Give Podcast Addict a try.

EDIT: By the way, Pocket Casts allows you to a significant amount of organization using playlists (or categories? - forget the name, haven't used recently).

Podcast Addict. Not the flashiest user interface but it's good where it counts. Highly configurable with actually useful options. Free to use without ridiculous limitations.

I use Podcast Addict, which allows you to download episodes. Also, you could install a file managing system on your device (what i use) and download the episodes from the website. Then just play the episodes through the file managing app.

This looks like Podcast addict If others want to change to it.

In my opinion it is one of the best podcast apps for android, it has an easy to use speed boost and time skip feature, and is probably the app used in the show, since it also tells you how long you have been listening to podcasts. you can also play any MP3 as a podcast though this app, this is useful for DCHH or anything you have recorded e.g. lectures.

I don't know of any easy way to do it quickly, but all the podcasts are available for mp3 download from podbay.

Alternatively, there are some very good apps for your phone such as podcast addict on android.

I switch between Audiobooks and Podcast. I tend to use Podcast Addict (Google Play) to listen to a wide array of Podcast because they have a very good search tool. I use Audible for the Audiobooks, but I will admit that I lean much more towards podcast.

Although you might want to stick to Google Play Music, I highly recommend Podcast Addict on Android. Clean and simple interface.

I paid for pocket casts way back when it was pretty much the best podcast app out there. I ditched pocket casts when the new version came out, I did not like the direction the app was going and the communication surrounding it was a mess.

Now, I use (and paid for) podcast addict. After a bumpy learning curve and dealing with a different UI, I have come to really like it. I have a playlist that plays in reverse chronological order but will be interrupted by "high priority" podcasts such as news updates. It lacks some features like a distortion-free normaliser and the gap skipping algorithm is rather enthusiastic, but overall, I am satisfied with my decision.

Feeling rather vindicated about my decision now.

> Pocket Casts

Podcast Addict is WAY better in my opinion

To answer the main question:

None, since I use mainly FOSS apps from F-Droid, GitHub, GitLab, XDA.

Podcast Addict is a great free podcast tool. It will allow you to download on wifi for later and automatically download certain podcasts as well as stream on demand.

I use it almost daily

Zuallererst hört man podcasts nicht in Spotify sondern in Podcast Addict.

Hier mal eine kleine Auswahl was ich so interessant finde und empfehle kann:

Alternativlos - mit Frank Rieger und Felix von Leitner (beide dem Chaos Computer Club nah, thematisch aber eher Weltpolitik und Gesellschaftlich relevante Themen. Die Folge über das Wendelstein Fusionskraftwerk Testgerät kann ich sehr empfehlen)

Chaosradio - Podcast des Chaos computer Clubs

Lucky & Fred - politischer podcast mit Friedrich Kippersbusch (ProBono TV), auch sehr witzig

Fest & Flauschig - Olli und Jani, muss man nicht mehr dazu sagen

Die physikalische Soiree - österreichischer Podcast zu Themenbereichen der Physik und angrenzenden Wissenschaften

Chaosradio Express - hat wenig mit obenstehendem zu tun nur den gleichen Ursprung, sehr differenziertes Themenfeld, aber immer sehr ausführlich (Länge: teilweise 4 Stunden)

Für verlinken bin ich zu faul.

Viel Spaß!

Ganz wichtiger Nachtrag: Aufwachen-Podcast von Tilo Jung!

Podcast addict

In my opinion it is one of the best podcast apps for android, it has an easy to use speed boost and time skip feature, it also tells you how long you have been listening to podcasts. you can also play any MP3 as a podcast though this app, this is useful for DCHH, BBC downloads or anything you have recorded e.g. lectures.

Podcast Addict has been my go to:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

You add a virtual podcast / audio book by selecting a folder per subscription. It will add any files placed in that directory.

Podcast & Radio Addict

It's another podcast app, but is updated much more frequently and the dev is extremely quick on responding to questions or problems. It's not as pretty to look at as Pocket Casts is, but is definitely a lot more robust.

Podcast Addict is a free, fantastic Pocket Casts alternative- I didn't use Pocket Casts for a long time, but PA seems to match it feature for feature.

Podcast Addict is my one of choice. Multiple sorting orders and multiple playlists! You can also have a global and per podcast options for auto adding to playlists, downloading and clean up.

Podcast Addict

Out of every podcast app I have used, this is the only one that I didn't want to figure out a way to be violent towards. It's got a lot of shortcomings, the backups are kinda wonky, there's a very large amount of settings, a couple of the podcasts I follow just do not download automatically for reasons I cannot find, there are many overlapping gestures, but it has a nice simple widget, and generally works; I cannot say anything resembling that for other apps like pocketcast or jellycast or whatever they're called.

It ain't Overcast, but it also doesn't inspire you to invent a means to make apps suffer.

Cue disagreement

I use an app called Podcast Addict, it let's you control exactly how you want the interruption to be treated. It's what I used before Google Podcasts came out and now I like too much to switch.

Podcast Addict Link

Podcast Addict is consistently among the top Podcast app in similar questions in the past.

>Overall I think the whole podcast experience on android is really bad

You used Google Podcast and Castbox, they are not representative of the podcast experience on Android, they are representative of their apps use and functionality.

To give you some hope, the specific issues you identified I've never experienced in my years of using Android for Podcast consumption.

I use Podcast Addict daily, many times throughout the day.

>Today I stopped and got food on my way home and it was paused in my pocket in rest mode, got into the restaurant and it just started playing in my pocket. It's just so annoying.

Do you have lockscreen controls enabled? if so, sounds like you triggered the pause -> play from lockscreen. That is more of an option of how you chose to configure and secure your lockscreen and apps that have widgets on them, versus the actual app experience itself.

I like Podcast Addict. Been using it for a few years now. It's pretty versatile and you can download for offline play as well as resume where you left off on every episode you're in the midst of.

Podcast Addict. Spotify is trash for podcasts.

As for the audio quality. I'd say it's middle of the road. It could be better, but it could also be alot worse.

Only time I was actually annoyed by audio was a few weeks back when Van was sniffling through interviews. Iirc he addressed "coughing" and apologized for it, but for me the coughing wasn't ever really that distracting. For me it was the sniffling. I feel like it's gotten better recently (possibly utilizing a mute switch when the other host is talking).

Install PodcastAddict. (I'd rather not advertise a specific app, but It's the only one I know that offers the necessary features.)
Search for and subscribe to Welcome to Night Vale.
In the custom settings, go to "Episode filter" and "Keep" all episodes which include the keyword -. Yes, just the character "-".
Return to the main screen, long press WTNV, and "Reset podcast" to apply the filter retroactively.

I've used Podcast Addict on android in the past for Dude Soup and it always worked fine, episodes uploaded at the correct times etc.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=en_GB

Try Podcast Addict for Android, free version works fine.

You can easily add any soundcloud url to it (also itunes, youtube, etc) and it will auto download it when something new is added, so you can listen later offline.

Been using it for a long time and very happy with it, but there are plenty of other podcast apps.

Podcast Addict isn't bad and definitely ticks the free box. Though my goto on any platform is pocketcasts, although its a bit pricey.

At this point, I'd appreciate it if they would NOT include podcasts at all. I think they blew it miserably with the implementation in GPM, and I'd rather they just focus on getting one thing right. I relied on GPM for podcasts for a loooong time - 3-4 years maybe? almost since their debut - but I finally abandoned the platform for a dedicated podcast app (Podcast Addict, has a premium/ad-free version and works great.)

In terms of features, the best one is just being able to queue up a few different pods - seriously can't believe that we still can't add podcasts to a playlist in GPM. Additionally, though, I no longer have issues with episodes not showing up - NPR's hourly newscast is no longer MIA when I go to my podcasts; also, I can add my own podcasts that aren't listed in GPM; and for a kicker, PA lets you play streams/radio stations - and again, it just fucking works.

Anyhow, not to trash Google/GPM - I love them mightily - but I think they've shown a tendency for technical "sprawl", if you will: features that don't work great, don't get much support/maintenance, and oftentimes wind up getting abandoned. So I'd be stoked if they would just not even start down the path of podcasts, and just leave it to someone else who's willing to do it right, rather than tacking on some garbage to an otherwise-decent service/app.

Lol just my two cents, didn't plan on writing a screed.

I am investigating podcastaddict seems less polished, more things to adjust so longer to get 'just right' but seems essentially to do what I want (ie be like old PocketCast!)

Podcast Addict - has ads (choice of either banner or interstitial) which can be blocked with Blokada (no root needed) or a fully deserved payment of ₹160.

The app is called Podcast Addict for Android and you can basically search for Wynonna Earp in the search bar to find these podcasts.

Podcast Addict

Yes to files in a directory. Yes to auto deleting on play completion.

In addition you can optionally

Set a play timer so it will shut off after 'x' minutes / hours
Send them to a recycle bin for 'x' days in case you want to restore

I don't know if you are being serious or not, but try downloading Podcast Addict (which is free), then tap the + button, tap search, then search for Sardonicast.

There's a great, fully-featured, popular, free (both libre & gratis) podcast app for Android called Podcast Addict. I use it, and I listen to plenty of podcasts which use things like art and chapters, so I guess it handles M4As just fine.

Same please. If you don't publish episodes to the rss feed, I can't load the podcast in my podcast app.

It's been my opinion for ages that Pocketcasts is massively overrated. I recommend Podcast Addict as a replacement. Many more features, better (IMO) user interface.

I use Podcast Addict on Android. I just had to search for the podcast hosted by Critical Role, and not Geek and Sundry, all within the app. :)

I use Podcast Addict on Android, it plays them in the order I assign them to the playlist. The app has it's faults but it's worked for me for a few years now.

Why don't you use Podcast Addict since it has everything in the free version. It's my podcast app of choice to over Pocketcasts which I already own.

Spotify actually has a podcast section (it's under Browse). But, other than that, if you're an Android user like me I like Podcast Addict. Or if you're iPhone the Podcasts app works pretty well. You just have to look up/subscribe to the podcasts you want.

Eu mi-am instalat Podcast Addict si am inceput sa caut tot felul de cuvinte cheie in aplicatie.

Pentru Romania nu gasesti foarte multe rezultate, dar pentru restul lumii gasesti absolut orice. Trusturile media mari (BBC, Reuters, PBS si altele) au de obicei canale dedicate analizelor economice sau temelor tehnice.

Don't listen to Newstalk anymore. Listen to podcasts now. If you want a great podcast, get the podcast addict app and subscribe to Dan Carlin's Hardcore History. His Common Sense podcast is pretty good too.

First off, that sucks about your ipod. I hope whoever stole it trips on a root and skins their knee in a really gross way.

That's weird about podbean. I don't use podbean, so I'm not sure. You should be able to use our RSS feed to subscribe, otherwise I use Podcast Addict on my phone. Let us know how you like the show!

Podcast Addict is an incredible app on Android for Podcasts (and even downloaded audio books).

I use Audible as well, and would never choose it over PA for podcasts.

Edit: On IOS I used Pocket Casts which seems to have a similar design philosophy to PA. Definitely not as good though.

Podcast addict. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

Best podcast app on Android IMO: highly configurable, pretty stable, updated frequently, and supports Android auto.

I moved to Podcast Addict lots of others heading to Podcast Republic

Bloody shame... I loved Pocket Casts :(

You could try podcast addicst: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=en_GB
It's been my default app for podcasts for a few years and not had any issues with it.
It also does have a timer, so if like me you find podcasts helpful to fall asleep to, you can set them to turn off after 15 minutes.

Podcast Addict for android.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=nl

I just use podcast addict

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=en

It has all the podcasts that i want(cooptional, bombcast, beastcast, hardcore history) and automatically downloads them, removes silence, etc. Very cool app.

Try Podcast Addict. My 5:00 AM scheduled update auto downloaded the new episode of Red Mountain Express (along with all my other podcasts). I really like the app in general too. It's highly customizable and frequently updated.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

O you have android. Go to the play store and download podcast addict. You can download them to your phone; if you really want to you can transfer them off you phone to your pc, but I would suggest just using your phone. If you want an help setting it up I'm happy to help.

Edit - here's a link to podcast addict on the play store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

...und wer wie ich gerne in Bus und Bahn Podcasts übers Smartphone genießt, dem sei "Podcast & Radio Addict" ans Herz gelegt! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=de

What are you using to download the podcast. Any standerd podcast app can automatically download eposode for you podcast addict is my personal favorite app

I am using a Galaxy S3 with cm13 right now and i use Podcast Addict for podcasts and it works really good despite my crappy <1GB RAM device.

If you iphone use this app - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stitcher-radio-for-podcasts/id288087905?mt=8

If you droid use this one - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=en

If you use Android, Podcast Addict is wonderful and allows you to subscribe to RSS feeds of any podcast you want then stream and download them offline, but already has most in its libraries. I've been using it for a while now and it has treated me well.

You can also import iTunes podcasts using it if they're only available on iTunes. These features should solve your problem if the websites of the podcasts you listen to have RSS feeds, as you can just plug them in and the app will automatically retrieve and catalog them for you.

Es gibt eine sehr praktische Android App namens "Podcast Addict". Ist einfach ein Podcast Manager der dir automatisch die neusten Folgen deiner abonnierten Podcasts runterläd. Ich liebe diese App und benutze sie täglich! :)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=de

Online não conheço, mas a aplicação android Podcast Addict apesar de não ser perfeita faz mais do que aquilo que procuras usando o rss feed de cada um. Nunca me falhou, mesmo com podcasts tugas.

I've been using Podcast Addict for months. The layout is decent, and there's lots of different ways to sort the podcasts (sort by download date, publication date, ect).

Podcast Addict has a manual priority process, or a more helpful (IMHO) automatic prioritizing process based on which episodes you actually listen to. Thus far it's been totally worth the purchase price, although I bought before the new subscription model so I dunno about that

Spotify is betting more heavily on PodCasts since they've noticed that users spend longer on the Spotify App when listening to podcasts. You can only listen to music for so long I guess. Spotify isn't the best App to listen to podcasts to. Filtering, sorting and playing could be done a lot better.

Personally I use Podcast Addict for Android. Not sure if there's an alternative on iPhone though. Sorry.

All things said however, yes, it seems like there will be "exclusive" podcasts offered because, why not? Podcasts have been a free for all for a long time and it doesn't surprise me they're clueing in that they could monetize good podcasts.

Same. Going on 8 years of daily use. The dev is very responsive. He's personally answered multiple bug reports and feature requests with follow-ups and detailed technical info. Can't recommend it enough.

Android App

Patreon

with a quick search I found two apps, try them and do tell which one is better
- Subscriptions
- Subby

Here's something small and simple. Going to try to contribute at least 1 profile to these each month, no matter how small.

It checks if any of your subscribed podcasts in Podcast Addict have any new episodes when you connect to wifi.

yeah but i don't consider student prices worth considering. Not because it's not a good deal. Student deals are often good deals but they're ultimately temporary. It's like when you get a cable deal it's nice and well but when 6 months are over and that prices comes back up suddenly the math that made it better than competitor may not work.

I know you were not suggesting it but I don't at all understand the desire to use Spotify as a podcast catcher because from the outside there's no way it gives anything but a terrible experience. Spotify is like the last place I'd go to organize and sort out my podcasts. :shrug: (For the record I'm settled quite well in PA

As for the rest.. ehh I mean I hear you and I'm not gonna say you're wrong but personally I don't see the value in that being worth the consistent monthly payments.

Please jump ship to podcast addict link android

I was a fan of Pocketcast but they are lacking A LOT of options. It is a good looking app but I prefer to have the number of episodes i listened to synced in the cloud (when i have to buy a new device etc) Podcast addict has it all

No, you can find the story as a separate podcast. Just use any podcast app you prefer, I'm using podcast addict but there are also iTunes or Stitcher for example. You can also listen here.

I listened to zombies, run too when I still had a gym membership (I suck at running but would listen on the crosstrainer). I prefer the zombie theme a bit more, just because I like apocalyptic stuff, but the spy/terrorism theme of the walk is working well with walking through the neighborhood in my case, lol.

Have you considered using a real podcast app, like Podcast Addict or Pocket Casts?

Podcast addict is a great program that automatically downloads all your favourite podcasts. You can easily find and subscribe the podcasts you want(or discover new ones) through the app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=en

I use a Samsung galaxy edge myself and would be happy to add my 2cents.

I personally use Podcast Addict. Not only did the name seem fitting, it's free and relatively straight forward to use and they have a cool algorithm to that will look at what you listen to and recommend other podcasts.

Às vezes você parece surpresa quando aparece um ep novo de podcast, então vou te recomendar o Podcast Addict, que é um agregador maravilhoso, o que me faz ter mais podcasts do que saco pra ouvir tudo :)

Moj thread

Ja sam koristio PodcastAddict

Slušao sam Nerdist, Europhoria, Hardcore History, Planet Money...

I guess you don't listen to multiple podcasts ?

It's cool to have a podcast app, at least you can make sure you're not missing anything.

I use this one.

Me bajé esta app para el celular y me bajo un montón de podcast de calidad tipo cosas de la BBC y similares para escuchar en el subte https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=es

Oh yeah I hear you... :) They're like a 3 hour freight train sometimes.

Possible tip: lots of podcast apps ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict ) and I think recent VLC versions have an option to speed up (or slow down) without affecting the voices too much (not like those 80's VCRs fast forward sounds). Most podcasts these days I listen at 1.5x speed, but Bitcoin Uncensored often needs to go down to 1.1x or this last episode even to 1x as I found it too interesting to miss words.

But you could try playing it at 0.8x or so and see if that makes it easier for you.

