82 [GUTS] Capt_Binkley Beta Testers 471 posts 10,457 battles Report post #1 Posted September 7, 2017 This Back to Basics - Cruiser mission is driving me nuts. I finished the DD mission on the first try, but this cruiser mission just is not working for me at all. I'll get 6 fires, 7 fires, but that 8th is just not coming. Atlanta, Indianapolis, Molotov, Cleaveland, Kutuzov, Graf Spee.... Add flags... make sure I have a captain with pyro. It's just not working. Anyone got any suggestions. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
9 [-NFE-] psycho_god Alpha Tester 104 posts 2,730 battles Report post #2 Posted September 7, 2017 Get in your Atlanta and division up with someone with a Belfast. Have them push in a little with you and pop smoke. Sit in smoke and change up ships you set on fire. Soon as you set one shoot another and keep cycling that way. Easy way to get 10+ in one battle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,562 [SYN] Kapitan_Wuff Members 8,292 posts 14,496 battles Report post #3 Posted September 7, 2017 Don't know what to tell you, should be easy. Try taking a Mogami out with the stock guns Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
212 ddoubletapp1 Members 921 posts 13,862 battles Report post #4 Posted September 7, 2017 First try with Atago - DE and both flags - 11 fires 130K and a Kraken. Stay at range, pound the BBs - hang in there, It'll happen! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,941 [CHIGR] pikohan [CHIGR] Members 3,641 posts 18,839 battles Report post #5 Posted September 7, 2017 Don't forget there's always PvE. Did it in PvE in the Marblehead on like the second try. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
64 [WFR] Boogeymanllgetcha Members 168 posts 20,746 battles Report post #6 Posted September 7, 2017 Interesting choice, Pikohan. That's exactly what I did - chose a PvE battle and sailed with the Marblehead! Got it on the very first try. Just loaded high explosive and shot at everything that presented itself to me with wild abandon. Just managed to get the 8th fire started a few seconds before the match ended. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
484 comtedumas ∞ Members 2,039 posts 14,276 battles Report post #7 Posted September 7, 2017 2 hours ago, Capt_Binkley said: This Back to Basics - Cruiser mission is driving me nuts. I finished the DD mission on the first try, but this cruiser mission just is not working for me at all. I'll get 6 fires, 7 fires, but that 8th is just not coming. Atlanta, Indianapolis, Molotov, Cleaveland, Kutuzov, Graf Spee.... Add flags... make sure I have a captain with pyro. It's just not working. Anyone got any suggestions. One mission in my Southern Dragon in Coop. Easy. And I am not that good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,153 [ARGSY] centarina Members 10,326 posts 16,228 battles Report post #8 Posted September 7, 2017 i did it with algerie in coop. I remember the 300 fire mission where I did use myoko a lot. :D 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
398 [SIMP] _cthulhu_ Members 1,518 posts 12,904 battles Report post #9 Posted September 7, 2017 3 hours ago, Capt_Binkley said: This Back to Basics - Cruiser mission is driving me nuts. I finished the DD mission on the first try, but this cruiser mission just is not working for me at all. I'll get 6 fires, 7 fires, but that 8th is just not coming. Atlanta, Indianapolis, Molotov, Cleaveland, Kutuzov, Graf Spee.... Add flags... make sure I have a captain with pyro. It's just not working. Anyone got any suggestions. Use a belfast... Seriously, I loaded my IJN cruiser up with fire flags etc... couldn't start a fire to save my life...4 or 5 battles, 4 was the max... I have no idea wth was up. 1 battle in my belfast with flags... half the chance of a fire right... this shouldn't work right... 10+ fires... easy peasy... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,282 [FURIA] Talleyrand WoWS Community Contributors 2,228 posts 7,192 battles Report post #10 Posted September 7, 2017 I did it with Ibuki. May be I should try CoOp because in random it was hard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
66 WaWingsFan_15 Beta Testers 356 posts 26,958 battles Report post #11 Posted September 7, 2017 I did it in my DM. Got the 8th fire on the last ship left on the red team which was a dd. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
478 Final_Spark Beta Testers 2,440 posts 8,653 battles Report post #12 Posted September 7, 2017 Did it in Yorck in Randoms. Wasn't too bad at all. If that failed I would have likely gone Henri. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,005 [FML] UltimateNewbie Members 4,323 posts 16,682 battles Report post #13 Posted September 7, 2017 I tried doing this mission in ransoms with my Leander and Fiji to no effect. It was actually really hard to get more than three fires with my secondaries in a match. Did it second random battle in my Algerie; first battle got 7 fires but couldn't get the last one to light... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4,562 [O_O] desmo_2 Members 7,895 posts 22,089 battles Report post #14 Posted September 7, 2017 I have made a few attempts at it, and have hit 7 fires several times. That 8th one is eluding me, as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,422 [SOLOH] Triela50 [SOLOH] Beta Testers 4,320 posts Report post #15 Posted September 7, 2017 first try in a Kuma Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4,043 [SALTY] Ace_04 Members 8,930 posts 18,145 battles Report post #16 Posted September 7, 2017 Was super easy to complete in Belfast, if you have one. Shocking you couldn't finish it in Kutuzov. She likes to watch the world burn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
