Pretty ships in world of warships

[NHHEMI]

Nice job ^^^. Looks like a Dreadnought, Devastating Strike, and a High Caliber.

Very nice indeed.

No question unless you are an OP player if your team in Random is bad you are screwed big time. I seem to wind up on those teams most of the time I try and play it. Before I know it I am one of a few left and the enemy team has lost like 0, 1, or 2. Even worse is to hear that dreaded "you are our last hope" message when you are the last alive.

Again, good job.

 

[NHHEMI]

What a night!!!

Had a bad reaction to my MS shot so while waiting for it to pass I decided to play a little WOWS. Took my USN T4 BB WYOMING into Random as I have done the best with it there to this point. Well that changed in a hurry! Got absolutely smoked both games I tried with it( team did not me - I did okay even though 2 losses ). OMG was it awful. Dropped my WR% to an all time low of 41.57%

I knew I shouldn't have posted I actually won a Random earlier. Came back to bite me.

1st game was the worst hands down. I sunk the only 2 my team got. That was it = TWO! I initially went with a group to A and sort of hung out between A and our 2 CV's who both sat next to each other behind an island slightly behind A. Told them to split up and not have both stay in one spot like that but got ignored. Big enemy rush comes to A and wipes all out but me. I turn and head away telling the 2 CV's to get going as 2 DD's are coming from A. They ignore me and stay put. I went back( shouldn't have )and tried to save them while calling for help. No one would come help and the CV's were lost.

Then I had to play run run run as the DD's chased me while I was simultaneously being fired on by every CL and BB on the other team it felt like. Again called for help and NOPE! I got the DD's and then hammered a CL chasing me but was eventually taken out by fire/burning and then a salvo when I was done anyway. Those left on team by then just went and hid. I almost never say that about others but it is what they did. Just awful. 2nd game was more of the same except I managed to live while trying to defend our only cap with NO help again. We lost on points. That was enough of Random for the night. Just how it goes for me. I always wind up on the losing team if I do well. If I don't we win.

So I figure I would go to Co-op and play some less stress fun stuff like I prefer. 1st game out I take my USN T6 BB NEW MEXICO as I haven't played it for a bit. Right after spawn I chat I am going to C to help the DD and CL down there try for the cap and to shield the CV that was down there. So I power up at the start and begin to turn to go to C when WHAM I am nailed from behind and lose a HUGE chunk of HP. WTH??? I turn and look and there is a pink( team killer designation )KM T7 BB SCHARNHORST behind me with smoking guns who just shot me. Couldn't believe it.

I chat what are you doing? Someone else asks what happened and I say the idiot shot me. That idiot then spent the rest of the game being a chat butt head because I called him an idiot( well what else do you call it? ). He cost us the game too because he wouldn't help anyone, wouldn't engage and fight other than to run away from ships firing HE only from his 1 rear turret( he had the most OP ship in game and he ran and only used HE???? ), and at the end wouldn't cap to stop the points for the red team. Again, while trying to defend the CV from an enemy rush I got sunk( at least CV lived this time as I bought him time to run ). The TK SCHARNHORST was there and could have helped me but he went the other way and left me surrounded by a DD and 3 BB's. I got the DD and actually got the SCHARNHORST which shocked me( even if a BOT )but couldn't protect my sides from all directions and got hammered by the enemy NEW MEXICO and KONGO too many times and was sunk.

I was like tonight is not my night for WOWS! I only needed a little XP though to get another container for the day( 2nd - didn't play much today )so I played a couple more and did okay in those. Came time for the container and I was like I never pick the super container anymore so why not try it for the last one of day. I click the button, see the dice roll, and then was like YES = SUPER CONTAINER

...



So I waited for a second to open it as I was excited about the opportunities it held.

Maybe it would be 50,000 Free XP like my last one( would have loved that )? Or millions of credits( would have loved that too )? Maybe a free ship( awesome )? Even 100 really good flags like Zulu would be great( will take it ). So I click to open and what appears? A useless Engine Boost Mod 1...



