F2P player who started in 2015 is in a completely different position compared to someone who started F2P in 2019, much more stuff to grind etc etc etc. After a freemium game becomes mature, the frustration involved with F2P increases exponentially but it would bad business for WG otherwise.

"....their titles are designed to frustrate you, and thru that frustration, incentivize you to spend money...". Especially considering recent events, I think that's perhaps the most neutral and polite way I've heard WG's business practices described.

The thing that really boosted my grind was winning 180 days of premium time. I also agree with the anchors away events. My family went to the Iowa event as an excuse to visit the ship my grandfather served on and we all ended up with some great in game swag to boot. And we weren't even trying for in game loot.

The Honorable Service campaign also requires tier 8+ ships. I'm currently working my way through it

Funny enough, the mechanics to make me spend money are the exact reason i don't throw money at wg. It is more like you want me to go low, yeah, i'll show you

iChase is right here: I still have and play most of my four ARP Kongos and four ARP Myokos, I also have (and still love) my ARP Takao.

I'm starting to play this game today, and I've been watching some of these guides. But man, I may have bitten more than I could chew; I could barely wrap my head around some of these factors, and there's so many things you really need to study before getting into random battles. I'll probably have to keep rewatching these guides over and over again to internalize them. I do wonder if I can keep playing battles tier 4 and below, since it feels tier 5 and above is where things get real serious

I've had tons of fun as a F2P ... taking my time, saving up flags, upgrades and camos ... if I can play competitively with a naked ship, then I'll be that much better when I do use the extras ... all I spend da'booms on is removing upgrades ...

Thanks. Very helpful. I picked up more than one good clue here. These videos are super helpful. More power to you.

Chase, I always appreciate your how to videos and have been a casual, mostly f2p player, and this shows me a few ways I could get more out of the game. One thing I noticed was that you still had campaign tasks that were not completed. Even after the main campaign task is complete, you can still get the rewards for any tasks you complete.

Daily containers! When I started I got some multi million credit supercontainers which really boosted my game. I try to get all three each day, stockpile coal or consumables.

Thank you so much! Youve gave me some great info on things I didn't know!

Just coming back to play after a year+ off; great and informative refresher video, Chase. Thank you.

Such great timing! I decided to tip my toe back in and haven't played since 2015...so much stuff has changed and I am completely lost. This helps immensely since I will be pushing fully F2P so as not to waste any money, just incase... Some how I have an Ishizuchi from back in the day, not sure how since I dont remember buying any ships, but at least I have a premium (even if it's crappy) to get me started again.

As a new player, and f2p, this video is super good for me. Thanks for your great videos!! Wish I had known about the recruitment center before I started the game.

This is the single most useful video on WoWs I have seen to date. I have a premium account and still there was a treasure of useful info in here. Thank you!

I didn't know at all about that inventory shit, and I'm clocking on 2 years with 4 t10s plus a JB. Thank you a lot for showing me that, man!

The two most important resources for F2P players are free XP and coal. Save these. Don’t spend them on little things. You are going to need premium ships to keep the credits flowing. Especially at T8 and above. The free premiums I would recommend to a new player are the T7 British Battleship Nelson for free xp and the T9 French Battleship Jean Bart. Even if you aren’t a BB main, these are very easy to play and they earn a lot of credits. Just my 2 cents as a long time free player.

Excelent video iChase. One of the best, if not the best, tutorials of WoWs today. Well done Sr.

Thanks for the great video. This info was very informative.

Great video. I am F2P player who started WOWS last month, with an invite code. I recently unlocked the Warspite and managed to get the Aigle for coal (with 25% coupon in game). I have so far only played in Co-Op to learn the game and grind out the Warspite and loads of flags and camos. I wish this video was available when I started to make it easier to understand all this stuff, but I eventually did without much waste. I did mess up (somewhat) one of the free 10 skill commanders, and don't want to waste my (free earned) doubloons to reset the commander just yet.

