Change the name of the game to Battleship

[WickedRecluse]

Seems every match I get into, there's more battleships than anything else. As someone who wanted to go down the cruiser line for each nation, seems I too am now stuck with going Battleship. I don't have a choice, these pathetically weak low tier cruisers can't even take one shell from a battleship without losing at least 50% hull, let alone when three hit, it's a one shot kill. Now I have to abandon the USN cruiser line and switch over to BBs, really sucks too, I was so close to getting the Cleveland so I could get my tier 5 Texas from refer a friend, but I literally cannot bare one more battle being demolished by a ship that has twice as much health and deals 10 times more damage. So which Battleship line do you recommend a newer player going down? I did start the USN BBs line, but, maybe something is better?

[More_Witches]

If you're trying to directly engage BBs toe-to-toe in a cruiser, especially the Omaha, you're playing them wrong

Main targets for you are gonna be DDs and other Cruisers

If you've gotta fight a BB, never do it alone and always, always keep maneuvering, try to keep them at the edge of your range if you can

Omaha's torpedoes are effectively self-defense weapons, do not try to cross open water in order to close to torpedo range

[MackDye]

You play what you want. Most people like battleships. You need to learn to play the game to pick on those bb's.

[TheKrimzonDemon]

Cruisers kite against BB's, and burn them doooooooooooooooooooooooown. Go toe to toe, you'll generally get blown away rather quickly.

[BruhSteel]

No offense but the last time they had the old name it was outta place. But here you go.

Spoiler

 

[Kapitan_Wuff]

Battleships are my favorite target, regardless what I am captaining.  They are the fodder all other ships chew up.  They are slow and dumb so I don't mind lots of BB, better than lots of DDs lol

[aethervox]

The joke is this game should be known as;

WoBBs  (World of Battleships)

[The_first_harbinger]

Tier 4 and 5 cruisers are some of the most fragile ships in the game tier for tier

Which is why the reward Texas was earned at tier 6-encourage you not to give up in the game!

Then again, I have the question WG's logic in ship balancing and design in this respect.

[Wolcott]

18 minutes ago, aethervox said:

The joke is this game should be known as;

WoBBs  (World of Battleships)

Fun fact: this game was originally titled World of Battleships. If you hover your mouse over the WoWS main portal tab it says, "World of Warships - free online battleship game". On the WoWS Asia portal: "free online multiplayer war game about battleships".

But what has anyone to complain about? There hasn't been a new BB line in months, so thank god RN BBs are finally coming as they've been long overdue. All we've been getting this year are DD and CA/CL lines. Aren't BBs the main aspect of this game and why we play it? Bismarck, KGV, Roma, Richelieu, Iowa, Yamato etc. WG can keep adding as many non-BB lines as they want but that will not diminish the popularity of BBs at all.

[BlailBlerg]

He's not wrong you know.  Nobody gets to deal even close to the damage. And citadels are [edited].  

 

Is there really a reason to play anything in this game beyond BBs?  

 

What beats 11 Missouris.  or 11 Bismarcks.  

[Lensar]

34 minutes ago, BlailBlerg said:

Is there really a reason to play anything in this game beyond BBs?  

 

Not really. Except for maybe the Khab.

 

It's crazy how, over time, they made it so BBs could:

 

- Turn on a dime

- Spot torps with plenty of time to turn

- Buff secondaries

- Change the game so AP does insane damage to DDs

- Tighten dispersion

- Buffed AA

- Increase torp belts

- Slow down torps

- Make torps more visible

- Make torps perma-spotted

- Add in radar

 

The list goes on and on. You have only 3 options:

 

1) Play a BB like everyone else

2) Play a Khab

3) Play a different game

 

 

[BlailBlerg]

Just now, Lensar said:

 

Not really. Except for maybe the Khab.

 

It's crazy how, over time, they made it so BBs could:

 

- Turn on a dime

- Spot torps with plenty of time to turn

- Buff secondaries

- Change the game so AP does insane damage to DDs

- Tighten dispersion

- Buffed AA

- Increase torp belts

- Slow down torps

- Make torps more visible

- Make torps perma-spotted

- Add in radar

 

The list goes on and on. You have only 3 options:

 

1) Play a BB like everyone else

2) Play a Khab

3) Play a different game

 

 

Yup.