A useless module for anyone who doesn't have a DD. So disappointed! I have heard on the forums that people are getting modules more regularly in SC's now and they are [censored]. I can now relate. It is even worse when it is a module you can't use. Just sucks. So that it wasn't a total waste I sold it. At least got 625,000 credits for it so that was something. Just not what I was hoping for.



Today just was not my day in WOWS!

 

[Nick R]

I'll be honest, unless you are in a division, low tier randoms suck, because there are really only 2 kinds of teams at that tier. That being said, even if you lose you still get more XP and credits, so it's worth it in the end as far as I'm concerned. Plus I believe people get better when they play against other (more unpredictable) players than bots which aren't very creative and pretty much do what you expect. There is a reason that average winrate on co-op games is something like 85-90% lol

 

[NHHEMI]

Originally Posted By: Nick R
I'll be honest, unless you are in a division, low tier randoms suck, because there are really only 2 kinds of teams at that tier. That being said, even if you lose you still get more XP and credits, so it's worth it in the end as far as I'm concerned. Plus I believe people get better when they play against other (more unpredictable) players than bots which aren't very creative and pretty much do what you expect. There is a reason that average winrate on co-op games is something like 85-90% lol

I must be an "OP" Co-op warrior than as my WR% in it is 96.36% in 1647 games( many of which I truly feel I carried the team to win ). Take out the KIROV(86%) and DANAE(83%) which were awful ships for me and it would be higher. One of the surprises for me is the NEW MEXICO at only 80%( 8 for 10 ). That will improve into the 90's though for sure once I play it more. Just had bad luck with it 2 times. Heck I even managed a 91% WR and 59% Survival rate with EMERALD so that should qualify me for some kind of medal even if it is in Co-op.

Yup, low tier random seems pretty bad. Can't carry in it like I can in Co-op as there are too many enemy ships to deal with alone when your team all dies early or yolo off and ignore you. Higher up has more team play but also +2MM and I am not good enough skill wise( vision issues hurt me too )facing T7 in T5 or T8 in T6. I feel like I hurt the team vs helping. God forbid I play the T7 FIJI and see T9.

Also, WAY MORE guys who die and blame everyone else for it and I can't stand that. I play for fun. I do try my best but win or lose I want to enjoy it. Not fun when that [censored] goes on so it ruins Random for me.

I just prefer Co-op. Generally nicer more laid back folks and less stress. BOTS are getting better and better all the time too and god help you if they decide you are priority target!!! They shoot far better( more accurate )than any human I have faced yet. Just played a game in BAYERN on Two Brothers and I was target #1 from the get go and no clue why? I was with other ships including BB's( and another BAYERN )yet the planes went for me every single wave on that side and I was constantly being focus fired by every ship that detected me. It was brutal. Never see that single mindedness in Random unless it is near the end and you are alone( been there, done that, I will pass

).

I guess the BOTS heard the OP Co-op Warrior was in game and they wanted to brag about taking me out. They failed though as I took out the last 2 alone to carry the team to glorious victory.

 

[NHHEMI]

More bad Random for me this morning. Played a couple with my Bayern( most comfortable in it in Random )and just more of the same old same old.

Trying to be "braver" and play it more but it just never seems to go well. Even when I do good we usually lose. Let me tell you, I get so sick of hearing "you are our last hope" too. I always seem to find myself the last one alive when we lose too( unless by points obviously ). And again, it continues for me where I do little to help and the team wins.

Game 1 started pretty good as I teamed with 4 other BB's and a couple CL's who pushed the A cap. Every enemy ship that even came close got focus fired and instadeleted. I took out the enemy Graf Spee with an awesome long shot as it tried to sneak behind an island to escape. Then an enemy BB appears( Colorado )behind the islands behind us. They tell me to go cut it off so I say okay. Just as I start turning for it a whole wall of torps comes from nowhere and I am wiped out instantly. No way possible to miss them. I HATE how DD's can run in, launch, and leave without ever being detected. Just no chance in a slow turning BB when that happens. The BB's I was with start blasting our DD's and CL's for not taking out the enemy DD's and I was like dudes chill it isn't their fault. IT snuck around the outside edge and came in behind us. Just a good play by it is all and it caught me at the right time. So that game ended fast for me but I did some damage and got the Graf which was okay. Team almost pulled it out but we lost by 20 points.

