So nobody notice problem with FLAGS?

[PabloGee]

My premium Alska cost of flags per game is around 800 k ( 4 - 5 different flags)

Since flags does not drop anymore or very limited 4 per few games the cost of runing premium ship is higher then profit per game.

 

We all know it comes from WOT where one game in tier X can cost 1 mil credits xD  So bascially you need to play 2 - 3 tier 8 games to afford 1 tier 10.

 

 

GG im out. 

 

 Can join forum normally 

[bloodynicknames]

1 minute ago, PabloGee said:

My premium Alska cost of flags per game is around 800 k ( 4 - 5 different flags)

Since flags does not drop anymore or very limited 4 per few games the cost of runing premium ship is higher then profit per game.

 

GG im out. 

 

Welcome to the World of WG where Profit is the single thing everything is designed around.

 

[hellhound666]

remember when they introduced free premium consumables claiming that they were worried about how people manage and now this ... epic ...

[ColonelPete]

23 minutes ago, PabloGee said:

My premium Alska cost of flags per game is around 800 k ( 4 - 5 different flags)

Since flags does not drop anymore or very limited 4 per few games the cost of runing premium ship is higher then profit per game.

 

We all know it comes from WOT where one game in tier X can cost 1 mil credits xD  So bascially you need to play 2 - 3 tier 8 games to afford 1 tier 10.

 

 

GG im out. 

Why would nobody notice that?

[Karasu_Browarszky]

This is the Brave New Economy.

[Lootboxer]

We've noticed. So what? 

 

Just don't use flags for randoms. I use only speed flags every time. Rest is nice to have but not essential so I save them for clan battles. 

[KillStealBoss]

Nobody? Several threads dude few days ago, just come to forum more often. 

And on my thread there was some kind of "justification" why they did this. 

[MementoMori_6030]

The only problem with flags is that I cannot hoist enough of them - 4 at the most.

[SirBlemmingtonSmythe]

1 hour ago, MacArthur92 said:

Nobody? Several threads dude few days ago, just come to forum more often. 

And on my thread there was some kind of "justification" why they did this. 

What different and reliable sources of flags are these then? What utter sh*te, as for those defending this debacle... I have no words for apologists in any scenario. What a fiasco this is and the excuses are pathetic. Remove the achievements, they just mock you now for the lack of rewards.

 

 

A loss but in the past I would have been rewarded for my effort, now, sod sweet FA, oh except for a bitter taste and a loathing for WG's decision makers.

[Ocsimano18]

10 hours ago, PabloGee said:

My premium Alska cost of flags per game is around 800 k ( 4 - 5 different flags)

Since flags does not drop anymore or very limited 4 per few games the cost of runing premium ship is higher then profit per game.

 

We all know it comes from WOT where one game in tier X can cost 1 mil credits xD  So bascially you need to play 2 - 3 tier 8 games to afford 1 tier 10.

 

 

GG im out. 

I stopped using combat signals. The fun is the same, and should you care about a few percentages in WR? Flags or not, you will still lose about 50 matches from 100.

[Taliesn]

1 hour ago, Ocsimano18 said:

I stopped using combat signals. The fun is the same, and should you care about a few percentages in WR? Flags or not, you will still lose about 50 matches from 100.

 

A cursory glance at the playerbase should tell you that's simply not true.

[Ocsimano18]

4 minutes ago, Taliesn said:

 

A cursory glance at the playerbase should tell you that's simply not true.

90% of the playerbase is in the 45-55% WR bracket, so they lose about half of the matches anyway. I like to keep track of my stats, but realistically, it’s the same experience in the big picture level.

[Ubertron_X]

My personal stockpile of (combat) signals is quite high despite using 6 to 8 flags (combination of combat and economic) on every single ship I take into battle since the game started.

 

I have managed to accumulate signals by the following means:

 

1) Being a decent player, aka via achievements. WG removed this source of income.

2) Playing a couple of games in ranked each season, usually finishing in between rank 10 and 14 in order to get the flag. WG removed this source of income.

3) Exclusively selecting signal containers over ressource containers since a couple of years (when they changed the number of flags in the try your luck containers).

4) Buying 80 flags of the desired type each and every time new coupons are available (usually speed and detonation).

5) Completing most standing campaings or current events. Usually the amount of flags available in those however only slows down the signal drain.

 

Instead of 1) and 2) I will now once in a while receive some flags for a) daily login or b) grinding base XP for even more signal containers. However I do reckon that the overall amout of signals received will be far less than before, so in my case WG has probably successfully managed to open the drain valve.

 

I thus always have and will be monitoring the situation closely, even if my credit stockpile would easily enable me to buy flags if worst really comes to worst.

