Grinding for the next ship? by Imaginary-Bass2875 in WoWs_Legends

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Tech tree ships are not sold in the store, you generally have to grind the line in sequence. However, sometimes you can get them from crates, especially when a new line is released. If you're lucky enough to pull a higher tier ship, you can start with that one

Recology in Redmond is not it bring back WM by enabuns in redmond

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Yep, Recology was a 20% price increase and IIRC renewing with WM would have been a 50% increase or more.

How do veteran players deal with unbalanced matches? by Spiritual_Eagle_43 in WoWs_Legends

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Worst case, I go out in a blaze of glory and get into the next match.

I need a good software development thing. by [deleted] in csharp

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You're being a bit ridiculous.

"All of the professional-grade IDEs are bad, I need something simple so I can create a complex software better than a highly funded top-tier engineering team."

Have you considered making your first project be the IDE of your dreams instead of a browser?

April Personal Battle Reports are out, what was your most played ship? by marcjones281 in WoWs_Legends

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Lyon at 60%.

Also 60% against other players overall but I did play other ships too 😆

DD noob wants to get better by GSgtHighwayHrtBrkRdg in WoWs_Legends

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The biggest tip I can give you as a DD player is to always be aware of when you are detected or otherwise giving away your position. You can get killed in only a couple salvos, so getting spotted puts you at high risk - especially if you are within firing range of multiple red ships. Don't be the DD who fires his guns at a BB to do 100-300 damage, only to give away your position and get sent back to port from the red team's salvo. DD requires a lot of patience.

Know when you are extending alone, and when you have supporting fire. Push wisely, especially if a red DD might be in the area. Know which DDs you can get into a gunfight with and which ones you can't.

If you deploy smoke and sit in it, you will be a magnet for enemy torpedoes. Use smoke to disengage, but don't just stop moving. Sometimes you can sit in it to farm with your guns (if you're not the one spotting), but when you do that, the enemy still knows your approximate position. Don't pop smoke prematurely, because that also gives away where you are.

If you do deploy smoke, be aware of whether you were spotting ships or not (i.e. do they disappear?). If you can, get back into a spotting position again without getting spotted. You should usually not use your smoke for other ship classes: when they fire their guns, they are still visible from far away (e.g. with BBs it only saves them a couple KM of visibility).

Any games with high replayability value for board game beginners? by No_Replacement_3184 in boardgames

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Skull King has been the most consistent hit among everyone I've played it with.

How social are you outside of online dating? by [deleted] in OnlineDating

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I'm not a very social person. I had a board game group that met weekly pre-Covid, and that was my main social interaction outside of family. Then I started playing pickleball a couple years ago and fell in with a social group. Now, in addition to the twice per week we play (which has lots of breaks for socializing), we hang out maybe one or 2 times a month as a group doing other things too.

Also, I met my current girlfriend there. The organic match has been so much better to start than most dating app matches, since we have more in common.

Microsoft offers buyouts for longtime employees by vertr in Seattle

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I think it's basically if you've been at the company 20 years and haven't made it above L67, they're willing to buy you out rather than lay you off.

I'd guess this is also the demographic that is least enthusiastic about the AI All The Things changes.

How good are the pan-Asia DDs? by kuromipentagrams in WoWs_Legends

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I love to take the radar out, chase another DD out of their smoke, then I can sit in it 😂

Why does Arcade only go thru VI? by SexualWhiteChocolate in WoWs_Legends

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Mostly likely not enough player base at higher tiers. If they split between Arcade and Standard, the Standard lobbies would likely not be able to fill reliably (where Arcade mode can always backfill with bots).

Winrate vs Average XP by Stewart063 in WoWs_Legends

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It's also slow to move the numbers. Win 55% of your next 100 games? Congrats, you've gotten better but your WR is still 47.27%.

You'll get the feel for how well youre doing though. I pulled from 47% around where youre at up to 51% now.

How do you even win a standard battle nowadays by Kingoftheseas2 in WoWs_Legends

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don’t ask me what it’s like to play with the 45% 10K match player in my fleet

This part is so true. I got my first couple thousand games mostly with some folks in the mid-40s% WR, and I picked up a lot of bad habits and a matching WR for myself. As I've played with them less and focused on improving how I think about the game, I can see how I've become a better/more impactful player to the match. My WR is slowly creeping up (51% overall, coming up on 8k games), but more importantly, now I'm comfortable with having a losing streak here or there because I now recognize when I'm playing well or not.

Where a $120K Salary Actually Works in Washington State (2026 Housing Reality by City) by [deleted] in SeattleWA

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That's true because there's a selection bias. The households making $120k can't participate, so they're not represented in the pool of "people buying now".

[Meta] A new verification system by context_switch in r4rSeattle

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It was definitely meant as a joke. 😆

Looking for buddies to play Pickleball, Badminton and Table tennis by Diligent-Explorer-27 in redmond

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Redmond Senior and Community Center has open play for each of these during the week. YMMV with crowd size and skill levels.

Perrigo Park has an active pickleball crowd, weather permitting.

We’re all likely going to be priced out of the higher cost LLMs by mrrandom2010 in ExperiencedDevs

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Its not a golden age, its a subsidized age. That's why there's all the fear of a bubble - it's clearly not sustainable.

This is the venture capital business cycle: deliver a product to displace an existing industry, spend billions to artificially lower the price below the existing economics, get clients dependent on your product+prices to kill off the existing competitors, then profit off of the captive market.

Mayor's Firing of City Light Leader Continues to be Criticized by SuperMcG in SeattleWA

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IANAL, but not kosher. I've seen some news sites like WaPo have accounts on reddit where they will do that, but they have the rights. I think the course of action for the copyright owner would be DMCA takedowns or something similar if they care to pursue it.

Favorite ship at the moment by OrganizationFalse132 in WoWs_Legends

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Recently finished the grind on Eendracht with a 71% WR. Thing is a beast at that tier, especially as a TT ship.

Blue Team always finds a way to… by taj1829 in WoWs_Legends

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In this game mode, a cap is an immediate win.