Dangerhamster

This is where logic and marketing collide I'm afraid.

You don't need the piasters, you can choose to sell the upgrades instead. Click on demount and it will give you the option to change to sell. You don't get to keep the upgrades but you do get some of the silver back.

The game economy/experience/research is also being tested, so the devs will want everyone starting from scratch to get feedback on how they progress. I stand to be corrected on this but I believe we get more experience/credits at the moment compared with the planned values (assuming they have an idea of the values they are aiming for). And remember even if they take away all the pixel stuff you still get to keep the stuff in your brain.

Actually caught myself trying to attract aircraft in mine.

It depends if WG plan to introduce the new lines such as the American BB's (and some planned tweaks) before open beta I suppose. IF they do I would expect they will keep it closed (but with another wave of testers) for a bit longer, hang on in there.

I have been a loyal supporter of the national lottery for years and still haven't won. Just saying.

Had one (the only time) yesterday evening during a game. Tried to log back in, got as far as the match loading screen before the game crashed. Restarted and straight back in with no problems.

There goes the neighbourhood. No I mean it, it's all going to be rainbows and stuff from now on. I rode a pony once it was awful but I did have a very nice burger de cheval in Paris once.

Torpedoes do not discriminate. Try to keep the lumpy bit of the ship on top. Plan ahead, its no good having all guns loaded if they are pointing the wrong way. Watch the minimap, especially for approaching aircraft. Firing all your guns at the start of the game is still a thing. It doesn't matter how big your ship is or how much you yell at it that island is not going to get out of the way. Domination mode is not about killing the enemy team off (though it does help). BB shells at long range take a week to land. Japanese torpedoes have a longer range so make sure you know what that little fella is. Don't let a St Louis turn for a broadside. HE and AP shells are both useful, although changing type when already loaded starts a full reload cycle. So changing your mind in a BB can have consequences... Don't aim centre mass on a CV, some like the Langley have a mahooosive gap between the hull and flight deck. You will always get flooding or fire just after using your repair party on the steering. Actually that's probably just me. And most importantly............... Have fun.

Welcome aboard and remember torpedoes come from ALL directions ( yes I'm looking at you Mr "I always fire at the start of a battle to check they work" ).

You can choose to sell the upgrades, it isn't immediately obvious but you can click where it says demount to change it to sell. Thanks to azakow for this helpful picture.

Started watching it once when the missus went off to visit her mum and do some shopping, she walks back in 4hrs later and says "are you watching that again?" No love it's still running..........

There was even a plan to launch a V2 rocket from a capsule towed behind a U-boat. Hey look I managed to get two daft ideas into the same sentence. Don't understand this obsession that some seem to have with adding extra "kewl" content into a game just because it seems like a good idea to them, still waiting to see the first suggestions for random power ups and floating dock repair units....................

And remember guys, the signal for "vessel not under command" is one long followed by two short blasts...........................

So going by this there is no team damage system in place yet? As there are no replays yet providing evidence of this kind of deliberate idiocy depends on screenshots and support looking at a players stats (assuming team damage is tracked ATM) unless someone happens to be recording their games. Might be nice to have some input from the devs on this as it seems at the moment the only way to protect oneself from idiots like this is to use word of mouth (or naming and shaming) to warn others about them. Personally I think with the game still in development there should be some leeway to allow players to warn others about the "cretins" but only with reasonable evidence to prevent the kind of "player X is a cheater and haxor" and "I got banned for no reason" threads which continually pop up on the WOT forums where everybody is expected to believe the version of events stated in the post without a replay/video.

Damage > Kills. End of. And no, I don't mean leave low health ships alive but I have had games where I got much higher XP than some who had three kills to my none ( yes I do hit something every now and then).

I play a bit on the WOT NA server and usually have a ping in the 120-150 region.

Seconding BigBad here, GWX is the way to go. It also comes with a massive manual that includes a lot of historical detail.

You do have the option to play a different ship whilst you wait, don't see the problem personally.

Stop that I just fell out of my chair.

Blimey quite a few then, I started with 2 moved on to 3 and tried 4. Of the ones I've tried 3 is the one I will never not have installed (along with GWX). Fave boat is the IXB even if it does take half an hour to dive.

Well there is the benefit of being able to hit stuff whilst the great unwashed are still grappling with not ramming islands for the first few days after release....... If WG give beta testers something that would be nice but I really hope people didn't just sign up in the hope of getting something rather than helping to make this game as good as it can be. Personally I'm enjoying myself and basking in the knowledge that I made it into a relatively (compared to the potential playerbase) exclusive club.

Stay around guys, you never know...... I have a feeling there will be another wave of keys at some point. And remember there are some very useful guides on here for when you do get on.

Apparently yes, http://forum.worldofwarships.eu/index.php?/topic/7258-anyone-know-if-i-can-switch-from-na-to-eu-server/page__st__10__pid__122623#entry122623 Probably limited time so don't hang about.

Enemy below http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050356/ We dive at dawn http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036516/ Not WW2 but still good The Yangtze incident http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051209/