Plons edition
NEW PATCH INFO
http://steamcommunity.com/app/390670/discussions/0/364040961450421565/
Current events (check in-game Events tab for details):
Kill 2 cruisers for 90 merit daily.
> What is this?
Steel Ocean is a multiplayer arcade game focused about warships from World War 2 era.
> Steel Ocean Info
http://en.steelocean.vludus.com/Main_Page <- Does anyone even use this?
http://imgur.com/a/Mf0qp <- more info.
> Steam page
http://store.steampowered.com/app/390670/
> Any way I can play with (You)?
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/UnityThroughSterns
"NA clan: No Botes Allowed"
We have an active clan in the game. Find it on the fleet page and then click application button. Post IGN in thread to get accepted.
Also post a meme.
Germany: http://imgur.com/a/TDWY3
Burgers: http://imgur.com/a/Ze1j4
Japan: http://imgur.com/a/MzuNT
British: http://imgur.com/a/i3oFZ
>Commander calculator
An easy way to come up with commander setups without having to deal with the clunky UI. If you have any issues explain them in the thread.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RMoVpgNpWXK3bZ7FnVXf29416Y0L9j-4TmRbTaYO5OM/edit#gid=0
FREE TIER 5 DLC BB(HMS Repulse)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/430110/?snr=1_5_1100__1100
Launch from there, in game go to Claim, then Storage, Non Battle items, click 'use'
Events: (11am-1pm & 6pm-8pm PST)
Sunday: 5v5
Monday: Helena Overlord
Tuesday: Fleet Battles
Wednesday: Fap to botes
Thursday: 5v5
Friday: Helena Overlord
Saturday: Fleet Battles
Kantai Collection posting allowed.
Feel free to talk about botes here.
If you have any questions, post them in the thread or read the links.
Remember to love your botes.
Previous Admiral~!
>>142938401
First for keyboards aren't hard to fix.
>>143529501
just took 3 hours
>>143529583
Just tooka BIOS reset.It never was the keyboard in the first place.
>>143530007
how did you even fuck up so hard
>>143531016
I was cleaning inbetween the keys, then bad things happened, and it escalated from there.
>>143529358
I wish I could make pretty pictures like that
>2. The Ammo of British destroyers: Q-class, Ca-class, Tribal-class, L-class and Laforey, is modified into quadruple and decreased its damage as well.
4x4 Tribal-class with 100dmg peashooters?
>>143533019
> another lafagoy nerf
Kek
>only one CV per squad
>won't be able to do Kaga and Akagi team when 1935 finally comes out
>mfw
>>143534204
There's always fleet battles :^)
>The following build will add AA Salvo Mode.
>>143534575
>Couldn't stop people from macros so now everyone gets shotgun AA
I don't know how this will affect CVcks
>>143534696
A lot.
deck paint when?
>squad up with some newbs to teach them
>this nigga was actually doing good
>almost got the last BB
>server maintenance.
>>143537624
>>server maintenance.
Time for porn.
>>143534696
>I don't know how this will affect CVcks
A Nelson with the AA macro could remove the Taiho's squads in a single barrage, with maybe 1 or 2 planes left at 10% HP. Its ogre.
is there no EU clan?
>obtain a ship of research level 2/3/4/5/6
soo can I complete this if I have all lines on all nations researched to at least t7
>>143545434
EU and NA are on the same server, post meme to join
>>143545493
Apparently buying and selling an old ship completes it; I just wanted to brag anyway.
>>143545493
just applied as IGN: DeadDood
have meme
75 years ago on this day, krauts were btfo
ded
I always get bullied in my Deutschland ;_;
>>143546002
Welcome aboard
>Laforey only does 7 damage more than the M-class
>light up 5 ships for 2 min
>0 shots from my team
>shitty plane flies over me
>I'm sunk immediately
>>143546002
If you added fire coming out the case, you have an accurate/plausible depiction of my PC!
Welcome aboard
>reading steam forums for patch notes
Oh MY GOD why are there so many morons?!?!
Are people really not able to figure things out for themselves?
Sweet Jesus... it is like these people have never gamed, or went into something without handholding.
... Whatever, They'll learn one way or another.
>>143555171
>handholding
>>143556593
>Handholding
>>143557537
Poor Ryujo.
How is this different from world of warships???
>>143560749
sub girls
>>143560749
the two are like cars.
They come in Automatic and ManualAnd self-driving
Automatic takes care of just about everything for you.
Manual requires much more input.
