MadBadDave

No matter what you do RNG is the order of the day, one game a perfectly aimed salvo gets dev strike, the next bounces / ricochets and misses. How many games you played where your planes (Kaga) dropped bombs perfectly on a BB starting a fire, causing ZERO damage, why do detonations happen, why do server issues occur at the exact time in a match where things are critical. RNG

It’s been the weekend since what April 😉, we all have games where we play well or really bad but over time you do expect your WR, PR and skill in playing the game to improve, play any other game and this will happen, but this is WG, the ONLY game I know where one day you can win 10 and the very next lose 10, no matter how well you play !. MM, RNG, noobs and the uneducated (e.g, map awareness and the Odin player that had a go because a dd using RPF went after the red dd instead of capping, while Odin lasted 10 seconds, trying to secure the cap he blasted the dd player for, which green dd did cap), the 6 full hp greens running from 3 reds etc,etc,etc. All stem from WG themselves, don’t forget it is a very heavily biased Russian game 🤭, if it was a simple as play to improve and they had a coherent noob introduction scheme they wouldn’t make much money would they 😉, dah comrade. But we would see better games and game we all like that go down to the wire, what’s fun for us isn’t for WG, it’s been like this for years and it will not change. I’m just waiting for the laughably balanced tier and premium Russian Cvs to be released.

That's one of the reasons why I posted this topic tbh; secondary hit directives, High Tier DD's are best for main ribbons, (I have Halland, Gearing and Daring), with Kidd and Mino supporting.

I have a lot of DDs, whilst cruisers are my favourite ship type it’s DDs that have easily the biggest play count of my 2 years and 7000 battles, I run RPF on every single DD and never rush into the cap, I sit just outside spotting, Torp spamming and in Hallands case provide an AA screen to ships behind me. I played a game the other day that totally highlights the lack of awareness by certain players, because I didn’t rush into the cap, where a red radar cruiser was spotted I was fired at and an Odin player sent about 10 quick short messages about how poor I was etc, what he didn’t realise was that a red Z46 was lurking away from the cap, while I was fencing with him Odin went into the cap and lasted 10 seconds, once the cap was clear it was then capped, and we went in to secure an easy win. Had I not had RPF and gone into the cap I’d have lasted as long as the Odin, and the z46 would’ve stealth torp’d and we’d have lost, by not capping at the start my actions essentially helped the team win. Would the Odin and many still understand “how to play”, even if you drew them a picture in crayon ?

I'm a German main in game, but do like US BB''s historically. Playing the game German BB's are a lot of fun, which is why GK was my furst T10 BB, followed by Yammy, I've had Bama for about a year, I had Massa for 3 days and would swap in a heart beat, prior to the rental and being a German main I've always slated the Massa as a one trick pony, especially after a brawling contest between my Bismarck and a Massa saw the Massa annihilated, the Rental totally changed that perspective, btw I now have NC, with zero upgrades and that too already seems to be better than Bama. I've known that Bama's been powercrept to hell for a while but it's even more noticeable when you play Massa and NC, e.g I've always thought that Bama had the best torp protection and AA, but in the last week that's very much now changed, even my basic NC seems to knock planes down better.

Totally agree, Massa makes you get in close thanks to the range and secondaries, Bama is just so boring, even if you’re not up tiered the pathetic secondary range sees you against several brilliant secondary ships, it’s amazing that the same class of ship is totally different in game.

Other than the usual funny contribution regarding ones heroism, the sensible replies highlight the bigger problem, total awareness among the player base, thus far I’ve had 2259 Randoms In DD’s, 2181 In Cruisers, 2093 in BB’s and 201 in cvs which has given me an appreciation for each class, sadly while it’s a team game there are a lot of “individuals” that play as such. If WG ever takes its head out of the sand in order to resolve game issues and implements a coherent I do believe a bit of time in each class can improve everyone’s play be the general state of play, if the Odin player is anything to go by they clearly haven’t played a DD and wouldn’t know to support rather than shoot at it. As with the above how many players ignore and don’t use the mini map?, 50% or higher do you think ?.

I'm sat here pulling my hair out, after watching yet more shrubs trying to skipper DD's, who die within the first few milliseconds , leaving you as a BB driver exposed to Dakka HE cruisers, in your T8 BB, yep MM MOAN as well, AGAIN !, I'm still lower tier at least 4-5 times more than top or even middle tier. Anyway DD's given how poor the standard has become, you have to be concerned with the impending introduction of Subs, given that DD's are the counter, which BTW Cv's STILL don't have, and I've been seeing 4 DD's a game, all are dead within 5 minutes, instead of having the research bureau Couldn't WG introduce a DD training grind before they can go up a tier, eg; in one game torp at least 6 times, cause 50k + damage, last longer than 5 seconds for a run of 10 games etc. I know that most don't look at the mini-map but situational awareness is something these DD drivers don't have, torping with not looking where allied shipping is, I find myself dodging green torps as much as red torps these days. What's to blame; yep the still unresolved cv rework, players are now returning to DD's and are hopeless. Subs will be as dominant as cv's have been since the rework, thanks to the current DD standard.

