Johnston Is Finally Here! DPM Is BETTER With The Burst 

not to be nitpicky, johnston was remembered as the ship that ate a lot of shells and kept fighting not for its dpm, though it has account that "the guns fired so fast that the barrel were glowing red" a destroyer that fought like a "fighting ship" they should have gave this DD some form of french saturation if healing was not an option... kinda felt like a missed opportunity for some unique gameplay

Could and should have been much more than "just" SAP burst fletcher imo

The whole F key gimmick is boring now. WG suffer from a serious lack of imagination.

WG be like: "Ah, yes, ship is famous for its survivability? Let's give it burst fire and normal survivability"

"this is going to be a fighting ship. I intend to go in harm's way, and anyone who doesn't want to go along had better get off right now"

Seems like they could have honored the heroic ship a little more by just giving it the ballistic arcs similar to Sherman, to actually offset the sub-par reload. Or, as you point out and a little bit in keeping with the history of the ship, a HEAL.

I've said this before on Reddit, and I'll say it again here: Johnston's design philosophy should have just been Kidd, but a tier higher, with an extra set of torpedoes and French saturation on top of having a heal to further boost its survivability. Alternatively, if the saturation mechanic is a bit overkill, give it 3 superheals base.

just like they removed ships from the fxp category, they are quickly moving all new ships to dubs only or event containers that cost even more. we will see less and less ships for coal, steel and research points as time goes on. less missions = less rewards event pass with less rewards every month combined missions = less rewards fewer expendable camos because we sell them for credits are now replaced with perma camos we can't sell. the recent nerf to the D-Day credits/xp because players were happy for once. 25 stars needed for 1 common container that has a ship drop rate of 1 in 500. sub nerfs that turned out to be sub buffs more CVs added to game that never run out of planes. i could keep going but i don't want my keyboard to run out of ink.

Probably the most famous destroyer in US Naval History, known for soaking up extreme amounts of damage and still fighting, and WG didn’t give it a heal or damage saturation. Tells you all you need to know about the company and the devs. Any other premium could’ve been a sap burstfire dd.

long story short: its a pretty shitty copy pasta+gimmick ship in the worst matchmaking, literally put into the game for collectors, whales and people who think they experience history in a very arcady action shooter. - Well done Weegeee.

I just thought of this. WG is holding back on the strength of the Johnson. BECAUSE: WG will have Johnson's captain Ernest E. Evans with all kinds of advanced skills available for gold (he did get the Medal of Honor). This will not only compliment the Johnson but other ships as well. Big time profits to be made!

PQ: "It is in the premium shop..." ME: Goes to premium shop.....doesn't see it ANYWHERE. lol

Halfbaked idea: what if after taking X potential damage it got a special combat instruction that increases dispersion incoming shells. Would make it really annoying to shoot though

They promised back in the beginning "No Premium " ship would ever be stronger than the Tech Tree ships. WOT's is out right dying as player numbers dwindle. WOT's is several years ahead of WOW's. So make no mistake this game is going to die. Hubris , Russian leadership and "Ethos" will not allow this game to survive. Straight out greed , over- monetization. Look how they are plundering the game economy on the Russian server. The justification I've heard repeated is "Oh that's only on the Russian server" "Not on EU or NA server" I just shake my head. W.G. is by far the most DISHONEST , DECEITFUL gaming company in the world. I have 255 ships , all worthless as this game continues to lose it's player count massively. They even rent the servers out now? I cannot recommend anybody waste their money buying this very "Sketchy" game . That is without even talking about any issues like "Rampant Widespread Cheating" The issues go on and on.

The fact that they made THE Johnston into a SAP fletcher is criminal and blatantly disrespectful. They made one of the most heroic last stands of a destroyer into a gimmick boat, and not even a new gimmick its just burst with SAP. so disappointing

Current meta and fun are not compatible in this game.

Man, thanks, PQ, for keeping it real and giving us your honest opinion. Looks like a strong DD, but I'll probably hold off for now.

I wish this ship had some sort of gimmick…. like a heal for x amount of shell hits. French saturation. Maybe quick reload dcp. Something that accurately models Johnston’s glory.

a lot of wallet breaking events recently I get business needs money but jesus christ

They put all the fun as fuck ships in tier 9 and proceed to make tier 9 MM garbaje. Yesterday i was on Groningen most of the day, out of 15 games i was bottom tier 11 fking times and mid tier 2 times. Out of 15 games you got top tier 2 times only, that is insane. Groningen can do just fine, but any other tier 9, especially brawler ships will drain your soul out. Super ships were a mistake, same as subs and CV Rework. Bad decisions after bad decisions will eventually kill this game.

I have been hoping for USS Johnston for many years. I also felt sure that WG would not capture what makes DD-557 so memorable. I hate being right.

