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Read the OP. Thinking of picking up this game. Do we have a strong NA presence? Anything I need to know when I'm going in? Anything like don't pick arty as your first tree in WoT or anything like that?
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TehKeen posted:It's hard to go wrong with the American cruiser line. (caveat I've only played through T6 and like two CBT games in my pepsicola). American cruisers tend to not have torpedoes like their Japanese counterparts right? That's kinda lovely...
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Jul 27, 2015 22:02
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Can you permanently turn on the alternate battle interface? Sometimes I have trouble telling if I'm shooting at a cruiser or a battleship.
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Jul 28, 2015 00:30
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I got the St. Louis and I've yet to survive a battle. I keep getting stuck in and then dying when my allies either run, or die. Every so often though I'm caught in the middle of a bunch of enemy ships since the only thing ships can do is go forward, they have no reverse, and they have to keep moving to survive and so I keep moving forward. How do I stop dying? I try go go around the corners to shore up the sides especially since the battleships are going down middle, but sometimes I go the route I'm closest to only to find that no one else on my team had gone that way and then I die horribly.
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Jul 28, 2015 03:29
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Night10194 posted:Hang back a little and watch where the Pubswarm goes. Stick with them and never be the first one in, the first guy in gets focused on, even if you're the first one in on a flank. Always follow the swarm huh? Ok got it.
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Jul 28, 2015 03:38
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I wasn't paying attention and I got oneshot by a torpedo while in a destroyer. gently caress.  Edit: American destroyers are hard to use thanks to the short range on the torpedoes. I'm having a lot of difficulties.... I can't just sit behind an island and wait to ambush someone because sometimes people just don't push.
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Jul 28, 2015 08:07
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grrarg posted:Which destroyer? Nicholas through upgraded Benson, the guns are the main weapon. Scout for a group of friendlies and play picket ship to gun down enemy destroyers. When your pubswarm starts fighting bigger ships, wait until the enemy is engaged with other friendlies then dance at max range firing every 5 seconds. The enemy will try in vain to shoot you, giving your dumb pubbies a better chance at survival. Plus you will be doing 1-2k damage every 5 seconds. I'm on the Wickes at the moment. I've been trying to use the torpedoes as more or less of a primary but closing distance is difficult even if I do ambush them since the range is so limited. Also I very often end up shooting another destroyer with the torpedoes right as he torpedoes me, and we both die violently. I will try to play as a skirmisher as you suggest. I guess the high damage of the torpedoes on the American destroyers have a bit of false allure.
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Jul 28, 2015 08:52
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Holy poo poo I just cannot get the Wickes to work. I need to get better at dodging because dancing at max range is just getting me riddled with holes. Maybe I need to make sure there are allies that are closer in range to the target? That way they get shot first, but if my allies nearby are cruisers that outrange me.... It doesn't help that I apparently also have poo poo aim with torpedoes.
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Jul 28, 2015 11:35
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Oh man. I just had a game in my brand new Clemson. I carefully kept watch on my distance from enemy ships to make sure I wouldn't be detected and snuck nearly down the complete middle of the map to reach their carrier hiding in the far corner before detonating all of my torpedoes in it. Then I killed a destroyer who came after me to help his carrier by cannon fire and a lucky spread of torpedoes. Then I shot another destroyer trying to cap a point with my cannons. And then I died after critically wounding an enemy cruiser with my torpedoes and helping my team finish the enemies off for the win. The thrill was incredible.  Edit: You guys basically use free experience as a little extra boost to your next new ship right? So it's not completely stock? Edit: Any tips for the USN cruisers post St. Louis like the Phoenix? It's got less health but it's a lot faster. Artificer fucked around with this message at 03:57 on Jul 29, 2015 |
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Jul 29, 2015 03:53
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TehKeen posted:Phoenix and Omaha: stay at long gun range and spew your napalm loaded HE at enemy BBs while doing a serpentine. If you do it right and with a bit of luck you'll do 25k+ fire damage every round on top of the shel damage. Your torpedoes aren't your main armament and should only be used opportunistically. Laugh all the way to the duty free shop back at port. They are that reliable at setting fires?