Game 2 I actually won but didn't get to do a lot. 29K in damage, sunk 1, and damaged 2 while trying to help defend our base( RNG was against me BIG TIME in this one as I couldn't hit a dang thing ). HUGE rush came our side and of course 3/4 of our team spawned on the other. Every ship on our side went down within minutes leaving me alone, AGAIN, against SEVEN! Did what I could to maneuver and not die while hitting ships trying to cap to reset( managed to do it 2X's ). Hard to shoot and dodge though so hardly any damage dealt out. I was mainly trying to keep cap reset until help arrived. For once my teammates came to help when I called for it. They came in and in short order things swung around and we actually won. I was so out of position by then from trying to run to stay alive to reset cap that by the time I got the ship and turrets swung around it was over( captured enemy base ). I guess I did my part but it doesn't feel like I did much to contribute.

Last game is very typical. I do decent damage, sink a couple, defend base at the end, and survive a long time once alone by WASD'ing but it is just never enough. Cannot take on so many alone to live let alone win. No way in Hades I can take on 4 BB, a CL, and a DD alone and carry to a win. Not when most are good health. Did what I could to WASD to stay alive, while shooting at ships in our base to reset cap but what can you do against those odds? I was burning and taking it from every angle. [censored] CL burned me down in the end just before he popped out behind an island broadside and I was ready to smoke him.

I just have the worst luck in Random. I am sure I must be doing something wrong too but it doesn't feel like it??? Feels like I do everything I can to help team and the other teammates do a lot of stupid stuff and die off early leaving me alone. So frustrating. Oh well, it is just a game. Now my Random WR% is even worse. Down to 41.42%. The shame.

This is what I mean. If I win it is like this...




and if I lose it is usually like this...

 

[IndyIan]

I find with BB's, how good our/their destroyers are, is the major factor. With good scouting wins are easy, and with bad scouting its often impossible to win if the other teams BB's don't mess up.
Often newer DD players don't want to play their role as pawns and then we all die... In Steel Ocean atleast, a good DD player can often do the most damage on a team as well if they can get in among the big ships and use their torps.
Also it is a team game, sometimes I have a good BB shooting game and sink a few ships, but then look at the map and realize that we only have a few BB's and they have most of theirs left with a DD or two... Ships going off in one's or two's almost never goes well, so having someone set some basic plan at the start helps too.

 

[NHHEMI]

Originally Posted By: IndyIan
I find with BB's, how good our/their destroyers are, is the major factor. With good scouting wins are easy, and with bad scouting its often impossible to win if the other teams BB's don't mess up.
Often newer DD players don't want to play their role as pawns and then we all die... In Steel Ocean atleast, a good DD player can often do the most damage on a team as well if they can get in among the big ships and use their torps.
Also it is a team game, sometimes I have a good BB shooting game and sink a few ships, but then look at the map and realize that we only have a few BB's and they have most of theirs left with a DD or two... Ships going off in one's or two's almost never goes well, so having someone set some basic plan at the start helps too.



In that 1st game their DD made a huge difference. It snuck around behind us and got me with it's wall of torps and it made a huge impact at the end when the game was on the line because it kept shooting/torping out of detection range and/or using smoke. DD's have way too many torps to fire at one time in WOWS. Good lord it was like 10 of them in a wall( a front wave and then a 2nd wave that covered the gaps in 1st wave - so no where to go even if I had got turned )when it got me. How do you dodge that in a slow moving/turning BB when the DD can launch and run away without ever being detected and the torps don't get detected until they are on top of you?

