[GEUS] Purnylla [GEUS] Players 1,105 posts 25,180 battles Report post #1 Posted November 10, 2020 Since I've switched to National commander voice overs, I've been loving them. Unfortunately it seems the Swedish ships and the Pan-Asian ships use the default American voice-over, which is a shame. I also can't remember hearing a special voice-over for my Polish and Astro-Hungarian commanders. Would be nice to have more national commander voice-overs. :) Also, I noticed on https://wiki.wargaming.net/en/Ship:Commander that the Pan-Asian commander have no differences in ranks, split up for the different countries, like the Pan-European commanders have. I don't know why this decision was made, I'm not too familiar with Asia, but I do get the feeling the randomly generated names of the commanders do differ based upon the nation of the ship they're recruited on. Can't their ranks also be split up to represent their nationality? As a Dutch guy I do appreciate the Dutch voice-over used for my Dutch commander on the Friesland, although it feels kinda strange that there's a Dutch voice-over while there's only one Dutch ship in the game, while there are no national voice-over for many other Pan-European and Pan-Asian commanders. I have no experience with the Pan-American commanders, as the number of Pan-American ships is extremely limited, but I do hope these will follow the same system as used for the Pan-European commanders; a rank and voice-over based upon their nationality. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[O-R-P] Marblehead_1 Players 3,166 posts 36,674 battles Report post #2 Posted November 10, 2020 My capitain for Ostergottland was from Błyskawica ( Polish capitain ) and he speak polish language on Błyskawica and english language on Ostergottland. This seems more or less logical as he serve on different navy ship and english is international language. As I remember Viribus Unitis default commander speaks german although cosidering that British english and USA english voice over are different I wonder how or if it differs Austro-Hungarian german from German german. Nueve de Julio capitain speaks spanish, I hope that Almirante Abreu capitain will speak portugal language. In case of Pan American ships it's not only case of differences beetween spanish and portugal but there are more local differences. I didn't hope it will be included. Pan Asian lack of voice over is strange for me as chinese speaker isn't probably very difficult to find. Here they could differ PLAN and RoCN from each other similarly like GB and USA voice. Same for Indionesian ships. As I remember announcement of Pan Asian tree was gently speaking gigantic crapshow on SEA ( including bans for WWII Thai anti Chinese propaganda ) this could be one of cases. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[GEUS] Purnylla [GEUS] Players 1,105 posts 25,180 battles Report post #3 Posted November 10, 2020 23 minutes ago, Marblehead_1 said: My capitain for Ostergottland was from Błyskawica ( Polish capitain ) and he speak polish language on Błyskawica and english language on Ostergottland. This seems more or less logical as he serve on different navy ship and english is international language. Ah, so the voice-over is selected based upon the ship, and not based upon the commander? Not sure that's the most logical thing, but OK. I always try to have commanders of the correct nationality (with their national rank and name) on the ships anyways. Having a Polish commander on my Dutch Friesland just doesn't match IMO. :P 24 minutes ago, Marblehead_1 said: Pan Asian lack of voice over is strange for me as chinese speaker isn't probably very difficult to find. Here they could differ PLAN and RoCN from each other similarly like GB and USA voice. Same for Indionesian ships. As I remember announcement of Pan Asian tree was gently speaking gigantic crapshow on SEA ( including bans for WWII Thai anti Chinese propaganda ) this could be one of cases. Ah, always a shame when politics get in their way. I guess it does explain why WG went the easy way and just generalizing all ranks and voices of Pan-Asian commanders. I'm not sure, but I do get the feeling the randomly generated names of Pan-Asian commanders do get influenced by the nation of the ship they're recruited on, or isn't that the case? