Aragathor Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 https://blog.worldofwarships.com/blog/507Link to article. Spoiler Public Test 13.1 - Balance Changes We're applying balance changes to many ships based on an analysis of both their combat statistics as well as extensive player feedback. VI Ryūjō Torpedo Bomber parameters changed: Stock squadron aircraft preparation time increased: 74 to 81s Researchable squadron aircraft preparation time increased: 73 to 78s Torpedo damage decreased: 5400 to 5000 X Hayate Main battery reload time decreased: 4 to 3.7s Torpedo reload booster consumable moved to a separate slot Sekiryu Tactical Torpedo Bombers Torpedo damage reduced: 9333 to 7500 Tactical Attack Aircraft rocket parameters changed Damage reduced: 3150 to 2850 Fire chanced reduced: 14 to 12% IV Clemson Stock Torpedo reload time increased: 40 to 44s Researchable Torpedo reload time increased: 66 to 70s VII California Main Battery reload time reduced: 34.2 to 32.5 Changed engine parameters: the acceleration time for forward and reverse movement was significantly reduced. The new acceleration settings are similar to those found on Kansas, Minnesota and Vermont. VII Florida Main Battery reload time reduced: 33.5 to 32s VII Indianapolis Main Battery reload time reduced: 14.3 to 13s VIII Hornet Characteristics of Tactical bombers squadron changed: Bomb damage increased: 7300 to 8000 Fire chance increased: 41 to 45% VIII Nebraska, IX Delaware and X Louisiana Changed the parameters of the Stock and Researchable Dive bombers Bombers are now equipped with JATO boosters HE bomb penetration increased: 42 to 53mm Annapolis Interval between individual shots in burst increased: 1 to 1.5s Surveillance Radar consumable action time decreased: 40 to 35s United States Tactical Torpedo Bombers Torpedo damage reduced: 7600 to 6133 V Mikoyan Main battery accuracy settings changed. They will now be similar to other cruisers on tier V Main battery parameters changed: Reload time reduced 13.2 to 11s AP shell damage increased: 4550 to 4650 VIII Kiev Stock hull HP pool increased: 14500 to 16200 Researchable hull HP pool increased: 16200 to 17500 X Khabarovsk Repair Party consumable replaced with Specialized Repair Teams with the following parameters: HP restoration per second: +225 Action time: 20s Reload time: 80s Number of charges: 3 X Petropavlovsk Base detectability range increased: 15.3km to 16.3km All other detectability ranges adjusted accordingly X Sevastopol Main battery reload time reduced: 25 to 24s Changed the parameters of the Repair Party consumable Action time reduced: 90 to 60s Cooldown time reduced: 180 to 120s Number of charges increased: 3 to 4 Zorkiy Number of shots in burst firing mode decreased: 4 to 3 VIII Colossus Changed the parameters of Attack Aircraft: Number of rockets per plane reduced: 6 to 5 The size of aiming ellipse increased by 20% The amount of rockets that are guaranteed to hit closer to the center of the aiming ellipse reduced: 50 to 33% As this ship demonstrated excessive effectiveness with its AP rockets, we decided to tone down the damage potential of this type of armament. In addition to increasing the size of aiming ellipse, making it harder to pinpoint a specific part of enemy ship, we have also decreased the number of rockets that are guaranteed to hit closer to the center of the aiming ellipse, thus reducing the potential of each strike to do citadel damage, as rockets are going to spread more evenly across the whole aiming zone now. At the same time, we expect the increased aiming ellipse to lead to a somewhat easier experience when dropping enemy ships, due to allowing for a slightly larger margin of error when positioning the reticle for attack. IX Duncan Main Battery reload time decreased: 31 to 29.5s Repair Party consumable reload time increased: 80 to 100s X St. Vincent Repair Party consumable reload time increased: 80 to 100s Base detectability range increased: 15.8 to 16.2km All other detectability parameters adjusted accordingly X Malta Torpedo Bomber torpedo damage increased: 5933 to 6533 Number of bombs in payload on Dive Bombers decreased: 4 to 3 Eagle Tactical Attack Aircraft rocket parameters changed: Damage reduced: 2350 to 2050 Fire chanced reduced: 9 to 8% Tactical Dive Bomber bomb parameters changed: Damage reduced: 7900 to 6400 Fire chanced reduced: 45 to 36% V Jaguar Torpedo parameters changed: Reload time decreased: 