T5 ranked battles, really fun, but too short for a Battlecarrier.

[Sargento_YO]

The tier 5 ranked battles were pretty fun. There weren't too many OP ships (and those who had an advantage had something bad to compensate). But... I dunno... Reaching Rank 1 in only 17 battles, despite the lemming trains and the CV + Texas divisions (And despite playing Solo and drunk, and only in a silver ship) felt a little... too Short.
Still, I had Alot of fun in this day of ranked battles.

[Bortasqu]

Yes.

 

It must've been the hardest grind of you life to play the most skill based class in the game to stomp on players without any air protection.

[El2aZeR]

42 minutes ago, Sturmtiger_304 said:

It must've been the hardest grind of you life to play the most skill based class in the game to stomp on players without any air protection.

 

Because as we all know auto drops practically can't be dodged.

Oh wait.

[kfa]

Alle 20/10/2018 alle 07:35, El2aZeR ha scritto:

 

Because as we all know auto drops practically can't be dodged.

Oh wait.

Yes, I play this sprint season with Zuiho as well and it might be strong *edited*

I miss my Kaga.

[Lieut_Gruber]

What? Did it already start?? And it has ended already also??

[anonym_mlJIAFnOwMVb]

eh. CVs aren't that bad unless they pick on you while youre maneuvering in a fight.

[Praevasc]

Wait what? I'm on the EU server but didn't see any ranked battles, especially for tier 5.

Did I miss something?

[triumphgt6]

Yes = pick a tier 5 and go to ranked!

[Praevasc]

10 minutes ago, triumphgt6 said:

Yes = pick a tier 5 and go to ranked!

Ahh, it started just recently, I see it now. Since I've heard the rumors I checked it every day, and now as I see someone already completed it, I thought it was already over. It seems with some dedication it can be completed in less than a day :)

[bushwacker001]

3 hours ago, Praevasc said:

 It seems with some dedication it can be completed in less than a day :)

Then afterwards go to forum and start a 'look at me, arn't I great' thread 

[22cm]

Alle 20/10/2018 alle 06:52, Sturmtiger_304 ha scritto:

Yes.

 

It must've been the hardest grind of you life to play the most skill based class in the game to stomp on players without any air protection.

Yes, and bragging about it...

 

Alle 20/10/2018 alle 07:35, El2aZeR ha scritto:

Because as we all know auto drops practically can't be dodged.

Oh wait.

Zuiho can still crosstorp at level 5, is more than enough. So no, can t be dodged if autodrop at a 60-90 degrees between squads.

However, DDs may slip through. Also, Texas can focus his AA on a squad while dodging the other one, that could work too.

[El2aZeR]

1 hour ago, 22cm said:

Zuiho can still crosstorp at level 5, is more than enough. So no, can t be dodged if autodrop at a 60-90 degrees between squads.

 

If you WASD early enough even in a BB you can often evade them all as the spacing between IJN torps when auto dropping is laughably bad.

[PassTheSalt]

worst 'look how few games it took me' post ever

[Deckeru_Maiku]

I'm at rank 5 +2 stars after 13 battles.. but I'm using Crispy Creme exclusively...

[AnotherDuck]

I got to first rank in 18 matches. Most fun was one I got Kraken in.

[Hedgehog1963]

Yeah, so it is a sprint.

 

[jss78]

6 hours ago, El2aZeR said:

If you WASD early enough even in a BB you can often evade them all as the spacing between IJN torps when auto dropping is laughably bad.

 

This is theoretically possible. But after about 100 games in the Zuiho (I only started IJN CV's after they removed T4-5 manual attacks), I'd estimate about 95% of DD's don't evade carefully timed cross torps.

 

But occasionally you get that genuinely skilled guy in a Kamikaze, and it's frustrating yep. And I once ran into some super unicum in his Warspite who was near impossible to hit.

[El2aZeR]

4 minutes ago, jss78 said:

I'd estimate about 95% of DD's don't evade carefully timed cross torps.

 

Played some ranked div with my Zuiho today. Regularly got hits on DDs that could've been dodged easily.

Jesus Christ most people are seriously too braindead for this game. 

[Akula971]

I started this afternoon, am at rank 3, and must admit, it is bags of fun. What I find very surprising is that the players communicate, stick to a plan, co-ordinate. Much more than the tier 8,9,10 ranked battles. It reminds me of the Closed Beta Test. Yet to meet a brain dead team (probably just cursed myself)

[Lieut_Gruber]

8 hours ago, Akula971 said:

I started this afternoon, am at rank 3, and must admit, it is bags of fun. What I find very surprising is that the players communicate, stick to a plan, co-ordinate. Much more than the tier 8,9,10 ranked battles. It reminds me of the Closed Beta Test. Yet to meet a brain dead team (probably just cursed myself)

You call AB? or BC? a plan? 

[22cm]

9 hours ago, Akula971 said:

 Yet to meet a brain dead team (probably just cursed myself)

Don t worry, I ve met them a few times.

[AnotherDuck]

42 minutes ago, Lieut_Gruber said:

You call AB? or BC? a plan? 

It's a plan. It's a vague plan, but it's a plan. It's also better than every ship for itself.

 

I ran across some braindead players, but not that many. Some teams just weren't that good, but that doesn't mean they're idiots. The only thing that was notable was that camping players really didn't pay off. It was almost always the more aggressive team that won. That made it a lot more fun.

 

I think the only braindead player I did run across that I remember was one who, naturally, complained that the team were idiots. He didn't follow the plan we stated. That match fell through because we didn't have the support we were supposed to have. There was one other team that just refused to shoot at the DDs, which naturally led to another loss.

[AnEvilJoke]

On 10/20/2018 at 2:43 AM, Sargento_YO said:

The tier 5 ranked battles were pretty fun. There weren't too many OP ships (and those who had an advantage had something bad to compensate). But... I dunno... Reaching Rank 1 in only 17 battles, despite the lemming trains and the CV + Texas divisions (And despite playing Solo and drunk, and only in a silver ship) felt a little... too Short.
Still, I had Alot of fun in this day of ranked battles.

 

I can give you my "luck" (then you can play more), 19 Battles and still sitting on Rank 7.

[Sargento_YO]

11 hours ago, jss78 said:

But occasionally you get that genuinely skilled guy in a Kamikaze, and it's frustrating yep. And I once ran into some super unicum in his Warspite who was near impossible to hit.

I can do anvil/scissors attack pretty sucesfully. Thing is, the british dds (at least tier 4 - 6) are too small and agile. Some of them even managed to slip throught the torpedo attack. These things are even more agile than Kamikazes.

[Ronchabale]

Was great fun,  didn´t division at all so the randomness of skill in teams was a big factor. Started off in the Giulio Cesare with a 13p captain but kind of got stuck at rank 4-5. Ended up sticking my 19p New Mexico captain in my Texas and ranked out. Texas spotterplane came in handy more than once, the AA was also useful in carrier games. The amount of OP DD:s was an issue (Oh no.. they have 2 Kamikaze R.. Could often predict the outcome by looking at the team lineups)