[StarSlayer]

Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Kamikaze R
You come and go
You come and go

260 Pearls collected.  Can't wait to get this little Tier V with the torpedo arcs Minekaze had before the nerf.

[ssmit132]

I think I might be able to get the hang of DDs... probably should have signed up to Project R, but oh well, I'm almost up to Minekaze.

[StarSlayer]

These ship mission/projects that WG has been spooling up recently are definitely worthwhile, even if you are not interested in the end ship reward.  They typically can be easily achieved with normal game play and have a ton of worthwhile milestone prizes.  Project R jump started my Roon credit drive with an easy five million, not to mention all the flags, camo and consumables it handed out.  Stupid entitled people have complained that the Emden or Tachibana are poor rewards for all their "hard work" but seriously most of these missions have been participation level difficulty and the secondary prizes are not trivial.

My understanding is that originally the Kamikaze clones were not as good as Minekaze but after they took away her 10km fish and nerfed her launch arcs they are likely on par.  I anticipate I might find the Kamikaze R a little more flexible with the wider arcs, which for me was the much more painful nerf.  That's not to say Minekaze isn't still a great boat, if you're a good hand in a can she is absolutely devastating.

[Gray]

These ship mission/projects that WG has been spooling up recently are definitely worthwhile, even if you are not interested in the end ship reward.  They typically can be easily achieved with normal game play and have a ton of worthwhile milestone prizes.  Project R jump started my Roon credit drive with an easy five million, not to mention all the flags, camo and consumables it handed out.  Stupid entitled people have complained that the Emden or Tachibana are poor rewards for all their "hard work" but seriously most of these missions have been participation level difficulty and the secondary prizes are not trivial.

My understanding is that originally the Kamikaze clones were not as good as Minekaze but after they took away her 10km fish and nerfed her launch arcs they are likely on par.  I anticipate I might find the Kamikaze R a little more flexible with the wider arcs, which for me was the much more painful nerf.  That's not to say Minekaze isn't still a great boat, if you're a good hand in a can she is absolutely devastating.

Indeed, those events are quite good even on EU despite being treated like an unwanted stepchild. ^^

Got both ARP ships weeks ago, even though not much of Anime fan, and the Japanese high pitched girl voices are hilarious.
Collected the Max number of Pearls, all that's left now is waiting 'till EU hits the 10Million mark.

Ranked is also quite a XP and Goodie provider, both my Amagi and Benson accumulated basically all the needed XP to give me the Fletcher ( holy jumping ****ing ****ball - what a ship, i fell instantly in love during the first game) and the Izumo. The only thing i regret is, that i stopped playing for a while - job related - and now it's near impossible to climb to the higher Ranks.
I'm stuck at Rank 10, will try however to get at least to Rank 8 if at all possible. Way to many people who play with stock ships "just for fun" and YOLO around.

The Kamikaze is a copy of the Fujin, which is in some regards better then the Minekaze.
The better Torpedo firing arcs can be a life saver in some situations, as i recently found out. Narrow channels become a deathtrap for other ships without the risk of taking too much return fire since i could keep my profile very small.
The Kamikaze will be a nice addition to my Fujin and Minekaze, and make the Trinity of Torpedo doom.

 

[ssmit132]

Poor Murmansk took hold of the bad luck ball today. That's not to say that none of these battles were fun, though - I'd read quite a few times about how good Murmansk was, and she didn't disappoint. I put the main turret upgrade that increases accuracy on her, and I've had a ball shooting super accurate shots at everything, especially masses of HE shells at distant cruisers and battleships. She's definitely worth the ~$20 (AUD) I spent on her.

[crizza]

I hate the Murmansk
Had a lot of fun today, somehow I ended up with either the Aoba, Cleveland or Nürnberg in T8 games.
While I use the Aoba offensively with her torps, I ran CV escort missions.
Not that they excell in that role, but I managed to keep the CVs alive long enough and the plane challenge for the Kongo goes pretty well.
15 to go, I just hope, the damage mission goes faster

[StarSlayer]

Could not quite carry hard enough, was about 10 seconds away from getting a Kraken off yonder Colorado and had started on the cap.  Still Polish Can is pretty awesome, great guns and decent fish.

[Axem]

Only a Russian destroyer could manage to grab a Die Hard achievement.

(Note I survived with 20 hp and died to flooding 1 second later)



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[Col. Fishguts]

Oh Nürnberg you sexy lady, why are you built from explodium?! Today I had my fastest death ever in any match. Right at the beginning of the match I had to hit the breaks to avoid a collision with a friendly BB that decided to cut right in front of me. Then I see incoming shells that were either aimed at the BB or just fired blindly (I wasn't detected)... they miss the BB but not me. Two shells make contact and I blow up immediately. Turns out the shells were fired from some Fuso driver 18km away 

On the other hand, during the times when she doesn't suffer from rapid unplanned disassembly, faces are being wrecked with a ridiculous rate of fire.



