Two new dev blogs — Christmas/Advent 2024

[MidnightPhoenix07]

Christmas dev blogs finally posted today.

Two part event pass, the same rewards as last year’s flakes with the new bonus system from this year’s anniversary.

No more Santa’s big crates (just normal and mega), and a chance of a crate inside your crate. But it looks like it’s still a decent reward if you get the crate-ception — 10% chance of Chikuma II/Prins van Oranje/Hoffman and a tiny chance of the Gold versions (or up to 10% if you already have the regular versions), or boosters, rp, or steel.

https://blog.worldofwarships.com/blog/568

https://blog.worldofwarships.com/blog/571

[aleksi111]

"Our Holiday celebration would not be complete without some Festive Rewards to earn! We got overwhelmingly positive feedback for the quality of life improvements we applied to this feature for our 9th anniversary - so our Update 13.11 Festive Rewards will work the same way, the only difference is our themed New Year rewards!"

[CFagan_1987]

45 minutes ago, MidnightPhoenix07 said:

Christmas dev blogs finally posted today.

Two part event pass, the same rewards as last year’s flakes with the new bonus system from this year’s anniversary.

No more Santa’s big crates (just normal and mega), and a chance of a crate inside your crate. But it looks like it’s still a decent reward if you get the crate-ception — 10% chance of Chikuma II/Prins van Oranje/Hoffman and a tiny chance of the Gold versions (or up to 10% if you already have the regular versions), or boosters, rp, or steel.

https://blog.worldofwarships.com/blog/568

https://blog.worldofwarships.com/blog/571

The removal of the big crates is painful tbh as the last few years I've gotten more ships from the big crates than the mega crates

[Ensign Cthulhu]

So I have run my figures:

As things stand, excluding any Santa gift certificates I get after completing the event pass, I will get 12,500 steel, 166,000 coal and 60 certificates (= exactly 12 mega Santa containers). 

Finishing grinds for and buying as many extra tech tree ships as I could afford just to have X extra tier Y ships will make no significant difference in any of the categories for any of the potential rewards it could get me. It will not nudge me over the top for a steel ship. It will not get me any extra Mega santa boxes (that might change with extra certificates). I have so much coal I don't know how to spend it. 

So I don't have to sweat and break myself over the month of November.

This is good to know now.

You should all go run your figures and see where YOU stand and what YOU might need to do to get something you want. 

 

Edited October 29 by Ensign Cthulhu

[UnderTheRadarAgain]

It's looking really good to me.

I don't mind the removal of the big crate, as I hardly ever bought them, apart from 2019. 

The removal of expendable (and ugly) camo's is a HUGE improvement over last year, and replacing them with a extra gift crate that is filled with very delectable stuff is just amazing.

The event passes, both stages, both free and paid tracks, look to be extra good too. My wallet will open.

[Jagerbomb_2021]

I can't remember, but does the clan bonus apply to steel and coal? I'm going to compute my anticipated haul. 

[Wolfswetpaws]

33 minutes ago, Jagerbomb_2021 said:

I can't remember, but does the clan bonus apply to steel and coal? I'm going to compute my anticipated haul. 

There are Clan-Base structures which can be built, to enhance coal and steel earnings by a percentage.
The percentage will depend upon how many of the revenue enhancing structures have been built.

Edited to add:  https://wiki.wargaming.net/en/Ship:Naval_Base  
 

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Coal Port

The Coal Port gives clan members up to a +10% bonus on coal received as an award. When a member receives Coal in a Daily Container, he will see the bonus Coal in the Notification tab in the bottom far right of the Port screen.

 

 

Building	Oil cost	Effect
Coal Port, Expansion 1	4,000	+5% Coal received.
Coal Port, Expansion 2	20,000	+2% Coal received.
Coal Port, Expansion 3	100,000	+3% Coal received.

 

Steel Port

The Steel Port gives clan members up to a +10% bonus on Steel  received as an award.

 

 

Building	Oil cost	Effect
Steel Port, Expansion 1	60,000	+5% Steel received.
Steel Port, Expansion 2	90,000	+2% Steel received.
Steel Port, Expansion 3	120,000	+3% Steel received.

 

Edited October 29 by Wolfswetpaws

[Jagerbomb_2021]

34 minutes ago, Wolfswetpaws said:

There are Clan-Base structures which can be built, to enhance coal and steel earnings by a percentage.
The percentage will depend upon how many of the revenue enhancing structures have been built.

I guess I should have been more specific. I already know about the clan structures and the various levels of bonuses associated with them, but does the bonus apply to the coal and steel received from dusting off snowflakes? I know about getting bonuses from various containers. My memory isn't quite what it used to be so I can't remember from past snowflake events.

[Wolfswetpaws]

2 minutes ago, Jagerbomb_2021 said:

I guess I should have been more specific. I already know about the clan structures and the various levels of bonuses associated with them, but does the bonus apply to the coal and steel received from dusting off snowflakes? I know about getting bonuses from various containers. My memory isn't quite what it used to be so I can't remember from past snowflake events.

I don't remember last year's snowflake behavior well enough to be certain of how the Coal Port and Steel Port affect the incoming coal or steel.

I know that the Coal Port and Steel Port structures do provide bonus coal or steel when a player opens containers which provide those resources or when the Event Pass provides such resources as a reward for reaching a given stage of the pass.

