My single biggest mistake, and I'm still making it after 4+ years is not looking at the minimap often enough. Tunnel vision on one or two enemies is a good way to get sunk quickly. Also, sometimes retreat and sacrificing a teammate is quite ok. And be aware of your own and your enemies capabilities, i.e. firing range, torpedo ranges, radar/hydro availability etc.
@@doppiomilos6114 yep. When you repeat a campaign mission you no longer get the single reward (flags or credits usually) but you do get the star. The only reason to do every campaign mission is that once you have finished all of them there are some achievements for getting 100%, but these give nothing other than a virtual "well done".
This is a really good tips because i once was doing such campaign missions on find some to be really difficult to do. It's only a few months mater someone told me i could just repeat the missions and thats how i finished all the campaigns lol
When I get a new ship I watch video reviews/replays and I take the ship out in Co-op mode to develop a feel fro it. By doing so, I avoid having my random wr from being totally destroyed while I learn about the strength and weakness of the ship. I wish i had done that earlier, Good Video as always SLM!
The biggest noob mistake I used to make was that I had no idea about angling your armour so I thought that the nose was a big weakspot due to the armour being more thin. so I used to always show flat broadside since I thought that's how I would make the most of my armour.
Lolyeah I was the guy who couldn’t believe how easily people let me cross the T and open up full broadside,. Then didn’t quite grasp right away until I looked it up why I was getting absolutely destroyed
@@jesseg8374 It's so hard to not do that on the few times I play as a BB. I'm like, I'm crossing the T, it's Jutland all over again, except, I won't blow it like Jellicoe!
Tip: You don't have to do all the missions of Campaigns, you can repeat the easiest missions to get stars and progess to Expert Commanders. (Yamamoto or Halsey)
You should have mentioned that there are some modules you may want to keep. Some American torpedo modules are useful to have both. Also the guns on the big German battleships you may want to have both.
Even using the f-key communication is incredibly useful. I think destroyers are not balanced correctly. As soon as a team loses its destroyers, they're at an extreme disadvantage. It's slightly alleviated by carriers, but if there were 3 destroyers per side and one side loses all three while killing 2 battleships and a cruiser, the team with no destroyers has an 85% or more chance of losing even though the numbers are even. Weekends are the worst because the potato destroyers come out in swarms.
The second point is kinda big. When I started playing actively, a year or so ago, i played a very close game where we only had to cap and we would've won but i was a noob and didn't know what to do and kept shooting and getting shot at thus resetting the flag. Naturally i was flamed, even after the game. After i told him I had no idea what happened, why he was mad at me and that i was new, first t6 probably, he actually explained and was nice. Communication is key. Many are nice people after all but expect people to be at their level.
Honestly, I bought the Kidd before I had the trot opened up. Yeah, I sucked with it for a while, but it really boosted my own abilities. When I went back down to grind my tier I was a much better player. So it wasn’t all bad.
One Mistake (I still do) is playing co-op mode. It is good for tier I-III to learn the very basics but you get best results by yoloing in and torping left and right. Thank you for this tipps, I am coming back to this game after years and your tipps are really helpfull.
I made that mistake. Been playing about 12 months, grinded out t10 in coop but i cant play it in random. Playing random is like starting all over again.
@@throdwobblermangrove6200 Its true mate. Was hard work. But it left me with no random battle skills. Ive dropped back down to T5's and feel like a novice again lol.
On #2, I've tried joining a clan so I can learn and get better and group up with people. Clans I was in never grouped up and wouldn't help me get better. I just can't find a good clan that welcomes newer players and actually group up. So I've spent my last 30-45 days of play to just being solo.
Hi. I'm not a newb WoW player, but I am new in this channel. I was thinking, maybe something like "10 WoW myths busted" or something like that would be REALY interesting. Just a random suggestion. Anyway, I hope oneday you will have million+ subs. Good job.
Selling tier V and above ships is a mistake. Yes, you can get some credits fast. But at the end of the year it is the snowflake campaign. When every tier V-VII ship will get you 750 coal. Ships VIII-IX will get 75 steel. And tier X will give you tickets to Santa Claus containers (aka free premium ships). Oh, and if you really really want specific premium ships wait for the Halloween. The black ships are sold at a great discount and they look great.
I have only been playing the game since early last summer, but my hubby has played for 6 years and was the one to get me into the game. When you said that I could sell the stock modules, this was new information. He did not tell me this. I am very excited to have about 5 mil credits back. Thank you!
biggest tip i can think of is to play the class you are mad at after getting sunk by it or whatever. it was an eye opener for me, first with DDs, then CVs and now subs. im one of these people that think that this class is unfair, i had no chance, etc. etc. until i play it myself and see all the negatives that class comes with.
Biggest mistakes that drive people crazy - new players rush up the line (like you said), then just sit in the back or hide behind an island and hope your team carries you. CVs; for example, like to just sit in the back and do almost nothing helpful (spotting, etc). 1st - if you sit in the back (the enemy DDs and Subs know where to find you and will sneak around to get back there and take you out as soon as they can get there. 2nd - you spend all your time flying and none of it fighting. If you have a CV near the caps (in a safe place) your planes have to fly a lot less distance and are on the fight right away. You get more flights off = more attacks = more damage = more help to your team = better results. Still, you see some guy with 250 games in his T110 CV just sitting still in the back and doing nothing helpful at all, flying str8 forward and attacking which ever ship he sees 1st. I had a game where a guy in a T10 Cruiser is hiding behind an island next to the cap I am in (with my DD), the enemy DD comes in and stops me from capping... no radar help and he can't shoot anything as the rock he hides behind also prevents him for fighting - about as helpful as someone who is AFK. I got killed in the cap as I had no support and he ended up retreating towards the spawn, only to be killed by the enemy that pushed through our cap - Why not actually... idunno, HELP? Use your radar to help your teammates find the enemy so they might kill them or at least turn them away. Don't just save it for your own use as you will likely die having never used some (if not all) of your radars. Same with smoke, use it to hel p hide a teammate that needs time to regroup, maybe do some healing, not to just hide and wait for a blind torp to take you out. I've been playing since it was in Beta (about 7 years), it used to be that you had to grind and it took forever to get a T10, now they about hand them out to someone with less then 100 games. Remember them saying that no one will EVER be able to just purchase a T10 ship? What happened to that promise? IT went out the window with the other promise that they "GARUANTEE - THERE WILL NEVER ( N E V E R) BE SUBS IN THIS GAME. Remember that guarantee?
