World of Warships Enters Open Beta!

TechLarry said:
I never saw it. Any way to recall it?
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Nope. Once you close your game, its gone forever.

*edit* Also, a shoutout to BoraHorzaGobuchul. Didn't catch your HardOCP name, but I was bummed that I didn't the kill on ya :( :D

It also feels weird being recognized in a random match.
 
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chibe said:
Nope. Once you close your game, its gone forever.

*edit* Also, a shoutout to BoraHorzaGobuchul. Didn't catch your HardOCP name, but I was bummed that I didn't the kill on ya :( :D

It also feels weird being recognized in a random match.
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Heh. My hardforum name is benjdm, as you can see. I was more trying to kill your destroyers to protect our battleships, only shooting at you when there weren't any destroyers to shoot at.

My secret plan of having you run into an island didn't work out. :D
 
benjdm said:
My secret plan of having you run into an island didn't work out. :D
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Curses! You know my weakness! Only use it for good.

Also, kinda surprised that we actually won that match. Those Tirpitz did pretty good on pushing hard.
 
After a completely shitty day of WoWs, it's nice to know my little T1's are there to make me feel better. Zulu 1, and I awoke the Kraken !!!

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TechLarry said:
After a completely shitty day of WoWs, it's nice to know my little T1's are there to make me feel better. Zulu 1, and I awoke the Kraken !!!

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Nice! I think it's going to be awhile before I get that achievement.

Also got my first compliment. I nuked down his Fletcher in two salvos and gave it to me :). This means I need to kill DDs faster with my Mogami!
 
TechLarry said:
Ok, so I think I might be wrong about BB's being in trouble. Now, after some of my own games and seeing what is also happening to other people, I think it's actually DD's that are in big trouble.

I haven't been able to complete a match yet. In fact, I haven't been able to sink a single ship yet. I've never lived long enough to do it.

I honestly don't know what the hell is going on. Torp hits have been a total crapshoot, detection seems to have been nerfed though there's noting about it in the notes, and whatever else is going on.

I just don't know.

Torp detection was supposed to have been shortened (made more difficult for the target). As far as I can tell, they can actually see them earlier because I haven't had a SINGLE hit yet, and I've shot from as close as 5k.

I dunno. If their desire was to shake everything up, they were successful.
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So you are saying that there is a secret torp nerf with a torped buff?
 
If you only saw the amount of Tier IX and X torps I dodged tonight in a Yamato...lol. God that match was fucking stupid:

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Got abandoned by our DDs who did absolutely nothing. Probably dodged around a dozen waves of torps without getting hit before succumbing to the inevitable.
 
^ Not fun! :(

I had 2 back-to-back Krakens in my Konigsburg. Well worth suffering through the Karlsruhe.

Anyone else having bugtacular with this latest update?
 
TechLarry said:
Ok, so I think I might be wrong about BB's being in trouble. Now, after some of my own games and seeing what is also happening to other people, I think it's actually DD's that are in big trouble.

I haven't been able to complete a match yet. In fact, I haven't been able to sink a single ship yet. I've never lived long enough to do it.

I honestly don't know what the hell is going on. Torp hits have been a total crapshoot, detection seems to have been nerfed though there's noting about it in the notes, and whatever else is going on.

I just don't know.

Torp detection was supposed to have been shortened (made more difficult for the target). As far as I can tell, they can actually see them earlier because I haven't had a SINGLE hit yet, and I've shot from as close as 5k.

I dunno. If their desire was to shake everything up, they were successful.
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while yes torp detection range was shortened by 500m it really depends on the torps. for example japanese T6-T8 torps could be seen from 6.5km. T9-10 was something like 6.8km. if i remember correctly USN T5-T8 is something like 5.8km - 500m so 5.3km russians, well it really doesn't matter what the detection range is on them. also don't forget to take in the effect that other enemy ships have that are within range of your torps since everyone else can see them as well.. my last game of the night, fubuki thought he was being a bad ass by launching torps at me on the other side of an island, to bad for him the mahan on my team was within range to see the torps but the fubuki couldn't see him. so i saw them coming the second he launched them.

the 500m reduction really had no effect if the ship has rudder upgrade, you have to either be blind or tunnel visioning on some one to get hit by torps..


also i hate the new gun sounds.. my hipper sounds like garbage now and my nagato sounds like it has destroyer guns on it while my nicholas sounds like it has battleship guns on it.
 
