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Well, it does, but the main problem is you get T10 all the time, which is no fun at all. I'd suggest getting a T7 premium, except there's no US BB there... so yeah T6 or T8. Too bad you can't use T5 Texas much because it is really hilarious vs planes.

@HMS_Kilinowski a further thing, yes the moment will come that you are attacked by CV. But... there are usually much juicier targets to harvest than an US BB. And when you find out THIS ONE a has specced AA... well... bye bye planes, usually. So, in New Mex (or Arizona) I'd take (*in fact, did - my Arizona cpt is on Colorado, was on New Mex...) only BFT. Not so much for the AA, but more important for DDs. And to finish off the #@^#%@# that ONLY JUST survived the AP blast. I had it many times, my secondaries shot the last bit - else that CA or BB at close range would have had the chance for one more shot. The little AA help you get, yeah well. It's in the BFT deal, but would not take it just for that. https://worldofwarships.com/en/content/captains-skills/?skills=1,2,5,12,13,14,18&ship=Battleship Note: on Texas though...

Not so much brain... I also play CV... even the fattest AA BB is fair game when it is HE-pre-fried. (even a Mino can be smacked by a T8 CV if you know how to do it).

Well, no planes in CB so makes sense. Nevertheless FP & AFT will give you only a bit of air - meaning the CV will get you anyway once your HP drains below 70%. And they are quite useless when there is no CV ingame, which happens.

The increased game economics PLUS the fact that it is probably more suitable for a potato like me (that is, in CB...) will result in me getting Salem. Only 30k coal to go.

Well, on the Halloween server the other subs managed to torp my rear end, so I expect sub vs sub to be very successful...

Hell no, I am proud to be a potato. Just sometimes... even potatoes can do well.

I assume, surfaced subs would have 'normal' detection range (like a cruiser). Periscope depth they'd have 2,5km (like a DD when a CV is scouting). Anyone seeing a sub could shoot at it - and ANY leak (no fires on subs...) would be DETRIMENTAL and they'd have to surface or sink. Cruiser caliber would certainly cause leaks even if the sub is at periscope depth. And of course subs could hunt other subs. In the Halloween event we already saw they could only fire torps at periscope depth. But hitting other subs with those, definately yes.

I was kinda awestruck (oh man... SCRUB.... shiittt I'm toast...) but then remembered there's no divs... Well one of my clanmates said it was better than randoms. He was right, I LOLLED even more. OMG it is hilarious. Does it count as "crossfire" when you shoot a broadside Yammy, and then he turns around and you get a few more cits on his other side? BTW that Kemlin is in no way immune to AP, even angled I get pens with Conqkek. Burns nicely, too. Man they must make them from match sticks. played a few games as my div-mate wasn't there. T5 Sprint was much funnier, when you could div up. Took NY for that. LOL. Awesome trollboat. Definately if you like your WR, don't play ranked...

IMO the best thing you can do with it. I met a few in battle and Conqkek is not really impressed. It is far from a Currywurst, maybe the secondaries are fine against DDs but they don't do bubkus against BBs. So best stay a bit clear from those... good choice.

How about, a <50% player can sort of carry a game - does that answer the question?

Maybe should have discovered this before... though I now have some cramps, and neighbour thinks I a beating the wife. Hardcarry performed by potato, yes really. Lots of broadsiding on both sides, and guess who had to take charge. Replay included... sjeeeezzzzz man. Maybe it's a good think it's finished soon. At the start i suggested we grab A and then push B like an idiot. So, we did. But.... half of them kept lingering at A.... and then when I capped B, they went after the BBs that were moving away. Forgetting there was a Yammie and a Monty coming around from C... so I had to turn and defend cap. OMG. Well made it by the hair on my chinnychinchin but AAARGGHH. 20190624_225022_PBSB110-Conqueror_15_NE_north.wowsreplay

Saw @WolfGewehr today in Ranked... he was leading a bunch of broadsiders to their doom. Poor man... I was kinda worried at first, after all he's a SCRUB... but apparently they aren't safe from potato duty. First I whacked their Montana with a few citadels, then blapped their Hindi... first blood. Also whacked their Yammie bit. His team kept broadsiding, doesn't help of course that you do not see Conqkek coming - and it CAN shoot AP, too. That dead Hindi spelled doom... lose a cruiser on a map with 3 caps and you're usually less mobile and screwed. Managed to JUST miss their Gearing (he got mowed down about 0.1 sec before my HE shells arrived ). Teammate in Z-52 got +1 from me as he whacked the Shima that had it in for me. Hot damn!! Hey there's a first: teamwork... usually I either have to kill the DDs myself... or die. Sorry WolfGewehr could not pay more tribute except a few AP and a little fire. Hope to see you on my team next time!

