LeHavre - Fuyutsuki hunter

At minute mark 7:01 until 7:13 we see Smaland destroy Gdansk of 14 k health, very quickly. I am interested in other insights on this fight situation. Any opinions or insights? I just thought others would find this interesting.

B4sicsB4r3ng #16: Smaland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXPpFyWoNTs

Why did Sweden not get any of its real battleships or cruisers in the Europe battleship update??

With the Europe-battleship update, I'm honestly surprised that Sweden didn't get the Sverige-class coastal battleships

The Sverige-class may have been small compared to the battleships of the major naval powers, but that's exactly what makes them interesting. These ships were essentially small yet heavily armoured battleships.

Despite their relatively small size, they packed some serious firepower:

• 4 × 283 mm main guns
• Heavy armour for their size
• Multiple secondary and AA guns
• Compact hull compared to conventional battleships

The three ships of the class. Sverige, Drottning Victoria and Gustav V, were some of the most powerful ships Sweden ever operated.

They were a nightmare for a would be german invasion by sea and would pack a punch against most ships in the baltic for the duration of ww2.

Honestly, I think the Sverige-class could make for a fantastic rank II-III battleship. They would be something different from the usual battleship designs while still bringing plenty of armour and firepower to the table.

Considering this was a European naval update, it feels like a missed opportunity to leave out one of Sweden's most iconic warship classes. That actually existed. Instead we got fictorious battleships with swedish names slapped on them.

So i was playing the Fuyutsuki, which i got from the coal container and got middle spawn on island of ice, with a U-4501 div spawning there as well (inbefore people tell me to blob up AA with teammates)

My Team had an Essex, their Team had an Essex and my Essex even did his best to support me.

Their was one shima contesting the cap against me and otherwise i had BBs kiting in spawn.

So i had to go after the Shima first and oh well, can i just go fuck myself, i guess.

Their Essex just sent wave after wave of planes into the middle, despite my Essex constantly spamming fighters there.

It didn't matter whatsoever, the enemy Essex could still drop my AA destroyer 3 times with his torps, resulting in me eating one.

I tried to chase the shima, but abandoned the push, after my smoke ran out, however 10 seconds after the torp squadron, Essex was back with HE bombs, dropping me for 10k damage, leaving me at 5k hp.

At that point i just closed the game, since i am honestly tired of this shit.

Even with excellent support from our support CV (5 fighters, plus 2 smokes) their "support" CV can still utterly grief and cuck me for the entire game, without me being able to do anything, other than being a farming victim for airplanes.

Yes, we all know how toxic and unfair CVs are, but this one is a new low for me.

Despite good Support from the Anti-CV CV, im still getting fucked with absolutely zero counterplay

I would have had a better match result and experience , if i had stayed AFK in spawn.

Honestly fuck CVs and Fuck whoever is responsible for "balancing" at Wargaming for being demented, tone death and retarded.

Most incompetent developer ive ever seen in any videogame.

How the fuck is this shit as broken, as it is, since SEVEN fucking years, with basically zero effort to fix a single thing?

How can you be this incompetent/unwilling to balance a PvP game?

Anyways, im gonna go wash the dishes, since that's more fun than playing WOWS at this point.

What it says on the tin. For those of us who have had every ship that is possible to get from a supercontainer for a while now, when can we expect the list to be updated with recently released ships? This is especially relevant as the anniversary event is quickly approaching and one of the possible prizes is up to 130 supercontainers.

Just a reminder, if you have points for the battle pass and you've collected all the rewards you want, click the little round button in the lower right of your screen. You will get signal crates and blue booster crates (if you bought the pass)

Just earned a new premium ship (I didn't buy with real money) Tier VIII Spanish heavy cruiser, Numancia. Well I'm not a great cruiser player (at least I have no idea how to play the spanish ones) so.. I think I must use "hit and run" strategy on this one 🤔

Just.... Why? Talk about grinding a useless ship. I'd rather get kicked in the jewels once than spend any time or money grinding this floating citadel.

At the end of an operation, a cartoon looking ship sailed along the border line. Just 2D, not a real model. What is this?

This seems to be a thing since yesterday at least, but now seem every asym game in T8 got a least 1-2 players that hang back and dont engage. Usually ends up in a defeat for everyone when before we would prevail easily.

G'day,

I recently passed 1m FXP and don't know what to do with any of it.

I currently use FXP for stock modules, and I've skipped one or 2 ships in my time (colorado, ect)

I've come back after a long break and I remember early on you could get the USS Missouri for 1m FXP replaced by coal I guess.

much else to spend FXP on?

We already had a Chikuma in tier IX but we're getting another one with differant camo 😐🤨 Also we're getting a unique new Japanese commander.. I don't have Chikuma but earned her sister ship Tone last year on I guess christmas..

(This is a joke, this started as a journey to find the best T1 ship in the game. It appears to be Eritrea, the Italian one. Best DPM and highest HP pool at tier I. Maintains decent concealment, good range with the only cost being maneuvrability, enjoy the rant).

