Epicenter

[H4d3zZz]

Ok serious question, Does anybody even like this damn mode at all. It feels like a clusterf**k of ships that usually ends up in one team completely steamrolling the other.

 

It requires almost no skill, the dds rush the center where on most epicenter maps is a solid island for cover and the rest of the players that are not in dds can fiddle their thumbs and just watch out how the dd battle plays out. Rushing in with a bigger ships is more or less suicide with the amount of torpedoes you can expect to see fired at you not to mention that you are a little to big and slow to actually hide behind the island since any captain worth hes salt will rush you down and torpedo your [edited]no problem.

 

I think a game mode that takes out 80% of the players from the objective aka being useless to actually to something towards the objective of the game shouldn't be in the game, even on maps where there is no cover its annoying, not to mention that at least in my experience at least 1 of the teams completely ignores the epicenter cap points which brings me back to my main point that this game is always a steamroll.

 

If you lose its annoying since you pretty much lost with 80% of you ships still alive, and if you win its pretty much the same you win with most of the enemy team still alive and you damage looking like you are playing a tier 2 game and not a tier 10.

 

Like i said this is the scenario that happens most in my experience i am not saying that i didn't have good games on this game mode but 1 good game doesn't make that other 10 crap ones any better sadly.

 

I would like to see an option like in World of Tanks where i can opt out of that game mode, basically turn it off. I am sure that other people that played WoT know what i am talking about.

I wouldn't mind if the mode was completely removed but it wouldn't be fair to the players that enjoy it( if there are any)

 

Cause in all honesty the first thing you usually see when you enter a game of epicenter is the chat saying "i hate epicenter"

 

I would like to hear what you guys think. Maybe i am alone with this opinion, but i seriously doubt that.

 

Thank you for reading, Kind regards HadeZ

[thiextar]

agree 100%, epicenter is just as bad as its always been, the recent changes to it fixed nothing, still just one big mess.

[H4d3zZz]

I hate it so much it has almost come to the point where i debate with myself if i should just get out and star a new game. Also nice profile pic @thiextar

[thiextar]

6 minutes ago, H4d3zZz said:

 Also nice profile pic @thiextar

Thanks 

[Ubertron_X]

What if I told you that I hate standard more?

[H4d3zZz]

Just now, Ubertron_X said:

What if I told you that I hate standard more?

Fair enough, that's why i said that i would like to hear other people opinions.

[Egoleter]

I like it.

 

The issue isn't with the game mode but with the people who can't play it. Those who avoid anything looking like a circle like it is death, chaos, and pestilence and don't even bother to position themself in a way that they could support those who do try to fight for a ring or two. Those who will never shoot a DD with their guns as long as there is a cruiser or BB within range they can farm damage on. It's those players that kill the mode. But those players kill any other mode just the same, it just isn't as evident.

[lossi_2018]

4 minutes ago, Ubertron_X said:

What if I told you that I hate standard more?

Standard is the one you have to defend yr cap, which usually no team defends it? If it is that is what I hate to play more...

and ofc it is the one I play more

[Ruth_clifton]

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[CptBarney]

I actually dont like epicenter mainly because i have no clue what to do in bb’s and sometime cruisers besides standard methods of play for said ships..

 

there can be other ways like, escort for example or maybe an ambush type game mode.

 

idk. The objective makes no sense half the time.

 

doesnt help when your dd’s suicide as well.

[ColonelPete]

I like it on Trident.

It is okish on Tears of the Desert.

[Hopeless_Guppy]

I got an in game survey regarding ranked battles, in it were the four or five maps that I liked, this was the one I hated, so I wonder how that will appear on WG's spreadsheet, lol

[ollonborre]

It's not that bad. Issue mainly is as said before players not contesting the circles but instead go and fight outside it and then whine that the match ended in 5 minutes.

 

Still Standard battles can suck it more than Epicenter.

