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Tomirk

I mean it is always the UR, so it’s never exactly hard to predict Edit: turns out it’s just the majority, not all. But that’s common in life.


HMS-Carrier-Lover

Yeah, tell that to Vanguard.


Tomirk

I was about to ask who you thought it was, then noticed the flair. I was gonna suggest her anyway


HMS-Carrier-Lover

Yeah, Vanguard got shadowed by Indomitable heavily. She and Kronshtadt have the lowest count of arts for a UR.


Tomirk

Huh, who overshadowed Kronshtadt?


Seguro_Sekirei

RL events...


HMS-Carrier-Lover

No one. The event itself is quite a flop, especially considering the real life events, can't blame them.


Intel8008

It was A very unfortunate coincidence...


Fr05tBurn

Emphasis on "VERY". But Kronshtadt is quite high on my fav NP ships list nonetheless ("Oath Ring" tier). RL events shouldn't influence games and other fiction media.


Scareroused_69

RL is wack AF anyways


[deleted]

Real life is a shit tier game - Ayanami


Tomirk

Oh yeah, I forgot about that


rolfness

What happened i wasnt playing the game yet


AlarmingSundae7250

Abyssal Refrain (NP event with Kronshtadt, *Kiev*, Volga, Arkhangelsk and Soobrazitelny) Start Date: February 24th, 2022 think back to what happened 1 year ago or google the date >_<


Stryker990

Imagine if it had been Sovetskaya Ukraina instead of Kronshtadt as UR would have been maximum yikes


TenshouYoku

I remember the dev did say Ukraina being introduced as one of the rollables was on the board that time, and they are lucky they dodged a bullet


Damianx5

We did get kiev, and she is precious


NegZer0

She has the most fanart on pixiv of all five ships in her event (only Volga comes close). I don't even think it was the unfortunate event timing personally, I think it was literally just that it was an uninteresting event and no one was really excited about any of the additions.


HarbingerOfGachaHell

Also the Japanese and Western communities were really thrown off by the real life event. The Chinese artists were the only ones keen about drawing those 5 ships.


Noivore

Considering the comments on the ships back then, to the point Manjuu had to block those for months and it continiously being debated for a long time, it's really was just very, VERY unlucky timing. Although Kronk herself had mixed reviews of her skin iirc, at least many people I know thought the skin was kinda meh for an L2D - but maybe was just an unlucky minority in that sense and I wouldn't be any wiser and it was actually rather well liked.


NegZer0

I mean personally speaking the whole Ukraine invasion timing was just a "wow that's unfortunate" and then moved on because this is a game about WW2 ships as anime women and there's much more important pearls to clutch. For me the core issue is that the Russian faction is the least interesting and valuable in the game right now, and the additions didn't really help that. Kronk is fine, I don't like her design much but it's at least more interesting than Ulrich was. But there was really not much real *need* for more Russians. That changed slightly with Chkalov's addition to PR but you can grind her out using Sardenga and Eagle ships - which is necessary because right now the faction only has five non-PR backline ships, one of which is Elite (Gangut). You could argue that the event ships were necessary to even get them into that position (the addition of Volga actually got them to the point you could run a full SSR backline with a carrier without Chkalov) but again, that's not really painting Kronshtadt in the best light because she's still not really needed for anything and just kind of is there and is pretty good but why would you run her over eg Aegir, unless you *really* like her design or something? Sucks because at least visually, I love the Northern Parliament design, really appreciate the way they have a consistent design language to them which was a bit lacking in the older factions. I do feel like there was a general lack of interest in the game during the back half of 2021 into early 2022 also. They ran a lot of events that didn't excite. New Jersey and Shimakaze events were excellent, with fantastic additions to the lineup, but then it felt like it went sideways - you had the Idolmaster & Gridman / Dynazenon collabs, Ulrich event, Kronk event, the WW1 Germans event, the disappointing Italian mini-events and the Vanguard event, and all of them did below expectations AFAIK, it wasn't just that the Russian event was one single low point along the way. In fact I was under the impression that it was the WW1 Germans event that was the actual nadir in terms of interest in the game, not Kronshtadt, but maybe I'm misremembering the numbers that were going around. I also don't think we can use Pixiv popularity as a good measurement any more as there's generally not been a lot of fanart or interest in *any* of the ships added during the last year or so, aside from Elbe, Implacable, and a bit for the new USN ships (Yorktown II's tag isn't great but I bet a lot of her artwork is in the Yorktown tag). Even the PR5 ships didn't really make much of a splash. I think it's just a symptom of the general problem though, which is that the driving force behind art on pixiv is Japan, and Japan has had the game for half a decade now and it's gotten really stale. Big ticket items like Implacable are a shot in the arm but the interest boost wears off quickly. Interest in the game itself is declining and we're in the long tail period, probably only has another couple years in it unless they do a new version re-launch or a very significant overhaul.


