Navy Field

[Lord Kelvin]

Might as well break this new section in with this.

www.navyfield.com

Buggy, steep learning curve, idiots all over the place, but a damn fun game if you join a clan and get over the learning curve. I currently have a CA and play frequently with Scraps and Mystrick, whuh also plays though I haven't seen him in a while.

BTW, did I mention that it's free?

[ShatXIII]

I've got this on my machine, though I havent played in a while, and have yet to get to the point I was in beta. I do have a friend's (former?) account, however, and he's about where I was, I think (Atlanta)...

I was basically a cubone85-wannabe back in the day. Flak ftw :D

[DunNa]

Oh wow I was in the same fleet as you Shat (back with the 7th US before barri became a NF person and all that jazz).

[Lord Kelvin]

ROFL, a lot's changed since those days. Bismarck and PoW were merged into Arizona, Iowa and Yamato were merged into Missouri, XP's a lot easier to get than back in beta, and Barri's quit, Rolleso's the new AZ server head.

I'm still holding onto an Oakland (sadly, I sold my original so I had to buy a new one), and I use it more than my Balti. Dual 5"38's and AAA ammo makes for dead planes everywhere. BTW, Cubone became a mod, except that he's on temporary leave because his friend got in a car accident.

[DunNa]

Pfft back then I was running around in a N. Hamp and I was "totally awesome" even if the ship sucked :P

[Lord Kelvin]

They also buffed the NH's gun space so you can actually carry the triple 8" Mark 13 L's with enough ammo.

[ShatXIII]

Oh wow I was in the same fleet as you Shat (back with the 7th US before barri became a NF person and all that jazz).
Yeah, though I joined some time after Barri went mod. About a week or two before 7th US ceased to exist, in fact. Stoopid server-jumping Will107. >.<

The higher exp is a mixed blessing though. I'm acutally at the point where I have to grind my radioman on an FF02 to get points/creds without screwing over my sailors.

[Lord Kelvin]

Heh, Will's a mod now too, has his Monty too. He was also the deputy commander for my current fleet (NATO). As I said, lot has changed.

[SWATJester_os]

NF went free again after it was pay to play?

[SWATJester_os]

BTW I miss the old Kita/Shima torp whoring and Q class armor whoring days.

[Lord Kelvin]

The Tribal is more armor whoreable. Also, they've repeatedly nerfed torps, and everybody's learned how to deal with them (hint: don't rush right at the other guy right at the start), but they're still annoying for everyone who doesn't hold enough bulge. I personally just use the BBs as shields, but now that I have my Balti I can bounce the torps completely and laugh at the same time, even with only 90 bulge.

Also, while it's free, you only gain 60% XP, points, and credits after you hit level 30 on a free account. Plus, there's a crapload of buyable items that totally unbalanced the game (ie. PCLs, PCAs, sailor boosts, vets and experts, and even resetting your entire ship tree).

[Scraps]

I just got a Bismarck :)

[solidsnake]

I just got a Bismarck :)

torpedo planes > bismarck

[Lord Kelvin]

torpedo planes > bismarck

US AAW >>>>>>>> TBs

[Scraps]

US AAW >>>>>>>> TBs

Bismarck is German nub.
Also scraps>Alaska class BC.

[Lord Kelvin]

Also scraps>Alaska class BC.

Anything except Nevada and Kongo >>>>>>>>>>Alaska.

[Scraps]

Anything except Nevada and Kongo >>>>>>>>>>Alaska.

Kongo>Alaska

[solidsnake]

SS^ > all

[DunNa]

What the Alaska lacks in performance it makes up for in totally bitch'n looks.

[rovens]

Anywhere else that i can download it fomr that gives me a download speed thats faster than continental drift?

[Lord Kelvin]

Well, I just got an Alaska, and on free XP too. This time I've mounted AA on the thing, which really does come in handy. The triple 12"s have crappy spread for now, but I have a second BO on the cooker right now that I'm going to use to level up my gunners so that their spread is less crappy.

[Scraps]

Seven levels from the H-39 and me owning you all.

[SWATJester_os]

How long does it take to get up to CL's and higher now?

[SWATJester_os]

What I really want are CV's. How long for those too?

[Scraps]

What I really want are CV's. How long for those too?

I could let you play my acct to try out a cv but its a LONG grind to get to a good cv. Getting to a cl is cake if you play blitz(read: NOOOBS GAME) but you'll run out of creds first. It took me from Nov to March to get from 0-80 but it has taken fleet mates of mine about 2 months to get to Iowa(90) on their second crews.

[Lord Kelvin]

Getting a CL1 only takes around a week or so with constant playing. After you hit level 30 though, it can take a while to reach your next ship without buying a subscription. With a regular subscription your levelling time cuts down by quite a bit after level 30 since you gain XP at almost twice the rate as free XP, and with Premium you get an extra 1000 XP, credits, and points each per game, though that can actually hurt you in the beginning when you gain too much XP to class them using points. As for the CVs, it depends on if you powerlevel or use regular grinding. Powerlevelling can get you a CV in a few months, but you'd need money to buy the CV (which is insanely expensive), plus you need pilots (which can take a while to level).

[Scraps]

Well 4lvls until H39 or 1.4mil exp. :)

[Scraps]

Update: FUCK YOU NAVYFIELD>:/

[Roadkill]

I just downloaded this game, and was trying it out. It's hard as hell to learn how to play ;o

[Scraps]

Dude dont even waste your time on that shit.

[Roadkill]

The game doesn't really tell you how to do anything D:

I havent played with any other people yet. I don't know how any of that shit works. Guess I'll just have to fuck around with it....

[Lord Kelvin]

www.nf-guides.com

Should be required reading for all beginners. Many useful guides in there.

[Roadkill]

Gracias!

[Lord Kelvin]

Well, I have a ton of new stuff now. I have a New Orleans, which can mount enough deck armor to bounce 8" shells, plus I have enough money and the BO to get a Bogue, though I'm currently scratch-levelling pilots for it (6 pilots, 3 bombers and 3 fighters, in the 19-21 range currently). My gunners are finally starting to get good enough for me to drive my Alaska properly, though the spread's still shotgun and won't improve for a while.

[Scraps]

Well, I have a ton of new stuff now. I have a New Orleans, which can mount enough deck armor to bounce 8" shells, plus I have enough money and the BO to get a Bogue, though I'm currently scratch-levelling pilots for it (6 pilots, 3 bombers and 3 fighters, in the 19-21 range currently). My gunners are finally starting to get good enough for me to drive my Alaska properly, though the spread's still shotgun and won't improve for a while.

*owns LK with the OII*
edit: i can bounce 16 inch shells :D

[DunNa]

pfft I spray your ships with AA and kill all your sailors = I win :P

[Lord Kelvin]

A bit behind the times there, AA doesn't kill sailors anymore. Though I wish that they'd make exceptions for leechers...

[Scraps]

pfft I spray your ships with AA and kill all your sailors = I win :P

Welcome to pre-retail :D

[ShatXIII]

A bit behind the times there, AA doesn't kill sailors anymore. Though I wish that they'd make exceptions for leechers...

I'm a little insulted, since the only way I can play right now without screwing over sailors is by leeching in an FF with my radioman >.<

...but then AAing my radioman wouldnt accomplish much anyway ;)

[Lord Kelvin]

You do know that leeching earns zero XP for your gunners, since they only gain XP if you do damage, right? Plus, leeching in general is looked down on, someone once got a BB5 just from pure leeching...

[ShatXIII]

Well, my gunners arent even on board because if I use them, they'll level up past where they need to be promoted, and I dont have the points to promote them...

Though I suppose the situation there is different than the one you're refering to.

[Lord Kelvin]

If you don't have enough points, just get to the point where you can trade, then go to Area 13 and make a room asking for points. Every single vet out there has millions of points that they don't do anything with, someone will always be willing to give you free points.

