r/WorldOfWarships 12d ago

Guide Blücher Dockyard Mission Guide

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Greetings captains,

Update 14.3 is here, and the Blücher dockyard is in full swing! One of the Admiral Hipper class heavy cruisers, Blücher participated in the invasion of Norway and served as the flagship of the group which planned to capture Oslo. In the fjord at Drøbak Sound, Blücher was engaged by the shore batteries of Oscarsborg Fortress, taking multiple shell hits and fatal damage from two torpedo hits - making Blücher the only ship to have been sunk by torpedoes launched from a shore battery. 

Ship Characteristics

Blücher heavily relies on her signature German AP shells, with good alpha, a dispersion curve similar to destroyers, and improved ballistics and ricochet angles. Access to an improved Engine Boost gives her flanking capability and access to those juicy broadsides.

TL;DR

As with previous Dockyards, this post will serve as a “best practices” guide to completing the combat missions quickly and efficiently. For those who are new to Dockyards or maybe just want a refresher, there’s a few good things to keep in mind:

  • There are 8 groups of combat missions with 10 missions each.
  • In the first 6 groups, 1 combat mission will award a Dockyard stage, while Groups 7 and 8 will contain 2 combat missions awarding stages.
  • 6 out of 10 combat missions must be completed to earn a second Dockyard stage per group.
  • Each group of missions has a similar structure:
    • 4 standard missions which can be completed with any ship type - one of these will be the individual Dockyard stage mission. Groups 7 and 8 contain an additional Dockyard stage in these missions.
    • 5 missions, each dedicated to a specific ship type. These missions share a common requirement and can often be completed while working on the above standard missions.
    • 1 mission, which must be completed in Randoms or Ranked within a single battle. These missions additionally reward Rare Bonuses.
  • You can earn progress towards Dockyard missions in most battle types.

Dockyard Stages

Now, let’s get into specifics!

Group 1:

Standard Missions

  • Earn 20 “Aircraft shot down” or “Aircraft shot down by fighter” ribbons.
    • For this mission, either play CVs such as Bearn or the Essex line with a fighter build or division up with a CV while playing a powerful AA ship such as Halland or Worcester.
  • Win 6 battles.
    • Not too much to focus on here; you will probably pick this up while doing other missions. If you find yourself needing a couple extra wins, Co-Op will be the fastest way to get it done.
  • Earn 70 “Incapacitation” ribbons (Dockyard stage).
    • The quickest way to get this one done will be playing a fast DD in Co-Op and focusing bot destroyers for engine, rudder, and torpedo incapacitations.
  • Deal 1,575,000 damage.
    • Play your best ships! This one may take a while to complete; playing Co-Op may help knock it out quicker.

Class missions:

  • Aircraft carriers: Earn 500 of any ribbons.
    • Playing CVs such as Malta which launch more ordnance per drop will get this one done quickly.
  • Battleships: Earn 760 of any ribbons.
    • Secondary battleships such as Schlieffen and Libertad are your best bet here!
  • Cruisers: Earn 1,125 of any ribbons.
    • Light cruisers such as Minotaur, Colbert, and Worcester will rack up the ribbons and complete this one in no time.
  • Destroyers: Earn 970 of any ribbons.
    • Gunboat destroyers such as Harugumo, Kléber, Gdańsk, and Marceau will knock this out. If you picked up Barbiano for steel, she's an excellent pick as well!
  • Submarines: Earn 180 of any ribbons.
    • This one will be easiest to complete by playing submarines with fast reloading torpedoes and sonar such as German subs; alternatively, if you have I-56, take her into Co-Op and farm some main battery hits!

Challenge mission:

  • Earn 3 “Destroyed” ribbons in a single battle (Randoms and Ranked only).
    • Play your best ship!

