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Pick me for balance decider, glorious line of US light cruisers awaits. Who else wants a Worcester (like the Des Moines of light cruisers basically)
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Sixth Sense is pretty much a must on frigates past tier 6. And you really have to have patience. I basically sat behind an inlet for like 30 seconds while a BS was approaching. I knew for sure he didn't see me since I have the detection perk. As soon as he steamed by....8 torps all hit his side.
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SuperSix posted:Sixth Sense is pretty much a must on frigates past tier 6. Sixth Sense is bad. Even if you aren't detected, your torps can be.
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Mar 23, 2015 21:40
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Slim Jim Pickens posted:Sixth Sense is bad. Even if you aren't detected, your torps can be. Doesn't really make a difference when my torps are 4.5k The point is that it gets you within range / behind them before you get spotted. Most of the time the battleships dueling scoped in won't notice the torps until its way way too late.
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TheFluff posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9LNYTAqPzM I think this is the problem. I never track my targets (except for torpedoes) so I have been forced to lead in all directions. Its why i didn't quite believe it at first, but those video's you linked clearly demonstrate what you had been explaining. Its nice to know that I can now press X for auto-win. Sorry about doubting you 
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Mar 23, 2015 21:53
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PirateBob posted:Same. Now I have both an NA account and an EU account for the CBT. It makes a lot of difference. I play at work using my cell phone for internet connection which gives me a ping of almost 180ms compared to approximately 35 at home. I am much more terrible when playing at work.
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Mar 23, 2015 21:55
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Gervasius posted:EU beta invites are out - be fast: So when do they open this shindig up for people who get rilly mad when they lose? Ie could open beta be closeish?
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Dalael posted:It makes a lot of difference. I play at work using my cell phone for internet connection which gives me a ping of almost 180ms compared to approximately 35 at home. I am much more terrible when playing at work. Welp, that explains why I suck with my 180 ping.
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Not sure I can agree that high ping is an excuse for sucking. v vI've been doing very well with 200-220 ping. The game is much smoother and more comfortable to play at 50 ms, but other than that it doesn't make much of a difference in a game as slow as this.
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Mar 23, 2015 23:01
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PirateBob posted:Not sure I can agree that high ping is an excuse for sucking. v Given the flight time of the shells a ping time of 150-200ms isn't a big deal. I did, however, notice intermittent packet loss this weekend which manifested itself as ships 'jumping' kind of like how tanks used to way back in beta for World of Tanks. It made trying to aim the Kongo's guns extra fun.
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Mar 23, 2015 23:49
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What do you guys think is the sexiest looking ship line
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Mar 23, 2015 23:51
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SuperSix posted:What do you guys think is the sexiest looking ship line
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TheFluff posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGmHELN0C90 What do you press to watch your shells fly into a target like that?? [Around the 9.37 mark] Burt fucked around with this message at 00:01 on Mar 24, 2015 |
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Mar 23, 2015 23:58
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Burt posted:What do you press to watch your shells fly into a target like that?? Z
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I have mine bound to middle mouse. From Settings > Controls > Keyboard Controls > Weapons - Track Shell/Torpedo After Firing
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SuperSix posted:What do you guys think is the sexiest looking ship line US cruisers. It's got glorious 40k Orks and Imperium collaborative ship design cruisers, and the Cleveland, Baltimore and Des Moines are what WWII ships should look like. The Senjo's real nice looking, and some of the later Japanese cruisers have a real nice low, sleek look to them, but overall US cruisers. US battleships will be nice too.
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Man the difference between tier 5 and tier 6+ AA is insane. I went for a torp run on a BB with one cruiser protecting it. I think one of the twelve torp planes made it out alive.
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Are citadel hits not actually a thing with the tier 1 practice botes? Likewise, what should I actually aim for with the <3km range tier 1 knife fights? Hull or superstructure?
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People are mad about keys on the official forum.  quote:Firstly all of you defending WG for their cheap and DIRTY marketing tactics need to sit down, drink some milk think of the story of life and just think for one second. WG is dropped dead rich, when you say they only are giving keys away to people at random/and to those who are streaming for marketing purposes, we'll you just contradicted yourself for giving those streamers preference is like they are the teachers pet. Drink some milk and think of the story of life, guys.
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Asehujiko posted:Are citadel hits not actually a thing with the tier 1 practice botes? Likewise, what should I actually aim for with the <3km range tier 1 knife fights? Hull or superstructure? At longer ranges or shorter ones, I've had a lot of success shooting Erie and Katori with AP. In my experience the mid, 6-5 range is prone to not getting me many effective hits. That, and shooting a Chikuma with an AP Katori seems to fail 90% of the volleys for some reason, but HE almost always works better, even though that ship has more "survivability" than the Katori. Sidesaddle Cavalry posted:the one with the boobs and skirt and the eyepatch Personally I prefer the one that looks like Taylor Swift wearing a cute blue beret, but each to their own!
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Mar 24, 2015 01:19
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Arishtat posted:Given the flight time of the shells a ping time of 150-200ms isn't a big deal. I did, however, notice intermittent packet loss this weekend which manifested itself as ships 'jumping' kind of like how tanks used to way back in beta for World of Tanks. It made trying to aim the Kongo's guns extra fun. That jumping is exactly what I was talking about. I thought that was due to the ping I had at work. It made it really difficult to hit at long range. s.
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SuperSix posted:Doesn't really make a difference when my torps are 4.5k If they don't notice the torps, why would they notice you? Also, sixth sense isn't preventing you from getting spotted, it's just telling when you do. It doesn't make a difference because it's super obvious when you're spotted in this game. Take the smoke screen skill instead, it'll actually hide you.