PA has the most options from any podcast app I've used. And the whole idea of a single guy making a better app than a team (IMO) resonated with me.

As far as user defined categories, it is available, although I don't use then.

Give it a shot, the free version has all the options of the donate version, except it has ads.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=en

PS. Sorry, I don't know how to add links from app.

never tried any of those (GPlay Music doesn't even offer podcasts in my country), but if you are looking for a new podcast app, I'm really happy with Podcast Addict

Podcast Addict is another good one. It goes up to 5x, though I've no idea who could actually listen to that. It's also free. Podcast Addict

You can also find it on podcast addict

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=en

Also, with team make-up; Thatcher is better than Twitch, as his EMP is much easier to use and more effective than the Twitch cam.

I just had time to check, and yes Podcast addict has 139 episodes of it going back 6 years. I was just able to download episode 1 from here.

Here is a link to the app. Android only and you can DL straight to your phone or stream them.

There is also Stitcher, they have both Android and iPhone apps, but AFAIK you cannot DL, only stream.

Its the worst i hate that app did all the same things to me, get yourself a podcast player if your on android i use podcast addict https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=en

the subscribe to RMG using this link http://www.wmms.com/podcast/rmg.xml

my life is so much better after doing this, if you need help PM me

I use Podcast Addict. I can search for podcasts on here, or enter an RSS Feed. You can set it to automatically download episodes when they come out. Every few days I download a bunch of episodes of backlogged shows I like and then I put them in a play list, Podcast A, Podcast B, Podcast C, Podcast A...

I am not sure if it will play seamlessly between your Android and your PC because I haven't used it for that.

Linkme: Podcast Addict

Edit: Apparently I can't use the Linkme Bot correctly so Here it is. Edit2: I did use it correctly but I'm impatient. Either works!

I use Podcast Addict: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=en

It supposedly has ads somewhere, but I've never seen one. The only thing purchasing the app does it remove the ad (to support the creator)

Obligatory Podcast Addict recommendation here. Pages of settings and ability to override them on each feed separately allows you to automate everything. May be a bit complicated if you're just getting into podcasts, but there's nothing better once you need to manage more than a few subscriptions.

On Android, I use Podcast Addict but I haven't looked for new apps in years. That one has a search feature that allowed me to add/follow any podcasts I looked for.

NPR puts out some decent podcasts but it will depend on what you like listening to.

If all you want us to resume from where you left off then you can use any podcast app. I use Podcast Addict. Or you can use a audio book app, I use Voice Voice actually has a bookmark feature if you want to save multiple time codes

Mitä tarkoitatte podcast-alustalla? Jos esim. kuuntelen YLEn podcastit vaikka tällaisen kännykkäsovelluksen kautta, onko se alusta?

Android:

Newpipe can either stream or download YT audio only.

alternatively can use it to download to a folder, then use Podcast Addict to treat said folder as a 'virtual podcast'

Just download YouTube Vanced and you'll be an Android fan for life and never even consider going back to Apple. It's YouTube minus the ads (and can even skip sponsored segments in videos)

And if you're a podcast listener, Podcast Addict is unmatched.

use Newpipe to download youtube audio only as mp3s to a specific folder on phone

use Podcast Addict to treat said folder as a 'virtual podcast'.

Podcast Addict (Site | Android)

Tap the + button in the top right corner.
Tap the RSS button. Paste the URL in the 'RSS feed URL' box.
Tap the ADD button.
The RSS feed will be added as a podcast in your library. It make take a little while to initialise.

In general, spotify is a sub par experience in all areas for as a podcast app for both usuability, features and even spirit of the podcast medium (closed garden: exclusives, no rss feeds, no import/export etc).

recommend you use (free)

Podcast Addict (Android)
Overcast (iOS)

>Moving to apps, Spotify is my podcatcher of choice

well, theres your problem.

get a robust dedicated podcasting app instead with better functionality.

Android Podcast Addict

vastly better player, download and discovery features than Spotify "offers".

You could use Recast in a browser to generate a custom RSS feed that will 'release' a 'new' episode every 1-14 days (value of choosing) - one by one from the oldest in feed. or manually from show note link if required.

not helpful for your iOS request, but Android's Podcast Addict has this implemented as the 'download > archive mode' & 'automatic cleanup > keep at most (X)' features

I use Podcast Addict for this and all my other podcasts. Works pretty great.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=en_GB

Get a better app.

iOS: Overcast
Android: Podcast Addict

wait for that sell-out to migrate exclusively to spotify in sept.

If they are podcasts try Podcast Addict and you can use headphone buttons to control either wired or Bluetooth even in car.

I use it all the time. Even in car long pressing the next button skips/fast forwards few seconds.

Podcast apps are better if your content is available in a podcast format.

Fun fact: You can subscribe to YouTube channels from this App Podcast Addict so it should work.

Play Store Link - Podcast Addict

Podcast Addict can acheive this locally - lets you add local device stored folders of mp3s as 'virtual podcasts'.

re: your 'cloud serivce' does that let you get direct .mp3 links? construct a private rss feed using something like Fourble?

Podcast Addict. é o único q aguenta o rojão se vc seguir um número mto grande de podcasts. é rápido e simples.. e tem uma boa plataforma de busca.

Podcast Addict has a Settings > Network menu, allowing you to set everything as wifi only.

Fully featured free version.

Android's Podcast Addict lets you create a 'search based' podcast

example images of keyword = Michael Jordan

I see. Try to introduce him to podcasts, they are mostly free anyway and very easy to handle from a smartphone.

I am saying this because I have spent so many hours on the commute and wish I would have known them sooner. Podcasts make cleaning from a chore to a joy. I like them mostly for being interesting and funny, though there are a few serious ones.

So my recommendation:

for android Podcast Addict
for iphone Overcast, never used this one myself but heard a lot of good comments about it

Podcasts (just search the name in the app and load it from there):

HFS - Holy Fucking Science, made by the people who works on Youtube's channel SciShow. Well researched topics, but not dry at all and very funny. They use swear words as they see fit, thus not for kids. And rarely grown up topics.
Radiolab, a classic in the podcast world. Interesting stories from around the world, also often of scientific nature.
99% Invisible, about design of all things. If what drives you is curiosity, that's the podcast for you.
Serial, in season 1 the podcast dives into the story of a person who claims he has been wrongfully convicted. You will die wanting to know what they found out in the next episode. Listen to the episodes in order here.
MBMBAM: My Brother, My Brother and Me - three brothers answer stupid questions and give life advice to people on online forums. They are total goofs and basically make jokes of everyone. All their advices are fully sarcastic. Still the funniest podcast I know of, if you don't mind losing a few brain cells.

I have set up my podcast app such that it always keeps 10 episodes oldest episodes, and deletes them when they finish. And maybe you will like some of these too.

This question has been asked many times, if you search for it here, /r/Android, /r/fossdroid, it'd pop up. But here is what I use:

F-Droid (FOSS Store)
microG (to spoof Play Services and for location. Flashed via LineageOS fork)
Fennec F-Droid (Firefox w/o proprietary blobs. Using with uBlock Origin, Decentraleyes, Privacy Badger, HTTPS Everywhere, Cookies Autodelete)
AntennaPod (Podcasts. Not as good as my favorite one, Podcast Addict, but it works for me)
Keepass2android (Password Safe/Manager)
K-9 Mail (IMAP/SMTP)
andOTP (2FA)
Open Camera (w/ Camera2 API enabled)
Document Viewer
Face Slim (Facebook)
Etar (Calender)
DAVdroid (CalDAV / CardDAV)
Magisk Manager (Magisk for rooting)
Material Notes (Notes)
Orgzly (Notes & To-Do List, works with org-mode syntax)
Silence (SMS/MMS)
Share to Clipboard
Simple Gallery
Forecastie (Weather)
Amaze File Manager
Ghost Commander (File Manager)
KDE Connect (to connect to my Linux computer)
Slide (Reddit. What mine's look like)
OctoDroid (GitHub)
Feeder (RSS)
OsmAnd~ (Offline GPS)
AddresstoGPS (to convert address to coords due to OsmAnd~ not having all addresses built in)
Standard Notes (encrypted cloud-based notes, cross platform, can self host too)
DNS66 (block host names. System-wide adblocker)
Easer (Like Tasker, but FOSS. Haven't done much with it)
QuickDic (Offline Dictionary)
NewPipe (YouTube)
OpenLauncher (To replace trebuchet launcher. Currently buggy, but in active development)
Syncthing (Syncs files between all my devices & computer)
primitive ftpd (for FTP/SFTP)
Tachiyomi (Manga Reader)
MTG Familiar (For MTG)
Vanilla Music (Music Player)
WiFiAnalyzer
Yalp Store (Download APK from Play Store)
VLC (Media Player)
StreetComplete (Help contribute to OpenStreetMaps)
Mysplash (Unsplash client for browsing photos that are uploaded to that website)
Telegram-FOSS (Server is closed sourced)
RIOT.im (Matrix IM client)
OpenVPN (For VPN)
microMathematics Plus (Best calculator ever that can do very complex things)

Eventually, I am going to self-host Cherry Music (Android App) or Ampache (Android App, called Power Ampache on F-Droid) or Airsonic (access with ultrasonic app) to replace Spotify possibly. And will host a Nextcloud and access with the android app.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the officlal WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions. (EU, NA, SEA, RU)
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80.000 Free XP and 3.000.000 silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
iChase has a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel that teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo and when to use what, how angling works and much more.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order) Notser, Flamu, NoZoupForYou, Arlios, Aerroon, Capt_Rye, The Mighty Jingles, iEarlGrey, The Sailing Robin and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame).
A similar site is Proships.ru with plenty of information about ship stats. It does offer some small advantages over WoWsFT but to get most of it in english, you have to use this direct link to the list of ships. Personally i prefer WoWsFT but some people like Proships a lot.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers and Warships.Today are popular statistics tracking sites where you can look up your own and other players progress. Warships.Today has been a bit unreliable recently, many people prefer WoWs-Numbers.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT run on their website, so check there. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things on the PT. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the PT guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup for the public test button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's. In addition, every mod(pack) that is constantly posted and updated on the official WG forums can be considered approved by WG so you dont have to be too worried about being warned/banned for using unwanted mods. But of course, in the end its your own responsibility what things you install in addition to the vanilla game.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

Podcast Addict is the best imo. Also have an XL

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the officlal WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions. (EU, NA, SEA, RU)
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like CA and AFT mean, you can find some explained here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80.000 Free XP and 3.000.000 silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
iChase has a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel that teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo and when to use what, how angling works and much more.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order) Notser, Flamu, NoZoupForYou, Arlios, Aerroon, Capt_Rye, The Mighty Jingles, iEarlGrey, The Sailing Robin and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame).
A similar site is Proships.ru with plenty of information about ship stats. It does offer some small advantages over WoWsFT but to get most of it in english, you have to use this direct link to the list of ships. Personally i prefer WoWsFT but some people like Proships a lot.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers and Warships.Today are popular statistics tracking sites where you can look up your own and other players progress. Warships.Today has been a bit unreliable recently, many people prefer WoWs-Numbers.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT run on their website, so check there. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things on the PT. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the PT guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup for the public test button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's. In addition, every mod(pack) that is constantly posted and updated on the official WG forums can be considered approved by WG so you dont have to be too worried about being warned/banned for using unwanted mods. But of course, in the end its your own responsibility what things you install in addition to the vanilla game.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the official WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions.
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like DD/AFT/CE mean, you can find some explained here and here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80k FreeXP and 3mil silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
If you are looking for other people to play with, or just to chat, join the* subreddit's Discord server*.
iChase has "5 things you need to know" and a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel which teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order): Notser, Flamu, Flambass, The Mighty Jingles, Capt_Rye, The Sailing Robin, Yuzral, Arlios, Aerroon, NoZoupForYou and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame). This way you can "simulate" a build with modules and skills.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers is a popular statistics tracking site where you can look up your own and other players progress.
"Maximizing XP for Dummies" and "Things about setting fires" are maybe worth reading.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

Podcast Addict is excellent. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

Podcast Addict --->

I personally use Podcast Addict. It's free.

Here's his main site

They're also available on Youtube

On my phone(android) I use the app Podcast Addict but I know there's others available.

He also has his own app

His podcast is pretty entertaining and he has some quality guests. That being said I take most of it with a grain of salt because he gets a little over the top and stuck in his ways at times. Definitely worth a listen though.

Generally I have broken these down into broad categories but there is often overlap.

Informative:

This American Life (Stories both true and fictional on a theme. Sometime funny, sometimes sad, sometimes both.)
99% invisible (Talking about design we don't notice)
Freakanomics (Really engaging podcast usually with economics or psychological focus. one of my favourite episodes investigates how the belt beat suspendors as a trouser up-holding device)
stuff you should know (I tend to pick and choose what interests me)
Ted talks/TED Radio Hour (amazing talks on damn nearly everything. Some probably should be watched due to the accompanying visuals)
in our time (Radio 4 podcast. Host invites 2-3 professors/experts to talk about a wide range of subjects.)

History:

Stuff you missed in History class (i only listen to the podcasts on subjects i find interesting)
Hardcore History (Incredibly in depth history podcast. Multiple multi-hour podcasts. After a while they become pay only.)
12 Byzantine Rulers (Podcast about the part of the Roman Empire you don't normally think about. Host is obviously a fan of his subject and you get the feeling he doesn't try to be very objective.)
Norman Centuries (Same Host. Focuses on the Normans, their origins and legacy. Only briefly touches on the Norman conquest of Britain.)

Drama? (not sure on this genre description)

Serial (Well researched story of the murder or a teenage girl and the conviction of ex-boyfriend. The podcast is well framed so you are hooked and want to know more and are left confused as to his guilt.(or at least i was.)
The Moth (Live stories told on stage. Sometimes funny often sad. Sometimes Both. )

Comedy:

Sawbones (Dr and her Husband discuss the medical professions history. Very funny and you learn a lot about our ridiculous former beliefs about medicine. Plague?! Try bathing in urine and packing those boils with Your own faeces.)
Answer Me this (People write in with questions and Helen and Ollie try to answer them.)
Bunker Buddies (Are you preparing for the coming apocalypse. This is a podcast that discusses various apocalyptic scenarios and various survival techniques.)
The Modern Mann (New podcast which tries to emulate a lads mag. Discusses trends, has a feature piece, sex talk and then a track that he likes at the end. From one of the hosts of Answer me this.)

Because was once a Long Distance Hiker and long to be one again:

The Pox and Puss Podcast (Appalachian trail hikers talking about the Appalachian trail)
The Trail Show (People who have Thru hiked many long distance trails talking about all of them. Focuses on one trail a show normally)
The Outdoors Station (UK Based podcast talking about all sorts of outdoors pursuits)

Because i am a massive Nerd:

The Adventure Zone (I have never played DnD but this podcast of 3 brothers and their dad (They show up in other podcasts on this list) playing a custom DnD campaign is awesome. One of their adventures is a murder mystery on a train. another is Fast and the Furious. I think this is my favourite podcast on this list, I literally whooped with joy the last time they put one out.)
Shut up & Sit Down (Humourous podcast about Boardgames and tabletop games. They also do video reviews of boardgames and this has gotten me into the hobby.)
Top Score (Host talks to the creators of video game music)
Geek Syndicate (A podcast discussing whats new in geek news. They discuss comics, tv shows, films etc.)
- Dissecting Worlds (Same network but they discuss themes in literature. They are currently doing a series on different magical creatures/races in Sci/fi and fantasy and what that says about us.)
- Next Level (Same network focusing on Computer games.)
The following are all video game podcasts of some sort
- Daft Souls
- Chat Very Good
- Idle Thumbs
- 3 Moves Ahead (focusing on stratagy games)
- PC gamer
- The Co-optional Podcast
- The Crate and Crowbar
- The roundtable podcast

TL:DR I listen to podcasts rather than music most of the time. I drive a lot for work and when i go hiking i like having something/somebody to listen to when i am alone. I use Podcast addict to manage my addiction My favourites are:

This American Life
The Moth
The Adventure zone (I have had to pull over because I was crying with laughter listening to this)
The Crate and Crowbar
Sawbones

My Girlfriend is very forgiving of my podcast addiction. I am a very lucky man.

