Hamburg Dockyard: Directives Deadline Approaching!

[Aragathor]

This would have been a great event for me, were it not for the constant nerfs to the Odin that made it look like a T5 Scharnhorst.

A great pity, as the decisions and honesty about the event have shown that WG is slowly reacting to the community.

[WarshipFoxy]

1 hour ago, Cammo1962 said:

Well it is looking more and more bad because if you want the starter pack you have to spent 8000 doubloons and if you want the Odin in the end you have to pay another 3500 doubloons so in the end you can spent up to 11000 doubloons for a mediocer BB that is more like a heavy cruiser.

1 no one forces yopu to do it
2 you only pay 8000 because you don't spend you progession marks on the first 8 and have 6 spare for steel

[seeratlasminimus]

Went through the stages twice during the 9.5  test server , 1st and 2nd rounds.  Was not too difficult, just time intensive. You  have to be sure and read the requirements for each stage carefully so you don't accidentally waste time with wrong ship/wrong tier, wrong battle type etc.  

[J4ckCarter]

9 minutes ago, J4ckCarter said:

IS there a link to those directives? Can you post it? 

Found it, ignore the request. Ta. 

[kenny212]

1 hour ago, firerider202 said:

Because its from Wg or because you actualy think its disgusting?

take your pick.

[Piston_Br0ke]

17 minutes ago, J4ckCarter said:

IS there a link to those directives? Can you post it? 

https://www.wows-gamer-blog.com/2020/05/odin-dockyard-directives-1-6-missions.html

[_Segador]

56 minutos antes, androL7 dijo:

Wait wait, what is the price of the Odin with the so called "90% discount" ? 3500 dubs ? is that a joke ? Does that mean that the Odin  value is 35000 dubs ? Al other tier VIII premium BBs cost around 11-13k dubs,  how come this one is 3x times more expensive? So they can sell smoke with the "90% discount"???

90% discount should mean  1100-1300 dubs, or maybe around 4€

Really WG is taking us for idiots...

[NothingButTheRain]

50 minutes ago, YabbaCoe said:

To explain the situation a little, as you discussed it here.

It is said, that you need to spend doubloons to be able to finish phases 19 and 20 and it doesn't matter when you spend those doubloons.

 

So buying the starter pack you will unlock 8 phases and rest 12 "tokens" for phases you can earn in directives. Once you earn your "phase token" (it is madeup, I used it just for this explanation) it will be immediately used for unlocking another phase. So for example if you bought Starter Pack, phase 19 will be unlocked by a phase received from Directives.

Once you already got the Odin, another "phase token" received from Directives will be exchanged for 250 steel.

 

I hope it is more clear now

 

 

So if you don't get the starter pack, you can complete 18 directives with which you will fall 2 directives short so will have to purchase them?

But if you do buy the starter pack for to get 8 directives right away, if you then complete the 18 directives you WILL get Odin along with 6 directives past Odin for the steel which are not called directives but are designated with the imaginary word "phase token"? Does this mean you won't have to spend the 2x1750 doubloons if you purchase the starter pack and finish 18 directives?

[NothingButTheRain]

48 minutes ago, WarshipFoxy said:

1 no one forces yopu to do it
2 you only pay 8000 because you don't spend you progession marks on the first 8 and have 6 spare for steel

What are progression marks? This word isn't even used in the article.

[Sir_Sinksalot]

Fantastic. When is this next patch coming?

[gabberworld]

1 minute ago, Sir_Sinksalot said:

Fantastic. When is this next patch coming?

most likely this week

[NothingButTheRain]

2 hours ago, Klopirat said:

only if you haven't bought stages before...all stages have the same "value", so if you buy the first eight stages with the starter pack, the "earned stages" will compelete the remaining ones...

The article does mention this

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In order to complete the 19th and 20th phases, apart from finishing all the event's Directives, you'll need to purchase any two shipbuilding phases by spending doubloons. It doesn't matter when you purchase these two phases: at the end of the building process or at any other time.

so buying the starter pack should make spending doubloons for the last 2 directives unneeded.

But the article also mentions this:

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Finishing all of the event's Directives will result in you completing up to 18 shipbuilding phases and provide you the maximum 90% discount on Odin

which could mean that, by playing the directives even after you have already purchased some directives for doubloons, regardless of whether or not you paid before playing, you cannot progress beyond the 18th directive without paying doubloons because the discount on Odin by playing directives is 90% maximum.

 

 

[NothingButTheRain]

Suppose I don't get the starter pack and about half way I pay for 4 of the directives...would this mean I would be able to complete up to directive 20 and then finish 2 more of the phase tokens for steel? Or do you simply get nothing if you do it like this?

