finally got into CBT - 1st impressions

[zmeul]

 

right off the bat I will say that my expectations were not met - I am rather disappointed in World of Warships

I expected the gameplay to be more in line with the great BattleStations series ... just after few matches, the reality sinks ... this game is not it

WoWs is very basic, it's extremely basic in fact - there is no tactics; the direction you chose to go at the very start of the match seals your fate

 

the maps have an un-natural scale to them, playing from batleships, to cruisers and destroyers - the most odd thing that playing destroyers (the fastest ships in the game) actually feel the slowest of them all

the land masses are out of place - they are very unnatural scaled to the scope of the battlefield area itself

 

I really hoped WoWs to be the great white wale .. it is not, sadly 

 

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to make matter worse, WG have overhyped the game to extremes, they gave youtubers and twitch streamers unfeathered access to the game and left out to dry people that wanted to play test this thing

word of warning - watching some youtuber play the game and actually playing the game for yourself is a very very very different experience

 

seriously, I'm glad I resisted the urge to buy my way in the CBT - would've been a terrible mistake

 

[Yorkie_GBR]

I expected the gameplay to be more in line with the great BattleStations series ... 

 

This is where you failed. 

 

Any WG product is going to be arcady, that is what WG does.

 

But is does get better, especially when you come out of carebear mode 

 

Once you accept what the game is then your other points gain merit also, yes the scale of the maps and the landmasses et al. 

 

[Phantombeast]

Dear zmeul,

 

sorry to hear that, but I happend to notice that you have only played one game in PVP so far. All the others were against bots, which is hardly much fun in the long run. Maybe your second impression will get better ones you start playing the random battles.

 

Kind regards

[zmeul]

This is where you failed. 

Any WG product is going to be arcady, that is what WG does.

 

this is where you failed, because I never claimed BattleStations to be anything but an arcade type game - BattleStations was never a sim and no one ever claimed otherwise; so, clearly you haven't played any of the games in the series

 

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but I happend to notice that you have only played one game in PVP so far

 

yes, because the queues are insane - very few people are playing and those who do play are in bot matches

and, btw .. it doesn't change one bit my evaluation of the game mechanics - to note, I never touched the subject of PvP; because PvP does nothing but replace bots for humans

[Slo_Mo_Shun]

Its always a shame when people don't get what they expect out of a game. At least you have not lost any money as you say you didn't "buy in". I guess the only observation I can make is that this is still in closed beta and from what I have read on this forum is that we are at least a year away from open beta let alone the released game. I would just put it down to experience and move on to something new.

[Yorkie_GBR]

 

this is where you failed, because I never claimed BattleStations to be anything but an arcade type game - BattleStations was never a sim and no one ever claimed otherwise; so, clearly you haven't played any of the games in the series

 

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yes, because the queues are insane - very few people are playing and those who do play are in bot matches

and, btw .. it doesn't change one bit my evaluation of the game mechanics - to note, I never touched the subject of PvP; because PvP does nothing but replace bots for humans

 

You came into the game with a preconception and it has failed to live upto that, that is what I meant by "This is where you failed" 

The reference to the Arcade tie in with the maps sizes and landmasses rather than the comparison between the two games. As the next lines I wrote go on to agree with you. 

 

I am glad that you did not buy into the game, because some people who do have a disease called self entitlement. You don't like the game and that's fine, nothing you wrote is a whine into itself unlike others who bought into the the game. 

[Phantombeast]

yes, because the queues are insane - very few people are playing and those who do play are in bot matches

and, btw .. it doesn't change one bit my evaluation of the game mechanics - to note, I never touched the subject of PvP; because PvP does nothing but replace bots for humans

I don't know when was the last time you tried PVP?! There are actually no queues since CBT began ... and most people play PVP.

This statement is just wrong.

 

 

[Xevious_Red]

What I don't understand is that you haven't actually really played it. You've played 30 odd games in the bot mode, which is essentially the training mode. The bot ships don't have any skill, are incredibly easy and generally have no co-ordination.

