question as a newer player

[psmobius1]

Quick question for those that have been around a lot longer than I. I got back into the game just a bit before Christmas and got bit by the santa gift buying bug and bought a bunch of them due to their abundance of free ships and such. Question is, do they do other similar type events throughout the year where you have the possibility of getting so many new ships in them or do they usually stick mostly to just flags and camo?

[PrairiePlayer]

Christmas boxes have been the best way to acquire a lot of premium ships in a hurry for reasonable prices, which is why they are so popular.  WG has had other events throughout the year that include earning ships, but those events have required more time and effort.  You probably can bet on seeing mostly flags and camo until next holiday season. 

[Midnitewolf]

5 minutes ago, PrairiePlayer said:

Christmas boxes have been the best way to acquire a lot of premium ships in a hurry for reasonable prices, which is why they are so popular.  WG has had other events throughout the year that include earning ships, but those events have required more time and effort.  You probably can bet on seeing mostly flags and camo until next holiday season. 

This is pretty much my experience with the events as well.  Christmas is when you get the opportunity to get all the premiums on the cheap.  As for other events earning ships, you can probably expect a few DoY or Graf Spee type situations to come up and maybe a few of the "Skip a few tiers in the tech tree" missions like they are doing for the French BBs as well. 

[psmobius1]

Thanks for the replies guys. I got 7 new ships along with a ton of flags, camo, free xp, etc so I had a blast with the santa event. Guess I'll have to wait till next year and give it an even bigger purchase.

[K1ra_Yoshikage]

If you watched the patch 7.1 notes: you can earn the T6 premium French DD Aigle over a DD only mission coming with the next patch.