Almost three years ago, the developer company Gaijin announced the imminent release of ships as the third available equipment for the player. Since then, on the forums and in in social networks From time to time there are topics about when it will be possible to fully enjoy a controlled naval battle. Take command of a battleship or submarine. Most often, topics are closed by moderators with the words "you have to wait." There is not even an approximate date for the release of the controlled fleet in War Thunder.
At the beginning of 2015, there were enough messages on the net that the ships could be controlled. However, this is only available in closed testing, only to a small number of human testers. And this is most likely true, since in the fall of 2014 some information sites close to Gaijin even posted video reviews about Japanese aircraft carriers from the Second World War.
At the same time, an approximate list of future equipment was announced - battleships, destroyers, aircraft carriers. However, given Gaijin's desire for realism, they will not be able to limit themselves to this technique. The above fleet will not do without smaller vessels. And don't forget the submarines. Without the famous wolf packs, it is simply impossible to imagine the fleet of Nazi Germany. But, more reliable and accurate information has not yet been provided.
However, there is still a fleet in War Thunder! The only pity is that while it is controlled by a computer. It is present on many sea and coastal charts. Such as Wake Island, Guam, Merchant Marine, Rocky Coast, etc.
Types of ships in the game.
The fleet in War Thunder is currently represented by the following ships - heavy cruiser, light cruiser, aircraft carrier, destroyer, battleship, cargo ship, landing ship (landing ship).
The role of the fleet in War Thunder.
Despite the fact that the fleet is still under the control of the game's artificial intelligence, it sometimes plays a significant role in the course of the battle. He plays like helper function for the attack, and the role of the protected object.
On maps like "secret Pacific base" dropships land tanks to capture a land point, which provides a win. If you miss the enemy ships to the shore, it will be much more difficult to destroy the tanks. And in the mission "merchant fleet" you need to protect your transports and destroy enemy floating targets.
It is worth noting that the role of the fleet is more visible in the arcade dogfights.
Introduced in War Thunder ships equipped with air defense. The shells of anti-aircraft guns and large-caliber machine guns, which ships are equipped with, can damage the structural elements of the aircraft, which will affect its flight characteristics. A leaky radiator, a broken oil pipeline, shot ailerons can lead to an early destruction by the enemy. But the ship's air defense itself is not bad at knocking down gaping pilots.
How to destroy the enemy fleet in War Thunder.
To prevent a tank landing on the coast, it is necessary to destroy enemy landing ships. They are equipped with weak air defense, but they can harm or shoot down. It is also worth noting that the landing force is almost always covered by enemy fighters. But this type of vessel is easily shattered into chips by aimed shots of 20 mm Berezin, ShVAK, Hispano and the like cannons. There is no need to talk about heavier aviation artillery, like the Yak9-K and the like. Large caliber destroys small vessels with a bang.
Destroying small landing craft brings the mission closer to victory and earns additional points for the pilot who destroys them.
And if it’s easy to destroy boats with landing forces, then it’s worth tinkering with a cruiser, battleship, destroyer. There is no need to fly headlong into the bristling vents of the ship's air defense with your machine guns and small-caliber cannons. Well, you can inflict some damage, as well as become an additional frag for artificial intelligence. It is optimal to destroy large ships with bombs from a height inaccessible to the air defense of the ship. Or torpedoes, launching them from the appropriate type of aircraft.
For the destruction of large enemy ships using torpedoes, you can be awarded the title "sea wolf", "sea hunter". For bombing strikes on ships, the titles "destroyer", "thunderer" are counted.
Still, it is worth hoping that the current modest presence of ships in War Thunder will not last long. And each of the players will soon be able to say to the other "seven feet under the keel to you."
Today, multiplayer computer games dedicated to the theme of war are gaining immense popularity. Gamers get into tanks and planes, lead entire armies or go into infantry combat themselves. military theme again becomes popular, as at the beginning of the century, but at the same time it takes on a new form - now it has the color of multiplayer. And one of the most popular computer games of this direction today is War Thunder. Here you can choose any of the sides that took part in World War II and fight for it against real opponents. However, more than once attention has been drawn to the fact that there are no sea battles here - the fleet does not exist in the game in principle. Therefore, it is worth answering a very important and interesting question for many - when will the ships appear in War Thunder?
What kind of game is it?
