Naval Arcade (hightier) died today with new Bots (battlships)

[Josephs_Piano]

@xPorkulusx

The changes in regards to populating matches are quite helpful. It’s nice to not have to wait five minutes plus to get into a match.

Yeah bots have less rewards but if this can get more people playing Naval then everybody wins.

Apparently bots do not have less rewards at all:

Server Update 23.01.2025

Thanks for patience. Silver Lions reward for damage to the naval targets (the main source of income in naval battles) is calculated as: damage dealt x vehicle reward multiplier x premium and/or boosters So, this reward depends on the target you hit. Max damage (HP) for any boat is 1200 and for any ship is 2200. An example: Enemy: SC-497, You: Pr.1124 late. Vs. BOT: [BOT] 268 dmg dealt to the Bot controlled boat (max in this case is 1200) 268 x 0.81 (vehicle multiplier) x 1.5 (premium ac…

[xPorkulusx]

@TheDudesRug

If you all stopped playing arcade battles and joined RB - there would be more players in each round and less need for bots, no?

Seems like it’s possible for both Arcade and Realistic players to benefit. It’s not a zero-sum game.

[bvr]

@TheDudesRug

If you all stopped playing arcade battles and joined RB - there would be more players in each round and less need for bots, no?

If u all stop playing RB and join arcade there would be no bots at all at any time of day, no?

[TheDudesRug]

@bvr

If u all stop playing RB and join arcade there would be no bots at all at any time of day, no?

Nahh, it only goes one way:

Navyfield > World of Warships > War Thunder Arcade > War Thunder Realistic.

Once you get some realism in those veins, you can’t go back.

[Bruce_R1]

They do. Bots in naval get a 0.3x modifier on both score and SL earnings for kills and assists.

Because score (and RP) are mostly determined by damage (440 base score points for a destroyer due to damage), not the kill reward (30 base score points), there’s not much difference there. For SL, 25-40% of the game reward is due to kills and assists so a 30% reduction there on bot kills can become noticeable.

[Josephs_Piano]

You better go tell @Stona_WT that he’s wrong then…

[Bruce_R1]

Many people did already, I’d read down the thread and look at the example screenshots people have posted of kill SL earnings on bots vs humans. His own screenshots just talk about the score-based damage awards, which are a function of score, refracted through the “battle activity” and “activity time” mechanics.

What he’s missing is the “pop up” SL rewards you see on your screen when you get a kill, on top of the score/activity mechanic. While it varies widely, the pop up SL amount if it’s a bot is 30% of what you’d get if the same ship had been human-manned. It’s not hard to test yourself, just watch those SL popups when it’s a human and when it’s a bot.