Azur Lane Collab

[Super Junky]

Welp... I don't know about you guys but those prices are just beyond my measly wallet anyways. Just wondering how the rest of you guys find it. (It's anime so I bet some are willing to pay those prices). I can already hear those whales from the distance making their mating call.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3246180481

[Hiei]

Those are copies of free ships, (Most of them)
So you're not really missing much and in some cases the free ones are better
Example is they gave Yukikaze short range fast torps
I'd rather use the slightly longer torps myself
They also have done similar to kitakze and star kitakaze.

[Jackson]

Too much for me! Esp when a couple of those ships are free - making that the most expensive camo/captain combo we've seen since Yamato went on sale for 34000ish doubloons ;)

[Nepgear]

I was excited for Shima, but for $185? Yikes. idk. Where'd you get the screenshot? Is there a cheaper Shima or what's in the bigger bundle with it and duplicate compensation on it? Do they have a bundle of just this years' captains? Are they selling individual captains ()? Are the lootboxes dupe protected? Still a lot unclear.

[奶小的姑娘]

I'm looking forward to it. Going to buy the battlepass for sure. Not too interested in the new ships tbh. They didn't picked the ships I like in Azur Lane this time around. Also, Shima is Tier X so it's probably going to be super expensive.

[christof]

Far as I know it's a screenshot from the play-test server. Though it is only showing part of the respective Armoury page and we don't know what might appear in the Premium Shop, the Steam shop and as mission rewards.

I wouldn't hold my breath for a cheap Shimakaze captain though, sorry.

[Jackson]

The price is in the screenshot, unless they change it. But that's normal T10 pricing.

[boacon1]

well, you know sex sells!

[Ace42]

Oh great, they're doubling down on the "FU!" bundles that punish players who've already supported the game by pushing duplicates onto them.

What are the bets that the corresponding captains are hidden in a lootbox again?

And separating out the perma camos (are they in the battle pass, IIRC?)?!?

JUST PUT THE NEW STUFF IN ONE BIG BUNDLE SO WE CAN BUY IT QUICKLY AND EASILY AND FAIRLY, KTHNX.
Is paying through the nose for cosmetics that are now LESS valuable (copies of tech tree ships; perma-camos with no perma eco bonus) than they used to be not enough?!?

Oh, you're going to pad it out with junk like eco-boosters that we don't necessarily want so you can inflate the cost? tHaT wOn'T CoNtRiButE tO (credit + grind) iNflAtIoN!??

Sheer greed that directly puts them in opposition to the whales they're trying to milk. So self-defeating.

[Dee-Jay]

I see Shimakaze is on there. Given that ship is so popular, that will make bucket loads for WG from people getting a special version of it.
Shame they've not made any unique ships or at least modified versions of tech tree ships like the Sov Rossiya.

[Jackson]

Originally posted by Dee-Jay:

I see Shimakaze is on there. Given that ship is so popular, that will make bucket loads for WG from people getting a special version of it.
Shame they've not made any unique ships or at least modified versions of tech tree ships like the Sov Rossiya.

Rossiya isn't unique, she's just a Soyuz isn't she? Like the stock hull which makes it a downgrade, really.

[Ace42]

Originally posted by Jackson:

Rossiya isn't unique, she's just a Soyuz isn't she?

Funky turrets - USN dispersion instead of Russian; tons of HP in the turrets, but terrible rotation speed.
IIRC the secondaries / AA are different too - but that might be comparing the B hull with A hull, so not sure.

I've played her a fair bit, and I'd say she's a downgrade to Soyuz due to Russian dispersion formula just being outright better except at extreme ranges. If it had better max range by default or spotter plane it might be closer to a sidegrade; or if it could mount the USN slot 6 accuracy instead of conventional slot 3 aiming module.

[Dee-Jay]

Originally posted by Ace42:

Originally posted by Jackson:

Rossiya isn't unique, she's just a Soyuz isn't she?

Funky turrets - USN dispersion instead of Russian; tons of HP in the turrets, but terrible rotation speed.
IIRC the secondaries / AA are different too - but that might be comparing the B hull with A hull, so not sure.

I've played her a fair bit, and I'd say she's a downgrade to Soyuz due to Russian dispersion formula just being outright better except at extreme ranges. If it had better max range by default or spotter plane it might be closer to a sidegrade; or if it could mount the USN slot 6 accuracy instead of conventional slot 3 aiming module.

Yeah US dispersion, 1.8 sigma instead of 1.7 and A hull, so less HP and the AA is awful.

It's a bit of a wonky design by WG. The dispersion doesn't really start to benefit significantly until 17-18km and the ships max range is 19.2km if you take reload mod! I don't know why they would neuter such things as the AA though, seeing as the handling is adjusted to B hull. Pretty poorly thought out.

Agree the ship needs a bit more to give it a really strong ranged combat design.

Nevertheless the ship can be fun though with that dispersion pattern and the Soviet ballistics/pen. Occasionally.

[OBXandos]

I've played AL for years and I don't think I have spent $180 on that game, and it's a gacha game.

[Elesh Norn]

I understand to bring in tech ships as premium, but coal ships? Makes not much sense to me especially if they are that expensive. From time to time you see AL ships but the AL Azuma - just seen it twice, maybe thrice so far.

[[503]Stannis The Mannis]

Originally posted by Elesh Norn:

I understand to bring in tech ships as premium, but coal ships? Makes not much sense to me especially if they are that expensive. From time to time you see AL ships but the AL Azuma - just seen it twice, maybe thrice so far.

Well the earlier AL ships were more unique and cheaper, but as always WG got greedy.