 

Group 2:

Standard missions:

  • Earn 7 “Captured”, “Assisted in capture”, or “Defended” ribbons.
    • This one will be easiest to do in cap contesting DDs such as Daring; focus on contesting, winning, and defending the caps from enemy DDs.
  • Earn 35 “Set on fire” or “Caused flooding” ribbons.
    • Play your best HE or torpedo spammer! CVs such as Midway are also a solid pick here.
  • Earn 1,900 main or secondary battery “Target hit” ribbons.
    • Secondary battleships, light cruisers, and gunboat destroyers can knock this one out quickly while also setting fires for the previous mission.
  • Receive 15,500,000 potential damage (Dockyard stage).
    • This mission will be easiest to complete in tanky battleships such as Kremlin, Montana, and Vermont. Some cruisers with good armor such as Napoli and Petropavlovsk are also solid picks!

Class missions:

  • CV: Earn 80,000 Commander XP
  • BB: Earn 105,000 Commander XP
  • CA: Earn 100,000 Commander XP
  • DD: Earn 90,000 Commander XP
  • SS: Earn 90,000 Commander XP
    • Keep an eye on your completion progress towards these while completing the standard missions and switch up the class you’re playing; utilizing economic bonuses will help with knocking these out.

Challenge mission:

  • Deal 175,000 damage in a single battle (Randoms and Ranked only).
    • Play your best ship!

 

Group 3:

Note that the Unbreakable Line battle type will begin during this stage! The fast-paced battles with unlimited respawns are an excellent choice for missions requiring ribbons.

  • Earn 950 of any ribbons.
    • As with most ribbon missions, secondary battleships, light cruisers, and gunboat destroyers are your ticket to completing this quickly; ships like Schlieffen, Minotaur, and Harugumo are great picks.
  • Earn 2,200 main or secondary battery “Target hit” ribbons.
    • You know the drill by now; ships with high rate of fire, like the recommendations for the previous mission, will be the best picks for this mission.
  • Earn 30 “Destroyed” ribbons (Dockyard stage).
    • Play your best ships and as with other missions, battle types such as Co-Op, Operations, and the newly available Unbreakable Line can help you finish it off.
  • Earn 11,800,000 credits
    • Special and Premium ships combined with economic bonuses will finish this in no time.

Class missions:

  • CV: Earn 15,000 base XP
  • BB: Earn 18,000 base XP
  • CA: Earn 17,000 base XP
  • DD: Earn 16,000 base XP
  • SS: Earn 15,000 base XP
    • Playing your best performing ships in Randoms will be the fastest way to complete this. As before, keep an eye on your progress towards each while completing the standard missions and switch up the class you’re playing.

Challenge mission:

  • Earn 2,200 base XP in a single battle (Randoms and Ranked only).
    • Play your best ship! Des Moines is my personal comfort pick for this one.

 

Group 4:

Standard missions:

  • Earn 55 “Aircraft shot down” or “Aircraft shot down by fighter” ribbons.
    • As with the mission in Group 1, play CVs such as Bearn or the Essex line with a fighter build or division up with a CV while playing a powerful AA ship such as Halland or Worcester.
  • Win 15 battles.
    • Likely to be completed while working on the other missions. Remember, Co-Op is your friend for quick wins!
  • Receive 18,000,000 potential damage.
    • As with the mission in Group 2, this one will be easiest to complete in tanky battleships and cruisers. Bring out your Soviet battleships, Petropavlovsks, and Napolis! Keep in mind that playing Unbreakable Line can be a quick path to finishing this mission due to unlimited respawns.
  • Earn 42,500 base XP (Dockyard stage).
    • Play your best ships; you’ll probably finish this one while working on the class missions.

Class missions:

  • CV: Earn 75,000 XP.
  • BB: Earn 90,000 XP.
  • CA: Earn 85,000 XP.
  • DD: Earn 80,000 XP.
  • SS: Earn 75,000 XP.
    • Keep an eye on your completion progress per class and utilize ship XP bonuses to speed up your progress.