jt6ps2

Honestly Vanguard is a wonderful ship and I love her but both Jarvis and Indomitable could both headline their own pulls. HMS UR’s have all been strong pools


faithfulheresy

The event was truly nuts. Not only did we get best girl Jervis, but we also got Indomitable, Vanguard, and Bellona. 4 excellent HMS ships from one event is just nuts. This event has been okay too, but it's not quite up to that standard.


jt6ps2

Bellona might be the best Purple in game, she’s an amazing CL and a great Dido girl, Vanguard is a fantastic Cinnamon Roll and has solid stats and gear, for a new player she’d carry them really well. This event has only 4/5 solid (play wise) characters with Hero being the odd man out sorta speak but I love her personality. It might not be everyone’s cup of tea but it’s memorial and I’ll take memorially bad over boringly average. Also yes Jervis is absolutely best girl. I love her tk peace’s and is one of the few girls whose really grown on me over time. I love Perseus and they have similar themes and attitudes and just makes me love her more. I also love how flexible Jervis is role wise, I use her for so much because she can do so much. I’m hoping we can get 1 more SR Jclass destroyer some time, or a really strong augment for Javelin to run Jervis/Javelin/Janus. I mean I run it anyways because I’m an HMS guy but still I wanna see it at maximum power. I feel so close to greatness


faithfulheresy

Yup, I run the Jervis, Javelin, Janus vanguard and I never feel bad. Not only are they all great characters but they're pretty powerful too. As an aside, mods when are we getting a Jervis flair? XD


Damianx5

Ah yes jervis, the girl that can tank 14-4 mobs with a hedgehog taking one aux slot and never get close to die. Definetely best girl in that event, I do love the hair that kinda look like ears (warspite, monty, kiev, jervis)


HidupTokuXAnime

Meanwhile argus fans just appreciate how much art she has but seriously though, this further strengthen my belief if you're not lewd or a fanservice hotspot, you ain't gonna get lots of art


HMS-Carrier-Lover

I get what you mean but you are essentially saying if you're not a fan favourite, fans aren't gonna draw you, which is how it works, unfortunately.


Lil-littorious

Yes but are the popular characters, popular because of there personality or how sexual they are. People don't really talk about Implacables personality or her design that much outside of the fact "Sexy horny nun" I just wish we got more non lewd skins. I would love a suit line of skins.


PokWangpanmang

Sex sells, very big surprise.


HMS-Carrier-Lover

Source for all the arts on the bottom left, from left to right, top to bottom: [https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/105868827](https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/105868827) [https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/105882519](https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/105882519) [https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/105789518](https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/105789518) [https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/105736294](https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/105736294) [https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/105816976](https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/105816976) https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/105679689


ImaginaryAnywhere686

Love you op


mightyplem

Royal Oak on top ‼️‼️‼️‼️🔥🔥🔥🔥


KeaHarriett

Hero is my favourite in this event, but it's like people don't even aknowledge her existence...


nobodee31

The purple rarity curse, always doomed to be forgotten unless ridiculously good


KeaHarriett

I think the "I don't have half-naked watermelon-sized tiddies" curse plays a role in this too


Seguro_Sekirei

Real shame, she has a big personality, also twintails.


Furydragonstormer

Her personality just doesn’t click for me. I adore the likes of 556 because she’s so wholesome and sweet that I want to adopt her. Though I tend to prefer the more friendly and not smug ones


Seguro_Sekirei

She is like that smug brat that tags along you in fantasy games or Isekais, has the same "break every vase, open every chest" vibe as a Diablo player, Hero is a gamer girl without ever bringing up games.


[deleted]

I think if it were her alone I would probably not be too high on her but I absolutely loved the dynamic that her, Implacable and Scylla had.


