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Gunfights with Japanese destroyers in my Nicholas is fun but it's hard to do since it spots you for the rest of its goddamn team, nearly negating one of the American DDs main advantages unless you catch the enemy DD in a real one on one situation which is really rare given the ranges on naval guns. 
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They should add the Mutsu as a premium. Give it a 10% chance of detonating at battle start.
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Jul 30, 2015 11:01
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Largepotato posted:They should add the Mutsu as a premium. Give it a 10% chance of detonating at battle start. Hell of a way to kill yourself. If it was a suicide that's gotta be close to if not the record for number of people killed. edit: Kamikaze attacks don't count. my kinda ape fucked around with this message at 11:13 on Jul 30, 2015 |
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Jul 30, 2015 11:09
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rossmum posted:Ahaha, that stream. "They're all missing! I honestly don't get it!" he says, as he fires at a Pensacola with the exact same accuracy-nerfing camo his own ship has. Jesus. I've pretty much given up on trying to citadel New Mexicos with anything short of 16in guns. I'll now just aim a bit higher to ram the shells through the secondary casemates and take the regular pen damage.
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Jul 30, 2015 11:16
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Is it possible to citadel shoot battleships with a Phoenix or Omaha? Or am I better off just dumping HE in all situations? I haven't been able to get many citadel hits at all on BBs, but I've gotten a couple on other cruisers with AP rounds.
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Jul 30, 2015 11:29
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ghetto wormhole posted:Hell of a way to kill yourself. If it was a suicide that's gotta be close to if not the record for number of people killed. The theory of a fire next to the magazine is the more likely cause.
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Jul 30, 2015 11:35
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Not being afraid to head into the middle of the map and slug it out is such good fun and results in awesome XP/Credit rewards. At least with US BBs  ghetto wormhole posted:Hell of a way to kill yourself. If it was a suicide that's gotta be close to if not the record for number of people killed. As I'm roughly in the middle of Grey Hunter's War in the Pacific LP, I'm sometimes not sure which thread I'm looking at between that one and this. 
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Jul 30, 2015 11:40
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That streamer was playing BBs like every other bad pub. Staying at long/max range and then wondering why their salvos weren't connecting with more than 1 or 2 shells. If you're in a BB you need to get into the thick of things. Even beardy dude mcstream did that at the beginning of the stream when he smoked that Myogi.
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Jul 30, 2015 12:10
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ghetto wormhole posted:Hell of a way to kill yourself. If it was a suicide that's gotta be close to if not the record for number of people killed. Blaming suicidal sailors in lieu of admitting to dangerously outdated flammable/explosive things aboard ships and lax safety procedures is a long and proud naval tradition, though the USN did it best with the "suicidal-homicidal gay sailor" theory for Iowa's turret going kaboom.
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Jul 30, 2015 12:58
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Sometimes your team just does not want to win, no matter how much you carry. Citadeled to death two Kumas, two Phoenixes, and a Yubari. My team had five people that did not break double digit xp. That would have been a good game for the contest.
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Jul 30, 2015 13:41
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Such is the way of life for internet gaming 
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Jul 30, 2015 14:32
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What are you supposed to do with the floating piece of poo poo that is the South Carolina? HP of a cruiser, manuverability of a bridge support, gets matched with t4's and t5's that shits all over me.
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Jul 30, 2015 14:57
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Just had a pretty great game in my Tenryu. Started off by citadeling a Myogi and sinking it in 2 AP salvos. Then I used my speed to slip around and take out their Langley with HE and torpedoes. Finished up by murdering a Clemson that was bearing down on our own CV while dancing through his torpedoes unscathed. Ended up getting all three of my daily missions (2 ships killed, 3 ships killed, and 5 torp hits) completed in one go. The Tenryu definitely feels undergunned next to the St. Louis, but drat if it doesn't have some sweet moves.
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Jul 30, 2015 15:00
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Throbbing blob posted:What are you supposed to do with the floating piece of poo poo that is the South Carolina? HP of a cruiser, manuverability of a bridge support, gets matched with t4's and t5's that shits all over me.