Podcast Addict. Não preciso de mais nenhuma.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the officlal WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions. (EU, NA, SEA, RU)
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80.000 Free XP and 3.000.000 silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
iChase has a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel that teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo and when to use what, how angling works and much more.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order) Notser, Flamu, NoZoupForYou, Arlios, Aerroon, Capt_Rye, The Mighty Jingles, iEarlGrey, The Sailing Robin, Qckslvrslash and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame).
A similar site is Proships.ru with plenty of information about ship stats. It does offer some small advantages over WoWsFT but to get most of it in english, you have to use this direct link to the list of ships. Personally i prefer WoWsFT but some people like Proships a lot.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers and Warships.Today are popular statistics tracking sites where you can look up your own and other players progress.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT run on their website, so check there. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things on the PT. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the PT guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup for the public test button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "WG Multipack by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's. In addition, every mod(pack) that is constantly posted and updated on the official WG forums can be considered approved by WG so you dont have to be too worried about being warned/banned for using unwanted mods. But of course, in the end its your own responsibility what things you install in addition to the vanilla game.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

Podcast Addict, it's the first app I actually paid for the no ads version jus because it is so great I didn't mind the ads

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the official WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions.
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80k FreeXP and 3mil silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
If you are looking for other people to play with, or just to chat, join the* subreddit's Discord server*.
If you are wondering what things like DD/AFT/CE mean, you can find some explained here and here. And DD/CA/BB etc here.
Wargaming has a YouTube series called "How it works" which is worth watching.
iChase has "5 things you need to know" and a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel which teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order): Notser, Flamu, Flambass, The Mighty Jingles, Capt_Rye, The Sailing Robin, Yuzral, Arlios, Aerroon, NoZoupForYou and many more. If you understand German there is Allied Winter. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame). This way you can "simulate" a build with modules and skills.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers is a popular statistics tracking site where you can look up your own and other players progress.
"Maximizing XP for Dummies" is maybe worth reading.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

Content by /u/thekrautboy

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the officlal WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions. (EU, NA, SEA, RU)
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80.000 Free XP and 3.000.000 silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
iChase has a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel that teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo and when to use what, how angling works and much more.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order) Notser, Flamu, NoZoupForYou, Arlios, Aerroon, Capt_Rye, The Mighty Jingles, iEarlGrey, The Sailing Robin and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame).
A similar site is Proships.ru with plenty of information about ship stats. It does offer some small advantages over WoWsFT but to get most of it in english, you have to use this direct link to the list of ships. Personally i prefer WoWsFT but some people like Proships a lot.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers and Warships.Today are popular statistics tracking sites where you can look up your own and other players progress. Warships.Today has been a bit unreliable recently, many people prefer WoWs-Numbers.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT run on their website, so check there. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things on the PT. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the PT guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup for the public test button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's. In addition, every mod(pack) that is constantly posted and updated on the official WG forums can be considered approved by WG so you dont have to be too worried about being warned/banned for using unwanted mods. But of course, in the end its your own responsibility what things you install in addition to the vanilla game.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

Podcast Addict

This question has been asked many times, if you search for it here, /r/Android, /r/fossdroid, it'd pop up. I just replied to this 10 days ago. But here is what I use:

F-Droid (FOSS Store)
microG (to spoof Play Services and for location. Flashed via LineageOS fork)
Fennec F-Droid (Firefox w/o proprietary blobs. Using with uBlock Origin, Decentraleyes, Privacy Badger, HTTPS Everywhere, Cookies Autodelete)
AntennaPod (Podcasts. Not as good as my favorite one, Podcast Addict, but it works for me and it is getting better.)
Keepass2android (Password Safe/Manager)
K-9 Mail (IMAP/SMTP)
andOTP (2FA)
Open Camera (w/ Camera2 API enabled)
muPDF (Reads PDFs and others)
Face Slim (Facebook)
Etar (Calender)
DAVdroid (CalDAV / CardDAV)
Magisk Manager (Magisk for rooting and other modules, such as volume step increase)
Material Notes (Notes)
Orgzly (Notes & To-Do List, works with org-mode syntax)
Silence (SMS/MMS)
Share to Clipboard
Simple Gallery
Forecastie (Weather)
Amaze File Manager
Ghost Commander (File Manager)
KDE Connect (to connect to my Linux computer)
Slide (Reddit. What mine's look like)
OctoDroid (GitHub)
Feeder (RSS)
OsmAnd~ (Offline GPS)
AddresstoGPS (to convert address to coords due to OsmAnd~ not having all addresses built in)
Standard Notes (encrypted cloud-based notes, cross platform, can self host too)
DNS66 (block host names. System-wide adblocker)
Easer (Like Tasker, but FOSS. Haven't done much with it)
QuickDic (Offline Dictionary)
NewPipe (YouTube)
OpenLauncher (To replace trebuchet launcher. Currently buggy, but in active development)
Syncthing (Syncs files between all my devices & computer)
primitive ftpd (for FTP/SFTP)
Tachiyomi (Manga Reader)
MTG Familiar (For MTG)
Vanilla Music (Music Player)
WiFiAnalyzer
Yalp Store (Download APK from Play Store)
VLC (Media Player)
StreetComplete (Help contribute to OpenStreetMaps)
Mysplash (Unsplash client for browsing photos that are uploaded to that website)
Telegram-FOSS (Server is closed sourced)
RIOT.im (Matrix IM client)
OpenVPN (For VPN)
microMathematics Plus (Best calculator ever that can do very complex things)

Eventually, I am going to self-host Cherry Music (Android App) or Ampache (Android App, called Power Ampache on F-Droid) or Airsonic (access with ultrasonic app) to replace Spotify possibly. And will host a Nextcloud and access with the android app.

Take a look at the officlal WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions. (EU, NA, SEA, RU)
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. If you ask in the comments here, people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Simply click on the link and then login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80.000 Free XP and 3.000.000 silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
iChase has a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel that teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo and when to use what, how angling works and much more.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are Notser, Flamu, NoZoupForYou, Arlios, Aerroon, Capt_Rye, TheMightyJingles, iEarlGrey and many more.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is #@!?.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame).
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles.
WoWs-Numbers and Warships.Today are popular statistics tracking sites where you can look up your own and other players progress.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT run on their website, so check there. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things on the PT. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the PT guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup for the public test button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "WG Multipack by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's. In addition, every mod(pack) that is constantly posted and updated on the official WG forums can be considered approved by WG so you dont have to be too worried about being warned/banned for using unwanted mods. But of course, in the end its your own responsibility what things you install in addition to the vanilla game.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many more experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass. So thanks for being one of those who really want to learn and get better :)

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that maybe not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the official WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions.
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like DD/AFT/CE mean, you can find some explained here and here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80k FreeXP and 3mil silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
If you are looking for other people to play with, or just to chat, join the* subreddit's Discord server*.
iChase has "5 things you need to know" and a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel which teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order): Notser, Flamu, Flambass, The Mighty Jingles, Capt_Rye, The Sailing Robin, Yuzral, Arlios, Aerroon, NoZoupForYou and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame). This way you can "simulate" a build with modules and skills.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers is a popular statistics tracking site where you can look up your own and other players progress.
"Maximizing XP for Dummies" and "Things about setting fires" are maybe worth reading.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

Podcast Addict on Android. I absolutely love it, but I just wish there were a synced web interface as well.

Use an app????? I use Podcast Addict

Podcast Addict ist super.

My time to shine! Here's what I usually recommend (I'll actually translate my last recommendation from Swedish), in no particular order.

First of all there's Duolingo. It's a really fun way to kickstart your learning and to build a feeling for your target language before going to more advanced stuff. It's good for practicing all those conjugations and declensions, but unfortunately it doesn't explain grammar well. However, try finding a good grammar book or website (Wikipedia is actually pretty good for this). Don't try to read it - Use it as a reference.
Then there's my favorite: Memrise.. It's based on something called spaced repetition and is basically what homework should look like. It's based on studies that are trying to find the optimal intervals for learning the words. Personally, it's been the most effective part of my language studies, by far. It's also free. If you're looking for an alternative, there's Anki which is open source, but it's unfortunately not online and you'll have to download it. My favorite courses are the frequency lists. You learn the most used words first, and then go to more and more difficult, but less and less frequently used words. Highly recommended!
Another app I absolutely adore and use daily is Clozemaster which is based on something called cloze tests. You get a sentence that is missing a word and a translation of that sentence. Your task is to write the missing word with correct conjugation. Extremely effective - but it also requires you to have a pretty good vocabulary and a good grasp of the language.
If you have a Kindle, download a dictionary. They have one-click translation which is incredibly useful. Listening comprehension goes hand in hand with reading comprehension. A good reading comprehension gives you a good listening comprehension. You can't listen if you don't know what to listen for. If you don't have a Kindle, there's Readlang.
Find podcasts. There are lots. Personally I use Podcast Addict. It's pretty easy to find good podcasts in your target language. Find something you think looks fun.
I also like this exercise I found here. You find a book, then you find the audiobook of the same book. You import the audio into Audacity or something similar, so that you can rewind, repeat, and if necessary slow down the audio. Your goal is to transcribe the sound until either you think you've got it right or until you can't transcribe more ^((what the hell is that word?)) Extremely effective for improving your listening comprehension skills.
I also love lang-8. It's a website where you can write stuff in your target language and get it corrected by other (native) people that want theirs corrected as well. The more you correct the more you get corrected. Quid pro quo. Love it!
Find movies and series with accompanying subtitles. Netflix has lots of them. I prefer series, as it can be a little hard to find something that looks fun to watch, and series are much longer.
Write to people in your target language! Download HelloTalk and get going.
Find a local language meetup. Maybe at your local College or University. There's probably one somewhere.
If you want more information about effective strategies for learning languages, I recommend you read this. It tries to distill everything we know about proven strategies for every small component in learning a language.
Subscribe to /r/languagelearning. There you can find a supporting community, dank memes, and lots and lots and lots of resources ^^for ^^learning ^^Uzbek.

Last but not least: HAVE FUN. You have to have fun, otherwise you'll quit. If you find something boring, but you realize you need to do it - do it in moderate amounts. Do 5 minutes a day. That's 76 hours in a year. Small amounts often is much better than a huge amount once in a while.

Good luck!

Podcast Addict is excellent (and free).

Podcast & Radio Addict on Android.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=en

podcast addict is by far the most reliable and customizable podcast app available ATM. A must have

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the officlal WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions. (EU, NA, SEA, RU)
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like CA and AFT mean, you can find some explained here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80.000 Free XP and 3.000.000 silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
iChase has a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel that teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo and when to use what, how angling works and much more.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order) Notser, Flamu, NoZoupForYou, Arlios, Aerroon, Capt_Rye, The Mighty Jingles, iEarlGrey, The Sailing Robin and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame).
A similar site is Proships.ru with plenty of information about ship stats. It does offer some small advantages over WoWsFT but to get most of it in english, you have to use this direct link to the list of ships. Personally i prefer WoWsFT but some people like Proships a lot.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers and Warships.Today are popular statistics tracking sites where you can look up your own and other players progress. Warships.Today has been a bit unreliable recently, many people prefer WoWs-Numbers.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT run on their website, so check there. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things on the PT. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the PT guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup for the public test button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's. In addition, every mod(pack) that is constantly posted and updated on the official WG forums can be considered approved by WG so you dont have to be too worried about being warned/banned for using unwanted mods. But of course, in the end its your own responsibility what things you install in addition to the vanilla game.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

F-Droid (FOSS Store)
microG (to spoof Play Services and for location. Flashed via LineageOS fork)
Fennec F-Droid - Firefox upstream without all of the proprietary binaries (w/ Decentraleyes, Cookies Autodelete, Privacy Badger, uBlock Origin)
AntennaPod (Podcasts. Not as good as my favorite one, Podcast Addict, but it works for me)
KeePassDroid (Password Safe/Manager)
K-9 Mail (IMAP/SMTP)
andOTP (2FA)
Open Camera (w/ Camera2 API enabled)
Document Viewer
Face Slim (Facebook)
Etar (Calender)
DAVdroid (CalDAV / CardDAV)
Magisk Manager (Magisk for rooting)
Omni Notes FOSS (Notes)
Orgzly (Notes & To-Do List)
Silence (SMS/MMS)
Share to Clipboard
Simple Gallery
Forecastie (OpenWeatherMap App)
Amaze File Manager
KDE Connect (to connect to my Linux computer)
Slide (Reddit. Highly Customizable. What mine's look like)
OctoDroid (GitHub)
Feeder (RSS)
OsmAnd~ (Offline GPS)
AddresstoGPS (to convert address to coords due to OsmAnd~ not having all addresses built in)
Acastus (Replacement for AddresstoGPS, haven't used it much yet)
Standard Notes (encrypted cloud-based notes, cross platform, can self host too)
DNS66 (block host names. System-wide adblocker)
Easer (Like Tasker, but FOSS. Haven't done much with it)
QuickDic (Offline Dictionary)
NewPipe (YouTube)
OpenLauncher (To replace trebuchet launcher. Currently buggy, but in active development)
Syncthing
primitive ftpd (for FTP/SFTP)
Mi Manga Nu (Manga Reader. Might give Tachiyomi a try later)
MTG Familiar (For MTG)
Vanilla Music (Music Player)
WiFiAnalyzer
Yalp Store (Download APK from Play Store)
VLC Nightlies (Media Player)
StreetComplete (Help contribute to OpenStreetMaps)
Mysplash (Unsplash client for browsing photos that are uploaded to that website)
Telegram-FOSS
Revolution IRC

Edit: I think 2 of these might not be on F-Droid

The trail is how I discovered podcasts.

My. Current list is extensive. Last year I put together this list of the ones I listened to

Generally I have broken these down into broad categories but there is often overlap.

Informative:

This American Life (Stories both true and fictional on a theme. Sometime funny, sometimes sad, sometimes both.)
99% invisible (Talking about design we don't notice)
Freakanomics (Really engaging podcast usually with economics or psychological focus. one of my favourite episodes investigates how the belt beat suspendors as a trouser up-holding device)
stuff you should know (I tend to pick and choose what interests me)
Ted talks/TED Radio Hour (amazing talks on damn nearly everything. Some probably should be watched due to the accompanying visuals)
in our time (Radio 4 podcast. Host invites 2-3 professors/experts to talk about a wide range of subjects.)

History:

Stuff you missed in History class (i only listen to the podcasts on subjects i find interesting)
Hardcore History (Incredibly in depth history podcast. Multiple multi-hour podcasts. After a while they become pay only.)
12 Byzantine Rulers (Podcast about the part of the Roman Empire you don't normally think about. Host is obviously a fan of his subject and you get the feeling he doesn't try to be very objective.)
Norman Centuries (Same Host. Focuses on the Normans, their origins and legacy. Only briefly touches on the Norman conquest of Britain.)

Drama? (not sure on this genre description)

Serial (Well researched story of the murder or a teenage girl and the conviction of ex-boyfriend. The podcast is well framed so you are hooked and want to know more and are left confused as to his guilt.(or at least i was.)
The Moth (Live stories told on stage. Sometimes funny often sad. Sometimes Both. )

Comedy:

Sawbones (Dr and her Husband discuss the medical professions history. Very funny and you learn a lot about our ridiculous former beliefs about medicine. Plague?! Try bathing in urine and packing those boils with Your own faeces.)
Answer Me this (People write in with questions and Helen and Ollie try to answer them.)
Bunker Buddies (Are you preparing for the coming apocalypse. This is a podcast that discusses various apocalyptic scenarios and various survival techniques.)
The Modern Mann (New podcast which tries to emulate a lads mag. Discusses trends, has a feature piece, sex talk and then a track that he likes at the end. From one of the hosts of Answer me this.)

Because was once a Long Distance Hiker and long to be one again:

The Pox and Puss Podcast (Appalachian trail hikers talking about the Appalachian trail)
The Trail Show (People who have Thru hiked many long distance trails talking about all of them. Focuses on one trail a show normally)
The Outdoors Station (UK Based podcast talking about all sorts of outdoors pursuits)

Because i am a massive Nerd:

The Adventure Zone (I have never played DnD but this podcast of 3 brothers and their dad (They show up in other podcasts on this list) playing a custom DnD campaign is awesome. One of their adventures is a murder mystery on a train. another is Fast and the Furious. I think this is my favourite podcast on this list, I literally whooped with joy the last time they put one out.)
Shut up & Sit Down (Humourous podcast about Boardgames and tabletop games. They also do video reviews of boardgames and this has gotten me into the hobby.)
Top Score (Host talks to the creators of video game music)
Geek Syndicate (A podcast discussing whats new in geek news. They discuss comics, tv shows, films etc.)
- Dissecting Worlds (Same network but they discuss themes in literature. They are currently doing a series on different magical creatures/races in Sci/fi and fantasy and what that says about us.)
- Next Level (Same network focusing on Computer games.)
The following are all video game podcasts of some sort
- Daft Souls
- Chat Very Good
- Idle Thumbs
- 3 Moves Ahead (focusing on stratagy games)
- PC gamer
- The Co-optional Podcast
- The Crate and Crowbar
- The roundtable podcast

TL:DR I listen to podcasts rather than music most of the time. I drive a lot for work and when i go hiking i like having something/somebody to listen to when i am alone. I use Podcast addict to manage my addiction My favourites are:

This American Life
The Moth
The Adventure zone (I have had to pull over because I was crying with laughter listening to this)
The Crate and Crowbar
Sawbones

My Girlfriend is very forgiving of my podcast addiction. I am a very lucky man.

