News article on WOWS and their CV rework and Subs

I am not excited, to be entirely honest. I enjoy the current CV's ability to be a force multiplier in pretty much any area of the map, or even multiple areas simultaneously, as well as fulfilling the roles of an active scout with reasonable effectiveness.

The limitation of one squad controlled at once seems like a tremendous reduction in the effectiveness of an CV.


If your CV is attacked while you are controlling your squadron of planes, your ability to dodge torps and enemy fire would probably be incredibly limited, unless you give up the ability to attack with planes in order to protect your carrier. In the current system you can do both at once with some minor micromanagement. Set your planss to an attack course with auto attack and then select your carrier to focus on, while selecting a friendly ship for your fighters to defend automatically. Then you can attack an enemy with reasonable effectiveness while still focusing on your carrier for defence.


Im not saying that the new system won't be playable, I just think it will massively limit a CV captains tactical flexibility compared to the current system. I sure hope that I am wrong though. Maybe I am just crusty because I was able to make this current system work for me. I understand that it could be difficult and frustrating for players new to CVs.



The removal of manual drops from tiers below 6 really destroyed the ability for people to learn the different style of play it seems.

At this point I'm just waiting for the rework to go live, and see how the new mechanics do.