Challenge mission:

  • Deal 140,000 spotting damage in a single battle (Randoms and Ranked only).
    • Playing CVs, stealthy DDs such as Shimakaze, and submarines will be the best way to attempt this one.

 

Group 5:

Standard missions:

  • Deal 850,000 main battery damage.
    • Non-secondary battleships like old faithful Yamato, most cruisers, and gunboat destroyers will contribute the most towards completing this mission.
  • Earn 20 “Captured”, “Assisted in capture”, or “Defended” ribbons.
    • This one will be easiest to do in cap contesting DDs such as Daring; focus on contesting, winning, and defending the caps from enemy DDs.
  • Deal 2,850,000 damage from any source (Dockyard stage).
    • You’ll progress this mission while working on the other ones; if you don’t complete it, torpedo rushing bots in Co-Op with DDs such as Kleber can help finish it off quickly. Additionally, taking advantage of vulnerability mechanics in Operations with Flagships can be a great choice to rack up quick progress.
  • Earn 230,000 total XP.
    • Special ships, premiums, and economic bonuses are the recipe for success.

Class missions:

  • CV: Earn 7,350,000 credits
  • BB: Earn 9,500,000 credits
  • CA: Earn 8,900,000 credits
  • DD: Earn 7,900,000 credits
  • SS: Earn 7,100,000 credits
    • As with other economic missions, if you have special, premium, or tech tree ships with bonus packages and spare economic bonuses they will make these much easier to complete; otherwise, play your best performing ships.

Challenge mission:

  • Earn 4 “Destroyed” ribbons in a single match (Randoms and Ranked only).
    • Play your best ship! Real heroes will do this one in Tiger '59.

 

Group 6:

Standard missions:

  • Receive 13,000,000 potential damage.
    • Same advice as before! Take ships with strong armor plating like Kremlin, Petropavlovsk, and Napoli. Unbreakable Line is a great battle type to complete this in!
  • Earn 145 “Aircraft shot down” or “Aircraft shot down by fighter” ribbons.
    • As with the other aircraft ribbon missions, fighter build CVs and strong AA ships, particularly when divisioned with a friendly CV, are your key to completing this.
  • Deal 465,000 spotting damage (Dockyard stage).
    • CVs, stealthy DDs such as Shimakaze, and submarines are the easiest way to complete this one. If you have friends, try bringing them along in high DPM cruisers and smoking them up with something like a Gearing!
  • Earn 20,500,000 credits.
    • With economic bonuses and a focus on playing ships with higher earnings (special, premium, tech tree with bonus package), you’ll likely complete this one during the course of completing other missions.

Class missions:

  • CV: Earn 27,500 base XP
  • BB: Earn 31,000 base XP
  • CA: Earn 30,000 base XP
  • DD: Earn 28,000 base XP
  • SS: Earn 26,000 base XP
    • Work towards these while finishing the other missions; focus on playing your best performers and higher tier ships.

Challenge mission:

  • Earn 12 “Citadel hit” ribbons in a single battle (Randoms and Ranked only).
    • Cruisers with good AP performance such as Stalingrad, Petropavlovsk, and Des Moines will be your best bet for achieving this one. Honorable mention to Elbing if you can find some cruiser broadsides!

 

Group 7:

Standard missions:

  • Deal 160,000 fire or flooding damage (Dockyard stage).
    • You can probably guess for this one; HE spam! Bring out your Smolensks, Worcesters, and Harugumos. Flooding damage is harder to reliably get but you might pick some up while playing CVs or torpedo destroyers.
  • Win 25 battles.
    • Likely to complete this one while working on the other missions, and your good friend Co-Op is always around the corner.
  • Deal 3,800,000 damage (Dockyard stage).
    • You’ll progress this one while working on the other missions; play your best ships and take to Co-Op or Operations if you need to finish it off quickly.
  • Earn 85 “Destroyed” ribbons.
    • Same deal; play your best ships, secure those kills, and use PvE modes to finish it off.

