Developer Bulletin for Update 0.10.2

[The_EURL_Guy]

Italian battleships in Early Access, the Big Hunt, and new visual enhancements.

Read it on the portal

[peter_s_price]

Sooo - WG great Idea is for 10.2?

Take the LEAST favourite Halloween game mode in recent memory and set that up as a mode in the main game.

 

WTG WG - What about the really good one from the year before or the UNIQUE Subs one before that? 

 

Honestly do you not notice or listen to your playerbase? 

[YabbaCoe]

Před 2 minutami peter_s_price řekl/a:

Sooo - WG great Idea is for 10.2?

Take the LEAST favourite Halloween game mode in recent memory and set that up as a mode in the main game.

 

WTG WG - What about the really good one from the year before or the UNIQUE Subs one before that? 

 

Honestly do you not notice or listen to your playerbase? 

Well, we wanted to have a special mode for 1st April and we decided to use the Big Hunt and update it, also with features, that players mentioned. For example now you can enter in a division.

But anyway, it is a special mode and it is mostly meant for a fun, to relax from standard playing in Randoms or Rankeds etc. You can also try new unique features.

And still during PT this can change, based on painpoints which players can raise.

[Zen71_sniper]

Is there any other way to get Leone aside from loot boxes?

[YabbaCoe]

Před 10 minutami Zen71_sniper řekl/a:

Is there any other way to get Leone aside from loot boxes?

Can't confirm or promise anything now, but maybe there would be option to purchase it separately.

But more info about that will be probably with the Update article in a week of release 0.10.2 to live server.

[CaptainAwsome_2014]

Is there any information on how to obtain the legion perma-camo for the Marco Polo?

 

Also, will the bonuses be the same as the current legion camos in-game?

[Dufour14]

If Marco Polo is dropping from Premium boxes, does it mean it will be added in the Armory too ?

 

Can you confirm the currency for it ? Cryantos stated it will come for Coal.

 

About the armory, since you campaign the retirement/removal of Somers at 10.2, can you confirm that Austin (her replacement) will be added right away at 10.2 ?

 

Lastly, the article mentions "Combat Mission Group Rewards" - Camo for Marco Polo.

Is it the same thing like for Pommern ? You get it for doing all the mission stages ?

 

[DeviousDave02]

Are the older April fools SciFi ship skins coming back for purchase?

 

Really wanted the Carrier skin but missed it the last time it was available.

 

And these event skins really need to change to different tiers. Seriously, it's always tier 8, 9 and 10 - why not do some for tier 6 and 7 like some of the older events did?

 

I'd love a Star ship/Halloween skin for some of my T6 BB's or CV's.

[BruceRKF]

Couldn't care less about that Big Hunt thing, not gonna play it. I am much more interested for which resource Marco Polo will be available besides the containers?

[wot_2016_gunner]

38 minuti fa, peter_s_price ha scritto:

Take the LEAST favourite Halloween game mode in recent memory and set that up as a mode in the main game.

I have to disagree, i actually enjoyed the Key Battle and Big Hunt fixes the main issues (the need for the key to exit the portal)

[FooFaFie]

35 minutes ago, YabbaCoe said:

Well, we wanted to have a special mode for 1st April and we decided to use the Big Hunt and update it, also with features, that players mentioned. For example now you can enter in a division.

But anyway, it is a special mode and it is mostly meant for a fun, to relax from standard playing in Randoms or Rankeds etc. You can also try new unique features.

And still during PT this can change, based on painpoints which players can raise.

Are the devs trying some weird psychology stuff on the players? Give them them the worst stuff so they will want us more. You know...like  reject the girl and she  will want you more...because that's the biggest [edited]  strategy in the world. 

[YabbaCoe]

Před 25 minutami FieFaFoo řekl/a:

Are the devs trying some weird psychology stuff on the players? Give them them the worst stuff so they will want us more. You know...like  reject the girl and she  will want you more...because that's the biggest [edited]  strategy in the world. 

