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Hello everyone.
My acquaintance with this wonderful game began quite recently, in February.
I was watching videos on YouTube, came across a video about the game, watched it, and decided to register.
The first thing I saw was three Tier 1 ships.
So, I took the Orlan and clicked "Battle."
It began.
At first, I couldn't grasp the concept of speed; I was sailing at three-quarters speed and couldn't understand why everyone was rushing, and I was always getting hit.
I played a couple of dozen battles like that. Then I decided to explore the game's interface.
I stumbled upon the "Development" tab and decided to read the ship descriptions.
All the ships were unavailable except for one, the Novik.
I played with the Novik for a while; at first, I didn't understand why there were triangles and double lines)))
When I first got hit by a torpedo, I noticed that only the triangles were launching them; later, I realized these were destroyers.
And then I unlocked the escort ship. At first, I couldn't figure out how to aim with torpedoes; I learned about the "X" button later, after playing several dozen battles in the destroyer. Initially, I aimed without using the aiming reticle.
I didn't use the main guns at all, nor did I use the smoke or repair ability, but I didn't sink as often as I used to. The ship repaired itself, and I finished off the enemies with torpedoes.
The same was true for the Derzky. I didn't use the main guns; I just torpedoed. Fortunately, the torpedo reload rate was fast at low tiers.
But with the Iziaslav, the situation finally taught me to use smoke and the repair ability. I started spamming the main guns from within the smoke.
The torpedo reload time became insufficient. Staying in smoke only worked in co-op. In random battles, it seemed like no one noticed the smoke.
Here, I started leveling up cruisers in addition, while my destroyer waited at the bottom of the sea for the end of the battle, getting pummeled, and I leveled up.
I didn't have much success with cruisers initially, although the Svetlana and Kirov were more or less decent. The Budyonny was made of cardboard and often detonated. I'm still far from the Shchors. I only played a few battles with battleships, and it was even worse.
And then I reached the Podvoisky, which had excellent torpedoes. With it, I could burn everything. Although the long torpedo reload time made itself felt. An excellent ship for its tier.
At the same time, I started playing American carriers, which at least somewhat alleviated the slowness of the game. At Tier 4, I often carried a losing battle against 3 to 5 opponents with full HP. The Langley is an excellent carrier, and besides, there was either no AA or not very strong AA at those tiers. At Tier 6, in the Ranger, I sometimes end up in the red in credits even with decent damage of 50k or more. Is it worth leveling up to the Lexington?
By the time I unlocked the Gnevny, I had completed the first campaign, "Science of Victory." By this point, I was completely disappointed with random battles with carriers, which could be sunk even in a straight line. Later, I returned to random battles, but only playing carriers myself. The Gnevny is just an average ship.
And the Minsk, in my opinion, is the best, along with the Podvoisky. The torpedo reload time is long, but 4 torpedoes in a fan pattern allow you to sink any cruiser; only one more is needed to sink a battleship. Several times, I was given trial premium ships, but when I was given a Tier 8 premium, I was given 3 rental ships for the ranked battles.
And that's when the choice arose: Kyiv or Ognevoi. I'll accumulate experience for Tier 8 in a few days, and I'll spend the free XP on unlocking other ships that I don't play.
At Tier 8, there are 5 torpedoes in a fan pattern, which should be enough for battleships. I'll probably choose the Ognevoi because of its long-range torpedoes and good AA. And everyone recommends it.
How did you get acquainted with the game and start conquering the peaks of the naval Olympus?
What advice would you give me?
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