Forum Overview :: Defense of the Ancients

balance by fabio 08/17/2015, 10:03pm PDT Jap-everything pretty much sucks compared to U.S. counterparts: Carriers- Jap fighters are completely worthless. American fighters tear through them inflicting over 4 to 1 losses, even at the same tier. Jap carriers get to control 2 more torpedo bombers at once, but the American squadrons are larger and drop a wider spread for easier hits. The only prayer Jap carriers have is rushing the American carrier with planes and hoping you sink it in the first attack, otherwise American carriers WILL shoot down all your planes. Carrier balance is all sorts of fucked at the moment. You either dominate or are completely worthless and it's determined before the game even starts based on tier/number/nationality matchmaking. Also at tiers 4-6 you're fucked since cruiser anti-air gets so ridiculously good. Battleships- Shitty in general. They have longer ranges than cruisers, but you can't hit shit at those ranges so it doesn't matter. More health than cruisers, but you can't dodge so that advantage is nullified. Slow as shit so once they commit to a destination they're stuck. Can't respond to changing conditions. Any half decent player can dodge your shots all day thanks to your 30 second reload time. Destroyers- Fun when you first get them. They really drop off at around mid tiers because most ships are fast enough to dodge torpedoes all day. Cruisers- Way too powerful at the moment. They counter destroyers & aircraft, and they have higher effective dps than battleships. People say battleships need cruisers to screen them from destroyers and planes. I say if the battleships need cruisers to protect them and cruisers have better dps, speed, and dodging, then why do you need the battleships at all? The team that has more cruisers is almost guaranteed to win. -The St. Louis is the most broken ship in the game at its tier. -The first battleship (tier 3) sucks absolute dick and is the most painful ship in the game to grind past. Use all your free xp to blow by it as quickly as possible. -If you want to play a carrier, stick to the first tier. Most of the ships at that point have zero AA. You hit a wall at tiers 4-5 where cruiser AA is completely ridiculous and wipes out your bombers before they can drop. Players say carriers catch up at tier 6 and higher, but fuck if I'm ever going to grind that far. -Seriously, the first battleship blows infinite dicks.

World of Warships is in open beta by fabio 07/26/2015, 2:30am PDT     Piloting slow ponderous warships is better than another tank/warplane sim by WITTGENSTEIN 08/12/2015, 4:29pm PDT     I'm two games in, and <3 <3 <3 <3 <3. NT by pinback 08/17/2015, 8:08am PDT         Don't buy an Atlanta-class whatever you do NT by WITTGENSTEIN 08/17/2015, 8:08pm PDT             balance by fabio 08/17/2015, 10:03pm PDT                 The Atlanta is bullshit. by WITTGENSTEIN 08/17/2015, 10:32pm PDT                 On Destroyers by WITTGENSTEIN 08/17/2015, 10:46pm PDT                     The real money purchase values are atrocious NT by fabio 08/18/2015, 11:03am PDT                     Okay nevermind, the Omaha is a pretty good cruiser by WITTGENSTEIN 08/23/2015, 9:47am PDT                 Re: balance by pinback 08/19/2015, 6:56pm PDT             Well, I gotta buy SOMETHING!! NT by pinback 08/18/2015, 10:31am PDT                 Get the Atago. Or save your money for the Tirpitz coming soon NT by WITTGENSTEIN 08/19/2015, 2:07pm PDT                     How about 10,000 DOUBLOONS!?!?! NT by pinback 08/19/2015, 2:43pm PDT                         TIrpitz is on the market now about 65$ (!!!) USD NT by WITTGENSTEIN 09/17/2015, 12:50pm PDT     REALLY fuckin' pretty.. by pinback 08/17/2015, 11:10am PDT