Q&A · 4:13:36-4:16:39

Historically grounded fleet lines World of Warships could still explore

Austro-Hungarian or Spanish battleships, restored carrier progression, a distinct battlecruiser category, and a pre-dreadnought mode offer different balances of history and invention.

Question

Which new World of Warships line should be developed, and which existing part of the game should be rebuilt?

Short answer

Use Austro-Hungarian or Spanish battleship material for a new line, while restoring carrier progression, recognizing battlecruisers, or adding a distinct pre-dreadnought era.

Notes

For a new World of Warships line, the panel first proposes Pan-European battleships built largely from Austro-Hungarian ships and plausible projects. Spain offers another route, beginning with the España class and planned British-built successors before later tiers require increasingly invented designs and Littorio-derived extrapolations. One panelist would restore the older progression of carrier tiers and separate battlecruisers from both cruisers and battleships. Dr. Clarke instead favors a pre-dreadnought era, either below the existing tiers or as a self-contained mode. The discussion shows where a historical game can rely on real fleets and where its tier structure forces conjecture.