#GrandNavalBattles Grand Naval Battles event thread (post your stuff here! instead of openening multiple threads)

[bigbambooz]

HALLO

 

For those of you asking--

 

No, there will not be a 5th mission.  This week is basically to spend yer diamonds, and finish up with the permanent missions.

 

EDIT: We'll talk to Content Team on how the rules could have been more clearly stated, thank you Admiral for your post :3

 

Thx 4 the precisation, but here the matter is this: not all, included me, understood that the last week would be without any possibility to recover missed weekly missions and gain the few dms needed to fully accomplish their prefixed goals. Players community misunderstood this and the lack of possibility to gain extra dms in other ways like facebook etc., maybe 4  inattention to the event rules, surely 4 a certain lack of clear communications AFTER the editing of the event. Prizes offered 4 diamonds are nice, but a lot of us needed not more than 20-40 dms more to achieve their own objectives,  the unavalaibility of extra dms impeded it, and the dissatisfaction comes from this. For example i just accomplished all the permanent missions, i failed only a 20 dms weekly one, so i definitively stopped at 980. Personally i found this unreasonable considering the great partecipation, the great time spent for this event by players attested by the fact that the final milestone was reached so early to provoke the system's 'tilt'. Considering this, as u did with the Project R giving the Kamikaze not randomly with the lottery as announced but to all the ones that reached the top goal, u could even do a little effort adding 1-2 extra 'rescue' missions for 20-40 dms to gratificate your attached players, cut off the disappointment and ensure an 'happy ending' to more people. Actually it seems like a great movie with a disappointing end.

[Phlogistoned]

I, too, want to thank WG for a fine event. I have already spent diamonds on the Tachibana, and provided I finish the final missions, I will have more to spend. Maybe I can get the Smith or Katori and/or a port slot.

 

That is just the diamond stuff. Then we have the personal goals and the milestones.

 

On the whole I feel this is very generous - I mean they usually *sell* content like this. 

 

And this is without knowing the secret 12-mil milestone. (I personally hope for something related to Jutland. Ship, captain, mission, flag, camo, something.)

 

So.. a little counterweight against some opinions I've read lately.

 

 

 

[Bhikku]

 

It's too bad that you feel that way. I personally now got the time to finish the last missions thanks to this extra week... but even if I didn't and it all ended at week 4 I would have gotten a lot of new and nice stuff out of the event.

 

I think it is better to just look at what you gained instead of what you might have missed... because not everyone can complete all the missions.

 

It's too bad you feel the need to say to other people how they should feel... or how they should look to certain situations.

It might seem friendly to you ... but in reality ... it's not.

[Kenliero]

I personally think event was very good IDEA, but execution was flawed, mostly due to poor documentation, communication and bugs. Also the final price of reaching 12 mil goal and getting only 10 camos is very underwhelming(was the grand price really just 10 camos?).

 

That said I hope you can arrange similar events also in the future, but next time more polished way.

[Kenjiro_]

I still think 10 camos are an apology for messing up the end date. 15 million target is Just an extension for the event date and we already secured the big prize by reaching 12 million...

[ilhilh]

Week 5 missions would have given me a shot at my goal of 800 diamonds to get the Smith and Katori.  As it is, 700 is all I will manage and I achieved that this morning with a nice double strike in my Tirpitz (torped enemy Tirpitz on my Port side and shot the Myoko on my starboard side).

 

500 games was never an option and really did ask for a huge time investment to achieve.  The fact is 300 wasn't an option though for me!  It took almost exactly 200 games (204 to be precise) to get the 100 BB, 100 DD and 25 CV kills.  I also managed 11 CA kills and played perhaps 10 games in DDs/CVs that I didn't need to as well so I would have achieved it inside 200 if I had stuck to the rules :p

 

I'm also glad that I decided early on to focus on BB/DD kills (CVs didn't really count as something to focus on because between the week 1 mission and daily doubles getting 25 kills is insanely easy).  Now I am sat here having completed 3 class missions with the CA kills sat at 11 and unachievable.  If I had tried to do all 4 I would have probably failed all of them except the 

 

 

 

 

Overall, I enjoyed the event. I can only echo what others are saying - some things could should have been made clearer and from the start.  It is a shame that the event will almost end in controversy when it would have been easy to avoid -  if you have WEEKLY missions on a FIVE WEEK event people are going to (rightly) expect a FIFTH set of weekly missions and it should come as no surprise when things kick off when it doesn't turn out to be the case.  I know some people point to the 1k points max as telling us we wouldn't get a 5th week but I shouldn't need to add up weekly points and work it out.

 

Please, more events like this... but just iron out the creases before the next one

[Sorbopalop]

I finally finished the last 20 diamond mission and collected a total of 600 diamonds. I got a Tachibana and a Katori. Decent rewards in my opinion although I am not likely to commit myself to such a strenuous event again anytime soon. It simply takes too big a bite of time out of my life. 

[Omnichr0n]

 

It's too bad you feel the need to say to other people how they should feel... or how they should look to certain situations.

