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[h2]Key Rules of the Season[/h2] Starts: Wed. 26 Feb. 10:00 CET (UTC+1) Ends: Tue. 24 Mar. 09:30 CET (UTC+1)

Format: 7 vs. 7 playing Tier X ships.

Restrictions: no more than one aircraft carrier and three battleships per team. If there aren’t enough suitable ships to complete the teams, and the time the first player in the queue has waited exceeds 4 minutes and 10 seconds, then each team can be completed with up to four battleships.

Rewards: up to 5,500 Steel, one Ranked Token, and many additional rewards.

Mode: Arms Race.

Maps: Trident, Warrior's Path, Sleeping Giant, Mountain Range, and Islands of Ice.

• A total of 18 Ranks split into three leagues: Second, First, and Premier.
  
• Those who are new to Ranked Battles will start the Season from Rank 18. Those who participated in the previous Season will receive bonus Stars: one for each rank attained.
  
• Players earn the Stars needed to climb the ranking ladder by winning battles. At the majority of ranks, a defeat means a lost Star.
  
• Ranks 18–15 and 12 are irrevocable. You cannot lose a Star for a defeat at Ranks 18–17. If you are first on your team in terms of XP earned, you get to keep your hard-earned Star—even if your team lost the battle.
  
• A bonus Star is granted for reaching a new rank at Ranks 18-11.
  
• Only Stars obtained for the first time are counted for progress towards the Ranked Battles emblem. Bonus Stars for the previous Season are included in this count if you play at least one battle in the new Season.
  
• You'll receive the Flag of the First League for reaching Rank 10. Upon reaching Rank 5, it will be replaced with the Flag of the Premier League.
  
• Flags given for reaching Leagues will be removed from player accounts once the Season ends.
  
• You’ll receive a commemorative achievement for reaching Rank 1 in the Fifteenth Season.
  
• All those who reach Rank 15 will receive a commemorative flag which will remain in their collections.

[h2]Rewards[/h2]

The League Flags reduce the cost of servicing your ships by 10% and 20% until the end of the Season.

[h2]Arms Race[/h2]
Arms Race is a battle mode in which special areas that provide buffs spawn on the map. If you can make it to a special area and activate it before your opponents do, your entire team will get a bonus to their combat abilities till the end of that battle. If you capture more than one of the same buff, the bonuses provided by them stack up.

Eight minutes after a battle starts, a Key Area appears in the center of the map. The diameter of this area then shrinks over time. The team that captures it will be able to quickly gain an advantage in points and ultimately win.

[h3]How do the areas with buffs work?[/h3]

• Each buff area activates 2 minutes after spawning.
  
• When you enter one of these areas after its activation, you will receive the buff instantly.
  
• If you are within a buff area together with any enemy ships at the moment of its activation, the team with the most ships within the area gets the bonus. If the ship numbers are equal, the area remains in an uncaptured state until the balance of power inside it shifts one way or another.
  
• In addition to the buffs, each captured area grants victory points to your team and deducts points from the enemy team.

[h3]Which buffs are available?[/h3]
Increased maximum ship speed and a faster rudder-shift time, as well as a reduced aircraft engine boost cooldown time:

• +3% to the maximum ship speed and rudder-shift time.
  
• −20% to the engine boost cooldown time of an aircraft carrier’s squadrons.

Continuous restoration of HP as a percentage of the maximum HP pool for ships or aircraft:

• Restoring +0.05% of ship HP per second.
  
• Restoring +0.3% of aircraft HP per second.

Faster reload time of the main battery and torpedo armament, or faster aircraft restoration time on a carrier's deck:

• −5% to the reload time of the main battery and torpedo armament.
  
• −5% to the aircraft restoration time.

Faster reload time of ship and squadron consumables:

• −5% to the reload time of ship consumables.
  
• −10% to the reload time of squadron consumables.

If you like reading our news on Steam, it’s likely that you’ve already subscribed. But if you haven’t yet — there’s an even more pleasant reason to do so now!

Each month our subscribers will get some goodies, and they might be different each time! We’re going to send out a Steam container on the 26th and 29th of February, which contains:

1. In the first slot:
   
   • 5x Steam camouflage patterns:
     
     • +75% ship XP per battle
       
     • +75% Commander XP per battle
       
     • +75% Free XP per battle
       
     • –3% to the ship's detectability range by sea
       
     • +4% to the dispersion of shells fired by the enemy at your ship
   • or 10,000 Free XP
     
   • or 1 day of Warships Premium Account
     
   • or 250 doubloons
2. In the second slot: 5x signal flags (Zulu, Zulu Hotel, or Papa Papa)
   
3. In the third slot: 5x signal flags (Juliet Charlie or November Foxtrot)

We’re going to use Steam inventory items for distribution, so you won't miss it when the item arrives—a notification will appear to let you know! After receiving a notification, log in via the Steam client to receive the goodies on your account.

