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blowfish posted:I died to a Benson in a gun duel. In a half HP Atago. Gun DDs are now pretty good baby cruisers. It was so frustrating playing Des Moines against Udaloi because that little poo poo was invisible inside smoke, or would dodge all my shells. Not to mention doing more damage per shell than DM. But then DM is poo poo outside 5 km.
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# ? Feb 21, 2016 20:31 |
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# ? Jun 6, 2024 07:43 |
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# ? Feb 21, 2016 20:41 |
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my dad posted:How come that the people with the most cowardly playstyles always choose battleships? I got sunk as a carrier because the 3 battleships protecting me ran away from 3 cruisers. WTF why you complaining? Do you know how expensive it is to fix a battleships paint job? Getting your paint chipped is a big deal you know. The anime girl ships might laugh at you when they see you coming into port.
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# ? Feb 21, 2016 20:49 |
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drat pubbies!
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# ? Feb 21, 2016 20:51 |
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TheDemon posted:CVs are fun, get the Hosho at the very least. Also try IJN destroyers for torp/stealth play. US or Japanese cruisers are fairly good and forgiving, and the US line is fantastic all the way to tier 6 so it's a good newbie experience. I really like battleships myself but they have a fairly difficult entry. The problem with getting the Hosho is that you have to get through the Tenryu and the Myogi. Hosho's pretty fun though. Hammerstein posted:
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# ? Feb 21, 2016 21:00 |
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An actual Royal Navy Officer ca 1850 posted:WTF why you complaining? Do you know how expensive it is to fix a battleships paint job? Getting your paint chipped is a big deal you know. The anime girl ships might laugh at you when they see you coming into port.
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# ? Feb 21, 2016 22:05 |
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Hammerstein posted:
You should observe the match after you die. Just today i caught two players not correcting their aim, but they kept firing anyway in the hopes the guy showing his broadside to them would automagically be faster and grab all their shots. One of these players was in a tier 8 match edit: i am dumb. Fizzil fucked around with this message at 22:57 on Feb 21, 2016 |
# ? Feb 21, 2016 22:20 |
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Fizzil posted:You should observe the match after you die. Just today i caught two players not correcting their aim, but they kept firing anyway in the hopes the guy showing his broadside to them would automagically be faster and grab all their shots. One of these players was in a tier 8 match he wasn't killed though.
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# ? Feb 21, 2016 22:32 |
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So, last game, I kept trying to hit some DD with my BB and the dude dodged every single shot I fired (even though I was firing single shots instead of salvos and trying to correct my aim). I was already damaged, and after getting hit by a few torps, started getting desperate - when he suddenly popped smoke and disappeared. I fired off a last ditch blind salvo at the smoke cloud and instakilled him before he managed to line up for the torpedo run that would have finished me off.
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# ? Feb 21, 2016 22:41 |
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So I haven't played this game since about a month and a half or so after it came out and wiped. Any notable changes I should be aware about? Is the best plane loadout for every second US CV still the default one and did they make air superiority loadouts actually worth it or are they still stupid to use?
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# ? Feb 21, 2016 23:07 |
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Air Superiority loadouts are more worthwhile, but mostly because there's guaranteed to be an enemy carrier when you have one. And also the IJN carriers who have full torp bomber squadrons with their air superiority loadouts.
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# ? Feb 21, 2016 23:10 |
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They also buffed the XP for shooting down planes I think, and made dive bombers just useful enough.
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# ? Feb 21, 2016 23:11 |
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They really need to tighten the spread on DBs by about 5-10%, it would give you a close enough spread to get contact on a target as long as you're lined up on them properly and they're moving straight. As it is I've had several (almost all) runs where I've completely whiffed the bomber run and gotten 0 hits even though I lined it up perfectly.
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# ? Feb 21, 2016 23:41 |
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Tokyo Sexwhale posted:They really need to tighten the spread on DBs by about 5-10%, it would give you a close enough spread to get contact on a target as long as you're lined up on them properly and they're moving straight. As it is I've had several (almost all) runs where I've completely whiffed the bomber run and gotten 0 hits even though I lined it up perfectly. E: They've given up on the idea of adding AP bombs to DBs haven't they Insert name here fucked around with this message at 23:48 on Feb 21, 2016 |
# ? Feb 21, 2016 23:45 |
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Insert name here posted:Back when I played I had multiple instances where I've had a perfect manual DB drop where the circle was actually smaller than the BB I was dropping on yet all six bombers managed to perfectly bracket the target and not hit a single bomb. Once had a game in my Zuiho where I got off 7 dive bomb attacks - 3 auto drops along the lengths of battleships, 3 perfect manual drops on a battleship, cruiser, and a stationary grounded destroyer, and the only bomb hit I got was on the 7th, an autodrop at 90 degrees on a destroyer doing 35 knots.
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# ? Feb 21, 2016 23:52 |
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Aesis posted:
Just played 9 games, 8 of them losses, where I was #1 on the team in 7 of those. I'm done with botes for tonight.
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# ? Feb 22, 2016 00:59 |
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Am I the only one that feels like sit awareness is perhaps a must have on every captain at this point? I mean, even on a bb, it is a great way to basically spot enemy dd. because more than likely, if you have been spotted and there is nothing in front of you, it is probably a dd who is about to drop torps on you if you don't make a course correction. Also, I just went a game in my ark beta and came out with 3k+ health left against 3 enemy bbs. And I started the fight at half health already. The pubbies are bad in this game. Also, the ark beta is amazingly well armored. A friendly dd did help out crossing in front of me and dropping torps on the way through which added to the fire and chaos.
