Bland_42

Why thred title isn't updated? We are now a couple of days from the end of 0.11.8 first round of test... About changes, the new ASW aim suck big time: binocular mode only, without even the zoom, make really difficult to find the target (sub inside the big blue sea). Thinking to do it while enemies shots at you... Are you trying to find a way to stop us from aiming at subs? It's a way to compensate from the auto-ASW in test for CVs? Whichever reason it is, I must say: the outcome is horrible.

Yes and no. The thing is, in my experience with the Cherbourg, rather than bow tanking it's a better solution sniping from mid-long range (12-15 km) while bow in or very angled. This way it's possible to cit-pen almost every ship showing broadside, but you are outside of your detection range so you can move if needed, and if you are spotted after the bloom-time expired then you know that there's someone undetected near you (more infos are a good thing). Obviously a teammate for crossfire will be a nice help as usual.

Must say that this was on PT server, so the value is relative... However tonight I experimented the new Random Operations. Also first time with the Edinburgh. After 1 Aegis and 2 Cerry Blossom (wow!), was the turn of Ultimate Frontier... and I started to be greedy. At the end I was sunked while trying to stop 5 ships, alone. Must say, first day only, but wow! (again!) What a nice change of pace! Needed, really! My only fear is the chaos that will surely happen in the first weeks (months?) because potatoes and not-so-much-potatoes will not understand the new directives.

It's more a cultural thing, than political one. We europeans are the childs of medieval knights and WW1 fighter pilots... we fight and die for honor, fairplay and respect for the enemy.

Why, are you saying that they really take into account what we write here?

Said like this, it seems that WG wanted subs to be effectivley a pure griefer class (another)... but didn't think that was possible for GRIEFER 2 to harass GRIEFER 1. If this is the reality, it's speak volumes about the mental capacity of WG development team. Good work WG. Nice planning.

Salem HP bar didn't lowered...

Watching your video I think you didn't hit the Salem... you can see on monitor top the HP bars, and only that of Bourgogne is lowering with that hit.

True, didn't think it in the moment of discomfort (sometimes I can still be amazed by the absurd mentality of WG team)... Well, solution could be Asymmetrical Battle in Random. Nothing must ruin the perfect 100% WR of CVs.

Now we can reasonnably expect, in the near future, the implementation of a full CV automation... at match start the player push a single button and the AI will do every action required to dominate and win the match. The future will be a 100% WR for CV only.

The server would probably implode for overload...

We must remember that a lot of people are used to resolve their problems with violence... here in the game it's not possible, so they must resort to insults to who they feel the most direct responsable of their frustration and anger. If there would be a way to send directly gamer's thinking to WG staff (without polls or being censored or filtered) with the safty it will be read, I have the feeling it will be submerged of hate and insults... just saying.

True if enemy shot AP. Against HE and torps... you risk to be a sitting duck.

While grinding it, I have found Cherbourg only acceptable like a mid-long range sniper. Sadly there are various issues that make it not really enjoyable. With that reload, you can't defend yourself well from DDs, almost like a BB... and you don't have the HP to take damage at BB levels. The speed, while theoretically good for kiting, is wasted because you need to wave to shot at your back. Also I found really frustrating that this line is without torps, but without decent guns (precision/reload) to compensate it. What? I found Mogami really good as open water kiter... turning radius to wide for comfort between islands.

Last match tonight, I casually noted @COPlUM in my team, in division with a clan mate. We didn't fight alongside, so I simply watched him closing the match alive (I was envious there) while I had been killed by the enemy CV. For me it was funny enough, until the CV decided I needed to die (I was trying to ram the Richelieu when the last bomb killed me).

I admit it, I don't understand really well in-game economics, but... I find astonishing that a winner game can make me lose credits, even if it wasn't premium time and I wasn't using credit bonuses (excluding those clan related). Is this a consequence of the recent rework? Or was possible even before?

There are no issues, I was just asking because I'm fairly new to high tiers and the rework had messed with my perception of in-game economy... thing that, admitly, still can't fathom completly. And I started to be curious if before rework things were different.

I must say, in the heat of the moment it's also an understandable reaction, to scream and insult... not necessary to be listened by anyone, but only for releaving tension. I'm sure enough that, if that was me, the words was be a lot worse... God, Jesus and Heaven's Saints would have fall from their thrones with all the swears that I would have said. However I think that Flamu is even more at fault than you think. It seems that Elbing player reacted to Flamu presence, he turned and started to smoke to cover his Kleber, so... Flamu is angry for the good deeds of that player.

Not a great game, but was hella fun. I really starting to love Napoli... you can pull off absurd things, that will easily sink you in another cruiser. Killing Yoshino, evading point-blank torps. Nasty surprise to the frenchy.

Commitment to endure potatoes (sometimes myself included).

Well thanks mates, at least I can understand a bit better what I can expect in the future (I don't think to spend money with subs around in the current state). The fun (or sad) thing is that, while is not so easy to make money in Random, other modes are better for this... I mean without premium and credit bonuses, obviously. Excluding farming XP, I think it's not so easy to justify the commitment expended in Random at high tiers.

Currently you can use both mods at the same time... not a necessity, but it's possible. Wichever thing you are watching, ship or angle calculator, youhave the info about the ship's direction.

Lucky you, then the nail will wait another hammer (see my post on first page).

One of the things that I find irritating about subs is that they have unlimited hydro charges. Cooldown? Sure... like every other ship. But the infinte charges are another proof of subs broken concept. A pair of days ago I made that, charging in a sub position with my Baltimore (he overextended, so I was reasonnably sure to survive). I had seen twice his pings from short range, even torps launched to a BB behind me, I had my hydro active and... he was still invisible! I spotted him only when he came to surface (I was undetected) at so short distance that I was unsure if shot at him or ram him. At the end he died and I survived, even if torpedoed from his stern tubes, but was so difficult to spot first and to kill next that it's like you wrote, even this can't grant you a sure kill.