[SPUDS] Comrad_StaIin Beta Tester 4,594 posts 20,080 battles Report post #1 Posted December 17, 2016 Soviet Destroyer Branch Update We're happy to highlight the history of the Russian Navy with an alternate branch of the best Soviet destroyers of the Cold War era. Expect ships like Smelyi, Neustrashimyi and the Project 56 destroyers! Source They were all built and look stronk aswell 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBS Alpha Tester, In AlfaTesters 2,556 posts 1,924 battles Report post #2 Posted December 17, 2016 Seems like it is going to be an intersting update. But the highlight will deffinetly be the skill revamp. Can't wait for it. I think removing rank 5 skills will make the game more fair, as getting rank 5 skill takes a lot of grinding and can give you a huge advantage over players who have not grinded so much, like Concealment expert or air supremacy with CV. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KaraMon Players 4,154 posts 9,221 battles Report post #3 Posted December 17, 2016 ROCKET ZESTRYERS!!!!!!!! SOVIET STRONK Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SerPurr Beta Tester 722 posts 16,792 battles Report post #4 Posted December 17, 2016 More torpedobeats is always nice! Looks like this is the Soviet torp-branch then? IJN gets gunboats which aren't really gunboats, KM gets hydro but not German, now this...so confusing! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[DREAD] 1MajorKoenig Players 13,110 posts 7,885 battles Report post #5 Posted December 17, 2016 Wow these Russian DDs look super modern. When were they built??? Nice announcement though. Hoped that they'd reveal one or two branches for 2017 :-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[NIKE] Xevious_Red Beta Tester 3,412 posts 7,888 battles Report post #6 Posted December 17, 2016 How do you pronounce Smelyi? Because my first though was the highly infantile "lol smelly destroyer" 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBS Alpha Tester, In AlfaTesters 2,556 posts 1,924 battles Report post #7 Posted December 17, 2016 How do you pronounce Smelyi? Because my first though was the highly infantile "lol smelly destroyer" Well, RU ships tend to get weird nick names by us in the west who have no clue how to pronounce them, so why not? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SerPurr Beta Tester 722 posts 16,792 battles Report post #8 Posted December 17, 2016 How do you pronounce Smelyi? Because my first though was the highly infantile "lol smelly destroyer" Associations like that are perfectly normal. However, lets not get started on Stein- Gold- and K-Butt torpedos... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBS Alpha Tester, In AlfaTesters 2,556 posts 1,924 battles Report post #9 Posted December 17, 2016 (edited) By the way, the news are up on the EU portal as well for people intersted. No reason to head over to NA. Also, these news are awsome. Historical commanders, Depot (FINALLY) and new PVE missions. Edited December 17, 2016 by SBS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[PONYD] GrossadmiralThrawn Players 4,995 posts 4,960 battles Report post #10 Posted December 17, 2016 so... maybe we will get the Z-45 one day with a second line of german DDs... would've prefered to go with a battle cruiser tree first... well... take what you can get 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_x_Acheron_x_ Players 484 posts 6,096 battles Report post #11 Posted December 17, 2016 Associations like that are perfectly normal. However, lets not get started on Stein- Gold- and K-Butt torpedos... your sig offends me. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[2DQT] RUSSIANBlAS Players 8,241 posts Report post #12 Posted December 17, 2016 Really WG? MORE RU ships? I can just picture their offices with staff working hard on various USN/IJN/RN ships etc and they're constantly called away to whip up another Russian ship that most of the community won't know/play/care for. A skill reshuffle might be interesting I guess and fake Russian BBs in Spring will probably excite me a little... 11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_x_Acheron_x_ Players 484 posts 6,096 battles Report post #13 Posted December 17, 2016 We need more nations, not more ships of the same nation which will just feel the same as all the other ships. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EsaTuunanen Beta Tester 3,552 posts 8,863 battles Report post #14 Posted December 17, 2016 But the highlight will deffinetly be the skill revamp. Can't wait for it. Looked mostly buff to BBs by nerfing DD... Not that two catapult planes or always knowing where nearest enemy is would make it any easier for cruisers to ambush torpedo BB. Of course also dumbing down gameplay, because of not needing to worry about getting ambushed with that skill. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Il_lI_ Players 34 posts Report post #15 Posted December 17, 2016 this game have enough ship branches for varied play, what it lacks is clans, team battles and more ranked modes. You can put all the ships in the world available into the game but it's getting annoying playing random unskilled mode. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[SCRUB] lup3s Players 5,744 posts 32,893 battles Report post #16 Posted December 17, 2016 How do you pronounce Smelyi? Smelyi later Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_FTD_ ∞ Players 908 posts 10,097 battles Report post #17 Posted December 17, 2016 Looked mostly buff to BBs by nerfing DD... Not that two catapult planes or always knowing where nearest enemy is would make it any easier for cruisers to ambush torpedo BB. Of course also dumbing down gameplay, because of not needing to worry about getting ambushed with that skill. If that skill makes it into the game, I will quit 100%. 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SerPurr Beta Tester 722 posts 16,792 battles Report post #18 Posted December 17, 2016 your sig offends me. It offends me deeply as well. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tenacious_torps ∞ Players 1,373 posts Report post #19 Posted December 17, 2016 If that skill makes it into the game, I will quit 100%. You're not the only one. Yet another reason why all purchases from WG are on halt for the foreseeable future. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[SCRUB] Leo_Apollo11 Quality Poster 7,146 posts 31,562 battles Report post #20 Posted December 17, 2016 Hi all, How do you pronounce Smelyi? It means "Bold" / "Courageous"" And it is pronounced: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%B9 Leo "Apollo11" 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[DREAD] 1MajorKoenig Players 13,110 posts 7,885 battles Report post #21 Posted December 17, 2016 Associations like that are perfectly normal. However, lets not get started on Stein- Gold- and K-Butt torpedos... Hahaha, never thought about these that way! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[WJDE] Khul Beta Tester 520 posts 2,891 battles Report post #22 Posted December 17, 2016 You're not the only one. Yet another reason why all purchases from WG are on halt for the foreseeable future. I've run out of plus-ones, but I had to quote this, 'cos it's important & needs repeating: that "skill" (HAHAHAHAHAHA, oh, the English language...) will shaft the game. & these DDs... Nice "balance". Because of the ever-present threat of some ships being present that could hurt a battleship unfair & nasty & cowardly torpedo overpopulation, IJN tree gets nerfed into the ground. ...& three months later we get Soviet destroyers, from 1969. Nineteen. Sixty. Nine. There is a word for WG employees, in Cockney rhyming slang. "Berks" just about covers it, I think. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[__] Kais_S012 Beta Tester 742 posts 1,694 battles Report post #23 Posted December 17, 2016 The fantasy Russian Battleships AND a new line of fictional Russian destroyers coming in 2017? sorry, I know the Russian server has been hemorrhaging players over the past year but I think continuing to snub nations that actually have a place in WoWS in favour of these dregs is just plain pathetic 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[2DQT] RUSSIANBlAS Players 8,241 posts Report post #24 Posted December 17, 2016 You're not the only one. Yet another reason why all purchases from WG are on halt for the foreseeable future. I bought the Konig Albert today, I feel a little bad with myself but atleast it wasn't an Ultimate Package for £100 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GenerallKrizmuz Players 711 posts Report post #25 Posted December 17, 2016 I love the tears of this community, every time something soviet comes out. Don't like it? [edited]off, nobody forces you to play it 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