DeadSkull said:
So you are saying that there is a secret torp nerf with a torped buff?
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No. Frankly, I don't know what the hell I'm saying. I just know that I tried every DD I have (4 or 5 of them) last night and every single one of them was totally ineffective. I never got a single torp on a target. Not once. I was always detected and had my ass blown off, or they saw the torps in more than enough time to avoid them.

Even my beloved Minekazi was totally ineffective.

Now, torps from planes, that's a different story. I got hit by TEN torps in a BB last night that were fired from two carrier groups. I didn't see them until they were literally 100 yards away. I stood zero chance of avoiding them. Oddly enough, I survived the strike (North Carolina) but it only took one or two shells to finish me off.

Last night was totally surreal. I'm not sure what to think right now.
 
Actually, I mentioned later that what I thought was going to happen was completely wrong, and just the opposite. I have no explanation as to why.

My DD's have been total shit since the patch. I don't see anything in the notes to explain it. They have just been totally worthless.

IJN or US. T5 to T8. It didn't matter. I ran every DD last night and never scored a single torp hit. None. Nada. Not out of all my DD's.

I may not be the best DD captain on the planet, but I'm generally much better than that :)

sirmonkey1985 said:
while yes torp detection range was shortened by 500m it really depends on the torps. for example japanese T6-T8 torps could be seen from 6.5km. T9-10 was something like 6.8km. if i remember correctly USN T5-T8 is something like 5.8km - 500m so 5.3km russians, well it really doesn't matter what the detection range is on them. also don't forget to take in the effect that other enemy ships have that are within range of your torps since everyone else can see them as well.. my last game of the night, fubuki thought he was being a bad ass by launching torps at me on the other side of an island, to bad for him the mahan on my team was within range to see the torps but the fubuki couldn't see him. so i saw them coming the second he launched them.

the 500m reduction really had no effect if the ship has rudder upgrade, you have to either be blind or tunnel visioning on some one to get hit by torps..


also i hate the new gun sounds.. my hipper sounds like garbage now and my nagato sounds like it has destroyer guns on it while my nicholas sounds like it has battleship guns on it.
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Business6 said:
If you only saw the amount of Tier IX and X torps I dodged tonight in a Yamato...lol. God that match was fucking stupid:

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Got abandoned by our DDs who did absolutely nothing. Probably dodged around a dozen waves of torps without getting hit before succumbing to the inevitable.
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Oh, I managed to snap a few SS of that match ;)
 
I mustered up the courage to put together a video of the Ibukakke...I mean, the Tier 9 Ibuki. What a terrible ship, for me, at least.

Invisi-fire should not be a requirement for a ship to have relevance when the ship is supposed to be a jack of all trades.
 
TechLarry said:
No. Frankly, I don't know what the hell I'm saying. I just know that I tried every DD I have (4 or 5 of them) last night and every single one of them was totally ineffective. I never got a single torp on a target. Not once. I was always detected and had my ass blown off, or they saw the torps in more than enough time to avoid them.

Even my beloved Minekazi was totally ineffective.

Now, torps from planes, that's a different story. I got hit by TEN torps in a BB last night that were fired from two carrier groups. I didn't see them until they were literally 100 yards away. I stood zero chance of avoiding them. Oddly enough, I survived the strike (North Carolina) but it only took one or two shells to finish me off.

Last night was totally surreal. I'm not sure what to think right now.
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i just played a quick game in the minekaze in a T5-7, did ok, hit 2 ships with 4 torps, sunk a new mexico. I couldn't tell if the game seemed different, since it was the first time I've played on my surface pro 4, with my travel mouse, so everything felt different. Was doing ok until I got air detected in the vicinity of a kiev, who proceeded to demolish me as you would expect in that situation, like I had insulted his heritage and penis size at the same time.
 
