Minotaur Heartbreak

[Gaishu_Isshoku]

So close to pulling the win on this one... If only their Benson had suicided into me :c

 

 

 

 

 

 

Replay: http://wowreplays.com/Replay/21996

[Khafni]

Wow!

[desmo_2]

693 hits...287k damage...5 sunk...and two caps.  If you had won, you would have tilted the XP counter.

 

Epic game.  That is a nut-crushing loss.  My sincere condolences.

[Combined_Fleet_HQ]

you have full justification for hating your team

 

and thanking your team for allowing you to reap that dmg 

[Adm_Nate_Ellis937]

What the heck??? I did same thing in my Neptune 2 weeks ago and I had flags on and only made 700k silver, but made 12k XP.

 

Nice game.

[Stauffenberg44]

That's enough to make one an atheist.

[xXxRCADDICT]

Your arms and back must be tired as "       "  you can fill in the blank.

[Aeries1]

Hell of a game. Damn.  That is a soul-crushing loss.  My sincerest condolences. 

[GrandAdmiral_2016]

Ouch. I feel your pain. Had one of those in Arizona, of all ships. When you try the carry and just run out of team....

[Simzee]

Thats my comment in your replay on Wows.

[Camo68]

You really have found your niche in that ship, well done on the game and commiserations on not being able to pull win!

[Gaishu_Isshoku]

Thats my comment in your replay on Wows.

 

Thanks for the kind words c:

I keep wondering what the base XP would be if only it was a win :/

 

You really have found your niche in that ship, well done on the game and commiserations on not being able to pull win!

Yeah, I believe that Minotaur fits my playstyle best out of all the ones I've played so far. Perfect blend of agility, firepower, and concealment.

[anonymised]

I am really excited to grind up to the Minotaur - can you tell me some stories about how it works, how good it is, how to play it? Can't watch the replay at the moment, but how do you do so much damage? RoF? targeted locations?

[Gaishu_Isshoku]

I am really excited to grind up to the Minotaur - can you tell me some stories about how it works, how good it is, how to play it? Can't watch the replay at the moment, but how do you do so much damage? RoF? targeted locations?

 

I went against the usual cruiser flow by taking a build with absolutely no concealment; -40% rudder shift over -10% detection, JoaT over CE. The build basically works by relying on your agility and low-cooldown smoke to get into spots inside of/just outside of caps that are extremely difficult to dislodge you from. Ideally, you'll see what direction the main enemy push is going in and then essentially place yourself in front of it. Minotaur is an excellent ship in randoms by virtue of pure DPM; it beats out Des Moines, the next highest DPM cruiser by 6 million DPM (15,000,000 vs 9,000,000). You reach your spot, smoke up, and then unload your DPM on any ship in range, in this order of preference: DD showing side > CA/CL showing side > BB showing side > angled BB (shoot superstructure) > angled CA/CL (again, superstructure) > angled DD (good luck doing any damage but try to hit what little superstructure there is). If an enemy BB is within about 7km and showing side, you can aim for the fore/aft ends and penetrate the thin armor there for massive damage. At longer ranges, it's safer to aim for either the superstructure or the upper belt.

 

Edit: I have some more Minotaur replays posted to that site, 2 of which have videos if you don't want to bother with downloading the files: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oxp8rzBIPU and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1VgmL3rIig