Podcast Addict

Full support for local or SD storage.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the official WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions.
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like DD/BB/CA and CE/AFT mean, you can find some explained here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80.000 Free XP and 3.000.000 silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
If you are looking for other people to play with, or just to chat, join the* subreddit's Discord server*.
iChase has "5 things you need to know" and a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel which teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order): Notser, Flamu, Flambass, NoZoupForYou, The Mighty Jingles, Capt_Rye, Yuzral, Arlios, Aerroon, The Sailing Robin and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame). This way you can "simulate" a build with modules and skills.
A similar site is Proships.ru with plenty of information about ship stats. It does offer some small advantages over WoWsFT but to get most of it in english, you have to use this direct link to the list of ships.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers is a popular statistics tracking site where you can look up your own and other players progress.
"Maximizing XP for Dummies" and "Things about setting fires" are maybe worth reading.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

(copy pasta, but some things might be useful for you)

Take a look at the officlal WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions. (EU, NA, SEA, RU)
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80.000 Free XP and 3.000.000 silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask.
iChase has a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel that teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo and when to use what, how angling works and much more.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are Notser, Flamu, NoZoupForYou, Arlios, Aerroon, Capt_Rye, TheMightyJingles, iEarlGrey and many more.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is #@!?.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame).
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles.
WoWs-Numbers and Warships.Today are popular statistics tracking sites where you can look up your own and other players progress.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT run on their website, so check there. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things on the PT. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the PT guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup for the public test button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "WG Multipack by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's. In addition, every mod(pack) that is constantly posted and updated on the official WG forums can be considered approved by WG so you dont have to be too worried about being warned/banned for using unwanted mods. But of course, in the end its your own responsibility what things you install in addition to the vanilla game.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many more experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass. So thanks for being one of those who really want to learn and get better :)

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that maybe not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the official WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions.
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like DD/AFT/CE mean, you can find some explained here and here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80k FreeXP and 3mil silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
If you are looking for other people to play with, or just to chat, join the* subreddit's Discord server*.
iChase has "5 things you need to know" and a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel which teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order): Notser, Flamu, Flambass, The Mighty Jingles, Capt_Rye, The Sailing Robin, Yuzral, Arlios, Aerroon, NoZoupForYou and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame). This way you can "simulate" a build with modules and skills.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers is a popular statistics tracking site where you can look up your own and other players progress.
"Maximizing XP for Dummies" and "Things about setting fires" are maybe worth reading.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the officlal WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions. (EU, NA, SEA, RU)
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like CA and AFT mean, you can find some explained here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80.000 Free XP and 3.000.000 silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
iChase has a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel that teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo and when to use what, how angling works and much more.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order) Notser, Flamu, NoZoupForYou, Arlios, Aerroon, Capt_Rye, The Mighty Jingles, iEarlGrey, The Sailing Robin and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame).
A similar site is Proships.ru with plenty of information about ship stats. It does offer some small advantages over WoWsFT but to get most of it in english, you have to use this direct link to the list of ships. Personally i prefer WoWsFT but some people like Proships a lot.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers and Warships.Today are popular statistics tracking sites where you can look up your own and other players progress. Warships.Today has been a bit unreliable recently, many people prefer WoWs-Numbers.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT run on their website, so check there. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things on the PT. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the PT guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup for the public test button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's. In addition, every mod(pack) that is constantly posted and updated on the official WG forums can be considered approved by WG so you dont have to be too worried about being warned/banned for using unwanted mods. But of course, in the end its your own responsibility what things you install in addition to the vanilla game.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the officlal WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions. (EU, NA, SEA, RU)
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like CA and AFT mean, you can find some explained here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80.000 Free XP and 3.000.000 silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
iChase has a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel that teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo and when to use what, how angling works and much more.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order) Notser, Flamu, NoZoupForYou, Arlios, Aerroon, Capt_Rye, The Mighty Jingles, iEarlGrey, The Sailing Robin and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame).
A similar site is Proships.ru with plenty of information about ship stats. It does offer some small advantages over WoWsFT but to get most of it in english, you have to use this direct link to the list of ships.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers and Warships.Today are popular statistics tracking sites where you can look up your own and other players progress. Warships.Today has been a bit unreliable recently, many people prefer WoWs-Numbers.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation. Then you can simply upload that to a image hosting website, for reddit most people prefer Imgur.com.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the officlal WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions. (EU, NA, SEA, RU)
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like CA and AFT mean, you can find some explained here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80.000 Free XP and 3.000.000 silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
iChase has a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel that teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo and when to use what, how angling works and much more.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order) Notser, Flamu, NoZoupForYou, Arlios, Aerroon, Capt_Rye, The Mighty Jingles, iEarlGrey, The Sailing Robin and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame).
A similar site is Proships.ru with plenty of information about ship stats. It does offer some small advantages over WoWsFT but to get most of it in english, you have to use this direct link to the list of ships. Personally i prefer WoWsFT but some people like Proships a lot.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers and Warships.Today are popular statistics tracking sites where you can look up your own and other players progress. Warships.Today has been a bit unreliable recently, many people prefer WoWs-Numbers.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT run on their website, so check there. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things on the PT. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the PT guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup for the public test button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's. In addition, every mod(pack) that is constantly posted and updated on the official WG forums can be considered approved by WG so you dont have to be too worried about being warned/banned for using unwanted mods. But of course, in the end its your own responsibility what things you install in addition to the vanilla game.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the officlal WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions. (EU, NA, SEA, RU)
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80.000 Free XP and 3.000.000 silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
iChase has a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel that teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo and when to use what, how angling works and much more.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order) Notser, Flamu, NoZoupForYou, Arlios, Aerroon, Capt_Rye, The Mighty Jingles, iEarlGrey, The Sailing Robin and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame).
A similar site is Proships.ru with plenty of information about ship stats. It does offer some small advantages over WoWsFT but to get most of it in english, you have to use this direct link to the list of ships. Personally i prefer WoWsFT but some people like Proships a lot.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers and Warships.Today are popular statistics tracking sites where you can look up your own and other players progress. Warships.Today has been a bit unreliable recently, many people prefer WoWs-Numbers.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT run on their website, so check there. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things on the PT. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the PT guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup for the public test button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's. In addition, every mod(pack) that is constantly posted and updated on the official WG forums can be considered approved by WG so you dont have to be too worried about being warned/banned for using unwanted mods. But of course, in the end its your own responsibility what things you install in addition to the vanilla game.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

I use Podcast Addict and find it pretty straightforward. Maybe give that a go?

Podcast Addict - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=en_US

Not OP, but I switched to Podcast Addict

Been extremely satisfied with it.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the official WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions.
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like DD/AFT/CE mean, you can find some explained here and here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80k FreeXP and 3mil silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
If you are looking for other people to play with, or just to chat, join the* subreddit's Discord server*.
iChase has "5 things you need to know" and a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel which teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order): Notser, Flamu, Flambass, The Mighty Jingles, Capt_Rye, The Sailing Robin, Yuzral, Arlios, Aerroon, NoZoupForYou and many more. If you understand German there is Allied Winter. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame). This way you can "simulate" a build with modules and skills.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers is a popular statistics tracking site where you can look up your own and other players progress.
"Maximizing XP for Dummies" and "Things about setting fires" are maybe worth reading.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the official WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions.
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like DD/AFT/CE mean, you can find some explained here and here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80k FreeXP and 3mil silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
If you are looking for other people to play with, or just to chat, join the* subreddit's Discord server*.
iChase has "5 things you need to know" and a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel which teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order): Notser, Flamu, Flambass, The Mighty Jingles, Capt_Rye, The Sailing Robin, Yuzral, Arlios, Aerroon, NoZoupForYou and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame). This way you can "simulate" a build with modules and skills.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers is a popular statistics tracking site where you can look up your own and other players progress.
"Maximizing XP for Dummies" and "Things about setting fires" are maybe worth reading.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the officlal WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions. (EU, NA, SEA, RU)
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like CA and AFT mean, you can find some explained here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80.000 Free XP and 3.000.000 silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
iChase has a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel that teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo and when to use what, how angling works and much more.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order) Notser, Flamu, NoZoupForYou, Arlios, Aerroon, Capt_Rye, The Mighty Jingles, iEarlGrey, The Sailing Robin and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame).
A similar site is Proships.ru with plenty of information about ship stats. It does offer some small advantages over WoWsFT but to get most of it in english, you have to use this direct link to the list of ships.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers and Warships.Today are popular statistics tracking sites where you can look up your own and other players progress. Warships.Today has been a bit unreliable recently, many people prefer WoWs-Numbers.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation. Then you can simply upload that to a image hosting website, for reddit most people prefer Imgur.com.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the officlal WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions. (EU, NA, SEA, RU)
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80.000 Free XP and 3.000.000 silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
iChase has a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel that teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo and when to use what, how angling works and much more.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order) Notser, Flamu, NoZoupForYou, Arlios, Aerroon, Capt_Rye, The Mighty Jingles, iEarlGrey, The Sailing Robin and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame).
A similar site is Proships.ru with plenty of information about ship stats. It does offer some small advantages over WoWsFT but to get most of it in english, you have to use this direct link to the list of ships. Personally i prefer WoWsFT but some people like Proships a lot.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers and Warships.Today are popular statistics tracking sites where you can look up your own and other players progress. Warships.Today has been a bit unreliable recently, many people prefer WoWs-Numbers.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT run on their website, so check there. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things on the PT. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the PT guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup for the public test button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's. In addition, every mod(pack) that is constantly posted and updated on the official WG forums can be considered approved by WG so you dont have to be too worried about being warned/banned for using unwanted mods. But of course, in the end its your own responsibility what things you install in addition to the vanilla game.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the officlal WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions. (EU, NA, SEA, RU)
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80.000 Free XP and 3.000.000 silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
iChase has a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel that teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo and when to use what, how angling works and much more.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order) Notser, Flamu, NoZoupForYou, Arlios, Aerroon, Capt_Rye, The Mighty Jingles, iEarlGrey, The Sailing Robin and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame).
A similar site is Proships.ru with plenty of information about ship stats. It does offer some small advantages over WoWsFT but to get most of it in english, you have to use this direct link to the list of ships. Personally i prefer WoWsFT but some people like Proships a lot.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers and Warships.Today are popular statistics tracking sites where you can look up your own and other players progress. Warships.Today has been a bit unreliable recently, many people prefer WoWs-Numbers.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT run on their website, so check there. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things on the PT. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the PT guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup for the public test button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "WG Multipack by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's. In addition, every mod(pack) that is constantly posted and updated on the official WG forums can be considered approved by WG so you dont have to be too worried about being warned/banned for using unwanted mods. But of course, in the end its your own responsibility what things you install in addition to the vanilla game.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

Take a look at the officlal WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions. (EU, NA, SEA, RU)
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80.000 Free XP and 3.000.000 silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask.
iChase has a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel that teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo and when to use what, how angling works and much more.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are Notser, Flamu, NoZoupForYou, Arlios, Aerroon, Capt_Rye, TheMightyJingles, iEarlGrey and many more.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is #@!?.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame).
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles.
WoWs-Numbers and Warships.Today are popular statistics tracking sites where you can look up your own and other players progress.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT run on their website, so check there. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things on the PT. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the PT guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup for the public test button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "WG Multipack by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's. In addition, every mod(pack) that is constantly posted and updated on the official WG forums can be considered approved by WG so you dont have to be too worried about being warned/banned for using unwanted mods. But of course, in the end its your own responsibility what things you install in addition to the vanilla game.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many more experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass. So thanks for being one of those who really want to learn and get better :)

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that maybe not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

I think it's Podcast Addict

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(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the official WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions.
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like DD/AFT/CE mean, you can find some explained here and here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80k FreeXP and 3mil silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
If you are looking for other people to play with, or just to chat, join the* subreddit's Discord server*.
iChase has "5 things you need to know" and a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel which teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order): Notser, Flamu, Flambass, The Mighty Jingles, Capt_Rye, The Sailing Robin, Yuzral, Arlios, Aerroon, NoZoupForYou and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame). This way you can "simulate" a build with modules and skills.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers is a popular statistics tracking site where you can look up your own and other players progress.
"Maximizing XP for Dummies" and "Things about setting fires" are maybe worth reading.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

If you have an Android phone, I recommend installing Podcast Addict.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the official WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions.
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like DD/AFT/CE mean, you can find some explained here and here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80k FreeXP and 3mil silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
If you are looking for other people to play with, or just to chat, join the* subreddit's Discord server*.
iChase has "5 things you need to know" and a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel which teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order): Notser, Flamu, Flambass, The Mighty Jingles, Capt_Rye, The Sailing Robin, Yuzral, Arlios, Aerroon, NoZoupForYou and many more. If you understand German there is Allied Winter. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame). This way you can "simulate" a build with modules and skills.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers is a popular statistics tracking site where you can look up your own and other players progress.
"Maximizing XP for Dummies" and "Things about setting fires" are maybe worth reading.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the officlal WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions. (EU, NA, SEA, RU)
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like CA and AFT mean, you can find some explained here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80.000 Free XP and 3.000.000 silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
iChase has a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel that teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo and when to use what, how angling works and much more.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order) Notser, Flamu, NoZoupForYou, Arlios, Aerroon, Capt_Rye, The Mighty Jingles, iEarlGrey, The Sailing Robin and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame).
A similar site is Proships.ru with plenty of information about ship stats. It does offer some small advantages over WoWsFT but to get most of it in english, you have to use this direct link to the list of ships.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers and Warships.Today are popular statistics tracking sites where you can look up your own and other players progress. Warships.Today has been a bit unreliable recently, many people prefer WoWs-Numbers.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation. Then you can simply upload that to a image hosting website, for reddit most people prefer Imgur.com.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the officlal WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions. (EU, NA, SEA, RU)
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80.000 Free XP and 3.000.000 silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
iChase has a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel that teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo and when to use what, how angling works and much more.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order) Notser, Flamu, NoZoupForYou, Arlios, Aerroon, Capt_Rye, The Mighty Jingles, iEarlGrey, The Sailing Robin and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame).
A similar site is Proships.ru with plenty of information about ship stats. It does offer some small advantages over WoWsFT but to get most of it in english, you have to use this direct link to the list of ships. Personally i prefer WoWsFT but some people like Proships a lot.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers and Warships.Today are popular statistics tracking sites where you can look up your own and other players progress. Warships.Today has been a bit unreliable recently, many people prefer WoWs-Numbers.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT run on their website, so check there. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things on the PT. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the PT guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup for the public test button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's. In addition, every mod(pack) that is constantly posted and updated on the official WG forums can be considered approved by WG so you dont have to be too worried about being warned/banned for using unwanted mods. But of course, in the end its your own responsibility what things you install in addition to the vanilla game.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

I love Podcast Addict on my Android (speed and silence control) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=en

Here's the raw MP3:

https://rss.art19.com/episodes/de80ea4b-8d9f-4e8a-b1bd-57558c26be76.mp3

This is the address I put in my podcast program:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/pod-save-america

For my android devices, I use "Podcast Addict" for podcasts

(I have to give a shout out for being so happy with it. The paid version is more than worth it)

It has a slight learning curve for dealing with all the features and options. It has a great search engine as well.

Podcast Addict for Android read the RSS just fine. ;)

Use Podcast Addict.

Yeah, I use podcast addict too, it's a pretty good app. Here's the link for the Google Play version.

Podcast Addict on Android is the best completely free app. It does everything you could want it to do.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

I like Podcast Addict (2021.10.1) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

Apple Podcast (iOS)
Breaker (iOS & Android)
Castbox (iOS & Android)
Radio Public (iOS & Android)
Spotify (iOS & Android)
Stitcher (iOS & Android)
TuneIn (iOS & Android)
Laughable (iOS & Android)
AudioBoom (unsure if on phone. Website available)
PlayerFM (iOS & Android)
AntennaPod (Android)
OvercastFM (iOS)
Pocketcasts (iOS & Android)
Google Podcast (Android)
ListenNotes (Unsure if on phone. Website available)
Podcast Addict (Google Play store. Android)
The Podcast App (iOS & Android)
Himalaya (iOS & Android)
Notecast (iOS & Android)
Podchaser (unsure if on phone. Website available)
Grover (Microsoft/PC)
Podcast Republic (Website & Android)

That's all I got atm, there's definitely some more out there.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the official WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions.
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like DD/AFT/CE mean, you can find some explained here and here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80k FreeXP and 3mil silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
If you are looking for other people to play with, or just to chat, join the* subreddit's Discord server*.
iChase has "5 things you need to know" and a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel which teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order): Notser, Flamu, Flambass, The Mighty Jingles, Capt_Rye, The Sailing Robin, Yuzral, Arlios, Aerroon, NoZoupForYou and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame). This way you can "simulate" a build with modules and skills.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers is a popular statistics tracking site where you can look up your own and other players progress.
"Maximizing XP for Dummies" and "Things about setting fires" are maybe worth reading.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the official WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions.
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80k FreeXP and 3mil silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
If you are looking for other people to play with, or just to chat, join the* subreddit's Discord server*.
If you are wondering what things like DD/AFT/CE mean, you can find some explained here and here.
Wargaming has a YouTube series called "How it works" which is worth watching.
iChase has "5 things you need to know" and a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel which teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order): Notser, Flamu, Flambass, The Mighty Jingles, Capt_Rye, The Sailing Robin, Yuzral, Arlios, Aerroon, NoZoupForYou and many more. If you understand German there is Allied Winter. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame). This way you can "simulate" a build with modules and skills.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers is a popular statistics tracking site where you can look up your own and other players progress.
"Maximizing XP for Dummies" is maybe worth reading.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the officlal WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions. (EU, NA, SEA, RU)
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like CA and AFT mean, you can find some explained here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80.000 Free XP and 3.000.000 silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
iChase has a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel that teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo and when to use what, how angling works and much more.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order) Notser, Flamu, NoZoupForYou, Arlios, Aerroon, Capt_Rye, The Mighty Jingles, iEarlGrey, The Sailing Robin and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame).
A similar site is Proships.ru with plenty of information about ship stats. It does offer some small advantages over WoWsFT but to get most of it in english, you have to use this direct link to the list of ships.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers and Warships.Today are popular statistics tracking sites where you can look up your own and other players progress. Warships.Today has been a bit unreliable recently, many people prefer WoWs-Numbers.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation. Then you can simply upload that to a image hosting website, for reddit most people prefer Imgur.com.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the official WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions.
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like DD/AFT/CE mean, you can find some explained here and here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80k FreeXP and 3mil silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
If you are looking for other people to play with, or just to chat, join the* subreddit's Discord server*.
iChase has "5 things you need to know" and a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel which teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order): Notser, Flamu, Flambass, NoZoupForYou, The Mighty Jingles, Capt_Rye, Yuzral, Arlios, Aerroon, The Sailing Robin and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame). This way you can "simulate" a build with modules and skills.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers is a popular statistics tracking site where you can look up your own and other players progress.
"Maximizing XP for Dummies" and "Things about setting fires" are maybe worth reading.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the officlal WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions. (EU, NA, SEA, RU)
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like CA and AFT mean, you can find some explained here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80.000 Free XP and 3.000.000 silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
iChase has a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel that teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo and when to use what, how angling works and much more.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order) Notser, Flamu, NoZoupForYou, Arlios, Aerroon, Capt_Rye, The Mighty Jingles, iEarlGrey, The Sailing Robin and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame).
A similar site is Proships.ru with plenty of information about ship stats. It does offer some small advantages over WoWsFT but to get most of it in english, you have to use this direct link to the list of ships. Personally i prefer WoWsFT but some people like Proships a lot.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers and Warships.Today are popular statistics tracking sites where you can look up your own and other players progress. Warships.Today has been a bit unreliable recently, many people prefer WoWs-Numbers.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT run on their website, so check there. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things on the PT. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the PT guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup for the public test button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's. In addition, every mod(pack) that is constantly posted and updated on the official WG forums can be considered approved by WG so you dont have to be too worried about being warned/banned for using unwanted mods. But of course, in the end its your own responsibility what things you install in addition to the vanilla game.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the officlal WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions. (EU, NA, SEA, RU)
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80.000 Free XP and 3.000.000 silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
iChase has a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel that teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo and when to use what, how angling works and much more.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order) Notser, Flamu, NoZoupForYou, Arlios, Aerroon, Capt_Rye, The Mighty Jingles, iEarlGrey, The Sailing Robin, Qckslvrslash and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame).
A similar site is Proships.ru with plenty of information about ship stats. It does offer some small advantages over WoWsFT but to get most of it in english, you have to use this direct link to the list of ships. Personally i prefer WoWsFT but some people like Proships a lot.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers and Warships.Today are popular statistics tracking sites where you can look up your own and other players progress.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT run on their website, so check there. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things on the PT. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the PT guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup for the public test button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "WG Multipack by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's. In addition, every mod(pack) that is constantly posted and updated on the official WG forums can be considered approved by WG so you dont have to be too worried about being warned/banned for using unwanted mods. But of course, in the end its your own responsibility what things you install in addition to the vanilla game.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

This! The lack of this feature finally brought me to Podcast Addict.

