I have a challenge for you.....

[RivertheRoyal]

There are some ships in the game that are reportedly more difficult to do well in. I'm not going to name any, since it would likely start a flurry of "No, this or that ship is worse" or "So-and-so ship is actually really good!"

 

Regardless, some ships are thought of as being under-powered, or are typically free-xp'ed through in the tech-tree. And then everyone has a ship that's supposedly quite good, but that they just can't get to work properly. 

 

So, my challenge is this: Play those ships.

 

Maybe you don't want to because it'd be a painful and frustration filled experience. However, there could be some benefits to playing an under-powered or "bad" ship, even at the lower tiers.

For one, playing a ship that hampers you in some way will force your play-style to change accordingly (If you want to be any good in said ship, that is.) This change in play-style might just broaden your abilities and give you a deeper well of experience to draw upon. It could also grow your skill-level while forcing you to adapt to the ship. In fact, I'd say the the further away said under-powered ship is from your own comfort zone, the better. Other ships will seem that much easier afterwards.  

 

And before you go saying that such and such ship is impossible to play well, I want to drop a casual reminder that the player matters far more than the ship does. And if you say that you aren't a good enough player, try it anyway! The goal of this challenge is to get better.

 

Plus, there are two more things I haven't mentioned yet. If you can do well in a "bad" ship, then that's killer bragging rights. Secondly, lessons learned from playing a bad ship, like positioning, prioritization, timing and such can easily carry over to any other ship you have. And since you have to hammer those sorts of things in while playing a disadvantaged ship, they become much more concrete then they would have otherwise.

 

So, consider this challenge. If you're a severe masochist, it might be just what you were looking for.             

[anonym_ix2LQemoTpfh]

Or you can just take a break from the game, which I am doing myself. When it comes to a point where you keep loosing battles, that should be won, it becomes aggravating to play. Id rather get 10k attack in a game and win rather than get over 100k and loose. It gets to a point where, why am I playing this game at all if I am not having fun and I hate loosing. So GG.. see yall later.. maybe.

[m373x]

The only ship that felt underpowered to me is the Mikasa, everything else is bretty gud.

[RivertheRoyal]

Or you can just take a break from the game, which I am doing myself. When it comes to a point where you keep loosing battles, that should be won, it becomes aggravating to play. Id rather get 10k attack in a game and win rather than get over 100k and loose. It gets to a point where, why am I playing this game at all if I am not having fun and I hate loosing. So GG.. see yall later.. maybe.

 

Bye bye. Challenges like this should only be done if you don't care about winning or losing, stats, or anything other than your own improvement. 

[pewpewpew42]

What, Kawachi and Karlsruhe?

 

Not being a masochist, I'm not clear on the advantages of this endeavor.

[Mordran]

Well I guess it's time for us to get to know each other Izumo.

 

Might as well try to fix the FDG and Iowa stats while I'm at it.

[Ace_04]

I actually do this every so often when I get bored of grinding and/or there aren't any events going on.

 

I'll either play ships that I have a poor win rate in, or those where my PR (na.wows-numbers.com) is poor.

 

It makes for a nice break from playing the same ships over and over, especially when you get sick and frustrated of high-tier gameplay.

[Outlawed87]

the Atlanta

 

[scruffycavetroll]

Well I guess it's time for us to get to know each other Izumo.

 

Might as well try to fix the FDG and Iowa stats while I'm at it.

 

Hello darkness my old friend

I've come to talk with you again. 

[Hatework]

I already play Yubari regularly.  Do I need to add another challenge for myself?

[RivertheRoyal]

I already play Yubari regularly.  Do I need to add another challenge for myself?

 

Katori 

[Hatework]

 

Katori 

As soon a s I finish the mission, challenge accepted

[Dr_Richtofen]

Well I guess I can try to make friends with my DDs again...

 

I hope you know you are playing with me during this challenge River, so that you can feel my pain too.

[RivertheRoyal]

Well I guess I can try to make friends with my DDs again...

 

I hope you know you are playing with me during this challenge River, so that you can feel my pain too.

 

Sure sure. I'll try not to rub it in. 

[Zim_Xero]

A player could also nerf themself in a good ship.  Remove all commander skills, pretend you dont have torpedoes, never allow yourself to use fullspeed, limit yourself to one consumable usage.  All of this can be done and be fun for some of us, and will probably improve us, but, is it fair to our teams?  If not, doesn't the same thing apply to playing underpowered ships?

[SireneRacker]

Day *insert number*, I am still sailing the Pensacola.

 

I am still not thinking about selling her.

[devastator5000]

Lexington, some see here as completely outmoded but I think she is a great ship.

[_Sp1d3r_]

[ArIskandir]

I've been grinding every ship in every tech line in a standard account, currently working on tier 7 most of the lines, does this count for your challenge?

[atPrick__]

Phoenix is fun.

[1nv4d3rZ1m]

I ground up the USN CA line before the buffs happened, I am done with my self punishment for a while and would like to enjoy some pleasant ships like my Zao for a change. Besides grinding some ships from stock like what I am doing with the Iowa and about to do with the Neptune is already punishing enough. 

 

People say the ship does not really matter and its just the captain but I remember some bloody awful ships that were so abysmally terrible that WG made changes to make them less painful to play: 

• Stock Izumo, no penetration with the stock shells, you would literally get bounces on broadside cruisers. That was abysmal and people on reddit at the time didnt understand penetration mechanics and were trying to convince people the stock guns were better lol
• Pre Buff Colorado, abysmal accuracy slow reload and no HP. That ship was miserable to play...
• Stock Fuso, hello 14 km range, terrible detection, and no armor good luck against the NCs and Amagis. 

 

I'm sure there are a couple ships I forgot, some of these have been fixed for a year or more so the pain has blended into everything else. 

[ArIskandir]

 

 

• Stock Fuso

 

Yup, that was a bad one, in my memory only surpased by stock Fubuki.

[Morpheous]

Believe it or not the most frustrating ship I played stock was the NC!  But I learned and it became a beast for me.  Bottom line, ever so true, the Captain makes the ship.  I can do well in any ship if that ship is IN its tier.  Played Furry, CO, and Karl before the buffs and really didn't have a problem with them.  I have had more problems playing the fully upgraded Chappy than most ships, though I do pretty well with Kut...go figure!

[Roadster311]

I had this problem with the Colorado. Hated it and free xp'd to the NC. I decides to give her another chance and bought her back and played her repeatedly. Now I am ok with her

[Final_Spark]

It only took me 3 games to get past the stock Colorado. One game netted 90k dmg and another over 100k dmg. Got it fully upgraded now and it's pretty good.