World of Warships

Hancock · March 05, 2017, 10:37:12 AM

While I agree with Tuna to some extent, have had the occasional whale of a match at Tier IX, even when dragged up with my VIII battleships.

Took my first foray with the Tier IX battleship Iowa last night. With it fully mod'd and upgraded, experienced captain, had a satisfactory outing considering it was the first. Got my first kill...............and appropriately enough it was a Tier IX destroyer. >:D >:D Dodged her 8 torp onslaught, literally sailed through them just as his safe space dissolved. 9 main battery fully loaded plus secondaries with dispersion reduction captain skill. 20k+ HP vaporized in an instant. It was lovely to watch a smoking dd settling into the water early in the morning...............

Hartford688 · March 05, 2017, 11:43:34 AM

Quote from: Hancock on March 05, 2017, 10:37:12 AM
It was lovely to watch a smoking dd settling into the water early in the morning...............

Plenty of people have got to savour that pleasure this morning, courtesy of myself and my trusty Soviet DDs...

Hancock · March 05, 2017, 01:18:53 PM

Quote from: Hartford688 on March 05, 2017, 11:43:34 AM
Quote from: Hancock on March 05, 2017, 10:37:12 AM
It was lovely to watch a smoking dd settling into the water early in the morning...............

Plenty of people have got to savour that pleasure this morning, courtesy of myself and my trusty Soviet DDs...

Tuna · March 05, 2017, 02:20:22 PM

Picked up the Texas today.. of course not one CV to seen :-(

Hartford688 · March 05, 2017, 02:48:56 PM

Quote from: Tuna on March 05, 2017, 02:20:22 PM
Picked up the Texas today.. of course not one CV to seen :-(

Of course.

If I want to be sure MM will not select a CV match, I always pick my AAA specced Cleveland. Works a charm.

Destraex · March 05, 2017, 06:50:48 PM

I am on the NA servers and just ground my way to the Bayern... want to eventually get the Gneisenau (spelling). But it's 100,000 or so XP away!!!
The 3 in a division thing really gets me down though.

steve58 · March 06, 2017, 08:11:31 AM

Looks like we'll be getting French cruisers next. Hope that means a freebie T1 w/slot as WG has done in the past with a new nation release.

Hartford688 · March 06, 2017, 08:33:46 AM

French cruisers seem a slightly unusual choice - the French navy I thought was pretty marginal in both world wars, and I wouldn't have guessed the French market was so big as to drive this.

More British ships would seem more obvious , plus the Italian navy.

Still - more is good. Will be interesting to see them, learn something new.

Hancock · March 06, 2017, 09:06:53 AM

Quote from: Tuna on March 05, 2017, 02:20:22 PM
Picked up the Texas today.. of course not one CV to seen :-(

Love the Texas. The AA is nuts, but, at that tier, the extra mid ship turret bumps the main battery awesome, particularly at short range duking it out. Below is a typical performance if not dragged up into a mostly Tier VII/Tier VI battle. Plus all the benefits of Premium Ship.

Tuna · March 06, 2017, 10:30:11 AM

It was on sale, and I figured it could help train Captains too!

Shelldrake · March 06, 2017, 11:09:41 AM

I would have preferred British battleships or a heavy cruiser line but some of the French cruisers look very interesting. For example, the Dugyay-Trouin will be a monster in tier 4 battles with its 4x2 6" guns. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_cruiser_Duguay-Trouin

Hartford688 · March 06, 2017, 02:34:53 PM

Quote from: Tuna on March 06, 2017, 10:30:11 AM
It was on sale, and I figured it could help train Captains too!

Do let us know if you enjoy it...it got rather favourable reviews, but always good to hear from someone here. I do love lots of AA.

So your suggestion has put the Texas on my "next time I'm tempted to buy a Premium ship", along with the Atlanta and Belfast. And after them, Scharnhorst.

Thoroughly enjoy my Warspite.

JasonPratt · March 06, 2017, 04:00:45 PM

French cruiser line somehow >>= the British battleship line (Prince of Wales etc.)

Tuna · March 06, 2017, 06:21:31 PM

Quote from: Hartford688 on March 06, 2017, 02:34:53 PM
Quote from: Tuna on March 06, 2017, 10:30:11 AM
It was on sale, and I figured it could help train Captains too!

Do let us know if you enjoy it...it got rather favourable reviews, but always good to hear from someone here. I do love lots of AA.

So your suggestion has put the Texas on my "next time I'm tempted to buy a Premium ship", along with the Atlanta and Belfast. And after them, Scharnhorst.

Thoroughly enjoy my Warspite.

Well one reason I grabbed it was because it was on sale. Not sure if it still is.

Tuna · March 06, 2017, 06:44:05 PM

Ok.. so I earned the Tier VIII Tashkent during the weekend. That became a Tier IX with the update (nice upgrade for free).. I now have two Tier VIIIs Ognevoi and Kiev.. so I guess I made out in the split going from a Tier VII and Tier VIII to a tier VII, two VIIIs and a IX!