Archerfish is crazy - The new fastest submarine in the game!

[@darrellid]

A WW2-era sub cruising at 45 knots on the surface and 43 knots underwater? God, this game just gets dumber and dumber.

[@Kwaj]

When and where did it all go wrong?

[@bravejango12]

@@Kwaj when they made their first paycheck.

[@parvuspeach]

44.1 at one point...lulz, what a shitshow.

[@wandre_canada]

No kidding. Real Archerfish had 20 knots surface and 8.75 knots submerged top speeds. The modern Archerfish from 1971 could only achieve 20 surface and 30 knots submerged with a nuclear powerplant.

[@Keldarahs]

@@wandre_canadayes this game is a hypereaalistc simulation 🤡 play War Thunder

[@euanreid6682]

Basically a Torpedo armed with Torpedoes.😂

[@ma6netho]

no. torps went 20 knops in ww2

[@wombat4191]

I just wanna point out, that in real life this thing went at blazing speeds of 20 knots surfaced, and 9 knots submerged. It was in fact not 46 and 20.

[@vtr0104]

I was gonna say, they took some significant... liberties, with this thing. Submarines were normally designed to operate on extended patrols, not chase after Destroyers. They were designed for efficiency more than anything else. This thing is just ridiculous :|

[@drink15]

None of the ships in this game act like the real thing. Battleships take up to 10 mins to reach top speed and a mile to stop. So this and all subs work just fine.

[@stephenwilson0386]

@@drink15 compressing the time a battleship takes to accelerate and decelerate is a lot different than doubling a ship's real life speed. If this was apples to apples, we'd have battleships screaming around the map at 60+ knots.

[@wombat4191]

@@drink15 I think there's some difference between making changes to make the game more playable, and making one ship class so fast that it changes interaction between the ships completely. Making subs so fast that other ships have no chance to run away from them and DD's barely ever have chance to chase them is quite different from making BB's able to participate in the battle. Your argument is shit.

[@drink15]

@ That’s not what you said but ok. You compared real life to a game. Not one class with another.

[@tizme6105]

The USS Archerfish in her day was capable of a top speed of 20 knots on the surface and 8.75 knots submerged. I know its only a game but doubling her speed for it is ridiculous. If the Devs have to do that to give it an edge in-game then perhaps it is time to stop pretending that they are recreations of actual vessels. Subs were slow, they had to patrol for days just to see something they could attack. So slow them down, make them work a lot harder for their 'Kills" . Perhaps they can stay submerged a bit longer and start in a more central location on the map to compensate for their lack of speed.

[@Billswiftgti]

I agree in this. Make them even stealthier but also for God's sake, don't make them tanky enough to survive a full Iowa salvo. This is ridiculous.

[@MartialEmperor6344]

​@@Billswiftgtiwell yeh why r they given fking french saturation on steroids..I in a DD such as the Gdansk took 55 shell hits to kill the sub and he still lived wht in the actual fk

[@drink15]

None of the ships in this game act like the real thing. Battleships take up to 10 mins to reach top speed and a mile to stop. So this and all subs work just fine.

[@AlanRoehrich9651]

Show me a ship in World of Warships that performs as it did in real life. Now, show me a ship in World of Warships that players use the way they were used in real life.

[@Billswiftgti]

@@AlanRoehrich9651 it is not meant to be like this. Neither guns in FPS games work like irl. But it has to be close, not identical. Something completely off seems stupid, like a sub tanking Yamato shells lol

[@twinshark429]

Exactly what the WoWs community wanted/needs!

[@elliottbriggs3385]

Imagine going 45 knots at periscope depth in your ww2 era submarine Sounds like some "Historical Accuracy" to me xD

[@MartialEmperor6344]

There is no fking historical accuracy in this game ...

[@rolandhellmann3819]

Imagine playing a Khaba and get chased by a sub.

[@elliottbriggs3385]

@@MartialEmperor6344 I know, it was a sarcastic

[@MartialEmperor6344]

@@elliottbriggs3385 yeh I know

[@Shpacoo]

WG keeps destroying WoWs. In previous putch we got PanAm BBs and now Ranked are completely flooded with 2ndary spam. Not mentioning, it's often unplayable with 6/12 of Libertads / Los Andes. Now - super silly SUB, like U-4k wasnt enuff stupid.

