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

[aboomination]

I achieved 1000 diamonds [...]  because I've only play game 

 

Really? Playing that much is normal to you? 

[Kartoffelmos]

I find it humorous that instead of learning from the "Project R lottery fiasco", the same mistake was repeated. Except this time, the reward was kept secret in order to have more people grinding.

Now we just have to wait for similar events on other servers where they get better rewards, just like last time .

 

Don't get me wrong, I found the entire event to be quite enjoyable, but the lack of information and the questionable final price left a bad taste in my mouth.

[T0byJug]

I hope this question doesn't get lost among the outrage.

 

I am currently on 980 gems having finished every mission including this weeks repeatable mission. Will there be another repeatable mission before the end of the event to allow me to reach 1000? How else can I get those 20 gems?

 

The answer has been VERY CLEAR. No we have had all the missions! if you missed a weekly mission 980 is the max you can get

[von_Boeg]

Okay, first off:

 

I really liked the concept of the players having a choice on what to pick and how much time one wants to spend to get the price one wants; that part was innovative and interesting. Also I liked the part with bunching up a number of naval engagements during the month of May.

 

However, there were quite a few problems. The matchup between the missions and the actual battle for that week was wak to put it mildly, and to put the iconic Jutland 100 into this was not a good move. Such an event should have had a much more focused event, planned well in advance.

 

Then the debacle with the "secret" price, and why several thought it was a ship reward. There were several factors involved in this: The non-show of the Campbeltown for the Op Chariot, the Kamikaze event, and the fact that it was the end goal of the whole grind and assumed to be something special.

 

So, in all an improvement, but well off the mark still.

[bigbambooz]

I hope this question doesn't get lost among the outrage.

 

I am currently on 980 gems having finished every mission including this weeks repeatable mission. Will there be another repeatable mission before the end of the event to allow me to reach 1000? How else can I get those 20 gems?

 

Official answer: no way

Unofficial answer: maybe this shitstorm will open the mind of someone in the staff that isn't 'busy' like yesterday and they will do something like to add any 'last minute' mission to cover gaps like your (and mine). 

P.S.: Anyway u can enjoy to launch balls of s*** against WG staff just as we're doing here in the forum since yesterday, it's therapeutic.

[Sebsen]

I hope this question doesn't get lost among the outrage.

 

I am currently on 980 gems having finished every mission including this weeks repeatable mission. Will there be another repeatable mission before the end of the event to allow me to reach 1000? How else can I get those 20 gems?

 

Sorry, but if you don't have any more missions to do left and missed out on one for 20 diamonds, there is nothing you can do. There wont be any more missions.

[IsamuKondera]

The 12 mil goal is a huge joke... i think everyone here feels this way as you can see from their posts. The next thing is that the premium ships that you have given away are basically nothing compared to Kamikaze R. I would have rather payed 800 diamonds for a nice T5 premium, which is in my eyes the best balanced tier, then only beeing able to buy literally 2 "museum ships" because i will most probably never play them and a T2 destroyer that is only good to club seals with an 16 points captain from high tier destroyers...

 

If you tell someone that the last milestone is a huge secret... well then pls... don't give away camoflauges... at least a proper number and not 10 camos which are basically useless...

 

If i would have given you a school mark, where 1 is the best and 5 is the lowest you could get, i would have given you a 4. Where the kamikaze event was a 3 at first and then a 2 after exchanging the requirement for getting her permanent, this event was/is in my eyes worse then project r...

 

The communication was equally worse..

The website had problems again...

some people are still waiting for their personal goal rewards...

 

and so on...

 

just my 2 cents...

[Vanhal]

 

lol no

but i seriously hope someone gets fired (although i doubt it)

normaly im not a mean person but atm i'd reallly like to kick one of the people who made the event in the balls.

just so mad atm, imho allt the prizes kombined dont come close to the kamikaze and the effort was multifold......

 

thats what were talking about we just would have played  as usual

not have sunken countles extra houres doing all the mission even rebuying ships to do it etc...