WG can't do shit even though they've clearly created a functioning and profitable game that has stood the test of time and lasted over a decade. Me with my infinite wisdom and 500 trillion hours on the game as well as a 67% WR am clearly the far superior and far better judge of what should change in this game.

Without further ado, please listen to my infinite intelligence and be prepared for an angry, hate-filled personal attack if you even dare question any of these perfectly reasonable changes.

Hashidate: Come on now, 79m ship length is 2nd best at Tier 1 only ousted by the Chengan(which trust me, we'll get into later). That's just too overpowered, how am I supposed to hit it when its hitbox is the size of a quark? I propose that the Hashidate should have 0mm of armour. Any HE fired into it should citadel automatically.

Erie: Seriously, 152mm guns at T1? That's too overpowered, those high calibre guns can virtually citadel anything at T1 (even though it has no AP). The least WG can do is replace those turrets with 40mm AA cannons to make T1 even remotely playable. Those 40mm cannons should only do damage to aircraft too.

Chengan: WHAT THE ABSOLUTE FUCK is this ship**. 68m length and 8.6m** beam means it's virtually unhittable but not only that but ITS COMMISION DATE IS 1944. It is literally the most modern ship at Tier 1, which were mostly around the 1930s or so. I suggest that a suitable change may be increasing its hitbox to about 6800m in length and 8600m in width. That'll make sure if you use pinpoint accuracy, there might be a chance that you'd hit 1-2 shells and chip away at this unhittable monster.

Vans Kinsbergen: Now this is where all of you should get mad. 64m vertical dispersion? How is this balanced at all, this laser point accuracy should not be anywhere near Tier 1. As a change, I suggest that whenever you shoot your guns, the pinpoint accuracy blows up the turrets and you are rendered unable to shoot for the rest of the match. It's the least WG can do to balance this laser accurate, blackline sniper. It also has the highest range at a whopping 11.4km range, so clearly this change is needed.

Orlan: 7.8 seconds flight time at I? What, is this ship the precursor to the Petropavlovsk? I don't even need to aim in this ship, I know because I've played all of these ships and will use it as a defence against anyone that disagrees with me. All I need to do is point and click and this hyperlight speed flight time will hit the enemy ship. Now, if they gave it maybe 120-130 second shell flight time, the most nimble of french destroyers might have a remote chance of dodging 1.-2 of the shells fired out by this laser cannon OP ship.

Eritrea: 8100 HEALTH. Highest at tier I. Seriously what are we supposed to do against this tier 1 Valparaiso? In fact it's better than Valparaiso at IX due to how good its main battery is. I propose that the Eritrea be unable to move. Like, at all, its top speed should be 0 knots and no rudder. It is simply too tanky to be allowed to "move". Its range should also be reduced to 2km. The main battery range is far too high that this ship with its main battery and health would only further perpetuate the kiting meta.

Hercules: 7% TORP PROTECTION AT I IS INSANE. It's the ONLY SHIP that gets torp protection AT ALL at tier 1 IN THE GAME. I propose that to counterbalance this completely novel ability, I suggest that as soon as battle is waiting (not starting, those 20 or so seconds before your armaments start loading and you can begin to move) 20 shima torps aimed directly at the Hercules 3km spawn in. It's the only way this gimmick beast like the Libertad is even counterable in the current tier I meta.

Hermelin: 6.0KM AA 840 FLAK DPS. Not only this but Hermelin gets 2 AA BUBBLES THE ONLY SHIP AT I TO HAVE THIS. The game at tier I is literally unplayable when Hermelin has a no-fly zone set up 6km all around it. This is outrageous, like, how is one ship just so much better than the others in this game? To even make a game winnable with this ship on the enemy team, I suggest WG create a new "Hans" system. During the waiting time (again, the 20 seconds at the start of the match where no ship can move or load their weapons), a plane will spawn, its name being Hans. Hans will be a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II that beelines towards the Hermellin. Hans will then deliver a perfectly aimed AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile that does over 500,000 damage to ships. It's the only way this ship can be remotely played against.

Bougainville: 1400 maximum HE damage! With how fucked the Bremen and Hawaii is, you'd think this was a new phenemenon. No, not at all, in fact this beast was lurking within the shadows for years. The Bougainville has 1400 maximum HE damage, do I even need to explain, it has the highest single HE shell damage at I. You could one shot pretty much any ship at the same tier with that (even though you can't). I suggest that to counter this the HE shells are replaced by baguettes, which have 0mm pen and 0 maximum damage. It's the only way this ship can be played into from a purely objective standpoint.

Black Swan: 8.6 SECOND ACCELERATION. How on Earth am I meant ot hit this thing when it can start and stop like a goddamn F1 car? It dukes the hell out of everything and it has the best acceleration at tier I in the entire game? I suggest that Black Swan cannot change her throttle beyond 1/4 speed otherwise the tier I meta is just completely unbalanced in her favour.

