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[NHHEMI]

Time for more updates...

Finished up with the FRN T4 CL DUGUAY-TROUIN and am now up to the FRN T5 CL EMILE BERTIN. I have not played it yet as my eyes are done after a full day of grinding out the new ship. Will post thoughts and 1st game info on the new ship tomorrow but for now I can post port shots and stats.

Before I get into the new ship I want to say what an absolute BEAST the T4 DUGUAY-TROUIN is. Good lord that thing is borderline OP. Hands down it is the best T4 CL in the game and frankly it is better than most T5 and even some T6 CL's. Just a monster. We were told the armor was going to be an achilles heal for the ship but I didn't find it bad at all for a light cruiser. Maybe because I play and enjoy the British light cruiser's so much which also have no armor to speak of? I did however have to change the item in upgrade slot 2 listed above. Like the low tier IJN CL's this ship has it's steering knocked out if you look at it crossways. So I removed the damage control mod and added the steering gear mod and it was a HUGE improvement. Other than that 1 glaring weakness I found the ship a blast to play.

I played 43 games with it and averaged 51K in damage, 1.72 kills, had a main gun accuracy rate of 45%, and had a torp accuracy rate of 24%. I mean that is really good for a T4 CL played all in Co-op. 100% win rate and despite the weak French armor I only died 10 times out of the 43 games. I didn't keep it as credits are tight and I really don't want to play T4 CL matches anymore but man if I ever want to again I would go to this ship no question.

Had some really good games today with it. Here are a few and there are many more but I don't want to go nuts. Will post some of the highlight games as well as highest score. Going to start with my last game though. Although it was only 60K in damage it was a brawl and a great finish. Sunk 5 and at one point was being chased by 3 ships that I took out almost simultaneously. Got 2 with a single torp salvo and in between those 2 blowing up I wrecked another one with guns to finish it. It was like boom...boom...boom in about 15 seconds. The best part is when I finished them off it sealed the win( 1 ship left the rest took care of )and I only had 13 HP left. If that last enemy ship had [censored] at me from accorss the map I was done.

Merci pour les souvenirs et les mers équitables et les vents suivants DUGUAY-TROUIN.

So, on to the new ship stats and port shots. Again, will post impressions and 1st game tomorrow at some point. And as always the ship is fully upgraded so stats reflect that...

Ship: EMILE BERTIN
Nation: French Navy(FRN)
Tier: 5
Ship Type: Light Cruiser(CL)
Survivability(HP): 26,500 HP
Armor: 13-26MM
Torpedo Protection/Damage Reduction: 10%

Maximum Speed: 35 knots
Rudder Shift: 7.4 seconds
Turning Radius: 670m
Detection Range(Sea): 12.2km
Detection Range(Air): 6.7km

Main Armament: 3X3 152MM ( 2 turrets front/2 rear )
180 Turret Traverse: 15 sec
Main Gun Range: 14.9km
Rate Of Fire(ROF)/Reload(RL): 5 shots per min ROF / 12 seconds RL
Shell Dispersion: 126m

Shell Type:
Armor Piercing(AP) = 3300 damage
High Explosive(HE) = 2200 damage

Secondary Guns:
90MM = 2X1 ( dual purpose )

Secondary Gun Range:
90MM = 6.0km

Secondary Gun Rate Of Fire(ROF)/Reload(RL):
90MM = 15 shots per min ROF / 4 seconds RL ( dual purpose )

Secondary Gun Shell Type:
128MM = High Explosive(HE) ( dual purpose )

Torpedoes: 2X3 550MM
Torpedo Reload(RL): 90 seconds RL
Torpedo Range: 9km
Torpedo Speed: 60 knots
Torpedo Max Damage( p/ torp ): 14,833
Torpedo Detection Range: 1.3km

Anti Aircraft Defense(AA): ( Assorted caliber and types )
20MM = 14X1
40MM = 2X2
40MM = 2X4
90MM = 2X1 ( dual purpose )

Mounted Modules:
Upgrade Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1
Upgrade Slot 2: Aiming Systems Modification 1
Upgrade Slot 3: Damage Control Systems Modification 1 ( will change to steering gears mod if needed )

So those are the stats and here are the port shots. Impressions and 1st game tomorrow...

