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There are a lot of gamemodes where you can utilize all or most of the various ships in our game, a lot more than 3 even: There is random battles, ranked battles, clan battles, co-op battles, 9 different operations, brawls and temporary event gamemodes. Fair seas captain! ~Sera

Ning Hai will not be exclusive to steam players - I can't say when unfortunately but you will have the option to obtain her. Fair seas captain! ~Sera

If you already have her you will be able to obtain a second copy of her Fair seas captain! ~Sera

In general the amount of players that buy their way up to Tier X is very small - we closely watched this when we first started doing this with e.g. ARP Yamato and Napoli. "ignoring gamebasics" - what core mechanics of the game are we ignoring exactly with new ship lines? As for the matchmaking, the matchmaker settings have not fundamentally changed in years. As for shorter games, we are currently testing some new changes for domination to see what effects it has on games to reduce the amount of short games. While there were indeed some people reacting to this, keep in mind that the amount of users on the forum commenting on this is still a small amount compared to the amount of people that actually play or answer surveys. This has nothing to do with it being a co-op problem, but simply us saying that we disagree that this is as big of a problem as it is made out to be in said thread. Other players may disagree or might not want to see some maps appear more frequently than others. Like I mentioned - keeping all the ships in the game completely updated with the new technologies and features that we've changed and added to make newer ships look amazing is simply not possible - there are maybe a hundred ships that would need an update and that is not feasible for our art dep. Not all ships are appealing to all players, and that is ok. There are plenty of ships released each year, and there surely are a couple amongst them that you enjoy. Fair seas captain! ~Sera

Captains! Update 12.0 is live and brings plenty of new features and content! As usual we have a survey prepared for you here: https://checkbox.wargaming.net/Update_1200.survey Or you can simply post your feedback in this thread! Fair seas captain!

To be fair, I often play entirely without sound when playing the game and it is fine. I know many others who do the same. Right now there are no plans to rework this part of the voice settings Fair seas captain! ~Sera

There were indeed some comments about this, but we don't think that this is a much more widespread issue right now. And what exactly do you mean with giving older ships some love? Like I mentioned, updating the models for every single old ship is simply not feasible when there is ~600 ships in our game. And when you cite fictional ships, there are a lot of ships still coming out that were historical and many more that were at least designed. Patches used to be much further apart, but we've settled that the current release schedule for patches is fine. Why we release new ships with every patch is simply because ships are the core of our game, and honestly, they awesome, new and exciting! Fair seas captain! ~Sera

Any quick commands that are used are also shown in the chat in the language that you have set, so it is certainly still possible! I actually find that it can be easier to use national voiceover + because I know which ship is using the command only based on the language. If I have an american BB, Japanese cruiser and french destroyer on my flank, I know immediately who is using the command based on the language spoken. Fair seas captain! ~Sera

Maybe on April fools

what's broken about our matchmaker in your opinion?

This is intended, and as you said you can use national voiceover + to fix this. Fair seas captain! ~Sera

We made some changes to the difficult of Aegis this patch and are now monitoring it to see how the changes have affected it in both feedback and statistics. Thanks for letting us know! Fair seas captain! ~Sera

You are correct here in your assumption - Especially here in EU, where BBs are very popular, it is not uncommon to see 6BBs per side, because there are simply so many BBs in queue. If some player is waiting 30 seconds to a minute the matchmaker will start to soften the restrictions. You can find the info about it here: Fair seas captain! ~Sera

We don't think that this will be a very large factor when considering this change - there is always the possibility to enter on another ship. Currently this feature is only holding back those who simply want to progress in e.g. their grind or keep playing their favourite ship. Of course we will monitor the situation for an increase in the behavior you mentioned. Fair seas captain! ~Sera Where exactly did you see the return of stun bombs, because we never announced such a thing. Ah, this is probably because of how the formatting works, it automatically formats to that it's a bit different on the writing side ;) noted though We don't think this will have a very drastic effect on the amount of CV games. Fair seas captain! ~Sera

it's an issue that is being worked on We have no plans for this right now, we don't really see this as a big issue right now. The karma system doesn't add to the toxicity. It is a way for people to "vent" without doing so in chat, in that way it actually reduces it, and getting complimented after a good game always feels nice. It's nice to know your contributions were recognized by your teammates. We always take action against players who are toxic in chat. Remember that reporting them for misbehavior in chat actually does work and you can always create a ticket to our customer support. While it is not possible to have every ship exactly on the same power level in all aspects, the game is reasonably well balanced and we constantly apply changes where necessary. Unfortunately updating old ship models is not very high priority - doing so for the hundreds of ships in our game takes an incredible amount of work, which would need to be done alongside ongoing developments for new ships. In the end new content is what drives the game for many many years, this is just the nature of any live-service game. It is essential for the long-term survival of the game. We work on this game constantly and of course fixing bugs is very important - a lot of bugs are fixed before they even see the light of the live server. Fair seas captain! ~Sera

In a similar vein to what you described for the destroyers, support CVs will not be exclusively support - it seems likely that they will feature some kind of ability to deal damage still. Fair seas captain! ~Sera

While the odd tier CVs are returning, they will not actually be on the odd tiers - just that ships like Zuiho, Taiho, Essex etc. are returning https://blog.worldofwarships.com/blog/305 Fair seas captain! ~Sera

There are soft and hard limits in our game for matchmaking. E.g. there is a softcap for 1 CV and 2 submarines. however this restriction is lessened the longer people wait in the queue. it's possible one or more players in that battle were waiting for several minutes, especially considering the time of the OP I assume this game took place after midnight. There is however a hardcap for 1 CV at TX. the same goes for BBs and DDs - they have a softcap of 5 and 4 respectively. The only class without any such restrictions is cruisers. Fair seas captain! ~Sera

Considering that this has been brought up a couple times in this discussion; when you look at most competitive players, they don't really utilize this skill very often. It's a skill that is almost exclusively picked in the situation where you are left with 1 point and there is nothing else to spend it on (e.g. you dont need turret traverse or expert loader). relying blindly on Incoming Fire Alert is not good. You may as well be making huge turns for an incoming cruiser or DD salvo. What it can do is warn you to go and look around for which salvos are incoming. In general it still cannot substitute situational awareness. Fair seas captain! ~Sera

Exactly for the reason I mentioned - some ship attributes are very strong in competitive. Petropavlovsk (and moreso, Napoli, and to an extent Marseille) are rather popular due to their tanky nature. This attribute is much more valued in competitive compared to other modes like randoms or ranked, considering how different the game plays out in competitive. The same goes for Kleber and Marceau. Their high speed allows them to perform critical roles very early into the game such as spotting ships before they get to their intended position and being able to very quickly relocate to a different position. Fair seas captain! ~Sera

You can test on the PTS if you really wish to do so - that option is available. Otherwise yes you will need to wait for 12.1 to hit the live servers. Fair seas captain! ~Sera

They are already updated on the 12.1 PTS, if you want to check them out. Unfortunately they are not in the 12.0 client, as maps were not decided when the 12.0 patch was launched. Fair seas captain! ~Sera

This is not the case. You can see how the matchmaker forms matches in more detail here: Fair seas captain! ~Sera

They are indeed rather maneuverable and have decent armor schemes. They are pretty good for new players indeed! Fair seas captain! ~Sera

Please open a support ticket! Fair seas captain! ~Sera