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chaos0xomega wrote:
So uhh... I dropped $70 on Tirpitz...

And then people are complaining about GW prices, and you buy a bunch of zeroes and ones for 70$!

way I see it I would normally pay about $50 for a game so... justification!

Plus the premium time etc has really helped me tier up

The only real issue is atm high tier play is overrun with Tirpitz because no one does high tier play in regular ships. It's breaking MM.

Premium battleships, and I'm just sailing in my t1 cruiser.

 BaronIveagh wrote:
The only real issue is atm high tier play is overrun with Tirpitz because no one does high tier play in regular ships. It's breaking MM.

Thats probably because a lot of the open beta playerbase (like myself) who had higher tier stuff got burnt out by the game and quit before it went live, so what you're seeing is a lot of the remaining players and newer players are lower tier and bought their way into the higher tiers (or perhaps even returning higher tier players who came back for the new content). I certainly don't consider Tirps to necessarily be superior to other Tier 7/8/9 (never got to 10) ships, but (IMO) they're a lot more interesting and fun to drive.

I've also noticed that a lot of Tirp drivers don't seem to have any idea as to what theyre doing, which to me suggests that they didn't learn the lessons taught by playing in lower tier BBs.

I am noticing that BB dispersion has increased? a lot of good aimed shots seems to miss even at closer ranges, i am starting to dislike my bb's

Yeah, but getting BBS to close these days is like pulling teeth. Everyone still wants to try and sit back and snipe, even though the difference in DPS now is staggering.

Tirpitz is practically holding up a huge assed sign that reads 'Brawl with Me' and they still try and stay as far back as possible.

Tirpitz (and my freshly acquired New Mexico) are still beasts (Im hitting for 10-20k pts of damage regularly). Though I have noticed that it seems like something is out of whack with the New Mexicos dispersion, the shots seem like theyre landing wider than they should be recently. The Kongo also feels a bit off to me, I think more in terms of damage than in terms of dispersion. Im hitting, just not doing a lot.

Historically big BB gunnery was never 100% accurate. American ships had very advanced fire control system's and radar but still dropping a shell from a moving to moving target counting for delay and course is a art in itself.

While it is a game, big guns packed one hell of a punch but also where not shooting like lasers.

I think all of us are aware of that, we're talking about, mechanically, since the game has released following the open beta, the accuracy/dispersion of the shots has felt off compared to what it was beforehand.

Finally got the hang of my Furutaka. Damn, I hated that ship the first 20 matches I played with it. Now I'm regularly sinking multiple ships and doing a boat load of damage. Those 203mm cannons at tier 5 are brutal.

I play it as a battleship escort that ranges slightly ahead of the big guns in search of marauding DDs and light cruisers like Kumas, Omahas, and Phoenixes. The 203 AP rounds will shred any light cruiser and the HE rounds absolutely wreck DDs. You also have a nice torpedo armament to deal with any interfering BBs.

So this happened...



3 of the 5 ships were Destroyers, the other 2 were cruisers. I came very close to killing a 4th destroyer and a carrier as well.

The New Mexico is a MONSTER.

I just got done uninstalling. Read the new EULA. WG can go jump off a cliff.

cliffnotes on whats in the EULA for those who cant stand legalese?

 BaronIveagh wrote:
I just got done uninstalling. Read the new EULA. WG can go jump off a cliff.

So what are you gripes instead of jumping of a cliff


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Chinese copy or different?
http://www.mmowg.net/steel-ocean-new-chinese-mmo-naval-warfare-game/

WG is looking, apparently, at closing WoWP, and has revised the EULA so that they have to give neither advanced warning, nor refunds if they suddenly decide to close, and that players waive all rights to a class action suit. And you agree to it... .by reading the revised EULA.

So, basically, they're figuring on collecting cash until the moment the shut off the server and the players can go fly a kite if they don't like it.

People spent money on WoWP? HAHAHAHA

 Soladrin wrote:
People spent money on WoWP? HAHAHAHA

Hey, I preordered to get one of the planes I wanted.

 BaronIveagh wrote:

 Soladrin wrote:
People spent money on WoWP? HAHAHAHA

Hey, I preordered to get one of the planes I wanted.

I'm still laughing.

 Soladrin wrote:

 BaronIveagh wrote:

 Soladrin wrote:
People spent money on WoWP? HAHAHAHA

Hey, I preordered to get one of the planes I wanted.

I'm still laughing.

Laugh it up, but it's only a matter of time before some other MMO gives it a try.

Too be fair, WoWP was a colossal flop.

 BaronIveagh wrote:

 Soladrin wrote:

 BaronIveagh wrote:

 Soladrin wrote:
People spent money on WoWP? HAHAHAHA

Hey, I preordered to get one of the planes I wanted.

I'm still laughing.

Laugh it up, but it's only a matter of time before some other MMO gives it a try.

Yeah, cause WG is the first to close down a games server right?

Any tips to sucesed as a lower us cruiser?

I'm getting damage, hits and making destroyers hurt with rapid fire big guns but not many sunk?

I just started the other day with the Japanese tree and I have just purchased the Tenyruu.
Oh sweet Goddess she is amazing. In my first game I sank two cruisers and a Battleship and in my fourth (and most recent) with her I sank a Cruiser, torpedoed and sank a Battleship and sunk a Destroyer with a volley at my maximum range - and I was firing over an island too.
I LOVE this cruiser.

 master of ordinance wrote:
I just started the other day with the Japanese tree and I have just purchased the Tenyruu.
Oh sweet Goddess she is amazing. In my first game I sank two cruisers and a Battleship and in my fourth (and most recent) with her I sank a Cruiser, torpedoed and sank a Battleship and sunk a Destroyer with a volley at my maximum range - and I was firing over an island too.
I LOVE this cruiser.

Nice, I got better with the Chester, tough ship in lower tier now I upgraded the hull.

Japanese torps are nightmares for any us ship! Some can be loosing them at ranges in excess of us tracking ranges.

Aye, I can see why people dont like them. At the moment I am using my Umikaze to aid me in mastering the basics (with guns like that you really dont have another choice ) as long range strikes are still a little difficult.

I'm getting better but hard to master and Max range 8.4 km is not easy as it seems,

Us ships fire fast and 3-4 can lay down massive damage though.
Makes up for some bad shots

Not sure I'm ready to graduate to bb for a while, accuracy + 20-30 second reload, needs work!

Us torps is last resort Japanese destroyers fear US Gunz!

I started WoW and suddenly i have russian and German ships trying them out.

And us cruisers fear a broadside ijn ship. See one, kill at extreme priority. Destroyers can kill well above there size.

Only takes one volley to sink you, and they pack 2 sets normally.

 jhe90 wrote:


Japanese torps are nightmares for any us ship! Some can be loosing them at ranges in excess of us tracking ranges.

All IJN DDs above tier 3(?) can fire torps from outside their detection range, it doesn't work that well though as they are fairly easy to avoid and torps are really inaccurate at long range. The best way to use torps is to fire them around terrain in such a way that they will strike as your target just as they come into view, leaving him no chance to maneuver; this is the only realistic way to use USN torps.

The best way to avoid them is to keep varying your speed and heading and you will be a very hard target. If you have torps incoming turn directly into or away from them, that way they will probably miss you entirely or at least most of the spread will. You shouldn't be getting hit in open water with a cruiser or a DD.