Chat does not work in EU. Not only it's mostly used to insult people, but too much people does not chat in english. And not only in german, french, spanish or italian, but even in those languages written in cyrillic Klingon.
Chat in EU sucks. Either no one communicates, or it's filled with players that refuse to speak English (and of that it's 9/10 times always the Germans)
Sea Lord, although you are correct about these points, it really lets the devs off the hook of the real fix. Why should new players have to play for 1000 years at tiers 1-5 before getting good ships. Yes, early players had to grind forever, that's not an answer. What happens after those players play for 1000 years at T5 and then go up to T10? They'll still suck. How about 2000 years, they'll still suck. They'll never really catch up to players who played the game since beta, has all the OP ships that you cannot get anymore (or only from a super scarce currency). If we had a skills based matchmaker all problems would be solved, including these issues. The real problem with the game is it is nothing but a troll game. CVs/Subs troll actual PvP players. Veterans with OP ships troll players who are not veteran or who do not have OP ships. Players in a unicum div trolls every team they meet. Problem with a troll game, is there is no place for anyone who is NOT a troll. New players should avoid this game. Casual players should avoid this game. Players who did not join during beta should avoid this game. Basically only the super-unicum players who started during beta and have all the BS ships and are in a BS clan should play the game against others who are exactly the same. Everyone else is just a pinata and not a participant.
@@badcopnodonut08 If the dev team would fix the problems with the game, more of the existing players would buy more and we'd have 3 times the player base which means even more money.
13:56 - This is probably why I have a 57% win rate on my Tirpitz. Most people think I'm just another dumb Tirpitz player who doesn't know their ship and what they're doing. When really I'm like one of the most experienced Tirpitz players in all of NA with >2350 games in the thing. That and I may be a psychopath when I sail that thing.
Another good thing about playing a second class is, you learn the problems as well as the threats of the class. A recent game, I was in a DD with a sub ahead of me, sub was spotted by the CV and fighters dropped on top. I proceeded to charge and dropped depth charges on his head when he pinged at probably 30m down, he died.
Hey I would have never gotten into this game if it wasn't for the Atago! I think if you're buying a high tier premium ship get ready for a baptism by fire. I learned a LOT from my first few matches lol. It does help to have friends knowledgable about the game playing with you... but still.
I have to disagree, WoWS is not a team game. It's a pre-made focused game with some random jerks thrown into your matches, like with any MOBA. The helpful vs. troll ratio in chat is 1-99.
I agree it's not a team game because we compete with everyone to get the kills, many players will just shoot at the ships that are almost dead. I had one DD run across the map to get the final blow on a BB I was soloing.
"Pls keep Flanks balanced" "Pls support A (or any other) Crew) "Pls Dont rush" "Pls push a little" And so on.. Those lines have turned a lots of Matches to the better,when typed for teamplayers,by Teamplayers. Of course theres Always those kind of Mates,just caring about their DPM,or being single Warriors. But..just a little "Teamplay",watching the Mini map, comunicate could help out of bad Situations,or might even turn a Match completley! Thx for mention,Sealord!👍 (Nodding allready to the "High Tier" topic😂)
Been Playing WoT for over a decade and tried WoW when it first came out I think I got to like tier 5 or 6 but I am thinking about trying it out again. One of my favorite games in high school was Battlestations: Midway on xbox it WoW reminds me of that game.
If you watch the games you will notice ships crashing into each other and crashing into islands. We all have a tendency to stay in sniper view and watch our rounds to gauge the accuracy for the next shot. By doing that we lock in on tunnel vision forget about steering and where our allies and other enemies are whose talking to us and even the location of land mass. Try to pop out of sniper view when in the heat of pursuit and check your surroundings. Maneuvers are crucial to survival and knowing what your ships strengths and weaknesses are. Knowing your enemies ship and her capabilities plus what weapons it carries is huge. Go into settings and change the HUD view to full and you get a ton of information displayed on screen all the time instead of having to go to sniper view to get it.
I really dislike that port slots are not near as plentiful for those that aren’t throwing money to get dubs to buy them at 300dubs/slot. Having them as mission rewards was way better than this current bullshit system.
I would disagree with number one mistake. The real game begins starting from tier VIII ships and thanks to gift from my relative. I suck in the begining playing with Tirpitz in the begining but later it make grind easier with German BB. So I replace with map awarness and I still usually caught when for example brawling.
You have to tier up for playing other modes, I set off the chat indeed because of the jerks. I didn`t know that about the credits, thanks for this hint.
I'd say one time getting a higher premium ship is specifically for Clan Activities. I got a Bayard for Random Ops with my clan when my highest ship was a tier 5. That really helped a lot in learning team play from my clan in Ops. This last thanksgiving I bought my daughter a Mainz B for her birthday. She was totally new but we spent hours working together on the ins and outs of game mechanics. In Clan Battles after a week of working with her she's an amazing player. Though she points out that like me she's prior military and follow instructions. LoL 😆
Not necessarily mistakes but here's a few points from me: 1. Make your minimap as big as possible. Situational awareness is critical, a larger map makes it easier to see what's going on, and to do things like minimap shooting. 2. Just get the coal in the daily containers. The rewards from the other ones just aren't as good. Getting the coal from daily containers will make getting coal ships, commanders, etc. much faster. 3. Artillery in this game is super buggy, toggle X (or whatever your target lock is) at least twice to make sure you get the dispersion boost for being locked onto a target. 4. Don't be afraid to make risky plays/try new strategies. Sure going to one of the flanks is the safest way to play, and frequently is the right choice, it's also good to mix things up, try going mid or pushing in a little further than you're comfortable with. Sure sometimes you'll get sunk, but you'll learn strategies for maps, more about your ships and general game sense. 5. Use the wiki/wowsnumber/port view. Learning about the ships in the game is incredibly important. It is a bit of a time investment but knowing the range on that DDs torpedos, the length of the cruisers radar or the quirks of getting pens on the BBs citadel is going to make you much better at playing your ship and countering other players.
