0 Arpeggio_of_Black_Dragon Member 5 posts 108 battles Report post #1 Posted August 21, 2017 WHY DON'T YOU INTRODUCE SUBMARINES IN WOW FOR A CHANGE.IT WOULD PROVIDE A WHOLE NEW RANGE OF PLAY STYLE. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,408 AntifoulAwl ∞ Alpha Tester 2,289 posts 8,802 battles Report post #2 Posted August 21, 2017 It's been done, but because nobody played it they were removed.. You missed it. Spoiler 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
100 [911] BunnyDragon Member 490 posts Report post #3 Posted August 21, 2017 6 hours ago, Arpeggio_of_Black_Dragon said: WHY DON'T YOU INTRODUCE SUBMARINES IN WOW FOR A CHANGE.IT WOULD PROVIDE A WHOLE NEW RANGE OF PLAY STYLE. Also, the Devs have said that they will not introduce this into the game. Not to mention, health is built on the size of the ship. Considering how small the boats (yes, the navies of the world call them boats not ships) were, they would be one shot kills for most ships of any class. On the other side, if they split Cruisers into heavy and light at say around tier 5 would be awesome. (Move Cleveland to tier 8 XD). Or introduce battle cruisers for the Germans or Brits. That would be much better to introduce to the lines, cause I do believe your topic header is valid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
567 [AN-DO] blauflamme22 Member 714 posts 10,484 battles Report post #4 Posted August 22, 2017 Subs are slow, have no armour and are generally best at attacking merchant shipping, they are at the bottom of the food chain when it comes to warships, not to mention that every other class of ship, epecially destroyers would have to be changed to be able to counter them. I'd far rather they put in MTBs or E-boats, that would be hilarious for yoloing 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
311 [BOTES] benlisquare Member 1,179 posts 4,293 battles Report post #5 Posted August 22, 2017 (edited) 1. Gameplay would be incredibly boring if the fastest you could move was 12 knots when surfaced (and even slower when submerged). Submarines are not fast. 2. Gameplay would be frustrating for ships with no ASW armaments at end-match when there are only a small handful of ships still alive, and submarines remain submerged to allow the capture points to continue ticking without any chance of being attacked. 3. Submarine gameplay involving stealth torping is already largely covered by IJN DDs, and there really isn't much new to add with their introduction. 4. The WoWS game engine is incapable of having vessels operating below the water. 5. Submarines never operated in fleet action, and more often took place in separate attacks against merchant vessels independently from allied surface ships. 6. The United States Navy, Royal Navy, Soviet Navy and the Kriegsmarine considered submarines boats, and not warships, which would place them outside of the scope for World of Warships. The German word Unterseeboot (U-boot) literally means "under sea boat", the Russian word подводная лодка means "underwater boat", and the Chinese word 潛水艇 means "water submerging boat". Only in the Japanese language are submarines referred to as ships (潜水艦, lit. "water submerging ship"), however this is the exception and not the rule. Edited August 22, 2017 by benlisquare 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
100 [911] BunnyDragon Member 490 posts Report post #6 Posted August 22, 2017 38 minutes ago, benlisquare said: Only in the Japanese language are submarines referred to as ships (潜水艦, lit. "water submerging ship"), however this is the exception and not the rule. COOL! Didn't know that one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
170 [DBN1] Pocket_Fox Beta Tester 826 posts 5,995 battles Report post #7 Posted August 22, 2017 Subs would be a glass cannon and WG has said they will not have glass cannons in the game. One reason why Kitakami was removed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
187 [POI] ReNation Member 1,311 posts Report post #8 Posted August 22, 2017 Merchant ship when? Fishing Ship when? Tug Boat when? oh we also need FERRY, when? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
567 [AN-DO] blauflamme22 Member 714 posts 10,484 battles Report post #9 Posted August 22, 2017 1 hour ago, ReNation said: Merchant ship when? Fishing Ship when? Tug Boat when? oh we also need FERRY, when? Admiral Kuznetsov travels with a tug boat so why can't I get one for my Soviet Cruisers just in case Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Arpeggio_of_Black_Dragon Member 5 posts 108 battles Report post #10 Posted August 25, 2017 OH!!IT'S SUCH A SAD THING.I WAS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.BUT ONE NEVER KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN WG. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
165 [LN] Erica_of_the_Greenhouse Super Tester_ 565 posts Report post #11 Posted August 25, 2017 (edited) So you want hit me with 1-4 torpedoes by Submarines ......................Shima can't hit me with 15 torpedos..........................Where is your opportunity? Edited August 25, 2017 by KinomotoSakura_chan 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
50 [SLAVA] _SA9E_ Member 198 posts 13,221 battles Report post #12 Posted August 26, 2017 (edited) I'd love to have an alternate IJN Cruiser line with B-65 at tier X :3 PS: KinimotoSakura_chan I gave an upvote just because of your sig lel XD Edited August 26, 2017 by seiji09 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites