BlueMoon51

Sometimes I am not the biggest fan of WG and some of the things they do at a corporate level, but the one think I have always been impressed with have been their generosity in regards events and gifts. Given that this is their first(unless I'm mistaken)since OBT started and is most welcome.

That would go against their business model that they set up for WOT the vast majority of the premium tanks are tanks that are interesting but not widely known. Its the whole concept that Cinemas use, they themselves make very little money from getting you in to watch Avatar its the popcorn you buy(and the like)that makes them the money, but if you look in the paper it doesn't say come to Showcase Cinemas and eat our popcorn! Making the Bismarck anything other than a ship you can get to in the tiers of the German Line would be a mistake; However, WG haven't done it yet and I for one don't think they will(not unless there is some weird thing like the Tiger and Tiger P in WOT(and yes I know they are both tiered tanks!)

Still love the game and think it is outstanding but a couple of things they have done seem more than a little odd not least that major patch that changed the game as much as it did right at OBT I just don't get that if you want Closed Beta Testing surely you don't do something like that

As Otto von Bismarck said "If the British Army landed in Europe, I'd get the Belgian police to arrest them" in that sentence summed up the whole arms race in Europe from the end of the 19th Cent until the end of World War 2. The British couldn't hope to compete with the great land armies of Europe because they couldn't allow them to match them at sea, Germany's goal for most of that time was to keep the British spending the majority of its defense budget on maintaining their trade routes, so the answer to the 2nd poll question is no and it wasn't expected to be. In terms of a raider the Bismarck was undoubtedly a failure in terms of the threat they caused and the cost in return by the way it shaped British ship design spending and tactics its much harder to judge, although 100 more U-Boats or Armed merchantman would no doubt have had more direct impact on the war

Let me start by saying I think the game is truly outstanding, that being said there are a couple of improvements I would like to see, right now ships feel like they are skating across the surface I would like to feel more like they are plowing through water. When HMS Barham sank it was supposedly the largest recorded non nuclear blast it would be nice of the epic nature of a major warship sinking could be captured right now it has the feel of a rowboat in the park getting sank by being flooded with water I would also like a battle-cruiser line added to the game(and yes I know there are BC's in the IJN like right now)

What tier do you think the Bismark-Tripitz will be in 7-8????

a, At no point did I "bash Russians for no reason" I don't want to play their line for the reason outlined by WGing themselves. If you want to play them go ahead and have a blast b, At no point did I claim that the UK was the majority of the EU market and further to that indeed to even to attempt in the UK to claim that the UK was the most important country in the EU would get you laughed at(I guess that in turn shows your own level of national bias). To clarify the point you are referring to I would feel equally strongly if the Russia Navy was introduced before the German French or Italian Fleets(and I would guess in your view of the European Order perhaps one of those nations would be "important in EU" C, I don't think I ever made the claim they are a Russian company. I wish people would actually read what is written before they go off.

I think the one thing you can bet your house on is that the RN line will be weaker tier for tier to the Russian/USSR one and I'm also willing to bet that there will be many more ships in it

This has kind of been beaten over the head and the reason why??? because any reasonable person will see that its flawed. Reminds me of a few years ago with WOT when they had a Polish Independence Day weekend(over Remembrance Sunday / Memorial day weekend) With a special on Russian Tanks(I kid you not!)and no mention to start with about the fact that many parts of the world not least the British Commonwealth France and the US honor their war dead that weekend. Personally I will not be playing the Russian line(the first line in either WOT or Warships(I would say the same about world of warplanes but I never got much over 100 games with that so my nations played was low, I had intended to play all the lines though) that I will miss totally)and I invite people that think this idea is wrong to do likewise I should also point out I have no issue with people that want to play it, go for it! Its just not something that I have any interest as it has been done for no other reason that to appease the Russian server and has no basis in historically reality, its all very well for their staff to say "its only a game" while that is true it is a historical game and if we are going to do away with that why can't I have a highly armored Costa Cruise Liner to sail around and shoot people with???? In terms of the player-base I'm not sure this is a question anyone at WG would answer, but it is widely rumored that the EU market is already the one that brings in the most money to WG, if that is indeed the case wouldn't the wishes of those within it have atleast a degree of value over a playerbase that is much more free to play?

I wish they would reconsider but....... I think it is less whacky than when they add a Chinese line before the Italians which I'm willing to bet will happen,

People expect too much most players are still learning the game I have played 15,000 games(give or take)in WOT and still pick things up when I play. If only the "good" players play the game will be dead in a week the only way it can grow is for people to have at least a touch of understanding that it takes time to pick up pretty much anything

Played a little on WOT US server and yes there is more teamwork, but because of the ping you lose and the other team has more teamwork, for myself it didn't help.

