As NA and SEA servers are now in open beta, I figured it was a good time to make this thread and see how many Commanders there are here.

For the uninitiated:

It's a side-scrolling shooter mobage with shipgirls a la KanColle, as designed by fans of 80s mecha, World of Warships, and Japanese subculture memes. You assemble fleets of warship girls (featuring ships from American, Commonwealth, Japanese, German, Chinese, Soviet, and French navies circa WWII), equip them, train them, and send them out to combat.

Why people play:

- a large selection of shipgirls available with many being obtainable via generous shipbuild/gacha rates (7%SSR/12%SR/51%R) and permanent campaign maps with unique drop-only ships

- events providing major prizes like free SR/SSR ships and equipment as easily reachable goals, and also rewarding significant bonus resources for those who are willing to grind

- low time commitment requirement in general, sending commissions out for resources requiring the most attention, but otherwise all daily content can be comfortably cleared within an hour

- flexibility between manual and auto-play, given sufficient leveling and gear most content can be cleared on auto, with manual play preferred for high tier content like later campaign and event maps

- some very provocative and/or revealing shipgirl designs

Some popular ships by faction

American
USS Enterprise


USS Cleveland



British
HMS Hood


HMS Belfast



Japanese
IJN Akagi


IJN Mikasa



German
KMS Graf Zeppelin


KMS Prinz Eugen



French
MNF Jean Bart


MNF Dunkerque



Official links:
https://www.weibo.com/azurlane - CN
https://twitter.com/azurlane_staff - JP
https://twitter.com/azurlanekorea - KR
https://twitter.com/AzurLane_EN - NA and SEA

Wikis:
http://wiki.joyme.com/blhx/%E9%A6%96%E9%A1%B5
http://azurlane.wikiru.jp/
https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/Azur_Lane_Wiki

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As for me, I'm on JP Sasebo server and farming 11-4 for Columbia