Devorum posted:

I have 5K XP left to go on my Myogi, but I'm so done with this ship. I'm trying to save my free XP to skip the Colorado, but it looks like I'm about to spend some to get to the Kongo.

Fizzil posted:

It gets a spotter plane that increases its range, this will increase its artillery rating in the stats. Any upgrades that increase range or accuracy will do that, i think.

Stalkerr posted:

Woo... 3 days of play and I just got my Phoenix. Any tips? Going to grind my St. Louis a bit more to elite it, and then it'll just get played once a day or so for the 1.5X. Love that ship.

I spent all my ship+free XP getting the Phoenix, so I'm going to be running stock for awhile until I grind up enough for the next hull upgrade. Ideally, just a few good games should do it.

Gort posted:

I always hated fighting Murmansks

ZiggyXX posted:

Just unlocked the furukaka, oh joy.

Night10194 posted:

Then you get the Kongo and it is, like the Aoba and the Taco, 'That ship you were just in except with absolutely all the problems fixed.'

Robo Turnus posted:

I'm new to the game and really garbage. Can anyone spell out in more concrete terms than the op where citadels are? Is it like war thunder where if you know what you are doing you can do critical or disabling damage in one salvo so long as you aim it right? I keep getting hits of 3 or 4 shells and only doing about 750 damage (in a tier 2 CL). If i'm within brawling range am i better served with he or ap?

Zotix posted:

The Dresden just shits out rounds doesn't it. I decided to give the german CR line a go last night, and that ship just outclasses all of the other ships in that bracket. Do German's keep the same consistency throughout the rest of the tiers or is that the golden point for them?

Kuntz posted:

You can at least achieve a steady stream of damage with German 105mm HE, it's their AP that does nothing.

Hazdoc posted:

Well, it should affect all AP, not just BB AP. All armor was affected, which in turn should affect all AP shells.

BIG HEADLINE posted:

They're not as good as ships at their native tier, but they have a massive credit bonus, and the lower-tiered ships you can reliably play while off premium time and still are almost guaranteed a profit.

PerniciousKnid posted:

But I like my T3 Russian DD a lot, it might be my favorite boat right now.

Sanguine posted:

I'm just coming back after a few month break - what's the consensus on the cruisers and destroyers now they've been around for a bit?

Are the german cruisers still considered to flimsy to be really worth it?

Magni posted:

So according to the WoWs forums, the Karlsruhe is a bad ship. That was my first match in her, with the modules unlocked with free xp.

Magni posted:

So, how do nazi cruisers and russian DDs work anyway? You know, outside the german T2-3 and russian T2-4 seeming to be complete junk. (Seriously, what are the Derzki and Izyaslav supposed to do outside of suicide-charging other ships?)

Magni posted:

Okay, whoever gave me advice to play the Izyaslav as a gunboat, thank you. God, this tzarist rustbucket is hilarious. I'm bullying cruisers with it.

demonR6 posted:

Derzki is not bad for a tier three when fully upgraded and a good commander. People at that tier are surprisingly unaware of what happens when you let a DD in close enough to unload 10 torpedoes on you and it can reload before you have time to react well. The dude chasing you has cause to worry because you can unload on it too. I dumped 6 into a South Carolina sank it while the remaining 4 went to a Wickes who was pursuing me, sank it too.

What sucks is you have to get up close and personal else the 3km range on them means poo poo. But you can unload volley after volley without a care in the world almost.

Dr. Arbitrary posted:

Is there an easy way to know which ships I can AP? Before starting a match I'd like to make a list of who is vulnerable in the ship I'm driving.

Magni posted:

With the Gnevny, yeah. Just fuckin' erased a poor Omaha that blundered into me around a corner with those 130mm guns while he panicked and tried to torp me. Tried the same with the Izzy earlier, but her 102mm guns aren't quite up to that with any kind of reliability.

Sharzak posted:

OK. I just barely unlocked the tech tree. Is there a good first ship to go for? Or at least any in particular to avoid?

Pacra posted:

As a correction - Cleveland citadels have been for the most part fixed and should be in line with the rest of the USN cruiser line - somewhat harder to pen than other boats, but still doable.

Pacra posted:

And you mean strong up to tier 6, not including tier 7, the Pensacola.

demonR6 posted:

demonR6 posted:

For me though that is a damned good game and they don't come often when you are an average player in this environment where you may or may not get a team of droolers on either side.

Blinks77 posted:

Yeah, i just burnt a Bogue to death from across the map using that. goota get those fires. Only anther.. oooh.. 280 to go.

Murmansk may well be my favorite ship in the game. It's just so hilariously silly for it's tier.

NTRabbit posted:

Yes, which is why I only have 12 destroyer kills instead of 25. When I was queuing in my 6s earlier today it was generally 2 carriers - 4 battleships - 35 cruisers - 4 destroyers within my range.

Bob Mundon posted:

Having fun in the Pheonix, although wondering if I should be using HE or AP on battleships at max range? I was thinking plunging fire may punch through, but it seems not to very much. With the 6" guns even at max range do you guys normally use HE against armored targets?

Weltlich posted:

I'm just getting into boats, and after reading through the OP and doing some cursory searches through the thread, here's my two questions:

2) I'm going for US CVs, Japanese BBs, German CAs, and Soviet DDs right now. Priortizing the BBs and CVs until I have enough free expedience to vault across the Karlsruhe, which sounds like a turd. Does this sound about right for a new player? Or, has some patch in the past 5 months shifted the strategy (like how the E-100 used to be the go-to tank in WoT, but now sucks due to nerfs and power-creep.)

NTRabbit posted:

I've finished the ARP Kongo missions, but still only have 15 destroyer kills, because there aren't enough of them playing, and there's always a race on to kill the few that are.

NTRabbit posted:

That will work for the mission? Independence, Cleveland, Aoba, New Mexico, Fuso, Farragut, Mutsuki, Atlanta, though the Farragut is brand new.