6,840 [RLGN] Estimated_Prophet Members 19,263 posts 35,706 battles Report post #1 Posted July 1, 2017 (edited) Nighteen games played; seven wins; TWELVE losses. Yay. I reached my main goal, the same one I have every season; and several minor goals. Secure the season flag; Rank 15. Actually accomplished this in my first six battles. Counting the number of times they were played in previous seasons of ranked, I played Cleveland, (1 time,) Ryujo, (2 times,) and Independance, (4 times,) each; to a total of five uses each in ranked, what I cionsider to be the minimum times played per ship/mode. In addition I played New Mexico twelve times, (ten more than originally planned,) for a total of 30 games played. As expected, my own self-inflicted choices and the normal issues, (personal potatoness, team potatoness, evil; treacherous, capricious RNG,) have destroyed my ability to care about ranked. Perhaps next season; unless by some lunacy it is tier five; the fact that I consider all my ducks to be in a row now for all tiers, (except for tier 5, of course,) will mean I can play the ships I like and am confident in, and will do better and not burn up so fast. I take consolation in the fact that it only took 19 games to reach such a point this season; fewer than last seasons's 25. Have fun, better luck, and more patience than I've had. Edited July 1, 2017 by Estimated_Prophet 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,848 Wulfgarn Members 5,597 posts 7,121 battles Report post #2 Posted July 1, 2017 Happy that you reached your goals! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,247 [SCCC] FayFay731 Members 1,137 posts 9,687 battles Report post #3 Posted July 1, 2017 You have nothing to lose if you play ranked except your time and your ranks... Spoiler Oh, I just realized what I just wrote. Well signal flags are nice in ranked. Besides, exp and credit payout is decent. Ranked is like the lottery, always a chance to win some goodies (but a very low chance if you're a noob like me. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
20 zapporius Members 66 posts 2,028 battles Report post #4 Posted July 1, 2017 21 minutes ago, Estimated_Prophet said: Independance Good thing that you quit, your team may have chance now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4,809 [HINON] tcbaker777 [HINON] Members 9,917 posts 18,386 battles Report post #5 Posted July 1, 2017 Just now, zapporius said: Good thing that you quit, your team may have chance now. wow, so you're a jerk, glad you cleared that up for everyone 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
20 zapporius Members 66 posts 2,028 battles Report post #6 Posted July 1, 2017 Just now, tcbaker777 said: wow, so you're a jerk, glad you cleared that up for everyone If honesty offends you, so be it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4,809 [HINON] tcbaker777 [HINON] Members 9,917 posts 18,386 battles Report post #7 Posted July 1, 2017 (edited) Just now, zapporius said: If honesty offends you, so be it. no, just saying your comment was uncalled for, kinda like alot of your comments that i looked through Edited July 1, 2017 by tcbaker777 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
20 zapporius Members 66 posts 2,028 battles Report post #8 Posted July 1, 2017 (edited) 1 minute ago, tcbaker777 said: no, just saying your comment was uncalled for tbh when people bring ships that don't work into ranked, and weaken their team, it IS called for. Go derp in randoms, try to be competitive in ranked. Independence, dunkershit, hatsuharu, nurnberg... you get the picture. Edited July 1, 2017 by zapporius Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,882 [WTFS] TheKrimzonDemon Members 9,335 posts 13,771 battles Report post #9 Posted July 1, 2017 4 minutes ago, zapporius said: Good thing that you quit, your team may have chance now. Damn, son, tell us how you really feel, mk? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
623 [-TKS-] Usedcarjock Members 1,333 posts 13,582 battles Report post #10 Posted July 1, 2017 3 minutes ago, zapporius said: tbh when people bring ships that don't work into ranked, and weaken their team, it IS called for. Go derp in randoms, try to be competitive in ranked. Independence, dunkershit, hatsuharu, nurnberg... you get the picture. Still more effective than a stock ship. I've seen players do great in the ships you listed above. Is it harder to do so? Absolutely. However, more often than not the captain is more important than the ship the captain sails. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,883 [YORHA] JCC45 Members 5,460 posts 12,131 battles Report post #11 Posted July 1, 2017 3 minutes ago, zapporius said: tbh when people bring ships that don't work into ranked, and weaken their team, it IS called for. Go derp in randoms, try to be competitive in ranked. Independence, dunkershit, hatsuharu, nurnberg... you get the picture. You know... if you are going to make statements like that you had better have a better than 25% win rate and be at least close to server average damage in ranked. Just sayin... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
