Just Get A Fletcher - 2024 Independence Day Event 

Blurring out the summer swimsuit captains was a nice comedic touch.

The prices were a bit ridiculous

They are high if they think I’m paying that

who the hell is out there paying $145 for any ship on WoWS?!?! I better be able to walk around that entire ship and be invincible for the first 5 mins of any match for $145 lol.

Needs to be mentioned too, you can get another great T9 premium Fletcher class for absolutely free with coal by getting Black instead. Just as good or better than Johnston and it has radar. I would take that over Johnston’s burst gimmick any day.

I noticed that everytime PQ says something negative (honest) about WG or their pricing strategy, I immediately remember to hit the like button on his videos. 😂😂

can we just shout out the chad karl xiv johan that torpedoed the shimakaze at around 4 minutes? absolute legend.

Wasnt there a recent study that came out stating the conclusion, "the higher the price, the more likely someone will buy a internet in game item thinking its higher quality/grants them prestigious status bragging rights" ? Cause if that study is real, and true. that explains a lot.

You’ve got to be kidding on those prices. Quitting this game was the best thing I could do for my wallet and time. Still see they have no respect for historical ships

Good Video the Fletcher is one of the best tier 9 dds to me. The prices in the USA $83.20 Johnston and $145.80 for the Rhode Island.

I remember when we had a myoko for every event, for free, now we have fletchers everywhere for a 80+ bucks, GW greed has no limits.

opened 4 of the normal crates (the token ones) and got a johnston, so no empty pockets for me XD

The Fletcher is still a beast! I have managed to score some high caliber Krakens using it in silver ranked lately. It can be a little rough against some of the newer gun boat dds and I often wish it had a heal. However the Fletcher would likely be a bit OP if it had a heal with no other changes, it is still that good.

Crazy money, a ship in a free to play game shouldn't cost more than 3 AAA games.

I bought 10 containers and opened them all at once. There was a Johnson (ship) in there. Glad I only bought the 10 containers.

The prices are indeed nuts, especially for us on this side of Canada (think you mentioned being in the Vancouver area too).

Would love to see Chung Mu played too. Oh and Jutland maybe.

Nothing like the Black or the benham

the Johnston really needed to have either more HP than normal fletchers, had the french destroyer saturation mechanic, or have a good heal. without the durability being put in this ship is just a slap in the face to the ship's real history.

I already saw a whole bunch of Johnstons on Friday, working as intended 💰💰😁

I got lucky with the premium containers, 7th or 8th container in got me the Johnston, but I also have all the other ships in the container drops.

Halsey on Fletcher is just a statement I love!

I saw the price of Johnston and Rhode Island, and immediately said, I will never get my hands of these.

was really excited for rhode island but 50k doubs is a wee bit too much

I am from Canada as well. My wallet has rusted shut when it comes to WG and the current prices for everything in the game. Thanks for the game play.

I wound up trading in my Tier 9 Tulsa for the Tier 8 Kidd during the trade-in event, gonna be practicing with her in the coming weeks!

I’m surprised that WG didn’t come out with an “Under De Sea” Cammo for the Johnston… All Shot to Sheeeit with her Captain standing on the aft deck shouting steering orders down to the backup steering gear.

I was Lucky in the Containers, I only bought the 10k dubs bundle for ten crates, I got the Saipan and the Alabama in the first 8 crates, I then got the Johnston on the last Crate I opened. SO I got two tier 8 and a tier 9 ships for just 10k dubs or 49.50$ in U.S Dollars. If only my luck was like this all the time however...

For console to guarantee the Vallejo in there special random bundles its 250$ USD and you can not buy it on its own in the store.

The Johnston is $125 by it self in Australia. Packs and the Rhode Island are a lot more. For that cost I could jump into the Steam Summer sale and buy Sniper Elite 5, Baldurs Gate 3, Lethal Company and Planet of Lana all from my wishlist.

Played my Groningen yesterday, ran into three Johnstons during various games and won each one on one. People are rushing in with it looking for quick and big damage, and dying in the first minutes of the game.

the fact they put it in the armory for cash, then put an over the top price on this and RI, means i will only get them from a random container drop some year down the road.

