Top 5 most popular ships of 2017

[eliastion]

Top 5 most popular ships + top most popular ship of each class according to WG statistics (see their latest video)

 

Place 1: Bismarck

Place 2: Gneisenau

Place 3: North Carolina

Place 4: Wyoming

Place 5: Bayern

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Place 8: Cleveland

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Place 13: Akatsuki

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Place 55: Langley

 

 

I am so surprised!

[wilkatis_LV]

They gave a free Bismark to basically everyone, who would have expected it's going to be #1

[Allied_Winter]

Equally interesting is the positioning of the Shokaku: From #3 to #128!

 

Year of the CV indeed!

 

 

 

Greetings

[T0byJug]

2 minutes ago, wilkatis_LV said:

They gave a free Bismark to basically everyone, who would have expected it's going to be #1

That helped But main reason is its a Bloody good ship

[eliastion]

1 minute ago, wilkatis_LV said:

They gave a free Bismark to basically everyone, who would have expected it's going to be #1

Then again - nobody was giving out Gneisenau (and some people who wanted to grind to Bismarck and above could now skip t7 completely) and she's #2.

[Tyrendian89]

there clearly are not enough BBs in the game! They were historically the most numerous ship class, and we have a severe shortage of them ingame - increasing their number would certainly improve gameplay, especially for cruisers!

 

*anyone that finds a trace of sarcasm in the above is free to keep it*

[Butterdoll]

Kuma took a dive, what's the reason? Last time I checked, Kuma was a tommy gun.

even ST.Louis, so well regarded among... everybody and at the end all talk

Bayern, 5th place? What? Gneisenau I can see why, but Bayern?

Bayern it's not a bad ship, but, oh man, good luck in operations you will sweat bullets just to keep up with the others. In raptor Bayern have no chance, it's the leftovers ship, in others you have to be extreme aggressive just to be in a fight.

28 minutes ago, eliastion said:

I am so surprised!

Well, I am.

there's a lot of ships that I expected to be up  there and they aren't.

like Akatsuki, kabha, etc.

 

 

 

[ClappingLollies]

13 minutes ago, Tyrendian89 said:

there clearly are not enough BBs in the game! They were historically the most numerous ship class, and we have a severe shortage of them ingame - increasing their number would certainly improve gameplay, especially for cruisers!

 

*anyone that finds a trace of sarcasm in the above is free to keep it*

Sad part is that a bunch more is coming. We will probably get some decent at best US cruisers. Then the stronk Ruski fantasy BBs after. And another premium BB. And another, And another. 

 

[MrFingers]

35 minutes ago, T0byJug said:

That helped But main reason is its a Bloody good ship

And fun... So fun I don't even bother going to the FdG or Kurfurst, I just stick on the Bismarck with my 19-pointer, raking in Commander XP.

[Allied_Winter]

9 minutes ago, Butterdoll said:

 

Bayern, 5th place? What? Gneisenau I can see why, but Bayern?

 

 

Maybe because Bayern was given out during the Christmas Convoy in early 2017?

 

 

Greetings

[Capra76]

5 minutes ago, Allied_Winter said:

 

Maybe because Bayern was given out during the Christmas Convoy in early 2017?

 

 

Greetings

They also gave out Farragut, Leander, Budyonny and Fuso.

[philjd]

17 minutes ago, Allied_Winter said:

 

Maybe because Bayern was given out during the Christmas Convoy in early 2017?

 

 

8 minutes ago, Capra76 said:

They also gave out Farragut, Leander, Budyonny and Fuso.

And Gallissionaire.

 

But I find that Bayern is a fun ship, but have to be up close and personal with her. Baring Dunkerque and now Normandie she is the fastest T6 BB.

[Verdius]

Something something year of the carrier.

 

Seriously I hope WG will finally consider that they may have made BBs far too forgiving and that they will actually take steps to adress this. (I.e. buff the counters, like a certain powercreeped DD line, and make the BBs themselves more vulnerable by enlarging some citadels and maybe even decreasing some AA) 

The current dumbed down BB meta not only hurts cruiser gameplay, but currently it (at least feels like it) is lowering the standard of play to new levels of idiocy and makes the overall experience worse.

 

 

A perfect example of this is the popularity of German BBs. For example while I'd say Fuso is definitly a better ship than Bayern in the hands of a decent player, Bayern places higher on this list because A: wehraboos, and B: it is easier to play. Bayern is hard to citadel, has great AA for her tier, and the only really significant weakness is her dispersion which also makes skillful aiming less important (ie normalises diferences between good and bad players to a certain degree). Fusou is easily punished for bad play, while Bayern is not. Fusou teaches people to a certain extent good gameplay (ie don't show full broadside or you get citadeled, try to avoid air attacks etc) while Bayern does not to that extent.

 

 

Also I fully expect that OP pos Orion to enter this list in 2018 unless they serious give her the nerfs she deserves.

[Allied_Winter]

8 minutes ago, Capra76 said:

They also gave out Farragut, Leander, Budyonny and Fuso.

 

Just now, philjd said:

 

And Gallissionaire.

 

But I find that Bayern is a fun ship, must have to up close and personal with her. Baring Dunkerque and now Normandie she is the fastest T6 BB.

