3,337 [KWF] warheart1992 Members 4,903 posts 6,595 battles Report post #1 Posted January 11, 2019 Will just drop this here . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,828 [WOLFG] DrHolmes52 Members 10,569 posts 9,844 battles Report post #2 Posted January 11, 2019 Both RN cruisers probably peed themselves. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,888 Kami -Members- 1,642 posts 1,277 battles Report post #3 Posted January 11, 2019 14 minutes ago, warheart1992 said: Will just drop this here . So how did the game go? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
786 [TOG] Bill_Halsey Members 4,213 posts 25,120 battles Report post #4 Posted January 11, 2019 Okay...was the MM high on something? Was there a power surge on the servers? 10 BB's 1CA, 1 CV lineup? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
133 Sensai_Lawrence Members 323 posts Report post #5 Posted January 11, 2019 that's beautiful man you're bringing tears to my eyes. a glorious game with no cancerbotes - the way this game should be played. 1 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8,214 [GWG] BrushWolf [GWG] Supertester 27,119 posts 14,728 battles Report post #6 Posted January 11, 2019 12 minutes ago, iKami said: So how did the game go? I wasn't there but in a tier 3/4 match with a similar BB/cruisers balance, we had two cruisers per team, it was brutal and great fun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
11,211 [WOLF3] HazeGrayUnderway Members 28,180 posts 24,550 battles Report post #7 Posted January 11, 2019 WoWS. Where the rarest ships in even the largest navies are more common than a Destroyer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
31 [NFFS] Grey_Paladin Members 207 posts 7,270 battles Report post #8 Posted January 11, 2019 Somehow I suspect that poor Fiji captain was not looking forward to that game. Ouch! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
310 [BTD] mustangman6579 Beta Testers, In AlfaTesters 1,253 posts 5,846 battles Report post #9 Posted January 11, 2019 16 minutes ago, DrHolmes52 said: Both RN cruisers probably peed themselves. The 2 CA players 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
11,211 [WOLF3] HazeGrayUnderway Members 28,180 posts 24,550 battles Report post #10 Posted January 11, 2019 The 2 RN CLs got smoke and generally good concealment though, especially Edinburgh. They should have been able to survive quite a while compared to, say, a Baltimore or Cleveland finding themselves in their place this match. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,337 [KWF] warheart1992 Members 4,903 posts 6,595 battles Report post #11 Posted January 11, 2019 (edited) 22 minutes ago, iKami said: So how did the game go? Focus fire matters quite a bit in these things it seems, so a lemmingtrain was quite effective. The Fiji in general stayed at range and smoked up the BBs, the moment Edinburgh was spotted it was almost instantly deleted. I had my Kruppstahl moment when I bounced a Musashi salvo, then managed to torp her . In general it was fun, though it took a while due to the much higher HP pools. Edited January 11, 2019 by warheart1992 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8,214 [GWG] BrushWolf [GWG] Supertester 27,119 posts 14,728 battles Report post #12 Posted January 11, 2019 5 minutes ago, mustangman6579 said: The 2 CA CL players FTFY, the RN cruisers are Light Cruisers. 1 minute ago, HazeGrayUnderway said: The 2 RN CLs got smoke and generally good concealment though, especially Edinburgh. They should have been able to survive quite a while compared to, say, a Baltimore or Cleveland finding themselves in their place this match. This, they have to be very patient and wait for the right moment while lighting up targets for their team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
9,733 [SALVO] Crucis Members 25,453 posts 27,411 battles Report post #13 Posted January 11, 2019 27 minutes ago, DrHolmes52 said: Both RN cruisers probably peed themselves. At least they were RN cruisers with smoke. I'd have been hiding behind whatever island I could find if I were one of those cruisers. Hell, even the Scharnhorst would feel more like a cruiser than a battleship in that battle of tier 9 titans! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,852 [90TH] Madwolf05 [90TH] Alpha Tester 7,170 posts 4,063 battles Report post #14 Posted January 11, 2019 On behalf of all Cruisers: Gross. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
9,733 [SALVO] Crucis Members 25,453 posts 27,411 battles Report post #15 Posted January 11, 2019 2 minutes ago, BrushWolf said: FTFY, the RN cruisers are Light Cruisers. This, they have to be very patient and wait for the right moment while lighting up targets for their team. Brush, I think that the problem those RN CLs would face is that this battle had carriers in it. Without CVs in the mix, those CLs could play the role of DDs with their fairly low concealments. But with CV planes around, those CLs would risk getting spotted and blow to kingdom come in a heartbeat. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
