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Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
like many good things,
with a bear.

This game is so goddamn much better than World of Warships.

Fighting boat is fun again.

# ¿ Dec 5, 2015 21:45

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 00:36

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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Wait, so, you get doubled gold? Can someone explain how gold buying works? I'm thinking I might throw in a couple bucks for ship slots and stuff since this has been a lot more fun than WoWS.

# ¿ Dec 6, 2015 16:28

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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How do the Growth Plans work? You kick in your stockpiled gold and it appreciates as you level up?

# ¿ Dec 6, 2015 16:47

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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So who gets the best subs?

# ¿ Dec 7, 2015 03:37

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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After the Kawachi I tried other nations T2 BB. They are all trash garbage compared to it.

Also, applied to Goonsfleet as Day10194. For whatever reason, it wouldn't take Night10194 for a screen name, so I had to change it up.

Night10194 fucked around with this message at 08:20 on Dec 7, 2015

# ¿ Dec 7, 2015 07:54

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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Being able to manually control your secondaries and being able to act as actual artillery but also brawl with, again, the secondaries makes being a BB in this game approximately 4 times as fun as being one in WoWS.

# ¿ Dec 7, 2015 19:55

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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I got two deck gun kills on enemy subs with my Type O.

I don't care if subs are bad. Subs are fun as hell.

# ¿ Dec 8, 2015 05:49

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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I like DDs, but I'm not sure I'm playing them too well. Can someone explain spotting and scouting a bit better? I just get points for discovering enemy vessels and for having them in sight while far off BBs blow the poo poo out of them, right?

# ¿ Dec 8, 2015 06:34

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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DD Thunderdome was the most fun (only fun) part of World of Warships, so yes, it will be fun times here, too.

# ¿ Dec 8, 2015 06:58

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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I just had a game that was basically nothing but submarines on both sides and taught a few T2 IJN subs that in the land of the subs, the man with the deck gun is king.

Getting deck gun kills with the Type O is the best thing in this game so far. Also, it feels like half of every team is BBs; I don't have a problem with BB mechanics and really enjoy them, but it's a little annoying how much of each team will be BBs.

# ¿ Dec 8, 2015 08:48

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
like many good things,
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I just got a near 10,000 damage game in my Florida, on my daily double. :catstare:

I don't know why. The enemy just ignored me completely and the shells kept going exactly where I wanted them, while the enemy cruisers and things cruised around at half speed like little target dummies waiting to get dunked. It was wonderful. I see why BBs are so popular now.

# ¿ Dec 8, 2015 19:51

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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Oh, I tend to advance some in my BB and try to back the light guys up. As long as they're there to make it hard to torpedo me, the secondaries and the occasional dunking will let me help them with the other light forces while I shoot big guns at big boats.

I mean my very next game in the Mahan I got just as much EXP by spotting, scampering around, and occasionally taking out a sub or other light ship going for the fat BBs and then eventually rushing in to torpedo the last enemy BB. It seems like the rewards are pretty even.

Night10194 fucked around with this message at 20:50 on Dec 8, 2015

# ¿ Dec 8, 2015 20:47

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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Also, a question about fighting subs: What do you aim for when you attack a shallow submarine? The shadow or the actual boat itself in the water? I've noticed the hitbox on them feels a little odd.

# ¿ Dec 8, 2015 21:05

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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I think the only mechanic this game really needs is a limit on the number of BBs per side. It's kind of ridiculous that it's usually half of each team.

# ¿ Dec 9, 2015 01:19

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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I see the mighty Taco has the same problems it did in WoWS. I love that stupid piece of crap boat there, and I'm excited to get it here.

# ¿ Dec 9, 2015 01:42

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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It's really astonishing and alien to me to see a Japanese DD with guns that work, but the Fubuki's cannons seem to hit like a train compared to the Mahan. I think I'm still stuck thinking of IJN DDs as having lovely guns from World of War Ships.

# ¿ Dec 9, 2015 07:22

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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Whenever I shoot at BBs I try to aim so that I'll hit open deck or the smokestacks. Open deck plunging fire will usually penetrate and smashing the smoke stacks will gently caress up the engine.

I've also noticed the Omaha's guns will pierce the smoke stacks on a BB and help do some damage.

# ¿ Dec 9, 2015 09:28

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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You can definitely get magazine criticals that instantly kill a boat. I know I torpedoed a guy amidships once and hit his fuel supply, destroying it, which blew his boat up instantly.

# ¿ Dec 9, 2015 09:51

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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I just witnessed the best game-ender ever. It cannot be topped. Our Independence, out of planes, charged and rammed to death the enemy carrier to finish the game and win. It was beautiful.

# ¿ Dec 10, 2015 00:48

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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The buddy I play with rolled a +500m spotting range commander and stuck him on his rangefinder boosted Mahan. Now he plays that and I play a BB and we just dunk all over our foes without them seeing us back.

He got MVP of a game for spotting damage and fighting off a single Fubuki and sub alone.

# ¿ Dec 10, 2015 05:34

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
like many good things,
with a bear.

It was, but he rolled him randomly in his tutorial merit pack when he got his first merit points for 15 wins.

# ¿ Dec 10, 2015 06:01

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
like many good things,
with a bear.

Jesus christ I think the Fubuki is my dream boat.

# ¿ Dec 10, 2015 07:45

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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The Fubuki is unstoppable. I've won gunfights with cruisers with the stupid thing, it is so much with the shooting. Two salvos will wipe out most DDs.

