Welcome back Commanders, how you doin’?

Another quiet week this time round, dwindling through the end of the Chessboard rerun and looking towards the next event.

Commanders must take note of the client update on the 14th!

Art by Sakiyamama

Halloween came and went with only a bit of controversy, of which I will discuss below.

As always, with great skins comes great self control! With such great work on display I was lucky enough to get away with the one I picked up.

So, let us talk about the succubus artwork…

The above artwork featuring HMS Formidable, KMS Bismarck and IJN Taihou among others, is a piece drawn, shaded and coloured entirely by Piukute062, who won the privilege to have their artwork featured as a loading screen. An high honour amongst the fandom, but, a portion of the community were opposed to the artwork.

Complaints regarding its content flared up from players logging in from public spaces, such as buses, on the train or just in the work canteen. These players argued that this artwork was too much for public play and that it hampered their freedom to play in such environments.

The feedback was enough for the Devs to remove the artwork from the game, although some members of staff stood against this decision.

I was not a fan of the censoring of the artwork although I do appreciate the concern towards Commanders who may only play during the commuting respites, I hope to see a resolution in the future, maybe a selection option?….

On a lighter note, the Anime is currently up to Episode 6 and is reporting well from the fan base, to celebrate this, the Devs dropped some of the most generous gifts I have seen so far:

That is 20 cubes, 15k coins and 10 quick finishers on day 1, a free 10 roll essentially with gear and Bulins to follow over the next few days.

Our only new Ship from the last week is HMS Glasgow, who I find quite amusing as a British National myself. Seeing Glasgow in HMS Maid attire makes me chuckle, let us give our bonnie wee lass a warm welcome and be sure to dodge her headbutts…

Artist TBC

In a weird case of editing this week, we were treated to a new HMS Belfast which has a different theme based on your region:

For reason unknown to me at the point of writing, the Pocky collab appears to be a China exclusive? Luckily, it does not take away from the overall design. More Belfast love is always nice to see.

The next collab has been announced to be Hololive, a group of Virtual Youtubers, much like Ai-Chan from a few months back where we save Kizuna Ai invading our phones through Azur Lane. Although Hololive has a much bigger repertoire, let us hope they are merciful…

A quick round up of the next patch is available below:

Image supplied by TPYMSYCSTE

And that’s my report Commanders, till next time remember

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Title: Azur Lane

Publisher: Shanghai Yostar

System: Mobile App, iOS/Android

Genre: Shoot ’em up, Lane Battle, Simulation, RPG, Gacha

Server: EN

Devices used: Sony Xperia 10/Bluestacks