[2020] Changes in the armory

Commanders,

Starting from Update 0.9.3, the following ships will no longer be available in the Armory:

Soviet cruiser Smolensk, Tier X;


French battleship Jean Bart, Tier IX;


Soviet destroyer Neustrashimy, Tier IX;


American cruiser Flint, Tier VII;


American destroyer Black, Tier IX.

Smolensk and Jean Bart have become very popular in their Tiers. However, in order to maintain the diversity of team compositions at a proper level, these ships will be removed for an undefined time, but may return in future.

Due to the different reasons Neustrashimy, Flint, and Black are not very demanded for steel now and thus they won't be available for Steel, but later on they will return to the Armory, where they will be obtainable in exchange for Coal.

We understand that accumulating resources for ships is a long process, which is why we wanted to warn you in advance, so that those interested can steer these ships into their Ports before Update 0.9.3 goes live in approximately two months.

Additionally, we would like to give you heads-up on upcoming ships:

French destroyer Marceau, Tier X. Will be available for Coal;


Japanese battleship Yashima, Tier X. Will be available for Steel;


Japanese destroyer Hayate, Tier X. Will be available for Free XP;


European destroyer Smaland, Tier X. Will be available for Free XP.

The exact Updates and the amount of required resources will be announced later.

Aloha,

I can appreciate your concern, especially considering myself, I don't participate in CBs at all anymore (and rarely did before I started working for WeeGee), so RBs were the only way that I can get steel myself. I have the Black and purchased it using the steel received from that game mode. So it is possible to get steel without doing CBs, also there are events throughout the year the reward steel.

The key to use of steel is to use it wisely, I have seen people talk about using the "small amount" of steel they have to augment their coal, I personally don't recommend this, but in fact recommend hoarding ALL your steel and shooting for a goal to get a ship.

We try not to make resources purchasable as a rule (yes I know there was a time, but that was during the initial release), as well, every holiday season there have been events that get you steel.

All that being said, I'm not saying there won't be more chances for the community to get steel.

In terms of refunds, this would be farther reaching than just simply refunding you the steel you utilized, we would have to take back any and all Credits, FXP, XP, Achievements, somehow take into account the participation in helping other players and victory results, etc during the duration of having that ship.

I cannot comment on plans for the future (ya know NDA and all), but we have always rotated ships around between resources and currencies. I remember this occurring as far back as Beta (obviously not for steel/coal because they didn't exist back then) but this has always been throughout the history of the game.

Mahalo,

-Hapa