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No, because the camos still generally cost the same as always. Except for the first one for a ship that now comes at a reduced price. So if anything they are now cheaper than they were before the change. I will say though that Far Voyages containers are now something where you wish to get anything but a permanent camouflage. And that I feel that camouflages in general are too expensive (both permanent and consumable ones). And if you do get a permanent camo from a reward somewhere that you don't like, that is of course unlucky. But the only change to the old system is that you have to pay for the permanent bonuses either way now, while the price to get another permanent camouflage that you actually like is still exactly the same. And said price for the permanent bonuses alone is slightly less than you would have paid before the change. What has changed is that the worth of gifted permanent camouflages has gone down. But they are for free, so you can't honestly lable this as robbery either. While I do understand the frustration from an emotional point of view, if we were to look at it with only the pure numbers giving relevance, the grievance ends up reading like this: "We have to pay the same price for the same product as always. This is robbery."

And you're free to think that way. But others will disagree. To each their own. The thing is though that becoming capable with the minimap (the topic of the OP) or a decent to good WoWs player in general is not subject to talent, it is subject to putting in the necessary work and learn. Talent will make that easier, but lack of doesn't make it impossible.

From what I remember, isn't a submarine at maximum depth invulnerable to everything, or they changed something lately? Nope, depth charges will hit and damage submarines no matter the depth they are at. And that is nothing new. What is special with maximum depth is that they cannot be spotted except by submarine surveillance or by hydro within 2km.

Pretty sure that will be a thing next year.

I understand that you are frustrated. And that you are not a native English speaker (neither am I). But it would really help if you spend a bit more time and some calming breaths to bring some structure into your thoughts before posting. That first message is almost completely illegible. It's hard to try and discuss things when you can hardly even make out the details of what the OP wants to talk about.

Have I ever mentioned how much I appreciate the effort you are putting into these? I don't think this will lead to any changes whatsoever, unfortunately. (And personally I'd like to see more use out of the Val and Sea Hurricane, but that is just me.) But it would be kind of nice.

No one said that tier VI to IX would all play in the same match. Just that they all could choose to play Operations.

Since you cannot choose none in part 2, this poll is kind of worthless.

Fixed that for you. The only time you faced XI among those, you were in Groningen. Which is a IX. And I must note: If you look at that teamlist at the start and immediately decide that there's nothing you can do, then yes, you have already lost. But it's got nothing to do with the matchmaker. The Groningen game definitely sucks, judging from my skill-level. But the others do actually have potential.

With exceptions like Eagle maybe, not really, no. Tier 7 to tier 9 actually feels worse to me.

That so? Didn't know (or check, to be honest) that. It would make more sense then. Though the question may be asked whether fewer tubes (with quicker reload) would be enough for a prime gunboat like that. Otoh large reason for these torps when playing would likely be to deter rushing DDs and cruisers, I feel. (Not really enough damage against BBs either way.)

Could be that the changed set-up in enemy ships played into that, come to think of it. Operations had been the same for a long time. And people knowing them had the sequence and opponents memorised. Sure, there always was some variation in Aegis or the goal/attack angles in Raptor or Newport and such. But otherwise, you could basically drive them blindly with the right ships. And that has changed with the rework. At least as far as the old go-to ships and positions goes. And it takes time for people to adjust to that. To find the new best ship and way to play things and gather enough experience to fine-tune it.

Das klingt langsam ernsthaft nach einem Fall für den Support. Wenn das Zeug wirklich fehlt, wird man nur auf dem Weg daran kommen.

Das wäre die kommende Woche. Donnerstag, wenn ich mich recht erinnere?

Nichts für ungut, Kastellian. Aber das Meiste, was du da schreibst ist eben kein Fakt. Sondern deine persönliche Meinung. Der kann man zustimmen oder nicht. Aber es ist nicht unerschütterlicher Fakt.

Kind of true, unfortunately. If you have a team that knows what to do (or listens to advice) and acts accordingly, you usually have a blast. Even with players that aren't stellar in skill on the team. But a whole lot of players fail at that. Sometimes brutally. Making the experience painful and frustrating.

Pay to win: Paying real life money to get an ingame advantage. The amount of real time money necessary to get and use a supership is... zero. Do you see the problem here with calling them pay to win? I've talked with a whole number of people that have gotten one or several tier XIs by now. Not a single on of them have paid a single cent of real money to get or play them. Now I'm not saying that people aren't in fact using dubloons to exchange elite xp to free xp and to buy credits so they can get there faster. But that's no different to the same kind of people doing that to reach tier X before. If tier XI are pay to win, so are tier X. And tier IX. And any other tier you can use that trick on. I'm not saying you have to like them. Or cannot argue against them. But at least don't attribute something to them that is so clearly wrong.

...through the mid? There's any other way?

I plan to get it. At some point. For coal. Definitely not for the price I'd have to pay right now, even with the free xp token exchange.

Slight lingual critique: Twice you write of being "used in the 1920s and early 1960s". While it is true for the Alsedo-class, they were in service until 1961, and mostly for the Churruca (though the ones of the 3rd version served until 1978 and '82? Wow!), it reads really weird like that. As if they were only used in those two decades and not in between. Sorry, if I sound a bit like a... you know. It's just that this somehow really jumped out at me. But the tier X: You give it four triple launchers. The ones you can see on the design picture only has double launchers though. Honestly? Tier VIII and up, even with them only being 120mm guns, at that reload, gun number and range are absolute beasts! Not sure if we need another Midway-class, I have to say. And I think the PanEuropean ships, at least the DD, may yet appear in some way in the game. In the case of the latter even as part of a tech tree. And maybe we will at some point get a PanEuropean BB tree as well. (Though it would likely be filled with a lot of paper, at least on higher tiers.)

Kann es sein, dass ihr schon alle aus dem Container purzelbaren V-er Premiums im Hafen habt?

Zeit brauchst du da unter Umständen nicht einmal mehr (oder viel mehr), da Coop-Kämpfe im Schnitt schon sehr schnell vorbei sind. Eine typische Runde dauert so 4-7 Minuten. Die geringere Siegchance in Zufall jetzt mal aussen vorgelassen.

Nah, must be North. Maybe Northern Lights.

I have to admit, it more of sounds like a fight against compulsive behaviour to me. Even where laws allow for it, one shouldn't just grab anything that looks remotely interesting to try out and in most cases return. That's just not responsible behaviour. And it doesn't really have anything to do with a moratorium on publishing new premiums either, does it. So which one is actually your point here? Do you want a massive reduction in premium ships being published? Maybe with more thought being given to quality and/or uniqueness (though your mileage may very much vary on those). Or do you want a return policy for sales in WoWs? Which one do you want to talk about?

I'll freely admit that I don't know enough about things to judge that. I do know enough to realise that a moving part that can be looked at from different angles in different lighting conditions is more complicated than a simple 2D picture. But not much more.