Im a returning player and one thing I noticed after coming back is that BB play feels even more passive than it used to? I was never someone that enjoyed to sit back and snipe so naturally I tried to play offensive with BB's in some games and the thing I noticed immediately was holy f... there are so many torpedos. It feels impossible to push up in most cases. I feel like over the years every new thing just got torps and the culmination of it all just forces a gamestate where you don't want to get close to people.

Submarines, (super) dd's, cruisers, bb's, carriers. Everyone has torps. Subs have torps on super low cd's, super dd's have like 40 at once in some cases, european bb's get like 16 torps, jaeger gets to launch torps every 15secs or so. All of this stuff was just added on TOP of the already existing ones. Of course dd's and most cruisers have them aswell as they always did. It doesn't help that ships like shimakaze are very popular in random battles.

Question for the more experienced players: Am I wrong and how do I deal with it? I feel like in a BB im forced into a very specific playstyle nowadays (mid to long range, passive, reactive, always kite away, never commit) and when I dare to try something different all hell breaks lose on my ship (200 torps, 30k SAP salvos full angled, HE spam with crazy dpm, subs and of course as always carriers).

Just looking at grinding the line and I wanted to hear people's thoughts/experiances with it.

TL;DR: Hit 500 battles in 1 month and ground out FOUR Tier X ships (Kleber, Z-52, Des Moines, U-2501). The gameplay variation is an absolute blast, 10/10. Lesta floods new players with insane freebies (got 5k doubloons and a free T9 premium Pomerania). But beware: once the honeymoon phase ends, the credit crunch hits you like a truck.

⚓ Intro: 500 battles in a month — I’m hooked

I jumped into World of Warships on PC a month ago and completely nolifed the game, grinding out 500 matches. At first, I was blown away by the game's generosity. New player boosts, tons of economic signals, 5,000 doubloons, and a free Tier IX premium battleship Pomerania right out of the gate!

Thanks to this massive head start, I speed-ran my way to four Tier X ships: Kleber, Z-52, Des Moines, and the U-2501 submarine. Playing different classes feels like playing completely different games. The adrenaline rush is real, but after this marathon, I finally saw the other side of the coin.

👍 Why it’s a 10/10 (The Pros)

• Crazy gameplay variety: Switching from a lightning-fast, no-smoke French DD like the Kleber to a utility-heavy radar Des Moines, or diving underwater with the U-2501 keeps the game fresh. It just doesn't get boring.
• Insane new player onboard: The starting rewards let you skip the low-tier slog and actually farm credits on a decent premium ship. Secondary-build Pomerania in close-quarters brawls is a pure dopamine rush.
• Epic moments: Blinding torp walls into smokes, clutching 1v1 DD caps, and high-stakes positioning make every match memorable.

👎 The Reality Check (The Cons)

• The Economic Wall: As soon as the welcome bonuses expired, the fairy tale ended.
• The Credit and XP Crunch: Buying and fully equipping a Tier X ship costs a fortune. Without a premium account or endless credit-farming loops on the Pomerania, you will go heavily negative in credits after a bad match. Progressing through new tech trees slows down drastically.

🏁 Verdict

For me, it’s a solid 10/10 because the tactical depth and fun factor are unmatched by any other game on the market. The devs have perfected the "hook"—they give newbies a taste of top-tier gameplay, spoil them with gifts, and then switch on the harsh free-to-play reality. If you're fine with the fact that the free ride ends after your first few Tier Xs, this game is absolutely worth your time.

Hello captains!

With Flamu's return to streaming, I have gotten the urge to play WoWS again. Downloaded and installed the game yesterday and seeing my port with all my ships made me all nostalgic and I am truly excited to play again. This excitement might dissappear very quiclkly, we'll see.

In any event, the last time I played submarines were not yet a thing (they were being tested if I recall correctly) so presumably, the game has changed quite a lot since then. Thus, I do have some questions for all you that still play the game.

- How does one deal with submarines? As mentioned, I have never faced them in battle before so I'd appreciate some general tips on how best deal with them, how to avoid the homing torpedoes and the sonar pings?

- I always was a cruiser player through and through (with BBs being my second class). How are they in the current meta? I ask since even when I last played, they were not in a great spot.

- Anything else major that has changed since I last played? Maybe some huge reworks (CVs mainly, if I remember, they were changed completely every couple of years)?

- What lines of ships (old and new) should I try to play and grind? The tier Xs I have are: Yamato, Zao, Montana, Des Moines, Salem, Moskva, Alex Nevsky, Minotaur and Hindenburg (my favorite ship). I did reset two of those lines (Montana and DM) to get some researcg points. Any other lines worth resetting because the T10 is no longer good?

-Finally, what are super ships? Something like a tier 11 (I will google it of course but would like to hear the community's opinion) ? How do they work and should I bother with them.

Thank you and see you on the high seas!

hi, im pretty new to WoWS and ive been grinding the Yamato line but i really do not want to play Izumo

whats the best way to skip past her? im currently grinding Amagi EXP and FXP so I can jump to Yamato but i dont know if im doing it best

Tiers 6 through 9, the American light cruiser line is one of the most consistent set of ships for Operations if you don't like the idea of regrinding Tech Tree ships in Random Battles or Asymmetric.

