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RoguePLCSA

WoWL Back to Port Podcast with Philigula

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Hi Captains,

Yes more then a year has passed since we last had a discussion with Philigula, we learned a lot about him in his role with WG and we also learned more about him as an individual. And for the new Captains here if you missed it below will be the links to the episode from 27/01/2021.

But the year is 2022 and we have a new and improved version of WoWL as well as so much more to discuss and talk about. As Back to Port we always involve the community as that is the reason for our existence after all. We need your input and your questions. Your concerns or your positive feedback. If you have a question or anything that comes to your heart (within boundaries please ;-) guys) please leave a comment here below or visit the Back to Port Discord if you have it.

We are scheduled to conduct the Podcast this coming Thursday the 24th of Feb 2022, its short notice but it would still give everyone a chance to perhaps get a good question in for the Podcast. Your question when chosen at random or if it is really a burning point will be included and you will be mentioned.

Please remember to keep all questions within reason and without breaking any rules or the Reddit page.

Back to Port Podcasts are available for Anchor, Apple podcast, Spotify and many many more,

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Philigula's last interview: Back To Port - Philigula by BACK TO PORT (anchor.fm)

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Posted Feb 22, 2022, 12:10 PM UTC

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Rob1ie:xbox:•

Perhaps someone can address how we are to be getting hold of commendations.

WG have removed them from the latest LT bureau projects, they can't be bought in store, and campaigns are awarding less than one a week. Its throttling new player commander builds.

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RoguePLCSAOPModerator :RDS:•

Good point, another valid question to ask. I like the way you guys are thinking it will make for some good conversations!

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Rob1ie:xbox:•

Thanks you and one last, perhaps WG can let us know when the Lenin is going to be available. Its been a year and a quarter and no sign. Cheers,

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norepedoCarriers? More like derrieres!•

I thought I was going crazy. I have so many commanders that I can’t level up cause I can’t figure out where to get commendations.

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Rob1ie:xbox:•

Sad to say, its a thing and recently introduced. I'm a year in. In that time I worked out I'd received 258 commendations, through weekly commander crate drops, campaigns, bureaus, the odd 10.5m credit x3 crate purchase, 900k cxp purchase and the occasional drop from a loot crate. That works out to 5 a week on average. Current set up as WG sees it, we get less than two a week, including the weekly crate drop (Edit: actual tally is 93.6 a year/ 52 weeklies + 41.6 scaling up the current campaign drop rate). Something needs to be done.

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MattttChris:xbox:•

I would love to hear the development history of SAP in legends. It's trials, tribulations; the internal arguments about it, etc.

Also how it has panned out on the Italian BBs secondaries and what WGs data showed; and any future plans for the armament

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michelangello_de•

all that and why Italian cruiser line was introduced without SAP? What is purpose of italian cruiser? Why so long reload without SAP?

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RoguePLCSAOPModerator :RDS:•

I know some answers to that question but its a good one to ask to bring other Captains up to speed with why things were the way they were

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RoguePLCSAOPModerator :RDS:•

That is a very good question, a definite one to feature!

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SovietPremierVNK:psn:•

I would like to know why paid commanders (azure lane, others) don't have voice lines for all comm wheel options, and how that's justified.

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atrain728:psn:•

And why we can’t have them without turning off national voiceovers. Shouldn’t the commentary from my own boat be the event commander, and all the other boats feature the voice of their commander?

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RoguePLCSAOPModerator :RDS:•

We love our weeb questions ;-)

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SovietPremierVNK:psn:•

Just to be fair for everyone, it also includes Warhammer commanders and I assume all non-natiomal commanders with voicelines. Specifically the spotted, good job, and that's how it's done options are silent.

But yes where's my Japanese squeaky toy girl lines!?

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nohandsnick:xbox:•

We need more educational resources about the nuances of WoWS Legends gameplay. If your boy Phil was brand new to this game, where would he go to learn important details like pen angles, armor values and wtf an SAP round actually is? My stale links to busted Reddit threads and heretical Discord notes are about all I have to learn from… all of which I gleaned from this rad community here. Will WG formalize and introduce more resources to learn more about the gameplay?

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cablelegs•

They are apparently happy with an uneducated player base. Even some how-to videos by Robin would go a long way.

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LSI1980:psn:•

Loads of questions, but Ill do few pet peeves:

Whats holding you back to:

  • not seperate anime voices from anime camos in the options part?

  • having a skill based matchmaker? I refuse to believe its hard to implement an extra layer áfter the 18 players are chosen, and divide them somewhat equal. Be it based on win % or average xp per match.

  • not having all the stats ingame? Penetration values?

  • we need an interface overhaul at ship selection. Any plans?

  • divisions ór solo campaigns/events. The duels were a true hit in the community for a reason.

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Numbr81:xbox:Moder81or :RDS:•

having a skill based matchmaker?

In regards to Standard, never gonna happen and unlikely for other modes. I've yet to see a game where SBMM actually makes things better.

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LSI1980:psn:•

Its the Why, I am looking for.

Au contraire, I have seen plenty of games where it does make things better The most famouses of Hobbits here, is Chess.

No system is perfect, but it would be an improvement over the 80% curbstomp games we have now.