 

[Nick R]

Sounds like you are having fun, I have been busy with stuff outside of the internet and then a ton of visual novels that have come out, so I've been taking another bit of a hiatus from WoWs. But with the patch yesterday I started back up again, and since the Dunkerque (or dunkek as we affectionately call it) is finally back on the tech tree for 5200 doubloons, I finally picked one up. It's pretty hilarious to play, and fun.

https://i.imgur.com/qrh9rAA.png

https://i.imgur.com/3UzwGPa.jpg

I also started the French cruisers, but I'm only on the T3 right now since I haven't had a ton of time to play them yet. Looking forward to the Algerie at T7. Also with the patch the secondaries on the Tirpitz were finally buffed to have the same range as the Bismarck, so I went respec on my Tirpitz captain for full secondary build. Well, almost, I still need 4 more captain points for manual Secondaries, but at the very least I have the full 10.1KM secondary range with SM2, AFT, and BFT. It's pretty sick.

 

[NHHEMI]

Thanks Nick. Yeah, not well health wise but have found a renewed interest in the game recently and am enjoying myself.

Congrat's on your new ship the Dunk. Odd ship. Guns hit like hammers though if you stay in front of it. Post some results when you get a chance.

 

[NHHEMI]

OMG I almost had a heart attack a few minutes ago.

I was playing my various ships for their daily 1st win bonus and had 1 left to go before trying out the new T5 French Cruiser which I left for last. I usually start with my lowest tier ships then work to the highest ones to sort of get into the feel of things. The last ship I usually play is the USN T7 BB COLORADO.

Anyway, so I select the COLORADO, throw some camo on, then some flags to reduce the service fee and bump credits, and hit Battle in Co-op mode. Jumped out of queue super fast and then this appears. I about dropped a 20lbs brick in my shorts...

What the heck are a T9 Carrier and T9 Battleship doing in Co-op??? I almost freaking fainted when I saw the USN T9 BB IOWA in the team list. I know I am getting up there in tiers and play Co-op but at T7 you barely break even most games let alone make a big profit. I am sure T8 will most likely be credit losses to play so for sure T9 means that. I asked the T9 BB guy though and he said usually loses some but can make credits too so I guess it is possible.

Just floored me seeing those T9's. I am used to seeing T8's but this is the 1st T9 and it was 2 of them and it was a CV and BB to boot. 1/2 our team was bots too which didn't help. I thought I had seen a T9 Cruiser in a Co-op game once in my FIJI but when I looked back it wasn't. It was a T8 and I was mistaken on the tier. So this was my 1st T9 exposure. I was in the slowest BB with the weakeast armor of the T7 BB's to boot.

Not only did we win but I did pretty well overall for a ship that is so slow( took me a while to catch up to the action ). I was the enemy CV's favorite target and was roasted again and again from dive bombers. Man that drives me nuts. I hit the IOWA for a 14K salvo but then bounced both of the next 2 before our ALABAMA took it out. I only killed one but I put a hurt on the enemy ALABAMA and did some other damage. The ALABAMA guy and I thought we were screwed as our IOWA went AFK and was sunk mid battle and then our CV ran out of planes but we teamed up and pulled it off. Made my day but no more T9's until I get a T8 please

 

[NHHEMI]

Another COLORADO game and then my 1stt game and impressions of the T5 French Cruiser EMILE BERTIN. Let's start with the other COLORADO game. This was more like it. I want to be top tier and run rampant through the match obliterating everything in my path.

j/k

Seriously though, I went back and played one more COLORADO game and had a much more MM friendly game. T5-T7 with me as top tier. Had my best game in COLORADO yet and hit on 50% of my shells( 41/82 )which is insane for a BB. Seemed like every time I fired something was badly damaged or went boom. I guess seeing those T5-T7 ships after seeing T9 made me a little cocky and I just charged in. Well, more of an aggressive saunter as we are talking all of 21 knots with the COLORADO.

Now let's talk about that new French Cruiser of mine; the T5 EMILE BERTIN. You know, I am reading a lot of negative comments in the WOWS forums on it and for the life of me can't understand why? It seems like a really good ship. Fast as all get out, good maneuverability, laser accurate guns that hit hard, a fighter, hydro, and 9km torps( didn't get to use them - too many teammates behind enemy ships and don't want to team kill ). I mean dang what isn't to like?

1st game wasn't epic but was good. I charged a cap and took out an DD and an enemy CL, captured and then defended the cap, and then went with another CL to hunt down the enemy CV. Perfect Cruiser mission. I don't know why people are complaining about the guns on it? They are great. I just melted that enemy T5 IJN CA FURUTAKA with 2 salvos and 4 citadels.

