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Or steering, I get my steering shot out in DD's all the drat time. I spent one hilarious game driving in a circle for almost 5 minutes as I kept getting my steering shot out, and somehow kept launching torps at people coming around the islands to finish me off, and sunk 3 ships that way.
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I prefer to just AP citadel destroyers to kill them off really quickly. American destroyers have better reloads, you can play around with HE in those. Any alpha testers know who "JollyRoger6969" is, and why he is claiming to be a destroyer expert in my beautiful torpedo thread?
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Slim Jim Pickens posted:I prefer to just AP citadel destroyers to kill them off really quickly. American destroyers have better reloads, you can play around with HE in those. No, and relink thread please? I've only got a glorious thread that's crying about the swastika not being in when the hammer and sickle is in and do you know what the Soviets did to the Jews  .
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Apr 27, 2015 04:07
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xthetenth posted:No, and relink thread please? I've only got a glorious thread that's crying about the swastika not being in when the hammer and sickle is in and do you know what the Soviets did to the Jews http://forum.worldofwarships.com/index.php?/topic/25332-torpedo-reload-time-should-change/#topmost The real pubstar chat starts on page 3. Also, I'm linking my favourite thread on the official forums. http://forum.worldofwarships.com/index.php?/topic/25215-austria-hungary/#topmost This guy loving loves the Austro-Hungarian navy, and wants a 21-knot dreadnought as a tier x battleship. I can only assume he's 130 years-old and yearns daily for the return of the grand Dual Monarchy
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Oh god he's talking about having over 1k average xp in a game where premium exists and multiplies your xp listed in stats by 50%. Meanwhile in destroyers that are fun and good I have over 2k in my Grim and Sims. And that A-H thread. That tier nine destroyer is literally .5 knots and a better secondary away from being the Japanese tier two. xthetenth fucked around with this message at 05:17 on Apr 27, 2015 |
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Apr 27, 2015 05:03
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The worst posters are the Bismarck-obsessed Kriegsaboos who don't understand that an 8 x 15" armament and archaic armor scheme does not a world-beating battleship make.
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Apr 27, 2015 05:35
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xthetenth posted:Oh god he's talking about having over 1k average xp in a game where premium exists and multiplies your xp listed in stats by 50%. I absolutely suck in destroyers, and I have 1678 average in the Nicholas, and 2089 average in the Sims. The world that pubbies live in must be a strange and magical place.
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What's the deal with the sims? It seems like just another American destroyer.
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Slim Jim Pickens posted:What's the deal with the sims? It seems like just another American destroyer. Dunno, I bought into the bundle so I got it. I use it to get an extra 'double' on other US ship commanders, or when I needed a T7 to group up with goons before I got a non-premium T7. Since I'm only up to T5 on the US DD line (the Nicholas) I have no idea how it compares. It has a pair of torpedo launchers with a quasi decent reload speed, and fairly rapid firing 5" guns that can tear up other DD's. Reasonably nimble, and fast, but I don't know that it has anything that makes it stand out compared to the non-premiums.
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Slim Jim Pickens posted:What's the deal with the sims? It seems like just another American destroyer. I think it is. It's just a common frame of reference for higher tier destroyers.
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Slim Jim Pickens posted:What's the deal with the sims? It seems like just another American destroyer.
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The Locator posted:Dunno, I bought into the bundle so I got it. I use it to get an extra 'double' on other US ship commanders, or when I needed a T7 to group up with goons before I got a non-premium T7. xthetenth posted:I think it is. It's just a common frame of reference for higher tier destroyers. Insert name here posted:It's pretty much a Benson that trades better torpedoes for a lower tier and tighter turn radius (and an insignificant turn rate increase on the turrets from 5.3s to 5s). In terms of uniqueness it's not that special but the stats and the tier all combine to make it a really good ship. Alright, that's around what I thought. The Grim reminds me more of Japanese destroyers, although I guess we won't know until the rest of the Soviet line comes out. Once the game gets released, are the pre-order bundles still going to available? I'm certain that we won't be making the same kind of dosh as we are now.
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Slim Jim Pickens posted:Alright, that's around what I thought. The Grim reminds me more of Japanese destroyers, although I guess we won't know until the rest of the Soviet line comes out. Once the game is released, no they will probably not be available. The store says that the packages will remain exclusive for 1 year after release.
