What British/German Prem ship should I get (For farming and/or just for fun)

[TheSilentTexan]

7 hours ago, _DeathWing_ said:

@TheSilentTexan Your highest tier in port is V CA and DD, highest BB is IV. Buy smth from that tier. When you get to tier VII/VIII and above buy the rest of it.

Explain pls? Wouldn't it make more sense to speed up the grind to T7/8 by buying a prem ship?

[TheSilentTexan]

On ‎15‎-‎1‎-‎2018 at 4:37 PM, Verblonde said:

BTW if you ignore everyone's advice, and get a higher tier premium anyway, I would urge you to play it in PvE only (at least, until you get your silver ships to a similar level) - you'll still earn tolerable amounts of silver, and you'll be dealing with more manageable opponents...

Thank you, I can understand that people dont like ''newbie" players taking up slots in their team that good players would usually take

[Verblonde]

27 minutes ago, TheSilentTexan said:

Thank you, I can understand that people dont like ''newbie" players taking up slots in their team that good players would usually take

 

I wouldn't necessarily put it that harshly (mind you, I wouldn't - I have most of the T8 premiums, and not much clue what to do with most of them!), although some might.

From my perspective, one's aims should (arguably) be to have as much fun as possible, whilst learning as much as possible, and progressing up the tiers at a sensible rate. Playing in PvP is very different to playing against bots (PvE).

The way I operated, early on especially, was to play mostly silver ships against real people at lower tiers (adding in lower tier premiums when I started to suck marginally less, mainly keeping pace with my silver ships though), especially when bagging the daily win bonus (+50%, say, on your PvP winnings is a lot more than +50% on your PvE winnings).

 

Until recently, I used my higher tier premiums only in PvE, as I generally lasted a lot longer, and wasn't a liability to anyone against bots; besides that, you have more time to inflict more damage/kills, which earns you more silver etc.

I'm not suggesting that what I did was 'right', but it does seem to have worked in terms of striking a tolerable balance between learning the game, and advancing at a sensible rate up a number of trees, whilst still allowing me to muck about with some fun premiums that I might not have got to play as soon otherwise.

 

One additional minor plus of this approach is that it allows you to dip your toe in the water with a few more 'advanced' mechanics, in a fairly gentle way - I'm mainly thinking of things like hydro, and (especially) radar. If you've got a bit of a sense of how they work in PvE playing with higher tier premiums, they maybe won't come as such a nasty surprise when you start playing T5 and get up-tiered (facing things like Belfast and Atlanta, for example, in your first T5)

[daniyyel]

As stated by others before, the Scharnhorst is a very good ship. It just goes better and better while you level your captain.

I will also suggest the Nelson, you can get it with free XP ingame. Don't show broadsides, load HE and just burn everything down.

[_DeathWing_]

15 hours ago, TheSilentTexan said:

Explain pls? Wouldn't it make more sense to speed up the grind to T7/8 by buying a prem ship?

 

Easy. You have no experience with high tiers. And no! It wouldn't make sense at all. The only sense you'll make is you'll join with the rest of wallet warriors, no clue how to play their ships, what they're fighting against, etc.

[Verblonde]

18 hours ago, TheSilentTexan said:

Explain pls? Wouldn't it make more sense to speed up the grind to T7/8 by buying a prem ship?

 

Bear in mind that most of the xp you'll be earning in a premium won't be free xp i.e. you'll have to pay doubloons to convert it to a form that allows you to research other ships. Premiums earn you more silver (if you know how to play them well), so you can buy ships and upgrades sooner, but you still have to unlock them first.

The aim of WOWS isn't to get to Tier X as fast as possible though; you'll have more fun if you advance at a more stately pace. Almost every tier has something fun in it somewhere (although almost every line does, conversely, have at least one stinker), so it is very possible to have a lot of fun wherever you are in the grind.

 

If you are going to free-xp things, I would suggest it be upgrades only (new hulls, better guns/torps etc) - stock ships can be horrible. If you are time poor (I am), I would suggest free-xping the more important upgrades, perhaps all of them (certainly at lower tier where the xp costs are more manageable), and then grind the next tier's ship the slow way.

 

You'll generally get better, and have more fun this way (at least, in my experience, although I'm still pretty awful myself)...

