Halloween: Terror of the Deep Begins - Discussion Thread

[m3c0]

NP. I'm not 100% sure thogh, but it seems so - here are my last 3 battles, all ended the same - 4 stars and unspotted catapult.

 

[Dropman12]

I'm afraid of implementing submarines into regular game, but I have to say this scenario is probably best PvE i played in WoWs. I always wanted to be in wolfpack:)

[HetzyBunny]

On ‎10‎/‎31‎/‎2018 at 3:47 PM, Tuccy said:

Well you can give targets to the deck guns as well, as long as they last (mine get knocked out all the time apart from the Barracuda ). I know it isn't the same, but still… 

Hey Tuccy, thankk you ! i'll try it =) 

i'd like also to say, conrgatulations for the awesome detail the developpers gave to the sub, like this on the type XXI

 

[Johnbuoy]

I really like, and am having lots of fun playing the subs and very much look forward to historically based ones coming into the main game (will it happen?) Yes the op is easy once you've learned it but we get the difficult version soon

[Johnbuoy]

BTW I disable the guns in the hope it will keep me undetected a little longer

[Toivia]

2 hours ago, Johnbuoy said:

BTW I disable the guns in the hope it will keep me undetected a little longer

That will do nothing. In the operation there are no planes, so disabling AA is pointless. And secondaries do not extend the range you're spotted at all. Detection depends solely on the concealment when surfaced (going from 4kms to 6.3 from memory depending on sub) and at periscope depth (from 2 to 2.8kms). Then there's obviousy hydro used by some enemy ships and assured acquisition at 2kms.

[Johnbuoy]

1 minute ago, Toivia said:

That will do nothing. In the operation there are no planes, so disabling AA is pointless. And secondaries do not extend the range you're spotted at all. Detection depends solely on the concealment when surfaced (going from 4kms to 6.3 from memory depending on sub) and at periscope depth (from 2 to 2.8kms). Then there's obviousy hydro used by some enemy ships and assured acquisition at 2kms.

Thanks, I thought as much but I prefer to keep quiet anyroadup. Secondaries banging away get on my nerves a bit

[Toivia]

These sub secondaries can set quite a few fires. On the Barracuda, I usually get around 50k DMG from fires alone on enemy ships, without even speccing manual secondaries, BFT or Demo expert.

[Johnbuoy]

Hmm., if they're going to pay their way I'll wake the gunners up again then

[Toivia]

7 hours ago, Johnbuoy said:

Hmm., if they're going to pay their way I'll wake the gunners up again then

Ok, I looked at them again and it's really only Barracuda's secondaries that have a crazy fire chance. Killer whale and Zipper are nothing special (still doesn't hurt in nay way leaving them on).

[Johnbuoy]

Thanks again: I'll give it a try on Barracuda

[Toivia]

OMG, the idiots invaded the hard mode now. Wednesday and Thursday, plausible getting a five-star win if you help in chat and point out differences to normal. Today? In four battles, not one team paying any attention to chat or the optionals. Just had my worst sub battle yet, only 2 stars.

I guess times to play with randoms are gone.

[Venomforce]

Been out since the coming of the Poland ship.  Submarines sucked me back in. Can't get enough of the submarines 

And now i fear the day that this Halloween Event ends together with the removal of Submarines.

[m3c0]

On 11/9/2018 at 3:34 PM, Toivia said:

OMG, the idiots invaded the hard mode now. Wednesday and Thursday, plausible getting a five-star win if you help in chat and point out differences to normal. Today? In four battles, not one team paying any attention to chat or the optionals. Just had my worst sub battle yet, only 2 stars.

I guess times to play with randoms are gone.

Thats your worst battle? A win with 2 stars? Respect! :)

 

I already had 3 or 4 defeats... Funny thing is, those defeats happened because teammates wanted to get all the stars at any cost. For example people got involvet in close combat with destroyers, failed to kill them fast  and were punished by eating those nice depth charges.. Or, dudes went to spot the distant catapults in the south-east/north-west but somehow managed to get lost on the way.
 
I even had a teammate in a Barracuda, who parked his submarine next to a catapult in the beginning of the battle and stood there til he copletely destroyed it with his secondaries. And a couple of times I noticed how the entire left or right flank colapsed in just a few minutes, even before reaching the middle of the map.

 

So yes, I guess it is normal. Experienced players got bored and dont play it anymore and there are only those dudes left, who dont care much about it and are playing "for ze fun!!" only. To be honest, Im bored too, the only reason I still keep playing this mode is the elite captain experience, which is really great.

[Toivia]

Yeah, also playing for the elite commander XP, and relatively easy XP in general (haven't entered Random for like a month, maybe more).

And yes, at this point, I did manage a couple losses as well.

It's funny that there are days where I easily get 4 wins with 5 stars in a row and then there are days where I don't get a single team that even attempts to get optionals and reacts in any way in chat. There I dare say any stars we get is thanks to me and my attampts to spot all and kill all. God it's so annoying when even in a slow Seelowe I manage to spot the castle just in time (after spotting a number of catapults), turn to start killing ships and watch in awe how the whole team entirely ignores any ships but the Rasputin.