Only one game but looks good so far. Dodges torpedoes well and then gets back up to speed very fast which is really nice. I had torp planes cross drop on me( well drop one side and then as you are dodging it drops on the other - not simultaneously - you can't dodge that as a rule )3X's in the game and was able to swing and miss the 1st spread then swing right back and miss the second. Close but didn't take one torp. The one torp I ate was from the DD. Oh, and the turrets are super fast so it takes no time to change targets or swing the ship and get them all back on the side you want them on. Just zip and they are swung around.

I did swap the damage control mod for the steering gear mod as I talk of in the post above where I 1st got the ship. Seems word is the steering is knocked out easy on all the French CL's so I am just taking it by default now.

So 1st game in the books and looks promising...

 

[Nick R]

lol you are getting spoiled in co-op. It's pretty common to be bottom tier in a T9 game when playing T7 in randoms. About as likely as being bottom in T5/6 and 8 too. In random s at least with premium account you don't really have to start worrying about breaking even until T9 or so. I've had a couple of money losing games in Roon too.

 

[NHHEMI]

I know at the tiers I am up to now, playing Co-op kind of helps me as T8 is about as high as you see. I will take it.

T9 and T10 are rare for sure in Co-op.

I was chatting with some guys I see a lot in Co-op, who have a lot of the same ships I do, in later games about it and they have said they have seen T10 even. Not often but once in a while. One guy said he actually exited a Co-op game in his USN T8 CA NEW ORLEANS as there were TWO T10 IJN BB YAMATO's in the game. I wouldn't have exited( kind of a lame thing to do to your team )and would have done my best but admit I would have felt like =

It was just a shock to see those ships more than anything. I wasn't really afraid just like oh [censored] T9's this is going to be hard. I was hamming it up for dramatic effect in my post.

Not that I was happy to see those 2 T9's in my COLORADO but it is no worse than seeing a BISMARCK in my FUSO. At least the COLORADO has the guns to do some real damage in return to a T9 where those T5/T6 BB's generally struggle a bit to deal out equal return damage when facing a +2.

I am sure someday the economics of the game will force me into more Random matches. I will go but it will be kicking and screaming!

When I do play Random I always seem to wind up as bottom tier to a +2 so I should be used to it.

 

[NHHEMI]

Okay Nick. Did you contact WG to mess with me?

Another pair of T9's when playing my COLORADO for the 1st match of the day yesterday in Co-op. Another USN BB IOWA( different player )and a KM CA ROON. All I could do was

and get ready. Chatted with them a little and both are like me. They hate how nasty( their words )people are in Random so they play Co-op mostly. Supposed to be big changes to Co-op coming in a future patch to improve it so I expect even more people will be playing it. I just hope they address the economics of it. Anyway...

Although stat wise I did not do as well in this match with the T9's as I did the 1st one mentioned above, I think I actually did better in this one because I wound up alone facing the IOWA and ROON and both were full health when it started. I had gone to try and help our ATAGO who insisted on going into D with just one of our BOT DD's. The 3 of us had spawned at D while the other 5 at A. Once things got going I suggested we head for the rest of the group as we would be screwed if the T9's appeared on our end. Got ignored.

I thought to myself go ahead and die then and headed for the rest of the group. I am a good guy though and realized that the big enemy push( 5 of 8 ships )was there to D so I went to try and help the ATAGO as the DD died leaving him alone vs 3 red ships. The Colorado is slow and there are a lot of islands on that map so it took a while to get there. By the time I did the Atago had died. It took out 1 but left both the IOWA and ROON both basically untouched.

I had just enough time to start turning as they both came around the corner of the island and get heading away before they started lighting me up. I got a hit in on the IOWA right when it came around but waslike oh boy this is going to be fun.

I survived the fight however, doing good damage to both ships, until the rest of the team woke up after securing A and realized "Hey, our poor COLORADO is all alone fighting the 2 T9's lets stop sitting in the A cap and go help him out". Once they finally got within range they sunk both ships chasing me I had already hurt good.

We won in an pretty easy team victory overall but it wasn't so easy for me. Never fails when I go to try and save someone who rushes off I end up getting screwed over.

I am getting better in the COLORADO. Learning how to best angle it to reduce damage. It's sides are really soft so you have to get the angle right to bounce stuff. I also love the guns. Man do they hit hard plus they are pretty accurate too. I like this ship a lot. I just wish it had about 5K more HP and 5 knots more speed.

