World of Warships - Learn to Play: Tier VIII German Cruiser Admiral Hipper
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- čas přidán 17. 01. 2022
- Back in early December, I joined NA Community Managers Boggzy and Ahskance for a bit of time on the official World of Warships stream to talk through the basics of playing some of the German cruiser line. The result turned out pretty well, so I'm going to share the videos of what we did on stream here for posterity, as well as expanding them to include some of the ships that we missed. Next up is Tier VIII's Admiral Hipper.
Hipper is the last non-paper ship in the German cruiser line, and though she remains solid enough sometimes feel like she hasn't aged all that well these past six years. Her main battery reload is pretty good compared to many of her contemporaries, but there's a LOT of stiff competition for Tier VIII cruiser slots these days. Her primary attribute remains her survivability: Hipper has a large health pool for a cruiser in her tier, and marries it to an armor scheme that is resilient against many of the battleship guns she will encounter. She's got a great total package when you factor in her AA suite, German hydro, and torpedoes. In this video I'll talk about how I build my Hipper, why I fit her out that way, how I recommend playing her, and follow all of that up with a game demonstrating the ship in action.
Enjoy!
UPGRADES EQUIPPED:
Upgrade Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1
Upgrade Slot 2: Defensive AA Fire Modification 1
Upgrade Slot 3: Aiming Systems Modification 1
Upgrade Slot 4: Steering Gears Modification 1
Upgrade Slot 5: Concealment Systems Modification 1
SIGNALS EQUIPPED:
November Echo Setteseven, Victor Lima, India X-Ray, November Foxtrot, Sierra Mike, Juliet Charlie, Sierra Bravo, Equal Speed Charlie London, Zulu Hotel, Papa Papa, Red Dragon, Dragon, Ouroboros, Scylla, Hydra
COMMANDER SKILLS:
Last Stand, Gun Feeder, Consumables Specialist, Focus Fire Training, Adrenaline Rush, Heavy AP Shells, Concealment Expert
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I didn't like hipper at first, but she grew on me. Ditto Prinz Eugen.
Last night, btw, I got a game in Prinz Eugen where I ended up making a *slight* positional error and dropped all my torps at targets on either side of me, in desperation (figuring I was going to go down anyway). It was a t10 game. I got way too aggressive and pushed up, only to end up completely surrounded.
Ended up hitting every single one of those torps, and came out with 170k damage.
On top of this, I somehow managed to get out with 3/4 of my HP left and only used a single heal! xD
Edit - Slight oopsie where I got the two sisters mixed up. Oops!
"some of us are adults"..
Lmao so cringe
audio volume difference between the speakers was really bad.
Hipper is an awesome ambush predator. Hugging islands, lurking and stalking until your close enough to engage with torps is where she wants to be.
I ran Hipper with hydro for this purpose. Early stages, when im supporting my BBs, its enough to rely on their AA, meaning DAA was not necessary. But being able to see whos on the other side of the island was invaluable in choosing engagements.
Ive never had a more satisfying experience
In WoWs than coming around a corner, dumping 1 bank, unloading AP into cruisers and watching them panic as I closed distance while shrugging their return fire off. They can go broadside unless they want to be citadelled, they cant back up fast enough to evade my torps as I pull along side, they can only hope I will make their death quick.
I have a fully AA Hipper build, since the ship is so much of a generalist she does ok at anything.
The German heavies in general are very much generalists, like the American destroyers. Must be why I enjoy both lines so thoroughly.
I've found that the AA is so strong it doesn't even need a fighter
The tier 6 West Virginia premium BB has 406 mm guns and can slap at that tier and even against tier 7 and 8 BBs. I've sank many a tier 8 BB with my W.V.
THANKS ST PETERSBURG.
;D
I need a Blücher!
How to play against the X? .. get wasted as soon as I fire
Hi SeaRaptor, I know this is not the right place.
Please can I ask but when are you doing the fourth Qtr review of 2021, I always look froward to the reviews and your views on how things are going with the game.
Keep up the good work and stay safe
He did 6 days ago
8:32 zieten has 406 man
If there is 1 thing I don't like about the series, is having Boggzy and askance involved. Should just be your opinion and not others!
In fairness, it was their idea, so it kind of makes sense. The Yorck and Roon vids will just be me, the other 3 will have them involved. I may do more of these for other nations, particularly ones I like or want to encourage people to try/play.
Flash forward to 2024. This cruiser line is the most powercrept line in the game. Hipper gets constant uptiers into tier 10 with no redeeming factor about. And I really do mean that. Who gives a shit about a 10 second reload when you are probably the worst ship in the game most of the time. The least they could have done was given this thing a heal.
Most cruisers feel pretty awful when bottom tier; T8 cruisers without a heal, particularly.
I agree that the German cruiser line has been a bit power crept, largely due to superships and the proliferation of large caliber AP at high tiers. When Hindenburg released, her armor scheme was relatively resilient to most battleships in the game (Yamato being the obvious exception). Now there are so many things that overmatch her armor that playing one often feels like an exercise in futility.
Boggzy you lied when you said the Germans don't have, but the zieten has 406mm guns 😂
This video might pre-date Zieten, honestly. =D
do this guys play their game? "the AA is nasty"....
What the actual FUCK!
Plenty of ships have strong AA, especially if you sink a few points into it. Where most players fall for the belief that AA is worthless is (a) they spend too much time reading reddit or the forums, and (b) they don't invest anything in their AA suite (unlike the enemy carrier, who has invested skill points and modules in increasing the HP of his planes). AA is a simple math equation now. The CV is investing in the HP of his planes; if you want to kill planes and don't invest in your AA, you will be disappointed.
Just remember to ridicule anyone still criticizing the implementation of CV´s, because those people dont deserve a voice anymore, there is nothing to be discussed.
I still criticize the implementation of CVs myself - I do so in this video, as I think the current implementation of the Soviet CVs are crap - but they aren't going anywhere. CVs of nearly every other nation allow you to develop tactics of how you deal with them, Soviet CVs just crap all over you almost regardless of what your AA is.
My snarky response to Painezor is partly because it's Painezor, and partly because most of the complaining I see about CVs these days is just bellyaching from people who don't want to invest in their AA or adapt their strategy and tactics when a CV is in the game. There are valid gripes about certain CVs and certain nations, but the class is far, FAR better balanced that it ever has been (Soviets excepted) and AA skills and upgrades are more valuable now than they used to be because carriers are more common and you get tangible, predictable results out of those skills and upgrades. AA isn't based on RNG anymore, which is one of the best things they could have done for the system.
@@SeaRaptor Honestly, I should not have assumed so much with my own comment, it was in bad taste and I know your opinion is more nuanced then that. I was thinking about how I miss being able to slot my german cruiser hydro as DFAA does indeed make a difference.
Thank you for taking the time for a longer response, I cant help but agree, even if I am still salty ^^
It's fine, I get salty myself sometimes. I'll be honest, if it had been anyone else in chat besides Painezor that made that crack I probably wouldn't have mouthed off like I did. But knowing Painezor like I do, he was partially trolling there and I feel like my response was warranted. ;)