Detonations. What is the point? Why does this still exist in 2020?.

[Riggerby]

I am beyond fed up of this mechanic. Its the ultimate middle finger from RNG. 

 

''Ohh hurr durr you can just use a flag hur dur'', How is this helpful? Look how you get the Juliet Charlie flag (-100% Detonation)
- As a consolidation prize for being bent over by the mechanic

- 6,400 coal!!!!!!!!!!!

- 2 Million... MILLION credits.

 

So i either need to be a victim of this crap mechanic, Spend one of the most precious resources ingame, or a whopping 2 million credits, All to prevent a mechanic which may or may not happen and is totally RNG.

NOONE ENJOYS THIS MECHANIC. IT OFFERS NOTHING OTHER THEN TOTAL PUNISHMENT FOR NO REASON AT ALL AND IS ECONOMICALLY PUNISHING TO PREVENT. THERE IS NO NEGATIVE IN ITS REMOVAL AND EVERYONE WILL ENJOY IT GONE. 

[Wulf_Ace]

I think that is ok feature,i dont think that is ok to have a flag that prevents 100% detonation, a flag? and 100%?ah..

 

Remember

 

"That the sinking of Hood was due to a hit from Bismarck's 15-inch shell in or adjacent to Hood's 4-inch or 15-inch magazines, causing them all to explode and wreck the after part of the ship. The probability is that the 4-inch magazines exploded first."

[Riggerby]

11 minutes ago, Wulf_Ace said:

I think that is ok feature,i dont think that is ok to have a flag that prevents 100% detonation, a flag? and 100%?ah..

 

Remember

 

"That the sinking of Hood was due to a hit from Bismarck's 15-inch shell in or adjacent to Hood's 4-inch or 15-inch magazines, causing them all to explode and wreck the after part of the ship. The probability is that the 4-inch magazines exploded first."

 

This is a video game. Not real life. 100% Health destruction RNG mechanics are not fun, fair or balanced.

[Miragetank90]

It's not 100% RNG when you consider that it only happens when enough damage is dealt to one of the ships' magazine spaces and only occurs if said ship is below 70% HP.

 

I see it as a nod to actual magazine detonations. We all know the most famous example. 

 

I'm OK with that. 

 

[anonym_PYC0RAuRIwe4]

No other reason than to piss people off, there's nothing fun about a feature that punishes a player for simply being unlucky.

[Lebedjev]

It give a boost of adrealine for starter, but because it don't happen a lot, i am fine with it.

[GarrusBrutus]

11 minutes ago, Miragetank90 said:

only occurs if said ship is below 70% HP

Yeah except when you're full hp and a salvo that should've dealt about 40% of your HP triggers the Detonation halfway through the salvo because YoU ToOk 30% dAmAgE. Yeah in the previous 0,00001 seconds. Thanks game.

 

@Riggerby I feel you. Wish it were removed. By apparently there are a lot of folks around here that seem to enjoy it. I know that most top clan players hate the mechanic because of the RNG involved.

Its a stupid mechanic.

Like having a player getting injured by RNG when he is one on one versus the keeper in FIFA. Realistic? Yeah. Fun? No.

Like having your rally car's engine break down by RNG right before the finish. Realistic? Yeah. Fun? No.

Like having you gun jam by RNG right as the terrorist comes around the corner in CS:GO. Realistic? Yeah. Fun? No.

Etc. Etc.

But somehow ship boys like RNG.

[Elypse201]

I detonated yesterday in one hour twice in a BB. First game i got one torpedo from a Neptune and i was hat 75% hp (he was completly red with 41% WR). 2 Games after that i got detonated in my Thunderer by one Öland torpedo (again he was at 45% WR).

Yes...fun and engaging mechanic

[Karasu_Browarszky]

I tell you when it really isn't fun, that's when your BB gets a torpedo hit direct to your magazine and its KA-BOOM!

[Wulf_Ace]

3 minutes ago, Elypse201 said:

I detonated yesterday in one hour twice in a BB. First game i got one torpedo from a Neptune and i was hat 75% hp (he was completly red with 41% WR). 2 Games after that i got detonated in my Thunderer by one Öland torpedo (again he was at 45% WR).

Yes...fun and engaging mechanic

So you are allowed only to be killed by a good players?

[Karasu_Browarszky]

1 minute ago, Wulf_Ace said:

So you are allowed only to be killed by a good players?

 

I for one hope that is not the case, because then I'd have a dismal service record in this game...

[Elypse201]

2 minutes ago, Wulf_Ace said:

So you are allowed only to be killed by a good players?

Yes that exactly what i wanted to deliver in this message /s
No, but in my experience it is suprising that mostly under average players get a detonation on better players.

[Miragetank90]

27 minutes ago, GarrusBrutus said:

By apparently there are a lot of folks around here that seem to enjoy it. I know that most top clan players hate the mechanic because of the RNG involved.

 

lol No. I just get why they decided to put it in thematically speaking, and so I can actually accept it as something you see occasionally as part of random matches. 

 

It would be a different matter if you couldn't take Juliet Charlie into competitive, and so have to suffer it's effects there. Since you can, Imo it's a non-issue. 

