Atankean

Spoilsport!..but joking aside I understand what you mean. Sure, If I am doing a Mission, especially one that is a Grind and I have stacked up all my best Camos and Flags and whatnot and try to have the best game with the highest numbers, the last thing I want to see in my game is some kind of "Jokers" who think ruining everyones pleasure is fun. If you think that way, sure you are right. However, I could just as well invert this Situation. Imagine, you had a hard day in reality, school, work you name it. Everything was so damn serious and full of responsibilities and tight discipline and you are happy to fire up your favorite game go in a match and have some goofy and completely freeminded fun. The last thing you wanna see in your Team is some "dressed up" Unicum in his highly customized Pixelboat trying to command you like a prussian War General. See what I mean? One guys fun is other guys burden. Whats your solution? Let me guess, "My way or the Highway" right? P.S. If you watch the replay, he asks first and most of his team agrees and nobody complains. Also its Tiers 2 and 3 where the "stakes" are not so high.

and which one of them is the true person and which one a "mask"? Besides, does yelling all those words, with no good reason behind, really help anybody including the person who utters these words?

I am aware that sometimes we need to vent out frustration and anger and I am all for it but would you agree If I told you that there are ways to "vent off" productively and there are ways of "venting off" that are so counterproductive that it snowballs into even more anger and frustration. Which would you prefer?

I am never to proud to ask for help when I need it...dont worry!

man I just got here...cmon! (seriously, I have 45 Posts and I allready have a "reputation"?, I have heard of "15 minutes of fame" but boy did not think it would arrive so fast) You say it yourself, you are not proud of it, that means you could do without it right? why not do so? you realize that with this post I have basically thrown myself to the potential criticism and ridicule of the whole forum right? If you read some of the comments, you will realize that those posts are allready pouring in. Now I ask you, could somebody who could not take some childish insults expose himself to this and even continue doing so? If it bothers enough potential Customers, McDonalds will sell Breakfast all day and KFC will offer mashed potatoes and gravy and a real biscuit. The magic of Capitalism my friend ;)...never give up on your dreams! (Yes I know you meant it sarcastically, I just follow suit) Is that me? man I really should visit a Dentist sometime :/

Well, how to put this, your replay...its..well, an utter, absolute, complete, disastrous and catastrophic failure....and I love every second of it :) What really cracked me up was when someone said "WORKS THUS FAR" and your team was scattered all around with only three of you in the middle, you losing more then half your health and burning like a Barbecue. Pax Optimism one might call that. Exactly what I mean. Okay truth be told I would not want every match to be like this but occasionaly goofing around having fun? absolutely :)

I kind of agree, as long as your "insults" remain in good "gentlemens conduct". If you just gloat at them, ah well, thats insulting you more then them but if you are creative and put on some thought in your "insults" (which then arent insults anymore to be honest but jests) then yes, this can be greatly entertaining. I had a match in WOWS where our team constantly reminded the other team that they were the "Red Team" therefore the "evil guys" and that in the end good (we) always triumph. The Irony being of course that from their point of view, we were the red team :). I absolutely dont mind such occasions to make it clear. "You are Cancer lol noob go uninstall" on the other hand...well that just sounds primitive dont you think? That is something a trained Ape in a Lab experiment might utter as his first human words.

dont you love it when food looks exactly the same going in when going out :) Good Night to you too!

Exactly the kind of spirit that makes for some hilariously fun games. Keep it up!

But it is not about "those people". It never was about "those people". It is about oneself. Just the realization that oneself might actually be the cause of what oneself does not like. I know it sounds ...well rubbish to be honest but I found out that nearly EVERYBODY thinks its the other guys fault. That cannot be right? so maybe its my fault and I try to realize that. It is damn hard I tell you since my pride is condemning me on every step. How can it be my fault? I try to find that!

