8CV and then we get T10... arghhh. I just wonder how they did it, it is TWO tiers difference. You're not that bad. Just that you admit when you made a ff-up and others hide it. Someday might get buffed. I wonder what Audacious is like.

I mean the same way a DD spots BBs for other ships. I often go and spot BBs so he can torp them. Same as spotting other DDs for him, I spot them and keep them entertained - he comes in and deals the final blow. It is sort of like a wolfpack. And yes I know Sims/Black/ Friesland are different... so are some Russians and that Akizuiki( or was it Akatsuki), usually. Nevertheless I have not much trouble smacking Sims or the other ones... OK Friesland... ehh... gotta "make arrangements" for that one. Still, I find the French DDs usually a LOT harder to kill than others. IMO Sims is easier to kill than Vauquelin. But maybe it is the DD-player making the difference. But we'll see, there's a challenge: try French DD + Cv and see how that goes. Will report back. I know, can't carry these potatoes... (hell I am a weekend player... sometimes I cannot even carry T5...). But it's better with Ark Royal or Furious than using Implacable. If I'd assume your opinion, I'd have to delete Implacable... Oh wait... just remembered... that is exactly what I am gonna do after I get Audacious...

Well yes, BUT unless it is ALL t9 and just us being T7 and T6, it doesn't really matter that much. The difference between T8 and T9 MM is really small. A ship like Lion is not much more powerfull than Monarch, and so on. The gap between T7 and T8 is much larger. For CV (the DD is T7 anyway and gets T9MM), there's still fires, torps will still hit, et cetera. I know it is a "fail division" but hey... I haven't got a T7 CV, so it will just have to do... (also... what is the alternative... OK I could take Implacable... naaaahhhhhh!! I'd rather get T10 with Ark Royal or Furious, anyday!) Oh and it is only 1/25 games we get T9... (some T9 ships... not almost pure T9...). Too bad really as I like the challenge.

Yes but Ark Royal doesn't care We often do it with T8 (Kaga, Lexi...) as well. Get T8 Cv and T9 DD or whatever.

True, but I think at least 80% sucks heaps. Yes you get unlucky games. However, that CV musty have been kinda good (El2azer would have had him in 2 minutes) and well, it was Enty. I doubt if it would have ended that way if it were a Kaga. Which means it works somewhere 50-80%... the thing is, is it worth it? Well in my clan I am one of the few that can actually kill a DD in smoke. Result: lots of dead DDs and zero karma. I talked to DD players that do not even realise they are "visible". I also chatted to CV players that either can;t do it or do not even realise that when the DD shoots, you see his position... AKA they think where the AA comes from is his position... Not with Ark Royal... and even on an average evening I kill 2, 3 DDs in smoke using torps... Maybe they think they're good... I'll ask my DD-divvy if we can try during the weekend. Quite sure we'll end 1-2 on the teamlist... challenge confirmed. I'm more curious how you get a Fuso (t6) and a Langley (t4) in a Div. Didn't know it was possible... well you learn everyday, eh?

...will work if the DD is very good, the CV will spot for him. Sims is better wehn the other CV attacks, but only so much. Smoke will not save you and the AA is quite "only working on potato CV". French DDs are damn hard to hit when they use speedboost - so yes why not. Another troll-div: CV + accurate BB... BOOM BOOM. Die you cruisers!

DD+CV is very good, we always do Sims + Ark Royal. Very high WR even in weekends.