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

[Panocek]

5 hours ago, Captain_LOZFFVII said:

 

You know I've been grinding 6-4 for two months now, with no poi to show for it?

What was is? RNGesus giveth, RNGesus taketh?

 

And I don't quite know wat do with Fuso/Yamashiro/Ise/Hyuuga. All four sit at LB1, 70something level and I think of leaving them at LB1 as low cost backline, especially as I have more than plenty of (supposedly) better battleboats for the job and Kongo trio have actually higher fuel cost and worse stats than thicc cats and battledoggos

[Nechrom]

3 hours ago, Panocek said:

What was is? RNGesus giveth, RNGesus taketh?

 

And I don't quite know wat do with Fuso/Yamashiro/Ise/Hyuuga. All four sit at LB1, 70something level and I think of leaving them at LB1 as low cost backline, especially as I have more than plenty of (supposedly) better battleboats for the job and Kongo trio have actually higher fuel cost and worse stats than thicc cats and battledoggos

Hyuuga is definitely worth retrofitting. She can flagship great thanks to her aux gun skill, she gives you a screen clear (with bad planes) and she has firepower way above her rarity. She's my go to budget flagship when I can't get away with running some low level trash.

[CptBarney]

Have they added in the cat captains yet?

[Zemeritt]

Finally finished my third PR-ship:

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Now the last frontliner before going for the backliners

 

Concerning the subs: I got four of them so far, alot of them 3-4 times already. (Even of I-168) The only one I'm missing is U-101

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Also: Anyone in need of two Lustys?

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[Nechrom]

11 minutes ago, Zemeritt said:

Concerning the subs: I got four of them so far, alot of them 3-4 times already. (Even of I-168) The only one I'm missing is U-101

Oof. And U-101 is the buff sub for Iron Blood too. That's the one you don't want to miss if you're going to be using IB subs.

 

I heard that they will add them to the perma build pool later, so I guess it's not a big deal if you miss any, just lower chance to build later.

Otherwise you can always visit Akashi.

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[Zemeritt]

2 minutes ago, Nechrom said:

Oof. And U-101 is the buff sub for Iron Blood too. That's the one you don't want to miss if you're going to be using IB subs. 

 

Yep, she's actually the main reason I spent so much into this construction as I already missed out on U-81.

 

3 minutes ago, Nechrom said:

I heard that they will add them to the perma build pool later, so I guess it's not a big deal if you miss any, just lower chance to build later.

Otherwise you can always visit Akashi.

 

She already got plenty for those Dunk skins this month

[LOZFFVII]

17 hours ago, Panocek said:

What was is? RNGesus giveth, RNGesus taketh?

 

And I don't quite know wat do with Fuso/Yamashiro/Ise/Hyuuga. All four sit at LB1, 70something level and I think of leaving them at LB1 as low cost backline, especially as I have more than plenty of (supposedly) better battleboats for the job and Kongo trio have actually higher fuel cost and worse stats than thicc cats and battledoggos

 

Hyuuga is really good; she is a must for retrofitting. I used her (retro) with Amagi and Hiei-chan for grinding Izumo (whom I have unlocked now, BTW) and if it weren't for Amagi's barrage, Hyuuga would get MVP every time. She buffs backrow FP, self-buffs her own FP (which stacks!) has an excellent close-range barrage (that functions as her secondary gun, as she drops her secondary for equipping seaplanes), can do smartbombs with her seaplanes (you won't be doing much damage, but clears all the bullets) and is super-cheap for a purple BB (due to having blue BB oil cost).

13 hours ago, CptBarney said:

Have they added in the cat captains yet?

No.

I wouldn't get your hopes up for when they do get added, I've heard they're next-to-worthless. Like subs for that matter...

1 hour ago, Zemeritt said:

Concerning the subs: I got four of them so far, alot of them 3-4 times already. (Even of I-168) The only one I'm missing is U-101

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Also: Anyone in need of two Lustys?

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I've got 3/5, and mostly only one of each (two of i-168), still waiting on i-56 and u-101.

1 hour ago, Nechrom said:

Oof. And U-101 is the buff sub for Iron Blood too. That's the one you don't want to miss if you're going to be using IB subs.

