I came into this game on Mar 5 through steam and for the first 3 days had a blast.  My first 2 days was mostly DD and CL only battles and everyone was Tier 1-4.  By the weekend I started seeing all the ships and Tier 7 ships.  My first captain went down a line I didnt enjoy (CL), as I hadnt learned how to deal with a BB properly and died a lot.  So after reading some of the forums and reviews I created a BB captain since it was clear most people think they are the noob ship and I thought I could learn best there.  

I got up to a 50% win rate, level 70 Captain, and a Tier 6 IJN BB, but the last 2 days have been brutal to say the least.  Ive won maybe 20% knocking me down to a 35% win rate total in 175 games.  I am constantly being pitted against half the enemy team being higher tier and just wrecking me even in 1v1's.  Most of my team rush off to die quick, or worse try to hide behind me since Im the biggest ship on the map usually leaving me fodder for enemy BB fire and 5000 Torps per minute.  If I stay too far back I cant help fight, but the second I move in to shoot from max range I usually have about 30 seconds to live as my team has rushed to die and/or is now hiding behind me.  If I try to move back I am sniped by enemy BB fire which always seems to be a neat little cluster while mine is a bunch of drunken sailors sort of firing in the vicinity.  I have 2 accuracy officers and the credits accuracy item any advice here?

The other problem is a good DD or CL driver usually obliterate me.  I use gradual on their approach but even if I hit almost every shot Main and 2nd guns they are down to a third HP at the best of times, usually still well over 50%, volley Torps, then literally float on top of me until Torps reloaded and Im dead with no collision penalty.  How are you supposed to do anything about this at all?  Cant even have a friendly help since they are inside your hit box.

Anyway from my perspective this game needs to fix match making drastically if it wants to have any new player retention.  For every player like me that is sticking it out for now, albiet a bit frustrated, at least 5-6 quit since it is never fun to always get annhilated by an enemy you have zero chance against assuming equal skill.  The next biggest problem is lack of detailed info like what nations are best for what ship, what officers to use for each ship, and so much more.  Third problem is while not huge, still a noticable advantage to real money ship/officer buffs compared to free ones and paying to literally rent items is never good.  Last give players a reason to stay alive and try to win, because right now their is generally little to no team work and if you are already out gunned from match maker it sucks all the more having no one work WITH you to over come that.