 

 

[GarrusBrutus]

24 minutes ago, Miragetank90 said:

lol No. I just get why they decided to put it in thematically speaking, and so I can actually accept it as something you see occasionally as part of random matches. 

 

It would be a different matter if you couldn't take Juliet Charlie into competitive, and so have to suffer it's effects there. Since you can, Imo it's a non-issue.

Cant you see how bizarre it is to have to mount flags in order to prevent something catastrophic to your ship that might or might not happen.

Especially for competetive but to a certain extend for randoms. I don't want to detonate when I am about to get a kraken or when I stacked my ship with all my fancy flags and camos.

"Just equip flags." -> What if youre out? "just buy them" -> But im grinding so im short on credits all the time and cant waste them on det flags all the time. "Then use coal." -> So im supposed to use one of the rarest commodities in the game to buy a flag that prevents an event that occurs random from time to time? right. That is just bonkers imo.

If you want such a mechanic in the game for "thematical" reasons, just put them in operations or april fool events.

Other than that its just unnecessary and cause of frustration.

[Verblonde]

I'm afraid I'm in the "doesn't bother me" camp; I like the minor nod to historical accuracy (hah!), and it's pretty rare so it rarely gets a chance to be irritating.

 

FWIW, I'm a DD main, and currently have 49 Detonation awards from 4,309 random battles; that's only 1.1% - not going to lose much sleep there.

 

That said, I'm a very long way from being a good player...

[Ze_Reckless]

What if I tell you there is a way to never detonate while handing out detonations to your enemies for free?

 

Spoiler

Become a CV main. 

 

[Gloatover]

4 hours ago, Riggerby said:

I am beyond fed up of this mechanic. Its the ultimate middle finger from RNG. 

 

''Ohh hurr durr you can just use a flag hur dur'', How is this helpful? Look how you get the Juliet Charlie flag (-100% Detonation)
- As a consolidation prize for being bent over by the mechanic

- 6,400 coal!!!!!!!!!!!

- 2 Million... MILLION credits.

 

So i either need to be a victim of this crap mechanic, Spend one of the most precious resources ingame, or a whopping 2 million credits, All to prevent a mechanic which may or may not happen and is totally RNG.

NOONE ENJOYS THIS MECHANIC. IT OFFERS NOTHING OTHER THEN TOTAL PUNISHMENT FOR NO REASON AT ALL AND IS ECONOMICALLY PUNISHING TO PREVENT. THERE IS NO NEGATIVE IN ITS REMOVAL AND EVERYONE WILL ENJOY IT GONE. 

I enjoy, it's really funny.

[_Kettenbeisser]

41 minutes ago, Gloatover said:

4 hours ago, Riggerby said:

NOONE ENJOYS THIS MECHANIC. IT OFFERS NOTHING OTHER THEN TOTAL PUNISHMENT FOR NO REASON AT ALL AND IS ECONOMICALLY PUNISHING TO PREVENT. THERE IS NO NEGATIVE IN ITS REMOVAL AND EVERYONE WILL ENJOY IT GONE. 

I enjoy, it's really funny. 

Nothing is more satisfying than a randomly detonated enemy. It's hilarious. If it happens to me, it's  a dangit, well crap, let's carry on moment.

I mostly never use the flag in random, always in competitive, it's totally a non issue for competitive players don't make it one. Also we wait eagerly for the moment someone forgets it and detonates because the months of ridicule ahead 😆 

[Verblonde]

1 hour ago, _Kettenbeisser said:

If it happens to me, it's  a dangit, well crap, let's carry on moment.

This summarises exactly my reaction when I got detonated earlier (for the first time in ages)...

 

(I may well have used slightly different wording - I recall that 'bugger'* featured - but the sentiment was the same)

 

*naturally, I took my reference from the flyfishing world - I'm wholesome like that.

[Nov_A]

7 hours ago, GarrusBrutus said:

Yeah except when you're full hp and a salvo that should've dealt about 40% of your HP triggers the Detonation halfway through the salvo because YoU ToOk 30% dAmAgE. Yeah in the previous 0,00001 seconds. Thanks game.

 

Very fun mechanic when Implacable rocket strikes come in 2 waves per attack.

 

Detonated an Öland this way a few days ago, it was the first enemy encounter in the whole game. Really makes you think.

[WashedandDeceased]

Why does this still exist in 2020?

For the memes of course 

<=

[Camperdown]

I used to buy Juliet Charly for coal with discount, but have stopped. I just used it for DDs because other ships very rarely detonate. Now I just use J Ch for games where I need top performance (ranked, special assignments) and suffer a detonation once in a while to replenish my signals. No big deal, really.

[CptBarney]

Its funny when a piece of cloth is what prevents a detonation in the first place.

I can imagine the captain throwing in the magazine room and then minutes later the magazine room gets shot to pieces but because miss flag is there the shells dont blow up.

 

Subs will be a gud meme as well. Maybe even russian CV's.

 

[RAHJAILARI]

Point?  Perhaps this:

In any case this never bothered me much and I have 154 Detonations under my belt to prove it.

[nellyenfermeria]

too many detonatonations in lastest versions