Well that’s another 2 week ban served, and what did I, WG and the MOD learn ?, zero, that we didn't all know beforehand. Is it possible for all moderators to PM any of us ?, YES, instead go to gulag for 2 weeks, now that's very Russian, given that another Mod liked a post not so long ago, plus the advice missed out on etc , a 2 week ban essentially sees the whole community suffer, add in all those who are banned at any one time and you have to wonder, shooting one self in the foot ?. A simple, you wrote this; it’s not acceptable because of this; please change it asap or you’ll receive a ban/ warning, is surely more constructive but then WG don’t do common sense. So what’s happened in my 2 week forum absence ?; game play continues to get worse, thanks to absolutely clueless noobs, WG continues to self harm with yet more op Russian Fantasy ships with radar, which kicks DD’s even more, CV’s continue to dominate, I got a questionnaire about CV counter play, errr a year too late !!!, Early release / Russian Cruisers directives and rewards are as abysmal as every event since the PR fiasco. Well done you got “EIGHT” containers for completing the first round of directives you win 90 Tokens, ROFL, WG really are totally clueless. And it just shows that they do not listen or give a damn about any of us, as of today having completed the first 2 directives I have 225 Tokens, which gets me sweet fa, realistically I might get the T5, WOW, some incentive !. I have "ZERO" Russian ships and with WG’s bias and horrendous directive rewards, that ain’t gonna change. I get ships from Navies that actually did something !. Cv’s are moaned about a lot, as usual, but here’s a thing as a DD player I’ve always considered radar to be the biggest threat, and here’s why; say your in a OLAND etc, do you fear a cv or a Stalingrad more ?. If playing with noob potatoes wasn't bad enough you find yourself in a lone DD facing 4 radar cruisers and a cv, are they trying to kill off DD’s to make Sub play easier and then the ping rate goes all erratic ?. To highlight the above I also got re-acquainted with the Minotaur, having not played it for over a year, I originally discovered Radar Mino to be better than Smoke Mino, and thus I’ve been playing Radar Mino again, 2 back to back games clearly highlighted the impact of Radar, and both saw me vs a Shimi, the first (smoke), saw an endless stream of torps, smoke was pointless and I couldn't see him or get near him, next game; Radar Mino saw a dead Shimi within seconds of popping radar, our roles reversed going from offensive to defensive and vice versa simply because I had radar. Do you still think cv’s are worse than Radar ?. Pick the best very Anti Air DD, now would you rather face a Nimitz or a radar Mino (9.1km concealment and 10km radar detection) ?. In another game I came across a Gearing who fancied a knife fight, err not for long ;-). Now If I have radar Mino, and there’s at least 3 other radar cruisers, how much fun is a solo T10 DD going to have ?. Add in a cv and you have a very unhappy player. But that seemingly is what WG wants, either that or clueless mismanagement springs to mind ! There’s a post on here about your greatest daily achievement, I think in order of balance there should be: the worst game of the day, but of course even without naming and shaming some Mod would instantly close it down. Maybe it would make us feel better knowing that someone had an even worse game than us ?. In my 2 weeks absence I’ve continued to play well personally, still average at best though, and my WR has dropped very slightly because of WG’s continued abysmal MM, and lack of coherent training for noobs, allowing said noob potatoes to buy high tier Premiums only adds to the chaos; roll up roll up, buy this T8 Premium BB it doesn't matter you've only played 100 games, you’ll enjoy A LOT of T10 games !. One game saw 11 greens go very wide left of green base, I in a Z39 went right, while the likes of Wallet Warriors in Massa & Tirpitz, etc were riding the map edge I was involved in a tussle with 5 ships, continually requesting support and pleading to defend the base, red DD supported by 4 others kept me spotted, and a protracted running engagement saw me go down (the 2nd Green ship to go down), while 3 reds were in the cap, green Massa and Tirp etc. were still a long way from the base. Result another 12 nil drubbing. Despite being totally defensive against 5 ships and a CV I still came 2nd. A top tier T9 Yugomo with full hp and 1 of only 2 to survive a one sided drubbing (not afk), that finished bottom. Does that not say it all ?. No ?, please don’t scratch the paint, or which way’s the enemy ?. A game where repeated requests from me in Oland to BB’s (3 in close proximity) to target the spotted Radar cruiser were ignored. Who’s seen Flambass’s Kidd vs Kaga video ?, Kaga constantly goes after Kidd, who kills 69 planes , the Kaga and gets a Kraken, I looked in to the stats of the Kaga player, in 2475 battles they’ve had 134 ships, in comparison I’ve had 93 in 6249 battles. Kaga players stats are not great; his Highest CV is Kaga 47%, Mine is Zuiho 67%. It goes hand in hand with another video regarding how easy it is to grind thru the tiers. It’s too easy, which is why games are so pants these days. We've all seen it and much, much worse, is this how WG really wants the game to be seen; a complete pile of crap. In my 2 weeks absence from the forum I also got re-acquainted with the Jutland, whilst I have improved personally since the last time I had Jutland and Mino, playing other ships has helped my awareness, notably EU DD’s, has helped a lot, noobs and WG’s incompetent management of the game are why the game is in such an horrendous state (re too easy to grind). Any wonder that Roflstomps are occurring every single day now. And then there are the erratic ping rates, that stop start, bringing the game to a stuttering mess. WG can’t even get the basics right. And I was under the misconception that online gaming was supposed to be fun, clearly WG’s idea of fun is screwing things up and making our lives miserable !. Someone recently said the games great but it’s mismanaged, to which I’d have to say “it’s managed ???”. MM is still broken, most T7 and T8’s find themselves Bottom Tier, Radar is Rife, Russian Ships are, have been and always will be OP, grinding is too easy, there is zero coherent training introduction for noobs, directives are pointless and we all know Subs will be out on general release and in the premium shop soon, The one question to the head of WG I’d like to ask is “ DO you have a friggin clue ?”. Just because the Russian Navy’s been shite for a century doesn't mean you have to be !. See you in TWO weeks ;-).

