Developer Bulletin for Update 0.10.3

[Gwynbleidd11]

26 minutes ago, xe_N_on said:

I expect a high waiting time for Allies in the " Axis vs Allies" mode. Because looking at the balance, nobody but hard core enthusiasts will play Axis.

 

Another aspect is that you have 6 nations to choose from at the Allies side, and only 3 from the Axis. Which means that from a statically point of view more player will have the chance to participate on the Allies side than on the Axis.

 

 

I would gladly choose Axis but they somehow did not include Amagi.... Anyway, both sides have their own advantages and winrates will surely be around 50%

[thiextar]

No deadeye changes???? 

[YabbaCoe]

Před 16 hodinami LonesomePolecat řekl/a:

Axis vs Allies = Hydro vs Radar :,D ... will be fun :,P

(...)

Regarding the hulls: looking forward what changes will be on Mogami. Oh one more thing: speaking of Mogami, I don't know (no one) how the hybrid ships testing going but may I suggest something. How about adding a hybrid (re-searchable!) hull in the future to Mogami as the real one converted to a hybrid as well in 1943/44. In this way all the players (including the FTP ones) can taste and try the hybrids pros and cons. WG?

you probably have Tone in mind, which isvery close to Mogami-class ships and which is being currently tested.

 

Před 10 hodinami DariusJacek řekl/a:

Don't you dare to touch my 155 Mogami! 

Afaik, it should be hull removal, not guns.

 

Před 1 hodinou xe_N_on řekl/a:

I expect a high waiting time for Allies in the " Axis vs Allies" mode. Because looking at the balance, nobody but hard core enthusiasts will play Axis.

 

Another aspect is that you have 6 nations to choose from at the Allies side, and only 3 from the Axis. Which means that from a statically point of view more player will have the chance to participate on the Allies side than on the Axis.

 

For example I will most likely join Axis side, as I play German and Japanese ships the most. Also don't forget, we have plenty players from Germany on our server, who will be proud to play ships of their nation.

 

Před 43 minutami thiextar řekl/a:

No deadeye changes???? 

Not yet.

[1MajorKoenig]

Is anyone already on PTS? Could anyone share a screenshot of the new Bayern Stock hull?

 

I am truly concerned here 

[xe_N_on]

Vor 25 Minuten, YabbaCoe sagte:

For example I will most likely join Axis side, as I play German and Japanese ships the most. Also don't forget, we have plenty players from Germany on our server, who will be proud to play ships of their nation.

I'm German but don't play German ships because most of them perform worse than ships from other nations. I'm playing for winning and not to watch the Bismark sinking.

[YabbaCoe]

Před 31 minutami 1MajorKoenig řekl/a:

Is anyone already on PTS? Could anyone share a screenshot of the new Bayern Stock hull?

 

I am truly concerned here 

PT is not openned yet. It will be today in the evening.

 

Před 14 minutami xe_N_on řekl/a:

I'm German but don't play German ships because most of them perform worse than ships from other nations. I'm playing for winning and not to watch the Bismark sinking.

I see. We all have our favourite ships we play. What I meant are the number of game played with german ships comparing to other ships.

But still it will be interesting to see, how many players will decide to join allied or axis side in those battles.

[cicciopuffo]

24 minutes ago, xe_N_on said:

I'm German but don't play German ships because most of them perform worse than ships from other nations. I'm playing for winning and not to watch the Bismark sinking.

I am not German and I enjoyed winning several 1 vs 1 battle with Z23 and Bismark, their hydro and secondaries are awesome.

[arquata2019_]

12 minuti fa, YabbaCoe ha scritto:

axis side

let's rebuild the entire german navy together!

by the way, speaking of next update, do you have any little minimum information of my cute little flint?

and an off-topic question: (sry for offtopic in advance) if i upgrade my AA defenses because i want with more DPS, will the AA mounts shoot more?

 

[YabbaCoe]

Před 7 minutami arquata2019 řekl/a:

let's rebuild the entire german navy together!

by the way, speaking of next update, do you have any little minimum information of my cute little flint?

and an off-topic question: (sry for offtopic in advance) if i upgrade my AA defenses because i want with more DPS, will the AA mounts shoot more?

 

Actually I will most likely play plenty different ships there, so not just German ones.

No information about Flint yet.

If you upgrade your AA, they will shoot better in the way, what you upgraded (flaks, continuos damage etc.)

