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Muwat

That high when it all comes together.

I am a Cruiser player. To be exact I am an average CA player, and an above average CL player. I am also an okay, barely below average, DD player. I don’t play Skycancer, and rarely play BB. For whatever reason, was probably intoxicated, I purchased the IJN Ashitaka. Because I spent actual money on the ship I try to play it at least once a day. My overall win rate looks like an elevator with a broken cable due to playing the damn thing. My win rate in it is abysmal. I’d tell you the exact number but I don’t even want to know.

Earlier today I had that moment where it all came together. I dished out a little over 100k damage and sank four ships. Those two combined earned me a Battle Star and a No Mercy, among the other meh awards. Now that the Blitz Pass is on I’ve been playing nothing but the Ashitaka in the Battle vs AI to scoop up the damage awards. Fekking Thrilled.

Do you have a similar experience or whatnot you’d like to share?

Posted Jan 3, 2021, 7:33 AM UTC

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n0hrianscxm•

What an interesting read! I had I think a kind of similar story.

When I started out I knew nothing about ship classes or what they specialize in, I just chose battleships because they sounded cool. I wanted to get to the good ships so I whaled and impulse bought fxp to get to Nagato (bad choice). The not so maiden voyage began. I did my first 50 battles on her and I kept losing with 10k dmg. I hated how they were slow and ungainly so I thought about using destroyers. Too bad my mindset was stuck at rushing in and doing a drive-by which just got me blapped early round into game. I was about to lose hope then I started to try out cruisers. I started on the kms cruiser lines because german engineering ja and I started to have an obsession with nurnberg, atleast 30k dmg every round here and there. One day I got bored and decided to go back to my forgotten ship Nagato; my hopes weren't up, thinking I would get another abysmal battle with my teammates staring down me at disgust. Almost all hope lost. But I did not quit, out of the 600 battles I've done in nurnberg I would use all the strategy I know to translate into BB play. At the end of the round, 5 percent health left, yeeted more than 80 rounds, used up all my damage party and repair kits, I have gotten my first 100k dmg battle with the big caliber and last hope badge. I finally understood how to use and appreciate battleships. It's 2 years now and yes I do farm damage in my Yamato in co-op to grind out the blitz pass while still having fun. There's my story.

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MuwatOP•

Thank you for the share.

I will end up using the Seattle, Chappy, and Takao to get the Blitz Pass grind in, but for now I’m content.
Also, it’s a good month for Blitz Pass, $4.99. You don’t get as much as some months, but if you play it out you get a Tier 5 BB, an Admiral to Captain it, and corresponding Portrait out of it. I’ll pay $1 per tier all day. Matter of fact I got a pocket fully of $10 bills, line em up barkeep. Lol

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n0hrianscxm•

Haha I see, yes although I do not receive copper or steel in this pass I bought it anyways because I wanted to try out the new soviet bb which I did. I see you have chose some good farm damage ships, I occasionally use chapayev and I enjoy her lots :)

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Leviathan_Wakes_•

Mine wasn't like this at all, but it's one I'll definitely remember and always seems to happen to me when I play T1-T2 games.

I was playing Hermelin(?), the first boat in the German tree. We were doing alright at first and I was kinda busy finding my own targets and also helping out with finishing off others, but after a certain point my team just started dropping like flies until I was the lone survivor at 1/3rd hp vs half the enemy team. I took two of them down with me and nearly a third while evading fire and ducking behind cover before the Hashidate that had been shadowing me all game finally brought me down in our own base.

You just don't get heroic moments like that in higher tiers in my experience.

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DeathFromAboveEU•

It's difficult to advise without knowing how you play it, but you have to keep in mind the Ashitaka is a true paper tiger - outstanding DPM but awful armor, the worst at T7.

So trading with any other BB is a recipe for disaster; instead, the ship has to be played like an Amagi - mid range, using terrain to protect your approach or fleetmates to distract your enemies and unleashing devastating shotgun broadsides.

Flanking alone is also not advised when there's a CV on the enemy team - your worst AA in tier (and possibly in the higher tiers) combined with your poor fire and flooding resistances are a recipe for disaster.

In short - support ship that shines mid range. Not easy to play.

I will be publishing my T7 battleships guide this Friday, with all the data about these ships, including armor and accuracy, so stay tuned.

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MuwatOP•

I wasn’t asking for advise, I was asking if you had a similar story. Having said that, thank you. I look forward to your report.

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DeathFromAboveEU•

Oops - sorry I didnt get that right.

I often play solo...sometimes I get a bad streak as well - then I play in fleet for a couple of games to cheer things up a little. Changing tiers or ship type also helps.

But to address another point on your story - going back to ships after you get some experience with other playstyles also helps.

I, for example, started in the battleships world with the Scharnhorst - possibly the worst idea ever. I completely abandoned the ship after a series of awful games, trying to play it in a way it wasnt meand to be played and, several months ago, after I had spent some time in cruisers, I went back and it all started to click.

There are lines which are very coherent - like the US BB line, where almost all the ships have the same playstyle and can be picked up and played comfortably from the get go. And there are lines with wild variations, like the IJN BB line, where you get the Nagato, Ise and Ashitaka at the same tier. For those, there's a certain learning curve, which takes time to get right.

All the best!

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tefterivazeljiniEU•

There is nothing on YouTube about pan asian dd line, t8-9-10. If u have time, give us something on them.

Im on chung mu now, and strugleing how to play him

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BestIsMyName•

1: Avoid gunboat dds

2: torps can only hit cas and BBs, and cvs.

3: Use your radar to help your team

4: Get out from a sticky situation

5: Play lower tier ships first. They make you learn

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