Yes they CAN... they just have found many more ways to fark it than to do it right. WHich is of course much easier. Lazy gits they are.

The last thing is certainly true. But it DOES work both ways. It's not like those 5 left out are coincidentally the worst players... The ones I played we had 2 or 3 caps - with one-more-than half the players... 50-75% of caps. Try to carry that when they left out the five decent players and gave you the 6 most potato... In randoms it is NOT harder - as at least you would farm the five worst ones, the other side would too - and you'd be left with 6 LESS BAD teammates. Ranked just makes the existing thing more clearly visible. It doesn't fix anything.

Cranes do not mean anything - they can be there for hoisting cargo (ammunition) or other stuff. When it actually has a plane... well this is WG, maybe the pilot drank too much vodka.

Exactly. But a DD in hiding isn't very fast either... Well... I guess in a straight line, but 21kts on US BBs upto T7... Effectively it WOULD be a submersible DD. And this is an arcade game... so... I think they'll give us subs, someday. And they CAN make it work (however... will they, which is quite doubtful).

Well... this weekend randoms were RNG-ing me so that I could not even get the XP for naval battle... So, tried RANKED in Conqkek (duh...). Mind that it is only 7... in all games I made the 'service money' back... I ended 3rd or 2nd... (which is halfway, really...) and guess what... DID NOT make the XP for Naval... and DID NOT have a single win... One game I capped (yes, in a BB), killed the two red DDs, ate torps, used heal, citadelled a Yama, scored 140k... still lost because the rest camped... Seriously in ranked you get the same players as in randoms - look at OP and be convinced. Hey, look at ME and be convinced. 7+7 = 12+12, same thing. I know: I am one of them. Pulling a less potatoes doesn't mean smarter potatoes, nor does it mean the hill is less steeply graded...

It is really easy... - UNDER WATER they should not be able to outrun anything... so their victims can at least run away. - ON the water they should not be able to outrun that what is meant to hunt them.

Try to explain me how having carts of potatoes again and again and again doesn't influence WR... This wasn't even a +2 uptiered game.

I think not impossible. Usually I am in a division with my son. And we usually end up in top 3, more often than not we are 1-2 of the team. Last weekend on a saturday we had 11 games and lost 2. Even posted that in 'best games' here on forum. Even when lost scored > 100k... Nothing changed much, we still div up 2 and sometimes a clanmate. Guess what. Still 48%WR....

No it's probably worse but hey I'm having a good laugh - anyone having a reasonable amount of experience in this game knows how it works. No way can you take a T6 'whatever', land in a mostly T8 game and expect to do good, unless you are lucky AND good enough to profit from it. And if you can't go LOL about it when inevitably it happens to you... read a book...

.... A N D I T S H O W S.

Oh they even have motivational stuff for that.

Stats DO have a meaning... just not when you are still grinding lines. Then there is too much RNG. I don't get how you can be quite savvy on some things and completely in denial about other things. STATS do have a meaning... once you reach T10 and that's all you play. If you haven't it could be just a measure how unlucky you are getting uptiered. I think you are correct though about Ranked. This weekend I tried to do 'naval battle' in ranked... as randoms seemed to be even worse than before. Not in the way of winrate, you get potatoes, and the reds get potatoes so in the end about 50% depending on RNGesus. But the roflstomps.... Can't score any points no matter win or lose. Uhhh! Well, it's not much different in ranked. Not at all. So... getting to Rank 1... an achievement? Maybe. Or is it, really... LOL! You can either be good and reach it quickly. So, then the achievement is: you are GOOD. However.... DETERMINATION seems to be an asset, too... so... here goes...