It's true, although I think in World of Tanks the North American server tends to get things rolled out third, after .ru and the EU but before Southeast Asia. Maybe they're expecting North America rather than Europe to be their core market for Warships, I dunno. There's probably a rationale happening somewhere in there. I'm not saying it's a good one, but there probably is one.

That said, it just occurred to me that they previewed Tirpitz on the EU server for Gamescom Germany, so maybe rolling her out first on the NA server is somebody's idea of evening it up. I'd be surprised if it was more than a few days before she's available everywhere, either way. I mean, it's money they're not making. Wargaming isn't known for missing out on that for long. :)

>Hope we'll get the Tirpitz soon, at least
>that'll be something that's different, although I suspect everyone
>will get her and there will be a bit of a glut in games, at the start.

Well, she's Tier VIII, so if it gets to be too much of an issue there's always withdrawing to the lower tiers for a bit until the shiny wears off.

(For my part, I'm nowhere near reaching Tier VIII on my own actual merits, so in order to avoid being the World of Warships equivalent of That Guy in the Löwe*, I'm not actually playing my high-tier premiums, even though I've bought a couple. It doesn't actually bother me, I just collect these things. I've got like four ships in Elite Dangerous even though you can only use one, because storing the others doesn't cost anything. :)

--G.
*For those who don't know, the Panzer VII Löwe is a popular Tier VIII premium German heavy tank in World of Tanks, and (perhaps unfairly) notorious as the ride of choice for players who suck at the game, but didn't have the patience to fail their way to the high tiers honestly.
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