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Michaellaneous
Oct 30, 2013

Galaga Galaxian posted:

The Atlanta is a good ship. Now if only it had the fused AA shells for the main guns. :allears:

(Edit) I've been equipping my ships with one set each of fire extinguisher, repair parts and smoke bombs, but fires have been so uncommon I'm thinking of swapping out the extinguisher for more smoke as 3 can get used up awfully fast. What are other people carrying in their utility item slots?

That is the standard loadout. Subs usually switch the extinguisher for the modified air pump but that's it.

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Jarvisi
Apr 17, 2001

Green is still best.
My first game as a sub, I was followed around by two enemy subs for about 10 minutes, all shooting me at point blank with torpedos. I'm not even sure if they were trolling or just idiots?

Third World Reagan
May 19, 2008

Imagine four 'mechs waiting in a queue. Time works the same way.
Most people don't get the safe range for a few tiers.

HFX
Nov 29, 2004

Third World Reggin posted:

Most people don't get the safe range for a few tiers.

They could let you set the safe range but have 20% chance to randomly turn or explode early.

Galaga Galaxian
Apr 23, 2009

What a childish tactic!
Don't you think you should put more thought into your battleplan?!


HFX posted:

They could let you set the safe range but have 20% chance to randomly turn or explode early.

Just imagine the horror if they allowed Torpedoes to make proper Gyro turns. :v: High tier German torpedoes making ladder runs, US torpedoes circling and sinking their own subs, etc Firing fore/aft torpedoes all at a target in your broadside...

Thankfully they don't do that.

Pain of Mind
Jul 10, 2004
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How do you read the commander stats? I got 4 of them but I am not sure how to use them. I just started playing yesterday, I have the first german BB and US sub, though I think I had more fun playing as the starting DDs.

Feindfeuer
Jun 20, 2013

shoot men, receive credits
G7es Zaunkönig randomly sinking a friendly or enemy ship in an area 5700meters around the firing sub, including the german sub. That would be awesome, even more awesome if it were to replace the gold-ammo torpedo in german high-tier subs.

Also I spend all my extra gold on Fleet Funds, so now we got the money covered but it seems we're still short on XP.

bees everywhere
Nov 19, 2002

I just started playing this game last night and it's surprising how much fun it is. It's not Silent Hunter by a long shot but the arcade feel is just perfect for 10-15 minute matches and I love how terrible most of the players are in tiers 2-3. You don't even need to be in a sub to sneak up on BBs, they'll huddle together in a group and pay zero attention to the destroyer coming around the corner launching a billion torpedoes at them.

Besides sneaking up on idiots in BBs it's a lot of fun to just hang out with friendly BBs in a destroyer or sub, torpedoing fools who get too close and spotting/destroying enemy subs.

Is there much benefit to advancing into tiers 4 and beyond besides enabling the grind and getting into night battles? I'm assuming it takes longer to find a match and the gameplay doesn't change much to make it worth it.

Pacra
Aug 5, 2004

bees everywhere posted:

I just started playing this game last night and it's surprising how much fun it is. It's not Silent Hunter by a long shot but the arcade feel is just perfect for 10-15 minute matches and I love how terrible most of the players are in tiers 2-3. You don't even need to be in a sub to sneak up on BBs, they'll huddle together in a group and pay zero attention to the destroyer coming around the corner launching a billion torpedoes at them.

Besides sneaking up on idiots in BBs it's a lot of fun to just hang out with friendly BBs in a destroyer or sub, torpedoing fools who get too close and spotting/destroying enemy subs.

Is there much benefit to advancing into tiers 4 and beyond besides enabling the grind and getting into night battles? I'm assuming it takes longer to find a match and the gameplay doesn't change much to make it worth it.

I dunno, I find the populace just as dumb in t4 :)

Stanley Pain
Jun 16, 2001

by Fluffdaddy

Feindfeuer posted:

G7es Zaunkönig randomly sinking a friendly or enemy ship in an area 5700meters around the firing sub, including the german sub. That would be awesome, even more awesome if it were to replace the gold-ammo torpedo in german high-tier subs.

Also I spend all my extra gold on Fleet Funds, so now we got the money covered but it seems we're still short on XP.

I think you might have a problem, friend. Welcome to the club :cawg:

Michaellaneous
Oct 30, 2013

The problem now isn't money, it's XP.

Goons, play more.

Lee Outrageous
Jul 21, 2006

General
Is [GOONS] the only fleet we have up? I'd like to get in on the hot, sweaty action with some like minded seamen but the fleet is full.

