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Tahirovic posted:Their MM sucks and the high tier playerbase is simply too small because this game is a boring, grindy mess. Does anyone here actually enjoy tier7+ ?
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# ? Oct 30, 2015 18:59 |
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Aesis posted:Only because I'm playing fully upgraded Iowa But I haven't played for about a week because game got boring. Know the Iowa, love the Iowa
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# ? Oct 30, 2015 19:11 |
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Tahirovic posted:Their MM sucks and the high tier playerbase is simply too small because this game is a boring, grindy mess. Does anyone here actually enjoy tier7+ ? My only tier 7 and 8 games are with the Atlanta and Tirpitz, respectively, but I find them enjoyable. WOWs isn't something I'll play for hours, but it's enjoyable, but I really like ships, so there's that. My only real gripe is the credit grind in higher tiers. Like someone else said, I can put up with the XP grind, but the Tier 7-10 ships' credit requirements are ridiculous.
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# ? Oct 30, 2015 19:20 |
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Yeah, you gotta play with premium account and ships to get enough credit for Tier 8+. When I got my Iowa I sold NC, but was still lacking credit for upgrades and 1 module so I had to sell NO as well. And this was even when I was playing Tirpitz occasionally. And then there's huge spike in repair bill. NC was about 110k credit for full repair but Iowa is about 160k. Doing average is a guaranteed deficit if you die Even if you do well, if you're using 'gold' consumables (22.5k credit each) then you could still end up with deficit if you die. Basically you're expected to gain 205k credit per game to break even if you ever happen to die with 2 gold consumables (Damage Control + Repair). This is why at Tier 9+ games nobody wants to die and so everyone (apart from CV) plays even more passively. I heard Tier 10 repair bill is the worst though, about 250~300k credit for death.
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# ? Oct 30, 2015 20:02 |
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Zao is about 240k to full repair after sinking if you use the repair cost flag (I always use the repair cost flag). With premium account it's not TOO bad. I haven't played it recently since I've got other games and don't play enough to justify a premium account right now. Also today I citadeled a Wyoming with my Köningsberg somehow.
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# ? Oct 30, 2015 21:09 |
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wdarkk posted:Also today I citadeled a Wyoming with my Köningsberg somehow. Was it far enough away that your shot hit the deck? The Wyoming has crappy deck armor.
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# ? Oct 30, 2015 21:36 |
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El Disco posted:Was it far enough away that your shot hit the deck? The Wyoming has crappy deck armor. I think it might have been the conning tower, I was aiming at the superstructure and was about 7km from it.
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# ? Oct 30, 2015 21:46 |
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Tahirovic posted:Their MM sucks and the high tier playerbase is simply too small because this game is a boring, grindy mess. Does anyone here actually enjoy tier7+ ? Leveling the Iowa was a lot of fun. But once I got t8 in the US and IJN cruiser line I lost the will to play because of the credit grind. Now I just pop on every couple of days and play a few rounds and log off. If they had brought in any new BB line I probably would have stuck around, or if they hadnt made the Tirpitz so drat expensive. I would have bought one for $20-30 mayyyybe 40 but 60-70 was way to high for a virtual boat. DurosKlav fucked around with this message at 00:06 on Oct 31, 2015 |
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DurosKlav posted:Leveling the Iowa was a lot of fun. But once I got t8 in the US and IJN cruiser line I lost the will to play because of the credit grind. Now I just pop on every couple of days and play a few rounds and log off. If they had brought in any new BB line I probably would have stuck around, or if they hadnt made the Tirpitz so drat expensive. I would have bought one for $20-30 mayyyybe 40 but 60-70 was way to high for a virtual boat. Im pretty drat cheap but yeah at $25 or so I would have been really tempted to get a Tirpitz if only to get a German captain trained up. But hey, even at what I consider a ridiculous price point they obviously sold an assload of them. I know the average player isnt all that good, and the Cleveland is used as a crutch but holy hell why are Destroyers so willing to charge right at one? Just had a game where I killed all four DDs on the other team (and then their New Mexico and carrier) on my way to an easy Confederate badge. If they do end up nerfing AFT and let us re-spec, I think there will be a new wave of bitching when people start to take Demo Expert on that thing and cause 10+ fires every match.
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# ? Oct 31, 2015 01:03 |
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Lakedaimon posted:Im pretty drat cheap but yeah at $25 or so I would have been really tempted to get a Tirpitz if only to get a German captain trained up. But hey, even at what I consider a ridiculous price point they obviously sold an assload of them. Ya I dont fault anyone for buying one. Its just well out of what I personally would be willing to pay for an ingame item, especially as even then my interest in playing was starting to wane.
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# ? Oct 31, 2015 01:23 |
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Ibuki purchased. Fitting this thing out was not cheap urgh. At least with 19.2km range it won't be as bad as I feared - I didnt know about the range increase module originally.