Before considering the question of when ships will appear in War Thunder, which is of such great interest to all gamers, you need to look at what constitutes this project. So, here you have to choose one of the parties that fought among themselves in World War II, and then start pumping on various units of military equipment, earning points for more advanced models. At the moment, a fairly large number of models of tanks and other combat vehicles have been implemented in the game, as well as aircraft have been introduced, which makes it very diverse and exciting. For many, this is enough, since other games like this one do not even offer such variety - for example, projects from Wargaming allow you to sit in a tank or plane, but only in two separate games. But in the case of War Thunder, everything is different, and gamers want to know when ships will appear in War Thunder.
Ship announcement
You are mistaken if you think that reflections on this subject are lengthy and groundless. In War Thunder, the ships have actually already been announced by the developers. Of course, it is worth noting that no one has named specific dates, and the work is just beginning, but the fact that the developers have listened to the opinion of gamers and started working in the right direction is important. Of course, this may have been their own initiative, but this will no longer play any role if the ships do appear in the game. So far, there is not a lot of information, but it is still there - and quite interesting. Of course, the developers do not admit when ships will appear in War Thunder, but they have already provided basic information about what exactly will be added to the project, so that gamers can guess how it will all be implemented.
in War Thunder
The question of whether there will be ships in War Thunder has already been answered in the affirmative, so it's time to take a deeper look at this question - for example, figure out what exactly will be added. According to the developers, three types will be available in the game - aircraft carriers, destroyers and battleships. You can choose any of these types, but at the same time, of course, you will have the opportunity to decide on the models that interest you. Naturally, no one has yet announced the specific names, so you will only be able to find out the models much later. But it has already become clear that, for example, there will be as many as ten aircraft carriers in the game - this gives us the right to believe that other types of ships will be presented in approximately the same ratio. However, some questions about the implementation already appear here, since this is a very important point, which in no case should be forgotten.
Implementation of ships in the game
As all gamers know very well, in this project realism decides a lot - all models of combat units are reproduced with maximum accuracy, and it will not be easy to do the same for ships. There is a very high chance that when the ships come out in War Thunder, there will be enough problems with the balance, as well as simply with their use in the game. It will be necessary to think over not only the specifics of the battles of ships among themselves, but also the features of the confrontation between aircraft and ships. In general, this puts developers in front of a very complex and large-scale work. And this brings us to the final question - when will ships be added to War Thunder?
date of release
So far, unfortunately, there is no concrete information about the release dates of the ships. They may appear quite soon, but so far this is very unlikely, since there is still a lot of work ahead of the developers. However, if we take into account the fact that on the Internet you can already find images of ship models in a fairly finished and playful version, then we can assume that there is not so much to wait. On the other hand, if we take into account all the features of the confrontation between the three types of ships, as well as all types of ships with aircraft, the work may be delayed - it is already very, very difficult to implement such a large-scale project. One can only hope that the developers will succeed, and gamers will eventually be able to enjoy new types of technology that until that time had not been competently implemented in any project, either modern or old.
Gamers' opinion
Initially, gamers supported a similar initiative to introduce ships into the game. Naturally, this is such an incredible step forward. It will allow you to get experiences that you could only dream of before. But over time, the fuse subsided a bit, and the reason for this was the game itself, or rather, the actions of the developers in the process of updating it. If earlier this project was considered the best and most realistic, now it is gradually starting to lose popularity. The reason lies in the fact that in the pursuit of entertainment and attracting large crowds of gamers to the project, the developers began to change the balance, and now some sides have become practically unplayable.
War Thunder fleet: news and first details
Fleet Developer Answers:
▪When will the closed testing of the War Thunder fleet start?
Closed testing of ship battles will begin this year.
▪How to get into closed testing?
Early access to testing will be given to the alpha testing team and other invitees, as well as to the owners of one of the two Naval Starter Packs with unique ships that are already available for pre-order in the game store. We will tell you about how to get into the closed testing team later.
▪When will open testing start?
Open testing is planned for 2017.
▪What types of boats and which countries will be added?
During the closed beta, we will gradually fill the ship lines, and by the start of the open beta, there will be enough of them to fill the research tree of each major nation. Also, during the CBT, new ship modes and locations will be added to the game.
▪Will there be controllable large ships (cruisers, battleships, aircraft carriers)? If not, why do we need torpedoes?
Larger ships will be featured in the game under AI control in some game modes. One of the main combat missions of torpedo boats will be their destruction.
Perhaps in the future there will also be large ships under the control of players - destroyers and others, in other game modes. This will be determined by the results of the PTA.
▪What will ship research look like?
