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Of course. The players tell WG: "Please, no fancy torpedo mechanics!" The result, as expected, are more fancy torpedo mechanics. I wonder if Mutsu is getting them, too, or if this sudden remembrance of "historicity" is just conveniently restricted to where it suits WG.

It took me the mathematically expected 33 items to complete the collection.

Yes. Maya was built at Kobe and assigned to the Yokosuka Naval District, where she was also rebuilt lateron.

What about HE torpedoes with incendiary warheads? Shimathunderer?

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Destroyer_White

"Soot and rust" appears to be the seasonal camo scheme.

Shhh, we might get ricocheting or overpenetrating torpedoes if you conjure up any parallels to guns!

While I appreciate the answer, my concern is that you might not be privy to such plans because they are made by others who might choose to not inform you in advance - so the existence of such plans is a possibility which cannot be excluded just because you don't know of their existence.

And how is it possible to get both pink AND cause further team damage at T10, where only the very elite of the playerbase is showing off their skill?

It's a topic which is popular amongst modellers who focus on IJN vessels, so you will regularly read terms like "Kure grey" or "Sasebo grey" which are also used by companies like Tamiya.

The game center allows you to link up to 10 accounts per server, so the answer is yes.

Well, an M4 is basically a mass-produced item of relatively small size (like a large car), and it does not require some sophisticated facility to (re-)paint it. It could be (and was often) done in the field with whatever was available, which led to innumerable variations.

I wish we were, but instead of rectifying all the flaws of the core game, they are just fiddling with the economics - which have always been my least concern. If the gameplay sucks in so many ways, I really could not care less if I get some XP/credits more or less out of it.

Maybe vastly increased XP and credit costs to grind/buy ships and modules?

Well, at least there are fewer than 50 shades of grey because usually only the major naval arsenals did paintjobs to capital ships (Kure, Maizuru, Yokosuka, Sasebo).

According to "Imperial Japanese Navy World War II Ship Colors" by Snyder & Short Enterprises, the actual color was the Yokosuka Arsenal's variation of IJN Grey.

There are no Atago-class cruisers because Atago herself is a Takao-class cruiser, so I guess there is little knowledge to be gained from reading that article...

I wonder if there will also be some "rework" of the XP and credit costs to grind/buy ships and modules.

Yes, and this is because of "Firing main guns will increase sea detectability ("bloom") to the current maximum range of the main guns." and the very long range of Yoshino's main guns. If you want to stay concealed, either use your torpedos or fire your guns just before getting into hard cover to break the LoS.

https://wiki.wargaming.net/en/Ship:Detection Concealment is what you want to use when you are on the approach and the getaway.

I wonder if there will be another "from the bottom of the ocean" camo (which looks nice on Bismarck).

Welcome back, happy life!

In 2 years, people will just click "battle", the game automatically calculates the results from team compositions and ship PR/WR and then presents the results screen a couple of seconds later.

HQ: "Everything is going according to the plan, we are now entering phase 2."