[ICYOU] Zigiran Players 16 posts 709 battles Report post #1 Posted December 21, 2018 What are the different detection icons I see in the game? The ! is being seen by another ship But I also see a white or a yellow radar signal. Is there a different between them? Are the both radar? Or Hydro? Or radio location? Or....? A very confused DD captain, wondering why he keeps getting sunk.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[OM] Commander_Cornflakes [OM] Beta Tester, WoWs Wiki Team 3,439 posts 11,421 battles Report post #2 Posted December 21, 2018 There are 4 different icons: -Spotted by ship -Spotted by plane -Spotted by radar/hydro -Detected by RPF You will only see one of the 3 spotted icons, even if multiple things spot you at the same time. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[ICYOU] Zigiran Players 16 posts 709 battles Report post #3 Posted December 21, 2018 Thanks, I forgot about airplanes And how do these icons look? Ship: ! Airplane: ! airplane But radar, hydro and RPF? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[OM] Commander_Cornflakes [OM] Beta Tester, WoWs Wiki Team 3,439 posts 11,421 battles Report post #4 Posted December 21, 2018 Spotted by Radar/Hydro is this: just without German text; the number is from the captain skill Priority Target Detected by RPF is white instead if yellow (like the other three) again, of course with the text in your language 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[ICYOU] Zigiran Players 16 posts 709 battles Report post #5 Posted December 21, 2018 Thanks! I understand now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[SBS] Nautical_Metaphor Players 1,164 posts 9,136 battles Report post #6 Posted December 22, 2018 RPF. or Radio Location as it is called today, is not straight up detection quite like the others, where you just pop and they can see you. Rather, your opponent just gets a somewhat fuzzy indication of the direction you're in, and no direct distance information. And only you're his closest enemy ship. Players can still infer a lot from this, and so can you in fact, even if you don't have the skill yourself. But in order to do that, they have to use their heads and combine it logically with other pieces of information from different sources. Read up on these things in the wiki. http://wiki.wargaming.net/en/Ship:Commander#Radio_Location Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[BS4] SeaWolf7 Players 765 posts 5,156 battles Report post #7 Posted December 29, 2018 On 12/21/2018 at 3:06 PM, Commander_Cornflakes said: Spotted by Radar/Hydro is this: As discussed before I wish they would change this to the appropriate one that is detecting you. Is it really so hard for WG? The ships that have radar have variations on duration and range and any info that we can get would help when you've been spotted by something that has no counter IMO. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
