World of Warships nails its approach to naval combat — but it’s better when you pay for it

I hate destroyers.

These nimble, speedy ships may be small, but with their torpedoes, no battleship is safe in World of Warships — even if you’re at the helm of some of the steel behemoths that roamed the seas at the end of World War II. I have plenty of first-hand experience with this after playing Wargaming’s third free-to-play multiplayer online shooter (in its closed beta, open beta, and now release states), watching dozens of times as my battleships and cruisers blew up in my face.