Platoon Battles

What are platoon battles?

The platoon battle gives you and two friends (or more likely fleet mates) the chance to battle together on the same team.

However, there are certain restrictions on the type of ships you can have in a platoon. For instance you can only have two battleships in your team, never three. Your team can have either one carrier or one submarine running at a time, but never both at the same time .

This is so you could never have a maximum tier battleship, carrier and submarine teaming up together.

Platoon benefits and advantages

Platoons are a great way to have fun with friends and fleet mates. It is also a good opportunity to learn fleet mates play styles, what ships they have, to communicate effectively with them in battle       (using voice chat).

A strong incentive for using a platoon is the 20% increased credit earnings. Which is a great because credits are harder to come by than exp. 

Platoon downsides?

Usually platoons are a good way to make a strong team in matchmaking. Most likely you will be matched against other platoons.

In some games one team may have a platoon while the other team doesn't. In which case, if you're at the short end of the stick, your team will get wrecked in no time.

With active fleets, having only three players in a platoon can be a little restrictive, and you may find because your fleet has multiple platoons out there, that you bump into them more frequently.