WoWS is Automatic. You really only need to aim your guns, perhaps hit WASD now and again for positioning, though they actually have autopilot to handle that sort of thing. WASD to dodge torps unless you want to claim "I DID ALL I COULD OMG SKYCANCER, OMG DD CANCER!"
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Kf1He9eZA
Your AA and secondaries is handled by the AI and your ability to aim is handled by RNG dice. You can do a battleship movie level turn, and fire with relative accuracy at a target in the distance in the middle of your turn.(RNG-Sama permitting of course.)
And the time-distortion and slower pace means if you are lucky, you'll enter combat at the 5 minute mark. If you are unlucky and the enemy went to the other side of the map.. perhaps 10 minute mark. Every 4 matches has a match effectively wasted in 'waiting to enter combat'. Torps also have a lead indicator of 'shoot them here and if the target doesn't change speed or angle, they will hit'
Steel Ocean is manual. You relatively complete control your ship. The AA, the 2ndries, the guns and torps. No torp guide other than "It will shoot in this direction, and dud range indicator"
You cannot do a wild turn and accurately fire in the middle of it, and after the turn you'd need some time to aim your guns properly. (Unless you've practiced locking your guns before the turn, in which case both could be plausible.)
TL;DR WoWS vs Steel Ocean: Automatic and Manual. Each draws in their own target.
SO also has subs.
>>143529358
http://steamcommunity.com/games/390670/announcements/detail/939377556257508048
New patch notes. 5/27/2016
>>143562183
qt
>>143562547
please try to be more informative and less wordy
>>143560749
It's a different type of game, wargaming are autistic about realism, have accurate models and sloow ships, here everything is arcadey, fast and accurate, the AA is deadly because you manually control it but the planes can be made to dodge etc. Also SO has much less budget and fewer players because
>chink game
>>143565845
>Less wordy
Will do so in the future.
>>143565845
>wargaming are autistic about realism
Wasnt it selective realism like the slavs behind war blunder? AKA the german vehicle will have less armor/damage than it should because low quality materials or secret dokumimints while the slavic counterpart uses data from a firing range on a perfect day that even gets buffed.
>>143568829
or the German ME-163 rocket plane will be utter shlt despite actually existing and flying.
While the Glorious Nipponese version based off the same planes provided to them by the Germans.. But never succeeded in actual flight (30 seconds before engine/plane crashed) having almost 2x the climb rate.
botes
this sink cruisers daily really sucks
Obligatory.
>>143574682
were you working on cruisers?
>>143577826
Hampton sucks.
>>143577340
5 down 3 over.
Lel.
>>143577340
I've never been able to tell if Ise and Hyuuga's are insults or compliments
>>143579587
>those thighs
>>143577340
>This Sub's name
HA!
>>143584280
The definitive subhuman.
>Listening to flying witch OST while killing botes
Max comfy
>>143586198
>>143586198
>Listening to Jam Project while in Port
Max action
>Yeeman right now.
who here /35°Csummers/?
>>143588094
Summer is fucking rubbish. Kill yourself.
>can't pass E-6 no matter what
>play with the memers first time in two months to let off some steam
>go back to E-6, the stars align, boss gets nuked before the shelling phase
I'm going to stick with you guys til the event ends.
>>143588592
We got connections.
>>143588094
Is spring m8
Who 86F/67C here
>>143588592
What level should my sluts be for E-1
>>143589853
The real shit starts at E-5. Until that point you'll be fine with level 60's especially if you roll easy mode. I generally consider ships event-worthy for Easy when they're at 60, 70+ otherwise. I'm not one of them autists who run later tier maps on Hard though. I can only imagine how military grade aspie one has to be to deal with E-6 on Hard.
>>143590882
>those tiny fingers
Manlet detected.
>>143591028
Camera removes 10 lb's m8.
Don't you remember?
>>143591621
Doesn't remove centimeters from your short, tiny fingers though
>Selling Mombote for 6k silver to afford ammo on your
>2 AA bote
Whats with all these quals? I finally got my first hawkeye.
>>143595507
they decided to help newer people get qualification (and everybody else)
When you buy a T2/3/4/5/6 ship you'll receieve 150 qualification PER tier you get
But only the first time you buy those tiers.
So basically.. open a slot in your port, buy a T2, sell it, buy a T3, sell it, buy a T4, etc.
^ if you want it now, otherwise if you're working on a new line you'll get them naturally with time.
