Ahskance

Ahskance



18 Apr

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    Ahskance on Forums - Thread - Direct

When I played Ranked in a Hindy on my Free-to-Play account, I ran DFAA. Hindy has improved Hydro compared to other nations, so it was seen as rather controversial.

I did it for a few reasons:

I'm known for CVs and like to point out AA mechanics and uses when possible.


Ranked is a smaller format so it's common for positions to be more isolated.


I would rarely be put in a position of having to charge into a torp DD or brawl others in sections with islands.

I would try to position right behind my DD's detectibility so I could help win the DD trades.


After DD trades, much of the game is being at a distance that can throw off battleship shell aim, so there's a healthy distance moreso than not.

In general, I preferred feeling more comfortable in my ability to take the position I wanted as opposed to having Hydro for more "in case of" situati...

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    Ahskance on Forums - Thread - Direct

Welcome to the Forum!

One of the best things you can do is review a replay of a game you played. You save up to your last 30 battles in your game's Replays folder:

If you experience a confusing situation, feel free to put the Replay in the thread so others can look at it and try to help out with additional information. This game is an "easy-to-learn, hard-to-master" type, so it can be a long journey to learning all the ins and outs of the game.


17 Apr

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    Ahskance on Forums - Thread - Direct

Per the Update article:

The cost of three Dockyard Stages are:

4,500 Doubloons with no discount from a Starter Pack


3,300 Doubloons at the rate of the Basic Starter Pack


3,000 Doubloons at the rate of the Large Starter Pack

Cost of the Premium Pass:

2,500 Doubloons

The Premium Pass not only is directly less expensive for purchasing stages, but comes with Blue and Red Bonuses, Steel, Rare Containers for Post Progression, and a host of other rewards.

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You can use Reports for Misbehavior in Chat if the chat isn't ok but isn't egregious. If there are enough Reports then the account will receive an automated review for issues and sanction if issues are found.

However, for egregious stuff that goes above and beyond, please make a CS Ticket: https://na.wargaming.net/support/en/products/wows/help/31336/31337/31345/

CS Tickets allow a human to evaluate the situation and escalate it as appropriate. CS Tickets can result in much more severe actions than any automated system will. Please send me a message with the Ticket # as well to make CM's aware of it, too.

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    Ahskance on Forums - Thread - Direct

It sounds like you're saying your friend went onto your computer after he got mad. That can happen if your login is saved. You might want to disable that or password protect your computer to prevent future situations.

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As to the CS Ticket, you can use this link: https://na.wargaming.net/support/en/products/wows/help/31417/31422/31444/

Please explain the situation and that you are ok with a rollback to reverse the damage that was done.

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    Ahskance on Forums - Thread - Direct

Jingles left the CC program back in 2021. Quickybaby is a WoT CC, I believe? Each product has a different team so I'm not at all aware of anything on the Tanks side of things.

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As I mentioned, our rules govern in-game behavior. Our Community Cody of Conduct governs behavior on our various community platforms. Both of those do show what we value.

While you are correct that Twitch and YouTube are neither in-game or directly part of our community platforms, we do hope that people we affiliate with align with our values as well. This is a fairly common practice in any industry.


16 Apr

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    Ahskance on Forums - Thread - Direct

This is not correct. The CC program involves us reaching out to a creator and saying that we'd like to have a better relationship. We provide some amount of NDA information, test ships, and access to game assets that can help with content creation. That isn't employment by any means.

Our EULA prohibits harassment.

We are direct in having rules that show we don't condone those behaviors in our game.

Stat-Shaming is also specifically referenced in our Community Code of Conduct as well and is not allowed:

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As stated in the response to @Navalpride33, the CC program is more about having a partnership with creators and helping them to grow and provide better content through having greater access to us and our game. Our rules govern in-game behavior, but behaviors that go against our values can and do weigh heavily in the scope of being publicly partnered with someo...

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15 Apr

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    Ahskance on Forums - Thread - Direct

It was approved, yes.

The marker on the minimap directly marks the "Ping Indicator"'s position. The Indicator is not a direct reveal of the Sub's position as it can spawn up to 1km away from the sub when a Ping is used.


13 Apr

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    Ahskance on Forums - Thread - Direct

The Ship Group went down to 1% chance overall from 1.5%, but Supercontainers will be twice as available so it should work as an increase overall. Also, the "Guaranteed Ship Drop" was increased less than double, so it'll be more likely to happen over the same spread of time.