 

I heard that they will add them to the perma build pool later, so I guess it's not a big deal if you miss any, just lower chance to build later.

Oof, please come home, U-101. It already sucks that I can't get my hands on U-81 despite how often I'm rolling special build. If I can't get U-101 on rate-up I'll probably never get her.

1 hour ago, Zemeritt said:

Yep, she's actually the main reason I spent so much into this construction as I already missed out on U-81.

Missed out on? U-81 is in the special build pool.

Actually the good thing about this sub rate-up event is it's based on the special pool (rather than heavy pool like it normally is), so you've actually got a chance to roll U-81 in addition to the new subs.

 

Also, I see what you did with your signature...

[Nechrom]

I never posted my blessed pull:

 

If it had been my first I would have lost my mind.

 

EDIT: At the risk of attracting more hate, I was just casually doing a SOS mission when...

 

 

[Zemeritt]

17 hours ago, Captain_LOZFFVII said:

I've got 3/5, and mostly only one of each (two of i-168), still waiting on i-56 and u-101.

 

Got her today:

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Now I can spent one build for the special contruction again.

 

17 hours ago, Captain_LOZFFVII said:

Missed out on? U-81 is in the special build pool. 

Actually the good thing about this sub rate-up event is it's based on the special pool (rather than heavy pool like it normally is), so you've actually got a chance to roll U-81 in addition to the new subs.

 

Wasn't there also an increased drop chance for their release?

 

17 hours ago, Captain_LOZFFVII said:

Also, I see what you did with your signature...

 

Countdown how long I'll have to put up with WoWs 

[LOZFFVII]

5 hours ago, Zemeritt said:

Got her today:

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So did I.

Still no i-56, though (but I don't care as much for her, although it'd still be nice of her to drop for me).

5 hours ago, Zemeritt said:

Wasn't there also an increased drop chance for their release?

Possibly? I don't really remember anything of the sort, though...

5 hours ago, Zemeritt said:

Countdown how long I'll have to put up with WoWs 

Heh. I've already been WoWS-free for three(?) weeks.

26th is turning out to be a doubly good day for me, as it turns out there's a new arcade opening in my local town on that day. House of the Dead, Arcade Temple Run, Silent Scope 2, After Burner Climax! Not to mention tons of retro consoles (Gamecube is retro? I feel old). This place is going to eat up what little free time I have left!

[El2aZeR]

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....I think I need to go buy another ring.

 

Also I forgot to mention I now have these two.

 

[WolfGewehr]

On 8/2/2018 at 12:53 PM, WolfGewehr said:

So, the new IJN JMSDF DDG is Maya:

 

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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/07/30/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-launches-next-generation-destroyer-carrying-latest-version-aegis-anti-missile-system/#.W2LP8sJ9jIU

 

Now just starts the guessing how her sister will be named. So far, after Kongo and Kirishima, JMSDF has used names from Takao/Myoko classes to name their DDG's; Myoko, Chokai // Atago, Ashigara / Maya.

 

Maya was dubbed to be subclass of Atago, so looking at the naming pattern; Takao/Myoko/Takao, Maya's sister should be either Nachi or Haguro. Well, that's just my educated guess ^^

 

 

Seems my guess was rather on point, welcome JS Haguro:

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[CptBarney]

58 minutes ago, WolfGewehr said:

 

 

Seems my guess was rather on point, welcome JS Haguro:

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Makes you wonder how she will fair against chinas type-055 destroyer. She hasnt got a name yet but shes currently active (another 7-8 are due to be built).

 

Surprised they don't build light cruisers as missle carriers with decent artillery.

[Zemeritt]

18 hours ago, Captain_LOZFFVII said:

So did I.

Still no i-56, though (but I don't care as much for her, although it'd still be nice of her to drop for me).

 

Conrats. Well I-56 drop plenty for me, so it shouldn't be hard to get her.

 

18 hours ago, Captain_LOZFFVII said:

Possibly? I don't really remember anything of the sort, though...

 

I think so. For a week for sure.

 

18 hours ago, Captain_LOZFFVII said:

Heh. I've already been WoWS-free for three(?) weeks.

