Norwegian twitch streamer ClydeThaMonkey joins the podcast crew this week to discuss the latest from a busy week in World of Warships. First up, we talk about the incoming changes in Patch 0.6.4, including the ever beloved Mogami, as well as the upcoming tweaks to various maps. Next, we discuss the start of the Clash of the Elements event literally getting underway as we recorded the podcast. Finally, after a weekend of testing, we discuss the ins and outs of each French Cruiser, from Tier 1 to Tier X.

Publisher Karsun and Community Coordinator MrConway from Wargaming EU answer questions about the EU Server. They include tidbits about content creation, Ranked Season 6 participation, the challenges of a multi-lingual server, and feedback from the Christmas Convoys. We also talk about the effect of stealth fire removal, the changes to the French ships, and the Podcast crew previews the Duca D'Aosta. Finally, we wrap up by talking about the new Dry Dock on PTS 0.6.4 and the teaser for the upcoming patch.

Two big announcements are inserted in the middle of all of that, with the Podcast crew announcing their inclusion as Wargaming NA CC's and a special shout out to the Gofundme for fellow player Gary Falbo.

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In this episode of the Warships Podcast we have the privilege of having Vice Admiral Katz (Retired) on talking about his time in the United States Navy and as the Captain of the U.S.S. New Jersey. The Vice Admiral gave us an incredible awe inspiring oral history of just some of the many stories and experiences he had while in the U.S. Navy and on board the U.S.S. New Jersey.

Stay tuned for next week as we have members from the EU side of Wargaming come on the show. Thank you again for listening and supporting as always!

Notser stops by for a chat about some hot topics, including the changes to USS Alabama, the teaser of IJN Kaga, the effects of the upcoming 0.6.3 patch, and the end of stealth fire. The crew rounds out the podcast with a speculative discussion about the possibility of a Tier 9 Ranked season.

The podcast crew is joined by up-in-coming youtuber QckSlvrSlash and, friend of the podcast, Trevzor from Wargaming NA! We discuss Wargaming's #WGK9salute event, the new French cruisers, what their testing schedule looks like, and what kind of flavor they might have. Trevzor gives us some insight into how things are decided at WG NA as well as some advice on how to get their attention. After a quick discussion on the new USS Alabama, Vanessa leads a round table with advice on How to Cruiser for our listeners.

Old man Keviseeb talks with the Podcast crew about the demographics of Warships players, Ranking out, the sneak peek at the new French Cruisers, and a recent article about Victor Kislyi and the future of Wargaming.

This week Kelorn, Kami and Vanessa interview one of the most well-known community contributors for both World of Warships and World of Tanks, the Might Jingles! Jingles tells us about how he got started on Youtube, anecdotes from his time in the Navy, gives his opinion on the new Russian DD's and USS Black, and answers some listener questions!

We start this week with a solemn moment of silence in memory of World of Tanks twitch streamer Poshybird. We encourage people to consider donating to the GoFundMe setup in his name. NoZoupForYou is our guest this week and tells us about his amazing trip to Wargaming NA Headquarters in California. He hints about the great things coming this year, whetting our appetites! After that, we talk about the developing ranked meta on the EU and NA servers, which ships are being used and why we think that might be. We round out the episode with a Backer QnA session and announce next week's guest!

We start out this week with a new intro as we finally got off the dime and had Vanessa's name added to the intro music! The Chieftain from Wargaming NA stops by to discuss the ins and outs of Ships, how they relate to tanks, how he got started with Wargaming, and a host of other tidbits about how things work behinds the scenes. Buckle up and enjoy the ride!

At the end, we announce that Kami and Kelorn will be participating in two Community Contributor events this weekend, be sure to check out Corgi Fleet and the NA and EU CC event!

Pointy Haired Jedi joins the podcast for the week and gives us an insight into what being a full time youtuber is like! After that we talk about the start of Ranked Season 6, the reward ship USS Black, and the effect of radar on DD's. New upcoming changes for the Khabharovsk, Iowa, and Montana are spotlighted. We round out the episode with a question from listener _Cubist_ about How to use your Smoke!