 

Like many games, the starting equipment (in this case ships) is pretty basic - the more complicated and exciting stuff comes later. If you've played for example a racing game you never start with a ferrari they always give you a morris minor or whatever.

 

If you can make your mind up about a game based on some games in the practise mode and 1 "real" game then fair enough. Personally I give things a bit more time

 

[damo74]

 

I am glad that you did not buy into the game, because people who do have a disease called self entitlement

 

With all due respect, [edited]

 

[Userext]

 

With all due respect, [edited]

 

he is talking about those threads such as "unsatisfied customer" 

[Purple_Alert]

 

You came into the game with a preconception and it has failed to live upto that, that is what I meant by "This is where you failed" 

The reference to the Arcade tie in with the maps sizes and landmasses rather than the comparison between the two games. As the next lines I wrote go on to agree with you. 

 

I am glad that you did not buy into the game, because people who do have a disease called self entitlement. You don't like the game and that's fine, nothing you wrote is a whine into itself unlike others who bought into the the game. 

I'm sorry. Because I paid some of my hard earned money for a ship pack to get in that makes me a disease ridden self entitlement whore? 

We obviously weren't all as lucky as you who obviously had a beta key delivered by an angel riding a unicorn down a rainbow from heaven. 

No I gladly paid to get in so my money can be used to fund the game development  so freeloaders like yourself can get in and insult me on the forums. 

[Vogel]

To the OP: I think you are mostly disappointed over your own hype. WG hasn't actually been that bad (as in teasing people) with short gameplay footages and the like, so I wouldn'tcall it massively hyped. And all the games I've seen of youtubers have pretty much been representative of actual gameplay.

 

Besides, you have to leap into PvP to play it properly. The bots are way too accurate, has very random situational awareness and are generally not fun to play against. Once you are over the basics, then you can start to learn how to abuse viewrange as a DD, angle your armour between salvoes as a BB and ....juggle your distance as a CA. I find it more fun than WoT ATM, but that might be because it is fresh. But I have been through three wipes already, so that might not be it either .

 

Just give it some time in PvP, and see if it improves then.

 

EDIT: @above: Please don't insult every tester across the board because of one rude individual.

[dan_can]

 WoWs is very basic, it's extremely basic in fact - there is no tactics; the direction you chose to go at the very start of the match seals your fate

 

Apart from the damage control system (assigning your repair crew to fix fires, floods, engine failures etc.) the actual combat gameplay is even more basic than WoWs.

 

 

[Vogel]

Forgot to mention: The minimap is the single most important tool at your disposal. In WoT you can get away of realising the enemy tactic straight before the capping siren starts. In WoWs, you have to plan 5 mins into the future. Don't encounter any particular resistance on your course and see indicators of an enemy battlegroup somewhere? Then it's time to tke action. Most defeats are due to the "lemming train" behaviour in WoT, but here you don't have the speed to push through quickly.

[brainfear1]

I'm sorry. Because I paid some of my hard earned money for a ship pack to get in that makes me a disease ridden self entitlement whore? 

We obviously weren't all as lucky as you who obviously had a beta key delivered by an angel riding a unicorn down a rainbow from heaven. 

No I gladly paid to get in so my money can be used to fund the game development  so freeloaders like yourself can get in and insult me on the forums. 

 

So i am a freeloader as wel? Good to know....

[Yorkie_GBR]

 

he is talking about those threads such as "unsatisfied customer" 

 

This

I'm sorry. Because I paid some of my hard earned money for a ship pack to get in that makes me a disease ridden self entitlement whore? 

We obviously weren't all as lucky as you who obviously had a beta key delivered by an angel riding a unicorn down a rainbow from heaven. 

No I gladly paid to get in so my money can be used to fund the game development  so freeloaders like yourself can get in and insult me on the forums. 

 

I paid in but obviously your money was harder earned than mine, if you want to go down that route. 

I also stand with my original meaning that people who post threads thinking they are entitled to a game in beta with no issues. 

[Djerin]

IBecause I paid some of my hard earned money for a ship pack to get in that makes me a disease ridden self entitlement whore? 

