Im going to wait on German BBs. The Cruiser line doesnt interest me. The Soviet DD line is kind of interesting. But the early tier ships are horrible.
dud
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Did anyone else get a few "gift" boats in the last few days? It looks like I received two Russian boats and their associated slots. I've played one ... it's fast, maneuvers well but is easily shot to pieces. I doubt that I will keep it for long.
The slots are appreciated ...
The slots are appreciated ...
KMFJD
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500k Credits
Aurora Ship
https://na.alienwarearena.com/giveaways/world-of-warships-bonus-code-invite-code-key-giveaway
Hurry before they are gone...
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500k Credits
Aurora Ship
https://na.alienwarearena.com/giveaways/world-of-warships-bonus-code-invite-code-key-giveaway
Hurry before they are gone...
Canada/USA only offer
microAmp
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Lifer
- Feb 13, 2003
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Just worked for me at 11:10 AM EST too, thanks.
This past weekend I was reminded how much it matters to be on the winning team, even if you don't do much during the game. I had one of my best games ever in a destroyer, with 4 ships sunk and 20 hits (the latter not being amazing, but it was an IJN destroyer, Minekaze, so it has shit guns). I did 70,000 damage from torps. But the game was a draw (we were SO close to winning, just had a single CV to take out) and I came out with f'ing 895 XP. 8... 9... 5. What a load of fuck.
Actually, I find it much more even than WoT. On a loss it is damn hard to get 1k exp in WoT. In WoWS it is much more possible and often done every game by the top 2 losing contributors.
Also, you get much more experience for %damage done on a ship than raw damage done. So if you solo a destroyer 100%, you get more exp than doing 50% damage to a BB.
Fallen Kell
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Yes, this is on of the things that I really like about the current system. Even if MM puts you on the team that is essentially screwed, the top people on the losing team still get decent exp. I also think the exp is more based on % of damage against a ship as well as factoring in total damage vs hp of your own ship (so that if you are in a cruiser that only has 12-13k hp but did 20k damage, you are going to get some decent exp for the match).
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Lifer
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Hmm. Good to know about the XP earning. I don't recall how damaged the ships I sunk were before I torped them. I would think one or maybe two were full health, though. I do know I was in the top three on the team, maybe second or first. I'll have to check when I get home later.
dud
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Thank you. Used key at 2000 Monday night. The Aurora is a great ship. Three (3) kills my first engagement ...
Game is approaching unplayable levels right now. With CVs non-existent each game plays the same way. Each team gets 3-5 DDs. Whichever teams DDs win the DD fight goes on to pick off every other ship via invisibility + mass torp spam.
dud
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I've been playing for months now and finally reached level 9 after many, many battles. I suppose that level 9 is the "highest" level attainable as the game shows no way to proceed further. I guess that by the time that you've completed level 9 you should have the skills needed to be successful in WOW ... and now it is time to drop some cash (and I do mean CASH) into buying doubloons if I want to proceed past tier 3/4 ships.
If I am misunderstanding the game and the business model please correct me ...
Thank you!
dud, I'll give you the short answer: No. Unless you don't play much for one reason or another, getting past tier 4 in ships is not hard.
You probably play several ship classes? I only play cruisers. Since late closed beta.
I'm an average player with a T8 cruiser. I have the USN New Orleans, which I don't play anymore because the "NO" is simply a drag on the team in most T8 matches in the hands of an average captain. (If anyone else is reading this, just compare it to the Mogami...torps, HE spam, what exactly will T8 - T10 BBs fear from a cruiser? Hint: not the "NO".)
Back on topic. I've never spent a dime on the game. Fully upgraded, certain ships in the cruiser lines "print" silver and XP.
I can speak from direct experience that the T4 Phoenix and the T5 Omaha "print". In the right hands the Cleveland does the same. You can stop right there. The T7 Pensacola is garbage (my average opinion). I already mentioned the T8 New Orleans.
On the German side I have experience with T1 through T6. The early German cruisers are fun but not very effective, while T4 "Karlsruhe" is complete crap. At T5 the Konigsburg is fun and somewhat effective, but difficult to play for reasons I won't go into. At T6 the Nurnburg is the same exact thing. Fully upgraded of course.
IJN cruisers have (currently) a rough spot at T3, Tenryu, but every other tier is fine or better since they fixed the "Furry-Taco". Well there is a bit of disgruntlement at T9 but I can't speak to that.
Short answer: Don't spend money unless you want to.
Your individual skill ranking does not matter much. 8 was the end all be all skill level, then they added 9 which allows you to play ranked battles (currently offline). There is no skill learning, it is just based on overall exp earned. You could faceplant your way to the top level. It is no different than faceplanting your way to high tier game play.
The business model, similar to their other games is that without premium, the game is profitable for the average player at tier ~6 and for the good players to ~8. With premium, you can absolutely maintain a profit at the top tiers. But one bad game can put you in the red for a long time.
If you want to progress to the end tiers, you will be forced to play mid tier ships every few games to maintain a profit in credits. This is intended so that the game does not become empty at lower tiers and forces a diverse and healthy gaming population.
This is what wargaming has stated specifically in relation to Tanks, I don't think they have said it in relation to ships, but it is reasonable to assume so.
what tier? I'm hovering around 5-7 and there's plenty of CVs. Only 1/3 game has no CVs and low tier DDs have a thin line between invis-torps and being spotted. Only tier 8+ DDs have a safe invis-torp range, but they have a huge reload.
Jeshu4ever
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game is too slow. takes about 15 minutes jsut for the shooting to get started and when im hooked on coffee forget it^^
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Lifer
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Haha. I'd say a closer estimate, in my experience, is about 2-3 minutes at the most.
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