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excitedly fired wows up today to buy the belfast but it looks like the update is now going to be tomorrow 
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Oct 19, 2016 12:20
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The NA server is down for it right now, so it's definitely happening
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Oct 19, 2016 12:21
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NA is today EU is tommorrow i think.
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Oct 19, 2016 12:22
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Phew.
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Oct 19, 2016 12:25
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Polyakov posted:NA is today EU is tommorrow i think. It's not fair 
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Oct 19, 2016 12:57
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The patch is up for NA
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Oct 19, 2016 13:10
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NTRabbit posted:The British cruisers have many unique gameplay features: Well, that should be interesting vs battleships
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Oct 19, 2016 13:46
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MadJackMcJack posted:Well, that should be interesting vs battleships Watching a few of the better youtubers like Flamu playing with them, they seem fine against BBs with plunging fire or superstructure shots (they tend not to overpenetrate) but tend to bounce off angled DDs which is lol.
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Oct 19, 2016 13:48
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AP-only vs BBs sounds bad but if you watch Flamu's Minotaur video you can see how the damage adds up. Even in a Hindenberg or Des Moines, you can do some serious AP damage to BB superstructure at any range and the Des Moines can citadel anything at <10km. I was actually in that game he uploaded and even though i was fairly close to him the whole match I didn't get a sense that he had cranked out 160k damage. Still think the Belfast is going to be OP as hell. It needs to lose the T8 upgrade slot and/or its HE ammo.
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Oct 19, 2016 13:51
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kaesarsosei posted:AP-only vs BBs sounds bad but if you watch Flamu's Minotaur video you can see how the damage adds up. Even in a Hindenberg or Des Moines, you can do some serious AP damage to BB superstructure at any range and the Des Moines can citadel anything at <10km. Do the Belfast have special English AP that don't overpen?
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Oct 19, 2016 15:03
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I kinda hate not having HE.
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Just got the Koenigsberg and considering getting the FCS upgrade before the hull, when it occurred to me - why do we even have the FCS upgrade anyway? It's the exact same dull 10% range upgrade for every single ship, and the only tradeoff is XP. Generally speaking, actual FCS upgrades meant adding fragile equipment like radar to get the benefit, and the consequences for getting it knocked out were severe - see Scharnhorst for example. So why not make the upgrade more of a tradeoff? Add an FCS module to ships that can take damage, reducing long range accuracy and maximum range when it's damaged or knocked out. But give the stock FCS much better survivability than the upgrade, while the upgrade would get a sliding accuracy bonus that doesn't change anything at maximum range but reduces dispersion at optimal range (say 8-12km). So overall a nerf for BB snipers (who gain nothing but the chance to get their FCS damaged), but a buff for brawlers (losing the FCS doesn't affect close range anyway, plus theirs would be tougher), and a meaningful option for your standard BB - do I take the upgrade and aim to wreck brawlers before they get close, or do I keep the stock one so that brawlers can't rush me when I've been blinded? I know FCS as a module has been talked about before, but I've not seen a WG response on it. Seems they're still looking for ideas to make BBs actually get involved though.
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Oct 19, 2016 15:58
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Is it me or do the RN cruisers detonate if a BB looks at them funny?
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Oct 19, 2016 16:44
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I opened my 5 free containers, and got EDIT: I no longer feel special. Thanks NTRabbit. Devorum fucked around with this message at 17:29 on Oct 19, 2016 |
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Oct 19, 2016 16:45
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Everyone gets the same thing from the 5 free containers
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Oct 19, 2016 16:47
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The 255 Damage Control IIs are worth almost six million credits, and everybody posting in this thread is going to use them all.
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Oct 19, 2016 16:52
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Black Swan whackamole is pretty fun, 30 Black Swans with no HE doing only 550 damage for a citadel
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ZombieLenin posted:Is it me or do the RN cruisers detonate if a BB looks at them funny? All cruisers do.
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Oct 19, 2016 17:03
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I was curious, so I tried it out: You can't reload a partial torpedo mount. So fire all the torps from a given mount when you decide to fire.
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Oct 19, 2016 17:04
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NTRabbit posted:Black Swan whackamole is pretty fun, 30 Black Swans with no HE doing only 550 damage for a citadel My first match had one Orlan, on my team, and he ended up being a god. So many fires.
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Oct 19, 2016 17:29
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So what's the level one skill for RN cruisers, BFT or survivability? What about level 2, expert marksman or last stand? Minotaur does a silly 4s turret turn, but the worst it gets is 25.7s for Belfast to Edinburgh
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Oct 19, 2016 17:33
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What the point in Fubuki Hull C? How does British Cruisers work against DDs? No HE so it seems there are two possibilities. AP overpenetrates and does little damage or AP fuses and deletes the DD.
