I have never been so frustrated with Random as now...

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... my loss rate has skyrocketed in the last weeks, I don't think I am doing anything differently but now my win rate is steadily dropping. I don't want to play just with metaships, but I feel this is the only way to stabilise my winrate.

And I am bored playing only one tier in ranked or brawl although that is overall much more fun because it's more balanced.

I don't understand why WG can't make a more balanced mode like ranked with more ships.

Everything about random is starting to annoy me, even the BB swarming. I made a screenshot when there were 156 BB in the que and about 35 cruisers amd fewer DDs...

I really am not having fun anymore, and I do want to love the game because I think the basic gameplay is great. But I end up being frustrated each time I play, and I am really thinking of not bothering anymore...

Every 3 or 4 games there will be a really hardfought game that makes it worthwhile and gets me to stay, but taking stock: instead of having an enjoyable and relaxing gaming session, I end up being stressed. And no game however much potential fun it has is worth being stressed.

[R[e]venge®-uk*]

Gotta agree with Banzai here, they throw so much stuff into Christmas it feels like it never ends!!

That said:
Last night felt like a blow out night, won 4 in less that 10 min battles and then lost 3 games in a row where we won our flank but when looking at the "Team" we had killed 3-4 of them and we where down 6-7 ships in like 5 minutes.... these are "Holiday" games I am sure of it as it happens every Christmas and Holiday Period where people are either grinding snow flakes or playing new ships they got in crates!!

in 2 of the 3 games last night we had divisions of below average players in brand new premium ships (so like 1-4 games in the ship) and they all died first .... was kinda painful watching a Smaland with only one game go into a cap, radar then get slaughtered in seconds .... I want a Smaland!!

Next one was a guy with 2 games in a Georgia just sailed straight in and got torped and the final one was a Christmas Present Schlieffen .... 30 something games with a 30% on that ship .... again thinking it was a Co-op!! No Rupprecht hence it was a Christmas one I guess!

oh and the worst for me personally was the one where the sub died instantly as he did not submerge for planes and the DD then left the flank allowing a Halland and their sub to chase me to the back of the map in a Columbo .... I Begged the DD to get back but no .... all in vain!!

But it is Christmas so be kind is what I think! I can take a Hit now and again!

[Virtual Ocean Horizon]

When i start losing streaks i also get really annoyed, so I've learned to turn losing into a game itself

i play port queens or neglected boats until i lose / win (depending on how things go), and then I'm forced to pick a new ship. See how long I can keep the streak going

just a way to mix things up when frustrated.

[⭐T⭐D⭐]

Watch FLAMU latest video "playing ranked until i loose", and watch the BB players I mean HOLY "¤#¤%&¤

[Dee-Jay]

I can empathise with the OP.

And recently what really hasn't helped (and I mean REALLY hasn't) has been the big brain move by WG to give away high tier ships to pretty much anyone. Especially the Audacious.

TBH, from what I can see, also part of the problem is the use of W/L ratio as a metric for player's ability. It ties into so much bad stuff with the game.

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Thank you guys for your stories and good will! I feel much better and more positive already ...

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Origineel geplaatst door Banzai:

And with regard to the OP:

Origineel geplaatst door grafik:

I don't want to win, I want to have fun... I'm afraid I am now stocing to WOWS through FOMO, and that's a deeply unhealthy mindset.
I will cut back my gametime to 1 hour a day max, and will not spend anymore money...
Maybe that will remove the stressing about the game.

Honestly I get it. If you do any activity for extended periods then you can certainly be a victim of burnout. As others have suggested, take a break from the game for a while and do something else. You will enjoy it a lot more when you return. I think the biggest issue (especially at this time of year) is the sheer amount of stuff waiting to be completed, whether thats the dockyard, or snowflake farming, or the recent time limited TNG thing and so on. Theres no point to doing any of those if the matches are becoming less enjoyable.

The next event chapter has been nerfed:
To improve your experience completing the Event Pass chapters, we’ve also added a few quality-of-life improvements:

- We’ve made the mission requirements simpler. Now just 1,000 Base XP a day completes all daily missions.
- Weekly missions now require only 2,000 Base XP and can be completed twice a week.
- We’ve also placed the most valuable rewards in the middle of each progression, so even players with limited activity during Update 13.11 can access the best items.
So I guess there was a feeling of throwing out too much at once, I also remember that people were wondering about the last stages of dockyard requirement.
Well with the QoL impros in the event one factor of stress is removed.

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Origineel geplaatst door Virtual Ocean Horizon:

When i start losing streaks i also get really annoyed, so I've learned to turn losing into a game itself

i play port queens or neglected boats until i lose / win (depending on how things go), and then I'm forced to pick a new ship. See how long I can keep the streak going

just a way to mix things up when frustrated.

I tried that as well yesterday and it's a fun wa of going through my ships

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Got this reward from the last event pass gift certificates, so my greedy little heart is mollified :D
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3386942013

[sneakybass]

Origineel geplaatst door grafik:

Got this reward from the last event pass gift certificates, so my greedy little heart is mollified :D
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3386942013

Way to go Grafik on your new ship. Right now doing the battle pass second stage like everyone else ,I will have gotten over 80 Christmas crates only then will i open them ,and only then i will open my megas.

[Banzai]

I always thought that you guys had the same profile pic. Now I see I was wrong.

Gratz on the Victoria btw. One day your Commander Cap will have a fish too :)

[Ewana (WV)]

I tell some friends to STOP playing for a numbers and enjoy just playing the ship you choose to play.. Everyone seems to be stuck on this win rate or other numbers to enjoy the game.. I think that is why people stopped enjoying playing, to worried about numbers instead of just playing and enjoying it.. My 2 cents anyway..

[Banzai]

Origineel geplaatst door Ewana (WV):

I tell some friends to STOP playing for a numbers and enjoy just playing the ship you choose to play.. Everyone seems to be stuck on this win rate or other numbers to enjoy the game.. I think that is why people stopped enjoying playing, to worried about numbers instead of just playing and enjoying it.. My 2 cents anyway..

Yeah completely agree. Actually enjoying the game (or any leisure activity) should be the most important thing. There is still satisfaction and enjoyment to be gained by getting better over time and seeing things like your WR improve as your play improves.

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Origineel geplaatst door Banzai:

I always thought that you guys had the same profile pic. Now I see I was wrong.

Gratz on the Victoria btw. One day your Commander Cap will have a fish too :)

Sneakybass 's captain has a fish, but mine is actually sneakier ;)

[christof]

The thing about winrate is... If you enjoy playing a ship and are actually getting good at it... the winrate will be going up by itself with time. No need to be sweaty about it.

[CRCGamer]

Origineel geplaatst door Dee-Jay:

And recently what really hasn't helped (and I mean REALLY hasn't) has been the big brain move by WG to give away high tier ships to pretty much anyone. Especially the Audacious.

Hey now, I have had some fun taking that tub of a CV out and catching people absolutely disrespecting it. Few things are more satisfying than the likes of an Alaska captain blowing up in all chat after I carpet bomb his deck for over 13,000 damage in one pass. When its their own darn fault for completely failing to rudder or speed juke a bit to throw off some of the drop. And the fact I sunk him in two passes as he was running from a flank trying to buy time to get a heal off? Just proper target prioritization.

Though yes, seeing a CV play without even deploying a single fighter squadron... there are some completely clueless players in the Audacious. But same can be said for all of the ships that got handed for free. Its simply a heck of a lot more obvious when the sole CV of a team is failing to perform.