It might seem friendly to you ... but in reality ... it's not.

 

I just wanted to say that we actually got a lot of stuff for free and I think it is better to try and focus on the positives rather than the negatives. Feel whatever you want.

[piet11111]

HALLO

 

For those of you asking--

 

No, there will not be a 5th mission.  This week is basically to spend yer diamonds, and finish up with the permanent missions.

 

EDIT: We'll talk to Content Team on how the rules could have been more clearly stated, thank you Admiral for your post :3

 

What about the indianapolis that seemingly doesnt add to the 100k mission ?

[Bhikku]

 

I just wanted to say that we actually got a lot of stuff for free and I think it is better to try and focus on the positives rather than the negatives. Feel whatever you want.

 

Much better ...

and I agree it was a fun event for 4 weeks with nice rewards.

Would be great if WG did something like this every month (some ofc with only in-game rewards as models and such can be expensive)

[Redgecohones]

Personally, given exactly how much time passed with no comment from the staff since they were 'busy' and how this stretch goal which was supposedly pre set to go couldn't be implemented over that whole period... I do not believe that we are being given an accurate accounting.

 

As for the assertion that people should've either assiduosly read through the forums or worked out for themselves that weekly missions would not cover the entire period of the event since 1000 diamonds was your max (except it's not with the facebook or community contributor rewards is it)... apologist bullcrap.

 

Nice event, terrible execution, and frankly the tone of the staff when responding to the completely understandable confusion? As unprofessional as the rest of it.

[General_Kunde]

500 games almost impossible for people with a real life.

 

Second flag doesn't grant any bonuses.

 

Average event (at least we got one).

[Fionia_DK]

Dear Wargaming

 

Is it possible to collect 1000 diamonds?

 

I have collected 940. I haven't made the CV mission and it gives 40 diamonds.

 

IFAIK I have done all the weeklies too, so the max. must be 940 + 40 = 980

 

Maybe I missed one, but I really dont think so.

 

 

Fionia

[Razor1965]

I still think 10 camos are an apology for messing up the end date. 15 million target is Just an extension for the event date and we already secured the big prize by reaching 12 million...

 

Unfortunately not, it IS the "gift" for the 12 million. It's now visible on the webpage. 

[Gojuadorai]

Dear Wargaming

 

Is it possible to collect 1000 diamonds?

 

I have collected 940. I haven't made the CV mission and it gives 40 diamonds.

 

IFAIK I have done all the weeklies too, so the max. must be 940 + 40 = 980

 

Maybe I missed one, but I really dont think so.

 

Fionia

 

sadly you must have missed one i did everything and have excactly 1000 as promised.

 

 

[bigbambooz]

 

Unfortunately not, it IS the "gift" for the 12 million. It's now visible on the webpage. 

 

AH AH AH! So, finally they revealed the GREAT SECRET..... and yesterday someone told me i was too salty and negative about this event ...... AH AH AH!

Great event, great regrets WG.

I hope ( i must remeber i can't use 'WE' cause someone complained about it too) next time u'll remember this undecent ending before to organize and propose another event.

P.S.: c'mon guys, let's try to arrive anyway at 15 mls, so we'll costrict them to invent another GREAT SECRET PRIZE.... and we'll send KO the system again, just to keep the WG staff busy whereas we'll laugh during the sh**storm.  

[WolfGewehr]

 

Unfortunately not, it IS the "gift" for the 12 million. It's now visible on the webpage. 

 

Wut? U orly WG?

 

I thought that those 10 camos are just a bonus, not the secret reward for reaching 12 millions. I can't believe this is true, they must have f*cked up with the GNB page again. At least I want to believe

 

If this really is the secret reward... I can't even imagine the sh*tstorm regarding this as the 15 million goal seems to be impossible.

 

 

But anyways; WG EU, you never cease to amaze me

 

 Free stuff is nice etc. and overall I don't criticize the treasures we had, but I really thought that the 12 million goal would be something else as it was somewhat hyped as a secret.

 

[T0byJug]

 

sadly you must have missed one i did everything and have excactly 1000 as promised.

 

 

 

Im gonna make 980!! Real world got in the way! don't have time to get  the 60K XP i need by end of weekend for final 100k mission

 

So 10 more GNB Camos!!! Ok not an amazing surprise But hay so what!! made 980

 

I got

USS Smith 

Katori

125 assorted Cammos

Shed load of Flags

2 Decorative (bragging) standards

100 dubloons

2 port slots

 

Would have been nice to get 100 more camo but hay!!

 

All in all not a bad Event! (just a shame the last days were not handled a little better.)

Ow and the Weekend Bonuses for 11/12 of june

2X XP for first win

2.5xCaptain XP for EVERY battle

kill 15 ships get 20 Damage controle Mrk 2

100k damage over weekend ger 500K credits

 

Not a bad weekend mission! Shame i have 2 Birthday BBQ to attend so cant play much!!!

 

[Ph3lan]

Hey guys!
 

