Battleships only game?

[mike_864]

Hi

 

Just wondering if anyone would like to see a BB only game?

 

I am happy in 99% of games to see torpedo planes and DDs, they have every right historically speaking to be there but it would be nice to be able to play an occasional game with no torps ( so no IJN cruisers or Tirpitzes, unless there is the ability to turn off the torp function for the duration of the match )

 

What do you all think?

[Panocek]

As cruiser skipper, 10/10 nope.

[Talladega_Night]

a BB only game, there would be no dynamics, everyone would just cricle the map and lobs shells at max range. there needs to be a mix in order to keep thing moving.

 

all the classes compliment each other.

[Blue_Bug]

You may have it, but I will not play it. Looks like boring as hell , 20 minutes of shooting shells at large distance. For most BB's it will not change much.

[GulvkluderGuld]

Wouldn't like it either.

 

Although sometimes with DDs, Japanese CAs and CV all throwing torpedoes out, it can get a bit silly.

 

I think my record was dodging ~30-40 torpedoes in just 1 min for a single hit.

(CV+ 2 CA + a DD all focusing my Colorado)

[warlock07rox]

Yea I like the idea but include cruisers too just get rid of the Cvs and Dds and I would definitely give it a go

[Cuddly_Spider]

As a mostly BB skipper, I say no. This sounds ultra-boring. The game is made alive by the different ships, the different gameplay dynamics, and having to adjust methods and tactics on the fly. Just battleships with just shells sounds like tedium to me.

[Ishiro32]

Yea I like the idea but include cruisers too just get rid of the Cvs and Dds and I would definitely give it a go

 

Good luck playing crusier against full BB team on tier higher than V. What you are saying is:

 

Yea I like the idea but include free frags too just get rid of the counters and I would definitely give it a go

[warlock07rox]

 

Good luck playing crusier against full BB team on tier higher than V. What you are saying is:

 

Yea I like the idea but include free frags too just get rid of the counters and I would definitely give it a go

 

We'll granted I aint played many tier 6+ but in lower tiers a cruiser can hold its own quite well against BBs

[Talladega_Night]

the low teir cruisers like the St Louis are like smaller battleships and are quite powerful asint thinks like the SoCal, myogi and Karachi. once you hit New york, Kongo and warspite, things change drastically.

[warlock07rox]

the low teir cruisers like the St Louis are like smaller battleships and are quite powerful asint thinks like the SoCal, myogi and Karachi. once you hit New york, Kongo and warspite, things change drastically.

 

Well I would definitely try it in low tiers even mid tiers and if things aint balanced in the high tiers then you know why I haven't ventured higher

[mike_864]

Good feedback so far..!

 

Nice that no one is having the usual rant, but consider this, someone would still have to cap, that would lead to close range engagements as usually happens towards the end of a game anyway..! endlessly circling ships would simply lose, i just feel that it would be nice to have the freedom to move around the map as you wished without worrying about torpedo ambush points.

 

I also play Cruisers a lot mostly because of BB camping

 

However i did join the game to be able to sail these steel monsters and fire their huge guns, not because i like dropping torpedoes in the water. Would be interesting to see a DD only game .... frantic and v.difficult i guess

[Talladega_Night]

its not that things arnt balanced in high teirs, Its just that battle ships become the powerhouses that the should be. ranges of 20km+ big guns. if it was only battleships past T5 everyone would just cirlce the map at max range. a mix of classes are needed to prevent that.

 

Also the Us battleships up to T8/ along with warspite would be picked off by thingk like kongo before they are in range.

[Sub_Eleven]

yes, people here still can have a civil discussion with actual constructive feedback. Can make miracles work when people aren't shouting "OP hax everyone is stupid but me" openign posts. I've offset the negrep from OP, as its a valid question and a polite one at that.

 

Ontopic: I think diversity is a good thing. I fear things would grow stale very quickly like others before me already mentioned.

