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I've revisited my high tier USN DDs, after not really playing any of them in quite a while (except Benson in Ranked). Took a couple of days to get back into the groove. Here are some thoughts. The take home : "No Solo" Go into a game thinking these ships are powerful gunboats, able to able to fight anyone and anything, and you will die quickly and accomplish nothing. With all three ships you have to play very careful, and very quiet. Staying full health into the second half of a match is critical to your ability to take trades in the late match gunfights. You are by nature well-equipped to win these, but if your opponent if full health and you are at half, you will lose. Until then, you are really just a torp boat, operating similar to the IJN ships, but not the same. Unlike IJN line, you are not a solo hunter, going that route is doable, but its letting your strengths go to waste and letting down your team. You support your team. You have AA, which, while not hero level, is still good enough to shield friendly ships and deter attacks. You have US smoke, which - pause for emphasis - is not for you, it's for your team. You're guns are good for a DD, but pathetic for a cruiser. Smoke up a cruiser, spot, and let his guns work for you. I'm am of the opinion that Gearing is the hardest ship in this game to play well. It's big and bulky and slow, facing multiple enemies each able to delete you in one salvo from across the map. High scoring games requires superhuman patience and God-tier level map awareness. Gearing though, played well and played correctly, is one helleva force multiplier. Consider a 3 x 3 battle between 4 BBs and 2 cruisers, then put a Gearing helping one side, spamming 16 km torps spotting, and hiding the fleet in smoke. The key for Gearing as the match decider, is deciding who to help where, and when. Get it wrong, and you win the flank but lose the game. And that's best case.

You'd be surprised - or perhaps not - that even in high tier games DDs still manage to get themselves killed in the first 6 minutes, not surviving the first encounter. Let me give you some valuable advice: [F9] GET BACK! Some times, given the right ship (German) and right conditions (no CV), popping the speed boost and driving right in to the cap at the start of the match is the right move. Almost every other time, it isn't. No matter how bad a DD player you are, your sorry behind is worth more to your team alive than dead. One thing that surprises me at least is the number of DD players who do not change their opening moves if there is an enemy CV (or 2), sailing off gallantly to the front to spot for their team, who, you know, have no need of it. They then get spotted and lose half their health to the CV rocket planes. Learn to read the CV. They almost always do the same thing: the deep sweep first over the enemy fleet, then they'll spend the next half of the game picking off the weakest link. So make sure this isn't you. Stick with the fleet, preferably close to an AA cruiser, until the intial sweeps subside. Same deal with radar, especially 12 km radar. Think of it from the point of view of the enemy cruiser. Make it that for them to get close enough to you to hit you with radar, they will have to put themselves into far too much danger for it to be worth their while. If that means not contesting the cap, don't contest the cap. Wait it out. I want to share with you two tips I've recently learned that can be quite effective. 1. Don't double-back. The DDs biggest strength is concealment, but concealment is no use if the enemy already knows where you are. Whenever you get detected, and choose to disengage, don't double back the moment you get undetected. Especially with a CV in play. 90% chance he's sending planes to your last known position. Don't go back to the exact same spot he thinks you are. Spend a couple of minutes retreating deep into your own lines, take a breather, and reposition up to a new battlefront. Going to somewhere they don't expect you will usually pay you back way more than the time lost in moving across the map. 2. Support a BB. Some BBs push too early, some BBs never push at all, but when you see a BB who is pushing deep with an intelligently timed advance, supported by friendly cruisers, you want to support that BB, hard. Stop whatever you are doing, drive back and put yourself a couple of km in front of him, to spot enemy torps, and smoke up a emergency retreat if necessary. This position usually presents some good situational opportunities if any enemy ships push up to challenge. Obviously some DDs are better in this role than others, German and US lines especially good, but with adjustments to the exact positioning, the principle is general. 3. T-61 is a great DD. Probably the most fun, and the most comfortable, of low-tier DDs I've played. I know, she's a gold ship, but if you have the money you won't regret the purchase. Thank me later...

Lets say my ship has 5 main turrets, and each turret has 2 guns: Left Gun and Right Gun. And I want to shoot both shell types (AP and HE) in the same time. How to make it so that the Left Gun chambers AP shell and the Right Gun chambers HE shell? or the other way around Left Gun always chambers HE Shell, and Right gun always chambers AP shell. And how to apply this configuration to all turrets?

I am wondering what button should i press to drop my ship's anchor to the bottom of the ocean?

Greetings fellow sailor, this thread will be dedicated to all my upcoming How to guides of various ships i play in the game For the premiere episode, here's the How to Atlanta guide!

I've got the Hermes and my impressions are. Attack planes good but I need to get better at using them. What number of rocket hits would be considered a good strike? Using rockets is easy, but tricky to get good hits. I normally hit the stern of the enemy. Are there any good places to find hints on using rockets. Bombers? Why do I get so many non penetration hits against battleships? Is this just a feature of British bombs or does it mean I'm doing something wrong. Torpedos. Practice and more lead. And learn how to release further out! The ship. I'm trying to learn to follow in behind the fleet so I reduce my travel time and can lend AA support. The ship can take a bit of a beating but once it starts, I'm a big target. Setting a course that follows the fleet (without going backwards, I won't be repeating the zig, zag pattern anytime soon), means setting waypoints with 45 degree turns regularly. Usually I do this after a squadron has taken off and been sent the right direction. Strategy, scout and get my team something to shoot at. Then once the battle has started find out where the destroyers are, once that's done, blow shit up. Any tips or hints I could use? How is the Hermes different from other carriers (those bombs?).