Tip: Don't turn off the sound or play music over game-sound. I've lost count of all the times I've been rammed because the other guy didn't hear my horn. I run a "casual clan". Just play and get bonuses. No need to div. up or play clanbattles. I don't get why some players don't want that. Also: Guys who join a clan and then don't play for three weeks. Why join if you're not gonna use it? If you play regulary premium time is the way to go. The funniest noob misstake? Players who FXP:ed up the Pan-Asia DD-line and don't know what a DW-torp is.
I don't know if you can really call it a "mistake" BUT, I would 100% learn to aiming ships in motion. And, imo, the easiest way to do so is by using dynamic crosshair OR just use the monogram one in the modstation or aslains. And then just try to learn ships speed by heart OR also download a mod that shows ships maxspeed (I used to like a mod called "assistant" which showed how many torps and their max speed was when targetted OR showed every visible ships torps and max speed when you press in alt. But I haven't seen it being updated lately, so I dont know if its been removed, or the author just stopped updating it. BUT, some replacements are either sidepanel mods which show speeds of ships or something called along the line of "show ship speed at visibility" something. Basically replaces the number around your crosshair where it shows your concealment with the targetted ships max speed. Very lightweight and non-intrusive mod. I remember as a newbie, I prolly played like 200-500 games before I started to do some research into aiming. Switched to dynamic first, which felt GREAT. It was so much more consistent, but then went even further with the monogram dynamic one, and just starting to hit double or sometimes even triple or quadruple the amount you usually do is just plain up FUN. Missing ships is....well, not fun! And especially if you're in a BB, you just feel so useless and a slow big clump of steel.
One addition I would include is make sure that when you're getting a new ship to at least buy a 6pt commander to go in it @900k credits this is worth it. My early days I didn't buy a commander so I have a few ships that have like 4pt commanders and the skills I put on them are not good. For example the ammo switching skill is not needed on any ship because if you have HE loaded, press 2 key then fire a volley when the guns have reloaded you will have AP.
> For example the ammo switching skill is not needed on any ship because if you have HE loaded, press 2 key then fire a volley when the guns have reloaded you will have AP. confidently incorrect
The most common mistake I see and I was guilty of doing this when I was a rookie was Don't Rush the Target. These new players when they start out get a DD or an HC and they go full throttle and ram the target. That's good if you are Tier 1 but bad if you are Tier 4 or Tier 5 Never Rush The Target! they will kill you.
The fifth point i avoided nicely lmao, i get The Oktyabratska revolutsiya as my first premium coal ship and did very well in it, my kd is 3,8 on that ship then i saved and got The Duke of York and i still perform okay in it with 3kd
People don't know how to use Damage Con is because Wargaming has never prioritized (that I know of) to make a proper tutorial. When I started playing there was nothing. Later I think there was something that didn't get past firing guns and torpedos.
Biggest mistake is firing, and then turning away and showing broadside. Firing every opportunity isn’t always the best route. Timing the firing is crucial - like just before you slip behind an island. Also picking the target that is most vulnerable to your shots is key to having battle impact. You may be in a duel with another ship - but if a another target reveals a broadside opportunity - take it.
I have ground (grinded sounds suss) all the lines in the tech trees for four years now. I am at T6-7 on most all of them. Except for freebies, I never bought a dub premium until I got the Kii. I won the Scharnhorst B from black friday 2 years ago. I RARELY do random battles as I have medical issues. These same issues and some of the decisions made by WG have made me rethink where I want to be in WOWS. As much as having the Pommern in my port, I am stopping getting any tiers over T8. I do not see me having fun up on those lofty heights.
that's a very, very good piece of advice for beginners. But I'd recommend you put in 1st place the next piece of advice - beginners MUST watch videos about this game, and watch a lot, cuz without that they'll spend way more time understanding game mechanics, etc about this game.
i used free xp to get through the colorado cuase i really didnt enjoy the ship, but i later came back to it and ground out the vermont line tier 8 and enjoyed the colorado
I have a question about the selling back the Modules. When we regrind a line of ships for Research Bureau Points, if we have not sold back the A Hull and other stock modules, are the ships any cheaper when repurchasing them?
@@coster1963 Haru is between 1.7-1.8 mil free xp to free xp grind everything, i take my time, and free xp every time there is a x2, i don't play Haru so i am ok to let it sit there till i have a x6, and that is enough for any RB ship.
I have seen that the RB is considered a 'Late Game' activity where you're expected to have a lot of Free XP and can simply use it to buy the ships. Since the only requirement to get the RB Points is to play a single COOP battle, the advanced modules are needed. While all the lines give the same amount of RB Points, I believe that the Japanese DD Harugumo line takes the least total XP to go from Tier 1 - X. Remember, you can Reset the line every time you complete the 'grind'.
lol.....take breaks? no, I switch to my "shit accounts" and play T10 DD just doing nothing. funny to see how useless the BBs are and funny to see how people get mad on me
I come from WoT and I know and agree with everything here, the core mechanics are very similar. I admit I'm new and I don't know much of the game yet, but I got a nice coupon that gave me a lot of doublons and I have been asking everywhere, so I ask here with the hope of getting some luck and someone woudl help me. I'm new, I have doublons and I want to buy a premium ship, mostly for 2 things: grind credits and grind event missions, so I think of a ship above tier 5. Which ship would you recommend me?
Good to know that as a just under three month player I have been pretty much doing it right. One thing I know I did not do right is use of flags and economic bonuses. I wasted them early on not knowing how much I would want to keep them for later. Don't put them on your tier IV ship and go and do co-op's all day! Also I would say to look out for any freebie you can find. I have managed to play for nearly three months all on premium time due to this. Combination of campaigns, containers, online offers (steam, twitch etc) and the big one was Verizon giving me 4 months. The one premium I bought with $ was the Perth which steam had on sale for $4.12. I used up the last bit of a gift card for that one.