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Jul 30, 2015 15:00
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I escaped the Furutaka last night. and you were all right. the Aoba feels wonderful. I'm not sure if this is just the Stockholm syndrome talking but it felt like a joy to take out in matches. Pros Guns turn faster, Ship turns faster, Torps are longer ranged. Guns "feel" more accurate but what the hell do I know with only two games in it. Cons 2.8 million credits.
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Jul 30, 2015 15:06
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Shipbuilding Extreme Part 1 - In which I take pictures that are way too large Well my boat finally arrived. The UPS man was so nice and actually called me since my bell is broken. Well, in any case - this is the package:  The highly anticipated ship game~ Colors and brushes not includes. I needed a few more colors, and Italieri was so nice and suggested the one I should buy. The little flyer is not actually the one with the codes, I suppose it is that piece of paper you get when browsing the store. On the backside many WoT model kits you can buy. No idea why you would to. Yes I am a hypocrite.  Swastikas not included. Well as far as sizes goes I overestimated it a bit. Which is good, don't wanna spend weeks on this thing anyway, which is basically only a vessel to deliver me a glorious russian boat ingame. Cement included, Nice.  Get poo poo on by carriers Some promotional stuff in the little booklet. Neat?  We forgot to mention that this is an MMO so be prepared to be called a human being in chat. Also "simulator" More of these things that no sane person should care about.  Guns! More guns! Also you are wroooooong. Who would have guessed that ships have weakspots. Thanks for the infodump WG but seriously, it is a boat. The weakspots are so obvious that pointing them out is actually hilarous.  Only one step below naked anime lady posters... I guess it is an okay poster? It is a bit small but whatever. Hold tight for the next update in which I realize I don't have any wood color because Italerie forgot to mention that. And for those who actually read this and don't have this game yet. This is one of the invite codes. The other will follows in the next updates. 3BN7T-ETXPP-K3F2Y-S66RN
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Jul 30, 2015 15:55
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Test running co-op using Atago. Bots are mirrored. Daily 1.5X + Premium  513 base xp for 5~10 minutes of work ain't too bad imo.  Bots don't use Damage Control or repair. However they will load AP inside about 10 km. I died because I was being dumb and didn't realize bot Atago loaded AP and managed to hit citadel that easily. But at this stage there was only 1 more bot left 25 km from me (did kill that Atago with torp) so I couldn't have gotten more xp anyway. Overall it's worth a spin if you know your poo poo + don't want to waste 20 minutes getting ~1k base xp just because you lost.
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Jul 30, 2015 15:58
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Tahirovic posted:I am having a lot of fun in it too when the MM doesn't poo poo all over it. Seeing destroyers come in close trying to blow you up just to get wrecked by secondaries is amazing fun. I love my Warspite too, making credits is barely a chore. Add the extra credits flag and the lower repair cost one to cash in best. My captain has 8 points currently and I definitely second the 'destroyers melt under 5km' thing. With a few more points I'll get the tier 4 secondary range boost for even more hilarity.
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Jul 30, 2015 15:58
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Oh hey haha RIP the loving code is only valid for EU accounts. gently caress you wargaming.
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Michaellaneous posted:Oh hey haha RIP the loving code is only valid for EU accounts. The game is in open beta, so why would anyone need a invite code?
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Jul 30, 2015 16:12
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It comes with premium fuckbucks and some premium time.
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Hagop posted:The game is in open beta, so why would anyone need a invite code? Also it's not the invite codes it the code with the premium ship and 500 signal flags.
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Aesis posted:Test running co-op using Atago. Bots are mirrored. I swapped over to doing bot games in my American CVs (and maybe my Mutsuki) just for the daily double. I figure I'll be able to slowly grind them out and not go crazy about how bad they are until they get rebalanced.
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Devorum posted:The Tenryu definitely feels undergunned next to the St. Louis, but drat if it doesn't have some sweet moves. The Tenryu is an extremely fun ship that unfortunately gets a bad rap because it's on the same tier as the St. Louis which is an invincible steel lump covered in guns.
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Michaellaneous posted:3BN7T-ETXPP-K3F2Y-S66RN EU account here, code invalid. Probably taken by someone else. Thanks anyways.