Not much else of note yesterday other than I broke my high score for KONIG. Had a great game in it. Went for the center of map/B Cap on Fault line and got into it with 3 enemy BB's taking out 2 and hurting the 3rd. Note in the screen shots below the 157 secondary hits. I was in close brawling big time in that match. I then got the CV as a bonus at the end. Thankfully the sigma nerf from 2.0 to 1.8 on the KONIG seems to have had no real noticeable effect. Love this ship.

 

[NHHEMI]

Well, old Nick seems to have put the Whammy on me when I am playing my USN T7 BB COLORADO. Another T9 Co-op Match. Nothing special happened so no post battle screen shots. Was on two Brothers and most everyone on the enemy and my team all stupidly charged the middle cut and torpedoed/crashed each other and died. Never will understand that? I got a couple shots into the melee but couldn't do much more or I would TK. Enemy COLORADO appeared alone out off to my left near the end so I went and sunk it. Came in second, did like 65K in damage, we won, and I made some credits. On to the next one.

This one though was a nail biter. Pulled it off by the skin of my teeth alone at the end and did my best damage game so far with Colorado even if only 1 kill. One of those early AM Co-op games where you get a couple BOTS on your team too and that hurts. As bad as the enemy BOTS are friendly BOTS are even worse/more stupid. HUGE liability when they are on the friendly team. Was even worse for us as our GNEISENAU was AFK from the start so we were down to only 7 ships vs enemy's 8.

Map was New Dawn and was a Standard battle( 1 base each ). I spawned off to the left with our CLEVELAND(BOT)and GNEISENAU(AFK) while the rest of the team spawned way down to the right. At start I moved up slowly behind the CLEVELAND but angling towards our base. Good thing as the enemy COLORADO, GNEISENAU, AOBA, and their DD came rushing down that side. NO way I was going into that mess with just a BOT for support so I stood off and fired from distance. Hit the AOBA for a decent salvo then watched our CLEVELAND ram it. I was like

I then realized I was all alone on that side with the 2 BB's coming at me plus the DD. Then our CV for some reason comes down that end and heads right for them despite me telling it again and again to turn back( was a good player but I don't get why he did that? ). I had to slow up to cover it and thought for sure I was toast but it got the DD and finally turned back and got behind me. Guess he was so focused on his plane screen he forgot to watch the real one and chat.

I got some good hits in on the GNEISENAU but they are tough to take out and it is a fast ship and it was closing on us rapidly. At that point the game had been on for a while and it was just me and the CV left vs those 2 BB's and the enemy CV. The CV got the GNEISENAU with a bomb and set it ablaze. I got it for a big hit which almost finished it before it finally burned up. Unfortunately, it got torps off and killed our CV leaving me vs the enemy COLORADO and CV. Yeah. Time was also becoming a factor.

I was only about 60% health and the enemy COLORADO was healthier but you do what you have to. Ran towards it chipping away and trying to bounce as many of it's shells as I could. Got closer and my secondary's got it burning and I waited and waited to shoot until I had a good shot and finally got a chance. Nailed it for a big 27K salvo( no citadels though which is odd ). That got me ahead on health and 2 salvo's later I took it out. Had to dodge enemy planes doing it too which sucks.

Was under 5 minutes then so as fast as I could I went for the enemy cap as we were down like 15 points. I had to dodge multiple torpedo plane attacks on the way, and took 3 torps, but finally got into the cap with 2 minutes left. Not enough to take it BUT I was able to stop their points while we kept getting our +3. I was able to stay in the cap and dodge planes without getting hit. The enemy CV appeared and I got off 2 big salvo's on it. Time ran out but we won by a handful of points. Was really close. Best damage total with COLORADO to date.

 

[NHHEMI]

Here is one you won't see too often. I citadeled a TIRPITZ with my NEW MEXICO. Range was only 5.4km( too close actually for my liking with it's secondary's and torps but you do what you got to do ). Took out both front turrets too so the citadel was through the deck somehow at that short range? Don't know but I was shocked. Did 12600 damage.

Only my 2nd citadel of a KM BB to this point. The other was on either a GNEISENAU( maybe a SCHARNHORST can't remember which but definitely one of those ). That was at long range though and clearly plunged through deck. Didn't think it was possible to do it at such short range to a KM BB like this though?

Was cool.

 

[NHHEMI]

Yesterday found me in another T9 Co-op match with the COLORADO. Doesn't happen with my other T7 ships JUST the COLORADO? It is really odd. It looks like Nick has put some type of Gypsy curse on me when playing my COLORADO I guess.