To subscribe, click the "Follow" button

• either on the store page
• or the community hub

Please note: the item can't be added automatically after subscribing to the game. It will be distributed on the specified days, and there may be delays of up to 24 hours.

• You can check if you're currently subscribed on this page.
  
• If you currently have any World of Warships items, you should see them on this page.
  
• Here you can check what items you've received or used, and when.

If you wish, you can also:

• Follow the Wargaming publisher page if you want to know when new games are released.
  
• Join the official Steam group chat to find some good company.

Captains!

New combat missions are available! Find out what bonuses and rewards await you in the coming week.

You can find more information about the combat missions, bonuses, and rewards of Update 0.9.1 in a dedicated article.

[h2]Great White Fleet[/h2] Starts: Fri. 21 Feb. 06:00 CET (UTC+1) Ends: Mon. 24 Feb. 06:00 CET (UTC+1)

On February 22, we're celebrating the end of the round-the-world journey of the Great White Fleet—a unique expedition of two battleship groups of the U.S. Navy that was completed between 1907 and 1909.

Click the "Participate" button, join the celebration, and complete some combat missions which can grant you valuable rewards!



A Wargaming container drops the following rewards:

• 1 day of Premium Account
  
• 3x Papa Papa signals
  
• 3x Juliet Charlie signals

You can complete these combat missions simultaneously.

[h2]Defenders of the Fatherland[/h2] Starts: Fri. 21 Feb. 06:00 CET (UTC+1) Ends: Mon. 24 Feb. 06:00 CET (UTC+1)

February 23 is the day on which Russia celebrates Defender of the Fatherland Day. During the festivities, gain 23 victories in Random or Co-op Battles playing Tier V–X ships to receive an additional bonus of +23% XP and credits!

Complete a chain of combat missions playing Tier V–X ships in Operations, Random, or Co-op Battles to get rare expendable camouflages and signals!

Part 1
Over any number of battles, score 15 citadel hits on enemy ships.

Part 2
Over any number of battles, destroy 10 enemy ships.

Part 3
Over any number of battles, set enemy ships on fire 20 times.

The combat missions of the chain can be completed only in the specified sequence: you can start the next part only after all the missions of the previous part have been completed.

Reward for completing each part: 2x "This is your day, Commander!" expendable camouflages

[h2]Blue Steel Flag[/h2] Our collaboration with Arpeggio of Blue Steel isn’t over yet! Play one of the following battle types: Random, Ranked, Co-op Battle, or Operations, with any ARP ship before the release of Update 0.9.2 to be awarded a Blue Steel flag!

Please note that the servers will be temporarily unavailable due to the release of an update. The schedule is available below.
Maintenance times are tentative and subject to change. Please accept our apologies for any inconveniences.


The new update will go live some time after it's been downloaded because the client and server sides are updated separately. While the client begins to update immediately, it takes time for the servers to be updated across all regions.

If there are problems with downloading or launching the update—please perform files integrity check.

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[h3]Changelog:[/h3]

• Fixed a bug causing the client to crash in Scenario Operation "Raptor Rescue" and the operation is again available in the game client.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the game client to crash when trying to mount the "French Navy" permanent camouflage on the Tier VI destroyer Guepard. The camouflage is again available for purchase in the game client, and owners of the camouflage will have it credited back to them.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the Steam client of the game to always run in English, regardless of the selected settings.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused a very loud sinking sound after receiving a torpedo hit.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the "Master of the Water World" camouflage to display incorrectly.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the client to crash when changing the game window mode (windowed/full-screen) if the player had the language bar enabled.

[h3]Last Chance to Demount Upgrades for Free![/h3]

Because of the updates being made to upgrades, the dismounting of them will be free of charge for a period of 1 week from the release of Update 0.9.1.

Free Upgrade Demount Offer Ends: Thu. 20 Feb. 06:00 CET (UTC+1)

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[h3]How does one send a replay to our show?[/h3]
You need to log in to the website https://replayswows.com using your Wargaming account credentials. Then click the "Upload Replay" button and share your in-game stories! Don't forget to write the names of the show and your ship in the "Title" section, to ensure that we don't miss your replay. Example: #WOWSHOW (Tirpitz).

[h3]How do we select replays for our show?[/h3]
To be approved for our show, a replay should correspond to the following criteria:

• Duration of an episode or a pack of mini episodes shouldn't exceed one minute.
  
• Episodes should be funny, interesting, or just plain epic. The more entertaining; the better!

Any player can send us an unlimited number of replays. Players will receive a reward for every replay chosen for the show!

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