The premiums in itself are mostly collector ships, while Kamikaze R and Fujin are good ships, so this even does not even remotely compare in terms of rewards. On the other hand, it was a big load of grind.

 

For ten flags. Ten matches and those are gone. One month of work for about an afternoon of flags. No one at WG came to the conclusion that grinding a month long for that secret reward could upset the players when they realize they've been screwed with?

To the salt mines with the whole PR team.

 

That. In short, the rewards for events were completely incomparable and inadequate to effort needed. I play till the beginning and in just this one month i did close to 1/3 of my OVERALL number of battles (more than 500, and still counting to last 100k mission). Compared to fairly relaxed mission for Kamikaze R or what NA have to do to get Tachibana it simply is not fair. I will not comment on 12mil diamonds fail, because it's pointless... yet.

 

But i will tell you, WG, the one and only thing you can do to salvage this entire event:

 

Make the 15 million "surprise" be a good premium ship. And make it so we can reach that.

[44smok]

Individual prizes were way too little in comparison to project R. This event was a lot grindier than R so the awards should at least be matching the Kamikaze. This should have been obvious to you since the moment you decided to launch GNB. Seriously none of you came to that?

[XbodzioXplX]

I would have rather payed 800 diamonds for a nice T5 premium

 

Well said

[Almightyfox]

I think that this Grand event was a sort of step in the right direction (the thought of it), it was interesting to be able to have the choice of "rewards" as you do the quests to collect diamonds. Even though i find the Prizes a bit lackluster (not that i mind Free things mind you). It's just that 6 of the prizes are basically a no go (real life prizes) as the chance of actually winning is close to non-existant. the ship choice of only tier 2-3 is a bit boring, no new ships. (pretty much port slots if you don't happen to be a ship collector).
Positive Note: I personally liked the option to get premium days and ports slots (though more then just 1 would be nice).
My biggest gripe though is the grand reveal on the 12'th millionth diamond only to be 10 camouflage, not even premanent ones. you must realise that this is an even't that goes on for a month, 30 whole days (should atleast, you made the event). Ofcourse the players are going to expect something big or special, Especially if you add "it's a secret" to the mix.
For the players that continuously play the game and play these kind of events, putting down the effory. It's honestly  a big letdown. I myself  feel like "why would i want to do these event's in the future".

 

So in short  the thought was in the right direction (except the ending) it's fun to do quests to then be able to choose your reward, But i would suggest that you might put on more interessting rewards, that would benefit the player more in the game. Like more port slots or premium, even possible gold, and if you are going to be sneaky with secrets, atleast have something rewarding. 10 non-permanent flag's for 1 month's effort is if anything "not-cool".

[Nechrom]

Thanks for a great event WGEU!

 

It has been difficult at times, but for the most part fun.

What I really liked about the event was that it covered a wide range of players. Those who wanted to and had the time could shoot for even more rewards instead of running out of missions early on.

Another good aspect was the limited number of missions with tier requirements. It's always nice to be able to do missions in whatever ship you'd like, instead of forcing you to play a select few.

 

As for the final "secret" milestone reward, I didn't really expect much from it. Some had theorized that it would just be another upgrade to the post-GNB weekend event, so my expectations were not that high.

I got what I wanted out the event: my Katori and two tier 2 DDs, plus a new flag as a bonus.

Even though 500 battles over a month is definitely way above what I normally play, it still didn't feel unrealistic. I wouldn't have complained if the final mission was for 400 battles though. 15 battles every single day for just over a month is a bit much even for someone with a lot of spare time.

Also, communication. Fishing through a 120 page topic for answers isn't the optimal solution. Even a dedicated FAQ topic by a staff member with a constantly updated original post as questions get answered, would have helped.

 

In the end, the fact that I actually played 500+ battles in under a month without giving up says more about the event than mere words can.

More of this please, with a bit more polish and a long convalescence time in-between. 

[Gojuadorai]

ive started a Poll for a over all sentiment

i tried to keep it as simple as possible

http://forum.worldofwarships.eu/index.php?/topic/53102-events-r-vs-gnb/

[XbodzioXplX]

 

Really? Playing that much is normal to you? 

