French Cruisers in Early Access
Three new cruisers have arrived in Early Access in World of Warships: Cherbourg, Brest, and Marseille.Read on to learn everything you need to know about the features of the new ships and Early Access.
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[h2]Features of the new ships[/h2]
These new ships have found their places alongside the first branch of French cruisers. The main feature of the new ships is their large-caliber guns (relative to the ship type) mounted on their bows. They reload slowly, but this is compensated for by the Main Battery Reload Booster consumable.
Cruisers are capable of achieving high speeds with the help of the improved "French-specific" Engine Boost consumable. The ships' armor does a great job in protecting their citadels against medium-caliber AP shells, but the new cruisers are quite vulnerable against HE and SAP shells. Medium and long ranges are optimal for engagements, but with the help of their 139 mm secondary battery guns with improved accuracy, the new ships can also show their worth in close-range encounters.
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VIII Cherbourg is available as a reward for completing combat missions. IX Brest can be obtained via random bundles available for Doubloons. X Marseille can be obtained for Doubloons after acquiring all the sequential bundles for French Tokens.
Players will have access to special combat missions. Completing them will bring a new temporary resource—French Tokens. You can spend French Tokens on sequential bundles with the Liberation permanent camouflage for VIII Cherbourg, IX Brest, and X Marseille, as well as other valuable in-game items.
You can obtain as many as
1,200 Tokens for free. This will be enough to obtain the permanent camouflage for VIII Cherbourg.- 850 Tokens for completing special combat missions
- 150 Tokens in free daily bundles
- 200 for Community Tokens
You can also find French Tokens in random bundles available for Doubloons. In these bundles, you'll also find new French Premium cruiser
VII Toulon. Later on, she'll be available in Premium Shop and Armory bundles. When Update 0.11.6 hits the servers, any remaining French Tokens on player accounts will be converted into Credits at the rate of 1:
9,000.
- The Port of Marseille has been updated.
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[/expand]- When Update 0.11.6 goes live, the French cruisers will become available for all players to research.