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Flamme's Guide to Sucking Less at Naval Front Line

So from looking at the pictures y'all have posted, and reading some of your accounts of battles, I have a few pointers that could help you.

1. Don't overload your magazines.

When you first purchase a gun or other weapon, it usually comes with a ridiculous number of shells, and by the end of the battle, you haven't spent 1/4 of them. So when you buy a gun, drop the number of shells you get for both ammo types to between 50 and 150 (or whatever you feel comfortable carrying, remember, only carry what you normally would fire in a game, with a little extra), so you won't waste as much ammo, and to save some weight.

2. Use the different shell types.

You may have noticed that there are two different shell types in the game for most guns; HE (called Primary Ammo in battle) and AP (Called Secondarily Ammo in battle, and yes, this is what the game says). You may not know it, but there is a difference. HE/Primary explodes on contact, causing damage, making it ideal for most situations. However, there are many scenarios where AP is much more effective. When the armor of an enemy ship is thinner than the caliber of gun you're using, AP shells will do much more damage than HE would. However, when using AP shells against armor thinker than your gun caliber, your shells will literally BOUNCE OFF the enemy ship and cause no damage. However, if another enemy ship catches the ricochet shell, it will take damage.

3. One shot at a time is better than a full broadside.

In the top left corner, next to where you can switch shell types, is a little icon showing three shells. When all three shells are highlighted, it will fire all guns on all weapons that are on target (AKA full broadside). When just one shell is highlighted, it will fire all shells from all guns on target one at a time. I would recommend firing one shell at a time over a full broadside for several reasons. First, if an enemy somehow dodges your broadside, you are effectively screwed until your guns reload, allowing your enemy a few seconds rest to do whatever they please (run away, fire at you, etc.). However, if you fire one shot at a time, your enemy is under fire for a longer period of time, giving them less chance to dodge, and giving them less time unencumbered by your fire. Furthermore, if you have a short reload we weapon like the 4" QF or US 5" gun, you can lay down an almost unending stream of firepower on your enemies, from which they cannot escape.

4. Utilize autofire, and lock on to your enemies.

If you go into settings, there should be a setting to turn on autofire. I would highly encourage turning it on. Autofire does what it says, it automatically shoots your guns (only guns, it doesn't work for torpedoes or depth charges) for you. However, it only shoots when your guns are aimed on an enemy ship that you have locked on to. To lock on to an enemy ship, simply tap on it, which will reveal its distance from you, ship class, user, and ship name. Using autofire on a ship you've locked on to has several advantages. For one, since autofire only fires when your guns are aimed onto the enemy ship, your chances of getting a hit are very high. Furthermore, with the game shooting for you, you are more able to adjust your range to get more hits on target.

5. Spread your torpedoes.

Torpedoes by default have the single shot firing mode active, so that part is done for you. What you need to do, instead of firing all of your torpedoes in one small cluster at your enemy, fire them in a spread, spaced out from one another, confronting your enemy with a wall of torpedoes that they will have a tougher time escaping from.

I hope these tips will help improve your game, and help get you more kills and hits in multiplayer so you can get more cash, and thus, become king of the seas with your OP battlewagon.