RainbowFartingUnicorn

@FemennenIy, is the one-time 10,000 RP bonus only available to those currently eligible for the Research Bureau, or will all players get the bonus upon unlocking the Research Bureau?

I think this is called the armored-by-overpens philosophy.

I did, and I actually consider it quite worthwhile. It's fairly forgiving to play, for a high-tier DD, and it's a good earner. Pretty balanced. Not overpowered or underpowered. I had to buy a few crates at the end, I think I was short by 60 fuel tokens or something like that. But that was an OK tradeoff between time sink and whaling for me.

So what you're saying is that when you select "OPEN CONTAINER," it opens the containers you've received but not opened in reverse order of how you got them, i.e. the most recent first? That makes sense, although it is a bit of an awkward workaround, since you can always see the crate that's next up to be opened but none of the others you have that are unopened. Seems like the only problem would be when you get multiple crate rewards, i.e. I got a 24-hour Premium crate that I want to save, but I can't open the other crates I got at the same time because the Premium crate is next up to be opened, so if I wanted the contents of the other crates I'd have to start the premium time.

I liked Sabaton before I liked World of Warships, actually. But they're kind of a B band to me. Just a lot of fun, but no, not really a fantastic band objectively. I like them because it's nice to see someone find his niche. Because let's face it, Joaquim is not a great singer, but the one genre he can do OK in is metal, and the one subject he has a good voice to sing about is war, so it's working for him!

Low- and mid-tier campaigns and operations would have been what you'd do if you actually wanted people to play low tiers more often.

Agreed- this is what I did on the Benham grind. I wasn't going to hit 48/50 for the dailies, so I bought I think seven crates at the end.

I'm kind of torn on whether Siroco is less mediocre than Jaguar on that point, since Siroco does get MBRB, but Jaguard torps are better. I agree, the engine boost and damage saturation mechanic alone are insufficient for <T6 DDs for them to every be desirable or more than mediocre. Honestly it remains to be seen whether adding MBRB and improved AP shells is enough for the high-tier French DDs to be more than just OK.

What am I even watching!?!? EDIT: Actually, I TOTALLY NEED that torpedo launcher in my life. ADD TO GAME STORE.

I don't know how much we'll see of guided weapons, it would remove some of the arcade play style. Really the 1950s is as late as you can possibly push ship development in WOWS without a massive shift in gameplay that would basically separate pre- and post-guided missile ships into incompatible battles.

This is the side benefit of karma being useless. People can't use it to actually negatively affect toxic players... but toxic players can't use it to negatively affect anyone else.

I think Jaguar is workable. Compared to Siroco, she has a few more hit points and a larger margin for stealth torpedoes. Slower reload, but extra gun barrel. She's pretty mediocre, but not unworkable.

Wait, it's possible to only open containers of a certain type?

I've only been playing for six months, and my highest tech tree ship is Tier VIII, and I only have one of those fully outfitted and three more I can't afford to buy. I didn't really have a problem completing the directives.

The Friesland class wasn't designed until the 1950s, it's one of the newest ships in WOWS in terms of when it was designed and laid down. It was specifically designed as an ASW destroyer, which made sense given the looming strategic threat of the submarine and the receding chance for surface torpedo actions.