It is not the case. Simply previous Halloween modes are old already and therefore we are testing and developing something new. Previous Halloweens had certain story, that was finished for now. Also one of tested feature over there - Submarines - were tested in normal battle conditions and probably another way of testing will follow

With this April Fools we simply decided to follow in development of the same one special mode as you could try last year. After this execution, we will see data and results and after that we will decide the fate of this particular special mode.

[Klopirat]

Vor 36 Minuten, wot_2016_gunner sagte:

Big Hunt fixes the main issues (the need for the key to exit the portal)

but brings back the biggest issues of game modes like Filth or Rogue Wave: matching solo players against divisons...

 

and spreading divisons across the map won't help, it might make the issue even worse...

[NobleRipper]

36 minutes ago, FieFaFoo said:

Are the devs trying some weird psychology stuff on the players? Give them them the worst stuff so they will want us more. You know...like  reject the girl and she  will want you more...because that's the biggest [edited]  strategy in the world. 

Sure seems like a classic April Fools joke to me ;)

[wot_2016_gunner]

Proprio ora, Klopirat ha scritto:

but brings back the biggest issues of game modes like Filth or Rogue Wave: matching solo players against divisons...

 

and spreading divisons across the map won't help, it might make the issue even worse...

yeah, i guess in my case i just got used to it; tbh i actually saw those premade timed divisions (when you press the battle button at the same time as hopefully the MM puts you and your friend in the same battle) even in the old one

[DeviousDave02]

1 hour ago, YabbaCoe said:

It is not the case. Simply previous Halloween modes are old already and therefore we are testing and developing something new. Previous Halloweens had certain story, that was finished for now.

So does that mean we won't see the Halloween Ops in rotation again come October?

 

If that is the case then it's really annoying as we already lost half the Operations thanks to the CV rework. I mean I get that Sunray in the Darkness had issues as the Great Gorgon didn't function properly and you pulled the Nobilium from the player ship line up (Seriously guys, give it back, please... pretty please... with a cherry on top ) but they are/were still great events for Halloween with a great Halloween atmosphere, cool storyline and fun gameplay.

 

I mean the original pre re-work version was one of the few events that CV's could be in and no one wanted to beat us over the head with a giant, 1-1 scale replica, inflatable DD (Was also the first [and last] event I got to use a Carrier in, non of your "different universe" events since then have included them .)

[YabbaCoe]

Před 9 minutami DeviousDave02 řekl/a:

So does that mean we won't see the Halloween Ops in rotation again come October?

 

If that is the case then it's really annoying as we already lost half the Operations thanks to the CV rework. I mean I get that Sunray in the Darkness had issues as the Great Gorgon didn't function properly and you pulled the Nobilium from the player ship line up (Seriously guys, give it back, please... pretty please... with a cherry on top ) but they are/were still great events for Halloween with a great Halloween atmosphere, cool storyline and fun gameplay.

 

I mean the original pre re-work version was one of the few events that CV's could be in and no one wanted to beat us over the head with a giant, 1-1 scale replica, inflatable DD (Was also the first [and last] event I got to use a Carrier in, non of your "different universe" events since then have included them .)

Well, there weren't there last year, right? Though I can't tell you 100%, but I personally don't expect them to be there. But probably I am wrong. Maybe devs are working on contiuation of that, but I don't have any info, which I would be able to tell you.

 

 

[ZaalKoris_vas_QwibQwib]

Oh so no Italian collection of some kind from Containers? That sucks. 

 

It makes the Panda sad... 

 

I bet WG will sell both Leone and Marco Polo. If they won't it'll hit profit margins. Most people prefer to buy what they want directly without relying on irrational entropy of RNG chance in a container. If it'll be for Coal (I never heard that, but I don't follow streams anymore) even better - I don't like this line one bit so far.

 

[Maris_Piper]

2 hours ago, YabbaCoe said:

Can't confirm or promise anything now, but maybe there would be option to purchase it separately.

