MadBadDave

I like moggy it’s deffo a different play style, I’m currently grinding for Kleber (should take a couple of days), AA is pretty useless to be fair. Moggy in Co ops easily demonstrates how broken bots are; planes always hit you regardless of whether your going 54 knots or varying your speed, moggy does have good torps but Bot auto Torp avoidance only a minority hit. On the plane thing; aa is off, as soon as detected aa goes on and planes are still able to hit you for 1/4 of your health, how’s that one work MrConway ?. It’s like the clever auto turrets that manage to out turn a human player and if last player a live bots know exactly where to find you 🤔. Due to the low Torp range, poor concealment and lack of smoke I tend to play this like Sherman ; as a fire support bote just behind something like a Shimi.

Nothing other than to frustrate the players.

Belfast 43 has HE, AP (both effective), smoke and Radar and is still not Op, Smoke is not the invisibility shield it used to be I run Radar Mino and Radar Yueyang and not only enjoy doing so but get better results than sitting in restrictive smoke, even if you don’t have radar how many smokers do you routinely hit botes within it, even if they’re moving and varying speed. Radar !!. As you say is the real issue, not giving “another” glass canon HE, it’s just a unique trait that lights only fire AP. And the other lights don’t have the luxury of Smoke and Radar, would long duration smoke really make B43 OP ?, we’ve already established that Tiger 59 would not see a massive improvement if it had HE. We’re here because for whatever reason we love the game (I’m ex military and love all things WW2), WG are obsessed with 2 things imho Money and stats and despite said stats I cannot think of a good idea by WG, that actually improved the game; subs very few want them but still WG ploughs on with them, the Cv rework, Capt skills rework etc etc etc, we all knew the next Russian ship was going to be OP, many good ideas do circulate around the forums from players like you and I who genuinely care about the game in the hope that one day WG will say WTF it’s not about stats it’s about common sense, listening to the people who pay their wages and more importantly fun, look at the Yukon fiasco WG simply do not listen. You obviously disagree but I’d rather ask people for their opinions and ideas rather than look at a spreadsheet and then go on to implement something that no one likes and harms the product (e.g subs). Put it another way, my current workplace lives by it's meetings (stats if you like), meeting after meeting after meeting, and usually the same few people, nothing improves, confusion reigns, communication and morale within the organization is lower than Davy's locker and manpower turn over is higher than the Russian Military in Ukraine. In short Boris Johnson and the government look more organized and with it. And yet ask the workforce that don't do meetings (stats) and you can see light at the end of the very long tunnel, WG is exactly the same, Blinkered, stats driven and solely obsessed with making money, it's the simple things that matter and in which would see more coffers to WG's vault than the latest high tier premium (because it would encourage those that love the game to play more), e.g when WG changed "WITHOUT GOOD REASON" (other than money) the captain skills, automatically upgrading all Level 19 skipper to Level 21 would have created a positive vibe (given that we'd invested a lot of time to get to 19), we'd have seen said benefits of having the extra 2 points and thereby try to attain more 21 pointers, like many I thought WTF and even know I only have two 21 point captains, the ships, signals, crates and everything else is massively overpriced, why spend £50 on "a bote" that see's a low WR, frustration and lack of fun because of crap team mates and how wg implemented the game, when you can buy several games for a lot less. You don't need a spreadsheet to see that lower prices means higher sales volume. So no I think as an organization WG is purely based on greed and stats, it fails to acknowledge what we the players think and say, whist continually shooting itself in the foot, even though the stats (which can be cooked) tell WG they're doing a perfect job and everyone is overwhelmingly happy, when in reality they are doing as well as Putin or Boris (isn't that a Russian name ;-).

So enlightened one, how op would short Duration smoke make the Colbert 🤔. So no real improvement if he on Tiger 59, any real reason why he not on RN “light cruisers ?” Smolensk ; simple question and any difference to he on RN lights ?. RE stats : WG absolutely lives by stats; name one single GOOD idea they’ve come up with. And yet how many good ideas have cropped up in forums, it’s just a pity we don’t have a stat for that one.

