Afghanicus

Same here. Sometimes I get away playing a battle without a disconnection but that doesn't happen often. So you can imagine me playing CBs these days and what it means when one players gets AFK in the middle of the battle, thanks to WG. Obviously, everything is fine with the connection because every clan member can hear me in Discord cursing all WG's family members. I'm sure we're all aware that the majority of players have no issues at all. I never stated otherwise. A very small percentage of players have these problems (since 0.8.10 patch) but even a small percentage is not a small number and definitely not a "isolated issue" like WG wants us to believe. And since it's happening at the SAME TIME to all those players (from different countries, using different ISPs), it's very obvious that the problem is on their side but they are so ignorant and unprofessional that they keep lying and making up stupid stories "it's not us, it's you and your ISP" despite that making no sense at all due to the mentioned FACTS.

Just to double-check... There are only 2 permanent collections, right? (IJN Yamamoto and USN Cruisers) All others are "arsenal collections" and the only way to obtain any items is to pay 1,000 coal for a single collection container, containing 2 items each? So for the 7 collections I have opened there is no other way except paying A LOT of coal to get the items? So I'd need over 100 collection containers and that's being very lucky and getting almost no duplicates which is too optimistic so the more realistic expectation would be about 120 collection containers or more. So I'd need to spend at least 120,000 coal to finish those collections?? Seems too much IMHO. That's the one and only way of obtaining those collection items?

But there is no way you can commence any of them unless WG recycles them later on? Because the containers they sell in the armory are only for the regular, non-permanent collections. Correct?

No matter what you say? You're repeating the same thing again and again and then say I'm unreasonable without being able to see/hear/read yourself. Ok buddy, keep up your "theories", I won't bother you anymore... it's obviously a waste of time. Cheers!

Seems like you're one of those people that like to put words into other people's mouths. Nobody mentioned any conspiracy theories/ideas and neither anyone claimed you're a WG employee. So you're the one making stuff up and miserably trying to manipulate the posts left from others. You seem to be sure of your theories though. One thing... can you tell me ONE TIME that WG accepted a constructive feedback, acknowledged their mistake and fix it properly? Or it's always "they will complain no matter what" regardless of how many players complain, regardless of the subject of complains and regardless of the constructiveness of the complains. I especially like your theory when you say "your playing right into WGs Hands and apparently dont even realize it"... Look who talks about others having conspiracy theories...

Well, the 7 I have opened can't be finished except buying collection containers for 1,000 coal each which would be a very expensive 'business' I'm not willing to do. I found only those 2 as 'permanent' ones on the Wiki.. https://wiki.wargaming.net/en/Ship:Collections But I know the Wiki is outdated more often than not. I bought 1 container from each collection available at the 'arsenal' but none of them offer items obtainable from daily containers which is a pity. I think the price for those collection containers should be lower, especially if buying more than one in order to complete a collection. Investing over 100-120k coal for that is out of question for me and most players in a similar position I believe.

Noticed the same. No idea what's it about though. Very informative from WG.

The poll is for the ones that have connectivity issues, not for the majority that doesn't. If you look it that way.. I don't think it's that biased.

@YabbaCoe So my question regarding the replays from PTS has been completely ignored? Was it too complicated? Because you did reply to others after my question even though I quoted and tagged you.

Same here. Seems like the odds of getting any ship are lower than ever. It's like a trend WG is testing and no matter how small the odds are, nobody can complain because they will just say "It's just RNG" even though they are the ones setting the chance this directly influencing the chances of players getting a ship. They probably think most of the player-base has low IQ to figure that out.

As hostile as they can be to new players. Then they promote some recruitment BS like they give a s*** about them.

I believe everybody received the same message. Some players just didn't see it or ignored it. I have no idea what it's referring to though.

Same here. All crates opened so far, 0 ships. One directive remaining, the odds don't look well so far.

So the PTS is once again coinciding with the grind on the live server. For some miserable rewards. No, thanks. Especially when all feedback is ignored.

That's one thing I don't understand at all. I can understand all the terrible business models WG is enforcing for the sake of profit but these late announcements can't get through my skull. They keep everything mysterious til the very last moment and often announce it even after the event has commenced. Anyone who cares to explain the flawed logic there?

Since you wrote "IF", I'll accept the feedback. However... - At least a hundred players on the forum experienced the same connectivity issues, as proven so many times - They are WG specific because all those players (including me) have issues with WG servers only, everything else works flawlessly - Most people didn't open support tickets and I understand them because CS is useless. After playing ping-pong with answers and responsibilities, they gave up offering no solution whatsoever So first you have WG's CM telling you to contact the CS in order to investigate and fix the issue and after 2 months of useless templates, CS tells you to go back to the forum and complain because they can do nothing about it. And closing the ticket as soon as the useless reply was given. Very professional indeed.

