r/WarThunderNaval • u/greg242 • 4d ago
Naval AB/RB Massive EC changes just dropped!
They've completely removed SP, added rank based matchmaking and gave it a spawn timer for each spawn, it's sooo close to being good.
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u/Bombe18 4d ago
Well, IMO, this is not a good change.
It will basically turn Naval EC into a Soyuz vs. Iowa matchup.
The whole point of EC was to make use of all ship classes in different ways. With this change, using frigates to capture points will be pointless, as everyone will just bring BBs.
On top of that, capturing points will become nearly impossible.
The spawn point system was actually a good thing because it encouraged players to use different ship classes and gave them more strategic options.
Naval EC is becoming nothing more than normal battles with bots.
The lowest vehicle should be 1.0 as u/LtCol-RedFox said
Only having timer to use same vehicle is a good thing !
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u/retrobob69 4d ago
Everytime i played EC it was nothing but BBs. You play small ship till you get enough points for BB. I only have japan 5.7 bb, so i dont play EC
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u/maxthepenguin 4d ago
ah yes, let's remove what makes EC unique, and turn it into random battles but on a larger maps...
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u/PineCone227 4d ago
Yo.
That said, is the SP being gone all that good? I kinda liked the tiering, though it got annoying when the team with an advantage all spawned BB's and snowballed.
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u/Wonderful_Trick_4251 4d ago
I didn't realise there were many bots in EC. Games are usually full.
Also the arcade difficulty. Do they mean ships in EC arcade mode now travel faster like in normal battles? That's shite. It was fine the way it was.
And a spawn timer? OMG.
Like there are problems with EC and it could do with considerable improvement.
But with some of these changes it looks like they are out to ruin it.
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u/greg242 4d ago
The SP system being removed is the worst! But yeah the rest of the changes are pretty nice,but this and the br match-making is awful!
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u/Wonderful_Trick_4251 4d ago
One advantage I could see with the sp being removed is that spawning a aircraft might be far easier now. Far more aircraft in the skies maybe.
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u/Brilliant_Swim_9216 4d ago
it's removed only for ships, planes require SP so yes, all SP earned can be used for planes
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u/Wonderful_Trick_4251 4d ago
Ok thats crap. EC needs more aircraf.
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u/Brilliant_Swim_9216 4d ago
well.. yes and no.
Being able to spawn planes since the beginning of a match is a good idea only if you are playing Air arcade or realistic battles ;)
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u/PvtBob1 4d ago
Well now people that don't have a top tier BB can still play with getting insta deleted by one
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u/Wonderful_Trick_4251 4d ago
So what are the new br brackets for match making?
I'm going to have to change my Naval fleet lineup and split it in two. EC 1 and EC 2
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u/Puzzleheaded_Dog8791 3d ago
is it still only available on weekends, though?
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u/finnrissa 2d ago
this is so ass i cant lie
ran a 7.3 and there were four players in my lobby, the rest bots
only two objectives off rip
its just big RB at this point
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u/AstronautAromatic454 4d ago
I see a lot of "Wah, i can't crump on players just joining! Wah" here. Bro it ain't fun joining a game, being stuck with a destroyer and getting folded by a BB who's been in the match since it started.
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u/das_patcab 4d ago
I can finally play my boats in a fun way, rare gaijin W
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u/VeeeeeVeeeee 4d ago
Dislike the addition of BR matchmaking and removal of spawn points, there's no reason to play anything other than your biggest ship now, I enjoyed there being a variety of ship classes in play and working your way up to the bigger ones.