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Oct 19, 2016 17:34
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Lady Morgaga posted:What the point in Fubuki Hull C? Or AP bounce for no damage
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Oct 19, 2016 17:42
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Lady Morgaga posted:What the point in Fubuki Hull C? C hull is more AA at the cost of a turret. Cool kids research it but leave the B hull installed. For the RN AP against DDs, it actually looks like the most likely outcomes are bounce for no damage or pen for good damage. With the bounces being more likely unless you get a shot at their side.
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Oct 19, 2016 17:44
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Welp, looks like I'll wait for British BBs. Because laffo at Brit cruisers from what I'm hearing. Any word on the Belfast? Worth it or meh?
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How does British AP compares to German AP on Konigsberg for example?El Disco posted:C hull is more AA at the cost of a turret. Cool kids research it but leave the B hull installed. Thronde posted:Any word on the Belfast? Worth it or meh?
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Oct 19, 2016 17:48
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I'm just excited there will be people playing cruisers again instead of 6 battleships per game.
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Oct 19, 2016 17:52
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CitizenKain posted:I'm just excited there will be people playing cruisers again instead of 6 battleships per game. This. I may have to start playing again but loving the cruiser life and getting 168 BBs in the queue and 4 cruisers does not make for fun gameplay.
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Oct 19, 2016 18:15
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Lady Morgaga posted:What the point in Fubuki Hull C? So far in T4, Brit AP murders DDs. I can't figure out what skills to buy for the life of me.
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Devorum posted:So far in T4, Brit AP murders DDs. Go PROMODE. No skills at all, just points sitting on your captain. Be an hero.
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Oct 19, 2016 19:58
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Chill la Chill posted:All cruisers do. Not nearly as much. I've played about 6 games in RN games so far and I've been detonated with a 2 shell pen, and a 3 shell pen. That's a remarkably high rate of detonation for penetrating hits. Edit I'm only on tier 4 (and played 6 games) so take it with a grain of salt, but my impression of the RN cruisers is not good. High citadels with no armor mean you go boom really quick. The addition of a damage control party seems like it will help, but it doesn't since typically your health is reduced by 2/3rds or more the first time someone lands a hit. The fact that you don't lose speed in turns helps a bit; however, some people are good at shooting and the ones that aren't only need to get lucky. Add to this, the lack of HE is both dumb and ahistorical (as is the gun caliber), the AP shell velocity sucks, and so do the firing arcs. The only thing they really have going for them is fine control of torpedo launches, but this feels gimmicky and is not in any way worth the trade offs. But of course, I am totally open to being wrong here. Just my initial impressions. ZombieLenin fucked around with this message at 20:23 on Oct 19, 2016 |
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Oct 19, 2016 20:15
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ZombieLenin posted:Not nearly as much. I've played about 6 games in RN games so far and I've been detonated with a 2 shell pen, and a 3 shell pen. From what I recall they have jussssst enough armor to ensure the shell fuses and they're made of citadelanium like the Pepsi.
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Oct 19, 2016 20:20
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I'm expecting that I won't like the RN cruiser line all the way up, but that I'll have a fun time slumming it up to about Tier V or so. And that'll tell me a lot about how to FACEWRECK red ones in the future.
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Oct 19, 2016 20:27
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I have a lot of free time at my job. Like most places run by people completed disconnected from reality, there is a no personal electronic devices policy. My bosses don't care because it is TYOOL 2016, but I don't have friends so loving around on the phone isn't even useful for me. I decided that spending my free time making models would be amusing so I bought this. Looking forward to showing off the drenched in godzilla snot glue and whore makeup paint job that results.
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Oct 19, 2016 22:32
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That's pretty cool. I wish I was artistic, I'd love to put together a Mogami.
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Oct 19, 2016 23:06
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I have a Graf Spee sitting around that I've never built because I just know it'll look awful when I paint it and I don't want it to.
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Oct 19, 2016 23:09
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Tamiya makes great models. I got into them during the early World of Tanks era and have an embarrassingly awful Pz IV Ausf G. somewhere in a closet.
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Oct 19, 2016 23:12
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There was a south dakota one too, but it was 1/700 scale (battleship for
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Glancing through the British tree, there are some truly hilarious wastes of time available for research. Why yes, I feel like spending 12,000 exp and 1,000,000 silver to get better torpedoes for the Fiji - a whole +434 damage per torpedo and not a single other change. The Neptune's torpedo upgrade doesn't look worth it either. edit: Also halfway through Rank 10 now, with a nice 4 victories today. Was nice after going 3/11 in Random prior to that. Lord Koth fucked around with this message at 23:51 on Oct 19, 2016 |
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