Eu uso o podcast Addict e se eu quiser baixar alguma coisa do youtube eu uso o youtube-dl

and if you were using the maximumfun website directly, looks like they are grouped there together rather than chronologically as aired.

(with 'fake dates' to achieve that effect. amnesty 1-5 actually aired jan-feb 2018, not early april 2018)

which is bad for the native listening order, as you have noted.

podcast apps will display the true order, where amnesty 1-5 played between commitment and dust, then announcements, then amnesty ep 6+

my default suggestion for robust podcast apps:

Android: Podcast Addict
iOS: Overcast

(or a desktop rss or podcast app)

using the podcast source rss url of https://feeds.simplecast.com/cYQVc__c

I see that you're on android so I'd recommend using podcast addict

Podcast Addict. Not the prettiest but has every feature and super reliable.

Podcast Addict

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

Podcast Addict : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the official WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions.
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like DD/AFT/CE mean, you can find some explained here and here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80k FreeXP and 3mil silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
If you are looking for other people to play with, or just to chat, join the* subreddit's Discord server*.
iChase has "5 things you need to know" and a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel which teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order): Notser, Flamu, Flambass, The Mighty Jingles, Capt_Rye, The Sailing Robin, Yuzral, Arlios, Aerroon, NoZoupForYou and many more. If you understand German there is Allied Winter. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame). This way you can "simulate" a build with modules and skills.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers is a popular statistics tracking site where you can look up your own and other players progress.
"Maximizing XP for Dummies" and "Things about setting fires" are maybe worth reading.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the official WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions.
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like DD/AFT/CE mean, you can find some explained here and here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80k FreeXP and 3mil silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
If you are looking for other people to play with, or just to chat, join the* subreddit's Discord server*.
iChase has "5 things you need to know" and a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel which teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order): Notser, Flamu, Flambass, The Mighty Jingles, Capt_Rye, The Sailing Robin, Yuzral, Arlios, Aerroon, NoZoupForYou and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame). This way you can "simulate" a build with modules and skills.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers is a popular statistics tracking site where you can look up your own and other players progress.
"Maximizing XP for Dummies" and "Things about setting fires" are maybe worth reading.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the official WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions.
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like DD/AFT/CE mean, you can find some explained here and here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80k FreeXP and 3mil silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
If you are looking for other people to play with, or just to chat, join the* subreddit's Discord server*.
iChase has "5 things you need to know" and a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel which teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order): Notser, Flamu, Flambass, The Mighty Jingles, Capt_Rye, The Sailing Robin, Yuzral, Arlios, Aerroon, NoZoupForYou and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame). This way you can "simulate" a build with modules and skills.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers is a popular statistics tracking site where you can look up your own and other players progress.
"Maximizing XP for Dummies" and "Things about setting fires" are maybe worth reading.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the officlal WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions. (EU, NA, SEA, RU)
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like CA and AFT mean, you can find some explained here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80.000 Free XP and 3.000.000 silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
iChase has a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel that teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo and when to use what, how angling works and much more.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order) Notser, Flamu, NoZoupForYou, Arlios, Aerroon, Capt_Rye, The Mighty Jingles, iEarlGrey, The Sailing Robin and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame).
A similar site is Proships.ru with plenty of information about ship stats. It does offer some small advantages over WoWsFT but to get most of it in english, you have to use this direct link to the list of ships.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers and Warships.Today are popular statistics tracking sites where you can look up your own and other players progress. Warships.Today has been a bit unreliable recently, many people prefer WoWs-Numbers.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation. Then you can simply upload that to a image hosting website, for reddit most people prefer Imgur.com.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

And here a second reply from me, copy/paste, intended for new players. If most of that is already known to you, ignore. If not, good.

Take a look at the officlal WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions. (EU, NA, SEA, RU)
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80.000 Free XP and 3.000.000 silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask.
iChase has a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel that teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo and when to use what, how angling works and much more.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are Notser, Flamu, NoZoupForYou, Arlios, Aerroon, Capt_Rye, TheMightyJingles, iEarlGrey and many more.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is #@!?.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame).
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles.
WoWs-Numbers and Warships.Today are popular statistics tracking sites where you can look up your own and other players progress.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT run on their website, so check there. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things on the PT. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the PT guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup for the public test button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "WG Multipack by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's. In addition, every mod(pack) that is constantly posted and updated on the official WG forums can be considered approved by WG so you dont have to be too worried about being warned/banned for using unwanted mods. But of course, in the end its your own responsibility what things you install in addition to the vanilla game.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many more experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass. So thanks for being one of those who really want to learn and get better :)

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that maybe not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

F-Droid (FOSS Store)
microG (to spoof Play Services and for location. Flashed via LineageOS fork)
Fennec F-Droid (Propriety blob-free Firefox)
AntennaPod (Podcasts. I don't actively use this much as it doesn't have as much features as Podcast Addict)
KeePassDroid (Password Safe/Manager)
K-9 Mail (IMAP/SMTP)
andOTP (2FA)
Open Camera (w/ Camera2 API enabled)
Document Viewer
Face Slim (Facebook)
Etar (Calender)
DAVdroid (CalDAV / CardDAV)
Magisk Manager (Magisk for rooting)
Omni Notes FOSS (Notes)
Orgzly (Notes & To-Do List, emacs)
Silence (SMS/MMS)
Share to Clipboard
Simple Gallery
Forecastie (Weather)
Amaze File Manager
Ghost Commander (File Manager)
KDE Connect (to connect to my Linux computer)
Slide (Reddit. What mine's look like)
OctoDroid (GitHub)
Feeder (RSS)
OsmAnd~ (Offline GPS)
AddresstoGPS (to convert address to coords due to OsmAnd~ not having all addresses built in)
Standard Notes (encrypted cloud-based notes, cross platform, can self host too)
DNS66 (block host names. System-wide adblocker)
Easer (Like Tasker, but FOSS. Haven't done much with it)
QuickDic (Offline Dictionary)
NewPipe (YouTube)
OpenLauncher (To replace trebuchet launcher. Currently buggy, but in active development)
Syncthing (Sync photos and files between computer and phone)
primitive ftpd (for FTP/SFTP)
Tachiyomi (Manga Reader)
MTG Familiar (For MTG)
Vanilla Music (Music Player)
WiFiAnalyzer
Yalp Store (Download APK from Play Store)
VLC Nightlies (Media Player)
StreetComplete (Help contribute to OpenStreetMaps)
Mysplash (Unsplash client for browsing photos that are uploaded to that website)
Telegram-FOSS (Server is closed sourced)
OpenVPN

I like podcast addict a lot. It can do everything you just said.

Podcast Addict

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=en

I highly recommend you get some sort of podcatcher app instead. If you're on Android, I recommend Podcast Addict.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

Not pretty but highly customizable.

Podcast Addict: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

I don't have an Android, but this app looks like it could meet all your high and tight needs: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

Also, LinkedIn is helpful.

Just get a podcast app (perhaps this one) and subscribe to some good podcasts. The last podcast recommendation thread was just over a week ago. /r/Christians had a similar thread a couple months ago. Many churches these days--maybe even yours!--have a sermon feed. I find it helpful during the week to go back and take a second listen to the sermon I heard the previous Sunday, or to catch up if I've missed part of a series.

Besides that, you can look on www.sermonaudio.com and subscribe to sermon feeds from there. Take a look at their featured speakers and see if you recognize any names. And if you really only want sermons, they have an app.

With Podcast Addict you can add MP3s as "virtual podcasts", your files then behave as if they were regular podcasts.

Uso da anni Podcast Addict e mi sembra la migliore, supporta anche gli streaming delle radio.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the official WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions.
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80k FreeXP and 3mil silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
If you are looking for other people to play with, or just to chat, join the* subreddit's Discord server*.
If you are wondering what things like DD/AFT/CE mean, you can find some explained here and here. And DD/CA/BB etc here.
Wargaming has a YouTube series called "How it works" which is worth watching.
iChase has "5 things you need to know" and a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel which teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order): Notser, Flamu, Flambass, The Mighty Jingles, Capt_Rye, The Sailing Robin, Yuzral, Arlios, Aerroon, NoZoupForYou and many more. If you understand German there is Allied Winter. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame). This way you can "simulate" a build with modules and skills.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers is a popular statistics tracking site where you can look up your own and other players progress.
"Maximizing XP for Dummies" is maybe worth reading.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

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(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the official WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions.
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80k FreeXP and 3mil silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
If you are looking for other people to play with, or just to chat, join the* subreddit's Discord server*.
If you are wondering what things like DD/AFT/CE mean, you can find some explained here and here. And DD/CA/BB etc here.
Wargaming has a YouTube series called "How it works" which is worth watching.
iChase has "5 things you need to know" and a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel which teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order): Notser, Flamu, Flambass, The Mighty Jingles, Capt_Rye, The Sailing Robin, Yuzral, Arlios, Aerroon, NoZoupForYou and many more. If you understand German there is Allied Winter. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame). This way you can "simulate" a build with modules and skills.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers is a popular statistics tracking site where you can look up your own and other players progress.
"Maximizing XP for Dummies" is maybe worth reading.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

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(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the official WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions.
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like DD/AFT/CE mean, you can find some explained here and here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80k FreeXP and 3mil silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
If you are looking for other people to play with, or just to chat, join the* subreddit's Discord server*.
iChase has "5 things you need to know" and a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel which teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order): Notser, Flamu, Flambass, The Mighty Jingles, Capt_Rye, The Sailing Robin, Yuzral, Arlios, Aerroon, NoZoupForYou and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame). This way you can "simulate" a build with modules and skills.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers is a popular statistics tracking site where you can look up your own and other players progress.
"Maximizing XP for Dummies" and "Things about setting fires" are maybe worth reading.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

Try Podcast Addict :)

If you listen on iPhone/iTunes: Click Here

If you listen on Tune-in Radio (not posted yet): Click Here

If you want to listen live (M-F 2:00-3:15PM): Click Here

Note: If you have an android, or don't use iTunes, and are looking to subscribe to podcasts, this app is great: Podcast Addict

All you need to do for podcast addict is search Marek v Whyshynski and the podcast will pop up. The new episode is up on it.

Podcast Addict - tried a LOT of podcasting apps and this is my favorite one. I like the interface (although it does take a while to get used to) and LOVE the variable speed playback - I have way to many podcasts I want to listen to, to only do it at normal speed :)

Hovernote - for some reason Facebook text input fields act realy weird on my phone regardless of the browser I use (I refuse to install any of their branded apps), so I just call this from the notification area, write my stuff there and then copy/paste it - works like a charm.

Alarm Pro/ZdClock - after last Alarm Droid made it into ugly unusable mess I needed an alternative alarm/reminder app and this one was the best one I found - multiple alarm types, volume ramping, custom repeating alarms - it's all here and I like it. Wish the interface was a bit better and more intuitive, but oh well - after playing with it a bit I now know where all options are, so it's all good.

Podcast Addict

you can get the original versions via the website mp3 streams/downloads

https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/adventure-zone?_post-type=episode&_sort=date_asc

mp3 from site

TheAdventureZone*001.mp3*
- 1h58m43s

compared to:

mp3 downloaded from rss feed with dynamic ads

theadventurezone001*edit_tc*.mp3
1h58m13s

if you are android you can download the mp3s (either on device or add via usb from desktop) and place them in a folder and play them as a 'virtual podcast' using the Podcast Addict app.

if iOS, could use an audiobook app.

e.g.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bookplayer/id1138219998

(not tried)

^/u/YouArePerfectToMe ^/u/tiny_shrimps

edit: mp3 url cheat list

https://pastebin.com/raw/MmKu33wf

The best method would be downloading a podcast app* on your phone.

And search for "The Adventure Zone"

or "add by rss url" of https://feeds.simplecast.com/cYQVc__c

starting with the 2014 "Here There Be Gerblins - Chapter One"

*My (free) podcast apps of choice would be:

Overcast for iOS
Podcast addict for Android

Alternatively you can also use:

Their site https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/adventure-zone/?_post-type=episode&_sort=date_asc
Youtube ("Balance" arc playlist) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXqjz3LWBa4&list=PLCxdZGGtMp4kif6xYrdhuJHTVYwlfQcGw

Podcast Addict lets you define where you want media stored.

podcast addict

/u/Passerby421 is right. To add to this, Hello Internet also has a Patreon if you want to support the podcast directly but don't need/want to buy anything from their ads. That being said, I personally like listening to my podcasts on Podcast Addict.

Also, general question to anyone who may know: are the videos on the Hello Internet YouTube channel monetized?

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the official WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions.
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80k FreeXP and 3mil silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
If you are looking for other people to play with, or just to chat, join the* subreddit's Discord server*.
If you are wondering what things like DD/AFT/CE mean, you can find some explained here and here. And DD/CA/BB etc here.
Wargaming has a YouTube series called "How it works" which is worth watching.
iChase has "5 things you need to know" and a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel which teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order): Notser, Flamu, Flambass, The Mighty Jingles, Capt_Rye, The Sailing Robin, Yuzral, Arlios, Aerroon, NoZoupForYou and many more. If you understand German there is Allied Winter. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame). This way you can "simulate" a build with modules and skills.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers is a popular statistics tracking site where you can look up your own and other players progress.
"Maximizing XP for Dummies" is maybe worth reading.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the official WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions.
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80k FreeXP and 3mil silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
If you are looking for other people to play with, or just to chat, join the* subreddit's Discord server*.
If you are wondering what things like DD/AFT/CE mean, you can find some explained here and here.
Wargaming has a YouTube series called "How it works" which is worth watching.
iChase has "5 things you need to know" and a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel which teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order): Notser, Flamu, Flambass, The Mighty Jingles, Capt_Rye, The Sailing Robin, Yuzral, Arlios, Aerroon, NoZoupForYou and many more. If you understand German there is Allied Winter. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame). This way you can "simulate" a build with modules and skills.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers is a popular statistics tracking site where you can look up your own and other players progress.
"Maximizing XP for Dummies" is maybe worth reading.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

It's been reported this morning that this is happening.