There's definite reasons why players get reported and plays badly. This game doesn't have any Guidelines. Naval Training? It only tells you about basic things (shooting, torping, etc). For example, if you're on T6 dd. On this tier, you should begin to concern about Radar ships which can spot you even in the smoke. Most new-players doesn't even know radar ships exists! and its not their fault, because the game never told them. I mean if player reach T5 in a DD, there should have to be additional tutorials. There's just so much more to learn such as Commander Skill Recommendation Using Concealment (out spotting tactic, stealth torp, etc) Smoke mechanism Concealment of various destroyers Radar duration and Sonar / Radar ranges of Certain cruisers All those things are critical for riding DD So the game tells player about that? No. It applies same with BBs and CA,CL,CVs too. Even the game was many years old, the Guideline system is probably the worst I've ever seen. Adding tons of Noob-friendly features has to be priority on WOWS.

How to enable the hidden "Training Room" function without any downloaded mods There is actually an easy way to activate the hidden "Training Room" function. No downloads or rocket science needed. Difficulty : 1/10 Time needed : Quicker than James May in a Dacia Sandero Tools needed : Keyboard, Notepad, and Electricity. Step 1 : Find res folder in your World of Warships folder. ([Your Drive]:\Program Files\World_of_Warships\res) Step 2 : Find scripts_config.xml in the res folder. Step 3 : Make a backup of the original file and paste it somewhere safe, then start editing the script file in the located in the res folder. Here is the hardest part of the entire process, you'll need to open the scripts_config.xml with notepad. And when you opened it up it should look like this. The only thing we'll need to change is the last line, " <disableTrainingRoom>true</disableTrainingRoom>". Just change the "true" to "false" then save and you'll be able to see "Training Room" in your battle selection menu. Step 4 : Enjoy your Training Room Shenanigans Edit : IIRC any client update will undo this "mod" , you will need to repeat the process after each client update.

Hi all, Just wanted to know how you play/ed your balitmore and if it is indeed a sh*t ship or if I need to do something different. Most games I ave ~30k damage if I'm lucky. Great games ~50k (very rare) Let me know what you think/how you play Cheers Pseudo

Destroyer's and How to not suck at it Short Introduction to the ship: -Destroyers (or DD for short) are small, fast maneuverable warship. They are intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet (mostly found outside of the formation next to the Heavy Cruisers). What's that? Escort other ships? Yes, they escort other ships too against other DD's with the intention of taking out your team's Battleships (BB) or Carrier's (CV) -Since DD's here is based on World War 2 our armament is the Torpedo (I will explain the Torpedo later) and several guns of different caliber and AA mounts to fend off other ships and aircraft. Short Introduction to the Torpedo: Bliss Leavitt Mark 8 Torpedo (the Torpedo you usually see on the USN DD ships) Type 93 nicknamed as the "Long Lance Torpedo" (you usually see this on the IJN DD ships) - Okay into the Torpedoes themselves. All torpedoes that hit the water both your teammates and enemy torpedoes are dangerous. So tread lightly when dealing against Destroyers both allied and enemies. - There are 2 kinds of Torpedoes used, the ship based Torpedo which packs a punch due to the size of the warhead, and the Aircraft based torpedo, although each torpedo lacks the punch of the ship based one what makes it hurt the most is the number of Planes that drops them. - Once hit by a Torpedo, depending on the location will cause flooding and a flooding icon will pop and your crew will say "Hull breach, were taking a lot of water". While your ship is flooded your movement will be reduced and you will receive constant damage if not repaired. What it looks like when you hit and caused flooding on an enemy ship. - Torpedoes vary from each nation, in terms of operating range of the torpedo, USN DD's tend to have shorter range torpedoes in exchange for rapid fire guns and fast turret turn rate. IJN DD's on the other hand has longer range in exchange for slow turning guns, some of which can reach 20km or so. The speed of each torpedoes may vary from ship to ship, some torpedoes has a speed of 50kt's some has 64kt's. - Detecting Torpedoes once on the water may also vary from the PoV (Point of View) of players, some may detect them early on and some being detected almost near your ship that it's impossible to dodge it. Usually they are detected around 5km to 1.5km. You will hear a distinct beeping sound/alarm once a torpedo is traveling near your ship to warn you and your crew will warn you on which direction the torpedo is ("Torpedoes to ____" ). The warning also applies to the torpedoes fired by your teammates. Destroyers and How to not suck at it: - Okay, onto the ship it self. one tip when using a DD is checking the range of the torpedoes first. For low tier DD's range may vary, USN DD on the low and mid tiers has a range of 4km to 6km, IJN DD's on the other hand on the low and mid tier has a range of 7km to 12km range, while on the higher tier USN DD's has 7km to 9km range and the IJN DD's range from 15km to 21km. - DO NOT FIRE TORPEDOES WHEN YOU HAVE FRIENDLIES NEAR YOU, I noticed some new players that they indiscriminately fire their torpedoes at random causing other players to dodge them and break formation or worse hit them and kill them in the process. Killing an ally ends you earning a negative score and a status of Team Killer (TK) >I'll continue tomorrow<

It's as simple as 1, 2, 3! Now you too can be a useful carrier to your team, instead of messing around like I see a lot of carriers do.