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Apr 27, 2015 07:16
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Magni posted:Use mainly AP. HE is good for breaking modules and setting ships on fire, which is mostly useful for destroyers shooting other DDs (break the engines, watch your team murder the poor bastard) and battleships which your 5in spitballs won't pen anyway. Aim at the waterline under the smokestacks or at the areas under the turrets for citadel penetrations and sick damage. Flat broadside profiles are the best targets for that, so try to not give the enemy such a shot. Also shooting HE from Destroyers at carriers is pretty important - AP isn't going to do worthwhile damage while you're heading into torpedo range, whereas if you start a fire on a carrier it becomes unable to launch/recover aircraft, which can be pretty vital. On the weekend I shut down a Saipan and a Ranger with my Isokaze by doing that, even managed to sink the Ranger with fire.
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Kraftwerk posted:On another note I got the Kongo and I can't say I'm too happy with the accuracy and damage of these Japanese BBs. I think I'd rather just stick to destroyers and cruisers until American BBs come out. Carriers make me extremely impatient so I don't think I can deal with that either. Get the aimbot mod and BBs becomes very relaxing to play. The Fuso is pretty loving great with that rate of fire. That is unless you are a grognard that actually likes missing boats since it is better IMMERSION.
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NTRabbit posted:Also shooting HE from Destroyers at carriers is pretty important - AP isn't going to do worthwhile damage while you're heading into torpedo range, whereas if you start a fire on a carrier it becomes unable to launch/recover aircraft, which can be pretty vital. On the weekend I shut down a Saipan and a Ranger with my Isokaze by doing that, even managed to sink the Ranger with fire.
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Apr 27, 2015 10:10
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Oh god the Saipan is worlds better than the previous carriers.
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xthetenth posted:No, and relink thread please? I've only got a glorious thread that's crying about the swastika not being in when the hammer and sickle is in and do you know what the Soviets did to the Jews But.. but... My immersion? 
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Insert name here posted:I know the guns on IJN DDs suck but do you really have to shoot HE at other DDs? Because drat. AP can kill eventually, but you'll lose that match against any halfway decent US destroyer. So my normal gameplan in an IJN DD against an enemy DD is to blow out their guns and engines with HE to set them up for a point-blank torp salvo or to make them sitting ducks for the rest of my team. NTRabbit posted:Also shooting HE from Destroyers at carriers is pretty important - AP isn't going to do worthwhile damage while you're heading into torpedo range, whereas if you start a fire on a carrier it becomes unable to launch/recover aircraft, which can be pretty vital. On the weekend I shut down a Saipan and a Ranger with my Isokaze by doing that, even managed to sink the Ranger with fire. Yeah, forgot about that. I actually burned a Saipan to the ground with the Fubuki on the weekend because I couldn't get into effective torpedo range.
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Slim Jim Pickens posted:Alright, that's around what I thought. The Grim reminds me more of Japanese destroyers, although I guess we won't know until the rest of the Soviet line comes out. The grim is somewhat like the Japanese destroyers, but the similarities end when it starts hammering out shells at long range.
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So yeah, yesterday I finally figured out that the white stripe in the torpedo aiming mode isn't just a UI bug. I'm getting a lot more torpedo hits now. 
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Kesper North posted:So yeah, yesterday I finally figured out that the white stripe in the torpedo aiming mode isn't just a UI bug. You're not alone, I didn't realise until I watched a video and saw someone else doing it. It's truly amazing at lower tiers when no one seems to be able to evade.
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I just saw a video of the aiming guide on YouTube.. I'm just.... That should be an instant ban for using that. I assume this is just a short term oversight during beta right, and not some way to pander to people who can't loving aim? I hate driving battleships because I always miss or a good shot splices and misses. It doesn't mean I need an aim bot, it just means I suck at BB's and have no patience.
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NuckmasterJ posted:I just saw a video of the aiming guide on YouTube.. I'm just.... That should be an instant ban for using that. I assume this is just a short term oversight during beta right, and not some way to pander to people who can't loving aim? I hate driving battleships because I always miss or a good shot splices and misses. It doesn't mean I need an aim bot, it just means I suck at BB's and have no patience. I'm reasonably sure that it's testing code that they removed but left the hooks for, and I think they'll be taking the hooks out next patch. Also dodging is a thing.
