Starchy_Tuber

lols, srsly? ...people are playing the game wrong if their battleship shoots cruisers.

odd how it just happens to mean less overpens… Not at all suspicious.... Please correct me if I am wrong, weren't shell timers variable in real life? So they would adjust them to what they were shooting at....? Which kinda makes the argument of "its just big shells making small holes" rather silly as the actual answer is "they just adjusted the timers so they still went bang bang" instead of "Ping oopsie". The reason deter of battleships in the game is to punish roadsides, but in actuality its entirely down to RNG, and this ahs been the case since the changes in.. iirc, around September of 2019 when the number of dev-strikes rather obviously changed and the number of overpens rather obviously went up. So all this "its working fine" is rather unhistorical and rather defeats the purpose of big guns deleting ships that go full broadside, but that doesnt happen anywhere near as much now as it used to... and you see so many more cruisers getting away with overpens where they deserve to be dev-struck. yeah yeah "show me proof" - but ive been waiting since 2019 for proof that my observations are invalid, and ive not seen any yet.... and evne if it were not "proven" there remains the issue of the fundamental question: Should cruisers going full broadside really be expected to escape easily simply due to the overpen mechanic letting them off? (It certainly isn't an aiming issue - its an RNG issue and fundamental game mechanics that probably warrant change) ttfn

Unless they are Russian. In which case they give them shorter fuse timers so that they don't over-pen as much. hmmm odd that... especially considering the new soviet cruiser line and there "conveniently shorter fuse times than others" railgun ballistics... odd that...

The USP should be that they are Italian Battleships. Sadly WeeGee have gone the route of "everything must be different in gameplay in some fashion" so they've handicapped themselves. Just imagine a game where there were only historical ships with all of their multitude of differences, all based in facts... rather than paper-tigers out of the Sovietski Dream Machine. I mean, who would want to buy into that eh?

but it is....apparently

obviously people wanted it because it wasnt OP at all.

their argument for not doing it is because not every nation uses the same form, ,'s or .'s the obvious alternative is to go 35 000 000 - but even that is apparently "too confusing" for people, so instead were stuck with 350000000 and having to count the zeros.

This +1 The channel that used to be full of "LFNarai" or "LFN" is gone with the wind.....

In order to compete with the upcoming Russian cruisers we need the "Scharnhorst-Class Battlecruiser". That way we can Nuke them from orbit. Its the only way to be sure.

TWW has masses more replayability than any TW game before it. Its new content is largely FreeLC, you only need to buy the DLC to play as that faction, every time a new faction comes out you get to play against it for free - so almost every dlc is a new experience. They linked 1&2 into a fabulous mega campaign... "for free" and it is HUGE,... And the reason there was no DLC for Shogun 1 and closer titles to that was because people hadn't invented DLC. Sales of WTW 1 & 2 and the DLCs far exceed anything previously, they regularly outscore previous games in reviews, and more people are still playing them than any other TW title, ever. {Indeed WTW has been so successful that is has forced so much interest into the tabletop game that GW has resurrected the World form which it is based and the factions and figures (which they utterly destroyed, literally, to make their new GW games)} And they make more games as the company is bigger... If you want to go back to Shogun and take a look at the company size and revenues etc, go for it, I've known them since before then (The forgotten Sports-game Era) and interviewed them a number of times for print magazines, the Producer of MTW is a personal friend (albeit now with EA in the USA, traitor!) and I've known and followed them through Activision and Feral and Sega days... MTW2 was an MTW remake using what they learned from Rome and wasn't a massive commercial success (success, yes, massive, no) and Empire had numerous technical and gameplay issues that were never fixed..never addressed even. (It's a darn shame naval battles never continued in all other titles but people just couldn't handle them and actual "sailing" played no real part in winning) Empire AI was retarded at almost every level. Rome 2 used a different engine version (of warscape) - which wasn't ideal for the game...and that's a large part of why it took so long...but its loooong series of patches post-release finally fixed most issues. (they listened to fan issues oddly enough) RTW2 outsold all previous TW titles and passed the magic 1 million mark. Its "Divide et Impera" mod is widely considered as a Gold-Standard for modding and for the game itself which is nowadays rated highly (and deservedly so) So, I can tell you that they do listen to fans, but listening doesn't mean "Doing what they say", and they are perfectly aware of noise-signal ratio and forum whoring. Your arguments have poor foundations...if you really want to look for "bad guys and reasons" then look to the publisher "Issues" rather than the production studio, and take off the rose-tinted-glasses about Empire and MTW2, they were far from perfect. There is no "rule of the elite". Don't get led along a path by the tendency of the forums to appear to be ruled by "My stats are better than yours, therefore I am right and you are wrong!" people. Its an illusion. They've already announced an easing on profitability with the change to consumables... Tier 10 profits will be easier to come by (something the "elites" don't want) You have it almost entirely backward in fact. 1) A good idea is a good idea regardless of where it comes from and their testers are not an avalanche of Super-Unicums with a powdering of Average. 2) They cater heavily to the masses right now 3) See 2 above tbph you sound like somebody who has had their ideas rejected and will be bitter for evermore, regardless of what they do. (WG and CA both)

lols... not many will agree with you, inside or out.

