The Warships Podcast

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Episode 84: Sho from World of Warships Japan talks Collaborations and USS Worcester/Monaghan May 03, 2018

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00:58 Sho Interview

30:05 USS Worcester

44:38 USN Cruisers

52:49 USS Monaghan

59:49 Ranked So Far

This week we have a special guest all the way from World of Warships Japan, Sho, who is the lead community team member in charge of all of World of Warships Collaborations. He tells us about how collaborations got started with Arpeggio of Blue Steel, moved on to High School Fleet, and the upcoming Azur Lane. He also gives us insight into the SEA/APAC server.

Afterwards, the podcast crew discusses the important topics of the week, including our first impressions of USS Worcester and USS Monaghan, as well as the updates to USN Cruisers and the first week of Ranked Season 9.

Stay tuned next week as the EU King of the Seas folks are coming by to tell us about their upcoming tournament!

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Episode 83: Aerroon returns to talk Tier VIII and X ships for Ranked Season 9 Apr 24, 2018

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03:32 Tier X Carriers

12:04 Tier X Destroyers

24:48 Tier VIII Destroyers

33:16 Tier X Cruisers

51:29 Tier VIII Cruisers

58:00 Tier X Battleships

01:25:06 Tier VIII Battleships

01:35:15 Quick Hits

Hi listeners! This weeks episode of the Warships Podcast is an epic one as the show welcomes back Aerroon to do a Ranked Season preview, and get his thoughts on the various changes and different aspects of the game since his last visit. Kelorn and Aerron starts the show off reflecting on their trip to St Petersburg to visit the World of Warships main development studio. Sharing experiences and funny stories, we get a good look into the great time they had with everyone and the great success Wargaming had in doing this Community Contributor Summit.

Venturing into the heart of the main show's theme. The cast and crew discusses the next Ranked Season to come. This upcoming season will feature many changes including the introduction of Tier 10 category ships as the main focus from battle ranks 10 to 1. The crew begins discussing each category and starts with Carriers. Unlike recent Clan Battles rule sets, this season of Ranked will indeed have Tier 10 Carrier options. Many changes are coming to the top tier carriers USS Midway and HIJMS Hakuryu, and the podcast reflects on what the changes will bring to the meta.
Continuing right along the podcast gets into the next category, destroyers and the ever ominous present of radar that Tier 10 ships can bring. Discussion on game play and meta is hashed out in depth with focus on radar and counter radar tactics. Further talk on what destroyers will be viable in this meta as well as speculation on future ships that may or may not be available soon. All the destroyers are discussed and debated and tactics are hashed out giving the looming presence of effective radar. The crew also bring up the Tier 8 category of play that is required before reaching Rank 10 and what ships would be viable in this meta.

Bridging from the Destroyer discussion and the topic of radar, the cast and crew cover the Cruiser category. Which the podcast believes might be one of the more effective category types over previous Ranked Season rule sets due to the utility and power of many Tier 10 Cruisers. Reflection on how effective Cruisers are in Clan Battles is discussed and correlated to the possible meta for this coming Ranked Season. Key cruisers of note in this debate are; USS Des Moines, KMS Hindenburg, HIJMS Zao, VMF Moskva, and HMS Minotaur. Speculation is also briefed, bringing up the upcoming USN Cruiser split and what radar focused USS Worchester might be like in this Ranked setting. Radar Minotaur is also a topic of jokes and serious discussion. The crew finishes this category with a quick run down of the Tier 8 category of cruisers. Cruisers of note are; HIJMS Atago, VMF Kutuzov, and KMS Hipper and KMS Prinz Eugen.
From Cruisers to Battleships the podcast crew gets into the heavy metal. Battleships, a popular category among many players, and the cast and crew go through the ins and outs of the many options for this category. Discussing the effectiveness and principles of overmatch for armor and the giving ranges of some engagements. Speculation is had as to what maps will be present and how those maps will handle objective wise and game play wise verse the other category of ships. The classic HIJMS Yamato vs USS Montana debate is continued as well as the new entrant, Republique which has been popular as of late even showing an uptick in use in Clan Battles. KMS Großer Kurfürst and the secondary build is debated and the crew explains why this ship might have issues in the possible meta for this Ranked Season. The topic of battleship AP rounds vs destroyers is brought up and discussed in relation to the popular destroyers that might be seen in the meta. Rounding out the battleship discussion, the podcast team brings up the Tier 8 options. Which are most notably HIJMS Amagi and USS North Carolina, and KMS Tirpitz. Richelieu?!? Whats that???

