344 Mahrs Members 1,797 posts 7,977 battles Report post #1 Posted March 3, 2017 It occurs to me that after my frantic DD re-buy to posture for 0.6.2 I will have a Tier IX VMF DD without ever playing a Tier VIII (once "Trashkent," which I own, moves). That's gonna be awesome for my teammates! As will whatever replaces her at tier, I'm sure. I can probably not be terrible in Kiev...maybe... Who else i just gonna take the 11 million silver for owning Gnevny, Ognevoi, Kiev and Tashkent and then turn around and sell all the tier V/VI/VII as soon as the patch drops? I could see MAYBE keeping one at Tier VI and VII...that's still four boats to liquidate on top of that cool 11 mil or so. It won't get me my money back to pre-spending spree levels, but it will at least pay the sticker price on my Roon re-buy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,506 [SYN] Kuckoo Members 6,177 posts 14,455 battles Report post #2 Posted March 3, 2017 This is one of those times where I'm very glad that I didn't sell ships in a line I ground through. Kept the Gnevny all the way up to the Udaloi, and the lowest skilled captain in any of them has 12 points. ...and dat global HE buff tho. That wasn't at all necessary, but I'm not complaining, at least while playing these boats. Really looking forward to this patch. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
6,910 [RLGN] Estimated_Prophet Members 19,396 posts 36,204 battles Report post #3 Posted March 3, 2017 Seems to be many who are... Currently owned RU DDs, with approximately 8k games played in all ships and modes; Izy and Gnevny... ..as a matter of personal choice; I am not one of them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,140 [MCWF] K1ra_Yoshikage Beta Testers, In AlfaTesters 7,026 posts 29,133 battles Report post #4 Posted March 3, 2017 It occurs to me that after my frantic DD re-buy to posture for 0.6.2 I will have a Tier IX VMF DD without ever playing a Tier VIII (once "Trashkent," which I own, moves). That's gonna be awesome for my teammates! As will whatever replaces her at tier, I'm sure. I can probably not be terrible in Kiev...maybe... Who else i just gonna take the 11 million silver for owning Gnevny, Ognevoi, Kiev and Tashkent and then turn around and sell all the tier V/VI/VII as soon as the patch drops? I could see MAYBE keeping one at Tier VI and VII...that's still four boats to liquidate on top of that cool 11 mil or so. It won't get me my money back to pre-spending spree levels, but it will at least pay the sticker price on my Roon re-buy. Considering most high tier games it seems many of those players just bought a account. VMF DD are more or less the same after the Kiev so don't worry if you join a high tier battle. With the current meta 75% of the BB will snipe from 20km, the cruisers hide behind islands and will not move the rest of the game while DD spend their time killing each other or invisifire HE or torpedo walls. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
837 Fletcher7_1944 Members 4,680 posts Report post #5 Posted March 3, 2017 (edited) I thought about it, but don't feel like blowing all my free xp researching more DD's I won't play right away. I'm only just on Gnevny... Not too happy about losing it in a couple of days, though. I know I'll get a replacement ship and some goodies, but I really like THIS one, and will now have to re-earn it. One question: Is Gnevny getting buffed? or it it just getting bumped up a tier? I don't recall seeing/hearing in the announcements... I may break down, and free xp/buy Ognevoi, just so I don't have to re-earn and rebuy Gnevny. I'm not especially GOOD at Gnevny, but it sure is a fun one to play. Edit- never mind, I saw in another thread, that I'll get to keep the Gnevny, and I'll just get the new tier V. Being the greedy bastage that I am, I may still buy the current tier 6, just to add to the fun, lol. Edited March 3, 2017 by Fletcher7_1944 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
707 Sink_Stuff Beta Testers 1,971 posts 13,942 battles Report post #6 Posted March 3, 2017 It occurs to me that after my frantic DD re-buy to posture for 0.6.2 I will have a Tier IX VMF DD without ever playing a Tier VIII (once "Trashkent," which I own, moves). That's gonna be awesome for my teammates! As will whatever replaces her at tier, I'm sure. I can probably not be terrible in Kiev...maybe... Who else i just gonna take the 11 million silver for owning Gnevny, Ognevoi, Kiev and Tashkent and then turn around and sell all the tier V/VI/VII as soon as the patch drops? I could see MAYBE keeping one at Tier VI and VII...that's still four boats to liquidate on top of that cool 11 mil or so. It won't get me my money back to pre-spending spree levels, but it will at least pay the sticker price on