They cant. The opportunity to teach the playerbase how to play the game as they play the game has been missed. It is now beyond their ability to fix.

When did they introduce that ship? !!!

Warhammer Total War 1 & 2 (and soon 3) with all the DLC and Free-LC is "downhill"...? GTFOOH

nothing here either

He's got a point, your highest tier DD is a 7.... and only one of those, and only one tier 6.... so you're not exactly up against radar etc a lot.

I don't think a better proof of a post could be asked for; thanks.

I feel certain that he will be crushed by your comment.

Pretty simple really - you want your testers to cover a full spectrum. (You might have failed to notice that I did not say, anywhere, that testing should be restricted to just that type of tester - you inserted that clause by yourself with your "can't balance with the average potato" slur) Having been in games testing for 20 years I've got a pretty good idea of what range of testers are needed for a wide range of games environments... and if you think only good players should be testing, then you don't understand testing. (ironic noticing the beta tester tag) Knowing how your mechanics work for good and bad players is essential to making a good game....and them knowing the mechanics themselves - often that is irrelevant to the test...indeed often that is the test. I suspect that if you look over WeeGee historically asking for testers they will be very specific in their requirements not restricting testers to "good" or "knowledgeable about all game mechanics"... Such a testing group would be fatally flawed from the off. And also bear in mind that these sorts of "free testers" consist mostly of people who provide zero feedback directly, but who gameplay statistics can still be of consequence... which is good as so many "testers" are just in it for freebies, a tag and an early look at stuff so that it confers them some advantage in the game). Actual game testing is boring, long, and hard work, and few people manage it well.

CV plane-spotting needs to be moved to mini-map only....it would help a hell of a lot for many issues.

erm… he would be perfect, yes. One would want a full spectrum of abilities of players testing it.

but, it did.... it helped me realise that despite saying one thing WeeGee were instantly prepared to break those things with the next batch of Russian ships. Wouldn't have known about it without the CCs... like a lot of things. This revisionist idea that all CCs are now useless and just a source of irritation to WeeGee and testing is... well.... revisionist. Anybody who thinks the almost instant response of WeeGee into saying "Oh those wont be the final stats" and the subsequent nerfs, were not attributable to the CCs is pretty blind to reality. Sadly not more things were nerfed than long=duration stealth radar. its like people saying "its not censorship" - of course it is - its just a form of censorship that some happen to approve of, but its still censorship - that is what an NDA is fcol: censorship you agree to. And now, if CCs, or the public, have to trust what WeeGee present BEFORE an event, then we look at the PaytoRico disaster and the DELIBERATE misrepresentation of the difficulty in getting it that ship, was funnelled directly to CCs, and their content allowed to be published without correction and so on and so forth (just ask jingles). This is a company that has a proven track-record of being untrustworthy and breaking promises...and the "this is a good thing" people are all saying "Its Okay, you can trust WeeGee! Everything will be fine"

Originally came from Pen & Paper RPGs like DnD.... Means someone who gains exp/loot via their group-mates. Later became synonymous with MMORPGs where higher-level characters were used to kit out their clan mates with Uber-Gear and those "rich in gear, poor in experience at the game" became knowns as "Twinks."..and those that helped were "Twinking". In WoWs terms you would end up with even more clueless Nubs in Tier 10. Bad idea.

Its pretty simple: The game does not teach people (in-game) how to play "properly". The game does not teach people (in- game) game mechanics. The game does not directly reward people (in- game) for just playing "properly". Until the game does teach and reward people (in- game) for playing "properly" this won't change. The game is passed (or at due to CoronaKiddies) its peak player base. The game cant retroactively teach the player base mechanics or "Proper" play. Therefore you are stuck with the existing player base, and it will not get better.

I find this ironic in the middle of a global pandemic... Symptoms: "Oh My God! PoopSchtorm OP Russian Ships Again!!!! CC Video" Disease: OP Russian Ships Again WeeGee reaction: TREAT THE SYMPTOMS!!!!!!!!!