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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Not sure how since she'd be a massive downgrade after the earlier Lexingtons. South Carolina Wyoming New York New Mexico - Constellation [Lexington (1916)] Colorado - Constitution [Lexington (1919)] Indiana [South Dakota (1920)] - North Carolina Pick a State [North Carolina Design Study D or early South Dakota (1936) design study] - South Dakota (1936) Montana - Iowa Is how I split up a Standard-to-Super and Battlecruiser-to-Fast Battleship branch split for the US, I couldn't find a place for Alaska NTRabbit fucked around with this message at 17:05 on Nov 2, 2017 |
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Sidesaddle Cavalry posted:Any word on whether or not you can use an old Wargaming account with Steam? Can't. They say it's technically impractical to implement that.
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NTRabbit posted:South Carolina Alaska seems like a premium to me. This class had more in common with an old style battlecruiser than it did a heavy cruiser.
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Yeah, I'm thinking Alaska may be a premium at some point as well. The new US line is a CL line, so it doesn't fit on that, and even if WG did a battlecruiser line for the US (which would be an incredible stretch, given there was the unfinished Lexington and basically nothing else) it wouldn't fit there either.
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Battlecruisers evolved into fast battleships across the 1920s and 1930s - Hood, Dunkerque, and Scharnhorst were all intermediate points in the evolution - a line like that was perfectly feasible for the US if they'd thought it through earlier
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People really want the Alaska, it's going to be a premium.
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Wolfy posted:People really want the Alaska, it's going to be a premium. Alaska and whatever they decide to name the very similar Japanese B-65
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Wolfy posted:People really want the Alaska, it's going to be a premium. I would probably buy it because, for the most part, I lack no self-control for warships. Wargaming could probably release a literal floating terd as a premium and I’d  Though, I am proud of myself—I didn’t but the Kii.
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What I want to know is what is going to be the swap/replace policy they put in for the Cleveland/Pensacola. I'm 24k XP away from unlocking the Pensacola and I do have enough free XP/cash to finish it off & buy a Pensacola if the swap turns out to be a net profit or something. Last time WG did a tier swap in World of Tanks during the arty tree extension I got a free T7 arty without having to play a T6 at all.
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MREBoy posted:What I want to know is what is going to be the swap/replace policy they put in for the Cleveland/Pensacola. I'm 24k XP away from unlocking the Pensacola and I do have enough free XP/cash to finish it off & buy a Pensacola if the swap turns out to be a net profit or something. Last time WG did a tier swap during the arty tree extension I got a free T7 arty without having to play a T6 at all. When WG did the Russian DD split and tier swap I ended up climbing from tier 7 in the single branch, to tier 8 in both branches, plus owning 4 destroyers, 4 captains, 4 slots, and South Ossetia.
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Yeah, I would probably buy Alaska too, but I think it should be a side tree from the new Tier 9. It could just sit alongside Des Moines with a longer reload, maybe somewhat flatter arcs than DM, but not as good as Moskva, and super heavy US AP. Also,  on the torpedoes for Baltimore. WG will probably make them low damage 5km range ones.And if Pesicola is not nerfed and just moved down a tier, I'm going to have to re-buy it. I weirdly enjoyed it even when it was terrible. I will really enjoy the OP version. Moral_Hazard fucked around with this message at 19:57 on Nov 2, 2017 |
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   Please remove German battleships from the game thank you
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So I'm taking a look at this game cuz I like botes. Where the hell do I start? I've got the game/account but haven't actually done anything.
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Doctor Zaius posted:So I'm taking a look at this game cuz I like botes. Where the hell do I start? I've got the game/account but haven't actually done anything. Get out while you still can.
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ZombieLenin posted:I would probably buy it because, for the most part, I lack no self-control for warships. Wargaming could probably release a literal floating terd as a premium and I’d Doctor Zaius posted:So I'm taking a look at this game cuz I like botes. Where the hell do I start? I've got the game/account but haven't actually done anything. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrYIgaEuQ3o Here's a solid video on how to use the aiming reticule to shoot mans in botes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrYIgaEuQ3o Another one on penetration if that's a mystery to you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vxX0_8x29I Torpedos I've watched like, some parts of those videos. If you feel like watching an hour worth of youtube videos be my guest, but I imagine the first 5 minutes or so of each of those is probably enough to get you going. Unfortunately, the in game tutorials are nonexistent. I'd start of by playing a little bit of everything. I rushed up the Russian cruiser line when I started, which was an incredibly painful and grueling learning experience, would not recommend that. I'd say the US lines are pretty beginner friendly. German BBs get recommended a lot too. Ultimately low tiers are hardly representative of how that line will play out. Low tier boats are slow and loving horrible. Your teams are going to be painfully horrible forever, only the boats get better. There's a discord in the OP where you can find goons to boat with as well.
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Ha, thanks to both. I'm just dipping my toes in for now, so we'll see if I get sucked into this particular whirlpool.
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Doctor Zaius posted:Ha, thanks to both. I'm just dipping my toes in for now, so we'll see if I get sucked into this particular whirlpool. The nations and ships don't really flesh out until around tier 6-7, but they each have their own little niches. Just try a little bit of everything until you find out what style of gameplay you like, and then come back and ask what would be the best way to pursue that.
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CitizenKain posted:For me, the AP pens on DDs is an issue, but in a way I think the amount of alpha damage BB's do in general is something that needs to be looked at. I don't think the all or nothing style of damage dealing is really a good thing for the game. The game would be a lot easier to balance if they just didn't insist on giving everything silly amounts of alpha damage. It's most obvious with BBs because even the tier 5s do enough damage to kill virtually anything in the game in one salvo, but cruisers have really high damage too. Of course a New York is never going to do all 103k potential damage in one volley, but it's balanced with random shell dispersion (penetration in warships is the same as random shell dispersion) because 103k alpha on a ship that sees enemies with under 10k health is bonkers and anything that brought player skill into the picture would let good players murder everything in one or two shots. Cruisers still have really high alpha, but unlike BBs tier 3 cruisers don't do enough damage to one shot tier 10s so there's less need for randomness. I mean people complained about random damage in world of tanks, but even a tier 5 artillery couldn't one shot tier 7s.