[the_dude33]

Yeah, listen to Verblonde above.

 

He's the only one getting it right - you can't ease the grind for exp with a premium ship, unless you're willing to shell out even more real money to convert ship exp into free exp.

 

And yes, everybody else saying, don't buy a premium ship of tiers removed from your present silver ship tier, has a point, too.

[justadude0815]

True story: Some of the most opposed responses are from players who have comparable stats to the op with many more battles under their belts. I wonder what it is they are trying to protect. They are not rocking 65% win rates with 50k+ avg damage and 30%+ hit rates. Oh and they captain plenty of Tier 8s themselves.

 

It is a game. If you want to an can be a "wallet warrior" then that is what you should be. If you want to grind up for the satisfaction then that is what you should do. If you are a history buff who wants to casually captain the classics in battle then do that. If you are ambitious and want solid gameplay then get get a clan and role with them(because that is how you ensure good teamplay).

[SeaWolf7]

On ‎31‎/‎01‎/‎2018 at 8:10 PM, TheSilentTexan said:

Explain pls? Wouldn't it make more sense to speed up the grind to T7/8 by buying a prem ship?

 

On ‎04‎/‎02‎/‎2018 at 10:53 PM, justadude0815 said:

 

It is a game. If you want to an can be a "wallet warrior" then that is what you should be.

Yes its a game and Everyone has freedom of choice, However, Considering what the OP is asking you and considering the state of game play at Tier VII/VIII + atm, sorry but this is Not good advice IMO

[justadude0815]

3 hours ago, SeaWolf7 said:

 

Yes its a game and Everyone has freedom of choice, However, Considering what the OP is asking you and considering the state of game play at Tier VII/VIII + atm, sorry but this is Not good advice IMO

Fair enough. I view it a little differently. I do not think anyone can expect much from a Random. It us called a Random after all. I would expect people to think about entering Ranked match as the teams performance is ranked and substantial rewards given. That is why I do not play ranked. I would play a clan battle with my clan though.

[TheSilentTexan]

Thanks  again for your opinions, but I cant find any prem ship ingame anymor (except for the tirpitz, graf and Hood), please explain why they have been removed from purchasing

[Agantas]

On 31.1.2018 at 10:10 PM, TheSilentTexan said:

Explain pls? Wouldn't it make more sense to speed up the grind to T7/8 by buying a prem ship?

Rather than speeding up the grind, you should be enjoying the journey. The suggestion to play through the tiers normally is a sound one, as new players often can't handle high tiers when they jump to them suddenly. You shouldn't have a hurry for anything if the ship you want isn't available for discount. You can reach tier 7 normally by playing the lines that interest you and grab the premium ship later.

 

Only speeding up you can do is gathering credits, and for that, high tier is the most efficient. So Tirpitz if you're after credits. Scharnhorst, which was suggested earlier, will offer more unique gameplay, since it is essentially a Gneisenau with smaller caliber guns (the historical ones). Tirpitz is a Bismarck with torpedoes, more or less. Duke of York is a King George V class BB, dunno if there's anything special about it. Warspite is a Queen Elisabeth with better turret traverse and handling.

 

Some ships in premium shop are rotating offers that go away after some time and then other ships are available. You might want the ships you want in the Tech tree for doubloons, though.

[T40_95]

Dont Bother With British or Germans unless you are getting Scharnhorst. Get Dunkerque!!!!!

[T40_95]

On 31/01/2018 at 8:10 PM, TheSilentTexan said:

Explain pls? Wouldn't it make more sense to speed up the grind to T7/8 by buying a prem ship?

 Personally im a low tier player except for my two premium ships, which are Kaga and Dunkerque. Kaga for life!

[Rooke_1704]

Have to echo what so many others have already said. I'm a RN battleship player have got cruisers and the Gallant too. Don't be in too much of a rush to buy premium T7+ ships until you have more time invested in the game, a bit more experience playing particularly British ships.

 

I don't have a premium German ship but I did grind to get the Gnaisenau and the Bismark. I love them both, great ships to play the satisfaction knowing you earned it is much more rewarding than simply buying a premium.

 

Of course that's just my opinion. You need to do what feels right for you and I wish you the best of luck.