 

Spoiler

 

 

[ghostbuster_]

12 hours ago, PabloGee said:

We all know it comes from WOT where one game in tier X can cost 1 mil credits xD  So bascially you need to play 2 - 3 tier 8 games to afford 1 tier 10.

 

or you can just perform better in tier X to afford playing tier X.

 

imo economy is way too friendly in this game. 

[Leo_Apollo11]

Hi all,

 

28 minutes ago, Ubertron_X said:

My personal stockpile of (combat) signals is quite high despite using 6 to 8 flags (combination of combat and economic) on every single ship I take into battle since the game started.

 

I have managed to accumulate signals by the following means:

 

1) Being a decent player, aka via achievements. WG removed this source of income.

2) Playing a couple of games in ranked each season, usually finishing in between rank 10 and 14 in order to get the flag. WG removed this source of income.

3) Exclusively selecting signal containers over ressource containers since a couple of years (when they changed the number of flags in the try your luck containers).

4) Buying 80 flags of the desired type each and every time new coupons are available (usually speed and detonation).

5) Completing most standing campaings or current events. Usually the amount of flags available in those however only slows down the signal drain.

 

Instead of 1) and 2) I will now once in a while receive some flags for a) daily login or b) grinding base XP for even more signal containers. However I do reckon that the overall amout of signals received will be far less than before, so in my case WG has probably successfully managed to open the drain valve.

 

I thus always have and will be monitoring the situation closely, even if my credit stockpile would easily enable me to buy flags if worst really comes to worst.

 

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I concur with the assessment... the Signal Flags from the "Achievements" and "Ranked" are gone and that was BIG blow......

 

I still have rather nice amount of flags (and I don't buy them at all) - but they will get depleted in time... so we will all have to resort to buying at one point of time or another...

 

 

 

Leo "Apollo11"

 

[KillStealBoss]

2 hours ago, SirBlemmingtonSmythe said:

What different and reliable sources of flags are these then?

For credits from the armory.

[SirBlemmingtonSmythe]

40 minutes ago, MacArthur92 said:

For credits from the armory.

Meh and coal and dubs, it's a car crash of a situation. But remove those now worthless achievements and I'll buy into it 

[Karasu_Browarszky]

1 minute ago, SirBlemmingtonSmythe said:

Meh and coal and dubs, it's a car crash of a situation. But remove those now worthless achievements and I'll buy into it 

 

Not sure if the rewards are completely worthless, considering how some missions require them. The downside is, you seem to be swimming in achievements at any time except when one of those types of missions is active. Same as kills, you get those easily at any other time except when there is some mission on...

[Humorpalanta]

9 hours ago, MacArthur92 said:

Nobody? Several threads dude few days ago, just come to forum more often. 

And on my thread there was some kind of "justification" why they did this. 

Cleaned up the UI. Cleaned up the... CLEANED UP...

 

 

Someone actually wrote that down? And they say WeeGee has no humour.

[LowSpeedHighDrag]

6 minutes ago, Humorpalanta said:

Cleaned up the UI

This is so OTT, OTT. I don't know where to start.  

Do they mean, cleaning up the players reserves? As in our reserves of patience to see how long they can keep "Cleaning the UI"?

 

[Karasu_Browarszky]

3 hours ago, LowSpeedHighDrag said:

This is so OTT, OTT. I don't know where to start.  

Do they mean, cleaning up the players reserves? As in our reserves of patience to see how long they can keep "Cleaning the UI"?

 

 

"Unpaid Inventory"?

[Yedwy]

I just use the econo flags in randoms now, only slap anti deto if i am wearing some special camo and or dragon stuff, combat signals I only use from time to time or in CB

[NavalComedian]

Guess I'll limit myself to 2-3 mandatory flags for randoms and buy with credits and RB (since i have 0 interest in the ships and i get 1200 per month which can be 100 to 150 flags ) when needed , thankfully I got most of the ships i was interested in . 

Still when other games as they age implement more and more QoL features WG seems to have a time machine and goes backwards .

I'll just ride the wave till it hits the shore then move on 

[Johnny_Moneto]

Vor 50 Minuten, Spectre_S_ sagte:

Guess I'll limit myself to 2-3 mandatory flags for randoms ...

There are no mandatory flags in Random. I must know, as I play 80% of my Random battles without any flag signal whatsoever... for several years.

[FatherTorque]

I completely stopped using flags unless necessary. For example i only use economic flags when i receive free premium time. I pay silver for fire and torpedo damage repair flags and only use them in my brawler ships. I even sell the useless 5% ones whenever they're in hundreds.