Detonation

[zapporius]

I mean ok since its arcade game some idiot at WG office thought that this might be a bit of "realism". The end result is, everybody is running with the flag, until you run out, at which point you detonate sooner or later, and then you have some new flags. Completely redundant and moronic.

[Tachnechdorus]

The salt is large with this one 

[StableGenius]

Ah I see; you came back from the Salt mines

[DOCTOR_CITADEL]

 

INB4 another 20 page detonation thread:

 

"It's not fair!"

• 1/2 of the population will voice their utter loathing for a game mechanic that can instantly ruin their game suddenly and with no warning.

"I'm special and like big 'splosions!"

• 1/2 of the population will voice their tolerance, enjoyment, or acceptance of a game mechanic that can end their game suddenly, at any time, with no skill required.  

 

The devs, admins, or other WG personnel will once again inform us that, "There will be detonations in-game whether we want them or not, we are going to like them, and they are here to stay!"

 

It will be mentioned, at some point, that bigger explosions, upon detonating, will make everything "cooler" and "better"... just like Michael Bay does with his terrible movies. It really won't. 

 

In the end, nobody will be happy and bitter infighting will occur for pages upon pages within this thread. 

 

Welcome to the WoWs forums. 

[BrushWolf]

6 minutes ago, Eric_Von_Hess said:

The salt is large with this one 

 

On the bright side the OP took a different path for the anti-detonation rant than we usually see.

[Prkl8r]

I can't remember the last time I was detonated. I was beginning to think it was a myth until I saw it happen to some body in my game once...once. this happened so rarely that it would just supprise me more than make me angry.

[Umikami]

B A I T !

[Kapitan_Wuff]

6 times... you have only detonated 6 times.. and that was enough for you to come throw a tantrum on the forum..  0.6% of your matches have ended with you detonating..

 

[dukelego]

your chances of being detonated every 10/11 games are very low!

[Taichunger]

Some pretty serious bait here. 

MEMES NEEDED:

"This is the one millionth time we have created this thread...."

"That's Bait"

"Popcorn"
 

[AD_MORTEM_INIMICUS]

These threads always get the most views... oh well. Time to go off and make a troll thread claiming that AP overpens should cause flooding.

[SireneRacker]

I don't know, but I can live without using the Detonation flags. Only used them in Ranked since Detonations should not happen in Competitive play.

Four Detonations this year, it really is out of control...

But hey, last Detonation was caused by a Torpedo while I was at ~8k in my Missouri, and had two fires, and my DCP And RP were on cooldown. Impact on my gameplay? Zero.

The other ones were a full broadside of a Bayern into the citadel of my Budyonny, it would've killed me either way. And a stray HE shell from a Bismarck in my half health New Orleans. Can't remember the last one.

 

[DOCTOR_CITADEL]

1 hour ago, Kapitan_Wuff said:

6 times... you have only detonated 6 times.. and that was enough for you to come throw a tantrum on the forum..  0.6% of your matches have ended with you detonating..

 

 

I have detonated 42 times in my WoWs career.

 

I have played close to 6200 games. 

 

%-wise, that's pretty small, but... time-wise, that's up to 630 minutes, or 10.5 hours, of gaming time that was stolen from me by this game mechanic.

 

When I am detonated, it usually happens within the first 5 minutes of a game. Per detonation, that's 15 minutes of potentially available game time, in my ship of choice, lost- due to an arbitrary mechanic. Since this is a team-based game, that's ~10.5 hours I was not able to assist my team- due to an arbitrary mechanic. That's ~10.5 hours I was not able to play my ship of choice- due to an arbitrary mechanic. 

 

Now, I'm a realist. The ~10.5 hour number is a best-case number. Realistically, time lost was probably less than that, as some of the shots that detonated me probably would have killed me anyway or I'd have died soon after. Still, that's a significant amount of time deducted from my gaming experience, and for what? A random explosion? Some lottery winner getting a ton of damage and a free kill when they perhaps wouldn't have before?

 

Alrighty then. I thought this was a naval warfare game, not a casino. WoWs: "Where the stakes are high and the points don't matter."

