Return of Puerto Rico Dockyard. 33,000 steel as compensation.

[Miscommunication_dept]

So the Puerto Rico dockyard is returning!

 

Unfortunately, I don’t have it but compensation options are very interesting for those who do:

 

Players who already have  X Puerto Rico in their Ports but still build her at this Dockyard will be provided with compensation. We plan to give such players the opportunity to select a bundle with one of the following resources: Doubloons, Steel, Coal, or Research Points. The amount of whichever resource is in the bundle will be enough to obtain any Tier X ship currently available for purchase.

[InfernoSquid]

It is Interesting, If i recall correctly the cheapest pack that will allow you to get puerto rico is around 1k~ doubloons, 1k for a tier 10 sounds like a pretty good deal, but I cant help but feel like if you already own Puerto Rico, you've been playing long enough for the compensation not to really matter to you, in which case you'd probably (assuming you spend the doubloons) pick the steel  

I guess it you could consider it an investment for when the next steel ship drops xD (assuming there are none that you want but dont have)

[Miscommunication_dept]

12 minutes ago, InfernoSquid said:

It is Interesting, If i recall correctly the cheapest pack that will allow you to get puerto rico is around 1k~ doubloons, 1k for a tier 10 sounds like a pretty good deal, but I cant help but feel like if you already own Puerto Rico, you've been playing long enough for the compensation not to really matter to you, in which case you'd probably (assuming you spend the doubloons) pick the steel  

I guess it you could consider it an investment for when the next steel ship drops xD (assuming there are none that you want but dont have)

Don’t expect the same missions as before:

Obtaining the ship will be much easier than the first time, but it won't be possible to finish the construction for free, same as with previous ships at the Dockyard.

[Karasu_Browarszky]

59 minutes ago, gopher31 said:

Don’t expect the same missions as before:

Obtaining the ship will be much easier than the first time, but it won't be possible to finish the construction for free, same as with previous ships at the Dockyard.

 

How can they be any easier? The last time around all you needed was to flash your card.

[Miscommunication_dept]

24 minutes ago, Karasu_Hidesuke said:

 

How can they be any easier? The last time around all you needed was to flash your card.

Have faith, with WG enough cash opens all doors!

[Jvd2000]

The minimum required package bought in advance that buys you just the absolute minimum of required phases is about 4,5Dfor a T8, between 6 and 7 for a T9. So I think the minimum you have to pay for PR v2 will be 7,5 / 8K plus doubloons. With still some grind so more relaxed players with less time to spend might be opted to pay for the larger pack with more phases. Or take no risk at the start, see how far you come and buy the required missing phases at the end for an individual higher prize then the discounted prize at the start.

 

So even if you take steel ( way better then coal or RB) you will still lose out some doubloons plus the grindwork. You will never get steel at a better ratio though. But WG will still win, you get pixels they get real money ( or atleast a dent in your doubloon wallet) . Maybe the doubloon reward is better, you always come out with a net gain ( as long as you don’t have to buy the initial doubloons) without forking money over to wg.

 

Just got the Leone 5k doubloon compensation. Looking at 45 SC to open at the 7th anniversary. With 10% on 1k doubloon in a SC D I might get enough to buy myself entry in the PR dockyard. Still not decided to go steel vs doubloons. I need just a bit more then a year to acquire enough steel( with coupon) to buy one ( cheaper)steel ship. So getting one year of steel is massive.

[albin322]

2 hours ago, Jvd2000 said:

The minimum required package bought in advance that buys you just the absolute minimum of required phases is about 4,5Dfor a T8, between 6 and 7 for a T9. So I think the minimum you have to pay for PR v2 will be 7,5 / 8K plus doubloons. With still some grind so more relaxed players with less time to spend might be opted to pay for the larger pack with more phases. Or take no risk at the start, see how far you come and buy the required missing phases at the end for an individual higher prize then the discounted prize at the start.

 

So even if you take steel ( way better then coal or RB) you will still lose out some doubloons plus the grindwork. You will never get steel at a better ratio though. But WG will still win, you get pixels they get real money ( or atleast a dent in your doubloon wallet) . Maybe the doubloon reward is better, you always come out with a net gain ( as long as you don’t have to buy the initial doubloons) without forking money over to wg.