Hope that helps.
Unless someone can provide us the answer, then we will see for ourselves in the not too distant future.

[tfcas119]

so 80 Santa Certs (16 Megas, one ship guaranteed at 15 pity drop- counting regrind of San martin and grinding Libertad- may FXP U-2501, Haku, or buy a coal ship if extra certs aquired will equal an extra mega.

5808 steel from T9s, 5544 from T8s and 1980 steel from T11s equaling 13332 steel.

68640 coal from T7s, 62700 from T6s and 44660 coal from T5s equaling 176k coal.

numbers may change, due to any ships acquired from crates plus Kalmar, Teng She and Ludgnum

 

[Sambo_Cigars]

1 hour ago, Jagerbomb_2021 said:

I can't remember, but does the clan bonus apply to steel and coal? I'm going to compute my anticipated haul. 

Yes, it does.

[WildWind84]

On 10/28/2024 at 10:24 PM, CFagan_1987 said:

The removal of the big crates is painful

completely agree. That crates I was like.

[ShasoDan]

The amount of benefits depending on the number of ships you have?
That is not beginner friendly. So I could get something like 3.500 coal? I do receive more throught the current event pass.

I guess I will be playing WoT over the holidays. More rewards, more fun as I can decorate my christmas tree.

[Taylor3006]

8 minutes ago, ShasoDan said:

The amount of benefits depending on the number of ships you have?
That is not beginner friendly. So I could get something like 3.500 coal? I do receive more throught the current event pass.

I guess I will be playing WoT over the holidays. More rewards, more fun as I can decorate my christmas tree.

I do miss the WoT Christmas events. They knew how to do it right. Loads of freebies, vehicles, tank commanders, and crates that gave you your money back in gold. Was always fun. Heck I had over 20k gold when I uninstalled the game. 

The Christmas event in Ships is pretty nice too though. The rewards here are designed to give you incentive to build up your fleet and it rewards long term players. They have always been quite generous too so I wouldn't be so quick to knock it. 

[Santa_Sinks_Ships]

Oh, my.  Better get back up North - that time of year again...

[UnderTheRadarAgain]

On 11/6/2024 at 10:26 PM, ShasoDan said:

The amount of benefits depending on the number of ships you have?
That is not beginner friendly. So I could get something like 3.500 coal? I do receive more throught the current event pass.

I guess I will be playing WoT over the holidays. More rewards, more fun as I can decorate my christmas tree.

5 years ago, when I was new and had a small fleet in port. What I did when I saw the rewards the players with large fleets accrued in the anniversary and xmas events, was get inspired to enlarge my own fleet. I never once looked at it and feel hard done by, I did not complain, I did not go play other games. I concentrated on getting more ships so I too can reap those bountiful rewards.

I had less than 50 ships back then. I have 724 ships now. I get all the loot.

[I_cant_Swim_]

7 hours ago, Santa_Sinks_Ships said:

Oh, my.  Better get back up North - that time of year again...

Wow! Santa's back on devStrike!

He's making a list           (non-TT)
And checking it twice    (Balans)
He's gonna know who's naughty and nice (WR)

DevStrike's Santa is comin' to town

 

 

[Admiral_Karasu]

28 minutes ago, UnderTheRadarAgain said:

5 years ago, when I was new and had a small fleet in port. What I did when I saw the rewards the players with large fleets accrued in the anniversary and xmas events, was get inspired to enlarge my own fleet. I never once looked at it and feel hard done by, I did not complain, I did not go play other games. I concentrated on getting more ships so I too can reap those bountiful rewards.

I had less than 50 ships back then. I have 724 ships now. I get all the loot.

Hope you haven't been naughty or you might get heaps and heaps of coal.

[Wolfswetpaws]

1 hour ago, UnderTheRadarAgain said:

5 years ago, when I was new and had a small fleet in port. What I did when I saw the rewards the players with large fleets accrued in the anniversary and xmas events, was get inspired to enlarge my own fleet. I never once looked at it and feel hard done by, I did not complain, I did not go play other games. I concentrated on getting more ships so I too can reap those bountiful rewards.

I had less than 50 ships back then. I have 724 ships now. I get all the loot.

Wow!  724!  🙂 

[Wolfswetpaws]

1 hour ago, Admiral_Karasu said:

Hope you haven't been naughty or you might get heaps and heaps of coal.

Spoiler

  
  
 https://www.behance.net/gallery/9886203/NAUGHTY-SANTA  
 

😉 
 

Spoiler

  
https://www.lovethispic.com/image/223230/dear-santa,-i-was-good-at-being-naughty  
 

Spoiler

 

 

Edited November 12 by Wolfswetpaws

[Ensign Cthulhu]

2 hours ago, UnderTheRadarAgain said:

I never once looked at it and feel hard done by, I did not complain, I did not go play other games. I concentrated on getting more ships so I too can reap those bountiful rewards.

This guy gets it. +1

[UnderTheRadarAgain]

2 hours ago, Admiral_Karasu said:

Hope you haven't been naughty or you might get heaps and heaps of coal.

I have been VERY naughty. Looking forward to getting ALL the coal.  

[hipcanuck]

On 10/28/2024 at 5:24 PM, CFagan_1987 said:

The removal of the big crates is painful tbh as the last few years I've gotten more ships from the big crates than the mega crates

So you are the reason why we dont get big crates now? 😉