Lexmechanic

With a relatively short range, the 60s fire duration on Dutch cruisers feels really punishing. With the DCP now also needed to drop submarine pings, anything without the HP of a BB or supercruiser suffers a lot having to burn for a full minute. Am I missing something? Because the ships don't feel tough enough to warrant such a disadvantage.

All the shifts along the balance spectrum still feel random and desperate. It would be so much better to drop subs into a dedicated mode and just free up all the development resources already. It's like Google trying to push Google Plus on us for years: we just won't love subs. They don't fit the core gameplay and USPs of WoWs. Please.

It totally works with an external screen (Valve is working on an official dock but 3rd party ones work just fine). There's a point though when it becomes pointless as a small gaming laptop will do the same job just as well. While the Steam version works, I struggle to make the Linux/WGC one run.

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I've got no problems with monetized early access. It's literally stuff that'll be available for everyone with no extra payment, not much later. If people want to blow fortunes for that, it's the perfect whale vehicle. No harm done, more power to WG.

The token exchange makes it free.

You're not wrong. Just making sure you realize there's no limit on resets other than the double bonus resetting every two months. If you play like a caffeinated ferret or if you've got the freeXP, there's no limit of the amount of RP you can earn per month. You can even keep resetting the same line over and over as soon as you freeXP it to the top.

This topic is hilarious. Nevermind the OP's post, the topic is just an instant classic.

Those could be handy at times In all seriousness though, I would like to see some dedicated way to attract the attention of a specific player and tell them specifically to do something. Let's say I want "player X" to shoot "target Y". These days I do what Ahskance usually does on streams: first "I need support" to "player X" and then "concentrate fire" on "target Y". But a smoother way to construct a phrase of sorts where you can queue up 1-3 quick commands might be neat.

The equivalent of a completely free purchase once in a while seems to be coal, at least for me: with a coupon you just grab a ship and that's it. No credits needed etc. The math is probably much worse than the OLD FreeXP ships but compared to the latest prices (2 million FXP for a Destroyer) this may be comparable.

Please, Daddy WG, let me into the Seal Cub Clubbing Club so I can use gold in low tiers!

I would love to see the old Friendly Fire system back but not before they kick subs out of the game. Between their torp spam as the only viable weapon AND the drama of whether ping will make sub torps rise to the surface in time to strike a target, they kind of necessitate the current change.

Looks like the Research Bureau is more and more the replacement of direct purchase FXP ships.

For now it seems that the JDW is the most fun for me due to the more diverse mix of ships to encounter, as opposed to the GL's stronger TX matchmaking mix. I like the guns but sometimes I feel like the ship is just too easy to burn down to the keel. I agree that the line seems to be balanced around the Airstrike too much, a gimmick that can be pretty strong but is really hard to land in a battle of movement.

This is an unsurprising case of "I will make them love you!" and subs will be fed buffs until WG can kinda sorta justify their existence in the almighty spreadsheet.

That's an insane change that I don't recall anyone asking for. Harmful even.

Soviet ballistics are SO nice, just pure pleasure to send those laser beams towards the enemy.

I remember a somewhat longer answer from WG that this would be complex UX-wise for many players (as apparently some people still struggle with aiming vs. sailing direction). The same reason they don't allow to separately aim front & back guns.

Aside from Siegfried which I hope WG will either fix or refund because it was marketed with good secondaries, the ship I regret buying the most has to be the FDR. I knew it was very situational but I had some hopes it would have enough impact through damage output. It's very selfish and, with the rocket nerf, clunky.

In reality, think about it: social media managers prepare and queue posts, community managers make plans for a 'normal' stream.. and then, someone in dev says "welcome to Jackass". It sucks, I've been there at other companies.

I know it's not original content but god, do I hate those "invisible c***s", to quote The Boys. Such a waste of time in co-op for them to show up and be eradicated. Zero fun for anyone. Even sub drivers are mostly annoyed from what I noticed.

Not the best timing, seeing as torpedoes are cancelled in general

It's a "not great, not terrible" experience so far but I expect the GL to grow on me like the Goliath did. I just see no justification for the fire duration on Dutch cruisers. They aren't nearly as tanky to justify this. On top of other issues, the accursed sub pings make DCP a more frequently used consumable.

People who stream snipe are really the lowest degenerates in the gamer land.

I agree that the comparison is unfortunate but Hizen does need some love. It got 'overcautiously' balanced and is just worse than Izumo with no clear redeeming qualities IMO.