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That's very true, even with best MM if you get the wrong people it's still not fun. Putting aside cruisers and battleships amount, my main point was that DD's don't dictate the meta when you have 4 or even 5 of them, not like BB's. Because roughly all BB's have big guns and armor + heal ( ofc some are better brawlers while some work best around 12km? ), and with destroyers you have much bigger variance in the role the ship plays in a battle. If MM doesn't stack one role on one team, I don't mind having 4 destroyers per team. With a good balance between hybrid, torpedo and gun boats, it shouldn't be dictating games.

I have used smoke on PTS in my Conq. I seen other do the same. Smoke is still an excellent tool, I needed to get undetected because my heal was on cool down and I was bleading HP to fast. So I asked for smoke and got one, and I used it in my battleship to wait out my heal to come back ( like I would have done with an island if I had the chance ). You can still use smoke, even semi offensively ( aka, not placed on the blue line ). But you can't exert map control with a smoked up battleship. Again: I love cruisers / gunboats and I'm not picking up torches. This change might not be 100% flawless but I support the direction or the intent it is showing.

SNUBS are a subspecies, if you consider the wider family of SCRUBS I am sure you have met quite a few

Not really 100%, they are mythical creatures that are said have won the KoTS tournament multiple times already. I think a wild Strangers123 has been spotted during a certain Gamescom event once.. I think all OMNI players dress as ships in their free time...

It's no Fletcher, but at range it actually isn't bad. Not VMF good off course, but it's not terrible. Sadly still see Yugumo's trying to TORP enemy DD with 2k hp left

Considering 99% of IJN DD player still refuse to use their guns even on a Yugumo or something like that... I doubt people would really notice many changes anyway :P

Nerf all the OMNI players, very much game breaking. They ruin my enjoyment, I even got owned by those second rank owned guys At least SPUDS... yeah right :D Anyway, on topic: Yes spotting is a central mechanic, but for many ships after opening salvo they keep visible anyway ( only exceptions are our BLINKING battleships which fade into concealment during reloads... such broken mechanic, this blinking really annoys new players WG ). Should be rewarded more though yeah, initial spotting. Is it a really big issue? Kinda, kinda not. Battleships should also be rewarded for tanking, and not lose 75% of rewards for potential damage.....

Still see people call both a Kebab and a Shima as 'destroyer' when they have vastly different roles. 2 Shima's is fine. 2 Shima's and 2 Kebab is fine. With 1-2 babyboats and rest cruisers = fun game. Can't really cry anymore about torpedo soup when I mention Kebab now can you babies? 1 shima and 1 kebab 'fine'? Only if you hate destroyers for some emotional reason.

Asperger. Sorry, I like people to use the proper term when referring to my medical 'condition'

They should play because they like their own game off course. But there are frequent comments... I mean I might or might not have publicly stated I sometimes doubt dev's actually play their own game ( because obviously they are all wrong, I'm always right and they shouldn't make those silly balance decissions without consulting me personally -> typical forum user right ). Besides, getting a chance to shoot at the dev's while shouting: "Why did you make this world of babies, why did you make this world of babies " -> sounds very appealing. I do suggest a separate tag for DEV's, alongside a permanent mission to sink a dev and earn 1k doubloons

I was expecting this to be about Kamikaze R / Fijin.... Bad thread is bad.

I think it would even help with WG PR actually SEEING dev's play on EU server nonetheless We do always shout WG obviously doesn't play their own game

Getting a 4x2 RN BB ( if they ever remove 419's ) would still lead to a lot of upset German's... And given design philosophy I would actually agree with them ( 4x2 doesn't work guys that is why we found these triple turrets in Russian archives... remember ) It would be more fun to have in the game against you though, especially if they also fix this concealment.... though with 4x2 it's only 8 shells so less chance of being dev struk on first strike out of stealth I guess... still broken concept, battleships should never have better concealment as cruisers ( well I guess Moskva is a really big cruiser... and so is Hindenburg... but it still breaks gameplay which should be the leading factor ).

@Tuccy great idea for the next event, I suggest the same rewards for 1k games as for 1k posts

Players? You mean beta testers who can relearn an entire game It will be pretty brutal I recon, on myself I mean. I don't like big changes, takes me more time to adjust as others.

I don't want average player to have 175k damage, I fear them having more as 80 / 90 which is already doubling what they normally do. Even if some is fire damage, that fire damage works pretty well against cruisers and destroyers due to more limited healing ability ( exceptions like RN CL aside ).

44 games in 21 days according to my signature stats. Guess I been playing more last week with 25 of those 44 games, and I might play some more around this special. But still not using premium account or buying new premium content. I actually like new smoke changes intent, and I don't see big problems with the concept so WG get's a feather in their cap for that. And well GZ was bad, but offering refund OR being involved in rebalancing -> best way to handle it. Now only curious to see how interactive this trajectory will be, if WG will actually take into account feedback in a sufficient level. This event is actually good for me in a way, I got 3 tier X cruisers, 1 tier X DD ( 20k for Kebab, will have it soon enough ) and 1 tier X battleship, that's some nice rewards. And I will get some for my battle count which isn't that high for someone who been playing so long but still nice to get as a gift.

I quit spending money on the game, I have so much invested it's hard to just walk away totally. And I guess playing sometimes can be fun My games per week has dropped a lot, and I think not spending money is the right thing if you're not happy with the content

Me three!

Can I whine about your whining about whining? How do you know? I might still play because I'm already invested, not because I like what WG is doing. Infact I really do not like it ( for a large part ). Sadly I'm quite gullible and I still have hope for the best.

If you heard that whine you would almost believe Bismarck and Tirpitz are the least played ships on the server right

Vast majority also sucks in CV's but you still hate on them a lot :) Broken ship is broken, doesn't get fixed due to rarity of good players in them.

Obviously not surprised. Nice first post, I r8 10/10.

I'm just yanking your chain, sorry man I know your English is a bit unpolished :)