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WG clearly shows in the last months they have given up on the mid tiers alltogether, between ops being slowly phased out and most mid tier being shafted by the growing overpopulation of the high tiers (something new MM sort of exacerbates although in many aspects it is better then before) that force you being bottom tier most of the time and "enjoying" the +1 or +2 handicap people spend less and less time there, I basically sold off most of my ships below T8 TBH, kept only the monsters such as Belfast and Cesare in rotation, playing them s pointless, why would I gimp myself n a positon I have to work 50% harder to do anything, ok you get more XP and all that but still... Ergo WG doesnt want us to play mid tiers, WG wants us to free xp (pay up) our way to high tiers and stay there once we are up there, hence why no competitive was below T8 since forever, thats where they release new ships, thats what they balance for...

Detonation?

No she doesnt, you know some of us remember Alsace before the nerf and she deserved one without a doubt

They wont change it as the reason for this change is in REAL WORLD economics, ops cost processor tics on servers randoms dont need and those extra processing costs WG money, since the "bean counters" seem to have gone rampage in WG everything that can get cut - gets cut and thats that...

Well thats what we desmo drivers are here for, no? I just removed the tubes from a shima 10 min ago, ok I removed the rest of the shima shortly afterwards but no need for nitpicking...

Yep and they will all be gone before summer

Oh it does, makes a lot of difference, esp if you are top tier, you can also clearly see a difference in setting fires on BBs that tend to run sec non FP builds alot vs those that have tank builds...

Well it kinda is a single ISP - theirs...

Oh yes there is, besides all the way up to T9/10 sec build is still ok-ish on germans...

Well if (slightly less then) 2/3 of players got something and (slightly more then) 1/3 got nothing then there is 2:1 chance of getting at least one ship vs getting none, no? And 2 is still twice as much as 1 AFAIK, OFC as I said the sample is not big enough but IF we use it thats what we arrive at... As I said, I am not defending what they did, they do give us London for next directive set and I guess this was the price we paid...

More points would mean you unlock 2 much, this was there is compromise

Fire prevention, take ce on 14pt, EM yes at 16

Maybe so we dobt whip out our Kagas and dump horribly on all the poor f that finally managed to grind through the low tier purgatory without quitting?

Disproof what? Yes there is no guarantee to get a ship whatsoever, on the other hand if we deduce from this sample it was twice as likely to get at least one then to get none, oh btw I didnt say I liked the event design

Oh I know

@Palubarac I am not naive, these crates are RNG by nature as they will give a random result with each repeated attempt, chance to get one specific wanted outcome as such has nothing to do with that part, we could discuss how chances are calculated or what modifiers WG might have put in there but the fact is - we dont know for sure and sample here is simply too small for deducibg anything, but if you want to take this poll as a valid sample, I would say - say thanx to WG for rigging the lottery (we are talking only about free boxes here) heavily in player favor by using inductive chance approach otherwise hardly anyone would get even one ship, let alone more then that... As for ARP and other similar events - different event, different approach, that was essentially a giveaway, WG gave us 5 premium ships fir some casual play and I say props to them @Keijo_Kalmakoura yes, you see it that way and thats goid, means baiting wont work on you, it works on many though

Well its the nature of RNG crates, you get what you get... As for brain they use it all right - if the chance for a free drop is relatively small but the stuff is hyped/long awaited people will be more inclined to buy crates that have higher chance

Ok in all fairnes although the event does have the money bait component its just an early access event, nothing much is lost or gained here as you can grind a line up to T5 in a day next patch (thursday)

@OP well IDK if she would be worth buying for cash in this day and age BUT if you dont have or want to buy a T7 prem DD she is worth some coal I guess, after all coal is not that hard to come by

Well Kutuzov was added and removed at a different time in this game BUT the question is valid... Best guess is they thought T10 ship for coal with smaller caliber should be suffitently weaker not to repeat the Kutzu story (and to an extent Belfast although smoke firing as such played only a minor part in her case), on the other hand we have Perth, Huanghe and Flint that seem to be considered ok even though they have even nastier smoke and are more then capable of burning down entire flanks, prob due to shorter range these ships have AND there is London incoming as well so seems WG didnt learn the lesson - average BB does not know or care to know how to counter a smoked HE firing long range cruiser, instead they will reee on media until its gone... Not that I dont agree on Smolensk beeing irrirating AF mind you, but in all honesty Akizuki and her spawn are just as bad, London will be another whoopsie, not becouse of range this time (she doesnt have long range) but the fact she is a HEAVY cruiser

Oh I dont doubt that, I farmed Narai in Blyska and Mahan few times as well however most people are not capable of performing adeqately with a DD in this op and light cruisers are the superior choice as they have more utility anyhow so as a general rule I stand by my words

10 lines, not all regrinded yet though, but close remaining are mostly at t8 or 9

In all honesty - Moskva LU while good is NOT an imperative, also since both the LUs are going to be reworked (changes to LU?) AND Moskva becomes reward ship (maybe her LU is removed, with or without her base stats beeing adjusted like she has it or whatevee else - who knows) not earlier then 2 ir 3 months I would focus on ships you know will be gone - if you are interested in them ofc

Well Narai is simple to farm really (unless the infamus "bot transport dumbening" bug rears its ugly head) if people have half a functioning brain, and yes that includes NOT bringing a DD in this op for starts... Step 1 - All focus to hose down the first two waves befire the BBs have chance to damage crusers too much Step 2 - ONE CL (ideally Atlanta/Fiji/Belfast) perls off and goes for transports (after dispatching them this CL returns to the bay asap to help with defence many bots will be sailing broaside to it if it positiones well behind that island in the SW part of the bay) Step 3 - All remsining ships focus down the 3 and 4 th wave ending with the Missouri, BBs shoud physically block incoming torps (if there are any) so no transports get sunk and draw Misu fire to them Step 4 - CA or a battlecruiser (pref with torps) peels off to go for the CV and its escorts, Sharn fir instance makes quick work of them (this ship then enters the bay from the back through the channel cv came out of and has the bot force spawn in crossfire) Step 5 - All remaining ships go with transports in the bay staying close to the sides to draw fire from transports and blast away Profit

Had fun farming the cap XP in Narai yesterday, mostly the good ol Lolanta, she never fails at making things entertaining... All wins and most of them 5* with few 4* thrown in, guess I was lucky...