Night Mode... why this game absolutely has to have one. Period.

[WhiskeyWolf]

 

Off the top of my head I can easily name four reasons why World of Warships must have a Night Mode. Those are:

1. Savo Island

2. Cape Esperance

3. Guadalcanal

and

4. Tassafaronga

 

Gentleman, those were not some small footnotes in history but some of the most significant naval battles of WW2... and all of them were conducted at night, at ranges so close larger guns had trouble depressing, and with devastating results.

 

So what would be the essentials (else there would be no point in even bothering) of this mode:

1. Friendly fire (duh, just mentioning for the record).

2. No friendly unit identification - including the HUD - unless they are very, very close (or just get rid of it altogether and make it a Allies vs Axis thing where you will have to identify who is friend or foe based on ship recognition).

 

Some additional stuff that would be nice:

3. Flares, fired from the ship, as well as dropped from scout planes.

4. Search lights (mostly for the suicidal types).

5. Different degrees of 'dark' that change at random, examples:

a) A clouded night sky where you can barely see the friendly ship in front of you, not to mention the enemy.

b) A cloudless night sky with stars faintly illuminating the sea, you can see well enough but further out only shadows are visible against the horizon.

c) Scenario 'a' but with occasional thunder, perfect for sudden eruption of violence when you can seen everything and everyone for a brief moment.

 

What this would encourage would be a play-style "darkness/stealth is survival, light is death", you fire first and reveal yourself to everyone, you're screwed; caught fire; you're screwed; lost the sight of your teammates, you are ALL screwed.

Also a lot of uncertainty as to who is shooting at you and vice versa. Friendly-fire? What's that, the game won't tell you, there is only this other guy firing at you - do you return fire or try to tell him you're friendly? Or not?

You are in a line formation looking for the enemy, suddenly a flare goes up brilliantly turning night into day, an enemy formation is in spitting distance. Knife-range is an understatement even by XVIII century standard. Torpedoes dive into the water on both sides, crisscrossing in such density that they seem like caned sardines. Large caliber guns fire point-blank. All hell breaks loose.

 

It would be violent beyond belief, sudden and devastating. It would be... NEPTUNE'S INFERNO

 

Carriers can stay home for this one.

 

 

[TreeSlayer]

I dont know if they already said it in a Q&A or not, but as i can remember they wont to it. I could be wrong tho. 

But youre absolutely right about night or evening missions. I think it is tricky to implement a night mission but they should atleast a evening mission around 10 oclock.

Your ideas with flares and search lights are also quite nice. And islands could have lighthouses aswell. 

1+ for the idea 

[Bul6basch]

 

1. Turn off the light.

2. Turn off your monitor!

3. Play!

 

 

BINGO !!! 

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

2. Turn off your monitor!

 

Won't work, I have my headphones plugged directly into the monitor.

[indycar]

 

Won't work, I have my headphones plugged directly into the monitor.

 

buy better sound card and better monitor

[__Danger___]

19 yes, 0 no so far. Well, I'm definitely for some night (or somehow darker) battles.

[tdace]

I love the idea and laughed out of amusement ("you're screwed.." lol) thank you 

 

[Foertel]

Nothing to say about, expept: "That would be AWESOME"

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

 

buy better sound card and better monitor

 

Oi! Because I don't have nothing else to do with my money but buy a soundcard. Better spend that cash on a good starter pack.

 

Also, my monitor is quite decent.

[Spidyy]

I'm ok for some night maps, but not if it remove the ally ships markers. Only if it reduce the visibility of the ships, meaning the need of a better use of recon planes and carrier. I might be too much when thinking about destroyers who are already quite stealthy, but it could bring a good deal of fun.

[WhiskeyWolf]

but not if it remove the ally ships markers.

Son, your testicles need hardening.

[asukamaru]

I'm all for it

 

[Tugnut]

well i remeber them doing "darker" maps in wot... then having to remove them because of players moaning they cant see the game well anouth! lol

[Deamon93]

A complete night map would be complicated, maybe a dawn/dusk map could work. In that case there's at least some light so people can see where they are going and what are doing and carriers would be actually useful(in a night engagements carriers required airborne radars which became available only in the final years of the war.

[Hanszeehock]

I think they could implement a map like Winter War in WoWP which looks amazing. Give me the moonlight..........

[Deamon93]

I think they could implement a map like Winter War in WoWP which looks amazing. Give me the moonlight..........