I'm gonna give my top 3 because 5 is too many and they can be argued. Number 3, its ok to upgrade your AA at least to some extent, even if its one Commander Spot. Aircraft right now is a major thorn in most players sides because with the addition of Hybrid Battleships, it just made a bad situation even worse. Number 2, STOP PUSHING THE ENEMY SPAWN. 90% of time if you do this YOU WILL DIE. Im not even gonna say anymore about this, it should be self evident why. Number 1, dont YOLO. If you die in the first 2 minutes, especially if you are a DD, you did not help at all. I dont know who started this, but this is the BIGGEST reason, by a long margin, how you rack up losses.
A huge thanks on the tip to search your inventory for old modules. I had no idea. I have about 10 ships unlocked but no credits to buy them. When I saw this video about searching your inventory, last night I logged in and found that I had $26 million of old stock modules. That took my account from $5M to $32M credits. Unbelievable.
Are you kidding? There are actually new people playing World of Warships with the addition of subs and Cvs, making camos useless, adding hybrids, taking away flag awards for heroic achievements, etc?
#1. This! Too many idiots do this and then suck at tier 8,9,10. If your avg damage in a Tier 8 is anything below 50k in a T8 BB, you need to learn how to play that ship better before rushing up. For references, look at the DD, BB, CA, CV, Sub Emblem requirements for DDs, CAs, BBs and CVs. They provide a rough benchmark of what you should be doing at T8,9,10. Yeah I know damage isn't everything and PR is better indicator and yada yada, but avg damage says a lot about how well you play a ship. - First emblem damage requirement is the absolute baseline for what damage you should have at T8. If you cant reach it with T8, you are not good enough to move up yet. Improve your gameplay -Second and third are usually achievable through T9s -Fourth is easy to get as a T9-10. .. .. .. .. Or you can choose to suck, lose a lot of your games, get reported every game, make life miserable for yourself and everyone else who has the misfortune to have been on your team.
I've played for 10 months and have 2 t9s and a coal t9, because I'm too lazy to do the t10 grind. Also on a standard account they really aren't profitable. I play casually, so it will be a minute. Also, if I get a day of freemium I play as much as I can:)
I started playing a month ago. The grind, everyone is talking about, is exactly what? I get ship xp, does it mean that when I reached a certain amount of ship xp, the next tier is free? Someone explain to a real noob😅🙏
your point of not skipping ships in the line just cuse wanting better ships just happened to me as i am griding on the japanese air carriers and was about to skip due to thinking that the planes that it have were horrible, little did know that the planes are not so bad and the problem was with my skill not the ship as a whole, now i am almost finished with the exp for it and can finally land torpedoes with fairly good accuracy
Just as I was typing SLM says the same thing damnit :~) Buying to top tier is crazy. As for modules, going back years I didn't know about that either and when I found it I had millions in modules ready to sell. I had soooo much credits it was awesome. Helped me buy better ships. Just cleared out my camo's this morning, got just over 14 mil.
@@mindclaw915 I guess I won't let myself be tempted to splurge on the 22,500 camo then ... I can be a little cheap (trying to get as much out of the free to play game as possible)
When you're going through A-line make sure you enjoy it or otherwise you're gonna be miserable And make sure you're not stuck on one line so you know how to play gets other classes of ships
I have the exact opposite problem of no3. I have abundance of credits but xp feels scarce. What am i doing wrong? I am at least performing middle of pack in matches and often higher than that...
Well before watching the video. I would say the biggest mistake a new player to make is... Expecting veteran players to play well and to know what they are doing.
How about this one ... Don't play thousands of games at T4 and then when someone in T10 points out your mistakes, you think your 52%-win rate will justify your play. No one is stupid enough to fall for the "Yeah, but I have a better win rate - so I know more that you" argument. Someone who plays 30,000 games at T10 and has a 48%-win rate is probably much better then someone who plays 12,000 games at t4 and has a 53%-win rate.
My single biggest mistake, and I'm still making it after 4+ years is not looking at the minimap often enough. Tunnel vision on one or two enemies is a good way to get sunk quickly. Also, sometimes retreat and sacrificing a teammate is quite ok. And be aware of your own and your enemies capabilities, i.e. firing range, torpedo ranges, radar/hydro availability etc.
been playing for 5 years same thing tunnel vision i am 74 years old but clan mates have helping.
Fun fact you can redo the campaign missions for the stars rather than having to do each individual one
Wait really?
Yes
@@doppiomilos6114 yep.
When you repeat a campaign mission you no longer get the single reward (flags or credits usually) but you do get the star.
The only reason to do every campaign mission is that once you have finished all of them there are some achievements for getting 100%, but these give nothing other than a virtual "well done".
This is a really good tips because i once was doing such campaign missions on find some to be really difficult to do. It's only a few months mater someone told me i could just repeat the missions and thats how i finished all the campaigns lol
Damn I didn’t know that you can do the same missions to complete the campaign Thx for the advice guys.
I like how politely worded you were when describing the stock modules.
"Less, um, powerful" instead of just saying they suck ass lol.
When I get a new ship I watch video reviews/replays and I take the ship out in Co-op mode to develop a feel fro it. By doing so, I avoid having my random wr from being totally destroyed while I learn about the strength and weakness of the ship. I wish i had done that earlier, Good Video as always SLM!
The biggest noob mistake I used to make was that I had no idea about angling your armour so I thought that the nose was a big weakspot due to the armour being more thin. so I used to always show flat broadside since I thought that's how I would make the most of my armour.
Lolyeah I was the guy who couldn’t believe how easily people let me cross the T and open up full broadside,. Then didn’t quite grasp right away until I looked it up why I was getting absolutely destroyed
@@jesseg8374 It's so hard to not do that on the few times I play as a BB. I'm like, I'm crossing the T, it's Jutland all over again, except, I won't blow it like Jellicoe!
@@jesseg8374 yeah but unless you're in german BB you never show broadside against anything
@@agaXM yeah, I figured out it’s an arcade and not a simulator lol
I just show my broadside so I can fire all my guns.
Tip: You don't have to do all the missions of Campaigns, you can repeat the easiest missions to get stars and progess to Expert Commanders. (Yamamoto or Halsey)
didn t knew that^^
Wait what, I have to test that next time.
Thanks for the video. I have been playing World of Warships since it launched 9 years ago, and never knew about the Inventory screen!
