I don't know if this was just us, but we started a 200xp mission today and while the matchmaking worked well ( 6 players => about 12vs12 ships, a fair match ship-wise) the new damage system had some implications.
1) It is very hard to penetrate over long distances (which was the aim I guess)
2) Even at close range with an angle you barely penetrate
These two issues have the following problem:
The battles take FOREVER! Two of us had to leave because they didn't have enough time, the others fought for 1hour and 45Minutes (mind you, battle timer runs out at 1:30) to sink 2 victories (which are absolut swimming tanks now), 6x 3rd Rates and 1 Pavel...
Due to the smaller damage ships now make and the "more realistic" damage system, it is nearly impossible to play "one quick game".
I mean - who has time to play for that long?? I don't even wanna know how long a big port battle is going to take... probably about 3hours or more. Most of the players are working, how are we supposed to find that much time? I liked the game because I could play a couple of missions in the evening, now I can barely fight two, let alone more than that.
And a funny "bug" aswell:
We obviously failed the mission because we couldn't sink everyone of them in 1,5hours - but two of the enemy ships sailed away as well. Even if we had wanted to sink them, they were beyond the horizon somewhere, no idea where they went.
- Valkyrie
TL;DR: took us 1hour and 45minutes to sink 10 out of 12 ships in a 200xp mission, 2 enemy ships sailed away behind the horizon - who has time for that??
Duration of battles after the new patch
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Hi everyone,
I don't know if this was just us, but we started a 200xp mission today and while the matchmaking worked well ( 6 players => about 12vs12 ships, a fair match ship-wise) the new damage system had some implications.
1) It is very hard to penetrate over long distances (which was the aim I guess)
2) Even at close range with an angle you barely penetrate
These two issues have the following problem:
The battles take FOREVER! Two of us had to leave because they didn't have enough time, the others fought for 1hour and 45Minutes (mind you, battle timer runs out at 1:30) to sink 2 victories (which are absolut swimming tanks now), 6x 3rd Rates and 1 Pavel...
Due to the smaller damage ships now make and the "more realistic" damage system, it is nearly impossible to play "one quick game".
I mean - who has time to play for that long?? I don't even wanna know how long a big port battle is going to take... probably about 3hours or more. Most of the players are working, how are we supposed to find that much time? I liked the game because I could play a couple of missions in the evening, now I can barely fight two, let alone more than that.
And a funny "bug" aswell:
We obviously failed the mission because we couldn't sink everyone of them in 1,5hours - but two of the enemy ships sailed away as well. Even if we had wanted to sink them, they were beyond the horizon somewhere, no idea where they went.
- Valkyrie
TL;DR: took us 1hour and 45minutes to sink 10 out of 12 ships in a 200xp mission, 2 enemy ships sailed away behind the horizon - who has time for that??