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Why is this game just about battleships?

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When new captains start their journey, what is their ultimate goal? It is of course 120 level battleship. All of us who are not yet at that level just dream about the ability to destroy a ship with just one shot.

But that is the problem. Eventually there will be many more bb120 so it is impossible to survive as lower level ship (excluding high level CVs and SSs). This will drive new players away from the game as it is just too hard and as old players get bored there will be no one to play any more.

Also, only a battleship should not be the ultimate goal, what if it is a heavy cruiser? The highest level CA that is possible to get is 41 level which means it just can not be that particular one. Solution is: make more 50-120 level DDs, CLs and CAs and 100-120 level CVs and SSs. These should be of course much tougher and an 100 level CL should have same chance of surviving as an 100 level BB if played right. 

At this moment there are more battleships than any other when there should be same amount of ships in every class. I hope this will change in the future.

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6 hours ago, 007 said:

When new captains start their journey, what is their ultimate goal? It is of course 120 level battleship. All of us who are not yet at that level just dream about the ability to destroy a ship with just one shot.

But that is the problem. Eventually there will be many more bb120 so it is impossible to survive as lower level ship (excluding high level CVs and SSs). This will drive new players away from the game as it is just too hard and as old players get bored there will be no one to play any more.

Also, only a battleship should not be the ultimate goal, what if it is a heavy cruiser? The highest level CA that is possible to get is 41 level which means it just can not be that particular one. Solution is: make more 50-120 level DDs, CLs and CAs and 100-120 level CVs and SSs. These should be of course much tougher and an 100 level CL should have same chance of surviving as an 100 level BB if played right. 

At this moment there are more battleships than any other when there should be same amount of ships in every class. I hope this will change in the future.

The matchmaking goes like this...

If one team has a BB then the other team has a BB. It doesn't matter if one is level 120 and the other level 50, all the game sees is that both sides have a battleship and therefore it is an equal match.

Yes better and captains have gotten bored and yes veteran captains have left.

Yes newer players are finding the grind impossible and leaving.

Asking for new ships is not the solution (the ones we have are hinky enough 😂).

I said it a hundred times, I'll say it again, and I guess I'll just keep on saying it.....

Proper and decent matchmaking is the only thing that can keep veteran captains interested and newer Captain's willing to continue. It can be done in such a way that you wouldn't even need online expert anymore. I never liked the idea of half my fleet playing online great battle the other half playing online expert. It doesn't make for a cohesive unit.

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13 hours ago, 007 said:

Solution is: make more 50-120 level DDs, CLs and CAs and 100-120 level CVs and SSs.

I have to agree with diddy:

6 hours ago, 1diddy said:

Asking for new ships is not the solution

It will drive lower level players away faster as the top tier ship will be much further away. Now you can get top CL in a few days or a week and top CA soon after. If you get top tier to lvl 100 as you suggest... it took me more than a year to reach lvl 100 (can be much sooner with premium account and by playing more hours)

There is place in Great battle for a CL or DD - escort. A BB with a good escort can and will win vs 2 stronger BBs, the reason is that gun range is much bigger than sight radius, thus if the scout planes are shot down the stronger BBs will have to fire blindly (I suggest CL/DD and not CA as it will also have to do anti-sub duty).

In addition a BB firing at a (fast and manoeuvring) DD/CL at extreme range is wasting time that would be better spent killing a BB/CV (as it is very hard to hit at range).

Proof of that is that you'll often see a CL in War of Fleets - where the prerequisite is veteran (often master) crew BB120, SS79/92, CV 79/92

6 hours ago, 1diddy said:

Proper and decent matchmaking is the only thing that can keep veteran captains interested and newer Captain's willing to continue. It can be done in such a way that you wouldn't even need online expert anymore. I never liked the idea of half my fleet playing online great battle the other half playing online expert. It doesn't make for a cohesive unit.

You forgot offence/defence further diluting and splitting (the seemingly reducing number of) players.

 

13 hours ago, 007 said:

that is the problem. Eventually there will be many more bb120 so it is impossible to survive as lower level ship (excluding high level CVs and SSs). This will drive new players away from the game as it is just too hard and as old players get bored there will be no one to play any more.

Only solution to this is to make players realise the value of their DD/CL and play them as they should - not as suicidal bots. and getting close to a BB to fire upon it with your DD/CL is suicidal (exception for the high range and tiny/fast Premium CL 18s and possibly DD50s).

A CA is harder to find a place in a fleet. Best use is AAW escort for stronger units (and adding firepower), hunter/destroyer of CVs and weaker units - but lacking sonar and ASW is not as useful (in the extremely slim chance that a developer happens to read this: please DO NOT add ASW capabilities to CAs, it will make DDs/CLs obsolete).

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Well, I think you are right. Matchmaking needs to be fixed. But about asking new ships I am still asking for new CVs.

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