90 to 75s Range decreased: 8 to 7.5km Damage reduced: 14833 to 11267 Speed decreased: 68 to 57kts VI Béarn Increased the dispersion of the Skip Bombers by 20% Due to this ship showing excessive effectiveness when attacking destroyers, we decided to decrease its attacking potential against smaller targets by decreasing the overall accuracy of the skip bombers drop. This should bring the carrier more in-line with other carriers of the tier. Condé Main Battery reload time reduced: 15 to 14s Bonus to maximum main battery shell dispersion during burst fire reduced: 40 to 20% III Nazario Sauro Main Battery reload time decreased: 6.5 to 6.4s SAP shell Damage decreased: 2600 to 2350 VI Aviere Researchable Torpedo Range reduced: 10 to 8km Changed parameters of the Emergency Engine Power consumable: Number of charges reduced: 6 to 4 Action time reduced: 25 to 20s VI Leone Main Battery reload time reduced: 9.5 to 8.5s Torpedo launcher reload time reduced 50 to 45s VIII Vittorio Veneto Sigma value increased: 1.7 to 1.8 Stock hull Rudder shift time reduced: 21.7 to 20.2s Researchable hull Rudder shift time reduced: 15.5 to 14.4s IX Lepanto Stock hull Rudder shift time reduced: 23.3 to 20.9s Researchable hull Rudder shift time reduced: 16.7 to 14.9s X Cristoforo Colombo, X Amerigo Vespucci Sigma value increased: 1.5 to 1.6 Firing angles for the aft turrets increased by 10 degrees Rudder shift time reduced: 18s to 15.3s Note: Amerigo Vespucci is a clone of Cristoforo Colombo used for testing her Unique Upgrade. IX Dalian Main Battery reload time reduced 5.2 to 4.9s IX Sun Yat-Sen Main Battery AP shells damage increased: 13000 to 14500 Kunming Base detectability range reduced: 7.8 to 7.4km All other detectability parameters adjusted accordingly VIII Split Main battery reload time reduced: 4.0 to 3.6s IX Lambros Katsonis Main battery reload time reduced: 4.4 to 3.8s VIII Numancia Changed parameters of Burst Fire Mode: Removed the increased shell dispersion debuff These changes are all over the place, and some are quite weird. I don't think the balancing team understands what balancing is. Because Aviere did not need another massive nerf. And the change to St. Vincent is a joke. And Indianapolis did not need a buff. At least Hayate and California get some love. Summoning @Sailor_Moon because of that last one. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HogHammer Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Overall, the changes are nice. There are a few I question, but I will tip my hat off to WG for attempting to give a little attention to existing ships that have needed a little TLC for ages. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kynami Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Well the Khaba getting a super heal is definitely an eyebrow raiser. Though I really do question the decision to buff the Hornet's B25 tactical squadron. If anything a slight buff to that anemic AP bomber regular squadron might have been more appropriate if the ship was actually in need of buffs at all. Jaguar getting slapped for 19.2% of its torpedo speed and 24% of its torpedo alpha is a monster of a nerf. Throw in the extra half kilometer of less range on top of that and that reload reduction of only roughly 17% seems rather sketchy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel_Allan_Clark Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 (edited) Back to balancing with a sledgehammer, I see... RIP Bearn RIP Aviere Edited January 24 by Daniel_Allan_Clark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerstoerherr Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Overall very interesting changes, at least they do something useful now that the art department is gone and they can't crap a new line every other month. As a DD main, I'm looking forward to Hayate changes, probably gonna buy her asap those changes are live. Not sure that Khaba needed superheals, even without it I was able to get to 58.6% WR in ranked, now it will be ranked monster. Also not sure about Aviere changes, I mean it was a decent ship (especially compared to its successors), but not so good that it needed a nerf at all. Leone needed some love, although I think it will be terrible DD nevertheless the buff. I currently need some 10k XP to get Katsonis, so a buff is nice. Split buff is also OK in my view, the ship is not bad, but when fighting other DDs I felt like it lacked a bit of firepower (or higher HP pool/repair party) for a gunboat DD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor_Moon Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 (edited) 4 hours ago, Aragathor said: Summoning @Sailor_Moon because of that last one. FINALLY. Wait....do I have to change my profile pic?! Edited January 24 by Sailor_Moon 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kynami Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 1 hour ago, Sailor_Moon said: Wait....do I have to change my profile pic?! Well, you still have that absolutely glacial 60 second turret traverse to complain about! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidelock Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 11 hours ago, Aragathor said: VIII Colossus Goddammit... There goes my favourite Cv for Ops. This only means either Colossus will be on sale soon or she's going to be available in the next auction. 11 hours ago, Aragathor said: VII California VII Florida VII Indianapolis VIII Vittorio Veneto Now this is a pleasent surprise. Still Cali also needs a better turret traverse to go from meh to good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxhound421a Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 8 hours ago, Sailor_Moon said: FINALLY. Wait....do I have to change my profile pic?! Congratulations for your hard work. Now we just have to get her an improved sec battery and turret traverse! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor_Moon Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 (edited) 8 hours ago, Foxhound421a said: Congratulations for your hard work. Now we just have to get her an improved sec battery and turret traverse! Thanks much! As for the additional buffs you listed...another tough fight ahead, I see.... Well, turret traverse is possible, but I just don't see how Wargaming will go for buffing her secondaries when Wee Vee '44 exists though. Turret traverse buff may be possible. But honestly, I don't expect Wargaming to touch California again, and frankly? That's Ok too. She got some small, needed buffs, and that's fine. However, if anyone else wants to request turret traverse buffs for her, well I certainly won't stop'em : ) That would certainly help a lot with gunnery comfort. Edited January 25 by Sailor_Moon 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor_Moon Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 16 hours ago, Kynami said: Well, you still have that absolutely glacial 60 second turret traverse to complain about! That......is a good point. Mwahaha.....it's not over yet... Nahhh, jokes aside, I want to test California in Live first and feel the changes first BEFORE any further steps. I'm fair and balanced like that 😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnderTheRadarAgain Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 PMSL this made me spit my coffee all over my screen and keyboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HogHammer Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 1 hour ago, UnderTheRadarAgain said: PMSL this made me spit my coffee all over my screen and keyboard. "Downfall" is a terrific movie and that scene has to be the most used perhaps of all movies on YouTube to illustrate various points. The late great actor Bruno Ganz did a spectacular job as Hitler. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfswetpaws Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 On 1/24/2024 at 2:18 PM, Aragathor said: https://blog.worldofwarships.com/blog/507Link to article. Reveal hidden contents Public Test 13.1 - Balance Changes We're applying balance changes to many ships based on an analysis of both their combat statistics as well as extensive player feedback. VI Ryūjō Torpedo Bomber parameters changed: Stock squadron aircraft preparation time increased: 74 to 81s Researchable squadron aircraft preparation time increased: 73 to 78s Torpedo damage decreased: 5400 to 5000 X Hayate Main battery reload time decreased: 4 to 3.7s Torpedo reload booster consumable moved to a separate slot Sekiryu Tactical Torpedo Bombers Torpedo damage reduced: 9333 to 7500 Tactical Attack Aircraft rocket parameters changed Damage reduced: 3150 to 2850 Fire chanced reduced: 14 to 12% IV Clemson Stock Torpedo reload time increased: 40 to 44s Researchable Torpedo reload time increased: 66 to 70s VII California Main Battery reload time reduced: 34.2 