[NothingButTheRain]

8 minutes ago, Sir_Sinksalot said:

Fantastic. When is this next patch coming?

Should be this thursday

[YabbaCoe]

Před 29 minutami NothingButTheRain řekl/a:

So if you don't get the starter pack, you can complete 18 directives with which you will fall 2 directives short so will have to purchase them?

But if you do buy the starter pack for to get 8 directives right away, if you then complete the 18 directives you WILL get Odin along with 6 directives past Odin for the steel which are not called directives but are designated with the imaginary word "phase token"? Does this mean you won't have to spend the 2x1750 doubloons if you purchase the starter pack and finish 18 directives?

Yes, you are correct. As I mentioned, technically you can finish 19th and 20th phase from Directives, if you bought phases for doubloons before or you bought starter pack

[lovelacebeer]

At least to WGs credit they did learn something from the PR mess and have done a better job of communicating this time around. 

 

As for the event itself I think I will just play as normal and see how it goes but I am not going to make any special effort for this event the whole subs situation is wonderfully demotivating for me. 

[Piston_Br0ke]

1 hour ago, Klopirat said:

yes but there are always easier tasks that require more grind

Yes that I saw but take into account for us in the UK we are starting to go back to work and no doubt in a lot of other countries as well so gaming time will be curtailed severely and as a lot of grind takes a lot of time, yes I would like the ship there is not going to be a lot of spare cash about or a lot of time. 

[NobleRipper]

Looking forward to the chance of getting a Graf Spee from completing some objectives; will reserve judgement on said directives until I see them live in the game client for myself, however, in case of any 'last-minute rebalancing'.

[The_White_Baron]

Directive 6 Task 11:

 

Battle type: Random, Ranked
Ships: Tier VII-X, Battleship
Conditions:
In a single battle:
Earn 2,600 base XP@

 

Are they taking the michael here?

 

Unless you have the Odin already where it's an easier one instead.

 

And this gem at task 12:

Battle type: Random, Ranked
Ships: Tier VII-X, Destroyer
Conditions:
In a single battle:
Deal 165,000 damage

 

Tell me, why do they have the Odin as a potential ship to use in these directives / tasks, when that is what we are going to be grinding for in the first place?

[painless]

 

when Odin was announced i war really excited, and would buy it in a heartbeat as it seemed like a nice  BB- previews had it as tier 8 Scharnhorst. Then it got gangnerfed and i don't need another Viribus Unitis 3 tiers up, so i guess i'll get free stuff i can get with my regular play..

[The_White_Baron]

52 minutes ago, lovelacebeer said:

At least to WGs credit they did learn something from the PR mess and have done a better job of communicating this time around. 

 

As for the event itself I think I will just play as normal and see how it goes but I am not going to make any special effort for this event the whole subs situation is wonderfully demotivating for me. 

If it wasn't for the fact this is time-gated I'd be all for this, but as it is I think I'm going to be saving my Doubloons for something else entirely.

[AdmiralAntoni]

I wouldn`t get to excited about the Graf Spee, I bought it a while ago and its nothing special.

 

The Odin looks better but not sure if I want to spend Doubloons to speed it up.

 

Hopefully I will still be (allegedly) working from home when this starts so I can find the time to complete the directives !

[Toivia]

Well, it is better communicated than PR. But we still don't know what the final missions look like and there are a number of disadvantages as well.

 

For one, Odin has been nerfed to the ground.

For two, given the state of the ship, the already released mission stats are still grindy as heck AND you still need to pay ontop.

Third and most important: 90% discount for a T8 ship doesn't result in a 3500 dubloon cost. T8 ships are not worth 35k dubloons. Stop overinflating Odin's cost artificially just so you can lie to players that they get 90% discount on a ship. At 3500 dubloons a pop, at best you get a realistic discount of 75% max, assuming Odin still somehow ends up being pricier than any other T8.

[Amaha]

The question here is: Do Directives well be possible to accomplish by all players or again only by "no-life" / "wallet-warriors" (like it was in Puerto Rico event)?

[wot_2016_gunner]

11 minuti fa, Amaha ha scritto:

The question here is: Do Directives well be possible to accomplish by all players or again only by "no-life" / "wallet-warriors" (like it was in Puerto Rico event)?

Afaik they remained the same and, at least up to directive 4 (what you need to get Graf Spee) they should doable; after all, we have 2 months. Even the later direcives, while grindy, they are better than PR, tho this time the problem isn't the event, this time the problem is the ship.