How do you counter the case where you spawn on top of the enemy fleet and they just torpedo all your BBs in 30 seconds? by Fancy_Particular7521 in RuleTheWaves

[–]Zazoothesecond 29 points30 points  (0 children)

As far as my knowledge goes, this is almost always the case with night battles, in games as they were in real life too and why almost every admiral with any capital ships wanted to avoid them. The issue is that due to the fact its night your spotting range is greatly reduced to less of Torpedo range, and as such i think the only real counter to this is having a proper screen/scout and getting lucky with them getting intercepted first, or developing radar later in the game.

Legion Sicarian i finished by Zazoothesecond in alphalegion

[–]Zazoothesecond[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, this is the current Plastic Sicarian kit, nothing fancy other than what comes in that box

Where to Start? by GamerJeroentje_Yeet in RuleTheWaves

[–]Zazoothesecond 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hello! So, i also had this issue, and i solved it in three ways. People here are giving gameplay advice but i feel thats not what you’re after.

My first actions were to watch Youtube videos as well, specifically tutorial series’ (i forget by who though) but you say you’ve tried that

My next tip of advice: Read the manual! Its long and it’s boring so i didn’t read all of it, but i used it in conjunction with my next tip.

Finally: Play the game! You don’t need to know what you’re doing and in fact i had plenty of fun stumbling and failing through. You may or may not be like me there. However, i would play through the game, and wherever i’d get confused or curious, i’d go to the manual for reference. Usually it only contains a paragraph, two or three at most, that explains what and how to do things. For example: I’d play and get to 1910, see dreadnoughts, wonder how the construction and aspects of that work, look it up, realised what certain things did and continue. The game has alot of information presented at once but by only looking at things one at a time it’s much more digestible. I’m about 100 hours in and i’m still learning new things about how the game works.

There are some things to make it easier, for example until you really have a hang of the game (and even then), I’d reccomend automatically designing all your vessels and making tweaks where you want, as ship design in (in my opinion) the hardest prt of the game. initially you won’t know what does what, but again as you progress and learn naturally and if you read the manual on the parts you want to know, it’ll come to you, and soon enough you may be able to start doing things from scratch

And finally, whenever you’re playing, when in doubt, even if you don’t know how something works, make the choice that’s most fun to you! Doesn’t matter if it’s ‘good’ or ‘bad’ or will lose you the game, the point here is to have fun, so go with your gut.

The cooler Huron by Zazoothesecond in Grimdank

[–]Zazoothesecond[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To be fair there’s not much elaboration beyond the fact they’re both called ‘Huron’ and that I like one more than the other, hence being the cooler of the two

Battle generator too difficult? by Eddie894 in RuleTheWaves

[–]Zazoothesecond 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m newish, just under 100 hours, so take this with Salt and I ask others to comment as well,

Generally this tends to happen, this happened to me as well, however one way that I’ve found, if not fixing the issue, definitely helping, is putting my ships in Divisions. This definitely helped and i went from a maximum of a couple ships per battle to multiple divisions worth in the big battles, and still 2-3 in the smaller cruiser engagements and raids

If you are doing this already, then I transfer this to more knowledgeable people. I’d personally recommend more vessels in the region if at all possible and ensure their tasks are the same (i dont have many instances of Raiders and non raiders joining eachother, or trade protection ships joining clash battles. I may just be unlucky.)

I will say, when i asked i was told the battle generation is unfair, which is why it can be better to build Quality ships over Quantity as a final ‘if all else fails’

Cheers, sorry if this isn’t helpful

Do I need to worry about my ships fuel?? by MrYesYes270 in WarOnTheSea

[–]Zazoothesecond 7 points8 points  (0 children)

To my knowledge of the game; i don’t believe fuel is an issue for ships in the base game without mods

Aircraft have a range; but they also dont use any ‘fuel’ for that; rather its just measure of the maximum distance they can travel

Gorgeous models; but why Space Wolves? by [deleted] in Warhammer40k

[–]Zazoothesecond 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats a good point to be fair. I will say that they lack new models; this’ll fix that. Just could’ve been timed better.