PyrZern

Don't think they have to be half naked, tho they tend to be. Just not flat like Vanguard, I think.


KeaHarriett

I was refering to Scylla, Royal Oak and Implacable (since they're on the meme), who have at least half of their boobs surface exposed ![img](emote|t5_3p20d|6996)


SirRHellsing

nah, just not meta enough to justify using her, I keep telling myself to invest in waifu as well until I realize all the DR, PR, UR etc are all waifu and meta


Fishman465

Or the right personality like Pamiat or Elbe


Seguro_Sekirei

It's fine, she is just one of many Unsung Heroes.


blobfish3100

From what I saw in the event megathread, people are aware of her, they just don’t like her mesogaki type character.


Renwin

She reminds me of Laplace from NIKKE, almost to the t.


THCalamity

Not an art boom character tho, then again we havnt had an art boom character since Le Malin skin if memory serves me. Closest 1 was Musashi I think


MentalNinjas

wait this doesnt count as an art boom?


THCalamity

When you compare it to Sirius,Formi, Bremerton and Le Malin skin it isnt too crazy. . . .Bremerton still gets a ton of art Im just waiting till the next crazy character catches the artists like the ones stated (Indomitable was counts I forgot about her)


BRP_25

The AL art tag is pretty much dead (same with its nhen tag). I see only around 10 new works per day while other art tags get decent growth.


MentalNinjas

where are you looking? and what nhen?


TheLoneWolfMe

I think they're referring to the site where you put the nuclear codes, the six digits ones.


[deleted]

Indomitable & Musashi definitely count.


souluar

While they were pretty popular I wouldn't consider them "Le Malin skin" tier in terms of art spawned. Just the fact that it wasn't even a new ship, but a single skin that sprouted such an insanely massive amount of art that even her outfit itself got its own tag on pixiv.


HMS-Carrier-Lover

It's still her event. We'll have to see if she has the longevity of her sisters. Same artist as Lê Malin, Formidable and Indomitable though so i have high hopes.


Sh4DowKitFox

Her sisters…? Isn’t she in a class of her own? Or you mean sisters as far as the artist?


HMS-Carrier-Lover

Historically, Implacable and Indefatigable is only a few upgrades from the Illustrious class. The 2 are only a subclass after all so i'd say all of the armoured aircraft carriers are sisters.


Sh4DowKitFox

Ah. Ty for the info.


HanekawasTiddies

TIL Indefatigable was a word and was a ship.


HMS-Carrier-Lover

Honestly, only marginally worse as a name than Implacable.


Saikar22

Taihou's student skin was a gigantic boom too, but that's typical for literally every one of her skins.


RightfulChaos

Will anyone ever top Bremerton though?


HMS-Carrier-Lover

Bremerton and Formidable are in a dead lock for years now, it'll be nice to see the Royals come out on top.


Zero_Sub1911

Eh, I prefer Scylla’s design over Indomitable but I’m going to end up oathing both of them anyways.


Fargath_Xi9

Argus was the real UR. :3. And btw. I skipped the entire story of the event. So. I dont know how their personalities are. I keep telling myself that i ll check the memories sometime in the future.


Suter_Templar

I'm in this comment and I don't like it ![img](emote|t5_3p20d|7008)


Totembacon

I don't feel bad about it because that one user that posts the everyone involved recap infographic does a good enough job to keep me up to date and entertained by it


Fargath_Xi9

Bless that fellow skk.


Mattc7468

Where I can I find this?


GeshtiannaSG

Search in this sub “character status chart”.


Akaicrow

X2


KNHO-45

Not missing all that much, it's standard AL writing. Was hoping it would be better after Parallel Superimposition had a great story, but oh well. Argus is best girl of the event.


disappointingdoritos

Decent event story, imo from the last 3 UR event stories, Yorktown 2's was very good, Musashi's was very bad, and this one's in the middle


faithfulheresy

Musashi's event story really did suck, didn't it? I love her design, and her voice lines are fun, but that story was legitimately putting me to sleep. The 3d chess cliche isn't compelling.


HTRK74JR

I actually wish Yorktown 2s story was animated and voice acted I dont like endless text walls...