to 32.5 Changed engine parameters: the acceleration time for forward and reverse movement was significantly reduced. The new acceleration settings are similar to those found on Kansas, Minnesota and Vermont. VII Florida Main Battery reload time reduced: 33.5 to 32s VII Indianapolis Main Battery reload time reduced: 14.3 to 13s VIII Hornet Characteristics of Tactical bombers squadron changed: Bomb damage increased: 7300 to 8000 Fire chance increased: 41 to 45% VIII Nebraska, IX Delaware and X Louisiana Changed the parameters of the Stock and Researchable Dive bombers Bombers are now equipped with JATO boosters HE bomb penetration increased: 42 to 53mm Annapolis Interval between individual shots in burst increased: 1 to 1.5s Surveillance Radar consumable action time decreased: 40 to 35s United States Tactical Torpedo Bombers Torpedo damage reduced: 7600 to 6133 V Mikoyan Main battery accuracy settings changed. They will now be similar to other cruisers on tier V Main battery parameters changed: Reload time reduced 13.2 to 11s AP shell damage increased: 4550 to 4650 VIII Kiev Stock hull HP pool increased: 14500 to 16200 Researchable hull HP pool increased: 16200 to 17500 X Khabarovsk Repair Party consumable replaced with Specialized Repair Teams with the following parameters: HP restoration per second: +225 Action time: 20s Reload time: 80s Number of charges: 3 X Petropavlovsk Base detectability range increased: 15.3km to 16.3km All other detectability ranges adjusted accordingly X Sevastopol Main battery reload time reduced: 25 to 24s Changed the parameters of the Repair Party consumable Action time reduced: 90 to 60s Cooldown time reduced: 180 to 120s Number of charges increased: 3 to 4 Zorkiy Number of shots in burst firing mode decreased: 4 to 3 VIII Colossus Changed the parameters of Attack Aircraft: Number of rockets per plane reduced: 6 to 5 The size of aiming ellipse increased by 20% The amount of rockets that are guaranteed to hit closer to the center of the aiming ellipse reduced: 50 to 33% As this ship demonstrated excessive effectiveness with its AP rockets, we decided to tone down the damage potential of this type of armament. In addition to increasing the size of aiming ellipse, making it harder to pinpoint a specific part of enemy ship, we have also decreased the number of rockets that are guaranteed to hit closer to the center of the aiming ellipse, thus reducing the potential of each strike to do citadel damage, as rockets are going to spread more evenly across the whole aiming zone now. At the same time, we expect the increased aiming ellipse to lead to a somewhat easier experience when dropping enemy ships, due to allowing for a slightly larger margin of error when positioning the reticle for attack. IX Duncan Main Battery reload time decreased: 31 to 29.5s Repair Party consumable reload time increased: 80 to 100s X St. Vincent Repair Party consumable reload time increased: 80 to 100s Base detectability range increased: 15.8 to 16.2km All other detectability parameters adjusted accordingly X Malta Torpedo Bomber torpedo damage increased: 5933 to 6533 Number of bombs in payload on Dive Bombers decreased: 4 to 3 Eagle Tactical Attack Aircraft rocket parameters changed: Damage reduced: 2350 to 2050 Fire chanced reduced: 9 to 8% Tactical Dive Bomber bomb parameters changed: Damage reduced: 7900 to 6400 Fire chanced reduced: 45 to 36% V Jaguar Torpedo parameters changed: Reload time decreased: 90 to 75s Range decreased: 8 to 7.5km Damage reduced: 14833 to 11267 Speed decreased: 68 to 57kts VI Béarn Increased the dispersion of the Skip Bombers by 20% Due to this ship showing excessive effectiveness when attacking destroyers, we decided to decrease its attacking potential against smaller targets by decreasing the overall accuracy of the skip bombers drop. This should bring the carrier more in-line with other carriers of the tier. Condé Main Battery reload time reduced: 15 to 14s Bonus to maximum main battery shell dispersion during burst fire reduced: 40 to 20% III Nazario Sauro Main Battery reload time decreased: 6.5 to 6.4s SAP shell Damage decreased: 2600 to 2350 VI Aviere Researchable Torpedo Range reduced: 10 to 8km Changed parameters of the Emergency Engine Power consumable: Number of charges reduced: 6 to 4 Action time reduced: 25 to 20s VI Leone Main Battery reload time reduced: 9.5 to 8.5s Torpedo launcher reload time reduced 50 to 45s VIII