World of Warships is turning four!
My congratulations to all our players!
Update 0.8.8 brings tons of presents,
a festive atmosphere, and many other things.
We're four years old and giving out presents to celebrate!
In Update 0.8.8,
get a supercontainer for your first victory on Tier X ships;
a Gift container carrying five special signals
for your first victory on Tier VIII and IX ships;
and the World of Warships Anniversary camouflage
for your first victory on ships of other tiers—
with a special symbol marking applicable ships in the carousel.
Any ships you purchase or obtain in Update 0.8.8
will also have the first victory bonus.
Finally, if you complete all the festive Directives,
you'll get three supercontainers
and a container with a Tier VI Premium ship.
Apart from this,
by completing missions of the Directives,
you can earn credits,
Coal, up to 20 Gift containers, and other rewards.
o enhance your enjoyment of these gifts,
you can switch to a new special Port—Designer’s Table.
You can't celebrate a birthday without guests.
Please welcome our new Tier X battleships:
British Thunderer and American Ohio.
The British ship is an alternative version of Conqueror
with 457 mm guns.
They cause more damage, are more accurate,
and have a faster reload time.
However, she has a smaller number of guns
and her Repair Party consumable isn’t as efficient as that of Conqueror,
but this is compensated for with an additional charge.
Thunderer is available in the Armory for 252,000 Coal.
Ohio is a battleship armed with eight 457 mm guns
and a powerful secondary battery.
Decent armor and anti-torpedo defenses,
coupled with an accelerated cooldown for Repair Party,
will lift your spirits during fire exchanges at medium distances.
Ohio is available in the Research Bureau for 62,000 Research Points.
Finally, Mogador and Kléber can now be researched and purchased by any player.
Rogue Wave also returns to the Armory for a short time,
especially for Kléber,
to give you the opportunity to mount the Post-Apocalypse camouflage on her
and assign a thermonuclear Commander to stand at her helm.
The same applies to all other Tier X destroyers.
While we're on the subject of the Armory.
We’ve expanded its range of goods for 24 Tier II—VIII Premium ships
that you're already familiar with!
Of course, they come with a gift—
a coupon with a 25% discount.
Pay attention!
For those who didn't have time to gather such collections as:
American Cruisers, 3 Years of World of Warships,
Royal Navy Destroyers,
"In the Service of the Motherland," and Naval Aviation—
you have a pleasant surprise waiting for you in the Containers section.
Our next gift is for all enthusiasts of history and... cute cats!
Bismarck, Cossack, and Ark Royal have something in common—
Unsinkable Sam—one the most famous cats in naval history.
You can install two new camouflages on these ships:
one showing them the way they looked when Sam walked their decks,
and the other displaying a picture of the legendary cat himself.
You can read a dedicated article on our website
to learn how to obtain these camouflages.
Now, great news for fans of Ranked Battles—
two seasons of 12-day Sprints!
You can earn 500,000 credits,
combat, economic, and special signals, and up to 10,000 Coal in each of them!
Clans also have some fun activities ahead.
Update 0.8.8 brings two Clan Brawls in an unusual format—
3 versus 3 battles with a destroyer,
cruiser, and battleship in each team;
reduced engagement areas on familiar maps;
and many rewards.
Don't miss it, it's going to be interesting!
To make all your battles even more spectacular,
we’ve updated a number of maps and Ports with a new lighting model.
The sky is now displayed with the help of improved HDR technology.
As a result, the graphics will have great contrast
and be more saturated and realistic.
The clouds on any of the updated maps will cast shadows
on the water, ships, and land—wonderful!
In addition to the updated graphics,
we’ve also significantly updated the audio system.
The changes impact all sounds in the game:
ship engines now have different sounds depending on their power;
each gun caliber has its own unique sound,
and the thunder of a turret salvo depends on the number of guns firing.
New sounds and music have been added.
We'll continue our work on improving the graphics
and sounds of World of Warships.
Here's how the anniversary of our game is set to look.
Let's celebrate it together, Captains!
- Are you spying on me again?
- Commander Dariya, stop being coquettish!
Ok, tell me what you're doing there.
- Don't you know we're having
a Birthday Global Ship Stream this Friday, September 20?
We discussed it with the team and decided to invite players in person,
so I'm signing the invitation cards.
By the way, here's your card with my signature!
Don't miss the stream! It will be... fantast-ship!
The Birthday Global Stream will take place this Friday at 16:00.
Subscribe to our channel and hit the bell icon so as not to miss it.
In our video tomorrow, we'll open one of the presents!
The content of this present will depend on you!
If we get 3,000 subscribers during the day,
we'll give you an Unsinkable Sam container.
Otherwise, you'll receive another present
which will also be very useful in battle, Commanders!