[@IceQueenNL]

Yeah, I'm a daily player since launch 8 years ago but lately I'm raging behind my screen a lot and the balance is nowhere to be found anymore. Not between teams, not between ships. Not have much fun. 80% of the games or total stomps. Too much OP Premiums and Pan American BB line, how did that past testing (oh wait what testing, and they release them OP on purpose tbh). Still no plane spotting rework, 0 communication about it as well. Do they even work on it still? I'm about to take a long break after I played the free rewards from xmas. And wallet my is closed again, no xmas boxes, nothing. They release OP ships and lines on purpose, milk as much money as possible of the last players in this dying game. Greedy company, game went to crap.

[@553095481]

you can play columbo to really screw up those libertads, why complain?

[@IceQueenNL]

@ lol, so forcing people to play 1 certain ship is the solution? and fun too right playing one ship in the game and with others you still get owned like it a not funny joke, yeah good solution, you must be a Libertad main.

[@MM22966]

45 knot on the surface....That's just silly for a sub. Maybe if they said it was a nuclear sub I'd believe it!

[@Joshua-fi4ji]

Nuclear subs are slower, particularly on the surface. Nuclear subs are hydrodynamically configured to remain underwater, whereas WW2 subs spent most of the time on the surface. It's a silly speed no matter what, but it's also a silly speed for most DDs.

[@PigPissBeUponThem]

Colbert does like 45

[@davis6048]

Don't under estimate sub speed you don't have a clue and they sure not going to admit anything or post real speeds u moroooon

[@MM22966]

@@Joshua-fi4ji I am aware of that (Rickover USN era, Narwhal SSN, etc), but I lacked any good over-the-top comparison for how silly the surface speed is. Maybe WOWS will introduce hydrofoil gunboats at some point!

[@deadjester]

That is insane! 45.9 kts! Even modern nuclear powered fast attack subs can't reach more than 35 kts. The real Archerfish couldn't go faster than 20 kts. What a game, what a game

[@Andreas_T]

Another totally broken sub that can outrun most DDs. #PhysicsbyWG

[@MartialEmperor6344]

Not most all dds save for the french

[@hp8825]

Let's see what the counterplay is to that: You need a ship that has water bombs, so BBs, cruisers and DDs. You need a ship that has faster speed that Archerfish to catch it so just DDs. You need a ship that has hydro so you can see if the sub is turning elswhere with their insane rudder shift while you try to get on top and bomb them so the winner is ... noting. GJ WG. Once again you exceeded my expectations.

[@princeofkernow9875]

Err is it April fool day...45knot on the surface and at periscope depth...I guess we know the devs favourite drug...speed.

[@klmnts]

8:57 Hilarious as always Trenlass 😂

[@Omaba_Baba]

OMG you got a gun kill... the ultimate disrespect.

[@MartialEmperor6344]

The subs and cvs in this game are already the ultimate disrespect to the other ship classes which actually have to be played with effort

[@GodOfWaaar]

Regarding the speed of submersables & just to be crystal clear: 28 knots are roughly 50 km/h. 45 knots are 83 km/h. Bismarck had a top speed of 30.6 kn (57 km/h) and the Mogador class 39 kn (72 km/h). The USS Archerfish of 20.25 kn (37.5 km/h) surfaced and 8.75 kn (16.21 km/h) submerged. And you have to keep in mind that the water resistance is way higher than the air resistance.

[@trenlass809]

and you have to keep in mind this is an arcade game and not realistic at all :D

[@HyperBassYT]

@@trenlass809 precisely

[@GodOfWaaar]

thx Trenlass :D I love your attempt for historical accuracy

[@Belgianbanshee]

Yeah....the "just dodge" went out of the window

[@HyperBassYT]

Holy shit, this sub is fully decked out

[@xXOPxLunaXx]

Everyone is talking about the crazy speed but i think it having homing torpedoes is actually busted. Cant evade them it looks like.

[@trenlass809]

super easy to evade as a battleship for example they work like any other homing torp

[@stelios7965]

40+ knots at periscope with 6min of battery and extra battery consumable and heal and combat instuctions... seems fine

[@thegeneral123]

Well this will be a valuable addition to the game...