I don't mind the DD's smoke( I use smoke in my BRN cruisers )because at least you have an idea a DD is near( and it is not a shield - you can be taken out in smoke and as the opponent you can turn and go the other way )but I find their stealth/detection to be OP. They should have to be in detection range to launch torps. If they fire their guns they should be immediately detected like all other ships. This stealth torping/firing is unfair and not realistic/accurate to history. It is done by WOWS to help them and it is too much help.

I know they only have a little HP and no armor to speak of but they are tiny, fast, and nimble and easily can dodge shot. They also have torps out the wazoo later in the game. Nothing wrong with low detection ranges but it is too much when they can launch torps outside of that range or sit beyond that range and shoot and not be detected like everyone else in the game is the second you shoot.

You are definitely right, DD's impact the game in a big way.

I try and stay with the group when I play and act as fire support for the DD/CL/CV's. When the time comes I move to the front to tank and/or take on other BB's. Do what I can. Lots of these games I lose do involve the team splitting up and the small groups getting taken out quick. I also notice though that the game plays a part in that too with the way it will spawn 1 or 2 ships off by themselves making you run the whole map to rejoin main group. That sucks let me tell you. LOL

I will usually go along with any plan offered as long as it is reasonable and many times even if not. Many fools insist on rushing areas known to be death traps( like the center cut on Two Brothers )however and I won't follow along with that.

 

[NHHEMI]

This one hurt even if it was Co-op!

Hadn't run my FIJI for a while and decided to take it out. Came down to just me at the end in my 50% FIJI against the enemy SCHARNHORST(90%+)and BAYERN(50%+). Both the BB's were close and I thought I was a goner( once again the dreaded words - you are our last hope were heard

). My ever helpful teammates who had died, but stayed to watch, were oh so helpful telling me to die with honor and ram them.

I torp'd the BAYERN for the kill and was able to run behind an island so I would disappear from detection by the SCHARNHORST. Inexplicably it turned off and ran to A which they controlled vs capping B right there? BOTS usually don't run when they smell blood they harass and chase you like a starving dog after a bone.

So I took a moment to take stock of things. We were up by a couple 100 points and had 2 of the 3 caps BUT still needed over 300 points for 1000 and there was a little over 5 minutes left. Really too long and too close to just run the clock out so to speak. I decided to hang around the B cap and see if the SCHARNHORST would come out of A? It did.

I went towards it slowly shooting and dodging until I was about 9km off then popped my smoke. HUGE mistake. I didn't realize I was out of sonar!

I must have tripped it TWICE earlier by accident as I never purposely did it in the game once.

This meant with no other ships to spot the SCHARNHORST I was as blind as it was.

Got torps ready and tried to setup for a quick launch and exit but misjudged where it would appear. It came out right on me and bow on like it was going to ram. I got torps off but knew I was dead before I even tried to speed up and turn away to miss it's torps which I did not. I got it with 1 but it got me with 2 ending me.

I was so mad. 108K in a CL, even if it is in Co-op, is not anything to sneeze at. I did everything possible( kills, capture, defenses, torp hits, etc... )except get that last kill for the win. Oh the agony!

+

 

[NHHEMI]

Some days you fall just short of pulling out a win like with FIJI ^^^ and other times you find a way. Just pulled one off in Co-op; BARELY! Even there it isn't always a cake walk and the games can be hard in higher tiers. Match was a very hard one that everyone got into( I had a regular cheering section at the end in chat as people stayed to se if I could pull it out - was really cool ). Map was Neighbors and the teams were identical ship wise...

T8 TIRPITZ(BB)
T8 TIRPITZ(BB)
T8 TIRPITZ(BB)
T8 YO LANG(DD)
T7 ARP MYOKO(CL/CA)
T6 NEW MEXICO(BB)
T6 FUSO(BB)
T6 GNEVNY(DD)

Nice game for me in the NEW MEXICO. Came down to me having to hold off a 60%+ TIRPITZ at the end with me at around 85%. Darn TIRPITZ is faster, has much better guns, reloads faster, has vastly superior armor, and has those freaking torps. It got within 3km of me before time ran out with both of us on our last few 1000 HP. When it was over I was like PHEW!

