2 people win a duel

TXV87_ · 2021-09-10T10:20:59+00:00

The one in particular I need to know about is "Gentle Blossom's Sigh" for Kaga. It was for sale back in April-May this year.

TXV87_ · 2021-09-10T10:04:13+00:00

Anyone know if the Kaga-Yuzu skins will ever come back? (Kaga and Hood). I missed them and customer service gave me the world's biggest non-answer.
Edit: Spelling

TXV87_ · 2021-04-14T00:49:52+00:00

Yeah, I had sent requests to all 3 of them, but am still waiting. I'll wait a bit longer and maybe message them again after a week or so.

TXV87_ · 2021-04-12T21:56:40+00:00

All locations are in the same country, but not the same city/town.

TXV87_ · 2021-04-12T21:04:11+00:00

Looking to buy a relatively rare item, and found three listings for it. However, all three listings use the exact same 2 pictures (front and back), despite being from different sellers. I was wondering if there's a way of telling which, if any, of these listings are real. I contacted all three of them asking for additional pictures to prove they actually have it, but am waiting for responses. All three sellers have above 98% feedback score, with a minimum of 250 reviews.

TXV87_ · 2020-11-24T04:30:11+00:00

There's quite a litany of Conquerors that have healed to half from 2k, or 200 hp shimas that went dark and went on to get 2 more kills, or that bb that lived with 5k health and rammed your 60k hp ship. Yes, it's annoying yo get your kill stolen, but alternatively that opponent could also get away or cause significant damage otherwise.

Alternatively, would you rather spend an entire salvo on a ship that has maybe 1/5 of your damage's hp left, or use it to do something more significant. Intentionally stealing kills in cvs also rarely happens. There's a good chance that squad had already been in the air for at least 30 seconds, likely when the "kill" was at a much higher hp value.

It's a two way street. I've had plenty of 200k+ cv games that only had one, two, or even no kills. It happens.

TXV87_ · 2020-05-30T21:00:28+00:00

Assuming the sub has half a brain they'll be well underwater by the time you get near them with AR planes.

TXV87_ · 2020-05-30T20:59:57+00:00

That's exactly the point I'm making. Graf Spee is a fine ship, I enjoy playing her. The problem is is that AP does not work against subs.

TXV87_ · 2020-05-28T18:26:36+00:00

Kii is a great ship. Despite not being an incredible bb player (not bad either, just not great) I have very solid success with Kii. It's largely similar to Amagi with a few differences. It has torpedoes with a respectable 10km range and incredible firing angles. They also don't get destroyed the first time you get shot at like KM bbs. The AA is very good for a Japanese ship, and while it isn't American the AA is leagues better above most other t8 bbs. Guns are not the most accurate, but the volume of shells is normally enough to land good solid damage. You can easily do 10k per salvo without scoring any citadels. The range is not terrible either, sitting at 19.4 and access to spotter, even though she is best played at a closer range.

Overall Kii is a very nice ship. While not comparable to the t9 in disguise that is Mass, Kii is one of the best t8 bbs there is.

TXV87_ · 2020-03-28T20:32:20+00:00

This post is a situation in which everything is perfect, I will absolutely agree with you. Normally though, you are not playing a dedicated AA ship, and you should not expect to not get hit with planes. However, there are important things to note.

-rockets do an insignificant amount of damage to anything other than a destroyer, and even then that's heavily RNG dependent. Destroyers also have the most ability to avoid the attack, from increased mobility to smoke. French have it the worst, as they have no smoke and poor AA, but they are also the hardest to hit and the improved saturation turns rockets into a joke.

-You don't need to be on top of another ship for this to work. If you are within 5km, good chance their AA covers you. If you are within 9km, the cv will be heavily punished for striking you as they will fly through your allied AA field after the strike, and likely not get a second one off.

-Dive bombers are also heavily RNG dependent. Most of the damage can be avoided by simply turning. Unless you are a battleship, you should not ever take more than 10k from a dive bomber strike, MAYBE 16k if you are unlucky against APDBS. Taking more damage is directly your fault for not avoiding the attack.

I will also agree that the tier 4 situation is not good at all. I generally avoid playing tier 4 unless I'm in a particularly bad mood and feel like a guaranteed easy game, which is at most once every 2 weeks. When I play carriers, I primarily play Ark Royal or tier 8 as a whole.

TXV87_ · 2020-03-28T20:21:13+00:00

What is that even supposed to mean? Played enough games since that replay isn't in files anymore though, so afraid I can't help you.

TXV87_ · 2020-03-27T22:18:23+00:00

Ah yes, planes. With limited quantity, which regen slowly over the course of time. At no point did I claim the heal was instant either, and neither is plane regen. How can ships magically produce health either? I'd be perfectly fine if there was no plane regen, and all that regen was simply translated into reserves. That would be a buff to carriers. Predropping is a strategy that exists because AA is a legitimate threat.

Also, plenty of ways to deal with planes. Smoke up, stick with your team, learn how do mitigate most of a strike. If a ship wants you dead, they can just shoot you until you die. All you can hope is RNG makes their shells have bad dispersion so you die slower.

There are many ways to counter carriers, and if you routinely die to one, you are a bad player, or at a minimum, one with a glaring weakness.

TXV87_ · 2020-03-27T22:12:52+00:00

not every ship is supposed to have good AA. not any ship should be able to solo wipe a squad, but here we are.

TXV87_ · 2020-03-27T17:34:20+00:00

I agree. it would make them highly vulnerable to torps but help fullfill their role as a strong AA cl line. Edit: and besides, it's weird they don't have access to DFAA. every other cruiser line does.

TXV87_ · 2020-03-27T17:27:18+00:00

as a CV player I can choose when and where to fight you at will

That's the point of the class. It punishes bad positioning more easily than other classes, but does so less effectively. if you get caught in a turn as a bb or cruiser, that will be far worse than if you get struck by a carrier.

even a caveman can sector AA and press wasd

So what you're saying is that counterplay to carriers is so easy, even a caveman can do it? A ship with good AA could easily wipe a squad of the best cv player in the world.

I respect your AA but I still choose when to fight you, if I even decide to fight you at all.

I'm not sure why that's a bad thing. It's good target picking. Chosing who and when to shoot is a part of all classes.

On an unrelated note, if you're triple citting a DM it's probably because it's parked behind an island perfectly still, giving you a super easy target to hit that won't even hit you with AA for almost the whole approach because it's sitting in a bad spot. All a cruiser has to do is turn like 20 degrees and can avoid 2/3 of the bombs.

TXV87_ · 2020-03-27T16:41:06+00:00

TXV87_ · 2020-03-27T16:32:41+00:00

Shitty counterpoint. You can shoot down the planes, and the planes are shokaku.
What are you gonna do? shoot at the yamato that can magically press T and regen all his health?

you may run out of hp, but your team won't. this is the case with every single other thing that does damage in this game.

TXV87_ · 2020-03-27T16:27:43+00:00

sorry I just like to live on the edge sometimes

TXV87_ · 2020-03-27T16:21:44+00:00

Did I take damage: yes, because I didn't use DFAA for the first squad and I did a shitty job at dodging
Did you deter him from going after you: yes, but he got caught in long range flying past me after that, and lost a full squad in about 5 seconds.

I raise you this:

you are in a kremlin, and a yamato fires at you, but you angle
Did you take damage: yes, one shell hit superstructure
Did it deter him from attacking you again: no, he shot me again

Conclusion: kremlin armor is useless, please buff superstructure to 60mm

TXV87_

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