I don't mind spending money in the game and an option to buy for a set price would be great, I think many players have lost all faith in gambling on loot boxes whatever label gets stuck on them. again If I know what I'm buying all is well  

[YabbaCoe]

Před 13 minutami Maris_Piper řekl/a:

I don't mind spending money in the game and an option to buy for a set price would be great, I think many players have lost all faith in gambling on loot boxes whatever label gets stuck on them. again If I know what I'm buying all is well  

I understand. As I mentioned, nothing set in stone was announced yet, so hopefully there might be an option to purchase that separately... but we all will see

[XDMeloniXD]

3 hours ago, peter_s_price said:

ake the LEAST favourite Halloween game mode in recent memory and set that up as a mode in the main game.

I actually called it. When bighunt first came along, it looked way too "april fools" like*. It was not a halloween gamemode. It was meant to be reusable for april fools. I personally did not enjoy that event and I probz won't like this one either. I hope you guys appreciate it more than what I can though. :)

 

*April fools like, as in the tradition of using "spaceships" as april fools material in WOWS

 

Speaking of gamemodes. WOWS trackrecord of making them is becoming worse and worse. And recycling a gamemode is close to scraping the bottom of the barrel. I know WG that you want to be more focused on creating premium ships, and "events"* to advertise them. But seriously, give the playerbase more funmodes, more DIFFERENT funmodes. Some events like rogue wave with the battle-royale like rules with a fitting dystopian theme, or maybe the halloween operations, with it's dark and mysterious feel and more team-play focused gameplay, or maybe make something historical like the Dunkirk event! We want more unique gamemodes! 

 

*The term event is used loosely. Take the mid-autumn festival event. Which by some, was called an event, but the only thing present were suprise bundles and special camos from said bundles. Another way to gamble.

[Gwynbleidd11]

Where are new coal ships? Armory is very empty now

[peter_s_price]

22 hours ago, wot_2016_gunner said:

I have to disagree, i actually enjoyed the Key Battle and Big Hunt fixes the main issues (the need for the key to exit the portal)

I understand that some liked it. But just amongst our clan the majority view was that it was worse than other years.

 

I just think that other specials might have had wider participation.

 

 

 

 

[peter_s_price]

23 hours ago, ZaalKoris_vas_QwibQwib said:

Most people prefer to buy what they want directly without relying on irrational entropy of RNG chance in a container. 

 

 

I will be honest - I NEVER buy 'special' containers. Most special containers I open (that we get free) typically contain single shot camos or something equally worthless that I could have purchased directly for less money. I do hope that (in the UK anyway) the government comes down on the side of making this 'Gambling' (which it is) and forces the gaming commission on them!

 

I will pay from premium time (I do) I will buy ships I want (I do) BUT I wont gamble on containers or other similar LOOT bundles. It is wrong and taking advantage of young kids!

[HMS_Kilinowski]

On 2/24/2021 at 1:35 PM, YabbaCoe said:

Well, we wanted to have a special mode for 1st April and we decided to use the Big Hunt and update it, also with features, that players mentioned. For example now you can enter in a division.

But anyway, it is a special mode and it is mostly meant for a fun, to relax from standard playing in Randoms or Rankeds etc. You can also try new unique features.

And still during PT this can change, based on painpoints which players can raise.

 

The whole game mode sounds like one big painpoint.

"Meant for fun" you say. Wasn't the overall feedback on Key Battles that they were "not fun"?

Savage Battles were fun. That Fight for the Filth or what it was called, was somewhat fun. The good old Sunray in the Darkness was fun. Space Battles were fun. The Halloween submarine mode was fun. The Bathtub Battles - again don't know the exact name - were fun. You guys have so many fun modes to develop further. Yet it had to be the least popular mode ever.

 

It's self-evident that it is a special mode and that someone decided to use Key Battles again. No need explaining the obvious. Much less self-evident is, why this mode was chosen. It does not offer any features that would need testing cause they would fit into the regular game. At this point, I would find it more useful to make the old removed operations a fun mode and use that effort to help bring them back.

 

At least you listened to some feedback and made the event suited for divisions, cause grinding those halloween missions alone was pretty boring.

 

And once again I cannot say how much I despise a game mode with shifting alliances and betrayal and the resulting toxicity. The community needs game modes that bring players together not a mode that promotes selfish behavior.