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# ? Oct 31, 2015 03:51 |
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Lakedaimon posted:Ibuki purchased. Fitting this thing out was not cheap urgh. At least with 19.2km range it won't be as bad as I feared - I didnt know about the range increase module originally. Its not an option for IJN CAs until T9, I believe. IIRC the only ships with access to it early are the US BBs, at T5, but in return, US BBs don't get access to the accuracy increasing mod till T9.
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# ? Oct 31, 2015 04:53 |
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I wish it was as cheap as the type 1 version the US BB's can get ouch! The Yorck must be tough to get through. First time I had one in my sights 5x Citadels and I dropped him like 1st hour French.
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# ? Oct 31, 2015 05:17 |
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Hazdoc posted:Its not an option for IJN CAs until T9, I believe. IIRC the only ships with access to it early are the US BBs, at T5, but in return, US BBs don't get access to the accuracy increasing mod till T9. The Arkansas gets access to the accuracy mod, in case you feel like dropping 3M on that thing.
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# ? Oct 31, 2015 06:37 |
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El Disco posted:The Arkansas gets access to the accuracy mod, in case you feel like dropping 3M on that thing. Oh yeah, Arkansas Beta is unique in that is has access to all of the mods a T9-10 ship can get, including reload speed and concealment. Whether you actually want to drop a mint on it is up to the player, though. I don't have an Iwaki Alpha, but it would be interesting to know if it gets the same treatment.
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# ? Oct 31, 2015 08:13 |
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Haven't played since march. JP still the best for DD? How do the countries fare for the rest of the ships?
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# ? Oct 31, 2015 18:01 |
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Zotix posted:Haven't played since march. JP still the best for DD? How do the countries fare for the rest of the ships? Japanese everything except carriers is pretty good. The carriers are OK at mid tiers. Also the German cruisers are massive glass cannons right now. I'm not sure if them fixing how high they ride in the water will help much.
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# ? Oct 31, 2015 18:04 |
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So JP cruisers are in a pretty solid place? Last I played I was basically JP BB and US Cr lines. Looking to mix things up this go.
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# ? Oct 31, 2015 18:09 |
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Zotix posted:So JP cruisers are in a pretty solid place? Last I played I was basically JP BB and US Cr lines. Looking to mix things up this go. The Tenryuu is meh (heavily outclassed by the St. Louis, good anti-DD), the Kuma is GOD INCARNATE (I am biased), the Furutaka has been buffed and isn't quite as bad as it used to be, but still pales to the Omaha. The Aoba is a fairly good ship, but outclassed by the very problematic Cleveland, the Myoko is an excellent ship and dunks all over the Pensacola, and the Mogami is good enough to be a rather problematic ship. The Ibuki is... not that great, but still arguably better than the US T9. The Zao has the fastest torpedoes in the game, and is a fairly good ship. Not the DPS monster of the Des Moines, but its fairly sturdy and has better ballistics, and you'll scare any BB in torpedo range shitless with the possibility of 76 knot torps screaming at them.
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# ? Oct 31, 2015 18:16 |
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Zotix posted:So JP cruisers are in a pretty solid place? Last I played I was basically JP BB and US Cr lines. Looking to mix things up this go. Yeah, I feel like they're the best-balanced line (outside the Mogami, which makes the Cleveland and Atlanta jealous). EDIT: Hazdoc scooped me but I'll also point out the Zao is AMAZINGLY tough for a cruiser. I've gotten about as many dreadnought medals from it as I have all battleships combined.
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# ? Oct 31, 2015 18:16 |
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Hazdoc posted:I don't have an Iwaki Alpha, but it would be interesting to know if it gets the same treatment. It does not, but it gets more slots than a normal tier 4.
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# ? Oct 31, 2015 19:05 |
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DurosKlav posted:Leveling the Iowa was a lot of fun. But once I got t8 in the US and IJN cruiser line I lost the will to play because of the credit grind. I think a lot of us did that, I stopped at North Carolina and Ibuki. The annyoing carriers (seems to be fixed), "sniper meta" and massive credit grind got the best of me. And since I don't play enough to justify buying premium anymore, I can't play those high tier ships.
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# ? Oct 31, 2015 19:26 |
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I think I'm starting to hate the Nagato even more than the Colorado. I didnt think it was possible for that to happen. I'm guessing their gunners and the Colorado had a prewar exchange program going on because its just as bad at hitting poo poo at the Colorado.
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DurosKlav posted:I think I'm starting to hate the Nagato even more than the Colorado. I didnt think it was possible for that to happen. I'm guessing their gunners and the Colorado had a prewar exchange program going on because its just as bad at hitting poo poo at the Colorado. You got the hull upgrade? It gets better with the hull upgrade, the shells pen more easily (I think, it sure feels like that). PUT ON SECONDARY BOOSTING MODS AND WADE INTO BATTLE
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# ? Oct 31, 2015 19:55 |
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Hazdoc posted:You got the hull upgrade? It gets better with the hull upgrade, the shells pen more easily (I think, it sure feels like that). Ya I got all that. I admit when it does hit, it hits like a freight train its just a lot of those times those shells are flying into the next state. Of course right after I post that I have a great game in the Nagato. I got a double strike from knocking a Colorado down to a few hundred health under 3km and then blowing him away with secondaries as I dunked an Aoba. Plus right before that my secondaries detonated a destroyer. I had 4 kills and 3 were from the secondaries finishing people off.
