Playing a DD. Do's and dont's.

[Idolsmasher]

After a year of playing mostly Destroyers in World of Warships, here is my list of do's and don'ts.

 

 

Lets go with the do's first:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Play for you and only you. It's your free time.

Hang back and relax, do what the Battleships do. You are a Torpedo boat.

Let the Cruisers and Battleships do their own spotting.

Try to cap at the start, good points for you. Run if needed.

Always have the max smoke your ship can equip.

Often glance at the mini map.

Know your concealment parameters on the battlefield.

Always get total destruction payback.

 

Now the don'ts:

Don't forget the first do in my do list. ^

Don't ever take orders.

Don't listen to the Battleships or Cruisers. They want you out in front get'n shot at so they can avoid being exposed.

Don't forget about the last do in my do list. ^

Don't communicate. It will only expose you to the trolls, foul mouthed children, parents basement dwellers, and the overall toxic existence of the player base.

Don't turn the other cheek with team damage. When FF occurs, shoot the offender until sinking. (unless there is an immediate apology)

Don't try to be a hero, you will only be sunk.

Don't worry about team wins, only worry about you getting your points.

Don't think any team mate has got your back, they don't.

Don't worry about cutting off a team mate with a torpedo attack, the team mate never worries about you.

Don't go to a team mates aid, unless it will place you in a better position to acquire more points for yourself.

Don't worry about being out front spotting.

Don't waste your consumables on others (smoke and hydro), They don't and won't help you.

 

This list truly represents education through experience, I hope it helps.          Enjoy playing DD's!!!

 

 

 

 

 

[Zim_Xero]

Everyone is entitled to an opinion.  A few points where I differ:

 

• It is good to smoke for  Battleships and for Cruisers like the Atlanta in the right spots.  You just have to get a feel for whether they will use it.  Occasionally, they will blaze right thru like they don't even realize the smoke is laid for them and is useful.
• I do not recommend firing at players who hit you.  Report them as a bad player instead.  Remember their names if you feel the need to hold a grudge.
• Team mates are like terrain... they have your back like a mountain protects you against an assault.  Use your team mates for tactical advantages, with no expectations.
• Don't stick to the rear and fire with countless torpedoes from distances.  Get up and show yourself to soak up enemy misses when you can safely do so and there is no good target to position for.
• Personally, I focus on wins first.  Last night I heard the chat box call me out (first time this has happened in over 2000 games) as a bad player avoiding conflict in order to get easy kills.  In reality, I was re-positioning to the strong side so that the slow enemy BBs on my dying front would waste forever getting into position on the main group.  We won, handily.. but I scored light damage personally.

[Elo_J_Fudpucker]

After a year of playing mostly Destroyers in World of Warships, here is my list of do's and don'ts.

 

 

 

Lets go with the do's first:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Play for you and only you. It's your free time.

Hang back and relax, do what the Battleships do. You are a Torpedo boat.

Let the Cruisers and Battleships do their own spotting.

Try to cap at the start, good points for you. Run if needed.

Always have the max smoke your ship can equip.

Often glance at the mini map.

Know your concealment parameters on the battlefield.

Always get total destruction payback.

 

 

 

​... tell me this is sarcasm....

 

 

[IronWolfV]

[Destroyer_Zeka]

Here's another: Dont sit in smoke

[HazardDrake]

Always play Khabarovsk with heal. Burn BBs to the waterline while listening to Rob Zombie "Dragula" on repeat.

 

When finished, burn cruisers.

 

Chase down inferior non-communist DDs using RPF and redistribute their lunch money among your crew.

[Rolkatsuki]

I think this is more of a post that's aimed at psychologically attacking selfish DD players as a form of trolling. 

[VTAdmiral]

[Kapitan_Wuff]

[CapnCappy]

I think each line of DDs really needs its dos and don'ts but even then it's more ship specific sometimes. For instance, a Clemson doesn't play like a Fletcher at all. A Fubuki is not a Akizuki.

[SwordSmith95]

Coming from a self described selfless DD captain....

 

I don't agree with many of his points, however like it or not, until team play is rewarded significantly, or a culture of support is created, this is BY FAR the smartest way to play. I won't use it, but I won't knock any other DDs who do.

 

Think about this next time you tell your bottom tier DD to spot for you...

[KyourakuShunsui]

This is a perfect post of what NOT to do in a DD. The problem is, I see way too many tier 10 DD players (particularly in the Gearing) doing what the OP suggests. But after looking at the OPs play in DDs, I don't think he is being sarcastic. I think he is serious. Which is scary.

[khan1670]

You forgot  "Always wait for your torps to reload instead of shooting that dd with 100 health while he kills you instead."

[Destroyer_Zeka]

You forgot  "Always wait for your torps to reload instead of shooting that dd with 100 health while he kills you instead."

 

I was once in a Leningrad game where I had 3 HP vs. a full health Fubuki as the last ships on our teams, and when I dodged his first torp salvo, he sat there while his torps reloaded without firing a shot and I killed him on 3 HP

[The_GoDDfather]

*Hopes for sarcasm*

[desmo_2]

Hang back and relax, do what the Battleships do. You are a Torpedo boat.  This is not a destroyer's role.  Disagree completely.

Let the Cruisers and Battleships do their own spotting.  Spotting is a huge role of destroyers.  Disagree completely.

Try to cap at the start, good points for you. Run if needed.  Yes.

Always have the max smoke your ship can equip.  Meh, depends on nationality.

Often glance at the mini map.  Very much yes.

Know your concealment parameters on the battlefield.  Very much yes.