 

I think you misunderstand who pays who in the business of prositution.

 

Besides the point the dude made is right. People who paid to get in are misunderstanding something quite often. They didn't pay to get a say on how the game should be. They paid to get a ship, some gold and access to testing. They are entitled to nothing more.

[xBamBamx]

OP- your original post made me laugh.  A lot of whats already been said makes your view completely and utterly wrong on every level that im not even going to bother explaining why.  All I will say is that you need to uninstall and try the game when its finished?  Were not even close to release, were not even in open Beta lol.  Anyways thanks for your constructive opinion and good luck with whatever you decide to play.

[GrumpyWorm]

Moved

[zmeul]

yeah .. played a bit more, this time PvP, and it got worse

let me explain:

• U.S. DDs - what's their deal!?!? they good at nothing in particular, wait behind some cruiser or battleship to catch attention from the enemy and sprint towards them - that's it! no area denial like Japanese ones can; if I recall, some US cruisers have better torp ranges
• the Kawachi .. oh man this ship needs to be taken into to the woods and shot!! the horror in the situation is that you absolutely have to use it to unlock the tier 4 BB and the carrier
• and now the biggest one: the BigWorld engine pile of poop - Jesus H Christ WarGaming! it's been 5 (!!) years since you're working with this engine and instead of actually fixing it (multithreaded, maybe some DX11) you added worthless shiny effects to it; porting it to DX12 ?!?! .. I'm seriously afraid you don't actually know how

the game just jumps up and down from 60+ to 12 FPS like a toddler after a bag of candy - it's incredible! but I'm actually staring at the FPS counter and there it is, a living nightmare ..... 

it was a huge issue when WoWp was in BETA and it was clear as the water surrounding Cook Islands that the engine was out of it's capability and yet, WG persisted - the result .. quite surprised WoWp still lives

 

• aiming and getting used to the general feeling of the gameplay - not a problem
• what's the problem? the people playing the game - they have the same mentality as the WoT players - sheep! they see some fat juicy target - like flies on pile of stink; ignoring what's going around them

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other problems:

• switching from ship to ship or trough out the sub-menus in the dock is very laggy; quite annoying
• why the repair crew is called the repair "party"
• 4 classes per nation, and yet, only 3 slots / nation - WHY!? I want to play test carriers, but i have to get rid of something else

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I can't stress this enough - I pat myself on the back for not buying my way in

[Zaods]

 

• U.S. DDs - what's their deal!?!? they good at nothing in particular, wait behind some cruiser or battleship to catch attention from the enemy and sprint towards them - that's it! no area denial like Japanese ones can; if I recall, some US cruisers have better torp ranges

 

are you kidding me ? us DDs are the ultimate Dd hunters and if you are good and know the game you can keep on shooting with your guns remaining undetected and with the current HE mecanics and damage they can put a lot of damage onto larger vessels just by using the guns

[zmeul]

 

are you kidding me ? us DDs are the ultimate Dd hunters and if you are good and know the game you can keep on shooting with your guns remaining undetected and with the current HE mecanics and damage they can put a lot of damage onto larger vessels just by using the guns

 

torp range 4.5Km / detectability range ~6Km - you do the math

[Zaods]

 

torp range 4.5Km / detectability range ~6Km - you do the math

 

i didn't say use torps you genius i said shooting you don't shoot torps you launch them this just goes to show how much you know about the game the strongest feature of us DD lies in the fast firing guns

[Lynild]

damn easy boy it is a game not life.

sorry am laughing too much about this low tier stuff 

[zmeul]

Zaods, on 31 May 2015 - 05:01 PM, said:

 

i didn't say use torps you genius i said shooting you don't shoot torps you launch them this just goes to show how much you know about the game the strongest feature of us DD lies in the fast firing guns

 

so .. why wouldn't I use a cruiser, like St Luis, who has a whole lot more guns
 

Lynild, on 31 May 2015 - 05:07 PM, said:

damn easy boy it is a game not life.

sorry am laughing too much about this low tier stuff 

 

sorry to bother you, I startled playing the game like ~24H+ ago