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Because you'd press that button when attacked by fighters, and presto... After they "perform action",, even if just one plane is shot, they are done.

I usually remodel the landscape.... bad for CO2 emissions tough.

Enty went to that great $upercontainer in the $ky where she can play with Belfast and the others...

Likely - I hope so, for him. He'll learn eventually and sort of "Git Gud". I got Ark Royal so I could git gud. In that thing, it is easy to do "meh"and hard to do any good. Not there yet... but getting there. And then I'll go slamming the higher tier campers.

Why not? Hey look who is asking.... but too late! HAhahahahahhaha well enjoy, if you are in game over the weekend and have Discord I'll be happy to help out. I don't have kaga but it's on my list if it is on sale. I expect it to be a "faster Ark Royal". Little flak-ditching, K-BOOM here goes half your planes.

I know but the thought is kinda funny.

I suppose 100km blast radius is ALWAYS next to the enemy fleet...

No that is not just quoting. I agree with @El2aZeR that now, when CV no longer faces off to the other CV, they encounter FLAK and manual aim. Usually, it is more like 60-70K. Which is why WG says "Balanz comrade". So far. Mind that it wasn't T5/T6... when that happens I'll go berserk and post it here. I have no doubt it is coming. If I can set a few perma-fires and they don;t get shot... 200K is definately possible. Even more if it's a loss: chasing the fleeing ships in ARk Royal is pretty difficult. Happens to me all the time, too. And I got myself an Ark Royal... Well, as masterrrr @El2aZeR always says, sshhhh.... do you hear it... I agree on that. But well. At last it is now no longer the UNICUM CV shutting down the potato. Balanzzz. Oh but there is, masterrrr. It just takes them 3DDs and a cruiser. BUT THERE IS COUNTERPLAY! And even then I kill two DDs (Fushin, Maass) and the cruiser (Trento), and would have killed the 3rd one (Akizuki) too if I had not ff-ed up. 20191027_163347_PBSA518-Ark-Royal_23_Shards.wowsreplay

Don't buy it mate.... probably too late hahahahaha! The way to use it is fast in-fast out, but you have to avoid the FLAK... There's two ways to avoid FLAK: 1. wiggle like hell (which will ruin your speed so forget that); 2. time it right... and go in full blast. I suggest you try that. Aim, pick your target, boost like hell and after the drop, swerve a bit while boosting out. Best would be if you "curve ball" in as well.

Today I saw @RAHJAILARI and his two Divvies, he was in T5 CL Yahagi, and (quite rare!) he found me in the Ryujo. That CV I find surprisingly easy to smack cruisers and BBs with, citadels galore. Sometimes I get two in one go. 60K for me, could have been more but we had a good team and smashed he reds pretty quickly. At game start told him I got blapped twice already, sneaky buggers those DDs. He guarded me well... nipping one Aigle that tried to sneak up even if I was on map border. And now I have 3 karma points LOL. Never had that many since I play CV. His div-mate came first in team (very well played dunno how he managed that, it was QUICK). 20191027_170323_PJSA106-Ryujo_05_Ring.wowsreplay

I can think of many things that could work, but since they won't listen current counter VS CV is really DD. Have a look how that works out... yeah team melted. Also note that I could NOT get that last one. Clearly he knows the abilities and inabilities. 20191027_163347_PBSA518-Ark-Royal_23_Shards.wowsreplay

I know, I usually make too many mistakes. And usually play on weekends... In a good game I'll get 100K or so in a BB. Can do in a cruiser.... but rarely. However making 100K in Ark Royal is kinda... well.... not easy but more "reliable". Provided the team doesn't (get) ROFLSTOMP(ed) I always do 70-80K. Well of course I see lots of < 7 minute games... which is why the average damage is < 50K.

Yes it is, although @El2azer argues that now there is a LARGER difference between the potato and the unicum. So, solved is the unicum shutting down the potato. But the potato now suffers from FLAK (he can't avoid) and aiming (he also cannot aim). And I know this for a fact, it is true. So I agree with him. Yes unicums no longer shut down potatoes. Instead, their inability shuts them down. Meanwhile those unicums do not even have to worry if that other CV might be better or not, so they farm even harder. Yes they forgot. Also, if RTS-unicum shut down RTS-potato, it meant one side would have it all. However the "more annoying"thing is about CV having 3 strikes, and first strike always getting in. With RTS, after he had a strike - at least you had a few minutes to seek cover/help whatever, now you do not. Similar, in RTS when you shot down a torpedo-plane, there was a HOLE i the attack, and now not at all (gets filled up by spares). Yes that's personal opinion. From UNICUM player. He is right and he is wrong at the same time but you two don't seem to understand another. The FLAK is devastating, to the potato. At the same time the unicum couldn't care less, because he knows how to handle FLAK. Therefore he is right, kinda. The AA is crud (in his opinion). It certainly will not keep you safe, even a potato can get through (will cost him all planes but hey). We have no numbers on FLAK effectiveness, and we do not even know if WG measures that. But look at the video and see what Top Tier is complaining. I could have avoided that FLAK... because I know AR better than TT. I'm quite sure though there's some here who would have lost ALL planes there. Yes, but I mean purely in the sense of damage and kills. I have done >100K in an Emerald... But once, not "every time". And lots of times I got blapped with 10k or 25K or something. Maybe I can, I have done > 100K with Arizona and Queen E. But usually in such MM, about 60K, maybe 80... if I get lucky and do not blunder into stuff, yes, maybe > 100K. However... I'm quite sure I'd have broken 100K in Ark Royal. Maybe even >> 150K, haven't had such MM deliciousness before... mmmmmmm.... tasty... yet he complains. Point is, in this match the CV was OP as hell even if it is Ark Royal (which I think is more balanced than any other). And I couldn't EVER do damage like that in a BB or a CL, unless really lucky and no blundering (he made lots of mistakes and even I can point them out). Which means other CVs are even more OP... yes really. Do you agree?