Ditto, stats still public or private ?. 😗, so does Smolensk have smoke ?. Would short duration Smoke really make Colbert a beast / OP. Edi upwards only have the option of smoke or Radar so if he was viable how would that make Mino any worse than say a Smolensk, and why do ships like Conquerer have very strong HE and AP, Tiger 59 a piece of shite ?, again HE would make it less shite and still far from being OP. Your turn 😚.

“Short duration” Smoke that is only realistically viable for running/escaping, I would actually agree with you for once if Colbert was given normal Brit cruiser smoke, does the Smolensk have smoke 🤔.

Kaga also has very stealthy Torp bombers when specced for.

The NC is a great Bote and my most preferred T8 US BB (also have Alabama and Massa). I also prefer it to Iowa and Montana. And as an addition (to my earlier selection), I’d like to add Belfast 43, I’ve only just got her and can’t see why she’s so unpopular, it’s a well balanced bote with useful consumables and a very historical past, I like it and would compare it with Atago and Prinz Eugen for functionality, and personally I think all Brit cruisers should have HE.

Agree Cv wise, If you know how to properly play cvs it’s a beast, I love the Torpedo bombers, sadly it’s a cv overlooked in favour of Kaga and Co. I’ve never had enterprise and despite having Lexi, Kaga, Percy and Indom Shok would be my pick for best T8 cv.

Yeuyang the Shimi killer, the only bote I have trouble against is Ragnar. I’ve only been sunk by a Shimi once (when I decided to go after 2 bbs and a DM), I totally ignored the Shimi, I died (going to anyway) and in return both BBs swiftly followed and the DM a minute later, Shimi didn’t last long either = a rofl stomp. I took one for the team on that occasion (first to die but 2nd on the final leaderboard, which I wouldn’t have got by killing Shimi). You do see more Yueyang’s but most players still stick with smoke, pick radar and you become Shimi’s worst nightmare. FDG, apart from Fletcher this imho is a definite step up from the T8, gr8 secondaries, quick reloading mains, good AA, good speed and manoeuvrability I love it, and when the modes allow (T9,T10& Supership), I’ll always go FDG, GK is a lard arse by comparison. Within days of getting FDG I had my first Kraken in it.

Guess my stats are hidden because I'm so shite, Like a lot of WG's modes I can't be arsed to play them (Nearly a year since the last Random), mainly because of shite team mates, who don't hide their scores; obviously taking more time to read a spreadsheet than play the game !!. Anyway seeing as us "hidden" players are so shite, here's a Jolly roger to those stat crunchers out there, earned in Ranked. Yep it is only bronze, and like stats I can't be arsed to go any further, because THATS """"MY""""" CHOICE !!.. Next game in a co-op in Harag top, again Check elsewhere (greatest achievement today), peruse my screen shots, and come meet me in your shimi and then tell me stats matter, FYI yes I'm a 50+wr player. Personally I've always thought PR mattered, because at least that shows your effort, WR is solely TEAM related, is it not ????. Ask all the sunken Shimi players I've err sunk tonight, last night, the night before, etc.etc,etc with high WR Rates if they had fun against a shite player !!.

Sc’s did mean something at one stage, the new economic rework has diluted things even more now, on average I get 3-4 a month (thanks to my Clan), very rarely are they worth much/getting excited about.

Has MM changed at all in last few days ?, The quality of team mates seems to have improved no end in ranked, yes you still get the odd Shimi player running into a cap with zero support facing a DM, GK and Harogumo , smoking and asking for support but thankfully said idiots seem to be fewer in number, reds also seem more intelligent. Making the game actually close and enjoyable. All the other modes remain the same mind you; mindless cretins sailing full broad sided.

Radar Mino every time, higher skill ceiling, more fun, more impact (DD hunting, close fire support and AA for friendly DD’s), many a smoke Mino (including me once about 3 years ago) have been blapped whilst trying to spam in smoke.

How very Toxic 😉. I guess the truth does hurt and speech isn’t free. If only the karma and reporting system was anywhere near decent 🤔.

