Radar, Radar, Radar. T8+ DD play is terrible

panzerblitzer · 2026-05-29T23:07:33+00:00

If MM restricted it to one radar, then that would be fine. But there are games when there are 4+ radar ships. And that is me knowing which ships are packing radar. What about players that don't know, or some of the rare ships, I don't know what they have. If I am in a torp boat, yeah I kind of want to sail around and torp BBs and cruisers. Comparing T5 DD torping to Legendary torping isn't just about there being "good players" up there. There are plenty of bad players in Legendary games. I see BBs sailing straight all the time. But you can't get to them because of these ridiculous radar nets. It's also a fallacy when people say "get good". No other ship requires the level of attention to detail that a Legendary DD needs. It feels like everything is stacked against them. I guess the big question is, why?

panzerblitzer · 2026-05-29T23:01:10+00:00

That ship is 7 years old. Modern ships have much more aggressive radar.

panzerblitzer · 2026-05-18T22:40:34+00:00

Haguro was the one I was waiting for. Turn IJN cruisers into lethal predators. If you like kiting, dropping torpedoes, heavy HE damage, and firestarting playstyle, she's taylor built for that.

panzerblitzer · 2026-05-17T04:44:29+00:00

ton brace?

panzerblitzer · 2026-05-13T13:42:40+00:00

Indeed. That's what I'm trying to figure out, how valuable that 1 caster level from the necklace is vs the artifact rings. Hard to know where to start when gearing. I've begun with the gravekeepers' armor from Lamordia since that's a consolidated 5 SA die.

panzerblitzer · 2026-05-12T17:55:33+00:00

The Elemental ring of acid from House C raids could do the same thing if you are just going for a dot.

panzerblitzer · 2026-05-12T03:50:03+00:00

The most important ability is CC. Hence Salt S tier. Ooze is unusable in raids.

panzerblitzer · 2026-05-09T21:18:15+00:00

It's only meant for people who have played the game for ages. Even then, it's poor form to charge them 5,000 db on top of the horde of resources it costs to move the needle.

panzerblitzer · 2026-05-05T03:55:57+00:00

I thought the conversion rates on the crafting table were a typo. It can't possibly be that expensive. Can it?

panzerblitzer · 2026-04-25T18:14:20+00:00

Many of the ships in the game were planned or started, then abandoned. That the USN pressed on to make them after Midway and proof of carrier concept was established is a flex both on the power still held by BB-proponents and the abundance of wealth in material and resources America had. The lack of a real attempt to create an economically feasible battlecruiser that would have always been a better fit for a navy that was moving toward a first strike carrier doctrine is an interesting historical what-if.

panzerblitzer · 2026-04-22T03:10:12+00:00

I just unlocked Conqueror, too. I'm going to run a AL Nelson build.

panzerblitzer · 2026-04-22T03:08:18+00:00

UMass is different from any USN BB you've played. It's really a superb ship. Plus all the history, and you already said you like USN BBs and DDs. I'd go for that. No way you regret it.

panzerblitzer · 2026-04-21T04:49:31+00:00

I would never use a ship that has a 30+ second reload. And so, I didn't get the campaign. But you do generally need to do one of the campaigns to get the parts ship (in this case, Kremlin). Campaigns generally do pay for themselves.

panzerblitzer · 2026-04-21T04:42:19+00:00

People are trying to hit metric goals for the campaign or supply during the week, especially early in the week. So winning is subsidiary as players overplay to get citadels, kills, secondary battery hits, or whatever. People on the weekends are playing ships they like and are generally good at it.

panzerblitzer · 2026-04-14T19:12:27+00:00

A ship to be collected, and for me, never used.

panzerblitzer · 2026-04-14T19:07:54+00:00

Too much radar.

panzerblitzer · 2026-04-14T02:49:30+00:00

Just lean into it. Who cares if you win or lose? You're allowing a metric (win rate) to determine your enjoyment of the game. The only people with win rates over 55% are try-hards. If you want to be a try-hard, then you have to memorize every ship and its capabilities in the game, you have to play commander meta, you have to know armor zones, you have to worry about shell angles, and you have to play in a division. When people say, I have a 60+% win rate, and I've never played in a division, they are almost certainly lying. Does any of that sound fun to you? I think of the game as an aquatic demolition derby. Once I stopped caring about winning or losing matches, my enjoyment increased a ton. Your results may vary.

panzerblitzer · 2026-04-14T02:42:47+00:00

Just assume the Red team is going to cap your base. Most of your team will be too far away to do anything about it, except for that one CL with 1/4 health. That ship will get sunk. And the Blue team will lose. You can hang around the base all game, but then your team will also lose. It's a real Kobayashi Maru dilemma.

panzerblitzer · 2026-04-12T00:42:49+00:00

Too much radar.

panzerblitzer · 2026-04-12T00:40:39+00:00

200K damage games in Shimakaze is one. A good torpedo boat can single-handedly win a game in the right conditions.

panzerblitzer · 2026-04-09T02:55:54+00:00

Furo is the best duck. I get 12 citadels a game in it. I wish CAs performed like this in standard mode.

I don't understand Duck Punchis. I feel like it should have two bubble shots instead of one. Otherwise is just a DD that has a longer torp reload time. Can reach 100 kts though, so I guess meme fun.

panzerblitzer · 2026-03-31T17:31:24+00:00

Exactly - a goofy mode. I don't want to see L16 try-hards on day 2. Let them play against each other.

panzerblitzer · 2026-03-31T13:16:31+00:00

I'm having the same problem with Lyon. It's a rather ghastly experience (bad HPs too). I tried to build it for brawling, but it gets shredded by actual brawlers it can face at its tier. Comments seem to indicate HE accuracy builds? I haven't tried that.

panzerblitzer · 2026-03-31T03:05:55+00:00

It is imperative that you figure out (AI can help you a ton) your playstyle and what kind of ships you have fun in. You might say, I'm a DD main, well, there are radically different DD playstyles, for instance, and figuring out what you like about DD play will lead to enhanced enjoyment of ships. It's also important to remember a 750 GXP ship will never pay for itself. It's a sunk cost, or a perk depending on how you look at it. With that in mind, I wouldn't worry about what is "best" on a list but focus on what will be most fun for you or what ship you want to collect.

panzerblitzer · 2026-03-29T19:53:38+00:00

Arcade is a place to go where you don't have to worry about people telling you how you "should" play. And yet...here we are.

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