VMF Cruiser Life Rafts

[Mannstien]

Any way WG would consider changing the color of these things? They are just fracking ugly sitting on top of MB turrets, it's horrid to even take a screen shot. Would you really want to see that on your CA when your out in the ocean fighting things bright objects tend to draw attention.

 

Just think about it and tell the Art Dept. Red and Yellow do not go good with blue or grey lol

[Captain_Dorja]

Any way WG would consider changing the color of these things? They are just fracking ugly sitting on top of MB turrets, it's horrid to even take a screen shot. Would you really want to see that on your CA when your out in the ocean fighting things bright objects tend to draw attention.

 

Just think about it and tell the Art Dept. Red and Yellow do not go good with blue or grey lol

 

Life boats are almost always a bright color, like red, yellow, or orange because you want to be able to see them easily in the water. In fact, it's now mandatory under international law that they be painted a specific shade of orange called "International Orange."

 

You know they don't just assign colors because reasons right?

[Red_Raven_168]

 

Life boats are almost always a bright color

 

seeing as I have no color references at hand

 

what color were liferafts during WW2 - when mounted on ships

[Mordalen]

Look up "WW2 Life Rafts" on Google: you will see that the USN versions are grey.

[Red_Raven_168]

Look up "WW2 Life Rafts" on Google: you will see that the USN versions are grey.

 

sounds like you've found historical merit in this thread's suggestion

[Mannstien]

They just stick out so if your using optical that are good enough historically you can use those bright life rafts as a target indicator both direction and if zoomed close enough heading if course is changed. These are warships after all and the survival of the ship is more important to the survival of the crew which are trained much more on lifeboat drills and emergencies than a passenger liner or even a cargo ship or convoy raider.

[Mordalen]

WOWS is giving us near R/L representations of ships as they actually were. There are other items on ships that are not important to game play, but are included for realism. Topics posted in these forums have included paravanes, RDF antennas, the "Funnel" & etc.

 

The life rafts may seem like a target to you, but not me. At long range my target is the center of mass. As the range closes I try for specific areas on the ship to get pens where it will do the most damage. A life raft just does not figure in, at least for me.

[Mannstien]

But they look horrible, can you see those things in an advertisement?

 

Edit: They add nothing to gameplay, if anything I would prefer them fix the liferafts or AA that blocks turrets aka Hipper for one.

[Captain_Dorja]

I think you're splitting hairs, and from a position of not really knowing what you're talking about. Historically accurate models are about the only thing WG are trying to get historical. As a professional mariner, and a military enthusiast, I'm aware of the mantra of "First the Mission, then the people." That doesn't mean "Mission first, F the people if they die we didn't really need them anyway." A lot of the combatants took a  lot of risks to rescue as many people as possible, friendly, enemy, civilian, even under fire, and occasionally at the cost of their own vessels.

 

Maybe someone can make a gray lifeboats skin? 

[Red_Raven_168]

 

Maybe someone can make a gray lifeboats skin? 

 

there are lifeboat skin files --- so its possible

[Red_Raven_168]

compare the lifeboats (rafts) from the RU cruiser line to those in the RU DD line

 

The DD rafts are grey

[Ihitu]

I love these things.  Rafts should be bright red or yellow.  Helps them be spotted at sea for rescue... or gunned down by evil pilots.  (yea, I'm looking at you, you spoiled evil-doing aviators)

[Mordalen]

 

But they look horrible, can you see those things in an advertisement?

 

Edit: They add nothing to gameplay, if anything I would prefer them fix the liferafts or AA that blocks turrets aka Hipper for one.

 

If you don't like the look, go get an ARP ship.