u/00Canuck

After a couple of interesting Ops matches earlier today, I'm now convinced more than ever that a subset of players are either passively throwing, and or intentionally throwing battles.

The thing I can't wrap my head around is, why. I don't get what the end goal would possibly be. Why waste everyone's time, including your own?

I could even kind of understand it more if it was a free player just using a lower tier tech tree ship, the level of care not being there I mean, but I see this in ships that take effort to get, or, even super expensive premiums. I'm just struggling to comprehend why someone would spend 20k+ doubloons on ship, just to take it into battle, and do basically nothing, guaranteeing you lose, and then get nothing back. Or pretending to play, for close to 20 mins, just to make sure it's a loss.

Anyone else noticing a lot of this?

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Those looking to learn and play Operations, what resources would you find the most helpful as far as giving you the best possible information for how things play out, and that you would benefit the most from in being able to apply to your own gameplay? What information are you lacking or curious about and would like to learn through such a resource? What type of resource do you find the most helpful, for example thorough written guides vs visual gameplay?

I've been attempting to collect core pieces of media for some time now, and am just looking to finalize my check list on what possible entries including obscure ones may remain. The original primary focus being on any releases such as CDs or DVDs with unique features that could merit it's own inclusion in a collection.

For example, the first episode of Stargate Atlantis "Rising" is obviously included on the DVD and Blu-ray seasons, but there is also the "Fans Choice" addition which I deemed unique enough to still merit inclusion. I didn't make the same inclusion however for Universe 1.5 as my understanding is all of the same contents was forwarded to the complete editions, so wouldn't include anything like new commercials, so didn't merit adding another duplicate to the collection, but can always re consider if necessary.

Basically I'm looking to see what items people can think of that might be worth adding in that I may not have thought of, such as even the fan CD for the Stargate intro theme, or if something like an international cassette tape existed which might be worth collecting to digitize. Pretty much anything and everything is being considered at this stage.

I'm looking to pick the brain of those who are more knowledgeable with the technical details of armor and projectiles. Why does the Minotaur seem to be better at bouncing projectiles compared to other ships with sometimes stronger armor?

Disclaimer, while I have played WoWs for a long time, I have always treated it more like the arcade game it is rather than the sim portion, so a lot of the finer technical stuff when it comes to things like ricochet mechanics and overmatch haven't been major concerns of mine. Also as primarily an Ops player, my playstyle is very much different than those with the slower and more sim appreciative approach seen in Randoms or w.e other PvP mode.

Point being, I'm unsure if this is simply a result of movement, or if there is something unique about the Minos armor that I'm just unaware of, that lets something which to my knowledge has one of the weakest armor profiles, bounce shells from something like a Yama better than say Blucher, or something with comparably weak armor like Austin or Brisbane.

Apologies mods if this has been addressed recently, but does anyone know why exactly there is still a 6 year old petition circulating? And more so why it still hasn't been removed by the creators? Have the creators stated why they are leaving it up? What exactly is this accomplishing aside from syphoning attention from the new and current campaign. Editing a 6 year old campaign is doing nothing but continuing to confuse people, and is likely hindering everyones efforts at the same time. I don't see how this was a smart idea in the slightest, and ultimately is counterproductive.

For those who have the ship and have used it in Operations, what is your assessment of the ship? Do you find it good? Bad? Situational? I currently have mixed opinions on the ship in general so I'm curious what others think about it.

I think it's a massive disservice to the community that archiving has been blocked within what should be regarded as an important community asset. This would be a default and basic feature for even simply subs of notoriety, yet alone ones which are subs of cities, especially keystone cities within regions. There is zero upside to blocking archiving, and it should be reinstated.

Regarding the Season 8 episode 'Covenant,' Alec Colson tries to prove the existence of aliens, and the SGC discredits him with CGI and media spin. Realistically, does the SGC even need to do that, or would the general public have just watched his 'Asgard' press conference, argued about the CGI on social media for two days, and then moved on to the next celebrity scandal? Was Carter correct asserting that the SGC was actually stopping a global disaster, or was this thinking also naïve? Is the secret really preserved by the military, or is it preserved by the publics lack of attention?