Need help with damage

[Sandman1969]

This weekend has been ridiculous with shots. Doesn't matter the tier/ship. But I am seeing a lot of my shots straddle the target.

For example, was just in my Cleveland & was fighting an Aoba that was 11kms away. The majority of my shots just straddle instead of hitting. I aim aiming for the water line or above/below to compensate. Doesn't make any bit of difference and it is really starting to frustrate the crap out of me.

I'll have shots that are dead on & yet it straddles.

 

I'd like to post the replay but no clue how to share it/convert it.

 

I want to find out what it is that is going wrong.

 

[Special_Kay]

I know you disclaimed this as a specific ship/tier issue, but the Cleveland is particularly bad for long hang-time on shells.

[Sandman1969]

Well, when I did get the dead on shots, they straddled instead.

My Kongo was/is havin the same issue.

[Dragral]

I have the same issue from time

I changed my second module to Gun Fire Control System Modification 1, Increase Main Battery Firing Accuracy and it has made a difference, still not perfect but a lot better...

[Sandman1969]

I have it mounted on any ship that has it, doesn't help.

You know, it'd be nice to get more than 1 match every 100+ that is an actual GOOD match with lots of damage.

 

[_BloodHawk_]

At 11k I dont know how you can be missing with a Cleveland. Honestly, you are doing something wrong with your aiming, or you have some sort of lag that makes you think you are aiming well, but the shots are off. I average over 60k a game in my Cleveland, its a damage machine. And the mods reduce dispersion by 7% - a huge difference. Everyone gets straddle shots, thats normal, but to always get them is either an exaggeration or you are simply aiming wrong or its lag.

[Sandman1969]

I'd show you the replay if someone would tell me how to convert it.

[Special_Kay]

I'd show you the replay if someone would tell me how to convert it.

 

You could just upload it to a file sharing site, we've all got the game installed.

[Sandman1969]

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/86135726/20150906_015747_PASC007-Cleveland-1945_13_OC_new_dawn.wowsreplay

 

That's my dropbox link with the replay.

 

Skip ahead to where I am fighting the Aoba at 11kms out.

[suleiman71]

Hitting something that isn't sailing completely straight at over 9km is rare in a Cleveland. 

[Special_Kay]

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/86135726/20150906_015747_PASC007-Cleveland-1945_13_OC_new_dawn.wowsreplay

 

That's my dropbox link with the replay.

 

Skip ahead to where I am fighting the Aoba at 11kms out.

 

The time index is probably the best way to tell people what part of a replay you're referring to—you have the Aoba at 11km at about 13:00 then again around 7:00. It's the latter instance where you have more than one full salvo at it and that's when you mentioned it in chat, so I'm assuming that's when you're referring to.

 

A big issue I noticed is that your lead is too small, so your shells are falling a in a circle around the stern of the ship: this is easier to dodge, because of how ships pivot in the game—shells falling abeam are much more difficult to dodge via rudder shifts. (I suggest working on your lead, you were fairly consistently leading too little that match.) Aside from that, you didn't really have that many on-target salvos bracket for it to seem like the RNG had it in for you that match, at least to me. When they're falling around the stern it's far more probable to see full misses because you've halved your chances to hit already.