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# ? Feb 22, 2016 01:00 |
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Nope, it's pretty much not a choice anymore in any ship. That kind of info is way more valuable than pretty much anything else, certainly at that tier.
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# ? Feb 22, 2016 01:09 |
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Hammerstein posted:
You paid to change your name?
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# ? Feb 22, 2016 04:04 |
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jownzy posted:You paid to change your name? What do you mean ? Panzerblitz is my old World of Tanks handle. Hammerstein fucked around with this message at 05:31 on Feb 22, 2016 |
# ? Feb 22, 2016 05:21 |
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Hammerstein posted:What do you mean ? Panzerblitz is my old World of Tanks handle. I thought I had you on my friends list in this game as hammerstien... wrong guy I guess. You acted like you knew me. Also, wish we had more than 2 people online for team battles... do better goons.
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# ? Feb 22, 2016 05:35 |
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jownzy posted:I thought I had you on my friends list in this game as hammerstien... wrong guy I guess. You acted like you knew me. What tiers are needed for team battles. I've got a bunch of stuff in 4-6 that I could drag out a few evenings a week. I'll probably have a Yorck in a few days.
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# ? Feb 22, 2016 05:52 |
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JuffoWup posted:Am I the only one that feels like sit awareness is perhaps a must have on every captain at this point? I mean, even on a bb, it is a great way to basically spot enemy dd. because more than likely, if you have been spotted and there is nothing in front of you, it is probably a dd who is about to drop torps on you if you don't make a course correction. Maybe with high tier sniper meta. Mid tier in battleships and some cruisers I just assume that I'm always spotted.
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# ? Feb 22, 2016 07:47 |
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Thanks for the advice in the thread earlier. I'm gonna try US Cruisers, IJN Destroyers and IJN Carriers. Battleships don't particularly interest me for some reason.
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# ? Feb 22, 2016 07:49 |
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Tsurupettan posted:Thanks for the advice in the thread earlier. I'm gonna try US Cruisers, IJN Destroyers and IJN Carriers. Battleships don't particularly interest me for some reason.
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# ? Feb 22, 2016 08:35 |
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Aesis posted:I recommend just going IJN cruisers if you're aiming for Tier 10. Seriously, US cruisers are trash past Tier 6~7. Yeah but up to tier 6 US cruisers are touched by Shiva
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# ? Feb 22, 2016 08:41 |
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IJN everything. Maybe US CV or DD if you get bored of the Japanese flag.
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# ? Feb 22, 2016 09:08 |
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Fifty loving bucks for the Lo Yang. Sure, it might be a premium Benson, but I just bought a goddamned car. -_-
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# ? Feb 22, 2016 18:19 |
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I switched crosshairs, but think I want to try the scalable. Someone tell what their settings are and what range/speed they have it sighted to.
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# ? Feb 22, 2016 21:06 |
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Fifty loving bucks for the Lo Yang. Sure, it might be a premium Benson, but I just bought a goddamned car. -_- Shouldn't there be a benson without all the extra stuff they include in the $50 deal? I bought the anshan for another gnevny, i just feel horrible that i missed out on the gremyashchy but oh well.
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# ? Feb 22, 2016 21:40 |
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Fizzil posted:Shouldn't there be a benson without all the extra stuff they include in the $50 deal? Fifty bucks *is* the cheapest option. The one with extras is closer to $65.
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# ? Feb 22, 2016 21:45 |
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I'll take my Benson with concealment expert over this ship... that I won't be able to use to train any crew.
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# ? Feb 23, 2016 00:15 |
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jownzy posted:I'll take my Benson with concealment expert over this ship... that I won't be able to use to train any crew. Yeah, something tells me the Pan-Asian ships are going to be like the Type 59 situation at first: "We'll get around to hashing out that tree...eventually. Or we might just leave it a dedicated re-skin/re-hash dumping ground for US/Soviet ships." The 'rumored' T8 Premium US BB will likely be far more useful and fun than this (and probably more expensive), especially if you already own a Blitzy or Grem. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 01:05 on Feb 23, 2016 |
# ? Feb 23, 2016 01:00 |
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any tips for someone just starting? I played a bit of World of Tanks and got to like tier 4-5 before i kinda forgot about it.
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# ? Feb 23, 2016 02:31 |
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Is the Gremyashchy ever going to be sold in the store?
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# ? Feb 23, 2016 02:41 |
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verbal enema posted:any tips for someone just starting? I played a bit of World of Tanks and got to like tier 4-5 before i kinda forgot about it. Click in front of red ships, don't turn your side to big guns.
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# ? Feb 23, 2016 02:43 |
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Minenfeld! posted:Is the Gremyashchy ever going to be sold in the store? IIRC it will be eligible to come back after a year from the start of open beta or something.
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# ? Feb 23, 2016 02:45 |
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xthetenth posted:Click in front of red ships, don't turn your side to big guns. game seems harder than i thought...
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# ? Feb 23, 2016 02:45 |
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NEWS TEAM ASSEMBLE... we've got 5 in game.
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# ? Feb 23, 2016 03:14 |
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jownzy posted:NEWS TEAM ASSEMBLE... we've got 5 in game. Too bad about the whole "opponents" thing.
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# ? Feb 23, 2016 03:31 |