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xthetenth posted:I'm reasonably sure that it's testing code that they removed but left the hooks for, and I think they'll be taking the hooks out next patch. Also dodging is a thing. The aimbot seems to work excessively well against people that run in a straight path, similar to how torpedoes devastate dumb battleships.
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xthetenth posted:I'm reasonably sure that it's testing code that they removed but left the hooks for, and I think they'll be taking the hooks out next patch. Also dodging is a thing. Oh I agree, to not dodge is to die a quick death. I'm learning the hard way that I also suck at aircraft carriers. Trying to manually drop close groups of torps on cruisers while my torpedo planes keep doing laps instead of dropping torps makes life difficult.
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Baudin posted:The aimbot seems to work excessively well against people that run in a straight path, similar to how torpedoes devastate dumb battleships. Shooting at dumb people op.
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xthetenth posted:Shooting at dumb people op. As always. I particularly like people that decide to drive in a straight line after killing a destroyer that suddenly turned next to them. A favourite moment of mine was torpedoing a cruiser using one side's tubes, accidentally running aground and using the other side's tubes to get a destroyer that decided to close in on me. Fun times.
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Aim assist isn't that bad. At long ranges damage normally has more to do with shell dispersion than where your aim point is, and at closer ranges aiming is easy anyway. It helps a lot if you're firing low velocity guns at long range, but none of those guns are really all that dangerous unless you're a destroyer that can evade aim assist easily. Even battleship zigzagging can throw off players who depend on aim assist pretty easily. It'd make pubbies better, but the pubbies who'd see the biggest advantage are too dumb to install it.
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Haven't played this game in a few weeks, so I come back and jump in my Omaha... I used to not like this thing but fully upgraded it kind of owns.
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James Garfield posted:Aim assist isn't that bad. 
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Aim assist is not a problem. I made a pub mad today and his first insult directed at me was "welfare baby". What is wrong with America.
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NTRabbit posted:Also shooting HE from Destroyers at carriers is pretty important - AP isn't going to do worthwhile damage while you're heading into torpedo range, whereas if you start a fire on a carrier it becomes unable to launch/recover aircraft, which can be pretty vital. On the weekend I shut down a Saipan and a Ranger with my Isokaze by doing that, even managed to sink the Ranger with fire. Magni posted:
Is there a trick to this? I occasionally do it, but I've also had matches where I've put ~50-70+ HE shells into a carrier without setting it on fire even once. Typically when I'm stern chasing the drat thing because I've got nothing better to do. Pretty frustrating when it happens, because they'll obviously focus on you, and if dive bombers get lucky the damage they can do to destroyers actually can add up fast.
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Slim Jim Pickens posted:I made a pub mad today and his first insult directed at me was "welfare baby". What is wrong with America. "I just bought this prem *tank/boat* with my Obamacare check. Hope it's worth it!"
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Polikarpov posted:The worst posters are the Bismarck-obsessed Kriegsaboos who don't understand that an 8 x 15" armament and archaic armor scheme does not a world-beating battleship make. Just imagine the tears when it fails to live up to their expectations.
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Lee Outrageous posted:Just imagine the tears when it fails to live up to their expectations. That would depend entirely on what tier it is placed at. If it was a premium sitting at tier 3 with the Kawachi or something, it'd do just fine, right?
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Zaodai posted:That would depend entirely on what tier it is placed at. If it was a premium sitting at tier 3 with the Kawachi or something, it'd do just fine, right? They'd be mad because  THE BISMARCK WAS THE BEST BATTLESHIP EVER WHY ISN'T IT A TIER X BB WITH 9s RELOADS AND SHELLS THAT CAN PEN A YAMATO'S SIDE ARMOR FROM 20KM?E: ALSO WHY DOESN'T IT HAVE DAMAGE IMMUNE FORCEFIELDS BECAUSE THE BISMARCK GETTING SUNK IRL WAS JUST A FLUKE orange juche fucked around with this message at 00:20 on Apr 28, 2015 |
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Zaodai posted:That would depend entirely on what tier it is placed at. If it was a premium sitting at tier 3 with the Kawachi or something, it'd do just fine, right? See: World of Tanks
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