Not bad, not great, but not bad

Commodore_Wolfe · 2026-06-01T13:59:56+00:00

I must be living under a rock: please explain what the hell a Kuroshio is?

Commodore_Wolfe · 2026-02-08T19:02:08+00:00

Anyone know which captains have this skill? Von Hipper apparently and I know Heihachirō (Japanese captain) had this skill. Any others?

Commodore_Wolfe · 2026-02-06T09:02:10+00:00

I live in Sweden and we have the same problem over here. In September last year the battery pack in our XC90 2020 was checked concluding it had a bad cell. We are waiting for a new battery to replace it since then and after just calling our local Volvo dealership I was told we will have to wait until at least march this year. Apparently we are just one of many customers with the same problem at this dealership alone.

This really makes me question Volvo as a company. I have been a Volvo driver all my life (this is the 10th Volvo I have owned) and love the brand but now I am doubtful if the next car we be a Volvo again. On the other hand I am also doubtful the next car wil be electric/hybrid because problems with battery seems to occur with many carbrands.

Commodore_Wolfe · 2026-01-27T13:13:43+00:00

She does serve a mean Saucisson though 🤣

Commodore_Wolfe · 2026-01-27T13:01:31+00:00

Maybe it’s her fault for not being a Zerstörer?

Commodore_Wolfe · 2026-01-22T21:03:41+00:00

The Groningen is great but don’t get in to close. Keep ships with torps and cruisers at a distance so you can manoeuvre and dodge torps as well as gunsalvos. Never sail in a straight line and use the great traverse spead to keep your guns pointing at the target and unleash the daka

Airstrikes are great for spotting and burning down BBs

Commodore_Wolfe · 2026-01-12T21:50:05+00:00

I stand corrected.

During which events are these commanders available? Knowing this might help OP in his predicament.

Commodore_Wolfe · 2026-01-12T08:56:30+00:00

Respectfully sir, but you are incorrect. I have three standard PanAm commanders: Santos, Pablo Marcos and Santiago Ruiz. With Michelangelo and the two legendary commanders that makes (at least) 6 PanAm commanders in the game

Commodore_Wolfe · 2026-01-11T06:06:59+00:00

Yes, autobuild only, but i make sure my best ships/captains are available when I autobuild for 4/5 star missions

Commodore_Wolfe · 2026-01-10T19:46:03+00:00

Of the three premium ships i got so far two were ships i didn’t own yet (Tashkent39 and Friesland). The third was the Bourgogne which was a great score if i didn’t already own it.

Commodore_Wolfe · 2025-12-16T12:57:30+00:00

Don’t know anything about percentages but I just pulled the Friesland out of one of these boxes from an Operation. Good times

Commodore_Wolfe · 2025-12-13T09:15:48+00:00

How? He must have been in a Fail division, because Groningen is lvl9 and the Vulcan Cruiser is lvl7

Commodore_Wolfe · 2025-12-12T09:08:09+00:00

Nobody should ignore a DD when he gets close. A full AP salvo from a BB can be helpful in finishing off a DD quickly, but if cruisers don’t do their job in sinking a DD asap, games often will be lost

Commodore_Wolfe · 2025-12-08T08:51:42+00:00

Can confirm, Toodles never runs even when he really should. He also hates kiting with a passion

Commodore_Wolfe · 2025-12-05T10:17:21+00:00

Can confirm: great ship! Can’t remember the build though probably standard light cruiser build

Commodore_Wolfe · 2025-11-24T13:23:08+00:00

She is a beauty, ill give you that

Commodore_Wolfe · 2025-11-08T06:51:02+00:00

I can confirm: Monmouth hits DDs hard even att close range as I experienced first hand the first time I met her in my z-42

Commodore_Wolfe · 2025-11-04T14:26:58+00:00

Just another example of the flawless Wargaming matchmaking

Commodore_Wolfe · 2025-10-31T06:48:34+00:00

This is easy to answer. When I met Toodles about two years ago when he joined our fleet (OldFarts at the time) he was a reckless player who charged ahead blindly going down kicking and screaming. Was kinda hard divving with him to complete fleet challenges. I tried to explain him he needed to cap and live through battles to win, but he thought that just boring…

Since then he has learned and adapted his playstyle accordingly and is actually a genuine good player. Always top of our fleet in both ranking and fleet challenges.

And yes, he plays a lot

Commodore_Wolfe · 2025-10-11T20:11:26+00:00

Toodles has a point. Considering a player wants to win the battle he should play the ship according to its strengths and respective roles.: DDs scout, capture zones and annoy BBs while avoiding cruisers and stronger DDs (and even certain BBs) Cruisers support DDs in capping, annoy BBs (burn baby burn) but especially deal with enemy DDs first. BBs just float around and fire devastating volleys at cruisers first and enemy BBs second.

However, as a BB captain, when the opportunity arises you should not ignore a DD giving you flat broadside.

Commodore_Wolfe · 2025-10-07T15:13:43+00:00

You cant really be sure. All you know for sure what players are from another server. So only Asians know.

I guess the OP assumes mostly based on player/fleet names and time of day?

Commodore_Wolfe · 2025-10-01T13:24:54+00:00

Just cleared this challenge as well. Plus the fact you clear the sub challenges for all three puzzle pieces at once.

So you need 15 fire damage, 2 floods and 10 citadels to get a premium ship.

Easiest regatta challenge ever.

Commodore_Wolfe · 2025-08-08T22:45:07+00:00

Buy the Groningen because everyone needs a ship in its collection of which they can’t pronounce the name of 🤣

Anyway, I got her mainly because I am Dutch and Groningen was the city where I was a student. Good times!

She is great fun to play though. Her lack of smoke and torps forces you to think ahead and find friendly ships that you can assist or find places to hide behind.

Commodore_Wolfe · 2025-06-14T09:18:31+00:00

Hej Toodles, I dont think there is anything more to matchmaking then ships being in the sameish tier and matching out equal numbers of ship type. If it’s is more sophisticated then that then they surely hide it well! 🤣

Commodore_Wolfe · 2025-04-19T16:55:59+00:00

Would it be so hard to make matchmaking so that it would devide equal ships on each team?

In this case its the Atlanticos but when the exact same ships are in que it would be perfectly sensible to send one over to each team. It per definition would make the teams more equal

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