Let's have a group healing session - share the worst play you have ever seen/seen recently

[suleiman71]

What I'm about to tell you is extremely traumatizing. It's traumatizing enough to where I'm going to explain it all in a spoiler.

 

Let's all share the worst play we've ever seen or recently seen.

 

 Each time has 3 ships left. We have a Tirpitz, Budyonny, and Bayern. They have a New Mexico, Aoba, and Gneisenau. Tirpitz has around 65% health, while Bayern has around 95%. Budyonny has around 5%. Enemy New Mexico is full HP, Gneisenau around 15%, and Aoba has around 8%. Our Budyonny managed to lose to Aoba, who was left on 78(yes, 78) health. Meanwhile, across the map, our Tirpitz and Bayern had the bright idea of splitting up(that's right - they split up). Now our Bayern runs into the New Mexico, while for some time the Gneisenau ineffectually shoots him from 12-14km. What happened to the Bayern, you might ask? He went broadside to a new Mexico. You're not imagining it. I did in fact say that the Bayern went broadside at point blank range. Now what happened?

 

CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! BOOM!

 

He died. In three salvos. Now it's our Tirpitz vs. Aoba(78hp), Gneisenau(14k), and New Mexico(20kish). Tirpitz runs into Gneisenau, and kills him - though he ate a torpedo that he could have avoided. He's now at about 25,000 health. What's next? Aoba for dinner! He takes 6k AP damage from the Aoba at about 7km before killing him.

 

And suddenly...

 

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

 

He died. Now what happened? The Aoba launched four torpedoes before his demise. Now the Tirpitz had more than enough time to dodge, since his back was pointing at the Aoba when he died. BUT, Mr. Wiseguy decided to turn broadside relative to the Aoba's last position.

 

And suddenly, four fish appeared...and then...

 

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

 

Our Tirpitz ate four torpedoes that were all completely avoidable. Had he lived, he'd be facing a new Mexico at 20,000 something health, while he had around 19,000. Such a match-up would have been heavily within his favor, and we'd have won despite the fact the Gneisenau had taken B cap shortly after our Bismarck(1st on our team's base XP) and I(2nd on our team's base XP) had succumbed to the beatings we'd received around two minutes before the match ended.

 

This match could have been easily won had our two cruisers not died to the Aoba, had I not been hit by an Anshan's torpedoes, had our Bismarck not been put in a bad position, and had our BBs not split up and faced their opposition alone.

 

 

[Macabe]

Day 1 of patch that included two brothers. Entire team went down mid. Entire enemy team was waiting for them.... You know what happened next.

[SergeantHop]

Today in Ranked, I was on Fault Line. Spawned in the south, in my Sims.

 

So, the team moves towards the east cap, and all the battleships are having a difficult time getting up the testicular fortitude to actually move in and do something. AFK Yorck, and a Pensacola who's complaining about how little the team is doing.

 

This, in itself, is fine, until I look at the minimap and he's sailing up the channel on the far east, by himself. He comes out of the channel, in a Pensacola, 5km to an enemy Colorado. Said enemy Colorado proceeds to turn and delete the Pensacola from full health in one salvo, because of course it did. This person then has the audacity to call me stupid and tell me that it was a "Flanking maneuver" (not wrong) and that I would understand when I grew up. 

 

No words to describe how dumb that person was. And people wonder why everyone hates ranked.

[HMCS_Devilfish]

My worst game, lost 2 ships immediately,I look,, all 7 head East, in 30 seconds me and a DD left 10 seconds later just me left , without a scratch nor fired a shot , the rest didn't go well either

[Fritz131]

Random Match in my Gneisenau. Allied Tirpitz calls us vulgarities and tells us to push the side we're on. So our side, we push up a ways and start getting shot and so we take cover behind the islands, though we don't fall back, we simply hold our ground...

 

Except the allied Tirpitz...

 

I own the ship and tend to do this admittedly when I haven't played WoWs in a while but still, it's usually a coop.

