CV rework revealed

Looks cool but I don't have my hopes up. I'll update it soon and see what I think.

So, only one squadron at a time, but they will be OP?

Cross drop is eliminated, and apparently so is baiting damage control with torp bombers so that dive bomb fires stick. Strafing is gone, which is good because that mechanic was fucking broken.

Lol, coordination in random battles.

Dumbing down CV's is all. Less damage potential, waaay less. Micromanagement was key before. You had to be paying attention and planning things out. Manual drops were rewarded with big damage if you could hit them, no different than a Jap destroyer invisispotting you and sending up an unavoidable wall of fish.

No more CV scouting. That'll eat up too much of your damage potential in a game. Only one squadron? Cant waste potential torp hits to spot the 10,000 health a DD has. Fuck that.


It could be fun, who knows, but I am not excited. I like the current challenge in using them properly. Its a hard class to master.

Hitting 3 different targets at the same time with 3 different torpedo squads of 5 planes a piece is 50,000 potential damage a squadron. Even 3 out of 5 on 3 different targets is still 30,000 dmg per target. As opposed to a single squadron attacking one target at a time.

You can also attack 3 targets at once, or at least put pressure on 3 targets, and spot with your fighters simultaneously. So not only are you a significant threat to multiple ships at once, you are also spotting for your team and assisting with their damage, or helping out a BB by spotting an invisible dd thats hounding it.

Multiple squadrons allows a CV captain much greater versatility. A well played CV can make a tremendous difference on a game. The threat potential of 3 or 4 or 5 attack squadrons is massive, but the rearm time from losing a squadron is spread out amongst the multiple squads.

Losing two torp squads still leaves the bomber squadron and fighter, you can still contribute to the game. You currently have to be much more aware of plane losses because of limited squadrons. It also prioritises targets for your fighters. Shooting down a torp squad can be a huge loss for a CV.


Having 24 planes in a squadron to allow multiple attacks is a waste, if only 3 or 4 attack at once. You have 20 other loaded planes not involved in the attack flying directly towards an enemy AA zone and taking damage, to not even attack the target. Each attack you make, or flyover is wasting the health of any planes not actively attacking. Maybe your first attack leaves a bunch of still armed planes injured? Your next attack may thenfail. I assume the AA won't be discriminating between planes actively attacking and those just doing a flyby? Maybe on your first attack you get hit by multiple higher tier AA fields and lose 3/4 of your squadron. 18 planes lost to try and drop 3 or 4 torpedos seems like an appalling use of resources.

Absolutely, you are correct. It will heavily depend on how they intergrate the system. I'm not going to condemn the update fully until I test it out, I can definitely see your points.

It could be implemented fairly well, but it has the potential to ruin a lot of the fun many dedicated CV captains enjoy. Most CV players I chat with enjoy the micromanagement aspect of the class, and it does have a relatively steep learning curve, but its extremely fun and rewarding when you have a good game. The low tier CV's are simple to play, not being able to manual drop, and they require much less map awareness in terms of AA cruisers and Def AA fire coverage zones. It is a good introduction to CV play, which progressively gets harder as you move up the tier list, as it should be.

I do see your point but its not that much different to playing a tier 7 or 6 DD and facing tier 8 cruiser Radar. You always have a disadvantage when playing higher tier ships, no matter what class.

forum.worldofwarships.com/topic/169013-cv-rework-feedback/?page=63&tab=comments#comment-4028374

I swear if that kiwi guy uses cancer to justify his views again I'm going to lose it lol. Almost every other post with this guy.