You don't actually have to watch the whole match if you die early. Hit escape and exit to port and jump in another ship.
quote:I'm at the Mahan (Tier 7 US DD) right now. Though I am only stock, I actually like it a little bit more than the Farragut. 5 guns stock at least makes it competitive against other DD's. And at least one of the higher tier maps is ok for 4.5km torps (which I can't wait to get rid of). I mainly play as a DD hunter and switch to whittling away BBs with fire when the DDs are dead. I dont really notice the torp reload, because its no often i have a chance to use them. That will change when my range increases, though.
Has anyone played destroyers past tier 6 for either country? I'm curious how boring is it with torpedo reload times over a minute, some reaching 1.5 to 2 mins? That has me considering a shift in focus to cruisers or carriers more.
quote:CV torps from a knowledgeable player that manually drops the torps are extremely deadly because they 1) drop closer and 2) have much tighter spreads. If a CV driver wants you dead, you're toast. I'm not to the higher tiers for DD's yet, but I still get hit with them every once in awhile in my New Orleans and Cleveland (sometimes get pulled into tier 7 and 8 matches). I think good DD drivers know their craft well and are still effective. I think most of what you see is the people who like to shoot from 10+ km and get sinks/hits, sniping from beyond spotting range. With the alert range being increased for torps (IIRC) most people that don't have tunnel vision can maneuver to avoid the ships.
CV torps are murderous and need to be fixed...and that DDs are pretty much worthless in the late tiers.
quote:Plane launched torps do less damage. Personally I think that it's fine as they are damage wise in relation to the other lines. Most CV players sit at the edge of the map the majority of the time, so them not getting kills all the time from plane launch torps doesn't bother me in the slightest.
I did just unlock my first carrier. It was pretty fun but a little slow going. Torps were pretty weak, would take 3 broad sides of a BB to sink it. Hopefully gets better as we get up.