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heres a new boat quiz: The film is from the launching of the ship, but before superstructure is completed. Somewhat famous boat. I edited out a flag. Truck Stop Daddy fucked around with this message at 18:08 on Oct 21, 2015 |
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Aesis posted:I probably would have earned about 250k credit if I weren't using premium ship and premium account. And yes xp depends on % of damage done to total hp of a ship, therefore shooting a 10k hp destroyer for 2k damage rewards more xp than shooting 50k hp battleship for 2k damage. That's one of reasons why pubbies shoot destroyers even if they're 10+ km off. I've had many occasions when pubbies shot at me even when I was only 1~2 km from friendly battleship, 10~11 km from closest enemy Eh, I guess some of my games would be around there with a premium account since that's a x2 increase. Still frustrating, but I suppose that's the point. I just never seem to have premium up(due to event reward or whatever) when I get my best games.
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Oct 21, 2015 18:39
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Wade Wilson posted:The Dresden has been pretty fun, actually. But I've been in matches where at least two others would be on the same team as me and we'd roll around the map together with one of us constantly keeping an enemy on fire, the other sending a stream of AP and the third setting another enemy on fire until we can switch to that one after sinking the first ship we target.
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Oct 21, 2015 18:39
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Atal Vataman posted:The film is from the launching of the ship, but before superstructure is completed. Somewhat famous boat. I edited out a flag. USS San Pablo?
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Oct 21, 2015 18:40
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  I... I love this game. So goddamn much. And people say you can't force your team to win, despite all their attempts to lose. Although it DID come down to a 1v1 close range brawl between 2 cruisers, the survivor getting away with 1k HP left. I need to upload this one, it was a nailbiter. Also, the T2 RUS DD is hilarious. My torps are off cooldown insanely fast, and I've got 9 per full spread. Jesus loving christ. Edit: Just had a game with Salems on both teams. The end result? DRAW Hazdoc fucked around with this message at 20:46 on Oct 21, 2015 |
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Oct 21, 2015 19:56
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 Kolberg is pretty meh. The early German line is very lackluster, hopefully will be better at tier 5 onwards. There's a certain aspect with me in the new Russian DDs I just enjoy though; just moving in real close and dumping a ton of torpedoes into someones face. It is a great feeling 
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Oct 21, 2015 22:16
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The Derkzi's torpedo launchers are... well, kinda lame. You can't broadside torps, so there's a delay between every torpedo salvo, and since each individual torp does only 6k damage, getting the drop on somebody can still end with you dead before all your launchers are empty. Very disappointing. 22 second torp reload is pretty hilarious, though.
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Oct 21, 2015 22:21
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Hazdoc posted:The Derkzi's torpedo launchers are... well, kinda lame. You can't broadside torps, so there's a delay between every torpedo salvo, and since each individual torp does only 6k damage, getting the drop on somebody can still end with you dead before all your launchers are empty. Very disappointing. 22 second torp reload is pretty hilarious, though. It's still hilarious when you get the drop on someone. I had a pretty great game in Derzki on Islands. 15 torp hits, 60k damage.
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Oct 21, 2015 22:26
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PirateBob posted:It's still hilarious when you get the drop on someone. I had a pretty great game in Derzki on Islands. 15 torp hits, 60k damage. I will admit, if you get the drop on a group of BBs, you are going to RUIN their day. You're getting at least 2 of them, unless a cruiser intervenes.   The Fujin is definitely a Minekaze. Please come on TS and play boats with me, I'm so lonely. I want to brag about my sick frags and complain about CVs with goons instead of listening to anime music all day long. Hazdoc fucked around with this message at 00:08 on Oct 22, 2015 |
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Oct 21, 2015 22:29
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so what kraut cruisers should i free XP past? at dresden, not really a fan and i hear it gets worse. should i just skip the line?
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Oct 22, 2015 00:07
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guidoanselmi posted:so what kraut cruisers should i free XP past? at dresden, not really a fan and i hear it gets worse. should i just skip the line? I am curious what, if any is the best ship for the Germans and Russians assuming a game of +/- 1 tier. I'll level them both up, but not sure where to stop.
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Oct 22, 2015 00:15
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I bought the Fujin because what WoWS needs is more Minekazes terrorizing low tier BB drivers.
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Oct 22, 2015 02:00
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guidoanselmi posted:so what kraut cruisers should i free XP past? at dresden, not really a fan and i hear it gets worse. should i just skip the line? The Rev posted:I am curious what, if any is the best ship for the Germans and Russians assuming a game of +/- 1 tier. I'll level them both up, but not sure where to stop. Königsberg was pretty fun during the preview. Nürnberg looks like it should be OK too. Not sure about the tier 7 (51 second turret rotation) but the others look decent. Russian destroyers don't look to have any obvious stinkers, if you don't mind having inconsequential torpedoes.
