As others have mentioned this is a fairly wide reaching and minor adjustment to numerous ships across various tiers based on performance and data. We aren't trying to limit how much people are earning (some ships got buffs and the Missouri is still intact!) but are trying to put things in similar places credit/xp performance wise. Your permanent camos will still provide incredibly beneficial stats that should continue to make them more than worthwhile.
This is not to say there will never be a day or time the Benham will be available in another way, but at this time there are no plans to release the Benham in any way other than this event.
Hey there! The Benham will be available for Fuel tokens which you can earn by playing Rogue Wave. The Hill will be available for completing a series of Directives during the next update. The Hill you will also have the option to purchase for cash but the Benham will not be available outside of the event in 0.8.5.
Coupons will be refreshed for everyone tomorrow for those of you (and me) who have been waiting.
We'll provide more information soon but yes these will be a one day throwdown where clans can jump in and compete. Obviously rewards will be smaller but we anticipate it'll let folks have a little fun without some of the longer term commitments of a full season.
As mentioned above, if you do not select your container, the system will randomly draw one for you. This does result in different results had you selected a container type yourself. If you are finding "Try your Luck" disappointing, try a few of the other containers. While the lucky containers do have a higher potential for big ithings, they don't provide as many items per container.
The coupon refresh timing was changed to better coincide with the upcoming update where more eyes would be able to utilize them. The communication around this could have been more in advance and that's some feedback we'll definitely pass along.
As many of you point out, the Karma system really doesn't have a significant impact on gameplay, matchmaking, or really anything outside of a general metric you can personally view.
Why Karma is important at least from the positive points is it allows you to compliment someone who went above and beyond. We've all had games we played where someone did something heroic, self-sacrificing, or generally not what we'd expect in terms of teamwork and play. Giving those people that positive karma reinforces that type of play and encourages it in the future.
Hey @Jagged_Spire we know this will add a few days to the coupon refresh but rest assured your Stalingrad isn't going away.
For those of you looking for your rewards, we are still in process on those and hope to have them available very soon. Thanks very much for your patience!
Head to the article listed in the first post of this thread and you should be able to click the "get recruiting" button to get started!
As others mention, enjoy what you are playing regardless. Honestly I strongly prefer BBs myself and don't enjoy other classes as much, but by playing them I actually gained not only an appreciation for how they play but an understanding of what to watch out for.
There are rewards available for bringing inactive players back as well, so no this is not a program for new players. This program is also a Marketing effort and operates independently of development work happening in the game right now so our plan is to try and make existing players happy, bring back a few former players, and maybe get a few new ones.
To be clear lead planes can still be killed from hitting shell explosions on approach if they do not avoid them, that mechanic remains intact. This change affects planes who avoided flak and in some situations because of randomly assigned damage could survive a full run without a loss. AA will target the last plane and assign damage to just that one to ensure a higher chance of a kill.
Looking at the internal stats, the Montana doesn't seem to be underperforming at all. It's a good all around ship that can deliver devastating broadside with decent angles on the rear turrets. I personally find it a lot of fun to play, but what about the ship isn't working for you?
We are unable to accommodate previous recruiting as this is a new program. We do however recognize that some of you did recruiting with the new system launched on June 4th so any eligible recruit from that time forward will make you eligible for these new rewards.
Hey Sweetsie, as we've mentioned we have a few things in process in terms of AA and the interaction between surface ships and CVs.
First, we did announce a change on PTS which in the next update will have AA target the last aircraft in a squadron of planes instead of the entire squadron. While it won't make major changes to damage caused, it should address some situations where a squadron could fly over and no planes are shot down.
We're also still in the process of reworking sector AA which you should hear more about in the near future.
Hey there!
In terms of forum changes here are some examples of major changes we made the forums and announced:
Forum Guideline Revamp
Volunteer Moderator Program
This was a fairly minor change which took less than a minute. To reiterate my original statement, we can see which of you individually used reactions on our side and many of you both vote and provide a response. We also believe "many will probably take to actually writing the opinions, right, wrong, toxic, etc." as a really good thing. The more opinions provided, the more feedback we can gather, and greater community cohesion through discussion.
What you are describing is a pretty significant time investment for a single individual.
If you are specifically referring to bots, this is monitored and players caught doing this will be excluded from rewards.
Yes, the downvote button has been removed. We've received a number of complaints about it in the past, it doesn't actually impact Karma, nor how posts are surfaced to anyone so this felt like a pretty safe feature to disable for now.
These reactions are utilized to assist you when you just need to provide a simple emoji versus a full response. In most cases we've found many of you do both which largely defeats their purpose. There is still some value in keeping the others as many of you clearly make use of it.
Let us know how well the Confused works for you.
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