 

 

Farragut, Budy and Fuso have been in the game for ages so most players probably already played her and were not keen on replaying her (like me).

 

Leander is a RN cruiser that requires you to play .... well like a RN cruiser, so probably not to everybodies taste.

 

Leaves only the Bayern that, by the time the Convoy happened still was rather fresh and a way for players to jump the line a bit (again: like me).

 

 

Greetings

[peachpest]

Personal I would like to see how Premium ships factor into the top 10 I can easily imagine the Tirpitz taking the top spot as it seems to be the go to ship for a lot of new(ish) players looking to jump straight to tier 8 and botters alike. 

[Forke]

So during 2016 Shokaku was the 3rd most played ship?

I definitely call BS on that one.  

[Major_Damage225]

I'm not surprised about Bismarck in No1 spot, i am however surprised to see the Wyoming being at the No4 spot, i didnt know people like that ship that mutch 

[VC381]

13 minutes ago, Verdius said:

Something something year of the carrier.

 

Seriously I hope WG will finally consider that they may have made BBs far too forgiving and that they will actually take steps to adress this. (I.e. buff the counters, like a certain powercreeped DD line, and make the BBs themselves more vulnerable by enlarging some citadels and maybe even decreasing some AA) 

The current dumbed down BB meta not only hurts cruiser gameplay, but currently it (at least feels like it) is lowering the standard of play to new levels of idiocy and makes the overall experience worse.

 

Problem is BBs are what most people know, famous ships people who aren't ship history nerds have actually heard of plus they're the biggest and baddest and what everyone in their mind sees as iconic and awesome about naval combat. That's the draw to this game. So even if they were completely nerfed into the ground (which horrifyingly some people think they already are) they would still be the most played class by a country mile. Always were, always will be.

[Capra76]

16 hours ago, philjd said:

And Gallissionaire.

 

LaG was far more recent so not likely to be that popular in 2017 (and a complete dog as well).

 

 

16 hours ago, Allied_Winter said:

Leaves only the Bayern that, by the time the Convoy happened still was rather fresh and a way for players to jump the line a bit (again: like me).

 

Bayern was one of the final rewards in a very long campaign, which IIRC came after another huge long grind (was it the Graf Spee mission?); I'm not sure how many players would've got one that way and the 170k XP you would've needed to grind could've got you through Bayern and probably a decent way towards Bis anyway.  I only did the first couple of stages to get the Leander permanent camoflage.

 

The free camoflage for Bayern might've helped though.

 

16 hours ago, Major_Damage225 said:

I'm not surprised about Bismarck in No1 spot, i am however surprised to see the Wyoming being at the No4 spot, i didnt know people like that ship that mutch 

 I'm a bit surprised that Tirpitz isn't right up their either.

[Admiral_H_Nelson]

36 minutes ago, Allied_Winter said:

 

 

 

Farragut, Budy and Fuso have been in the game for ages so most players probably already played her and were not keen on replaying her (like me).

 

Leander is a RN cruiser that requires you to play .... well like a RN cruiser, so probably not to everybodies taste.

 

Leaves only the Bayern that, by the time the Convoy happened still was rather fresh and a way for players to jump the line a bit (again: like me).

 

 

Greetings

Excellent explanation.

The "Quality Poster" description is well deserved!

You and @Verdius make a compelling argument IMHO

[Major_Damage225]

30 minutes ago, Capra76 said:

 I'm a bit surprised that Tirpitz isn't right up their either.

I think only silver ships count on that list 

(correct me if im wrong :)) 

[lankylad11_lankylad]

what this video does, is shout louder than ever that BBs have become too dominant and that they should stop nerfing BB counters every other patch and/or buffing AA.  What needs to happen:

 

1) Commander skills to be reworked so AA skills play less of a factor in determining the AA output a ship produces and secondaries toned down to help DDs.  Possibly removing manual AA and manual Secondaries or at least toning them down to say 20% not 100% and 60% 

2) Essex and Midway to be given more penetrative AP bombs relevant to their tier rather than still using the tier 8 ones that don't work so well on tier 9 and 10 BBs

3) BB AP to overpen Destroyers and do negligible damage.  BB's should not be able to just smash DDs without changing ammo types

4) Royal Navy BB HE to be toned down.  Conqueror is currently number one ship for damage of established ships across the EU, NA and RU servers, the only established BB to outstrip both tier 10 carriers on all servers (I don't count Republique yet).  

5) Make CV's and particularly high tier ones less skill intensive perhaps by less fighter micro management being necessary, this combined with a reduction in AA values should see aircraft carriers make a return.  Carriers are always going to be slightly niche but they are far too niche at the moment

[eliastion]

55 minutes ago, Capra76 said:

 I'm a bit surprised that Tirpitz isn't right up their either.

Tirpitz is a premium. Premium is something people need to pay for to have it. It would be EXTREMELY strange to see a premium among top10 most popular ships in the game...

[Infiriel]

And where is the full list?

[Boris_MNE]

3  to 128... wont name this sad ship and class all together

minezake 5 to 35 some crap

mogami 1 to X.... powercreep... lel

 

Seems like year of CV to me komrad... with top 5 bbs  :)