The SIMS is awful now :(

[Wookster76]

I cant be the only one.. its so bad now.. It makes no cash.. its dmg is awful. torp range is crap.. I

[Maj_Havoc]

I was thinking the same about the Yubari, I just cba with it now, and play the Murmansk, which feels as good as ever. I had been pleased with the Yubari during CBT, not great, but the overall balance was ok. It is likely just perception playing tricks, now that I have more battles under my belt I probably play more aggressively than I did previously, which doesn't suit the Yubari as much as a multi turret platform like Murmansk, which I feel more confident playing.

[corpDemon]

nope, yubari is crap now (goodbye AAs, hello endless crits). sims is just as crappy as it ever was-it had t1 guns and typical US point blank torps. smoke nerfing hurt ALL US DDs

[Thlurp]

i'm glad i took the gremlin, still plays pretty awesome

while the torps have decent range but are pretty slow, the guns have insane range and rof, only downside are turnrate of guns

[Yorkie_GBR]

The Gremy is still great though, I wonder why 

 

[OldJoe]

Can't agree. Sims is still fine, but the higher tiers will lack the needed number of players for some time to have fun with it. Atm you're only facing other Sims, lots of Atagos and some Warspites....

[_Perplexed_]

The Gremy is still great though, I wonder why 

 

[Kokos78]

Can't agree. Sims is still fine, but the higher tiers will lack the needed number of players for some time to have fun with it. Atm you're only facing other Sims, lots of Atagos and some Warspites....

 

You're right mate in a week or so when multiple players reach tier VII-VIII, Sims will be great again.

[Kleidokratoras]

Yubari seems so terrible.i feel cheated of my money.I used to escort people around and hoard counteless airplanes.After OBT i do the same and if i get a few planes down i am happy.What happened to the great AA platform Yubari used to be.As for Sims it feels so bad now but so is the rest of the US DD line.That smoke nerf really affected them bad.It will get better when more people get there but still,is no near the great DD it was.

[Interdiction]

I was thinking the same about the Yubari, I just cba with it now, and play the Murmansk, which feels as good as ever. I had been pleased with the Yubari during CBT, not great, but the overall balance was ok. It is likely just perception playing tricks, now that I have more battles under my belt I probably play more aggressively than I did previously, which doesn't suit the Yubari as much as a multi turret platform like Murmansk, which I feel more confident playing.

 

Same here ...I am impressed with the Murmansk ...As for the Sims ...Yubari ...I will keep them but forget about them for a month or two in case they get a buff ....

The grem is still nice though 

 

 

[Mr_Too_Late]

Can't agree. Sims is still fine, but the higher tiers will lack the needed number of players for some time to have fun with it. Atm you're only facing other Sims, lots of Atagos and some Warspites....

 

need more torp distance at least 6,5

[OldJoe]

With 6,5km Torps it would be borderline OP. It's a gunship after all...

[NORgrunt]

just tried WoWs again and now im taking damage from shells that dont even hit me, smoke is useless and the aim mod is still there which you will notice in low tier battles. No wonder WGs games are dying in the EU.

[Userext]

just tried WoWs again and now im taking damage from shells that dont even hit me, smoke is useless and the aim mod is still there which you will notice in low tier battles. No wonder WGs games are dying in the EU.

 

there is no aim assist

You might be desyncing or shells can be HE

Smoke is not that useless but 20sec deployement time ad 4 min preparing is a bit stupid.

[Wookster76]

When I play my Sims i use its strengths .. its guns and hight rate of fire but the but with the charges to same on the small guns I'm just not making the credits I'd expect from a premium ship.  even with a really good game the credit reward is pretty bad.

[Userext]

When I play my Sims i use its strengths .. its guns and hight rate of fire but the but with the charges to same on the small guns I'm just not making the credits I'd expect from a premium ship.  even with a really good game the credit reward is pretty bad.

 

profit is the important part. Go ahead and make a milion credit but if expense is 990k what will you do.

[Khul]

 

there is no aim assist

You might be desyncing or shells can be HE

Smoke is not that useless but 20sec deployement time ad 4 min preparing is a bit stupid.

 

Large calibre shells are now doing splinter/splash damage to modules on very near hits.

 

I believe this was in the patch notes (& my Yubari's rudder can also attest to this).

 

EDITED: Removed off-topic bit, sorry.

[Captain_Edwards]

 

Large calibre shells are now doing splinter/splash damage to modules on very near hits.

 

I believe this was in the patch notes (& my Yubari's rudder can also attest to this).

 

 

This is probably bugged though. As its a new change I highly doubt it was done correctly first time. The reason I say this is because I have on a handful of occasions now had my rudder or engine damaged critically but taken zero hull damage in the process. And the shells in question were near miss shots, and clearly did not actually strike me as I took no damage. This has happened in both DD and CA, so there is some sort of issue with the effect. Ships should not be getting crippled by near misses.

[Dai2]

 

Large calibre shells are now doing splinter/splash damage to modules on very near hits.

 

I believe this was in the patch notes (& my Yubari's rudder can also attest to this).

 

EDITED: Removed off-topic bit, sorry.

 

Maybe the the two things in your post are related, as all AA turrets have individual hp pools. If they are destroyed, the game will write a warning only if ALL the guns of the same calibre are destroyed.

[Wookster76]

Can Sims players post there average income from a battle please ?

[Khul]

 

Maybe the the two things in your post are related, as all AA turrets have individual hp pools. If they are destroyed, the game will write a warning only if ALL the guns of the same calibre are destroyed.

 

Thank you.

 

[GREGOREISENHORN]

I would like to know where my sims is?! I seem to have lost all my preorder packages...

[Captain_Edwards]

I would like to know where my sims is?! I seem to have lost all my preorder packages...

 

If this is the first time you logged on since the OBT start, you will need to wait a while as it syncs your account to the server with your purchase details and activates it. It should arrive in around an hour tops. If it does not, please contact support directly.

[Shagulon]

US DDs I find very hard to play now. This is after taking the US DD line up to Fletcher pre OBT.

 

Smoke changes hit them hard, very hard.

[TheJezna]

 

Like several people already said, USDDs are harder to play now. Much harder. Several reasons really, but the biggest seems to be the smoke of course, the nerf to small caliber HE damage, affecting USDDs the most (and a buff to BB HE damage so you are almost guaranteed to be instakilled if hit by it) and also to a degree the buff to BB close range accuracy, making ambushing a BB even more risky then before. Then of course we have the undocumented feature that modules like engine and rudder seems to be knocked out ten times more easily which is a real problem: losing either of those is a disaster and is basicly only survivable if you have either repair up, or smoke so you can just smoke and come to a dead stop and hope they don't get to close.

 

Fact is, as things are, playing any USDD is only a good idea if you don't mind getting obliterated frequently and want a real chalenge, anyone who wants a class that is competitive and will reap quick rewards should stay far away from them. It can still be a fun class to play though, and the feeling of acomplishmet when having a great game in them is priceless.