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Sooooooo. The consensus seems to rotate around that non-doubloon ships that's get taken "out of rotation", if you will, are unlikely* to make their way into the game at a later point. Alright I'll take this into consideration going forward. *) Unless the RNG-gods drop em' in a container of sorts, obviously.

I've had similar experiences. Attributed it to a mouse with low battery. Got out some new ones full of fresh juice - yet the problem persist. Exchanging the mouse with a corded one didn't seem to eliminate the problem albeit it might have been reduced(?) I'd say I experience it usually in a "cluster pattern"; either a handful of times in the same game or in handful of consecutive games. I'll be sure to save replays for this is needed moving forward.

Appreciated. Albeit the answer I was expecting. Thanks regardless.

@YabbaCoe Allow me to bump my Steam inquire once more: Is this test only for WG-client player pool or will it be added for those of us on the Steam-client? I've been through the news article a few times now but fail to see if it's been addressed elsewhere.

Will testing only be available in the WG client or also in the Steam client? Don't really see any instructions for those of us using Steam. And for the record: I'm looking forward to the subs being added, feel free to ignite me xD

Feel exactly the same - got California and it was just above my "puke-line" Actually I made a prioritized list prior to opening the crate, cauz why not - and yieks . 6 ships I would have enjoyed: Z39, Haida, Lenin, Duke, Hood & Poltava 6 ships that would have me go "meh" - in prioritized order tho: Nelson, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Duca, Ashitaka & California 3 ships I sort of already own (Boise and the black versions of Sims and Scharny) Julio, Scharny & Sims 5 boats I already own thus not eligible to receive Boise, Lazo, Blysk, Yudachi & Gorizia So a USN lvl 10 cmd and a boat to rust in the port. Well......¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Allow myself to point to this topic: Are the PT-badge/flags achievements on (permanent)pause? And was it a one-time thing to offer PT-players a t6 premium container? In the thread above the answer is kindda' blowin' in the wind.....

24 hours on......aaaaand nothing. Wonder if WG are gonna respond to this question (pause in badge/flags achievements and no ship-box for PT participation) also given that 0.9.10 PT is scheduled for tomorrow. Or if they are just doing like this:

Well I've missed that tbh but no biggy. For me more on the point of vanity; does this also means you've pulled the plug on the flags/emblems or are you still adding the PT-season and eventually full year PT-badge and/or flags during the coming seasons? I've got a little late the party so 'only' just got hold of the spring and summer badge and flag - but would like to fly the autumn and winter flags respectively is possible at some time. I'm fully aware that is not of any use however if we're unable to obtain em' I probably are gonna reduce my PT-playtime a bit during autumn and winter. Likewise I didn't see/can't find the post/bulletin that you're not offering boats for PT-activity so maybe @TheWarJaC can shed some light on this as well?

+1 for context and explanation. (still not gonna grind it tho xD)

No one: Not a sole: Absolutely not a living human being playing computer games: ..... .. . . . WG: Let's make a camo that turns Bismarck into a floating cathedral for all of our emo dressing, Evanescence listening teen player pool Also: the amount of grind needed to get it - have you taken complete leave of your senses? This also. "Only" two here, three if I lock one of my santa-ones.....

Whatever translation machinery you're applying? Please. Don't. Stop! Also; How is Georgia not in diz thread yet? Getit? Second also: this is the forum content you're looking for after yet another TWA victory..... On topic: Thunderer is a fantastic trolling tX. I'd recommend it over, say, Pommeren.

Are the commanders locked solely to the ship (3x GK cmds) or 'just' to the branch, i.e. the entire KM in my case? This I don't see anywhere, albeit my eyes might be failing me.

Unable to find it anywhere (but I might be visually impaired - certainly a possibility) but how long does the 200% xp bonus for the daily victory last?

