Saltface

completely ignoring them along with the idiot that made the comment. If you report them they will get a chat ban. Fun Fact: People that send abusive messages hidden behind their anonymity usually are real life cowards. A chat ban will hurt their diminutive ego as they will not be able to hide behind a nick name and spew their inner vile to feel better for a miserable life they are having.

You were in the correct position for that Gearing/Daring to farm you. If you are an isolated BB you are most definitely in the wrong position, strategically and tactically. You are food for aircraft and Destroyers. If your teammates went the other way, with them is where you should have gone.

LOL it is a cruiser. I argue about Battleships. I will agree if you go aft and forward a lot it could be useful. Any ship that utilizes terrain for cover and pops out, takes a shot and hides back again, might find use for it. When I play DD and shoot from smoke, yes it can be useful but I avoid it. I prefer torpedo boats so... I m on the run. Anyway, I just gave my opinion and some food for thought. Regards Saltface

Source: https://wiki.wargaming.net/en/Ship:Upgrades "Research seems to show that the specific effects are as follows: -50% to time for reaching full power. This is the time needed to "spool" the engines to full power in the direction the ship is traveling, and thus achieve maximum acceleration away from 0 knots. In other words, it increases the second derivative of speed (until the engines reach full power). It will not decrease the time it takes to reverse the engines to decelerate towards 0 knots. This effect is applied at all speeds. Increases engine power when the ship starts moving. This increases the ship's acceleration away from 0 knots when between -6 and 6 knots displayed speed. In other words, it increases the first derivative of speed (within this speed band). It does not improve the ship's deceleration towards 0 knots." Source: https://forum.worldofwarships.com/topic/87597-propulsion-mod-2-precise-effects/?hl=propulsion&fromsearch=1 (TL:DR from above thread - Post #8) "So the effects are: Increased acceleration from 0 kts to 6 kts Increased acceleration from 0 kts to -6 kts No other effect whatsoever. No deceleration effect (slowing down) whatsoever." My question is: How many times your BB is stationary? The effect of Prop Mod is clearly on accelerating from 0 Kts to 6 Kts either forward of aft. It doesn't help you decelerate to avoid a torpedo spread. Anyone in a smoke can benefit from this mod. But a BB? Lets go to steering mod now A very good work has been done by LWM Source: https://forum.worldofwarships.com/topic/151982-steering-gears-mod-2-vs-damage-control-system-mod-2-for-bbs/ (TL:DR I quote from LWM Post #27 & Post #29) "The edge provided by SGM2 + SGM3 does help though not dramatically. However, SGM2 on its own does not provide enough to be worth it based upon the data I've collected, especially for destroyers and battleships where there are much better options available." "As best as I can ascertain, rudder shift makes handling more precise. You're less likely to over-steer or under-steer with a rudder shift mod." Saltface's opinion The alternative here is Damage Control Mod 2. I agree with @RAHJAILARI I would pick this one for BBs. But what suits one doesn't suit all. Regards Saltface

Do you have the Leningrad replay? I d love to see it.

I wouldn't use propulsion mod on BB. I have the feeling it is for DDs. Try to do a bit of thinking here in what concerns acceleration and how the mod affects a BB vs a DD.

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Lets have a look at the economics of premium consumables. Lets say 4 of them per battle is a cost of 90,000 per battle. Translate that to money and that's the cost per battle (before camo, clan, signals and battle performance discount LOL) Any average player can finance this only with battle performance.* I think this is the least P2W of all the tricks. Now, why on earth someone does not want to use the free (as I demonstrated above) premium consumables is beyond me. *Maybe not T-8 and above, but come on guys do a bit of a grind mid tiers to finance the FREE game.

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OK, one more thought. So, they (WG) want to make you grind the line again to get your ship buffed. Or pay instead of grinding. Lets assume I don't do the re-grind. What happens? I have a non buffed TX ship. I m fine with this. They cannot force me to re-grind. Second thought. Who will re-grind? Unicums? Well, I don't care. They beat me either way. Average players because they want to P2W? Maybe. But they will still be average players. So, it doesn't really matter if they get a buff. A Yamato that fires HE at a broadside ship will never be a good player no matter how many buffs he gets. A BB that sails a straight line, no matter how many buffs, will still be torpedo food. What about premiums? Will premiums be worse than silver line ships? Well perfect. So no one will say that the Belfast or the GC is OP. How do I get the "buffed" thingy for my Kamikaze? Pay? Well, its money and I get an OP ship. Its all about money. I just want them to take out of their advertisement that this game is FREE to play. It is not. It is free to try. Now on my optimistic side maybe average players will become better if they are "forced" to re-grind. Anyway, I think that with all this uproar they might reconsider. Unless, there is a market out there that they can make money out of. Because the Forum is only a small minority. Lets see where this will go. Till then ... I will stick to my mid tiers with my occasional visits to high tiers.