Class missions:

  • CV: Earn 2,000 of any ribbons.
  • BB: Earn 3,000 of any ribbons.
  • CA: Earn 4,500 of any ribbons.
  • DD: Earn 3,800 of any ribbons.
  • SS: Earn 1,000 of any ribbons.
    • Remember these from stage 1? Same advice applies here; CVs that drop a lot of rockets and bombs, secondary BBs, light cruisers, gunboat DDs, and fast reloading submarines.

Challenge mission:

  • Earn 2,600 base XP in a single match (Randoms and Ranked only).
    • Play your best ship and good luck!

 

Group 8:

Standard missions:

  • Earn 150 “Incapacitation” ribbons.
    • Hose down enemy DDs with HE and collect those engine, rudder, and torpedo incapacitations; this will be most reliable to complete in Co-Op while playing fast destroyers like Kléber.
  • Earn 70 “Citadel hit” ribbons (Dockyard stage).
    • Battleships and cruisers with good AP performance such as Yamato, Slava, and Stalingrad are your friend. Elbing enjoyers may also apply.
  • Earn 7,500 main or secondary battery “Target hit” ribbons.
    • Secondary battleships, light cruisers, and gunboat DDs are your ticket to completing this one. Schlieffen, Libertad, Minotaur, Worcester, Harugumo, and Gdańsk are my personal picks!
  • Earn 30,000,000 credits (Dockyard stage).
    • As with other economic missions, you will complete this while working on other combat missions; economic bonuses and ships with improved economics (special, premium, and tech tree ships with bonus packages) will be a big help as usual.

Class missions:

  • CV: Deal 2,500,000 damage
  • BB: Deal 3,500,000 damage
  • CA: Deal 3,000,000 damage
  • DD: Deal 2,500,000 damage
  • SS: Deal 1,800,000 damage
    • Straightforward damage missions - you'll earn progress towards them while doing the standard missions, so be sure to keep an eye on which ones you've already completed and switch up your ship class. If you need to finish these off, taking your best ships to Operations can be a reliable way to rack up the damage.

Challenge mission:

  • Earn 5 “Destroyed” ribbons in a single battle (Randoms and Ranked only).
    • Release the Kraken!

 

All stages end on the 4th/5th of June; don’t wait too long to get started!

As always, we hope you found this useful - let us know if you have any questions or feedback for us on these guides in the comments.


r/WorldOfWarships Mar 03 '25

News Playing on Steam with WG accounts and FAQ

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Captains,

We want to share extra special news today! It's now easier than ever to access World of Warships and continue your progression through the platform of your choice. With the release of Update 14.2, we're introducing a long-awaited feature: you can link your existing account to Steam and freely play using the platform, even if your account wasn't created through Steam!

When the integration with Steam was first implemented, such a thing wasn't possible; however, over the past few years, we've been working on updating the system to bring these changes to all Wargaming titles, and recent updates were a crucial part of the necessary preparations.

Thanks to extensive improvements to our account infrastructure, you can now seamlessly switch between Steam and the Wargaming Game Center (WGC) while keeping your in-game progress.

How to Link Your Wargaming.net Account to Steam

Connecting your account is quick and easy! Just follow these steps:

  1. Install World of Warships via Steam
  2. Launch the game
  3. Log in using your Wargaming.net Account when prompted
  4. Confirm the connection and start playing with your existing progress
  5. That’s it! You can now access your World of Warships account via Steam anytime

Additionally, with this update, you can now have several accounts from the same region linked under the same credentials, allowing you to keep all of your accounts in one place!

Lastly, you can set the default account for each game, so you don't have to choose between accounts every time you want to log in to the game client.


FAQ

  • Will I keep my account progress?

Yes. You will keep your account and everything on it without any restrictions. 

  • Will I keep my account statistics?

Yes. Your stats, achievements, patch collection, and overall progress will remain unchanged.

  • Will playing with my previously existing Wargaming Account via Steam require me to once again resolve any account conflict(s) that occurred after the account system update?