You should have mentioned that there are some modules you may want to keep. Some American torpedo modules are useful to have both. Also the guns on the big German battleships you may want to have both.
Hehe after a break I had 7 years worth of modules. Was like 12mil credits. Love your vids 😊
With Italian BBs I never bothered with the range mod increase as they can’t hit a thing at distance, and it just means you attract more incoming.
Which is frankly frustrating.
The Littorios had one of the longest ranged and the dispersion myth is just that. A myth.
Even using the f-key communication is incredibly useful. I think destroyers are not balanced correctly. As soon as a team loses its destroyers, they're at an extreme disadvantage. It's slightly alleviated by carriers, but if there were 3 destroyers per side and one side loses all three while killing 2 battleships and a cruiser, the team with no destroyers has an 85% or more chance of losing even though the numbers are even. Weekends are the worst because the potato destroyers come out in swarms.
The second point is kinda big. When I started playing actively, a year or so ago, i played a very close game where we only had to cap and we would've won but i was a noob and didn't know what to do and kept shooting and getting shot at thus resetting the flag. Naturally i was flamed, even after the game. After i told him I had no idea what happened, why he was mad at me and that i was new, first t6 probably, he actually explained and was nice. Communication is key. Many are nice people after all but expect people to be at their level.
Honestly, I bought the Kidd before I had the trot opened up. Yeah, I sucked with it for a while, but it really boosted my own abilities. When I went back down to grind my tier I was a much better player. So it wasn’t all bad.
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One Mistake (I still do) is playing co-op mode. It is good for tier I-III to learn the very basics but you get best results by yoloing in and torping left and right.
Thank you for this tipps, I am coming back to this game after years and your tipps are really helpfull.
I made that mistake. Been playing about 12 months, grinded out t10 in coop but i cant play it in random. Playing random is like starting all over again.
@@nathanbrompton453 Still useful if you need achievements and don't have much time.
@@nathanbrompton453 t10 in co-op! thats somehowimpressing.
@@throdwobblermangrove6200 Its true mate. Was hard work. But it left me with no random battle skills. Ive dropped back down to T5's and feel like a novice again lol.
On #2, I've tried joining a clan so I can learn and get better and group up with people. Clans I was in never grouped up and wouldn't help me get better. I just can't find a good clan that welcomes newer players and actually group up. So I've spent my last 30-45 days of play to just being solo.
i have been playing for 5 years finally a clan invited me out of the blue with a completed naval base and a laid back clan.
Hi. I'm not a newb WoW player, but I am new in this channel. I was thinking, maybe something like "10 WoW myths busted" or something like that would be REALY interesting. Just a random suggestion. Anyway, I hope oneday you will have million+ subs. Good job.
Selling tier V and above ships is a mistake. Yes, you can get some credits fast. But at the end of the year it is the snowflake campaign. When every tier V-VII ship will get you 750 coal. Ships VIII-IX will get 75 steel. And tier X will give you tickets to Santa Claus containers (aka free premium ships). Oh, and if you really really want specific premium ships wait for the Halloween. The black ships are sold at a great discount and they look great.
I have only been playing the game since early last summer, but my hubby has played for 6 years and was the one to get me into the game. When you said that I could sell the stock modules, this was new information. He did not tell me this. I am very excited to have about 5 mil credits back. Thank you!
biggest tip i can think of is to play the class you are mad at after getting sunk by it or whatever. it was an eye opener for me, first with DDs, then CVs and now subs.
im one of these people that think that this class is unfair, i had no chance, etc. etc. until i play it myself and see all the negatives that class comes with.
Biggest mistakes that drive people crazy - new players rush up the line (like you said), then just sit in the back or hide behind an island and hope your team carries you. CVs; for example, like to just sit in the back and do almost nothing helpful (spotting, etc). 1st - if you sit in the back (the enemy DDs and Subs know where to find you and will sneak around to get back there and take you out as soon as they can get there. 2nd - you spend all your time flying and none of it fighting. If you have a CV near the caps (in a safe place) your planes have to fly a lot less distance and are on the fight right away. You get more flights off = more attacks = more damage = more help to your team = better results. Still, you see some guy with 250 games in his T110 CV just sitting still in the back and doing nothing helpful at all, flying str8 forward and attacking which ever ship he sees 1st.
I had a game where a guy in a T10 Cruiser is hiding behind an island next to the cap I am in (with my DD), the enemy DD comes in and stops me from capping... no radar help and he can't shoot anything as the rock he hides behind also prevents him for fighting - about as helpful as someone who is AFK. I got killed in the cap as I had no support and he ended up retreating towards the spawn, only to be killed by the enemy that pushed through our cap - Why not actually... idunno, HELP? Use your radar to help your teammates find the enemy so they might kill them or at least turn them away. Don't just save it for your own use as you will likely die having never used some (if not all) of your radars. Same with smoke, use it to hel p hide a teammate that needs time to regroup, maybe do some healing, not to just hide and wait for a blind torp to take you out.
I've been playing since it was in Beta (about 7 years), it used to be that you had to grind and it took forever to get a T10, now they about hand them out to someone with less then 100 games. Remember them saying that no one will EVER be able to just purchase a T10 ship? What happened to that promise? IT went out the window with the other promise that they "GARUANTEE - THERE WILL NEVER ( N E V E R) BE SUBS IN THIS GAME. Remember that guarantee?
Chat does not work in EU.
Not only it's mostly used to insult people, but too much people does not chat in english.
And not only in german, french, spanish or italian, but even in those languages written in cyrillic Klingon.
@@Mithril_Antimarr Chat mod? I'm speaking about russian!
Chat in EU sucks.
Either no one communicates, or it's filled with players that refuse to speak English (and of that it's 9/10 times always the Germans)
@@lightbluewaves5526 Lately the cyrillic is increasing.
Sea Lord, although you are correct about these points, it really lets the devs off the hook of the real fix. Why should new players have to play for 1000 years at tiers 1-5 before getting good ships. Yes, early players had to grind forever, that's not an answer. What happens after those players play for 1000 years at T5 and then go up to T10? They'll still suck. How about 2000 years, they'll still suck. They'll never really catch up to players who played the game since beta, has all the OP ships that you cannot get anymore (or only from a super scarce currency).
