OldGrandad

Yup, but as said, slug like in speed....

If I was going to choose a game purely on the state of the graphical advancement I would not have chosen WoWs. I chose to play because I enjoy the game and accept its graphical limitations (and they have improved very much over the past year I have been involved with WoWs) no matter. You are certainly not forced to play neither do you have to pay and from that perspective your argument is a moot point. Yes, you are free to complain and comment but is the effort worth it? I would have just turned around and sought what I would be happy with.

Have to think back a few hours but I believe 10km torps were added to the existing ones with no need to research.

Well, that is the end of testing on the PT server. What are your thoughts on the changes made to various ships? What are your thoughts on the 2 new maps, Solomon Islands and Straits? I have come away from the end of testing feeling better than I when I started testing on it 2 days ago. I have reservations though, as much as the Minekaze needed nerfing slightly the rest of the DD's I believe could have done with a little more of a helping hand along with the USN DD's. Apart from those rushing through the tiers to test out the top tier DD's they were obvious because of their absence, very few indeed. I loved Solomon Islands but it will be the reserve of the lower tiers so I will miss it on OBT! Straits, I like the map layout but I do not like the spawn points (but still not as bad as the awful pre PT spawn point layout) and for me the graphics appeared 'washed out'. I am sure others will be able to give reasonable feedback on what they did and did not like but if you want to leave feedback please be subjective and give good reason for like or dislike.

If you are using guns on a BB you are about to die so in this case HE is the way to go so you can burn his butt a tad before you sink. Forget guns, stay away and stalk enemies with your torpedoes, guns (preferably USN DD guns) are best against other DD's and definitely NOT BB's! Other nations will be quite a while before being introduced I am afraid except for the odd Premium.

Believe me, we all have suffered from some degree of bizarre MM but we have to suck it until it gets better, an oft talked about subject!

A disgruntled CV player. As already answered, a work in progress when the new patch arrives and you have played a few more battles please post back with your thoughts.

I guess we can say that the majority that post at and read the forum are probably at those tiers needed to play ranked battles. The PT server though is probably not the right place to judge fully as we are getting players who are still used to the lower tiers zooming through the tiers and as such still have not got the required skill set yet. I like the fact that once you have got to a rank you do not lose that rank once obtained. It is growing on me.......

Minekaze OBT Detection range- 5.9km Guns Turret turn time - Stock & upgrade - 45 seconds Minekaze PT Detection range - 6.2km Guns Turret turn time - Stock & upgrade - 30 seconds Mutsuki OBT Detection range- 5.9km Guns Turret turn time - Stock - 45 seconds Upgrade - 40 seconds Torpedo ROF - 0.8 rpm Mutsuki PT Detection range - 6.2km Guns Turret turn time - Stock - 30 seconds Upgrade - 18 seconds Torpedo ROF - 0.9 rpm Hope that helps

Hello rafparis, Since my initial post I have played quite a few more ranked battles. I first played when there were not many joining in and it was just BB, CA and DD's involved. Later when the server population grew and more players were at tiers 6/7 CV's started to appear,the inclusion of a CV never really influenced the battles at all. This mode still needs a strong minded person willing to get hold of the battle and offer guidance and instructions, others have to learn to accept a 'leader' in battles. Also, aggression is the word. You have to be willing to start taking punishment, going in hard I found started action off leading to much more involving battles. As already posted, those that are currently on the PT server are (mostly) those that really care about the game and I want to believe that ranked battles will attract the same players when the mode gets released on the main server. I for one will look forward to the mode as I am sure there will be a regular hard core group of players in this mode and it would be great to meet them all regularly.

Oh yes it is, without a doubt. Regular hard core players will love this mode!

All I can say is not to give in to your frustration, we all go there now and then. Walk away and come back later on, believe me it helps!

It was yesterday. Client/server improvements, we weren't given specific details

This plus 1. We now have another thread that wants the other game mode to be disabled? Domination actually gives us winners and losers, I face palm with some of this community, I know we can't please all, all of the time but, oh never mind....... Some is the word, not a lot, just some. No matter what, you will always get those that really do not have a clue but to eliminate/disable a game mode purely because of an extreme minority? My face is sore with so many face palms this morning......

There are some that would expect me to defend the costs no matter the arguments (those soap box addicts know who they are!) but I will agree that as soon as you get to tier 7 costs ramp up much more quickly than you would expect. I would not ask for too much but even a 10% reduction would not make a huge dent in what is currently asked for....

It's Friday so it must be maintenance time!

Don't worry on this one Tuccy, I was in TS with Et_Lanatus at the time and we spoke about the initial concern about XP earnings and of course a few battles later we were inundated with XP! So far I have had very positive remarks made from players on the test server regarding the new maps with the only salt being those opposed spawn points on Straits.

I completely agree with this to a point, that is to have great battles. Last night I had my first draw for a very long time indeed and it was an epic fight with which it would have not been fair on either team to suffer a loss. I will go back to a previous post you replied to and I would like you to refrain from insults. I am far from 'dumb' and that goes for the rest of my team so please, if you feel your expostulation towards draws is not gaining enough support please do not resort to insults. I do listen intently to all who offer feedback, but just saying that you expect something does not make you entitled, you have to earn entitlement and in this case a win has to be earned. I have gone back over the posts within this thread and it really does appear that most fully understand what is expected of them for a win. If you really do feel the need to discuss this please support your own argument with documented facts and figures, compile a solution that will work with the current game modes and I am sure you will get better responses than you have garnered to date.

Well, I know it is a poor substitute but at least you can trial her in the public Test. Sorry to those that missed purchasing her first time of asking but as Ectar has said, keep your eyes peeled.

Guys, for the hell of it I created a division with a friend on the PT server, only 1 battle out of 10+ were we spawned far apart. Was this coincidence or have they tried to make divisions spawn close together? I have no idea as it was not in the patch notes, lets hope!

For those that want the Warspite, she is available on the Public Test server so now is your chance to try before you buy (when she becomes available again!).

You dont. I have done 5 battles and got to rank 4 and given 3000xp and now earn more XP per battle than normal.

Only got to tier 3 on the PT but if it is like it is in our testing we may have many doubloons dumped into our wallet after a few battles. But as the server is down at the moment......

As an avid supporter to have them removed because why? I am not trolling but merely pointing out it is the teams (and your) failure to monitor the battle more closely, period. Disadvantages? I think not, there are far too many that will agree with me that a draw is the result of neither team accomplishing the battles objective, period.

No, it loses its 10k torps (never used them anyway), turret turn time decreased from 45 seconds to 30 seconds and detection range increased by 0.3km