>>143596689
I got them, just didn't see anyone mention them in the thread so brought it up.
>>143597132
Grats on hawkeye by the way.
>>143598527
Thanks, don't really feel the effect yet, only slight improvement, need some more I guess. Well, in half a year I'll upgrade my Yamamoto or something.
Bong BBs or DDs? I need to start a new line.
>>143602256
I like their BB's quite a bit. First few are odd, but T5+ are pretty good, and Queen Elizabeth's a favorite.
>the ducky has only 4 torps
>>143604031
I've killed many a BB with invisifire using her top guns. She just isn't for torping. Scouting and fire are her strong points.
>>143604895
I like to corner them with torps or disrupt their aiming using half of my torps for an easy approach and finishing them off with the rest of the torps.
Here's a small BB trick:
>aim near you, hold right click
>move mouse to where you want to calibrate
>let go of right click and shoot immediately
This will fire right in front of you while giving you calibration where you want it, meaning it won't spook DDs or make it obvious what flank you want to fight on.
>>143606626
Huh... interesting.
>>143588035
So how'd the pics turn out from the training room antics?
>>143615717
wat
>>143618684
Bunch of stuff done today in Training rooms by a few of us.
Yee was going screencap crazy it sounded like.
FB's tomorrow.
I'll be visiting the USS Torsk at somepoint in the next 14 days. Expect more dank meme photos.
>>143602256
I've heard bong BBs are pretty good
>>143628524
That's adorable.
Good night /sog/
>>143632049
>no range to shoot from afar
>no speed to get up close
>if you get up close, you have no speed to escape
>IJN penetration with Kraut damage
Hmm, yeah.
>>143633462
You won though right?
>>143633462
I thought it stopped making 3v5s, only 3v4s at worst. Apparently the fix fixed that :^)
>>143633265
Nelson is good desu family.
Poi~
>>143624215
I'll most likely be around for EU and NA FBs.
>>143650476
Poi?
>>143652405
Poi~
What stats should I prioritize in jap CA crew?
>>143652517
Invisifire if endgame.
AA if autistic.
>>143654030
I want a konosuba..
>>143654030
But I have one
>>143624215
I'll probably be late for EU FBs my apartment flooded
>>143656342
>lives in a glorified desert
>apartment still manages to get flooded
How?
>>143656686
my water heater was leaking all night Iand I came home to water every where. They came in pretty quickly though, and cleaned most of it up I just have a bunch of loud blowers going now.
> glorified desert
where the hell did you get this from?
>>143657334
Makes more sense then I guess.
>where the hell did you get this from?
You live in Texas don't you?
>>143657583
In southern Texas shit is hot, humid, and wet. We had 15 inches of rain around my city a few weeks ago
>>143657994
rip
What's your preferred submarine line in this?
>>143662042
DEUTSCH
>>143662042
>>143654492
>But I have one
>>143662042
USN. Deutsch and IJN too slow (in different ways)
Can't make it to EU FB, will be on for NA.
Should I upgrade Felix von Luckner first?
>>143669346
>7% disguise
>eventually 150m vision
>all in a single commander
yes
>>143669346
Yes, at least to elite.
Excellent is an eventual good option making him better with state of war.
Though that can wait.
Get in here you cock loving faggots
>>143673704
I'm in the middle of the thunder. Not gonna risk my pc.
A O B A get
>>143674759
>aoba
>>143674759
B A O B A B
Pubs are getting worse.
>>143677841
at least you didn't have arabs
>>143662042
I prefer the Kraut subs personally. At t5+ they move BB speed when surfaced, depending on commander setup. They turn well, and submerge quickly as well. Even better is their reload speed.I need to get that torpedo damage guy upgraded to 4 stars still
Who of these to 4* next? I'm thinking felix, ralf or maybe even arashi.
>GuP movie out.
Botes must wait
>CV does the SMD and just throws planes out to CVcide and fail at it
ded
>>143681127
>SMD
>CVcide
i think you have him mistaken for someone eles
>>143681041
It is?
>>143681127
What?
>>143686153http://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=815761
>>143686469
Thank you anon.
>>143681041
this kind of cosplay is the creepiest shit ever. who the fuck thinks this looks good
>>143687025
japs
>>143687025
There are people who think fursuits look good. The cosplay may not seem weird in their eyes.
>mfw title screen art has a mistake
>>143689164
FUCK
I don't even like this boat
>>143692671
>47%
>>143692671
>47 %
congrats you're officially a shitter
>>143692932
>>143692819
pic related >>143691129
I'm the best shitter
>>143693068
No, shitters like honkers and Drac0 are funny, unlike (You).