This game is a prime example of how bad +2 MM is in WOWS. NEW MEXICO is a very good BB at T6 but it has no business seeing T8 BB's. This match was even harder than it should have been as one of our TIRPITZ BB's was AFK the entire game too.

I have done more damage in games for sure but it isn't always about the damage total as much as what you do with the damage you cause.

NOTE - I had what is probably my best long range instadelete of a BB to this point in the game. Was shooting at max range to try and help a teammate who was under assault from an enemy FUSO. Hit it on 2 separate salvos but did hardly any damage( about 2-3K in total due to angle plus it running away from me ). Then on the last salvo it had started to turn to bring guns around and at 16km I let loose. The shots caught it square in the side with 2 citadels + multiple regular hits. It did 40K+ in damage and the FUSO just vaporized. I have seen that kind of BB kill in replays from OP BB's like the YAMATO, MONTANNA, etc... but I have never done it at a low tier like that. I was like

 

[Jetronic]

Stop it!

You'll make me go out and spend $500 on a new desktop just to play this.

 

[OVERKILL]

Originally Posted By: Jetronic
Stop it!

You'll make me go out and spend $500 on a new desktop just to play this.


I'm playing it on an ancient Mac Pro on a 27" Mac screen in native res. It is not an overly demanding game graphically.

 

[NHHEMI]

Originally Posted By: Jetronic
Stop it!

You'll make me go out and spend $500 on a new desktop just to play this.

It is a blast. Money would be well spent.

 

[OVERKILL]

Just played a few random games waiting for dinner to cook. First one was not bad, 2nd was an absolute disaster with my team being awful and me the 2nd last man standing with all ships present on the opposing team save two. Third one I did really well, which these shots are from:

 

[Nick R]

I've been pretty busy the last few days. Since the Russian DD line split was coming up with .6.2 the other day I divved up with some guys from the discord and ground the Ognevoi at T6 to the Kiev at T7. This means that I got both the new T7 Minsk, as well as the T8 Kiev and T8 Ognevoi for free. And holy [censored], the new Ognevoi is fantastic. It's a better torpedoboat than the Kagero, and while not quite as good a knife-fighting gunboat as the Benson is, but it has advantages over both.

the Kagero torps are either the 8KM F3s which are super fast, or super long range slow with 2.5KM detection, so it's impossible to hit anyone who is paying even a tiny bit of attention. The new Ognevoi torps are 10KM, 57kn, so not super fast, but they are stealthy with a detection of only 1.1KM. And with the B Hull it gets 2x5 launchers, so 10 torps. The guns are still only 2x2 130MM, but they are the same guns as the Khabarovsk has, 5 second reload, 1900HE alpha, 14+KM range with AFT, and the ultra high velocity railgun-like arcs typical of Russian guns. It's a better torpedoboat than the IJN destroyers but can actually defend itself. It's fantastic. The 5"/38 (127mm) guns on the USN DDs can't hold a candle to these at range, with their orbit-like floaty arcs. I think at 14KM the shell travel time is something like 19 seconds on the Benson lol. It' impossible to reliably hit anything at range when kiting in them.

Haven't played the T8 Kiev yet, but the few games I played in the T7 Kiev before the split was great. It's ungodly fast, top speed with speed flag and engine boost around 48.1 knots. And has 3x2 of the Soviet Railgun 130mms These are fantastic boats, so much fun to play.

I also finally got around to finishing the Leander grind to the Fiji, free xp'ed the module upgrades. Finished the grind from Bayern to Gneisenau yesterday, don't have enough Free XP for modules yet. Downside to Gneisenau is that it has the same 380mm guns as the Bayern, but has one less turret, so less broadside firepower, but it does have torpedoes, so I guess we'll see. Looking forward to the Bismarck, getting my commander set up for a full secondary build for when I get it.