Been playing since 2018 and have spent $10 total on this game in that time, I agree that the prices are insane, but this is the only time where i'm going to whale and but the ship outright. I'm a HUGE nerd when it come to naval history and have been waiting for this ship for 6 years I really don't care if it's good or not. And there is a little more to it, My great great uncle Homer Canfield was at Samar on Oct 25, 1944, he was not on Johnston but he served on (and survived the sinking of) USS Hoel.

You could get multiple Triple A games for the price of ONE ship!!

Outrageous pricing for these new ships.

Heyo PQ thanks for showing off the fletcher instead, its nice to see some anti fomo content -

Not sure about the Rhode Island, but for me Johnston's Admiral Pack showed up at about $67 USD (could have been discounted)

Good morning!

Bought the admiral pack and spent tokens on the wings of freedom containers that yielded me a Saipan. Not what I wanted but I now know I wont get a Saipan in future containers. LOL.

I saw the price of the Rhode Island and double checked my progress on the dockyard, and it would’ve been 6,000 doubloons cheaper for me to get the Wisconsin with all the extra resources and stuff, over the Rhodes.

Prior to quitting this game 4 years ago, I put about 550 in total for this game and I felt I gave too much. To think the cost of Johnston and Rhode Island combined is over half of how much I tossed at the game over a timespan of 4 years is beyond ridiculous.

Even in US Dollars those prices are insane.

Those prices are crazy!

The Johnston has a few quirks over the Fletcher, but the Fletcher just is a better balanced ship.

Fun fact about the fletcher: a full torpedo build can actually be better than yugumo 😊

I've stopped spending on this game for years now.... and it feels so good 🤑

The prices are dumb. But that's WG for you. I haven't purchased a ship for dubs in years and I was willing to buy the Johnston ship only but they're trying to gouge us, so nah.

How about revisiting a gun/torp build Gearing now since Fletcher's such a great experience

just get the kidd spec it with dazzle , concealment expert, fearless brawler , superintendent, survivability expert, last stand, preventative maintenance add speed flag dont use the speed boost consumable instead use the def AA you get a tankier johnston in tier 8

Fletcher was the end of my first line of ships and the first ship that I felt like I had mastered. However, I just don't play her anymore because she has been so power crept. Problem is the American smoke which used to be a powerful tool. Now with the flood of hyper fast torpedoes and radar, it just does not make much sense to stay in smoke very long. And long smoke is what the Fletcher has to offer. I built her as a torpedo boat but 10 km torps is really just the edge of acceptable at her tier. Kidd and Black are really so much better. I don't see much added with the Johnson

Microtransactions at his finest.

If the Johnston had a torp reload similar to the Fletcher I would get it. But as is, I´ll stick with my Fletcher.

Fletcher's a great dd, love it, use it in ranked alot - sometimes switch to Jutland but miss the speed, agility of fletcher sets it apart imho. Even black isn't worth the trade off imho, you give up too much with the torps for the radar, if you go up against a Black, just Bait the radar then you're up against a worse fletcher.... Don't understand how people justify buying these ships - you can get a whole AAA game for that much....

I Just killed one yesterday in a 1v1 in my akizuki...Ithink It is Very underpowered...

After 8 years playing I'm still amazed people would spend near $200 for a pixel ship.

Are you going to try out black again?

Bugger, no double strike with Halsey for the extra 10% concealment talent

Just save up money and get the Christmas crates.

On the topic of t9 DDs can u do a video of atago please havent seen it in a while

There it is. The quite comment on these ridiculous summer event captains.. 😂

Damn. I was hoping the $140 in dubs I got from my birthday coupon would be enough. Alas I am disappointed.

I am not a DD player, but👉 Somme /Jutland are good at that tier, agreed. Those proved even to me doing well. WG did Auction sell Halford for crazy price. Then just some half y later it is available for coal. But considering historical exclusivity, WG can try milk sentiment half year later again.