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Yeah, its unfortunate, but the Tenryuu doesn't hold a candle to the St. Louis. Your only saving grace is your torpedoes and your speed, but if you get anywhere close to a St Louis and present a flat enough angle at your smokestacks, you're going to citadel city.
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Throbbing blob posted:What are you supposed to do with the floating piece of poo poo that is the South Carolina? HP of a cruiser, manuverability of a bridge support, gets matched with t4's and t5's that shits all over me. I feel your pain. I'm seriously considering finishing it off against bots. It's the only ship I've played where I often have little to no actual fun in a match. It's especially fun how any opposing carrier can take you out with ease at will if they happen to notice you.
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James Garfield posted:Someone apparently released SEA server average statistics which more or less confirm what was already obvious about ship/class balance (high tier destroyers are weak, Furutaka is straight up worse than Kuma, US carriers are bad, Japanese carriers are horribly overpowered, etc.) Do you have an other link for those stats ?
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cock hero flux posted:The Tenryu is an extremely fun ship that unfortunately gets a bad rap because it's on the same tier as the St. Louis which is an invincible steel lump covered in guns. The one upside the Tenryu has is it teaches you to play IJN Cruisers a hell of a lot better than the St. Louis teaches you USN ones. I absolutely hated the known Excellent Ship the Phoenix at first because I tried to play it similar to a St. Louis and got citadeled all to hell and back. The Tenryu teaches you Japan's broadsides are basically a giant bullseye for all the boys and girls to ram their AP shells through for fabulous prizes and so not to do that much.
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Krogort posted:Do you have an other link for those stats ? That's the only site I know of. I just checked and the link worked for me.
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You know, I actually might want to get myself a Bismarck eventually. Quick turrets, high rate of fire, high speed, big secondary battery and workable belt armor? Given how much I love the Nagato for her brawling ability, it sounds right up my alley. Will prolly have some toruble with slower rudder and less pen on the guns (and lovely AA), but that's something I can live with. Cruiser drivers are prolly gonna hate this thing though between its speed, fast turrets and high rate of fire - ain't like you need the pen from 16-inchers to nuke them.
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Now this was a good Warspite game. Starts off quietly enough and finishes with a win on points after I get 5 kills. You can almost feel the last Wyoming screaming 'die die die!' before he explodes leaving me with a tiny sliver. Killing the 2nd Cleveland blind firing into his citadel was just the icing on this delicious cake. I even remembered to turn on replays recently   
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I think I'm finding that the real reason fighting DDs as a BB is difficult is that switching to HE to shotgun the little fuckers takes 30 seconds.
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Are citadel hits randomly generated or is there actual hit detection? Brand new to this game so forgive my ignorance, but in my first game I shot a cruiser right in the citadel with several AP shots at very close range and didn't get any big crits.
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James Garfield posted:That's the only site I know of. I just checked and the link worked for me. That's strange, I get a "403 Forbiden" error and a couple lines in some asian symbols. I'm in europe, maybe it's region restricted.
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Unzip and Attack posted:Are citadel hits randomly generated or is there actual hit detection? Brand new to this game so forgive my ignorance, but in my first game I shot a cruiser right in the citadel with several AP shots at very close range and didn't get any big crits.
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grrarg posted:There is actual hit detection, but it is still affected by the randomness of dispersion. What ship were you shooting, which ship were you using, and at what range? Shell caliber and velocity (and therefore range), thickness of enemy armor, and angle of attack all play a factor. I was piloting the default American cruiser and firing against the American cruiser that's one level up from the default, at almost point blank broadside for both ships. He must have had his weapons disabled because he only shot at me once while I had time to switch to AP and fire 3 whole volleys before some torps took him out.
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James Garfield posted:Someone apparently released SEA server average statistics which more or less confirm what was already obvious about ship/class balance (high tier destroyers are weak, Furutaka is straight up worse than Kuma, US carriers are bad, Japanese carriers are horribly overpowered, etc.) I love how just one person has an Albany.
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Well if someone wants the ultra special russian premium cruiser, I am willing to trade it for a gift on the NA server. PM me.
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MeatloafCat posted:I love how just one person has an Albany. It's also nice to have additional vindication that the Myogi is an even bigger pile of poo poo than the Kawachi.
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