Sniping wars

[anonym_uO7eEzhrDxsi]

Lol! Playing a BB that pushes this weekend is going to take extra Prozac!

[McDoob]

BBs can push? From my own observations, I thought they were just supposed to go sit at J1 or A12 and look pretty...

[anonym_uO7eEzhrDxsi]

BBs can push? From my own observations, I thought they were just supposed to go sit at J1 or A12 and look pretty...

 

That does seem to be the theme today. The successful team as always is the one that communicates.

[Herr_Reitz]

I figured I'd grind some coop to complete the free ship mission. Took my GK and went at it.. I was the only hooman... it was great. Interestingly enough...the game included nearly all of the toughest Tier X ships with two or three dd... but it was great. NO CAMPERS TO BE SEEN ANYWHERE. Glorious.

 

Then played my Nagato for the same reason in Coop - er mah gawd two dd's acted as if they were in division! They locked on to me and pummeled the crap out of me. They must have been using IFHE because they wracked up massive amounts of damage. They kilt me. So while you might think pushing a BB in coop is easy-peasy... don't get lazy on your tactics like I did. 

[McDoob]

 

That does seem to be the theme today. The successful team as always is the one that communicates.

 

Today?

[anonym_uO7eEzhrDxsi]

 

Today?

 

Haha! Good point! I haven't been in a division today so it's been even more frustrating!

[Cruxdei]

battleship mains AKA heavy tankers from world of tanks don't want peasants cruisers and rats DDs to scrath their paint so they stay far away and pray that their shells hit something.

[CylonRed]

I have decidedly seen the opposite today in the games I have played.

[Batwingsix]

I just jump in the Mo and usually get mid way and watch everyone ditch me... 

[Mizzerys_Fate]

Last night, I took my Bismark out.

Secondary build minus manual.

Believe map was north.

Mode was epicenter.

Ene.y has 5 Dd's 

....

I spawned on South side.

Hit full w....

You should have seen 2 dds and 2 cruisers panicked when I pushed through their smoke.

Made it all the way to just past north point of last ring...I was within 2 km of 4 camping bbs....

88k dam. 3 kills. 1 CQE....

....

I hate that mode, but dam was that fun..

Of course, I had 2 dds and 2 cruiser follow behind the dumb bb player to the middle....

By time I died we had a 6 ship advantage.

[Admiral_Thrawn_1]

BBs can push? From my own observations, I thought they were just supposed to go sit at J1 or A12 and look pretty...

 

lol you guys obviously have not played BBs like I do, I often push and drain entire Warships of their HP and sending them to the bottom of the ocean as I roll though their ranks...

True I get killed eventually often times but the rewards have been excellent and I get compliments from the enemy on how well I play since they have to admit it's good lol part of the secret is making good use of islands, main armament and secondary guns, plus if your brawling ships in secondary gun range more than likely aircraft are not going to drop ordnance on your head thanks to the fish of friendly fire and if they take that risk then you and the ships your brawling either can all go down because of it lol good times XD

 

Oh and the feeling you get after running over a poor Destroyer with your massive bow never gets old either 

[McDoob]

 

lol you guys obviously have not played BBs like I do, I often push and drain entire Warships of their HP and sending them to the bottom of the ocean as I roll though their ranks...

True I get killed eventually often times but the rewards have been excellent and I get compliments from the enemy on how well I play since they have to admit it's good lol part of the secret is making good use of islands, main armament and secondary guns, plus if your brawling ships in secondary gun range more than likely aircraft are not going to drop ordnance on your head thanks to the fish of friendly fire and if they take that risk then you and the ships your brawling either can all go down because of it lol good times XD

 

Oh and the feeling you get after running over a poor Destroyer with your massive bow never gets old either 

 

You are quite right. I have not played BBs very much at all, in fact. I prefer to speed/WASD tank, rather than armor tank.

 

All too often, though, I feel like I'm getting pummeled whilst nearby big guns are suspiciously silent...if they're even nearby...Don't get me wrong, I don't overextend. But if you're the only one spotted because all of the heavies are going the exact other direction all of a sudden...

[Skyfaller]

HE and Fire damage is the only reason BB's snipe. If they push, they get slapped with rapid fire HE with nonstop fires. If they snipe they avoid that. Simple as that.

 

Just think about it for a moment.. the BB is supposed to be the ship with the massive armor that protects it... yet HE and fire literally bypass that armor and rapidly chews out their HP pool. Even a destroyer can burn down a BB with its guns, its THAT bad of a gameplay design.

 

If HE rounds did not do damage unless they penetrated the armor... and HE that didn't penetrate the armor would damage external modules more often (AA/secondaries/torp launchers/radar mounts/etc)... and fires ONLY had a chance to start if they penetrate the armor... then you'd have a situation where destroyer guns wouldn't be able to hurt a BB (that's why they have torpedoes to begin with)... where cruisers could only hurt BB's with AP in superstructure (where the armor and angling would apply damage mitigation) or with torpedoes (if they have them).... where BB's main threat are torpedoes and other BB's .

 

That would make the game dynamics change dramatically.

 

 

[Admiral_Thrawn_1]

HE and Fire damage is the only reason BB's snipe. If they push, they get slapped with rapid fire HE with nonstop fires. If they snipe they avoid that. Simple as that.

 

 

Just think about it for a moment.. the BB is supposed to be the ship with the massive armor that protects it... yet HE and fire literally bypass that armor and rapidly chews out their HP pool. Even a destroyer can burn down a BB with its guns, its THAT bad of a gameplay design.

 

 

If HE rounds did not do damage unless they penetrated the armor... and HE that didn't penetrate the armor would damage external modules more often (AA/secondaries/torp launchers/radar mounts/etc)... and fires ONLY had a chance to start if they penetrate the armor... then you'd have a situation where destroyer guns wouldn't be able to hurt a BB (that's why they have torpedoes to begin with)... where cruisers could only hurt BB's with AP in superstructure (where the armor and angling would apply damage mitigation) or with torpedoes (if they have them).... where BB's main threat are torpedoes and other BB's .

 

 

That would make the game dynamics change dramatically.

 

 

 

 

 

hmm good point, I have gotten 3 or 4 fires at once going on my HP guage which is annoying, but my AP spam to their citadels often makes up for it lol. But HE should indeed have less effect on Battleships. He vs Battleships needs to be more like it is with WOT Blitz where unless you have massive Caliber guns vs the other guy's weak armor you won't pen much less set on fire while depending on AP pen you will set a tank on fire.