[@unowno123]

this isn't a submarine anymore, this is just a DD with vulnerability to ASW and the ability to hide

[@MartialEmperor6344]

It's literally a french DD on steroids that's wht it ismmit has no vulnerability at all ..a dumb sub human player if even if he gets caught there's no way in hell he's getting aswd cause of the the damn base speed plus speed boost and the heals

[@Taooflu]

WG likes to bend reality to its liking.

[@stelios7965]

i have quite a few games on the u-4501 and it’s pretty op imo but at least it’s downside is it’s slow on the surface but this thing take it to another level …. it can go as fast a kleber (withouth speed boost) so 99% of dds can’t even catch it if you manage to damage it has a heal and for the icing on the cake if you manage to catch it with its pants down ie with depleted battery it has 2 sap guns …. what’s a old and slow bb suppose to do against like yamato … you can’t really kite away cause it will catch you and can’t really kill it because of the heal…. like at least again the u4501 if you start kiting he either has to submerge to catch and lose vision of you for himself and teammates or go 20kn and keep you lit …. like there is no counter against it

[@gustavsudspitz1472]

Subs had a Design Flaw, they should be a Module Damage that Blocks Dive or Forces Submerge.

[@onenote6619]

40+ knots above and below water?? Did they infuse the vodka with crack?

[@fabianaguilar3537]

They are rich white dudes. They don’t do crack. They are snorting classy cocaine with all the money they will get from this bullshit.

[@MartialEmperor6344]

It's pure BS

[@edomar2r]

This is the 2024 model guys so it checks out.

[@mustafa.k.90]

Faster than Ferrari

[@Sandwich_Slayer]

Great video, thanks !

[@EdgarAllenHo]

I’m waiting for them to add the uss barb and give it a rocket ranged attack.

[@battle__chick]

The evil laugh says it all... What a broken sub.

[@CanuckianSledCult]

I've been a casual player since beta and so I don't earn too much steel as I don't play Clan Wars or Brawls. I really wish they'd allow us more opportunities to earn steel, or let us use coal at 1 to 3 ratio or something.

[@timothytardiesr576]

Gun kill with a sub! Well done. Keep being awesome.

[@dariusztrocyszyn4971]

When I play, usually most players in my team runs away

[@ReesArchibald]

Personally I wouldn’t be laughing at game breaking stuff if a huge part of my income was derived from said game…. ^_^

[@Erik_Ice_Fang]

Out if curiosity, can you use RPF if you are in a submerged submarine?

[@vitezslavlorenc3479]

No.

[@frontsightm1a]

There are modern attack submarines that don’t go that fast surfaced or submerged.

[@etc21228]

imagine your teammate scolding you for not chasing this Sub,while you playing a DD with max speed 38kts or slower.

[@MartialEmperor6344]

Yeh I mean look at trenlass. He just like didn't even have to break a sweat didn't even need to act like it didn't even need to position just torp and forget ...rinse and repeat and ppl in this chat r asking if this thing will be available for steel or not

[@Corporalis]

I am a bit between a rock and a hard place here. I hate subs and their players but I actually like Trenlass... Damn those are hard times

[@TheDgamesD]

will she be available for steel after the event or no?

[@jamesanderson6616]

yes it will

[@gregorturner9421]

how do you get the archerfish?

[@trenlass809]

Next patch 36000 steel

[@gregorturner9421]

@@trenlass809 arrrgghh. im up to like 25k steel such a pain trying to get it.

[@MrAbomosaa]

​@gregorturner9421 With coupon -15% it will be 30k

[@andrewsokol3116]

How can someone who loves this game promote submarines?

[@oddjock]

45.9kts are you having a laugh

[@smaug9617]

Nice 👍

[@ottertok-w2k]

Is this Sub available in the new update?

[@jamesanderson6616]

in the steel will event and will be added to the armory afterwards

[@ottertok-w2k]

@@jamesanderson6616 Thanks

[@rollyunicorn]

36000 steel.

[@TallulahSoie]

Someone please explain what cavitation is to Wargaming...

[@JohnSmith-ux3tt]

Another reason not to click the Battle button?

[@andrelascasas3156]

It's a real ship with real data available. 20kts surfaced and 9kts submerged.

[@aaronsmith600]

a 40kt submarine.. oy... surface or submerged. for a WW2 sub... nah. but. It IS a a game so...

[@MartialEmperor6344]

A game that WG is trying extremely hard to fk up

[@zekaiy.873]

This is unholly.

