France or Italy first?

[clivman]

Following the completion of the Royal Navy Tech tree, which nation would you like to see first?

Edit: Added another poll

[MagisterAurelius]

Avante Savoia!  While the French had some very nifty ideas, Italian styling hands down.  I want my sea going Ferraris dang it.

[Guest]

Both had great warship ideas, and designs, and would probably fill up a decent-sized tech tree, though in my Bias in my Name has to make me pick the Italian navy . 

[MagisterAurelius]

So Roma, what would you pay for a tier 8 premium Roma bundle? 

 

[dseehafer]

Italy, simply because the Italians will be easier to balance... well, except for the destroyers.

 

 

Also who doesnt love Italian warship design? 

[crzyhawk]

I went with Italy as they were more historically significant imo. 

 

For minor navies I should go with S.America because they had quite a few dreadnoughts and a handful of cruisers/DD's...I picked Netherlands because I like their ships.

[Macabe]

Do those smaller nations even have a large/diverse enough navy to implement?

[Cruiser_Sendai]

I think the Italian Navy looks prettier, to be honest!

[tekteam26]

I want Dunkerque and Strasbourg as well as Algerie, Mogador and Volta.....so yes, I want France first.

[clivman]

Do those smaller nations even have a large/diverse enough navy to implement?

Nation	Netherlands	Netherlands	Austria Hungary	Austria Hungary	Spain
Tree	Cruisers	Battleships	Battleships	Cruisers	Cruisers
2	Holland	De Zeven Provinciën	Radetzky	Tiger	Infanta Maria Teresa
3	Tromp	Project 1	8 Gun Tegetthoff	Saida	Blas de Lezo
4	De Ruyter	Design 806	Tegetthoff	Ersatz Zenta	Admirante Cervera
5	Endracht	Project 1047	Ersatz Monarch	Projekt VII	Design 131
6	De Zeven Provincien (As Completed)	Holland	Projekt III	?	Canarias
7	De Zeven Provincien	Slagkruiser	Projekt V	?	SECN 138 Design 2
8					Anasaldo
9					Acorazado Anasaldo

Most of these I didn't finish the research for

(Most can go to T10)

[mofton]

Italy did a fair amount more in WWII, France - well mixed at best despite some really cool ships. If I could have a premium La Fantasque and Richelieu plus the Italians I'd be happy as a pig in poo!

 

For the other nations Spain had a few British ships I can think of, Austria-Hungary didn't exist in WWII as a separate nation in any real sense, so it's limited to about T5. S. America would have some interesting WWI designs, but light on WWII and maybe disjointed. Although not a major power, I went for the Dutch as they saw at least some action, De Ruyter/Java class cruisers are interesting and I think they had had some BC designs.

[clivman]

Italy did a fair amount more in WWII, France - well mixed at best despite some really cool ships. If I could have a premium La Fantasque and Richelieu plus the Italians I'd be happy as a pig in poo!

 

For the other nations Spain had a few British ships I can think of, Austria-Hungary didn't exist in WWII as a separate nation in any real sense, so it's limited to about T5. S. America would have some interesting WWI designs, but light on WWII and maybe disjointed. Although not a major power, I went for the Dutch as they saw at least some action, De Ruyter/Java class cruisers are interesting and I think they had had some BC designs.

 

I expect/hope for a premium Jean Bart possibly this year

South America can do a destroyer line through T10

[mofton]

I expect/hope for a premium Jean Bart possibly this year

South America can do a destroyer line through T10

Sold! To the man with the blue circle logo thingy, one Jean Bart. It'll do.

 

Doe you have a proposed destroyer line?

[Fog_Heavy_Cruiser_Chokai]

Definitely Italy. They look better. Plus, those French are compulsive liars. For instance, when Arthur tried to recruit them, they said they already had a holy grail. Jerks.

[clivman]

Definitely Italy. They look better. Plus, those French are compulsive liars. For instance, when Arthur tried to recruit them, they said they already had a holy grail. Jerks.

 

And their destroyers tell you they are cruisers...

[clivman]

Sold! To the man with the blue circle logo thingy, one Jean Bart. It'll do.

 

Doe you have a proposed destroyer line?

Just need a T8 and a better T10

Nation	Argentina	Chile	Brazil	Venezuela
T2	Mendoza
T3		Almirante Lynch
T4	Mendoza (2nd)
T5		Serrano
T6			Acre
T7			Marcílio Dias
T8
T9				Nueva Esparta
T10	Seguí

[crzyhawk]

 

And their destroyers tell you they are cruisers...

 

so give em a citadel and call it a day ;)

[Kuckoo]

France, just to see what WG would nerf on French ships for their speed.

[clivman]

Probably just over-tier them because of it.  Same as RU DDs

[Vaidency]

Following the completion of the Royal Navy Tech tree...

 

They've already stated a goal of releasing 4 new ship lines this year.  Assuming they make that goal and continue adding new lines at the same rate, we're not going to see the Russian, German and British tech trees filled out until 2018, even if they don't bother to add full lines of paper CV's for the Germans and Russians (which I assume they won't.)

 

I'm not at all able to predict if I'll even still be playing this game by the time one of their modelers set up the first polygon for a ship that will eventually carry an Italian or French flag.

[Cruiser_Maya]

I voted France first, simply because I prefer their high tier designs. It's a crapshoot, really. I can't imagine myself playing the Italians ships much, though, since they carry the stigma of being just bad sailors. 

[mr3awsome]

France, just to see what WG would nerf on French ships for their speed.

 

More likely they will just give them the planned speed.

It does mean that their speed boost consumable would be very nice. 

 

I voted France because of Le Fantasque and Mogador. 

[Eisennagel]

 

 

I voted Italy for the Cavour, Littorio class battleships, Condottieri and the Zara class cruisers.  

[clivman]

 

They've already stated a goal of releasing 4 new ship lines this year.  Assuming they make that goal and continue adding new lines at the same rate, we're not going to see the Russian, German and British tech trees filled out until 2018, even if they don't bother to add full lines of paper CV's for the Germans and Russians (which I assume they won't.)

 

I'm not at all able to predict if I'll even still be playing this game by the time one of their modelers set up the first polygon for a ship that will eventually carry an Italian or French flag.

All they would have left is German DDs, Russian BBs, British BBs, and British DDs.  DD lines take a lot less time to make and they already have some work done on both of those BB lines, so we may see some of those by the end of this year.  I expect the beginnings of the France/Italian tech tree Q4 2017

[clivman]

They also are probably going to try and release a second US BB line and IJN CL line, but I don't think they will do any more CVs until balance is better.