[SCRUB] Leo_Apollo11 Quality Poster 7,146 posts 31,562 battles Report post #1 Posted February 29, 2020 Hi all, How is your Ranked Season 15 coming along? I played yesterday afternoon and today and managed to reach Rank #10 (i.e. my usual goal - I never go further).... It was hard struggle because I swear I never saw so many clueless players (the "Arms Race" appears to be big problem for many players oblivious to existence of BUFFs)... 17 games... 9 victories and 8 defeats (4 times top and not losing star)... BTW, 2M+ "Potential Damage" on average... I did tank for the team every game... I just wish that is rewarded more... Leo "Apollo11" P.S: Just 3 games with CVs... it was irrelevant to me (i.e. just nuisance even when enemy "Hakuryu" was expert & "Unicum" focusing me but I survived, killed 3 ships in that game and we won comfortably)... 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zieten Beta Tester 298 posts 6,940 battles Report post #2 Posted February 29, 2020 Thought about going further than R10, but nah - not worth the amount of frustration it would bring. I'm not a huge fan of arms race, and putting CVs into the mix as well killed it for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[LEEUW] TheBrut3 [LEEUW] Players 493 posts 8,080 battles Report post #3 Posted February 29, 2020 20 games, 15 wins. Not complaining so far, but i will be later Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[SYD] Molly_Delaney Players 1,200 posts 4,600 battles Report post #4 Posted February 29, 2020 Probably different to almost everyone else's. Played 2, lost the first but wasn't useless, won the 2nd with a better score. Rank 17 & 1 star. Good enough for me, so finished for season. I'm not going to get to rank 1 so why get infuriated by trying? It was fun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[BONUS] Yamato942 Players 323 posts 20,034 battles Report post #5 Posted February 29, 2020 20 battles, 19 with cv, 15 wins, in 5 lost only one time lost a star and that one i was 2nd xp wise, only 6 xp less then 1st. CV are god mode, only lost when my team go full yolo and die in first 5min, i dont need them to do anything, just to be alive and we win. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[JG4] JG4_sKylon Players 1,133 posts 20,992 battles Report post #6 Posted February 29, 2020 33% winrate after 6 games. My teams consist mostly of 4x% and hidden stats folks...but i will keep grinding my Zao LM. One of the 2 wins was great. Achieved a double devastating strike with the Zao....enemy Zao ate my torps for 35k, enemy Smolensk took a salvo of citas for around 30k. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[R_N_G] Bindolaf_Werebane Players 1,387 posts 12,045 battles Report post #7 Posted February 29, 2020 I'm sad it's tier X. I use ranked to grind my ships, got through the whole Charles Martel grind that way and made some coin. Tier X is useless to me. One impressive thing happened though. I played a 174k damage game (my highest yet). It was a loss, of course. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[FBC] Logan_MountStuart Players 416 posts 10,715 battles Report post #8 Posted February 29, 2020 Played MInotaur, 12 battles and reached Rank 11, including record damage for me in the ship 237k in a loss, which will do me fine having got all the flags etc. that I was aiming for. Perfectly happy and, actually, found it quite enjoyable, surprisingly! lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[JG4] JG4_sKylon Players 1,133 posts 20,992 battles Report post #9 Posted February 29, 2020 3 hours ago, JG4_sKylon said: 33% winrate after 6 games. My teams consist mostly of 4x% and hidden stats folks...but i will keep grinding my Zao LM. One of the 2 wins was great. Achieved a double devastating strike with the Zao....enemy Zao ate my torps for 35k, enemy Smolensk took a salvo of citas for around 30k. 21 matches, 16 wins rank 9 so far... 8 win streak...could go on like this until R1 ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[INTRO] Hanse77SWE Players 1,518 posts 28,995 battles Report post #10 Posted February 29, 2020 It's comming along great! I haven't played a single game and I'm loving it! 2 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[DC_DK] hgbn_dk Players 3,370 posts 44,366 battles Report post #11 Posted February 29, 2020 Not playing ranked, Blood pressure and ranked not compatible 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[HEROZ] GulvkluderGuld Players 3,467 posts 22,114 battles Report post #12 Posted February 29, 2020 Made R7 today by playing DD and dodging whenever CVs were in the queu. I think 55% overall wr because i tried out a bunch of ships to begin with, but settled on Daring with around 60% wr atm. it's a clusterf*ck even without CVs. With them its unplayable. Buffs arn't really that powerful except for the heal...which is stupidly good for *drumroll* CVs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[JG4] JG4_sKylon Players 1,133 posts 20,992 battles Report post #13 Posted February 29, 2020 The best moment i ever had in ranked so far: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[SM0KE] Verblonde Players 9,787 posts 20,656 battles Report post #14 Posted March 1, 2020 6 hours ago, Leo_Apollo11 said: How is your Ranked Season 15 coming along? Splendid: I've switched to playing WOT for the duration (or at least until the last directive unlocks). Got hold of a rather fun T8 French premium (fun, although mine appears to be Cursed) today, so that's a result... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[THESO] KillStealBoss Players 12,123 posts 62,182 battles Report post #15 Posted March 1, 2020 So far 14 battles , 71% WR and 9th rank with 3 stars. Not bad actually. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[AA7] Afghanicus Players 2,106 posts 14,513 battles Report post #16 Posted March 1, 2020 Got to rank #11. Game bugged so I received a rank #10 reward (the -10% service flag). I don't play anymore. I don't think Ranked get get any worse than this TBH. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[THESO] KillStealBoss Players 12,123 posts 62,182 battles Report post #17 Posted March 1, 2020 1 minute ago, Palubarac said: Got to rank #11. Game bugged so I received a rank #10 reward (the -10% service flag). I don't play anymore. I don't think Ranked get get any worse than this TBH. You give up too fast mate. Depends also what ship your play. GK or Thunderer is bad pick. Ohio is good one or Kremlin with Kuznetzov. CA - DM, Stalingrad or Venezia. Goliath is bad choice. Smolensk isn't that good cause this season is way less kampa so it's no stationary positioning. DD - Daring, Somers and Grozo are good picks. Anyone taking Kleber is suicidal. Today I oneshot a Kleber from my Venezia 14 pens from SAP. Lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sunleader Weekend Tester, In AlfaTesters 5,710 posts 13,400 battles Report post #18 Posted March 1, 2020 7 hours ago, Leo_Apollo11 said: Hi all, How is your Ranked Season 15 coming along? I played yesterday afternoon and today and managed to reach Rank #10 (i.e. my usual goal - I never go further).... It was hard struggle because I swear I never saw so many clueless players (the "Arms Race" appears to be big problem for many players oblivious to existence of BUFFs)... 17 games... 9 victories and 8 defeats (4 times top and not losing star)... BTW, 2M+ "Potential Damage" on average... I did tank for the team every game... I just wish that is rewarded more... Leo "Apollo11" P.S: Just 3 games with CVs... it was irrelevant to me (i.e. just nuisance even when enemy "Hakuryu" was expert & "Unicum" focusing me but I survived, killed 3 ships in that game and we won comfortably)... While CVs can effectively become Invincible with their Planes if you give them Healing Buffs. Their Impact is actually not that Big on the Match. The Match is just Decided too fast for them to really be Capable of doing much. With only 7 People per Team the Match tends to be Decided in the First 5 Minutes usually going out in Favor of the Team which managed to get an Advantage. I for my Part gave up on this Ranked Season. I would have Liked to get the Steel. But its just Frustrating and Annoying to Play. There is no Fun in this. So I just Stopped Bothering. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[AA7] Afghanicus Players 2,106 posts 14,513 battles Report post #19 Posted March 1, 2020 10 minutes ago, MacArthur92 said: You give up too fast mate. Depends also what ship your play. GK or Thunderer is bad pick. Ohio is good one or Kremlin with Kuznetzov. CA - DM, Stalingrad or Venezia. Goliath is bad choice. Smolensk isn't that good cause this season is way less kampa so it's no stationary positioning. DD - Daring, Somers and Grozo are good picks. Anyone taking Kleber is suicidal. Today I oneshot a Kleber from my Venezia 14 pens from SAP. Lol. Funny thing is I have none of the ships you suggested. I always get to rank #10 in standard Ranked and #1 in Ranked Sprint. I don't plan to change that play-style for my mental health's sake. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[CMWR] Lootboxer Players 3,817 posts 21,306 battles Report post #20 Posted March 1, 2020 Shima with UU 12km spammed as soon as will reaload towards enemy BBs stealing buffs whenever possible is kind of fun with not many radars or CVs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[EUR] lossi_2018 Players 3,122 posts Report post #21 Posted March 1, 2020 played twice, never touched it again. Anything that requires team (work) is a no no for me. Pure undulated frustration as I never play divisions per principle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[THESO] KillStealBoss Players 12,123 posts 62,182 battles Report post #22 Posted March 1, 2020 1 minute ago, lossi_2018 said: Pure undulated frustration as I never play divisions per principle. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[THESO] KillStealBoss Players 12,123 posts 62,182 battles Report post #23 Posted March 1, 2020 24 minutes ago, Palubarac said: Funny thing is I have none of the ships you suggested. I always get to rank #10 in standard Ranked and #1 in Ranked Sprint. I don't plan to change that play-style for my mental health's sake. Well I saw your T10 ships. I would take the Zao. At least get into rank 6 to get the most of the steel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[EUR] lossi_2018 Players 3,122 posts Report post #24 Posted March 1, 2020 1 minute ago, MacArthur92 said: I had just failed an operation where everything was done and spent last five minutes begging various nefarious characters to join me in the corner exit of map. I know how this sounds lol :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Estaca_de_Bares Players 1,534 posts 25,837 battles Report post #25 Posted March 1, 2020 I'm stuck at rank 8: managed to reach up to 7 twice but always going back down. I'm playing mainly Shimakaze, radar Minotaur and sometimes Somers, which means an almost assured star loss in a defeat (only one saved so far, at rank 10 IIRC). 27 minutes ago, MacArthur92 said: CA - DM, Stalingrad or Venezia. Goliath is bad choice. Smolensk isn't that good cause this season is way less kampa so it's no stationary positioning. DD - Daring, Somers and Grozo are good picks. Anyone taking Kleber is suicidal. Today I oneshot a Kleber from my Venezia 14 pens from SAP. Lol. I agree Smolensk isn't a good pick for winning, but she could be for keeping stars if the top score wasn't attained by battleships that often. Goliath... well, I've seen a really selfish player who kept the star (with 1.7k BXP nonetheless) by being purely opportunistic, only targeting ships that used damage control with HE until he ran out of team-mates. Wooster can somewhat work, and I've also encountered a Colbert who did quite well because I provided a smoke for him and a Wooster in order to clean the typical DD that tries to take the initial buff in the middle. Minotaur with radar better than smoke, but you completely rely on the team acting as such. As for the destroyers, yes, concealment and smoke are kings, so no Kléber, no Khabarovsk (seeing these in your team roster really increases your blood pressure), Harugumo is hardly ever useful and Z-52 mainly as ambush blocker, so the higher the rank, the rarer they become. Just forget about using your smoke to disengage from a close encounter: if you stop spotting the red BBs for a second all the wrath will come your way. The same applies to letting the red DD go dark, although nobody had the slightest thought of targeting it in the first place (unless you specifically insisted on it well in advance, of course, although the memo doesn't always reach). Salute. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
