Ranked battles

[TitanAxios]

Enough is enough. I've played probably 100 games this season and for whatever reason whichever team the Belfast is on is the team I'm not on. Any match where there is at least one more Belfast on the other team has proven to be a clear deciding factor in most games. Sure my team has won games stacked against Belfasts but rarely.  I'm not sure what MMs problem is but putting 2 Belfasts up against 2 Fijis is not an equal match up. And I honestly thought things have gotten better with MM because I've had a handful of amazing matches where it came down to the wire.

[1SneakyDevil]

I haven't found that to be the issue as much as players automatically assuming it's a loss and trying to do their own thing to get the top slot and not lose a star.

 

Too many idiots in ranked don't know how to counter a Belfast or even try to fire into it's smoke. You land a few shots when it is in smoke and suddenly they are thinking defensive not offensive.

 

 

[Mizzerys_Fate]

Shiratsu torps do not care what ship is in smoke.

Schornhurst does not care about belfast...small smoke easy citadels.....

Atlanta does not care about Belfast....

 

I see no problem.

 

BTW, my Belfast has died too early in matches to be effective...maybe that's a hint?.....

 

You take out radar ships as soon as they are spotted. 

[TitanAxios]

But thats exactly my point. When mm balances 2 bels on one side and 2 fijis on the other .... I mean come on!

[YukonHunter]

MM actually balance teams? Especially on a tear loaded with wallet warriors? Surely you jest!

[_ENO_]

LOL a "tear."

 

Carry on. 

[TitanAxios]

Just played 8 matches. Lost 7. 75K dmg wasnt enough. nor 100K. nor 120K. nor 154K dmg. wth. seriously. oh and those radars from the belfasts are making all the difference in the world. if by some divine miracle i do get a belfast on my side, it's captain is either cross eyed or drunk. or in the case of a few games ago both.

[Exciton8964]

Reminded me of one random game I played.

Enemy team had 2 Akizukis and 1 Benson.

Our team somehow had 2 Kageros and 1 mahan.

 

Doesn't make sense at all.

[TitanAxios]

I tracked 9 games one after the other. This is literally what 90% of my games, if not more, are like this season. Either red team gets a radar cruiser and my team doesn't or if my team does then red team gets more ....

I know some people think it's not a big deal but most games can be made or lost because of good radar use.

Game	Team	Enemy Team
1	Fiji	Atlanta
2	Fiji	Belfast
	Myoko	Myoko
3	Flint	Belfast
	Fiji	Belfast
4	Fiji	Belfast
	Myoko	Myoko
	Myoko	Myoko
5	Fiji	Atlanta
	Belfast	Belfast
	Dragon	Belfast
6	Fiji	Belfast
	Fiji	Fiji
7	Atlanta	Atlanta
	Fiji	Fiji
	Fiji	Fiji
	Belfast	Belfast
	Belfast	Myoko
8	Fiji	Belfast
9	Fiji	Fiji
	Fiji	Fiji
	Fiji	Fiji
	Belfast	Belfast
10	Fiji	Fiji
	Myoko	Belfast

[HazardDrake]

With a small player pool and relatively small number of games per season, it becomes very possible to get saddled with the potatoes game after game.

 

I gave up on Ranked this season after getting the same worthless BB driver for 3 straight games. Sniping from the blue line, he managed top on team twice by damage farming after the game was decided.

 

I then got stuck with two other twits in two back-to-back games. Our destroyers and cruisers really tried, but couldn't withstand their BBs, who pushed with the team. Ours only took their brave pills once the rest of us were dead, blaming us DDs for "dying too fast".

 

Ranked showed a lot of promise in S2 and 3, but since then they've just been repeatedly shooting themselves in the foot.

[TitanAxios]

Honestly getting tired of this nonesense. Here's how mm works for me. If I play a fiji I get put up against 1-3 radar ships with none on my side 90% of the games. If i play the Belfast then I either get matched even radar or I'm on a team down 1 radar ship. I play a dd, then red team has myokos with air or several bels with radar/hydro combos. I've played almost 500 ranked games for this season and somehow mm consistently does not fail to screw me over.

 

Devs, pay attention. Stop drawing specs for new ships. Stop changing map layouts. Stop balancing ships. FIX MM. 3 Belfast on one team vs 3 Fijis is NOT a balanced match!

[daki3006]

Belfast is way overrated.

It is a strong ship, but Fiji is better imho.

 

I just had an epic match with Fiji.

7 kills, including an enemy Belfast - the dream come true 

[TitanAxios]

I ranked out. Bought a Belfast and used it along with my Fiji to do it.

 

Fiji is a solid ship, no doubt. I do better dmg wise in it then with my Belfast. However, radar is far too advantageous to not have and the Bel more than makes up for the Fiji guns. Moreover the Fiji armor is much more prone to cit hits while the Bel can handle hit better. So while the Fiji has more teeth, the Bel is also a top ship this season.