There I was, sitting on my chair, and they came to me and said,
"Anton, you're a professional, the project needs your help...
We need you to make another Fletcher."
"But you promised that will never happen again!"
"Your new Fletcher will be called Chung Mu."
Developer Diaries
People play World of Warships all around the globe
and Asia is no exception.
We have many players in China, the Philippines, Thailand,
and other countries of this region.
Of course, everyone wants to play with ships of their nation.
That's why we're releasing a branch of Pan-Asian destroyers,
which includes ships of different nations.
I'm sure that Asian players will like it the most,
but others will certainly find something interesting about it too.
If you prefer to be highly active on the battlefield
and like being in the vanguard,
then you might want to try out the new branch of Pan-Asian destroyers.
This branch is quite special, you can call it multinational or regional.
Usually, every naval power has its own shipbuilding traditions.
However, in the case of the Pan-Asian fleet, they don't have such traditions,
because at that time in history, the countries represented in our branch
simply didn't have their own shipbuilding...
China, Korea, even Thailand had their own ships.
Not that they built them, there are many ways to obtain a ship—
you can buy one, receive it as a gift or as the spoils of war.
A Thai prince brought a destroyer from England.
He didn’t just bring it, he literally piloted it back home.
So, all the owners of puny luxury yachts would look on in envy—
this man had his own destroyer!
Asian countries received their warships mostly from major naval powers.
Those were the United States, Great Britain, or the Soviet Union.
In addition, they obtained some ships as trophies after World War II
and destroyers built in the 1940s
and later retrofitted them for use with missile weapons.
The main problem was preventing this branch from being unoriginal,
because the majority of ships in it
are bought or obtained from other countries.
We've invented some features to make them distinct from the branches
that already exist in the game.
First, smoke generators were tuned in a way that makes the gameplay of these ships
as convenient as possible
and, second, we've introduced special torpedoes...
Deepwater torpedoes of all destroyers have a long effective range.
Even the ex-Soviet ships,
which have quite short-range torpedoes in our game, as you may know.
The second unique feature of Pan-Asian destroyers
is their smoke generators.
They have the ability to cover an entire map with smoke
for like five minutes.
If you're a fan of a pastime like this—
go ahead!
Another peculiar thing about this branch
is that smoke generators are the same at all tiers.
From Tier VIII to Tier X, you have the ability
to replace the smoke generator with the Surveillance Radar consumable.
For example, if you play with friends on Tier VIII or IX ships,
one can equip smokes,
while the other takes surveillance radar, and you'll be able to detect
and destroy enemies while staying concealed.
At Tier II and Tier V in the branch, we have destroyers
that existed only on paper and were never built,
accordingly, they didn't receive proper names.
To address this issue we needed to contact our Chinese colleagues
who suggested a list of names.
And we've chosen two of them:
Longjiang, which means "Dragon river" in English,
and Jianwei, which is the name of an important battle
from ancient Chinese history.
In general, the Chinese usually named
their ships after cities in different provinces,
while in Thailand and Indonesia
ships receive the names of historical persons.
For example, Phra Ruang is a real historical royal dynasty of Thailand.
Me personally, I play on battleships, because I'm an introvert and a bit shy.
I prefer to stay in the rear,
but if you want heated action, you're welcome to try the new branch.
This branch is aimed at Asian players first of all,
because there are many patriotic people there
who want to play with ships related to the history of their countries.
The branch wasn't easy to make.
We tested it for a long time; tested new mechanics...
We hope that you'll like it.
Fellow captains, please subscribe to our channel...
Take the new ships out for a spin, try the modified torpedoes
and smoke generators, and we'll see you on the battlefield!