First off: Welkom! Secondly there's really nothing here that Salentine, Miragetank90, domen3 says that is meaningful to oppose i.e. I concur all of it. However one thing I wanna stress. Leave tier 1-4 behind as soon as possible and camp out at tier 5. In Fact I'd argue that you can easily enjoy the entire game of WoWs without ever leaving t5 it that's appealing to you. There is plenty of boats of all sorts on t5 to figure out both class/branch (some classes splits into branches) and countries. A Pan-asian DD is nothing like a RN DD to give an example. I know you're not in "protected matchmaking" when takin' command of a t5 boat thus being able to have run ins with t7 boats (it hurts) but almost all perks are at the earliest unlocked when sailing t5 boats. In other words staying at t3/t4 as you sort of suggests will bar you from all sorts of phat l00t. And the effort (time/play-wise) is not that much more to obtain t5 boats. Coming from WoT (and here a big, fat disclaimer - I've never spent 1 minute in that universe) I'd suggest to open the tech tree for either USA (USN abbreviation) Japan (IJN abb.) England (RN abb.) or Germany (KM abb.) Why you might ask? All four countries provide the possibility to sail all boats. France, Italy, Pan-European & Pan-Asia are both fun and challenging but their playstyle and/or branches might be to tall of an order for a newcomer. But later on they will be a fun addition for you. Lastly CCCP is, true to history naturally, OP af and full of historically accurate and balans boats. Rly. Everybody loves to see them on the horizon... /end sarcasm. That being said; if you want to troll players just hit the CCCP hard while hitting the cue button for Red Army Choir. (edit; typos etc)

Seems quite buggy? Tried to connect around 8pm. Got the "Error connecting server Sever temporarily unavailable. Please try again later" Then tried around 10pm again. First got an error that username and password was incorrect(?) pressed connect and I got in. Took a boat for a combat got into a t9 1v1 and on the postbattle screen i got a disconnect with the same error as originally. Tried the connect button again ---- but no, seems to be tanking hard atm (thursday 10:45pm ish)

Total tally: 18 15 SC before the SC-rain began: 1 x 50k free xp 1x 1000 doubloons 1x 30 days prem 3x 7 days prem 4x 50 camo of various kind 1x 50 special flags 2x 25 special flags 2x 100 std flags +3 to the original score, new tX(s) unlocked: 1x 1000 doubloons 1x 1500 steel 1 x 50k free xp Not complaining tho' cauz free stuffz is nice (I like - think Borat voice) Much more excited for the t7 ship from KOS collection (edited to reflect newly unlocked tX ships and the 'payoff' in terms of SC's)

First off this is as always preliminary changes but since the devblog was introduces very few changes announced there have failed to make it into the game so lets for the sake of the argument assume that it passes onto the live game. For me that raises a range of questions/objections: - How long does one get to get sort of accustomed to the new style in respect to resetting your captains for free. When we had the carrier debacle "change" if memory serves me right the window was around maybe a week or 10 days. For most recreational players this was probably plenty since that only affected one class, and from recollection not a particular played class at the time. This time around it's all classes. So say you have perhaps 25-50 ships which I assume is the pretty average you need several playing sessions to adjust etc. So just for that I hope you offer us at least a few weeks to fiddle around with the new point system. - 19 is not the golden number 21 are. Moving from 17 to 19 currently cost you 259k+300k = 559k and if you look at the trend it looks like a somewhat ~330k for 20 and 360k for 21. That's close to 700k commander experience for getting one(!) commander to 21 and gain access to farming elite commander xp once again. Like someone wrote this are gonna create even further disparity between the casual gamer and the devoted unicrum. You should at least consider to lover the overall number of commander xp to get to 21 imho. - Nerfing of various classes/skills. A standout seems to be that German BB's are gonna be less of a thing in the future. Especially the higher tier where secondary gunnery makes all the difference. Other classes also seems to be struck by various changes but from my vantage point none has it quite as rough as ze KM battleships. If you presumably goes through with this would you care to share what the reasons behind this are. Sticking to the German BB's there only/main at least advantage is their brawl/secondary capability and for a lot of players this will probably just gonna render those boats unplayable. Or at least so unfunny that they'll just be relegated to the "was-fun" port. - Lastly the money grab is gross to look at. A t10 captain for 1750 dubolns, or even a t6 for 900k credits? In terms of learning the game mechanics this is WG equivalent of "the road to hell is paved with good intentions" By repeatedly playing your boats you get a feel for how they handle, act and function. Gradually you get rewarded with skill(points) that increase the potency of the ship. The approach you use now however encourage newcomers to splash a fist full of *insert your prefered currency* to get access to a high tier boat (Pommeren for the sake of argument) and spec her with a t10 captain. If it's really a new player that player will enter a random battle at some time only to faceoff with veteran players by whom they will get such an asswhoppin' (pardon my french) that at least some of them will abandon the game again because gettin' beat up is not that fun. You have to make it crystal clear that getting to tier 7-8+ is the reward for playing a branch, learning its quacks and features. And not about having the biggest expense account on your credit card..... Semi-rant end (edit: small typos and such)

