Interesting night!

[Fletcher7_1944]

While trying out my new Chickuma's hull upgrade, I happened to encounter an "interesting" DD driver.   This guy firewalled the gas, and cut the rudder full Starboard, heading for the extreme right of the board.   On his way, he plowed into the cruiser next to me, ricocheted off him ,and hit me- then just took off with nary a word.   All this was before any enemies were even spotted.  Why does the game insist on penalizing us for the foolishness of another player??  I'm tired of getting penalties from someone running into me...

 

  First day with the new toy???

 

  Shortly thereafter, I discovered, much to my delight, that the hull upgrade makes ALL the difference with this ship!  It adds 4 extra turrets, plus more hp.  NOW I have a ship that more consistantly contributes to the team effort.   It still likes to work the edges, providing fire support to others, but now I have some guns to work with!   It got it's first kill in this match.

 

  Just for fun, I grabbed my Hermelin, and joined a coop match.   This proved to be a really great game.  Not only did I score 2 kills, but one of them was via a ram.  Best of all- it happened because this ship knocked out my rudder- leaving me with no steering- then crossed RIGHT in front of me.  I had almost full hp, so I firewalled it!  I plowed into him, guns blazing, and tore him in two.   After my damage control team patched me up, I went on to finish the game.  AHHH- I needed that!!  I was cackling with glee when I saw what was about to happen.  Serves you right for blowing up my rudder!!

[Hirst]

Ramming is fun. Glad you are now enjoying your IJN CA with the upgrades.

 

Yesterday I had a DD trying to ram my Ryuujo. He exploded and I took no damage at all. Honestly I thought I'd be dead by the time he would be able to hit me, because torpedoes... But apparently he was on reload or something. Not a clever move ramming a ship 10 times your size.

[desmo_2]

When I first started playing I would also get annoyed that I would get a fine when someone ran into me.  After a while I realized the fine is so tiny it really doesn't matter.  Since it also does minimal, if any, damage, the only real problem I have with accidental contact is that it can block your guns and/or affect your momentum and block your heading.

 

NEVER judge a ship in stock form.  Some ships are garbage stock, but once upgraded become quite fun.  Hold your ire until you have seen how the ship does after improvements.