incapacitation

[Ashardalon]

what does it do
beyond making things quite

[Ryuu]

What do you mean "quite"?
Means they don't work for a while, or work worse (engine/rudder with Last Stand), and only Damage Control can bring them back immediately.
https://wiki.wargaming.net/en/Ship:Gunnery_%26_Armor_Penetration#Modules

I think How it Works series have covered that as well?

[Ashardalon]

quiet with a ringing sound
or is that something else

[OBXandos]

Everything goes silent for a few seconds and starts getting louder with a faint ringing sound in the back ground?

The sound I think you are describing is the one when you take massive damage. It usually means a citadel hit but can also be caused by numerous regular pens.

Actual module incapacitation is described by Ryuu above. Massive damage can coincide with incapacitated modules but is neither is caused directly by the other.

[Ashardalon]

ah
must have misunderstood then
usually module incapacitations the module thats damaged shows a little icon after getting hit
never really noticed that with incapacitation ribbons
will keep an eye out in the future to see if i can connect the two and the module icon showing up just grabs the attention better

[Ł o u a]

Originally posted by Ashardalon:

quiet with a ringing sound
or is that something else

That is when you take a lot of damage, mostly a citadel hit

[Ashardalon]

makes sense
guess i assumed my crew was shell shocked and incapacitated
instead its the devs assuming my hp bar going from full to a sliver is not obvious enough xD

[shannonars]

I'm not a doctor but it sounds like you've suffered a concussion.

[Ryuu]

Originally posted by Ashardalon:

quiet with a ringing sound
or is that something else

Yeap, it's massive damage, something about 30% lost in one salvo.
BTW when you cause that yourself — you hear a corresponding voiceover, like tank-style "penetration confirmed", don't remember actual words.

[Banzai]

Not relevant for the question as such, but when this happens to me my sound system bugs out and I have to turn speakers off and on to get sound back. Powerful strke :)

[Ryuu]

Originally posted by Banzai:

Not relevant for the question as such, but when this happens to me my sound system bugs out and I have to turn speakers off and on to get sound back. Powerful strke :)

Damn, do you think it's a bug or faulty hardware?

[OBXandos]

Maybe it is from the sound going almost silent? I know my sound bar turns off when there is no audible output for a few seconds.