Always get total destruction payback.  What does this even mean?

 

Now the don'ts:

Don't ever take orders.  Better stated:  Know what orders you agree with, disregard those that are stupid.

Don't listen to the Battleships or Cruisers. They want you out in front get'n shot at so they can avoid being exposed.  Wrong.  Spot for them, it's one of the several roles of a DD.

Don't communicate. It will only expose you to the trolls, foul mouthed children, parents basement dwellers, and the overall toxic existence of the player base.  wth?  U serious?

Don't turn the other cheek with team damage. When FF occurs, shoot the offender until sinking. (unless there is an immediate apology)  Completely disagree.

Don't worry about team wins, only worry about you getting your points.  Winning is THE most important thing.  Again, wth?  U serious?

Don't think any team mate has got your back, they don't.  I think I see why that may be in your case.

Don't worry about cutting off a team mate with a torpedo attack, the team mate never worries about you.  AGAIN, wth?  U serious?

Don't go to a team mates aid, unless it will place you in a better position to acquire more points for yourself.  Troll alarm sounding.  Suspect troll.

Don't worry about being out front spotting.   Troll visually confirmed.

Don't waste your consumables on others (smoke and hydro), They don't and won't help you.  Sigh.  Yep, troll.  And I wasted all this pretty orange ink...

 

 

[khan1670]

 

I was once in a Leningrad game where I had 3 HP vs. a full health Fubuki as the last ships on our teams, and when I dodged his first torp salvo, he sat there while his torps reloaded without firing a shot and I killed him on 3 HP

 

[Tachnechdorus]

After a year of playing mostly Destroyers in World of Warships, here is my list of do's and don'ts.

 

 

 

Lets go with the do's first:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Play for you and only you. It's your free time.

Hang back and relax, do what the Battleships do. You are a Torpedo boat.

Let the Cruisers and Battleships do their own spotting.

Try to cap at the start, good points for you. Run if needed.

Always have the max smoke your ship can equip.

Often glance at the mini map.

Know your concealment parameters on the battlefield.

Always get total destruction payback.

 

 

Now the don'ts:

Don't forget the first do in my do list. ^

Don't ever take orders.

Don't listen to the Battleships or Cruisers. They want you out in front get'n shot at so they can avoid being exposed.

Don't forget about the last do in my do list. ^

Don't communicate. It will only expose you to the trolls, foul mouthed children, parents basement dwellers, and the overall toxic existence of the player base.

Don't turn the other cheek with team damage. When FF occurs, shoot the offender until sinking. (unless there is an immediate apology)

Don't try to be a hero, you will only be sunk.

Don't worry about team wins, only worry about you getting your points.

Don't think any team mate has got your back, they don't.

Don't worry about cutting off a team mate with a torpedo attack, the team mate never worries about you.

Don't go to a team mates aid, unless it will place you in a better position to acquire more points for yourself.

Don't worry about being out front spotting.

Don't waste your consumables on others (smoke and hydro), They don't and won't help you.

 

 

This list truly represents education through experience, I hope it helps.          Enjoy playing DD's!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I do like those rules.....

[prevans]

This post should not be interpreted literally, but rather as a sarcastic and satirical jibe at cruiser and battleship players.  His comments about ignoring other players and never communicating reflect the frustration one inevitably has when playing a DD - that your teammates are constantly telling you what to do, where to be, etc.  From my observations, DD captains get a disproportionate amount of flak from their teammates.  I hardly ever see criticism leveled at a CL/CA that ventures too close to the enemy BBs and is deleted.  BB captains are only ever chastised when they are in a German BB playing as snipers (and even then, not nearly enough for that particularly egregious crime).   DDs on the other hand will be called out for not defending caps, not attacking caps, not spotting all enemy ships at all times, not spotting torps (I've actually seen this), not smoking to cover a friendly in distress, and so on.

[grumpymunky]

I thought this was satire until... never mind, not gonna go there.

Some good points at least.

[Neltak]

This post should not be interpreted literally, but rather as a sarcastic and satirical jibe at cruiser and battleship players.  His comments about ignoring other players and never communicating reflect the frustration one inevitably has when playing a DD - that your teammates are constantly telling you what to do, where to be, etc.  From my observations, DD captains get a disproportionate amount of flak from their teammates.  I hardly ever see criticism leveled at a CL/CA that ventures too close to the enemy BBs and is deleted.  BB captains are only ever chastised when they are in a German BB playing as snipers (and even then, not nearly enough for that particularly egregious crime).   DDs on the other hand will be called out for not defending caps, not attacking caps, not spotting all enemy ships at all times, not spotting torps (I've actually seen this), not smoking to cover a friendly in distress, and so on.

 

From my experiences CV players get the most flak. All they have to do is let one strike get through all game and they get crap for it, even if they are dominating in the air.  After that, yeah...DDs get a lot of criticism. I mainly play DDs so hear a fair bit of that and most of the time ignore it. Unless I'm in a bad mood or just really don't want to hear it, then I start telling him how to play his ship. If you want to captain my ship it is only fair I can captain yours.

[HyperFish]

From my observations, DD captains get a disproportionate amount of flak from their teammates.

 

Played much CV then?

[Ajax_the_Great1]

So if I follow this advice, I too can get a cool 47% W/R? Thanks!

[Wyngs_2015]

Always play Khabarovsk with heal. Burn BBs to the waterline while listening to Rob Zombie "Dragula" on repeat.

 

When finished, burn cruisers.

 

Chase down inferior non-communist DDs using RPF and redistribute their lunch money among your crew.

 

That one made me chuckle 

[_hat_]

FTFY?