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[O-R-P] Marblehead_1 Players 3,166 posts 36,674 battles Report post #4 Posted November 10, 2020 42 minutes ago, Purnylla said: Ah, so the voice-over is selected based upon the ship, and not based upon the commander? Not sure that's the most logical thing, but OK. I always try to have commanders of the correct nationality (with their national rank and name) on the ships anyways. Having a Polish commander on my Dutch Friesland just doesn't match IMO. :P Ah, always a shame when politics get in their way. I guess it does explain why WG went the easy way and just generalizing all ranks and voices of Pan-Asian commanders. I'm not sure, but I do get the feeling the randomly generated names of Pan-Asian commanders do get influenced by the nation of the ship they're recruited on, or isn't that the case? I got before Jerzy Świrski Campaign only one strong European commander who served on Błyskawica, Friesland and Ostergottland. Jerzy Świrski is now on Halland with other premiums but I agree it's very strange. Maybe they add Polish destroyers too as split from Vasteras so it could be more logic. Personally I hope for Legendary Capitain from each European WoWs nations ( Doorman or Helfrich for Netherlands maybe? Maybe different person? Karel Doorman was as I remember also Cavalier of one of Polish highest military medals so he fits into European international tree very well ) I must check my Vasteras and Oland capitains as I'm almost sure that they speak Swedish ( generated on such ships ) As I remember Gadjah Mada capitain have more or less chinese name ( no arab language name in example ) but still we can explain this as chinese diaspora is present in all SEA region countries so we can assumpt that he comes from such minority. Personally I would try generate some names on Phra Ruang, Gadjah Mada, Irian or Silliwangi and check how they names differ. As I remember sometimes was posssible to see different uniform of PA capitains as same as some Soviet capitains had Imperial uniforms or medals ( maybe Imperial ships generate different uniforms from Soviet ships? ) I'm not sure did it was removed but I do not see this from few months. Some of Russian/Soviet capitains had Imperial looking big moustaches but tbh I'm not sure did it was changed during post Revolution times. I bet it wasn't positively recived after end of Civil War. Interesting which language could use Mysore generated capitain english language or hindi as both are official languages of India? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[I-J-N] Karasu_Browarszky [I-J-N] Players 13,025 posts Report post #5 Posted November 10, 2020 Pan Asian commanders speak English? I could swear for me they speak Japanese... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
genosse Players 460 posts 6,789 battles Report post #6 Posted November 10, 2020 I also support more national voiceovers, and while you are at it, maybe re-visit the British commander. I mean, he doesn't have to sound all "evil" like the rest of them, with so much reverb and other effects on his voice, but everytime he says: "We sank an enemy destroy-her", I have to laugh. Seriously, the man sounds like he is drawing is last breath. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[I-J-N] Karasu_Browarszky [I-J-N] Players 13,025 posts Report post #7 Posted November 10, 2020 1 hour ago, genosse said: I also support more national voiceovers, and while you are at it, maybe re-visit the British commander. I mean, he doesn't have to sound all "evil" like the rest of them, with so much reverb and other effects on his voice, but everytime he says: "We sank an enemy destroy-her", I have to laugh. Seriously, the man sounds like he is drawing is last breath. Evil? To me he just sounds like some old public school fogey. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[GEUS] Purnylla [GEUS] Players 1,105 posts 25,180 battles Report post #8 Posted November 10, 2020 2 hours ago, Karasu_Hidesuke said: Pan Asian commanders speak English? I could swear for me they speak Japanese... The commanders of my Jianwei and Anshan use the American voices. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[I-J-N] Karasu_Browarszky [I-J-N] Players 13,025 posts Report post #9 Posted November 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, Purnylla said: The commanders of my Jianwei and Anshan use the American voices. I'll have to check this when I get into game later on, it seems equally strange for them to use English as Japanese, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[GEUS] Purnylla [GEUS] Players 1,105 posts 25,180 battles Report post #10 Posted November 10, 2020 The commander of my Västerås seems to use the British voice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[I-J-N] Karasu_Browarszky [I-J-N] Players 13,025 posts Report post #11 Posted November 10, 2020 5 hours ago, Purnylla said: The commander of my Västerås seems to use the British voice. Confirmed, the same for me, British English. 5 hours ago, Purnylla said: The commanders of my Jianwei and Anshan use the American voices. Not unless they are Japanese Americans... for me the voiceover is in Japanese on Pan-Asian ships. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[NECRO] Deckeru_Maiku Beta Tester 6,636 posts 24,864 battles Report post #12 Posted November 10, 2020 Yeah, we desperately need the guy who did the Danish Chef from the muppets for the pan-european DDs... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[I-J-N] Karasu_Browarszky [I-J-N] Players 13,025 posts Report post #13 Posted November 10, 2020 9 minutes ago, Deckeru_Maiku said: Yeah, we desperately need the guy who did the Danish Chef from the muppets for the pan-european DDs... Sweeeedish! It's a Swedish Chef. Danish is more difficult to follow. Spoiler Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[NECRO] Deckeru_Maiku Beta Tester 6,636 posts 24,864 battles Report post #14 Posted November 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, Karasu_Hidesuke said: Sweeeedish! It's a Swedish Chef. Danish is more difficult to follow. ah.. sorry.. me is german and in the german synchronization it's a danish chef.. It's really funny to do a holiday in denmark as a german and watch a swedish TV program with danish subtitles... it's like... "huh? That sounds like that was is written there... doesn't it??" 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[I-J-N] Karasu_Browarszky [I-J-N] Players 13,025 posts Report post #15 Posted November 10, 2020 Just now, Deckeru_Maiku said: ah.. sorry.. me is german and in the german synchronization it's a danish chef.. It's really funny to do a holiday in denmark as a german and watch a swedish TV program with danish subtitles... it's like... "huh? That sounds like that was is written there... doesn't it??" These Scandinavian languages tend to be sort of close yet quite different. Supposedly, they are somewhat mutually intelligible. I don't really know Danish at all, so can't comment. Swedish is a little bit like Plattdeutsch, neither having undergone the same kind of consonant shifts as High German (e.g. t becoming s). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[-TPF-] invicta2012 Players 6,382 posts 26,856 battles Report post #16 Posted November 10, 2020 30 minutes ago, Karasu_Hidesuke said: Sweeeedish! It's a Swedish Chef. Danish is more difficult to follow. HDMS Squirrely when? (A DD, judging by the game play skills shown here). 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[--] Captain_Newman Players 2,147 posts 16,474 battles Report post #17 Posted November 10, 2020 May I suggest a Borat collaboration instead of those weeb ones. I’d love to have a commander Borat! For make benefit of glorious navy of Kazakhstan! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[I-J-N] Karasu_Browarszky [I-J-N] Players 13,025 posts Report post #18 Posted November 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, Captain_Newman said: May I suggest a Borat collaboration instead of those weeb ones. For make benefit of glorious navy of Kazakhstan! Kazakhstan actually has a navy that I believe is bigger than some European navies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[--] Captain_Newman Players 2,147 posts 16,474 battles Report post #19 Posted November 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, Karasu_Hidesuke said: Kazakhstan actually has a navy that I believe is bigger than some European navies. Mostly a few missile and patrol boats at the Caspian Sea. And so we need Borat to represent them! Wavaweewa! - for dev strike Very nice! - when winning Etc. You get the idea. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[I-J-N] Karasu_Browarszky [I-J-N] Players 13,025 posts Report post #20 Posted November 10, 2020 12 minutes ago, Captain_Newman said: Mostly a few missile and patrol boats at the Caspian Sea. And so we need Borat to represent them! Wavaweewa! - for dev strike Very nice! - when winning Etc. You get the idea. Spoiler Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[SVX] albin322 Players 1,850 posts 20,871 battles Report post #21 Posted November 10, 2020 we need a swedish commander my suggest our royal highnes the king!!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[-EXS-] Hades_warrior Players 5,381 posts 6,643 battles Report post #22 Posted November 11, 2020 Isn't there some setting in the audio settings witch gives you options for different voice commanders? Im sure I saw something like that recently. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[I-J-N] Karasu_Browarszky [I-J-N] Players 13,025 posts Report post #23 Posted November 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Hades_warrior said: Isn't there some setting in the audio settings witch gives you options for different voice commanders? Im sure I saw something like that recently. You can play with the settings, I use the national + because it lets me hear the special commanders like Jingles etc. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[R_N_G] Bindolaf_Werebane Players 1,387 posts 12,045 battles Report post #24 Posted November 11, 2020 18 hours ago, Captain_Newman said: May I suggest a Borat collaboration instead of those weeb ones. I’d love to have a commander Borat! For make benefit of glorious navy of Kazakhstan! I would kill for Borat, number one high admiral of Kazakhstan. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[NTT] arquata2019_ Players 2,248 posts 17,480 battles Report post #25 Posted November 11, 2020 Would be interesting, about the historical ones. image thinking that we could hear pokémon voices or peppa pig voices as commanders :D also, i would like some historical voice lines, if possible 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