If we had a skills based matchmaker all problems would be solved, including these issues. The real problem with the game is it is nothing but a troll game. CVs/Subs troll actual PvP players. Veterans with OP ships troll players who are not veteran or who do not have OP ships. Players in a unicum div trolls every team they meet. Problem with a troll game, is there is no place for anyone who is NOT a troll. New players should avoid this game. Casual players should avoid this game. Players who did not join during beta should avoid this game. Basically only the super-unicum players who started during beta and have all the BS ships and are in a BS clan should play the game against others who are exactly the same. Everyone else is just a pinata and not a participant.
Yeah, it's called f2p games. They don't care. They only care about people buying premium time or currency.
@@badcopnodonut08 If the dev team would fix the problems with the game, more of the existing players would buy more and we'd have 3 times the player base which means even more money.
I particularly love the DDs which hide or otherwise won't spot or advance. What is the point of playing a DD like that?
13:56 - This is probably why I have a 57% win rate on my Tirpitz. Most people think I'm just another dumb Tirpitz player who doesn't know their ship and what they're doing. When really I'm like one of the most experienced Tirpitz players in all of NA with >2350 games in the thing. That and I may be a psychopath when I sail that thing.
Another good thing about playing a second class is, you learn the problems as well as the threats of the class. A recent game, I was in a DD with a sub ahead of me, sub was spotted by the CV and fighters dropped on top. I proceeded to charge and dropped depth charges on his head when he pinged at probably 30m down, he died.
Hey I would have never gotten into this game if it wasn't for the Atago! I think if you're buying a high tier premium ship get ready for a baptism by fire. I learned a LOT from my first few matches lol. It does help to have friends knowledgable about the game playing with you... but still.
Actual Number 1 Mistake New Players Make: Considered even downloading this game in the first place.
you rather play WT then with the infinite grind ?
@@ArekishiKishi Neither honestly.
yea
@@gustavocabrerea1341 a man with standards
I have to disagree, WoWS is not a team game. It's a pre-made focused game with some random jerks thrown into your matches, like with any MOBA. The helpful vs. troll ratio in chat is 1-99.
I agree it's not a team game because we compete with everyone to get the kills, many players will just shoot at the ships that are almost dead. I had one DD run across the map to get the final blow on a BB I was soloing.
3, soo true, thanks so much!
"Pls keep Flanks balanced"
"Pls support A (or any other) Crew)
"Pls Dont rush"
"Pls push a little"
And so on..
Those lines have turned a lots of Matches to the better,when typed for teamplayers,by Teamplayers.
Of course theres Always those kind of Mates,just caring about their DPM,or being single Warriors.
But..just a little "Teamplay",watching the Mini map, comunicate could help out of bad Situations,or might even turn a Match completley!
Thx for mention,Sealord!👍
(Nodding allready to the "High Tier" topic😂)
there is no teamplay in WOWS. noone cares the DD at the cap, noone supports. teamplay doesnt exist
Been Playing WoT for over a decade and tried WoW when it first came out I think I got to like tier 5 or 6 but I am thinking about trying it out again. One of my favorite games in high school was Battlestations: Midway on xbox it WoW reminds me of that game.
If you watch the games you will notice ships crashing into each other and crashing into islands. We all have a tendency to stay in sniper view and watch our rounds to gauge the accuracy for the next shot. By doing that we lock in on tunnel vision forget about steering and where our allies and other enemies are whose talking to us and even the location of land mass. Try to pop out of sniper view when in the heat of pursuit and check your surroundings. Maneuvers are crucial to survival and knowing what your ships strengths and weaknesses are. Knowing your enemies ship and her capabilities plus what weapons it carries is huge. Go into settings and change the HUD view to full and you get a ton of information displayed on screen all the time instead of having to go to sniper view to get it.
In all fairness, if popping out of sniper view didn't make you lose your bearing it would be easier to pop in and out
I really dislike that port slots are not near as plentiful for those that aren’t throwing money to get dubs to buy them at 300dubs/slot. Having them as mission rewards was way better than this current bullshit system.
I would disagree with number one mistake. The real game begins starting from tier VIII ships and thanks to gift from my relative. I suck in the begining playing with Tirpitz in the begining but later it make grind easier with German BB. So I replace with map awarness and I still usually caught when for example brawling.
You have to tier up for playing other modes, I set off the chat indeed because of the jerks. I didn`t know that about the credits, thanks for this hint.
I'd say one time getting a higher premium ship is specifically for Clan Activities. I got a Bayard for Random Ops with my clan when my highest ship was a tier 5. That really helped a lot in learning team play from my clan in Ops. This last thanksgiving I bought my daughter a Mainz B for her birthday. She was totally new but we spent hours working together on the ins and outs of game mechanics. In Clan Battles after a week of working with her she's an amazing player. Though she points out that like me she's prior military and follow instructions. LoL 😆
Bayard Fantastic ship
Not necessarily mistakes but here's a few points from me:
1. Make your minimap as big as possible. Situational awareness is critical, a larger map makes it easier to see what's going on, and to do things like minimap shooting.
2. Just get the coal in the daily containers. The rewards from the other ones just aren't as good. Getting the coal from daily containers will make getting coal ships, commanders, etc. much faster.
3. Artillery in this game is super buggy, toggle X (or whatever your target lock is) at least twice to make sure you get the dispersion boost for being locked onto a target.
4. Don't be afraid to make risky plays/try new strategies. Sure going to one of the flanks is the safest way to play, and frequently is the right choice, it's also good to mix things up, try going mid or pushing in a little further than you're comfortable with. Sure sometimes you'll get sunk, but you'll learn strategies for maps, more about your ships and general game sense.
5. Use the wiki/wowsnumber/port view. Learning about the ships in the game is incredibly important. It is a bit of a time investment but knowing the range on that DDs torpedos, the length of the cruisers radar or the quirks of getting pens on the BBs citadel is going to make you much better at playing your ship and countering other players.
Tip: Don't turn off the sound or play music over game-sound. I've lost count of all the times I've been rammed because the other guy didn't hear my horn.