[Scraps]

I'll give you 500k credits and 3mil pts :D maybe even some gunners that are tooo fat for your ship :)

[ShatXIII]

Trouble is, unless they changed something since I gave up, in order to get traded points...you need enough points x.X

I was randomly poking around my photobucket today, and I dug up this pic. I miss beta :(
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v118/Shatara/screens/nicosiowa.jpg

[Scraps]

Trouble is, unless they changed something since I gave up, in order to get traded points...you need enough points x.X

I was randomly poking around my photobucket today, and I dug up this pic. I miss beta :(
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v118/Shatara/screens/nicosiowa.jpg

ScrapsinanH39>Iowa

[ShatXIII]

ScrapsinanH39>IowaI'll take your word for it ;)

Dont remember if anyone had an H39 at that point, cept maybe mods. IIRC that was the first Iowa on the server.

[DunNa]

ScrapsinanH39>Iowa

Me > any german ship

[Scraps]

Me > any german ship

8 16" shells> FF01

[SpecialForces]

Anyone here play on Missouri?

[Lord Kelvin]

No. Get on AZ noob.

[Scraps]

Anyone here play on Missouri?

Some of the members of Armory play on MO. They put torps on BB's :D

[Lord Kelvin]

Hahahaha. Poor fools.

[Lord Kelvin]

6-month bump.

OpenNF patch is out now, and everything from DD to BB2 is pretty damn well balanced, plus the PBBs have finally been nerfed. Quite possibly the best day in NF ever.

I'm driving my Colorado around a lot more now, since I can go faster, carry more armor, and carry AA on it after the patch. It owns so much now :D

[ShatXIII]

Wait...does that mean they made American AA guns suck less? :o

[Lord Kelvin]

The USN AA guns are good, you just have to use the N/L/D versions, not the A versions. We're going to get to that in a while, but we have to balance out CVs and BB345 first.

(BTW, in case I didn't mention it, I'm an OpenNF tester)

[ShatXIII]

Alright, heres my prediciment, perhaps yall can help me figure out what to do here...

I have 4 Level 20 US Arms Sailors. Two were intended to be AAW (presumably why I stopped using them, not wanting to miss the 2nd AA promotion), but perhaps I should say screwit and make them reloads...?

1 US (generic) sailor, destined to be a restorer, Lvl 12.

2 neutral sailors, one Lvl 12 the other 13, destined to be US repairers.

4 neutral sailors, 2 Lvl 12 and 2 lvl 13, the 'generic ballanced' ones you get in the beginning.

1 Level 19 Bridge Officer, itching to get into a Gearing, but unable to afford it

39619 Credits
23735 Points


Now what do I do?

Edit: Oh, and a Level 16 radioman. Yay leaching!

[Lord Kelvin]

1. When you get the chance, class two of the Arm Sailors as Accuracy, the other two as Reload. USN uses Reload gunners as its "AA gunners", since the AA gunner class loses Reload growth with each classing.

2. Don't get a Restorer, you'll regret it later.

3. Get 3 Repairers. If you don't care about bases I can give you two of them that are around level 50, one's +8 and the other's +10 (a gift from Scraps).

4. Get three Engineers, with at least +11 to the Engine ability. Those will become very important later.

5. The generic sailors don't have much real use at this point, except as a Seaman, but that's sorta iffy.

6. If you haven't yet, sell your Fletcher, since that's the only real way to get enough money to buy your next ship at that level.

[DunNa]

Whelp it seems I'm playing again... Name DunNa, on AZ currently in an Emden trying to AA whore with DP guns since I'm to lazy to train up AA gunners still working decently though since those .8 reload guns do abit less damage than these DPs do.

[Lord Kelvin]

Heh, I love and hate Emdens at the same time. They put up so much flak using the C32's which annoys me whenever they're on the other team, but they can't defend themselves against ships that do get in close to them.

As the saying goes, love is using your Baltimore to dual-battery an Emden to death as it tries to run away.

[Scraps]

Whelp it seems I'm playing again... Name DunNa, on AZ currently in an Emden trying to AA whore with DP guns since I'm to lazy to train up AA gunners still working decently though since those .8 reload guns do abit less damage than these DPs do.

Guess what i got.

[DunNa]

Guess what i got.

aids?

[Scraps]

aids?
A h44class battleship and Essex class carrier. :D

[ShatXIII]

The resurrection of this thread reminds me that I never replied :o
1. When you get the chance, class two of the Arm Sailors as Accuracy, the other two as Reload. USN uses Reload gunners as its "AA gunners", since the AA gunner class loses Reload growth with each classing.alright, I think one reason I'd stopped using my gunners were waiting for points to make AA (I had success with them in beta, perhaps it was my imagination =/).

2. Don't get a Restorer, you'll regret it later.So what do I do with the guy I got for his respectable restore stat?

3. Get 3 Repairers. If you don't care about bases I can give you two of them that are around level 50, one's +8 and the other's +10 (a gift from Scraps).I have 2, I wouldnt mind a third, but I dont think I can trade yet...

4. Get three Engineers, with at least +11 to the Engine ability. Those will become very important later.Sadly, burning points on the RNG is what got me leeching my FF02 in the first place...

Are there still minimums for trading?

[Lord Kelvin]

If you want to restart, things got a whole lot easier. A patch or two ago all of the starter sailors got uber-ized, but you can't trade them for anything. There are still minimums on trading, but if you're on AZ, Scraps, Fiddy, and I can help you with any problems you have, since we're all uber and crap. Scraps and I go by our forum names in-game (mine is without the space), and Fiddy bought a Lion 2 account, goes by "ramjb".

[Scraps]

If you want to restart, things got a whole lot easier. A patch or two ago all of the starter sailors got uber-ized, but you can't trade them for anything. There are still minimums on trading, but if you're on AZ, Scraps, Fiddy, and I can help you with any problems you have, since we're all uber and crap. Scraps and I go by our forum names in-game (mine is without the space), and Fiddy bought a Lion 2 account, goes by "ramjb".

Scraps doesn't help people.

[DunNa]

Scraps doesn't help people.

Scraps puts the points in DunNa's account or it gets the AA spam again :panda:

[Scraps]

Scraps puts the points in DunNa's account or it gets the AA spam again :panda:

im pretty sure my 14 aa guns beats yours.

[DunNa]

Well you sir are wrong because I AA with style, and my Emden is a good luck charm to those I escort :P

[Mystrick]

If you want to restart, things got a whole lot easier. A patch or two ago all of the starter sailors got uber-ized, but you can't trade them for anything. There are still minimums on trading, but if you're on AZ, Scraps, Fiddy, and I can help you with any problems you have, since we're all uber and crap. Scraps and I go by our forum names in-game (mine is without the space), and Fiddy bought a Lion 2 account, goes by "ramjb".
You didn't mention me :(

[Scraps]

You didn't mention me :(

Get Iowa first. :D

[Mystrick]

Okay :)

[DunNa]

I just got my M-Pro I am pleased :D

I also went ahead and got a premium sub for one month which will hopefully make my climb from mpro to hipper not to terribly long and hopefully I get to my seyditiz (I can't spell that) before the sub runs out and then I can just leisurely cruise the rest of the way for free.

[Lord Kelvin]

You do know that you need pilots in order to drive a CV, right...?

[DunNa]

Yes and I happen to have 2 rookies atm and afew more in training

[Lord Kelvin]

I'll tell you right now, unless you also invest in some boosts and vets (plus a medic), your pilots will get raped left and right, because almost everyone on the server has at least 3-gold fighters. And if you do want to save money, don't bother trying to add vets until they're level 60+. Until then, you'll just have to get used to getting raped over and over and over.

-e- Let me put it this way: I've been there, done that, and have the loosened asshole to prove it.

[Denwad]

still gotta pay beyond level 32 ? cause i got there and got my Kberg and just stopped playing.

[Lord Kelvin]

No, it's completely free to play now, just that if you don't have a subscription you'll take forever to level up and gain credits to buy shit. I have never used a subscription (or bought any store items for my account either), and I have a SoDak, for example, whereas Scraps has an H44.

