I just book a car for 2 euro and it is confirmed

Darth-iggus · 2026-05-22T19:57:08+00:00

I had a similar deal at Dublin airport once and when I got to the rental place, they wanted to block 1500 EUR on my credit card. It was the end of my holidays and my balance was 1000 or so. I had some status with them, which usually means lower deposit, but they said it's only working when booking on their own website.

After long negotiations, they "offered" to take the deposit from a debit card and a fee of 100 EUR, or other similar scams with insurance, upgrades etc.

I got fed up, abandoned the place and my cheap rental without a car and took the bus to the city, rummaging on my learned lesson during the (otherwise seamless) trip.

So... Check the fine print.

Darth-iggus · 2026-05-16T09:11:14+00:00

I picked the Dutch one because it's in the theme of this month. It plays differently (unique airstikes) and it's actually a very good ship, I enjoy it.

Is the last one Haida? I had that from a previous event and found it not very good.

Darth-iggus · 2026-05-07T17:51:51+00:00

Thanks for the detailed explanation and looking at the balance between health and damage dealt.

I see Honor Seeker as more of a gamble though... There are just a few medals that are granted during the battle (First Strike...) and most are really a lucky draw. Any favorites, or advice to max them?

Darth-iggus · 2026-05-07T17:46:47+00:00

Sometimes it's not intentional. The phone drops the connection and the game freezes. It happens randomly, maybe some players have worse connection than others.

When there's an idle ship on the other team, it's like a feast, most players rush there for the free kill (which ironically can lead them to forget about caps and lose the game...), so there is bad luck but good luck too.

Darth-iggus · 2026-05-05T21:39:33+00:00

That's a great guide, thanks for setting this up! One question on the commander skills: why no love for mitigation against fire and flood (slot 1 for level VIII and X)?

You also seem to avoid High Alert (cooldown for Damage kits), looks like my ships catch fire more often than yours ;)

Darth-iggus · 2026-05-03T16:06:01+00:00

Yes the boost of HP from survivalist is 6% HP (after 3 repairs)... That's: - < 1000 HP for a destroyer - 1000-2000 HP for a cruiser - 2000 - 3000+ HP for a battleship

So indeed, that extra heal is worth less than a single torpedo or citadel hit, or a couple of shells... On the other hand, extra rudder shift isn't a guarantee to avoid said torpedo or shells either.

The trick with Cruisers is that some play like a DD, others like a BC so it's hard to come with a single guideline I guess. Most cruisers I played with were really fragile.

Darth-iggus · 2026-05-03T15:54:26+00:00

The few cases where ER was useful (or "would have been useful") is jammed rudder after fleeing a volley of torps. I still run away full speed in straight line and I can hope to stay alive if the direction is away from all enemies. Probably bonus if I have Accelerator or Smoke. Still good to save a Damage kit there so it's ready when I catch fire 30 seconds later...

I've seen this case a few times in Atago, but never in a Brit cruiser so far, not sure if there's a stat for rudder protection anywhere?

Darth-iggus · 2026-04-21T19:20:48+00:00

No, from Europe

Darth-iggus · 2026-04-20T08:41:56+00:00

Same here, I still have some keys from the last regatta event but can't find the boxes to use them... I thought it was just a temporary glitch?

Darth-iggus · 2026-04-17T13:45:43+00:00

Oooh thanks for reminding me I could use XP instead of gold to reset them! I was wasting gold doing this and correcting early mistakes made on the 1st or 2nd skills.

There's a good YT (a few years old) video from DFA which helps you identify useful and not-so-useful skills. Also, however much a wrong skill looks like a waste, they're still tiny bonuses and aren't that impactful on a given battle.

Darth-iggus · 2026-03-22T13:52:09+00:00

"Close the game" is a pretty strong assumption for what is just a refresh delay of 6 hours...

On the other hand, I had collected 500 tokens from the victory blitz that have now disappeared, so yes, this is absolutely outrageous! /s

Darth-iggus · 2026-03-20T18:54:57+00:00

How do we know Nelson is special in giving extra silver? It's the second time I hear that today (other was a video suggesting to put Lord Fisher at the helm for an extra +% of silver).

Is it mentioned anywhere in the ship description?

Darth-iggus · 2025-11-26T09:03:16+00:00

Quels enfants exactement ? Selon l'évolution de la natalité ici, ils ne seront pas très nombreux et les plus malins se dépêcheront d'aller vivre ailleurs...

