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Well something like that did happen in the past with other shitstorms. Those shitstorms were exponentially bigger though, so yeah I'm not expecting much

For me 3 reasons: - staying alive and kiting means more salvos, means more damage, means more credits and xp - farming Dreadnaught/Fireproof achievements for campaigns - sometimes we still hold 1 cap (equals point income) and enemy team is too stupid to cap our base and win, instead they chase and lose on points Never underestimate the stupidity of the "no cap kill all" brigade

Still waiting for any official statement regarding this @Crysantos, @MrConway, @Sub_Octavian

Izumo is a turd. I would rather grind Yamato in Amagi than play that abomination. Yes the buffs helped (played it before and after), but it's still a very weird ship that doesn't fit the line it sits in and is difficult to make work properly. On topic, I have to agree with the general concensus that US or Rashan ships are the best 'teacher'. I'd say US line, since their speed means overextending is impossible, they're decent to angle so it teaches that, and the generally good AA means you can get used to them in general peacefulness without too much trouble from CVs

But PLEASE don't have a German pronounce French names. It will not end well To be fair, Dutch people generally have a good 'feel' for other languages in the way words/names are pronounced. Probably a case of flexible or even genetically enhanced tongues or something And it's just a necessity because nobody in the world understands the gibberish that's called Dutch (well except for half of the Belgians and half of the South Africans)

Oh don't worry, I don't hold the managers of WG in high regard. I still remember that glorious apology letter from a certain Markus Schill a few Christmases ago But if we have ever learned one thing about WG, it is that they are driven by money. So given that they are driven by money, they will understand that Ships must be healthy to carry the dead weight of Tanks, until the manage to revive Tanks again. In other words, the resurrection of Tanks will be the deathblow to Ships on the monetisation levels. And if they ever decide to give premium ammo to Ships.... well... I guess I can finally get around to playing Anno 1800 again

To be honest, I think that's why they won't do it. They won't be stupid enough to kill both games at the same time. They need Ships to do well until they get their crap together again in Tanks. IF they ever get their crap together again in Tanks

Even WG isn't that stupid. The day they bring premium ammo to Ships, is the day that Ships dies. Simple as that. There are simply too many people that fled Tanks because of just that mechanic.

Doesn't matter. Friesland is Free XP, so no complaining or they might change their minds

Aren't you Flemish? That doesn't count as foreign speaking

Not that I intend to buy the bundle (haven't lost my sanity yet), but how is Texas' AA holding up after the rework? Still good, or did it get nerfed heavily?

Oh dear, I honestly did not know that But in my defense, I'm from the complete opposite side of the country I would love to see a foreign speaking person try to pronounce pompleblêd Still want that flag though.

For those not following iChase, but still interested in the ship... gameplay and commentary/preview by iChase: My personal opinion: all coal, steel, Free XP and doubloon expenses are on hold until they announce how we can buy this. I must have this thing <3 No not only because I'm Dutch, I also honestly think it's a very interesing and different design/concept in the game Edit: and yes, I totally want the Friesland flag with the cute little hearts on it on my ship. @MrConway, @Crysantos make it happen!

My guess is Gamescom (end of August) And it's Dutch!! Although that only means I am completely biased

You know that. I know that. All decent players know that. What matters though, is that the plebs don't know that I had a Hood shoot HE at me. A HOOD!

Clearly Belfast is not OP enough See, this is why the NTC is a good idea. We need this so Belfast can finally be a good ship able to win ranked games.

Of course we do. As long as Skybuck is banned from the forums, we need all the troll fun we can have

This one went really well for me, although I already finished it on Wednesday, so maybe the bad players hadn't noticed it yet. I only lost 2 games, and only lost 1 star. Completed the thing in just half an afternoon Nelson was the ship that did it for me. With the amount of HE spam bringing 4 of those zombie heals to the game is really OP

Hey! There's nothing wrong with that Mainly because I'm in the same boat Well, that is, if I manage to not fail my graduation thesis defence next week Oh those are always fun times. Let the hordes of Germans clog up our roads and invade our poor Dutch beaches... Just joking, I like our next door neighbours. In fact, I'm well on my way becoming one of you. But here in The Netherlands you can always tell when the Germans (and especially Nord Rhein Westfalen) get their summer holidays Lol then you should encounter the most bad play

Yes you should. It's against forum rules to put player's nicknames online in such cases. No matter the offence. They will not simply lock the thread, they will AT BEST also give you a warning. You can either ignore the guy, or send the image to support. Won't make any difference unfortunately however. Do you have replays enabled? Then you could look back if he was in game with you. To be honest, that message could well be 10 days old, since port chat interface has been buggy since Closed Beta Test, and the given time might just be off. There's nothing anybody can do for you on the forums, other than troll a bit about the dog reference If you really want to do something, only thing is report him for chat abuse ingame and send the screenie to support and hope for the best.

And of course I only notice this thread AFTER I wrote a post in the dev blog thread Oh well, shameless copy paste from my post over there then:

Bit late to the party, but in my opinion the Naval Training Center is completely unnecessary. I understand that the reward for resetting are not set in stone and heavily dependent on balancing rounds, so won't be commenting on those. But the whole concept is not needed. WG says they're implementing it because "players want more diversification", i.e. not only T10 games, but also the occasional lower tier game. Well then make events T4+ again!! I would love to play ships like Warspite, Lyon, Kamikaze R and Fuso more often. But all the missions and campaigns are T8+, and for efficiency reasons they're practically limited to T9 or T10. I'm one of the people that has limited time to play the game. I know, that's not WG's fault, but it does mean I have to chose carefully which tiers I play. And for efficiency, I find myself playing almost exclusively T9 and T10 lately, simply because they count for the (time limited) events and campaigns, so I'm getting the most 'value' out of my invested time. Of course I appreciate that this is completely my own decision. But what's wrong with making less strict tier (and ship) requirements for events, operations and missions/campaigns? We've had T4+ events as standard for years, and it always worked. People will by nature be more diversifying since there's more incentive to simply pick the most fun ship instead of miximasing rewards vs time investment. So while I'm not opposed against the Naval Training Center in principle (I have to have more information to make that call), I think there is a much easier fix that accomplishes the same WG says they want it to accomplish: namely giving players more incentive to play many different tiers, nations and ship types.

Thanks guys. I did hear something about that, but wasn't aware that it was known as the Gneisenau incident

Wait what is Gneisenau013 incident?

Have we found the new Acheron? Yes we did