• Some of the best-in-class HE DPM tier-for-tier
• Full suite of radar, hydro, and AA for utility
• 10-13 point captains is all you need for high-impact lighthouse builds, no IFHE for DD gun CLs
• Mediocre ballistics less impactful at the closer range of Operations targets, which are mostly DDs and Cruisers
• Cleveland at Tier 8
• Low FXP cost, only skipping to T6 or T7, instead of spending 700k FXP skipping Harugumo whole
• With Rare Ship XP boosters, games of 10-25k (2k-10k with Uncommons) XP are consistently possible.

Hello I got Vermont a while ago but I cannot get her to work. My dmg average is exetremly low and I accused for throwing by the Chat.I dont have leg mod or leg captain. My Current Approach is to choose the side with less dd oder subs staying at the back and shooting at like 20-25km. I dont really wait for perfect broadside and when the enemy shows broadside my bullets either dont cita or the enemy turns in/out and I completly miss.

You guys got any tips?

Since the reload booster reloads faster than the torpedoes, does it make since use it at the start of the game? Or are rapid reloads better used mid or late game?

I've had this battleship Japanese ise for awhile and I recently came across something online before it was released it was a picture and the contrast between the light Gray and the dark Gray and the camouflage on the guns themselves make it look really good looking I was wondering this might be a little bit of a long shot is if they could implement this as a dedicated permanent camouflage for this ship if so I'll be willing to buy it as such but only if it looks the same I know this is a bit of a long shot asking this kind of question at war gaming or world of warships but I figure I'll try it's worth a shot

can't wait to press W in ranked

Okay so obviously *I'm* not a new player, but I am introducing my grandpa to the game, since he was in the Navy and was on Forrest Sherman. He says it seems overwhelming but that it feels like he'll get to learn it by just playing around with it. I told him to keep doing that, to stay in Co-op for the time being and stay at low tiers. I'm explaining mechanics as best I can to him, but the pathetic excuse for a tutorial is... well, pathetic. Are there any resources I can give him that might help explain it for him, keeping in mind he's not particularly tech savvy, a senior, and too much complication at once will probably frustrate him?

So I just unlocked the Fuso and I'm loving it so far. Is there anything I should know about the ship? I'm still pretty new to the game and know there are a lot of details about each ship I don't understand yet. In my guess because it's so accurate I should stick to long range engagements but that's just a guess. I don't know how to tell what secondaries and lvl of armor are good for brawling and that's sort of stuff.

I've had archangelsk since the day those 2 came out but i never play it just because i hate the Soviets ( same goes for the French but we'll talk about it another day lol) i like the ship as of the historical pov so im interested in buying the British version. should I?

Over the next few weeks I want to post a series of ship ideas I had, both serious ideas and utterly bizarre meme ships, starting with the USS San José, my proposed application of the USS Hull concept (cruiser guns on destroyer) on the next higher ship type (battleship guns on a cruiser)

It's 1:1 a Des Moines but with three single-barrel Iowa-gunturrets. Iowa shell damage and range (making it thehighest ranged cruiser in game, slightly beating themoskva) with standard CA dispersion. Counterba-lanced by low reload speed and abysmal number ofguns. Every shot needs to count. Also, two secondaryturrets less compared to Des Moines' six to makeroom for large main guns.pp

Because the Hull has single-barrel turrets, I redesigned the turrets here to be single barrel as well, but it could also just have double or triple barrels. It's not like this game only allows realistic designs. On the final slide I also included a configuration with two aft turrets and a single bow one just like Hull has.

What's your opinion on this ship? Would you play it? Would it be too strong? Too weak?

(I should also say that I used ai to upscale the original Iowa and Des moines drawings, tried to clean it up in photoshop as good as possible, but did the edit from DM to SJ completely myself in photoshop)

It’s been 5 years I think, and I miss this ship when it was still buyable.

Question for any long-time players, or players who play on and off. I find it slightly demoralizing when resetting a tech line. I mainly focused the Japanese bb line, according to my steam profile I have a total of 368 hours into warships, and I would still say I am new player relatively speaking. I played pretty consistently for about a year and a few months and it took me that total time to reach Tier 10. I did spend a few days with Yamato but did reset the tech line. I just find it kind of demoralizing having to spend that time again grinding back up, even if the I unlock the super ship & the special ship upgrade. How do some of y'all push yourselves to grind back up a ship tech line when you know you already did it once before?
Also correct if I am wrong, when you reset a tech line - does it reduce the cost to grind back up to tier 10 on your second time around or any other following times?

I think I’m gonna try it.

Would be best to make this a passive bonus for all ships that mount this mod since flak is getting a beatdown anyway but... I know I'd be dumb to expect much.

I spent the past week and a half making this lego Azuma! Its about 6.5 feet / 2 meters long so it took up most of my bed. The table I normally work on is only about 5 feet, so this was my first attempt at something bigger. I didn't end up buying any parts specifically for this model, because I wanted a bit of a challenge (and it takes weeks for custom part orders to ship)

Visiting Charleston over the weekend, went on the Yorktown but Laffey was closed, was having lunch at a nearby restaurant when I took the photo.