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# ? Oct 31, 2015 20:09 |
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Somehow I got a citadel hit on an Arkansas with my Karlsruhe. I didnt see where the shot hit but it was like a miracle. The other miracle is im like halfway to the Konigsberg and still sane. Ibuki not treating me very well so far 0-5 so far.
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# ? Oct 31, 2015 20:43 |
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Lakedaimon posted:Somehow I got a citadel hit on an Arkansas with my Karlsruhe. I didnt see where the shot hit but it was like a miracle. The other miracle is im like halfway to the Konigsberg and still sane.
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# ? Oct 31, 2015 20:56 |
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cheese posted:Ibuki isn't a bad ship, it just feels like a Myoko with 20% better numbers across the board. I actually prefer it in a tier 10 game rather than the tier 8 games I keep getting because it just doesn't carry well against North Carolinas and Tirpitzs. 0-6 now, but at least in that game I got a Confederate and did like 130k so it wasnt my fault we blew it.
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# ? Oct 31, 2015 21:07 |
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Lakedaimon posted:0-6 now, but at least in that game I got a Confederate and did like 130k so it wasnt my fault we blew it. My Ibuki had a 42% win rate (although that was back before carrier balance was a thing). I also had about 20k less average damage than my Mogami.
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# ? Oct 31, 2015 21:11 |
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I like the....Colorado? so far it feels like a New Mexico with a 19km range... which isn't a bad thing? Tell me again why I should I hate it?
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# ? Oct 31, 2015 22:31 |
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Kerrow posted:I like the....Colorado?
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# ? Oct 31, 2015 22:42 |
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cheese posted:Slow as gently caress, inaccurate guns compounded by going from 12->8 main guns. At least the AA on the third hull upgrade isn't bad. So in the Karlsruhe, I only got two citadel hits ever, both against carriers when specifically shooting at their engines. First game in the Konigsburg, 3 citadels. I would have gotten more if I hadn't spent most of that game blowing up destroyers. It sure feels nice having AP that can penetrate ships with more than 12mm of armor.
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# ? Oct 31, 2015 23:52 |
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DurosKlav posted:I think I'm starting to hate the Nagato even more than the Colorado. I didnt think it was possible for that to happen. I'm guessing their gunners and the Colorado had a prewar exchange program going on because its just as bad at hitting poo poo at the Colorado. I know the feeling. Both the Nagato and the Colorado fall into a real lovely place in the battleship meta. If you end up as top tier in a tier 5/6 game you're going to have a good romp, nothing is armoured enough to stop your 16" shells. But if you get up-tiered to a tier 8/9 game you're so hosed its not eve funny. You're slow, too lightly armed, and not armoured enough to stand up to the the tier 8/9 guns. Only 25k more to go!
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# ? Nov 1, 2015 01:12 |
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That being the case, is there a reason why someone wouldn't just do only ranked battles in the colorado? The worst you're going to come up against are other colorados that way.
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# ? Nov 1, 2015 01:30 |
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El Disco posted:At least the AA on the third hull upgrade isn't bad. On the other hand, tinfoil armor - I've had a 140mm secondary Detonate a Konigsburg. Both me and the captain of it were rather surprised, before wry jokes were cracked. At least, I hope it was one of the 140s rather than a 127... Admittedly, this may not be a problem limited to the Konigsburg in the German line.
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# ? Nov 1, 2015 02:31 |
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EU is selling the Imperator Nikolai I, a t4 Russian BB. Can anyone tell me about it?
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# ? Nov 1, 2015 11:11 |
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FREE STUFF ALERT hi goons - there's an alienware promo going on for NA duders at https://na.alienwarearena.com/giveaways/world-of-warships-bonus-code-invite-code-key-giveaway 500k credits, 3 days of premium and an aurora - if you already have the aurora it gives you 3.3m credits instead. edit: i might be wrong but I think you get the port slot too even if your boat gets liquidated TehKeen fucked around with this message at 11:49 on Nov 1, 2015 |
# ? Nov 1, 2015 11:36 |
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All out! There are no more keys left in this giveaway!
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# ? Nov 1, 2015 11:58 |
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Just got one, they added more. Tried to get two different codes, seems to only let you apply one... so happy November. WRTW5-2BR4H-PMN4A-VBVC3 jownzy fucked around with this message at 13:48 on Nov 1, 2015 |
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# ? Jun 8, 2024 07:08 |
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With all that talk about the Mogamin being overpowered - I suck really hard at it. I'm not particularly good at this game and I'm sitting at 50% winrate, but I appear to be extremely bad at playing the Mogami with 25% winrate across 60ish games. Help please!
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# ? Nov 1, 2015 13:26 |