Excellent info, as always, and I agree with you regarding the "Inventory" items; that system is not well-explained anywhere. I, for one, would benefit from a dedicated in-depth video explanation of how the system works. What to do with items, when items should be sold, what to keep, etc., etc.

"Get Georgia or Jean Bart instead of Smolensk" - nice meme there XD

There is also the scenario battles, if you manage to catch the full objectives, it’s a free premium day, some of the directives can be also be farmed thru scenario battles

New F2P player here. I knew this game existed but I only started playing during the last week of Regia Marina. I regretted not starting sooner because I missed out on the Italians :( I'm kinda at a struggling spot because I want to reach that sustainability you said in this video, because real life happens. And I pretty much play as a no clan solo player out of fear of being kicked out, because, again, I can get busy with real life. But I gotta admit, I never thought of using only essential camos, flags, and consumables to boost battle performance because I'm trying to save those up for later tiers, so thank you for pointing that out. At least now I know the solution to one problem, and that is earning enough credits. You just earned a new sub. :)

Playing Since Open Beta.. Takao and Shinonome are still my favs :D

Good on you for posting this. Cheers!!! Comped for good manners. 😁

You might want to add that completing the daily combat challenges gains you coal, which you can for new ships but more importantly some of the more common signal flags. I've also noticed that statistically if you select the "Camos and Signal" option when opening an XP container, you increase the chance of gaining a collectible. If you're trying to complete some of those series, that can help a bit.

Thanks for the video! 😎👍 outstanding subject👊

I like this video, i'm not a F2P player but have been on WG forums for 6 years or so trying to explain how best to be a F2P or cheap paying player. Also you should mention that WG has made it where you can hide the Weeb/Merica/Space camos but still get the benefits of the camo now.

Awesome info you give :-) thank you :-)

Been playing since open beta...how much this game has changed...

Great video loved it.

A bit too late for me, already have 7 T10's all with legendary modules and 19pt capitans. But I can confirm that this video is spot on.

Dont forget you can also get free 10 point captains for just completing some of the operations on 4 stars.

Dude, simply amazing. I have pestered the Forum and my Clan for this information. They have been HELPFUL, but you are helpful and organized. I am not a complete F2P player, but I have been frustrated on the economy of this game. In this way, WoT seems better. Everything seemed to be configured for later tiers. Your discussion focused me. Many, many thanks...

Also, you want to save any power camos and special signals for the grind of any ship through Tier VI because on Tier VII, you finally get A LOT fewer carrier games. Those of course always suck for everbody except for the carriers. Tier IX also has a lot less and is the real sweet spot atm. Next month though they'll throw the complete meta into the blender with these new upgrade modules, so it'll be a brand new game once again and who knows what that's gonna be like. The only thing that is fairly certain is carriers will still suck, suck the fun out and be horrendously toxic and OP. Also it's a fair guess no Russian ships will be negatively impacted.

Free to play since the Open Beta test was open to the public.

You know, for the first time in probably five years my premium time is going to run out in a week or so and I actually don't think I'll be renewing it. Good thing the only things I have fun in in Warships any more are low tiers and premium ships. Not that I play much at all any more...

Thanks for the solid video - lots of helpful information for a returning noob. I started playing again recently, working on my UK BB line. Was at tier 4 when I started, currently got a tier 6 (Queen Elizabeth). I had no idea until seeing this that I could have got a Warspite! Now that I am back and playing games, have I missed my opportunity to get one for free? Would really appreciate any info on this :)

oh my that was a lot in a short time, but great stuff. what is your twitch schedule ? I an a new player & have a full HR of questions.

F2P games in a nutshell: You are playing a game that hates you. It hates everything about you except your money. By having the sheer audacity to not spend ALL of your money on it, you are wasting the developer's time. And for that It will do its level best to make you suffer. They won't outright break the rules (while enough people are watching at least), but you'd better believe they will use every last psychological dirty trick that money, marketing, and analytics can buy.