Might be time to try a real podcast app, like Podcast Addict or Pocket Casts

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the official WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions.
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like DD/AFT/CE mean, you can find some explained here and here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80k FreeXP and 3mil silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
If you are looking for other people to play with, or just to chat, join the* subreddit's Discord server*.
iChase has "5 things you need to know" and a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel which teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order): Notser, Flamu, Flambass, The Mighty Jingles, Capt_Rye, The Sailing Robin, Yuzral, Arlios, Aerroon, NoZoupForYou and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame). This way you can "simulate" a build with modules and skills.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers is a popular statistics tracking site where you can look up your own and other players progress.
"Maximizing XP for Dummies" and "Things about setting fires" are maybe worth reading.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the official WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions.
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like DD/AFT/CE mean, you can find some explained here and here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80k FreeXP and 3mil silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
If you are looking for other people to play with, or just to chat, join the* subreddit's Discord server*.
iChase has "5 things you need to know" and a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel which teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order): Notser, Flamu, Flambass, NoZoupForYou, The Mighty Jingles, Capt_Rye, Yuzral, Arlios, Aerroon, The Sailing Robin and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame). This way you can "simulate" a build with modules and skills.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers is a popular statistics tracking site where you can look up your own and other players progress.
"Maximizing XP for Dummies" and "Things about setting fires" are maybe worth reading.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the official WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions.
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like DD/AFT/CE mean, you can find some explained here and here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80k FreeXP and 3mil silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
If you are looking for other people to play with, or just to chat, join the* subreddit's Discord server*.
iChase has "5 things you need to know" and a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel which teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order): Notser, Flamu, Flambass, NoZoupForYou, The Mighty Jingles, Capt_Rye, Yuzral, Arlios, Aerroon, The Sailing Robin and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame). This way you can "simulate" a build with modules and skills.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers is a popular statistics tracking site where you can look up your own and other players progress.
"Maximizing XP for Dummies" and "Things about setting fires" are maybe worth reading.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

I've been very happy with Podcast addict

Take a look at the officlal WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions. (EU, NA, SEA, RU)
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. If you ask in the comments here, people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Simply click on the link and then login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80.000 Free XP and 3.000.000 silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
iChase has a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel that teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo and when to use what, how angling works and much more.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are Notser, Flamu, NoZoupForYou, Arlios, Aerroon, Capt_Rye, TheMightyJingles, iEarlGrey and many more.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is #@!?.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame).
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles.
WoWs-Numbers and Warships.Today are popular statistics tracking sites where you can look up your own and other players progress.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT run on their website, so check there. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things on the PT. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the PT guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup for the public test button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "WG Multipack by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's. In addition, every mod(pack) that is constantly posted and updated on the official WG forums can be considered approved by WG so you dont have to be too worried about being warned/banned for using unwanted mods. But of course, in the end its your own responsibility what things you install in addition to the vanilla game.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many more experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass. So thanks for being one of those who really want to learn and get better :)

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that maybe not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

Not sure, I don't use Spotify. I listened to them through the Podcast Addict app on Android.

Appropå podcasts så är den här appen sketans bra.

C'est un sujet qui revient souvent sur le sous:
https://www.reddit.com/r/france/comments/5z32yr/quels_sont_les_meilleurs_podcasts_en_fran%C3%A7ais/
https://www.reddit.com/r/france/comments/77d37o/bons_podcasts_en_fran%C3%A7ais_pour_apprendre_fran%C3%A7ais/
https://www.reddit.com/r/france/comments/7ee8x9/bons_podcasts_en_francais_tes_favorites/
https://www.reddit.com/r/france/comments/6kl6p9/a_la_recherche_dun_bon_podcast/

Sous Android je conseille Podcast addict

Try podcast addict has a favorate function for episodes and sort by those.

Podcast Addict works really well. :)
For those interested: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

Since I'm sure someone is wondering: it's Podcast Addict

Listener number 3 checking in, just now found their livestream URL on their website:

http://kxlu.com/live-stream/

Also found this on their about page:

> KXLU is a non-commercial, educational station broadcasting from the Westchester campus of Loyola Marymount University > ... > As a member of the greater Los Angeles community ... KXLU offers a widely diverse and alternative programming schedule which includes the following genres: progressive and independent rock, classical, opera, world, dance, country, metal, noise, jazz, punk, kids, ginecore, oldies, surf, psychedelic, reggae, theater & film as well as being home to one of the most successful and longest running Latin radio programs in the country, Alma Del Barrio.

Edit: For those out there like me who are living in 2017, I believe you can add this livestream to podcast players like Podcast Addict on Android by adding the URL http://www.ednixon.com:8120/stream to the Radio Stations section. I listen to a ton of outdated podcasts and don't watch TV, so this live feed may be my only live connection to the world.

I use podcast addict it's free and easy to use.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

I'm on Android and am really happy using Podcast Addict.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

I use this personally.

Una cosa minima es no pasarla tan mal en el viaje, yo uso https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=es_419 para escuchar cosas interesantes y aprender cosas.

Also do consider submitting to Podcast Addict: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

Comecei a escutar por volta de 2010. Não deixo de ouvir pelo menos um por semana, encaixa com a rotina e é uma mídia fantástica. ~~Assim que possível atualizarei os links e com recomendações.~~ Feito, todos podcasts com um recomendado.

Recomendações:

Internacionais(Inglês):

Into the nexus: Sobre Heroes of the Storm, jogo "MOBA" da Blizzard. Embora o host principal não estivesse, o episódio com Caster e analista Dreadnaught foi bem bom.
The Angry Chicken: Sobre Hearthstone, jogo digital de cartas da Blizzard. Recomendo um especial sobre direção de arte com Ben Thompson sobre o jogo, desde o início. Recomendo por várias referências visuais fodas.
The Angry Nerd: Podcast solo. Qualquer coisa que der na telha de Garrett, o host dos dois podcasts acima. Sobre coisas que ele consome, visita a eventos, e até mesmo do casamento dele que foi na mesma semana da Blizzcon, que obviamente ele fez a loucura de comparecer em ambos.
Thorin: Analista/Jornalista de CS:GO e "historiador de esports"(+10 anos de experiencia). Discussões históricas, sobre o meta, entrevista com jogadores, sobre previsões/revisões de campeonatos, polêmicas e-sporticas. Fora de CSGO, recomendo sobre Mídia culpando videogames por violência. Sobre CSGO, recomendo sobre SK Gaming era, um ponto de vista gringo falando dos nossos atuais bicampeões de major.
The Richard Lewis Show: Analista/Jornalista de CS:GO. Não necessariamente do jogo. Recomendo um sobre se tornar um jornalista de e-sports, que parece ser algo tão raro, que os exemplos não cabem como orientação.
Monstercat Podcast: Música eletrônica. Bom pra quando tem que focar em outra coisa(Sou monotarefa). O especial de 100 episódios reune as melhores :D Um pouco off-topic, eles tem um canal 24h no twitch pra stream de músicas.

Nacionais(ordem aleatória):

Nerdcast: Ainda relevante, clássico bem feito. Acho que a minha época preferida é +- nos Chaves, Virus, Bactérias e Macacos e baseball.
Now Loading: Foi uma excelente descoberta na época. Ainda dá pra achar por aí mesmo tendo morrido. A qualidade das pautas e humor colocados eram sensacionais. No podcast de Valve eles conseguiram entrevistar a atriz que dubla Glados, de portal.
Todos do jogabilidade:

Vértice: Sobre notícias e recomendações de jogos(recentes, ou talvez não). Recomendando um aleatório, que fala sobre boatos do NX, XCOM, Valkyrie Profile, Tomb Raider, Kojima Productions e outros.

Linha Quente: Descontraído, respondendo perguntas aleatórias. Não sei o que recomendar, então um sobre achar seus pais num sex-shop

Jack: Sobre Animes. Há muito tempo não consumo anime, mas dos que eu consumi como Full Metal Alchemist são sensacionais.

Dash: Discussão sobre um tema de jogos. Pode ser um jogo específico(destrinchando tudo, desenvolvimento, desenvolvedores, influencias, história, jogabilidade, etc) ou sobre um documentário, personalidade, console, etc. Recomendo se jogou algum dos temas(Bastion, To the moon, Portal 2, Undertale, DKC2, Persona 4, e muitos outros), ou o mais recente sobre Reinvenções.

Fora da Caixa: Tudo que não seja videogames. Séries, viagens, visitas, documentários, filmes, etc. Gostei bastante do último, que conta a visita a 3 restaurantes(coreano, noodle bar e temático medieval) e Blink 182.
Hipsters ponto tech: Sobre tecnologia, programação, mercado, etc. Ainda inclusivo pra quem não é tão ligado em computação. Acho que recomendaria o de Cloud, que é um assunto popular.
Mamilos: Podcast sobre qualquer assunto polêmico, sempre oferecendo o debate. Me surpreendo como as hosts conseguem se manter atualizadas e com opiniões sobre tudo. Recomendo um dos meus podcasts favoritos, sobre ENEM, morrer, stress no trabalho.
Naruhodo (do B9): Sobre curiosidades, enigmas, mitos populares, etc. Com explicações científicas e tudo mais. Super curto, entre 10~15min normalmente. Recomendo sobre Mulheres ovularem juntas se morarem juntas.
Braincast: Publicidade, mercado, criatividade, entretenimento. Recomendo sobre Carreira: Dinheiro vs diversão, um debate pra todos, sobre fazer o que gosta(ou não), gerações, satisfação.

Recomendação de aplicativo:

Podcast Addict. Queria procurar um organizador de feed, instalei o primeiro grátis que apareceu, não troquei desde então. Atualiza automático ou em períodos pré-determinados. Baixar só em wifi. Tem como filtrar por lançados recente, baixados, por cada feed, tem descrição, miniatura, etc.

Android, you want Podcast Addict

I've uses this app without any problems to download podcasts from iTunes.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

Another really good (and free) podcast app is Podcast Addict https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=en

Yes in the google store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

Free and does everything.

Couldn't live without it now.

BBC Sounds is an absolute embarrassment isn't it. Fortunately you can subscribe to any of the podcasts via RSS in a proper podcast app. The RSS link is at the top right (on a desktop/laptop) on this type of page.

I like Podcast Addict on Android and Overcast on iOS.

50 Things That Changed The Modern Economy is another must, pops up on World Service from time to time but the individual 9-minute episodes can be listened to in any order - two series now, both excellent.

No, because it would be against the youtube terms of service (so enjoy getting your app in the Play store) and any band aid solution would likely be fragile and subject to breaking at any time.

sideload an app like Ymusic for an easy (but manual) audio only youtube ripper - plonk the mp3s into a folder hooked up to Podcast Addict as a 'virtual podcast' folder.

you can even add a youtube channel RSS inside a podcast app - it won't play the files but will notifiy you when something is uploaded on that channel

>to find a youtube channel rss feed

>>use inoreader.com, paste in youtube channel url, then 'view feed information' 'xml address' is the rss feed for that channel

Podcast Addict allows this in settings > Player > Audio Player > Volume boost. Probably not lightweight.

Podcast Addict

can set your own tags/playlists and sort by podcast (then publish date) etc too

you've got two options

1) migrate to free 'podcast addict' app.

download the x32 .mp3s into your device's 'download' or other folder.

then add that folder as a 'virtual podcast' via podcast addict

(which treats a local folder of mp3s as a normal podcast)

or if you don't want to move app for this purpose:

2) construct* your own RSS feed

^* ^just ^need ^to ^copy ^and ^paste ^the ^mp3 ^links ^and ^add ^a ^title

using the direct archive.org mp3 links:

https://archive.org/download/hhgttgall6

and

the https://huffduffer.com/ site

e.g. as 01-01.mp3, 01-02.mp3 etc (for all 32 mp3 files)

here is an example of the first two

https://huffduffer.com/crajoexample

which you would add to your podcast app as

https://huffduffer.com/crajoexample/rss

I use Podcast Addict.

Podcast Addict

No-one has mentioned Podcast Addict here yet. It's one of the two I always recommend it for Android, that and Pocket Casts.

Podcast Addict is very nice.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

I don't think it's on iPhones

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the official WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions.
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80k FreeXP and 3mil silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
If you are looking for other people to play with, or just to chat, join the* subreddit's Discord server*.
If you are wondering what things like DD/AFT/CE mean, you can find some explained here and here. And DD/CA/BB etc here.
Wargaming has a YouTube series called "How it works" which is worth watching.
iChase has "5 things you need to know" and a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel which teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order): Notser, Flamu, Flambass, The Mighty Jingles, Capt_Rye, The Sailing Robin, Yuzral, Arlios, Aerroon, NoZoupForYou and many more. If you understand German there is Allied Winter. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame). This way you can "simulate" a build with modules and skills.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers is a popular statistics tracking site where you can look up your own and other players progress.
"Maximizing XP for Dummies" is maybe worth reading.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

Podcast Addict has this feature too:

(screenshot)

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the official WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions.
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like DD/AFT/CE mean, you can find some explained here and here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80k FreeXP and 3mil silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
If you are looking for other people to play with, or just to chat, join the* subreddit's Discord server*.
iChase has "5 things you need to know" and a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel which teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order): Notser, Flamu, Flambass, The Mighty Jingles, Capt_Rye, The Sailing Robin, Yuzral, Arlios, Aerroon, NoZoupForYou and many more. If you understand German there is Allied Winter. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame). This way you can "simulate" a build with modules and skills.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers is a popular statistics tracking site where you can look up your own and other players progress.
"Maximizing XP for Dummies" and "Things about setting fires" are maybe worth reading.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the official WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions.
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like DD/AFT/CE mean, you can find some explained here and here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80k FreeXP and 3mil silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
If you are looking for other people to play with, or just to chat, join the* subreddit's Discord server*.
iChase has "5 things you need to know" and a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel which teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order): Notser, Flamu, Flambass, The Mighty Jingles, Capt_Rye, The Sailing Robin, Yuzral, Arlios, Aerroon, NoZoupForYou and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame). This way you can "simulate" a build with modules and skills.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers is a popular statistics tracking site where you can look up your own and other players progress.
"Maximizing XP for Dummies" and "Things about setting fires" are maybe worth reading.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

Podcast Addict for Android is pretty good also. Pretty, pretty, pretty good.

(This is a copy & paste response, not everything might apply to you but in general it will contain useful info for a new player)

Take a look at the officlal WoWs website every few days to keep up with new events and missions. (EU, NA, SEA, RU)
You can find a lot of detailed info on the official WoWs Wiki.
If you are wondering what things like CA and AFT mean, you can find some explained here.
If your account has not reached Service Record Level 3 yet, then you can still make use of a referal link by another player. Feel free to mention here that you want a invite link send by private message, and people are always willing to give you their link because both players profit from it. Then simply click on the link and login with the existing account. When you play your first Tier 6 battle, you get rewarded with a Tier 5 Premium Battleship "Texas", 80.000 Free XP and 3.000.000 silver credits, plus some signal flags. If your account is already at or over Service Record Level 3, then its too late for that. You can either create a new account, or just continue.
If you get a invite code by WG from somewhere (not the same as invite link from a player), then that code can only be used at the moment of account creation, not after. You can use it together with a invite link tho. Simply follow the link given by the other player, and in the create account form, add the invite code. Then you get both benefits (from the invite link, and from the code). Such codes often give you a week of premium time and a low-tier premium ship. (Note the difference to Bonus Codes, those can be used by existing accounts. Invite Codes are only for new accounts.)
When asking for such invite links and/or codes, please always note on which server-region you are playing on. This also is very helpful when you are looking for a clan or other server specific things. So please do mention it right away because it saves us all time when we dont have to ask. There is no default server, we are a very international community.
iChase has a series called "Captain's Academy" on his YouTube channel that teaches a lot of basics and game mechanics, such as the difference between AP and HE ammo and when to use what, how angling works and much more.
Other popular WoWs YouTubers/Streamers are (in no specific order) Notser, Flamu, NoZoupForYou, Arlios, Aerroon, Capt_Rye, The Mighty Jingles, iEarlGrey, The Sailing Robin and many more. Some of them stream on Twitch.tv too, you can usually find the links on their YouTube profiles.
For CV specific content: Femennenly and Farazelleth. They both have series dedicated to showing the basics of Aircraft Carrier gameplay and guides for the ships.
And there is the weekly Warships Podcast. I recommend adding that to your favorite podcast app or something (eg. Podcast Addict), the website is !#@%.
The Fitting Tool on WoWsFT gives you the option to see almost all detailed stats of a ship, see what consumables it has, mount different modules, equip captain skills and see what stats change (without having to actually do all that ingame).
A similar site is Proships.ru with plenty of information about ship stats. It does offer some small advantages over WoWsFT but to get most of it in english, you have to use this direct link to the list of ships.
Shipcomrade is a good site with news, and also where AprilWhiteMouse writes her detailed reviews of premium ships, as well as other articles. I highly recommend reading the reviews before buying any premium ship.
WoWs-Numbers and Warships.Today are popular statistics tracking sites where you can look up your own and other players progress. Warships.Today has been a bit unreliable recently, many people prefer WoWs-Numbers.
If you want to try out different ships/nations/classes, the Public Test server is a good choice for that. WG announces each new PT on their website. You will need to make a seperate account for that and install the PT client in addition to the standard. Make sure to use the same email address in order to receive rewards for testing, the playername can be whatever you want. You usually start with a lot of ships unlocked on the PT, along with a bunch of doubloons and silver credits. Try out whatever you like. Most of the time the PT is focused on testing new features and you can get rewards on your main account for doing specific things. All of that is noted in the newsposts for that PT version. To create an account for the PT, follow the guide here. Keep in mind, when you click the "signup button" to not login with your current account, but create a new account for the PT (and use the same email address). And yes, the URL will seem like you are creating a account on the russian server, that is correct. There is only one PT server, not seperate servers for EU/NA/SEA. Everyone plays on the (russian) PT server.
If you want to stay away from PvP (Random Battles) for the start, that is fine. You can also play Coop battles which are of course much easier (and quicker) but also give you less XP and credits. The Operations are a great balance between them tho. Each week is another Operation in the rotation that you can join (either with a few friends in a division or alone) and play. Some Operations only allow certain Tiers of ships, or even nations. If you want to play a specific Operation that is not the "Operation of the week" you can, but you need atleast 4 players in a division to do so. You can earn great rewards for completing the Operations (captains, XP, premium account time, etc.). But you can only earn them once (so doing the same Operation with 5 stars over and over again will give you only the usual XP and silver credits, not more days of premium account). Also note that any missions and such that reward Premium Time to your account will activate that immediately, so it may be wise to time that for the weekend or whenever you will be able to make the most from that boost.
Aslain's Modpack Installer (WG forum post) combines a lot of popular mods for the game into one easy download and you can select which one's you actually want to install. There is also the "Modstation by MedvedevTD" which is basically the official WG Modpack, but its updated usually much slower than Aslain's.
If you want to post screenshots from the game here, please do use the PRINTSCREEN key. Just press it in the game and it will save a nice JPG screenshot in a folder of your World of Warships installation. Then you can simply upload that to a image hosting website, for reddit most people prefer Imgur.com.

