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creeping-deth87 wrote: God damn I am loving this ship. Probably not that impressive to some of the veterans on here, but for me this was a really good game.
Lots of battleships and the Red team scattered and hid behind islands rather than screen their team mates. That and It's a Kamikaze, I'm invisible almost to absolute detection range. So I get right up on them and let go.
This is one of the reasons for Radar.
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Fate is in heaven, armor is on the chest, accomplishment is in the feet. - Nagao Kagetora
creeping-deth87 wrote: God damn I am loving this ship. Probably not that impressive to some of the veterans on here, but for me this was a really good game.
The Genny isn't bad, but, you're right.
That wasnt even my highest damage Scharnhorst battle, highest was 190k.
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Over 100k in a T7 is a decent game I'd say. The "Battleship Elite" ribbon at T10 requires an average damage of 108k in 100 BB games, so 134k in a Gneis is nothing to scoff at. I never much liked Gneis, the six guns with potato dispersion was a bit tough to swallow.
Wargaming's posted the third video in its "How it Works" series, they're giving a good run-through of how various game mechanics work. I'd recommend watching them even if you're experienced.
EDIT: While we're at it, anyone else hyped for 12km torpedoes on the Zao?
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For thirteen years I had a dog with fur the darkest black. For thirteen years he was my friend, oh how I want him back.
Also my Hindenburg is getting a small nerf that I dont think will affect it too much. Up to an 11 Second Reload from a 10.
Only loosely related, but man, as cool as the Z-52 is, I cant do crap with it. HE just shatters 90% of the time, I get fires like 15% of the time and my AP shatters or ricochets off of flat surfaces it should be able to pen.
Unless I do a training battle, and then it does what ever it wants.
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It also ties in much better with the overall Soviet DD identity as sustained fighters rather than knife-range brawlers. Khabarovsk (God I hate that ship) enjoys the use of its heal; giving the Grozovoi a heal too ties the two together rather nicely flavour-wise in my opinion.
For thirteen years I had a dog with fur the darkest black. For thirteen years he was my friend, oh how I want him back.
Yeah, Im not overly fond of the Khab either. You're right in this tying them together better, and the Grozo should be interesting to see in this incarnation, as unlike the Khab I dont think it gives up Smoke for the heal.
Speaking of DDs, with the changes to how BB AP will affect them, do you think the KM DDs will still suffer from greater AP damage?
I unlocked the Bismarck last week and absolutely hated her. Suffered enough to get the upgraded hull and still despised the ship. The 15" guns just really do not cut it against the competition she faces. I was struggling to do more than 30K even with a secondary build, had such a hard time getting into range to use them and most of the time when I did I still got my ass handed to me. Sold her to get the Amagi and have been much, MUCH happier with that. Tier 8 seriously blows, I feel like it's 5 out of 6 games I get uptiered against 10s. Super obnoxious.
creeping-deth87 wrote: I unlocked the Bismarck last week and absolutely hated her. Suffered enough to get the upgraded hull and still despised the ship. The 15" guns just really do not cut it against the competition she faces. I was struggling to do more than 30K even with a secondary build, had such a hard time getting into range to use them and most of the time when I did I still got my ass handed to me. Sold her to get the Amagi and have been much, MUCH happier with that. Tier 8 seriously blows, I feel like it's 5 out of 6 games I get uptiered against 10s. Super obnoxious.
My advice with Bis is not to go after other BBs, but to pressure cruisers and other smaller ships. Use cover, and wait for them to come to you.
Fate is in heaven, armor is on the chest, accomplishment is in the feet. - Nagao Kagetora
Amagi is probably the best T8 BB in the game (that or NCal). I like my Tirpitz, but yeah 380mm guns are pretty weak for T8. You just have to be patient and wait for an opening where you can bully your way in and use your tankiness to kill people, whereas the ships with bigger guns can just consistently deal damage more easily.
For thirteen years I had a dog with fur the darkest black. For thirteen years he was my friend, oh how I want him back.
Unless they are the Roma's 380mm guns which would be pretty good if they didnt always overpen. Or the Alsace's 380mm guns (only speaking pre-nerf I dont know post nerf), they were pretty good, I mean they needed to be nerfed.
I'm glad they made these changes to ranked, they have completely frozen my mate who has no tier 10's out of playing because he dared to hit rank 10 last season.