Business6 said:
If you only saw the amount of Tier IX and X torps I dodged tonight in a Yamato...lol. God that match was fucking stupid:

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Got abandoned by our DDs who did absolutely nothing. Probably dodged around a dozen waves of torps without getting hit before succumbing to the inevitable.
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Here you go :p does not show the full extent.


 
dave99 said:
i just played a quick game in the minekaze in a T5-7, did ok, hit 2 ships with 4 torps, sunk a new mexico. I couldn't tell if the game seemed different, since it was the first time I've played on my surface pro 4, with my travel mouse, so everything felt different. Was doing ok until I got air detected in the vicinity of a kiev, who proceeded to demolish me as you would expect in that situation, like I had insulted his heritage and penis size at the same time.
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First time I got to play with business6 I was in a hotel and did awful (my avg XP is usually 1434 and I was way below that). Was setting up a new laptop (Christmas present for the kids) and I don't know if it was my ping or what but I was around 20-30FPS. My last game we did ok. One game I mistakenly thought carrier would be easier with lag, boy was I wrong, at least the way I play. XPS 15 with a 960M, should have been fine, didn't try it at home to see if it does better there since it's wrapped.

I plan to see if I can stream this game over steam to the laptop. I have a desktop with a 970 in the basement setup just for this purpose. It'll keep the laptop cool and quiet and should have better visuals. :). Could always do that with your Surface Pro. I didn't notice input lag when I tried Rocket League, not on the home network anyways.

I used to play jap dd. I got to tier 7 and the whole "kiting" in the shadows got boring. I could usually do ok gunning, but now I have a U.S. DD line I really enjoy.

Russian dd were good but weren't fun IMO.
 
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Derfnofred said:
It seems relevance of cruisers falls off dramatically after T6. :(
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When carriers have relevance again so will high tier cruisers. Don't get me wrong, a cruiser in the right spot can be utterly devastating to any BB but if you're caught in the open you're dead. That's another reason why the map changes on Islands of Ice make no fucking sense to me as it so firmly pushes the balance on that map in favor of wide, long range torp spreads and battleship cannon fire.
 
Business6 said:
When carriers have relevance again so will high tier cruisers. Don't get me wrong, a cruiser in the right spot can be utterly devastating to any BB but if you're caught in the open you're dead. That's another reason why the map changes on Islands of Ice make no fucking sense to me as it so firmly pushes the balance on that map in favor of wide, long range torp spreads and battleship cannon fire.
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agree.. i use to like the ice map but i think it's shit now.. pretty much have to sit in the islands on either side of the map as a cruiser now.
 
The North Carolina started out a bit rough the first two games, I did ok, but was doing better in the Colorado. Last three games I did 150k dmg though, beginning to like it! The AA is pretty great too, when carriers are in play I hang out with any Tirpitz to give them a fighting chance. :). I think it's at 90 IIRC. The one game a Ryiujo send planes at me and it was a hilarious slaughter. When you start losing planes at 6km maybe you should turn them around.
 
Digital Viper-X- said:
Wow, the Negatos guns are pretty awesome :p dropping 20k salvos on a Tirpitz was fun.
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Yeah one got a 20-30k slavo in my NC earlier. I wrote him off and was focusing on deflecting an Amagi. Was I in for a surprise when I got the heartbeat sound effect, I was thinking, "where the f did that come from." :D
 
Digital Viper-X- said:
Wow, the Negatos guns are pretty awesome :p dropping 20k salvos on a Tirpitz was fun.
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yes they are, only problem i have with the nagato is on the smaller maps because the guns overpen like a mofo inside 12km. luckily T7 can't be played on those maps anymore now so it should be a lot better.
 
What's more fun than clubbing Seals in the Orlan?

Clubbing Seals in the Orlan when it has an 11 point captain with AFT, and bashing them over the head at a range they can't touch you at :)
 
TechLarry said:
What's more fun than clubbing Seals in the Orlan?

Clubbing Seals in the Orlan when it has an 11 point captain with AFT, and bashing them over the head at a range they can't touch you at :)
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I don't think I'm far from getting AFT in my dresden captain..that rate of fire coupled with 10.6km range..could be fun..
 
Merry christmas my fellow [H]'ers!

Finally put together the Yamato overview last night and barely managed to get it under the tree in time for this morning. No, seriously, I was up until 4am editing it, lol.