I agree. But I knew.... wouldn't have bought it... Carriers will be like:

Bloody hell we finally found something everybody agrees on.

But he is right. You say so yourself: "Nowadays I don’t care who is the enemy CV. Not even if it is an OP Easy E. They can be annoying but that’s about it." Proves that you do no longer combat the enemy CV. Which is what WG wanted - the potato player no longer gets shut down by the unicum. Well yeah seen from the surface ship it probably still is just as annoying. Maybe even more so (which is also what El2azer says: CVs are still OP as hell). His claim that potato CVs now get shut down because of FLAK (they can't seem to understand how to avoid it) and actually having to aim is obvious to me. I don't know if that makes the gap even larger. Stats say it does... but well, we do not have ALL the stats, so what are they comparing? I see proof for "average player fails even harder than before". Lots of proof. They cannot aim, and they cannot avoid FLAK. Even "PRO" players cannot.... have a look... And in that manner, it is also HARDER than the RTS thing. A good player will still do better. And here WG looks at averages... fix: faster respawn planes... and so the unicums will be even more OP. I'm thinking: could I do 100K i here in my Ark Royal? Probably even more. Could I do 100K in a T6 BB here. No way. In a cruiser? LOL hell no. And am I very good? Well... ehh... nope. Even though I know Ark Royal pretty well. I'm also quite sure the average potato will consider this a good game. He's kidding. What he means is, now they come up with submarines.... so it's fixed... so it's all good (NOT)...

I could, but the main problem was the interface, not the CV. Also, it was buggy and lagging as hell. The other ships didn;t have such problems. Mainly, playing CV required a better PC than playing the other ships, I guess. The way things LOOK now is much better IMO. The RTS way reminded me more of Red Alert. Plus the other problems. But I do agree some stuff in the RTS version was much more of a challenge, and better. Like the "3 strikes in one attack" is kinda sh... I think one big strike would be better, and then leave the gaps where planes get shot down. Current "fill in from above"is really abysmal. Same as "last plane gets shot first". It is like @El2aZeR says, before the CVs were fighting the other CVs (strafing) and potatoes could use autodrop, now the CVs are negating FLAK and no-auto-drop, which makes the difference between potato/unicum even more pronounced.

IMO not tomato... but not really brilliant either. Almost 100K, well not bad but "Top Tier" hell no. Kudo's though for posting a not-so-very-good game on Youtube. I'd say pretty average considering the T5/T6 MM. Fires were unlucky but to get "guaranteed" fire you drop lengthwise, not squared. And note that there were a few times where he got flooding and the ship used DCP, there was no follow-up which would have given BIG damage. I'm sure Masterrrrr @El2aZeR will find more comments... but: - Not enough lead on torps... (I am practising myself to get those torps to hit all 3). - not enough lead on DB/rockets either (that Hatsuharu...). - do not use RF on DD... (150dmg... mostly 2K) use them on BB/CL (4-5K, plus more fires). - and indeed the FLAK avoiding is harder, as you have no speed. You need to "predict and trick" it. ALso, note that Masterrr @El2aZeR stated the black graphics do not necessarily exactly represent the actual cloud. But going out to far and getting into the flak again while turning is definately not needed. You can stay INSIDE and not hit the FLAK at all. My analysis: What I'd have done differently: ...and I'm not a WG-employee but still I'd say for the money (€20) go get it. You'll get credits as it is sort of impossible not to make credits on AR, and it's funny as hell. Also it is a great captain trainer if you are grinding the RN CVs.

Hell no. I think better balanced than other CV... maybe a bit of a challenge to do well in. <--- that's me waving VS T9: VS T8:

Really in T8 40K is kinda average and not good or bad. I've done well over 100K in Furious in a T8 game, also done 25. Depends on the situation and (MAINLY) the duration of the match. Remember T8 ships burn less easily than T6 ships. Also usually they have better captains (with FP and BoS). But I have no problems taking Ark Royal to a T9 party. I'll still kick butt. Pay attention to what guys like El2azer are saying how you should do it. IT REALLY WORKS.

Seconded. I've seen them do it. I can do it, too. Just not that good and not that often.

Mate... I see your "T8".... check this.... then remember... I AM A POTATO 20191019_232917_PBSA518-Ark-Royal_42_Neighbors.wowsreplay

For example, use the terrain. If you remain unspotted, they do ot even shoot. By the time their AA starts working, you are already in the AA DPS bubble and not in FLAK-territory. You do not need to turn around. Basically your next target is ~6km further on. You sort of "slingshot' all the time, and avoid the first by terrain. You can even do it using high speed + turning, if you time it right. I'm trying to learn that but mostly failing. WHEN I finally am able, it will be terror...

Seconded. I've seen it done, and even managed a few times myself (and I'm quite potato). Drop the load quickly and far enough. No need to shorten squads, "production" will keep up.

On T4 CV is OP after WG decided to double up on torps... Oh and after that brilliant Research Bureau or whatsamacallit. I'd not play T4 CV now if my life depended on it. Like vultures on a goldfishbowl. Sweet bejeezzz.