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Oct 22, 2015 02:10
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Any advice on how to spend my 3 points for a probably BB captain? I already have Expert Loader and Expert Marksmen. Of the Tier 3 Captain skills I imagine Vigilance and Superintendent are most useful for a BB captain.
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Oct 22, 2015 03:53
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Das_Ubermike posted:Any advice on how to spend my 3 points for a probably BB captain? I already have Expert Loader and Expert Marksmen. Of the Tier 3 Captain skills I imagine Vigilance and Superintendent are most useful for a BB captain. I wouldn't have taken Expert Loader, its a very useless skill. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3705704&pagenumber=216&perpage=40#post448052728 There's a big effort post where I ramble about skills. I recommend either Basic Firing Training or Basics of Survivability (Level 1, taking both is perfectly valid, though I say Survivability over BFT as fire is much more dangerous), Aiming Expert (Level 2), and High Alert (Level 3). Superintendent isn't a terrible choice at level 3 either, if you find yourself running out of repairs often.
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Oct 22, 2015 04:15
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Boss mode would be more fun if the people playing the boss ever left their team's spawn. All the bosses I've seen have been driven by super bad players (repeatedly missing battleships at 8 km) who just sat in the far back to force a win on points.  Das_Ubermike posted:Any advice on how to spend my 3 points for a probably BB captain? I already have Expert Loader and Expert Marksmen. Of the Tier 3 Captain skills I imagine Vigilance and Superintendent are most useful for a BB captain. Get the skill that reduces damage control cooldown.
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Oct 22, 2015 04:21
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Currently grinding New York and I started looking at New Mexico stats. Is there anything it brings to the table that the NY doesn't already do? It doesn't look like that great of an upgrade. Its range and maneuverability are both worse, for example.
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Oct 22, 2015 04:37
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Game's pretty cool. Does anyone hang out in the goon chat listed in the OP or is it all TeamSpeak/IRC?
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Oct 22, 2015 04:39
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Orgytron posted:Currently grinding New York and I started looking at New Mexico stats. Is there anything it brings to the table that the NY doesn't already do? It doesn't look like that great of an upgrade. Its range and maneuverability are both worse, for example. It has 4 triple turrets, better armor, and better accuracy. The New Mexico is an absolute monster of a boat, the terror of T6. And that's the same tier as the Cleveland. Munch on Clevelands and any cruiser foolish enough to show its citadel to you, and watch poo poo bounce all day from other BBs.
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Oct 22, 2015 04:41
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Atal Vataman posted:heres a new boat quiz: My guess is the USS Langley before they put the flight deck on it.
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Oct 22, 2015 04:42
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Orgytron posted:Currently grinding New York and I started looking at New Mexico stats. Is there anything it brings to the table that the NY doesn't already do? It doesn't look like that great of an upgrade. Its range and maneuverability are both worse, for example. 12 Barrels as opposed to 10. You also don't need to show your sides to get all of them on a target unlike the New York with it's central turret. Like Hazdoc says, it's an excellent ship. I kept two tier 6 ships, the Cleveland and the New Mex and of the two, it's likely the New Mex which is the more murderous.
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Oct 22, 2015 05:56
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I just got dumpstered by another ranger who was running 1/1/1 (I ran 2/0/1). His torp bombers just obliterated my fighters, to the point where he would destroy an entire squadron and lose 2 bombers. This game is really weird sometimes.
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Oct 22, 2015 06:18
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Did he have whatever is the upgraded planes and yours were stock ? Also might have had that Captain skill that makes defensive gunners (AFAIK all dive and torp bombers have them) more effective.
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Oct 22, 2015 06:34
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BIG HEADLINE posted:My guess is the USS Langley before they put the flight deck on it. It's too small for Langley imo, looks like a Destroyer to me, or maybe even a smaller type
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Oct 22, 2015 07:17
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Hazdoc posted:It has 4 triple turrets, better armor, and better accuracy. The New Mexico is an absolute monster of a boat, the terror of T6. And that's the same tier as the Cleveland. Munch on Clevelands and any cruiser foolish enough to show its citadel to you, and watch poo poo bounce all day from other BBs. Yup, New Mexico is the best T6!
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Oct 22, 2015 07:46
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NTRabbit posted:It's too small for Langley imo, looks like a Destroyer to me, or maybe even a smaller type It is indeed a destroyer. However, captured ships of the same class was redesignated as torpedoboats by the Germans.
