MrFingers

Warsaw was done by WG-EU, this was hosted by WG-NA. EU and NA don't communicate with eachother (it's nothing new), chances are that NA didn't even knew how incredibad Warsaw went, and the EU most likely did not bother with telling the NA on which to focus, and which aspects were truly important in order to have a showcase battle that's enjoyable and understandable to see as a spectator. The camerawork was very bad (as bad as Warsaw), but we at least did not hear comments like critadels and the USS Atago, so that's a good thing. Could be better, but could also be WAY worse.

500 free XP for doing 2 or 3 battles (at most) I don't call pathetic.

Another one of those quirky "in between ships" that has a rightful place in the game is the SMS Blücher. The last armoured cruiser of the Empire. Nassau-esque layout of the 8.3" guns, and a formidable range of secondary weapons.

Mine just arrived.

Oh why??? Those Daily Missions were good fun: not too hard for the casual player, and still somewhat "forcing" you to diversify your playstyle and favourite ship classes. I thorougly enjoy them.

Game flag files are shared across all servers. Because it's in the game doesn't mean we can get our hands on it. Exactly that.

It's indeed very harsh (too harsh I might say), but on the other hand... I expected WG to have learned from the failure/joke of the "E-sports demo-thing" that was held earlier this year in Warsaw. That was also very appalling when it came to commentary, camera angles and overal quality. These issues should have be known by WG, since in the aftermath of the Warsaw-event, there was the same amount of harsh (but correct and just) commentary. But WG didn't learn. Maybe because this was an NA-hosted event, and since EU and NA don't seem to communicate with eachother, the NA never got the info the EU already knew about how critical decent commentary and camera positioning really is.

Somewhat unexpected... I said: "ah well, one ticket wouldn't hurt" (I wanted that Texas)... So that was a chance of 2 in 3087. That 12v12 Shimakaze with 20km torps was fun though!

A little poll I made, just to gauge the community, and to give an insight in how people regard the current "First Year Anniversary" as held by WG-EU.

From an interview at the Tokyo Game Show

Sadly, I won't. But when there is a thing in Belgium, I will do my utmost best.

The "get 10 dragon flags and the commemorative flag" is already active. The other one (with the 15 wins) will be active from tomorrow "after the server restart", so let's say 7AM?

http://worldofwarships.asia/en/news/announcements/wows-rendezvous-hs-fleet/ I sincerely hope that it will, again, be an opt-in content, and that there now will also be comparable goodies/content/missions for the players that do not like anime. Oh, and have some respect for each other's opinion (yes: not everybody likes anime, or finds that it has a place in this game. Some people do. Respect those opinions, it's not a reason to shout out slurs to eachother)

From the portal; What is meant with that? And what about those who spend $$$ in buying a premium camo for a specific ship?

It ain't terrible, but it ain't good either. Especially this huge disparity: EU: win 15 battles: get 1 day premium, 5x Type 6 camo, 10x ESCL-flags. RU: play 1 battle: get 1 day premium, 10x Type 6 camo, 10x ESCL-flags. If you compare the rest: EU and NA are fairly comparable, as is ASIA (but in a whole different way). RU however got (again) the lions share of the cake, with repeatable missions, multiple challenges and big rewards, as well as being the only with giveaways. Oh, and regarding your money calculations, because the Ruble is so fluctuating in terms of value, WG uses the fixed "1$ is 55R" quotum. In real life, currently 1$ equals 65R. RU prices are quite a bit cheaper than you've calculated.

If I see an opportunity to flank the enemy team (because they all focus on one side, which happens quite often), I will do it. If I encounter a carrier, I will send some silver fishes his way, in order to consolidate air dominance for my team. If I successfully infiltrated the enemy team, I start to attack from their rear, outside spotting range. It's an as valid tactic as any other.

Could be worse, you could have me on the team (like this afternoon, you in the Hosho on top of the result list, me in the Kamikaze at the bottom of the list... At least I received 10 detonation-flags for that humiliation)

Mine contacted the harbour master a few minutes ago, asking for its reserved berth to be cleared, so it can dock. Was a fun challenge, encouraged me to go "the extra mile" when it came to gaining XP (the last part frustrated me more than should happen... Whenever I had an ace match, the team somehow lost, and whenever the team won, I was (just) not in the Top3). XP done with the Kamikaze R and Cleveland (needed 20K to unlock the Pensacola, so I combined those) Damage: Arkansas Beta (harvesting cruisers and Kaisers with the shotgun) Top 3 win: Kamikaze R (harvesting caps & straight sailing captains)

That sounds like the obligatory randomly exploding at the beginning of the match Nüremberg & Koningsberg. Me not like much. Strange that WG only seems to be interested in gauging the RU and NA ((super)tester)communities (they even said it in a Q&A and on the NA forums). We don't play the same game? Our opinions don't matter?

Before they even think about it: NOT a thing like on the ASIA server: "win a battle and be in the top-3 of experience earned: receive 1 doubloon" "do 6 consecutive missions (kill 15 ships, do 1M damage, score 25k XP,...), receive 15 doubloons"

Stuff I would very likely throw money at: HMS Caroline, Tier III Premium Light Cruiser. Launched in 1914, she fought at Jutland, and is currently a museum ship in Belfast. (pictured here is her sistership HMS Cordelia, in the 4x6" outfit) (post-war configuration, as her original layout with mixed 4" & 6" guns can't be coped with by the game engine), still would like to see her in Jutland-drab 4x 6" guns (all mounted on the centerline, 1 front, 1 in the middle, 2 (the original 6" guns) at the back) 2x 3" guns (secondary/anti air) 4x 21" torpedo's (twin mounts, one at each side, wide arcs) 3" belt armour, 1" deck armour 28.5 kts pro fast and nimble, with a narrow profile making her hard to hit decent camorating and decent torpedo's with excellent arcs and good reload (narrow window of stealth-firing) HE-spamming scrub with high firechance and high ROF con no armour to speak of, everything will pen and do damage 4 6" guns is not much, so it won't be a firehose. Hard to hit targets directly up front (1 gun) or at the back (2 guns). narrow and small ship makes for an unstable vessel, so maybe not pinpoint accurate.

What is given away this time?

On the other hand, they know they can't mess it up, because then they've signed a part of their death warrant. It's a PR-suicide to handicap one of the, if not the, most anticipated nations/lines to a degree it becomes an XP-pinata for the enemy. Maybe their thoughts were that the current RN is too strong for current gameplay, and they want to tone it down now, and give it a buff when it's been live for a period, rather than start with a (too) powerful line and have to nerf it later on. That would feed the already present power-creep, and would make matches maybe a bit unplayabable, since everybody and their neighbour will be grinding the RN in the first days they'll come out.

I've seen people absolutely dominate the enemy team with it. But indeed, you have to get "close".