Vittorio Veneto Sigma value increased: 1.7 to 1.8 Stock hull Rudder shift time reduced: 21.7 to 20.2s Researchable hull Rudder shift time reduced: 15.5 to 14.4s IX Lepanto Stock hull Rudder shift time reduced: 23.3 to 20.9s Researchable hull Rudder shift time reduced: 16.7 to 14.9s X Cristoforo Colombo, X Amerigo Vespucci Sigma value increased: 1.5 to 1.6 Firing angles for the aft turrets increased by 10 degrees Rudder shift time reduced: 18s to 15.3s Note: Amerigo Vespucci is a clone of Cristoforo Colombo used for testing her Unique Upgrade. IX Dalian Main Battery reload time reduced 5.2 to 4.9s IX Sun Yat-Sen Main Battery AP shells damage increased: 13000 to 14500 Kunming Base detectability range reduced: 7.8 to 7.4km All other detectability parameters adjusted accordingly VIII Split Main battery reload time reduced: 4.0 to 3.6s IX Lambros Katsonis Main battery reload time reduced: 4.4 to 3.8s VIII Numancia Changed parameters of Burst Fire Mode: Removed the increased shell dispersion debuff These changes are all over the place, and some are quite weird. I don't think the balancing team understands what balancing is. Because Aviere did not need another massive nerf. And the change to St. Vincent is a joke. And Indianapolis did not need a buff. At least Hayate and California get some love. Summoning @Sailor_Moon because of that last one. While a number of the buffs were (and are) welcome, I also noticed there were several nerfs in the mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueNautilus Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 The buff to Hayate is very welcome, although I wouldn't be surprised if later down the line they reverse it on the basis that it becomes OP. The nerf to Petro is painful but I guess that brings Petro closer to Moskva? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBTHEBALL Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 On 1/25/2024 at 8:18 AM, Aragathor said: https://blog.worldofwarships.com/blog/507Link to article. Reveal hidden contents Public Test 13.1 - Balance Changes We're applying balance changes to many ships based on an analysis of both their combat statistics as well as extensive player feedback. VI Ryūjō Torpedo Bomber parameters changed: Stock squadron aircraft preparation time increased: 74 to 81s Researchable squadron aircraft preparation time increased: 73 to 78s Torpedo damage decreased: 5400 to 5000 X Hayate Main battery reload time decreased: 4 to 3.7s Torpedo reload booster consumable moved to a separate slot Sekiryu Tactical Torpedo Bombers Torpedo damage reduced: 9333 to 7500 Tactical Attack Aircraft rocket parameters changed Damage reduced: 3150 to 2850 Fire chanced reduced: 14 to 12% IV Clemson Stock Torpedo reload time increased: 40 to 44s Researchable Torpedo reload time increased: 66 to 70s VII California Main Battery reload time reduced: 34.2 to 32.5 Changed engine parameters: the acceleration time for forward and reverse movement was significantly reduced. The new acceleration settings are similar to those found on Kansas, Minnesota and Vermont. VII Florida Main Battery reload time reduced: 33.5 to 32s VII Indianapolis Main Battery reload time reduced: 14.3 to 13s VIII Hornet Characteristics of Tactical bombers squadron changed: Bomb damage increased: 7300 to 8000 Fire chance increased: 41 to 45% VIII Nebraska, IX Delaware and X Louisiana Changed the parameters of the Stock and Researchable Dive bombers Bombers are now equipped with JATO boosters HE bomb penetration increased: 42 to 53mm Annapolis Interval between individual shots in burst increased: 1 to 1.5s Surveillance Radar consumable action time decreased: 40 to 35s United States Tactical Torpedo Bombers Torpedo damage reduced: 7600 to 6133 V Mikoyan Main battery accuracy settings changed. They will now be similar to other cruisers on tier V Main battery parameters changed: Reload time reduced 13.2 to 11s AP shell damage increased: 4550 to 4650 VIII Kiev Stock hull HP pool increased: 14500 to 16200 Researchable hull HP pool increased: 16200 to 17500 X Khabarovsk Repair Party consumable replaced with Specialized Repair Teams with the following parameters: HP restoration per second: +225 Action time: 20s Reload time: 80s Number of charges: 3 X Petropavlovsk Base detectability range increased: 15.3km to 16.3km All other detectability ranges adjusted accordingly X Sevastopol Main battery reload time reduced: 25 to 24s