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Oct 22, 2015 08:16
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I kept my St. Louis and tried it out against all the low tier German cruisers. In a Tier 3 match, it is simply hilarious. It has better armor and more powerful guns. It doesn't have the ROF and is slower, but five kills, a confederate and high caliber awards later, I carried my team for a win. I'd link a screen shot, but phone posting. Also had an extremely satisfying four citadel broadside against a Myoko in my Atago; killed him in one salvo. It was on North, but we lost because the pubbies are allergic to cap circles. The film boat is a destroyer of some kind, but I haven't a clue about which one. I'll make it a point to get in chat and TS. I have a bad habit of watching Netflix on the second monitor. Moral_Hazard fucked around with this message at 11:35 on Oct 22, 2015 |
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Oct 22, 2015 11:33
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Hazdoc posted:It has 4 triple turrets, better armor, and better accuracy. The New Mexico is an absolute monster of a boat, the terror of T6. And that's the same tier as the Cleveland. Munch on Clevelands and any cruiser foolish enough to show its citadel to you, and watch poo poo bounce all day from other BBs. I haven't tried the New Mexico yet. I absolutely loved the Fuso though. Would you say that the New Mex is categorically better? 
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Oct 22, 2015 13:21
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Oldstench posted:Does this game take a supercomputer to run decently? I'm trying to find something to play on my scrub-tier PC. As long as you are not dead set on eye candy you should be fine with their minimum spec'ed PC they stated. My in-law plays on a PC barely squeaking by the requirements. He had to turn off or down to lowest settings things like shadows, water quality, post processing and the draw distance. Minecraft for botes.
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Oct 22, 2015 13:36
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MoraleHazard posted:The film boat is a destroyer of some kind, but I haven't a clue about which one. 
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Oct 22, 2015 13:48
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Atal Vataman posted:a hint! Is it HNoMS Sleipner?
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Oct 22, 2015 14:02
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NTRabbit posted:Is it HNoMS Sleipner? Yes, it is!
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Oct 22, 2015 14:03
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The line drawing showing the single stack and turret layout was most helpful, because the Germans had a shitload of similar hull shaped old Italian destroyers they captured and called "torpedo boats" as well
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Oct 22, 2015 14:12
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NTRabbit posted:The line drawing showing the single stack and turret layout was most helpful, because the Germans had a shitload of similar hull shaped old Italian destroyers they captured and called "torpedo boats" as well In the newsreel this is from, it is actually called a torpedo boat as well. It's official designation was a "jager" (destroyer), so that is probably just the film people screwing up.
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Oct 22, 2015 14:20
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James Garfield posted:Kolberg is a Dresden with a few extra knots and Karlsruhe is allegedly pre buff Furutaka level bad (if not worse). And the people saying Karlsruhe is awful are people who already played the other two. Dresden and Kolberg are both worse than the tier 1, not just tier for tier but overall as well. It was seriously disconcerting to run around in a Dresden and find myself outranged by a tier one ship. I guess Free XP past the Karlsruhe is the name of the game, then.
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Oct 22, 2015 14:21
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PirateBob posted:I haven't tried the New Mexico yet. I absolutely loved the Fuso though. Would you say that the New Mex is categorically better? I'd say they're both good. Maybe leaning towards the New Mex because of it's better armouring and better angling when it wants all it's turrets on a target.
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Oct 22, 2015 15:29
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Just got the Amagi and the first game went pretty well for my standards (sorry for the screenshot). Is the ship really good or was this just a one-off?  PS: thanks god I'm not the only one doing terribly in low tier German cruisers. Although it gets somewhat equalized by the fact that _everybody_ seems to be in a German cruiser right now.
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Oct 22, 2015 15:32
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psy.Che posted:Just got the Amagi and the first game went pretty well for my standards (sorry for the screenshot). Is the ship really good or was this just a one-off? There's nothing wrong with the Amagi (although the stock hull kind of sucks). If you're good with it and the other team is bad you can get results like that.
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Oct 22, 2015 15:34
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wdarkk posted:There's nothing wrong with the Amagi (although the stock hull kind of sucks). If you're good with it and the other team is bad you can get results like that. I've yet to see a great stock BB hull. And yes, the enemy team weren't very good, even from my limited point of view.
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psy.Che posted:PS: thanks god I'm not the only one doing terribly in low tier German cruisers. Although it gets somewhat equalized by the fact that _everybody_ seems to be in a German cruiser right now. The tier 4 german cruiser was a loving horror show. Never hated a ship so much as i did that thing. Tier 5 seems decent, don't know about higher. They seem very fragile though.
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