0.5.5 Public Test General Feedback

[JeepGucci_2]

Server is up again as I logged in a minute ago

[peterthegreeksailor]

did any one notice the game to faster then before i am not talking loading times , i am talking about in game - seems smoother faster .

 

 

yeah i notice that in test game run a lot faster and smoother in the normal game in low setting was running from 8-28 fps just like on high, on the test on low i was geting 25-40 fps and medium to high 18-38 fps!!

[Darksith_77]

but the live server should act the same way ---game is same ---if it will become sluggish again then whats the point of all this

 

[havaduck]

Dear Wargaming,

 

its been 3 months since you broke SLI. Even longer actually, since you got feedback from the last PT that your upcomming update will break SLI. Even, even longer if just one guy during patch development chose to run a test with SLI.

 

A sizeable number of patches later you still couldnt be bothered to release a fix  ..... or a statement.

 

About the current update? Well I save my breath:

 

 

I would be more thrilled about new stuff, if you were able to have a PT running without immediately crashing - or fixing issues like SLI or huge imbalances at least as fast as seasons change.

 

Just think of things like broken SLI like a broken window due to a childrens ball. Sure it was a accident, but if its not fixed in a timely manner and no ones even bothering you to tell you anything - you are starting to get a little pissed off.

 

You rs  sincerely (pissed me off)

 

me.

 

[peterthegreeksailor]

I'm stuck on loading screen on a random battle and i just crash to desktop plus still can't load ships in port also i cannot load another port!!! It can load only Tier I ships!!!

[Darksith_77]

whats the point of a high end machine if you cant run this on it --same issue here , sli is broken since a while and there is no fix for it --coz the game does not use 2 gpus or more

 

....the game is fast on the test server but it goes to crap on the live server ---becomes slow for no reason ---

 

why is this ----have they changed some thing coz game seems faster more responsive then on the live server

 

[Flukeyluke]

edit, i was wrong, continue scrolling.....shadowplayer and the new cliant dislike each other, that is all

[Elbereth]

One thing-In patch notes you can read that ships will get more sinking animation depending on type, reason and place of sinking. My Amagi was sunk on shallow water, and its just turned upside down instead of getting beached.

 

Edit: I got disconnected by my router, and game just stopped- didnt disconnected, and i was unable to exit game i had to kill it thruu process manager.

 

Edit no.2 My Izumo felt like it was even more wooden ship than on normal server, even that i have all anti-fire and survivability upgrades and perks. And He shells was doing even more damage than on normal server to supersrtucture. How im supossed to tank dmg, when one hit from 127mm or 130mm gun of DD or 152mm spamming cruiser sets me on fire?

[Zli_Frizider]

Hello!

 

I am having a crash to desktop issue. Every time I start the game, I log in, the port loads, and then the game crashes. It crashes even before displaying the selected ship :/

 

Any ideas on how to solve this?

 

Thanks

 

OK so it seems it was crashing because I had nagato selected, I stratet clicking as soon as it started  loading the port and loaded without crashing when I selected the erie... 

Now it crashes when a random battle starts to load -.- It crashes while loading the map

[Riff_Raff_]

why cant i log in? says incorrect e-mail or password but it isnt.

 

[Klestrol]

No problem downloading, no problem with the game. Only played for a short time (got to get up early). Impressed with the weather graphics and thanks for the chance to play with big 'toys'

[Flukeyluke]

took the Fletcher out and got deafened by a new sound effect for turrets getting knocked out, not good 1st impressions

[Nyaine]

 

OK so it seems it was crashing because I had nagato selected, I stratet clicking as soon as it started  loading the port and loaded without crashing when I selected the erie... 

Now it crashes when a random battle starts to load -.- It crashes while loading the map

 

I have the same issue, unfortunately.

 

Edit: Reinstalled game (copied over the contents of the Upload folder), now works...

[_TitanasGR_]

why cant i log in? says incorrect e-mail or password but it isnt.

 

 

Same problem....what we do rong ???? Anybody alse with same masage ????

[HawkEyes__]

 

I cant log in. I have the same e-mail and password for WoW s but the public testserver said wrong e-mail or password. In WoWs i have no probleme to log in

I have the European test server version and created a new account with Another e-mailadress only for the testserver but cant still log in! What can I do?

