How popular is this game compared to WOT?

[Expertison]

How popular is this game compared to WOT?

 

And will it be atleast half as popular as wot?

[Pekoe_Darjeeling]

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[Captain_Edwards]

Well we are still in CBT but have 6000+ players most days. As a WoWp pilot, I aint never seen that many people in WoWp even right after launch.

[mtm78]

Well we are still in CBT but have 6000+ players most days. As a WoWp pilot, I aint never seen that many people in WoWp even right after launch.

 

And you're surprised because? 

 

[Outlawz0111]

Not very. World of Tanks trumps World of Warships because at the moment World of Warships only has a small number of mods sadly and a very small but focused testing group. World of Tanks has one of the biggest modding community's in the world. If World of Warships allows mods like World of Tanks the popularity will increase i presume over time. The problem we have is that if mods indeed are not permitted i fear wargaming will lose millions of potential paying customers.

 

I understand some people do not see the importance of mods but they are currently keeping World of Tanks alive because theirs literally a huge active modding community present in the game. XVM alone in World of Tanks has over 1 million users i could be mistaken of course.

 

World of Tanks - 7/10 (Popularity Based)

World of Warships - 3/10 (Current Popularity Based)

 

For instance World of War planes would get a 2/10 (Popularity Based).

 

As World of War Planes was a colossal flop for wargaming sadly.

 

World of Tanks lost a lot of players last year due to the constant failings of the EU team behind the game.

 

 

[Captain_Edwards]

 

And you're surprised because? 

 

 

Actually yes a bit. I always thought aircraft appealed more to the general "gamer" types than ships. But this is a really good game and kudos on wargaming for making it.

[mtm78]

 

Actually yes a bit. I always thought aircraft appealed more to the general "gamer" types than ships. But this is a really good game and kudos on wargaming for making it.

 

Well it was more that WoWp had some critical reviews and was competing with WarThunder. Also, there are a lot of flight simulators out there, in carrying degrees of popularity, and there are a lot less naval warfare simulators with the setting of WoWs.

 

I couldn't stand WoWp, I started playing flight sims with Yuck Yeager on the C64 and I had the feeling while playing WoWp that CY was more polished 

[Captain_Edwards]

Oh I know naval games are few and far between. Its why I was a huge player of Silent Hunter series, its failed counterpat Destroyer Command and the recent Victory at Sea game.

[MeanGreenUnseen]

Not very. World of Tanks trumps World of Warships because at the moment World of Warships only has a small number of mods sadly and a very small but focused testing group. World of Tanks has one of the biggest modding community's in the world. If World of Warships allows mods like World of Tanks the popularity will increase i presume over time. The problem we have is that if mods indeed are not permitted i fear wargaming will lose millions of potential paying customers.

 

I understand some people do not see the importance of mods but they are currently keeping World of Tanks alive because theirs literally a huge active modding community present in the game. XVM alone in World of Tanks has over 1 million users i could be mistaken of course.

 

World of Tanks - 7/10 (Popularity Based)

World of Warships - 3/10 (Current Popularity Based)

 

For instance World of War planes would get a 2/10 (Popularity Based).

 

As World of War Planes was a colossal flop for wargaming sadly.

 

World of Tanks lost a lot of players last year due to the constant failings of the EU team behind the game.

 

 

 

I'm really trying to understand how are mods related to this and what are you basing it on. Mind elaborating and providing a few examples?

 

As for popularity, this game is still at CB with a quite costly access, so 5k people at once is a really good amount IMHO. I would expect many more to join once it goes open f2p.

[valkarianism]

Not very. World of Tanks trumps World of Warships because at the moment World of Warships only has a small number of mods sadly and a very small but focused testing group. World of Tanks has one of the biggest modding community's in the world. If World of Warships allows mods like World of Tanks the popularity will increase i presume over time. The problem we have is that if mods indeed are not permitted i fear wargaming will lose millions of potential paying customers.

 

I understand some people do not see the importance of mods but they are currently keeping World of Tanks alive because theirs literally a huge active modding community present in the game. XVM alone in World of Tanks has over 1 million users i could be mistaken of course.

 

World of Tanks - 7/10 (Popularity Based)

World of Warships - 3/10 (Current Popularity Based)

 

For instance World of War planes would get a 2/10 (Popularity Based).

