Herm_i_one

Maybe WG could add the USS Philadelphia to the line somewhere AND make it an invisible ship. Using the WG argument, it was considered and could quite possibly have been successful in being invisible; so why not?? Whilst you are at it, why not study some science fiction books from the 1800s and design ships with those fictional ideas about what could have been. Then you can monetise them as heavily as you currently do; in the meantime the player base will get less and less as many of us abandon this game because of the direction it is going in. By the way, whilst you are quoting all sorts of history I think you missed a very major point. The USA was opposed to any nation (especially Latin America) from being able to purchase Warships from other nations. It is extremely unlikely they would have offered modified Worcester Class Cruisers (better than their own) to any other nation; especially Latin American ones. This whole article seems to have been written to a narrative for ships that WG already has in it's database, regardless of how historically accurate it is.

I'm not sure if this has already been mentioned; apologies if it has but here it is. Is it possible that when you want to recall a Squadron, you make it such that the F key has to be hit twice; rather like how you have to launch a squadron by hitting the appropriate number key twice. The amount of times I have inadvertently recalled a Squadron because I accidentally hit the F key, instead of D to make the Squadron turn right. Just having the option of a double tap confirms the recall.

Skill Points XP Required Total XP Required XP Difference Increase for next level % XP Increase 0 1 1,500 1,500 2 2,500 4,000 1,000 67% 3 4,000 8,000 1,500 60% 4 6,000 14,000 2,000 50% 5 9,000 23,000 3,000 50% 6 14,000 37,000 5,000 56% 7 21,000 58,000 7,000 50% 8 30,000 88,000 9,000 43% 9 41,000 129,000 11,000 37% 10 54,000 183,000 13,000 32% 11 69,000 252,000 15,000 28% 12 87,000 339,000 18,000 26% 13 108,000 447,000 21,000 24% 14 132,000 579,000 24,000 22% 15 159,000 738,000 27,000 20% 16 189,000 927,000 30,000 19% 17 222,000 1,149,000 33,000 17% 18 259,000 1,408,000 37,000 17% 19 300,000 1,708,000 41,000 16% 20 360000 2,068,000 60,000 20% 21 432000 2,500,000 72,000 20% I wonder if you could justify the 1.2 million XP based on the table I created above. Using existing figures, the extra XP required for the jump from T18 - T19 is a 16% increase to achieve 300,000 XP. Using a very modest 20% increase for the jumps from 19 - 20 and 20 -21 respectively, the total extra XP required is just under 800,000, which is 2/3 of the 1.2 million you are now asking for. Even with the extra 5% you say Commanders can receive as Elite XP, this still seems to me rather a lot of extra grinding. If I assume, 500,000XP for T20 and 700,000XP for T21, this corresponds to an increase of 67% and 40% respectively, which are increases only seen at the lower tiers of Commander progression.

I might have this completely wrong but everything I have witnessed so far leads me to conclude that the scoring system leans heavily towards scoring damage. I have played far too many games in a DD now where I have captured areas, spotted for the team, taken a fair amount of potential damage but caused little damage to enemy ships and yet the BB sitting at the back of the map sniping gets to finish with higher XP. The DD scores most of it's damage from torps, which if spotted in time are usually easy to dodge, but with the main battery it needs about 50 hits to score the same amount of damage as a BB shell. I know WG factor all the game conditions into the final score ie. Potential Damage, Spotting, Capturing or Defending Areas, Causing Damage but I just feel that they are applying the same formula across the ship types, which is unrealistic. I get that BBs want to sit at back and snipe; it's actually pretty safe play to do that but why isn't there better rewards for the ships at the front spotting the targets for them to shoot at. In other words, a fairer share of the damage caused. Conversely, I have capped areas in a BB, which in my own opinion is something that should not be necessary if I have supported the DDs and CAs properly. In that case, the BB should probably get more XP for taking the Cap because it is primarily something you would expect the DD to do. It is a contentious subject but I would love to hear what people think about the scoring system and maybe generate some positive feedback for WG to make the game even better for all of us.

Okay. Thanks for that. It's not always obvious but it does make sense. Thank you.

Slight exaggeration in saying it takes forever, apologies for that. The point remains though that the BB can cause that damage much quicker than the DD; I guess that's what I was trying to say :)

My point about this is that a DD has to sit there for ever and do that 25% damage, whereas a BB can cause it with one shell - against non-DD targets.