Changed the parameters of the Repair Party consumable Action time reduced: 90 to 60s Cooldown time reduced: 180 to 120s Number of charges increased: 3 to 4 Zorkiy Number of shots in burst firing mode decreased: 4 to 3 VIII Colossus Changed the parameters of Attack Aircraft: Number of rockets per plane reduced: 6 to 5 The size of aiming ellipse increased by 20% The amount of rockets that are guaranteed to hit closer to the center of the aiming ellipse reduced: 50 to 33% As this ship demonstrated excessive effectiveness with its AP rockets, we decided to tone down the damage potential of this type of armament. In addition to increasing the size of aiming ellipse, making it harder to pinpoint a specific part of enemy ship, we have also decreased the number of rockets that are guaranteed to hit closer to the center of the aiming ellipse, thus reducing the potential of each strike to do citadel damage, as rockets are going to spread more evenly across the whole aiming zone now. At the same time, we expect the increased aiming ellipse to lead to a somewhat easier experience when dropping enemy ships, due to allowing for a slightly larger margin of error when positioning the reticle for attack. IX Duncan Main Battery reload time decreased: 31 to 29.5s Repair Party consumable reload time increased: 80 to 100s X St. Vincent Repair Party consumable reload time increased: 80 to 100s Base detectability range increased: 15.8 to 16.2km All other detectability parameters adjusted accordingly X Malta Torpedo Bomber torpedo damage increased: 5933 to 6533 Number of bombs in payload on Dive Bombers decreased: 4 to 3 Eagle Tactical Attack Aircraft rocket parameters changed: Damage reduced: 2350 to 2050 Fire chanced reduced: 9 to 8% Tactical Dive Bomber bomb parameters changed: Damage reduced: 7900 to 6400 Fire chanced reduced: 45 to 36% V Jaguar Torpedo parameters changed: Reload time decreased: 90 to 75s Range decreased: 8 to 7.5km Damage reduced: 14833 to 11267 Speed decreased: 68 to 57kts VI Béarn Increased the dispersion of the Skip Bombers by 20% Due to this ship showing excessive effectiveness when attacking destroyers, we decided to decrease its attacking potential against smaller targets by decreasing the overall accuracy of the skip bombers drop. This should bring the carrier more in-line with other carriers of the tier. Condé Main Battery reload time reduced: 15 to 14s Bonus to maximum main battery shell dispersion during burst fire reduced: 40 to 20% III Nazario Sauro Main Battery reload time decreased: 6.5 to 6.4s SAP shell Damage decreased: 2600 to 2350 VI Aviere Researchable Torpedo Range reduced: 10 to 8km Changed parameters of the Emergency Engine Power consumable: Number of charges reduced: 6 to 4 Action time reduced: 25 to 20s VI Leone Main Battery reload time reduced: 9.5 to 8.5s Torpedo launcher reload time reduced 50 to 45s VIII Vittorio Veneto Sigma value increased: 1.7 to 1.8 Stock hull Rudder shift time reduced: 21.7 to 20.2s Researchable hull Rudder shift time reduced: 15.5 to 14.4s IX Lepanto Stock hull Rudder shift time reduced: 23.3 to 20.9s Researchable hull Rudder shift time reduced: 16.7 to 14.9s X Cristoforo Colombo, X Amerigo Vespucci Sigma value increased: 1.5 to 1.6 Firing angles for the aft turrets increased by 10 degrees Rudder shift time reduced: 18s to 15.3s Note: Amerigo Vespucci is a clone of Cristoforo Colombo used for testing her Unique Upgrade. IX Dalian Main Battery reload time reduced 5.2 to 4.9s IX Sun Yat-Sen Main Battery AP shells damage increased: 13000 to 14500 Kunming Base detectability range reduced: 7.8 to 7.4km All other detectability parameters adjusted accordingly VIII Split Main battery reload time reduced: 4.0 to 3.6s IX Lambros Katsonis Main battery reload time reduced: 4.4 to 3.8s VIII Numancia Changed parameters of Burst Fire Mode: Removed the increased shell dispersion debuff These changes are all over the place, and some are quite weird. I don't think the balancing team understands what balancing is. Because Aviere did not need another massive nerf. And the change to St. Vincent is a joke. And Indianapolis did not need a buff. At least Hayate and California get some love. Summoning @Sailor_Moon because of that last one. Overall these changes are good however WG are missing out on so many ships. German BBs Preussen line German DDs Z-52 line Dmitri Donskoi is giga poop Ognevoi is bad at everything and does not line up with any of the lines Russian DDs tier 5-7 are lacking so much gunpower British CA tiers 6-8 need some love Tier 5 French cruiser needs help, it's so un-fun to play Actually if I continue I'll be listing so many more so I might as well stop there. It is a great start no doubt from WG but there's so much more things that need to be done. Another thing I can think of is Siegfried and Agir. Both medicore at best compared to their peers, they need some love. Something that makes them a bit different to the better options such as Alaska and Azuma. But yeah if I continue I'd probably end up writing an essay so I'll stop there. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragathor Posted January 31 Author Share Posted January 31 (edited) 5 hours ago, BOBTHEBALL said: It is a great start no doubt from WG I disagree, the fact that so many ships are in a bad place, and we get haphazard grab bag of random changes, shows WG has no idea or competence to do anything. They are trying random levers to see if a door opens, while the guy on the other side tells them they just need to pull on the door knob to open it. Edited January 31 by Aragathor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBTHEBALL Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 25 minutes ago, Aragathor said: I disagree, the fact that so many ships are in a bad place, and we get haphazard grab bag of random changes, shows WG has no idea or competence to do anything. They are trying random levers to see if a door opens, while the guy on the other side tells them they just need to pull on the door knob to open it. I'm going to disagree because you're not giving them the credit that they have just realized oh damn we messed up. Here are some changes that are mostly really awesome and allow some less played ships to be played more. These buffs are good, is it perfect no not at all there's so much more yes. But they're starting somewhere which is 100% what matters. If they manage to keep up creating these blogs where they give these unloved ships love then it's amazing for the game no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torino2dc Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 7 hours ago, BOBTHEBALL said: Overall these changes are good however WG are missing out on so many ships. German BBs Preussen line German DDs Z-52 line Dmitri Donskoi is giga poop Ognevoi is bad at everything and does not line up with any of the lines Russian DDs tier 5-7 are lacking so much gunpower British CA tiers 6-8 need some love Tier 5 French cruiser needs help, it's so un-fun to play Actually if I continue I'll be listing so many more so I might as well stop there. It is a great start no doubt from WG but there's so much more things that need to be done. Another thing I can think of is Siegfried and Agir. Both medicore at best compared to their peers, they need some love. Something that makes them a bit different to the better options such as Alaska and Azuma. But yeah if I continue I'd probably end up writing an essay so I'll stop there. Most of the ships you named are working exactly as they're intended to work. That may not align with everyone's preferred play style, but that is for everyone to negotiate on their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBTHEBALL Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 48 minutes ago, torino2dc said: Most of the ships you named are working exactly as they're intended to work. That may not align with everyone's preferred play style, but that is for everyone to negotiate on their own. Eh I made sure to list ships that 100% need help. They don't need much just slight tweaks to make them fun and actually enjoyable to play, it's simple really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torino2dc Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 1 hour ago, BOBTHEBALL said: Eh I made sure to list ships that 100% need help. Why do they need help? Are they statistically weak? In what categories? For what group of players? Do their concepts not work? Are their tools contradictory? Is the moment-to-moment gameplay not satisfying? Are there needless frustrations that can be eliminated? 1 hour ago, BOBTHEBALL said: it's simple really. In many cases it takes a lot of work to truly understand what a ship needs to arrive at a happy place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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