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Krogort posted:Just wait till you try the Karlsruhe. So pretty much exactly the same as the Kolberg, except -1 gun per broadside and +2km range? loving joy.
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I've been playing every night and I still haven't seen the Halloween botes. How many rounds does it take on average?
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Sperglord Actual posted:I've been playing every night and I still haven't seen the Halloween botes. How many rounds does it take on average? I'm actually completely unsure. On the events release I had four matches on one day, since then nothing. Seems to be completely random and luck based.
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Over at the forums, someone managed to data mine that stats for the guns. I found this part amusing:code:
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Danann posted:Over at the forums, someone managed to data mine that stats for the guns. I found this part amusing: They changed the Omaha and Marblehead AP a while ago, I think before the Marblehead event. I guess they just decided not to change premiums. The Murmansk guns over penetrate all the time though, I'm not sure how much of an advantage that is.
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Sperglord Actual posted:I've been playing every night and I still haven't seen the Halloween botes. How many rounds does it take on average? I saw my first one last night. Not sure what they're supposed to mean though. Our team won. I don't think we got anything for it.
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MoraleHazard posted:I saw my first one last night. Not sure what they're supposed to mean though. Our team won. I don't think we got anything for it. Every monday they dish out prizes for people who won spooky Halloween event matches. It's like 10 of the XP flags, 10 credit flags, and some other flags I can't remember. 10 for each victory against spooky ships. Fergus fucked around with this message at 20:46 on Oct 27, 2015 |
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Oct 27, 2015 20:42
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I really dont know what to make of this game. I've got a Wyoming and Im trying missions but I can't seem to get anywhere. I can aim my AP shots but this thing's like a loving shotgun, I get gradually whittled down by Karlsruhes and Phoenixes from long range. Half the time when long range shots seem to land on an enemy's deck I do no damage. And just now I got murdered by torpedos seeming to come out of loving nowhere - literally, I was sailing across an open bay in a match with no carriers and no enemies either side in sight (or smoke clouds) and these things were just appearing in waves, seemingly from the far shore. The randomness is so frustrating. I'll have occasional cames where I'll get three of four kills but the majority I do no damage or get torn up by people who can see me from miles further off than they can.
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Many destroyers can fire torpedoes further than you can see them from. Always make changes in course every so often.
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Surprise Giraffe posted:Wyoming The Wyoming feels like a precision machine to me after the South Carolina but I know what you mean. I usually use HE until I get under 10km with other battleships then switch to AP, switching back if destroyers get closer.
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Oct 27, 2015 22:06
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The shell travel time on the Yorck makes it an interesting little minigame just to be able to hit a target that is further than 10km out. It's absolutely infuriating. How supertesters let this one through I will never understand
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Oct 27, 2015 22:55
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Fergus posted:The shell travel time on the Yorck makes it an interesting little minigame just to be able to hit a target that is further than 10km out. It's absolutely infuriating. How supertesters let this one through I will never understand Wargaming loves having a line have a stinker in it I think. The fire rate is ok at least?
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Fergus posted:Every monday they dish out prizes for people who won spooky Halloween event matches. It's like 10 of the XP flags, 10 credit flags, and some other flags I can't remember. 10 for each victory against spooky ships. Oh I thought I didn't get a prize because I called the person piloting the spooky carrier a mouth breathing moron. They're all terrible at the game and there's always spelling mistakes in the chat announcements they make.
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wdarkk posted:Wargaming loves having a line have a stinker in it I think. The fire rate is ok at least? Yeah the fire rate is admirable. Don't get me wrong the Yorck can do some massive amounts of damage and with rapid succession, but only within pretty close distances and if they are showing you their broadside.
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5.1 notes are up for public test tomorrow. They're increasing the AP pen German tier 2,3, and 4.
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Victor Surge posted:They're increasing the AP pen German tier 2,3, and 4. Now that people have burned their free XP to skip these piles of crap. Stronk russian business
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Today I learned that a Tirpitz can citadel an Izumo at ~12km. Got 4 citadels on one and killed him from full health.
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Just started playing this since Friday and began with German cruisers because why not. The Karlsruhe is so annoying to grind through it hurts. I've been one-shotted by so many BS and it has gently caress all range. I did better with the Dresden. Will suffer the 6k exp I have left to get a ship I can hide behind battleships with. For now it's just me failing at rock-paper-scissors. I am unbelievably bad at this game holy poo poo. School Nickname fucked around with this message at 01:11 on Oct 28, 2015 |
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School Nickname posted:Just started playing this since Friday and began with German cruisers because why not. The Karlsruhe is so annoying to grind through it hurts. I've been one-shotted by so many BS and it has gently caress all range. I did better with the Dresden. Will suffer the 6k exp I have left to get a ship I can hide behind battleships with. For now it's just me failing at rock-paper-scissors. Give up on broadsides when driving a Karl. You only gain two guns, and give away free shots at your cardboard sides. The best approach Karl has to pretty much any situation is to be approaching it head on at moderate speed, or running directly away from it. You get 4 guns to annoy your target with while keeping your profile small, and only need to wiggle about 15 degrees in either direction to launch a torpedo. Karl's a poo poo boat either way, but if played very defensively she can survive long enough to scrape up some points. If you can endure Karl long enough to get mediocre at Karl, every other boat will be paradise.
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Danann posted:Over at the forums, someone managed to data mine that stats for the guns. Unsurprisingly, the 102mm guns on the Kolberg have the worst AP penetration in the game. Second worst? Karlsruhe.