Jeeeesus, this game has changed so damn much since I stopped back in 2016. Actually, I think I really stopped back in late 2015, but came back briefly in mid 2016. Even so, the game is totally different now.

WG used to be more generous with event / collab mission giving out ships, ARP was quite nice (even it was Myoko and Kongo clone, the ARP Takeo mission I recall it was later and I am glad I did that mission grind. Free Atago is always nice!! ) I can still recall good old days WG give out Graf Spee (from mission) and Free captain skill reset once for a while from big version update. iChase is there any suggestion for solo non-clan players?

TLDR: Just play the game XD (I love your vids iChase!) :)

you forget one thing, how to be F2P AND casual player.... after 3 years, I revert to F2P&Casual player for years now... only play 1-2 match a day, barely enough to grab 1st Daily container =w=

At last, someone does a F2P video. THANK YOU.Also, thank you for realizing that its silver, not XP that gates the free2play experience. I do find it amusing that you think there will be a 'late game' for a F2P player...that's not really practical. Also, pay attention to the daily log in bonuses for the events. They sometimes provide doubloons as one of the log in bonuses. It's a small amount, but it is useful to stockpile those for a special doubloon ship. I've been saving for over 2 years this way and am close (like another 6 months to a year) from the Mikasa.

Thanks for this I am going to try and have a play for Free go down the lines with new account

Just started the game (5 days ish) and been rushing to t10 with usn bbs. Really thought that was the best idea cause that way i could just get a bunch of free xp at later tiers to unlock other ships i wanted

I remember Kamikaze event. It's the best T5 DD. Stealth fast torps and was never nerfed as Minekaze

As a newer player who does have a premium account, this is still very useful information. Thanks for such a great in-depth explanation. Would also appreciate a video about early player strategy in obtaining captain skills. Just keep grinding or use accelerated training?

Man I wish a video series likes this existed for WOT... well it might but I am not aware of it.

Thanks for your great tutorials, though this game has become not worth spending time on it, forget about real money. Good luck to anyone getting into it.

Thank you for the video. Still it seems like you calculate from a perspective of far-above-average skill. I struggle to get net-zero credits if I use premium dc/repair on T9. That means I cant upgrade or buy any ships...

Hi IChase; I've been playing WoWS completely for free for more than a year now (October 2018, tho i did had a 5 months break due to IRL priorities) and I'm actually at a very good point if i do say so myself: I'm at tier 8 with some ships (Amagi, Bismarck and Shokaku) and i'm working towards the Izumo, however, i don't take them out that often tho due to the economy at those tiers (8, 9 and 10) being... what it is let's say :) so i don't take them out that often, especially the Shokaku; tho i'm a good enough player that i'm able to avoid or at least mitigate credit losses. I don't even use Premium Consumables (i do keep a certain number of them tho); my gameplay has adapted that way and it's fine. I do sell the stock modules once I have bought the upgraded one (i.e. I sell the A hull once i got the B hull and so on). I do have some premuim ships, all aquired for free: Georgia (with coal and coupon of course), Texas (Supercontainer), Dunkerque and Anshan (2018 Santa Containers), Emden (from the Giveaway) and Mutsu (recently aquired from a Supercontaier). I do use some camos, but i prefer to save up camos (the ones you can't get for credits) for when i get Premium account from somewhere to maximize it's effectivnes. The one thing i still don't have is a 19 points Captain; my highest is Admiral Hipper at 14 points. My main problem are "perma-camos" i do have some of them, but they are very few. Great video anyway.

