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Given how little subs changed from PTS to current version...

And yet its part of "random" game mode, thus don't expect any changes to it.

Except its "lets tax the rich and give money to the poor, so they don't have to work" level of balans

Why do you think WG went through all the hassle of designing new game mechanics, testing them, tweaking and all other usual nonsense if not for purpose of monetizing the fluff out of them?

Took you some time Make sure to get her 310mm gun, without it she... is premium call girl at best. And in other news, i think I come up with solution to clear 13-4. Granted, not reliably autoable at max danger level and boss fight often requires reruns, but some progress is being made. What makes me sad though, is inadequacy of Cleveland gang, simply lacking damage output, particular burst damage to kek on repair ships fast enough.

And here I thought you've replaced chopping board with drip feed stand

Kinda this. Cossack during her event went from "alright" to "hilariously overbuffed" very shortly after release. That said, Cossack was obtainable for 1€ (one euro), not 15€

Stock planes are overall better pick for UK carriers, I think only rockets on Implacable are actually worth investing and only due to improved damage/penetration. And I assume you've meant Spearfish, because Swordfishes are a) biplanes and b) not available on Implacable. Also whole "it feels like I flushed 1.5 million down the toilet" applies to entire UK CV line

I seriously doubt reworked maps, something rendered on client side would impact server performance. After all, server operates on simplified "hitbox" model of the map and doesn't care about new lightning or underwater details. My wild guess would be WG cutting costs on server rental and then prioritizing those server resources to World of Tanks, their main cash cow, as IIRC they even made a vid how their games are hosted on datacenters instead their own hardware.

Given severe shortage of "viable hightier CL" besides Mogami, I don't quite see that coming. Yahagi of Agano class we have already at tier 5 and its not exactly inspiring ship. Sendai/Nagara are tier 4, 5 if we give them hilariously overbuffed torpedo payload. Unless... Unless WG adds them as hightier "DD", ot at least cruiser without citadel. Still, 6 not very fast reloading guns per broadside, on a hull with, at least Russian DD kind of concealment and without speed to disengage. You can't really give uber torpedo payloads either due to only single quad launcher per broadside. So, tier 8 at best, if you stack heal, smoke, 12km Type 93 fishes and even then would probably be underpowered.

Bigger gun tend to hit harder when it scores hit. That said, big gun also can be a big issue, as plating thickness required to arm the fuse is in 99% cases directly tied to shell caliber (that being 1/6). Thus, West Virginia boasting 406mm guns at tier 6 is absolute overkill, guaranteed to land overpens unless you land direct hit on citadel, but the same guns are marvelous for violently reminding tier 8 battleships Big Seven is not to be trifled with. Also, recent IFHE/plating change was in general buff for those "bigger caliber but few in numbers" battleships, as all tier 6 CAs can ricochet 356mm guns off their central section. But 380mm or bigger will overmatch. Did I mention German BBs are famous for their lack of accuracy as part of their "brawling" gimmick? For "big gun" tier 6 BB that one can actually attempt to hit stuff with, Queen Elizabeth or premium Warspite, West Virginia or Mutsu to the rescue. Bonus points for you if you study how German BB armor plating changes with tiers up

Still, if you can at least research Budyonny using Kirov, it will save you some regrinding

Atm, missing only Bunker Hill from "usable collectibles". That and Le Malin is still eluding me

Define best. Survivability? Kremlin + Kuznetsov captain Short/mid range accuracy? Kremlin Long range "accuracy"? Yamato Damaging broadside BBs? Any battleship should do, but 406mm guns might start failing past mid range Damaging angled BBs? Yamato, if you can make use of overmatch on target, Conqueror otherwise Farming useless damage? Conqueror Having actual impact in randoms? none. Anti air? none, as, by design, AA can't prevent air strikes. But if you still insist, Kremlin that wasn't stripped of its AA. Otherwise none.

But only 6 of them and 234mm performance doesn't make up for that.

If "edited* paying players", as their name imply, pay for the game then it means they agree with current state of the game and maybe even have fun when playing. Thus, why you would kill golden goose?

Your best bet is to: -Crash dive below 50m, so you're no longer located by hydrophone, only proximity spotting being only telltale. Won't help against Hydroacoustic search though. -SCREAM your lungs out over voip or team chat so someone might scrape that DD off you.

You did not had to buy her, as only researching her was the requirement. Unfortunately, don't scrap tier 4, Svetlana (?) yet, as you will have to regrind tier 5 ship again. That or spend Free Exp. WG decision ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'm all for the plot and Tittorio Littorio new skin is genuinely good looking. But I don't like inconsistency, same goes with Massachusetts one as well, though this one might be not as severe.

For once, can we appreciate "Northern Lights" finally got its aurora borealis back? It used to have it in early days too... and map was much darker too, if memory serves me right Ok, not as dark as I remember it https://thearmoredpatrol.com/2015/11/07/wows-northern-lights-pictures/

Having one Harugumo per broadside, 30mm pen capable is already something. Now fix that sticking out citadel so Yamato hull won't be so much wheelchair at shorter ranges

Because Wargaming decided so. Nothing more, nothing less.

More like I've forgot to quote text only, without recalling entire post with the ownerderp

Then do just this Still don't like it? Don't play it. WG doesn't add vertical limitations to firing arcs "by accident". You can reeee about this "feature" all you want, but chances of WG fixing that are about as high as me getting Enterprise from my daily Coal crate. If you find yourself forced to use guns and at the same time you're limited to "bow on only" situations doesn't mean Halland "need fixing asap", but someone, somewhere quacked up considerably and looks for scapegoat.

Or it is not oversight, because WG decided shells can't fly too close to ASW launchers. Might scare them or something Again, Fanta and her 4th turret can't open fire at edge of firing arc due to Oerlikon at distances below 9km Torps with no impact on BBs or even CBs, so any excessively horny bigbote can rush you and you can't exactly nuke him off. Guns are decent, but cripplingly short ranged, making island camping very situational. And then no smoke, so you can't do pew pew without island. AA is decent, but it takes only one DD caliber HE to knock one AA mount. And what was the point of Halland without AA again?