Why play this over World of Warships?

[Akumati]

I've always been a hardcore Navyfield 1 fan. Ships and Aircraft were always fascinating to me.

However i've played this game before it came out on steam, and the grind was.. horrible. Ontop of that, world of warships is proving to be far bigger than NF2, with less grueling grinding.

[Răzvan]

Compared to NF1, the grind in this game is nothing. World of Warships looks like a FPS with naval warfare instead of soldiers - from my point of view, there is no comparision between the two.

[adleen]

Agree with Razvan above. Both have pretty distinct differences in term of gameplay. They only similar in term of setting. WoWs plays like the Battlestations series while NF plays like.. I dunno, Naval Ops Commander for PS2 maybe?

[bunnydakillr]

1. More intricate controls
2. No Russian bias
3. No BigWorld engine nonsense
4. Surprisingly, less grindy and less p2w

NF's certainly not without its problems, but after having played WoT for several years, I'm not touching anything made by WG with a 50ft pole. Plus, I've been extremely underwhelmed by all of the gameplay footage I've seen of WoWS. To me, it looks like they just took Battlestations Midway, gave it a slight graphical update, then watered down the gameplay and slapped it into a worse game engine.

[Triptrippen]

Originally posted by bunnydakillr:

1. More intricate controls
2. No Russian bias
3. No BigWorld engine nonsense
4. Surprisingly, less grindy and less p2w

NF's certainly not without its problems, but after having played WoT for several years, I'm not touching anything made by WG with a 50ft pole. Plus, I've been extremely underwhelmed by all of the gameplay footage I've seen of WoWS. To me, it looks like they just took Battlestations Midway, gave it a slight graphical update, then watered down the gameplay and slapped it into a worse game engine.

Mostly agree, I'm still holding out hope that its not simply a reskinned/remodelled WOT, but outlook not so good.

[Bullwinkle]

I must say I've been quite surprised that the P2W elements of this game are actually kept in check. It is not many devs who understand that a quality balance will get them more in the long run.

[Captain_NES]

If you like these kind of games then the only reason you'd want to play this over WoWs would probably be because WoWs isn't out yet. This is a game you play to kill the time before a better one is released (not saying WoWs is better mind you). After getting a few T9s in USN and T8s in IJN and KM, I honestly cannot see the longterm appeal in this game. If you're a sensible person and not a blind diehard NF fanboy, you'll come to realise this in too and understand why the playerbase tends to be persistently low.

[Ensign]

Originally posted by Captain NES:

This is a game you play to kill the time before a better one is released, I honestly cannot see the longterm appeal in this game.

Agree'd.

This is an arcade game and should be treated as such. Come on in and play. Its free. Then leave when u get bored. Mabey (but NF1 was the same though had larger battles) they will include more things to do here but i honestly cant see what more they could do other than bring back that island caping mode but that doesnt seem like a huge game changer.

As everyone has siad you cant compare the two games. May as well go compare Halo to Cod or C&C to CoH. Just look for what you want in ship combat. WoW to me seems underwhelming, too much fps gameplay for my taste.

But this game is pretty fun for what it is. An instant action 10-20min ship deathmatch game akin to Sid Miers PIrates.

Ill get bored of this game i expect in a month or so but ill nvr try WoW. Ill just keep waiting as i have since i played NF1 all those years ago. Ill keep waiting for a real naval combat game im looking for. Ive waited this long for a sim tower remake, vn's to hit the western world legally, and i shall continue to wait for a good naval warfare game. Do yourself a favor, dl it, play it, stop wondering if you should. You have nothing else better to do. Otherwise ud nvr have posted here. Its free. Its why i nvr post "uhh should i play this game/convince me this is worth my time/ this or (X)?" threads for free games, just dl em and play em.

[ZABUZA]

WoWs no subs(SS)...play in NF :D

[Lymark]

I'm a CV player in NF1 , mostly playing my CV in NF2 as well. I thought I'd have had more fun playing CVs in WoWs. However ,I tried it out in close beta, and It plays out nothing like in NF 1/2, It required way less skills unlike in NF where you could manual aim/drop and mico-control aircrafts in many different ways.

[HERO]

Well, for one, this game is nothing like WoWs. They're in completely different genres of gaming.

[GalmGa]

Originally posted by Captain NES:

I honestly cannot see the longterm appeal in this game. If you're a sensible person and not a blind diehard NF fanboy, you'll come to realise this in too and understand why the playerbase tends to be persistently low.

I think the game will have more long-term appeal once they get more nations going, and Fleet Vs modes going like Harbor Assaults (if they plan to do that), The game is still new, and there is plenty to do to make it better. I guess it just a wait until they add those kinds of stuff

[Bullwinkle]

I agree it does get a bit repetitious at times, but also that there are ways to fix that. Hopefully they will. It is still quite new.

Personally I'd love to see a weekly nation v nation championship match for a week-long prize to everyone in that nation. All week long, for every ship you sink, you get one lottery ticket. On Friday, a random time is chosen and announced for the Sunday semifinals. On Sunday, at the appointed hour, players get invites to the semi-final 24v24 matches to be played on an extra-large map. Players can accept or decline. Whichever two nations win their Sunday battle, they return on Monday for the championship battle. Whichever nation wins that gets a week-long prize. Something small but meaningful, like +1 knot speed for a week, or + 3% deck armor with no speed penalty or something.

This would encourage players to get on TS and actually work as a team with meaningful fleet tactics and strategy, which is something this game definitely needs more of.

[Captain_NES]

Its far from being just repetitious. For example, in WT (pre - v1.27) even if you were high tier, it was still fun jumping back into some old planes and duking it out on the lower tiers with friends. Used to like using the BB two man bombers for this. In contrast, there is zero fun to be had using low tier ships, nor is there any point in doing so as you are constantly pitted against far more powerful opponents. The game is such that no amount of skill will bridge the gap between your Tenryu and a Kitakami or Dreadnaught vs a Nelson.

All you do in this game is run the agonizing gauntlet of pathetic warships, constantly getting obliterated and seal clubbed by higher tiers and when you finally reach end tier, thats it. End game. Nothing more to spend your exp on, nothing to spend credits on. Non-endtier ship upgrades that are not relevant to the ship upgrade line are a waste of exp and half are useless or provide no benefit anyway a.k.a all sonar related and boiler upgrades, AAA upgrades, etc.

Someone said this should have been one of those games for tablet or something and I'd have to agree.

[Bullwinkle]

I see lots of people complaining that their tier 4 ship is put up against a tier 10 opponent. I find that argument to be hollow. The vast majority of the time there is an ultra-powerful enemy, there is also an ultra-powerful ally, and usually multiple of both.

No one says you have to hang out with the ultra-powerful enemy instead of the ultra-powerful ally. If you are low level, you are probabaly fast, so you can reach the enemy's battleships faster than your allied battleships can get there. Just because you can doesn't mean you should. If you charge! at every enemy you see, then yeah, this game sucks. If you approach it as a complex fleet where each ship class has a particular role and stick to your role, then it is a whole different story.

At the start of each battle, press the ~ key and look at which enemies you should avoid. Then for freak's sake, avoid them. If you get injured, break off. Go capture a base, or escort a high tier ally or search for CVs along the back wall.

Or simply charge everything, fail, and complain that your tier 3 destroyer makes a lousy tank.

[Habusa]

Because WoW isnt out yet