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[StarSlayer]

Nagato will flex back and defend the Cap, Nagato will citadel all the things when she gets there. 

Enemy New Mex actually had the temerity to lob HE at me, such behavior is unacceptable and must be dealt a swift lesson in 41cm/45 Type 91 Armor Piercing Capped.

[StarSlayer]

None of you Cans seem to understand.  I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with me.

I had their last Mutsuki dead to rights and then I would have eaten their New Mex alive.  Seriously my back is up to the task, just give me a few more minutes!





I love this ship.

[Gray]

We are mighty Battleships, they said. We are Legion, they said. We will destroy your kind, they said.

Challenge accepted, i said.

[crizza]

It annoying how many people are flooding thechat with questions about the Kamikaze...
I know that I'll most likely not get her, but looking forward to sink some of them with my Nürnberg

[Axem]

None of you Cans seem to understand.  I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with me.

I had their last Mutsuki dead to rights and then I would have eaten their New Mex alive.  Seriously my back is up to the task, just give me a few more minutes!

I love this ship.

Yeah, its pretty awesome, and it's going to get better. Nagato (and other high tier IJN battleships) is due to get some serious buffs in the upcoming patch. You can already extend her secondary range into the 7km range with the right upgrades, flags and skills, but the magic will come when they add the new captain skills. Including one where secondary accuracy increases immensely at the cost of being forced to manually designate targets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJHIsOFl2tk

[Gray]

None of you Cans seem to understand.  I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with me.

I had their last Mutsuki dead to rights and then I would have eaten their New Mex alive.  Seriously my back is up to the task, just give me a few more minutes!

I love this ship.

Yeah, its pretty awesome, and it's going to get better. Nagato (and other high tier IJN battleships) is due to get some serious buffs in the upcoming patch. You can already extend her secondary range into the 7km range with the right upgrades, flags and skills, but the magic will come when they add the new captain skills. Including one where secondary accuracy increases immensely at the cost of being forced to manually designate targets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJHIsOFl2tk

My Tirpitz is awaiting this feat with impatience. ^^

[Enioch]

It annoying how many people are flooding thechat with questions about the Kamikaze...
I know that I'll most likely not get her, but looking forward to sink some of them with my Nürnberg

Kamikaze is good. Played 2 games in it so far and netted almost 700k profits with no flags used at all.

Using my 17-point Shima captain in it, of course.



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[StarSlayer]

It's pretty much a slightly pokey Minekaze but with the pre-nerf torpedo arcs, which for me was a much bigger pain in the ass than the loss of the 10km fish.  I'm still going to see if I can nab the ARP Myokou but once that's out of the way I will probably give this Can some attention.

I'm a little nervous about the manual designation.  Being able to have the secondaries target different targets on different bearings can be pretty important.

[crizza]

I'm more concerned with the Pensacola-grind... Being outranged by lower tier ships is so frustrating and maneuvering between ****loads of fire *sigh*
The Myoko challenge proceeds just smoothly.

[StarSlayer]

Unfortunately the USN CA tree is widely regarded the weakest of the lines.  Their one in game "strength" is AA which given the CV pop is rendered moot a majority of the time.  That said in CBT I didn't find the Pensacola to be particularly onerous and was actually quite successful with her.  I was already well versed in the 203mm from the IJN CAs and didn't have the "Cleve Shock" most folks suffer when the 155mm are taken away.  I'd like to get some of the ships for their historical contributions (CA-38 Frisco!) but the other lines are just more fun.  I'll get their someday.

[Gray]

Admiral Hipper, after the rather weak York, a highlight for sure.
The AP pens even BB armour from close range, which i could figure out in this very game.
I deleted a Pensacola, right afterwards a Cleveland and then took on a half health Tirpitz from 8km away.
Sadly, at that point i was already down to 40% of my HP, so i opted for a Torp run.

Didn't pay off, as the Tirpitz managed to evade both spreads. I'm pretty sure, that one of the Torps scratched off the paint as he passed her by.
But it gave me the chance to get a last salvo off before his secondaries finished me off, which resulted in quite an impressive amount of damage.
He was left with less then 2k, from that short engagement. Only 1.2 seconds before i could have fired another time and made him my sixth kill, but it should not have been.

Sadly, my teammates did not fire while i was engaging him, maybe they didn't want his attention?

Anyway, a beauty and certainly a deadly opponen she is, the Admiral Hipper.