DumbleDerp Beta Tester 659 posts Report post #1 Posted July 21, 2015 Ahoy! Not sure about all of you, but I've seen a lot of side scraping happening in this game at lower tiers. Typically BB's sitting behind an island, poke their bows out, take a shot and then full reverse back behind the island. I've seen this tactic work in the amount of.... never times, because inevitably this happens In this case the BB got some early warning and managed to get going around the island to dodge (while destroying the DD in question ), but in soooo many other cases people doing this are just giving kills away. By all means, use cover as and when you can, but a stationary target is an easy target and an easy target is a dead one. Thoughts? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soulmask Beta Tester 88 posts 6,329 battles Report post #2 Posted July 21, 2015 it aint just BB's that do this, though it is funny as hell to watch 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DumbleDerp Beta Tester 659 posts Report post #3 Posted July 21, 2015 True, I've seen cruisers do it as well. They tend to have some speed to get away from the DD's but still just a crazy tactic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[SVE] DaWyrm [SVE] Players 242 posts 2,933 battles Report post #4 Posted July 21, 2015 People who played too much WOT Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richard_V Beta Tester 122 posts 1,179 battles Report post #5 Posted July 21, 2015 It's common in low tiers, but as you go up, you wont see that anymore. Honestly, has anyone seen Amagi or North Carolina doing this ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nethraniel Beta Tester 1,739 posts 1,782 battles Report post #6 Posted July 21, 2015 It's common in low tiers, but as you go up, you wont see that anymore. Honestly, has anyone seen Amagi or North Carolina doing this ? Not yet, it takes some time until the clueless reach the higher tiers... 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DumbleDerp Beta Tester 659 posts Report post #7 Posted July 21, 2015 I didn't see it during the whole CBT to be honest, hopefully some of the newer players might read the forums though and battles for BB players *might* improve 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Devantejah Alpha Tester 1,049 posts 2,356 battles Report post #8 Posted July 21, 2015 It's common in low tiers, but as you go up, you wont see that anymore. Honestly, has anyone seen Amagi or North Carolina doing this ? Yes, but not in OBT. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
caldark Alpha Tester 333 posts 1,473 battles Report post #9 Posted July 21, 2015 Its common for new players who have come from WOT.. but they dont take long to realise its a stupid idea to be such a slow moving target. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DumbleDerp Beta Tester 659 posts Report post #10 Posted July 21, 2015 Its common for new players who have come from WOT.. but they dont take long to realise its a stupid idea to be such a slow moving target. Trouble is though, I'd still seeing tier V's and VI's repeating this. The mind boggles. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thlurp Beta Tester 463 posts 1,731 battles Report post #11 Posted July 21, 2015 i do sometimes tend to stop right at the end of an island, so i can only see one enemy and in return only one enemy sees me. although i don't stay there too long as i know how dangerous it is, being a DD player myself this peekaboo game is brought over from WoT and it just doesnt work here, you will see it in the future for quite a long time i suppose Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
caldark Alpha Tester 333 posts 1,473 battles Report post #12 Posted July 21, 2015 Trouble is though, I'd still seeing tier V's and VI's repeating this. The mind boggles. Well just think of it as an easy kill hehe and hope they are not on your team ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DumbleDerp Beta Tester 659 posts Report post #13 Posted July 21, 2015 Well just think of it as an easy kill hehe and hope they are not on your team ;) mostly that's how I notice them, but I've had my guns trained on the edge of an island in my Cleveland with a BB who wanted to play peek-a-boo - it didn't end well for him. Distract the BB, let the DD do his work. Mwahahahaha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nibiru_star Beta Tester 117 posts 365 battles Report post #14 Posted July 21, 2015 I love it when people do that, makes such a nice target to shoot at. It's a learning curve, i think many people will try many tactics and stick with what works. Like said before you don't see it much in higher tiers from tier 8 and up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grimdorf Beta Tester 97 posts 1,294 battles Report post #15 Posted July 21, 2015 it aint just BB's that do this, though it is funny as hell to watch Well its funny when the enemy are doing.....not so funny when its your own muppet team Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RaakaKarju Beta Tester 84 posts 4,448 battles Report post #16 Posted July 21, 2015 I see even some dd's do it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[POP] YukiEiriKun [POP] Beta Tester 1,500 posts 5,749 battles Report post #17 Posted July 21, 2015 I see even some dd's do it. I've managed to torp few DD's doing it.Me! With my very limited know-how on how to use torpedoes. (YES, they were on the enemy team!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nethraniel Beta Tester 1,739 posts 1,782 battles Report post #18 Posted July 21, 2015 I see even some dd's do it. Peek-a-boo shooting or just stopping at island edges? Because at island edges a DD can wait for the ambush torp spread. With smoke and engine boost, a DD has good chances to get away with it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RaakaKarju Beta Tester 84 posts 4,448 battles Report post #19 Posted July 21, 2015 Peek-a-boo shooting or just stopping at island edges? Because at island edges a DD can wait for the ambush torp spread. With smoke and engine boost, a DD has good chances to get away with it. if them do it but whitout smoke and whole time in spotted, every time sees when torps are loaded so there its coming open to shoot and get couple of salvos everybody hopes hes shells kill it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pmcar Beta Tester 16 posts 10,706 battles Report post #20 Posted July 21, 2015 Please don't tell them how stupid they are. I love these guys when I'm in my CV. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[OP-B] bathoz Beta Tester 77 posts 4,723 battles Report post #21 Posted July 21, 2015 The only class that can't really take brutal advantage of the stoppers are cruisers (well, low tier cruisers without super-heavy 8" AP rounds). DDs torp them, carriers are in manual drop heaven and BBs just see the citadels. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[THESO] ScarecrowCZ [THESO] Beta Tester 167 posts 24,562 battles Report post #22 Posted July 21, 2015 Holly... This sounds brilliant! I will start using it to fool DDs into thinking Im an easy prey! (Also to get em closer to me - you wont be too careful when you will believe you are fighting against noob right?) DD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[SH33P] djmx1995 Beta Tester 39 posts 7,309 battles Report post #23 Posted July 22, 2015 i don't recall seeing someone sidecrape, but i already saw players playing peek-a-boo which is funny aswell Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[DUDS] Crooq_Lionfang Beta Tester 1,999 posts 6,434 battles Report post #24 Posted July 22, 2015 People who played too much WOT Strangely, it often seems to be those people that don't do it in WoT or at least don't do it effectively Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[F_D] Adwaenyth Alpha Tester 1,194 posts 6,218 battles Report post #25 Posted July 22, 2015 Myogi sits behind island. Myogi doesn't move. Myogi sees torp bombers approaching. Myogi sees torp bombers circling the island to get to the right drop angle. Myogi eats all 6 torps. Myogi complains about OP carriers. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