I'm super broke right now after the ship buying spree recently, I'm down to only 7.5 million credits right now, I had like 45 million a couple of weeks ago. Time for some credit grinding in Scharnhorst, Tirpitz, and Kutuzov lol I'll grab some screenshots when I get home later.

 

[Nick R]

https://puu.sh/uAnbQ/8ff865984b.png

Stock Kiev, first VMF DD at T8

https://puu.sh/uAnhG/30df5ee72c.png


Mostly upgraded Ognevoi, still need Concealment expert on my captain, should bring detection down to ~6.1KM. The 2nd T8 USSR DD

https://puu.sh/uAnmE/0053270745.png

Mostly upgraded Minsk (T7)

https://puu.sh/uAnuT/bd35b326f6.png

Completely stock Gneisenau, haven't even put a captain on it yet. No matter what else, it and the Scharnhorst are sexy looking ships for sure.

https://puu.sh/uAnDE/c235c88141.png

https://puu.sh/uAnGo/01b08ba30e.png

 

[Nick R]

I did end up spending the free XP to get the B Hull on the Gneisenau. That knocked me down to 3.7 million credits, so I ended up selling a bunch of boats to raise some cash again. Sold the Bogue, Hosho and Zuiho, I'll maybe buy them again later if I ever feel like CV'ing again, sold the Bayern, sold the Cleveland (sad to see it go, but I can always buy it again later), sold a couple of other ships too. Now I'm down to 55 ships instead of 64, and am back up to 20 million credits again. Whoo!

First game in the new Kiev I got stuck in a T9/10 battle, that sucked. Only 11KM range really hurts at that point too. That one is going to hurt to grind a bit. That said,the Kiev guns are great and man do they make a nice sound.

 

[NHHEMI]

Congrat's on the new ships Nick.

I don't know why but I thought you were further along in BRN CL and KM BB??? Maybe because you were so far in other things and because you have so many high tier premiums? Don't know, just thought you were higher.

I actually beat you to FIJI.

How do you like it now that you have it? Very similar to Belfast obviously and I believe you have that so probably not a lot different other than no HE and the torps. I am still running my Fiji stock. Haven't spent the $$$ to upgrade it yet as I am more into BB right now and have been saving my resources for those lines. It still does okay. Best stock ship I have played yet.

You beat me to GNEISENAU. Of course I am not sure I realized you hadn't got there a long time ago.

I am only 1/2 way there( 40K of the 80K XP needed ). I have run into a bit of a bad stretch with BAYERN that is slowing me down though. Tried it some more in Random and have done awful p/ usual. I have even done awful in Co-op lately though. Not because I am always losing( in Random I have continued to do nothing but that )but rather the guns have suddenly gone super wonky on me???

When I 1st got it I couldn't understand what people were talking abut with the bad accuracy. I was in the mid 40% range for accuracy with it until just recently. Now I can't hit a darn thing with it. Have dropped all the way to 33% accuracy with it??? So, even though I am winning my Co-op games I am not sinking a lot of ships or doing that 80-100K+ damage I was doing( more like 25-35K now

).XP has gone from 750-1000+ to 400-500. It is really slowing the grind. Even in Random I am only seeing like 1200-1500. Just awful and no clue why suddenly I can't hit with it???

How do you like the GNEISENAU so far? Same guns as BAYERN just 2 less. Are they wonky too? What is it like having that awesome KM T7+ BB speed and torpedoes??? Is the GNEISENAU as tough as it seems to be when shooting at it? Hard to believe I have got to the point that once I have the GNEISENAU the next ship is BISMARCK!!!

I never tried CV's. I prefer the way the other ships are played. I want to shoot stuff.

Looks like the DD bug has bitten you the way the BB one did me. Congrat's on all your new DD's.

I actually have had the USN T7 CL PENSACOLA and KM T6 CL NURNBERG researched now for a while but as said the BB bug has bit me so I haven't purchased them. As said ^^^ I am 1/2 way to GNEISENAU. I am about 40% to USN T7 BB COLORADO and about 30% to IJN T7 BB NAGATO. Don't know how I will afford all of them if I do decide to get them all when possible?