26th is turning out to be a doubly good day for me, as it turns out there's a new arcade opening in my local town on that day. House of the Dead, Arcade Temple Run, Silent Scope 2, After Burner Climax! Not to mention tons of retro consoles (Gamecube is retro? I feel old). This place is going to eat up what little free time I have left!

 

Can't blame you.

[HaachamaShipping]

1 hour ago, CptBarney said:

Makes you wonder how she will fair against chinas type-055 destroyer. She hasnt got a name yet but shes currently active (another 7-8 are due to be built).

 

Surprised they don't build light cruisers as missle carriers with decent artillery.

Type 055 is about as good, though it really depends on what the ships carry in their VLS. Overall, the Maya-class will not go against the Type 055 in a 1v1 ever and there's a myriad of surrounding assets, ranging from naval aviation, to other vessels to land-based assets in form of aircraft, missiles and radar.

 

Guns cost money. One or two 5-inch guns are often what most navies settle for on a ship, because they can provide some support and are dual purpose. Some like the USN add some ships with larger guns (e.g. Zumwalt-class with 2 155 mm guns), but typically, it seems to not be worth it really. These capabilities are typically more valued for naval gunfire support, aka shore bombardement in support of landing operations or operations along a coastline. and that would require steering your ship close to a shoreline, where land-based artillery and missiles, as well as low-flying aircraft can pick them off. There's a reason the Zumwalt were conceived as combining advanced stealth with the Advanced Gun System firing guided shells out to 100 nm.

[CptBarney]

9 minutes ago, Cagliostro_chan said:

Type 055 is about as good, though it really depends on what the ships carry in their VLS. Overall, the Maya-class will not go against the Type 055 in a 1v1 ever and there's a myriad of surrounding assets, ranging from naval aviation, to other vessels to land-based assets in form of aircraft, missiles and radar.

 

Guns cost money. One or two 5-inch guns are often what most navies settle for on a ship, because they can provide some support and are dual purpose. Some like the USN add some ships with larger guns (e.g. Zumwalt-class with 2 155 mm guns), but typically, it seems to not be worth it really. These capabilities are typically more valued for naval gunfire support, aka shore bombardement in support of landing operations or operations along a coastline. and that would require steering your ship close to a shoreline, where land-based artillery and missiles, as well as low-flying aircraft can pick them off. There's a reason the Zumwalt were conceived as combining advanced stealth with the Advanced Gun System firing guided shells out to 100 nm.

Fair enough, im just thinking because (or assuming) both sides will use electronic warfare that could make most missles and long range weaponry kinda useless (for the most part anyways) so having some kind of artillery on the ships would help if they ever got into situations where there missles would be useless or ran out of them, but i don't know guess i loike meh big gunz.

 

Don't they seem big for 'destroyers' though? seems like they are cruiser sized ships so im not sure why they classified them as destroyers. The thing is not a single major navy has thought against something similar so i guess all we can do is theorize and conduct tests (which im assuming they are accurate).

 

Plus all dem AMS thingies as well. Makes me wonder if Battleships would be any use if you gave them a ton of AMS, AA, CounterMeasures, Missles and Artillery.

 

Or even using merchant ships as giant missle and AMS and Electronic Warfare ships.

[LOZFFVII]

4 minutes ago, CptBarney said:

Don't they seem big for 'destroyers' though? seems like they are cruiser sized ships so im not sure why they classified them as destroyers. The thing is not a single major navy has thought against something similar so i guess all we can do is theorize and conduct tests (which im assuming they are accurate).

 

Plus all dem AMS thingies as well. Makes me wonder if Battleships would be any use if you gave them a ton of AMS, AA, CounterMeasures, Missles and Artillery.

Cruisers and Battleships became defunct in the wake of WWII.

Destroyers gradually started fulfillling the same niches that cruisers used to be designed for (convoy escorting, AA defence screening, etc), rendering the larger class obsolete. The fact that modern DDs are roughly the same size as WWII Cruisers is a technicality (? I had a better word in my head for it 10seconds ago, but it vanished whilst typing, fml).