[DunNa]

Ok Kelvin what would you have me do.... go BB and get out ranged/damaged/everythinged by super high end BBs? Regardless of what I do the higher I get the more I will get pwnt until/if I get to be at that point. Oh and do medics work now, and what is there prime stat?

[Lord Kelvin]

Medics work, the primary stat is Potentiality.

As for your CV, I really would suggest getting a BB first and then getting a CV later, since you already have a gunship crew, and even then you can at least shoot at CLs and CAs. It's your choice, but there are very few players that went CV first and survived the journey...

[DunNa]

Thats only because they are weak minded morons, fooled by the jedi mind tricks of the masses. Its also probably has something to do with them thinking they will get a CV and rape the shitfuck out of ships only to find most any ship worth sending planes at generally has enough armor/bulge to laugh off your damage.

If I really end up wanting a BB that bad I have no prob spending $10 or however much it is to get an Andrea Doria and just going with that but I doubt I'll need to.

I've also heard medics don't need to be in a support slot is this right?

[Lord Kelvin]

Depends on your perspective. If you want to play it safe, go ahead and plop it in the support slot, but I've heard things about it either not working or only working at a fraction of its total ability when put in an R mount.

[Scraps]

MY scout is lvl 104. yay.

[DunNa]

Does anyone have alot of extra points? I need like 230k points and I finally have enough to trade (all sorts of spec ops need to be made into rookies, heavy gunner upgrade, and medic). I currently have a metric fuckload of credits and I could probably do a 1:1 trade credits for points if need be.

[Lord Kelvin]

Define metric fuckload.

And if you need points, just open a room in Area 13 titled "Need points", someone will come by within minutes and give you millions for free.

[DunNa]

Metric Fuckload for me is currently abit over 1mil + both my emden and mpro both fully fitted. I also just hit 45 with my BO but I'm holding on the hipper until I get my sailors good and set for it and possibly considering skipping it and just continue AA whoring with my Mpro to break up the cycle once every now and then with a blitz or two.

Ideally with my current cash rate I should be close to having the 3mil-ish needed for a seyditz around the time I reach it possible abit after or with some help. So thats basicly I have no credit issues at all, but points are fucking me in the ass without lube and its starting to sting. I will try this idea of your.

[Lord Kelvin]

Well at that level, it's certainly a considerable sum. You probably won't have many problems with getting your CV if you keep at it.

If you need credits to borrow I can certainly help, I have around 2.5 million sitting in my bank (it'd be more if I sold one of my BBs) and I don't plan to buy anything any time soon.

Also, assuming you're not already doing as such, I would really suggest browsing the NF forums and searching for info. There's a lot of really good information there and several guides that can go a really long way towards helping you.

[DunNa]

If I die early I generally tab and read some of the forums or trainworld for afew minutes then leave, rinse repeat.

Your idea about the point room was spot on, though I gave the guy 200k credit because he was super cool/nice about it and was there really quick.

So far I have 5 fighter pilots in training (the lowest being 10air/11ftr) I'm considering leaving one as a rookie as a scout but I haven't decided yet. I also have 3 bombers in training (mostly going 2 DB 1 TB) two are 11/11 one is 10/11. I have one medic, and I'm considering a seaman but I heard that you can only have a seaman OR a medic not both. I have a pair of AA gunners, and a pair of normal gunners, along with my BO and radioman. Oh yeah and my support crew 1engie, 2repair (I wouln't need more than this since the biggest ship I will most likely have is a hipper/prinz)

Currently like I said I'm just AA whoring in GBs with three of my support slots for pilot training and one for my engie, and my medic in the T.

If you can think of anything I've forgot or should pick up let me know.

[Mystrick]

If I still had my KM crew I'd have let you use them, but alas I sold them, aka gave them all to scraps.


If you were going US I'd be able to help you with a seaman and restorer :)

[Lord Kelvin]

So far I have 5 fighter pilots in training (the lowest being 10air/11ftr)

Semi-bad idea, it'll take you a long time to level them up. Yes it lets you modulate your pilot setup somewhat, but since you have to raise more pilots it takes a lot longer. Your choice, but the general recommendation is to just have 3 fighter pilots and dedicate more time to them, than to spread your time out on more than that.

I'm considering leaving one as a rookie as a scout but I haven't decided yet.

If you're going pure CV without getting a gunship, no real point unless you're planning to multi-role it as a bomber. And besides that, all that really matters for a gunship is that you do have a scout, having a high-leveled one doesn't do you much good except having marginally better scout planes.

I also have 3 bombers in training (mostly going 2 DB 1 TB) two are 11/11 one is 10/11.

Around on par.

I have one medic, and I'm considering a seaman but I heard that you can only have a seaman OR a medic not both.

Yeah, they tend to cancel each other out sometimes, so it's safer to go only one or the other. If you're feeling patient you can alternate the setups by having both but only one on the CV at a time, but again, these things take time to level up.

I have a pair of AA gunners, and a pair of normal gunners, along with my BO and radioman. Oh yeah and my support crew 1engie, 2repair (I wouln't need more than this since the biggest ship I will most likely have is a hipper/prinz)

If you're going to get a big gunship, you'll need at least two more Engys. 3 Engys is the general recommendation for everyone to have.

[Mystrick]

Yeah i have 2 +11 engies with like 0 experts and 40/60 vets. It sucks so I just have 6 reps and 1 rest


lol

[Scraps]

If I still had my KM crew I'd have let you use them, but alas I sold them, aka gave them all to scraps.


If you were going US I'd be able to help you with a seaman and restorer :)
Yeah because WHO THE FUCK SOLD MY ENTIRE CV CREW WHEN I FUCKING QUIT AND TOLD THEM NOT TO SELL THE CV CREW.
Metric Fuckload for me is currently abit over 1mil + both my emden and mpro both fully fitted. I also just hit 45 with my BO but I'm holding on the hipper until I get my sailors good and set for it and possibly considering skipping it and just continue AA whoring with my Mpro to break up the cycle once every now and then with a blitz or two.

Ideally with my current cash rate I should be close to having the 3mil-ish needed for a seyditz around the time I reach it possible abit after or with some help. So thats basicly I have no credit issues at all, but points are fucking me in the ass without lube and its starting to sting. I will try this idea of your.
I can give you like 6mil points and even some creds, hell i'll even buy every ship you get up to bismarck/OII(read: im showing off my big cv penis)

[FiftyCalibre]

Screw you guys. Even dunna is richer than me. Right now I have 100k credits! I do have about 20mill worth of armour though...

I rolled pilots for 2 fucking hours and all I got was 10/11 fighters and 2 12/10 bombers and a 11/10 bomber. Fucks sake I cant be stuffed to roll anymore so im lvling them as is.

Ill race you to Europa dunna :). I have an unclassed lvl 65 neut, but I wont be classing him until my fighters get to near his lvl. Right now the fighters are lvl 41 but I wont have much time to play in the next 2 weeks or so.

Oh yeah scraps I used your account for 2 harbour battles in the HA against TT cos my L2 got wtfpwnt after doing 173k attack. Those 2 battles were against the second string TT BB's cos their best BB's got pwnt by my L2, so it was a walkover. I think your ship was only hit by about 5 shells total lol.


I did 201k attack in a BB3(nelly) last night :). Sank about 6 BBs and 2 CVs.


Scraps, lvl a new scout to lvl 55, then class your current scout as a TB and sell it for millions $$$$$. Either that or keep lvling it and give it to me as a TB :P.


My advice to dunna: Go BB first. Everyone does it because its MUCH easier to do, then lvl a CV later. BB also is more interesting and helps you develop skill.

[FiftyCalibre]

Lol my scout is only lvl 78 :(

Oh yeah, the unique Queen Elizabeth is AWESOME. I ate TT's BBs alive with it. I got 30k+ per salvo, with AWESOME range and 36knot cruise speed. Too bad it costs about 400k to rent for 4 battles :(. All you need is a lvl 40 BO and I think lvl 40 gunners.

http://i4.tinypic.com/85wu520.jpg

[Lord Kelvin]

I rolled pilots for 2 fucking hours and all I got was 10/11 fighters and 2 12/10 bombers and a 11/10 bomber. Fucks sake I cant be stuffed to roll anymore so im lvling them as is.