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Jul 29, 2015 04:40
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TehKeen posted:Due to the way they're situated you can continuously shoot your guns even while maneuvering so you can keep up a steady stream of fiery death. The fire chance is high enough that you'll get them to Pop their date co tro early, then you just burn them down. Never stop running in figure eights at varying speeds, got it.
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Jul 29, 2015 05:24
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Michaellaneous posted:Hahahahahaha Wait, why?
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Jul 29, 2015 06:23
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Holy poo poo I love the Phoenix so much. And the Clemson.  Torpedoes are great for last ditch equalizers against a battleship that cornered you.
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Jul 29, 2015 09:49
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orange juche posted:The Phoenix's extremely flat trajectory makes for an excellent DD murderer, and also penetrates other cruisers quite well. I don't like the Omaha as much due to it having a higher arc on its guns. Ah yeah, that's true too. If so, then I will miss the Phoenix when I move on. I might actually come back and play this ship more later though. This and the Clemson are the first two ships to make me think that.
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Jul 29, 2015 10:22
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Lord Koth posted:Funnily enough the Arpeggio property, which "Fleet of Fog" is from, is actually really good. It just gets all the people linking it with Kancolle stuff as well since there are some very superficial similarities. As for Kancolle... regardless of how one feels about the property as a whole(mediocre at best), just about everyone agrees that the anime was absolutely terrible, for any number of reasons. Not even the funny bad, just bad. The anime was pretty meh but I enjoyed the manga at least.
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Jul 30, 2015 00:56
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Why does the Nicholas LOSE guns when you upgrade the hull? 
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Jul 30, 2015 06:55
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Gunfights with Japanese destroyers in my Nicholas is fun but it's hard to do since it spots you for the rest of its goddamn team, nearly negating one of the American DDs main advantages unless you catch the enemy DD in a real one on one situation which is really rare given the ranges on naval guns.
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Jul 30, 2015 10:14
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Is it possible to citadel shoot battleships with a Phoenix or Omaha? Or am I better off just dumping HE in all situations? I haven't been able to get many citadel hits at all on BBs, but I've gotten a couple on other cruisers with AP rounds.
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Jul 30, 2015 11:29
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loving Wargaming man. The grind is unreal. 5 kills. Lion's share of damage each time, if I didn't solo them. 1 assist. 30 points cleared off of a cap zone. Victory. 2,112 experience for my Omaha. That's loving it?! I had forgotten how awful the crawl was for Wargaming games.
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Jul 31, 2015 00:23
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grrarg posted:I sometimes wonder what it would be like if the non-carrier playerbase came to an understanding and banded together against sky cancer. At the start of every game, it would be the sacred duty of the closest destroyer or cruiser with torpedoes to dunk their team's carriers. Bans, probably, unfortunately. 
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Jul 31, 2015 02:31
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Night10194 posted:The entire reason I play DDs is to slip past and dickstab skycancer. Well, and BBs. And because it's like playing a stealth game. But seriously, the number of times I've gotten multiple Langelys or Hoshos in a DD is great and hopefully it discourages them playing CVs. That's the sad thing about American DDs. Your short range makes it difficult to dickstab BBs and carriers. You might be able to get one or two carriers, but if their team is anywhere near you, you will probably die in the process, successful or not.
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Jul 31, 2015 02:35
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Night10194 posted:At the same time, the Clemson is the best thing I've ever played for dunking on other DDs. Those double guns are laser accurate for Destroyer Thunderdome. Yeah, the American DDs are good at Destroyer Thunderdome. But they aren't so good at attacking any other ships. And Destroyer Thunderdome in sight of enemy cruisers or even Battleships will also just get you mauled.
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Jul 31, 2015 02:42
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Insert name here posted:they actually did this during the final CBT patch and it sucked rear end to play with Good.
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Jul 31, 2015 04:26
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Aww man. Knife fighting two destroyers. Killed one, nearly kill the other, and then I turn the corner into a Kuma.
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Jul 31, 2015 05:11
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Krogort posted:How viable could it be to grind destroyers by yolo-rushing the ennemy team and trying to torp the first big boat you encounter then surely die from the focused fire ? You'd probably die before you made it to certain torpedo range.