[Ju87s]

3 hours ago, Kapitanleutnant_Ford said:

Battleships are my favorite target, regardless what I am captaining.  They are the fodder all other ships chew up.  They are slow and dumb so I don't mind lots of BB, better than lots of DDs lol

This.  Cruisers are king.  Battleships are just big funbags to pad damage stats.

[WickedRecluse]

1 hour ago, BlailBlerg said:

He's not wrong you know.  Nobody gets to deal even close to the damage. And citadels are [edited].  

 

Is there really a reason to play anything in this game beyond BBs?  

 

What beats 11 Missouris.  or 11 Bismarcks.  

Really is true. These battleships always spread out to the very edge of the map, have 20km+ range, and one shot ships outside their firing range. So to stay competitive, you have to be either a carrier or a battleship, and carriers almost always die because teamwork is non existent in this game. 

[Atom_Alchemist]

20 minutes ago, WickedRecluse said:

Really is true. These battleships always spread out to the very edge of the map, have 20km+ range, and one shot ships outside their firing range. So to stay competitive, you have to be either a carrier or a battleship, and carriers almost always die because teamwork is non existent in this game. 

20km range doesn't mean jack crapwhen your detection range is only 9 km, or 6 km..like a goodly portion of cruisers and dd can get to...

[WickedRecluse]

7 minutes ago, Atom_Alchemist said:

20km range doesn't mean jack crapwhen your detection range is only 9 km, or 6 km..like a goodly portion of cruisers and dd can get to...

I guess you're stuck in the fantasy of of T10, go back to T5-8 where everything is so [edited] up the whole game is [edited].

[Atom_Alchemist]

43 minutes ago, WickedRecluse said:

I guess you're stuck in the fantasy of of T10, go back to T5-8 where everything is so [edited] up the whole game is [edited].

oh sorry my mistake,

 

what i mean to say was 7 km and 11 km respectively for dd and cruisers, which you know is still a crapload less than the "oh so scary 20 km range!" that you are [edited] about.

 

but fine lets head back to t6 shall we, if you have problem choosing your engagements against the HUGE battleships at t6, with their top speed of ~24 knots, and their concealment value that rivals the great wall of CHINA (you know, on average 15-17 km) hell my stealth build arizona (who is only stealth cause he has my north Carolina captain) with the skill, and the paint is detectable at 12 km) seems to me YOU are the one that [edited] up ,and the game itself is not [edited] up in any way.

 

under NO circumstance should a dd or a cl ever be spotted by a bb, unless the dd, or the cl player [edited] up.(or, you know they ran a blind corner)

[WickedRecluse]

7 minutes ago, Atom_Alchemist said:

oh sorry my mistake,

 

what i mean to say was 7 km and 11 km respectively for dd and cruisers, which you know is still a crapload less than the "oh so scary 20 km range!" that you are [edited] about.

 

but fine lets head back to t6 shall we, if you have problem choosing your engagements against the HUGE battleships at t6, with their top speed of ~24 knots, and their concealment value that rivals the great wall of CHINA (you know, on average 15-17 km) hell my stealth build arizona (who is only stealth cause he has my north Carolina captain) with the skill, and the paint is detectable at 12 km) seems to me YOU are the embecile,and the game itself is not [edited] up in any way.

 

under NO circumstance should a dd or a cl ever be spotted by a bb, unless the dd, or the cl player [edited] up.(or, you know they ran a blind corner)

Awe look, the fanboy got upset, don't cry, everything will be okay. You keep being that pro you think you are, good luck to you.

 

[Atom_Alchemist]

18 minutes ago, WickedRecluse said:

Awe look, the fanboy got upset, don't cry, everything will be okay. You keep being that pro you think you are, good luck to you.

 

no it has nothing to do with fanboyism, if you presented a TRUTHFUL argument, with FACTS to back up your claim, i would probably be more than happy to explain the nuances to you, but you seem to think that because battleships have long range and can insta delete ships at that range they are someone overpower, whil;e completely neglecting the FACTUAL COUNTERS TO A BB MAIN GUNS.

[Atom_Alchemist]

2 hours ago, BlailBlerg said:

Yup.

don't listen to lenser, he tends to be a imbecile when it comes to bb hate.