11,211 [WOLF3] HazeGrayUnderway Members 28,180 posts 24,550 battles Report post #16 Posted January 11, 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Crucis said: At least they were RN cruisers with smoke. I'd have been hiding behind whatever island I could find if I were one of those cruisers. Hell, even the Scharnhorst would feel more like a cruiser than a battleship in that battle of tier 9 titans! I remember a while back playing a Tier X BB, and some Fail Division of a VIII Tirpitz brought his friends, VII Gneisenau and Scharnhorst. These Tier X BB with nothing but Overmatching guns and tons of power, range, accuracy devoured those things. 25mm BB armor! How cute! Hindenburgs and Zaos gave them a proper Tier X welcome also. They likely Divisioned up to beat up on Tier VI ships like 21kt New Mexico, or super squishy Tier VI Cruisers. Instead they dived into the hellfire of a Tier X match and got spanked. When the Seal Clubbers get clubbed! Edited January 11, 2019 by HazeGrayUnderway 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8,214 [GWG] BrushWolf [GWG] Supertester 27,119 posts 14,728 battles Report post #17 Posted January 11, 2019 2 minutes ago, Crucis said: Brush, I think that the problem those RN CLs would face is that this battle had carriers in it. Without CVs in the mix, those CLs could play the role of DDs with their fairly low concealments. But with CV planes around, those CLs would risk getting spotted and blow to kingdom come in a heartbeat. True, true but even with the CV's they need to think like DD's and stay in cover. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
9,733 [SALVO] Crucis Members 25,453 posts 27,411 battles Report post #18 Posted January 11, 2019 As an aside, I think that the idea of a Battle of Jutland operation might be really, really cool. The player side could use RN, USN, or perhaps French BBs (with some screening friendly bots in cruisers), while the bot team would be German BBs and cruisers. Tiers 4-6. Come to think of it, why not have TWO Battle of Jutland operations, one for the British side, and the other for the German side. For the RN Jutland op, you could bring tier 4-6 RN, USN, or perhaps French BBs. And for the German Jutland op, you could only bring German BBs (or perhaps the Austria-Hungarian BB if it was available when such an op was released). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,913 [-K-] Edgecase [-K-] Members 5,440 posts 20,612 battles Report post #19 Posted January 11, 2019 Something about this week has been making people play BBs in droves. Is it because they're trying to earn money for the PEF missions? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,731 [SYN] mofton [SYN] Members 8,750 posts 15,279 battles Report post #20 Posted January 11, 2019 Fortunately WG have limited destroyer numbers to a maximum of 4 per side, so this should be pretty rare... Oh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,337 [KWF] warheart1992 Members 4,903 posts 6,595 battles Report post #21 Posted January 11, 2019 7 minutes ago, Crucis said: Brush, I think that the problem those RN CLs would face is that this battle had carriers in it. Without CVs in the mix, those CLs could play the role of DDs with their fairly low concealments. But with CV planes around, those CLs would risk getting spotted and blow to kingdom come in a heartbeat. I can tell you at least what happened with the CVs in this battle. Because our team lemminged on purpose the red Essex wasn't able to pull off any strike on them except to try sniping our CV. B was left uncontested for quite some time but because we were able to overpower that flank completely we had racked up more kills. Then we clashed in the middle to finish up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
9,733 [SALVO] Crucis Members 25,453 posts 27,411 battles Report post #22 Posted January 11, 2019 1 minute ago, warheart1992 said: I can tell you at least what happened with the CVs in this battle. Because our team lemminged on purpose the red Essex wasn't able to pull off any strike on them except to try sniping our CV. B was left uncontested for quite some time but because we were able to overpower that flank completely we had racked up more kills. Then we clashed in the middle to finish up. Blobbing up a bunch of BBs has always been a powerful defense against CVs. But you rarely see teams doing it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
171 [BLHK] MG1962 Members 558 posts Report post #23 Posted January 11, 2019 50 minutes ago, DrHolmes52 said: Both RN cruisers probably peed themselves. Or spontaneous exploded on being spotted lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,337 [KWF] warheart1992 Members 4,903 posts 6,595 battles Report post #24 Posted January 11, 2019 6 minutes ago, Crucis said: Blobbing up a bunch of BBs has always been a powerful defense against CVs. But you rarely see teams doing it. Yeah well, in a surprising turn of events we had agreed to focus fire as a whole so most of the team stuck together. Because me and the Iowa spawned at C we were more or less the rearguard while the rest hammered away. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
380 IronMike11C4O Members 438 posts 202 battles Report post #25 Posted January 11, 2019 23 minutes ago, Crucis said: As an aside, I think that the idea of a Battle of Jutland operation might be really, really cool. The player side could use RN, USN, or perhaps French BBs (with some screening friendly bots in cruisers), while the bot team would be German BBs and cruisers. Tiers 4-6. Come to think of it, why not have TWO Battle of Jutland operations, one for the British side, and the other for the German side. For the RN Jutland op, you could bring tier 4-6 RN, USN, or perhaps French BBs. And for the German Jutland op, you could only bring German BBs (or perhaps the Austria-Hungarian BB if it was available when such an op was released). Make it from the German side and I'm in. If you look at Ops of the week Axis side gets zero love. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