[cicciopuffo]

• The shipbuilding phases .... by spending 2,200 Doubloons to pass through each phase.
• .n total, you can pass through 19 out of 22 shipbuilding phases by progressing through Dockyard combat missions.

So 6600 doubloons (about 22 EUR) min spending to get the ZF-6 , camo,, a Commander with 10 skill points, a Port slot, and a commemorative flag,...plus 3,000 Coal and 200 Steel..

 

Any early discount like for HIZEN?

[Khaba_Gandalf]

Vor 1 Stunde, 1MajorKoenig sagte:

Is anyone already on PTS? Could anyone share a screenshot of the new Bayern Stock hull?

 

I am truly concerned here 

Sadly not yet, dunno when your work day ends. If nobody answers your question first or you shift doesn't ends before 3pm, I can log on pts and make the screenshots later. 

[1MajorKoenig]

15 minutes ago, Khaba_Gandalf said:

Sadly not yet, dunno when your work day ends. If nobody answers your question first or you shift doesn't ends before 3pm, I can log on pts and make the screenshots later. 

Thank you very much 

[GoneFishingAgain]

Italian BB containers - one dragon flag per container!

 

i guess WG must be running low on numbers 3, 5 and 10 

[cicciopuffo]

41 minutes ago, GoneFishingAgain said:

Italian BB containers - one dragon flag per container!

 

i guess WG must be running low on numbers 3, 5 and 10 

 

I got 4-5 of them, always feeling the same disappointment....which just raise the hype for the premium ship I hope for.

 

I do NOT expect to get it, as I never get one from the Black containers or the Santa ones; it is a lottery, one in a million chance.....that is why I NEVER spend doubloons on them.

 

I do no play to get the containers, I enjoy playing first, and if maybe something nice pop out,j ust extra gravy on top

[LonesomePolecat]

2 hours ago, YabbaCoe said:

you probably have Tone in mind, which isvery close to Mogami-class ships and which is being currently tested.

Thats why I'm suggesting. But those two will be premium ship (or freemium) behind some kind of pay(ish) wall. Don't get me wrong, there's no problem with that, but I'm suggesting is to implement these feature on a normal tech tree ship as an alternative hull to be researched. So everyone, including the FTP players can try/experience/love/hate that.

 

And this is Mogami after the conversion:

(not many photos picturing the post conversion Mogami survived)

 

(flying deck)

(Artwork showing Mogami's port side)

[panzerbetyar_h]

Oh Axis vs. Allies inspired by historical events. Because the Indonesian Navy's Irian from the Cold War era absolutely participated in WW2 as an allied ship. So did the Kutuzov or the Chapayev, they travelled back in time to turn the tide of events.

 

Now allowing (of course purely of balance reasons) incomplete ships like Graf Zeppelin. So why not Amagi or Kii too if we are that daring...

[totally_potato]

21 hours ago, YabbaCoe said:

Well, the thing is, we made them strong with APs, so obviously, their HEs will not be that effective.

Regarding AA, on highest tiers with Def AA, they should be fine, definitely not dead on arrival. They won't be very effective against squadrons as EU DDs, but will be able to defend themselves.

They won't get US DD AA or DefAA, as it is one of the gimmicks of that line.

well reload booster was a french gimmick but other nations are getting it. SO where is the problem here??

[YabbaCoe]

Před 1 hodinou cicciopuffo řekl/a:

• The shipbuilding phases .... by spending 2,200 Doubloons to pass through each phase.
• .n total, you can pass through 19 out of 22 shipbuilding phases by progressing through Dockyard combat missions.

So 6600 doubloons (about 22 EUR) min spending to get the ZF-6 , camo,, a Commander with 10 skill points, a Port slot, and a commemorative flag,...plus 3,000 Coal and 200 Steel..

 

Any early discount like for HIZEN?

Most likely there will be starter packs, as usual. Too soon to tell you how exactly they will look like, yet.

 

Před 14 minutami LonesomePolecat řekl/a:

Thats why I'm suggesting. But those two will be premium ship (or freemium) behind some kind of pay(ish) wall. Don't get me wrong, there's no problem with that, but I'm suggesting is to implement these feature on a normal tech tree ship as an alternative hull to be researched. So everyone, including the FTP players can try/experience/love/hate that.

 

And this is Mogami after the conversion:

(not many photos picturing the post conversion Mogami survived)

 

(flying deck)

(Artwork showing Mogami's port side)

Also too soon to tell, if we will have more hybrid than just Tone in game.