I guess if you want to sell a ship today just slap sap on it, or that's what the spreadsheet says... I think giving this ship a heal or saturation mechanic instead of the sap or burst fire gimmick would have made it more fitting.

What buggs me here is that this is Bazans gimmick. The could have gone with French saturation and a Heal at the cost of DPM.

Based on the real history of the Johnston I would have expected a super heal and a longer smoke or something

I was thinking immediately, do the Kidd thing. Give it a heal, reduce torp power and leave the rest. Maybe slightly better ballistics so you can opt for range. As it is I will not be getting this ship unless it's for coal. I mean, Sherman is a coal ship so why not?

For Heal(s), what they should have done was intro the actual Johnston commander (Ernest E Evans) and given him the skill of a heal when HP goes below a certain level. To be fair, they could still do that. But for historic accuracy I was telling my clan last night that giving the ship French damage saturation would have been the easiest already-in-game mechanic to port over to represent that ship that took a shit-kicking but kept fighting.

they should've given it Lushun heal

I think it would have been appropriate to give this thing a heal and French saturation. Johnston was the destroyer that fought like a battleship, she took a lot of hits during the Battle off Samar before finally being sunk.

It's gonna depend upon how many crates you need to open for a guaranteed drop, and which ships you already have from that ship pool. In some cases (lol), it can be worth it if the secondary rewards from those crates are good.

😶...yeah!....Nahhh!! (No heal?...an F key Gimmick??...its like WG went out of there way to F...! this one up🤔)

I'll keep my Black.

a Vampire DDs !!! imagine 1 div 2 josh n 1 cv 💀 "CV keep spoting an 2 John just Brrrrtttttt...." *I hope other Taffy members can playble too

What the hell you talk, PQ??? The Johnston ISNT yet in the armory!!!!!!!!

The torpedoes have super long reload, and are only really for area denial or to deter flank pushers just once per game. The AA is so weak, tier 8 cv rocket planes attack Johnston with near impunity, taking bites of the ever shrinking health bar. The depth charges, well we all know those are useless for anti sub warfare on ANY ship. The main guns, exactly as PQ states. Whale thought I'd give gambling a go, because I have all other ships in paywall already, how bad can it be, RIGHT?. GOT JOHNSTON ON SATAN CRATE 30.... NAH NOT "rigged" at all?, RIGHTTTT???. TOTALLY RANDOM, RIGHHHTTTT???!!!. For comparison, I have NEVER EVER gotten a loot ship on a first, or heck even second or third draw. It's a bad ship, not worth getting if you are interested in playing a ship that can handle its own battle issues, rather than rely on a TEAM... The weak AA is a huge deal breaker.

I think your math is incorrect. 3 salvoes every 11.8s is equivalent to a 3.9s reload. While better than Johnston's normal reload, that's only about 190k SAP DPM and far worse than Groningen's 233k HE DPM.

lets drive the poore pesants away from the game (who cant afford it). game has too many players.

WeeGee could run a test. Cut 1 kilometre range from EVERYTHING. Run that for a week and see what the palyerbase hs to say about the change.

Fletcher's a really good ship and probably somewhat underappreciated. SAP is great and Johnston's seems pretty strong.

I'm a BB man, but I got JOHNSTON in a loot box. My only other DD is KIDD. After 2 battles, I sold it. 🐕 💩

12:06 Going 42.4knts 12:16 Johnston gets just shy of 40knts with speedflag????

Really disappointing, no reason to play it if you have fletcher, black or sherman ngl. Should of been a better kidd, with french saturation and a dpm adjustment. Not complicated considering the history.

but when is it coming potato thats literally all i want to know... TAKE MY MOOONNNNNEEEYYYY

When MM screws me over in T9 and puts me with T11, I just say - opportunity for more XP! Crying is for kids.

If you want historical accuracy, all hits of 150 and higher overpen. HE does not denotate except one in 10. Torpedoes reload faster and hit harder. Also radar, Johnson radar allowed faster engagement and engaged from smoke.

i usually dont play anything other than tier 10 anymore.. but this looks interesting. how you get this? real money? dockyard? steel? coal? gambling lootboxes?

With the current meta and matchmaking, this new tier 9 without a heal and without a bigger buff to dpm and improved shell velocity vs the Fletcher feels a bit lack lustre and there are better options out there. I'd still rather take my standard tech tree Jutland tbh. Although the SAP and burst mechanic is kind of fun sounding and the better torp range is good. I'd probably prefer it to a Fletcher but not sure.

I had the unfortunate pleasure of running into this thing last night. It was really unfun to play against as a destroyer.

It's not in the shop.