I'd go a step further: You want that first 19-point commander ideally be sitting on a very strong silver tech tree ship for which you can get a 'free' permanent camouflage (i.e. that you can get by only spending in-game resources, meaning coal), so you can keep playing that ship and commander to generate more Elite Commander XP even after grinding through that ship. For me, that ideal ship is *HMS Lightning,* and F2P players should definitely go up the *British destroyer line* first. To get the Lightning perma camo, all you need to do is spend very little coal on one single Royal Navy Destroyers container from the Armory. That will drop the first item of the RN DD collection, which can then be "switched on", so that the rest of the collection items drop from the daily containers. Only very few collections do this. The only other free perma camo you can get with similar ease is for USS Cleveland. That is another very strong tech tree ship but arguably, the grind there is harder. The British destroyers are perfectly OK on all the low tiers and get really good, not to say overpowered, at Tier VII. I was admittedly a bit lucky in getting HMS Gallant from some event when trying this strategy, which made it easier to train that first 19-pt commander. You can also get free permanent camos for Monarch, Z-23, Charles Martell, Kiev and New Orleans from the 2-year Anniversary containers. But since the collection cannot be switched on, you need to buy about a dozen or more of those, and at 1,000 coal, each one of those containers represents about a full gaming day's earnings. So you can get lucky but it could delay your grind to Smolensk by about three weeks or more. And arguably, those the ships are... not as strong as Lightning. The same goes for Bismarck, whose free perma camos you get from the Hunt for the Bismarck collection. Also the 2-year perma camos don't even give a Ship XP bonus, only a Commander and Free XP bonus, which is a bit dumb. The other thing is that you should definitely try to get a four-star win on the *Operations* that are done with Tier VI ships, because those will give you free 10-.pt commanders for the German, American and Japanese navies. Now those, arguably, are a bit hard to do with destroyers if you are a beginner, so in order to do them, so you want to quickly grind out two or three Tier VI BBs or cruisers. For that purpose, I again recommend the British lines, at least as far as the BBs go, because starting with Tier IV, the British BBs are the only ones besides the Russians that have some serious flak, so you won't be quite as completely defenseless against aircraft carriers as in all other lines. Oh and speaking of aircraft carriers, the most important info is of course that you're basically just fodder for those, while their gameplay has nothing to do with what you originally come to this game for. So, you know. *Don't start playing this game.*

I have been a F2P player since the game was there. I think maybe one time I bought a few doubloons to support the game a bit. I got 62 ships of which 13 are premium (and it could have been more but I missed a few campaigns). I still have about 20 port slots available. I got Premium Camo for my most used vessels. I have a free premium account (just for playing the game) about 40% of the time. I have about 3000 doubloons just for playing the game (and spend a multitude of that, on premium camo for example) Just. For. Playing!!!

Hey thanks for the advice. I have a zillion camuflages, but I usually go for the Type 5. Could you pleaase tell me what is the best way to use them ??

As a f2p player, i struggled with credit when upgrading ships and just in general. Also, the captain pts are very expensive to reset so be sure when u spec a high pt captain. Take advantage when there's a patch change that make resetting cap pts for free.

Which do you recommend. The Georgia, or Thunderer (or another ship). I almost have enough for one, and I saw they are leaving in 10.1

The game is still super fun for me at lower tiers because the people I'm against are generally just there to have a good time. As soon as I start T8 and above in my experience I come up against the tryhards who want you to uninstall the game and it's just unplayable,

Keep in mind one thing that F2P games don't tell players. *YOU* are content. The devs want you to pay, but they still need you, the player, to be the target for other PVPers, or the support for a COOP team, etc. That's why you have all the promotions, discounts, and giveaways. They need incentives to keep you logging in, playing constantly, and not quitting because all the Good Stuff is cash-only. They know that not everyone is going to/can afford to pay for premium content all the time. So they make it available through grinding, that way there is always a pretty solid player base. In this manner, you are content for paying customers and whales. Never forget that, and you'll understand the business model. After all, game-devs have to pay bills too, servers cost money to run, and there will always be an attempt to add new content and gameplay to keep the ball rolling.

