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3rd resource/coal crate of the day, which is nice as I'd run out. Be interesting now to test the new eco boosters now it's worth using them.

About the same number of times they attempt to ram it.

You'd be surprised the amount of blithering that management can create when they don't want to do something it's core code and too risky to change due to the potential wide spread side effects it's old code, and the guy that wrote it has retired. No one else knows exactly how it works cost / benefit analysis says "NO" changing this code would mean updating too many systems

As soon as someone mentions a sentence with the words "Super" & "Vermont" in it, I can't help but think of this Fort Drum, aka the Concrete Battleship

The reward used to be a super container. Ahhh well.

Yup, it's always been good for DPM cruisers to score well in co-op. But I was meaning when you also do well in a BB, the credits earned don't seem to reflect that. I kinda got the impression that if you score similar results (kill, damage, BaseXP, etc, etc) the cruiser seems to earn more credits than the BB. Still early days yet and we'll probably need to get more results in to form a clearer picture.

Ramming, or shooting, myself.

So, I'm supposed to be conducting tests on how the new world order economy affects co-op. Running with a standard account and Monty with the bonuses that were converted from its perma-camo and +50% first win bonus. Yesterday I got the impression BBs seemed to earn less, than high DPM cruisers, even though the match results were similar, eg damage, kills etc, etc. An average game would be the intent, right? Then I go and score my highest T10 BaseXP in co-op (I think) - may have scored higher when superships were in their test phase. Just me and the Audacious, so not much competition, though the bot Zao did a nicely timed torp run on my opposite number before it got into our base. My highest plane kill record (by one) was the icing on the cake. Credit earnings weren't bad either, wish I had premium though.

No worries. It'll be interesting to see what the relative costs (compared to discounted economic camos) are going to be though ...

Not so sure about that - I think I got them a week or so ago, but like @Verblonde I can't remember why.

FYI But, as @KyleRagnador points out, even after discounts it remains to be seen what the relative cost in coal will be.

Yeah, I'm a bit peeved that there's no discount coupons for them in the armoury. I mentioned it on the 0.11.6 thread, but no CM response yet .... ** chirping crickets ** Could also be worth making some noise on @JulianSark's thread:-

Yup, there was 25% less service costs. High tier co-op seems harder to make a credit profit on. OK I'm not running premium any more, but even T10 ships that had perma camos on (and thus now have a perma bonus) only make a profit if you do really well. So high DPM cruisers like Des Moines & Minotaur seem far more reliable, at earning credits, than old favourite (high alpha strike) BBs such as Montana & Yamato. Even GK & Preussen, that you can derp around with secondaries and still score well, just about bring in some coin. TBH though I was expecting it to be worse than it turned out.

Only time I saw that was when I used chat in the armoury or news. Normally chat get hidden, but in that instance it was still available. A while ago though ....

Not selling them at the moment as 1) I'm currently sitting on ~151M credits 2) Selling them would only bring in ~2M credits 3) I can't be @rsed Prolly keep them in reserve if I do run short.

Do they buff the weapon or are they purely cosmetic?

Hopefully you won't spawn on the Islands of Ice map.

Scientist, engineer or mathematician?

New hybrid supership confirmed.

I used to buy a perma camos for a few of my fave tech tree T10s, but mainly for the economic benefits. Not sure I'll ever use doubloons for a cosmetic item, even though they can cost less. Would have been nice if you could have bought perma camos for coal. Kinda feel sorry for the art dept, as I imagine sales of their work will probably diminish.

Agreed, the steel icon looks more like 3D text of the Roman numeral II - think "Superman II" title. Prefer the older armoury resource icons, they seemed clearer to me. Yeah, after much initial dread & scepticism I'm slowly warming to the new order. Earnings, in co-op with a standard account, seem different but comparable. Kinda surprised to make a decent credit profit in an OK (but not great) Woostie match with no eco bonuses, but I've struggled to make a credit profit in T10 battleships, even ones that have a eco bonus. Approx 360 FreeXP from a decent DesMo (with bonus) co-op match was nice.

I'm just waiting for WG to release a yellow camo for .... submarines.

The old economic camouflages, that were sold for coal, used to be eligible for the discount coupons in the armoury. The new economic bonuses are not eligible. I this an oversight, or an attempt to drain player accounts of coal at a faster rate?

Do you have mods installed? Because the modules should be under the ship's portrait. I suspect you have a mod that hasn't been adapted to the new screen layout yet. Screenie from a vanilla client :-

One of the first things I checked. There used to be two sets of coupons - with 25% and 50% discounts. No you're not and yes it is. Agreed.