Favorite shipgirl (Kancolle,Azur lane, Arpeggio of blue steel,Haifuri)

[LastButterfly]

24 minutes ago, Zemeritt said:

Astoria:

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Quincy:

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These seem to have quite the...

... bulges.

 

Also said bulges seem to, erm, how to say that, be partly above the waterline. Maybe we should tell them they're not supposed to ?

[Zemeritt]

4 minutes ago, LastButterfly said:

Also said bulges seem to, erm, how to say that, be partly above the waterline. Maybe we should tell them they're not supposed to ?

 

Well, the New Orleans class became rather "top heavy" due to radar and AA, maybe thats the reason?

 

 

[El2aZeR]

40 minutes ago, Zemeritt said:

Looks like AL gets some new US cruisers aswell:

 

Astoria and Quincy don't look very treaty compliant to me.

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[Herrscher_Elysia]

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Quincy

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BOI ohh BOI ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Vincennes

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[ErwinScarlett]

And French navy

Le Fantasque class Le Triomphant

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[Aotearas]

2 hours ago, ErwinScarlett said:

And French navy

Le Fantasque class Le Triomphant

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Not quite as flambuoyant as I would've expected ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Zemeritt]

18 hours ago, IJN_Kitakami said:

BOI ohh BOI ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

 

Boi ohhh Boi indeed

[HaachamaShipping]

1 hour ago, Zemeritt said:

 

Boi ohhh Boi indeed

Is that IWS?

[Zemeritt]

18 hours ago, Riselotte said:

Is that IWS?

 

Indeed, that`s her

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In the other news: The english Azur Lane trailer has been released, alongside the website

 

 

 

Looks like the renamed "Metal Blood" to "Iron Blood"

[HaachamaShipping]

7 minutes ago, Zemeritt said:

 

Indeed, that`s her

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I always get this weird feeling that IWS looks more Imperial than she should, given she's not some Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 or such. Not in summer art, but standard art...

[Zemeritt]

34 minutes ago, Riselotte said:

I always get this weird feeling that IWS looks more Imperial than she should, given she's not some Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 or such. Not in summer art, but standard art...

 

I really don't mind her design, although I have to admit she looks rather regal

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Trying to find a picture without a pantyshot is difficult,  especially since her official art has one too

 

 

[HaachamaShipping]

1 hour ago, Zemeritt said:

 

I really don't mind her design, although I have to admit she looks rather regal

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Trying to find a picture without a pantyshot is difficult,  especially since her official art has one too

 

 

It's no major gripe, IWS' design is pretty nice. Just feels weird to have a gun from the post war era Second Republic having references to Imperial Austria, with its historic white uniforms, the black and gold of the Habsburg dynasty, the crown and double-headed eagle insignias, etc.

 

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Official art, just to make sure that I'm not dreaming when I say that her hair ornament is the Imperial Coat of Arms...

If you compare for example with someone like Beretta M38 (one of my favourites), M38 got multiple historic references, which are hinting at Italy in WWII, which is befitting of the gun's history. But as said, it's not that I find the design bad, just, it would have been more fitting for a rifle like the Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 or something, that actually saw the Imperial era.

[Zemeritt]

11 minutes ago, Riselotte said:

It's no major gripe, IWS' design is pretty nice. Just feels weird to have a gun from the post war era Second Republic having references to Imperial Austria, with its historic white uniforms, the black and gold of the Habsburg dynasty, the crown and double-headed eagle insignias, etc.

 

Okay, if you look at it that way, it sure makes little sense.Is she the only Steyr-Mannlicher T-Doll in the game so far?

 

24 minutes ago, Riselotte said:

If you compare for example with someone like Beretta M38 (one of my favourites), M38 got multiple historic references, which are hinting at Italy in WWII, which is befitting of the gun's history. But as said, it's not that I find the design bad, just, it would have been more fitting for a rifle like the Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 or something, that actually saw the Imperial era.

 

I guess the problem is that IWS has no "real" history so far

[HaachamaShipping]

5 minutes ago, Zemeritt said:

 

Okay, if you look at it that way, it sure makes little sense.Is she the only Steyr-Mannlicher T-Doll in the game so far?

