Im planning 1 or 2 threads in the next dev server forum for things like
the State of the SHar
BOL Overhaul
Those I think the devs will actually see. Perhaps its worth prepping one for Naval shell accuracy balancing. Frame it more as a naval-wide change rather than a handful of ships, but with the Hood as a case-study example within it. Might have more success than just a standard thread post. But the fact the Renown still has the same incorrect draft it was added with after nearly a year. Its pretty clear British navy is a very low priority for them at the moment (followed closely by Britain in general)
Gaijin do not care at all about the historical size of the RN nor the number of options nor the capability of the ships. The Big 3 still exist and then Japan has Yamato which is obviously the largest battleship ever built, so Gaijin seem to favour those
The USN only officially started to overtake the RN in 1943-44, even more impressive when you consider the UK had had its ports bombed for 4-5 years at that point.
I kind of hate that “the Big 3” is a thing still. Like yeah, most popular, but the UK tree has more tanks than the US tree does. If anything it should be “Big 4.”
I always say that it’s not quantity that makes a big 3 nation, its the quality of the vehicles. For example the UK has tonnes of heavy cruisers, but not one of them is even close to an Admiral Hipper but same br???
Some people do say ‘the big 4’ but i mean specifically that ‘the big 3’ nations are more popular and seem to do better, and then Japan is tagged on because Yamato is too influential to ignore.
I mean, given one of the big three wasn’t in the second world war for the first two years, and given that Britain and Japan, between them, managed to:
Literally kick the USA’s arse so hard during thr first six months of the war in the Pacific they nearly had to bring an entire other fleet to deal with them
Managed to survive alone, for 1 entire year, with a numerically inferior air force and army
Had the biggest navy at the start of the war (not Japan before anyone questions my history)
Put an entire navy’s surface capital ships effectively out of action with 24 biplanes
Yeah the only reason Japan and Britain aren’t considered “major” nations is because its convenient. Both for people in arguments and Gaijin in terms of development
I mean, yeah, but I was talking in general about the game as a whole (probably not the best thread though). It kind of sucks that the Big 3 exist because then people prioritize those three over like… all the others. Which is lame.
The only heavy cruiser I would think of as close to a Hipper that the UK gets is maybe HMS London? The lack of actual AP shells for the 8-inch guns really hurts though. Guess that’s what happens when you go all in on CLs
But for naval, the UK definitely gets a as a major and it has more right to be a Big 3 nation than the USSR lol. If anything the Big 3 of naval are (should be) the USA, UK, and Japan
It depends on if the Hipper is paying attention and if you get lucky.
HMS London is good, but a bit of a glass cannon. You cant take a lot of punishment and I find every other hit you take knocks out the bridge and usually a turret or 2 at the same time. But if you aim well, you can do quite a bit of damage in return (though I am absolutely convinced that our 8 inch guns have some latent nerf or something, becuase they feel like they barely do more damage than 6 inch shells half the time)
“Major” and “minor” nations are labels invented by the community, nothing more. But as with any self-chosen perspective, this sort of thing tends to have detrimental effects on how one looks at a given topic.
I’m at work so I haven’t had a chance to catch up, any word of:
A. Is it an event?
B. Have they said we will get a TT equiv because even with a Jutland config its still the best BB aside from that in the British tree?
well nice of them to pick the worst possible of the QE ships and then the worst version of said ship with no AA no extra deck armor and no float plane.
I’ll refrain from complaining until we get the update then. I doubt they introduce a TT alternative with the event because then you have a straight up upgrade to the event so whats the point, they didn’t do it with Repulse and she would be a downgrade
With this patch adding the final US 14" class and this event adding a QE at the same time, we’re now very much set up to get a Colorado and a tech tree Queen Elizabeth by the end of the year.