[Atom_Alchemist]

2 hours ago, BlailBlerg said:

He's not wrong you know.  Nobody gets to deal even close to the damage. And citadels are [edited].  

 

Is there really a reason to play anything in this game beyond BBs?  

 

What beats 11 Missouris.  or 11 Bismarcks.  

someone has never played a dd who get you know 300,000 damage a game.

 

i'm gonna give you some facts.

 

XP is currently based on PERCENTAGE of a ship health in damage, ei doing 10k damage to a destroy and killing him IS THE SAME AS DOING 50,000 DAMAGE to a battleship and destroying him, they are EQUAL, now the reason why battlehsips deal so much damage per game (and inversely why they receive usually MIDDLEING xp rewards) is because they usually focus on attacking other BATTLESHIPS FIRST,

 

take a look at the top 10 XP earners on the NA server, you know what you should immediately notice?

 

the yamato is number 10....and she is the only bb among the count.the top xp earner is a destroyer.

 

you know a destroyer who nets more average KILLS than even the mighty yamato, a destroyer who on average will get around 3 kills for every single death he dies, (while the yamato will get 1, maybe 2)

 

if you don't have this simplistic understanding of who contributes more to a team, and you are complaining about any specific ship class...you are doing it wrong, but i don't think you are a idiot for failign to reconise that, only inexperienced.

 

meanwhile if you willing choose to sprout hate against a specific ship class, even counter to ALL THE EVIDENCE, like lesner does....yea that would make you a idiot.

 

 

[Atom_Alchemist]

3 hours ago, BlailBlerg said:

He's not wrong you know.  Nobody gets to deal even close to the damage. And citadels are [edited].  

 

Is there really a reason to play anything in this game beyond BBs?  

 

What beats 11 Missouris.  or 11 Bismarcks.  

what beats 11 missouris or 11 bismarcks(the missouri is quite rare, maybe you mean 11 iowas)

 

how about 5 decently skilled destroyers...within the correct tier range(tier 6-10), yes 5 well played t6 destroyer would DECIMATE 11 bismarcks.

[Admiral_Thrawn_1]

22 minutes ago, Atom_Alchemist said:

what beats 11 missouris or 11 bismarcks(the missouri is quite rare, maybe you mean 11 iowas)

 

how about 5 decently skileld destroyers...within the correct tier range(tier 6-10), yes 5 well played t6 destroyer would DECIMATE 11 bismarcks.

Even 1 DD can do tremendous damage since I have sunk multiple BBs in battles before. Lol got to love goups of BBs together that make it do no torpedoes ever miss hitting a ship 

[WickedRecluse]

1 hour ago, Atom_Alchemist said:

no it has nothing to do with fanboyism, if you presented a TRUTHFUL argument, with FACTS to back up your claim, i would probably be more than happy to explain the nuances to you, but you seem to think that because battleships have long range and can insta delete ships at that range they are someone overpower, whil;e completely neglecting the FACTUAL COUNTERS TO A BB MAIN GUNS.

I have an excellent idea then. You ready? I know this will hurt your precious ego, but just try okay? Now, instead of trying to prove that, somehow, your self worth is above others by putting them down and calling them names, you attempt to constructively educate someone in how to better improve a potential aspect in which they struggle. It makes you look like a better person, instead of, you know... a giant [edited] [edited]. 

[JCC45]

4 hours ago, Lensar said:

 

Not really. Except for maybe the Khab.

 

It's crazy how, over time, they made it so BBs could:

 

- Turn on a dime

- Spot torps with plenty of time to turn

- Buff secondaries

- Change the game so AP does insane damage to DDs

- Tighten dispersion

- Buffed AA

- Increase torp belts

- Slow down torps

- Make torps more visible

- Make torps perma-spotted

- Add in radar

 

The list goes on and on. You have only 3 options:

 

1) Play a BB like everyone else

2) Play a Khab

3) Play a different game

 

 

 

• Lensar 

  • Mostly plays destroyers, especially high-tier and is good in them
  • Deals an above average amount of damage
  • Very often finishes damaged enemies
  • Extremely often uses torpedoes (when in ships that have them)
  • Key vehicle - Shimakaze

 

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