 

 

I guess the problem is that IWS has no "real" history so far

No, she is not the only one, given there is SSG 69, Steyr AUG and Steyr TMP. Which btw are all the other Austrian guns in the game, except for Glock 17 and apart from IWS, none of them are particularly "Austrian".

 

And yes, most of them lack a history. I mentioned the M1895 bolt-action rifle mostly because it'd be the next most iconic rifle with a military history.

[Zemeritt]

45 minutes ago, Riselotte said:

No, she is not the only one, given there is SSG 69, Steyr AUG and Steyr TMP. Which btw are all the other Austrian guns in the game, except for Glock 17 and apart from IWS, none of them are particularly "Austrian".

 

Had to look them up and yes, they certainly have no austrian look.

 

47 minutes ago, Riselotte said:

And yes, most of them lack a history. I mentioned the M1895 bolt-action rifle mostly because it'd be the next most iconic rifle with a military history.

 

Is just the question if they plan on putting the M1895 into the game. And if they do, she`ll properly have more the look of a WW1 soldier/officer.

[HaachamaShipping]

4 minutes ago, Zemeritt said:

 

Had to look them up and yes, they certainly have no austrian look.

 

 

Is just the question if they plan on putting the M1895 into the game. And if they do, she`ll properly have more the look of a WW1 soldier/officer.

Maybe one day. For its size, Austria is certainly not underrepresented, nor can it complain about the quality, given IWS is good enough to build entire echelons around supporting her as single rifle and AUG buffs any T-doll, like a handgun, joining M4A1 and Ribeyrolles as viable buffer in the mid of backrow of a 2 SMG/3 AR echelon, just that her skill makes AUG a dps monster by herself. SSG-69 has pretty high base damage and damage up, so heavy investment in RoF buffers might make that shine, while TMP has the tiles, evasion and evasion up skill to be halfway decent offtank, for the less special Austrians. Glock is arguably the least useful, being maybe an ok filler in MG/SG compositions?

 

And I'd not expect M1895 to look too much like a WWI soldier, given that no doll looks like a trench fighter, even of all the other WWI era guns (Enfield, Springfield, Mosin-Nagant, the Carcanos, Type 88). More likely just old-style clothing trying to look somewhat imperial and royal? And if I had to guess, RoF up skill, unless they go for some weirdo skill again.

[Zemeritt]

8 minutes ago, Riselotte said:

Maybe one day. For its size, Austria is certainly not underrepresented, nor can it complain about the quality, given IWS is good enough to build entire echelons around supporting her as single rifle and AUG buffs any T-doll, like a handgun, joining M4A1 and Ribeyrolles as viable buffer in the mid of backrow of a 2 SMG/3 AR echelon, just that her skill makes AUG a dps monster by herself. SSG-69 has pretty high base damage and damage up, so heavy investment in RoF buffers might make that shine, while TMP has the tiles, evasion and evasion up skill to be halfway decent offtank, for the less special Austrians. Glock is arguably the least useful, being maybe an ok filler in MG/SG compositions?

 

Okay okay, maybe I should clearify that I don`t actually play the game yet So I can`t really comment on the effectiveness of certain units or how they work.

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If they would make the game available in Germany, I certainly would play it, but I refuse to use other programs to play a game. Even if it means that I`ll miss out on some games. (KC is also such a case)

Thats why I hope AL will be a global release, not "just" an EN one like GF did.

 

13 minutes ago, Riselotte said:

And I'd not expect M1895 to look too much like a WWI soldier, given that no doll looks like a trench fighter, even of all the other WWI era guns (Enfield, Springfield, Mosin-Nagant, the Carcanos, Type 88). More likely just old-style clothing trying to look somewhat imperial and royal? And if I had to guess, RoF up skill, unless they go for some weirdo skill again.

 

I guessed influenced would have been a better wording from me right there

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5 minutes ago, Zemeritt said:

 

Okay okay, maybe I should clearify that I don`t actually play the game yet So I can`t really comment on the effectiveness of certain units or how they work.