Let me start with a short explanation of our intentions behind the Grand Naval Battles. As you guys probably know this event is very similar to Project R, however for this event we wanted to incorporate all the feedback we received from you guys and basically tailor the event to the wishes of the EU region.

Instead of focusing too much on the global goals we wanted to give you more freedom in how you could use your diamonds with your personal missions. The global milestones were still a great incentive for the whole EU community to work towards a common goal and the rewards were nothing to scoff at, but they were not the main focus this time around. Despite our best intentions we might have raised your hopes a bit too high with secret reward at the end without giving any indication of how big it actually was. You could say that the personal missions were the cake and the global goals were the icing. Maybe we could have emphasized this idea a bit more in our communications, this is a lesson learned for the future.

Looking back I can see why you guys might have thought that there is a premium ship waiting there, however our intention was to give you an opportunity to get several exclusive premium ships in the personal missions (alongside some cool physical prizes and a lot smaller in-game rewards).
 

Another thing we should have communicated clearer is the structure of the event. While we stated in the forums that one player can achieve a maximum of 1000 (except if they won on contributor activities) and that we will have 4 sets of weekly mission, this might be not as clear for players only browsing the website. This is another thing we have to work on for our next event.

The event may not be perfect but I would like to believe that it is better than the last and that even despite the hiccups towards the end you guys are having a blast taking part and spending your diamonds. We will try to hammer out even more of the problems for the next event and while it may never be perfect we will always make an effort to make it better than the last one!

[Krizmuz]

shame on you

 

keep the stinky 10 camos

 

 

[aboomination]

Even this sea turtle is disappoint 

Whatever ^^ I mainly played these missions to help the community reach that 12 mio milestone because at some point it looked like we wouldn't make it.

Well, if those 10 camo patterns provide xp bonuses I'm fine with that 

 

[BlueMoon51]

Hey guys!

 

Let me start with a short explanation of our intentions behind the Grand Naval Battles. As you guys probably know this event is very similar to Project R, however for this event we wanted to incorporate all the feedback we received from you guys and basically tailor the event to the wishes of the EU region.

Instead of focusing too much on the global goals we wanted to give you more freedom in how you could use your diamonds with your personal mission. The global milestones were still a great incentive for the whole EU community to work towards a common goal and the rewards were nothing to scoff at, but they were not the main focus this time around. Despite our best intentions we might have raised your hopes a bit too high with secret reward at the end without giving any indication of how big it actually was. You could say that the personal missions were the cake and the global goals were the icing. Maybe we could have emphasized this idea a bit more in our communications, this is a lesson learned for the future.

Looking back I can see why you guys might have thought that there is a premium ship waiting there, however our intention was to give you an opportunity to get several exclusive premium ships in the personal missions (alongside some cool physical prizes and a lot smaller in-game rewards).

 

Another thing we should have communicated clearer is the structure of the event. While we stated in the forums that one player can achieve a maximum of 1000 (except if they won on contributor activities) and that we will have 4 sets of weekly mission, this might be not as clear for players only browsing the website. This is another thing we have to work on for our next event.

The event may not be perfect but I would like to believe that it is better than the last and that even despite the hiccups towards the end you guys are having a blast taking part and spending your diamonds. We will try to hammer out even more of the problems for the next event and while it may never be perfect we will always make an effort to make it better than the last one!

 

Thanks for that and it's good to hear that WG EU seem to be of the view that there have been a number of mis-steps. All that being said it seems clear to me that the majority of the people on the forum had the view that there would be a premium ship at the end(clearly easiest way to correct this misconception would have been to make 12,00,000 prize clear at the start). 4 weeks ago this post would have been most welcome(and that is from someone that will reach the overall goal of the event)

As for taking feedback from the Project R event, do you honestly this is a step forward??? Because respectfully I would disagree and would question anyone that would hold such a view. 

[XbodzioXplX]

 

Let me start with a short explanation of our intentions behind the Grand Naval Battles.

 

Serious? Ohhhh.... I'm not dissapointed about the big secret for 12M....

 

I fell screwd...

 

In the worst way....

 

I really hoped for a something simillar to Kamikaze which is awesome and I like her very much.

 

 

But... camos?

 

Those personal gifts are very great... But the BIG SECRET is 10 camos? 10 battles and they are used....

 

 

I'm very very sad to hear that we all were hyped for nothing.

[Allied_Winter]

Ran out of likes Ph3lan, so let me put in in words:

 

Yes you've learned from Project R and indeed, it felt (at least to me) better regarding structure of Event and communication. And yes, you are learning right now, that you still have a long way to regarding communication with the players. 

 

Maybe this comes through different channels of information (Forum, Website, Facebook) so maybe unify this and it'll be easier to manage all outgoing information. 

 

The structure itself, with the treasure chests, the prizes and the milestones is an interesting way to go, and you have learned from the other servers, but again: Good idea but the transition ... at least questionable.

 

 

 

Greetings

 

 

[Krizmuz]

could have at least given us a unique permanent camo without XP bonus