 

Anyway, this idiot cruises right into the open ocean beyond the islands and proceeds to take fire from HE and AP shells alike, all while cruising ahead. He dies (we worked a lot of them down while they were distracted) and then proceeds to curse and swear at us because we didn't push up with him. Sadly we lost that match after the opposite flank fell and we were outnumbered.

[MrEndeavour]

Day 1 of patch that included two brothers. Entire team went down mid. Entire enemy team was waiting for them.... You know what happened next.

 

Must have been a great sight to see.

[Destroyer_Zeka]

I always facepalm when people in VMF DDs try to shoot from smoke.

[RedSeaBear]

I saw a Scharnhorst in Rank consistently firing torps at any and every enemy ship no matter the range.

The only thing he hit was a friendly IJN destroyer who promptly sank.

Yep we lost that game.

 

Ranked is like getting put on a group project but only two students do any of the work. 

[SergeantHop]

I always facepalm when people in VMF DDs try to shoot from smoke.

 

Uh...why would one not do this?

[tcbaker777]

if theres one thing this game has taught us, its that you cant fix stupidity 

[BB3_Oregon_Steel]

What I'm about to tell you is extremely traumatizing. It's traumatizing enough to where I'm going to explain it all in a spoiler.

 

Let's all share the worst play we've ever seen or recently seen.

 

 Each time has 3 ships left. We have a Tirpitz, Budyonny, and Bayern. They have a New Mexico, Aoba, and Gneisenau. Tirpitz has around 65% health, while Bayern has around 95%. Budyonny has around 5%. Enemy New Mexico is full HP, Gneisenau around 15%, and Aoba has around 8%. Our Budyonny managed to lose to Aoba, who was left on 78(yes, 78) health. Meanwhile, across the map, our Tirpitz and Bayern had the bright idea of splitting up(that's right - they split up). Now our Bayern runs into the New Mexico, while for some time the Gneisenau ineffectually shoots him from 12-14km. What happened to the Bayern, you might ask? He went broadside to a new Mexico. You're not imagining it. I did in fact say that the Bayern went broadside at point blank range. Now what happened?

 

CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! BOOM!

 

He died. In three salvos. Now it's our Tirpitz vs. Aoba(78hp), Gneisenau(14k), and New Mexico(20kish). Tirpitz runs into Gneisenau, and kills him - though he ate a torpedo that he could have avoided. He's now at about 25,000 health. What's next? Aoba for dinner! He takes 6k AP damage from the Aoba at about 7km before killing him.

 

And suddenly...

 

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

 

He died. Now what happened? The Aoba launched four torpedoes before his demise. Now the Tirpitz had more than enough time to dodge, since his back was pointing at the Aoba when he died. BUT, Mr. Wiseguy decided to turn broadside relative to the Aoba's last position.

 

And suddenly, four fish appeared...and then...

 

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

 

Our Tirpitz ate four torpedoes that were all completely avoidable. Had he lived, he'd be facing a new Mexico at 20,000 something health, while he had around 19,000. Such a match-up would have been heavily within his favor, and we'd have won despite the fact the Gneisenau had taken B cap shortly after our Bismarck(1st on our team's base XP) and I(2nd on our team's base XP) had succumbed to the beatings we'd received around two minutes before the match ended.

 

This match could have been easily won had our two cruisers not died to the Aoba, had I not been hit by an Anshan's torpedoes, had our Bismarck not been put in a bad position, and had our BBs not split up and faced their opposition alone.

 

 

 

This is the worst you've seen?  Obviously you're playing with better teams than I've been on.  

 

I've been in a ranked battle with me in a cruiser and with no dd's, so we go for one of the objectives and, with no dd's I push the cap as I'm supposed to expecting at least some support from my team.  Unfortunately when I get there and before I've even made firm contact with the enemy, I look at the minimap and my entire team is huddled behind a rock not big enough to shelter one ship not to mention 6.  Predictably as I'm trying to get out of my lone ranger situation, the enemy team begins to show up and I get blown up trying to get the hell out of Dodge.  When I look back at my team they are still hiding behind said rock and as far as I can tell, haven't fired a shot.  