[@Berthold-s9c]

6 DCP on it is absolutely annoying

[@matthewboatman705]

The real Archerfish could only do about 18 knots surfaced.........seems legit.

[@Wegarax]

I think its so funny that some ppl say it's the WORST Sub in the Game... xD

[@AlanRoehrich9651]

I'll take it!

[@draconisgubernator]

this game is totally ruined, no fun, unbalanced shit

[@Anders57292]

Stupid contraption, outrunning most DDs in a sub.

[@miroslawalbin5761]

44kts under water... WTF?

[@maget7688]

How about a gun only challenge loool

[@2138Dude]

Next sub with radar and torpedo reload consumable please

[@davis6048]

That was one of the funniest videos I have seen . I have seen for a while.Looking forward to getting this sub and the Russian subs also.

[@MartialEmperor6344]

Ah yes the newest version of cancer yet ...ggs players

[@tomhoni9642]

sunk by subs deck gun.... how rude :D

[@peterchang2310]

This is just stupid, with that speed, how are DDs going to catch up to drop depth charges? Shouldn't subs be slower and more unforgiving to play?

[@alphax4785]

Just play Kleber / Marceau ;)...

[@MartialEmperor6344]

​@@alphax4785yeh like that will help so dd players r now supposed to only play the french DD line now?why not ask WG to remove all the other fking classes and make it world of subs and cvs? That will solve everything for ya

[@adsfwef1331]

This boat is so toxic to play against. Why does WG keep doing this???

[@JohnSmith-ux3tt]

They apparently want people to stop playing BBs, CA/CLs and DDs. Based on the last few weeks - it seems to be working.

[@leisureshoot]

The game is dying, so they are milking what's left of it's carcass

[@MrAlbutiu]

👌

[@endorphin1873]

The situation with subs is one big 💩 show. Sry. Wth is WG thinking? I guess nothing! Whats the counter to this broken rockets? Drive to the other flank. Well done WG 👍

[@nunobarros3629]

And now….another river of tears from subs haters. Counting the days for this sub to get nerfed.

[@bandmangold5160]

🖖

[@blacko3539]

It's not worth playing at tier 8 and above anymore. Such toxic shit

[@MrDonleon65]

Serioulsy 45 kts in periscope depth how is that balanced, wg should fire the balancing department a long time ago, this is a joke.

[@dawnstar9811]

I dislike your smile on your face. I have not enjoyed any game with the Archer fish. It is introduced at the same time that lots of people get a Schlieffen. Which they take to random battle with the 3point captain without modules. archerfish is only available for the better then average player base with to many coins and XP. So i have ptsd of my random sub dying to a archerfish and my Schlieffens brawling into an archerfish. So please do not smile

[@bigred8313]

What does the funny button do on this abomination?

[@MartialEmperor6344]

Make everyone's life a living hell

[@fotiskatirtzis]

I think they hate their own game.. !!! they want people to stop playing it !!! every patch is more worst than ever....

[@drink15]

To everyone compairing this to the real sub... None of the ships in this game act like the real thing. Battleships can take up to 10 mins to reach top speed and a mile to stop. So this and all subs work just fine.

[@tizme6105]

Many serving ships within each class and era were of a similar top speed, with a few exceptions, so it is pretty easy to scale the in-game speed to suit the game time etc. The problem with the patrolling submarines is that other than older merchant ships of the time, there was little that a sub could keep up with so they patrolled on the off chance of finding a target or they lay in wait - like the wolf-packs. So surely they can scale the speed in the same manner consistent with most other classes but give them an ability to pick a start point a lot further in on the map. There they can either sit and wait, or hunt to their heart's content. So if you suddenly come across a sub where you least expect it, then it would be much more realistic and everyone relies much more on tactics not BS blownout speed advantages.

[@tomstephens2648]

World of Speedboats.No wonder this game is dead.

[@MartialEmperor6344]

No it's world of subs and cvs

[@user-ne1vx7mj1b]

Thought Gato made 36 on surface?

[@MartialEmperor6344]

But this is going 45 kt's it never went even close to these speeds even in 1970s when it was refitted and stuff

[@trenlass809]

nope it makes nearly 40 knots with propeller shaft active

[@PigPissBeUponThem]

Another for steel? Awwwwwwwwgh