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PirateBob posted:People are mad about keys on the official forum. They promised people at PAX beta keys the day the beta launched. They still havent sent them 
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Mar 24, 2015 02:03
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I was promised immeasurable wealth and glory by my teachers in grade school.
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Slim Jim Pickens posted:If they don't notice the torps, why would they notice you? The only other sure indicator is when they start shooting you and you can't afford that. Plus the skill tells you when you're aren't spotted anymore, very useful when you're choosing when to engage or not to engage, especially with how fast you move. I'm at Tier 6 with both IJN and USN destroyers. I do markedly better with the latter even though it has a way shorter range, simply because I know exactly when enemies see me and when I've disappeared since I have the perk.
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demonR6 posted:I was promised immeasurable wealth and glory by my teachers in grade school. My teachers just promised me I was never going to become anything and instead slowly waste my life away posting on online forums, but I sure showed them.
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Just got my rear end handed to me in my first pee-cola match..... by a Cleveland. The pee-cola isn't bad, even stock, but don't let a Cleveland close range. Second match wasn't so bad. The ROF on the eight inchers isn't terrible and they do have range. When they hit a cruiser like an Aorta or Mogami, they can put out the hurt. Second game, still stock, wasn't bad. Got one 26000 HP citadel salvo on an Aorta. I kind of like the ship.    demonR6 posted:I was promised immeasurable wealth and glory by my teachers in grade school. My teachers got angry at me for drawing ships all throughout grade school and high school. In college, I took a naval architecture course, but it involved math.
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MoraleHazard posted:Just got my rear end handed to me in my first pee-cola match..... by a Cleveland. The pee-cola isn't bad, even stock, but don't let a Cleveland close range. Second match wasn't so bad. The ROF on the eight inchers isn't terrible and they do have range. When they hit a cruiser like an Aorta or Mogami, they can put out the hurt. Second game, still stock, wasn't bad. Got one 26000 HP citadel salvo on an Aorta. I kind of like the ship. Yeah, it's not going to win a DPM race against a light cruiser but it's got good guns for laying down hurt at longer range. Also you can point your hull directly at the enemy to shield your vitals with your nose and then turn to expose your turrets when it's firing time, which is nice.
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I hope they do something with Carriers; I kind of enjoy playing them when things go right but getting 3 or 4 sorties per game at best is pretty dreadful. Literally posting right now while waiting for all my planes to fly back to me.
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xthetenth posted:Yeah, it's not going to win a DPM race against a light cruiser but it's got good guns for laying down hurt at longer range. Also you can point your hull directly at the enemy to shield your vitals with your nose and then turn to expose your turrets when it's firing time, which is nice. I do agree but I kinda think the 8" guns should have a bit more DPM parity to the 6" guns, mostly to help the hapless Aoba and the heavy cruisers because the Cleveland is really really good.
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Pubbies get really mad when you ask why they didn't call the game "World of Boats"
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World of Tanks: Amphibious Assault.
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Does the server regularly go down at midnight? Just got kicked out of the game the second a match ended and it's now unavailable.
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I dunked a St Louis in my Myogi with a 17k citadel hit, which makes it the first game in my Myogi where my main guns did more then the secondaries. Then a Fuso hit me with a full broadside while I was shooting another St Louis and returned the favor.
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The Japanese destroyer line isn't all bad. Tier 6 and up aren't worth playing in their current state, but what this really means is that the best torpedo boat in the game is only at tier 5. If you like shooting torpedoes and making things blow up, get a Minekaze. The ships before it are all playable. Do not under any circumstances upgrade the torpedoes. The upgraded torpedoes trade 11 knots of speed for 3 kilometers of range, but what the game doesn't tell you is that the detection range triples. Between that and the lower speed, enemy ships have almost four times as much time to dodge your torpedoes, and you don't even gain damage. A full salvo of Minekaze torpedoes is almost as strong as a full salvo from the tier 7 destroyer. But there's much less time to dodge the Minekaze torpedoes, and you're firing them at lower tier ships. And the Minekaze is faster, more maneuverable and harder to spot. It also reloads more than twice as fast, because the Minekaze has three dual launchers instead of two triple launchers. That's right, the Minekaze is straight up a better ship than the tier 7 on the same line. There's only a kilometer between your torpedo and detection ranges, but fortunately you're in a Minekaze. You go 39 knots at tier 5, with one of the smallest turning circles in the game and a rudder that shifts instantly. Also your guns are only good for getting you spotted. Basically get a Minekaze if you like fun, it is the best Japanese destroyer in the game. It's like playing a destroyer in the beta weekend. 
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Apparently I'm way better at this then tanks. Got beta today. Is there no way to get plasters/premium? Do people just not know how to land shells? It seems like if I move fast enough nobody can do anything in lower tiers. Krataar fucked around with this message at 06:23 on Mar 24, 2015 |
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Insert name here posted:I hope they do something with Carriers; I kind of enjoy playing them when things go right but getting 3 or 4 sorties per game at best is pretty dreadful. Literally posting right now while waiting for all my planes to fly back to me. At higher (6+) tiers it feels like they could add more planes per squadron, because AA gets really serious up there - guaranteed to lose attacking planes in pretty much any run makes the few attacks you do get markedly less effective (if they don't get panicked on top). Just losing one or two torpedo planes makes it *much* easier to dodge the following torpedo spread (and all ships at tier 6 and up are also fast and agile compared to earlier ships). But that doesn't solve the "3-4 sorties per game" issue. Faster turn-around time? Higher speed on the planes?
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