 

[TheCinC]

Server still down, unable to connect.

Maybe someone needs to fix that, or post an update?

[_TitanasGR_]

I cant log in. I have the same e-mail and password for WoW s but the public testserver said wrong e-mail or password. In WoWs i have no probleme to log in

I have the European test server version and created a new account with Another e-mailadress only for the testserver but cant still log in! What can I do?

 

I dont know.... Wargaming know that problem??? they read that posts...they fix it??? ho knows  .......????

[Klestrol]

I cant log in. I have the same e-mail and password for WoW s but the public testserver said wrong e-mail or password. In WoWs i have no probleme to log in

I have the European test server version and created a new account with Another e-mailadress only for the testserver but cant still log in! What can I do?

 

You have to create a new account - same email address as for your normal WoWs account but different user name and password.

[MayGyver]

CV AA consumable - it is nice but i see 1 problem with doublon version, its has 100% more charges, it is a bit too OP compared to silver version, having 2 charges is very good advantage and it will force players to buy doublon version at any cost.

 

Weather is nice but i feel like it decrease spotting range too much, as CV Shokaku i had to be almost on drop circle (manual drop torps) to spot Nagato. Penalty for spotting is good idea but now this penalty is a bit too big.

[TheCinC]

Was just able to log back in, but all progress has been wiped and now I have a Schorch without a captain?

Dagnabbit, I was just ready to test the Shima with her new torps..

 

Edit: at least I still have some of the accumulated XP, back to the Kagero..

[SkybuckFlying]

1. Carrier arrow on map is bugged; it's rotation doesn't update fast enough, map on/off or zoom in/out seems to update/fix it.

 

2. Kiev had trouble setting fire to a ranger (played by kevin_solo).  Strange thing is another range was set on fire quite easily. I suspect kevin_solo might be using some kind of fire supression skill ?

 

3. Island in trap at B should be green not brown, now it looks like a turd (? ) and doesn't fit surroundings... at least first time I saw it it kinda bothered me... but I guess I get already used to it =D

 

 

!!! The new dynamic crosshair is FANTASTIC !!! I hope it stays in !!! Finally some help to aim slightly better !!!

 

!!! ^^^ This is definetly the best addition I have seen for this game so far ^^ !!!!

 

 

Game looks, sounds and plays great now on default low settings and res 1280x1024 or something like that ! ;) reflections in water are nice... I really like that.

 

[HawkEyes__]

 

You have to create a new account - same email address as for your normal WoWs account but different user name and password.

​I did but get the same issues

[HawkEyes__]

 

You have to create a new account - same email address as for your normal WoWs account but different user name and password.

It says I have already an account with the same e-mail (its the WoWs account)....So i cant create a different account with same e-mail but Another username and password when they dont allow the same e-mail..

when i get the error message i click on registration--then they ask me if i want continue as HawkEyes__ or reg a new account..when i do that with Another user name and password but same e-mail i get the error information, you have already account and have  to log in to your account -

[Lladdir_]

Minor bug that isn't a huge problem, when ever an enemy plane gets spotted by my team for a split second on the minimap it shows the plane being near me rather than at the other end of the map.

[Flaming_Bunny]

Public test 0.5.5 round 1

 

 

Thank you

First of all I want to thank you for letting us try the beta, it has been really interesting and fun.
It was really nice to be able to try what you wanted.

For next time, please lower the price of retraining a commander to a new ship from 500 to 5 doubloons.(Or maybe refill our doubloons during this beta?)

I noticed that you get no flags during the beta test.
I hope this is just a setting and not a new bug

 

 

The good stuff

Here is what I/we liked/loved so far.

1. We appreciate the new maps a lot.
2. Really nice fade effect on kill
3. The new division functions are nice, specially that you can join and leave open divisions during the ongoing match
   (one small thing though, maybe make divisions that are created before the round starts closed by default)
4. Really beautiful new icons for things like flooding, fire and such.
5. Nice bullet graphics
6. Map loading screen with a different layout is nice
7. Weather effects.
   Rain is very nice, specially the small details like water on the screen, rain droplets on boat object textures like on the turrets and such (really nice detail)  
   Cyclone is awesome! (it feels like its raining for real)
   Snow is beautiful
   More of these things please
8. Sinking ships effect is awesome!