 

As World of War Planes was a colossal flop for wargaming sadly.

 

World of Tanks lost a lot of players last year due to the constant failings of the EU team behind the game.

 

 

 

Dear Sir, 

 

While I have to agree that by numbers and overall popularity, World of Tanks is definitely the more popular choice, World of Warships is simply not in the same phase. World of Tanks is a game that has been around long enough to garner popularity over time and host international competitions and such. It's popularity is due to it being a free to play game, with a large player base and approachable game play. World of Warships is in it's early ages, and is experiencing a growth spurt not unlike what World of Tanks experienced when it was first launched. If anything, World of Warships has popularity on par with World of Tanks, and should not be regarded as less, as they are merely in different years of development and relative popularity should be more relevant. 

 

I never got the point of these comparisons. They're essentially different games. I guess if you would like to compare them, then by all means, but as long as you're doing it, might as well do it properly. Also, an apple and an orange are both fruits, but should never be compared to see which is better. 

 

Also, claiming that Mods are the reason why World of Warships is not as popular is very confusing to me, as Mods are generally being frowned upon at the moment by the general community. WG have also never stated to remove all Mods, but only to make it different from World of Tank Mods. WG themselves are trying to set aside World of Warships from World of Tanks. You could always argue between the success of the games, and how popular they are, but try not to compare game play and the likes. They're just different. They have their own player base and... I guess I'm tired of World of Tank players coming here and saying this and that and how this and that is better than this and that because this and that and this and that should be this and that because World of Tanks this and that so this and that. I mean. If you don't like World of Warships then get out of beta man. (no offence to the quoted thread or OP i'm just ranting about comparisons in general). Think about it! Hos is saying stuff like: Oh World of warships is not as good as world of tanks in this aspect. going to help beta testing?! A ship is so fundamentally different from a tank! I dunno I'm riled up and tired from comparing these 2, and perhaps a little saddened that comparisons are still necessary. I love this game. Do you?

[knaveofengland]

Not very. World of Tanks trumps World of Warships because at the moment World of Warships only has a small number of mods sadly and a very small but focused testing group. World of Tanks has one of the biggest modding community's in the world. If World of Warships allows mods like World of Tanks the popularity will increase i presume over time. The problem we have is that if mods indeed are not permitted i fear wargaming will lose millions of potential paying customers.

 

I understand some people do not see the importance of mods but they are currently keeping World of Tanks alive because theirs literally a huge active modding community present in the game. XVM alone in World of Tanks has over 1 million users i could be mistaken of course.

 

World of Tanks - 7/10 (Popularity Based)

World of Warships - 3/10 (Current Popularity Based)

 

For instance World of War planes would get a 2/10 (Popularity Based).

 

As World of War Planes was a colossal flop for wargaming sadly.

 

World of Tanks lost a lot of players last year due to the constant failings of the EU team behind the game.

 

 

 

well can see you like the mods the game is in closed beta and has limited players hint hint nudge nudge  and you are a super tester are you playing the same game

as for mods if they are good mods and the wots mods is to much issues then its clear them mods don't work as intended unlike lets say a portion of mods for the total war series  .

 so for the wows how popular its closed beta  so has limited players big factor and I do think game will grow just like the tanks  not sure if you are trolling 

 

 

[MacHopper]

In terms of being competitive in clan wars and team battles, WoT has almost ceased to exist within my clan. Some people still play WoT regulary, but often that is only down to "hey they're giving away a tank/gold" or a philosophy centred on "I've invested too much money in this to drop it, but it has made me wary of spending too much on any other game".

The biggest complaints I generally hear from clan mates are based around two ideas. One of these even WoWS will suffer from, the other is currently unique to WoT.

 

The first complaint is that you are a complete hostage to how your team behaves around you. If you are lucky (and its only ever luck, where randoms are concerned) and your team wins due to "random occurence of Team Play" or one player goes all Rambo on the team then you'll at least do OK. Unfortunately if you personally had a bad first win, then your big kick-start to the day on that Tank is wasted. Unfortunately all it takes is a bunch of greedy "I don't care what the team needs, I'm going here/going after this tank/capping/hiding" players and you're screwed. And lets not start on what happens if you get one or two trolls, griefers or team damagers/killers. Obviously though, WoWS will be just as capable of this kind of scenario.

