One way would be decompression at least (especially in coastal)
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But it wouldn’t be that easy, or else it would have been done already. Would it not? Reversing the recent changes sounds like it would just appeal to Naval core players. How do you fix it so that it brings in more players? Do you go with much more modern ships and break away from the 1920s-1950s era only two major games sort of touch on? Player controlled aircraft carriers? Subs? More anti-ship based ordinance for naval aircraft? Dynamic maps with weather and changing objectives?
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Or they could, you know, just pull the plug on those as they hold the very small fraction of the players and focus more on stuff that actually keeps their game alive.
Not all projects from a company have to be successful, you can cope with that fact however you want.
You’re not wrong😉
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All good points, and I appreciate that you are asking in good faith. The lack of ANY meaningful conversation between the devs and Naval players is the biggest issue, period. There has been years of suggestions, questions, BEGGING the devs to just talk with us. Nothing. Radio silence. That is the core issue, and as long as the devs/mangers/mods ignore our concerns and complaints, nothing can change 🤷♂️
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I get the idea of adding subs and carriers (I would like them as well) but that would be a herculean task to balance with the current roster of ships, boats and naval aircraft, so they should only be considered once the core issues are gone.
As for more modern ships, we have several post war boats and ships, just limited to simpler weaponry as shipborne asms haven’t been fully tested yet.
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Agreed. It seems like Gaijin and their CMs are quite willing to talk to the player base for ground and air. But Naval remains obscure. No comments or feedback on suggestions, and huge changes are made to the mode without consulting players
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Seriously? Just let naval die…
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(Don’t feed the troll ☝️)
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I would only argue that there is a lack of communication between Devs and players on a lot of issues. Air Sim battles and Ground battles (especially ground sim which personally, is far more enjoyable than RB) have also largely been ignored at their core. Adding new vehicles does not equate to improvments, just more “line goes up”. This is also the first update since really the Pantsir introduction that we are getting new and competent SPAAs to counter the (even I will admit it despite being a pro-CAS player) onslaught of standoff CAS. And the Pantsir was added two years ago. Sure, maps are getting remade and thats cool and all but the core gameplay is the same and has not been innovative. Neither has Naval too but the point was the dialogue feels absent everywhere besides Air RB.
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I agree with your points. And from a cost/profit perspective I can understand a lot of the reasons why, but I would just like to hear that from the team instead of silence. Even if some things “can’t”/wont be changed or improved, just please have a conversation with us. There might be some sort of middle ground/compromise that most players would be OK with. Etc etc.
I miss playing Naval Arcade, sad I do not enjoy playing my bote lineups anymore that I spent so much time and money getting them exactly how I liked them. Especially muh Des Moines 😭 I JUST got it a month or two before the aiming changes went through. Waited a year for it to go on its once a year sale, then poof. Ruined.
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You bet, Richelieu was a Catholic priest (:
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It’s not the player’s fault, Gaijin largely neglected these game modes, they just exist as a formality now to keep the title of realism in their game. They are to blame not the playerbase.
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F-14D when ?
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When we get the A-6E SWIP
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thats gonna be awhile then XD
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I’m not blaming players here, I’m pretty much stating facts they aren’t yet ready to hear, which is on them to be fair. I don’t really care if the following angers either them or Gaijin.
Is Naval dead ? Yes.
Is Sim dead ? Yes.
Is there a quick and easy fix for those two that don’t require massive development work and countless hours spent on balancing ? No.
Risk versus reward is simply not there and there’s literally only one way going forward.
i do hope they get added together as they served together
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Farewell, server hamsters, you will be missed
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