little tip to win if you are a CA or a DD player...

[Kanzler_Bismarck]

IF SOMEONE STARTS TRYING TO CAP YOUR FLAG... GO AND STOP IT. Do not expect your 20 kts BB to turn around and be able to do it... FFS, people.... Like 5 times today the cap starts and no fast movers even try to stop it. 

[FallenZulu]

Hmmmmm, turn around and reset the cap? Sounds like a pretty revolutionary idea, I might try it. Thanks! 

 

[Kanzler_Bismarck]

Hmmmmm, turn around and reset the cap? Sounds like a pretty revolutionary idea, I might try it. Thanks! 

 

It totally is it seems... 

[Fog_Heavy_Cruiser_Chokai]

I actually paused a cap in my Kongo today. Spied the Myoko in the cap, asked my cruiser comrade to go back. Hit him a couple times, delayed, our aoba got up there in cap. Myoko has 2k health... And one salvoes our Aoba, gets behind. Rock. Wasn't able to reach in time. Begged the other cruisers to go to cap but "it wasn't worth it, we are killing this ship."

[DownhillDino]

Lately I've been running into that, no clue why suddenly people won't turn around.

[FallenZulu]

I play Cruisers a lot and I always end up having to reset the cap, though I end up dying quite a bit because I get primary'ed by the enemy team, we do end up winning at the end. I had to die because of it, but we win non the less. Perhaps the desire of self preservation is a major factor in people not wanting to be the first one to reset?

[Capitan_Incognito]

I'm guessing the lack of reward. You get more credits for shooting at easy targets on the other side of the map. In a recent game on a Tirpitz, I took a few potshots at the enemy, rushed back to try and stop a cap (a couple cruisers came after that), and by that point our own DDs capped their base and I ended up with 4k total damage. If I had ignored the cap and closed to not extreme range with the enemy I would have gotten way more.

 

If resetting a cap/killing enemies in your base gave you a large exp/credits bonus over fighting in random places, more people would do it.

 

 

[MrDeaf]

I totally suicided against 3DD and 2BB with my Hatsuharu to reset cap and allow my team to win.

 

I didn't get to kill any of them, but I poked them all with my guns so that I reset all of their cap points.

[Carrier_Taiyo]

But... but... but I only play the game to sink ships, not win battles!!

 

[zwaggs33]

I do try if I am still able. Sometimes it's not always possible. Usually because at that point I'm on the bottom of the ocean.

 

[Moksie]

IF SOMEONE STARTS TRYING TO CAP YOUR FLAG... GO AND STOP IT. Do not expect your 20 kts BB to turn around and be able to do it... FFS, people.... Like 5 times today the cap starts and no fast movers even try to stop it.

 

Never expect a BB to do anything.  You'll just drive yourself crazy.

[Noshiro_]

I'm guessing the lack of reward. You get more credits for shooting at easy targets on the other side of the map. In a recent game on a Tirpitz, I took a few potshots at the enemy, rushed back to try and stop a cap (a couple cruisers came after that), and by that point our own DDs capped their base and I ended up with 4k total damage. If I had ignored the cap and closed to not extreme range with the enemy I would have gotten way more.

 

If resetting a cap/killing enemies in your base gave you a large exp/credits bonus over fighting in random places, more people would do it.

 

 

 

You know how resetting the cap gives you large xp? By not losing.

[Yasenpoi]

Maybe BB should have predicted people in your base and started turning back to base 5-10 mins ago....

 

If you only see 3 ships on one side, do  you not wonder where the other ones are and look at the map to see where you should go?  Highlight stuff and ask people to turn back early.  You can't expect sending 1 ship at a time to stall an enemy fleet will yield good results.

 

People who play BB should be the most attentive to map after CV.  They only fire 2 salvos a minute.  Spend the rest of your time effectively.

[dahdah325]

IF SOMEONE STARTS TRYING TO CAP YOUR FLAG... GO AND STOP IT. Do not expect your 20 kts BB to turn around and be able to do it... FFS, people.... Like 5 times today the cap starts and no fast movers even try to stop it. 

 

Or, the BB's could maintain a little awareness and turn around instead of continuing to push after seeing the other flank fall. Its not just the 'fastmovers' responsibility to cover cap. 

[Whiski]

Good tip.  Too bad many will not heed it.

[PrinzEugen85]

The warning horn isn't exactly subtle, and yet it's like half the team can't hear it or can't be bothered.

[Harv72b]

 

Or, the BB's could maintain a little awareness and turn around instead of continuing to push after seeing the other flank fall. Its not just the 'fastmovers' responsibility to cover cap. 

 

Or the cruisers & destroyers could try doing that.  But then they wouldn't get to spend the last 5 minutes of the loss chasing after that enemy carrier that survives anyway...

 

Signed,

-A Guy Who Plays Nothing But Destroyers And Cruisers

[IronWolfV]

IF SOMEONE STARTS TRYING TO CAP YOUR FLAG... GO AND STOP IT. Do not expect your 20 kts BB to turn around and be able to do it... FFS, people.... Like 5 times today the cap starts and no fast movers even try to stop it. 

 

Pro tip, it also depends on where the hell those CAs and DDs are. If they are clear cross the map, even their speed will not allow a reset.  They are fast, not that damn fast.

[Montana_Prussian]

IF SOMEONE STARTS TRYING TO CAP YOUR FLAG... GO AND STOP IT. Do not expect your 20 kts BB to turn around and be able to do it... FFS, people.... Like 5 times today the cap starts and no fast movers even try to stop it. 

 

Had that happen twice yesterday. DD's and Ca chased enemy CV that had no planes left instead. I asked them to reset,they tell me to reset....In a Wyoming...They killed the no threat CV,we lost

[Montana_Prussian]

 

Or the cruisers & destroyers could try doing that.  But then they wouldn't get to spend the last 5 minutes of the loss chasing after that enemy carrier that survives anyway...

 

Signed,

-A Guy Who Plays Nothing But Destroyers And Cruisers

 

This happens way too much.

[1nv4d3rZ1m]

Maybe BB should have predicted people in your base and started turning back to base 5-10 mins ago....

 

If you only see 3 ships on one side, do  you not wonder where the other ones are and look at the map to see where you should go?  Highlight stuff and ask people to turn back early.  You can't expect sending 1 ship at a time to stall an enemy fleet will yield good results.

 

People who play BB should be the most attentive to map after CV.  They only fire 2 salvos a minute.  Spend the rest of your time effectively.

 

Yeah and the bbs that do that get yelled at by the team for camping base as they drive to the other side. 

[Montana_Prussian]

 

Yeah and the bbs that do that get yelled at by the team for camping base as they drive to the other side. 

 

Exactly. No win situation.

[Granitebeard]

So wait, only Heavy Cruisers and Destroyers can go reset the cap? What about the Light Cruisers?

[1nv4d3rZ1m]

So wait, only Heavy Cruisers and Destroyers can go reset the cap? What about the Light Cruisers?

 

Apparently cruisers and dds are two busy doing other things and the BBs have to reset...

[Montana_Prussian]

 

Apparently cruisers and dds are two busy doing other things and the BBs have to reset...