my Roon re-buy. I won't be selling any of them because I have premium camo on all of them that have it except the Udaloi. So, I get 2 free permanent camo's and 3 other camos upgraded to a higher tier cammo free. It's like a 2 for one sale on premium permanent camo in the end so to speak. As well, they all get a 300 HE damage increase per shot, which for fast firing gun boat dd's, that's a big deal. They also receive slight buffs to help them deal with being up-tiered. So no, I will be using them, not selling them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,498 Grizley Beta Testers 6,868 posts 4,189 battles Report post #7 Posted March 3, 2017 I'll probably sell most of them. I played through them once already. I'll be keeping the Udaloi, but I was keeping it before this whole thing. I'll just be getting a new captain for it since it is/was empty after the captain moved the Khabarovsk. My most played Russian DD is the Khabarovsk, which may or may not make me any less of a potato if I dropped down to a T6 DD or something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
523 [HINON] Admiral_Franz_von_Hipper Members 2,136 posts 5,764 battles Report post #8 Posted March 4, 2017 I thought about it, but don't feel like blowing all my free xp researching more DD's I won't play right away. I'm only just on Gnevny... Not too happy about losing it in a couple of days, though. I know I'll get a replacement ship and some goodies, but I really like THIS one, and will now have to re-earn it. One question: Is Gnevny getting buffed? or it it just getting bumped up a tier? I don't recall seeing/hearing in the announcements... I may break down, and free xp/buy Ognevoi, just so I don't have to re-earn and rebuy Gnevny. I'm not especially GOOD at Gnevny, but it sure is a fun one to play. Edit- never mind, I saw in another thread, that I'll get to keep the Gnevny, and I'll just get the new tier V. Being the greedy bastage that I am, I may still buy the current tier 6, just to add to the fun, lol. Since you have the Gnevny now, you will get the T5 Podvoisky and the T6 Gnevny. You won't have to re-research or rebuy it later. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,153 [ARGSY] centarina Members 10,326 posts 16,228 battles Report post #9 Posted March 4, 2017 I don't care about t5. I just have ognevoi, kiev, udaloi and khab. kinda sad that I have to regrind udaloi from scratch. (since I have 110k extra xp on it which I will lose) not sure about keeping tash or kiev. we will see. training new captain is such a chore and It will be pain to regrind stock hull on udaloi and retrain the captain. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
837 Fletcher7_1944 Members 4,680 posts Report post #10 Posted March 4, 2017 Since you have the Gnevny now, you will get the T5 Podvoisky and the T6 Gnevny. You won't have to re-research or rebuy it later. Thanks- I edited my post. I broke down, and grabbed Ognevoi AND Kiev, last night- because who doesn't love free ships? I'll have to buckle down and play a lot of games in premiums and Elites to fill that fxp hole back up,lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
332 hoom Beta Testers 2,580 posts 4,750 battles Report post #11 Posted March 5, 2017 Who else i just gonna take the 11 million silver for owning Gnevny, Ognevoi, Kiev and Tashkent and then turn around and sell all the tier V/VI/VII as soon as the patch drops? A lot depends on exactly what changes the re-tiered ships get. Podvoisky may be pretty fun with so much speed at T5, 5 guns on 360deg mounts may make up for the slow RoF, poor range though so could be really awful. I'll almost certainly not play Gnevny since I already have Gremy & Anshan, probably keep it in port to complete the set though. Ognevoi might be one of the best with actually usable 10km torps & invisifire, faster turning/shell velocity & DP B-2-U turret. Minsk seems weaker than Kiev but may still be fun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,882 [WTFS] TheKrimzonDemon Members 9,337 posts 13,771 battles Report post #12 Posted March 5, 2017 I'm selling all the ones I've played already and hated: Ognevoi, Gnevny. I may, I stress may, keep Kiev, and I'll keep Trashinyourcansmycanseveryonescans cuz I just got it. I'll play the new ones to see what they're like, but will prolly sell them shortly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,153 [ARGSY] centarina Members 10,326 posts 16,228 battles Report post #13 Posted March 5, 2017 I do recommend buying all the DDs and equipping them fully at 1/2 price mod sale so when it becomes released, you will have bunch of mods in storage for half price. Then you will get all the moneh and you can still sell them later on. profit..!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