I have about 18 million in credits right now and even taking into account I will still earn credits as I play to get there and increase that amount there is no way what I earn + what I have now does them all( this is where Co-op hurts me ). Will either have to play Random and accept losing every game for more credits or actually buy some through the premium shop? Will probably sell a few ships too( pretty sure BAYERN will be one of them )although I keep a minimum on hand and basically like them all so? Need some elite ships so I can make Free XP as well.

Anyway, again congrat's.

 

[Nick R]

Originally Posted By: NHHEMI
Congrat's on the new ships Nick.

I don't know why but I thought you were further along in BRN CL and KM BB??? Maybe because you were so far in other things and because you have so many high tier premiums? Don't know, just thought you were higher.

I actually beat you to FIJI.

How do you like it now that you have it? Very similar to Belfast obviously and I believe you have that so probably not a lot different other than no HE and the torps. I am still running my Fiji stock. Haven't spent the $$$ to upgrade it yet as I am more into BB right now and have been saving my resources for those lines. It still does okay. Best stock ship I have played yet.

You beat me to GNEISENAU. Of course I am not sure I realized you hadn't got there a long time ago.

I am only 1/2 way there( 40K of the 80K XP needed ). I have run into a bit of a bad stretch with BAYERN that is slowing me down though. Tried it some more in Random and have done awful p/ usual. I have even done awful in Co-op lately though. Not because I am always losing( in Random I have continued to do nothing but that )but rather the guns have suddenly gone super wonky on me???

When I 1st got it I couldn't understand what people were talking abut with the bad accuracy. I was in the mid 40% range for accuracy with it until just recently. Now I can't hit a darn thing with it. Have dropped all the way to 33% accuracy with it??? So, even though I am winning my Co-op games I am not sinking a lot of ships or doing that 80-100K+ damage I was doing( more like 25-35K now

).XP has gone from 750-1000+ to 400-500. It is really slowing the grind. Even in Random I am only seeing like 1200-1500. Just awful and no clue why suddenly I can't hit with it???

How do you like the GNEISENAU so far? Same guns as BAYERN just 2 less. Are they wonky too? What is it like having that awesome KM T7+ BB speed and torpedoes??? Is the GNEISENAU as tough as it seems to be when shooting at it? Hard to believe I have got to the point that once I have the GNEISENAU the next ship is BISMARCK!!!

I never tried CV's. I prefer the way the other ships are played. I want to shoot stuff.

Looks like the DD bug has bitten you the way the BB one did me. Congrat's on all your new DD's.

I actually have had the USN T7 CL PENSACOLA and KM T6 CL NURNBERG researched now for a while but as said the BB bug has bit me so I haven't purchased them. As said ^^^ I am 1/2 way to GNEISENAU. I am about 40% to USN T7 BB COLORADO and about 30% to IJN T7 BB NAGATO. Don't know how I will afford all of them if I do decide to get them all when possible?

I have about 18 million in credits right now and even taking into account I will still earn credits as I play to get there and increase that amount there is no way what I earn + what I have now does them all( this is where Co-op hurts me ). Will either have to play Random and accept losing every game for more credits or actually buy some through the premium shop? Will probably sell a few ships too( pretty sure BAYERN will be one of them )although I keep a minimum on hand and basically like them all so? Need some elite ships so I can make Free XP as well.

Anyway, again congrat's.


So the Fiji is pretty good, I've only played a couple of games in it because it was right when the New VMF DDs were coming out so I was mostly focused on getting to the Kiev. The British SAP is as temperamental as ever of course.

The Gneisenau is worse than the Bayern for long range. The dispersion is just as bad, if not worse. And since you only have 6 guns... RNG determines a lot of how you do. It's a close range brawler, but the ability to push usually comes down to teams. I haven't played any games in division with other people yet, and I don't trust random teams to back me up if I push. I only have a couple of games in it. It's super tough, the armor scheme is amazing, and it does have torps, but the long range accuracy is just atrocious. Pretty typical of KM BBs but still annoying.

