Cold War Naval

[♡ Melody ♡]

Will anyone even still be playing by the time it comes around? Be real with me here

[Der Lachende Mann]

There are quite a few boats and ships that go up to the 1980s, the most recent I think is german frigate Lübeck, was decommissioned in december 2022.

[Ģ◊иℤ◊⚡ℤ∀муpΛй]

We have quite alot cold war ships, and yes they are still being played.

[AndSoDerp]

There are already Cold War ships in-game but if you're talking about DDGs and CGs (Destroyer, Guided Missile, and Guided Missile Cruiser) then maybe. I won't be playing on that part of the game since its all going to be a camping simulator by trying to lock on to a target and being first to react.

[Freelancer]

I mean, yes? Naval may have a smaller playerbase but they're still there. When modern/cold war naval vessels inevitably get added, naval players would probably even experience a surge of players.

[OtherACTION]

with how little Naval Battles is populated and +5 minute wait times, i doubt anyone would return to it

[♡ Melody ♡]

Originally posted by OtherACTION:

with how little Naval Battles is populated and +5 minute wait times, i doubt anyone would return to it

Those are my thoughts. Naval is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ to grind

Originally posted by Ģ◊иŽФ⚡∀mηЯΛ¥:

We have quite alot cold war ships, and yes they are still being played.

Originally posted by Tomwyr:

There are quite a few boats and ships that go up to the 1980s, the most recent I think is german frigate Lübeck, was decommissioned in december 2022.

Maybe i should have specified. I mean more along the lines of guided missile vessels

[[QUAP] Time to Colonize]

Originally posted by ♡ 𝓛𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓮𝔂 ♡:

Originally posted by OtherACTION:

with how little Naval Battles is populated and +5 minute wait times, i doubt anyone would return to it

Those are my thoughts. Naval is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ to grind

Originally posted by Ģ◊иŽФ⚡∀mηЯΛ¥:

We have quite alot cold war ships, and yes they are still being played.

Originally posted by Tomwyr:

There are quite a few boats and ships that go up to the 1980s, the most recent I think is german frigate Lübeck, was decommissioned in december 2022.

Maybe i should have specified. I mean more along the lines of guided missile vessels

Regarding missile vessels, probably yes. The big BUT is that they are already ingame and modelled but not functional e.g. the Albatros with its Exocet launchers and if they get implmented they will be probably a desaster to balance as it is with F-14 and Mig-29. Funny thing on the side the USS Douglas has SAMs that can be used against ships which regularly OHK them but the Albators doesnt get Exocet because balance despite being a far worse vessel in terms of survivability and cannons.

[JuX]

Id say probably not.

While modern naval combat would be interesting. But can't imagine myself grinding through that garbage world war 2 naval that currently exists.

[SpiralRazor]

A large part of the naval "players" are actually player bot scripts.

You also have very odd stuff like the RU Blogorodnyy which is a 70s modern destroyer at 5.0, and then a bunch of WW2 ships at higher brs, some going back to early 1940s or even older. Br compression is also worse in Naval. 6.0 ship easily one rounded by 6.7+ and you have same starting position. Rep costs are generally around 25-35k at this point. + Fair amount of power creep to pile on to it.

[♡ Melody ♡]

Frankly id love to play modern/missile naval, but there just wont be a playerbase. Naval has some of the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ grind

[Lord Maximus]

I like Naval warfare, the ships in WT are great looking, but my main reason for not playing a whole of Naval battles is I am not fond of their aiming system. The rest of the system rocks! So until that is a dressed I shall just keep smiling and play my tanks and planes.

[♡ Melody ♡]

Originally posted by Lord Maximus:

I like Naval warfare, the ships in WT are great looking, but my main reason for not playing a whole of Naval battles is I am not fond of their aiming system. The rest of the system rocks! So until that is a dressed I shall just keep smiling and play my tanks and planes.

I used to feel that way but i've finally got it down. However i still refuse to engage at more than 7 km because its annoying

[Lord Maximus]

Originally posted by ♡ 𝓛𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓮𝔂 ♡:

Originally posted by Lord Maximus:

I like Naval warfare, the ships in WT are great looking, but my main reason for not playing a whole of Naval battles is I am not fond of their aiming system. The rest of the system rocks! So until that is a dressed I shall just keep smiling and play my tanks and planes.

I used to feel that way but i've finally got it down. However i still refuse to engage at more than 7 km because its annoying

I can use their system, I just don't like it. With 20 years of gunnery experience, there are much better ways to do it, they went for cheap and easy (for them) which prolongs the grind for us. I'm not upset about it, I just don't like and would rather play the parts of the game I enjoy. I know a lot of folks that enjoy the naval side of War Thunder, I'm happy for them and wish them the best of luck.

[♡ Melody ♡]

Originally posted by Lord Maximus:

Originally posted by ♡ 𝓛𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓮𝔂 ♡:

I used to feel that way but i've finally got it down. However i still refuse to engage at more than 7 km because its annoying

I can use their system, I just don't like it. With 20 years of gunnery experience, there are much better ways to do it, they went for cheap and easy (for them) which prolongs the grind for us. I'm not upset about it, I just don't like and would rather play the parts of the game I enjoy. I know a lot of folks that enjoy the naval side of War Thunder, I'm happy for them and wish them the best of luck.

yeah, could definitely better. Even if they were to add a feature like sighting the gun for distance like with ground vehicles

[Flavalicious]

Navals better then it was, also seems like more people are playing it these days but they do really need to look at the rewards/grind side of things. When you get 4 or 5 cruisers in a row, and each of them take 200k RP to unlock and a good game is netting you only 3000-4000 per match WITH premium and each game takes 30 minutes....its a slog. Especially when some factions are kind of boring until you get to the meaty ships. Combine this with basically complete lack of high tier premiums for some nations and im looking at the battleships that need like 400k RP and not sure I want to invest 560 games to unlock it for a single game to force me into a 50k repair bill. lol

Aiming system is fine once you get it down, theres just a fairly large skill curve to it and your not rewarded at all for putting the time into it.