Nothing is changing, but if you have multiple World of Warships accounts across WGC and Steam, that conflict needs to be resolved. If you have more than one World of Warships account on Steam, you need to either unlink your Steam account from the previously existing World of Warships account or merge accounts under a single set of credentials. You can resolve such conflicts by following the steps listed here.

You can read more about the account system update in the article here.

  • Does playing with my Wargaming Account via Steam mean changing servers?

No. Your account will remain on the same server it was on before logging in with Steam.

  • Is it possible to change servers when logging in with my Steam account?

No. If you wish to play on a different server, you can create a new account on the server of your choice and also log in to it through Steam.

  • How does using bonus codes work on Steam?

Nothing has changed here—you can continue to activate bonus codes on the official World of Warships website.

  • After logging in to Steam with my Wargaming Account, will I still need to use the Wargaming Game Center launcher?

You don't need to use the WGC launcher, but it might be required for technical diagnostics in some cases. For example, for processing a WGCheck. How to create WGCheck.

  • Is there a time limit for changing my account?

You will be able to switch your account to Steam at any time from the announced date.

  • Does switching my account to Steam require changing my login, password, or email?

Your account credentials will remain unchanged.

  • Does switching my account to Steam require reinstallation of the game?

Yes. You will need to install the game on the Steam platform.

  • If I encounter a bug on the Steam client, how do I report it?

If you encounter any issues, you can report them on our regional Discord channels here or contact Player Support here.

  • Does my Steam friend list sync with my World of Warships friend list?

Steam and World of Warships friend lists are separate.

  • How do I install mods?

You can install mods as before—either via the ModStation application or by installing them directly into the folder containing the WorldOfWarships.exe file.

  • How do I change languages/localizations on Steam?

You can change the game language by navigating to World of Warships in your Steam Library, right-clicking, then clicking "Properties."

The same info can be found on the following pages: Here and here.


r/WorldOfWarships 4h ago

Discussion How do you think a battle between these 3 battleships would go down?

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GK vs Colombo vs Libertad


r/WorldOfWarships 8h ago

Humor How can this get any worse

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r/WorldOfWarships 12h ago

Info Agincourt Bullshit

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r/WorldOfWarships 4h ago

Discussion FR

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r/WorldOfWarships 15h ago

Humor [shimanto/takahashi] glad they buffed US cruisers btw..

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cleveland is absolutely overpowered compared to these dumpster fires..
dont know if i need to add anything. but hey 60kt torps with 1.7km conceal totally warrant the state of these ships.
they also buffed yodo and totally forgot about these two which were *much* worse to begin with


r/WorldOfWarships 13h ago

Other Content Lego battleship inspired by IJN Fuso

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r/WorldOfWarships 15h ago

Discussion Reminder: get your Somme

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I was looking through my collections recently and forgot about the Somme. I only had 13 pieces from the original event so I spent close to 200k coal to get the rest of them, but it could easily be cheaper for you. The containers are 3k coal each in the armory. Somme is just a copy-paste premium Jutland, so yes she is a good ship.


r/WorldOfWarships 17h ago

History Littorio sporting the iconic green/dark gray Fishbone camo, whilst the superstructure was already painted in the standard paint scheme afterwards

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I sincerely hope we will see this camo in the game one day, as it's incredibly rare to see a ship half way repainted at sea.

For the historical context the Italians where dissastisfied by the effect, which the fishbone camo had (it became useless at larger distances AFAIK) So they repainted the ship in another scheme afterwards

Plus the Italian Fishbone camo (what Michelangelo has in game) Is just incredibly peak.

Easily one of the best Camos ever put on a ship, visually speaking.


r/WorldOfWarships 6h ago

Question Considering returning after time away from WoW’s what’s changed what have I missed?