>>143693068
>I'm the best shitter
that's like being the smartest retard
>>143694146
Silly RNG, Honker's isn't a shitter.
>>143694269
It's better then being the worst of those who are good
How to not be complete shit in Aoba?
>>143694765
Git Gud
>>143694434
>Honker's isn't a shitter.
>57%
>>143694765
Free XP the myoko. Im guessing that you already run disguise.
>>143696181
>skipping botes because they're "too hard"
how to not learn anything while getting yourself into harder situations 101
>>143696939
I grinded through it and wasnt very enjoyable.
>how to not learn anything while getting yourself into harder situations
>harder situations
T4, 5 and 6 are the same shit in my opinion.
R A R E
A
R
E
>>143698375
The way this game is going we'll soon have the same players at all tiers, but currently t4 still contains people who will suicide charge your BB without smoke.
>>143696181
Free xp to the Myoko, sure.
If you mean free xp PAST the Myoko.
>disgusting
She's a great bote.
>>143668736
Belay that.Can't make it to NA
Reminder to give your botefus lots of headpats and cuddles.
>>143699463
Yeah I've been noticing that to
FUTA DICKS
>playing with a amphibian
>>143705786
What was he trying to accomplish?
This is shimakaze...
>>143707560
... And this is POI. Don't mix them stahl.
>>143707560
>>143707734
I'm fairly sure stahl only cares about superior germanic kanmusu.
>>143707734
>>143707560
well what ever her name is i have her unlocked now
>>143705786
seeing little triangles and diamonds dance around is pretty cute desu
>>143705786
I bet he got there by tapping R and going afk
![Steel_Ocean._-_7.75.1[Steam]_2016-05-28_22-27-14.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/iRtPYeM.jpg "Steel_Ocean._-_7.75.1[Steam]_2016-05-28_22-27-14.jpg")
REMOVE EVERYTHING FROM THE PREMISES.I missed this ship
>>143709759
>>143705786
jesus christ
Hiryu get! Thanks Anti
>>143705786
I like this webm
where are you cucks
so how come everyone just stops at Akagi?
some faggot chink is up at wasp and does literally nothing but fighter spam. He's queued up with a Myoko and lafagoy so he just let's the Myoko do all the work
>>143724243
going through that suffering requires willpower
>>143725601
if it works then I dont see the problem
>>143705786
>that camera/aim double-take before the fighting starts.
Hehehe
This sort of thing would be well for CV's
>>143726546
I made sure it doesn't work anymore.
>>143706479
>I bet no one will expect a BB going through the middle
>here I'll be able to fire without being seen and flank them
>Im a genius
>>143705786
I like this kind of webm it tells you everything you need to know
>>143727835
Was tabbed out :^)
Pressed 2 or 3 times
Got distracted
Oh look a myoko
I shoot
It fires torps
I back up
I still get hit
Leave him with 100 hp before I die
>>143730302
That was the only match where I really did anything like it to that extent.
Also >>143699007
>>143730387
>Was tabbed out :^)
Great incentive to play again.
How many of you have the "Beast Slayer" medal?
>>143730387
>going forward, directly towards the enemy
>tabbing out seems like a good idea
>>143732363
I have 7 of those in different tiers.
>>143734816
> he only has 7
>>143736103
how many do you have?
>>143736103
>>143734816
furthermore what's the best way to get one. hard to come by 2 CVs the on enemy team so I figured TDM might be good, since you only need 1 of each.
>>143736103
its easier to get when you sealclub lower tiers
>>143736103
Its most likely because isnt good enough to catch the CVs after nuking BBs and 2CVs in a team being a rare sight.
>>143736492
I recall that most of them were from playing very agressively in BBs on standard battles.
>>143736985
My positioning isnt good enough*
>>143705786
Reminder to block Salamander and filter the term "amphibian" here.
>>143736492
Best way to get them is luck and FBs I think. Since at most tiers you'll rarely get 2CV/2BB pub matches now
>>143732363
>sign on to check
I apparently only have6
Thinking on it though, it is probably due to the following:
>>143736492
As player says, very few times where there are two CV's on the enemy team,
In most matches I do not see the CV as a threat since most can't handle more than AFK fighters,usually dispatched with a single group and so I tend to go after harder hitting targets with the remaining TB's. Leaving the carrier struggling on while swatting his planes out of the sky and picking his team apart from underneath him.
