Konception

I had a small chuckle to myself at this, because I am sure my inexperienced movement already looks erratic to most. Seriously though, the concept of sailing to the previous shot is genius, I am most certainly going to keep that in mind in my Cruiser (and perhaps also DD) play.

If you see me, be gentile! It's only my 200th+ time!

While this is indeed week 2 of the Captain's Log, I did start playing before the log started. If I had to guess, I think I am averaging 30 matches or so per week right now. I wish I had the time to play 100 matches or so a week though!

And thank you for the kind words!

This is FANTASTIC advice, as my instinct has tended to be to try to turn around/kite/out maneuver incoming fire, which obviously has had mixed success. Thank you!

I actually got some advice from Ahskance that kind of leans in this direction. I am working up the German cruiser line as we speak!

Greetings Captains,

Welcome to the second week of the New Player Captain's Log! For those of you who aren't sure what this is or what it might do, feel free to check out the introductory post here.

Without further ado, let’s proceed with Week 2!

Accomplishments
Here’s a list of personal milestones that I hit during the week:

1. Hit the 200 battles mark, and thus left protected matchmaking
2. Participated in my first Operation (more on that below)
3. Grinded the US Cruiser Line to Omaha (only halted due to credits)
4. Obtained the Ranger (so long, Langley!)

Focus Points of the Week
After talking to a number of you in last week’s thread, I made a few changes in focus that I think were beneficial to my learning experience. Here’s a few things I accomplished:
1. Focused on Cruisers more (they were absent from last week’s Log and are a general blindspot in my exper...

For those curious, I actually do not have a press account! My personal account (linked to my profile here) is the only account I have at this time.

Hmm that is a very interesting concept. I will have to look into how it was done in the past to see if that is something that could exist once again. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!

Happy to help! So how the game works is that when you use an arrow key or a WASD key to move in a particular direction, ALL tiles that can move that direction will move, not just specific ones. For example, if you press Left/A, any tile that has the ability to move left (whether that be into an empty space or to combine with a matching tile) will move left as far as it can.

Thank you! This is a project that I have been working on/developing with feedback from several other WG employees, so I believe they see the same value in it as I do.

Definitely understand where you are coming from here. Even with somewhat speedy BBs like the Repulse and Tirpitz, I am not getting tons of damage/kills. I mainly like to use them in co-op just from a learning perspective. How fast does this ship feel under my keys? How about reload times? Consumables? I know these details are all listed out in port, but I don't always learn most optimally by reading things. Sometimes feeling/experiencing gives me better comprehension before I take a new ship into Randoms. Probably silly, but it works for me!

Yup, I am certain! Your first 200 matches are within protected matchmaking guidelines, regardless if you try out ships beyond Tier IV or not. The reasoning behind this is if a new player buys a higher tier premium ship and gets obliterated in Randoms, they can go back to Tier IV or below and stay protected while they learn the game.
I am close to being out of protected though!

If you don't mind me asking, what makes Newport News difficult? I just want to see if it is worth me trying this week or not.

I just wanted to highlight this because this is wonderful advice. The WoWS "How To" videos are very well done, and if you aren't lucky enough to have an Ahskance right next to you like I am, his videos are incredibly informative.

Definitely! Cruisers as a whole will get some love soon. Just didn't play them at all in this week.

Oh this is very interesting to me. I've yet to try Ops just out of fear of being incompetent but maybe this week is the week!

In CVs, I struggle a lot to determine if I should focus cruisers (lower health, quicker threat) vs BBs (tons of health to chip away at, hit harder). Thinking more logically about knocking out some AA is really good advice.

I love this idea as well. When you go to conceal yourself, are you attempting to do so strategically with the map (ie. near or between islands) or do you just rely on the smoke itself?

Could not agree more with this. I'm very lucky to have Boggzy, Ahskance and Maredraco willing to div at any time. They're all wonderful teachers, too.

Thank you! I really hope it does!

This is a fantastic question/point. There are two main reasons. One is work related and one is, well, silly.

First, I was encouraged by my co-workers to play up to Tier VIII to get a sense of perspective as to how tiers beyond 5/6 start to feel different than their lower tier counterparts. This has honestly help me gain knowledge on things such as optimized builds, different consumables and general ship statistics, all of which have been very useful in learning the game at a quicker pace. Having a bunch of pros around me definitely helps, too.
Second, and I'll be completely honest...I just got lost in the grind for shiny new objects lol. I want more ships, more credits, all of that fun stuff. It seems to me that playing higher tiers might get me there a bit faster.
I think over this next week, I might focus on lower tiers (maybe no higher than 6) and see ...

Greetings Captains,
Welcome to the inaugural New Player Captain's Log! For those of you who aren't sure what this is or what it might do, feel free to check out the introductory post here.

Without further ado, let’s proceed with Week 1 of the New Player Captain’s Log!

DDs - Co-op Battles
I’ve been experimenting with DDs in Co-op first, as I am positive I will just get obliterated in Randoms. I can definitely see how they would be a difficult class to master. The impulse to rush in and just blast away with torps is definitely real, which you can get away with to a certain extent in Co-Op.

Ship I have been using: Nicholas Observations: Doesn’t seem to pack as much of a punch as its predecessor, Clemson. The guns are also SUPER floaty, which makes range attacks more difficult. Great news is that I just unlocked the Farragut, so hopefully I’ll fare better with her!

Things that I definitely...

Hello everyone, and welcome to the New Player Captain's Log!

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Wait, what is the New Player Captain's Log?

For those of you who don’t know me, my name’s Konception and I am the new NA Community Manager alongside Boggzy and Ahskance. While I have several years of gaming industry experience, I came into this position completely new to the game, which has put me in a rather unique position in comparison to my CM colleagues.

As I am new to both WG and WoWS, I thought it could be a good idea to share some of my experiences, thoughts and perspectives as a new player to the game. Every week on Tuesdays (barring holidays or other conflicts/unforeseen events), I will post my perspective on what I encountered in the previous week. This will include the ships I am playing, what I have noticed, what I need to work on, and any questions or comments I might have come up with. Anyone will be able to respond to t...

The announcement that was recently in the game client was to notify that the voting is open for the contest, but the original article announcing the contest was immediately underneath. That may be what is causing the confusion.

It's funny that you mention this because this is essentially how BBs were described to me when I first picked one up. They're slow, sustainable and can either pack a huge punch or whiff massively based off precision, dispersion, angle and some good old-fashioned RNG.
For me, I am particularly enjoying them based primarily off the rush of landing those massive citadels. Every time I land one I seem to forget the 100 pens, overpens or straight up misses that happened before.

I got teased a bit when near when I first started because I opened up exactly one (1) Black Friday container. What did it contain, you might ask?

Since I am still learning the game I haven't used her yet, but based off what everyone has said, I can't wait! Congrats to you as well!