 

I then get into spectator mode and watch as the rest of my team is colliding with each other in that confined space, some accidentally shooting each other or the island as the enemy gets into position and begins blowing them away.  At that point, those that are still alive scatter to the four winds to be picked off quickly or hunted down a like baby seals. 

 

It was just surreal. 

 

I might have seen something as bad in one of my Random battles but either I can't recall it or the experience was too traumatizing for me to remember.

 

Battleships giving the enemy broadsides, Ha!  Ships eating torps they can avoid, double Ha! Ha!.  Battleships splitting up when they should stay together, Ha! Ha! Ha!!!.   These are not uncommon my friend and are but trifles.  Three ships colliding when they are the only ships left on your side and getting torped in the process.  All your battleships running for the corners to snipe a 20+km or just cowering behind a rock and hardly even firing a shot. Battleships or cruisers hovering just outside of the cap you absolutely have to take right now, just rocking forwards then backwards waiting for something to come around rock A B or C so they can try to rack up some points, but getting ambushed instead.  Games where you have 7 ships left and the enemy only two and watching players make every mistake in the book so that the enemy wins by destroying all of your teams ships. These are but a few of the horrors awaiting you if you have not yet observed them.  Steel yourself my friend for the horrors to come.  

 

Just hope you sink in shallow water and have your life preserver with you at all times.  If you end up on one of these teams, you'll need it.  

 

[BB3_Oregon_Steel]

Today in Ranked, I was on Fault Line. Spawned in the south, in my Sims.

 

So, the team moves towards the east cap, and all the battleships are having a difficult time getting up the testicular fortitude to actually move in and do something. AFK Yorck, and a Pensacola who's complaining about how little the team is doing.

 

This, in itself, is fine, until I look at the minimap and he's sailing up the channel on the far east, by himself. He comes out of the channel, in a Pensacola, 5km to an enemy Colorado. Said enemy Colorado proceeds to turn and delete the Pensacola from full health in one salvo, because of course it did. This person then has the audacity to call me stupid and tell me that it was a "Flanking maneuver" (not wrong) and that I would understand when I grew up. 

 

No words to describe how dumb that person was. And people wonder why everyone hates ranked.

 

Got to admit, I don't hate ranked, I actually prefer it to Random Battles. 

 

There are exceptions like some I've mentioned above and the longer your in ranked trying to work your way up, the more you see it. 

 

On the the other hand, some of the most organized and successful battles I've been in have been in ranked and they stand out to me as examples of the way it should be done but rarely ever is.  Even in the less successful battles, by and large, the majority of the players at least attempt to work together which is a significant improvement over random battles.  I guess what's so distressing about ranked is when it begins to more and more resemble a Random battle free for all, and you compare it to how it was when you were playing with team players, it just becomes all the more painful to participate and play in because you know it doesn't have to be that way.

[Destroyer_Zeka]

 

Uh...why would one not do this?

 

Because its just not very intelligent. If you're in a VMF DD and you find yourself needing to pop smoke your as good as dead

[nickalaso123]

I'm losing nerves as I'm trying to progress through low tier ranked. Every time I gain a star I basically lose one the very next game cause teammates. I know I'm a pretty good player but there's only so hard you are able to carry in ranked.

[SergeantHop]

 

Because its just not very intelligent. If you're in a VMF DD and you find yourself needing to pop smoke your as good as dead

 

Uh...no. Smoke firing is hardly a bad plan. Needing and choosing are two very different things. It's a major part of the meta. I do it all the time and yet I seem to do just fine in it.

[suleiman71]

 

Uh...no. Smoke firing is hardly a bad plan. Needing and choosing are two very different things. It's a major part of the meta. I do it all the time and yet I seem to do just fine in it.

 

Same with me, though leaving that smoke once it's out can be a real chore at times.

 

In Tashkent I only use smoke for cover. She handles like a battleship when it comes to turning.

