Wargaming has announced the first World of Warships update of 2021. Called the Lunar New Year Event, and it includes new themed ships, changes to the Commander skills system, new Clan Brawls, and discounts and bonuses. The World of Warships Lunar New Year event starts on January 20th where players can complete combat missions to earn Journey to the West (based off and named after the classic Chinese novel) and Lunar New Year containers that can drop Pan-Asian ships, permanent camouflages, and other goodies.
Those goodies include new ships called Wujing or Sanzang in the Journey to the West containers, and players will also find an updated Dragon Port upon launching the game, as well as new patches and flags to deck out your ships with. Also, the final reward for completing the aforementioned combat missions is Anshan with a 6 skill point Commander and Port slot. Nice.
The Commander skills update will give players "a wider choice of effective battle builds for many different styles of play", which is great to hear. You always want more ways to play a game effectively, especially in multiplayer. As a result of this, all commanders' skill will be automatically redistributed using a recommendation system, which will provide a skill build "that's effective for each specific ship in the new system." If you don't like it, you can reset the Commander skills free of charge.
The 14th and 15th Clan Brawls will be fought in a 7 v 7 format, and they are open to everyone, including players not currently in a clan. The 14th Clan Brawl will be available from January 27 – February 1 while the 15th Clan Brawl will be available from February 10 - 15.
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