Maybe I should just use the CV crew that I got lent and give you mines? :ninja:

[FiftyCalibre]

Im lvling a KM CV crew cos KM fighters are really overpowered :)

[Scraps]

As the only person here that legitimately lvl'd I can do this!

[Lord Kelvin]

As the only person here that legitimately lvl'd

*ahem*

[Scraps]

*ahem*

You're 75 shh.

[Denwad]

i'm 32 lolwwwww :(

[Mystrick]

As the only person here that legitimately lvl'd I can do this!
I leveled legitimately enough

[Lord Kelvin]

Powerleveling a BO past the Nevada and then getting a BB3 is legitimate, how? ;)

[Mystrick]

Well, TECHNICALLY I leveled to Cleveland.. then I just skipped Nevada and played penn30 to penn43 and NC and now I'm close to lvl 80 :)

[DunNa]

I should power level some neuts up and sell them as CV BOs to be, think of the cash/point/whatever I want potential :P

[Lord Kelvin]

Yes, that would work...


...except that unclassed sailors can't be traded once they pass level 11...

[DunNa]

That is some devious shit on TNF's part :(

[FiftyCalibre]

Pffft, I lvled alot of lvls on Scraps and Mystrick

[DunNa]

Pfft I got the forum dudes to start playing NF and am therefore the rightful ruler of the world!!!

PS I hate my gunners with a passion, 2 more lvls then I get my 8"s and I get to complain about how there spread is worse than a shotgun :D

[Mystrick]

Steal fiddy's gunners off his account (not ramjb, fiftycalibre)

[FiftyCalibre]

The gunners on my fiftycalibre account suck. They are lvl 34 I think. Dunna's are higherlvl

[Mystrick]

whatever

[Daemas]

Can somebody link the Korean ENFUNs installer so i can play this damn game? I can't find it on google.

[Lord Kelvin]

Uh, it should come with ENFUNS. Just run the NF installer, it'll say that you need to install ENFUNS first, then it'll take you to that installer...

[Daemas]

Uh, it should come with ENFUNS. Just run the NF installer, it'll say that you need to install ENFUNS first, then it'll take you to that installer...

no shit, but it doesn't work because install shield is gay when 2 installations are open at once (and no, you can't cancel the first because it closes the second one, and you can't cancel the second one, it just keeps looping)

[Lord Kelvin]

Then that's your problem, not mines. Get your system ungayed so that it can run the ENFUNS installer.

[DunNa]

I just got my PE... the KMS_Grit it looks so much zestier than the hipper.

[Scraps]

Dunna for now on when you play with me i will just shoot you. You have to be the most annoying little ship ever.

[FiftyCalibre]

hahaha Dunna told me about annoying you. He doesnt annoy me though, but I havent used my BB with him, since im lvling pilots.

If he AAs me to annoy me, I cant shoot any AA back since none of my BBs carry AA, so I guess ill just have to use my main guns...

[DunNa]

Rofl, I try :D

edit: What is love? PE with KM40s in the Rs with near infinite ammo :D

[FiftyCalibre]

Stupid uber KM AA.

I use lvl 103 gunners with my UK AA guns and they perform so crap compared to a low lvl KM AA ship -_-

[DunNa]

I did some rough calcumalating and I can easily get over six minutes of nonstop AA fire out of these things (something like 43 binds per gun :P)

The things a beast, and I only have to be in about another 7-10 winning GBs to hit 55 :D

[FiftyCalibre]

Shit, you are lvling so fast. You are gonna beat me to lvl 100 easily.

Hopefully once my pilots get to about lvl 50 I can lvl then on a BB and powerlvl!

[DunNa]

Well once this Sub is up I don't plan on renewing which will cut my xp/cash/point gain way down. So I will probably beat you to GZ and maybe even GZ2 if I'm lucky but I seriously doubt I'll beat you to Europa you'll probably overtake me in the end.

Edit: w00t just hit 55, I played the FF7 victory music when I did... I had it all queued up :)

[Mystrick]

Alright, gay...

[FiftyCalibre]

Well once this Sub is up I don't plan on renewing which will cut my xp/cash/point gain way down. So I will probably beat you to GZ and maybe even GZ2 if I'm lucky but I seriously doubt I'll beat you to Europa you'll probably overtake me in the end.

Edit: w00t just hit 55, I played the FF7 victory music when I did... I had it all queued up :)

Meh, my BO is 2 lvls off GZ :P.

GZ2 is like lvl 80 so good luck

[Scraps]

Well once this Sub is up I don't plan on renewing which will cut my xp/cash/point gain way down. So I will probably beat you to GZ and maybe even GZ2 if I'm lucky but I seriously doubt I'll beat you to Europa you'll probably overtake me in the end.

Edit: w00t just hit 55, I played the FF7 victory music when I did... I had it all queued up :)

get gz so i can buy your acct.

[Denwad]

what are your guys's user names ?

i'm lonely and poor, need cash n points.

i'm denwad btw

[Lord Kelvin]

Me: lordkelvin
Scraps: scraps
Mystrick: mystrick
Fiddy: ramjb / fiftycalibre
DunNa: dunna

[Denwad]

what server , arizona right?

[Lord Kelvin]

Yes, we're all on AZ.

[DunNa]

Meh, my BO is 2 lvls off GZ :P.

GZ2 is like lvl 80 so good luck

Well fuck you good sir, fuck you indeed :huh:

[Mystrick]

Mine is 73/74, so fuck you both

[Scraps]

Meh, my BO is 2 lvls off GZ :P.

GZ2 is like lvl 80 so good luck

Mine is 7 lvls past Europa :p

[DunNa]

Scraps I need your money!!!

[FiftyCalibre]

Mine is 9 lvls past Malta Project.

When I get a CV and become uber rich then I will give the noobs money :)

[Scraps]

Scraps I need your money!!!
No.

[DunNa]

I am weeping now :,(

[Scraps]

If it makes you feel better I have:
2350000crd Bismarck
2686000crd H39 Class
4432500crd H44 Class
3356000crd Yorktown
and
4898800crd Essex
do zee math.

[SWATJester_os]

Ok, so watching the naval bombardment scene ins Flags of our Fathers, I'm inspired to play me some Navy Field again (the last time I played I got up to...I think a gearing? Then I went jap and wanted a Shima and they banned shimas, so I went german and hit like 25 before quitting).

Anyone got an account they don't use anymore so I don't have to grind so much?

What server are you guys on, are you using subscriptions, are you using openNF or any of those things or what?

[Mystrick]

Server: Arizona
Use a subscription once you get past lvl 30
using regular NF

You might be able to use Fiddy's account but it's his account so ask him the details on it, other than that I don't have any spare accounts except for my own

[DunNa]

I'm using normal NF, I currently have a prem sub (like $12 for a big xp/cash gain boost). We are all on Arizona and theres no really bant ships so if you wanted to pick up your shima and go for it nobody really has any issues with it.

If you really wanted I have an account I use as my NF forum account thats currently in a tribal (UK). Though that would really only give you a very small head start.

The xp system is different now, where all xp gain is shared by the entire team. So even if you do 0 damage or 1000000000000 damage your gonna get the same xp (though your gunners wouldn't get any xp if you do zero). This shared xp setup only works in blitzkrieg/great battle modes. So if you want your own XP try to find a "normal" room.
With this xp setup you can seriously fly through the levels pretty fast, I've gotten my BO to lvl56 (about 1 battle from 57) in the matter of a week or so. Granted I do have a prem sub which about doubles to triples my xp gain depending on how much I would have gotten.

[Lord Kelvin]

Ok, so watching the naval bombardment scene ins Flags of our Fathers, I'm inspired to play me some Navy Field again (the last time I played I got up to...I think a gearing? Then I went jap and wanted a Shima and they banned shimas, so I went german and hit like 25 before quitting).