 

I've played 3000 battles since 06.01.2016

That makes... 600 battles per month

 

I'm no life 

[Sebsen]

 

I've played 3000 battles since 06.01.2016

That makes... 600 battles per month

 

I'm no life 

 

That's insane dude

[ebel500]

I personally liked the event. It had clear rewards from the beginning and a choice. You could choose to go for all or play casual. I didnt feel forced and the missions progressed over my normal gameplay. Now the ship rewards here are more for collectors than for actual competitive play, although the Katori is quite a good ship. And the vast amount of camos that can be won and the premium time are quite nice too. Overall I am quite pleased even though the 12 mil reward will probably not be that big

[XbodzioXplX]

ghashpl, on 02 June 2016 - 02:24 PM, said:

 

I've played 3000 battles since 06.01.2016

That makes... 600 battles per month

 

I'm no life 

 

That's insane dude  

 

You must know that I am a fresh fish in this game and still grinding all ships ;)

 

I love your new signature 

[the_dude33]

Well, to put it very clearly (and without any emotion):

 

Moving the event goal posts (15 million diamonds) and then not having weekly missions for the last week is ... cheating, Wargaming.

 

I mean, I am not bothered personally: I could only play 150 battles this last month. But yeah, I can't help but notice that many people here feel cheated. And they are right to feel that way. Now I'd think that is the exact sentiment that WG (and any business that is looking to satisfy its customers) should be avoiding like the plague, no?

[Sake78]

 

So taking your disposition into account, do you feel that this is a reasonable request?

 

I was right not to trust them with my garbage, though, wasn`t I? Look at all the red names coming and saying we won`t get a 5th week AFTER the point where something can be done about it, while blissfully having ignored the original question.

 

I`ll just quote myself from back then: 

Can any of the devs confirm if we will get a 5th week worth of missions, or math is different around the globe?

 

Yes or No should suffice.

 

I also assume that, since we already know extra diamonds are given, thus making possible extra 1000, we can ALSO know if OFFICIAL MISSIONS would give us said opportunity - so a "can`t comment" should feel out of place. 

 

[Sebsen]

I love your new signature 

 

Yeah, not entirely ture. But i see that you get the point.

[Sonic_157]

Hey guys!

 

........

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).

 

.................

 

 

 

OMG!!!

 

You are actually telling us that the (much hyped) secret reward is not a premium ship?? Not even a low-tier one??

 

So, what should we expect now?? Some more signals and camo???

 

This a very very disappointing way to end an otherwise nice event.

 

Really WG, this is so not cool........  Not cool at all........  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Sebsen]

So, what should we expect now?? Some more signals and camo???

 

Since the 15 million stretch goal is pretty much undoable unless they somehow "glitch" it again, nothing.

[22cm]

Have to play carriers for last 40 diamonds...

 

[MadnerKami]

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!

 

The 15 million stretch-goal is realistically unreachable without new weekly-missions. But that is besides the point. We got the 12m and would've gotten it bug or not. What I'm a bit peeved about is, that we are now missing out on several rubies/diamonds, to "purchase" prizes, because we don't get new weeklies.

 

As for the 12m-goal not being a ship. People, really... You can't expect a free premium-ship for every damn event, because that only means that events will be done once in a blue moon, as ships aren't a dime a dozen on this planet. Premiums should be reserved for really rare events and preferably not an anuals and I'd rather have the same anual event for every important sea battle or otherwise sea-battle-related event, then getting a ship once and never seeing the event again. Having said that: I don't think there needs to be a super-special-secret question-mark in the reward-list, if it's not really something truely unique, like a commemorative flag or a ship or a unique camo or something like that that is... well... unique.

[Nechrom]

 

I was right not to trust them with my garbage, though, wasn`t I? Look at all the red names coming and saying we won`t get a 5th week AFTER the point where something can be done about it, while blissfully having ignored the original question.

 

I`ll just quote myself from back then: 

 

 

What good would that have done?

You would have found out that there won't be any 5th week missions a few days before it became obvious.