I run a "casual clan". Just play and get bonuses. No need to div. up or play clanbattles. I don't get why some players don't want that. Also: Guys who join a clan and then don't play for three weeks. Why join if you're not gonna use it?
If you play regulary premium time is the way to go.
The funniest noob misstake? Players who FXP:ed up the Pan-Asia DD-line and don't know what a DW-torp is.
I don't know if you can really call it a "mistake" BUT, I would 100% learn to aiming ships in motion. And, imo, the easiest way to do so is by using dynamic crosshair OR just use the monogram one in the modstation or aslains. And then just try to learn ships speed by heart OR also download a mod that shows ships maxspeed (I used to like a mod called "assistant" which showed how many torps and their max speed was when targetted OR showed every visible ships torps and max speed when you press in alt. But I haven't seen it being updated lately, so I dont know if its been removed, or the author just stopped updating it. BUT, some replacements are either sidepanel mods which show speeds of ships or something called along the line of "show ship speed at visibility" something. Basically replaces the number around your crosshair where it shows your concealment with the targetted ships max speed. Very lightweight and non-intrusive mod.
I remember as a newbie, I prolly played like 200-500 games before I started to do some research into aiming. Switched to dynamic first, which felt GREAT. It was so much more consistent, but then went even further with the monogram dynamic one, and just starting to hit double or sometimes even triple or quadruple the amount you usually do is just plain up FUN. Missing ships is....well, not fun! And especially if you're in a BB, you just feel so useless and a slow big clump of steel.
One addition I would include is make sure that when you're getting a new ship to at least buy a 6pt commander to go in it @900k credits this is worth it. My early days I didn't buy a commander so I have a few ships that have like 4pt commanders and the skills I put on them are not good. For example the ammo switching skill is not needed on any ship because if you have HE loaded, press 2 key then fire a volley when the guns have reloaded you will have AP.
> For example the ammo switching skill is not needed on any ship because if you have HE loaded, press 2 key then fire a volley when the guns have reloaded you will have AP.
confidently incorrect
@@ImRandomDude Well rebutted there. Really convincing reasoning why it's incorrect buddy.
Only mistake a new player can make just starting the game. A very fun game turned into torture and pain.
The most common mistake I see and I was guilty of doing this when I was a rookie was Don't Rush the Target. These new players when they start out get a DD or an HC and they go full throttle and ram the target. That's good if you are Tier 1 but bad if you are Tier 4 or Tier 5 Never Rush The Target! they will kill you.
My big mistake was buying a permanent camo for 7500000 coins
The fifth point i avoided nicely lmao, i get The Oktyabratska revolutsiya as my first premium coal ship and did very well in it, my kd is 3,8 on that ship then i saved and got The Duke of York and i still perform okay in it with 3kd
You can also wish both sides a good luck have fun at the start. Let's change chat and make the game less toxic
The number one spot I can relate that a lot since I started playing wow since 2018.
My idea of the biggest mistake is being new now when the game is probably the worst its ever been.
People don't know how to use Damage Con is because Wargaming has never prioritized (that I know of) to make a proper tutorial. When I started playing there was nothing. Later I think there was something that didn't get past firing guns and torpedos.
Thanks for the tips!
Read the patch notes! Not only will you be updated on what's going on each game update but they always put a day of premium time in there.
Biggest mistake is firing, and then turning away and showing broadside. Firing every opportunity isn’t always the best route. Timing the firing is crucial - like just before you slip behind an island. Also picking the target that is most vulnerable to your shots is key to having battle impact. You may be in a duel with another ship - but if a another target reveals a broadside opportunity - take it.
I have ground (grinded sounds suss) all the lines in the tech trees for four years now. I am at T6-7 on most all of them. Except for freebies, I never bought a dub premium until I got the Kii. I won the Scharnhorst B from black friday 2 years ago. I RARELY do random battles as I have medical issues. These same issues and some of the decisions made by WG have made me rethink where I want to be in WOWS. As much as having the Pommern in my port, I am stopping getting any tiers over T8. I do not see me having fun up on those lofty heights.
#6 Know when not to shoot #7 Learn when to hold and when to push
Good stuff!! Thanks 😅
I just press the like button 👍
I agree I wasted a lot of free Xp but now I am at the rush spot and regret it
Top tip: Don't start playing WOWS, save your life.
Do you have anything about Legends?
that's a very, very good piece of advice for beginners. But I'd recommend you put in 1st place the next piece of advice - beginners MUST watch videos about this game, and watch a lot, cuz without that they'll spend way more time understanding game mechanics, etc about this game.
Mistake nº1: Installing the game.
I thought it will address stuff like positioning in battle.
I cant find Inventory Tab in menù: can u help?
So being F2P immediately makes you mostly immune to the biggest mistake. Got it.
i used free xp to get through the colorado cuase i really didnt enjoy the ship, but i later came back to it and ground out the vermont line tier 8 and enjoyed the colorado
Sea Lord, that tip about reversing a DD into a cap really works! However, of course, after capping and running I still manage to get sunk sometimes!
I have a question about the selling back the Modules.
When we regrind a line of ships for Research Bureau Points, if we have not sold back the A Hull and other stock modules, are the ships any cheaper when repurchasing them?
I'm pretty sure it sells them for you. I.e. if you haven't already sold them, you'll get more credits when you reset the line.
Reginding ships is just like grinding them for the first time
@@coster1963 Haru is between 1.7-1.8 mil free xp to free xp grind everything, i take my time, and free xp every time there is a x2, i don't play Haru so i am ok to let it sit there till i have a x6, and that is enough for any RB ship.
I have seen that the RB is considered a 'Late Game' activity where you're expected to have a lot of Free XP and can simply use it to buy the ships. Since the only requirement to get the RB Points is to play a single COOP battle, the advanced modules are needed. While all the lines give the same amount of RB Points, I believe that the Japanese DD Harugumo line takes the least total XP to go from Tier 1 - X. Remember, you can Reset the line every time you complete the 'grind'.