Anyone got an account they don't use anymore so I don't have to grind so much?

What server are you guys on, are you using subscriptions, are you using openNF or any of those things or what?

You play with no XP penalties from level 1 to 30, and playing Blitzkrieg takes next to no time at all, you'll hit 30 in like a few hours if you're diligent. After level 30, XP gain drops by around 40%, but since overall XP is at 151% you still gain massive XP without a subscription.

OpenNF was a massive patch that was applied to the servers last month, so a lot of stuff between DD and BB2 has changed completely. I'm a member of the testing team, and we're still working on stuff.

BTW, in case you're rusty, head over to www.nf-guides.com to get reacquainted with the game first. That's still the best information to read before starting out.

[FiftyCalibre]

You can use my fiftycalibre account but it sucks. Its about lvl 35 with bad base crew. Its probably easier and better for you to start anew.

[DunNa]

Abit after I posted last, I started a whole new crew (rolled them all so moderate stats) and I am right now about lvl15-16 on all of them and in afew battles I'll probably be in a Fubu torp whoring to my hearts content. That should show you how fast you can level up specially early on.

Just get in blitz or GB rooms and go for it. Also if you start from scratch they start you out with some pretty solid starting crew now were as if you picked up one of our old accounts you'd most likely get stuck with hand rolled dudes.

edit: looking at the forum times, probably about 25min rolling crew and abit over 2 hours and I'm already in a nation and close to a good DD.

[Scraps]

Ok, so watching the naval bombardment scene ins Flags of our Fathers, I'm inspired to play me some Navy Field again (the last time I played I got up to...I think a gearing? Then I went jap and wanted a Shima and they banned shimas, so I went german and hit like 25 before quitting).

Anyone got an account they don't use anymore so I don't have to grind so much?

What server are you guys on, are you using subscriptions, are you using openNF or any of those things or what?

I may let you use my account...

[SWATJester_os]

You should do that scraps. I'm downloading now.

[DunNa]

Scraps if you do, please let him give me monies D:

[SWATJester_os]

Ok I finished installing and shit, ID is SierraFive

[DunNa]

Me: lordkelvin
Scraps: scraps
Mystrick: mystrick
Fiddy: ramjb / fiftycalibre
DunNa: dunna

And Denwad is "denwad"

Once you get a radio man add everyone in. LK seems to stay on the test server more, Fiddy and myself are pretty active and scraps shows up from time to time for abit. I don't think I've seen mystrick on much.

I really don't have much money to give atm but if you need abit I'll do what I can (I have almost 200k need 2.7mil to get my CV :\ )

[Mystrick]

Yeah I'll try and get on more this weekend. My interest in NF rises and falls but it's down now due to lack of subscription, but someone owes me some "money" so I'll be getting one once he pays me back

[DunNa]

Break there shins with a golfclub!

[ShatXIII]

so to start over, do I have to make an new account?

[Mystrick]

Yeah that'd probably be the best option to go, I guess they give you some pretty decent crew (11 base)

[DunNa]

You could do that but I think if you delete all your old sailors you get a fresh set of lvl1s but don't quote me on that (I would hold off until confirmation). Though making a new account seems simpler if your wanting to start fresh (unless you have alot of cash and such on your old guy).

[Lord Kelvin]

If you start fresh, this is what you can expect:

http://www.navyfield.com/board/view.asp?Num=98654&Sort=Z99

It's a far cry from the 14/10/10/10... that were available for the last 2 years, and at least you didn't have to roll every single sailor like back in early beta.

[SWATJester_os]

Yeah, ok this is MUCH more fun than NF used to be. In like 3 hours of playing I'm like 16, in a Fletcher, I'm actually doing pretty well (my manual FCS skills have improved without playing over the years).

Still a little rusty. I'm trying to level up a second BO at the same time that I'm going to make into a Shimakaze/Fubuki/Kita jap TW.

Once he's there, I'm going to use him to powerlevel a neutral BO to turn into a US CV.

[Scraps]

Go km. then i can make you UBER

[Lord Kelvin]

BTW, if you need points to class stuff, just get enough to trade, then make a room in Area 13 asking for points. Us vets have far more points than we know what to do with, so you'll get literally millions of them for free.

Also, if you're interested, I might offer to give you a pilot or two if you insist on going US CV, to help you start off good. I have more pilots than I know what to do with (10 total), and it's taking forever to raise them, so I might be willing to put aside a few of them.

[Mystrick]

I can supply a US seaman if scraps doesn't want to use him first, only to borrow though :)

[SWATJester_os]

Yeah, I'm working my way back up to 50,000 to trade, and I'd definitely take your pilots.

[SWATJester_os]

add me in game fools, I'm SierraFive

[Daemas]

damn i wanna play this game so bad

[FiftyCalibre]

When you guys get better, you can join a fleet and take part in Harbour Assaults and stuff.

HAs are fun :). Scraps and I are in BIG EXP, which holds London(UK). There are only 4 fleets. If you hold a harbour, it means that the repairs for that nation are free, and you can get unique ships. Unique ships are ships that you rent for 4 games (at a HIGH cost to rent), and they are UBER powerful.

Since we hold a harbour, we are the defending team, so the attackers have to try and capture our harbour from us. Im too lazy to explain it all.

[SWATJester_os]

Hah I remember Big EXP. What is their req. to join?

[SWATJester_os]

Ok update as to where I'm at. I've finally got enough points to do trades now (though atm I'm flatass broke, but I could sell something to get back up to 50 thou.)

Right now I have a IJN crew who's sole purpose in life is to get me a Shimakaze. Right now they're in a fubu at 29 BO/24 Torps, so not that much longer.

I have a RN crew who's sole purpose in life is to drive a Q class (and MAYBE eventually if I want one, to start grinding towards a York). My BO is 16, and my gunners are gay little 15 Reload Gunners (It was all I had left and I didn't want to start a new sailor), but since all they ever intend to do is chill in a Q, and fight at uber-close range, that should actually be helpful.

I have a USN crew that's at like...28? 26? Something like that right now, that's grinding towards an Atlanta. I think I'm going to send them CV eventually, but more likely I'll keep them going towards BB, and just powerlevel a BO into CVs, and kelvin said he'd let me use some of his planes, and I can level my own pilots once I have his (or buy new ones).

So basically, Jap Sima/Kita TW, Brit Q mini armor whore close-in knife fighter, USN Carrier/Gunship.

If anyone has sailors and stuff to give to me to make this process go faster (I haven't played in literally like a year. In fact, I don't think most of you guys were playing when I last played.), it'd be super appreciated

[SWATJester_os]

BTW if any of you have used Sima/Kita/Fubu before and can help explain to me which types of torps are better for which kind of attack style, it would be super appreciated

[Daemas]

I finally got it to work, ahahahaha, fuck youa ssholes in like 20 minutes

[Mystrick]

Ok update as to where I'm at. I've finally got enough points to do trades now (though atm I'm flatass broke, but I could sell something to get back up to 50 thou.)

Right now I have a IJN crew who's sole purpose in life is to get me a Shimakaze. Right now they're in a fubu at 29 BO/24 Torps, so not that much longer.

I have a RN crew who's sole purpose in life is to drive a Q class (and MAYBE eventually if I want one, to start grinding towards a York). My BO is 16, and my gunners are gay little 15 Reload Gunners (It was all I had left and I didn't want to start a new sailor), but since all they ever intend to do is chill in a Q, and fight at uber-close range, that should actually be helpful.

I have a USN crew that's at like...28? 26? Something like that right now, that's grinding towards an Atlanta. I think I'm going to send them CV eventually, but more likely I'll keep them going towards BB, and just powerlevel a BO into CVs, and kelvin said he'd let me use some of his planes, and I can level my own pilots once I have his (or buy new ones).

So basically, Jap Sima/Kita TW, Brit Q mini armor whore close-in knife fighter, USN Carrier/Gunship.

