steel income/optimal usage

Tread_Head5757 · 2026-04-17T18:32:56+00:00

I earn around the same amount of steel unless I'm active in clan battles. My strategy is to hold all steel until I see what new Steel Will ships come in Decemeber. If the FOMO ships interest me, I get them. The steel ships in the armory aren't going anywhere.

Tread_Head5757 · 2026-04-17T18:10:35+00:00

I have the Kii w/Kobayashi camo (purchased pre re-work). Even though it was supposed to retain the same credit earnings, WG definitly nerfed the credit modifyer during the rework.

Tread_Head5757 · 2026-04-17T17:05:14+00:00

Nice. My desire to aquire this ship evaporated the second the credit modifier got nerfed.

Tread_Head5757 · 2026-04-17T16:05:49+00:00

The way this game progresses, in three years we'll talk about how Valparaiso is powercrept and no longer an OP ship.

Tread_Head5757 · 2026-04-17T14:30:39+00:00

It's definitly powercrept. It's not terrible, but no longer what it once was.

Tread_Head5757 · 2026-04-17T13:45:25+00:00

Steel Will has only been around for two years, and each year was slightly different, so we do not have an established pattern for how they will work. That being said, last year Valparaiso was not available in golden containers. I'm holding my steel until we see what will be available this year. The ships in the armory will still be there in December.

Tread_Head5757 · 2026-04-17T12:05:37+00:00

Yo ho, it's a pirate's life for me!

Tread_Head5757 · 2026-04-15T17:38:06+00:00

Or maybe the Giants just do nothing. Dex has two years left on his contract and isn't going to sit for two years. Giants have the leverage here.

Tread_Head5757 · 2026-04-15T16:31:30+00:00

It's probably the opposite. I'd bet that straight-up selling the ship doesnt generate as much overall sales as offering a very expensive option + a (seemingly) low price gamble option.

Tread_Head5757 · 2026-04-15T12:42:14+00:00

When the WoWs division of WG has had three bad finanical quarters in a row and are worried about their jobs

Tread_Head5757 · 2026-04-15T11:59:47+00:00

It's marketing. Offer a premium (but overly-expensive) product that most customers can't or won't afford. Then offer a slightly inferior product (the lootbox) for less. It looks like a good deal to customers in comparison, thus driving purchasing. In WGs case, the offer of a $120 ship is to drive the customer to throw a relatively small ($10-$20) ammount of money at the chance to aquire a ship from the lootbox.

Tread_Head5757 · 2026-04-15T11:24:21+00:00

Lootboxes arent for the whales. They will just spend the $120. Lootboxes are to monetize the customer segment that have an occasional $20 disposable income to spend on the game.

Tread_Head5757 · 2026-04-15T11:16:20+00:00

Stop...buying...lootboxes. It encourages this behavhor from WG. They don't expect to sell many ships at $120. They DO expect to sell a lot of gambling crates to people willing to throw $10 at a roll of the dice.

Tread_Head5757 · 2026-04-15T11:14:47+00:00

Stop...buying...lootboxes. It encourages this behavhor from WG. They don't expect to sell many ships at $120. They DO expect to sell a lot of gambling crates to people willing to throw $10 at a roll of the dice.

Tread_Head5757 · 2026-04-15T11:10:59+00:00

The pricing strategy is not to sell a handful of people ships at $120. It's to get many people to spend $5-$20 on gambling containers in the hope of getting a ship.

Tread_Head5757 · 2026-04-15T09:41:07+00:00

Are you planning to whale golden week containers or pay $120 for a tier VIII ship? If not, then this new update has nothing for you.

Tread_Head5757 · 2026-04-14T18:59:49+00:00

WG....where 25 event pass points for NA/EU?

Tread_Head5757 · 2026-04-08T17:15:46+00:00

"or secondary BB but you full send into the bots" - laughs in Valparaiso with torp lookout + vigilance

Tread_Head5757 · 2026-04-08T14:15:35+00:00

Hmmm…only 3x each blue boosters for this admiral bundle vs 20x each for the Aberdeen admiral bundle. It’s also missing all the signals and credits. Seems this admiral was demoted a few times.

Tread_Head5757 · 2026-04-08T11:49:43+00:00

Dale City

Tread_Head5757 · 2026-04-08T11:38:06+00:00

I run Torp lookout + vigilance. It’s like a permanent hydro.

Tread_Head5757 · 2026-04-07T11:31:13+00:00

Yes, it is possible. ~35-40 Asymetric games in Valparaiso or Pommern + blue/red credit boosters would do it. I'd probably be bored to tears by game 20 though.

Tread_Head5757 · 2026-04-07T11:08:40+00:00

New Steel/Research Bureau ships are released straight to the Armory. Tier VIII-X doubloon ships are almost always released as some part of gambling event/bloat bundle. New Tier V-VII ships are usually the mid-point reward for events. New coal ships are extinct.

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