I actually don't mind. To be honest it is kind of fun to see them now that I am over the initial shock of the 1st couple. They shoot, they maneuver, they can die like all other ships. Just harder to kill/damage them, and they hurt you back more in return, is all.

Saw 2 new T9 ships yesterday which was cool. Saw a USN T9 CA BALTIMORE and a KM T9 BB FRIEDERICH DER GROSSE. We won the game, barely, and I did okay. Nothing special( 50K + 1 ship sunk = BALTIMORE + some planes shot down ). The FDG and I spawned all alone by the A cap and as he seemed content to stay up there I stayed with him to provide fire support and AA cover. We ended up taking on the enemy FDG and while our FDG did most of the real damage I got it for a few good hits too. Always buddy up with the biggest dog in a dog fight.

Note - I got a peak at what many claim is killing high tier BB play. That is the bow on in reverse play style so many use. Our FDG got himself set at a certain point and then stopped. As soon as the enemy ships appeared coming in he put it in R and stayed that way for a good part of the game. Not how I like to play. I like to maneuver and use islands for cover and to setup good shots and such. I also like to be moving so that if surprised I can adjust quicker. Can't imagine the damage you would take if caught in R like that. It was interesting to see it though as I hadn't seen it used before.

No post battle screen shots as they were meh but here is the MM screen. Almost to the point I am now expecting T9's when I play my COLORADO.



I am REALLY liking the COLORADO so far. I am averaging 61K in damage a game with it which is by far the best of any of my ships. When you figure how many Co-op games end quickly and before a slow ship like the COLORADO can do much it shows just how good it can be when you do get into the action. Main gun accuracy of 35% is pretty good for a BB as well. If I didn't take so many longer shots( can't hit if you don't shoot - trying to get better with spotter shooting too but that is awkward and results in a lot of misses )it would be better because under 15km it is super accurate. I have had games where all my shooting was in the 8-12km range and accuracy was 50-60%. I don't get the amount of kills I do in other BB's( 3 highest so far )but I beat the heck out of them for others to finish off.

My only issue is the low health pool(HP). It is absolutely ridiculous that WG has given it less HP than the ship it replaced T6 NEW MEXICO. Lowest HP for a T7 BB by far...

NAGATO - 65000
GNEISENAU - 58200
SCHARNHORST - 56300
COLORADO - 50100

WG needs to buff the HP and give it another 5-6K. Only having 50K costs you a lot of times as the other ships can have those few extra HP to survive your volley while you can't take their last one. And while it's armor is decent when angled properly it takes punishment very easy when broadside and straight through the bow or stern. I have eaten a lot of citadel hits( and dished them out too )when not angled enough going towards an enemy BB. If they catch you flat on the bow it goes right through and WHAM you get punished bad.

But, overall despite the suspect armor, low HP, and typical slow USN BB speed of just 21 knots I actually really enjoy the ship. The guns are awesome as said( aim right and as long as RNG doesn't screw you with dispersion you will do a lot of damage ), it is surprisingly maneuverable when dodging torps, and with the AA build I have put on it and my Captain it does a really good job of taking planes out. Most to date is 38 which is only 1 less than my high on the USN t6 CL CLEVELAND which is an AA beast. If it is just one squadron attacking you generally it wipes it out or at least knocks it down to a plane or 2. Multiple squadrons do get through but take damage. Later in the game when all squadrons are diminished the AA on COLORADO melts them away before they can launch torps or drop bombs. BIG help late game when hurt.

Anyway had a couple good games yesterday in it...

Had these 2 good wins...









And had this painful loss. It was one of those games where the BOTS just get up on you early and when that happens, because they are so accurate and aggressive, it can be really hard to come back. Came down to just me and the CV at the end vs 2 enemy COLORADO's and an IJN T8 BB AMAGI. I did my best to shield the CV so it could stay alive and help by torping BB's but it was impossible. Even though the CV was right behind me and sailing with me we had one COLORADO off the bow coming at us and then the other COLORADO and the AMAGI were both behind us off my stern and coming at us.

We were in a vice with no way out. It made shooting hard as I couldn't swing even a little to bring more guns to bear without exposing too much side to one of more of them. I finally just ignored the 2 chasing and went to work on the one coming at us.

I closed with and then managed to get the COLORADO off the bow shortly after the CV died. I was then planning to turn to head back towards the 2 chasing me. I intended to ram the AMAGI and try and get more XP and $$$. I was on fire and burning up fast and just didn't have enough HP to get both of them in a running fight. The AMAGI however had other ideas and just as I started to turn it fired, citadeling me through the rear, and I went POOF!