7. If you are in a CV, drop a screen on people who ask for it.
8, take breaks if you don't like the game.
lol.....take breaks? no, I switch to my "shit accounts" and play T10 DD just doing nothing. funny to see how useless the BBs are and funny to see how people get mad on me
Footage of what you were talking about would of been better for newer players rather than rando replay
I come from WoT and I know and agree with everything here, the core mechanics are very similar. I admit I'm new and I don't know much of the game yet, but I got a nice coupon that gave me a lot of doublons and I have been asking everywhere, so I ask here with the hope of getting some luck and someone woudl help me. I'm new, I have doublons and I want to buy a premium ship, mostly for 2 things: grind credits and grind event missions, so I think of a ship above tier 5. Which ship would you recommend me?
Good to know that as a just under three month player I have been pretty much doing it right. One thing I know I did not do right is use of flags and economic bonuses. I wasted them early on not knowing how much I would want to keep them for later. Don't put them on your tier IV ship and go and do co-op's all day!
Also I would say to look out for any freebie you can find. I have managed to play for nearly three months all on premium time due to this. Combination of campaigns, containers, online offers (steam, twitch etc) and the big one was Verizon giving me 4 months.
The one premium I bought with $ was the Perth which steam had on sale for $4.12. I used up the last bit of a gift card for that one.
Another would be if you want a premium ship buy a ship no higher than the tier that you are at and of the same class and nation you are playing
So after 3 years just how many credits did you have after the sell?
I'm gonna give my top 3 because 5 is too many and they can be argued.
Number 3, its ok to upgrade your AA at least to some extent, even if its one Commander Spot. Aircraft right now is a major thorn in most players sides because with the addition of Hybrid Battleships, it just made a bad situation even worse.
Number 2, STOP PUSHING THE ENEMY SPAWN. 90% of time if you do this YOU WILL DIE. Im not even gonna say anymore about this, it should be self evident why.
Number 1, dont YOLO. If you die in the first 2 minutes, especially if you are a DD, you did not help at all. I dont know who started this, but this is the BIGGEST reason, by a long margin, how you rack up losses.
A huge thanks on the tip to search your inventory for old modules. I had no idea. I have about 10 ships unlocked but no credits to buy them. When I saw this video about searching your inventory, last night I logged in and found that I had $26 million of old stock modules. That took my account from $5M to $32M credits. Unbelievable.
any chance you can do a carrier CV guide? please and thank you
Are you kidding? There are actually new people playing World of Warships with the addition of subs and Cvs, making camos useless, adding hybrids, taking away flag awards for heroic achievements, etc?
Is TSOF still looking for players?
#1. This! Too many idiots do this and then suck at tier 8,9,10. If your avg damage in a Tier 8 is anything below 50k in a T8 BB, you need to learn how to play that ship better before rushing up. For references, look at the DD, BB, CA, CV, Sub Emblem requirements for DDs, CAs, BBs and CVs. They provide a rough benchmark of what you should be doing at T8,9,10. Yeah I know damage isn't everything and PR is better indicator and yada yada, but avg damage says a lot about how well you play a ship.
- First emblem damage requirement is the absolute baseline for what damage you should have at T8. If you cant reach it with T8, you are not good enough to move up yet. Improve your gameplay
-Second and third are usually achievable through T9s
-Fourth is easy to get as a T9-10.
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Or you can choose to suck, lose a lot of your games, get reported every game, make life miserable for yourself and everyone else who has the misfortune to have been on your team.
Hello play subs better than tub ships now wows has changed my games to zero but watching your game play always put me in good mood thanks
I've played for 10 months and have 2 t9s and a coal t9, because I'm too lazy to do the t10 grind. Also on a standard account they really aren't profitable. I play casually, so it will be a minute.
Also, if I get a day of freemium I play as much as I can:)
I started playing a month ago. The grind, everyone is talking about, is exactly what? I get ship xp, does it mean that when I reached a certain amount of ship xp, the next tier is free? Someone explain to a real noob😅🙏
On selling modules, the game was two or three years old before they allowed selling modules.
your point of not skipping ships in the line just cuse wanting better ships just happened to me as i am griding on the japanese air carriers and was about to skip due to thinking that the planes that it have were horrible, little did know that the planes are not so bad and the problem was with my skill not the ship as a whole, now i am almost finished with the exp for it and can finally land torpedoes with fairly good accuracy
Just as I was typing SLM says the same thing damnit :~) Buying to top tier is crazy. As for modules, going back years I didn't know about that either and when I found it I had millions in modules ready to sell. I had soooo much credits it was awesome. Helped me buy better ships. Just cleared out my camo's this morning, got just over 14 mil.
Sea Lord... It's called the Naval Base, It says so right there on the tab
I have kept my cammo collection because WG might change and make them worth something again
Whats the problem with buying a T8 if you grinded to T7? Its not like a jump from T3-T8 lol smh
Heres a great advise to new players! Uninstall and find a better game to play! 😆
Wait, the camouflages don't actually increase your concealment?
They used to, not anymore
@@mindclaw915 I guess I won't let myself be tempted to splurge on the 22,500 camo then ... I can be a little cheap (trying to get as much out of the free to play game as possible)
Lots of facts here
Is there anywhere to find the minimum detection range of DD's? This would include captain skills and modifications.
So... I'll admit it, I just made 20 Million credits selling old camo...
When you're going through A-line make sure you enjoy it or otherwise you're gonna be miserable And make sure you're not stuck on one line so you know how to play gets other classes of ships
I have the exact opposite problem of no3. I have abundance of credits but xp feels scarce. What am i doing wrong? I am at least performing middle of pack in matches and often higher than that...
Well before watching the video. I would say the biggest mistake a new player to make is...
Expecting veteran players to play well and to know what they are doing.
How about this one ... Don't play thousands of games at T4 and then when someone in T10 points out your mistakes, you think your 52%-win rate will justify your play. No one is stupid enough to fall for the "Yeah, but I have a better win rate - so I know more that you" argument. Someone who plays 30,000 games at T10 and has a 48%-win rate is probably much better then someone who plays 12,000 games at t4 and has a 53%-win rate.
My biggest problem as a new player is getting big damage I can never get more than 40k
be honest player base is so bad its become a joke
because they ban real players as bots
What you should do sea lord is talk about the premium tech tree ex. American secondary bb line
way back when i startted i thought the new mexico was baller