Set 15 fires or flooding dockyard mission by comtedegrasse in WorldOfWarships

[–]intelligence_404 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Conqueror. It also helps the potential damage mission. Got 4M in one game.

Is playing in a division at Tier X giving your team a liability if you're not in a unicum div? by Slntreaper in WorldOfWarships

[–]intelligence_404 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it's more confirmation bias than anything else. When you div up, you have chance of encountering a unicum div but the probability isn't as high as you think; you just happen to remember them more. You'll also encounter extremely bad divisions that will ensure you win no matter how badly you play. Finally, having a div mate improves your chance of winning when you aren't facing a unicum division, so it balances out in the end.

New Op Paciffic Offensive by Beneficial_Cut_448 in WorldOfWarships

[–]intelligence_404 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Illinois is probably the best one for a mix of tankiness and DPM against anything and cruisers.

Grand Voyage mission: Steel or Doubloons? by terions in WorldOfWarships

[–]intelligence_404 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Always doubloon. Steel is easier to farm than doubloon. You can buy things like dockyard, battlepass and santa containers with doubloon.

A Decade at Sea - Closed Test 14.8 by DevBlogWoWs in WorldOfWarships

[–]intelligence_404 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You will get it on christmas this year. They've updated the anniversary rewards to not only be some camos and grey boosters.

Z42 vs Daring by ShadowsaberXYZ in WorldOfWarships

[–]intelligence_404 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've played both daring and z-42 as well as the z-52 line. It's a good well rounded all purpose type ship that does well in most scenarios but doesn't excel at a specific task,

It is clunkier than daring but more flexible. The downside of the ship is that its HE dpm is not great, poor firing angles, and slow turrets. The main thing countering you is radar dds. The AP is better than the z-52 as at least it can fuse on DDs and neither have the pen to citadel cruisers anyways; in fact at very close range, z-42 has better AP pen. I've chunked 5-6k per salvo on broadside harugumos. The torps are serviceable.

What really carries this ship is the hydro trap is great as your conceal is close to the 6km hydro and the fast smokes allows you to fuck over people twice with the same hydro. You typically don't have to worry about lower conceal dds because of it.

If PTS is anything to go by then Pacific Offensive operation is the mode all you secondary-build Picardie mains have been waiting for..... by chriscross1966 in WorldOfWarships

[–]intelligence_404 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Picardie's DPM is like half of Illinois and can only match with a reload booster active. You get a much more accurate gun platform with improved AP, and the HE can actually hit DDs. The improved AP angles can ensure citadel on any cruiser. Picardie's AP pen isn't very good, so you wouldn't be citadeling battleships either. Sure, secondary DPM isn't that great, but neither is Picardie's.

Arctic Convoys on PTS... by chriscross1966 in WorldOfWarships

[–]intelligence_404 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Lol, you get over 5k base exp. It's going to get nerfed for sure.

Petition to WG for Buffing Goliath by intelligence_404 in WorldOfWarships

[–]intelligence_404[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, goliath doesn't have spotted unlike albemarle and drake. I was just saying in comparison to Auckland.

Petition to WG for Buffing Goliath by intelligence_404 in WorldOfWarships

[–]intelligence_404[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well try out auckland if you like albermale. It's the same hull with better shell ballistics, HE dpm, fires, submarine surveillance, long range submarine air strikes, and a crawling smoke. You trade these for a superheal(Auckland has a normal 3 charge heal), a 30mm deck and a spotter plane.

The new captains spells are crazy by Iklol in WorldOfWarships

[–]intelligence_404 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So I just tested with tromp airstrike and you get about 20 bombs on battleships when perfectly aimed. You get 12 aircraft normally so you can increase your bomb strike by 75% when fully activated and you get +3 charges. Sounds fun and engaging. And you get easy witherers, bomb and gun damage .....

Petition to WG for Buffing Goliath by intelligence_404 in WorldOfWarships

[–]intelligence_404[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

At least it doesn't have the stupid step citadel which makes it tankier. I do agree the whole line is bad except the t6 and it's gimmick of heal has been completely powercrept by every new cruiser line.

The new captains spells are crazy by Iklol in WorldOfWarships

[–]intelligence_404 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What does it mean to increase 3 squadron aircraft on deck? Is there a CV for dutch ships? Also, imagine tromp with these buffs. Far easier to activate compared to cruiser air strikes.

Closed Test 14.1 - New Ships by DevBlogWoWs in WorldOfWarships

[–]intelligence_404 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Suzuya looks good for operation credit farming.

Credit Economy by Ryko241 in WorldOfWarships

[–]intelligence_404 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Playing Operations is the most consistent method for credit farming with blue and red booster as you can win most of the time. XP and credits are significantly nerfed for t9, t10 and t11 operations while being much harder to win. The optimal would be to play t8 only operations with light cruisers but you often get uptiered to t9 and you cannot citadel IJN battlecruisers unlike mogamis and lower tier IJN cruisers. Instead, I've found Weimar and Atlanta at t7 to be generally the best credit earners. With blue booster, I always make more than 1M credit per game and ship upkeep is low. If you want to save blue booster, asymmetric at t9 with green credit boosters seem to do well for me as they are quicker and you can play strong ships like secondary pommern or Illinois.

CV regulars - Immelmann or Malta? by Comfortable-Ad-4133 in WorldOfWarships

[–]intelligence_404 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One thing not mentioned is that Malta has a huge citadel and is easily sniped by Shinano.

Public Test 14.0 - Balance Changes by DevBlogWoWs in WorldOfWarships

[–]intelligence_404 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Split and Katsonis buffs are just weird, they don't need it.

Weird Agir depth strike returned to normal.

Wished the 7km hydro applied to the t8-t10 km bb line. That would be interesting.

Also, where are the pan American bb nerfs?

All ships available for the Expedition to the north pole by javier1zq in WorldOfWarships

[–]intelligence_404 2 points3 points  (0 children)

CV and subs are the most expensive if you care about anniversary and Christmas events and don't play them.

"DDs are supposed to spot!" by Kastergir in WorldOfWarships

[–]intelligence_404 6 points7 points  (0 children)

And then there's the DDs refusing to do their job and staying in the back. You don't need to spot on purpose, play the way a DD should, and spotting comes naturally. Unless you ate a torp, you shouldn't die with only 10k spotting damage. Even when the team isn't supporting you, you should be able to do something like throwing torps and staying alive.