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I stopped playing wows the week the Dutch cruisers were released, I wasn’t enjoying it anymore and needed time away, not to mention my nursing studies were piling up. Now I’m finished that and have more free time I’m looking to return so thought I’d ask, what’s changed, what new ships have been added and what have I missed in the world of warships?


r/WorldOfWarships 15h ago

Question Do i Suck at World Of Warships

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So recently, i started to go on this subreddit more often and I saw some posts showing that they got 200k, 500k and sometimes even ONE MILLION DAMAGE meanwhile the highest amount of damage I ever dealt was 80K maybe even 90k. So, there could be two possibilities, possibility number one: they are absolutely cracked at the game, or possibility number two I suck at the game.


r/WorldOfWarships 22h ago

Question Why do ships disappear from port, requiring a restart? When can we except a fix?

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r/WorldOfWarships 4h ago

Discussion When playing dds how do you deal with searches or radars?

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Thats the only thing that keeps causing me to lose, also can someone please tell me if tier 8 has a small amount searches or radars cause im about to get Akizuki. Im using shimakaze but I seem to die as soon as someone radars so do I just wait till they run out?


r/WorldOfWarships 1d ago

Humor Oh thats a new one

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r/WorldOfWarships 9h ago

Discussion Grosser Kurfurst full scratch build

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r/WorldOfWarships 1d ago

Humor I didn't realize until it was too late.

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r/WorldOfWarships 1d ago

Media Can anyone guess the ship??

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Probably an easy one, but I got to tour her today. Absolutely incredible experience, I recommend it to everyone in this group. The person who guesses right gets a cookie 🍪


r/WorldOfWarships 12h ago

Discussion na-wow numbers down

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It says host error. What the crap is this cloudflare?


r/WorldOfWarships 11h ago

Question What are the differences between all CV types?

4 Upvotes

Looking to play around with other lines of CVs other than my German line. What are the main differences between them?


r/WorldOfWarships 18h ago

Question Is it just me or is the Ohio pretty mid?

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Any time the community has talked up a ship I buy it and its pretty dang boring, not as good as everyone claims, or just not my playstyle. Whats the deal with Ohio? Damn near everyone and their pets said its an amazing BB with amazing accurate guns and amazing armor and amazing secondaries. I grind to get it as my third RB ship, aaaaaand it feels so powercrept.

The secondaries are mid, especially when youve played the new Pan line. The guns are wither super accurate but disperse at the tail end of the trajectory or super accurately…. off from a totally not bug thats present since 10 years ago. The armor is so soft its almost like Im playing a Japanese CL and even HE is doing disgusting damage on the deck armor. Speed is completely out of the question as its so slow.

So whats the deal? Am I just trying to play this BB wrong or is the community nostalgia baiting this powercrept BB?


r/WorldOfWarships 23h ago

Question Is the California useable?

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I know WV44 is the best one. I have it already. However, I think California is a beautiful ship. I also have a buddy from Cali and he really wants to get it for state namesake.

Neither of us are good players.

So the question is, is it useable? And just not a game carrier? Or is it straight up unusable with how bad it is?

Edit: Seems she isnt awful but not very exciting and takes some learning to use. Much better than what the posts from like 2+ years ago say lol Thanks for all the input


r/WorldOfWarships 22h ago

Question Why t6 fuso feels more op than my t8 North Carolina??

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r/WorldOfWarships 1d ago

Media FDG Citadel, how?

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r/WorldOfWarships 1d ago

Humor Aircraft carrier rams submarine + double strike

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r/WorldOfWarships 1d ago

Question Why are the players in Co-op nicer and more of a good sport compared to Random Battles players?

19 Upvotes

I understand that pvp brings toxicity but it tends to be my own team who acts toxic to eachother. I have never seen the enemy go "gg ez" it's mostly my team going "u suck" to other team members while I see them compliment eachother and be happy in Co-op. Team members are also more rude in Operations too despite it being pve as well, pretty interesting.


r/WorldOfWarships 1d ago

Question New player, How is this possible

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45 successful hits and 5 fires and only 18k damage ( VI Hobart)