MarChil

The problem lies with WG refusing to take responsibility for their players and make sure players don't get to that point so easy... I doubt it's a exsisting state of mind, I think WG creates that state of mind. That's the problem.

It's far easier to accept bad rounds if it doesn't influence your stats as much. When I was on the edge of surpassing 50% WR, I had a much shorter fuse then now. 10K games also help in lessening the infulence of a loosing streak as it doesn't impact that much.

I think you have, as far as I am concerned, given the best comparison of this year. Well done.

Problem is, if they had done their job, they wouldn't have put it in testing in this state in the first place. Second problem, but that's personal, is that yet another pewpew boat is in the making. The lack of vision on WG's part is getting a bit frustating to me. I am however pleasantly surprised they did it before selling it...

Games are far to random for the avarage player to have a meaningfull influence on the outcome. This leads to thinking the game is rigged (against them) WG has the power to stop that, yet they are either blind to it, exploiting it for financial gain and/or their condescending arrogance is at such a point they are simply ignoring it. Either way, tl;dr WG's incompetence is blowing things up and all we can do is hope for a few good rounds of play a week.

Then that's the problem. I try to explain what I think the reason is that players feel the game is rigged, even if it is not. You just argue that people should stop making up conspiracy theories. Sure, people can feel anyway they do, but in the end that feeling is what makes for the game to go boom. Not that WG gives a truck, they are to infested in their holy scriptures only they have access to.

I highly doubt WG has the skills to even try that. Besides, they are dependent on RNG, it the only meaningfull balancing they ever produced, and that says a lot. It is however, far to often for my taste, the factor that wins or looses a round.

I see you have a problem with the word predetermined, so I will avoid it's use. Maybe I have hit a sensetive snare or am just not fully aware of it's meaning for some. Something to do with the divine predetermination of protestants? Anyway, At the moment you press 'W' in the game, there was a state of randomness that, far beyond the reach of an avarage player, has 'decided' what the outcome shall be. (Types of ships, the map and spawn on that map etc) That randomness is what makes player feel, in the most part rightly so, powerless in making a meaningfull difference. That randomness is, laregly due to WG's incompetence, such a mess of bovine poo that a lot of players do not even try to influence that outcome. This leads to a state where individual skill is getting more and more irrelevant. This is not a dark, orgistrated plot, it's pure and utter incompetence on the part of WG. It's in the MM mechanic, the visionless stuff they force into the game, the complete lack of incentive to play your best game, the utter useless missions and objectives they vomit up. There, avoided the taboo-word and hopefully made it clear. And the edit: Add to that the RNG in-game and a lottery comparison is not far off.

False comparison. Before the match starts, the end result is, in large part, determined by the randomness of WG. Now, I can live with that to a certain point, but the bull WG is adding and the stupidity of their policies makes it so, that the avarage player has little to no influence on that outcome. That is the frustration and WG ignores that. Worse, they try to increase it in the hopes to sell the solution.

to early un the morningto comprihend? Randomness can predetermine a win, a loss or a complete bull match. It's simply a matter of the order in wich things happen. So, in this case, you can have both. To put it so you can understand If I play halland and the opposite team has 2 pewpewboats, it has a huge impact who I end up facing. The clueless 'I just bought this thing after I played 100 battles' or the 'I have been playing since beta'. Complete random but it determines who has the upper hand. See, not to hard to understand now, is it.

The problem is, there is so much randomness involved, little can be done. if you spawn in the right place, the right ship on the right map when avarage skilled and you opponents spawn just right for you, you might carry. (full-time professional/Hardcore players might shave of a few 'if's') The frustating thing is that all that randomness leaves a lot of players feeling powerless and right so. Offcourse WG is fine with this, they love randomness, because then they don't have to take responsibility. It rather easy for them. Besides this, there is the thing that players stopped caring about a lot and at the first sign of trouble try to score some quick points while comitting hari-kiri. This is due to WG failing to recognize their own lack of proper reward system. Fact is, most battles are predetermened, not by some conspiracy, but by WG's utter lazy and incompetent bull. In the end, best is to just ignore your own WR, try to stay indifferent to the bull and either play or stop. Personaly, I stop after 3 battles if they are all typical WG blow-outs/steamrolls. If the quality is better, I might stick around slightly longer. Edit: I forgot to mention the allmight RNG in the game that can seriously impact the outcome. Another piece of randomness.

