new american freemium

[EpicGoldenCat]

alaska days are counted but are we going to get another fxp premium? like iowa class or something because idk if i should grind fxp

[lafeel]

22 minutes ago, EpicGoldenCat said:

alaska days are counted but are we going to get another fxp premium? like iowa class or something because idk if i should grind fxp

WG hasn't said, and the only new American ship announced recently is the Austin so..

[AkerJack]

I don't think there would be anything beside the Austin as there is a lot coming soon including Italian BBs...

[fumtu]

Austin is the only US "freemium" announced and it would be for steel as it is replacing Somers. There is no future US fremiums rumored or announced except players wishes which are just that .... wishes, nothing concrete. It could be that WG have some plans but as easily it could be that we need to wait quite longer for next US freemium. WG does not need to replace one US ships in Armoury with another, especially if there are other US ships available, like Salem, Ohio, FDR or, soon, Austin. Missouri is replaced with Musashi not new US premium, just like Musashi is not replaced with new Japanese premium, or Krony or JB or ... For WG, premium is premium,. They will replace a T9 or T10 premium with another T9 ili T10 premium, nation tag is less important.

[Captain_Newman]

Personally I wouldn’t be surprised if the Somers gets the Neustrashimy / Flint treatment about a year or more from now (comes back for a very high amount of coal, like 500k or something).

 

In the mean time, who knows? There is another Alaska class not in the game, the USS Guam, maybe they’ll do something with that? Unused Iowas too. Kind of doubt it, I think they’d be more likely to make something up at this point. Until then the Austin is the only USN freemium on the horizon.

[albin322]

31 minutes ago, Captain_Newman said:

Personally I wouldn’t be surprised if the Somers gets the Neustrashimy / Flint treatment about a year or more from now (comes back for a very high amount of coal, like 500k or something).

 

In the mean time, who knows? There is another Alaska class not in the game, the USS Guam, maybe they’ll do something with that? Unused Iowas too. Kind of doubt it, I think they’d be more likely to make something up at this point. Until then the Austin is the only USN freemium on the horizon.

they have already said that austin in a steel ship replacing somers

[MarshalHaig]

If I remember right, the only confirmed top tier premiums coming soon are: 

 

Tier 9 German destroyer ZH-6 (dockyard for new German destroyers)

Tier 9 Italian battleship Marco Polo

Tier 10 Commonwealth destroyer Vampire II

Tier 10 US cruiser Austin (steel)

 

So no obvious direct Alaska replacement a la Missouri Musashi.

[YabbaCoe]

Před 8 minutami MarshalHaig řekl/a:

If I remember right, the only confirmed top tier premiums coming soon are: 

 

Tier 9 German destroyer ZH-6 (dockyard for new German destroyers)

Tier 9 Italian battleship Marco Polo

Tier 10 Commonwealth destroyer Vampire II

Tier 10 US cruiser Austin (steel)

 

So no obvious direct Alaska replacement a la Missouri Musashi.

Correct, nothing was announced yet about possible replacement of US Freemium.

 

Před 10 hodinami EpicGoldenCat řekl/a:

alaska days are counted but are we going to get another fxp premium? like iowa class or something because idk if i should grind fxp

Also now I can't tell you what is being prepared. First info about such additions and ships being tested can be found in our DevBlog: https://blog.worldofwarships.com/

[Captain_Newman]

2 hours ago, albin322 said:

they have already said that austin in a steel ship replacing somers

 

I know. Not sure why you made the point and how is it relevant? Actually reading posts you're quoting might be a thing to do?

[CacciatorpediniereArmato]

There are some new freemium ships which we dont know how to get, like DD R-10 (USSR DD), Vempire ii (Commonwealth DD), Marco Polo (Italian BB), Kitagami (Japanese CL, if not be deleted again). And the only American freemium is Austin, to change with steel

[lafeel]

15 minutes ago, CacciatorpediniereArmato said:

There are some new freemium ships which we dont know how to get, like DD R-10 (USSR DD), Vempire ii (Commonwealth DD), Marco Polo (Italian BB), Kitagami (Japanese CL, if not be deleted again). And the only American freemium is Austin, to change with steel

TBH Marco Polo smells like a replacement for Georgia, which would make her Coal if true. (nb I have no idea if this hypothesis is true or not)

[CacciatorpediniereArmato]

27 minutes ago, lafeel said:

TBH Marco Polo smells like a replacement for Georgia, which would make her Coal if true. (nb I have no idea if this hypothesis is true or not)

Maybe as the replacement for Alaska, to exchange with free xp? 

