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Hah! That explains it. Your alternative undercover account? Would have tried harder if I had known (and no wonder you beat my damage number then) BTW how come your planes were/seemed faster than mine, maybe I do need to grind more points on that (12pt) captain!

Just met two members of the [NWP] clan of a forum member - sent my regards to @ForlornSailor. Good CV player there, would have liked to score higher but I was tired as hell. We won though, your teammates are quite good. Damn reds Helena stuck next to the CV so couldn't get that one. Still managed to bomb the Enterprise and torp the Lexi. I had to grind a bit for the naval battles, but too much work all week. Made sure we wouldn't miss it. After that game I saw a [PARAZ] on the reds, almost crap myself fearing it would be @El2aZeR but I was lucky it wasn't him and he wasn't in a CV. I dared not look if I had finished him...

No problem. Mind that everyone his his own playstyle... mine may not suit you (in fact it may not suit anyone..). What I do is follow the DDs closely at first, then shoot whatever sits in/near the cap they want to cap - like Lion (or Conqkek) is a battle cruiser instead of a BB. AFter taking pkenty damage (being a spam magnet, so they do not shoot our DDs) I use the concealment and then use the heal. If I'm too late then I'm dead. If not, that means I have a period of (usually) HE-spamming from the rear. This is when you deal with Kurfurst/Montana/that lot. Burn them down as much as possible. Meanwhile, I look which cap needs assistance and move over there trying to repeat the trick (Zombie-heal shoud be ready to go). Sometimes this means I'll cap in the BB... Often you face off against the other BBS, which will have moved near the cap - if it is one of those Frenchies he'll try bowtank you. Which will not work, as you can use the HE - and when he is already burning shoot AP straight at his turrets. I've had it they were kaputt 100% so my secondaries finished him off... I'm still grinding too, so far Conqkek is my only TX. Not much interested in the gameplay > T7 though so I'll just keep the ships I like and sell the rest... I've seen CCs in game... one rammed a Graf Spee, got stuck on an island and then potatoed... Bad games in high tiers happen just as much (maybe even more) as in low tiers, but at least low tiers do not have insane service cost, personally I find T5-7 much more fun (and sometimes absolutely hilarious).

Take the fatter ones, they are same as Conqueror - and have no disadvantages over the smaller ones. They'll just give more pen/more damage. The guns have better accuracy than Monarch, or so it seemed to me. How you play this ship - use the STEALTH and the fire chance (put the two fire flags on it). Also, SPEC THE CAPTAIN. He must have the concealment skill. This must ALSO be on the ship... Further, make it a tank-build. With the extra consumables-perk. It will be almost impossible to kill. The way to play it, get neart other ships but make sure you have a way out... what I usually did was approach to to the detection-limit, have the proper ammo loaded (more on that later) and turn broadside (unspotted) - then FIRE when already turning away. In 20 secs you are gone from view... change direction.. repeat... One thing it is GOOD at is blapping cruisers (that do not know you are there). Cruisers WILL go broadside to try and get your DD... So I usually was even closer to the DD that my own cruisers... and BLAPPED a lot of red cruisers... USE AP FOR THAT. But watch the red DDs... you can also blap these, no matter what angle - use HE. ALso the HE is suprisingly effective for shooting DDS at upto 14km or so. Make sure every game you pump HE in every BB you see... start fires...it PAYS OFF to wwatch when a BB puts out a fire... count to 20... set him on fire again. I used to stop shooting at a BB when he had ONE fire... see if he lets it burn (20k for you) and if not... Hehehehehh (HE HE HE...). Main thing... keep the distance such that you can always stealth up by just turning tail on them and stopping firing. Then, when you have 'disappeared', go other direction and use the heal. Rule 1: NEVER try to take on one of those 1 vs 1... unless you have much more health than them. Because THEY WILL shoot you down to 1/4 health, and be able to kick you down so much your ZOMBIEheal will not save you. But... remember where you are strong... which is at ~15km... and AT LEAST that distance in case of Kurfurst. Rule 2: - never fight fair... if somebody else spots them, why should you? Stay hidden... wait your chance. - never fight fair: if you spot them, somebody else is spamming them, why not wait until they sc how broadside? THE AP IS GOOD. Use it, when the occasion comes - or better: MAKE the occasion come. You can BLAP a broadside Yamato to < 50%... multi-citadels no problem.

