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 Soladrin wrote:

 TheDraconicLord wrote:
Ah Soladrin, nice to see you are in the "EXPRESS TORPEDO DELIVERY" service

I have now done close to 300 games.

I'm a fething God of Death and Destruction when I'm playing with my sweet Kongo or destroyers at lower tiers.

I fething love this game too much and it's only the CBT. Damn, I need that new patch ASAP, I want to get my hands on the USA's Battleships to compare with the Japanese.

Yeah, I've done about 200 battles myself and am absolutely loving it. My preference of ship however is very much settled on Japanese destroyers, second probably being carriers. I've gotten to Tier 6 on both the US and Japanese cruiser lines and while fun, it's just not for me. got a kongo too but I just can't stand that rate of fire.

I'm a sneaky torpedo delivery man at heart.

Think I'll try American destroyers today to see if they are worth a damn.

Also, the russian pre-order destroyer is hilarious. Decent torpedos and 130mm guns. I've killed Aoba's one on one with that thing.

The American destroyers are fun. Their torpedos have an insane short range, the one I'm using has 5.5 Kms. It's like Jingles says, it's a life of risk and adventure aboard one of those! What you get are awesome, awesome cannons, that's why I like them a bit more than the Japanese ones.

I MURDER most of the destroyers I meet, including the russian because the players are still (I guess) noobs who only use their torpedos, including against me, another destroyer. I just laugh as I shoot them with my ridiculous rate of fire.

Fun Fact: Nearly 300 games played and I don't even have the first Carrier unlocked

 Soladrin wrote:


Yeah, I've done about 200 battles myself and am absolutely loving it. My preference of ship however is very much settled on Japanese destroyers, second probably being carriers. I've gotten to Tier 6 on both the US and Japanese cruiser lines and while fun, it's just not for me. got a kongo too but I just can't stand that rate of fire.

I'm a sneaky torpedo delivery man at heart.

Think I'll try American destroyers today to see if they are worth a damn.

I've settled on Japanese Destroyers and Cruisers myself. Got a Mutsuki and a Myoko so far.

The Myoko was a bit of a disappointment after the God of the Seas that is the Mogami, but the combination of unlocking the eight extra torpedo tubes and realizing that I need to play her much more like a battleship than a regular Cruiser has greatly improved my experience...

 Soladrin wrote:

Also, the russian pre-order destroyer is hilarious. Decent torpedos and 130mm guns. I've killed Aoba's one on one with that thing.

The Aoba is the worst ship in the game! Killing one is not much of an accomplishment, not even in a tier 2 ship!

PhantomViper wrote:

 Soladrin wrote:


Yeah, I've done about 200 battles myself and am absolutely loving it. My preference of ship however is very much settled on Japanese destroyers, second probably being carriers. I've gotten to Tier 6 on both the US and Japanese cruiser lines and while fun, it's just not for me. got a kongo too but I just can't stand that rate of fire.

I'm a sneaky torpedo delivery man at heart.

Think I'll try American destroyers today to see if they are worth a damn.

I've settled on Japanese Destroyers and Cruisers myself. Got a Mutsuki and a Myoko so far.

The Myoko was a bit of a disappointment after the God of the Seas that is the Mogami, but the combination of unlocking the eight extra torpedo tubes and realizing that I need to play her much more like a battleship than a regular Cruiser has greatly improved my experience...

 Soladrin wrote:

Also, the russian pre-order destroyer is hilarious. Decent torpedos and 130mm guns. I've killed Aoba's one on one with that thing.

The Aoba is the worst ship in the game! Killing one is not much of an accomplishment, not even in a tier 2 ship!

It is? I always do amazing in mine. :x

Dissing the Aoba is strictly prohibited.

She's no queen of the seas, but her gunnery is half decent for her tier, though the torpedos have ass firing arcs.

The Kongo is life however. Gods that battleship is glorious, I never have a bad game in her (save for when being torpedo'd by friendlies at spawn....)