If anyone has sailors and stuff to give to me to make this process go faster (I haven't played in literally like a year. In fact, I don't think most of you guys were playing when I last played.), it'd be super appreciated
You know I had two +12 torp neuts.. but I dismissed them recently to clean up clutter. If you want I can roll you some more but that might take awhile. When you hit Atlanta if you want I can let you use my RLD gunners because they need to be leveled, but the problem would be that your gunners won't get leveled (unless you level yours with mine but then your crew won't get leveled)

[FiftyCalibre]

Hah I remember Big EXP. What is their req. to join?

NF's oldest fleet :).

Im not 100% sure on the requirements. I think its minimum lvl 60 and you have to be committed to the game and fleet.

[DunNa]

BTW if any of you have used Sima/Kita/Fubu before and can help explain to me which types of torps are better for which kind of attack style, it would be super appreciated

http://trainworld.us/NF2/English/Torpedo.html

Trainworld works wonders.

Type 90s, are for the get up in your face let off two volleys of fast and wide torps to fuck a cruiser in blitz games style stuff.

After that you start getting to the launchers were you can choose your torps iirc and then you can start choosing between high damage/long range torps and highspeed/low damage torps.

Generally for shimas and fubus I would say use the faster torps, and for the kuma and remodels use the slow torps and make walls of death.

[Freshmeat.Popsicle]

... omg how old is this thread?

[Daemas]

So like, i did the training missions.... now what the fuck do i do? I'm on AZ

[Lord Kelvin]

www.nf-guides.com

[Scraps]

Swat find me ingame and i'll let you use my jap torpers. They are lvl 65.

[GrosPoisson]

Alright, I'm going to try this game out again. I remember playing it a while back and it was frustrating as hell, but from reading the thread and looking at the changes they've made since then it seems like I could get into it.

I think I'll go Kriegsmarine.

[DunNa]

Could anyone throw me a loan/some credits to get my CV? I need about 2-2.5mil to buy the expensive fucker :(

At the current rate I'm getting cash I will probably be able to drive a Europa before I can afford my stupid Seyditz lol

[SWATJester_os]

Yeah I'm the same way. I finally ground up to 32 in my IJN....but What the FUCK???? 260K creds for a Sima? It's a fucking DD??????? So Now I'm grinding cash, but if someone wants to either buy me one, or give me about 190K creds I'd appreciated

[DunNa]

Named in honor of its Financier :D

[Scraps]

Yeah I'm the same way. I finally ground up to 32 in my IJN....but What the FUCK???? 260K creds for a Sima? It's a fucking DD??????? So Now I'm grinding cash, but if someone wants to either buy me one, or give me about 190K creds I'd appreciated

i'll buy the sima....
-e- you guys are lucky that i can make 50-100k in the essex

[DunNa]

I love my CV.... I obliterated a L1 with a group of DBs and while my fighters are getting ownt by most other dudes fighters, I can take some low guys fighters down they still arn't doing horrible.

I also have yet to lose a single expert/vet from getting a plane shot down (I lost afew experts when my ship got ownt by a BB)

[SWATJester_os]

too late I found a nice guy to buy it for me. You can buy me a Kita though?

[SWATJester_os]

some nice guy gave me like 500k so now I have a fully equipped Atlanta, almost fully equipped sima (has no guns, but that's cause I have no gunners), and a fully equipped Q class with something like 4.5 inch of belt.

[GrosPoisson]

I joined a couple of Blitzkrieg rooms with SWAT, got totally owned seeing as I'm in my noob frigate. Level 8 only, so I guess I still have a long way to go in terms of taking it from people who actually have real ships.

[Scraps]

You guys will HATE this game when you get a battleship.

[SWATJester_os]

I already can see why people despise the firing arcs on the Atlanta. It's not as bad as I thought it was, but it's not great at all either.

I think I'm just going to grind out another 4-ish levels with my BO until he can use the PCL Texas, and then alternate between that and the atlanta.

Here's my wishlist, if anyone can give me any of the following I will be in love:

IJN gunners of any level.
IJN Torpers
US fighters and bombers of any level
RN Gunners anywhere between lvl 20 and lvl 40 (I won't complain if they're higher though).

[Lord Kelvin]

I can give you one fighter and bomber each. The bomber is level 40 and needs 5 levels before it can be classed as a torpedo bomber. The fighter is level 44, and I've had next to no luck converting vets for it.

BTW, are you using High Angle on the Atlanta? It absolutely rapes CAs and BBs once your spread gets good enough :D

[Scraps]

IJN gunners of any level.
IJN Torpers
US fighters and bombers of any level
RN Gunners anywhere between lvl 20 and lvl 40 (I won't complain if they're higher though).[/QUOTE]

i can do the first 2 but you have to promise NOT to sell them.

[SWATJester_os]

Why the fuck would I sell them? Yes I'll take them, I"ll be on in a few minutes.

Oh and I learned how to HA on the atlanta, but my spread sucks too much, so I'm alternating high and low for now.

[DunNa]

A heads up to everyone, "Nefino" who appearently mainly speaks spanish is a stacking son of a motherless whore. After his first blatently stacked game (8v6 BB, and all 2 CV1s/oyo vs taiho, GZ2, and a junyo) I go to the next GB and it just so happens its hosted by him... I proceed to say "all out nefino is a stacker" and when people say "shush dunna you don't know what your talking about" and nefino himself says something to the effect of "I can't control autostack (which this was manual stack after the auto)" he then bans me.

So just a heads up to avoid his rooms unless you want to gamble on a stack.

[GrosPoisson]

Almost level 12 now. I CAN HAS NATION SHIP?

[DunNa]

Yes at 12 you class all your dudes to the nation of your choice.

r u ned helpz wit chioz?

[GrosPoisson]

I was going to go KM, but on second thought I went USN instead. Got my Fletcher and everything now.

What the hell guns should I be mounting on this thing anyways? Max level guns that my lvl 12 gunners can handle, or other criteria? How about ammo?

[Scraps]

Why the fuck would I sell them? Yes I'll take them, I"ll be on in a few minutes.

Oh and I learned how to HA on the atlanta, but my spread sucks too much, so I'm alternating high and low for now.

after mystrick noone gets the benefit of the doubt. sorry.

[DunNa]

Lol I already sold scraps scout he gave me I got 10k credits for it so I think it was a good sale :D




not rly :ninja:

[Lord Kelvin]

I was going to go KM, but on second thought I went USN instead. Got my Fletcher and everything now.

What the hell guns should I be mounting on this thing anyways? Max level guns that my lvl 12 gunners can handle, or other criteria? How about ammo?

Best guns you can put on are the dual 4"50's, and HHE is the best ammo for DDs.

www.nf-guides.com
http://www.navyfield.com/board/view.asp?Num=64882&Sort=A01

Yeah yeah, shameless self-promotion. :ninja:

[Scraps]

Lol I already sold scraps scout he gave me I got 10k credits for it so I think it was a good sale :D




not rly :ninja:
Wait until i see your little shit cv.
IM GOING TO RAPE YOU!

[Polish Hill]

Holy fuck Scraps you've spent over two months of your life playing NavyField. Your crazy boy, so crazy.

[GrosPoisson]

Best guns you can put on are the dual 4"50's, and HHE is the best ammo for DDs.

I'm only level 12 though, so should I just slap some 5"/51 cal Mark 15s on there and call it a day?

[Lord Kelvin]

Slap on the 5"51's, then trade them in for dual 4"50's when you get the chance.

[Mystrick]

after mystrick noone gets the benefit of the doubt. sorry.
Uh who was it that gave you my whole account last February (when NF went retail) AND who was it that let you sell my whole KM crew? And in my defense you never told me I wasn't supposed to sell that CV crew, you just gave them to me and I held on to them for 1-2 months :(

<3 scrapples :(

[Scraps]

Uh who was it that gave you my whole account last February (when NF went retail) AND who was it that let you sell my whole KM crew? And in my defense you never told me I wasn't supposed to sell that CV crew, you just gave them to me and I held on to them for 1-2 months :(

<3 scrapples :(

You gave me the account because you were quiting, you gave me the km crew because you sold my us crew.