Groggy nard
Aug 6, 2013

How does into botes?
Pubbies have thrown away me clearing away multiple enemy subs/carriers/destroyers by being killed easily and leaving the capture point completely undefended no less than five times in a row tonight.

Defeat from the jaws of victory, every time.

Det_no
Oct 24, 2003
Is there any clear nation that has the best battleships/carriers/cruiser/destroyers/subs or is it too early to tell? Or maybe the game is actually kinda balanced and I'm just scarred from war thunder.

Slim Jim Pickens
Jan 16, 2012
The fleet can be upgraded again, thanks to the efforts of Feindfeuer, the most power of bottoms.


Det_no posted:

Is there any clear nation that has the best battleships/carriers/cruiser/destroyers/subs or is it too early to tell? Or maybe the game is actually kinda balanced and I'm just scarred from war thunder.

They more or less play the same as the others in their class. Games are fast and you should just take it easy and do whatever your ship class is meant to do.

Galaga Galaxian
Apr 23, 2009

What a childish tactic!
Don't you think you should put more thought into your battleplan?!


Slim Jim Pickens posted:

The fleet can be upgraded again, thanks to the efforts of Feindfeuer, the most power of bottoms.

It cannot, we're short XP. Goons need to sink more ships!

I think I'm getting the hang of playing DDs and CLs though.



I need to play more like a scout (duh) and less like a torpedo and cannon armed berserker. Hover 3-4 km from the battleship cluster and just watch likely avenues of approach, avoid enemy cruisers (They will devour your DD), engage enemy Destroyers/Subs where opportunity lets you, and find stuff for the BBs to sink.

Catching a submarine in a spread of torpedoes and watching him try to dodge in vain instead of go deep is hilarious.

The Bagley seems almost worse than the Mahan for some reason. All its gets is one extra quad launcher (for two each side instead of one each and a shared launcher) but has worse gun arcs, and only one AA gun.

Log082
Nov 8, 2008


Galaga Galaxian posted:

I need to play more like a scout (duh) and less like a torpedo and cannon armed berserker.

Are you saying I've been doing it wrong this whole time?

Galaga Galaxian
Apr 23, 2009

What a childish tactic!
Don't you think you should put more thought into your battleplan?!




Gotta say, I'm a bit disappointed to learn how the rarity upgrade works. I thought if you got a duplicate commander he gets promoted an extra star. Nope, you just get 20 points and it takes 300 points to upgrade from 2 stars to 3 stars. Oh hey, its 1000 Q.points for going from 3 to 4! :suicide:

[edit] Got two of my favorite Kaiserliche Marine officers.



Warning History Sperg: Hipper is, of course, famous for leading Germany's battlecruisers during the Battle of Jutland. Luckner, however, is less known. He was the captain of the SMS Seeadler a 3-masted sailing ship (with auxiliary steam engine) that fought as a commerce raider during WW1. She captured/scuttled 16 merchants during her raiding (With only a single crewmen of those ships being killed in the process) only to be wrecked in an accident (either a typhoon or accidentally running aground while most of the crew and the prisoners were having a picnic on an island :allears:, depending on who you ask). This was not the end of his adventures either!

Galaga Galaxian fucked around with this message at 07:57 on Nov 24, 2015

Groggy nard
Aug 6, 2013

How does into botes?
This game has awesome air squad customization compared to WoWS but dear god do I suck at managing torpedo drops.

Battleships and Submarines are simply :perfect:

Michaellaneous
Oct 30, 2013

Groggy nard posted:

This game has awesome air squad customization compared to WoWS but dear god do I suck at managing torpedo drops.

Battleships and Submarines are simply :perfect:

Sub Hunting with CVs is the best thing :getin:

XENA I LOVE YOU
Sep 11, 2010

I love letting loose a torp spread right before a carrier fucks me. Then watching as it kills the carrier and its two escorts as I sink. :unsmigghh:

Michaellaneous
Oct 30, 2013

XENA I LOVE YOU posted:

I love letting loose a torp spread right before a carrier fucks me. Then watching as it kills the carrier and its two escorts as I sink. :unsmigghh:

It's me. I am that carrier.
Except I am not sinking.

Patrocclesiastes
Apr 30, 2009

I cant even find the GOONS fleet!

XENA I LOVE YOU
Sep 11, 2010

punakone posted:

I cant even find the GOONS fleet!

It's full until we get more people to win matches. We got all the funds needed to level up, we just need the exp.