As always a special thank you to all our listeners and supporters. Thank you so much for making this all happen and we look forward to seeing you on the next Warships Podcast!

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Episode 82: A Surprise KOTS Announcement, CC Summit Recap, Re-balanced USN Cruiser Testing, and more 0.7.4 changes! Apr 20, 2018

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00:22 KOTS Announcement

12:09 CC Summit Recap

21:29 USN Heavy Cruisers

43:45 Kronshtadt and Stalingrad

52:24 Tier X Carrier Changes

58:34 Dev Blog Changes

Hi Listeners! For this weeks episode of the Warships Podcast, Radar X joins the show bringing a special announcement from Wargaming North America about the next King of the Sea tournament. In addition to this news, a myriad of changes and ship testing continue with new information about what ships and game mechanics are being worked on.

Sailing into the main show topics the podcast discusses the new USN Cruisers being tested, and how each of the ships feel to the cast members. Going over ships like USS Salt Lake City (Pensacola), USS Astoria (New Orleans), USS Pittsburg (Baltimore), USS Columbia (Cleveland) and USS Buffalo. Many of these ships have changed from their former selves where some have improved and others need help or have a vastly different play styles from the previous iterations.

Continuing on the topic of cruisers, the crew talks on the changes to the Russian Battle Cruiser's VMF Kronshtadt and VMF Stalingrad. Both ships are getting massive buffs and overhauls to make these ships more appealing and bring more utility to the game. Note though, the cast members have yet to try these ships and as always these things are subject to change. However these two ships are looking far more deadly and formidable and we look forward to testing them.

Rounding out our show discussion, the podcast crew discusses the other changes of note. Mainly to Tier 10 Carriers, i.e. USS Midway and HIJMS Hakuryu and how this will effect high tier gameplay and competitive gameplay formats like in King of the Sea. In addition to these changes, other notable adjustments come to ships VMF Varyag, KMS Z-39, KMS Prinz Eugen, RM Duca Delgi Abruzzi, USS Monaghan, and USS Massachusetts. The consumable slots are being adjusted for USS Columbia and USS Worcester where Worcester will get five total consumable slots.

On a more somber note the podcast would like to offer their condolences on the loss of a well loved Warships Community Member. Dseehafer recently passed away and we all will miss him dearly. Special thank you to the community for all the remembrance of him and support to his family.

Thank you everyone for listening and supporting our community and podcast. We look forward to seeing you on the next episode of the Warships Podcast!

Those interested in SF's Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands event check here: https://forum.worldofwarships.com/topic/156545-cv-event-battle-of-santa-cruz-islands-come-join/

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Episode 81: A Wave of Re-balancing? Apr 06, 2018

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Hi listeners! Welcome back to another episode of the Warships Podcast. For this episode the crew covers a plethora of new topics and changes as well as some new test ships the cast has been working on. Please keep in mind that test ships and adjustments to live ships are subject to change and were provided by Wargaming as such, to evaluate, test, and discuss for you the community.