I'm currently waiting for the patch however - a few too many questionable hits as I round islands and getting consistently out-dueled at range with enemies hitting with more barrages than they ought to make me extremely suspicious, and I refuse to use that cheat myself. The fact that it exists is enough to sour my mood, as rather than attributing enemy hits to good aim and luck, I'm inherently suspicious, even when I shouldn't be.

 MajorStoffer wrote:
Dissing the Aoba is strictly prohibited.

She's no queen of the seas, but her gunnery is half decent for her tier, though the torpedos have ass firing arcs.

The Kongo is life however. Gods that battleship is glorious, I never have a bad game in her (save for when being torpedo'd by friendlies at spawn....)

I'm currently waiting for the patch however - a few too many questionable hits as I round islands and getting consistently out-dueled at range with enemies hitting with more barrages than they ought to make me extremely suspicious, and I refuse to use that cheat myself. The fact that it exists is enough to sour my mood, as rather than attributing enemy hits to good aim and luck, I'm inherently suspicious, even when I shouldn't be.

Yeah, I'm there with you and I also stopped playing my Fuso because of it.

Playing in cruisers and destroyers mitigates the issue though, because you are much better at dodging incoming BB fire.

I feel the same. I hate when I can't just tip my hat because of a shot well placed and instead I'm suspicious said player is using the mod.

But, tbh, I haven't felt that in a while now. I'm rocking the seas with my Amagi. That beautie had her ass kicked when she was "stock" but now, fully upgraded and with a Captain fully retrained? It's beautiful. Dodging torpedos, shooting down planes with AA, DESTROYING MY GOD-EMPEROR DAMNED ENEMIES LEFT AND RIGHT! All at the same time! IT'S GLORIOUS!

I have been playing a lot with the girl and I haven't been suspicious of a player for a while.

Still, Kongo remains my love. Kongo is Love, Kongo is Life!

I got the HMS Warspite, it's slow as balls, it takes more then a minute to traverse the turrets and it only has 16km range.

But boy does a 330mm armor belt not care about enemy shells.


Also, Mogami is amazing.


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Well, I can confirm that even if you carry your entire team, they will still manage to completely screw it up.

Also draconic, I GOT FIVE!




I killed two Myogi's, a Kongo, an Omaha and a Mutsuki.

Still don't know if we're actually going to be allowed to keep warspite after CBT ends or it this is just another cash grab.

 BaronIveagh wrote:
Still don't know if we're actually going to be allowed to keep warspite after CBT ends or it this is just another cash grab.

You are aware that all gold spent in CBT will just be refunded to you when CBT ends right? Accounts will be wiped and any gold/ships you preorded will be added.

Also, it's a terrible ship.

The only thing it has is good armor and AA.

Warspite is no longer on sale at all when CBT ends. Hence why people were wondering what the story was. And, also, not strictly true. All reward ships will also be kept.



And, yes, I know, it's almost the inverse of the historical Warspite. I've been killing them left and right with Kongo simply by playing keep away.

 BaronIveagh wrote:
Warspite is no longer on sale at all when CBT ends. Hence why people were wondering what the story was.

Huh, well that's just odd then. Oh well, got mine anyway.

They had soemthing similar with WoWP and the Buffalo. there's a premium version of it that was only on sale during Beta, that after the end of testing you got to keep.

 BaronIveagh wrote:
They had soemthing similar with WoWP and the Buffalo. there's a premium version of it that was only on sale during Beta, that after the end of testing you got to keep.

Welp, if that's the case, not going to complain, I love me some shiny stuff. They doing this with the Kitakami too?

No. And, they just announced that despite being only available in beta, it's being wiped after CBT. Needless to say, people are screaming because they preordered gold just to buy it, thinking it was like the Buffalo. Glad i didn't buy it.

What the devs have done to the warspite is shameful, 16 kms range, really?

 BaronIveagh wrote:
No. And, they just announced that despite being only available in beta, it's being wiped after CBT. Needless to say, people are screaming because they preordered gold just to buy it, thinking it was like the Buffalo. Glad i didn't buy it.