F2P ever since I started back in October 2015. Don't rush towards the high tiers. If you're starting out, invest in mid tier ships, particularly tiers 5-7. These tiers are profitable, so use them to stockpile credits and free exp. You can also train 19 point captains in them for your eventual high tier ships. Gameplay-wise, mid tiers gain access to defensive fire AA, which is very handy in defending your ship and others against enemy aviation.

As a F2P player who just finished my 1st week playing the game, thanks for the videos. F2P is a mindset (kind of like the 1st video in series talked about). I'm in no rush to get "to the top", but simply enjoy every tier and learning how to get better. I'm actually surprised I already have a tier V BB and tier IV everything else. If it takes a year, or 2 to reach tier X, I don't care. My goals are to learn to be a formidable opponent no matter what ship I'm playing and to have fun. A potato in the most OP ship, is still a potato. A dangerous, thinking opponent in the most underpower ship is still dangerous. (I learned that playing tanks for years)

IChase, I’m in the “ranks” of your recruiting station, but I didn’t receive a Diana Lima after my first battle, and I’m concerned that I won’t get Warspite, either.

As a F2P player myself I can say that collections like the Yamamoto collection are far from useless. Yes, they don't give any great rewards by themselves, but they can be activated indefinitely. That means you don't have to finish them, which in turn means that you can accumulate duplicates whenever there's no other collection around that has to be done by a certain date. Right now, I have 132 duplicates waiting for me and only 36/40 items collected. Even if I find these 4 one right after the other, that's still 132*15,000 = nearly 1,980,000 credits. That's 2mio credits for basically doing nothing. Given that the last items are statistically the most difficult to find, I fully expect 3+ Mio to be the ultimate payout. Apropos collections: these are also a great way to save up on these premium days. With unfinished collections (juuuust enough duplicates on the most recent one *phew*) and unopened WG containers I'm now sitting on 9 premium days that I can activate whenever I want. Instead of wasting the premium on a day I can barely play a couple of games, I can now wait for a mission that requires me to earn X credits/XP and do this mission while getting 150% out of my carefully hoarded flags. The premium bonus is quite important because unlike other bonuses that it stacks multiplicatively with flags and camos instead of simply adding to them. Even a single day of premium is great to get the most out these precious economy flags during an event!

Also: There are drops on Twitch for ingame stuff.

314 port slots? I'm sure it is due to a heavy time investment and consistent play but still, the mind boggles.

As a F2P player I totally agree on most things said, but overoptimising can take the fun out of things and it's a game afterall. Do something stupid once in a while, like get a PayToRico for free because after all these Missions, Events, etc. with their containers and rewards you will also have accumulated some Gold^^ (or do spend it whisely, like for example when port slots are on discount...) Maybe to add something I missed hearing is to make use of all the game modes the game offers to be the most efficient when doing doing missions/campaigns/events, e.g. do 15 cits in T5+ ships and it is possible in Coop and/or Operations do it there. Bots broadside you all the time, getting 15 cits can be done in a single Coop battle that takes no longer then 5 mins if you're a bit lucky Or do some grinding of T6/7 ships in the Operations, once you know the patterns/spawns and maybe have some friends for divisioning up with you can powergrind ships there easily.

Detonation aye.... I am going more banzai for my Emperor Nachi hehe!

I know that I'm not the most consistent player and that my tier 9 is arguably the worst one but with economic flags, camo and consumables even with a 3k base game I lose roughly 50k credits on my friedrich. I honestly don't know what I should be doing. I do decent in the Iowa for example but I want to get to G.K. without just free xp.

The only money I spent in WOW was for the Beltfast. After that $0.0 at all. I have 150 ships, almost all the tier 10, and WOW just gave me 2 free ships. Plus, I keep earning doubloons, so I have 3000 on my account. I just got 2 free premium days, that I used to earn as much XP I can, and credits. So the FREE game works for me very well.