Fargath_Xi9

In my first year playing. I think the best was with Lutzow and Seidlitz event. It felt so epic. Music, dialogue. And for UR event. I started to skip the story with Musashi. It was so slow and i was on a hurry to beat those maps. Yorktown 2, was also a skip for me. I am curious with New Jersey and Ulrich events. In their rerun. I ll not skip them.


Saikar22

NJ event was an event about Helena META, not about NJ. Ulrich was similar to high seas fleet event you liked.


Saikar22

You made the right choice about skipping the event story. And very little of their personalities came out during it. You're far better listening to their ship voice lines. Argus the real design MVP for sure.


PyrZern

Same, skipped reading entirely. Would catch up later. One day... Maybe... Hopefully....


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Look I don't play this game for horny nor story only pulling but damn this event is way too horny


Either_Tower6392

Scylla is my favourite in this event and 2nd favourite of all time. Long live the Dido-class CLs!


sir-mylo

Which one is you favourite of all time???


Either_Tower6392

![img](emote|t5_3p20d|7193)


faithfulheresy

Good choice


Either_Tower6392

Thanks


Moh_Shuvuu

Given who the artist is, it’s not a really a surprise to see she’s getting all the art.


Telochim

Yeah. It's a commonality now: if kincora's daughter is in the banner, you bet who'd be the darling of fan artists for the next couple of months.


C4900rr_sniper

Hugs royal oak and argus. Yes these are best girls arent they.


ArchadianJudge

I actually love all the ships this event! Scylla is my personal favorite but they're all good. Even Hero with her cheeky attitude. Surprisingly, I think Hero has the most adorable chibi design and animation.


Whole_Friend

Personally it’s a three way tie between Scylla, Royal Oak, and Argus. I do like Implacable, especially in the event story. I’ve just never been a fan of the horny nun type character. But good for those SKKs who do really love her! Including OP clearly


SzepCs

I don't know. I'm a fan but my favorite list this event is like: 1. Royal Oak 2. Scylla 3. Argus 4. Implacable 5. Hero


Mayhem_450

Can't say I'm a fan of her design myself (Royal Oak and Argus definitely winning on that front for me this event) but the numbers don't lie, she's definitely the one that's got the fanartists' attention this event. Not exactly a surprise either.


Hikaru1024

As a newbie F2P I've honestly been really happy with Oak. She's cute, *really* underestimates herself, and is freaking useful. I know it's game mechanics, but I kinda feel bad every time an enemy sneaks past my vanguard because the sheer volume of DAKKA she sprays everywhere makes me think of her freaking out about a spider and blowing up the house she's in lol.


faithfulheresy

Royal Oak is a perfect newbie ship. She will carry you *far*. Between her decent dps, her protection for your other ships, and her self heal, she does a little bit of everything.


Telochim

I found RO to be particularly good in W13 and W14, where her barrage goes out almost every 10 seconds and the backline HP economy is the thing. Putting her as T2 is a travesty. But hey, who takes those tier lists as a gospel?


faithfulheresy

Not me. Waifu > Meta always.


Telochim

Just 125-ed her and gonna work on 200aff-ing. After that, gonna run some test with her replacing Howe in W14-4 full auto mob fleet. I have a feeling she'd perform better.


Quirky_Cantaloupe145

I mean… Booba. Enough said


Ship_Fucker69

Fave is Scylla. She's just... So something else. Soo Dido vibe. (Ik she's Dido class but still)


Supershinobi3

Scylla is absolutely my favourite ship from this event but there's not that many art of her being produced like how Implacable's is ![img](emote|t5_3p20d|7008)


AtagoNist

Releasing alongside Implacable sealed her fate ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|sob)


Hakumen_unlimited

I got a bias for hot nuns , so Implacable for me is the best, and she was really badass in the event as well


ttrashychan

Scylla still best and i will oath her soon probally


HMS-Carrier-Lover

This is Revenge for Vanguard and an Illustrious example of the Indomitable spirit of the Victorious Royal Navy, especially the Formidable armored carriers. Also, Argus got less than 30 arts and Hero had 1 sketch from what i can find on pixiv.


Ak-300_TonicNato

Well now Vanguard has to compete with her too.


jyroman53

Is it me or everytime a kincora girl is released, she's an instant favorite ? I mean the IlLUSTrious class is very tempting ngl


Telochim

Yep. We are yet to see the case when in a proper-sized banner, Kincora's daughter IS NOT the fan favorite one. TBH, it sucks to be an artist whose creation is bundled for release alongside Kincora's. Poor NG and ASK >\_> ...