Yeah as more time goes on I’m mire and more happy that I decided to switch my gatcha spending on Azure Lane instead, it costs me a fraction of the WG cost and has MUCH friendlier drops. I’ll keep playing wows but it is quickly becoming a game I won’t spend money on.

They really shouldve given Johnston the French damage saturation

5:32 omg u play elden ring

Day 9 mogami 155 secondary build

these prices are shameful, would like to have the Johnston but not at that amount :(

Elden ring Dlc is like Elden Ring 2 Next level Dlc and still just a third of the price of a pixel ship

Why people like fletcher than gearing? (I haven't played any of them just curious)

Rhode Island is $261 dollars here in Canada if you use the dubs to get it. For that price I can buy real, high quality, tools for my wood shop that I can enjoy for the rest of my life... or a single ship in a video game that will most likely shut down at some point and be unavailable. The sad thing is the whales are going to eat this up and make them a ton of money.

OOO would u consider doing some elden ring content? :D

this isnt related, but the sequential bundles for california in the event are very very scummy. its not actually 2900 doubloons to buy california, its 3900, because the total cost of the preceding bundles is 700 american tokens (or whatever they're called), and you can only get 600 from the combat missions. meaning, you have to spend another 1k to get another 100 independence tokens. i dont know why you wouldnt just leave it at 3900 total cost for california and make it so that you ACTUALLY could get all 3 preceding bundles for 600 american tokens. This is for anyone like me who just likes the american battleships and wants to have california to play occasionally and look at.

wanted the Rhode Island, but at those prices ill just pass.

I bought 3 boxes for $15 and got johnston its nothing special honestly. Rhode Island is way overpriced! I will hold out for Xmas event. THanks PQ keep it up!

I want these ships because of FOMO but during this cost of living crisis, that could buy alot of food and car fuel instead.

Have to consider that these ships cost triple A game prices and in terms of the johnston, a destroyer, you are at the most risk of getting fucked over by subs and carriers. Just keep that in mind.

I'll keep my Black.

how can they justify those prices?

I feel like Johnston deserved better.

Its like reverse pay2win

So much greed. One boat is my family of 4 groceries for a week.

I'm not buying a fucking tier 10 Florida for near-200 dollars lmao

Hi pq

Zero down-votes show how many agree with PQ is on this subject. Insane prices and the "20% off" bull is most likely illegal in the EU.

We have great things like the steam summer sale and we have the terrible WG summer scheme and this whaling event. Looks like they prefer quality whales over quantity average spending.

Ya massive lv for the USS Johnston story. Would be thrilled to honor her and her crew in my game but the price is just plane stupid. Ain't gonna do it. My Fletch will just have to identify as (pretend to be) my Johnston. Seems like wows could lower the price, sell more units and make the same or better money with out making their customers feel so much resentment.

Rhode Island £102 in the UK premium shop. Rather play vermont for free

Saw the prices and said nope. Not worth it.

And I thought War Thunder was expensive.

I thought a RI would be nice but for $200 I'd expect 4 or 5 ships not 1. Not a chance in hell.

the higher the price is, and they keep wanting more, to the point where they have priced me out of buying anything, in fact they get less money from me......

is this better than sherman?

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Yea except there is no "just get a fletcher" equivalent for the Rhode Island...

Thats a fking mid ship price in Starcitizen, you buy some concept ship you can actually sell it at grey market after, even make money from that.

stupid sap and burst instead of a heal or french mechaniic.

No that I plan on buying them at that price but .. I can only see the Admiral packs for those ships. Even when going in the ships section of the armory or the "featured" section .. I don't see them listed. *EDIT* : The website version of the armory has them, not the game armory.

I mentioned in another creators video on this event that WG was nuts to be charging these kind of prices for game content in this economy and I offended a WoWs Whale. This Whale told me to get a job and stop complaining about what I couldn't afford. Its not that I can't afford pricy pixel boats, I just have other expenses. Like food, gas, utilities and real stuff. Also WG hasn't been doing enough to earn that kind of money.

the prices is to high

Armory for rich people only.