Airship Escort To Be Removed From Randoms

[AdmiralThunder]

YES! They are removing escort mode from the Random rotation next month but may bring it back in the future as a stand alone mode. Thank god. Subs + Escort basically had me stop playing Randoms at all.

https://clips.twitch.tv/RockyCrispyCrabsTBCheesePull-0vm45wbHQN9DntyA

 

Edited November 23, 2023 by AdmiralThunder

[Beleaf]

Airship as a standalone game-mode was one of the few times I ventured outside of PvE. Glad its being removed from Randoms

[AdmiralThunder]

5 minutes ago, Beleaf said:

Airship as a standalone game-mode was one of the few times I ventured outside of PvE. Glad its being removed from Randoms

It's fine as a stand alone mode but it had no business being in the Random rotation. Frankly I feel the same about Arms Race.

[Andrewbassg]

1 hour ago, AdmiralThunder said:

YES! They are removing escort mode from the Random rotation next month

Well....it seems that the are willing to learn.....even if only  the hard way

 

 

 

Next month or upcoming update?

Edited November 23, 2023 by Andrewbassg

[Aragathor]

It's a thanksgiving miracle! I may play higher tiers again.

[MnemonScarlet]

Good, that mode being in the Randoms queue turned it into an absolutely cursed experience a lot of the time.

[Daniel_Allan_Clark]

1 hour ago, AdmiralThunder said:

It's fine as a stand alone mode but it had no business being in the Random rotation. Frankly I feel the same about Arms Race.

At least arms race is fun for most classes. Airship escort is just too specialized.

[OldSchoolGaming_Youtube]

2 hours ago, AdmiralThunder said:

YES! They are removing escort mode from the Random rotation next month but may bring it back in the future as a stand alone mode. Thank god. Subs + Escort basically had me stop playing Randoms at all.

https://clips.twitch.tv/RockyCrispyCrabsTBCheesePull-0vm45wbHQN9DntyA

 

Nothing on Arms Race .....?

[Helstrem]

19 minutes ago, Daniel_Allan_Clark said:

At least arms race is fun for most classes. Airship escort is just too specialized.

The problem with arms race is that it actually makes the snowball effect, and hence blowouts, worse rather than fighting them.

[Daniel_Allan_Clark]

38 minutes ago, Helstrem said:

The problem with arms race is that it actually makes the snowball effect, and hence blowouts, worse rather than fighting them.

True...you can say the same thing about higher tiers.

[Helstrem]

22 minutes ago, Daniel_Allan_Clark said:

True...you can say the same thing about higher tiers.

No you can't.

[Nevermore135]

Huh. So I can stop writing “Airship Escort is still in Randoms” as negative feedback on every PTS survey?

Neat.

Oh, and I can also start playing Randoms above tier VI again.

Edited November 24, 2023 by Nevermore135

[Ensign Cthulhu]

5 hours ago, AdmiralThunder said:

basically had me stop playing Randoms at all.

It was trying to bring you back to the One True Church of Bot.

[tfcas119]

Wait, WG listened to player feedback that 95% of it said Airship Escort should NOT of been put into Random Battle rotation? Its November 23rd, not April 1st.

[Daniel_Allan_Clark]

3 hours ago, Helstrem said:

No you can't.

Ah, but I can...and did!

😄

In the end, it's just an opinion.

Edited November 24, 2023 by Daniel_Allan_Clark

[Mordt]

So wait. Why’s this a good thing? Why was it so bad in Randoms?

[Helstrem]

1 hour ago, Daniel_Allan_Clark said:

Ah, but I can...and did!

😄

In the end, it's just an opinion.

The two are completely different things.  It is impossible for Tier Xs to be snowball effect.  Power creep, sure.  But power creep and snowball effect are two entirely different things.

[Mono_De_Mantequilla]

I am very happy to hear that Airship Escort shall be removed from Random battles.  I echo the sentiment that it was fun to play if you selected it intentionally, but randomly it was a drag.

[Kynami]

4 hours ago, Mordt said:

So wait. Why’s this a good thing? Why was it so bad in Randoms?

Try playing a ship that needs stand-off distance to function correctly in an environment that is suddenly very brawl reliant unlike the rest of the meta and has torpedo soup in small alleyways. And if you don't go into the brawl your team might automatically lose because the enemy team blocks your progress while you can't block theirs. Too many teams just lose at match creation because over half the ships do not want to brawl. Because if you don't have torpedoes, don't have hydro, or the secondaries to properly brawl in that close as a BB... it is not likely you will have much fun.

[Andrewbassg]

9 hours ago, Mordt said:

So wait. Why’s this a good thing? Why was it so bad in Randoms?

 

4 hours ago, Kynami said:

Try playing a ship that needs stand-off distance to function correctly in an environment that is suddenly very brawl reliant unlike the rest of the meta and has torpedo soup in small alleyways. And if you don't go into the brawl your team might automatically lose because the enemy team blocks your progress while you can't block theirs. Too many teams just lose at match creation because over half the ships do not want to brawl. Because if you don't have torpedoes, don't have hydro, or the secondaries to properly brawl in that close as a BB... it is not likely you will have much fun.

Not to mention, that newcomers don't know HOW to play the mode, making them a liability and annoying even older players towards the mode.

There is a not smail difference , between choosing to be present and..... being "forced".

Which is also the fundamental issue with the ops rework.

Edited November 24, 2023 by Andrewbassg

[Verblonde]

I haven't experienced Escort in Randoms as I withdrew from the mode when submarines were added, but it makes a pleasant change to see WG actually listening to player feedback for once.

Probably a portent of the End Times...

[Utt_Bugglier]

10 hours ago, Mordt said:

So wait. Why’s this a good thing? Why was it so bad in Randoms?

Because the mode is such a contrived shack of sit, and if you wanted to play randoms, you had to be willing to be thrust into the sack at the whim of the MM.

[Daniel_Allan_Clark]

10 hours ago, Helstrem said:

It is impossible for Tier Xs to be snowball effect. 

The increased lethality of ships at tier 10 makes snowballs more likely than lower tiers.

[Leo_Apollo11]

Hi all,

"DISABLING AIRSHIP ESCORT IN RANDOM BATTLES - UPDATE 12.11"

https://blog.worldofwarships.com/blog/496

 

Leo "Apollo11"

[clammboy]

19 hours ago, AdmiralThunder said:

It's fine as a stand alone mode but it had no business being in the Random rotation. Frankly I feel the same about Arms Race.

I dont understand Admiral you stated for a long time you don't play randoms so why does this bother you . I play almost all randoms and barley ever see these modes so how many times could you have run into them? 

I feel like these modes take people out of there comfort zone so they dont like them . It makes you play different this is a no no for a lot of players they dont like that.

Besides you rarley see either one of them. I dont mind them it changes things up I'm ok with that again that's just me.