12 Apr

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Brawl Matchmaker matches against "# of Wins". If you're many wins into the Brawls sprint, you may have to wait for a time until you find another person to match up with the amount of wins you've attained.

Also, the maximum number of BBs in the match is 2, so you'll need some Cruisers or Destroyers to queue up as well.

As there are no CVs or Subs, you might expect this brawl to be the most popular thing ever and have no queue times at all~


10 Apr

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Hello, Commanders!

Public Test Server Version 12.3 needs your help. Please leave feedback below!

Patch notes here: https://worldofwarships.com/en/news/public-test/public-test-123/

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Any bugs you encounter in the PTS can be reported in the Bug Report thread!

Thank you!

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    Ahskance on Forums - Thread - Direct

Captains!

If you encounter any bugs or technical issues during the Public Test 12.3 pt 2, feel free to report it in this thread.

Please follow this template for submitting bugs:

Description: Short description of an issue with required details.

Example: Spotting-aircraft doesn't work on Iowa battleship

How to Reproduce: Exact steps need to be made to reproduce the issue

Example: Take Iowa battleship with spotting-aircraft equipped. Go in battle. Try to launch spotting-aircraft

Result: What's the result of the issue.

Example: After pressing spotting-aircraft activating button you can hear an aircraft sound but nothing happens, the aircraft stands still.


Thank you!


09 Apr

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    Ahskance on Forums - Thread - Direct

Joined KSC in Season 9 and ended up on their Hurricane team as the CV player. Played Season 10 as the same and the team transferred to KSC toward the end of the season. I stayed with TNG until the season ended, then followed the team to KSC. Played 2 or 3 other seasons with KSC before leaving for [WG] after getting hired.

I played this current Clan Battle season with the second Div for KSC. We floated around Hurricane 20-110 for the last few weeks. Didn't play all the matches, but my record this season was: 123 W, 67 L

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    Ahskance on Forums - Thread - Direct

They do have a different playstyle than that of BB/CA/DD and not everyone learns those different ways of playing. Because of that some folks won't use them in Naval Battles because they are trying to play their best options for gaining Stars to help their clan.

I can't think of a dedicated submarine guide to point you to, but if you or your clanmates need information on how-to-CV you can use my old compendium:


08 Apr

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You may need to contact Customer Support and provide a Replay or video of the issue happening in game.


07 Apr

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    Ahskance on Forums - Thread - Direct

The above is a pretty solid breakdown. Buying a Tier 8 Premium and a Tier 9 Premium directly for Doubloons is around 30k Dubs. Buying all the bundles with a 20% discount is around 34k Dubs, and you get a lot of additional stuff like 2 commanders with unique voiceovers.

Some folks will get both ships for less than that value as random distribution can have them drop early. IF i recall correctly, you can get the 20% discount if you purchase 65 bundles or more at once.

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    Ahskance on Forums - Thread - Direct

I'm not familiar with Windows 11, but your problem description might be covered by this YouTube video:




It can be frustrating trying to work out a problem with a time-delay, but Customer Support is going to be the place to go to get stuff like this sorted. You could also contact HP as they're the laptop manufacturer and probably have a phone number you can call for tech support.


06 Apr

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@Gaishu_Isshokuknows of a way that you can get Base XP without the Premium Time adjustment. I don't recall it off-hand, but the ping should grab his attention at some point.

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    Ahskance on Forums - Thread - Direct

Yep. It's in Belgrade, Serbia. You can see the "We're Hiring!" section of the most recent "Waterline" video here:




A document of our hiring from the recent time period of a few months ago is listed above. It's a section of a video describing our new studio and that we are hiring.

As for direct sources of current investment in our game, you can look at:

https://worldofwarships.com/en/news/general-news/shipful-of-dollars/

The topic in the OP of this thread


https://worldofwarships.com/en/news/community/anchors-aweigh-2023/

Public appearances for fun and player engagement
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    Ahskance on Forums - Thread - Direct

We have 4 English CMs in the NA region, 1 from Brazil, are hiring for LATAM, and the other regions have even more. Previously, English NA was 2 CMs and a Senior CM.

We are actively hiring for a new studio. Actively hiring is something done for a long-term investment, which we see in World of Warships.

Marketing campaigns like the one this thread is about are further expenditures of money and effort because of faith in the longevity of the product.

What about these things isn't directly telling that we see the value that exists and expect it to continue for a long time?