The results of the May Q&A session on the official World of Warships Discord are here. Read it on the portal
Not likely. Some people look fondly on that, but others saw it as a "win more" feature that didn't promote healthy back and forth gameplay.
I haven't heard of ships getting stuck that far away from islands.
There have been and continue to be instances where ships will get stuck NEAR islands due to terrain added / adjusted during the Submarine underwater rework, but those are found and fixed daily.
Any time you see this, send a ticket to CS
Both have been their own modes as limited-time Events.
In general, diluting the playerbase across a wide variety of different matchmaking queues results in longer wait times. We have 10 tiers of ships in our game, as well as Superships, so even just having a single mode can result in a lot of different queues as people split due to the variety of choices available. Random Battles and Co-Op offer support for all-tiers, which is already a large amount of options. Adding more modes makes for further dilution.
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