Andriod18

I am very curious in the German battlecruisers but with the way submarines are being shoved in it just really puts me off from playing. A pity if it wasn’t for submarines it would say this was a good update.

It certainly wasn’t a Catalina and it did look like a H8K although I never got a really good look at it. Although the H8K was a good plane, I’m not sure the Japanese would make sense as a good Anti Submarine nation, they were famously bad at ASW.

The experience of playing submarines and against them left a lot to be desired. I have always loved playing submarine games in the past such as Silent Hunter so I had some hopes for WOWS version, I am sorry to say I'm sorely disappointed. Submarines are boring to play and frustrating to play against. The whole experience really was unsatisfying and this project seems extremely poorly thought out. On the Pro side submarines look pretty and its nice the camo covers the whole hull of the boat now, I also like the horn sound. The battery life is easily enough and recharges at a reasonable rate no problems there. I did like that the Anti Submarine Warfare planes for nations varied with the US have Catalina's, UK having Short Sunderland's and Japan having Kawanishi H8K1's. The rest of my experience was very negative. Game play is boring you can move so fast around the map you just get into a spotting and blocking position then unless the enemy rush you (ie Bots) you can then either chip away at the enemy or just keep them spotted for your team at pretty much no risk. I really don't like the ping mechanic its so easy for you to force someone to use their damacon and then they are vulnerable to being set on fire or from your own torps. We have youtubers mocking people for wasting their damacons and now we have a mechanic designed to do just that. I saw others suggesting some sort of jammer function that would be far better than the current system. Submarine on submarine combat is just boring, it took some getting used too and I notice a lot of people actually get too close for their torpedo's to arm, but its just boring you go around and around and around until eventually someone made a mistake. Sub vs CV interaction still needs work for a start its silly given that CVs damacon lasts so long, also even when the sub has AA guns on the model they don't work, that's just bad. I found a lot of the consumables and captain skills for subs not thought through they are almost unnecessary , this part of the project clearly unfinished and needs a lot more thought put into it. Periscope depth is pretty useless beyond spotting for teammates. As a blocking tool its amazing your able to sit safely undetected very close to the enemy making sure they cannot go unspotted as your team farms them but for yourself its unnecessary with the homing torpedo's its just so easy you have no need to use the periscope. End game was extremely boring if a submarine was left alive they are so good at hiding it just wasted time, also the fact that not all ships have Anti Submarine Warfare equipment is not a good idea, ok I know if its end game and a DD vs a BB the DD has a lot of advantages but at least the BB has a chance, but with the way submarines are now its even more stacked in the favour of the submarine than it was for the DD. I know submarines are coming WarGaming didn't spend all this money without expecting results, but they are far from ready and a lot more work is needed.

Sorry if I miss understood previous comments but I thought if we reach rank 1 Gold then it will reset so we can complete the missions I still need 1 more submarine battle to get the reward and it would be very frustrating to miss out because I did not deliberately loose some matches.

The experience of playing submarines and against them left a lot to be desired. I have always loved playing submarine games in the past such as Silent Hunter so I had some hopes for WOWS version, I am sorry to say I'm sorely disappointed. Submarines are boring to play and frustrating to play against. The whole experience really was unsatisfying and this project seems extremely poorly thought out. On the Pro side submarines look pretty and its nice the camo covers the whole hull of the boat now, I also like the horn sound. The battery life is easily enough and recharges at a reasonable rate no problems there. I did like that the Anti Submarine Warfare planes for nations varied with the US have Catalina's, UK having Short Sunderland's and Japan having Kawanishi H8K1's. The rest of my experience was very negative. Game play is boring you can move so fast around the map you just get into a spotting and blocking position then unless the enemy rush you (ie Bots) you can then either chip away at the enemy or just keep them spotted for your team at pretty much no risk. I really don't like the ping mechanic its so easy for you to force someone to use their damacon and then they are vulnerable to being set on fire or from your own torps. We have youtubers mocking people for wasting their damacons and now we have a mechanic designed to do just that. I saw others suggesting some sort of jammer function that would be far better than the current system. Submarine on submarine combat is just boring, it took some getting used too and I notice a lot of people actually get too close for their torpedo's to arm, but its just boring you go around and around and around until eventually someone made a mistake. Sub vs CV interaction still needs work for a start its silly given that CVs damacon lasts so long, also even when the sub has AA guns on the model they don't work, that's just bad. I found a lot of the consumables and captain skills for subs not thought through they are almost unnecessary , this part of the project clearly unfinished and needs a lot more thought put into it. Periscope depth is pretty useless beyond spotting for teammates. As a blocking tool its amazing your able to sit safely undetected very close to the enemy making sure they cannot go unspotted as your team farms them but for yourself its unnecessary with the homing torpedo's its just so easy you have no need to use the periscope. End game was extremely boring if a submarine was left alive they are so good at hiding it just wasted time, also the fact that not all ships have Anti Submarine Warfare equipment is not a good idea, ok I know if its end game and a DD vs a BB the DD has a lot of advantages but at least the BB has a chance, but with the way submarines are now its even more stacked in the favour of the submarine than it was for the DD. I know submarines are coming WarGaming didn't spend all this money without expecting results, but they are far from ready and a lot more work is needed.