Playing different tiers is difficult some times

[Buzzardsluck]

 Been playing between my tier 9 German Freddy BB and then going to my Tier 6 Arizona. This is totally different styles and it take a few games to adjust. Been staying more with the Arizona because of the play style at that tier. I find it more exciting where tier 9-10 is a snipe fest regarding BBs. Have to learn that style to be honest. I tend to over commit and end up out front with plenty of focus fire. It is a fine line of dying too fast or being ragged on by team mate complaining of you in the back. Tiers 6-7 I find less of this, not none but less. IMO. HF GL.

[Estimated_Prophet]

Utterly, completely, and shamelessly biased; but in my opinion you're not missing anything by avoiding high-tier games. You like boredom and/or stress? Then hey; go for it...

 

...but then like I said; that's just me.

[The_first_harbinger]

Yes, in high tiers the engagement distances elongates and leaves less options for bbs, but there's nothing wrong with that IMO

Sure you can play bbs tier 8 and below the same way, cruise wherever the you please(as long as not where it would be suicidally stupid) and prey to RNG, but I find it more fun to sit back and snipe a little. 

Seeing those little cruisers spamming their little HE feeling like they are unicums, then blast the life out of them from invisibility in my Iowa or NC is more satisfying don't you think?

 

[Teske]

29 minutes ago, The_first_harbinger said:

Yes, in high tiers the engagement distances elongates and leaves less options for bbs, but there's nothing wrong with that IMO

Sure you can play bbs tier 8 and below the same way, cruise wherever the you please(as long as not where it would be suicidally stupid) and prey to RNG, but I find it more fun to sit back and snipe a little. 

Seeing those little cruisers spamming their little HE feeling like they are unicums, then blast the life out of them from invisibility in my Iowa or NC is more satisfying don't you think?

 

As one of those cruisers, I say, by all means sit in the back and snipe leaving your flanks unprotected. Just HE spam? No way I'm letting that much damage slip by AP on you upper belt and stern is too effective, I'll shred your side with a mixed bag of fun because you're siting in the back, slow, unable properly to deal with me peppering your side because if you do you open up your side to my teams BB's.

[Wowzery]

I shift all around from T9 to T4 with occasional T3 games.  Mostly T6 and 8 is what I play so I'm used to the changing tactics of a game.  Sometimes I forget, go why is that match so boring, then realize, I'm in a T8-10 match.

[The_first_harbinger]

36 minutes ago, Teske said:

As one of those cruisers, I say, by all means sit in the back and snipe leaving your flanks unprotected. Just HE spam? No way I'm letting that much damage slip by AP on you upper belt and stern is too effective, I'll shred your side with a mixed bag of fun because you're siting in the back, slow, unable properly to deal with me peppering your side because if you do you open up your side to my teams BB's.

That's what every cruiser captain(including me a while ago) was thinking.

As a unicum(barely) with Mikhail Kutuzov being my most played ship I would give you a little word of advice: Don't get too carried away dealing damage to a battleship who over extends and gets his upper belt demolished by AP(which I find puzzling how since there's not really many angles where you can actually penetrate AP), a true patient unicum US bb captain never gets spotted first. In fact, I would recommend taking incoming fire alert skill. When I say sit back, I mean barely out side of detection range, 14km max. It's not that hard to score big hits from that distance, especially when one like me spent 3000+ games and hundreds of hours perfecting our aim, and when the salvo hits, they hurt, BAD.

I personally guarantee it.

The sitting back part is only a portion of high tier bb game play, but it's the only significant part that differs from lower tier bb gameplay. If situation arises I will definitely lead in front and soak up the damage and joust against any bb that is not German, it's just there are more efficient ways to kill more important ships with high damage potential.

[Teske]

6 hours ago, The_first_harbinger said:

I would recommend taking incoming fire alert skill.

I do, every cruiser, I doesn't supplement actually watching for the shell coming in but helps avoid just getting deleted without a clue as too someone was shooting you. Found out how useful it is playing 500+ team battles in Nürnberg, get spotted 5 seconds later here come the shots from their Fuso camping the backfield, drop off detection take one of our DD's with me and jab at a flank (note I say jab, not go full Jenkins), like clockwork.

 

[Seamus_44]

Guess it depends on what and how you play. the Khabarovsk is my all time favorite ship. I agree that many high-tier battles have excessive camping, just leaves more fight for me. The T6-8 games also have their own mixes. Used to play often T4 till they nerfed the Isokazie. Now I rarely go below T6, ships are just too limited. The exception is T5 CVs, but I'm  just learning carriers and T6 is the highest I have.