 

Just got the Leone 5k doubloon compensation. Looking at 45 SC to open at the 7th anniversary. With 10% on 1k doubloon in a SC D I might get enough to buy myself entry in the PR dockyard. Still not decided to go steel vs doubloons. I need just a bit more then a year to acquire enough steel( with coupon) to buy one ( cheaper)steel ship. So getting one year of steel is massive.

well i play ranked so thats 600-800 dubs evry second week. that could pay for dockyard and like you said last supercontainer bhirtday i think i got 12k dubs or something like that. 

[PeteEarthling]

Steel has become obsolete with the introduction of T11.

[albin322]

5 minutes ago, PeteEarthling said:

Steel has become obsolete with the introduction with T11.

no it havent come on .... would still bourg and stalin over any over the superships

[Miscommunication_dept]

10 minutes ago, albin322 said:

no it havent come on .... would still bourg and stalin over any over the superships

Bourgogne over a Patrie? hard to say. Patrie seems to be Bourgogne with bigger guns so.....

 

Stalin has no supership equivalent  yet. However, Petro is waiting for it's tier 11!

[__Helmut_Kohl__]

27 minutes ago, PeteEarthling said:

Steel has become obsolete with the introduction with T11.

 

I will have a laugh when you can't afford the first T11 steel ship. 

[GulvkluderGuld]

26 minutes ago, __Helmut_Kohl__ said:

 

I will have a laugh when you can't afford the first T11 steel ship. 

yes that's what im waiting for too.

Or T11 RB ship.

[Khaba_Gandalf]

Vor 1 Stunde, GulvkluderGuld sagte:

yes that's what im waiting for too.

Or T11 RB ship.

With better economy xD...

[PeteEarthling]

2 hours ago, __Helmut_Kohl__ said:

I will have a laugh when you can't afford the first T11 steel ship. 

Even if I would still play the game, I would not play anywhere near high tiers - so my concern for this to happen is zero.

[ollonborre]

7 hours ago, PeteEarthling said:

Steel has become obsolete with the introduction with T11.

Disagree, there are still steel ships that are very well worth playing and that also are avaliable for more modes.

[Karasu_Browarszky]

1 hour ago, ollonborre said:

Disagree, there are still steel ships that are very well worth playing and that also are avaliable for more modes.

 

Worth playing, but are they worth getting now?

[Dazza4x4]

Watch the end of the latest waterline on utube, Bogzy states the compen bundles have not been finalised yet. Could be just credits with WG past history

[The_Chiv]

I actually grinded out the Puerto Rico Free to Play no money spent. it was over 186hrs of pure grind hell. each session ranging from 8hrs-22 hrs. 60 gallons of coffee and soda, 24 microwave burritos, about 10 bags of popcorn/chips, 10oz of jerky, 36 fish sticks, 240 pizza roles, 4 double whopper meals, 4 number 5 at taco bell(US menu), 3 pizza from Papa John's(its literally 2 blocks from my house). I also missed 6 holiday parties, 2 dinners, and 2 weeks after completing the grind I threw my back out.

 

I'm not going to lie I was proud of completing this grind. It was a grind designed to give the false illusion that anyone could get the ship, only to make the experience so daunting and exhausting that most would simply pony up the cash rather then endure the whole ordeal. To me it was a giant middle finger to the greed of WG. Now that its coming around again but this time less difficult I feel a bit ambivalent. The ship is not great, Compared to the 2 other Super cruisers at t10(305-310mm) its places third in shell speed and penetration(Soviet bias winning hands down by huge margins here.) Still it can be a fun ship that can put a lot of pain on target and works pretty good as an ambush predator looking for cruisers that like to dash in fire a salvo or two and retreat away back into stealth(IJN bread and butter). While fun I did put  in a ton of work to get the ship and now that it is coming back I feel a bit strange about it. Probably because there are not many ships I can get with the resources being offered that I want, so trying to pick which resource I should possible taking so that when a new ship I want comes out is a bit tricky.

[ollonborre]

5 hours ago, Karasu_Hidesuke said:

 

Worth playing, but are they worth getting now?