I was very confused with this so I searched around the forum for the official statement:

Ahoy, Captains! I got the answer about the Warspite.

So, the ship is currently available in the Closed Beta for 7,500 tokens. At the end of Closed Beta (start of Open Beta), it will be wiped from your account, it will be unavailable for purchase, and you will be refunded your spent tokens as doubloons. (The same as any other purchase in the Closed Beta Test)

We will eventually offer the Warspite again in the future. For the time being, it is only a Closed Beta Test ship that you can play and test during the Closed Beta. I should also make a point that the current price will not necessarily reflect its future price when it is made available again after OBT.

Well, they'll have the gold back for actual GOOD premium ships or premium time. Not that piece of crap.

I think the point was they wouldn't have bought the gold at all if it wasn't for the idea that the only way to buy warspite was to buy her during CBT.

Which was what the announcement indicated. Warspite being rather famous for being, well, the opposite of what they made her in game.

Ya know, after watching Jingles kicking ass and taking names with Warspite, I'm not so sure it's such a bad ship after all. His video is really surprising.

 TheDraconicLord wrote:
Ya know, after watching Jingles kicking ass and taking names with Warspite, I'm not so sure it's such a bad ship after all. His video is really surprising.

You don't expect him to show you the embarrassing battle where I blew him sky high with my Kongo because he couldn't return fire and hit me at 20km, do you?

(That may be unfair, I'm unsure if that battle was before or after he made this vid.)

 BaronIveagh wrote:

 TheDraconicLord wrote:
Ya know, after watching Jingles kicking ass and taking names with Warspite, I'm not so sure it's such a bad ship after all. His video is really surprising.

You don't expect him to show you the embarrassing battle where I blew him sky high with my Kongo because he couldn't return fire and hit me at 20km, do you?

(That may be unfair, I'm unsure if that battle was before or after he made this vid.)

To be fair, Jingles isn't afraid of bad mouthing stuff or showing that he isn't the best player on earth.

I have no idea how to play destroyers.

Got the Altanta premium cruiser. Load HE shells. Burn everything.

The fire rate of that ship coupled with HE shells is amazing, I managed to burn down an amagi and a Kongo in single fight. I had 280 shell hits by the end of it.

 Soladrin wrote:
Got the Altanta premium cruiser. Load HE shells. Burn everything.

The fire rate of that ship coupled with HE shells is amazing, I managed to burn down an amagi and a Kongo in single fight. I had 280 shell hits by the end of it.

Brace yourself, HE is getting nerfed next patch.

 BaronIveagh wrote:

 Soladrin wrote:
Got the Altanta premium cruiser. Load HE shells. Burn everything.

The fire rate of that ship coupled with HE shells is amazing, I managed to burn down an amagi and a Kongo in single fight. I had 280 shell hits by the end of it.

Brace yourself, HE is getting nerfed next patch.

No problem, it's more devastating (though less fun) with AP shells. Also, I think if they nerf HE it's never going to be used by anyone. The damage for those shells is already terrible and there's no one shotting destroyers with citadel hits.

I only use HE against tier 1 cruisers these days. AP shells seem to do a lot more raw damage. I am a noob though.



I have discovered how to use Destroyers

Welcome to the Torpedo Delivery Express!

Hope you have fun being a sneaky bastard!

I can't kill Battleships though, everytime I get in torp range they devastate me with their main guns, I am generally dead before I get in position to launch (although I have had a few posthumous kills).

Just unlocked the Fubuki. 15Km range torpedo's are hilarious, battleships hate my guts. Sank a Nagato from half way across the map.

 Soladrin wrote:
Just unlocked the Fubuki. 15Km range torpedo's are hilarious, battleships hate my guts. Sank a Nagato from half way across the map.

If they ever fix it, Kitakami qualifies as a Macross Missile Massacre. ATM though it's uselessly broken.

Yeah, I own the Kitakami, it's hilarious to use. It's also complete garbage. The guns are gak, the acceleration is gak, the turning circle is gak and the the amount of torpedo's is completely without use.