 

 

 

Maps.

• The Atlantic   

    Nice adding more land around B, like it very much.

• Mountain range

    The loading screen is beautiful but the map it self is a bit of a let down after you have seen the loading screen.
    Maybe even make higher mountains?

• Trap

    Nice with a new island in B but the volcanic texture is a bit bad looking in my opinion.
    It just cuts the water really ugly, same on A with the old island there.

• North

    Water looks a bit nicer , different color ?

• Trident.

   Nice and dark .

 

 

 

The bad stuff

And here is what I/we did not like so far.
1. The fire/flooding timer animation is cute but without a numerical timer one feels a bit handicapped so I would prefer the numerical timer be re-added.
2. Spectating mode has a distance bug, it shows distance from ones own ship.
3. The fire on the bottom of the screen a little bit too much visual effects, its funny and comical but maybe just tone it down a bit.

 

 

 

 

Here are some feature requests:

1. Option to spectate selected player and add as friend in tab-score-screen.
      By this I mean, when you hold tab and have a mouse cursor , you can right click on any players to disable messages, report or compliment them. 
      I want to add 2 options in this drop down menu, 1. spectate, 2. add as friend/contact
    
2. Map rotation should have some logic to it and try to avoid having players replay the same map over and over again (just having more maps will not solve it), this because it gets boring when we get to play the same map 3 times in a row.
    
3. Maybe show destroyed aircrafts in the scoreboard for everyone to see? (this would give a more competitive aspect to killing aircrafts too)
    
4. SLI , please fix so nvidia sli works properly, right now its flickering and gives you an epilepsy attack.
    
5. Remove the open ocean map completely from the game, I have never seen anyone appreciate it.
    
6. Not sure how to describe this one but, there is a huge difference between players with somewhat the same skill, using the same ships regarding dealing damage to eachother.
   (Player A and B knows exactly where to hit for maximum chance for citadel hits andPlayer A hits 22 times on player B who happens to have the same ship (in this case it could be the Amagi or the North Carolina) , Player B loses about 400 hp per hit and does not get citadelled eventhough he is showing his full broad side, while player B hits player A with 4 citadel hits and almost immediately kills player A)
    
7. please make a function to verify the game files for broken parts , like check sum for all files/directories that could compare to an online checksum list and if something is broken then it could download just those broken files instead of having to download the whole game again.
       (some players have really slow internet connections)
       This could be placed in the wows launcher.

 

 

 

 

Ships
I have tried the following ships so far :

• Japan:

    Battleships:                  Nagato, Amagi, Izumo
    Cruisers:                      Myoko, Mogami, Ibuki, Zao

 

• Usa:

    Battleships:                  Colorado
    Cruisers:                      Pensacola, New Orleans
    Destroyers:                  Mahan, Benson, Fletcher, Gearing

 

• German Cruisers:         Yorck, Admiral Hipper, Roon, Hindenburg
• Russian Cruisers-:        Schors, Chapayev, Dmitry Donskoy, Moskva

 

(Sadly we ran out of doubloons trying to retrain commanders as I want the 15p commander skills to truly see what the ship can do)

 

 

 

Performance:
The game is smooth and nice for me but I do have quite a powerful game PC so maybe also listen to other players with less performance than I have before making any decisions about graphics.

My specs are:
CPU:             I7 6700K
RAM:            32GB DDR4
Disktype:      SSD
Graphics:     2x Nvidia Titan X (SLI)

And I have altered the configuration file from 75 FPS to 160 FPS because I use a 144Hz Gaming monitor

 

 

 

So the sum of it all
I have heard a few players complaining about having problems here and there but for me and my friends the beta has worked perfectly and we only found one real bug regarding distance when spectating other players.

 

 

We love it

All in all, its a really good patch, really entertaining and a really good face lift.
It feels like its almost ready for deployment as far as I have tried.

 

Best Regards
Tori
 

ps. This post may have been edited several times to get updated with additional info and correction of spelling and stuff .ds