348 [5IN] bassmasta76 Members 2,109 posts 10,709 battles Report post #17 Posted September 7, 2017 Got it on my second try with Kutuzov... 13 fires.... burn baby burn. B Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,110 [KSF] yashma -Members- 5,295 posts 9,231 battles Report post #18 Posted September 7, 2017 9 hours ago, Capt_Binkley said: Anyone got any suggestions. Try and spread out your fires as much as possible. Don't shoot at targets that are already on fire, if you see a ship use damage con, switch to another target for a few salvos before coming back, and if you are shooting at a ship that's already burning try and aim for sections of the ship that are not already on fire. *I'd also recommend sticking with the Kutuzov for this one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
82 [GUTS] Capt_Binkley Beta Testers 471 posts 10,457 battles Report post #19 Posted September 7, 2017 9 hours ago, pikohan said: Don't forget there's always PvE. Did it in PvE in the Marblehead on like the second try. 8 hours ago, RenamedUser_1018007003 said: Interesting choice, Pikohan. That's exactly what I did - chose a PvE battle and sailed with the Marblehead! Got it on the very first try. Just loaded high explosive and shot at everything that presented itself to me with wild abandon. Just managed to get the 8th fire started a few seconds before the match ended. Took your advice and took the Marblehead into Co-Op. Took me a couple tries, but eventually got a 10 fire game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
265 [SYN] Ensign_Pulver_2016 [SYN] Members 1,486 posts 12,492 battles Report post #20 Posted September 7, 2017 I got it first try with the Cleveland and no flags. DE is offset by IFHE. Next day, I got another 9-fire game in the Pensacola with one flag and DE. Both games set a DD on fire for zero fire damage. (The Pensacola got a first blood with 25 HP of damage done. I may have held that shot had I seen that.) I haven't kept track, I was surprised enough at the Pensacola game to take notice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
900 vonKaiser Alpha Tester 2,902 posts 6,252 battles Report post #21 Posted September 7, 2017 DE+IFHE+Flags+Belfast = Salty Colorado and New Mexico players and a mission complete Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3 TB12_304 Members 40 posts 2,904 battles Report post #22 Posted September 8, 2017 No joke...took me 3 days, around 70 missions, finally did it with the Nurnberg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,081 [RICO5] CaptGodzillaPig Members 3,273 posts 7,504 battles Report post #23 Posted September 8, 2017 I agree this mission sucks. Granted I am not a great cruiser player, but I am consistently getting 5 per game and the occasional 6. Played Random and Coop. Ran my Mogami, DeGrasse,, and Cleve. Coop seems to suck because there are rarely any BB's and the games end really fast. Random is ok, but it seems with the new HM BB's and everyone else trying to set fires it is hard to find something not already burning to the ground to shoot at. I think if you got into this mission early on it would have been easier. Now the "creep" has set in and EVERYONE is out there trying for it. Hard to get a non burning target to shoot at. Even in Coop right out of the gate people are saying.. Just here for fires... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4,562 [O_O] desmo_2 Members 7,895 posts 22,089 battles Report post #24 Posted September 8, 2017 I had a pretty epic game with a stock Roon in Random, and managed to get 9 fires to complete the mission. Figures, once I quit trying to complete it, I completed it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,852 Madwolf05 ∞ Alpha Tester 7,170 posts 4,070 battles Report post #25 Posted September 8, 2017 On 9/6/2017 at 10:10 PM, Capt_Binkley said: This Back to Basics - Cruiser mission is driving me nuts. I finished the DD mission on the first try, but this cruiser mission just is not working for me at all. I'll get 6 fires, 7 fires, but that 8th is just not coming. Atlanta, Indianapolis, Molotov, Cleaveland, Kutuzov, Graf Spee.... Add flags... make sure I have a captain with pyro. It's just not working. Anyone got any suggestions. Hey Binkley, I got a few tips I'll throw your way: * Fire chance is 0% for a section of a ship that is already on fire * Fire chance is unchanged, even if the shell shatters. So 0 damage has the same say 15% chance as a shell that does full damage and has a 15% chance. * "Walk" your fire up or down the length of a ship to get the bow and aft fires. * Try to target Battleships to get your fires, and Cruisers as well. * Just play a Cruiser you're comfortable with and try to play normally, it's easier to get the fires when you're not chasing them. You end up hitting the wrong targets and dying quicker, giving yourself less of a chance. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