And thank you for being really interested in the game and wanting to learn! Many experienced players feel that new players (especially since the game launched on Steam) just want to play and expect to get good in this game by themself, and they dont want to put in any extra effort such as watching videos, reading guides, asking for help and such. The result is potato players from Tier 1 all the way up to Tier 10 and they never learn the mechanics of the game and how they are supposed to play their shipclass.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post in this subreddit. There is a weekly "FAQ Friday" thread where you can ask anything, especially smaller issues that may not "deserve" their own topic. Before submitting your own posts, please use the search function if something similar has already been posted recently, and of course take a look at the sidebar which has also helpful links and the rules of the subreddit.

I have no idea where they save to, but I could probably try.

It's a free Android app, for the record.

"Must have" depends on the person. Here are SOME things I use.

Linux:

VLC Media Player
KeePassXC (Password safe/manager)
Firefox (w/ Decentraleyes, Cookies Autodelete, Privacy Badger, uBlock Origin)
LibreOffice
GIMP (Image manipulation)
Krita (Graphics editor/digital painting/image manipulation)
Thunderbird (IMAP/SMTP, CardDAV, CalDAV)
DarkTable (RAW photo editor)
qBittorrent
Gwenview (Image viewer)
Kate (Text/source code editor)
Gufw (Firewall)
Telegram (Server is closed sourced, and Telegram itself is pretty closed source. I can provide more info if anyone wants)
GParted (Partition Editor)
DOSBox (To play DOS games)
cmus (console/terminal music player)

Android:

F-Droid (FOSS Store)
microG (to spoof Play Services and for location. Flashed via LineageOS fork)
Fennec F-Droid - Firefox upstream without all of the proprietary binaries (w/ Decentraleyes, Cookies Autodelete, Privacy Badger, uBlock Origin)
AntennaPod (Podcasts. Not as good as my favorite one, Podcast Addict, but it works for me)
KeePassDroid (Password Safe/Manager)
K-9 Mail (IMAP/SMTP)
andOTP (2FA)
Open Camera (w/ Camera2 API enabled)
Document Viewer
Face Slim (Facebook)
Etar (Calender)
DAVdroid (CalDAV / CardDAV)
Magisk Manager (Magisk for rooting)
Omni Notes FOSS (Notes)
Orgzly (Notes & To-Do List)
Silence (SMS/MMS)
Share to Clipboard
Simple Gallery
Simple Weather (I would be using Forecastie, but the devs are inactive... even though we've been trying to help out)
Amaze File Manager
KDE Connect (to connect to my Linux computer)
Slide (Reddit. What mine's look like)
OctoDroid (GitHub)
Feeder (RSS)
OsmAnd~ (Offline GPS)
AddresstoGPS (to convert address to coords due to OsmAnd~ not having all addresses built in)
Standard Notes (encrypted cloud-based notes, cross platform, can self host too)
DNS66 (block host names. System-wide adblocker)
Easer (Like Tasker, but FOSS. Haven't done much with it)
QuickDic (Offline Dictionary)
NewPipe (YouTube)
OpenLauncher (To replace trebuchet launcher. Currently buggy, but in active development)
Syncthing
primitive ftpd (for FTP/SFTP)
Mi Manga Nu (Manga Reader. Might give Tachiyomi a try later)
MTG Familiar (For MTG)
Vanilla Music (Music Player)
WiFiAnalyzer
Yalp Store (Download APK from Play Store)
VLC Nightlies (Media Player)
StreetComplete (Help contribute to OpenStreetMaps)
Mysplash (Unsplash client for browsing photos that are uploaded to that website)
Telegram-FOSS

The app Podcast Addict allows you to add bookmarks. It's available on Android, I don't know about IOS.

Edit: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=en

It's basically just an RSS feed.

Podcast Addict

Podcast Addict is great too (and free). Been using it for years.

You're generally listening to them on your phone, any smartphone, as the apps that exist for them make it really easy to stay up to date with new episodes. (it's an RSS feed, if you know what that is) I'm on android and personally find that Podcast Addict has all the functions I could ask for.

However that doesn't mean you need a phone in the first place. All podcasts that aren't live streamed are just files you're downloading, usually a .mp3. So if, for instance, you have a high-security job where phones aren't allowed, you could download the files for the podcasts you want and put them on any cheap-ass mp3 player. (speaking from experience) It's an additional hassle, but totally doable.

There are podcast networks that apps like Podcast Addict can be aware of, this is the "home base" that can be useful for finding shows you like. So you could have the Radiotopia network who's family includes the aforementioned 99pi and Allusionist. If you're just starting out with podcasts, the shows from Radiotopia and the Relay network are pretty good. I subscribe to a few podcasts from other networks as well, WNYC, how stuff works, and 5by5. From just those networks the count of different podcasts to choose from is nearly 100.

Finding podcasts that are not in a network is mostly word of mouth, /r/podcasts, or threads like this. For example, the podcast that got me into them in the first place, Hello Internet is not on on any network. It's CGP Grey and Brady Haran, two youtubers talking about... stuff. Flags, plane crashes, conferences, youtube, voting systems, stuff. I really like both Grey and Brady, so I really enjoy listen to them talk about anything.

I only learned about their podcast when it started because Grey promoted it in his videos. From there, they mentioned other podcasts here and there, and I looked into them, liked 'em, and added more and more.

I recommend Podcast Addict for Android. It's free!

For news it's

Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me - news quiz. the way i get most of my general news
NPR Hourly New Summary - specific news updates.
Fresh Air with Terry Gross - more cultural in depth interviews
CBC News Hourly Edition- specific news updates

The interesting thing about hourly news podcasts is watching news uncover. For instance the german truck incident I got to watch the news unfold on that almost live and it's .. interesting. Honestly keeping up with my hourly podcast and Fresh Air takes up a lot of my time. I only refresh 3 times a day by default.

The rest of my podcasts are hobby specific

Board Games

Tuesday Knight Podcast - they make a game called [Two Rooms and a Boom] that's amazing.
The Dice Tower - if you're into board games you probably know the biggest board game media website (outside of the geek)
Snakes Cast - the first board game cafe, their podcast

Or Stuff I've always wanted to hear

A Prairie Home Companion - I heard a storyonce.. The Redundant People and I loved it. I've always wanted to hear more like it.
This American Life - You can only hear about this "Ira Glass" person so many times before you have to satisfy your curiosity

or story based podcasts

Welcome to Night Vale - a lovecraftian radio show
We're Alive - A zombie radio drama

or a few search terms

Rachel Bloom - big fan of Crazy Ex girlfriend so I have a search based podcasts that gives me podcasts where she shows up
My University - once i figured out search based pocasts I wanted to know if my school shows up. Unfortunately the SEO of the name sucks but i've had a few interesting episodes.

I think slightly more interesting than what i listen to is how and for me it's Podcast Addict. Ever since I stopped using iTunes when my computer crashed I've been looking for a mobile replacement and the Addict is the best I've ever seen. It's amazing. I'll probably spend some reward money and pay for the ad removal.

Ich bin mit Podcast & Radio Addict ziemlich zufrieden. Falls Du diese App auch kennst, kannst du beide vergleichen?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=en

It's pretty easy to find them once you have an app.

This option is also in Podcast Addict - ignore audio focus requests. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=en

I don't use itunes personally, so I don't know, but they list this on their twitter @presbycast:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/presbycast/id1134144707

Give it a try.

I found them using the app that I use, podcast addict, as an alternative.

They're still working out some of the bugs in their recording software (show #4 had some hard times), but they say they've invested in some new equipment.

Also, they are planning to have Dr. Clark on later, at some point.

I got to know @wresbyterian and @chortlesweakly during my many moons commenting at DG Hart's blog. They are solid guys, always worth tuning in to what they are thinking about. Sorry, longer comment than I intended haha

Grace and peace.

Podcast Addict is the best podcast subscription app I have used for Android.

Podcast Addict - Para podcasts e rádios online. Não uso muito a parte de rádio, mas é o melhor pra podcast na minha opnião.

Portal - Drag and drop de arquivos do pc pro celular. Graças a ele acho que eu nunca tive de ligar meu celular no pc pra passar música.

Poweramp (Trial) - O full version dele é pago, mas custa apenas R$ 3,59 e vale cada centavo.

Ich höre ganz gerne Echo der Welt, sowas wie das Auslandsjournal zum Hören. Außerdem Geo Audio, da sind manchmal wirklich interessante Reiseberichte dabei.

Ich benutze podcast addict als App, da kann man auch einfach mal (nach Kategorien sortiert) durch das Angebot stöbern.

Generally I have broken these down into broad categories but there is often overlap.

Informative:

This American Life (Stories both true and fictional on a theme. Sometime funny, sometimes sad, sometimes both.)
99% invisible (Talking about design we don't notice)
Freakanomics (Really engaging podcast usually with economics or psychological focus. one of my favourite episodes investigates how the belt beat suspendors as a trouser up-holding device)
stuff you should know (I tend to pick and choose what interests me)
Ted talks/TED Radio Hour (amazing talks on damn nearly everything. Some probably should be watched due to the accompanying visuals)
in our time (Radio 4 podcast. Host invites 2-3 professors/experts to talk about a wide range of subjects.)

History:

Stuff you missed in History class (i only listen to the podcasts on subjects i find interesting)
Hardcore History (Incredibly in depth history podcast. Multiple multi-hour podcasts. After a while they become pay only.)
12 Byzantine Rulers (Podcast about the part of the Roman Empire you don't normally think about. Host is obviously a fan of his subject and you get the feeling he doesn't try to be very objective.)
Norman Centuries (Same Host. Focuses on the Normans, their origins and legacy. Only briefly touches on the Norman conquest of Britain.)

Drama? (not sure on this genre description)

Serial (Well researched story of the murder or a teenage girl and the conviction of ex-boyfriend. The podcast is well framed so you are hooked and want to know more and are left confused as to his guilt.(or at least i was.)
The Moth (Live stories told on stage. Sometimes funny often sad. Sometimes Both. )

Comedy:

Sawbones (Dr and her Husband discuss the medical professions history. Very funny and you learn a lot about our ridiculous former beliefs about medicine. Plague?! Try bathing in urine and packing those boils with Your own faeces.)
Answer Me this (People write in with questions and Helen and Ollie try to answer them.)
Bunker Buddies (Are you preparing for the coming apocalypse. This is a podcast that discusses various apocalyptic scenarios and various survival techniques.)
The Modern Mann (New podcast which tries to emulate a lads mag. Discusses trends, has a feature piece, sex talk and then a track that he likes at the end. From one of the hosts of Answer me this.)

Because was once a Long Distance Hiker and long to be one again:

The Pox and Puss Podcast (Appalachian trail hikers talking about the Appalachian trail)
The Trail Show (People who have Thru hiked many long distance trails talking about all of them. Focuses on one trail a show normally)
The Outdoors Station (UK Based podcast talking about all sorts of outdoors pursuits)

Because i am a massive Nerd:

The Adventure Zone (I have never played DnD but this podcast of 3 brothers and their dad (They show up in other podcasts on this list) playing a custom DnD campaign is awesome. One of their adventures is a murder mystery on a train. another is Fast and the Furious. I think this is my favourite podcast on this list, I literally whooped with joy the last time they put one out.)
Shut up & Sit Down (Humourous podcast about Boardgames and tabletop games. They also do video reviews of boardgames and this has gotten me into the hobby.)
Top Score (Host talks to the creators of video game music)
Geek Syndicate (A podcast discussing whats new in geek news. They discuss comics, tv shows, films etc.)
- Dissecting Worlds (Same network but they discuss themes in literature. They are currently doing a series on different magical creatures/races in Sci/fi and fantasy and what that says about us.)
- Next Level (Same network focusing on Computer games.)
The following are all video game podcasts of some sort
- Daft Souls
- Chat Very Good
- Idle Thumbs
- 3 Moves Ahead (focusing on stratagy games)
- PC gamer
- The Co-optional Podcast
- The Crate and Crowbar
- The roundtable podcast

TL:DR I listen to podcasts rather than music most of the time. I drive a lot for work and when i go hiking i like having something/somebody to listen to when i am alone. I use Podcast addict to manage my addiction My favourites are:

This American Life
The Moth
The Adventure zone (I have had to pull over because I was crying with laughter listening to this)
The Crate and Crowbar
Sawbones

My Girlfriend is very forgiving of my podcast addiction. I am a very lucky man.

It is already back - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

My guess is that somebody created a bunch of fake requests to trigger automatic takedown.

I use podcast addict.

Try downloading youtube documentaries and shows you like via wifi and see how it frees you from using your own data. Let me help start you off

For downloading media http://www.clipconverter.cc/

Youtube doc

Poisoners handbook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKhcb0-xeGo

John oliver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UsHHOCH4q8

Vice hbo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkkMhKEfOqw

For podcasts download this and gain access to a myriad of audio sources

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=en

Also most importantly dont forget to turn off background data usage from the apps. Thats how you get screwed when you dont have data insurance

why not just use podcast addict?

I use podcast addict https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

Some Spotifys podcasts are exclusive to the platform, dont be surprised if some of them aren't available when searching with another app.

Podcast addict is the most feature filled, it had a setting for everything but can be a little confusing.

Pocketcasts probably had the best UI and workflow, not as fairer filled but it'll cover most of your bases.

FOSS Antennapod is also a good option

Almost any podcast app will do you ( some RSS readers are also integrating podcast feeds as well) it really depends on what features you need - device sync, playlists, speed control, trim silence......

Sub wiki media page

On android you can functionally consume most YouTube content effectively as a podcast through Newpipe to either background play audio only stream or download as .mp3, which you could sideload into an app like Podcast Addict

Hi,

>Problem is, I have never downloaded an audiobook app nor have I heard one.

Let's start with the APP... the thing is that doesn't matter that much. You can download Spotify, or Audible - both have most (if not all) podcasts available everywhere else, plus some exclusive if you use a paid plan. What's probably worth mentioning is Audible Great Courses. Of course, there is the Apple podcast, Stitcher, Google podcast... honestly those are all very similar. My personal choice for the podcast is Podcast Addict - it's free (unless you want to reward the developer) it's intuitive enough to get you started, but it's also very customizable once you develop your preferences and reading stales.

> I want to learn new languages, learn about how to invest money, and keep up to date with science/technology among other things (physics major).

I only have the recommendation for 2 finance podcasts and 2 specific episodes in

Stacking Benjamin Podcasts - it's about personal finance - it's perfect. It's smart, it's funny, you'll actually learn all the basics while having a blast - there are some inside jokes there, so don't get discouraged if it feels awkward at first. Give a couple of episodes a try.

ChooseFI - it's about FI-nacial independence. How to earn, invest your money, and how to organize your life, so a small change made today aggravates to a massive impact on your tomorrow's life. List ofintroductory episodes. I strongly recommend starting with WHY.

The Freakonomics podcast it's not about personal finance. It's a podcast about various topics, and about looking at topics from a different perspective. The tagline is "a hidden side of everything" and it's absolutely amazing. People will hate you at parties because you'll constantly say to them "well... it's not really how it works...". But the podcast is amazing. They have 2 episodes about personal finance that EVERYBODY should listen to:

The Stupidest Thing You Can Do With Your Money (Ep. 297 Rebroadcast) - it literally changed my life. It's the most important financial lesson anyone can get.
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Money (But Were Afraid to Ask) (Rebroadcast) - it's all you need to know in one episode. Really. All the previous podcast just elaborate on the principles explained in this episode.

Have fun :)

I've been using (Podcast Addict)[ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict] and really like it. It doesn't cover your #5, but does all the others.

This is my personal favorite

Podcast Addict

But there are tons and tons of them.

Are you on iOS or Android?

The free & robust Android app Podcast Addict supports episode title include/exclude keyword filtering

or

you can use a tool such as https://siftrss.com/ to create a custom RSS feed that you can use in any app, with some more advanced custom parameters

get the podcasts rss feed, paste it in the box

single title match:

include items where title contains keyword

or

multi title match:

include items where title matches regex /keyword1|keyword2|keyword3/i

or

finally: episodes published on Fridays

include items where pubDate contains Fri

-

get your final custom rss feed, add it in your podcast app or service or choice

example

BBC Global News Podcast:

original feed
- https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p02nq0gn.rss
[SIFTRSS] include items where pubDate contains Fri
- https://siftrss.com/f/kpDzDYz6a5

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

Google Podcasts does not support RSS links (or OPML import/export of subscriptions). So it is not possible.

These are key features for a robust podcast app that adheres to the open spirit of podcasting.

Patreon Advice:

Which podcast apps will my custom audio RSS link work with?

My suggested (free) apps to use, depending on platform:

iOS: Overcast
Android: Podcast Addict

I really love "Podcast Addict" https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

Podcast Addict

free:

Podcast Addict (Android)
Overcast (iOS)

Absolutely Podcast Addict.

Android Podcast Addict.

