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Greetings Captains,
Welcome to this week’s edition of the New Player Captain's Log! For those of you who aren't sure what this is or what it might do, feel free to check out the introductory post here.
Without further ado, let’s proceed with Week 10!
Accomplishments
Here’s a list of personal milestones that I hit during the week:
1. Played my first Savage Battles
2. Participated in more Clan Battles with Clan WG
3. Began grinding the German BB line.
Focus Points of the Week
After talking to a number of you in last week’s thread, I made a few changes in focus that I think were beneficial to my learning experience. Here’s a few things I accomplished:
1. Put more thought into how to maneuver my CV in battle more effectively.
2. Reconsidered some of my higher tier BB commander builds.
Clan Battles
Another week, another couple of Clan Battles for Clan WG. This week however, we were handed our first two losses, breaking my undefeated streak (I knew it was too good to be true). Though I did unlock the Montana last week, I continued to take in the Moskva due to some other fellow WG employees only having BBs to work with. I continue to find a bit of success with the Moskva, staying alive through the battle and shelling from a distance. Also, despite our losses, I found myself acting slightly more independently as I am beginning to get a grasp of the competitive side. I am not “good” yet by any means, but I can see the dots start connecting in my head.
BBs - Tier III-V Randoms
With the US BB line now complete, it was time to turn my attention to a new line. After some consideration, I decided to go with the German BB line as my focus. So far (obviously in lower tier play) I am quite enjoying it! One thing in particular that I like is that because I now have a bit of experience in the game, I find that I am performing much better at these lower tiers in comparison to the higher tiers I was playing before, so that has been quite pleasant for me.
Ships used: Nassau, Kaiser, König Observations: My first observations seem to be that German BBs are capable of taking a little bit more punishment than their US counterparts. Survivability seems to be much more on display here, perhaps as an exchange of main battery damage/accuracy (this could also just be me playing a new ship, lol). I am interested to see how things like AA and secondaries might come into play as I continue to go up the line, but for now I am pleased with my tanky boats and a bit of range. Things I need to be more cognizant of:
1. Pushing/Range Balance - It seems to me that because German BBs seem to be able to take a bit of a beating, I should be able to be slightly more aggressive with them. At these tiers that is pretty easy to do, but as I continue to rise up the line, I need to be aware of when I should push and how hard. This will likely depend on the map and game type, but it is something I want to continue to learn regardless.
Savage Battles
With update 0.11.2, I got to try my first Savage Battles! I think the game type is a ton of fun, and I love how fast-paced and brutal it is. The idea of grabbing consumables on the map is also really appealing to me, as I think it makes the game have higher stakes. I will say that I am TERRIBLE at them as I know nothing of the strategies (I have mainly just been sticking together with my group) and I am not AT ALL a good DD player. I figure that this can serve as a nice “Trial By Fire” for me to get comfortable with DD vs DD play, but I may look into playing more Co-Op or Ops to get myself in better shape with DDs as a whole. Regardless, the game is just a blast and I am looking forward to playing more battles in the coming week.
I think that about covers it this week! See you next week for some more New Player musings. Fair winds and following seas!