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I don't have anything against releasing ships for other markets like SEA or South America. Dido will get into game eventually, probably more than just one. I don't like that, with removal of Belfast almost year before, one of the lines don't have a single training ship. They could with HH also release HMS Arethusa as RN premium, or any other RN cruiser. I personally don't like this flood of T9 and T10 premiums.

I agree. Ersatz Monarch could fit at T5. For T6 it will require buffs or some gimmicks or both. Tegetthoff would be good T4.

Newcastle, by look, is more closer to Fiji class than to Edinburgh class which was longer and had stacks moved more to the aft of the ship. Still It would probably require a new model for a ship.

Not a single A-H ship could be placed above T5 and even that is questionable. Not a single DD could be placed above T2 as they were very small compared with DDs of other countries and only Tatra class could be somehow balanced for T2. Novara and Zenta are good for T4 but they are definitely not T5 material. Ersatz Zenta could maybe be T5 but considering all other T5 ship I don't think that she would be good at that tier. There is only one built dreadnought class BB and one that is planed but never build. All other BBs are pre-dreadnought and not viable for the game. There is not enough usable ship for the line. A-H will probably get several premium ship or possibly give couple of ships for united PE tree but I doubt it will ever get tree of its own. And please stop with this underwater torpedo proposals. Almost every ship from that time had them but none of them has them in the game. WG categorically said that they will never be implemented.

Problem here is that for the time you are leading your planes you can't control your ship or at best you'll have a very limited control over it. So there is a great possibility that you'll get sunk if you are closer to enemy or have very small impact on the game if you keep behind so that you could use your planes and be reasonably safe from enemy fire. Also for the time you'll spend to use your planes you will probably be able to deal more damage with your guns.

I don't see how this mode could be used for ships like Tone or Ise. Depending on how WG implement fighter planes, with very limited control, they could give those ships one or two fighter squadrons with similar mechanic and maybe spotter plane as additional consumable but there is no way that they would be able to launch strike squadron which would be controlled in the same way as CV strike units.

Cruisers: Pensacola New Orleans Helena Cleveland Mogami Chapayev Fiji Destroyers: Fletcher Gadjah Mada Undecided will I keep them either because I don't have enough captains or I didn't play them for a long time Baltimore Budyonny Leander Z-46 La Galisonniere Chung Mu

Complains about radar started before Worcester get to the game but it indeed become serious problem when US CA/CL split was announced. As people tried to get the best from the split, number of high tier US cruisers in the game increased just to be blown out of proportion with first reshuffle and move of Cleveland to T8. Addition of Seattle and Worcester just put additional nail. It didn't help that split came after release of PA DDs which could carry the radar or that additional premium ships like Kroni and ST, both with radar well also released during this time. Hell WG even tested Groovoy and Boise with a radar. WG simply is giving radar too easy and ships that could carry radar are constantly increasing. But I agree that Worcester needs some nerfs. IMO Worcester should either receive increase of detection range to 9,9-10,1km fully concealment spec or she and Seattle should go the same way as soviet cruisers and get same radar as Cleveland of 9km or keep their radar ranges but with same 25sec duration. Then even her LU would be more valuable. Putting a 40sec radar on the ship with better concealment than detection range and very high DPM is a bad idea.

Worcester is already quite squishy and vulnerable when caught in open. And it is quite easy to push it out of position unless you are nearly dead. In 1v1 vs DM, DM could loose only if its captain is bad. Just make it less stealthy, 9.9km or 10km full concealment spec should be enough.

Shinonome is a good ship and good prise for the campaign. At least, unlike your proposal for Kitakami, it could be used in all game modes. Selling a ship that is only usable in coops is ridicules. Not everyone plays coop. And even in coop ships that heavily depend on torps as main damage are not a good choice. It have pathetic guns, any DD in 1v1 could kill Kitakami just by using guns. So why will other people buy it for? For operations? There is only single one for T8 and even in it Katakami won't be usable. So WG would need to design operation specifically for that ship and with current rotation Kitakami owners will be able to play it couple of weeks during the year. And how long till the players start complain why they can't use their Kitakami in random matches? As a sort of dedicated ship for some event scenario like Halloween or April First, ship that will be available for all players I would say yes. For the things you are proposing definitely no.