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Numbr81:xbox:Moder81or :RDS:•

Its the Why, I am looking for.

The Why is because its meant to be random. Its not impossible for Ranked or Arena, but they've said its a definite no for Standard.

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LSI1980:psn:•

I see, Thanks. Well, as a seperate mode my peeve would be somewhat quenched, then. Ill not start about renaming Ranked as Ladder, or something.

Ill be looking forward to the stream

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Northway99:psn::CV::CC::rank1:🍑 Atlanta 🍑•

Not to mention accepting the fact that we do have a small player base and it gets even more small the higher the tiers get.

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xX-GalaxSpace-Xx:psn::BB:SAP hype train:BB::psn:•

Any plans to have more in depth stat tracking like this

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atrain728:psn:•

Why do fail divisions exist? Why not just force divisions (other than carriers, I guess) be the same tier? It seems so easy.

On the subject of why does it exist: allowing folks to turn off crossplay. Can we get rid of this? It only leads to bad results.

Id love to hear some stats from 1v1 - what ships were most played, what ships did best against their counter class, what ships did best overall.

Speaking of stats - how bad are the Weimar stats? I assume they’re pretty bad. How bad do they have to be to pull the ship from the store? How bad do they need to be to determine a nerf.

Last one: what’s WGs position on the invasion of Ukraine? Bet that one won’t be asked, but I’ve got money in my pocket I’m definitely not sending to big daddy Putin. But maybe my misgivings are misplaced.

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Mr-Hakim:PTCH2::psn::CC::PTCH2:•

azuma buff pls…?

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Northway99:psn::CV::CC::rank1:🍑 Atlanta 🍑•

I really don’t think taking a few seconds off the reload for main battery would break the game at all.

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Diablo_Cow•

What’s the data like on the 1v1s? I thought the match making was random and yet in my experience as playing only DDs, I very rarely saw cruisers and BBs. And those who played cruisers/BBs typically saw their own classes. Was the MM truly random but just a ton of DDs or did it try to make a ship class face itself.

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atrain728:psn:•

Seemed like it was just the regular matchmaking, which tries to mirror classes but will allow small exceptions if it can’t in a given period of time (or queue length for a given class).

Id guess the time threshold (or queue length threshold) was dialed down quite a bit from standard matchmaking, but the biasing was definitely there.

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Drake_the_trollgive me kitakami or give me death•

What are your intentions for my daughter aircraft carriers?

They constantly recieve nerfs, yet they never feel like its required, or that they hit the regular complaints (justified or not)

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MattttChris:xbox:•

Of course I need to ask the obligatory; Shokaku buff when?

Can we get AP bombs back for the IJN CVs

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Northway99:psn::CV::CC::rank1:🍑 Atlanta 🍑•

Is there anything you can reveal about the status of clans development wise? Progression, similarities to PC and differences? I’m aware that it will be different when compared to PC but I’m curious as to how. Lots of us are very excited about clans and would like to know more. Thank you for your time!

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LaserBeam73:psn:•

Since it's been asked about I will expand the topic on SAP implementation.

Are there any plans or thoughts about updating Running with Scissors to include SAP?

The ships that from what I gather should have SAP have a longer reload to account for the shell type. Has this update given enough data to come to a conclusion about further implementation? Or if it has been decided to not add that type of shell for main battery use will those ships be given a reduction in reload?

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Battleshipsr4me:rank1::xbox::BB::STR:•

I’d personally want to know about some issues.

  1. Multiple ships having camos that need doubloons, when others literally with the exact same style are free (big example is how USN light cruisers have doubloon price tags, while USN Heavies like Baltimore and Pensacola are free)

  2. Secondaries on some ships are pretty terrible to spec into. For example, Most of the USN Battleships have similar ranges to the Italian BBs, but are underperforming in comparison (For example, T5 US Battleships get 4km range and either choose between AA or Secondary Battery, While Italian BBs can also get Aiming Systems Mod which also boosts secondary battery range.) will these US Battleships get slight range increases and/or accuracy increases to their secondary batteries. Like from 4km to 4.5 for T5s and 5km flat for N. Carolina.

  3. Will there be concealment mods for all Battleships instead of only a couple British BBs and IJN BBs?

  4. Will some premiums get buffed to be actually decent? Florida for example will always be overshadowed by NC. Even it’s range advantage is overshadowed by Colorado.

  5. Will there be a way to have customize controller layouts (like having more then just usual controller layouts) so that way it’s easier to get the full experience of other layouts.

  6. Will Spotter Plane get the range increase from PC? Will EST get more charges for BBs that have secondary focus (Like Massachusetts or Bismarck).

  7. Will base traits for commanders be strengthened or changed for stronger alternatives, as most players simply run specific “Meta” builds (For example BB players almost always use Cunningham, Cruiser players use Norman Scott, and DD players use Bey)?

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TIM81DE•

I would love a celebration of the baby navy; the Coast Guard. No ships necessarily, but skins and maybe CO’s that tell stories of some of the greatest to serve in the life-saving services!

Joshua James would be great for the US side.

https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/joshua-james-avenges-mothres-death-saves-1000-lives/

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GodWithoutAName•

FIRST of all, I love my British ships, however as a BB, the Germans always have it.

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