Bismarck has been powercrept, the recent’ish dispersion buff helped, Personally I prefer tirpitz (because of the torps), get in close and brawl making sure you have a full manual secondary build. As soon as I fell in love with FDG I ditched Bis but kept Tirp. That said Bis holds my max kills in a game (6), while FDG holds the HP record.

Do more damage, cap, defend and kill

Woss Matter eyesight failing ? Just like to re-iterate another point several ;-) have made; just had get another game with 2 AFK's That's 2 afk's.

The other thing; I owe the Mod that banned me some gratitude, I had £50 on steam and was originally planning on the Atago etc, the ban and the MESS saw this go elsewhere. Wanna sig Jethro ?, it maybe worth a penny in a thousand years time .

Quite rightly I’m often on WG’s back about Match maker and the lack of a coherent training / progress for noobs, as clearly highlighted with the current virus lockdown and the drop in enjoyment / skill etc. I haven’t been impressed with many of WGs directives for quite a while and the latest EU DD directives only added to the dissatisfaction; once again despite doing all directives nowhere near enough points to get the Skane, but I have to say having ground from the abysmal T5 / dreary T6 to the T7 Skane I have to compliment WG on actually getting something right, for its tier the Skane is very well balanced, I can’t stop winning in it, I don’t miss the lack of smoke and whilst the gun range isn’t great and the Torps slap instead of punching it all works, as per usual being T7 it faces T8 and T9’s a lot (cough, cough MM works as per normal), but imho Skane uptiers well, that said it is NOT noob friendly and a lot will hate it. Even the Perma camo’s funky instead of the usual dreary samey camo. Though early days with 2/3 upgrades done and only a 12 pointer it can only get better, I enjoy playing it, and the resemblance of a smile is returning to my face, Skane’s already held a flank on its own and I don’t think I’ve had so many compliments after finishing games, I don’t think it’s been sunk once yet. So once again; Bravo WG, finally a balanced ship.

T7 Skane is where it starts to get gud, I love the Oland but a re -acquaintance with the Jutland put paid to the T9 & 10. I find the EUs to be open water DDs mainly spamming torps and anti air, they are unlike other ships in that you cannot ambush kill anything big, and the guns whilst fast reloading are no good in a knife fight, head on you just have the 2 guns. I do love the EU play style it gave me a better understanding of how to play Radar Mino but tbh you get to the Halland and then meet a Daring, or Gearing etc 😚. If that happens it doesn’t matter if the torps do 200 knots. Not only are you outgunned but out torped, and both have smoke.

Rewarded by being dumped on my RNG, idiots and pathetic xp and credits when you lose. Ive said it before but instead of the 2 lists of teams at the end of the game xp and credits etc should be allocated out according to how they played, 1-24. just because a winning player sits atop his team doesn’t mean a player on the opposite team didn’t play batter; .i.e how many games have you played and lost and yet finished with more xp than most of the opposing team, add in the win bonus and you’d be the REAL top player not the one sat atop a team because their team won !. And naturally those who deserve it would also continually finish bottom !. WG could then have a fair and balanced reward and punishment scheme, and losses because of idiots wouldn’t hurt so much !.

