Any idea what the next new ship line will be?

[xWulffx 393]

Hoping it will be the UK line and it will be a full line with DD's, BB's, CA's and CV's.

Anyone see anything from official sources?

 

Also on a side note:  Are there any indications if the Deutschland class cruisers will be released?

[Crossfader 1,142]

hopefully some BB's, havent really played the game much  after getting the Yamato, and since i have the NC, I dont really see the point of getting the Iowa/Montana.

 

[Covalent 118]

Rumour mill has it being German BBs and Soviet cruisers next, probably around spring. WG needs some way to try and promote more Tirpitz sales after all

[Shade421 2,952]

 

hopefully some BB's, havent really played the game much  after getting the Yamato, and since i have the NC, I dont really see the point of getting the Iowa/Montana.

 

i can understand dropping the game after the Iowa, but the NC is a shadow of the Iowa. I would strongly recommend at least getting that far. The Montana, meh. Take it or leave it.

As for the new line, i sincerely hope it's the Brits. I need something to do with my most played commander from the fair and balanced Warspite.

[Hellvn 578]

Considering that WG thinks there was no such thing as the Royal Navy, expect some more paper Soviet designs...

[Flametz 453]

 

Considering that WG thinks there was no such thing as the Royal Navy, expect some more paper Soviet designs...

Warspite.

[Crossfader 1,142]

 

Warspite.

only because the Soviet got the sister ship on loan for awhile... and gave it back with broken turrets

[Mesrith 356]

No clue.  The amount of "coming soon" news that we get for this game is, frankly, pathetic.  They've done a really poor job of keeping their existing customers informed about what they can look forward to.  I suppose the good news is that NA has seen a surge of new players recently, so tiers 4-6 are hopping at least.

[Tedster59 989]

no clue here, other than "when it's done, it's done"  

[Devo 55]

 

only because the Soviet got the sister ship on loan for awhile... and gave it back with broken turrets

Warspite is a Queen Elizabeth class battleship.  The Russkies got a member of the follow on class the Revenge/Royal Sovereign (depending on your source) class.  Even though the Revenge class was laid down after the QE's, they were slightly smaller and slower by about 2-3 knots.  Since they were not as well liked and were slower they didn't get the series of upgrades that the QE's got.  

If WG proposes to release this ship into a Russian BB line, it would probably slot into the tier 4 level.  Tier 5 would be pushing it.

[Crossfader 1,142]

 

Warspite is a Queen Elizabeth class battleship.  The Russkies got a member of the follow on class the Revenge/Royal Sovereign (depending on your source) class.  Even though the Revenge class was laid down after the QE's, they were slightly smaller and slower by about 2-3 knots.  Since they were not as well liked and were slower they didn't get the series of upgrades that the QE's got.  

If WG proposes to release this ship into a Russian BB line, it would probably slot into the tier 4 level.  Tier 5 would be pushing it.

bahhh, same thing, just a cheaper knock of of the QE class

[Devo 55]

Exactly, and probably even shittier to play.  Unless it gets some WG magic fairydust sprinkled on it.

[Tedster59 989]

Odds are it will show up as a premium, if anything.  To my knowledge, the russians have lots of designs that weren't built.  Russian CV's, however, are a long way off due to a lack of planes for them.

[OnboardG1 1,279]

 

No clue.  The amount of "coming soon" news that we get for this game is, frankly, pathetic.  They've done a really poor job of keeping their existing customers informed about what they can look forward to.  I suppose the good news is that NA has seen a surge of new players recently, so tiers 4-6 are hopping at least.

EU had like 35k people on yesterday. I guess they must have done a big advertising run.

I think they mentioned DE Battleships and USSR Cruisers a while ago as the next lines followed by the RN lines. 

[PrivateBert 261]

 

EU had like 35k people on yesterday. I guess they must have done a big advertising run.

I don't trust those numbers. When I am constantly seeing the same people in my matchups...something is fishy.

[OnboardG1 1,279]

 

I don't trust those numbers. When I am constantly seeing the same people in my matchups...something is fishy.

Not really. There's a small subset of players "in-sync" with each other who will likely run into one another when they hit battle. 

[PrivateBert 261]

That is not very likely, because I like to make small breaks after every 1-3 battles. Have a smoke, get a cup of coffee, kiss my wife etc.

Also the matchmaker is not able to balance the teams on T10, I guess because the queue is so empty.

Yesterday I had T10 BBs against my team all the time, while we only had T8. Quit after 8 games.

Also I watch FerdinandNL (Raskeria) on twitch a lot. Same for him, he even openly stated it on his stream that he thinks those numbers are fake.

[OnboardG1 1,279]

Yeah, I don't buy into conspiracy theories unless there's harder evidence than "I saw this guy a couple of times in my battle".

[PrivateBert 261]

Yeah fair enough.

[OnboardG1 1,279]

To clarify, because that probably came off as rude, there's a lot of stuff said about WG inflating and massaging numbers both business and game. I could believe that WG are using some weird averaging that inflates the numbers but sometimes I think people call foul too easily and it buries actual evidence of wrongdoing (like their forum war shenanigans a while ago).

Anyway, resume normal service.

[kariverson 180]

Bishmark has been advertised many months now. That's probably what I'm guessing.

About the numbers I do also think they're a bit too low comparing to WOT at that age. I hope it picks up beause it's a very good game. I started it recently and I have three tier 4s now. Having lots of fun. (When I don't get torped in my BB by aircraft )

[SoliDeoGloria 417]

I would be hoping for UK lines, but RU cruisers are something that interests me, since we all have a captain from the fair and balanced Murmansk.

[RichardNixon 835]

 

Also the matchmaker is not able to balance the teams on T10, I guess because the queue is so empty.

T10 has always had a tiny population. My last 10-week expected value sample had 350 thousand battles played in tier 10 vs 7.3 million in tier 6, and it would have included a much greater proportion of the tier 10 battles.

I can generate exact battle counts per week for EU and NA if people are interested. RU has obfuscation.

[Hellvn 578]

It would be interesting to see the number of battles by tier. Can you do the Asia server as well?

[ncc81701 152]

The surge of new players are probably clustered toward the lower tiers. I think there's a new advertisment campaign going as I've recently seen WoWS ads in broadcast of football games (american football), something that I don't remember seeing even for WoT.