Problem is single turret ships at higher tier is power crept heavily. New ship lines have twin turrets at high tiers. Also american smoke and play style around it is now old fashioned due to sub pings 12km radars and hero radar dds... so just burst fire mode won't help

just spent last night 170 tokens from the missions) and surprize🎉 it dropped 😂 worth the gamble

Small correction, San Diego doesn't have HE. Just SAP and AP :)

Does it came with team mates that support it, instead of siting back at range a play Pocket Pool? The meta is not getting old it IS old, and Boring! /Rant!

They literally could've given it a heal and made it T10 instead, kind of a waste, almost disrespectful to the infamous history of this ship imo

Wow. This is disappointing to me. It feels like it could just be named after any fletcher.

Got it from freedom containers because I already have all the other ships inside so it was worth it. 10k Gold to get it.

so dumb. should have had a heal or something. also 70 dollar ship. elden ring DLC is 40 dollars LUL

think they went the same route as Minegumo slightly more comfortable to play but worse damage overall

To be fair. The concealment is the same as an fletcher? Borg frisland and gronning has the worst (highest with out takieing the french in to it.)

now just waiting on the Allen M. Sumner USS Laffey.

It should've had a heal and extra saturation, like even if it's not French dd levels of saturation as long as it has better than average saturation. The burst fire could be a tad bit faster.

Thank you WG for saving me 70ish USD.

The long reload between bursts will make it harder to reliably hit in smoke.

Who the hell wanna play tier 9 anyway? Move it to 10 and give it better reload and heal.

Hate how pc and console are annoyingly different from each other

I think we need a heal that can be replaced for speedboost if you want that.

Maybe it is torps sheep and u have to make 3 and maybe last slot for Torps?😮

The battle off samar . The Yamato was there. Captain Evans led the charge. First native American to win CMH

if its gonna be coal destroyer im 100% buying it

This ship will be amazing in a radar Mino Schlieffen div with that smoke, nobody will have the nuts to get near that cap lol.

Honestly if it's tier IX it shouldn't be an upgrade over fletcher, with a heal it should be tier X. Fletcher's already probably my favourite dd (balance of agility, torps speed and guns) so I don't mind a sidegrade....

Got it out the first container but it’s ok not the best it’s sluggish

I know you said not to use loot boxes... but I got a Johnston out of a loot box haha

You should compare Kidd to Benson.

I'm pretty sure that I'll not be getting this ship. Don't know the cost and currency yet, but if it's something like hard cash or doubloons, I'm out. After all, it's just another specialized DD. And playing DD, although I'm a pretty good destroyer player, is just too stressful for me lately. So...pass.

Not affordable. It will be released in an Admiral pack (36,000+ doubloons) or in wings of freedom gambling containers. Not worth the time and expense. The weakness you highlighted makes this a flawed design the capabilities are cancelled by the design weaknesses. WOWs gamers blog "will be available in an Admirals Bundle in the armory, as a standard ship with 10 pt captain in the premium shop and as a possible drop in the "Wings of Freedom" containers." Admirals bundles (about 36,000) doubloons and gambling boxes.

Have to say if I could vote to remove CVs subs and superships from the game I would.... I miss just having normal gun surface ship combat which is why I think most people play WoWs

15:31 Average DD Player nowadays :'D

It's OP, no discussion there. MM is no argument here, as any ship suffers from MM. A Fletcher with SAP? Hell yeah!

We need USS Laffey as well

World of Warships super tester here I asked them because I was really enjoying the ship

I like when you talk slowly

I started playing wows not long ago got aroud 150 battles and its a torture... Most of games are losses, my teams most of the time dies in first 5-8 mins of battle 😱

Pay to win...no thanks WG.

Should of had a super heal

Give it a damn heal!

I think it’s ok to release premiums that are not too strong to the point of making the tech line shops kinda useless.

the price tag for the ship is 19000 blooms without a 10-point commander with the 10-point command it's like 26 000

HECK YEAH

You know what they should do to Johnston is making her being the only Us ship that have subs damage saturation and a little bit more HP while also have a passive Last Stand skill with Heal and call it a day. She knowns for literally fighting the whole IJN fleet in the largest naval battle of WWII. She literally head on to IJN Fleet that include the world largest Battleship ever built and literally ates a single shell from Yamato to make her out of action. She should be literally like a DD with Heavy Cruiser level of Hp. Sure it sounds literally broken, seeing USS Johnston refuse to die. But again, it’s Historically accurate. We have Enty being literally broken. Johnston should be Survivability Tank. Mother of all DDs.

Have they done the Samuel B Roberts yet

Johnston vs. Back , any opinions ?

anyone know what that green circle on targeted ships means? what mod is it and what does it do?

Hey PQ, Love the vids!

what a stupid ship. why make a funny button that you use all the time....why even have a funny button, just make it how the ship plays normally

"I intend to put this ship in harm's way"

Pass.

Had every prediction right for euros, then england decided to start playing in the 90th minute

Day 6 mogami 155 secondary pls

Day 52 of asking PQ to play on Helena

"Destroyers are fighting ships"