Full speed ahead straight into the topics this week, we start with the changes to the HIJMS Shimakaze base detection rating. Moving on we cover the changes to KMS Hipper and KMS Prinz Eugen, which get to different buffs to help improve the ships. One being a rudder and rate of fire change, verse the other ship getting a hull heal. The USS Midway carrier receives a hangar nerf changing its overall plane count and the podcast talks about this effect on carriers. The HMS Orion will be getting an accuracy nerf to its sigma value, where the crew discusses how this ship might perform to its peers. Further changes and adjustments to VMF Kronstadt and Stalingrad take shape. Though the cast has only been able to test Stalingrad.
Continuing on course the new USN Cruiser's split is now advancing along and the podcast team goes over what they have tested so far as well as documented changes on the other super test ships. Changes are also coming to the ability for spotter planes to detect running torpedoes and more detailed ribbons are coming for carrier players.

Finishing out this show with some Quick Hits. The Austin Meetup is coming soon for those who want to check out the new North American Wargaming HQ. A video, reward, and video documenting the fix that Wargaming did to the frame bug issues is up. Rounding our Quick Hits and the show we bring up the Twitch Prime rewards and bonus' that have been coming for being a member.

Thank you everyone for listening and following us. Do not forget that next week Kelorn will be in St. Petersburg, Russia visiting Wargaming's main World of Warship development studio for the Community Contributor conference. We look forward to all the exciting news and information that we can bring to the Warships Community. Thank you again and see you next cast!

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Episode 80: Kronstadt, Buffalo, and so much more! Mar 29, 2018

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Hi listeners! Welcome back to another episode of the Warships Podcast. In this weeks episode we have a lighter episode focusing on some of the new and upcoming ships that the team is testing. These ships are the VMF Kronshtadt, USS Buffalo, KMS Z-39, RM Duca Degli Abruzzi, and HIJMS Asashio.

With no guest this week the crew gets straight into these ships, covering the Kronshtadt and Buffalo first. Comparing and contrasting these ships to analogous counterparts in game as well as discussing the gameplay so far with them. Sailing on to the Z-39, the crew talks destroyers where the major change was the drop from Tier 8 to 7. Finishing out the ship discussion with the premiums Abruzzi and Asahio. Each cast member gives their thoughts and opinions as these two ships appear to reaching or close to their final release state. Please remember, all these ships are subject to change.

Thank you everyone for listening and its a great pleasure to have your support for this show. See you next cast!

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Episode 79: The Italian Cup Mar 23, 2018

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This week SupportTank and DaniExpert from the Italian Cup tournament sit down to tell us about how the Italian-only team tournament works. Kami and Kelorn are curious about their method of map selection and wonder what it might mean to be able to choose the map and team composition accordingly. Kelorn gives this week's quick hits, including the upcoming perma-space camos, an update to pan-asian and commonwealth flags, and an update to the test version of Abruzzi.

Getting into the details, Kelorn, Kami, and Dani talk about the recently released details regarding the down-tiered USN Heavy cruisers. They speculate about the effects of the concealment nerf to the lower tier ships and wonder how Pensacola will do at Tier 6. After having a couple of weeks playing them, the crew discusses what captain builds and upgrades are being used on the French Battleships, particularly at high tier.

The podcast gets rounded off with a teaser for next week's giveaway, as well as a discussion about downtiering Z-39 from Tier 8 to Tier 7.

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Episode 78: So Long and Thanks for All the Fish with Trevzor from WGNA Mar 15, 2018

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The podcast host a bittersweet episode with Trevzor's final time as a guest. He talks about how he joined Wargaming NA and the good and not-so-good times he had. Afterwards, we announce the winner of the Gascogne contest and open a new contest for 5k Dubloons from the winner _greifer! We round out the episode with a discussion on the AP change and what's coming in Patch 0.7.3.

Episode 77: Wargaming's RadarX shares his Vision for NA Community Team Mar 09, 2018

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Hi listeners! In this weeks episode of the Warship Podcast, we have one of Wargaming newer additions to its staff, RadarX, who recently joined the Wargaming North America staff ventures on to the show to give us his views on World of Warships. The cast interviews Radar and gets up to speed with the new Senior Community Manager. Radar tells the show about his previous work experiences and how he got to Wargaming. He continues the interview by laying out some of his plans and ideas for how he can improve the North American side of the Warships Community.