[BB3_Oregon_Steel]

One thing I've noticed is that playing with poor teammates changes your method of play.  If everyone is function as part of a working team, each type of vessel has a function to perform, the success of which is predicated on the other members of the team doing their part.  If you have confidence that your team will do that job then you act in certain ways which help achieve success.  On the other hand, if you don't have confidence your team will follow through then doing your "job" becomes a suicide mission even if it would normally lead to success with a better team.  This causes your play to become more conservative and less effective overall as you try to adapt your play style into something which gives at least a possibility of survival and success.  

 

The example I gave above is an extreme example of this.  Up until the point I was toast, I'd observed my team and reached the conclusion they were going to act as a team and support me.  Since we had no dd's, it was my and the other cruisers job to approach the caps and depend on the other members of the team to move forward and support us.  What I found out was that my team was behind me ... WAY behind me.  

 

That experience is something that has impacted every game I've played since, making me more conservative and making very very sure that if I move forward, I'll be supported, not hung out to dry.  Of course since I play more conservatively, it probably brings doubt into the minds of my teammates as to whether I will support them adequately which probably makes them more timid and so on and so on.  By the time you get to this period of ranked battles, the play increasingly resembles what you would find in random battles and that makes consistently winning more difficult.

 

If I understand your low tier rank comment, this means you are probably down somewhere 16 - 23 or so.  If so, the good news is that there are still team minded players out there and even random chance will put you on such a team from time to time and, eventually, you'll end up on a string of those teams that's long enough that you can battle to rank 15 (which, once obtained you can't lose) and then again to rank 12 (where this happens again).  After that your going to need a lot of luck or just be such a superior player that you can carry your team even if you have a bunch of lone rangers or similar people on your team.

 

Best of luck. 

[SergeantHop]

 

Same with me, though leaving that smoke once it's out can be a real chore at times.

 

In Tashkent I only use smoke for cover. She handles like a battleship when it comes to turning.

 

Well, as with all mechanics, choosing the appropriate time to use them is key. If you're being rushed by a FdG with two Baltimores, smoking up at 8km might not be the best choice. But out in open waters with no radar ships around, and lots of people around to spot for you and lots of targets to hit? Why would I not?

[Destroyer_Zeka]

 

Uh...no. Smoke firing is hardly a bad plan. Needing and choosing are two very different things. It's a major part of the meta. I do it all the time and yet I seem to do just fine in it.

 

Depends on the type of ship you're in really. VMF DDs don't rely on smoke and if you need to use it then something went seriously wrong with your game plan

[HazeGrayUnderway]

I'll let this 9 image album do the talking.  This was yesterday.  I had to watch the replay multiple times to see how the hell this happened.

 

 

[SergeantHop]

 

Depends on the type of ship you're in really. VMF DDs don't rely on smoke and if you need to use it then something went seriously wrong with your game plan

 

Yeah, my 81% winrate, 2.1k avg xp and 3 k/d in Tashkent seems to indicate I don't know what I'm doing. 

[khaenn35]

Aiming perfectly aimed shots multiple times in the Iowa, on broadside targets, and then missing... And then nearly losing a duel with the Roon at 6km, and then getting rekt because Yamato best ship.

Ended with 30k damage. This happens to me too much in the Iowa.

Hang me someone.

[Destroyer_Zeka]

 

Yeah, my 81% winrate, 2.1k avg xp and 3 k/d in Tashkent seems to indicate I don't know what I'm doing. 

 

I'm not saying you don't, and if those stats are true then more power to you. IMHO the VMF DDs don't really need smoke to be effective is what I'm trying to say here really. My opinion vs. yours. Neither of us win here, really

 

[Taichunger]

 

Yeah, my 81% winrate, 2.1k avg xp and 3 k/d in Tashkent seems to indicate I don't know what I'm doing. 

 

Man, I thought I was doing OK just getting to a 54% win rate in that thing. Hat's off to you!

[Destroyer_Zeka]

 

Yeah, my 81% winrate, 2.1k avg xp and 3 k/d in Tashkent seems to indicate I don't know what I'm doing. 

 

Just gonna go out on a stretch here and say that 31 battles is hardly a sufficient sample size