[H4d3zZz]

48 minutes ago, ollonborre said:

It's not that bad. Issue mainly is as said before players not contesting the circles but instead go and fight outside it and then whine that the match ended in 5 minutes.

 

Still Standard battles can suck it more than Epicenter.

I nice to see so much comments on this post and different opinions.

 

I for one really dont mind standard hehe

[Ubertron_X]

1 hour ago, ollonborre said:

It's not that bad. Issue mainly is as said before players not contesting the circles but instead go and fight outside it and then whine that the match ended in 5 minutes.

Well if you don't want a big and meaningless slugfest I found it best not to go into in full force. Just contest it with lets say 3 to 4 ships playing it safe,  secure the flanks, get into crossfiring positions and win as superior numbers will slowly but continuously push your opponent out.

[Deckeru_Maiku]

Said this before and will say it again:

 

I want Epeencenter on "Ocean" and "Two Brothers" maps!!!

[HaachamaShipping]

2 hours ago, Deckeru_Maiku said:

Said this before and will say it again:

 

I want Epeencenter on "Ocean" and "Two Brothers" maps!!!

Hotspot is also a good candidate.

[H4d3zZz]

2 hours ago, Deckeru_Maiku said:

Said this before and will say it again:

 

I want Epeencenter on "Ocean" and "Two Brothers" maps!!!

Now that i read that and thought about it for a moment, you know what i would not mind epicenter on the ocean map(could be hard on the dds thoo)

 

Also i cant picture where you would put the caps on the two brothers map? 

[CptBarney]

2 hours ago, H4d3zZz said:

Now that i read that and thought about it for a moment, you know what i would not mind epicenter on the ocean map(could be hard on the dds thoo)

 

Also i cant picture where you would put the caps on the two brothers map? 

Down the centre obviously for maximum glue sniffing efficiency!

 

Also wargaming think miss hosho is ok!

 

Yay balans!

[BanzaiPiluso]

I like it, in higher tiers you see some sneaky clever tactics. Always something new to learn.

 

[Sir_Grzegorz]

I actually do not have any strong opinion about random game game modes.

I like it or less like it, depending if team was somewhat not disturbing my play, as helping out would be asking for too much.

I think in epicentre you just much more clearly see that some people have no clue what they are doing.

[SgtTincan]

12 hours ago, H4d3zZz said:

Ok serious question, Does anybody even like this damn mode at all. It feels like a clusterf**k of ships that usually ends up in one team completely steamrolling the other.

 

It requires almost no skill, the dds rush the center where on most epicenter maps is a solid island for cover and the rest of the players that are not in dds can fiddle their thumbs and just watch out how the dd battle plays out.

 

 

have you tried to support those DDs in the Center yet? They do spot red ships and god knows they (me when in DD) appreciate if anyone shoots the red stuff thats spotted in the center and middle ring instead of hugging hte next rock outside of usefullness the first 14 minutes to then die just as usefull without any support left to spot and harras the red stuff.

[Procrastes]

Epicenter is not my favourite game mode. But it's considerably better now, when you can cap all three circle zones independently, since this allows for more nuanced tactics - especially from ships other than destroyers. Before this change I might even have voted to remove Epicenter as a game mode, but now I actually want it to stay. There is value in variety, after all.

 

On a sidenote: A plus, for me, is that Epicenter is a rewarding game mode for German destroyers, who can use their hydro and fast-loading torpedoes to good effect.

[lup3s]

I didn't think the Epicenter game mode in itself was that bad; but it's a game mode that requires more teamplay (imo) than the Standard game mode. And with a playerbase where half don't even know what the word "teamplay" means, Epicenter can be quite frustrating.

[Beaker71]

Standard battles with CVs in game are by far the worst type. 50% of the time it turns into a camp fest, and the team with the best CV(s) eventually wins - often as the clock runs down.

 

Epicenter with snow are a close second. But normal epicenter are ok - as long as there's an even distribution of radar ships & stealthy DDs