Imagine a Horse making fun of another Horse because he has a "long face" would you not find that funny and weird? That is what happening in ingame chat. People are insulting each other without realizing that they are just taking turns. There is no one that is "right" the whole time and I see that. Maybe I have seen that going on for a minute too long so I felt the need to post this. I really dont know if that explains it though.

oh its still there, irony does not just disappear but it seems we have an uncanny ability to blend it out.

we all are, especially after a good meal. That is a fact! I must admit that I dont understand you clearly here...sorry. But No I am no judge and I cannot be. To be that I would have to know you better then you yourself which is..difficult to say the least. I never said that you have to be completely clean of anything but as I said, I dont quite understand your meaning here so excuse me if I get something wrong.

Ironic isnt it?

I hope WG never implements something like that. That is the "Safe Space" talk and I will have none of it. What, we are too weak? little Snowflakes always reliant on big brother to protect us? No..never. Why admit mistakes? because that is the only way to get better then the other people. If you dont admit mistakes then you will not ever realize that there is room for improvement and before you know, "the others" will be ahead and maybe so far that even your insults will not reach them anymore. The others are of no concern. It is the "I" that you should first take care of, then and only then can you think of others. Getting better is also Human by the way.

and you are the judge Antean? you decide what kind of players deserve what? do they deserve a second chance I wonder? I fudged up in some games but in some I carried, what should be my sentence? you wanna be the first to throw the stone? appearances can deceive

choose: - less anger, more fun - better gameplay through better communication - a "buff" to every team through less psychological negative impact - a happier life

Even in games where I was alone against AI, I found myself sometimes cursing and getting really angry. Its damn hard to control yourself when you are angry and this goes for any sort of game but also for any sort of interaction really. I bet, you watched some things on Youtube or on TV or any other Media, that made you really angry and where you had some "unpleasant thoughts" to put it mildly. Did you not curse, uttered insults, maybe thought of extreme measures?...everyone has that. Thats why we talk of self discipline. It takes a lot of strength to be able to change something but it takes a lot more to be able to endure something that one cannot (at least immediately) change (like what teammates one gets in random matches ;) ). We also forget that sometimes, we are a part of what makes others angry and this is what I am trying to say. If we can manage to realize that we make mistakes but also have to ability to realize and correct those mistakes, we could muster the strength to be more "civil".

look at it this way, you just have done your part ;).

really? THATS what you took out from my post? do you think the antidote to "SJW" is being rude and forgetting all good manners...back to the cave? just because some leftist corrupted well behaving by taking it to extremes does not make it "Theirs". I am an avid listener of Nietsche and Dr. Peterson, you dont need to tell me there is no "Safe Space". I absolutely despise the whole concept of "Safe Space". Read my post again please and try this time not to seek a political agenda behind it. This SJW Bullsht allready ruined any form of meaningful discourse dont let it get you too. P.S. where in "admit that you suck to a whole audience" do you see the message for "Safe Space"? seriously!

Translation: Even though I know I will get punished by Forum rules I will write in turkish. I want what is my right from you, analyze my last ticket! My own opinion: Not the kindest fella to represent my country to be sure but I guess he has the "Hatsuharu allready in port when done mission and modules not researched" problem. He has opened a Ticket it seems. Allow me to reply to him in turkish please since I would like to tell him (in a civilized manner dont worry) that this sort of behavior is not constructive. Thank You for understanding. @PisiReis lütfen biraz daha kibarca davranalim. Unutma türkce yazdigin zaman sadece kendini degil bütün türk halkini temsil ediyorsun ve böyle agresiv bi tonla tüm Forum Toplumuna yanlis ve zararli bir temsilcilik yapiyorsun. Söyledigini ingilizceye tercüme ettim ve umarim sana yardim edilecektir. Iyi günler dilerim

would it be a consolation for you if I said that not everybody has the means to make it "easy mode". Some also dare to say that it is "grind mode". Especially those without high Tier Premiums for every Nation, Flags, Camos, etc. etc. So it seems WG is only making it "easy mode" for a select few. By the way, ever noticed how many things in the game become "easy mode" by just paying or playing constantly? Do you want "hard mode" or even "harder mode"? play the game without putting in money and only on weekends for 2 hours. That should give you the "hard mode" you desire.