 

The second complaint is the HUGE advantage that certain mods give to a player and the fact that some common ones are borderline illegal/broken. If you want to play WoT to a relatively competitive level, then you can't even set foot on the battlefield without certain aspects of XVM (Oh XVM, how I despise your stat grief facilitating ways), the Map mods, some upgraded cross-hairs and so on. Furthermore, these days there are mods that inform a player of where environmental objects are being destroyed, mods that snap your cross-hairs to weak spots and ammo-racks. And as someone who tried to use the barest minimum in terms of mods, these are just the ones I know about. At this stage, it is tremendously encouraging to me to hear that WG are beginning to encrypt the exchange of data between client and server which will at the least stall a lot of the mods.

At this stage, my clan that has approximately 90 members in WoT (though that number is dropping as a handful of hardcore "WoT til I die" types are looking for more WoT-active clans) already got 16 people into the closed-beta prior to the arrival of the purchasable CBT access, and that number is rising steadily among the more active members. It may be that WoT gets a bit of a renaissance as we recruit people new to WG into our WoWS clan who then choose to check out WoT as well, but it seems likely to me right now that WoT will soon become our third-ranked game behind WoWS and Elite Dangerous.  
 

[Bl4ckh0g]

Main playerbase for Wg products are coming from Russia and Eastern/Middle Europe where's the biggest naval battle was probably 2 guy on a raft throwing sticks at each other in the Danube 

 

WoWs will have it's playerbase because it is essentially the only age of armor naval game worth playing, but do not expect 50 million players

[Outlawz0111]

 

Dear Sir, 

 

While I have to agree that by numbers and overall popularity, World of Tanks is definitely the more popular choice, World of Warships is simply not in the same phase. World of Tanks is a game that has been around long enough to garner popularity over time and host international competitions and such. It's popularity is due to it being a free to play game, with a large player base and approachable game play. World of Warships is in it's early ages, and is experiencing a growth spurt not unlike what World of Tanks experienced when it was first launched. If anything, World of Warships has popularity on par with World of Tanks, and should not be regarded as less, as they are merely in different years of development and relative popularity should be more relevant. 

 

I never got the point of these comparisons. They're essentially different games. I guess if you would like to compare them, then by all means, but as long as you're doing it, might as well do it properly. Also, an apple and an orange are both fruits, but should never be compared to see which is better. 

 

Also, claiming that Mods are the reason why World of Warships is not as popular is very confusing to me, as Mods are generally being frowned upon at the moment by the general community. WG have also never stated to remove all Mods, but only to make it different from World of Tank Mods. WG themselves are trying to set aside World of Warships from World of Tanks. You could always argue between the success of the games, and how popular they are, but try not to compare game play and the likes. They're just different. They have their own player base and... I guess I'm tired of World of Tank players coming here and saying this and that and how this and that is better than this and that because this and that and this and that should be this and that because World of Tanks this and that so this and that. I mean. If you don't like World of Warships then get out of beta man. (no offence to the quoted thread or OP i'm just ranting about comparisons in general). Think about it! Hos is saying stuff like: Oh World of warships is not as good as world of tanks in this aspect. going to help beta testing?! A ship is so fundamentally different from a tank! I dunno I'm riled up and tired from comparing these 2, and perhaps a little saddened that comparisons are still necessary. I love this game. Do you?

 

Please let me apologise. I have mistaken the thread and have instead based popularity off mods. I would actually state that World of Warships will be more popular within the first year than World of Tanks was although that's implied. I understand that World of Tanks has been around for a long time and its slowly built up its masses but i honestly think World of Warships could be the new Number 1 F2P title for wargaming. The game certainly requires more skill but it seems a lot more fun compared to World of Tanks if you do not mind slower paced battles.

 

I would say mods do play a part in popularity especially ones like XVM. I consider if we see the modding community become involved in World of Warships the game will be outstanding. Without mods i do not think it will touch World of Tanks in terms of overall popularity. 

 

I hope i have written the above so its understood .

[ReynoldsXD2]

WoW is still in Beta ,talking about popularity is silly. But know this: I would not have bought myself into a  WoT Beta.

 

What i did was buy myself a Armored Warfare founders pack, because I DO NOT LIKE ww2 era tanks ^^. But i love WW era warships. And i hate modern warships.

