Hi,
I'm very unhappy with the changes to Carriers especially with the removal of 2x torpedo squads from tier 5-7 CVs for the Americans. Already Carriers technically get to 'attack' once every 2 minutes or so, and that's if they get a clean drop and timed their torpedo runs nicely. At least in the previous patch we can still contribute to the team and finish off 1 or 2 distracted enemies. If not, there are times we only get 2-3 torpedo hits in a game. Dive bombers damage may have been increased but the hit chances are so random and they are so weak against battleships, which are flooding the game now with the American battleships as well. Even then its still 1 attack every 2 minutes or so and they do generally under 5k damage. At this rate why play carriers when there is so little they can contribute and do, except to load up with fighters and that's just to kill other aircrafts. When those are gone, what is a carrier suppose to do? CAP? Be cannon fodder?
If the nerf is because you don't want players to not die from 1 torpedo run, then give carriers faster attacks. Because if I'm going to get to attack once every 2 minutes, I damn well expect to be able alpha strike and hope to sink, if not critically damage a battleship, like we're suppose to do. If Battleships can 1 hit (just 1 shell) sink a destroyer or a low HP cruiser, what's wrong with a Carrier being able to 1 attack run sink a battleship? That requires at least 8-12 hits, which is extremely difficult do achieve?
At what's with the reduced aircrafts? Every time a squad has to drop in to attack, there will be losses. Just 1 squad of reserves per squadron? So you're technically asking Carrier players to, play a game, attack twice and if you're not lucky, you're probably got just your carrier without aircrafts to play with. And don't say each attack will only suffer a few losses. A torpedo drop without a full squad is so much easier to avoid making the attacks... just a distraction to the enemy. Great reason to play World of Warships.
I mean, at this rate you might as well remove Carriers from the game as they can hardly do anything for the team. At higher tiers ships have good enough AA they don't even need fighter escorts. They can just blow those squads out of the sky.