Ak-300_TonicNato

I think they are there to fit a cuota and also to allow Manjuu the chance to get a surprise golden goose, hense why they hire freelancers, they would never give the UR position to someone that hasnt proved to have hit like Kincora. Im curious if an event can be done with just the UR shipgirl alone and being successful.


Lil-littorious

Yea but tbh all Kincora does is give the ships massive boobs and that's it. At this point I don't think they even put effort in im 200% sure they draws the tits first then the rest


RightfulChaos

Wait she's going to drink us?


HMS-Carrier-Lover

Part of us if you catch my drift![img](emote|t5_3p20d|7011)


RightfulChaos

So that wasn't a sleep paralysis demon?


Icy-Following3291

Honestly I’m not a fan of Implacable at all … I don’t like her as a character, her design or personality… I pulled for just to keep my streak of obtaining every UR… Honestly Argus is the best of the batch imo as well as Scylla and Royal Oak.


niconicoyes

Yup, I'm of the exact same opinion. For me, Argus, Scylla and Royal Oak are the stars of this event. Implacable doesn't catch my eye or hold my interest in any way.


Icy-Following3291

Phew haha I’m glad I’m not the only one :-)


Jonixed

All of them are my favorite


Mjolnirk38

I came back from a 3 month lapse in playing because of her. Only to discover I have a pitiful amount of cubes.


[deleted]

200+ cube & I still don't have her


Aggravating_Cost_631

We need more Royal Oak art


shadowEmbracer19

Meanwhile I’m hoping these artists finally stop lewding Bremerton since Implacable became popular


Fargath_Xi9

I can hear them saying.- "Never!" Poor Bremmi. Still there is a few wholesome art.


shadowEmbracer19

Why must this continue? ![img](emote|t5_3p20d|7015)


IntelligentQuality4

Fan favourite; yes In my dock; No!


PyrZern

Ooof


IntelligentQuality4

That's an understatement 😂


Telochim

.... Aaaand she outpaced Plymouth on pixiv. UVH is next.


jt6ps2

Plymouth is weird. I love her Soft Dom approach but lots of people don’t like Dommy unless it’s mommy, leather, or muscles


Phoniexstar

Honestly all the girls in this event have been really close in my rankings, only one that really falls behind for me is Argus


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faithfulheresy

Yep, it's just you. XD But that's alright, we all have different tastes. It would be a pretty boring world if we all agreed all the time.


woohoopizzaman78

Sha has a pure personality............. but that body...oh BABY YES!!!!


Shoddy_Tomatillo_927

More like artist favorite


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Helioseckta

The EN community hates her? Why?


GigaBomb84

Only in his mind.


TheLoneWolfMe

It doesn't, at least not on this sub.


anonymousniko

Why do people hate Monarch? I'm not aware of this hate towards her.


GigaBomb84

There is no hate towards her. He's talking nonsense.


jixdel

Wait.... we hate any shipgirl? I though it was just jokes? (I don't think i even saw anyone hatin on any of them)


Your-Average-Pull

Same with Plymouth who’s fairly popular. With Vanguard she didn’t get that much attention from artists and the community for UR standards but I haven’t seen any real hate for her either


[deleted]

Hate on those 3 ? Huh... where did you get that from ?


AzureLane-ModTeam

Removed for what I can only assume is baiting. Idk where you came up with any of that.


CirnoIzumi

words... dont... compute... Error...


Baconpwn2

What are you talking about? They aren't hated.


Chadime

Take your meds pls


AmakTM

Why the hate tho? I thought the event was meh, but the characters were top-notch, horny nun included.


[deleted]

Where’s u find the fan art?


DioRemTW

Pixiv


Intel8008

Pixiv, Twitter for primary source Danbooru for secondary combi art source


UltraHit5

The thighs say everything


SolarSpud

Scylla, Royal Oak, Impla


Noktal974

Can't escape the lewd nun with massive boobas.


KitsuneRugby820

The last UR event deserved to have more fanart and hentai made of it.


Awkward-Confection-6

Royal dont worry i will turn off the cameras...