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The one nice thing about the Karlsruhe is the torpedo angles. It can pretty much fire straight ahead and behind. It's good for surprising stuff close range.
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Thanks for your advice, Raving Loon! I was the second last person to die horribly instead of the second!  deratomicdog posted:The one nice thing about the Karlsruhe is the torpedo angles. It can pretty much fire straight ahead and behind. It's good for surprising stuff close range. I've actually managed to charge battleships and take one or two down using the torps. From now on I'm just gonna kite and zig-zag.
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Who are the three tirpitz guys platooned up? I'm assuming they're Goons based on one of their names Fergus fucked around with this message at 01:59 on Oct 28, 2015 |
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NTRabbit posted:So pretty much exactly the same as the Kolberg, except -1 gun per broadside and +2km range? loving joy. Well the guns are 6 inch guns instead of 4 inch guns, so they are actually quite a bit more effective. But still not really good or anything. Its definitely the worst tier IV in the game.
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School Nickname posted:Thanks for your advice, Raving Loon! I was the second last person to die horribly instead of the second! These lessons will serve you well in the later German cruisers - you get the speed and range to engage and disengage from whoever you like, and guns that fire actual bullets, but you are still made of paper.
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I have a lingering feeling that a not-insignificant percentage of new players make it to tier 3 and 4 ships while playing only co-op and never realize it.
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Pacra posted:I have a lingering feeling that a not-insignificant percentage of new players make it to tier 3 and 4 ships while playing only co-op and never realize it. SHUT UP YOU DONT KNOW ME! I totally did DurosKlav fucked around with this message at 04:29 on Oct 28, 2015 |
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What's the deal with ranked battles? Aside from limiting tiers to 6 and 7(?), is there anything else different about them? If I happen to be grinding at those tier levels, is there any reason to not just do ranked?
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They sure put a lot of thought into this Halloween event. If it triggers on Big Race, the attacking team's carrier will spawn on the enemy side of the map. 
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I really love watching my stats drop and drop with every game I play in the Yorck. I just don't get it. It doesn't reflect my skill level at ALL!
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Orgytron posted:What's the deal with ranked battles? Aside from limiting tiers to 6 and 7(?), is there anything else different about them? If I happen to be grinding at those tier levels, is there any reason to not just do ranked? Teams are locked in at 7 vs. 7, as opposed to the usual 12 vs. 12. All matches are also Domination, though generally having one less cap point than usual, and there's a limited selection of maps(though several more are being added in 5.1). In addition, the cap points needed to win is reduced to 800 as opposed to 1000, though I believe this is going to change next season. As anyone who's gotten into one of the weirdly sized matches that occasionally pop up in standard play can attest, cap points are far less important when teams are significantly smaller - though still relevant. Also, there aren't many CVs in ranked, due to the match structure resulting in a meta of teams generally moving together and thus having interlocking AA coverage - along with Clevelands and Atlantas being fairly common. When someone is broken off, it's usually a destroyer or cruiser - neither of which are particularly favored targets for a CV. The smaller team size also means there's generally less need for aircraft scouting, as teams are usually close together to begin with. Note that due to the lower team sizes, battleships are definitely the most common ship type in ranked, as opposed to cruisers, as the lower team sizes means those potential huge alphas are that much more effective at reducing the enemy team. Not that cruisers aren't still important, as they can do many things well, but the meta definitely favors battleships at the moment. Lord Koth fucked around with this message at 05:28 on Oct 28, 2015 |
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Is there a good way to deal with torpedo bombers in a battleship when they catch you on your own? I can never out maneuver all of the torps, even if im sailing directly away from them the thing turns too slow. do you just have to constantly watch them and hope they dont swerve to drop them at a funny angle?
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Surprise Giraffe posted:Is there a good way to deal with torpedo bombers in a battleships when they catch you on your own? I can never out maneuver all of the torps, even if im sailing directly away from them the thing turns too slow. do you just have to constantly watch them and hope they dont swerve to drop them at a funny angle? The answer is that you shouldn't be able to outmaneuver all of the torps when you're on your own in a battleship. Watch them coming, play with your speed, and turn into the planes as soon as you can, and you can minimise the damage, but never avoid all of it - especially against the tight pattern of US torp bombers. Turning into the planes, rather than away, has a better chance of screwing up the firing solution, and maybe forcing the planes into embarassing go-arounds to get back to the edge of the circle, which can buy you time to shoot more of them down. Avoiding all of it requires you to not be alone, either fighters or a cruiser popping the AA skill to cause torpedo dispersion. NTRabbit fucked around with this message at 16:45 on Oct 28, 2015 |
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Yea just don't get caught on your own in a BB. Always try to be within range of friendly crusiers. If all your support ships are bad and die, then you probably werent going to win anyways.
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People are saying there's an undocumented change to the gun skills in test so it only applies to 130mm or less instead of 155mm.
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Victor Surge posted:People are saying there's an undocumented change to the gun skills in test so it only applies to 130mm or less instead of 155mm. I refuse to believe that Wargaming.net would ever make undocumented changes in a patch, they never have before
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Victor Surge posted:People are saying there's an undocumented change to the gun skills in test so it only applies to 130mm or less instead of 155mm. Those skills are already pretty useless as it is with the low-caliber restriction. Why make it even worse?
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Deutsch Nozzle posted:Those skills are already pretty useless as it is with the low-caliber restriction. Why make it even worse?  My Mogami!
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