I also put together an email if you want to send replays (3 end of round screenshots required for each replay) at [email protected]. I want to try to do a few a month to help with the variety of videos and eventually have replay contests. Maybe something like "show me your best close quarters expert medal because I can't get the godddamn thing myself" contest. lol

Merry christmas again, guys! I'll be streaming again at 3pm EST because I'm snowed in anyways, hah!
 
Figured out the issue that some people were having (including me) with the new AMD Crimson driver and WOWs. Delete the pre-configured profile that is built into the Radeon software and don't use one. The game plays great without it.
 
It seems like a bad ping can kill FPS. At a hotel my laptop was getting 30-40FPS on average with terrible stutter. At home, changing nothing but the internet service, I get a consistent 60FPS. i7/960M at 1080P so it should have no problems on low.
 
Finally got around to playing some Russian DDs

They're fun as fuck:
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More. I need more!
 
Business6 said:
Finally got around to playing some Russian DDs

They're fun as fuck:
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More. I need more!
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pretty much what viper said.. the fun ends at T6 and never really gets any better from there.. T3 T4 are fun as hell.. T5 is only fun if you get placed in T4 matches and the ognev is a steaming pile of shit because it's guns are worthless. they're to strong to use AP vs DD's but to weak to do anything to cruisers T6 and up, and HE is worthless against everything because the shell trajectory is to flat.
 
sirmonkey1985 said:
pretty much what viper said.. the fun ends at T6 and never really gets any better from there.. T3 T4 are fun as hell.. T5 is only fun if you get placed in T4 matches and the ognev is a steaming pile of shit because it's guns are worthless. they're to strong to use AP vs DD's but to weak to do anything to cruisers T6 and up, and HE is worthless against everything because the shell trajectory is to flat.
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Tier 7 was a pretty good tier, but the nerf made it more meh than a power house.

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Also wondering when the hell wargaming is going to give a ship for the ranked 1 players like they did for the first season. They were hinting at it pretty hard all during season 2.
 
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Yeah I wasn't planning on running up the Russian DD line. Instead I just found some ridiculously fun ships to play at low tier :D

I'll eventually get around to playing USN DD enough to at least get the Benson and maybe I'll get the balls to roll IJN DDs again some day. Benson and Fubuki are my only goals with those two lines.
 
the derpzki is pretty damn fun, and the gnevny is good also. Ognevoi is awful.

I might get the blyzswwjdwikipedia or whatever it's called since it's on sale now. I have a soft spot for destroyers.
 
Well, I decided I hated myself and grinded out the Ibuki (fuck that ship) and after 200k XP, finally got the Zao. Atleast I bought the ship with the 20% off on the credit cost. The sad part is that I don't have a 15 point captain to put in her, so I don't have the upgraded stealth. My 14 point one will have to do for now :( .
 
chibe said:
Well, I decided I hated myself and grinded out the Ibuki (fuck that ship) and after 200k XP, finally got the Zao. Atleast I bought the ship with the 20% off on the credit cost. The sad part is that I don't have a 15 point captain to put in her, so I don't have the upgraded stealth. My 14 point one will have to do for now :( .
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You're crazy, lol, but yay! Zao! Any good games in the Ibuki?

Imperator Nikolai overview is now up and I'm starting the stream now :D Russian DDs are up first today!
 
chibe said:
Well, I decided I hated myself and grinded out the Ibuki (fuck that ship) and after 200k XP, finally got the Zao. Atleast I bought the ship with the 20% off on the credit cost. The sad part is that I don't have a 15 point captain to put in her, so I don't have the upgraded stealth. My 14 point one will have to do for now :( .
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Nice. The Zao always seems to be a bastard to kill. I watched half my team fire at it an entire game once.

I am trying to grind for the Montana, maybe we can play some T10 games next week. My wife is home all week so I get a game or two in the morning and that's it.

Had a 18k XP game this morning in my Mahan. All these multipliers... Base XP was around 2.5k. :D. All I did was take out three DDs and half a cruiser IIRC. XP must be mainly based on % of hp of a ship. I think my overall dmg caused was around 40-50k. Overall Russian and U.S. DDs are similar IMO especially after T6.
 
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