[PhroX]

It's the kind of thing I would like to see crop up every now and then. I remember, back in WoT, every now and then the MM would derp out and make a match of almost entirely one class, and often the same tier (Tier 7 heavies seemed prone to this), and it did make for some great games. Not something I'd want to play exclusively by any means, but as an occasional bit of variety, I'd like it.

[Gatt]

a BB only game, there would be no dynamics, everyone would just cricle the map and lobs shells at max range. there needs to be a mix in order to keep thing moving.

 

all the classes compliment each other.

 

So what? (Almost all) BBs are doing the same thing in actual games.

[Sehales]

tbh. there wouldn't be enough time to end a game like this in 20 minutes

We did this in the good old times in training rooms etc and as already mentioned by some others: It is boooooring as hell

[JapLance]

In my opinion, game right now is very BB oriented.

 

I hardly play my cruisers now, which have become a citadel for the bigger ships, and have more fun using the BBs to do exactly that: trying to get that nice citadel salvo that rips a cruiser apart.

 

One of the problems I see is that in real naval warfare there was plenty of CA+DD battles, without BB interference. This doesn't happen in WoWs at all. In this game Cruiser ALWAYS have to face 3 or 4 battleships every game (if not more, like when Tirpitz was released).

 

More variation in battle creation that would allow for Cruiser+Destroyer battles, or even DD only battles would improve the game.

[Admiral_noodle]

Yes I agree with the above. More combat modes would be interesting. It would be nice for BBs not to be in *every* game.

 

Not sure how though. Convince people not to all play BBs I suppose. Maybe that's why WG are bringing out a cruiser and dd line next!!

 

Similarly BB only never really happened.

[Talladega_Night]

 

So what? (Almost all) BBs are doing the same thing in actual games.

 

when BB's do that in actual games they die early to air strikes or DD attacks. 

 

you see almost all BB games in T8+ games due to all tirpitz's in game. is quite comical watching them be all tken out by a couple DD's

[Talladega_Night]

i would like to see some ground support kind of modes, like operation overlord with some defending ships. would make  agood co-op mode.

[mike_864]

Ok

 

First of all thank you all for the positive replies, it's only by posing questions like this that we discover how other players feel on any given subject.

 

I still feel that an option to play a BB ( or even a CL or DD ) only game would be interesting and make a change from the norm ( i don't play DDs myself but appreciate the skill needed to play these fast but fragile ships )

 

Plenty of replies saying " lobbing shells is boring " ...! Nearly all gameplay is shooting at other ships so why do you play?

 

I never considered the time issue..! valid point and i've read other threads on this subject with the general consensus being if you cant win in 20 min there is something wrong.

 

Anyway, thanks again for all the replies 

 

See you on the high seas.

[Wischmob_von_Eimer]

Hi

 

Just wondering if anyone would like to see a BB only game?

 

As a special Event, I would at least try it.

 

On a regular basis?

 

Hell no!

[Vulgarny]

Ok

 

First of all thank you all for the positive replies, it's only by posing questions like this that we discover how other players feel on any given subject.

 

I still feel that an option to play a BB ( or even a CL or DD ) only game would be interesting and make a change from the norm ( i don't play DDs myself but appreciate the skill needed to play these fast but fragile ships )

 

Plenty of replies saying " lobbing shells is boring " ...! Nearly all gameplay is shooting at other ships so why do you play?

 

I never considered the time issue..! valid point and i've read other threads on this subject with the general consensus being if you cant win in 20 min there is something wrong.

 

Anyway, thanks again for all the replies 

 

See you on the high seas

 

I suggest to you to find another 23 people, make training room with 20 min battle. Put all 24 BB players there. Play it 3-4 times. Then please share you feelings after that.

[Userext]

Yea I like the idea but include cruisers too just get rid of the Cvs and Dds and I would definitely give it a go

 

Then i want a game mode where there are only BBs and DDs.