OMFG-My best SIMS game ever

[Simzee]

wthhow did i do this??

Easy hits on low tier BB's and i did manage to catch the CV alone helped, and that increase in RoF sure helped.

Almost 70K damage, hope i get more results like this (look at the low damage from my lucky torp hit)

[Nuk_]

Impressive, especially considering it's the Sims...

[Simzee]

Impressive, especially considering it's the Sims...

 

A much unloved ship i know, i hated it that much after the nerfs I actually sold it.

Then reclaimed it via a ticket, i cbf grinding so this and Murmansk are my only ships in port.

Besides I'm not very good anyway so a few games here and there is all I do.

[BarbedWireRat]

If WG fixes this by any other method besides giving its old flat arc guns back, people will still be hating on it...even if data shows it has become balanced relative to other tier 7 DDs.

 

Sims seems to make a surprising amount of XP and credits if you can sink a DD from full health and cap a couple objectives.

 

The new ROF is quite nice actually.  I need to play it more before I call it fixed...but..maybe...like.Colorado...hmmmmm.

[Simzee]

 

 

Sims seems to make a surprising amount of XP and credits if you can sink a DD from full health and cap a couple objectives.

 

 

This especially, I obviously dont understand the damage model because I just sunk 2 destroyers and got more XP/Creds on a loss while doing a lot less damage than the a win (not the win i posted above).

I usually ingore other DD's as they always outspot me, i try to find a lone/distracted BB and rain HE (that could be why I get so many losses too)

[Qapla187]

This especially, I obviously dont understand the damage model because I just sunk 2 destroyers and got more XP/Creds on a loss while doing a lot less damage than the a win (not the win i posted above).

I usually ingore other DD's as they always outspot me, i try to find a lone/distracted BB and rain HE (that could be why I get so many losses too)

 

Credits and exp are based not just on damage, but also the % of health you took off. Which is why when you only get say 20 hits and kill an opposing DDsolo nets you more than dumping 100 hits on a BB for 25% of his health. The best is when you lay torps into an untouched BB and nuke him. You just rake it in. 

[Simzee]

 

Credits and exp are based not just on damage, but also the % of health you took off. Which is why when you only get say 20 hits and kill an opposing DDsolo nets you more than dumping 100 hits on a BB for 25% of his health. The best is when you lay torps into an untouched BB and nuke him. You just rake it in. 

 

Understood.

I've been concentrating a bit more on killing DD's (on SEA with my Kiev too), it would seem tier 7 DD is as far as I will most likely go.

With the new changes to XP\Creds this patch i am finding the SIMs a little more fun to play, the buffed fire rate helps a lot too since most of your shells miss due to arc/velocity.

[TallGiraffe]

My best was like 600k when I completely demolished 2 atagos in two different volleys. Along with a cleveland I totaled over 111k damage.

 

I hit them with Every. Single. Torpedo.

[bob_ninja]

I was struggling a lot with it, staying back and sniping. Due to long travel time I was missing all the time.

Also switched back and forth between torps, now back to longer range slower torps. So what is the correct style anyway???

 

ATM I am trying to start slow spamming torps and not using guns early on, then becoming more active later looking for isolated targets. Seems to work better now.

So what is your style? Guns long/mid/short range? Focus on particular class? etc.

 

I have a feeling it can work, just very tricky, much harder than Ninja Isokaze/Minekaze for example.

 

[Simzee]

I was struggling a lot with it, staying back and sniping. Due to long travel time I was missing all the time.

Also switched back and forth between torps, now back to longer range slower torps. So what is the correct style anyway???

 

ATM I am trying to start slow spamming torps and not using guns early on, then becoming more active later looking for isolated targets. Seems to work better now.

So what is your style? Guns long/mid/short range? Focus on particular class? etc.

 

I have a feeling it can work, just very tricky, much harder than Ninja Isokaze/Minekaze for example.

 

This DD (for me) is a difficult ship to get good, consistent results in.

I never get that many Torp hits using either short or long range, the long range hits are pure fluke and nothing more.

i am always using guns, as you know shell arc/velocity/flight time is abysmal so hitting things as 10klm + is chancy, even with masses of shells.

I will always follow closely the game situation on mini map and look for an isolated, slow BB.

If you watch the BB turrets for when he fires you can easily dodge shells.

Hunting other DD's is also very much worth it (NOT Kievs...).

 

Now:

Caught a Tier 8 lexington CV (its fast and manoeuvrable) alone other day, first time I have had that happen, boy did i get TAUGHT a lesson. It dodged my torps from 4klm, AND 2klm, yes they are the short range fast ones (i rarely use torps and yes i blew it with the launch spread)

Damn thing has armour, i tried AP but was shooting wrong spots and bouncing so i went back to HE.

Landed over 90 shots but i still died, it just wouldnt catch fire.

[TallGiraffe]

You gotta use alot of tricks to play the sims imo. Hiding behind islands and utilizing the gun arcs to fire over them while my team spots means I get 200 hits and alot of fires.

[misanthrope0]

WG GIVE ME BACK MY ORIGINAL SIMS!!!!!!!