Ranked Kit Bash Ships

[Yoshiblue]

Since the Harekaze is a thing, a ship that allows you to swap out different guns to fill your needs, how would people feel about a Ranked season using ships provide by Wargaming (T-XI ships) that would allow you swap out parts that were given to you? 

[m373x]

 You can't really swap Harekaze's guns depending on your needs, only demount and mount them in port.  I wouldn't really mind Yamato guns on a Fletcher tbh, jk, is a bad idea.

[Yoshiblue]

I know, depending on your needs meant what kind of armament you desire out of a ship. The idea is to experiment with how ranked would pan out go if everyone were using regulated ships. If only for a season.  

[IronWolfV]

14 minutes ago, Yoshiblue said:

I know, depending on your needs meant what kind of armament you desire out of a ship. The idea is to experiment with how ranked would pan out go if everyone were using regulated ships. If only for a season.  

Doubt it.

[m373x]

15 minutes ago, Yoshiblue said:

The idea is to experiment with how ranked would pan out go if everyone were using regulated ships. If only for a season.  

Every ship in the game is regulated. What exactly do you mean?

 

19 minutes ago, Yoshiblue said:

 

I know, depending on your needs meant what kind of armament you desire out of a ship.

 

We already have those: Mogami, Farragut, Benson, German DDs, German BBs etc.

[Jakob_Knight]

I think there is enough diversity in ships now that anything one could build already has a rough equivalent a player could select if that is the ship they believe matches what they want in a ship.  Note that many players do not consider Ranked a place to try things out or level up ships, so adding variable configuration ships that could not be run anywhere else would simply be giving yet another reason players could use to explain away the performance of their team, as well as introduce unfamiliar ships and expecting the player to do as well in them as ships they have had a chance to use many times outside of Ranked.

 

All in all, I don't see any point to this except as a selling point for those seeking the 'one ship to rule them all' and who can't stand that they have to run ships that don't have everything optimized. 

[_Bunyan_]

kinda thread jacking this.... but.

Wouldn't it be nice if ranked was in Tier 1? no smoke, not radar, no healing, no torpedoes, no Battleships, no Destroyers. JUST Cruisers!

 

[Jakob_Knight]

26 minutes ago, _Bunyan_ said:

kinda thread jacking this.... but.

Wouldn't it be nice if ranked was in Tier 1? no smoke, not radar, no healing, no torpedoes, no Battleships, no Destroyers. JUST Cruisers!

 

Not really, because you would have every single player who just started the game a few minutes ago on your team in an environment where every ship has a high skill expectation.  Not only that, but it is how a player deals with all of the diverse elements in a game that helps determine if they are proficient at it, and just restricting the combat environment to a single ship type would simply be catering to those with a singular interest in whatever ship type that was. 

Consider if they said the next Season was only going to be T4 Carriers?  Would anyone consider those some of the best players in the game, or just some of the best Carrier players in the game?  And, how many players would actually want to play such a Ranked instead of regular games?

[DOCTOR_CITADEL]

2 hours ago, m373x said:

 You can't really swap Harekaze's guns depending on your needs, only demount and mount them in port.  I wouldn't really mind Yamato guns on a Fletcher tbh, jk, is a bad idea.

 

I just chuckled at the thought of a Fletcher sailing around with ONE Yamato gun with Fletcher turret traverse and reload.

 

That would truly be some Frankenstein's monster type stuff. 

 

(I'm not sure how much those guns weigh, but the Fletch would probably capsize lol)

[m373x]

20 minutes ago, DOCTOR_CITADEL said:

 

I just chuckled at the thought of a Fletcher sailing around with ONE Yamato gun with Fletcher turret traverse and reload.

 

That would truly be some Frankenstein's monster type stuff. 

 

(I'm not sure how much those guns weigh, but the Fletch would probably capsize lol)

 

 "HI, forum. I'm looking for Fletcher hull Yamato turret hybrid build. My ship keeps capsizing. Why is RNG do this to me?"

-Hi, you need the stability module and commander skill

"Stability module???"

 - 

 

[ShellMeNot]

2 hours ago, m373x said:

 You can't really swap Harekaze's guns depending on your needs, only demount and mount them in port.  I wouldn't really mind Yamato guns on a Fletcher tbh, jk, is a bad idea.

I would be fine with that, as long as the fletcher sinks as soon as it fires the guns from the recoil.

[Yoshiblue]

1 hour ago, _Bunyan_ said:

kinda thread jacking this.... but.

Wouldn't it be nice if ranked was in Tier 1? no smoke, not radar, no healing, no torpedoes, no Battleships, no Destroyers. JUST Cruisers!

 

Black Swan for days! 

 

Ranked would be crazy if everyone was the equivalent of a honey bee, dying after their first sting. Would make for interesting games though.