Captains!
World of Warships is turning 6 years old, and it's our common holiday!
You'll be able to celebrate the game's birthday properly in Update 0.10.8!
This update brings festive bonuses for battle results,
a birthday collection, the new "Convoy" temporary battle type,
access to the entire branch of Dutch cruisers,
the "Aircraft Bureaus Rivalry" event,
and Early Access to Soviet aircraft carriers!
Watch our review to get all the details.
In Update 0.10.8, our beloved game celebrates its 6th birthday.
To mark this wonderful occasion,
we've prepared loads of festive activities and interesting rewards.
One of them is a set of bonuses provided for combat results.
You will receive your reward as soon as you win your first victory
or earn 300 Base XP playing a Tier V–X ship.
Tier V–VII ships will earn you a Festive Token.
Tier VIII and IX ships will bring you Festive Tokens and Gift containers.
Last but not least,
winning or earning 300 Base XP with a Tier X ship
will reward you with a Supercontainer.
You will be able to enjoy bonuses
for battle results during Updates 0.10.8 and 0.10.9.
By the way, to celebrate the occasion,
we've completely reworked the Designer's Table Port
and prepared a new festive collection.
It's called "6 years of World of Warships"
and is dedicated to some of the most vivid and significant events
that has happened in the game over the past year.
The collection looks quite unusual— it's a huge puzzle,
and its pieces drop from festive containers that are also called
"6 years of World of Warships," by the way.
Complete the collection and earn a Supercontainer,
six Gift containers, and a themed flag.
As we've already mentioned,
good combat results with Tier V–IX ships
will be rewarded with Festive Tokens.
They are a temporary resource that you can exchange in the Armory
for numerous valuable and useful items.
Obtain Festive Tokens and exchange them in Armory
for containers from the "6 years of World of Warships" collection,
permanent camouflages for Tier VII ships
dedicated to the sixth anniversary of the game,
and expendable camouflages,
as well as Gift and Distant Voyages containers.
Captains! You are invited to come aboard Tier I–X Dutch cruisers!
Uncover the full potential of the new ships
and try out a new armament—Airstrike.
Van Kinsbergen,
Gelderland,
Java,
De Ruyter,
Celebes,
Kijkduin,
Eendracht,
Haarlem,
Johan de Witt,
and Gouden Leeuw are available to research!
Good maneuverability and concealment,
reliable armor, protection from HE shells,
a variant of Repair Party with an accelerated cooldown,
and the Defensive AA Fire consumable starting from Tier VIII.
In addition, Dutch cruisers, especially those of higher tiers,
can upset the enemy with their high-quality guns.
For example, Tier X cruiser Gouden Leeuw
can boast of having an impressive 283 mm-caliber main battery.
Now, a couple of words about the icing on this Dutch cake— Airstrike.
It works as follows:
you can select an area within a radius of 10 to 13 kilometers—
this distance depends on the cruiser's tier—
where planes will fly and drop bombs.
Since the bombs take longer to fall,
Airstrike is effective against sluggish targets
and ships hiding behind islands.
We'll tell you how to play Dutch cruisers
in a dedicated video and article.
You can find them on our website and official channel.
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Now, it's time to talk about a new temporary event—
"Aircraft Bureaus Rivalry,"
which is closely related to the release
of Soviet aircraft carriers into Early Access.
Once a week, choose one of three teams,
which are represented by the research and development bureaus
of Polikarpov, Chetverikov, and Kocherigin this time.
Complete combat missions in different battle types
and advance along the personal and team progress bars,
unlocking various rewards as you go.
Among them you'll find
"6 Years of World of Warships" collection containers,
unique themed patches, expendable camouflages,
Coal, and most importantly—Soviet Tokens.
By the way, these Soviet Tokens
open the way to Soviet aircraft carriers Komsomolets,
Serov, and Pobeda.
What awaits players who assume command of these ships?
Soviet carrier squadrons consist of one flight
that carries out a single powerful attack with all planes at once.
Instead of standard bombers,
Soviet carriers have skip bombers that use high-explosive ammunition.
Starting from Tier VI, Soviet attack aircraft have access to
powerful rockets that are similar to the American Tiny Tims.
By the way, starting from Tier VIII,
when Soviet aircraft take off,
they activate jet boosters like those used by the Japanese squadrons
on carriers Tone and Ise.
Another Soviet carrier will be available in the Armory—
Tier VIII Premium ship Chkalov.
Attack aircraft are sacrificed for standard bombers on her flight deck.
They are the main strike force of this carrier,
along with torpedo bombers and skip bombers.
Each squadron of this Premium newcomer consists of one attacking flight,
which also uses jet boosters when taking off.
Captains, in this update,
a new temporary battle type— Convoy—awaits you.
By clicking the "Battle!" button you automatically join one of the teams.
The first team needs to escort cargo ships as they sail along a fixed route.
The second team needs to prevent them from reaching their destination.
The defenders win if at least one transport
successfully completes the route,
or the entire enemy team is sunk.
The attackers win if they sink all the transports
or destroy the entire defending team.
Battles in the Convoy mode are available only for Tier VIII ships
and are fought in a 7 vs. 7 format.
This was the main news of Update 0.10.8.
Visit our website to find detailed information
about the update in a dedicated article.
And I, Dasha Perova, would like to congratulate you
on the occasion of our common holiday
and wish you great victories both in the game and in life!
We're six years old, Captains!
The real fun in World of Warships is just beginning!