34 [M-B] dannyboy1939 [M-B] Beta Testers, In AlfaTesters 212 posts 11,821 battles Report post #12 Posted July 1, 2017 Seen plenty of the ships saltyman has mentioned, you're good in it bring it, as long as you aren't stock and have a mindset to work as a group bring whatever, did well in my Nurn yesterday to get me to 12, switching to Leander and Nurn to toss it up a bit. Seen plenty of Dunkerques do well, seen plenty of AS Inides do well, seen a lot of Hatsu's dumping smoke for friendlies and taking points and keeping things spotted, what I do see struggle however are Graf Spee's and Aobas. Point is, bring what you preform best in and have at it, just remember it's not about you, it's about the team. Then again if you're a no lifer you bring things the meta dictates and rage in chat when you die.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,999 [V_KNG] Herr_Reitz Beta Testers 13,205 posts Report post #13 Posted July 1, 2017 26 minutes ago, zapporius said: tbh when people bring ships that don't work into ranked, and weaken their team, it IS called for. Go derp in randoms, try to be competitive in ranked. Independence, dunkershit, hatsuharu, nurnberg... you get the picture. Wow you are quite the expert with 6xx matches - congrats for enlightening us all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
7 Mech978 Members 27 posts 1,186 battles Report post #14 Posted July 1, 2017 It will drive you crazy. just played my first game of ranked at work lol been working to much. But used my Cleveland 15 point cap flags and was bow front at a BB they 13km he fired HE at me I det game OVER lol but just keep going hope to play more when I get home from work Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
623 [-TKS-] Usedcarjock Members 1,333 posts 13,582 battles Report post #15 Posted July 1, 2017 2 minutes ago, Herr_Reitz said: Wow you are quite the expert with 6xx matches - congrats for enlightening us all. Those with the least knowledge tend to be the world's largest know-it-alls. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
211 [WOLFB] misanthrope0 Beta Testers 1,180 posts 9,086 battles Report post #16 Posted July 1, 2017 51 minutes ago, FayFay731 said: You have nothing to lose if you play ranked except your time and your ranks... Hide contents Oh, I just realized what I just wrote. Well signal flags are nice in ranked. Besides, exp and credit payout is decent. Ranked is like the lottery, always a chance to win some goodies (but a very low chance if you're a noob like me. And your peace of mind, rewards seem to be really shite this season much less than what I remember farming last season for getting to Rank 15 so I'm not sure I even want to make even that much effort. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
444 [MPIRE] Ju87s Banned 1,662 posts 27,658 battles Report post #17 Posted July 1, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, zapporius said: Independence, dunkershit, hatsuharu, nurnberg... you get the picture. What's wrong with the Nberg? It has 155mm guns that now spin 360 degrees and have a 1/4 pen that fire every 6 seconds with 16.5km range Edited July 1, 2017 by Ju87s Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
313 Ajax_the_Great1 Members 1,128 posts 7,268 battles Report post #18 Posted July 1, 2017 1 hour ago, zapporius said: tbh when people bring ships that don't work into ranked, and weaken their team, it IS called for. Go derp in randoms, try to be competitive in ranked. Independence, dunkershit, hatsuharu, nurnberg... you get the picture. Hatsu is the king of the spotting game and has long range torps for safely breaking up smoke camping. I honestly would play it some if I had a captain for it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
594 sbcptnitro Members 2,709 posts 17,651 battles Report post #19 Posted July 1, 2017 I've done fairly well with the Dunkerque, so suck it. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
350 inktomi19d Members 1,744 posts 8,862 battles Report post #20 Posted July 1, 2017 1 hour ago, zapporius said: tbh when people bring ships that don't work into ranked, and weaken their team, it IS called for. Go derp in randoms, try to be competitive in ranked. Independence, dunkershit, hatsuharu, nurnberg... you get the picture. Both Dunkirk and Hatsuharu can be great when played to their strengths. I don't think the Independence has strengths though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
6,840 [RLGN] Estimated_Prophet Members 19,263 posts 35,706 battles Report post #21 Posted July 1, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, zapporius said: Good thing that you quit, your team may have chance now. I've seen Indies raise cain in Ranked; Last season someone ranked out in a Pensacola. Me? I'm average in everything that can make Indy work, but suck at the one thing that can make it shine; strafing. Someone who can strafe like a boss will do very wll in it. Despite that; I did well three of the four times I used it, and it produced the only other win I had ouside New Mexico.Only time I was shut down was by an AS Ryujo. ...and by the by; crying about Independance sounds pretty hollow; especially when in one game a Bayern was afk (and died,) in spawn, and a DQ and an Arizona sat almost motionless in a cap, and let a SPOTTED Farragut sail right up and torpedo them. 1 hour ago, tcbaker777 said: wow, so you're a jerk, glad you cleared that up for everyone Now, now; be nice. Never meant the thread to go in this direction. I set my goals, and stuck to them. Nothing else to say. The only caveat may be that I'm not quite as irritated this time around as I was last time. After a week or so away, I might come back again and play two ships I like; New Mexico and Warspite. Edited July 1, 2017 by Estimated_Prophet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4,728 [ABDA] crzyhawk Beta Testers 17,538 posts 12,810 battles Report post #22 Posted July 2, 2017 Got my flag with two games, 1 Perth, one Graf Spee. Seems to be a lack of DD in the queue, so I will give that a shot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
7,521 [HINON] RipNuN2 Members 14,340 posts Report post #23 Posted July 2, 2017 Pretty much any T6 ship can be used effectively in this season of ranked play. The most important thing is that the player knows how to use it effectively by maximizing the strengths of said ship and minimizing the weaknesses. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