This was a classic example of the low HP of COLORADO hurting it. If I was even 55K for HP I could have survived the citadel and rammed the AMAGI or I may even have tried to fight as I ran away longer? I knew though I didn't have the HP to last much longer so it forced me into a turn to try a suicide charge. I gave them h-el-l though on the way to the bottom of the ocean.

 

[NHHEMI]

This was a hoot. Haven't given any love to one of my favorite ships in the game recently( USN T4 BB WYOMING )and just had a hilarious one. The only humans in the game were myself and one of our DD's. Typical early AM on a weekday with few players so mostly BOTS on Co-op teams.

Anyway, at spawn I chatted to the DD player that it was just us so don't go nuts charging in and dying leaving me alone against a bunch of enemy CL's and DD's with torps and fire starting HE spam. I suggested we go left to the C cap( easiest on that map to defend )and work together. Typical of low tier play I got ignored completely.

The DD charged into the B cap( which is stupid on the map we were on - go one end or the other )and was one of the 1st to go out. He didn't even use his smoke and tried to brawl with a DD. Just ridiculous. At least he managed to get one of the enemy DD's as he died. That left me with nothing but BOTS on my team. The joy.

Luckily it was low tier so the BOTS aren't as good.

This was a FAST game. I spawned between C and B and went C as said. I had fired all of 4 salvo's( 30 second reload ), had JUST gone into C, when I hear multiple explosions and see it is down to just me and one other bot against 5 enemy bots. Yeah. Then that BOT managed to torp one enemy and ram another making it 3 vs 1. Some BOTS are good. That of course lead to the oh so fun to hear ..."you are our last hope" message.

The 2 CL's left came charging at me from B into C just as the enemy BB appeared down past me coming around behind an island. So I turn to kite away as both were fast and with torps. Took a while to get the guns swung so I was limited on guns I could return fire with for a bit. I got both CL's though with citadels and was able to avoid getting hit by the BB and most of their HE rounds so no fires. Stayed angled enough they couldn't launch torps either which was a big help. That meant I was healthy to take on the BB when they went down. Swung around after it fired and closed the range where I was able to citadel it in a very short circle brawl and get the win. I did take one good hit from the enemy BB in the circle fight( you always do )but it was okay as I returned it two fold.

An absolute riot of a game and a good start to the day. 99% of my games now are T6+ so when I do go and play games with low tier T3/T4 ships and players/BOTS it is just so funny how bad BOTH the humans and BOTS are.

 

[NHHEMI]

Having a ball this morning. Just tore it up with the KM T7 BB GNEISENAU in a match. Was one of those BB heavy matches. 6 p/ side with 1 CL and 1 DD. Most hilarious thing is I started the game talking about how much I hate the ship and can't wait to get past it to BISMARCK. I just don't like it even though I generally do really in it. I made the comments when someone asked about it vs the SCHARNHORST( GNEISENAU is regular and SCHARNHORST is premium - 2 GNEISENAU and a SCHARNHORST in game ).

I was chatting back and forth with the other GNEISENAU player for the 1st 1/2 of the game and we both pretty much don't like it. I am fighting as I go of course using islands for cover, shooting when I can( took out the enemy CL with a good shot ), and using torps. Had to laugh when I as a BB torped and sunk the enemy DD.

Game was a standoff, with each team down to their BB's, for the 1st like 10 minutes( this was a rare LONG Co-op game ). Then we started dropping like flies all of a sudden. We stopped chatting then and got to work. I ended up charging one of the caps in the middle of the islands as we were down on points even though it was "occupied" with red ships and got sort of rowdy with them. Between guns and torps I put a hurt on all 4 of the enemy BB's in there. I could have got my 5th kill( Kraken )but my guns were out of line on the BB behind me and right before I could shoot our SCHARNHORST( the only other one to live )got it for the win.

It was only then, after it was over, and the post battle screen appeared that I realized what a game I had. Between the chatting and then the furious action inside the cap and islands launching and dodging torps, I never had time to look at how I was doing. I was shocked when I saw how well I did.

I guess the key to GNEISENAU for me is to complain about how bad it is at the outset.