My Armory & Inventory pages doesn't load. What's up with that? I am F2P only. Managed to grind up to Tier VI BB and VII Cruiser (German ships only).

One thing you did not mention. It is possible it is my imagination but money and consumables are so critical to F2P - I have never spent a penny on this game, btw. If I log on and I lose 3 matches in a row, I make the assumption that the game has dumped me into a bad matrix. Some people call this an RNG issue, but I think it goes deeper. When I am losing those first three, if I play ten games, it seems like I have a very good chance baring a miracle of losing them all. The reverse is also true. If I win the first three battles, I play until I get my 3rd container and then I log off. If I lose the first three I log for the day and come back tomorrow and hope for a better matrix. It kept me from going broke and using my consumables with any return. It also kept me from going insane and most of all, it greatly improved my stats. I also never went into a clan or joined a division. I played completely solo. But everything else you mentioned, I did and it works.

hey man the daily missions isnt working for me...i dont have the chain 1 or 2..what am i doing wronge

I'm a more recent F2P player (picked it up at the tail end of 2019 during the whole Puerto Rico bullshit) and I have a few things to say about the F2P experience. 1: I don't know if it's me, but it seems like most every game I don't contribute anything beyond a free kill for the enemy team. Sure there are a few games where I actually make an impact, and the very rare game where I'm the best player on my team. But most of the time I feel like I'm deliberately being matched against players above my skill level (not least because I'm almost always uptiered). 2: This game is not very friendly to F2P. Beyond the obscene amounts of resources required to do anything (including multi-line grinding), it almost feels like you're punished for not paying real money. While I understand at the root of it WoWs is a skill-based game, it feels like Wargaming will put their finger on the scale for players who have paid a little more than others. 3: There have been plenty of times where I have logged out of the game feeling more enraged than when I started (related to my first point). This game has caused me to put holes in my wall. I know that the common point is that I'm not very skilled at this game, yet I can't stop trying to get better, and always my efforts prove fruitless. I don't know if it's because of me or not, but it honestly feels like the game is skewed heavily in favor of longtime players and people who pay. In the end, I guess it really doesn't matter, since I'm just one potato in a whole sea of potatoes. I just wanted to vent a little bit, and this video seemed like a good place to put this out. Back to salt mining.

The main frustration I have as a free to play player is a lack of dock slots but not a single mention of that in this video....

What should we do when our mods don't work anymore after WG puts a patch into their server? Uninstall and re-install Moderation and WOW, or either or???

I'm almost at that stage like the trance stage i would call it almost self sustainable

im sorry to make u note that also in honorable service u need a tier 8 or higher ship in order to complete it

I'd love an explanation of what happens if you screw up and end up with an unsustainable end game. Why exactly do I need thousands of flags?

-I play T5 for 2 months to train my aim and to know about game mechanic -as a f2p player i go for Musashi , georgia and JB for earning credit . i played this game for 2y

Played 4 yrs +, never used a dime.....I dont have lots of ships (9) and I manage ok...and got some "money" in the bank. I play maybe 6-8 games aday...to get flags etc. Sad about the game is all the ppl that have NO clue how to play their ships or got the idea what to do as support and cap. I think the game gone bad last 2 yrs, so I play less than I used to. Fav.ships: Kremlin, DM and GK. Montana/Bismarck I liked, not anymore I got a WR of 52%, played 12k+ games...so I am not very good at this tho lol Like your vids, informative and I learned a great deal from them...wish more watched them and learned to play better.

By Actual events, do you mean like Tank Fest for WoT?

I love the irony that IChaseGaming has a premium account for 1230 days

How does having a 19 point commander get you more commander XP? Does a 19 pointer get more XP per game as to a 1-18 pointer? You can only play one game at a time, this making com.XP one game at a time, Right?