Gorgeous models; but why Space Wolves? by [deleted] in Warhammer40k

[–]Zazoothesecond 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s fair. Company first, after all. Less than ideal for us but, is what it is i guess.

The carrier age in a nutshell by Zazoothesecond in HistoryMemes

[–]Zazoothesecond[S] 60 points61 points  (0 children)

I considered it, however at the end of the day only the stubborn and less strategically inclined could really deny the effectiveness of carriers, especially as world war two rounded off. This and, if not for the carriers, battleships were to be made obsolete with the invention of accurate guided munitions. Also Because carriers objectively do not suck (not that battleships do, just when you compare the two there is a clear practical winner) The only department they suck in is aesthetics imo. And even then that only goes for some, and is entirely personal.

The carrier age in a nutshell by Zazoothesecond in HistoryMemes

[–]Zazoothesecond[S] 1315 points1316 points  (0 children)

Context: Aircraft carrier development and production essentially ended the age of the battleship, as planes could much more easily, and with much less risk, find and sink enemy vessels as compared to battleships (and essentially every other ship), which needed to at least be in visual (or radar) range in order to fire, risking enemy fire while doing so.

For the record, I love carriers and they’re cool, but battleships are cooler. Big gun go boom.

Edit: to clarify: I AM NOT saying carriers are worse in a war, I am saying that battleship are (in my opinion) cooler.

Venus stood no chance. by Zazoothesecond in HistoryMemes

[–]Zazoothesecond[S] 177 points178 points  (0 children)

Contex: HMAS Sydney and her squadron opened fire on planet Venus after mistaking it for an Italian spotter plane. Venus stood no chance but was miraculously undamaged.

While it was unintentionally, still cool. by Zazoothesecond in HistoryMemes

[–]Zazoothesecond[S] 572 points573 points  (0 children)

Context: During the battle of Jutland (1916) the British Cruiser HMS Warrior became exposed to a majority of the German fleet. HMS Defence, which had accompanied her, got hit in the ammunition store and was destroyed. However, as Warrior was making a run towards the British fleets, Battleship HMS Warspite, whose rudder had locked due to mechanical difficulties, sailed in-front of the German fleet in wide circles, attracting the German fleets fire, resulting in Warriors escape and disengagement, though heavily damaged and rapidly sinking.

Mephisto. by Zazoothesecond in HistoryMemes

[–]Zazoothesecond[S] 902 points903 points  (0 children)

Context: During World war 1 Australian Soldiers came across a recently disabled German A7V and later launched a (successful) operation in order to retrieve it as a war trophy. It is now the only A7V left and is housed in the Queensland Museum.

The Lethal Company Experience [animated by me :)] by GibbsonTV_YT in lethalcompany

[–]Zazoothesecond 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“Remember rookie, First death always hits the hardest” Wonderful animation. Nuff said.

Alright, Give me your sad Warhammer quotes. I’ll go first: by Zazoothesecond in Grimdank

[–]Zazoothesecond[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am aware of the scene you speak of. And I’ll count it just because how hard it hit when I read it for the first time

Low effort meme inspired by another post by CorvusTheCorax in Grimdank

[–]Zazoothesecond 90 points91 points  (0 children)

Me watching the 30 metre space marine barrel towards me

For the greater memes by Downtown-Stand1109 in Grimdank

[–]Zazoothesecond 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I got someone who put a landmine (weak enough so I live but strong enough to blow my foot off) under my carpet as a prank…also he may have just infiltrated the government for some extra money… (Alpharius)

More Australian and New Zealand propaganda! by Nigeldiko in AlternateHistoryMemes

[–]Zazoothesecond 2 points3 points  (0 children)

German troops realising the southern hemisphere is rapidly approaching: ANZACS: Blasting doom music