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If they would make the game available in Germany, I certainly would play it, but I refuse to use other programs to play a game. Even if it means that I`ll miss out on some games. (KC is also such a case)

Thats why I hope AL will be a global release, not "just" an EN one like GF did.

 

 

I guessed influenced would have been a better wording from me right there

apkpure is your friend. While the game is "not available" outside the Anglosphere (for whatever weird reason), once you got the apk and get it installed, it runs just about everywhere and they aren't being [redacted] about people from continental Europe playing.

[Verdius]

Cube cleared!

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On my first attempt the final boss was still bugged to have 100% accuracy which meant that my 5x UMP 45 was dead before we even got to her.
Luckily they patched that today which made it a bit less frustrating and resource intensive.

 

17 hours ago, Zemeritt said:

I refuse to use other programs to play a game.

You don't need a different program to play the game. GF is not available in my country either. I just downloaded the file that you'd normally download from Google play from apkpure to my phone.  I don't need any other programs and can just play it like anyone else on my phone.

[El2aZeR]

1 hour ago, Verdius said:

Cube cleared!

 

Already? I'm only halfway through 3 and not even sure if my Echelons are strong enough to clear 4. >_<

[HaachamaShipping]

43 minutes ago, El2aZeR said:

 

Already? I'm only halfway through 3 and not even sure if my Echelons are strong enough to clear 4. >_<

Same here. And I'm wondering on what RFs to powerlevel to get through 4. Not sure whether ARs cut it.

[Zemeritt]

19 hours ago, Riselotte said:

apkpure is your friend. While the game is "not available" outside the Anglosphere (for whatever weird reason), once you got the apk and get it installed, it runs just about everywhere and they aren't being [redacted] about people from continental Europe playing.

 

2 hours ago, Verdius said:

You don't need a different program to play the game. GF is not available in my country either. I just downloaded the file that you'd normally download from Google play from apkpure to my phone.  I don't need any other programs and can just play it like anyone else on my phone.

 

Hmm, I might have to give it a shot this weekend

[Verdius]

3 hours ago, Riselotte said:

Same here. And I'm wondering on what RFs to powerlevel to get through 4. Not sure whether ARs cut it.

 

I used both WA2k and SVD there, with AR-15 because why not. Most RFs with AP ammo are pretty solid against armored enemies. 9A-91 of course has a really good night battle skill that will allow her to reliably damage even armored enemies. Grenades also do pretty decent damage. Only thing that you should watch out for is that the boss is invulnerable during her special attack so you want to make sure that you don't waste damage skills during that time.

 

Also another tip is to take off camo cloaks from RFs when trying for the 1-4E boss, since they slow down your echelon which means your tank takes more damage.

 

I'll also put a link here that gives some tips andy easy ways of finding the bosses, which will probably save you a lot of frustration and time

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https://gfshikikan.blogspot.com/p/operation-cube_14.html

 

There are also some cheesy strats where you stack damage buffs from HG tiles and skills on a fully upgraded NTW-20 who will then 1shot the boss with her skill. 

[HaachamaShipping]

1 hour ago, Verdius said:

 

I used both WA2k and SVD there, with AR-15 because why not. Most RFs with AP ammo are pretty solid against armored enemies. 9A-91 of course has a really good night battle skill that will allow her to reliably damage even armored enemies. Grenades also do pretty decent damage. Only thing that you should watch out for is that the boss is invulnerable during her special attack so you want to make sure that you don't waste damage skills during that time.

 

Also another tip is to take off camo cloaks from RFs when trying for the 1-4E boss, since they slow you down your echelong which means your tank takes more damage.

 

I'll also put a link here that gives some tips andy easy ways of finding the bosses, which will probably save you a lot of frustration and time

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https://gfshikikan.blogspot.com/p/operation-cube_14.html

 

There are also some cheesy strats where you stack damage buffs from HG tiles and skills on a fully upgraded NTW-20 who will then 1shot the boss with her skill. 

I have a single echelon of quad-linked dolls and none of them is a rifle, so, yeah... All I noticed is that SIG-510 actually deals enough damage to overcome armour with skill active. I need to train my rifles more.

[ErwinScarlett]

French Battleship Jean Bart in AL

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