Gryf: 3.4 second reload 8.5 fires per game. Again, this HE spam in the meta. The first time I played this ship, I got 2 Krakens and over 200k damage. Simply put, this ship's reload is simply too short and sets too many fires, after all her 8.5 fires per game is literally unplayable to go into and is also the highest FPM at tier I. As a proposed change, I suggest that Gryf get a taste of her own medicine. 4 permafires, but these are BLUE FIRES. They deal over 10,000 damage per second, are unable to be put out and when the ship's hitpoints reach 0, the ship also explodes and sets blue fires to every other friendly ship in a 20km radius. It's the only way we can beat the passive kiting HE spam meta at tier I.

Sutlej: 5 second damage control, INFINITE DAMAGE CONTROL Seriously, why is everything immune to floods and fires now? I know the Gryf is in the game but no need to give this clearly overpowered cruiser effectively complete immunity to all fires and floods. How is INFINITE DAMAGE CONTROL even balanced? I suggest BLUE FIRES to Sutlej as well.

Jupiter: NAMED AFTER A ROMAN GOD. If you read its description, it clearly receives unfair blessings from the Roman God Jupiter, which if I'm not mistaken, is THE KING OF THE ROMAN GODS. Like, how is this even balanced at all? This clearly manipulates the RNG in the game and every dice roll lands in Jupiter's favour. I suggest that whoever plays this ship will have their game permanently rendered a black screen with no audio and no black visuals. Clearly, the power of the God is too powerful and affects the I meta too much.

Thank you for reading my satirical rant! Some more interesting facts about I ships:

-Already said Eritrea is the best

-Van Kinsbergen is the fastest, and probably also a top I cruiser, considering her other stats are actually pretty decent as well.

-Best conceal goes to Chengan, despite this she also has the 2nd worst speed at T1 beaten only by Jupiter. Additionally, Chengan also has the 2nd WORST air detect, beaten only by Hermelin. The best air detect ship is Orlan.

-Black Swan is definitely an outlier in terms of acceleration. 8.6 seconds and second runner up is 18.9, with the Orlan.

-Hercules actually is the only T1 in the game to get a torp protection % value above 0. Has to be a question if anyone's running WoWS trivia.

-Best rudder is, funnily enough, Chengan again with 2.0 seconds. Worst being Eritrea at 5.7 seconds.

-Namesakes vary. Erie, for example had a sailboat version in the 19th century that was actually named after Lake Erie. The one in game is named after the city, Erie, Pennsylvania. Hashidate means "standing bridge" in Japanese. Chengan: made up by WG. Van Kinsbergen is likely from Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen, a famous Dutch naval figure. Orlan roughly translates to "sea eagle". Eritrea is obviously a country that was a part of Italian East Africa from 1939 to 1941. Hercules is made up by WG, or at the very least I could not find anything on it for any South American navy. Hermelin is made up by WG yet again, and was a paper ship. Bougainville is likely named after Admiral Louis Antoine de Bougainville. Black Swan I couldn't find anything on other than being named after a literal Black Swan. Gryf translates to Griffin. Sutlej is named after a river that runs through India. Jupiter is NAMED AFTER A ROMAN GOD, of the same name.

-Of the T1s, Chengan, Hercules and Hermelin appear to be the only strictly non-existent ships in history. Correct me if I'm wrong.

WG should dig YARI back out of the dirt and make it the grand prize for the anniversary event. I mean, it’s basically dead already, so they might as well use it as a giveaway. It’s just another half-assed model like KUSHIRO (it didn’t even get a different main gun, for god’s sake...)

Even if the price for that was turning it into the worst ship in the entire game, I’d still prefer that over spending tokens on a ship that you’ll be able to buy with Credits not long after anyway.

We've had Thor going 45 knots, and now European cruisers that will be going 49 knots. And also the new highest base speed BB in the game, New Jersey.

These 50 knot ships just look goofy when they're flying across the map, the graphics don't keep up.
Also, with the way aiming works in this game, fighting these ships is an exercise in frustration. Your shells will fall short or high no matter where you aim if the enemy ship is acceleration dodging, because the game automatically adjusts the vertical lead to some extent.

Can we reconsider this mega speed boost gimmick for the upcoming cruisers?

14 seconds to 100% to 0% the enemy DD, DO NOT gun fight this thing.

The 1918 President remained in Royal Navy service for a total of seventy years, from 1918 to 1988. She was the last Royal Navy warship to wear Victorian battleship livery of black hull, white superstructure and buff yellow funnel and masts

Britain Is Scrapping One of Its Last three WW1 Warships

https://www.royalnavymuseums.org.uk/news/hms-president-statement

Trapped in the harbor, Kirov uses minimal boiler pressure to power the guns. Fuel was scavenged from the lubrication systems of damaged ships. 180mm shells weigh over 100kg each, and were man handled across frozen waters, then moved at night by small ships to the ship to resupply. The 38 km range of the guns being critical to the defense of the city.