What's the best way to find a clan been a player for quite a while but been a way from it for a bit have a good selection of ships highest is tier 8

i think the most important part for a f2p player is to catch events that hand out free TX perma camo(yamato camo, desmoines/wooster camo, filth camo) and then you're good for a loooooooooong time

can t log in my account to claim this invitation keeps saying that pw or email is wrong but i literally logged in my account minutes before

Arkansas Beta & Kamikaze R was my only premiums I had until WG made all of the ARP ships a premium, now I'm a Takao main lol

Games like this and war thunder I'd pay a solid sum for to just buy and have it be like a normal game where nothing that impacts gameplay is locked behind more purchases, and there's nothing like a "premium" membership that you have to keep paying for over and over.

Pro tip: if you are going to play DDs, go for RN DDs, and get premium smoke ASAP

I play as a Free Player since CBT. You not need premium consumables. What you need is to PLAY AND LEARN EVERY SINGLE SHIP CLASS. But you MUST USE CAMO ALWAYS. Also if there is an event where you can get a Free premium ship. DO IT. JUST DO IT. Actually that's all what a free player must do, learn the game, learn how to play each class, and use any free chance to get free ships. The most important thing is LEARN THE SHIPS ALL.

Something your missing in your ship reviews. A ship’s usefulness in co op for directives. An example would be the “othornick?” This ship is indispensable for me to score torpedo hits fast. I hit the gas a cut the wheel hard as soon as I spot the dd. Proceed to make the boys play torpedo beat. This could literally be a whole series that no one else is doing.

thank you :)

19 Point captain? During Halloween event you get 19 point Captains for the Event ships,That earn elite captain points. I earned over 500k elite captain points during the last Halloween event. And I made a ton of Credits I think close to 40mil. Events like this can really boost F2P. Also received 3 Free Permanent camouflage For tier 8,9 and 10 . Think the same kinda rewards during the Space Event.Dont forget PTS can get some good rewards . Lastly keep eye on the News feed some events/ giveaways you have to enter on the WG site. These are highlighted in the news feed.

Weit, i can get WARSPITE FOR FREE?!?!?!? I love that ship. This made me really happy

i am in the top 100 for amount played and all of it F2P for 5 years. This game gave me tons of the best ships completely free including the best ships in the game. The value of all the free content is in the thousands if i paid for it. Its an amazing game if you avoid the normal F2P traps, player dev fights, and just play. I contribute buy purchasing ships in accordance to a yearly AAA game budget. For all the fun and friends its been a steal. Avoid ship chasing to the point where it overrides the fun of just playing. Let the ships come as they may and great ship will come free in abundance.

I played for a while and even went to the USS New Jersey for Anchors Away. Got all the ARP ships. Got a good range of ships going for me. And that's where you failed to mention one very important thing for someone going F2P. You get 5 port slots to start with. Ships you get through events while staying F2P come with slots so you're safe there. But if you don't pay the 300 doubloons for 1 slot, you will have to scrap your freshly promoted ship to get the next one in the line. With over 250 ships in game and more coming, that is not reasonable. So if you want more ships and like to bounce around the tiers and classes, YOU WILL HAVE TO BUY PORT SLOTS. Personally, I have over 100 ships now and have bought a few that I wanted from the Premium lines (the HSF Herakaze was just screaming to be bought), but now after dumping a crapload of cash into the Puerto Rico before grasping that it just was in no way going to happen (unless I wanted to dump another $70 USD into completing it), I am tired of WoWS. It was a great run for a long time, but they just blew me from the water for the last time.

Hi, the whole game platform and forum is frustrating for a newbie kook like me, but loads of fun to play. Cant get any answers anywhere.... when i first joined i somehow arrived in the asia group and and a shau clan. Can I SOMEHOW switch to NA without loosing everything I have thus far? Early on i thought i needed premium.......and i thought, OK, i will try it for a week for 7$. That was a while ago. I cannot find where And how i paid for this. I keep getting windows that say something like premium will expire in 18 hours..... Is this thing a self renewing thing... thanks in advance.