Oooooooh... this is gonna be bad

[JCC45]

First game post patch in a Texas.  4 DDs on our side.

 

ALL of the DDs camped at the back until the BBs and CAs were forced to move up.  THE BBs and CAs did all the spotting. The DDs followed then proceeded to hide in the islands until everyone but them was dead.

 

In over 2,000 games I can't remember another one where 5 DDs were the last to be killed.

[sbcptnitro]

I would love to see the replay of that.

[pmgaudio]

tier 5

 

what did you expect??

[jabberwalkie09]

tier 5

 

what did you expect??

Lemmings obviously.

[jkirschy]

First game post patch in a Texas.  4 DDs on our side.

 

ALL of the DDs camped at the back until the BBs and CAs were forced to move up.  THE BBs and CAs did all the spotting. The DDs followed then proceeded to hide in the islands until everyone but them was dead.

 

In over 2,000 games I can't remember another one where 5 DDs were the last to be killed.

Love it. Just love it...

 

[saagri]

Obviously the problem is that the Cruisers and Battleships YOLO'd. 

[Vekta408]

And so it begins.

[_Fantomex_]

Because one battle from one person at a low tier is all the evidence we need that RPF has created a huge problem. Maybe wait a month or two, while collecting statistics of DD survivability and average damage, before you decide that RPF has ruined everything.

[MidnightShamalan]

honestly, i'll take my personal skill in a DD over anyone wasting 4 points on that skill any day. bring'em on.

 

anyone who's too scared to play DDs now shouldn't have been playing them at all.

[Batwingsix]

Funny, all day today nothing has changed from yesterday except once or twice getting hit by RDF, which was funny because I was a cruiser and baiting the person to expect a DD and not a cruiser while the DD was simply sailing further away on his other side

[Gasboy]

honestly, i'll take my personal skill in a DD over anyone wasting 4 points on that skill any day. bring'em on.

 

anyone who's too scared to play DDs now shouldn't have been playing them at all.

 

If I could only upvote more than once.

[Rouxi]

I've had the opposite experience. Was in my fletcher on shatter and all the BB & CA camped in the back just like they always do and we lost. 

[Sir_Godz]

I've had the opposite experience. Was in my fletcher on shatter and all the BB & CA camped in the back just like they always do and we lost. 

 

you mean a normal game

[Suraknar]

Many factors here in play.

 

Cruisers do not support DD's usually, they all want to go versus Battleships, and are not hunting enemy DD's. (So Cruisers are not playing their role)

 

Many DD and especially Japanese ones are not equipped to fight it out with other DD's with guns. So do not expect them to be in the first line without proper support.

I am not surprised that after a while people start adapting to this reality and adjust their game play accordingly.

The solution? Learn your basic role. It is simple in reality, based on a Rock paper Scissors kind of dynamic.

Destroyers win over Battleships

Battleships win over Cruisers
Cruisers win over Destroyers
Carriers are a kind of a wildcard, can hunt anyone and vulnerable to everyone.

Then of course you have player skill and RNG luck and some variations based on ships design but overall this is the rule. Simple enough.

[Vekta408]

Because one battle from one person at a low tier is all the evidence we need that RPF has created a huge problem. Maybe wait a month or two, while collecting statistics of DD survivability and average damage, before you decide that RPF has ruined everything.

 

​After seeing this nonsense for 2 weeks on PTS it shouldn't be that hard to see it coming. It's going to happen more and more as the news about RPF spreads through the random ranks of the live server.

[Rouxi]

 

you mean a normal game

 

Yes which means rpf clearly wasn't enough we need more ways to counter dd.

[_BloodHawk_]

How do you know RPF was even in the game? How do you know they were not the normal T5 potatoes who had absolutely no clue how to play, or what RPF does or doesn't do? 

 

I played a bunch of games with and without RPF in them and they were all pretty much the same as always, no real difference than normal, even with RPF being used by me and against me. It was a pretty normal 11 games this morning.

[IceSerpen7]

How do you know RPF was even in the game?

 

Because he is presumably not blind and we get an indicator when detected by RPF? Just a guess...

 

[Rouxi]

On a more serious note the update is only 12 hours old. We're going to have to wait a little longer to see which way the wind is blowing.

[JCC45]

To help all of the people calm their Jimmies and stop their knees from jerking perhaps you might note that nowhere did I mention RPF.

 

I have no idea whether or not it was being used in the match because I wasn't using it.  I just wanted to point out that, among some players, the DD play style has changed for whatever reason.

 

And not for the better.

[MackDye]

im so sorry you had that many potatos on your team. Cant fix stupid.

[JCC45]

Because one battle from one person at a low tier is all the evidence we need that RPF has created a huge problem. Maybe wait a month or two, while collecting statistics of DD survivability and average damage, before you decide that RPF has ruined everything.

 

Because one person with a low post count  reading what he thinks was in the post rather than what was actually in the post causes knees to jerk all over the forum.  Maybe read a post more carefully before you decide what the OP was saying.

 

HEY!  This is fun!

 

Your turn.

[JCC45]

im so sorry you had that many potatos on your team. Cant fix stupid.

 

Getting used to it.  The Texas is so much fun I just consider it the price of doing business.

 

Interesting new proto-meta though.