*update one* For now I'll park this matter entirely since it's safe to say that all bets are off due to the surprisingly announced change in captain skills (planned ikr) This throws a massive spanner in the works for me atleast to the extent that I don't if possible wanna end up with could become the next Flint/Atlanta situation buy rushing to the checkout counter with my precios steel (think Smeagol just for the lulz) in exchange for a steel boat that's OP in the current meta, late 0.9.xx --- but run the risk of being obsolete just after the alteration of the captain skills.

A few things; i have the 25% discount coupon and I don't play CB. We're merely a handful of IRL mates who have thrown our love on this so/so maritime game. That being said there seems to be two main camps; one for Stalingrad and all the glory she brings from being a boat from the infamous book called "Stalin's book of real life war machines" thus OP af (in the current meta) in almost all aspects. But at the same time too many to ignore, points out that it becomes sort of boring to sail, for me that's worthy of consideration since it's after all; a game. And the majority of the other camp being that Somers are an excellent DD to go toe-to-toe with any given tX DD both in competitive gaming and also being able to perform in the random battle modes. However questions have been raised whether it actually is that good in direct comparison with say Shima or Gearing? (Disregarding Black for the time being) Well above 10k battles random, WR ~50% increasing atm but not striding towards being a unicom. DD WR higher than my all in all WR. Your observations are pretty much the same as I've had, at least with Salem. I consider it worth every piece of coal on it --- several times over. To that effect and to sum this thread up I'll get my SC starting from tomorrow and unless it unexpected drops an exciting boat I'm leaning more and more towards holding my horses and saving the steel for now. But I'll provide an update later on. Someone mentioned to remember that meta change/has changed over time so a boat that seems fantastic might just act as a potato coach in a few months. I am very well aware of that RNG'esque factor All in all thanks for your inputs.

Woha. Lots of feedback I'll get back to you during the day/coming days. But for the time being I'll hold my horses at least until the 5y birthday has passed since I realized there is gonna be a SC rain. And who know what those will bring (camo and signals, ikr - but one can always hope xD) So until all those are opened I'll save my stock of coal and steel and then see what to do.

No and no. Can I exchange it for coal in a couple of months i.e. "today"? Yes Are WG sometimes full of it and reverts decisions and such much to the dismay of the playerbase? Oh yass! And now back on topic; do you have anything useful to contribute with or just having a bad monday where derailing a topic is the order or the day? (odd behaviour considering you're a beta tester btw.....)

I'm not sure I understand you correctly so with that reservation; yes. I can buy Black (in 1-2 months time) for coal and/or I can exchange steel for Somers right away. By no means do I want all ships in the game, not even close thus for me its a real choice between 2 premium DDs from the same branch at t9 and tX respectively. I'd much prefer to choose the quote on quote best candidate for my playstyle, likings and such and then save either coal or steel for a different vesel down the line. So yeah, for me it's a genuine question.

- "A must have" you care to elaborate on why that is in your opinion? I''ve captained both Fletcher and Gearing on the PT server but didn't really got accustomed to either of them. So for the sake of the argument say the playstyle is somewhat comparable (aside for it primarily being a torp-boat) to Somers, why do you see it as a must for a DD main? Did exactly the same for obtaining Salem thinkin' never gonna get myself a steel boat....soooo, there's' that. However I still enjoy the Walmart DM thourgly. Not without faults and compromises but hella fun to sail imho. For now I'll shelf the idea of getting Stalingrad tho. Having Moskva sort of fulfilled my needs of a high tier CCCP cruiser for the time being even though its not a boat I take out to sea on a regular basis. Maybe that ought to change..... Actually I've looked at the Black when WG announced that they would retire it from the steel fleet and downgrade it to the coal fleet in the spring. With this in mind is it actually another question I should be asking myself: Black or Somers? (edit; typos and stuff)

A CCCP dd. Preferably with a warpdrive, stealth generator & C&C chronosphere teleporter. And suprasonic, homing AP+HE combo rockets with auto-lock. The one Stalin had in his drawer containing the "soviet war machines of reality"-book. Cuz balans. (sorry, couldn't help myself....)