 

[Nick R]

Finally got around to grinding some more money and my NorCal the past weekend, and got enough money and XP on my NC to finally pick up the Iowa. Pics later probably, or after I manage to grind out the B or C hull. First though: Holy [censored] the rudder shift on this thing is bloody ABYSMAL. 20 seconds WITH Rudder shift module! Eventually need to get back to grinding my Amagi as well so I can get to Izumo and eventually Yamato. Because UCHUU SENKAN YAAAAMAAATOOOOO~

 

[NHHEMI]

Congrat's on the IOWA Nick. Man that is a brutal rudder shift. Looks like the best you can get it down to is 15.6 with the C Hull and rudder shift mod. That sucks. Turning radius is horrific as well at 920m. How in the heck do you dodge torps with that? How do you like it other than the poor maneuverability?

I am almost 1/2 way to NORTH CAROLINA. Takes me longer because I play Co-op but know that going in so it is okay. Need 100K each to get to AMAGI and BISMARCK. I decided to go for the NC 1st so have played that more. Plus I had like 2 weeks+ with no premium membership which meant I couldn't play the T7's. Just too $$$ to play T7's in Co-op on free membership.

Congrat's again and post some port photos when you can of the IOWA.

 

[NHHEMI]

So I had to go out for a while but came back and just finished up for the day with my last game that netted me my 2nd container. I pretty much go for credits or camo/flags these days vs. try your luck. However, seeing as today has been a pretty good day I gave TYL a shot. BAM a Super Container.

What a day.

But, then I opened it and was disappointed. Was hoping for a ton of credits or flags, maybe a 50K Free XP like I have got before, or maybe a ship. Nope, just a module. At least it was a useable one( Spotter Airplane Upgrade )vs. a module I can't use like Radar or Engine Boost. I ended up selling it for the 625K Credits. So it was way better than a regular container but Super Containers are very disappointing now that WG put modules in them as the main prize.

 

[Nick R]

Yeah I've gotten some really disappointing SCs since the new modules came in. I did get 50k free xp the other week, that was nice. Also, here you go, here is some photos of Iowa, I just purchased the B hull with free XP because this thing needs HP with the terrible rudder shift time. At least the turret traverse speed is good, and the shells are still the excellent American Piercing super heavy shells. Only instead of the slow ~700m/s that the NC gets, these are much faster with better arcs.

Also, Iowa-chan is THICC.



https://i.imgur.com/00k0f3f.png

https://i.imgur.com/rXUfZyV.jpg

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Related.

 

[NHHEMI]

My last 4 SC's in order were...

250 Zulu Flags ( this was before the last change to SC's - great prize

)
50K Free XP ( awesome

)
Engine Boost Mod ( couldn't use - sold for 625K )
Spotter Airplane Mod ( could use but not really interested in it - sold for 625K )

I have got 2 more since I started WOWS. I got camo once but don't remember what it was. It was at the very beginning and at the time I couldn't even use it as I wasn't high enough in the game to be able to use camo and flags. The other one, and as I recall it was the very 1st SC I got, had a ton of credits. Like 10,000,000 or some such ridiculous amount. Both of these were when I 1st started as said and was playing on the EU server. I still have close to 8 million credits on my EU server account. Wish I could transfer them as I could use them here on the NA server.

Cool looking ship. Yeah I can imagine dodging shot too is hard with that RS and TR. You must feel like you are in a big Piñata in it right now.

I had a game like that late yesterday in COLORADO. Spawned alone with a TIRPITZ and I stayed with him as we pushed to the A cap on NORTH. He left me behind and I got focused on by FIVE of the enemy who appeared on our end. 2 BB's and 3 CL/CA. 2 of them were ATAGO's and man did they pound me. Fastest I have ever been sunk I think? NO amount of WASD helped as they were all around me. I went down in a fiery blaze under constant fire. NO chance and way too slow to get away. Our TIRPITZ guy wasn't a coward just realized he couldn't help me. He won the game at the end for us alone vs those 2 ATAGO's. With just seconds to go and just a few thousand XP he sunk the last one. It was a nail biter I got to watch as a spectator for once.

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Also, Iowa-chan is THICC


??? Is that some kind of Anime/Hentai thing? I see a lot of Japanese cartoon stuff in this game and have no clue what the connection is or why?

 

[Nick R]

Originally Posted By: NHHEMI
My last 4 SC's in order were...

250 Zulu Flags ( this was before the last change to SC's - great prize

)
50K Free XP ( awesome

)
Engine Boost Mod ( couldn't use - sold for 625K )
Spotter Airplane Mod ( could use but not really interested in it - sold for 625K )

I have got 2 more since I started WOWS. I got camo once but don't remember what it was. It was at the very beginning and at the time I couldn't even use it as I wasn't high enough in the game to be able to use camo and flags. The other one, and as I recall it was the very 1st SC I got, had a ton of credits. Like 10,000,000 or some such ridiculous amount. Both of these were when I 1st started as said and was playing on the EU server. I still have close to 8 million credits on my EU server account. Wish I could transfer them as I could use them here on the NA server.