That and in the case of TDM, I find CVcide distasteful especially when lit up at the very start, it feels like clubbing to go after such an easy target. So rather than removing repeatedly, possibly driving him away from carriers entirely. the player lives in ignorance his life spared; at least until it is taken by someone else or I feel he's run out of planes.
Though remembering those medals exist does change things. Not to mention previous behavior breeds a bad sort of CV, so who knows. Might mix it up a bit and remove CV's more often.
>>143730387
realtalk if you can't one-shot a CA that's right next to you then you are very bad.
>>143727835
It's perfectly fine to go there, if you are not terrible. It's even ok to tab out for no reason, if you are good.
Remember to be good, then you can play this game however you want.
>>143740663
>It's perfectly fine to go there
The enclosed space and terrain surrounding it make it a very risky option for BBs since they'll have a hard time dodging torps and getting shots on the enemy, I wouldn't recommend going there at all at the begining of a match.
>>143740663
>It's perfectly fine to go there
I really hate that place. I only go there when we're fucked vision-wise.
>>143741004
If you don't trust your DD to spot the open ocean, you have to do the spotting yourself. Islands break LoS and you can surprise DDs rounding the corner
If nobody goes middle, you can still shoot over the islands, and just keep going through the channel.
ofc if all the enemy team is there you just smoke and turn around. Torps are easy to dodge.
>>143740663
>Remember to be good, then you can play this game however you want.
>AFK strat
Do you guys know if you need a chink IP to play the Chinese version?
>>143746876
afaik, no
>>143741247
I really like it on CL and sometimes CA, lets you shoot the DD scouting the east from nice and close while hugging the mountain to losblock BBs.
>>143746876
You don't understand Chinese, how are you going to play it?
>>143753526
>understands japanese or doesn't play botesluts
>>143680134
Felix if you play DD, spitfire guy if you play CV.
>>143756975
>not using a chrome extension to make sense of everything
Welp it's Time to sleep
USS Torsk image dump in a few hours
10
>tfw your team's baBBies die to bum rushing CAs
>>143775331
>It's another Ise driver trying to impress
>>143766798
Here's a peek.
Fuck me its hot today.
ded
>wake up
>its 5v5 time
>log in
>no one online
>>143775745
I'll put these in another imgur album
I also visited the CGCS Taney, who is the last ship from Pearl Harbor, and I'm not sure if it's the only ship that hasn't been scrapped or last to be decommisioned. I'm pretty sure she has the same 5"/38 as the Fletchers.
I also visited the Lightship Chesapeake
I need to just stay out of the forums for this game.
Far too many unique individuals visit those topics
>>143784013
https://imgur.com/gallery/Lpyyv
Here's every photo
this damned event
I hate it so much
how many hours do I have to spend in this shit to kill two CAs
>>143786662
git gud
>>143786989
gitting gud won't make the CAs start queueing
>>143787820
Have you tried not pursuing CA/CL's ? Try goingTsundere.
What's the harm, couldn't hurt.
>>143790497
>Using Shiranui as a rejection doll
Wow rude.
>>143791267
>Rejection
>appears but going towards another person
Well that's when the Tsundere kicks in.
>>143792920
>>143794375
That's salamander btw.
>>143796814
If only I could filter Ooyodo :^)
>>143797351
you can
>>143797351
Filter the filenames, I never change them.
>>143797351
But you'll have to individually add each filenameand admit that you cant handle the banter.
>>143800434
>yodo
>banter
I prefer Hyuuga when using floatplanes desu
Ashigara.
>>143803810
Ashibest.
>10
>>143803810
Ashigara?
>>143808090
Ashigara.
Sometimes I wish grinding for xp would be harder. too many people just immediately jump to the next tier without knowing what the fuck they are doing.
>>143812328
>>>/wowsg/
>>143812328
>>143813279
eh, he has a point actually.
People with less than 50 matches played reaching T5-6 if they're focusing on purely going down a line and nothing else.
And they learn nothing.
>>143813827
It's really noticeable with DDs
>>143813279
>DDs that still try to "flank" leaving the team blind and then suicide charge
>BB that fire as soon as their guns have reloaded regardless of scatter circle size
>CVs that just afk fighter spam
>players that don't AA ever
all of this and more at tiers where they should know better.
>>143815035
indeed.
Anyone else got disconnected?
>>143819883
It works for me.5v5 queue taking its time as usual, might be because of these guys.