I'm pretty broke so I'm probably going to be spamming a lot of Kutuzov and Tirpitz games to try to build my credit stockpile back up again, in time for the French cruisers to be added soon. That should be fun too.

 

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Yeah, I got sidetracked into BB after I got FIJI. Not sure when I will really go back to Cruisers? Enjoying BB's too much right now. Oh great, guns as bad on GNEISENAU as on BAYERN with 2 less. Oh boy!

Actually, I played a lot of BAYERN today( and wound up on the new map Haven way too much - hate that map ). Got my XP up into the 50K range. Thought I was in the 40K range when I posted earlier but was barely over 30K. Must have misread screen? My eyes are awful. So just 30K to go and I am at GNEISENAU. If my eyes hold out in another day or two I will be there. Then the BISMARCK grind begins.

Funny how I whined about how bad the guns have been lately on BAYERN and then I have a day with great RNG where I get a lot of citadels and do good damage( for Co-op ). Go figure. Best shot of day was when I instadeled a full HP FIJI at 15km+ with my 1st salvo of game( 3 citadels ). Our DD marked it to be targeted so I obliged. It was even behind an island but I still smoked it. Was awesome.

Spent the day defending bases and caps like I can't ever remember too. I even won like 3-4 games by Ramming ships at the end which I never do. All but one game that was freaking hilarious. Came down to me( about 50% )and a KONGO( about 5% - almost dead )against a 100% T8 AMAGI(

). We were the last 2 left and were trying to find it when it appears in our base = OH GREAT!

I told the KONGO to stand off and snipe while I went for the ram. You know, I couldn't do it. 3X's I circled around and closed in for the ram and each time it slipped past the tip of the bow BARELY! I was like #$@%&

. Somehow we managed to whittle it down and I eventually got it but it was like WTH???

Anyway, a much better day in BAYERN today. I couldn't crack 50K for days now and today 50K was like the lowest I did. RNGesus blessed me.

 

[NHHEMI]

In addition to having a good day with BAYERN today I was able to complete the "Tides Of March" event/campaign to earn a premium ship. Ship is not very good but hey it is free.

This ship is formerly the T1 IJN CL in the game that they added torps and a plane to and bumped it to T3. It is slow and with awful guns so I really don't see the point? But did I mention it's free?

Comes all upgraded, with permanent camo, a 5pt Captain, and an extra port slot. All XP it earns can be turned into Free XP so I guess it is okay. All I know is the few I have seen have been very easy to blow up with my WYOMING so I may not play it much?

So here is the update to the fleet...

Ship Name: KATORI
Nation: Japanese Imperial Navy(IJN)
Tier: 3 (PREMIUM)
Ship Type: Cruiser(CL)
Survivability(HP): 22,000 HP
Armor: 6-51MM
Maximum Speed: 18.0 knots
Rudder Shift: 6.5 seconds
Turning Radius: 430m

Main Armament: 2X2 140MM ( 1 turret front/rear )
Main Gun Range: 13.5km
Rate Of Fire(ROF)/Reload(RL): 8.57 shots per min ROF / 7 seconds RL
Shell Dispersion: 76m

Shell Type:
Armor Piercing(AP) = 2700 damage
High Explosive(HE) = 2400 damage

Secondary Guns:
127MM = 1X2 ( dual purpose )

Secondary Gun Range: 4.2km ( all )

Secondary Gun Rate Of Fire(ROF)/Reload(RL):
127MM = 12 shots per min ROF / 5 seconds RL

Secondary Gun Shell Type:
127MM = High Explosive(HE)

Anti Aircraft Defense(AA): ( Assorted caliber and types )
25MM = 4X2
127MM = 1X2 ( dual purpose )

Mounted Modules:
Aiming Systems Modification 0
Propulsion Modification 1