Battle of Leyte Gulf - Battle of Cape Engano

[Musket22]

(I'd post at their site but I hate the Discord)

Battle completion requires you to go either Ranked or Random.

A pure FU to the PVE people. So I guess I'll never complete it. 

[Ensign Cthulhu]

And yet you selected the mission.

I took courage in hand, went to Randoms and completed it in one battle. Oddly enough, I needed two shots at the 50K damage in three varieties mission because my first attempt was spoiled by a green bot DD that blew up the Vermont I was planning to use as an HP farm, and most of the rest of the action was on the opposite side of the map. Primary guns, secondary guns and fire damage did it for me. 

[desmo_2]

Play Random at Tier 5 in the off-peak hours and you will often end up with mostly :bots:.  It's like Co-op, but with Random rewards.

[Admiral_Karasu]

It now says 'less than 10km'... does that mean what it says or does it now have to be over 10 km?

[mashed68]

41 minutes ago, Musket22 said:

A pure FU to the PVE people. So I guess I'll never complete it. 

Don't forget the standard campaign missions that are random and ranked only as well to bitch about. 

[AdmiralThunder]

9 minutes ago, Admiral_Karasu said:

It now says 'less than 10km'... does that mean what it says or does it now have to be over 10 km?

No it is right now. They finally fixed it. Saw a post/article by them somewhere where they acknowledged the error and said they would correct it.

[AdmiralThunder]

47 minutes ago, Musket22 said:

(I'd post at their site but I hate the Discord)

Battle completion requires you to go either Ranked or Random.

A pure FU to the PVE people. So I guess I'll never complete it. 

I 100% get your resentment at WG forcing PVP play. At this point of the game's life cycle, we have got to where Co-op is considered a normal mode and most everything can be done there. I have no issue with WG offering a bonus PVP mission, but base completion should not be tied to PVP only for any event outside of mode specific events. We should be past that now and all normal game wide events should be made Co-op (and Scenarios) doable without exception.

With that said, it isn't as hard/difficult as it seems. You have played Randoms before so you wouldn't be going in totally unprepared. Just take a T5 BB that you do well in (Pyotr Velikiy looks good for you based on your stats - Konig with a secondary build is also good but not sure how you have it setup?) and give it a go. You may need to play a couple games but the good news is a win is not required. Just get 1 kill at less than 10km and live.

At T5 (T4/T5 or all T5 games anyway) the maps are smaller, and people actually get close and fight unlike high tier Randoms, so getting a kill under 10km is a lot easier than high tiers. T4-T6 Cruisers are very easy to 1 shot with a T5 BB too. You might even luck out and get a game with a lot of bots. Just get in close to get your kill then get out and kite to survive. I don't normally advocate for playing selfish like that but this is on WG for forcing people into modes they don't want to play. It is a consequence of them doing so and thus the blame is on them for selfish and poor play.

I did that task in 2 games at T5 (Giulio Cesare). Could have been 1 but the 1st game I played to win as my team was losing bad vs trying to live/survive. I just can't play and not give full effort towards a win even when WG forces me to modes I don't want to play. 2nd game I got the requirements needed playing at full effort. 

Again, I 100% understand your issue. However, if willing, at T5 in Randoms you should be able to do this in just a couple games even without any PVP experience (and you have some - more than me actually). In the past I have flat refused to ever do PVP for a mission and if you make that choice I totally respect it. For me these days, now and then I will suck it up and do it even though I find it wrong for WG to require it (again for a normal game wide mission task). 

So if you can stomach a few games there you can do it. The task isn't hard at T5 anyway.

GL

 

[Kynami]

Yeah personally the sub 10km kill and survive one was done within two matches of being available. I just took an Agincourt out into T5 randoms and got it from the secondaries baking two DDs spotted near me and dueling a Konig and Galicia at close range and coming out on top. The first match that failed was simply a case of being spawned on the weak flank and everyone on the enemy team dying before I got into range to even have a chance to use secondaries. 😅Agincourt isn't particularly noted for being fast to move.

The 50k damage three ways one was literally just one match in a Scharnhorst '43 in co-op. Gun down one ship, torp another, ram a third.

