World of Warships - Quarterly Review: Third Quarter 2023 

The two battlecruiser lines - both German and British - definitely drove interest, I think. Beyond that, I can't think of too many.

@@SeaRaptor Yeah, same, I mean the IJN cruiser, ew, the EU alternate DDs not so much etc etc....

For me, only parts of lines tend to excite me, mainly when I recognize historical designs (even ones that didn't progress past paper). Those have been getting fewer and fewer as time goes on.

@@Gladius-XC I concur with this assessment. All legacy games are going to struggle over a long enough curve of time.

Truth be told, I'm not sure overpowered battleships is a real factor here. I am well aware I'm an outlier in Warships in that I don't enjoy BBs very much. The big, over-gunned battleships are - I suspect - a rather large draw for most players to the game. (Which is fine, they're just not my cuppa.)

According to vast swaths of people, the game has been dying for a long time. I've often refuted that statement; in fact, a conversation very nearly like that is exactly what started me making these videos in late 2019. With that said, I agree with you on the pace of content. Many years ago there were more than a few of us on the CC side that were attempting to express our frustration with how much was being released how quickly. The general sentiment was "too much content is never a bad thing", and from their perspective I can see the argument. That sort of thing works for, say, World of Warcraft after all, where you're trying to please a lot of different people each of whom is looking for something different out of the game (PvE, PvP, whatever). I've always felt that the crowd that enjoyed botes was different... that it had less time but more disposable income. A slightly older crowd that didn't mind the slower pace of play.

@@SeaRaptor I agree 'dying' is a bit dramatic, especially since it's the natural flow of online development cycles, if warcraft see's it then its no surprise it's in wows. I guess I use it from seeing the increasing gimmicks and monetisation involved in playing, coupled with a lot of matches being a lot less fun due to the meta that's been created (dumped on by cvs you can't deplane, shotgunned by subs = back of map sniping), I still do have fun, but it's definitely not as consistent as a few years ago, so I guess it's my engagement that's dying! And completely agree with your point on content. I guess it's different from game to game, but there is definitely that development cycle of beginning, middle, and end, where at a certain point the amount of new branches could have been scaled back, maybe replaced by prestige ship launches? Which would then allow for more thorough testing and feedback through CC's and maybe tried changing the meta from time to time to keep competitive lively. I find watching a match between two good teams a heady mix of chess and skill (chess boxing almost), I would have loved to see how they would adapt to different metas.

I'm not sure I agree that the grind for ships has gotten harder. With all of the economic boosters and such out there these days... tell me, what is it that makes you feel like grinding ships is more difficult?

@@dclark142002 It has, yes.

@@brianohaver4685 Outstanding! I am glad there are still CV enjoyers out there.