Jaroslav
Dec 31, 2007

:shepface:God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title:shepface:

punakone posted:

I cant even find the GOONS fleet!

gotta search for it in all caps, it is case sensitive

Patrocclesiastes
Apr 30, 2009

Well, that explains both cases, get on it GOONS! I want to join you.

Third World Reagan
May 19, 2008

Imagine four 'mechs waiting in a queue. Time works the same way.
We need a few more people to complete their weekly events to get the exp we need.

Stanley Pain
Jun 16, 2001

by Fluffdaddy

punakone posted:

Well, that explains both cases, get on it GOONS! I want to join you.

We want you inside of us too....


Please be shooting all your hot loads. :unsmith:

oscarthewilde
May 16, 2012


I would often go there
To the tiny church there
A shame GOONS! is full, hopefully some of you slackers complete your evens soon! Anyway, I'm in as Oscarthewilde.

XENA I LOVE YOU
Sep 11, 2010

I'm two battles away from finishing the fleet exp weekly. If two other people finish theirs we can upgrade.

Jarvisi
Apr 17, 2001

Green is still best.
Are battle items single use or do they stay forever? What about those 10% upgrade items? Can you move them to new ships?

Galaga Galaxian
Apr 23, 2009

What a childish tactic!
Don't you think you should put more thought into your battleplan?!


Sgt. Anime Pederast posted:

Are battle items single use or do they stay forever? What about those 10% upgrade items? Can you move them to new ships?

Fire extinguishers, smoke bombs, repair parts, etc are one-use items (though several to a stack usually) and must be replaced after each battle (there is an option to have this done automatically). Their cost is pretty inconsequential after a tier or two.

The ship equipment parts are not consumables, and can be freely switched between ships unless the part is marked as binding, in which case the only way to remove it is to trash it or pay 25 gold to remove it (it'd be cheaper to just purchase another).

XENA I LOVE YOU
Sep 11, 2010


Now this was a satisfying match. Not a single allied loss in a nearly full game.

Drinkfist
Aug 2, 2005



I logged into Armored Warfare today to keep chugging along with my progress and our CTS channels are full of "you loving people" talking about boats and boat things.

Goddamn Reggin is the bastard that samples every flavor at baskin robins and then walks out the door without buying anything. How long do I have to continue tolerating you navy fucks?

Michaellaneous
Oct 30, 2013

Trip Report with the Nevada:
Nevada Good, Pubbies Bad.

Let me get two wins in so we can upgrade soon.

Stanley Pain
Jun 16, 2001

by Fluffdaddy

Drinkfist posted:

I logged into Armored Warfare today to keep chugging along with my progress and our CTS channels are full of "you loving people" talking about boats and boat things.

Goddamn Reggin is the bastard that samples every flavor at baskin robins and then walks out the door without buying anything. How long do I have to continue tolerating you navy fucks?

Armored warfare is kinda broken right now and Hot Seamen is the new poo poo. Why you no play boats?!

Michaellaneous
Oct 30, 2013

Someone do the quest we are one short of upgrading.
GOGOGOGO Goons.

Feindfeuer
Jun 20, 2013

shoot men, receive credits
Grinding right now, but had to work for eleven and a half hour today to fix the fuckup of someone else so am not sure if I finish the weekly quest today. But the Yubari proves again that it's the perfect 'win' grinder, it's basically a very heavy DD classed as a CL and it's incredibly fast and nimble and can punch really, really hard. Just lighting up everyone and sinking one or two ships is enough to secure a win most of the time.



11 battles with it so far, all victories, 7 MVP. I only survived 2 of those battles, but I play that boat very aggressivly and it just fits that playstyle so perfectly. I love it.


e:
ruined my 100% winstreak with the Yubari by beeing too tired to play boats, I'll finish the quest tomorrow once I'm home from work.

Feindfeuer fucked around with this message at 21:18 on Nov 24, 2015

Michaellaneous
Oct 30, 2013


Nevada owns :woop:


:frogsiren: Holy gently caress Nevada owns :frogsiren:


e:

News at 11: Nevada Owns also holy gently caress :pcgaming: PENTAKILL :pcgaming:


:siren: 16k damage :siren:

Okay sorry enough Nevada for now.

Michaellaneous fucked around with this message at 20:34 on Nov 24, 2015

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Third World Reagan
May 19, 2008

Imagine four 'mechs waiting in a queue. Time works the same way.
The goon fleet is level 6 now. Apply away.

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