Honestly I think they are. There is arguably more variety among the avaliable steel ships than the current tier 11, they are tier 10 so they will for the time being be avaliable in more modes as I said, they have better economic bonuses and you can slap on whatever captain you want without crew training.

[albin322]

6 hours ago, The_Chiv said:

I actually grinded out the Puerto Rico Free to Play no money spent. it was over 186hrs of pure grind hell. each session ranging from 8hrs-22 hrs. 60 gallons of coffee and soda, 24 microwave burritos, about 10 bags of popcorn/chips, 10oz of jerky, 36 fish sticks, 240 pizza roles, 4 double whopper meals, 4 number 5 at taco bell(US menu), 3 pizza from Papa John's(its literally 2 blocks from my house). I also missed 6 holiday parties, 2 dinners, and 2 weeks after completing the grind I threw my back out.

 

I'm not going to lie I was proud of completing this grind. It was a grind designed to give the false illusion that anyone could get the ship, only to make the experience so daunting and exhausting that most would simply pony up the cash rather then endure the whole ordeal. To me it was a giant middle finger to the greed of WG. Now that its coming around again but this time less difficult I feel a bit ambivalent. The ship is not great, Compared to the 2 other Super cruisers at t10(305-310mm) its places third in shell speed and penetration(Soviet bias winning hands down by huge margins here.) Still it can be a fun ship that can put a lot of pain on target and works pretty good as an ambush predator looking for cruisers that like to dash in fire a salvo or two and retreat away back into stealth(IJN bread and butter). While fun I did put  in a ton of work to get the ship and now that it is coming back I feel a bit strange about it. Probably because there are not many ships I can get with the resources being offered that I want, so trying to pick which resource I should possible taking so that when a new ship I want comes out is a bit tricky.

i mean if we do get 30k + dubs that could fuel you playing the game for quite a while!

[The_Chiv]

wait 30k+ plus dubs....WTF. Did I miss something? I thought it was one of 4 choices and you get to pick?

[_HomTanks_]

Does it mention the number 33,000 anywhere in the article related to PR?

[RuruushuVuiBuritania]

17 minutes ago, L8viathan said:

Does it mention the number 33,000 anywhere in the article related to PR?

No, but it confirms that the amount of resources will be enough to get ''any'' ship in their respective resource categories. The amount of whichever resource is in the bundle will be enough to obtain any Tier X ship currently available for purchase. I would like to have that re-confirmed, and I'm probably not the only one.
 

[_HomTanks_]

13 minutes ago, RuruushuVuiBuritania said:

No, but it confirms that the amount of resources will be enough to get ''any'' ship in their respective resource categories. The amount of whichever resource is in the bundle will be enough to obtain any Tier X ship currently available for purchase. I would like to have that re-confirmed, and I'm probably not the only one.
 

Okay, so 33K is a wishful thinking especially when it comes to dubs. It could be very well 22-25K dubs instead and that is if WG decides to give out that much dubs to all previous PR owners that complete the dockyard. Or they could compensate 250K coal or 27-28K steel, or 50-60K RB points as a resource. Why 33K anyway?....

 

Edit: okay, checked the armory now. The most expensive steel ship FDR is 33K. Still i doubt they would give out 33K dubs since the most expensive doubloon ship is 19.300. I wish they would...

[Jvd2000]

17 minutes ago, L8viathan said:

Okay, so 33K is a wishful thinking especially when it comes to dubs. It could be very well 22-25K dubs instead and that is if WG decides to give out that much dubs to all previous PR owners that complete the dockyard. Or they could compensate 250K coal or 27-28K steel, or 50-60K RB points as a resource. Why 33K anyway?....

How much did PR required us to fork out in the first place? Let’s say the ones that did buy 2 or even 3 boosters? I remember spending 24k ( don’t know if that’s the 2 or 3 booster pack).
 

Add the required doubloons to finish the upcoming dockyard for PR v2.0. I predict this will be around 8 K doubloons. So with about 33k doubloon reward I get my ingame currency refunded. Most I paid for with real money 3 years ago. Still ( depending on reward plus the grind level) an ok deal since I ( probably) will have the required doubloons due to ingame events to get the PR v.2.0. 

 

So 33k doubloons is not that generous.