Surprisingly NO! In fact, especially compared to WOT, most matches are "silent".Of course there are those matches where, especially the dead, feel the need to vent out their frustration on those who are still struggling but as I said, its by no means every match. The probability goes higher if you are a really bad player (lets face it, there are some). I dont think that there is any plausible or grounded claim to have only good players, especially in random battles, playing the game but some "Omega Unicorns" think that it is their sole right to be put in teams that will always play perfect. Neither you nor anybody else can change this. There will ALWAYS be some Unicorns. I rarely respond to chat, especially when I see insults in them since I am too busy concentrating on the game. If I do, I try my utmost best, no matter how angry, triggered or generally unpleasant I feel never to use profanity. If I am feeling "lofty" I try to respond in a creative and somewhat sarcastic way but if I am outright angry I dont respond at all. A chinese proverb says "Never write a Letter when you are angry" and from personal experience, I agree. Always remember the following facts when you play Randoms (Ranked also to some degree). - Random means RANDOM...again R.A.N.D.O.M (definition: without definite aim, direction, rule, or method). You have no control in which Team, with whom, with what ships etc. you are put in. While the Matchmaker is somewhat filtering to some degree, it cannot (and should not) Filter by Character of Players. Fun Fact: you might be playing a match with a serial killer, a child rapist, terrorist, Mafia Boss etc. in the same Team. You never know...hence RANDOM!!!!!!!! - whoever is angry about "his team" in Randoms, just doesnt understand what Random means. Seriously, they dont! - you dont go into a RANDOM game expecting Military Levels Coordination, Government Intelligence Levels Information or Philosophy Levels discourse. You just dont because...say it with me...RANDOM!!!!!! - you dont try to change Millions of Players to suit your tastes or your understanding of civility, you change your expectations and carefully grow not only the hair on but also the Balls themselves. Remember, if you are strong enough to take whatever they throw at you, You dont need to mind the throwing. (hey, I did not say RANDOM in this line...oh wait now I did :/) It is annoying sure but if you keep yourself together and not follow suit in their "madness" then you are a part of the Solution and not part of the Problem and thats what you should do. By the way, if somebody in chat asks me nicely to do something for example "DD can you pls cap A", I will try to help if I can. If someone says "DD cap A" I might listen if it suits me and if someone says "LoL DD Idiot is not capping A" or tousand Clicks on A followed by "DD go A pronto", I will NOT listen.