 

Před 9 minutami panzerbetyar_h řekl/a:

Oh Axis vs. Allies inspired by historical events. Because the Indonesian Navy's Irian from the Cold War era absolutely participated in WW2 as an allied ship. So did the Kutuzov or the Chapayev, they travelled back in time to turn the tide of events.

 

Now allowing (of course purely of balance reasons) incomplete ships like Graf Zeppelin. So why not Amagi or Kii too if we are that daring...

Well, it is inspired by historical battles, but they are not really Historical battles. That is also why it is called Axis vs. Allies.

[YabbaCoe]

Před 19 minutami panzerbetyar_h řekl/a:

Oh Axis vs. Allies inspired by historical events. Because the Indonesian Navy's Irian from the Cold War era absolutely participated in WW2 as an allied ship. So did the Kutuzov or the Chapayev, they travelled back in time to turn the tide of events.

 

Now allowing (of course purely of balance reasons) incomplete ships like Graf Zeppelin. So why not Amagi or Kii too if we are that daring...

Actually with Graf Zeppelin, as she was finished for around 85% we decided to make her an exception.

Regarding Amagi and Kii. Kii was cancelled before even works started. Amagi just had hull finished, when huge eartquake caused significant damage, so she was sold for scrapping.

 

Před 9 minutami totally_potato řekl/a:

well reload booster was a french gimmick but other nations are getting it. SO where is the problem here??

We also have different radar or hydro per nation and they are also not usually are placed to other nation lines. Just exceptionally with premium ships, sometimes.

No other tech tree from other nation has main battery reload boost.

[panzerbetyar_h]

26 minutes ago, YabbaCoe said:

Most likely there will be starter packs, as usual. Too soon to tell you how exactly they will look like, yet.

 

Also too soon to tell, if we will have more hybrid than just Tone in game.

 

Well, it is inspired by historical battles, but they are not really Historical battles. That is also why it is called Axis vs. Allies.

Okay that is fair.

 

But if it is called Axis vs. Allies, than a cold war era Kutuzov or Chapayev shouldn't really be on the same side as US or UK, weren't really allied anymore... :) 

 

Of course I long time ago looked forward to such battlemode, but really concerned about the balancing concerning bad Axis AA or the Allied ships having way more utility.

[neorvo]

On 3/24/2021 at 12:18 PM, ZWC said:

But in dockyard.... Hmmmm! ? many players who do care for dockyard already have over half a year PrTime (I have about 450 days  years   (in my mind I read that ...and that's not a rare case )

 

[YabbaCoe]

Před 42 minutami panzerbetyar_h řekl/a:

Okay that is fair.

 

But if it is called Axis vs. Allies, than a cold war era Kutuzov or Chapayev shouldn't really be on the same side as US or UK, weren't really allied anymore... :) 

 

Of course I long time ago looked forward to such battlemode, but really concerned about the balancing concerning bad Axis AA or the Allied ships having way more utility.

That is a good point and honestly the same we discussed with my colleagues, that basically in Kutu and Chapa era, USSR was the enemy of Allies, well USA. Also thanks to creation of European Coal and Steel Community (predecesor of EU), we basically had more sides than just two.

So maybe we should have some communist side, with maybe China there, but still it won't be many ships.

[x_scheer109_x]

5 hours ago, 1MajorKoenig said:

Is anyone already on PTS? Could anyone share a screenshot of the new Bayern Stock hull?

I don't think this will be a new model. Just the B-hull with less AA armament. This is how I interpret the statement in the developer Bullentin. Does it mean bye bye Historic Bayern...

[_DemonGuard_]

So you had to add extra incentives (containers) for players to play cruisers in ranked battles (which is a permanent mode now), because they aren't played a lot, especially light cruisers. And now you want to bring new techtree ships with the design goal of "focus on lone targets—light cruisers particularly". That logic is...weird.

[YabbaCoe]

Před 6 minutami _DemonGuard_ řekl/a:

So you had to add extra incentives (containers) for players to play cruisers in ranked battles (which is a permanent mode now), because they aren't played a lot, especially light cruisers. And now you want to bring new techtree ships with the design goal of "focus on lone targets—light cruisers particularly". That logic is...weird.

The timing of this isn't maybe ideal, but it was set way in advance, that those DDs will arrive.

And that mission was to probably try to boost Cruiser population in Ranked. But in randoms they are in normal numbers.

Also for those new DDs, they shouldn't focus on lights cruisers only, as they still will have those HEs and especially torpedoes.

Actually, when spotted, everybody is trying to focus light cruiser...especially BBs...