Captain or Commander?

[Wulfgarn]

I've noticed two Tubers using the term "Captain" instead of "Commander".

 

Has there been a change that I'm not aware of?

 

Starting at 5:12..

 

In title and throughout..

 

[HMCS_Devilfish]

No change, Ive seen both terms used by Wows but Captain seems to be the norm

[GhostSwordsman]

I'd say that their interchangeable.

[Wulfgarn]

Ever since I started playing, anyone that says Captain always gets corrected, both in-game and on these forums.

To my knowledge, you are the Captain.

You can understand the confusion.

 

 

[VTAdmiral]

From a gamer's point of view they are interchangable

 

However destroyers and some cruisers tend to be commanded by Commanders or Lt. Commanders, while Captains and above tend to be in charge of capital ships (and some cruisers).

[pmgaudio]

Skipper

[LadyUniPotato]

9 minutes ago, Destroyer_Kiyoshimo said:

However destroyers and some cruisers tend to be commanded by Commanders or Lt. Commanders, while Captains and above tend to be in charge of capital ships (and some cruisers).

 

^Pretty much this.  However, it's important to note that the commanding officer of a ship is traditionally called "captain" while onboard said ship, regardless of actual rank.  So while the commander of a destroyer may only be a Lt. Commander, he'd still typically be called "the captain." 

[comtedumas]

53 minutes ago, Wulfgarn said:

I've noticed two Tubers using the term "Captain" instead of "Commander".

 

Has there been a change that I'm not aware of?

 

Starting at 5:12..

 

In title and throughout..

 

Even JFK a LTjg was Captain of PT109

[VTAdmiral]

5 minutes ago, LadyUniPotato said:

 

^Pretty much this.  However, it's important to note that the commanding officer of a ship is traditionally called "captain" while onboard said ship, regardless of actual rank.  So while the commander of a destroyer may only be a Lt. Commander, he'd still typically be called "the captain." 

Yeah. He's the captain, he's just not a Captain.

[LadyUniPotato]

5 minutes ago, Destroyer_Kiyoshimo said:

He's the captain, he's just not a Captai

forward the motion that henceforth in the game all Captain captains are referred to as "big C's" and all non-Captain captains are referred to as "little c's" 

[KnightFandragon]

 

because it seems fitting.

[TheGreyGhost91]

Captain is tradition, as others have stated here.

From a game perspective, I'd say calling them commanders is also a holdover from WoT, since some of the base foundations are similar. May have carried over.

[h9k_a]

You're the Captain of the ship regardless of rank, but you have to pick commander skills as you gain points with commander xp.