!Scrap the Stock Mechanic and change it to a "Choice" Mechanic! This will be in an "open Letter" format so I will adress WG directly. It will be rather long but I could not really put it in a few words without making it sound like I want something for nothing so I felt the need to explain. Besides, I included the Short Version in the first line in Bold. Thanks for understanding. Dear Wargaming Developers and Business Accountants, one thing that is a cause of at least annoyance if not outright frustration is the Stock Mechanic you utilized in World of Tanks and now in World of Warships. Some ships are so bad in Stock Configuration that they are nearly unplayable or at the least perform badly. Especially on higher Tiers, this can be a cause of immense frustration and can even cause players to retreat from the game alltogether. Something which I am sure you would like to avoid. I understand the underlying Gameplay and business ideas. From a Gameplay perspective, this mechanic enables further "progression" which is meant to help keep the player "moving". The Business side on the other hand, is to give players an "incentive" to use FreeXP to avoid the grind and since FreeXP is in short supply for most, especially in higher levels, players will pay to skip playing with sub par ships, therefore generating income for you. I want to make clear that this is not a Judgemental post. I am in no position to judge over Business or Gameplay practices since I am not the one responsible to keep your company afloat. Please take the further suggestions just as such. In an ideal world, you would have a game where the players are perfectly happy and you would have an income that makes you perfectly happy. It is quite hard to reach that WinWin Situation in the best of times but I am sure you know that allready. That ideal however means, that there is always room for improvement. My humble suggestions regarding this would be as follows: - scrap the stock mechanic as it is today and replace it with a "choice" Mechanic. The Torpedos of the Shimakaze are a good example of what I mean with this. Instead of having a Stock Ship that is plain and simple worse in every aspect to whatever modules can be reseached, implement modules that give players choices and add more flavors to ships. So basically, no "Stock Ship" will be plain worse without its modules unlocked but it will offer one flavor. Since I am no expert on the Gameplay mechanics, I will give a simple example of the top of my head. You could take a BB like the North Carolina and give her lets say two different Hulls. Hull A would be tankier with more Hitpoints, maybe even different Armor Values and/or better protected Citadel but with lesser performing guns and/or less AA and/or less maneuverability. Hull B would have more potent Guns, better AA, faster but with less protection. That way, players would have to decide which build they want to take into battle. The pros of this mechanic over the old: Gameplay - the amount of ships in the game would Double or Triple with one Patch. If it can be done, the flavors might just add enough differences to make a single ship be like two or three different ships. That way if a player does not like a certain ship in its current configuration, a different configuration might just hit home, greatly elevating enjoyment, longevity and variation in the game. - no more Frustration with utterly bad ships. This way, a ship would only be "bad" in some configuration for some players and not universally despised (like the old Fuso Hull). Less angry players mean less bad rep for the game. Sure you understand how this would be a benefit not only to the players but also to you. - Ships that are right now considered "not interesting" for a lot of players (Friedrich der Grosse has a somewhat bad reputation right now) could suddenly get a "Second Wind" thanks to interesting Configurations that I am sure your capable Team will come up with. This will generally increase Interest in your game possibly attracting more players - Combined with Commander Skills the Configurations could open the Doors to way more individuality among Player Ships giving them a feeling of having "their Ship" potentially. Business giving up a system that seemingly works is not easy. This mechanic does put coins in your coffers but at what cost? Let me ask you a question, how would you like to generate money by "psychological force" or by the "free will" of players? I assume you choose the latter since it is a much more stable type of income. Especially nowadays with systems like Patreon or Kickstarter, we have seen that people are more then willing to pay good money for something they find worthy. This is what you should aim at. So here is why I think such a new "Choice" System would earn you money rather then losing it. - You have allready implemented a far greater incentive of buying FreeXP with Premium Ships for FreeXP (brilliant Idea by the way, congrats). So you basically proven yourselves that there are better ways of incentivizing the acquisition of FreeXP for real Money. - a "Choice System" if done right does not necessarily mean players will have no incentives to unlock Modules with FreeXP. Those who want to progress fast in the tech tree would still put FreeXP in to get fast through ships. At higher Tiers, especially competitive Players (who are among the top paying players I assume) might feel the need to unlock a certain Configuration for a Ship to participate in Clan Battles, Tournaments or Ranked Battles where that Configuration is considered optimal for a certain Meta. So you would still have players paying to progress but with less frustration since the "Standard Configuration" is not an unplayable "Dud" of a Ship. - more variety in ships means more incentive to progress to certain types of ships which might not have been an option in their current Format. More incentive to progress means more incentive to pay for it. You get the drift! I will kindly ask you to let this idea at least run through the heads of your Staff. Take a nice Coffee Break and talk about this idea and see what comes out of it. It is obviously a rather rough idea but I am sure, if it catches your interest, you will polish it and make the best out of it. Thanks!

WG is trying to implement new modes to keep the game interesting for a broad Audience. It is clear that they will not make everyone happy but whoever tried that so far has failed miserably. They will implement it, look at the overall numbers and if those point in a direction they like then they will keep it. Sorry but unless you belong to said "big number" you are out of luck. Try to understand that WG cannot work like a wishing well.