Armada. Black Friday
Captains, friends—consider this an official warning: the heat is on!
In the blackest World of Warships ocean,
there is a haven of the deepest black where once a year we meet...
Black Friday!
In keeping with tradition,
we've prepared some surprises for you in late November.
Watch this video very attentively—
in the next 5 minutes, you'll hear about several unique offers,
crazy discounts, and of course— the blackest ships of them all!
Please welcome Black Squadron 2021—
U.S. aircraft carrier Saipan, French battleship Dunkerque,
German battleship Pommern, Japanese cruiser Yoshino,
and Pan-Asian destroyer Loyang.
Let's begin! Saipan is an American Premium aircraft carrier.
She's a light carrier built in 1946,
created on the basis of heavy cruiser Baltimore,
which is where she got her impressive armor protection.
Saipan can't boast of having numerous squadrons,
but her aircraft are notable for their high survivability and serious armament.
Each of her torpedo bombers carries two torpedoes,
her bombers carry two HE bombs with high chances of setting targets on fire,
and her attack aircraft are armed with powerful American Tiny Tim rockets.
The next ship in the squadron is German Tier IX Premium battleship Pommern.
This project is one of the possible development variants
of the famous Bismarck-class battleships.
In a medium-range battle, her 380 mm main guns
housed in four specially designed triple-gun turrets are very efficient—
a single twelve-gun salvo is capable of inflicting serious damage to enemies.
In close-quarters engagements,
your main trump cards for controlling the situation are good armor,
a typically powerful German secondary battery,
torpedo tubes, and Hydroacoustic Search.
The third ship of Black Squadron 2021
is Japanese Tier X special cruiser Yoshino.
She's a variant of the B-65 battlecruiser project
that was planned for construction between 1943 and 1944 but was never built.
Her advantages include 310 mm artillery with a long range of fire (over 20 km),
good accuracy, and a heavy salvo weight.
Moreover, Yoshino carries two 610 mm quadruple-tube torpedo launchers
on each of her sides.
Depending on your playstyle and personal preferences,
you can choose between two torpedo types.
One is long range; the other is high-speed
with increased damage and lower detectability, but medium range.
Another representative of the black ship team
is Pan-Asian Tier VIII destroyer Loyang—
the lead ship of the numerous Benson class,
which was constructed in 1940.
She's armed with four 127 mm guns
that have a high rate of fire and a fairly quick turret rotation speed,
which allows you to keep the enemy in your sights
even in active-maneuvering situations.
The ship boasts good maneuverability and two torpedo variants—
fast but short-range torpedoes, or vice versa—
slow torpedoes with a longer range.
She also has access to a range of consumables for her third slot:
Engine Boost, Defensive AA Fire, or Hydroacoustic Search.
Moving on, the Armory is offering sequentially available bundles,
among which you can find battleship Dunkerque—
a fast and powerful ship for her size.
Eight 330 mm main battery guns housed in two turrets on the ship's bow,
which also have a quick traverse speed—
Dunkerque doesn't need to expose her sides and citadel
to unleash her full might against the enemy.
Moreover, this French battleship has the fastest gun reload time of her tier
and a speed of almost 30 knots.
Keep in mind that Dunkerque Black is available only from the sequential bundles,
while the other Black Friday ships— including black ships from past years—
can be found in the Armory and Premium Shop
or obtained from special Black Friday containers.
Standard and Premium containers can drop one of sixteen black ships,
themed camouflages, days of Warships Premium Account,
Doubloons and other rewards.
At the same time, Premium containers hold more rewards
and have higher chances of dropping a black ship.
If you already have the standard version of a ship
and you receive its black version until December 31, 2021,
or you receive both the black and the standard versions of a ship
until the same date, you'll gain access to special combat missions.
Five victories in Random, Ranked, or Co-op Battles
playing any of these two ships will earn you Doubloons.
These missions can be obtained and completed only once
until December 31, 2021.
By completing the combat mission chain playing Tier V–X ships in Random,
Ranked, and Co-op Battles, as well as in Arms Race,
you can earn up to 10 Black Friday containers!
To earn commemorative flags and patches of the new themed ships
of Black Friday 2021, you'll need to destroy seven enemy ships
in Ranked, Ranked, and Co-op Battles, as well as in Operations,
playing black Yoshino, Pommern, Saipan, Loyang, or Dunkerque, respectively.
Now, discounts. We've prepared a lot of them!
Here's a couple for starters: +100% XP earned for the first victory
and a 60% discount against the cost of Type 1, Type 2, Type 5,
Type 6, and Type 59 camouflages in Credits and Doubloons,
and this is just the beginning—you can look forward to loads more discounts!
Add the black ships to your fleet and helm them into battle!
Good luck, Captains!