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dammage79 · 09-11-2015, 12:19 PM

Thats straight out of my childhood. Took me years to remember the name of that cartoon.

Best space ship ever imagined. Better than the enterprise, x-wing, super star destroyer etc. Plus Yamamotos fighter jets launched the coolest and looked the coolest. Oh god I am so nerding out aren't I?

GoinAllTheWay · 09-11-2015, 12:33 PM

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I do have some issues with the game play though, Enemy boats keep disappearing on me when I am firing on them. A little weird, perhaps I should lower the graphics level.

Is that all ships or just destroyers? Some ships are harder to detect (well, just destroyers basically) and will appear/disappear sometimes. Especially if they are traveling through a smoke screen. And this is usually at range, if you are fairly close (less than 8 KM) they shouldn't be doing that.

dammage79 · 09-11-2015, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay

Is that all ships or just destroyers? Some ships are harder to detect (well, just destroyers basically) and will appear/disappear sometimes. Especially if they are traveling through a smoke screen. And this is usually at range, if you are fairly close (less than 8 KM) they shouldn't be doing that.

It's happened with cruisers and battleships too. I see the smoke screen which makes sense when they disappear then but I'll be targeting a ship within range 9.8 k is my limit and poof, it's gone then blinks back in further ahead, could be lag too.

BlackArcher101 · 09-11-2015, 01:12 PM

Here's a good read on how spotting works.

http://forum.worldofwarships.com/ind...ing-mechanics/

socktape · 09-11-2015, 11:34 PM

5 kills and 119 hits with a Omaha and my team still loses.. disappointing on a 2x weekend

BlackArcher101 · 09-12-2015, 11:51 AM

Brutal. Although, you probably got decent XP and still have 2x for another match.

dammage79 · 09-13-2015, 09:35 PM

The early dreadnaught s are soooooooo boring to exp

GoinAllTheWay · 09-15-2015, 05:00 PM

Well, things came crashing back to reality last night. Remembered to set the battle button to Random Battle so I could play against real people, got m a$$ handed to me. Holy is that harder! Way more ships! Enemy carriers don't predictably send out there torpedo planes right down the middle of the map unescorted for me to shoot down.

Going to have to completely re-work my strategy......

BlackArcher101 · 09-15-2015, 05:03 PM

If you are talking about playing as a carrier.... I don't bother against actual players anymore for that same reason. I never am able to get decent XP. Until you get to Tier 6 where you get more squadrons to send out, it's barely fun.

dammage79 · 09-15-2015, 07:17 PM

So don't go H2H with real players until Tier 6 for all ship classes? I've decided I am devoting my self to the Cruisers first. Just about 10-15 matches away from getting to the Phoenix class.

Kerplunk · 09-17-2015, 12:25 PM

I find it's really only the CVs that are boring/hard to do things with in the low tiers. With only a few squads and backup zipping off into the distance, it's hard to get good xp with it unless you land some good manual torp drops.

dammage79 · 09-17-2015, 04:36 PM

One thing I don't like is the silver star EXP being locked to the one ship. Would be nice to buy ships with combined EXP. i know theres the gold star XP for that but you get what 10% per battle?

BlackArcher101 · 09-17-2015, 05:32 PM

They want you to keep your max upgraded ships, then spend gold (dubloons?) to transfer the xp you get in full to free-xp, which you can then spend on any ship.

Freemium games have to make money somehow

What I really wish is that you could take free xp from World of Tanks/Planes and transfer it to World of Warpships. I've got a ton sitting in those other games that I don't play anymore.

dammage79 · 09-22-2015, 01:39 PM

Into the Omaha now. Doesn't feel as potent as the Phoenix class but hot dang I cannot wait to get into a Cleveland class. Also almost into whatever is after the South Carolina class Battleship, which will be nice. Also, for those that don't know PvP get you waaaay more EXP than playing Co-op.

BlackArcher101 · 09-22-2015, 04:23 PM

The Ohama can still be a beast, but I too can't wait for the cleveland. I have the Murmansk which is similar to the Omaha, but for some reason I find more fun to play.

After the South Carolina and it's absolute horrible shot spread is the Wyoming. IMO, it's not a big jump to it, but going to the New York is a lot better.

However, you become target #1 in PvP battles. Quite a few times I get torped by carriers without even getting to fire a shot.

socktape · 09-23-2015, 09:32 AM

I have the fully upgraded Omaha and New York and both are a blast to play. I am finding I like the Omaha better than the Phoenix. It seems a little unfair with the Japanese cruisers vs the US as they have way less firepower in terms of guns. I gave up on the Japanese BBs for now as I have their tier 5 CV. One thing I noticed is that their fighters don't seem to be as strong.

Took me a bit too to figure out how to "upgrade" the skills of the crew as well. I didn't go through the tutorial videos.

Way more experience points in random battles, haven't tried the third battle type yet that came out with the new release.

BlackArcher101 · 09-23-2015, 10:14 AM

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Way more experience points in random battles, haven't tried the third battle type yet that came out with the new release.

Me neither. You need a tier 6 or 7 ship for the ranked battles, which I don't have yet.

Kerplunk · 09-23-2015, 01:47 PM

I'm finding I have much more fun in a destroyer or cruiser, and almost have enough for the Cleveland, which should be fun. I find battleships too damn slow with everything (unless the RNG gods are with me and I actually one shot something) and everyone on the team tends to cower behind me, and carriers are too much like playing a top down RTS (and I have better games around for that). Starting to get into the tiers where there is a lot of xp grinding to get anything.

dammage79 · 09-23-2015, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by socktape

I have the fully upgraded Omaha and New York and both are a blast to play. I am finding I like the Omaha better than the Phoenix. It seems a little unfair with the Japanese cruisers vs the US as they have way less firepower in terms of guns. I gave up on the Japanese BBs for now as I have their tier 5 CV. One thing I noticed is that their fighters don't seem to be as strong.

Took me a bit too to figure out how to "upgrade" the skills of the crew as well. I didn't go through the tutorial videos.

Way more experience points in random battles, haven't tried the third battle type yet that came out with the new release.

Is it worth it to have the stage 3 hull on the Omaha? You lose 2 guns and gain some AA. Just wondering if the trade off is worth it.

Kerplunk · 09-23-2015, 02:31 PM

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Is it worth it to have the stage 3 hull on the Omaha? You lose 2 guns and gain some AA. Just wondering if the trade off is worth it.

I've found that it, unfortunately, depends on what the matchmaker throws at you. A carrier heavy match might need more AA to cover the BBs and CVs, while a destroyer heavy will require more guns. Play style will play a part too...do you escort the BBs or zip ahead to intercept other ships? You might prefer having more up front firepower.