Would you say the last update (Captain) broke the game?

[DerpyMcDoom]

Simple question. Feel free to elaborate for or against 

[StonerStanley]

inb4 thunderer players say no 

[Camperdown]

In comparison with all the other flaws of the game this is not xtra catastrophic. 

Biggest flaw imo is the mixing of absolute incompetents with good players. It leads to shitty and frustrating gameplay.

Next biggest flaw is WG greed and disregard of decent gameplay experience.

Third biggest flaw is rediculous overmatch mechanics where ships have random ahistorical plating thicknesses which can or cannot be penetrated according to silly rules.

[Verblonde]

IMO No; it just changed it (with a couple of 'stupids' - most notably Deadeye - to be taken into consideration).

 

Which, of course, doesn't make the dramatically increased costs of the additional points any less of a Richard move ("if WG were an ice-cream flavour, they'd be Pralines & Richard"...etc.).

 

 

[anonym_ED57N4NbHHsY]

I don't know is my answer, however it did make the game less enjoyable

[DFens_666]

Ill just say no, because it mostly doesnt effect the game outside of T10 / hightiers. And on TX its mostly Thunderers who ruin the game anyway, that didnt really change. Yes, some games feel extra campy, but we did have those before aswell, maybe it got slightly worse. Im not gonna complain if i can maintain 80-90% WR tho

[Capra76]

Broken is a strong word, but it did make it worse.

[Uglesett]

Broke it? No. Made it far less interesting to play? Quite so.

 

I'll play a bit until the free respecs end just to mess around with the captain skills. But I've already lost a lot of interest in the game because of this, and after the 18th I'll probably give the game a long-to-permanent rest.

[lovelacebeer]

As is often the case with WG the basic idea isn’t bad but the execution was poor as is obvious with several of the skills.

 

Its certainly made the game less interesting / fun but it’s not broken as such. 

[dCK_Ad_Hominem]

It didn't break the game, it just forced a new meta which pretty much all of us are trying to figure out right now. Camping bbs is a symptom, but will only remain one until all those geniuses figure out you're still unspotted within 15 instead of 19km.

 

I call for patience. 

[Spartan_93]

It is not cool, but it is still playable.

And there is a lot of room for improvements.

And just one more reason for don't spend money.

[Captain_Newman]

Probably not.. it broke it for me in the sense that I was already kind of burnt out, so dealing with these all new skill trees falls deeply into CBA territory for me. Whether or not I find interest for this game on the same level I had before... time will tell, I suppose.

[OldschoolGaming_YouTube]

2 hours ago, DerpyMcDoom said:

Simple question. Feel free to elaborate for or against 

 

Game has been broken a long while (CV ´s). last patch just made one of the wheels fall of.

[22cm]

Add more crap to the existing crap (CV), to see if it sticks. 

 

And more crap (subs) is coming. 

 

This game may end before Covid. 

[captain_lef]

15 hours ago, OldschoolGaming_YouTube said:

 

Game has been broken a long while (CV ´s). last patch just made one of the wheels fall of.

at least they hear the feedback!

[Itwastuesday]

No, it just enforced the boring

[Figment]

It didn't change much IMO. What's a few more cowards and campers in a game full of cowards and campers? :P

[COPlUM]

The rework didn't break the game at all, it broke my spirit though, battleships asking carriers to please stop spotting enemy destroyers because it messes with their deadeye skill broke my spirit. Also my faith in humanity, it broke that too.

[Ronchabale]

Some ships got broke.. yes

Other ships got better

Game broken.. naa

[cracktrackflak]

I don't know about the rework breaking the game mechanics, but its certainly broken the economy and my motivation to play - at least for a few weeks.

 

I've just rest 300+ captains. Now I'm supposed to spend hours rejigging ship equipments and captain skills, in the process handing over all of my Capt XP, FXP and credits. Almost certainly there'll be a future "doubloon trap" set as well (something will be changed, again).

 

Since the rework, I've been opening up the game - and thinking "I just can't be bothered". I'm playing other games right now; maybe its time for me to move on from WG products altogether.

 

 

[PaP_Mentoles]

Made it more broken 

[Angry_Penguin18]

I've gone with no but something needs to be done about deadeye and the endless camping. 

 

Also it's made my Pommern less fun which is upsetting. 

[The_Norwood]

It was already broken. The refusal to give any kind of defence against aircraft has rendered the game broken for quite a while now. This is just a poke in the eye after the surprise buttsex that was the cv rework. But because that went so well, they just had to do another rework.

[AndyHill]

Carriers have been broken for over five years now, so no, the latest patch didn't actually brake it.

[VC381]

Honestly, I think it has improved it. There I said it, lynch me (and no I'm not a BBaby, I'm a cruiser main).

 

If nothing else, the new UI is fantastic and the way you can skill for different ships on the same captain is really great with premiums. The system as a whole is well designed and the new skills are interesting. As for impact on the wider game, as I said I think overall I actually like it, but it's fun to watch the salt on here whenever something like this happens.