If you're going to build a massive ship that costs millions of schekels, you're better off keeping them as far away from the action as is possible, making it less likely they end up sunk. Thus Carriers have become the focus of large naval construction projects rather than battleships.

[HaachamaShipping]

9 minutes ago, CptBarney said:

Fair enough, im just thinking because (or assuming) both sides will use electronic warfare that could make most missles and long range weaponry kinda useless (for the most part anyways) so having some kind of artillery on the ships would help if they ever got into situations where there missles would be useless or ran out of them, but i don't know guess i loike meh big gunz.

 

Don't they seem big for 'destroyers' though? seems like they are cruiser sized ships so im not sure why they classified them as destroyers. The thing is not a single major navy has thought against something similar so i guess all we can do is theorize and conduct tests (which im assuming they are accurate).

 

Plus all dem AMS thingies as well. Makes me wonder if Battleships would be any use if you gave them a ton of AMS, AA, CounterMeasures, Missles and Artillery.

 

Or even using merchant ships as giant missle and AMS and Electronic Warfare ships.

Electronic Counter-Measures lead to Electronic Counter-Counter-Measures. The best defense against missiles are active defenses, so something to shoot missiles down. And for the kind of engagements where you need a gun, there is that 5 inch gun, which typically has a RoF of 40-60 rpm. 

 

Cruiser classification fell out of use for the most part as there just was no real basis for differentiation as destroyers became larger and all of the ships had similar missions. A Ticonderoga-class cruiser is not really much larger than an Arleigh Burke, indeed, it is a Spruance-class hull, which was a destroyer.

 

Battleships would not be useless, but are not cost effective, especially not for peacetime navies.

 

Using merchant ships as combattants today is as legally questionable as it was in WWII and while concepts exist, they are more for Russian-style operations that defy international law than navies of countries who give a damn about staying internationally credible. And even Russia likely ran out of money to fund this stuff, but there's dozens of people on youtube who get off to that kinda stuff.

17 minutes ago, Captain_LOZFFVII said:

Thus Carriers have become the focus of large naval construction projects rather than battleships.

Carriers and submarines.

[ErwinScarlett]

7 hours ago, CptBarney said:

Makes you wonder how she will fair against chinas type-055 destroyer. She hasnt got a name yet but shes currently active (another 7-8 are due to be built).

 

Surprised they don't build light cruisers as missle carriers with decent artillery.

The first type-055 has her name as Nanchang with pennant number 101. She and her sister are 12,000 ton destroyers, already as heavy as curisers.

[El2aZeR]

Mrw I read that new AL event will contain enemy subs:

[Nechrom]

41 minutes ago, El2aZeR said:

Mrw I read that new AL event will contain enemy subs:

Mrw I remember all the players who proudly proclaimed that they are not doing any submarine content because "it's pointless".

[HaachamaShipping]

This was the greatest day, until I learned KyoAni burned down.

 

Still...

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Long-awaited, Summer Cag

 

[LOZFFVII]

8 hours ago, El2aZeR said:

Mrw I read that new AL event will contain enemy subs:

8 hours ago, Nechrom said:

Mrw I remember all the players who proudly proclaimed that they are not doing any submarine content because "it's pointless".

It's all fine, it's all fine! I've got Chaser and Koln (retro), so everything's going to be fine.

 

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7 hours ago, Cagliostro_chan said:

This was the greatest day, until I learned KyoAni burned down.

Yeah, that was a shocker. It's really awful that there are some people in the world just ed up enough to do something so horrible.

[CptBarney]

I wonder why the guy did it? Outside attack? Disgruntled employee? Stress?

 

Sad really think there was a shooting in america with an employee being very p*ssed with his/hers company in general.

[LOZFFVII]

7 minutes ago, CptBarney said:

I wonder why the guy did it? Outside attack? Disgruntled employee? Stress?

 

Sad really think there was a shooting in america with an employee being very p*ssed with his/hers company in general.

We don't know yet, but he has (apparently) been apprehended.

 

If you're talking about the guy I think you are, he was a stressed out and disgruntled USPS (US Postal Service) worker, and the media coined the term "going postal" to describe what happened (there are even two video games named after this).