You play with idiots, playing well yourself, you finish last alive in loss after loss, despite finishing in top 3, you constantly get uptiered and when you don't your team is full of uber idiots, you go on a losing streak, again you're the last alive, in a DD and with the clock ticking down your ahead on points and kicking the crap out of another near dead DD and you detonate. Is there any wonder why so many have left, it's a joke. WG are as competent as the Russian Navy has been for the last 100 years. WG won't punish low performers, chances are most have bought premiums, but they will punish those that say how it is; THE TRUTH DOES HURT !. The compliment/Poor player system should be revised as a matter of urgency. but it won't instead buy a Fantasy Russian Cruiser that's not really OP, that much .

Following on from the above post, THIS IS WHAT I'M USUALLY SEEING. Msg to Conway and co, if you routinely were last alive, and in the top 3 and lost because of sheer IDIOTS, how the hell would you feel ???. Top in Kaga (T10), Top in Surrey (T7), what friggin more do I have to do ???????. This game has zero to do with skill and ability. Any other online game would see me with a far higher WR than 51%. P.S I should've got 4 kills, but 2 were steal kills !!.

Before looking at today's best result (screen shot), I'd like to say this game's as fixed as anything else from Russia, WHY: The usual sheer muppetry by teams, as per usual this evening, I know it, you know it, Mod's Know it and WG know it, it's their game they did it that way. Why's it a fix, having had a losing streak greens were winning by a mile on points and then all lemming'd off that 1 inch high cliff, leaving only me, AGAIN !!!!!!, in an Oland, reds had 2 bb's and a DD (Le Fantastique) , with seconds on the clock we had a knife fight, I was kicking the crap out of him, and yep DETONATION. ONLY in WG would this happen, without the FIX (detonation) a second later the French DD would've been toast, points outta reach and 2 BB's unable to chase and detect me. Is someone at WG next to a red detonate button ?. I would'nt put it past a Russian Biased organisation !. Anyway next match, and finally today a true picture of my playing ability; YEP yet again another WG screw up ; Uptiered to T10 AGAIN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Yep vs T10's and ranked and I kicked their friggin arses, up yours WG !.

Why the hell do we play this game, you play well, and end up with sweet fa because total idiots let you down, it's all been said before, and gets no easier; it's no surprise abuse is rife, just had 2 games in alabama, where surprise, surprise I finished top of the losing team, twice. And we all know it's not just a one off, if the head of WG is happy with the state of play, they either don't play the game or don't give a toss. Which goes a long way to explain why a poxy soviet navy that did sweet fa for 100 years has so many op paper ships in game !!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

It’s WG, here’s an event in dedication to an historical event that will never be replicated, at the same time as a global pandemic that will also not be replicated for generations; get this Camo for selectively very few ships by grinding harder than you should need to or pay over a fiver for it, to replace another perma camo which gives exactly the same benefits. Mind you by the time we get to the 100th VE celebrations, only Russia, Japan and Germany would’ve fought world war 2, the Soviet’s would’ve destroyed all German and Japanese capital ships, Russian Carriers would’ve won midway, and the good ole Russkies would’ve operated Atlantic and north cape convoys to help feed and cloth the helpless US and U.K. Btw in 2045 T20 Russian ships (80% of in game ships), will still be op, and WG staff will still deny the blatantly obvious !.

Bama’s been powercrept and tbh Massachusetts is the one they all want, even the North Carolina is seen by some as being better, Bama’s dispersion, heal and secondaries need a buff at the very least.

Zero. Was totally bossing a game, potatoes died in number and quickly, green GNE went around with head up their arse, totally going around like a one legged blind Millipede before dying rushing into a dd and cruiser ambush, who ran away from me, Alabama is painfully slow and because both cvs had died I had no chance to spot. Team lost on points when clock struck zero, because said potatoes didn’t bother capping until repeatedly told to do so 😔. Was good a good sign that the 2 reds ran away from me rather than attack though. apart from that a day of wins and losses and totally unremarkable game play.

I assume Alabama will receive any similar buff if needed, likewise it’s speed of shot and angle of dangle (ark), wouldn’t beat a one legged tortoise.

Mine has it too, bought my camo as player base is killing any chance of grinding it. TBH all allied ships that existed should have been given the opportunity to get the camo, I.e Belfast, KGV, Kidd, etc,etc. WG once again also failed to capitalise on the axis forces, for them VE is now seen as liberation. Liberation day Camo ?. You do have to wonder about WG !.