Can search by either podcast or episodes and set result sort options (e.g. newest first)

Use quote marks in search

"John Biewen"

Can even save a search 'as a podcast'

If not android, you could try online at https://www.listennotes.co

E.g.

https://www.listennotes.com/search/?q=%22John%20Biewen%22&sort_by_date=1&scope=episode&offset=0&language=Any%20language&len_min=0

Podcast Addict

[SOCIETY & CULTURE, RELATIONSHIPS, PHILOSOPHY] Kerekewere | Episode 3: Bené ziet gelijkenissen met haar broer Bart SFW

http://destandaard.be/audio / itunes /spotify / Podcast Addict App (iTunes search engine). / Website / Reddit Thread

Summary: A [dutch] podcast about the serious topic suicide. Belgian journalist Brecht Castel shares the story of his father and combines it with the stories of some key figures. Relating this personal take to the societal problem that suicide is. The third episode is now out and the fourth one released at the end of this week.

personally recommend to start with C2 E1 'Curious Beginnings' (jan 16th 2018) & to skip the 'talks machina' meta discussion episodes

spotify links

first feed (C1 & C2 e1-19)
- https://open.spotify.com/show/17hv7QBlDgyil26UTIHHs6
second feed (C2 e20+)
- https://open.spotify.com/show/7e8zPFBpW0DtgyrrPnt0xT

p.s. in general i'd recommend a more robust & featured dedicated podcast app rather than using Spotify

e.g. free: Android's Podcast Addict or iOS's Overcast

non spotify links

first feed http://critrole.nerdistind.libsynpro.com
second feed https://anchor.fm/criticalrole

[SOCIETY & CULTURE, RELATIONSHIPS, PHILOSOPHY] Kerekewere | Episode 2: Bart en Ria in therapie bij prof. dr. Dirk De Wachter
SFW

http://destandaard.be/audio / itunes /spotify / Podcast Addict App (iTunes search engine). / Website / Reddit Thread

Summary: A [dutch] podcast about the serious topic suicide. Belgian journalist Brecht Castel shares the story of his father and combines it with the stories of some key figures relating it to the societal problem that suicide is in Belgium. The second episode is now out and third one released at the end of this week.

I would heavily recommend trying audio fiction podcasts which feature anthology stories.

Check out:

>Audio fiction podcast list

e.g.

Escape Pod
StarShipSofa
Makeshift Stories
Lightspeed Magazine
Clarkesworld Magazine
The Drabblecast
archive.org: Twilight Zone Radio Dramas / RSS feed
The Other Stories
Wrong Station

And many others (see: 'standalone' tab)

If new to podcasts, recommended free & robust apps:

Android: Podcast Addict
iOS: Overcast

Podcast Addict lets you sort (& play) shows into tag cateogories

I assume you are talking about campaign 1 of the Critical Role D&D podcast.

over the last month or so, their original 'archived' podcast feed has been removed and replaced by another one.

you need to re add the new archived feed into your app.

you can listen to c1 and c2 e1-19 on this podcast rss feed:

http://critrole.nerdistind.libsynpro.com/rss

then c2 e20+ is:

https://critrole.podbean.com/feed.xml

p.s. not relevant to the issue, but my default robust app recommendation for each platform is:

iOS Overcast, Android Podcast Addict

first suggestion: try a dedicated podcast app instead of spotify.

e.g. free and robust iOS Overcast or Android Podcast Addict

>horror....science fiction...fantasy...fictional

List of horror, science fiction & fantasy fiction

my personal 'introduction suggestions' would be these short story shows per genre:

Escapepod (science fiction), Podcastle (fantasy) and Pseudopod (horror)

Along with their 'weird cousin' mix that is The Drabblecast ('speculative fiction')

When it comes to 'monsters' you might also enjoy The Twenty Percent True Podcast's stories.

>D&D style things

D&D shows:

'Meta' game discussion

e.g. "The Dungeoncast"

>Welcome to The Dungeoncast! A Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition podcast where co-hosts, Will and Brian, explore all things D&D including lore, game mechanics, and creative concepts. Whether it's a detailed discussion on the strangulation techniques of Black Puddings or our continual drawing of Demogorgon's attention, join us as we have casual, educational, and humorous conversation about the world's most popular tabletop RPG. Together we delve into the endless possibilities and unforeseen complications of character creation, role playing, and dungeon mastering.

'Actual play' of campaigns

e.g.

'Actual play' : "The Adventure Zone" done D&D campaigns but also their Amnesty campaign is a 'monster of the week' is a modern style setting with cryptids etc. Another similar actual play show is The CritShow

You can use podcast addict . I think it will meet your requirements

I do!

That will work with any pod catcher (you can't avoid these just by using a different app, baked into the rss feed)

'Classic' RSS feeds without dynamic ads for each arc

>I've noticed many people miss the old ads, compared to the newer dynamic adverts and their odd editing in/repetition when going through a backlog.

>You can still access the original mp3s on their site.

>I generated a custom rss feed by extracting from an archived copy of original rss feed

>>RSS FEED

>Includes all episodes - excluding Graduation - in release order with episode titles.

>Arc only:

>>Balance (~69)

>>Commitment (5)

>>Dust (5)

>>Amnesty (~36)

In terms of general podcast app quality recommendations I always suggest:

Overcast for iOS
Podcast Addict for Android

^/u/AmericanMadl ^/u/BadWolf117 ^/u/Bearded_Titan ^/u/GrandmaSlappy ^/u/Jhalipino ^/u/Knock21 ^/u/PM_ME_LEGIT_ANYTHING ^/u/Pirateboy04 ^/u/SSJAbeLincoln420 ^/u/agentprotocol ^/u/andrzej133 ^/u/belafonte33 ^/u/lunaotter ^/u/spiderkickspiderkiss

Well its back now (in Canada at least). https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

>Spotify

you need a real podcast app

e.g.

free:

Overcast for iOS
Podcast addict for Android.

recommended to start from campaign 2 ep 1 'curious beginnings'

(can skip the news etc to start at 17 minutes in of this episode)

Add by rss:

old rss (C1 & C2 ep1-19)
new rss (C2 ep20+)
unofficial combined rss

yes, but you need a real podcast app

e.g.

free:

Overcast for iOS
Podcast addict for Android.

recommended to start from campaign 2 ep 1 'curious beginnings' (can skip the news etc to start at 17 minutes in of this episode)

[old rss (C1 & C2 ep1-19), new rss (C2 ep20+), unofficial combined rss]

as noted you can get a rss feed.

another handy general tip if android:

the podcast addict app lets you add mp3s as 'virtual podcasts'

e.g. will treat a folder of mp3s as if they were a podcast show

Podcast Addict

'playlists' and press the 'tag' icon at top to jump to 'categories'

(or settings > manage lists > categories)

can assign specific show(s) to these tags and additional filter choices too, which will appear as 'playlists'

e.g. create a 'comedy' category that includes A, B, C shows only
- [filtered to UNPLAYED]
e.g. create a 'story' category that includes D, E, F shows only
- [filtered to UNPLAYED and DOWNLOADED only]
e.g. create a 'news' category that includes G, H, I shows only
- [filtered to UNPLAYED and LAST 48 HOURS published only]

when you go to the 'playlists' screen, these will appear in the 'CUSTOM' tab.

switch between them using the dropdown.

or you could put everything into one ;p

at this point you then have a extensive amount of ORDER BY options (which can also cascade)

e.g. order by <PODCAST NAME>, then order by <DURATION>

etc

you can also even set specific podcast shows 'priority' numbers as well for their ordering

the easiest way would be using a podcast app on a phone/tablet.

My (free) podcast apps of choice would be:

Overcast for iOS
Podcast addict for Android.

I've always appreciated how Podcast Addict allows us to choose which ads we want (banner, popup etc) check out what they've got going.

I'm personally okay with those obnoxious video ads, just no more than 15 seconds please...

the easiest way would be using a podcast app on a phone/tablet.

My (free) podcast apps of choice would be:

Overcast for iOS
Podcast addict

then searching for 'The Adventure Zone' and listening to the oldest episode in order.

alternatively add to the apps using this url

https://feeds.simplecast.com/cYQVc__c

Depends how the podcast app was made and which search database it uses and if podcast creators have made sure their podcast is added to that directory.

RSS URL is the universal release format

In pocketcasts just paste the RSS URL into the search bar

Eg https://imgur.com/a/lQEri6T

What shows were u trying to add?

I use PODCAST ADDICT android app which lets you switch between iTunes or app based searching

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

If iOS I would recommend Overcast

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/overcast/id888422857

Spotify is a terrible app for podcasts, both in terms of functionality/usability and 'spirit of the medium'.

>My (free) podcast apps of choice would be Overcast for iOS and Podcast addict for Android.

I use Podcast Addict

I use Podcast Addict https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

>fantasy stories

100+ fictional audio drama series
- (personal top 3: hello from the magic tavern, the magnus archives, mission to zyxx)
Horror, sci-fi, fantasy and anything in between audio fiction. Both short stories and series
- (personal top 3: pseudopod, podcastle, escapepod)
Dungeons and Dragon (D&D) tabletop roleplaying discussion or 'actual play' shows (with a few other systems too)
- (personal top 3: the adventure zone, critical role, the dungeoncast)

p.s. for those new to podcasts:

My (free) podcast apps of choice would be:

Overcast for iOS
Podcast addict for Android

due to their fully featured organisational and player features & customisations.

If you are looking for similar AUDIO PODCAST material:

All are obviously free to enjoy.

Assorted list suggestions:

Escapist fiction:

100+ fictional audio drama series
- (personal top 3: hello from the magic tavern, the magnus archives, mission to zyxx)
Horror, sci-fi, fantasy and anything in between audio fiction. Both short stories and series
- (personal top 3: pseudopod, podcastle, escapepod)
Dungeons and Dragon (D&D) tabletop roleplaying discussion or 'actual play' shows (with a few other systems too)
- (personal top 3: the adventure zone, critical role, the dungeoncast)

Comedy:

'My brother my brother and me' (comedy "advice" show)

p.s. for those new to podcasts:

My (free) podcast apps of choice would be:

Overcast for iOS
Podcast addict for Android

due to their fully featured organisational and player features & customisations.

206 comment post of the above

If you are looking for similar podcast material:

All are obviously free to enjoy.

Assorted list suggestions:

Escapist fiction:

100+ fictional audio drama series
- (personal top 3: hello from the magic tavern, the magnus archives, mission to zyxx)
Horror, sci-fi, fantasy and anything in between audio fiction. Both short stories and series
- (personal top 3: pseudopod, podcastle, escapepod)
Dungeons and Dragon (D&D) tabletop roleplaying discussion or 'actual play' shows (with a few other systems too)
- (personal top 3: the adventure zone, critical role, the dungeoncast)

Comedy:

'My brother my brother and me' (comedy "advice" show)

p.s. for those new to podcasts:

My (free) podcast apps of choice would be:

Overcast for iOS
Podcast addict for Android

due to their fully featured organisational and player features & customisations.

also if the youtube content you follow is more audio talk focused rather than video:

you can just download them as mp3 audio files and then manually add them into a podcast app

e.g. android's podcast addict (add folder as 'virtual podcast' feature)

All are obviously free to enjoy.

Assorted list suggestions:

Escapist fiction:

100+ fictional audio drama series
- (personal top 3: hello from the magic tavern, the magnus archives, mission to zyxx)
Horror, sci-fi, fantasy and anything in between audio fiction. Both short stories and series
- (personal top 3: pseudopod, podcastle, escapepod)
Dungeons and Dragon (D&D) tabletop roleplaying discussion or 'actual play' shows (with a few other systems too)
- (personal top 3: the adventure zone, critical role, the dungeoncast)

Comedy:

'My brother my brother and me' (comedy "advice" show)

p.s. for those new to podcasts:

My (free) podcast apps of choice would be:

Overcast for iOS
Podcast addict for Android

due to their fully featured organisational and player features & customisations.

All are obviously free to enjoy.

Assorted list suggestions:

Escapist fiction:

100+ fictional audio drama series
- (personal top 3: hello from the magic tavern, the magnus archives, mission to zyxx)
Horror, sci-fi, fantasy and anything in between audio fiction. Both short stories and series
- (personal top 3: pseudopod, podcastle, escapepod)
Dungeons and Dragon (D&D) tabletop roleplaying discussion or 'actual play' shows (with a few other systems too)
- (personal top 3: the adventure zone, critical role, the dungeoncast)

Comedy:

'My brother my brother and me' (comedy "advice" show)

p.s. for those new to podcasts:

My (free) podcast apps of choice would be:

Overcast for iOS
Podcast addict for Android

due to their fully featured organisational and player features & customisations.

If you want a ton of options, I'd suggest Podcast Addict: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

Default options works just fine, but there's a lot you can tweak as well.

sounds weird. perhaps try in another app for this case.

> Overcast for iOS and Podcast addict for Android.

For what it's worth, Episode 2 does show up on player.fm, which I'd set up for you when I added your Podcast to the "COMPLETE List of Raiders Podcasts" a couple weeks ago (when it started).. I set it up to pull directly from your RSS feed:
https://player.fm/series/film-raider-podcast

At the same time I'm looking at that page on player.fm, it (Episode 2) doesn't show up on Apple's product.

Also, it downloaded automatically on my regular podcast player (Podcast Addict) no problem, without me needing to do anything - so I saw it come through when it posted.

tag: u/TheClintonCartel in case you were really wanting to listen to it.

My (free) podcast apps of choice would be Overcast for iOS and Podcast addict for Android.

Both fully featured and customizable, and have the crucial 'silence skip' feature.

CR's campaign 2 episodes 1 to 19 are on their old original geek & sundry podcast feed.

old feed

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-role/id1243705452?mt=2

new feed

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-role/id1453805439?mt=2

i don't know the specifics of spotify, beyond it being a terrible closed garden - that try to strong arm people to use their service by exclusive show availability - and generally poor podcast experience.

app cough:

Apple iOS: Overcast

Android: Podcast addict

Apple iOS: Overcast

Android: Podcast addict

both offer "silence skip" and are free with full app features with optional paid version to remove the minimal ads

Also suggesting podcast addict here

I paid for the pro version of my podcast app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=en_CA

>I never listened to podcasts but want to start

recommended podcast app to use

Apple iOS: Overcast

Android: Podcast addict

>because I watch some "podcast" type YouTube tech related videos such as the WAN show on YouTube by LinusTechTips. Though it's not a real podcast but is there anything like that?

This is also available as a podcast 'The WAN Show Podcast' #link

>technology

https://player.fm/featured/tech

>history

https://player.fm/featured/history

>mythology

https://player.fm/featured/mythology

>fantasy

https://player.fm/podcasts/Fantasy

That's weird - that's presumably an issue with Pocket Casts (odd) as it's available on every major platform/database I've come across.

If Pocket Casts lets you add any by submitting the RSS Feed, here's Fly Sweep Podcast's RSS Feed:
https://anchor.fm/s/af1a518/podcast/rss
(you usually just need to copy/paste it into such a Submission feature)

I'm assuming you're set on using Pocket Casts, but if not, Podcast Addict (Google Play) is arguably the #1 Podcast focused app. Very popular, and very highly rated.

I'd went through and also broke down / created a complete walkthrough of how to set it up & optimize the settings as well in that post, but I'll paste the relevant part below for your convenience:

"If you'd like to know how to use Podcast Addict to get your football and Raiders fix, I've also put together a complete guide and walk-through for that as well.

Click Here to see: How to add Raiders podcasts with Podcast Addict

Once you've got your feet wet, I'd recommend taking a quick couple-few minutes to ensure your settings are ripe to make things easy and smooth for you. Since you only need to set things up once, we might as well do it right.

Click Here to see: How to optimize your Settings in Podcast Addict
- note: it has been reported that most of these are currently enabled by default, as of a comment in late July 2019. Since it's not all, and since the app may have updated by the time you're reading this however, it's still good to just quickly check, since it can be done so quickly. The app version as of the comment was v 4.10.3.
Click Here to see: How to speed up your podcasts — No time? No problem!"

Hope this helps!
- BayGO

¿como lo agrego en mi lector de podcast? uso este:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=en

Podcast Addict has been my go-to for a couple years now. As an audio playback app it's better than...almost anything I've used. You can search for pretty much any podcast and then subscribe to them, can stream or download for offline playback, and keeps all your content organized and saves your spot for each one. I'm currently working my way through a handful of podcasts, each one at a different spot.

Couldn't recommend it highly enough.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=en_US

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

Didn't even know Google Podcast has it. Had it?

Apple iOS: Overcast

Android: Podcast addict

Because both offer the crucial "silence skip" features and are free with full app features with optional paid version to remove the minimal ads

1] to rip youtube audio

[desktop]
- youtube-dl' (GUI version)
[android mobile]
- - YMusic Android

2] to play mp3s as a podcast

add as 'virtual podcast' folder using the Podcast Addict android app.

Podcast Addict has a episode filter for "title must include" option and every feature of the app is free, nothing is behind a paywall, it's just to say thank you: Podcast Addict (2020.2) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict

Apple iOS: Overcast

Android: Podcast addict

Because both offer the crucial "silence skip" features and are free with full features with optional paid version to remove the minimal ads

>but I am willing to get other apps or services (android phone)

p.s. Podcast Addict ftw [can even add your own local mp3s 'as podcasts'] e.g. youtube stripped or audiobooks etc

Podcast addict will replaciate overcast's voice boost and silence skip and is ultimately a more custosmisable and feature rich app even compared to overcast

go to app suggestions:

App suggestion:

Apple iOS: Overcast

Android: Podcast addict

>I started watching the show QI then listening to it while walking. I have started listening to Stephen Fry's 7 Deadly Sins podcast

Check out:

No Such Thing As A Fish

>A podcast from the QI offices in which the writers of the hit BBC show huddle around a microphone and discuss the best things they've found out this week.

App suggestion:

Apple iOS: Overcast

Android: Podcast addict

app wise for phone/tablets:

Apple iOS: Overcast

Android: Podcast addict

if you are looking for some other fictional podcasts:

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