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So, the Caesar is loving good poo poo: Also...it's coming 
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Blindeye posted:
Just got mine. Gonna need to make a tryhard division.
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Blindeye posted:So, the Caesar is loving good poo poo: I am like 100K away and it is so tempting to spend the gold for it especially since I'm already having to run lots of T8 for credits to fit these T8 and T9 ships I'm at.
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The Gaede is almost as unpleasant to play as the T-22. I hate it with a fiery passion because even the dpm using AP on broadside DDs feels less than HE from a US DD. Doesn't help that I've had 4 games in a row with carriers, where I spend the entire time permaspotted.
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JFC. Playing the Halloween game, all going well, a few minutes in. Rasputin is about to come out. Great Gorgon is lurking somewhere in the fo......Oh there it is, and I can see it because the Carrier has gone haring off 8km deep into the fog and is what? Trying to ram it, bringing the close, into close air support? Who knows. Oh look he's blown up. Welp. So much for this round.
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Blindeye posted:The Gaede is almost as unpleasant to play as the T-22. I hate it with a fiery passion because even the dpm using AP on broadside DDs feels less than HE from a US DD. Doesn't help that I've had 4 games in a row with carriers, where I spend the entire time permaspotted. Gaede is an unfortunate ship due to the fact that it is the first introductory step into the KMS hybrid style. It can do everything, yet none of it well. Maass is a bit better, but for a lot of people the line does not come into its own until Z-23.
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Heartcatch posted:Gaede is an unfortunate ship due to the fact that it is the first introductory step into the KMS hybrid style. It can do everything, yet none of it well. Yeah, the gaede was a struggle for me as well. Sticking to the 128mm guns helped, but it still struggled.
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I quit leveling both lines of USN and KM DDs because CVs are such bullshit. I do great when there is no CVs. When CVs show up. FML.
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Pensacola on t9 MM Tears of the Desert Epicenter... can you imagine having more fun?
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Heartcatch posted:Gaede is an unfortunate ship due to the fact that it is the first introductory step into the KMS hybrid style. It can do everything, yet none of it well. I did alright in the Gaede, but it wasn't great. Does well at its level tho. The real great thing about the last season of ranked was using it as guaranteed at tier matchmaking to level my destroyers.
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Gaede is fine. If you can play the Gaede well, you'll love the Maass. And then you get the Z-23 and the party begins. Anyways, looking forward to T8 Cleveland! RADAR on the Cleveland, TIA WG.  I'll have to rebuy the Pepsicola to get the max refund they're inevitably going to give out for when the split comes, but I've got all the other boats already purchased. I imagine my permaflage for the Baltimore's going to get doubled, too.. I'm pretty psyched for the US CA split. If you remove the Atago from my stats, I actually play US CAs more than IJN ones. Balitmore is love~
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Are they just dropping the Pepsi to T6 without needing something on it? Because it would be a loving beast. Amazing AP, and it can really dance.
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I've applied to the EU boats clan as Samwelly, please approve me; thanks!
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Coming soon Tier 8 premium, Roma WiP stats: Hit points - 65400, plating - 32 mm, belt - 375 mm. Main battery - 3x3 381 mm. Firing range - 18.1 km. HE damage - 5100, AP damage - 12000. Reload time 30 s., 180 degree turn time - 30 s., maximum dispersion - 244 m. HE initial velocity - 805 m/s. AP initial velocity - 880 m/s. Sigma count - 1.9. Maximum speed - 30 kt. Turning circle radius - 850 m., rudder shift time - 15.6 s. Surface detectability - 14.5 km, air detectability - 13.3 km. Detectability after firing main guns in smoke - 13.7 km. Anti-torpedo defense damage reduction: 25% Available consumables: Slot 1 - Damage Control Party Slot 2 - Repair Party Slot 3 - Spotting Aircraft NTRabbit fucked around with this message at 15:29 on Nov 4, 2017 |
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NTRabbit posted:Tier 8 premium, Roma Am i missing something there? Seems like it's just... an Italian NC?
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Blinks77 posted:Am i missing something there? Seems like it's just... an Italian NC? That's pretty much what the Roma is. It's just famous/popular.
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Blinks77 posted:Am i missing something there? Seems like it's just... an Italian NC? the front half is a barber pole tho, that will be $55 thanks
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Blinks77 posted:Am i missing something there? Seems like it's just... an Italian NC? 15" guns rather than 16" guns. It's famous for being sunk by a German radio guided bomb while trying to surrender to the Allies after the Italian armistice. I imagine at some point in the distant future there'll be a tree Littorio as well.
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Blinks77 posted:Am i missing something there? Seems like it's just... an Italian NC? To be fair that sounds fun. Still like Hood better.
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NTRabbit posted:15" guns rather than 16" guns. It's famous for being sunk by a German radio guided bomb while trying to surrender to the Allies after the Italian armistice. Oh. A worse NC then? As BB's live or die by their guns. Looks like an utter waste of cash. Well.. unless they live up to the Italian rep and have some kind of super reverse option.
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Blinks77 posted:A worse NC then? As BB's live or die by their guns. IRL Italian 381mm were some crazy powerful guns when compared to other european 15" guns.
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Blinks77 posted:Oh. Look at the shell velocities, they're 15" railguns. Thing will be a cruiser's worst nightmare.
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