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Jul 31, 2015 09:19
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Sneaky Kettle posted:So what's the deal with being on fire at higher tiers? Lost eight out of ten games tonight, mostly in battleships, and I was on fire for literally the entire time. As in, this: What are we cruisers gonna do, shoot AP at you from less than optimal ranges? Might as well keep you on fire and citadel shoot other cruisers while our Battleships go to town on your flaming rear end. 
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Aug 1, 2015 11:46
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Does anyone know what the experience penalty for playing Co-Op battles are? If it is low then it may not be a poo poo idea to get your first win out of the day in there just to get it out of the way/out of your head. If the penalty is high then maybe the mode is completely useless then. Edit: Anyone have opinions on when you should start looking into upgrades for your ships? I feel like if you are going to spend a substantial time in that ship, whether to get to the next one or just because you like it, then it is worth it. The grind starts getting really substantial at tier 5 or so, so that may be a good time to start decking your ships out in battery enhancements and things like that. Artificer fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Aug 1, 2015 |
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Aug 1, 2015 21:42
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Astroniomix posted:It looks to be close to 50% if not more, plus the fact that there are less botes for you to shoot. Doing almost nothing and then losing in PvP still nets me as much as an "average" win would in a bot match. Ah, there we go then. gently caress that mode. Pharnakes posted:I started at T5, yes Fair enough.
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Aug 1, 2015 21:59
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Holy poo poo the armor on a St. Louis is unreal. Or I'm just aiming poorly on them. Having trouble getting citadel hits on them even in my Omaha.
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Aug 1, 2015 22:01
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What's the way to fix Aslain's modpack that broke with the update? I changed the paths file to the new patch folder and moved the stuff over but it doesn't seem to have worked.
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Aug 4, 2015 03:56
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Can't IJN DDs ambush just as well as USN DDs? Usually your main source of damage in an ambush is your torps anyways.
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Aug 6, 2015 08:24
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grrarg posted:Battleships are not meant to be played as long range artillery. Sounds like you are not missing anything, except that pubbies battleships are terrible. Also, as a cruiser driver. For the love of God if you see a swarm of planes coming try to let your friendly USN cruisers get between them and you instead of just haring off in a random direction.
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Aug 10, 2015 08:46
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counterfeitsaint posted:
Did you not know the existence of the city? It's fairly large and shows up on the news occasionally...
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Aug 14, 2015 09:12
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I have applied ingame to the clan. I should be Artificer ingame as well.
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Aug 19, 2015 18:25
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I can't aim with the Cleveland at all, Jesus Christ. What can I pen with its AP rounds? I can occasionally get a few but it seems a lot less reliable than the Omaha's AP citadel hits. I'm awful with the Cleveland when I was pretty good with the Phoenix and Omaha too. The turret traverse speed is also bad. Anyone have advice? Is the upgrade to the guns worth it? 1 more round per minute but 10 more seconds on turn time...
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Aug 27, 2015 22:14
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Foxtrot_13 posted:The gun upgrade is very much worth it. The upgrade also speeds up turret rotation enough to be able to keep the guns on target when dodging. Also the fire control is very good as being able to out range lower tier cruisers is a godsend against HE spam. Alright I'm just gonna give up on AP until a cruiser gives me their broadside and at fairly close range.
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Aug 27, 2015 23:08
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JacksLibido posted:I'm the exact same way, the Cleveland is my least favorite poo poo (apart from the furutaka) so far. For some reason I just can't land hits with it. Ugh.
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Aug 28, 2015 01:52
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NerdyMcNerdNerd posted:The grind gets kind of lovely around tier 4-5, and I imagine it just keeps getting worse. I don't know, because I just keep dropping into games now and then without really grinding the game. Just like in Warthunder, unless you want to try competitive clan matches or whatever, there's no reason to rush for t10. Find a ship you like and play that ship and have fun. Otherwise, don't worry too hard about it. Nothing sucks the fun out of a game like throwing yourself at a ship over and over and crawling until you get it and having it be the focus of your gameplay until then.
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Aug 29, 2015 06:05
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Man I feel bad when I can't even kill a destroyer in a Cleveland. I'm awful at this game. They just dodge so well.
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Aug 31, 2015 00:19
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Uh. I think I should've gone for the accuracy mod on my Cleveland instead of the AA mod. gently caress I just hate planes too much.
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