You’ll notice that WG allows other posts berating those players that hide stats for doing so. Say boo to a snowflake and you get a ban, but keep personal information personal and trolls come out to play maybe one day Conway and Co will realise the playerbase Toxicity is of their doing !. Btw maybe WG would like to reveal the overall average WR of players that hide their stats on a certain server, I.e Eu

🤣😂🤣, Maybe because certain players like to play warships rather than read spreadsheets, if a player is so shite that they don’t know what that thing in the bottom right is don’t you think they’d struggle to hide their stats. Toxicity, abuse, trolls call it what you want it’s the same thing : sad little individuals who think they’re better and clever than a player they have zero knowledge or interaction with, because someone had the balls to say ; I play a game not a spreadsheet, yep I’m expecting the usual school boy mentality in response but when you do pop down to another post (your greatest achievement of the day), give my screen shots a look and compare to yours. Personal choice 😱😱😱. Get a Fcuking life!!!!.

Must be something in the water, 5 ranked, 5 wins, it's actually nice to have team mates that know how to play, no Shimi kills tonight (all Shimi's encountered knew how to play, but were prevented from playing/doing damage), and one Frustrated Marceau player ;-).

Will we see any difference at all, or will things drastically improve clear of any Russian influence or pandering ?.

I’ve got both and don’t play either in Ranked, I stick to DD’s and usually Radar Yeuyang, Radar cruisers is where you want to go DM, Salem or any of Russian cruisers.

So busting a gut and seeing it all ruined by a total idiot doesn’t matter then, don’t forget it’s the WR that solely matters 🤔. Be honest a great deal of salt and toxicity is down to WG’s implementation of the game; MM, the Karma System, Lack of coherent noob introduction to the game, tried WOT ?. Money grabbing (giving noobs access to high tier ships), instead of addressing the games basics your obsessed with pushing out Subs (which very few want), and high tier premiums, take PR2, how many stages ?. By the time people grind half way thru you’ll introduce another bote and class. How many of your players actually look at the map, how many crash into each other or islands (not deliberately) ?. Captain skill rework, server stability (it’s never ever WG’s fault), cv rework, subs, sound issues, aiming issues etc,etc,etc If you didn’t proudly wear the WG brand what would you say about the product and wouldn’t you be a bit toxic 😗. Lastly WR Stats: sadly some people are obsessed with them, I prefer to play the game not a spreadsheet, a spreadsheet which does provide toxic players with ammo. Even when your stats are private idiots assume you’re crap, despite never having met you in battle not knowing you, aka Trolls. Yes I spread salt and I make no apology for it and we all know the reasons for it (as above), the fact that I blacklist players and see them routinely finish at or near the bottom tells me they’re not improving and are harming my game. Should I not care about having an enjoyable game ??, Btw I would rather lose a very close game than win a rofl stomp.

2 screen shots, one and only T10 ranked where I came second getting High Caliber, would that show on stats ??. I was a total pain in the Arse (foolishly Reds had no radar and they came my way ;-). 3 T6 Brawl Games in Warspite, all ROFL stomps with me being the sole survivor in all 3, capping twice, finishing as per the screen and kicking the crap out of reds top players; e.g. I took Warspite for 40.479, he took me for 2.220. A good night personally, team wise WG developers do better.

I totally agree, the reason it's got very boring so quick is because most players are absolutely clueless with low point skippers, others like me have Cunningham etc on theirs. My other T6 BB (Repulse also has a high ranker enabling the bote to break 37 knts), my Warspite detection is 12.4km combined with Brisk Red can't see or catch me. Just 3 games today, would rather watch paint dry, if this were T8-T10 we'd at least see brawling and BB's attempting to get up close and personal, instead most dance around their hand bags, sit full broadside, never attempt to cap (I capped twice in 3 games), finished as per the screen shot and was the sole survivor in 3 ROFL stomps, I'm done with T6 Brawls this mode is not Balanced and MM is definitely shite. Players can't even sail straight and avoid horn blowing team mates on the ocean map FFS !!!!. And before the Stats fan harp up, I was engaged with Reds top 2 players, I hit their Warspite for 40.478 HP, I took 2.280 damage in return, I took 4.440 damage in the whole game. Red Warspite did the usual "being clever" 40k vs 2k very clever !!.

Run anti deto and you’ll be ok, it can and does happen, put a Torp into the stern of an FDG without Anti Deto and see what happens.

It’s for noobs to learn and be slaughtered by old hands with high point skippers, are you saying that T6 bb brawl would be better than T8 and T9 and T10 brawls ?.