You know, I know, my toddler has a fair idea but WG, after many, many ship designs, is clueless. Beyond help they are. Could have been a nice ship, they are turning it in yet another toxic spamboat. Label it Sherman and be done.

I always wonder what those (for lack of a term that doesn't get you banned outright) gamedevs are thinking ahead of time (ok, it's a stretch no thinking, no foresight) Everybody and their blind dog saw that ship and knew it's broken, yet WG didn't and had to PT it first. The stupidity and lack of sense they display is endless and getting tiresome.

We'll add it to long list of fails and other stupidities. But we should be patient and understanding, afterall competent staff is hard to come by these days.

Wise words that everyone should read and understand and I thank you for looking out for my wellbeing. I fight the battles within my (very limited) circle of influence. And yes, I keep an eye on the time spend here. But like most people, I to need a vent. To bad for WG that it happens to be them, could have been so many others. And who knows, a wonder might happen and I might one day make a tiny and insignificant difference in this insignificant corner. One is allowed to dream after all. take care.

Fully aware, guilty and unwilling to darken my world because they decide to be dishonest. Condescending arrogance? Knuckleheaded stubborness? Ignorant incompetence? There are a number of options. Being the lesser of evils doesn't make you less evil. (that should go on a tile) Edit: tldr Because some of my fellow glorified apes decide to de-evolve does not mean I should accept and follow their lead. WG (yes, and others) are counting on conditioning us to their (highly questionable) morals, but I have no intention of following along. Although I am aware that WG will never admit, I will keep calling them out, challenging them and demanding answers.

I do and I choose not to address players in a similar manner. WG, yes. Other players, no. Don't, I find it bad for one's attitude in general. I know it is in vain, but somewhere, burried deep inside me, there is the hope that a WG employee with dignity, good intentions and a willingness to be open reads it and decides to give players a honest and true take on their view of their numbers. I am a bit of hopeless optimist, I know. If you felt personally addressed, I apologize, I had no intention to do that. Edit: I can see why you react the way you do, it is not that WG-staff gives a very good example of how to seriously answer questions. It's not like they get payed for it or anything.

And that is the one thing WG has, and I'm being nice here, neglected to adress. Even worse, now we can add sub-hunting to that. Playing cat and mouse with that thing is about as exciting as watching community managers talk their way out of yet another WG-fail. It gets boring real fast. And I think that is a very core problem.

Its a social experiment. Are we on page 4 jet? True and reading back I should have made it clear that I was referring more broadly, my fault. See, correcting someone can be done without being blunt about it.

Attack, accuse... All I ask for is a bit of clarity and substantiation of claims made by WG. Please don't act so boorishly blunt about it, there's no need.

I might be wrong, but as far as I was reading it, we are talking about new players, COVID-only players, 'migration' players from Russia. I'm sorry if I did not make you catch my take on the whole thing. Starting to instant accuse me of fallacies is a not a sign of good intention.

Do enlighten me, where can I find the official numbers concerning new vs recurring players, sub battles, superships etc.

I bet WG is convinced of that. We will never know, because WG cowardly keeps those numbers out of public. The reason they refuse to update the API is undoubtly to make sure no numbers about their new bull are comming out.

Fighting 3-5 T11 superfails is at the moment just as rare as pizza in Italy. I guess WG considers rare a bit different then I do, because they can't be wrong in their estemates. The only saving grace about those monstrosities is that WG let everyone and their mother play them, so they are easy farming targets half of the time. Who would have though I would start to like the neanderthal-level policies of WG. Just embrace WG's quantity over quality attitude (yes, be like them and discard your dignity) to make it work.

Hey, you used the wrong account to repeat that, this is your staff account, not one of the others.