Cool looking ship. Yeah I can imagine dodging shot too is hard with that RS and TR. You must feel like you are in a big Piñata in it right now.

I had a game like that late yesterday in COLORADO. Spawned alone with a TIRPITZ and I stayed with him as we pushed to the A cap on NORTH. He left me behind and I got focused on by FIVE of the enemy who appeared on our end. 2 BB's and 3 CL/CA. 2 of them were ATAGO's and man did they pound me. Fastest I have ever been sunk I think? NO amount of WASD helped as they were all around me. I went down in a fiery blaze under constant fire. NO chance and way too slow to get away. Our TIRPITZ guy wasn't a coward just realized he couldn't help me. He won the game at the end for us alone vs those 2 ATAGO's. With just seconds to go and just a few thousand XP he sunk the last one. It was a nail biter I got to watch as a spectator for once.

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Also, Iowa-chan is THICC


??? Is that some kind of Anime/Hentai thing? I see a lot of Japanese cartoon stuff in this game and have no clue what the connection is or why?


Well, that's easy enough to explain. Basically Japanese geeks tend to also like military hardware, and anime companies like to capitalize on this. One result of this is a game called Kantai Collection (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantai_Collection)

Essentially, the "souls" of WWI and WWII ships have been "reborn" as "Kanmusu" (lit:fleetgirls). This started mainly with Japanese ships, and has since expanded to include some German, British, and American ships as well.

Ex: From left to right, Kongou-class Battleships Kirishima, Haruna, Kongou, and Hiei.

Here is the in-game card for the USS Saratoga CV, above was Iowa.

Basically the game has become absurdly popular both in Japan and the West, has an anime series and a movie now, has multiple manga series, merchandise (of which I own many figurines from personally) etc. Since WoWS is a game about WWI and WWII ships, this has resulted in a lot of kancolle weebs playing the game and bringing their weebness into it. This includes mods like the UI mods you see me use, and the ever prevalent "Poi", which is a verbal tic from the Shiratsuyu-class destroyer "Yuudachi" from the game and show.

In regards specifically to the "Iowa-chan is THICC" thing, -chan is an honorific applied in Japanese typically to females by males, as a sign of affection, or addressing a female younger than you. For example, you'd likely address a younger close female friend with -chan. People are familiar with -san mostly, which is closer to "Mr" and is a general honorific you'd attach in polite speech to pretty much anyone you don't know very well, or aren't that close with. THICC specifically is just an internet/meme way of saying "thick" which I mean here by saying that Iowa has a very thick/wide hull. That's it really.

In other words, Japan is weird, and Anime/manga fans of the series and the game also like WoWS and like to apply their weebness this game too.

 

[NHHEMI]

I am on a roll with KM BB citadels.

Posted a few days ago when I citadeled a KM T8 PREMIUM BB TIRPITZ with my USN T6 BB NEW MEXICO for 12600 damage and how it was only the 2nd citadel I have got on a KM BB. They are really hard to get them on due to their turtleback armor design. So it is cool when you do it.

Well, this morning I citadeled a KM T8 BB BISMARCK with my USN T7 BB COLORADO. I was shooting at it as it was coming at me bow on like I was the TIRPITZ. However, the TIRPITZ was only 5.4km away while BISMARK was 12.5km away with more of an angle to me when it was hit. Talking with people on the WOWS forums apparently there is a weak spot in the KM T8 BB's hull design/armor at the bow where some bulkheads meet that allow the citadel to be hit if you pen the bow at the right area and angle. I am sure that is how I got the TIRPITZ but the range for BISMARCK makes me wonder if it was plunging fire through the deck or if I got that same weak spot? Either way I will take it and I know now for sure where to shoot at KM T8 BB's.

The only thing that could have made doing that to a BISMARCK any sweeter was if I had A) - sunk it with the hit and B) - done it in the soon to be released BRN T7 Premium BB HMS HOOD! HOOD vs. BISMARCK is what drew me to this game to begin with. So glad HOOD is on the way. I will actually buy it when it is available even though I hate to have to do that. Wish it was a standard tech tree offering. Watch out for a 20 page post if I ever sink a BISMARCK with a HOOD.