...everything, just to make you appreciate the CV that deletes them.

Another record in Lexi... 145K... too bad a loss but only just.... Wish I had +1 for all the players (great game). Plus some award/medal (I dunno why though).

...but next time they'll be on the reds team...?

Well, I mean as in: I am not at the stage that I'd be able to process that much info and know what to do with it. Like learning how to drive, it is not that important to shift at the exact RPM - just do not crunch the gears...

Eh, I'd probably go cross-eyed. Much too potato to use all the tricks, lots to learn.

Not offtop if you consider next ranked... true though Sinop can bowtank... fighters.... LOL... they both burn quite well.

Vodka can fix a lot of stuff...

Usually I remember where they went... so if one suddenly pops up I shoot first and think about it a bit later... means I FF-ed up. Usually I know when it is around, and sort of where it is, and I go chase them...

Nelson is better than Sinop... I don't know why people like that ship though. I think it is an XP piñata for CVs.

Belfast is good, but only if it has a good player. You'll remember Roger (Narai), met him when he played his Belfast. He was in a div with two other Belfasts. I killed off two of them in the Queen Elizabeth... then "chased" Roger but couldn't get him. Actually he's damn good in any ship. It's not Belfast that is OP, though it can be with a good player vs stupid players. And I mean stupid, I'm not that good but well, not scared of Belfast.

...didn't say I shot him dead, else I do not worry too much about it.

For them, yes. I'd bring Hood (of course) and Hood is not afraid of Belfast. Neither is Fiji. Also, how about a double-Fiji-or-Fiji/Flint combo... T7 would be... interesting.

We did have ranked T6, I remember. That was good fun. It was when the PEF-f grind was full on. My Arizona had a blasting time, so did the Normandie. T7 there's many premiums, I think they are afraid of a Belfast-fest.

Yeah I know. DD (or Leander, Fiji, Edinburgh...) is easy for that, I can send in torps, and then I put: "I fart in your general direction". I bet I get a lot of baaaad karma from that hough. Still wish we had programmable shortcut keys.

You must type fast then... "NANI?"

So will you, I bet you'll be going ROFL though. I'm always trying nutty stuff, usually works though. Like capping in Conqkek, or stuff like that. Sometimes it doesn't but well, at least it's funny.

Same as when some were putting "YOU IDIOT"in chat, I always go: "PRESENT, YOUR HONOUR!". Man you should see some of them rant, sometimes they forget to play their ship, then I shoot them, and then MORE rant...

Oh I've played it before, but I find some things that annoy people simply hilarious. People that have a sensitive and competitive mind should not be allowed to play it. They'll probably go bonkers mad and will need professional treatment. I'm sure I'll not be any good but I'm also sure it will be good for a laugh.

Usually I watch the minimap pretty good and I try to take note where the DDs went. I'm quite sure it doesn't give a different symbol there, nor at the top of the screen (which is where I can see how many are left) so yeah I'm quite triggerhappy... Will try to take notice... haven't played ranked yet but tomorrow I will. My guess is it isn't any worse than CB where you also get rentals (I never noticed it there). CVs can still only spot DD at 2,5km no matter what.

Might be my mistake then, you mean it actually says the name of the ship in brackets (also, on minimap??)? Never noticed. Then again... I usually shoot first and then see what that DD exactly was that I shot. As in: - "Oooaaawww DD in firing range BLAMMM, man hope I got him before he torped, now turn, OK, let's see what DD was that?"

Well yeah in the 'teamlist' you see that but not in the game. There you just spot them, or not. I mean "dead" as in "the non-camo DD got detected before he even spotted the BB"... (sails Conqueror... fries [DD]... BBQ...)