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Hello, Commanders!

Public Test Server Version 0.10.10 is live! Patch notes here: https://worldofwarships.com/en/news/public-test/public-test-0110/

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Any bugs you encounter in the PTS can be reported here

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Commanders,

If you encounter any bugs or technical issues during the Public Test 0.11.0 pt2 Session, 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!

Boggzy used to be a Bartender and he has an example her likes to use.

When a Bar Fight breaks out, either Nobody Goes to Jail, or EVERYBODY Goes to Jail.

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You have a "Block" ability when you hold tab and mouse over an in-game jerk's name.

Next, you can use that Replay in Customer Support Ticket to get them Chat Banned or Worse~

So, let's review:

Option A: You started it!!! RAAAAAAAH!!! ...wait, what? But HE STARTED IT!! HE STARTED IT?!?! AAHHHH

Option B: , Send in a Ticket with Screenshots/Replay, then Get Jerk Chat Banned or Actual Banned

Protip: Choose B.

Just worth a reminder, there's a new map in development already. Folks voted on the style for it not even that long ago.

https://worldofwarships.com/en/news/community/choose-a-new-map/

The NTC was altered into the Research Bureau. This is an in-game mechanic to earn exclusive rewards (Ships and (much to the discontent of some older players) Unique Upgrades).

The concept is to give an artificial extension to existing game content. Ultimately, players can out-grind any content creation team, so it's a method of reusing in-game content in a further-form of progression.

Some enjoy it, others not. I've redone some CV lines 4+ times.

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Subs could change things drastically, or they could integrate rapidly. As of now, they're still in testing, so we'll have to see how that turns out.

I will agree that a new class on top of the discussion we're having here about a theoretical Tier 11 is a lot to talk about at one time, but stagnation is death in Free-to-Play industries.

There's a problem in equating Clan Battles to Stars. Namely that Clan Battles are not considered "fair matchups" and there is a weighting to the Point Gain/Loss depending on the Advantage/Disadvantage assumed in the matchup.

Example: A Typhoon 1 Clan Team is matched against a Storm 1 Clan Team.

If the Storm Team wins, the Typhoon Team loses MANY Points, and the Storm Team gains SOME Points.


If the Typhoon Team wins, the Typhoon Team gains FEW Points, and the Storm Team loses FEW Points.

In other words, the gain/loss is dynamic to the matchup/situation. Or said another way, every team is at a different position, so every outcome is weighted differently.

This is not how Ranked Leagues work.

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ALL Players in Silver... are Silver. While you may recognize someone as Super Purple or Super Red, they are all "Silver". Why? Because as far as the Ranked Battle league i...

Why would you feel winning and losing Points would be vastly different from winning and losing Stars.

Ultimately, you must win X amount of Y to Rank Out.

Ranked Queue is just a separated group of Random Battle queues with altered maps, less players, and preset tier rules.

The difference in Leagues comes from the amount of effort people want to put in. While that doesn't necessarily translate to skill, it's still a sign of player effort/interest and does have a relation to investment in the game.

Ultimately, if you have as much or more skill than the average players in the League, you should expect to advance through consistent play and decision making.

It's not to say everyone can or will Rank Out. It's not designed to be a free experience that is simply achieved with a grind, though there are players that choose to approach it that way.

DD, CV, and BB thus far. Never Cruiser'd to the win as of yet.

Other folks Rank Out in all types and stream their matches as well.

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Having Ranked Out like 12+ times on Stream, I can confidently tell you that consistent play will result in more wins then losses. Just like higher-end players win more often in Randoms, the same can happen in Ranked.

I left it unedited as an awareness message. This is unacceptatable and should be noted as such.

The thing with a Bar Fight is... when the Cops show up EVERYONE goes to jail.

Don't troll him. Stop him via CS.

Death Threats are different then encouraging Self Harm. One of them gets escalated to the the Authorities.

Digital Privacy Law prevents us from responding with the specifics of what was done. If your message actually stated that a Chat Ban was applied, that's not to say the length/severity of it. While it could be 24 hours, it could also be Permanent, so please don't imagine a worst cast scenario where this didn't matter.

You have seen what Time Gating looks like in the Dockyard missions that are on your screen but are locked.

These missions are not "locked" behind a time wall where a player MUST wait a week. They are able to finished as soon as someone plays the Repulse for 1,000 Base XP. While the Repulse IS the Time Gate for players that don't want to spend money, it must be restated that The missions are available to do whenever someone can meet their conditions.

This is a Free-to-Play game, and Delayed interaction/grind is not a new thing.

I'm going to do the grind as a challenge over the weekend and see how long it takes me to do it on stream as a test.

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Also, I realized the biggest thing I missed earlier... the Attachable Permacamo which is the highest value is the FIRST REWARD. For some reason, my mind processed as you got it after the entire chain was done. Nope. First reward :\

The totally changes the urgency of the grind as the other rewards are easily obtainable Tier 5 Tech Tree ships. Having permacamos for them is nice, but definitely drops those missions resolutely into the optional catagory. I wish I'd realized that on first read through.

That was a timed post~ I'm awake now!

Yeah, as the mod (which was me) stated, generate a Customer Support Ticket. This is not acceptable and they are the folks empowered to do something about this problem.

Hello, Captains!

A new Devblog has been posted here: https://blog.worldofwarships.com/blog/259

Please leave any feedback you have here <3

Thank you!

As it's not specified, it should be any Tiers. Just 10 Random Battles attended~

Please understand that there are several people that have said many things in this thread. My response was more aimed at the general belief that a higher service cost is something that's believed to be "correcting the excess of credits in the economy".

Ultimately, this is a thread to get feedback and impressions from folks. My engagement is more focused at getting people to talk about stuff so I have more information to better represent folks.

This is a divisive topic, so I expect it to be filled with landmines. Still, I can't represent folks actual thoughts without them actually typing them. Interpretation doesn't help make points when discussing pain points.

Yes, you quoted that Tier 10s are comfortable to play. This isn't in dispute.

Specifically, my ask was:

The way that folks were framing their arguements was the the economy is messed up, and Tier 11 Service Cost is how to fix it. That this is the correction for a mistake.

I called that into doubt because whether you have more Credits than you can spend or not isn't something that a higher Service Cost is going to re-balance or fix. There are other Tiers and experiences that exist which don't care about how many Credits someone has outside of the initial purchase of the ship and getting Upgrades on it.

Part of what you quoted...

... ends with "And this has had a significant effect on their popularity."

As a carryover from a different thread/topic, Random Matchmaker is a way to provide a varied experience, which prolongs the life/interactions within the game. Another...

Yes, but it's a hefty amount of effort. Some folks don't mind a hard grind like that, but for those that aren't about that life... just play the game and don't worry about it.

To keep things in perspective, the end prize is a camo that's like $20.