OK I Ranked out in two days in 26 battles. I was totally carried. I started with the Leningrad and it didn't work out. I switched to the Fiji. It was proven that I suck in Cruisers. I think it will be my next effort. To learn how to play cruisers. Then I tried out the Gadja. It went better. She is a good ship. Just a mental note that I hate DW torps. Anyway, it was a good opportunity to try out some things. But, I enjoy being carried for once. RNGesus on my side. And I have 21 Karma !!! A major change from the usual 0.

So now I can buy my way to unicumdom? Well, I m fine with this (NOT) But... if I want the game around they need to make money. Which is logical. They are a business. By definition they MUST make profit. They are not a charity. Here is the controversy in terms. A profit making business runs a free to play game. The funny part is that we don't know if the people that are paying money to play the game think that this is a good idea. We will see how this goes on.

@NothingButTheRain I guess I better put a counter, lol, or you read my posts faster. LOL

No I will buy it.

On my 1,000th T-V battle after 7 months and a few days I play the game I finally broke even. Next step to fix damage and PR. A big thank you to all the friends in the Forum that have helped me.

All this discussion reminds me of the awards for participation we give to our children teaching them that they need not perform to be awarded.

When the stars align favorably, when RNGesus is on your side, when the enemy team helps you and when you do something right this can happen. Kraken and survived. And I WAS LUCKY. That makes it double sweet. 20190703_111128_PJSD025-True-Kamikaze_13_OC_new_dawn.wowsreplay

From my Kamikaze stat page We issued new weapons for the interns

Not higher count but in percentage maybe my Kamikaze with 26.63% of all my battles can do something.

Kamikaze 796 battles most probably 797 when you read this.

Dear @_HMS_RICHY First of all thank you for taking the time to look at my stats. They are not hidden but I am flattered that someone took the time to look at them with no apparent reason. Second, and most important in my humble opinion, I have never claimed to be a pro. The only record of me saying something about my performance is that I am an "under par" player and that I "marginally perform in 4 ships". Yes, it is true that when I started the game (November 28, 2018) I rushed up to T10 where I broke my face. It took me a couple of games in the Hindenburg to realize that I have to go back to lower tiers and that T10 is beyond my league. Since then I am a fervent advocate of staying in lower tiers to learn the game. There are many posts of mine in various threads that claim that the game allows you to progress far faster than what your learning curve implies. On February 20, 2019, just after the CV rework, I decided to take up DD play. Since then I did my homework and as we speak I have a healthy 53.54% in DDs. I play 92.57% solo and I did not play more than 30 games in another class but DD. After completing 500 games in the Kamikaze (55.28%) I went a bit higher. I played the Leningrad (108 B / 55.56%), the Fletcher (92 B / 63.04%) and the Grozovoi (146 B / 50.68%). I like those ships and I perform with them. The above numbers do not imply that I rushed to T10. What I can say is that, as we speak, I am confident I can carry my weight in all tiers and there are some times that I can carry my team. I am fully aware that I have so much more to learn and I am doing so every day that I play. I try to play better every game and I think I succeed. As far as the Kamikaze is concerned I could tell you how to counter it. But LOL that is a state secret. It is a strong ship and does very well even when she is low tier. She doesn't care if she is in a T7 match. She has some very strong points but she has some very weak points as well. And if you make a mistake in her you are good as sunk. As I am clearly off topic now, I will thank you again for taking the time to investigate my performance. I hope that next time you do it I will be even better. Looking forward to seeing you in the game, hopefully on the green team. Be well and enjoy the game. Saltface

It was BB players because they got Torpedoed and Bombed, Cruisers because their AA was rendered useless and they couldn't HE camp behind an island and DD players because their stealth was compromised. And I was having fun reading all the venting and panting and whining. Oh, and right after the CV rework I started playing DD. I actually learnt how to play DD after the rework. Since Feb 20 that I took up DD play I have 1,300 battles in DD if not more. And you know what, I never complained about CVs or Cruisers or BBs. My only frustration is when I don't have good team mates. OP is wrong saying that BBs are helpless versus DDs. A couple of days ago I was trying to torp a Kongo. The Kongo skipper was a hell of a good player. I must have launched 6 or 7 salvos against him. I used all my tricks. He would avoid one after the other. Only my perfect timed launches would get one hit on him. And he would repair. I had to rush him end game when the battle was decided. RNGesus was not with him. I was lucky. And yes the OP is right in one thing. If the DDs in your team suck you will lose the match. So, stop whining and asking for nerfs and buffs and start supporting your DDs. Shoot at those bad DDs (LOL the red ones) once I spot them. Once they are taken out you will enjoy me and my DD in front of you giving you targets, screening for Cruiser torpedoes, smoking you up while I m out of the smoke spotting for you so you can shoot and all the nice stuff I can provide. If not, I ll be busy hunting (or being hunted by) other DDs and if those DDs have the support of their team I ll sink. And then guess what? Your turn is coming.

can you please shut up ! OFC with all due respect and with all my love and affection.