# ¿ Dec 10, 2015 21:36

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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Galaga Galaxian posted:

Trip Report on British Destroyers:

They're slow, their guns are short ranged, the Tier 3 DD has no manual AA guns, the Tier 4 DD has a single 4-tube centerline launcher.

The really accurate guns are kind of nice for fighting other DDs, though.

I mean, it's no Fubuki.

# ¿ Dec 11, 2015 06:46

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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For me the main drawback is the poor spotting range. Everything else I can offset or take as a tradeoff, but a DD with poor base spotting range hurts. Especially when the enemy scout screen then sees you first.

# ¿ Dec 11, 2015 07:19

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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James Garfield posted:

Also remember that the average player in this game is a spectacular idiot and does not have the rangefinder, so you'll usually spot them first anyway.

Why would anyone do that? It is so very, very good.

Also, how does Goonfleet get together for good times? I'd kind of like to get in on the fleet battles and learn how bad I actually am at this game.

# ¿ Dec 11, 2015 08:04

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
like many good things,
with a bear.

I managed to run out of torpedoes as a sub.

After killing 3 BBs, a sub, and finishing a second sub with my deck gun.

I think I love subs now.

# ¿ Dec 11, 2015 22:54

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
like many good things,
with a bear.

I need some advice on light cruisers. I'm having a lot of trouble driving them compared to other ships; I try to stay a bit erratic to avoid getting dunked by BBs but it doesn't quite work. When I get spotted by DDs it feels like every battleship on the map decides CLs are EXP and silver pinatas.

I sympathize with this feeling, because I find myself doing the same to enemy CLs as a BB. What should I keep in mind when driving one?

# ¿ Dec 12, 2015 07:54

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
like many good things,
with a bear.

Also, I had some serious bullshit happen to my Kuma earlier today. I was firing torps at a sure shot Omaha that I was about to sink at close range, when a sub that was in between us came up from deep to shallow out of nowhere, and he was in safe range. All but one torp collided with him and got eaten, only one hitting the Omaha. :negative:

# ¿ Dec 12, 2015 08:04

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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Groggy nard posted:

Are you me?

How many Kongos have died from your submarine shooting them in the rear end so much that they died from being shot in the rear end so much?

I only got one that game but it was from detonating his fuel when he was about 15 seconds off capping.

I would've gotten the Connecticut I wounded, too, if I hadn't both run out of ammunition and our team capped.

# ¿ Dec 12, 2015 09:25

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
like many good things,
with a bear.

Was fun to try out botefight with goons. Thanks for the free Merit despite my managing to mostly suck and die, see you all next fleet fight.

# ¿ Dec 13, 2015 08:41

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
like many good things,
with a bear.

What do Qualification points do and is there a way to get them besides getting disappointing commander rolls?

# ¿ Dec 13, 2015 20:06

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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Apparently if you fire from behind into the back of the superstructure/smoke-stacks, a Fubuki can do full damage gunshots to a Florida.

RIP Florida I shot to death with a rabid DD.

# ¿ Dec 14, 2015 05:46

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
like many good things,
with a bear.

Does leveling someone via qual points improve their base command points? The things that just give the base 'Yeah you get this bonus for them being in this position'?

Because I have a 4 star British carrier guy who gives some really nice bonuses just from his base skill as a commander if I shove him in the Gunner slot.

# ¿ Dec 14, 2015 23:15

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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with a bear.

Ciprian Maricon posted:

It really sucks being the only DD in a game full of BBs, but I guess pubbies just love love love being BB

Actually this is usually awesome because you can spot all the guys and stay out of reach. Now, being the only CL in a game like that is sadness.

# ¿ Dec 15, 2015 00:29

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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It's awesome when you get torpedoed by an allied sub firing at a deep dived enemy sub when you're trying to line up the dunk with the depthcharges.

# ¿ Dec 15, 2015 02:20

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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with a bear.

He didn't actually get me, only a single torp hit my Atlanta and I was still able to dunk the sub. Just would've been easier to play without all the engine damage that shitlord did.

I really love subs. Both playing them and fighting them. I didn't think they could be implemented this well, but they're a lot of fun and add a lot to the game.

# ¿ Dec 15, 2015 09:56

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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I think the Pillau may well be the most harmless ship in the game.

Also, the Connecticut has *torpedoes*. It is my new goal in life to surprise dunk an enemy sub with them.

# ¿ Dec 16, 2015 05:59

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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James Garfield posted:

I drove my A-class into the middle of the enemy team, and then my game crashed.

I logged back in and I was still alive.

I got 8600 spotting damage.

I'm really enjoying the A-Class. The lack of AA hurts, but the really accurate, fairly fast firing guns mean a lot when fighting other scouts, the sonar is great, and the torps are adequate. I managed to slip into the enemy battleship row and get close with it and ended up taking out 5 of them.

Fubuki still mightiest T3 DD, though.

# ¿ Dec 17, 2015 22:29

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 00:36

Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
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You know, there's a lot of stuff that makes this way better than World of Warships, but the single biggest thing is that it actually has team mechanics. Scouting for allies, finding a sub a clean way through to knife all the enemy BBs, escorting people, dunking on subs, all these things are just as fun as sitting back and blasting people to hell with a BB.

# ¿ Dec 20, 2015 18:28

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