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Correctomondo. Nothing in WG is free. You either earn it with time and are rewarded with free xp or you pay to unlock xp. Either way nothing but tier 1 is free. Everything else is earned or purchased. And for the record I personally have never complained about the 'real money option'. I've paid to unlock xp since WoT. It's a great option if time poor and cash rich. And yes even at 25:1.

I believe our views of free differ so let's agree to disagree eh?

Tech tree ships are not free. You can only earn them by spending xp. Free is when something is freely given with no expectation of anything in return.

Quote missing @Nechrom Only if you are specifically dealing with gold as an actual currency. With the addition of Missouri available for 1 dubloon on condition of having 750k xp WG have now added xp as a currency. The good thing is you have a choice. Real money or a time earned commodity with a commercial value. Only the individual can assess how they want to make a purchase.

Nagato.

It sounds good in theory to the elitist grumpy Victorian dad side of me. But....... I fear there would not be enough players on the server. Whilst I happily pour money into WG's coffers my ability doesn't reflect my expenditure. I respect that there are plenty of f2p dudes with skilz that I envy and can burn hot or cold dependant on interest. There's just not enough players in this niche game playing on a niche platform.

It's not free. XP is a commodity earned by performance and boosted with flags (another commodity). You then choose how to spend your commodity. Free is when WG place it in your port for nothing in return. The issue is if you have a stock of xp (free or converted) deciding on whether you deem Nelson a fair purchase or expensive treat. After having watched some vids I'm going to kick back and wait. And see how Nelson is as an opponent.

I'll just extend my opinions from Negativvv's. Belfast - Yep needs a high skill cap. It's good but you need to be on the ball and not fumble the multitude of keys like I do regularly. 'smoke.....smoke......SMOKE..... ping ...ping....Boom...' Murmansk - An OG that I completely forget about sometimes. A blatant Ru OP Omaha but betterer and good fun. Atlanta - I love her. I sometimes get those absolute monster games and sometimes get a dumb cv driver. She's fragile and everyone wants to kill you. But when you get in cover and hold down LMB and just hose its absolutely hilarious. I guess you know what's it's like being on the receiving end. It's like peeing in the snow! Indianoplis - Was utter meh now ok'ish. I'm playing her a little more now it's been buffed and I'm grinding Pensa. The Radar is on the wrong hull. It's useless for your slow RoF guns but still a team asset if you can sneak in. It's otherwise a clumsier Pensa with more range. I love the US 203 SH shells though. Sharnhorst - Cruisereque manouvrerability but trollish guns. Torps, AA and secondaries. I don't play her much now but I will return to boost her stats as she deserves it. De Grasse - Like a Budyonny really. Great little ship and handy for operations. Texas and Arizona are slow bricks with great broadsides. one has AA the other armour. Probably more for the collection than fun. Ishizuchi - Only T4 but the best £5 you can spend. Baby Amargi flamethrower.

Well the server was flooded with mid tier cruisers last night so someone got the meme.

What nation do you want to train most? Belfast requires a specialised captain that doesn't mix with the line ships. Atlanta synergises Cleveland unless you drop IFHE then any DD captain can drop in to an extent but at the cost of AA. Indy works with any US captain. Murmansk any Ru cruiser. But T5 MM. De Grasse is obviously CA's but at a pinch Dunk. Fun? Atlanta. OP (if you like smoke spamming) Belfast. Solid? De Grasse. Forget the T3/4/5 unless reasons. Income? Probably Belfast if you like that sort of play.

True but why Nelson not Rodney? The RN line is becoming a bit of a chore and taking the polish off what should have been a great success for WG.

I'm still hating the GK. I want to love her in all her enormous glory but I just can't abide the guns. Bounce, bounce, op, crappy damage. Not bad spread and accuracy but she just fires salvo after salvo of 'D' bombs.(420's) Rock up in Iowa or Mizzi and straight away I get those epic plunging salvos of death. If you want a GK just don't. Get a Hindenberg instead. its a proper battleship.

Just to pick up on a comment made my Notser in his Nelson review. He states that it would likely be WG's strategy for players to use up their free xp on Nelson rather than going straight for the high tier big dogs. (hints at Conqueror being awesome). Considering we currently have the Ships and Fish missions there are going to be a lot of folk going straight in at T7 for the KGV and a ton of Nelsons floating around. Is this a conscious decision from WG to funnel players to T7? Is T7 the most sustainable tier for a flood of RN battleships? Also Nelson appears to be ok. Not great, OP or dreadful just OK. Not sure how old it will get suffering constant bow pens but..... Does this mean there will be a premium Rodney which has to be somehow different from Nelson in a premium way? I've decided to hold off from Nelson. Yes I want it but would prefer Rodney and I'd prefer to keep my fxp to research past crappy hulls etc. Apologies if this has already been discussed but there are thousands of words to digest in all the RN BB posts that I have not kept up with.