[Marblehead_1]

44 minutes ago, lafeel said:

TBH Marco Polo smells like a replacement for Georgia, which would make her Coal if true. (nb I have no idea if this hypothesis is true or not)

People on Reddit speculate that Marco Polo could enter with Italian BB arc like Pommern was connected with German CV event as Coal ship so replacement for Georgia seems viable. As I remember from some time they didn't changed her so maybe she is ready,

Also people speculate on Reddit that Vampire II could be replacement for Smaland as fexp ship. This I think it's possible on 95%,

R-10 is in refrigerator from long time and nothing was changed in her from very long time ( she is just ready to introduce or she has different purpose )

Kitakami was from long time in refrigerator so they probably scrapped her as original ship.

[lafeel]

1 hour ago, CacciatorpediniereArmato said:

Maybe as the replacement for Alaska, to exchange with free xp? 

Could be, but she's definetly a BB not a CB.

[CacciatorpediniereArmato]

11 minutes ago, lafeel said:

Could be, but she's definetly a BB not a CB.

Yes, but after Missouri and Musashi, there isnt a free xp bb for a very long time. 

[lafeel]

20 minutes ago, CacciatorpediniereArmato said:

Yes, but after Missouri and Musashi, there isnt a free xp bb for a very long time. 

Nelson isn't a FXP ship now? Still, you have a point there.

[Panocek]

7 minutes ago, lafeel said:

Nelson isn't a FXP ship now? Still, you have a point there.

Nelson also comes from times when WG actually tried to make fun boat game

[lafeel]

1 minute ago, Panocek said:

Nelson also comes from times when WG actually tried to make fun boat game

Oh please, you can make this game as fun as you want if you play your cards and ships right, nobody is FORCING you to use Deadeye and sit back and snipe.

[invicta2012]

10 hours ago, Captain_Newman said:

Unused Iowas too. Kind of doubt it, I think they’d be more likely to make something up at this point.

Someone did suggest the USS Kentucky. I wasn't aware of it, but it was ordered as a Montana, then became an Iowa, and then after WW2 the US spent ages working out what to do with the hull - even becoming the first Guided Missile BB. So that should give WG some room to play with the design..

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Kentucky_(BB-66)

 

I can't see why WG would be afraid of some element of repetition - having two of a class enables you to play around with different equipment and captain skill setups, plus premium economy (which is very important to me!), and it's always fun to have a choice (at least, that's how I sell my having three Brooklyn class cruisers in port...)

[Captain_Newman]

31 minutes ago, invicta2012 said:

I can't see why WG would be afraid of some element of repetition - having two of a class enables you to play around with different equipment and captain skill setups, plus premium economy (which is very important to me!), and it's always fun to have a choice (at least, that's how I sell my having three Brooklyn class cruisers in port...)

 

They're not afraid of repetition, there's multiple examples of ships of the same class in-game (such as the Iowa and South Dakota classes, for example).

[DFens_666]

2 minutes ago, Captain_Newman said:

 

They're not afraid of repetition, there's multiple examples of ships of the same class in-game (such as the Iowa and South Dakota classes, for example).

 

Or outright copies of the same ship

Saipan - Sanzang

Alsace - Wujing

Not sure if i got the PA-names right... Atleast before, they attempted to make them slightly different, now they just c&p, change name and new camo = profit

(CM / wukong - Izumo / Bajie - Ognevoi / Siliwangi)

[lafeel]

2 minutes ago, DFens_666 said:

(CM / wukong - Izumo / Bajie - Ognevoi / Siliwangi)

Unfortunately in two out of three cases the original is the superior ship. In case you're wondering which is the exception, it's the one that came with a pig.

[Captain_Newman]

16 minutes ago, lafeel said:

Unfortunately in two out of three cases the original is the superior ship. In case you're wondering which is the exception, it's the one that came with a pig.

 

Yea Bajie is more of an upgrade than a sidegrade. I'd also say the Siliwangi, while it might be on the same hull, plays quite differently to the Ognevoi, so gameplay wise it can be considered to be a different ship; the presence of Loyang-esque hydro and deepwaters does alter it's playstyle quite a bit. I'd sooner call her a deepwater Loyang than a PA Ognevoi, tbh.

[DFens_666]

1 minute ago, lafeel said:

In case you're wondering which is the exception, it's the one that came with a pig.

 

Are we truely surprised that its a BB that has a buffed premium version? Why not milk the biggest part of the playerbase?

[lafeel]

36 minutes ago, Captain_Newman said:

 

Yea Bajie is more of an upgrade than a sidegrade. I'd also say the Siliwangi, while it might be on the same hull, plays quite differently to the Ognevoi, so gameplay wise it can be considered to be a different ship; the presence of Loyang-esque hydro and deepwaters does alter it's playstyle quite a bit. I'd sooner call her a deepwater Loyang than a PA Ognevoi, tbh.

Losing most of her AA to boot does her no favours either to be fair.

29 minutes ago, DFens_666 said:

Are we truely surprised that its a BB that has a buffed premium version? Why not milk the biggest part of the playerbase?

Buffed is debatable, I was comparing her with how poorly the Wukong and Silliwangi compare to the originals, not saying she's clearly the  superior ship to Izumo.