Yes, but the whole region even though they are blaming it on a single ISP, which doesn't make any sense. Player A: I have connectivity issues with WG servers only, using XX internet provider. WG support: It's all good from our side, it must be your XX provider. Player B: I have connectivity issues with WG servers only, using YY internet provider. WG support: It's all good from our side, it must be your YY provider. Player C: I have connectivity issues with WG servers only, using ZZ internet provider. WG support: It's all good from our side, it must be your ZZ provider. Me: How can so many players have the same connectivity issues, at the very same time, using any internet provider (XX, YY, ZZ, whatever)!??? WG: We can't do anything, sorry. *ticket closed*

Well, maybe WG wants to forget lying about Gorizia and manipulating the whole PR event but I'm sure I won't forget how they treated the players, especially when they continue to do so. But Gorizia and PR aside... I'd focus on one line you wrote: "In fact they pointed out that these Ships are Premiums now and their Value Increased." The ARP ships are premium now, correct. Their value is higher than it was, correct. That's why it requires a more difficult grind, manipulation. Why? Because the ones that own the ship and got it significantly easier are still owners of premium ARP ships. It's not like only the "new ARP" ships will be premiums, the old ones are becoming premium as well. If you still don't see where my complain is going then fuk it. P.S. Don't give us the WG speech, please. The whole second half of your post is as you were working for WG and been a part of the PR fiasco and many others. It's WG's job (especially CMs') to filter constructive feedback from non-constructive whining. I don't see any demands and I don't see any hating either. You're just trying to make it that way, again - manipulating what other people wrote, including my posts. P.S. You probably stopped complaining about the PR when you felt forced to shell out more doubloons than expected to obtain it. Then you'd feel like a hypocrite if you continued complaining while having the PR (which you own now). I guess that says a lot but whatever.

@Sunleader I believe you're missing the point. And so is @MrConway and apparently most of the WG staff. First of all, it's not an easy-peasy grind for sure. It's definitely doable but saying it's easy can only come after insane grinds like we had with the Puerto Rico. After that... everything will be easy, huh? Is the bloody Puerto Rico a bar we compare all the grinds in the future to? I hope not. The main concern here is the one that has been a trend with WG for quite some time now and that's having pretty much the same events with pretty much the same rewards just making it much harder. This happened recently as well with Gorizia when a WG staff member (@Sub_Octavian to be precise) said that the Gorizia was easier to grind through than P.E.F. and we all know how false was that and how that backfired at WG as well --- It's a similar BS here. You recycle an old event but before you do that, you make ARP ships premium so that you have a cheap excuse to make the whole event more difficult. Even though the missions you have to do are the same you have on every single event, completing any directive on any update. Just a higher number every time it's recycled. Again, perfectly reflected in a picture posted by @Redwing6891 : Maybe it's just me... maybe the players are enjoying grinding the same missions all over again, all the time. And when missions are complete they wait for the PTS to grind even more missions which are again - the same ones. Other players enjoy those "entertaining" grinds, right!? Anyways... I believe these complains are constructive. I'm not saying "this event sucks, WG sucks, fuk WG". I'm saying that these recycled events are more difficult than they were and that's a trend WG is following and a trend I don't like at all. Besides, I'm sure there are creative people working at WG who can come up with more interesting events and even with these recycled ones making the missions more interesting and not just repeating the same crap over and over again. What about "doing X dmg on a specific class of a specific nation" or something along those lines? There are so many things that can be done to refresh the missions/directives instead of doing the very same requirements all the time, just multiplying the required numbers. Enough for now. Anyways it doesn't seem my feedback is ever taken the right way. Irrelevant if it's constructive or not.

So that was the reason for making them premium... [?] Just so you can put a price tag on them and have a justification for it. Nice one.

Oh is it!?? As easy as the Puerto Rico grind? Are you going to finish the mission chain? It's a PR management and BS all over again. I can't believe this. I seriously can't.

FYI: Still the same. Customer support useless. WG playing ping-ping and acting dumb. Nice job.

Congratz WG on your customer support. Worst experience ever. Don't worry, I won't use it. Ever again.

Exactly. WG just wants you to grind a bit more and then look the spreadsheets. They obviously ignore all feedback so wasting time on it... not worth it.

Don't act dumb, please. The keyword is "MAJORITY" in that post I quoted so that's the focus. Nobody said the player-base is the same or can stay the same. But saying that the majority of players were not around when the "first batch" of ARP ships were introduced is a whole other story. A story linked to the fact that many players are leaving and WG is kinda hoping new players stick around. However, seems like they do everything they can to scare them away and not keep them playing. But yeah, a story for another topic. Not that WG gives a crap about it... or maybe they do but have no idea what to do about it.