Sims and Monaghan and possibly some RN DDs. Maybe Leny too. Standard captain without any AA modifications. At least for start and then see how it goes.

But for example she doesn't fit in any of current operations. And even for coop she is far for good ship as bots are usually good at dodging torps and Kitakami don't have much beside them. It is similar situation with Shira which for randoms is preferable with TRB but in coop smoke is much more valuable. Also how do you think that WG should give it to the players. They couldn't sell an T8 ship just for coop games at least not for the same price as "regular" T8 premium. And soon as players buy it there will be outcry because it could be only used in coop. For scenarios WG would need to design optimal scenario for this ship which would be too much job for very limited purpose. If it would be obtainable for steel or coal or FXP or any other "free" way you'll have same situation where people will complain for wasting resources for ship which could be used only in PvE modes. And possibly she won't be the same fun ship as she was before because game evolved from the days when Kitakami roamed maps.

Well while HMS Furious is the last of three ships of Courageous class if is first from them converted to aircraft carrier and way more significant than other two ships of the class. So I don't see why WG wouldn't put Furious in tech tree.

Very unlikely that it will ever return. It is totally unbalanced ship. Its torpedo armament is too strong even for T10 but on the other hand gun power, AA and ship itself is too week for T8. Even if WG should bring it back just for scenarios they would have to design special scenario just for this ship and I doubt they are willing to waste resources on that. And releasing the ship just for coop is out of question. Maybe for some specific scenarios like Halloween or April First WG could bring it back temporary just for duration of scenario but it is hard to expect more than that.

Seems like Implacable class is a T8 and Illustrious should be T7. Victorious could be T7 premium but I doubt will see her soon.

Premium ship is almost certainly HMS Indomitable or at least it is using same camo as HMS Indomitable https://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/great_britain/pages/aircraft_carriers/hms_indomitable_92_page_2.htm

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I agree about that. I read book "Fighting Destroyer" about HMS Petard which for large part of her Mediterranean service was in division with Vasilisa Olga, and crew of HMS Petard highly praised her service while sailing together. I would like to see her in the game.

While no doubt that cruiser Georgios Averof is worthy to be added to the game, major problem with this ship, just like all similar ships, is not having unified caliber of the main guns. WG already mentioned that, for now, they won't implement any ship, they specifically mentioned pre-dreadnoughts, because of this. Maybe with time they will change this but, again for now, it is hard to expect any ship without single caliber main guns to be included into the game.

As cruiser this ship would have less than 20k HP as cruiser so it wouldn't have HP to tank, no speed to run away and no DPM to fight back. Any BB in T3-T5 bracket shouldn't have any problem to deal with it. All those coastal defense ships are not adequate for this game, too slow, small HP pool, very limited armament. Accurate BB guns, especially at lower tiers, are not a good idea but then again if their guns are not accurate, as they have only small number of them, they would lack DPM to be fun. They would need to be very gimmicking and balanced about ton of consumables. I don't see how this ships could be good for a game.

I had a similar experience. I couldn't finish Grozovoy which ended game with 300HP left, one Zao succeeded to survive with some 2k HP left and I only managed to finish him later but than it was too late. And whale ended first I didn't have a star to keep as I was R15 with no stars at that moment. But glad to meet you @Bellegar. Till next time

Well ship is not just DPM. She would need to be very gimmicking for T8. Yes but Mikasa is a special case. It is a museum ship and only surviving pre-dreadnought battleship in the world.

I wouldn't said that, there is always a way. I think there is greater possibility that we will see one Tegetthoff class sisters as first A-H premium ship. We would probably have to wait some time before other A-H premiums and by that time maybe WG change her policy considering T2 BBs or find a way for ships with main battery with different caliber guns.

And why do you think there is only one T2 battleship? WG was asked so far for many other possible T2 BBs but they refused to add any. I doubt this will suddenly change for A-H BB. Why not, some of A-H cruisers could fill low tiers in PE cruiser line.

Well that was my mistake I was trying to say 2x3 and 2x2 152mm. Yes and that is a premium T2 BB, only of that kind in the game. I doubt we will see another one. Putting Radetzky class at T3 with 2x2 305mm against ships like Konig Albert, Belerophon and Nassau is unlikely. WG will probably find some why to use both 305mm and 240mm as main battery change her guns to all the same caliber either 305mm or 240mm.