As side note anyone that is thinking about updating to Windows 10 might want to look up the Forbes article on July 10th by Gordon Kelly on the "free" deal.

In terms of adding submarines I understand the difficultly, so I wonder if AI controlled ones might work?

I'm sorry I think you are wrong I joined WOT much later I think it was right at the end of 0.7 I think and back then it was before physics and you could only go so far over the side of a hill and you would simply stop, adding that whole engine changed the feel totally and in many respects I feel Warships is a little like that right now has more of a 2d feel to it. Ideally I would like to see the ships more through the water not skim across the top of it. I should add thus far I think they have done a pretty good job. the game feels unique in its own right and after everything thats happened with WOWp I'm shocked they didn't just clone WOT into ships

Surely the main role, well atleast within World of Warships(due to the repair crew feature is to soak up fire there by allowing other ships within your team to last longer, while outputting your own damage in return. The very worst thing you can do is stay at very long range while your team mates getting picked off even if you are causing steady damage.

I recall watching a show on the Fieseler 167 that would have been the Torpedo Bomber and it was like a cross between a Lysander and the Swordfish it could land in such a short area that after the ship was canceled it was used to resupply garrisons in Yugoslavia that where being besieged by the partisans and it literately could land in the courtyard unload and fly out again and because its rate of climb was such that it was pretty much immune to enemy ground fire

My first game in CBT with a Destroyer I managed to kill the other 3 DD's with my first 2 salvos, it was a good way to learn to not tunnel vision!!!!!

If this really is an issue(haven't not got that far yet myself I can't comment)but the easiest way to solve the issue is to not play that high yet that will force the very few players playing tier 10 to drop down to areas of the game that will spread them out more effectively. It's like Russian/USSR warships I don't think they should be next on the release and as such I won't use them or buy them ever, granted it would be nice for WG to mange issues better than they sometimes do, but at the end of the day we can all do something. In the case of this issue(and again I am only going off what you have said)simply don't allow MMing that lets tier 10 ships into it and in the case of Russian/USSR ships making sure that part of the release is a commercial failure.

I might well be the only person excited about the USS Marblehead, but that's because I lived there at one point in time!!!!

There seems to be so many posts on here talking about how much people don't enjoy the game and how screwed up many things are , but I have to say that I'm really enjoying it. Hopefully the matchmaking will sort itself out with more higher tier players because right now it is throwing up some strange games, but people should remember this is still beta and it is more than possible that matchmaking isn't anymore broken than WOT its more to do with tier and type distribution(and I have just spent the evening driving around in an Arkansas with 0 AA against higher tiered Carriers so I do understand peoples frustration! Another thing that seems to be an issue is fire and it is pretty annoying I would like to see more risk-reward because right now the Cruisers are simply spamming off HE to start fires, while I'm not an historical expert how common was damage from fire in battle the main cause of damage??? In terms of things that might be interesting to add and something I haven't seen suggested on the forums, what about Marines and boarding parties, I do recall at least one IJN ship was captured in such an action and perhaps you could use them to take out key modules.

It's my understanding that, and I might be wrong on this the EU server has always made WG more money than the RU ones. Furthermore I'm not arguing against Russia/USSR being 3rd I'm just saying say that and don't live in this halfway house where its historical party and business for the bits that don't fit

I'm not sure many people would disagree with with the USA and IJN coming one and two but if you go down that same list of bullet points each one would preclude Russia/USSR being 3rd Fewest problems with building full trees Russia/USSR can't fill any trees with actual ships that even came close to being built Neatly focused opponents No one would have focused on Russia/USSR during that timeframe as a threat at sea Last but not least, historical timeline is one thing, magnitude is another The Baltic/Black Seas???? I terms of accessibility I'm not an expert and I'm sure you know more than I ever will about such things but....... surely its not as hard to research things that actually where produced and operated than ships that never made it off the draftboard? I would also point out that while I am British I'm not pushing for the RN next, I would be as happy to see the German's Italians or French(and my picture is is actually of the Austrian Navy), but I think WGing are trying to have their cake and eat it. In so far as to say historically clearly the IJN and US Navies should be 1 and 2(even though they where both smaller at the start of the war than the RN), but then we are to suspend any connection with history to put the Russians/USSR 3rd.... why because there is no historical justification. Now if your going to follow its a business move simply say that the business model calls for IJN/US/RU in that order....

Always thought you should only be able to work as a platoon/division within WG if the units can meet each other granted you could still end up with units out of tier battles but.... it wouldnt be as common and I can't believe it would be that hard to do.

I didn't play WOT's when it first started, but do you perhaps think that;s simply a case that so many people have fairly limited experience???