[Lord Kelvin]

Since SWAT liked the names that I had for the pilots I gave him, I guess I'll show you guys the names for the rest of my pilots.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a127/lordkelvin/NF/cv-crew.jpg

-e- And no, those aren't the special pilots that I told Scraps and Fiddy about.

[Scraps]

Since SWAT liked the names that I had for the pilots I gave him, I guess I'll show you guys the names for the rest of my pilots.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a127/lordkelvin/NF/cv-crew.jpg

-e- And no, those aren't the special pilots that I told Scraps and Fiddy about.

My pilots are named after numbers and letters

[SWATJester_os]

I demand you name a new sailor after me.

[DunNa]

My CV crew is all named after DS9 characters. The seaman is Quark, the 2 bombers are Kira and Garak (former terrorist and former spy/assassin) and my fighters are named Dax, Odo, Worf, and OBrian. The medic is Bashir and the BO is Sisko.

/nerd

[Tuulos]

At what point should I move into using manual aiming? I read the guide about manual aiming but it didn't tell :(

[DunNa]

I would say once you start using a DD, or even sooner if you want. The sooner the better for the most part.

[Tuulos]

Alright, I should be able to get Gearing so I'll change to manual while changing ship.

[DunNa]

DO NOT GO GEARING!!!! Unless for some reason you really want to (hell if I know why you would). Wait the two levels and pick up a Sommers its a much better ship if you ask me.

A sommers can torp quasi effectively if you want, it can AA pretty decently for a DD, and to can mount some nice guns for general use. Top that off with never needing to remodel (read lose money to make your ship better) and theres just not much reason to go with a gearing unless you really want a timmerman for whatever reason.

[Tuulos]

Well I read what Lord Kelvin wrote about it and thought that I could go that way, but I could take Sommers. I need to think this one through.

[DunNa]

What the hell did Kelvin say about the gearing, I might need to send assassins to remove him for saying anything bad about the sommers/praising the gearing line.

[Tuulos]

Check the writings about Gearing, Sommers and Gearing vs. Sommers at the end (http://www.navyfield.com/board/view.asp?Num=64882&Sort=A01).

[DunNa]

Oh he just spews shit on the NF forums. In fact he says it himself by the time you get to the point for the gearing to be better your already super close to the DDX. Also its worth pointing out that to get the timmerman you have to remodel it and you don't get cash back when you sell a remodeled ship (you get money back based on the original hull so all the remodel money is lost).

The sommers is probably my favorite ship in NF, and probably the ship I spent the most time in when I was playing USN. I'm sort of a huge sommers fanboy I guess, and Kelvin should watch out for anthrax in the mail... just saying.

[Lord Kelvin]

I really prefer the Gearing over the Somers just because of the R mounts alone. The Somers can't hold enough ammo for sustained operations, whereas the Timmerman gives you enough space and displacement to use the 5"54 N's, which will rape ships senseless when used properly.

And overall, the remodel cost is only like 12k credits. It's not a lot. Seriously, I can earn 12k in 2 battles in my SoDak, and that's on a free account.

[DunNa]

WTF is the deal with sailors with ribbons/medals next to them? Does that indicate premium sailors or something? I have no recolection of these things :(

ps. gearing sucks, sommers rocks, kelvin is spreading lies.

[Lord Kelvin]

Red ribbon means boosted

Purple ribbon means Elite sailor (can't be traded)

Gearing >>> Somers, since the Somers can only carry the 5"38 Mk 38 N's with 4 binds, L's with 2 binds. Gearing can carry 3 binds with the L's right off the bat, and it gets better with each remodel.

[DunNa]

Yeah well the sommers torps your ass and laughs as you maybe only used one bind of all that ammo!

thanks for the info about the ribbons

[Lord Kelvin]

You do know that USN torps are horribly short ranged and are easy as hell to avoid, right? Even if the Somers has 3 of them, it's not that hard to take out a DD from outside of their effective torp range, or to just overheat away and let them blow up...

[DunNa]

Well generally I would suicide rush cruisers, guns blazing all the way then make them eat a large wave of torps. I used the sommers religiously when I played USN way back when. I have no doubt this theory would work awesomely in a blitz type game. Trading a DD for a CA is always a good job in my book. The best part is when you get a group of ships together and end up getting 2-3 with your torp wave.

Also while the sommers guns are limited you can still throw down really nice, armor it up good (fuck the torps) and and use dual 5" Ds (fuck if I remember the exact type) and it could go toe to toe with old AW Qs and come out the victor if you played well. Thats what I used to do for the no torp DD rooms.

The sommers is very flexible as to how you want to play it has a great in game look and its a great brawler. Where with a gearing/timmy you have to be alot more methodical about how you fight.

As far as out running the torps I'm talking about closing to very close range (almost in the unarmed area) and then letting off a very wide spread from all three launchers at once. Its near impossible to avoid them, and yes its not that hard to close in unless your going up aginst a ship thats really trying to keep range on you in which case you can keep shooting them (and they will generally only be shooting you with half there guns in this case).

I stand by the sommers being one of the best DDs ingame period. It looks awesome, it can do just about anything it damn well wants to, and it doesn't really have any major downside.

[Scraps]

Well generally I would suicide rush cruisers, guns blazing all the way then make them eat a large wave of torps. I used the sommers religiously when I played USN way back when. I have no doubt this theory would work awesomely in a blitz type game. Trading a DD for a CA is always a good job in my book. The best part is when you get a group of ships together and end up getting 2-3 with your torp wave.

Also while the sommers guns are limited you can still throw down really nice, armor it up good (fuck the torps) and and use dual 5" Ds (fuck if I remember the exact type) and it could go toe to toe with old AW Qs and come out the victor if you played well. Thats what I used to do for the no torp DD rooms.

The sommers is very flexible as to how you want to play it has a great in game look and its a great brawler. Where with a gearing/timmy you have to be alot more methodical about how you fight.

As far as out running the torps I'm talking about closing to very close range (almost in the unarmed area) and then letting off a very wide spread from all three launchers at once. Its near impossible to avoid them, and yes its not that hard to close in unless your going up aginst a ship thats really trying to keep range on you in which case you can keep shooting them (and they will generally only be shooting you with half there guns in this case).

I stand by the sommers being one of the best DDs ingame period. It looks awesome, it can do just about anything it damn well wants to, and it doesn't really have any major downside.

Thank god you're a cv.

[DunNa]

Just wait till I put DP guns on my seyditz and provide close airsupport with TBs... IT WILL BE EPIC!!!

Seriously though... if it works why bash it?

[Scraps]

Just wait till I put DP guns on my seyditz and provide close airsupport with TBs... IT WILL BE EPIC!!!

Seriously though... if it works why bash it?

When i get up the time to explain it i'll tell you.

[DunNa]

When i get up the time to explain it i'll tell you.

There is nothing to explain Scraps... The simple fact of the matter is it works, I know it works I did that from the time I got the sommers up to the atlanta (didn't have DDX back in the day). This was mainly through AW games and DD rumbles, there was no shared xp or any way to leech up to level. Hell I even came back to my sommers alot when I got tired of using my oakland, I hated those damn angles.

It does work and that is what matters. Unless your going to come up with something as stupid as because "well thats just blitznoobish and you can't do it that way", sadly thats how I did it before blitz even existed. I did it to such good effect I think I had like the 12 NH on server (aka it leveled me up pretty darn fast) though that was after afew server resets and such.

There is nothing you can say to unprove what I did for fucking months.

edit: Oh yeah your scouts leveled hit me up some time to get him back, I also have about 3/4s of your money ready.

[Scraps]

1 how the hell did you make over 1.5mil creds that fast in a cv1
2 how the hell did you lvl the scout to 55 already

[DunNa]

1 how the hell did you make over 1.5mil creds that fast in a cv1
2 how the hell did you lvl the scout to 55 already

Hax and I thought you wanted 45... nvm on the scout then.