Just like aviation and tank trees. In battles, you earn Research Points, through which you research new ships in the branch of the selected country, as well as modules on those ships that you used in battle.
▪Will there be special maps for ships?
Of course, for naval battles we are making new separate locations. All the main naval theaters of World War II will appear in War Thunder: the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic oceans, as well as the Mediterranean.
▪When will the announcement of the starting lines of nations?
After Gamescom. It is worth adding that ships from all the nations that are in War Thunder will appear in the game. The game will implement a damage system. Ships will lose control rudders, get holes and sink like in real life.
Here are the main questions and their answers. Most of all, the players were interested in the item that says that there will be no battleships and cruisers. Rather, they will, but only under the control of AI. We present to your attention the answers of the developers on the topic of capital ships:
“A high level of realism is one of the key design features for War Thunder. We do not change the characteristics of the technique and create it as it was, as close as possible. Classic capital ship battles are a contest of patience and planning, lasting from hours to days. In our game, where the battles of all types of troops are joint, and players can control aircraft, tanks, and fleets, it is impossible to speed up time by 5-10 times or change the size and speed of ships. The development of the fleet in War Thunder began even before the development of tanks, and as tests showed, battles on a heavy fleet, ships larger than a destroyer, would be too long and uninteresting, or they would require ships to be completely unrealistic, only appearance and names reminiscent of real ships. Therefore, we decided to recreate that part of the battle fleet, which was rarely reproduced in games. Ships that are more suitable for the formula of our game are fast, impetuous, dangerous, real Knights of the Sea, worthy and equal rivals for aircraft in the air and tanks on the ground, ”says Kirill Yudintsev, creative director of Gaijin Entertainment.
Anticipating the indignation of the players, detailed material was posted on the official forum of the game in defense of such a decision. Here are the main theses of the developers about why it is impossible to add a "large" fleet. If you are interested, then a detailed topic is on the game forum.
- There are no suitable cards for huge ships. The huge size of the machines requires a lot of time to play, as well as to maneuver.
- The game between large ships will go until the first hit from a large-caliber volley.
- The interaction of such ships with other pieces of equipment is hardly possible. The gameplay will be uninteresting.
- The scoring system cannot be implemented. It seems to the developers that counting frags with the current damage system will not work. Moreover, the system of earning and pumping also seems to be complex and can hardly be implemented.
- According to the developers, not all nations have large warships. According to KEOFOX, the USSR, in this case, simply will not have a decent aircraft carrier fleet.
- According to Gaijin, there will be too many ships like the Yamato and Missouri in battles, even though they were unique vehicles. Developers do not want to introduce a system of restrictions.
In our opinion, these arguments are not essential. It seems that the developers were afraid of the scale of the fleet. There are huge maps in the game, the time spent on movement is huge and in realistic tank and aircraft battles. Problems of mechanics and pumping can be solved. By last argument ra zrabo tchikov and does seem stupid. What prevents you from introducing a limit on the number of ships of one type or another? Why can there be 10 Mouses in a battle, when none of them took part in the battles and was not really completed? Players are waiting for a large fleet!
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Ships announced in War Thunder: when will the fleet be released?
The game War Thunder (), the so-called "beta test" of which has been going on since 2012, is inevitably approaching the release. Today the fleet was announced in the game. When will ships appear in War Thunder and what will they look like? Let's find out!
According to the developers, the closed beta test of the ships will begin in one of the next updates and will be held directly on the main servers, but only at certain hours. In order to get to the test and play ships, you will have to buy one of two starter marine kits:
- Soviet armored boat project 1124 with MLRS "Katyusha", or
- American torpedo boat PT-109.
If you don't want to wait until 2017 for the Open Beta to start and want to take part in naval battles this fall, hurry up! Until August 22, 30% discount is available for starting naval kits, so you can buy a kit with a Soviet Project 1124 armored boat for only 1,330 rubles. In addition to the ships themselves and access to the fleet closed beta test, Naval Packs include in-game gold, 3D decorators, stickers, and a title.
Now a little about what the ships will look like in War Thunder.
In War Thunder, the so-called "small fleet" is waiting for us: torpedo, artillery and missile boats, coast guard ships and patrol ships. During the Second World War, the small fleet made up most of the ships.
Players will not be able to control larger ships such as destroyers, cruisers, battleships and aircraft carriers. However, those who wish can familiarize themselves with where all this is already possible. Of course, pilots will also be able to take part in naval battles, no one canceled the War Thunder feature with joint battles!