[Wolfswetpaws]

2 hours ago, Musket22 said:

(I'd post at their site but I hate the Discord)

Battle completion requires you to go either Ranked or Random.

A pure FU to the PVE people. So I guess I'll never complete it. 

Personally, I hope you do complete the mission.  🙂 

Like @desmo_2 pointed-out, there are ways to minimize your aggrevation and maximize your opportunity.

This is your chance to say "Challenge Accepted!" and crush this mission like an empty beer-can.  🙂 

You're at least as formidable as this "Keeper", aren't you?  😉 

 

  

[Musket22]

5 minutes ago, Wolfswetpaws said:

Personally, I hope you do complete the mission.  🙂 

Like @desmo_2 pointed-out, there are ways to minimize your aggrevation and maximize your opportunity.

This is your chance to say "Challenge Accepted!" and crush this mission like an empty beer-can.  🙂 

You're at least as formidable as this "Keeper", aren't you?  😉 

 

  

Bull crap!

There should NEVER be a PVP only gate!

[Wolfswetpaws]

Just now, Musket22 said:

Bull crap!

There should NEVER be a PVP only gate!

I learned a long time ago, if I wanted the "cool toys", I would have to brave the random battle environment occasionally.

The in-game "Campaigns" come to mind, along with the Battle off Cape Engano mission which is the subject of this topic.

Many players, including myself, have already completed this mission-chain.  You can, too.

[Musket22]

9 minutes ago, Wolfswetpaws said:

I learned a long time ago, if I wanted the "cool toys", I would have to brave the random battle environment occasionally.

The in-game "Campaigns" come to mind, along with the Battle off Cape Engano mission which is the subject of this topic.

Many players, including myself, have already completed this mission-chain.  You can, too.

I have most (all ?) the in-game campaings done.

As for cool toys - I have "The Big E", so it's more of an ADHD thing.

Did 2 randoms, first one with Exeter second with Agincourt.

First not worth mentioning.

Second one had 10 per side with 2 subs (and I abhor those abominations). I ended loosing after sinking 5 of them, including 1 of the subs.

Just a cesspool of vitriol is what Randoms are.  Not going back until my BP gets below 175. 

[Wolfswetpaws]

9 minutes ago, Musket22 said:

I have most (all ?) the in-game campaings done.

As for cool toys - I have "The Big E", so it's more of an ADHD thing.

Did 2 randoms, first one with Exeter second with Agincourt.

First not worth mentioning.

Second one had 10 per side with 2 subs (and I abhor those abominations). I ended loosing after sinking 5 of them, including 1 of the subs.

Just a cesspool of vitriol is what Randoms are.  Not going back until my BP gets below 175. 

Yeah, we don't want you to get a heart-attack.  🙂  

Which reminds me of scenes from the Sanford and Son television show.

 

[Ensign Cthulhu]

My ship of choice was the Kamikaze R. Neither its guns nor its torpedoes get anywhere near 10km, so any kill I made had to be inside that. 

After that, living was my only concern. 

[KampKeema85_2D]

8 hours ago, AdmiralThunder said:

I did that task in 2 games at T5 (Giulio Cesare). Could have been 1 but the 1st game I played to win as my team was losing bad vs trying to live/survive. I just can't play and not give full effort towards a win even when WG forces me to modes I don't want to play. 2nd game I got the requirements needed playing at full effort. 

 

So if you can stomach a few games there you can do it. The task isn't hard at T5 anyway.

GL

 

Thanks for the input.  I will give it another shot.  Tried once in Giulio Cesare, got the kill no problem, but it was a 2 cv game and could not go undetected and not die once the rest of my team died.

 

[KampKeema85_2D]

9 hours ago, Admiral_Karasu said:

It now says 'less than 10km'... does that mean what it says or does it now have to be over 10 km?

So I wasn't crazy that it initially read OVER 10 km.

[SolitudeFreak]

2 hours ago, KampKeema85_2D said:

So I wasn't crazy that it initially read OVER 10 km.

The description was initially wrong. There is no quality control in this game anymore.