Tactical genius

[MoveZig]

Look, I can kind of understand when I lay down smoke and you sail right through it even though you're two salvos away from being deleted. You're mortally afraid of torps, fine, even though I made sure no DDs are in reach.

 

But why is there almost always someone going down the middle in Two Brothers? What sense does that make? Of course they get spotted and destroyed almost every time like fish in a barrel. Even if they don't, the start of the match is not the time for it. Even if you get through, you'll still be flanked on both sides with no one to support you. Is there some brilliant flanking maneuver in their head or are they just straight-up bots? Is it the WoWS equivalent of suicide-scouting T-50s?

[kaelyemeth]

I think it's probably because of Youtube. I'm pretty sure Jingles posted a video with someone having success with something like this...

[Dangerhamster]

Its the boaty version of charging across a field on Wot, someone saw it work once so it must work again.....

[Skyllon]

I think it's probably because of Youtube. I'm pretty sure Jingles posted a video with someone having success with something like this...

 

Yes, you are correct. It was Panzerknacker who posted vid with Two Brothers.

 

Week ago I also had doubtful pleasure of ending up in the team, doing exactly the same with very predictable outcome...

Monkey see, monkey do...

 

[hgbn_dk]

That slot is a notorious idiot magnet.. always been... you can go up in it later in the game.. suicide at start

[cro_pwr]

Look, I can kind of understand when I lay down smoke and you sail right through it even though you're two salvos away from being deleted. You're mortally afraid of torps, fine, even though I made sure no DDs are in reach.

 

But why is there almost always someone going down the middle in Two Brothers? What sense does that make? Of course they get spotted and destroyed almost every time like fish in a barrel. Even if they don't, the start of the match is not the time for it. Even if you get through, you'll still be flanked on both sides with no one to support you. Is there some brilliant flanking maneuver in their head or are they just straight-up bots? Is it the WoWS equivalent of suicide-scouting T-50s?

 

because human stupidity knows no boundaries.

[Kartoffelmos]

(Sorry, the title made me do it)

 

 

But why is there almost always someone going down the middle in Two Brothers? What sense does that make?

 

But they play for fun! Did you not have fun?

[Migulaitor]

I dont understand your problem I usually push trough the middle in two brothers and with a bit of team work its a good plan. In a standard battle you force the enemy to come back in domination you split their forces.

[hgbn_dk]

yeah but not right by the start of the match when everybody still is at spawn....

[Strapps]

Was on the receiving end of this in a battle last week. The enemy successfully split our forces and our BBs and CAs didn't know whether to push forward or go back, meaning they dithered until we were all wrecked. So that's another set of players who won a battle by pushing the middle and will continue doing the same in future because, "it worked that one time".

[loppantorkel]

It's doable under the right circumstances, and when it is, it's usually pretty fun. Nothing wrong about playing for fun, most of us do it in the end. It's a game after all.

[EdiJo]

[HyoukaYukikaze]

But why is there almost always someone going down the middle in Two Brothers?

 

Sometimes when i'm frustrated and need to vent  i decide to go down the middle. Most of a time it ends with me taking a few ships with me (last time it was 3 afair). A few times i even survived to the end of battle.

But yeah, generally a bad idea. Esp in a ship not suited for that.

[Major_Damage225]

I went through the "death ally" a few times, sometimes u get hammered, then there is the time u do big damage to the enemy tem, provided u DO NOT get spotted or its game over, is it a good tactic, heck no but it is a hellova lot of fun if you suceed(did it in nagato and tirpitz, one time me in tirp and a fellow teamember in his gneisenau), however i did prefer the old two brothers(concerning the straight). 

In short bad tactic but good fun, load up and 

[Ferry_25]

It's still my absolute dream: to have battle in which all go through the center and fight it out there!

[tenacious_torps]

I am very tempted to fork over the money I saved from not buying the Duca to EarlGrey for some "I survived the vagina of doom" boxers. 

[_DeathWing_]

[_DeathWing_]

 

But on the other hand!

 

 

[SDGsteve]

Did it one time with success 

 

 

One DD went first then two of us in Tirpitz, DD put his smoke down  torpedo both sides with the 2 x Tirpitz doing the same took out 4 enemy before lost one Tirpitz, the enemy came into us left both flanks open for others to come and clean up great game for us, but wouldn't recommend it now though maybe this was one luck time it worked out perfect

 

Always see someone going down middle on there own silly tactics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[YukiEiriKun]

Perhaps I should make an vid of my first ever Kiev battle (before the change) where I sailed through the middle, drunk as an sailor and capped..

 

...
To be honest, it happened right after we had basically cleared the western flank, our eastern flank was holding nicely an I had just sunk three enemies who came through the middle..;)

(I'll grab the screenies now...)

[SaxonHoliday]

I do it for the giggles.

 

Especially in my Scharnhorst.

 

That ship is the most troll-tastic thing you can sail down that corridor. Last time I did it, I got 108k damage in 5 minutes...

[VC381]

Thing is, like any stupid tactic, it has a small chance to succeed just because the enemy isn't expecting you to be that stupid. That doesn't make it worth trying although there are situations where it's not such a terrible idea.

 

Also, there are people that play for those rare moments when something stupid turns out awesome, and try it without caring about the numerous times it doesn't work. I guess we should respect their right to do that if they find it fun.

 

I actually did this in reverse once, starting north on brothers pushed the west side easily while east collapsed, capped C and surprised the enemy team (who were now in our spawn) by coming back up the middle. This was a DD, a Des Moines and two Montanas. They had a Gearing defending the gap that must have soiled his pants when I turned my radar on from our DDs smoke. A few of their BBs then panicked and turned broadside across the gap... Yeah... It was fun.

[Procrastes]

The "sailing down the middle channel-manoeuver" has been elaborated upon in at least one Jingles-video, which I took as an opportunity to open a thread on the whole "Playing for Fun" issue. Is it a good thing, or a bad one? What does it truly mean? Gaming philosophy in its purest form, in my opinion!

 

I'll add a link below; not to invoke thread necromancy but because my opening post really says just about all I have to say on the matter.

 

http://forum.worldofwarships.eu/index.php?/topic/61403-playing-for-fun-a-question-of-philosophy/page__fromsearch__1

 

[TheCinC]

It doesn't work, because people are suspecting it, because they know it still happens, and because it basically results in either a free kill or a real problem.

I for one always keep an eye on the channel when I am in any position to do so, even just checking the minimap while somewhere else entirely, to alert my team to a possible problem.

Last weekend or so, deleted a North Carolina that dared to pass through, as I was nearby in my HMS Edinburgh.

Three torpedo hits in total, over 33 k damage just to that NC.

Also over 11 k damage to the Nürnberg who was happy to accompany him.

We won that game handily.

 

I only go channel if there is no time to waste, such as when we are about to lose due to capping and I can't take the time to go the long way around.

[loppantorkel]

Sometimes the channel compels you to do it.