 

 

 

So this is a perfect fit:

 

Armored warfare because leopard 2.

WoW because BATTLESHIPS plox!

[Trigger_Happy_Dad]

I'm very bored by WoT, just playing tanks atm to collect free exp for WoWs....

[Keltic]

I'm very bored by WoT, just playing tanks atm to collect free exp for WoWs....

 

I have over 100k free xp saved on WOT so far :-)

 

I still like WOT but play more of the light and medium tanks up to tier 5.  Above that it's all to serious for me although I do have a few tier X vehicles.

 

WOWp just did not do it for me.  I was part of that Beta (as well as WOT) but I just could not get into it.  There was a real lack of satisfaction and to enjoy that game you had to be very good at flight sims.

 

WoWS ticks all my boxes so far and I hope it continues.  

 

See you all at sea.

 

[Scarebird]

Someone has argued that WoT is more popular because of the mods.  Personally, I became disillusioned with WoT because of the mods.  Yes I know there are a few out there that enhance the players experience of the game, but there are also more than a few out there that give a player an advantage over other players i.e. cheating.  Look at the furore that the aim assist mod created within the WoW community, and the toxicity it created.  I feel that WoT has suffered because of mods like these, and I am keeping my fingers crossed that WoW doesn't go down the same road.

[narbar]

I do believe people appreciate WoWS qualities more than the other games

[caldark]

Well WOT is a fully released game so its gonig to be more popular at the moment..

 

WOWS is still in testing only people who had invites and people who have picked up a ship in the online store are able to play.. so a lot less people paly the game at the moment.. I think that will change when it launches.

 

[Expertison]

In my opinion WoW will never be as good as Wot or even come close to it. The WoW battles are simply not as exciting and are slow paced.

This game is pretty much meant for people who love Battleships, during the alpha test i only had about 10 battles then i quitted it forever because the game procces is incredibly slow.

 

All i could see during the WoW games is, Ships and boring sea everywhere.

 

In fact i even think it won't be as popular as world of warplanes duo to the slow and boring gameplay.

 

My first account on WoT was created in 2011 and still to this day i occasionally play it, the game requires alot of team skill and many different factors.

Back in 2011 WoT arty tanks were very accurate so you needed alot of team work and skill to play against it, that's why everyone hates arty it makes the game even better.

[Userext]

In my opinion WoW will never be as good as Wot or even come close to it. The WoW battles are simply not as exciting and are slow paced.

This game is pretty much meant for people who love Battleships, during the alpha test i only had about 10 battles then i quitted it forever because the game procces is incredibly slow.

 

All i could see during the WoW games is, Ships and boring sea everywhere.

 

In fact i even think it won't be as popular as world of warplanes duo to the slow and boring gameplay.

 

My first account on WoT was created in 2011 and still to this day i occasionally play it, the game requires alot of team skill and many different factors.

Back in 2011 WoT arty tanks were very accurate so you needed alot of team work and skill to play against it, that's why everyone hates arty it makes the game even better.

 

i dont know about you but this is new type of game just like wot when it came out there was no other game that could give people this kind of action

if you think this is slow then i m guessing you will not be looking forward to play WT naval aswell

 

"it wont be popular as wowp"

 

 

 

[krautjaeger]

In my opinion WoW will never be as good as Wot or even come close to it. The WoW battles are simply not as exciting and are slow paced.

This game is pretty much meant for people who love Battleships, during the alpha test i only had about 10 battles then i quitted it forever because the game procces is incredibly slow.

 

All i could see during the WoW games is, Ships and boring sea everywhere.

 

In fact i even think it won't be as popular as world of warplanes duo to the slow and boring gameplay.

 

My first account on WoT was created in 2011 and still to this day i occasionally play it, the game requires alot of team skill and many different factors.

Back in 2011 WoT arty tanks were very accurate so you needed alot of team work and skill to play against it, that's why everyone hates arty it makes the game even better.

 

And this is why WoWs will be successful. All the twitch-kids and action junkies will go some place completely different. Those that can not stand that a match takes longer than the current 3-4 minutes in WoT. I can not express my happiness enough that WoWs is going in the direction it does.

[Cirrus4000]

For those of you who say WoWs game play is slow, take a look at Naval Acton. .. ;)

[indycar]

for me its ships over anything any day