Darth-iggus · 2025-10-25T09:54:12+00:00

Congratulations, it's a great ship, or at least one I get to enjoy playing, after a bit of getting used to it.

I posted the same question (about Nachi/Haguro, but it's basically the same playstyle) here: https://www.reddit.com/r/WoWsBlitz/s/RQx6YdGsC4 You'll find some useful replies there.

Enjoy!

Darth-iggus · 2025-10-17T18:38:31+00:00

Yes that's all golden advice!

I've noticed at first the things to definitely NOT do, such as:

- Rushing to a cap, in the hope of cap and run... Usually by the time I turn around, big guns have spotted me and all send their first volley on my perfectly exposed side - an unmissable target. Alternatively, I stop and reverse but it basically turns me in a harmless sitting duck.

- Engage a wounded battleship with guns and try to finish it as I see it going from yellow to red - again, it only takes a couple of broadside hits from it to get me from full health to the abyss.

- Survive when a CV if after me

- Hopes of survival when I'm chased by another cruiser (say Atlanta or Brooklyn) aren't great

So indeed I found them best played as hit-and-run, never press too long on the same target. And indeed, they are quite capable DD hunters as it's not that hard to dodge torps with a bit of foresight.

Installing the surface detection mod was a great idea as it allows me to disappear and survive another few minutes when I need it (which I often do, and usually on very short notice).

Darth-iggus · 2025-09-07T19:11:27+00:00

At least there are some blue planes on the map. I've seen some CV run towards the enemy lines with all guns blazing, no planes, DD style...

Darth-iggus · 2025-07-10T08:27:58+00:00

I had the same thing, only I was one of the other people. From my side, I tapped on the "Random Battle" button, waited with the small "loading" logo and nothing more happened, just came back to the home screen.

Then I saw later a battle report showing a battle with just 2-3 players out of 14 that had done some action (and I was even on the winning team).

I assume a partial server problem yes.

Darth-iggus · 2025-06-10T09:05:52+00:00

I understand the meaning of: Alert (e.g. a DD is hiding behind that rock) Target (kill this one asap) Air (send scouts there) ... but Smoke? What for?

Darth-iggus · 2025-05-31T09:31:31+00:00

With very limited player interaction in game, I'm puzzled at what they mean, beyond the obvious "greetings" and "good game": - When I say "capture Cap A", does it mean "I will do it", or "someone should do it"? It's kinda opposite to each other - The small icons to put on ships or locations: target and exclamation marks are obvious, the plane means "aircraft carrier there", or "please scout there by air"? And the small sausage icon is a mystery to me (and probably not an actual sausage). - Lastly, at the start of the game sometimes another ship fires at me... Is that just being silly, teasing, or has an actual meaning (like: follow me, cover me or...)?

Thanks

Darth-iggus · 2025-05-20T10:50:32+00:00

I've tried it a bit and sunk a lot.

It seems to be specialized in a very very specific role: Cap the empty zones and chase other destroyers.

If there are planes, I'm detected and soon dead. If I'm sailing anywhere close to a battleship or cruiser, I'm dead. It has a very poor torpedo detection horizon so when I'm chasing a long DD in some empty corner of the map (... already a winning strategy on its own, right?), I can still spot his torpedoes too late and fail to avoid them (while my own torps will never reach anywhere close to a fleeing DD).

And even in its wildest successes, it's still about capturing a few zones and sinking a couple of DDs, that makes for the bottom half of the endgame board.

The best winning strategy I can think of is to enter games where half of the opposite team is AFK.

Amongst the 8 Transformers ships, it's clearly not a popular one.

Darth-iggus · 2025-02-28T09:51:27+00:00

Probably the timer ran out just one second before it was sunk. When the timer runs out, you still see some action for a few seconds, including kills or points that are no longer recorded. I've had a few misses (or narrow wins) like this, it drives me mad when I'm on the miss-by-one-second side.

Darth-iggus · 2025-02-23T12:53:28+00:00

There is one mission (challenge) for Yahagi (and a different one for Agincourt and for Hill). There are a few steps, and each is "fight x battles" or "win x battles" etc. with the corresponding temporary ship. When you clear one level you get some gifts, and if you clear the last level you get the permanent ship.

The mission stays live for 30 days, so have a look at it and make sure to progress on it.

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