KamiSamurai announces a contest asking for the highest damage in a French Battleship up to Tier 8, with the winner getting a free Gascogne, sponsored by one of our listeners and Impact clan members! The contest ends Sunday at Midnight Pacific time, so take a screenshot of a battle between Friday at 12:01AM and ending Sunday Midnight and email it to warshipspodcast@gmail.com for your chance to win! We'll announce the winner on Monday morning!

Sailing on to our show topics we cover a new German Premium Destroyer being tested, the Z-39. A destroyer which many testers and contributor find lacking and in need of help. The cast and crew give their opinions of the ship in its current testing state and hope for improvements. Please remember that Z-39 is a work in progress and is subject to change. Ideas and speculation as to how the ship can improve are noted with each member of the show giving their opinions. Which also moves right into our next show topic which was about over and under powered ships.

The Podcast crew takes on the issue of what makes a ship over or under powered and debates the merits of the topic. Giving a myriad of examples, the cast talks about what ships they feel are over or under powered. Some ships of note were Imp. Nikolai, HMS's Belfast and Conqueror, HIJMS's Izumo, Kamikaze, and Ibuki as well as USS's Pensacola, Baltimore, Saipan and Sims.

Cruising to the finish we round out the show by discussing promotions. The Steven Segal promotion where players were able to earn a special captain modeled after the actor has now ended, and players who have earned the captain. May notice that the captain avatar has changed along with the name sake. Radar discusses promotions and breaks down the idea and purpose for them as well as the limited nature that they often entail. The new Twitch Prime promo is mentioned and the crew debates the merits of limited time offers.

Thank you everyone for listening, as well as your continued support of this show. See you next cast!

Episode 76: Exclusive Reveal with iEarlGrey, CC Summit, Storms, and Republique Mar 01, 2018

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Hi listeners! For this weeks episode of the Warships Podcast we have a proper show with some tea, IEarlyGrey in particular. Who joined us for the podcast to discuss the various recent additions to the game as well as a bit of speculation and buzz from these recent topics. EarlGrey is interviewed and the crew gets caught up with all the personal news going on the him. The Community Contributor summit is briefly brought up and both Kelorn and EarlGrey will be going.

Moving into show topics, the cast and crew gets started with our French Camo contest and the new alternate camouflage schemes for the IJN premium camouflage options. You can now get a look similar to that of HIJMS Atago's blue, black, and white which an option for other IJN ships. Discussing patch 0.7.2 French battleships and a new operation that is bringing a new feature to the game. Localized weather. The podcast discuss this and speculate on what it might mean for the PvP modes should it ever become a feature.
The cast continues sailing along with the discussion on the USN Cruiser split. Talk about the new trees, and the adjusted ships are debate and speculated. Please remember that these ships are being tested and are all subject to change. Positives and negatives of the line split as well as the USN Cruiser line comparison to other line splits was discussed. While talking on these issues of community involvement, a discussion was further brought up on the rename of the Tier 10 French Battleship to Republique from France.

We finished out the show with some Quick Hits covering the new rental ships for this seasons Clan Battles as news that French Battleships will have the option to equip the Speed Booster consumable soon™. While on the topic of French BB's, Republique was again brought up but for testing with regard to Clan Wars and it ability to take citadel damage from longer ranges from ships like Battleship err Heavy Cruiser KMS Hindenburg and USS Des Moines.

Thank you everyone for your continued support and we will see you on the next Warships Podcast!

Episode 75: Yuzral, First Herald of the A-poi-calypse Feb 22, 2018

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This week, EU Youtuber Yuzral rejoins us for some in-depth discussion about Asashio, Graf Zeppelin, the changes to the Northern Lights map, and some speculation about other tiers of Clan Battles. Special bonus topic on if the Royal Navy will get its deserved Aircraft Carrier line!

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