[ShatXIII]

Having driven both (back in beta, but still) I much prefer the Gearing. Somers just trys to do to much IMO. I think I had more success with my Gearing's one quintuple mount than the Somers three quads. The Gearing's arcs are much better as well (the aft turret has about a 340-degree arc). Others have mentioned things like ammo storage (yeah, you often wont use more than 1, but going dry is NEVER fun...and on good days I'd run the Gearing dry).

I suppose it really depends on what you do with it though.

[SWATJester_os]

Honestly, I went somers because I hated my gearing last time I played NF, and I never had any problems with it. In fact, I killed shit left and right in my sommers, and I didn't even use the torp launchers, I left them off for extra speed.

[Mystrick]

Gearing: Better if you're going BB, it'll level up your gunners and you have that extra slot for a support

Sommers: Useless because torps are pointless later if you're US, torping also gives you 0 exp on your gunners

Seydiltz: You don't need the AA mounts unless you're in a CV hunt. I used to put my main gunners on the T slots and then used the km guns that are most similar to the .8s rlds (I forget what they were called)

Also, you'll do shit for poor in Seydiltz unless you get lucky and get a lot of noob CVs in GBs. Use your fighters as scout killers and stick to bombing DDs(be careful on that), CLs, CAs, BB1s and CV1s.

btw: North Carolina is titties. What level are you Kelvin?

[Mystrick]

You gave me the account because you were quiting, you gave me the km crew because you sold my us crew.

Even? :)

[Scraps]

Gearing: Better if you're going BB, it'll level up your gunners and you have that extra slot for a support

Sommers: Useless because torps are pointless later if you're US, torping also gives you 0 exp on your gunners

Seydiltz: You don't need the AA mounts unless you're in a CV hunt. I used to put my main gunners on the T slots and then used the km guns that are most similar to the .8s rlds (I forget what they were called)

Also, you'll do shit for poor in Seydiltz unless you get lucky and get a lot of noob CVs in GBs. Use your fighters as scout killers and stick to bombing DDs(be careful on that), CLs, CAs, BB1s and CV1s.

btw: North Carolina is titties. What level are you Kelvin?

Nonononnonon bomb 3/4gb essex's that are called SX and have a huge bird that says big.exp

[Mystrick]

CV1s are easy to bomb with low-end KM bombers. CV2-5s take because of SD..

gayyy

[DunNa]

Generally I've been sending my bombers to kill AA ships or hit BBs if no AA were around. Most AA ships die from 4x DBs with exceptions to PCAs or super AW'd CAs. As for the battleships I generally don't sink them unless they were already getting slapped around with a trout but getting the DB ring of doom on them generally doesn't make them happy (aka if they realise it they don't focus as much on shooting) and it helps my teams BBs.

Honestly though I only carry 8 DBs, and the rest fighters and mainly just fighter whore. My gun slots consist of a medic and scraps scout, which once I get that bastard off my ship it will be my seamans happy spot. As far as pilots its 4x fighter 2x DB. I generally launch fighters in waves of 3, and DBs in sets of 4.

I've been trying to get an early game CV1 rape with a set of DBs but it hasn't been working to well since I generally can't find them :(

[Scraps]

Generally I've been sending my bombers to kill AA ships or hit BBs if no AA were around. Most AA ships die from 4x DBs with exceptions to PCAs or super AW'd CAs. As for the battleships I generally don't sink them unless they were already getting slapped around with a trout but getting the DB ring of doom on them generally doesn't make them happy (aka if they realise it they don't focus as much on shooting) and it helps my teams BBs.

Honestly though I only carry 8 DBs, and the rest fighters and mainly just fighter whore. My gun slots consist of a medic and scraps scout, which once I get that bastard off my ship it will be my seamans happy spot. As far as pilots its 4x fighter 2x DB. I generally launch fighters in waves of 3, and DBs in sets of 4.

I've been trying to get an early game CV1 rape with a set of DBs but it hasn't been working to well since I generally can't find them :(

You make me proud boy! Kelvin and I will make you and Gros great cv and bb drivers respectively.

[SWATJester_os]

ahem, and me?

[Scraps]

ahem, and me?

You're made of real life awesome.

[Lord Kelvin]

Hmm, my fighter pilots are all nearing level 50 now, leveling them in my Balti for the time being since I get a better XP ratio. I've gotten really rusty in my Balti, and I actually don't like blocking gunners since I have to be super-precise in my aiming to hit something or else all I get is splash damage.

I'm thinking about taking my Indy out for another spin once my fighters all hit 50, then see how long it takes for all of the vets to die...

[DunNa]

All my pilots are 50+ atm and my death rate is pathetically low from what people complain about. I don't have any vets (cause I'm a lazy bastard and would rather not risk them) but I lose maybe 1 expert for every 2-3 I gain so theres never really a lose of experts as much as a slower progression.

My medic is in a gunner slot and is like lvl51 or 52 which is about equal to abit less than most of my pilots. I have yet to try it and see how it turns out without my medic cause I'm a pansy like that.

[FiftyCalibre]

Dammit, I go on holidays for 5 days and now my pilots are so far behind.

Powerlvling time

[GrosPoisson]

Level 17 now. AAing in Great Battles is fun (and profitable), although I'm still learning the range of my guns under Golden Angle fire. The 3"/ 50 cal Mark 27s I'm using are decent enough at AA, although they suck massively firing HE shells, as I found out the hard way last night in a blitz.

[Lord Kelvin]

Using the 3"50's as AA guns? Boy howdy, you have no idea how much those guns suck...

When you get the chance, switch to the 3"70 N's or 5"38 Mk 38 L's. Those are far better at AA-ing than the 3"50's...

[GrosPoisson]

Using the 3"50's as AA guns? Boy howdy, you have no idea how much those guns suck...

When you get the chance, switch to the 3"70 N's or 5"38 Mk 38 L's. Those are far better at AA-ing than the 3"50's...

I would except that 3"70 Ns are too large space wise for me to fit them on my Fletcher. They take up 41, and my R mounts are 39. 5"38 Mk 38 Ls are 5 levels away at this point as well, so I figure I'll just switch back to whatever singles I was using prior so I can at least take part in blitzes every so often.

[Lord Kelvin]

None of those fit on the Fletcher. You're supposed to use them on your Gearing or Somers.

[GrosPoisson]

Bleh. I'm almost at Somers.

[DunNa]

They really need to do something about the CIRCLE OF NON-DEATH... Heres a summary of what happens for those not versed in the almight circle.

"Oh look a scout" *sends over fighter group1*
The fighters proceed to follow the scout around but not able to hit it as the scout it also circling in the same manner
"stupid fucking circle!!!" *clicks randomly outside of the circle to try to get the planes to break off and fly back in shooting*
This sometimes works and other times it doesn't all the while you might have 2-3 groups of planes caught up in circles like this and if this happens to a an enemy scout near your forces its just total bullshit.

Yes my 6 fighters are completely incapable of taking out a single scout plane aslong as everyone is circling all pretty. They really need to add something so fighters can easily break the circle, such as a button you can push to double fuel consumption but greatly increase speed.

[Lord Kelvin]

It's called the drag-spam release method.

http://www.navyfield.com/board/view.asp?Num=101313&Sort=D07

[DunNa]

I basicly do that note the "I click wildly outside the circle wanting them to break off" is basicly what that overtly complex thing is talking about. I'm saying that they should fix it so I don't have to click like a crack fiend to get my planes to shoot down a damn scout.

[FiftyCalibre]

Im using a Dunkerque to lvl my pilots now. I cant see the shells land for the 3 highest angles but im still pwning so hardcore with it. I like it ^^

[DunNa]

I'm a REAR admiral now hehe

[Mystrick]

Jesus Dunna you're already 65?

And yeah, use the 1.08s US RLD guns.. omg those are titties. When I had my lvl 97 ACC gunners they would spew a wall of sheer death

[FiftyCalibre]

Dunna is hooked.

My fighters are only lvl 52 now :(

[Scraps]

FUCK DUNNA QUIT NOW!
also dont join jedi or i will rape you.