 

That would be nice too!

[WhiskeyWolf]

well i remember them doing "darker" maps in wot... then having to remove them because of players moaning they cant see the game well enough! lol

Normally I would be incline to pass judgement that most people are whining sissies... if not for a certain thing. 'Dark' maps don't work if the mechanics aren't adjusted, because the advantage lies on the side of the guy who has the contrast cranked up to the 'eyeball-searing' level.

 

[xXx_Blogis_xXx]

That would be cool I like the idea

[__Danger___]

I have to admit that completely night setting (with good moon light, so we can see something at least) would not work for majority of players. It could be fun sometimes, but it would not work well for public games. However in Clan Wars or Team Battles it could be very interesting.

 

For public games, there could be dusk setting, where it would be darker, but still visible enough to not forcing players manipulate with contrast. And the spotting range of all ships decreased max by 30% so we don't have too many stealth ships

 

Anyway, I don't need to have this at release time and if this doesn't work during testing, I can live without it. But at some moment in future, it would be great to have this as some featured mod (way to test it publicly for short time) as you did it with mini games in WoT.

[WhiskeyWolf]

I have to admit that completely night setting (with good moon light, so we can see something at least) would not work for majority of players. It could be fun sometimes, but it would not work well for public games. However in Clan Wars or Team Battles it could be very interesting.

 

For public games, there could be dusk setting, where it would be darker, but still visible enough to not forcing players manipulate with contrast. And the spotting range of all ships decreased max by 30% so we don't have too many stealth ships

 

Anyway, I don't need to have this at release time and if this doesn't work during testing, I can live without it. But at some moment in future, it would be great to have this as some featured mod (way to test it publicly for short time) as you did it with mini games in WoT.

 

A reasonable solution, I would have to agree.

[_DeathWing_]

I'm for it!  Battle in rough seas wouldn't be so bad either. 

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

I'm for it!  Battle in rough seas wouldn't be so bad either. 

Battle in the storm.

- 30% to the possibility of catching fire

+ 30% to the possibility of flooding

 

I like it.

[Walther_K_Nehring]

That would be very nice. Just think about a full broadside at night or flares shot by warships to illuminate the battlefield. That would be very impressive.

 

But than we need another visionsystem and I guess that´s something WG won´t do. They denied it for WoT and they will deny it for WoWS.

[kramxel]

I'm disappointed.... no option to select "HELL YEAH!".

 

 

 

Walther_K_Nehring, on 29 January 2015 - 11:17 AM, said:

That would be very nice. Just think about a full broadside at night or flares shot by warships to illuminate the battlefield. That would be very impressive.

 

But than we need another visionsystem and I guess that´s something WG won´t do. They denied it for WoT and they will deny it for WoWS.

 

Imagine firing a broadside at a distant target, and with the flash from the blast, all of a sudden you see another ship right next to you....

 

 

[KRBeC]

Tugnut, on 29 January 2015 - 07:56 AM, said:

well i remeber them doing "darker" maps in wot... then having to remove them because of players moaning they cant see the game well anouth! lol

 

Have to agree with you (concerning WoT), but ships are bit different. You have to be able to see obstackles such as islands or icebergs, but you dont need to maneuver through a towns or avoid small stones/rocks that would stop your tank. Moreover the main map is flat, so no need to see terrain differences as in lost of WoT maps.

 

Although it would requite some testing, i guess its all about setting the darkness. Say total darkeness and new-moon period would be a hell. But partial darkenss with decent moonlight would be awsome.

 

One more idea - day/night maps as a type of battle.

 

In WoT, we have standard battles plus encounters and assaults. And every player have the option to turn assault and encounter battles off (separately). Perhaps adding night battles in ships and enable to turn this this mode off would be a solution suitable for everyone.

 

And if night battle would be separate mode, perhaps even some adjustment to game mechanics could be made, something like this ...

.. -30% to range your ship could be spotted from (or same +30% to cammo rating if I use WoT terms)

.. +30% to this range when firing with main guns (and for 3 sec after the fire)

.. +10% when firing from secondary guns (AA etc.)

.. somewhat lower chance for planes to be spotted (not sure how does it works with planes so far), or decrease of AA guns accuracy

.. increase time planes need to take off the carrier (or 'reload time' for planes or something, just to add dissadvantage to balance bonus planes get for not being so easily spotted and shot down)