Yep. Last of the three was a SC. Decent flags as well.

Last container of 3 for completing the last mission in ships and biscuits...... Oh yeah! These will come in handy for HMS Nelson

My new bargain Ishizuchi was awesome for some of these missions in coop. It just obliterates tier 4 cruisers. And of course 'Tirpitz, the very best there is. When you absolutely, positively, got to kill every moth3rfuck3r in co-op; accept no substitutes.'

Winning flags, money and blueprints for playing my fleet, which I was mission or not. Is all gravy in my book.

Saw @HMS_LIVERPOOLin his GK on epicentre. our team had an epileptic fit and failed hard. Spotted regally cruising in Queen Elizabeth was @DropsiqHe was enigmatically tight lipped about it's performance (which is fair nuff for NDA). So my Hood was forced to open fire on her brethren! Sneaky ship though, always fading in and out of detectability.

'cvbmj,l0u.h,j\mn gt4' Yep as predicted i'm here face rolling the keyboard whilst tears of sorrow roll down my cheeks with the bitter salt caking up my keys. I can barely breathe due to the oxygen thieving, monitor screen licking failtards. On a happier note Ships and Biscuits was a joy. Ishizuchi and Tirpitz secured the final missions with aplomb. Randoms was just a train wreck. This is rolling round my head now........ Rimmer: If there's one thing I can't stand, it's crazy people. Lister: OK. We've passed the test now, Rimmer. You can let us out. Rimmer: I can't let you out. Lister: Why not? Rimmer: Because the king of the potato people won't let me. I begged him. I went down on my knees and wept. He wants to keep you here... keep you here for ten years. The Cat: Can we see him? Rimmer: See who? The Cat: The king. Rimmer: Do you have a magic carpet? Lister: Yeah. A little three-seater.

The thing I like about these missions is I get to play specific ships I don't often take out. Instead of 'just another' random battle you have a goal or you can do it in coop without upsetting the game. I never play DD's in coop but I took Fujin and Harekaze out for the torp missions and had a laugh without throwing away a random battle potential win. Molotov was great for citadels. As I tend to use premiums for these coop missions instead of a silver ship grind I get a bit of captain training and XP in as well as the rewards. I have no intention of jumping straight to Iron Duke for free. I'll start at Bellerophon and play them through. But these missions in particular are win win and the co op acceptance is excellent.

Engage co op mode for Tea and Biscuits missions. Await 23:00 hrs then play some Yamamoto campaign. Roll face on keyboard and cry to forums in early hours of morning!

This is true. Cruisers with torps at least have a last ditch survival/kill your predator defence mechanism. The poor US cruisers have to run and hide. Even the AA is a dip in the US niche and the radar is very situational. I had a run in Pensa where I just could not get a win. Every game ended up being cornered with nowhere to hide or evade. I suppose all cruisers end that way when your teammates have trouble peeling their own bananas........

*sigh*....... Gunna need another 35:1 XP conversion deal. It's so ugly only it's designer could love it but I need it!!

I got it through Box uk that used Cube (Chameleon GTX7) in 2014. Just another Clevo chassis with whatever you wanna pay for inside. Amazingly huge and heavy but never missed a beat (touching wood frantically). Cooling is not an issue. It has a manual fan button which lights up the wind tunnel fan and deafens you! (headphones essential) Desktops involved me mucking about monthly shoving the latest must have into it and testing it relentlessly. These gaming laptops are superb but I miss the ergonomics of separate keyboard and monitor. And to think my daughter is now benefitting from a huge monitor and mechanical keyboard! Reckon I'll have a look around in 6mths time. I was just getting edgy as I've hammered it for gaming and wanted the option to slot a new gfx module in case. Having played WoT then WoWs with a few 'must play' interventions has seriously reduced my hardware expenditure. I remember when Bethedsda's Oblivion came out it pretty much outstripped all current hardware. Much frantic oc'ing and smoke ensued followed by new hardware until the next mod for came out and the cycle began again!

Edumacate me. I'm either to old or dumb to get it