Aragathor

Well, Comrade Nelsonski was pulled from the shop. So there are people who have neither Nelson nor Lenin.

Maybe less than a year. Let's not forget, the whole executive suite at WG Leningrad stays with Lesta. It starts with Malik "No amount of whining will change anything" Khatajev and goes down. Victor Kislyi gave up on influencing WoWS in 2017. He might take it back up or at least select someone sane enough to lead the new team. We might not get rid of content WG already invested in, but I wouldn't be surprised if down the line we will hear "that isn't working as it should, we are changing it".

Well, I really hope they will offer more than just the ship...

Stun bombs level mate.

Nope, I think OP's idea is based on the fact that we are looking at a complete replacement of the dev team. Including the removal of such lovely people like Malik "the event is for the crippled and unemployed" Khatayev.

Well, Kremlin lost a lot of allure since WG dropped a boat load of better BBs. And the current stats show it's barely average, because it doesn't do damage or carry games. Petro has a massive nerf incoming, as WG decided to lift the ship up. After the nerf the ship will finally have a nice flat side, perfect for citadelling. What people should talk about is the issue of Russian CVs, as the ships over-perform like crazy on T8-10. Chkalov is like a better Enterprise and Nakhimov is effectively the ship T11 CVs want to be.

And that's why almost no one play's Hizen and the stats are worse across the board compared to the Kearsarge. Much balance, very fun. PS: Minisucker is even worse off.

It isn't balanced. The ships all fall into specific catgories: -Hizen - Dockyard ship, designed for lower performance thanks to worse stats. -Minnesota - Silver struggle ship, designed to frustrate the player into spending free XP. -Kearsarge - Cash premium ship with planes.

I've heard Uzbekistan is in the running.

I don't think anyone expected this to be a move due to conscience and morality. A company is always motivated by profit. That's why they have to be regulated.

Lesta od 2011 to Wargaming Saint Petersburg. WG kupiło całe studio. Ca najwyżej przez parę miesięcy nie będziemy mieli wielkich zmian w grze. Aż nowy zespół się zgra i zadecyduje co z WoWS zrobić.

Lesta ist eigentlich Eigentum von Wargaming, gekauft in 2011. Die haben rechtlich nichts, aber rein gar nichts, zu entscheiden. Es ist umgedreht, WG wird entscheiden was Lesta behalten darf.

Lubię twoje podejście, ale nie wierzę że WG tak zrobi. Kryzys nie minie nikogo. Każdy będzie musiał zaciągnąć pasa. Jeśli WG podniesie ceny na zasadzie "dobra nasza, w górę serca i kielichy" to szybko zobaczy że ludzie nie kupują. Bo wybór między pikselami a obiadem, jest bardzo prosty. Co ciekawe ilość graczy na RU od miesiąca ostro spada. Z około 21 tys. maksymalnie do 15,5 tys. Jak tak dalej pójdzie to Lesta odziedziczy garnitur po nieboszczyku. Niby ładnie wygląda, ale sprawa śmierdzi.

I meant the topics in the NA forum. There's nothing a VPN can change with that.

It will come in due time. I don't believe WG wants to lose any revenue coming from us, the player base. One can only hope. PS: This official news piece is being censored and deleted on NA. Very interesting.

Tak. Podejrzewam że zmiany przyjdą wcześniej niż później. Szczególnie gdy grę poza Rosją będą rozwijać osoby spoza WNP, pozbawione pewnych wizji przeszłości. Współczuje też graczom którzy mają konta na RU, bo patrząc realistycznie wątpię czy ktokolwiek będzie w stanie wydać nawet złamaną kopiejkę na piksele. Tak samo jak cały zespół medialny, odpowiedzialny za wideo w artykułach, pozostanie ona ze studiem Lesta.

The economy is bigger though, in a few months no one will spend any cash on ships, the entertainment budget goes first in any time of crisis.

With how the economical situation is developing, it's highly unlikely this will happen. I think, seeing the importance of this news, this topic should be stickied in the news section.

That mode was removed before release. Canarias is an ok ship, pretty average, low skill ceiling though.

One that doesn't play the game and has no idea about game design.

Savage Battles, copy pasted from years before but with massively reduced rewards is the mode you are talking about. WG has become lazy and cheap. The joke is the player base.

While the main guns have been mentioned, no one reminded you about the secondaries. Fully specced out Gneisenau only has 9.5 km range on the secondaries. Bismarck has 11.5 km. That's a massive 2 km difference. This means that to even think of utilizing the secondary battery Gneisenau must close in. And that hurts. Gneisenau is a ship that cannot rely on its main guns and has issues performing with the secondaries.

That's why you need to compare it to the same tier. Heinrich has more DPM, but shorter range and worse reload. Higher Alpha though. Secondaries are comparable, but Heinrich can utilize IFHE to hit even harder. Torps are better on the Heinrich. Heinrich has hydro, which is much better than the planes on Gneis. Heinrich's limited DCP can pose a problem. What's the point of Gneisenau again?

Looking at Proships it is clear that Gneisenau needs help. It has the second lowest winrate, lowest damage by a far margin, lowest K/D ratio. In the end the ship could get a rework into a coal ship and be replaced by a representative of the L 20e α-class battleship design.

Italian premium DDs AKA Born to be Bad.