[Captain_Dorja]

This goes high on my list of things that I don't understand, and I understand most things that are readily comprehensible.

[Parliament_Funkadelic]

I think it's funnier when I detonate someone vs getting detonated myself. I find my reaction between the two is vastly different.

[Kapitan_Wuff]

13 minutes ago, DOCTOR_CITADEL said:

 

I have detonated 42 times in my WoWs career.

 

I have played close to 6200 games. 

 

%-wise, that's pretty small, but... time-wise, that's up to 630 minutes, or 10.5 hours, of gaming time that was stolen from me by this game mechanic.

 

When I am detonated, it usually happens within the first 5 minutes of a game. That leaves 15 minutes of potentially available game time in my ship of choice (that was detonated) that I was unable to play, due to an arbitrary mechanic. Since this is a team-based game, that's ~10.5 hours I was not able to assist my team, due to an arbitrary mechanic. That's ~10.5 hours I was not able to play my ship of choice, due to an arbitrary mechanic. 

 

Now, I'm a realist. The ~10.5 hour number is a best-case number. Realistically, time lost was probably less than that, as some of the shots that detonated me probably would have killed me anyway or I'd have died soon after. Still, that's a significant amount of time deducted from my gaming experience, and for what? A random explosion? Somebody getting a ton of damage to make them feel "achieved"? 

 

Alrighty then.

 

I don't like the Detonation mechanic at all Doctor, I don't think it really fits into this game. But it's such a small issue that has such a small effect on me that it's not really a problem for me at all. I dislike people that start cry threads about a detonations way more then the detonations themselves. 

 

Have you done the math on how many minutes were stolen from you by detonations threads and responses?

[DDJohnston]

My percentage is higher than some, as I have about 300 games, and 5 detonations...but, that's still basically no big deal.  I don't remember 2 of them, and 3 of them I was essentially hit by a torp or a salvo at low health and was dead anyway, so I don't even count those 3.  So, imo, it was 2 that actually counted as 'detonations out of the blue'...and, random is random.  

 

Not worth getting all worked up about.  Of course, I don't care about stats except for my own improvement, so I'm not going to get sore about that, either.

 

[SinisterSe7en]

I think its hilarious.

 

Detonation/10 would detonate again.

[Crucis]

1 hour ago, zapporius said:

I mean ok since its arcade game some idiot at WG office thought that this might be a bit of "realism". The end result is, everybody is running with the flag, until you run out, at which point you detonate sooner or later, and then you have some new flags. Completely redundant and moronic.

Would you like some whine with that salty cheese?  

 

[KalishniKat]

Detonations are annoying but at least you get something to help compensate for your annoyance. Now.....where's the latest sky cancer thread?????

[Infeedel]

Ship happens, move on.

[DOCTOR_CITADEL]

29 minutes ago, Kapitan_Wuff said:

 

I don't like the Detonation mechanic at all Doctor, I don't think it really fits into this game. But it's such a small issue that has such a small effect on me that it's not really a problem for me at all. I dislike people that start cry threads about a detonations way more then the detonations themselves. 

 

Have you done the math on how many minutes were stolen from you by detonations threads and responses?

 

I put my full opinion out on the subject months ago in a thread. It went about how you can probably guess. 

 

Now, I'm just cynical about the topic. I get jaded entertainment from seeing it pop up from time to time, while also recognizing the futility of it.

 

Also, I can't really count time lost on the forums, because I almost exclusively only use the WoWs forums while at work, usually on breaks. ;) No time lost, just cheap, time-passing entertainment. 

[BaronVonTom]

10 minutes ago, KalishniKat said:

Detonations are annoying but at least you get something to help compensate for your annoyance. Now.....where's the latest sky cancer thread?????

Subs will come before cv's  LOL

[yashma]

Yesterday I was playing my Des Moines.  I was sitting on 4 kills and the last enemy ship was a a Khabaorvsk kiting at max range.  I really want my kraken but did not think I had much chance of killing him......and then boom....I detonated him for my kraken.  

[Fog_Heavy_Cruiser_Takao]

I "Hood" someone "Lul u see that? That was funny"

Someone "Hoods" me "Well....guess that happened" (goes into next game)