Been almost a year since I logged into my NA account...

[Wolcott]

I mainly play on the Asia server so I rarely check up on my NA account. So last year inactive players were given premium ships to encourage them to play the game again. Some got Giulio Cesare and De Grasse, while others like myself got the Itchy Sushi, along with a combination of flags. This year it's a rental Graf Spee with a personal mission.

If there are any inactive players here, maybe it's time to log in again. Please share what you got if you do.

Credit to Aslain's mod for allowing me to change regions.

[thebigblue]

Uhhh, Hi, I guess?

[CaptainKiwi_2016]

After 8 Months of being away, I logged back in, and I got 10 Million Credits, 178k Free XP, and a free Texas + Monaghan. 

[desmo_2]

Oh, geez.  Great.

This will likely reignite the salty "Free vs not free, why don't I get anything, WG hates regular players" rage.

[alex08060]

With the huge amount of ships I got from the Santa Continers I can’t remember which ship they gave me since last login. 

[Admiral_Cirno]

So basically I get more new ships by NOT playing.

Seems about right.

[desmo_2]

53 minutes ago, Admiral_Cirno said:

So basically I get more new ships by NOT playing.

Seems about right.

Ships I have gotten for playing:

1. Kamikaze R
2. Emden
3. Tachibana
4. Graf Spee
5. Shinonome
6. Katori
7. Missouri
8. Vampire
9. Nelson
10. Duke of York
11. Aigle
12. Musashi
13. Varyag
14. Tachibana Lima
15. Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya
16. Kronshtadt
17. Jean Bart
18. Cossack
19. Dreadnought
20. Albany
21. Marblehead
22. Indianapolis
23. ARP Kongo
24. ARP Hiei
25. ARP Kirishima
26. ARP Haruna
27. ARP Myoko
28. ARP Ashigara
29. ARP Nachi
30. ARP Haguro
31. ARP Takao
32. Southern Dragon

(plus 8-9 free tech tree ships via campaigns/missions)

Ships I COULD have gotten by being absent (two or three, probably not all):

1. Giulio Cesare
2. Texas
3. De Grasse
4. Monoghan
5. Ishizuchi

To acquire more ships, which seems the better option?

[Rabbitt81]

34 minutes ago, desmo_2 said:

Ships I have gotten for playing:

1. Kamikaze R
2. Emden
3. Tachibana
4. Graf Spee
5. Shinonome
6. Katori
7. Missouri
8. Vampire
9. Nelson
10. Duke of York
11. Aigle
12. Musashi
13. Varyag
14. Tachibana Lima
15. Kronshtadt
16. Jean Bart
17. Cossack
18. Dreadnought
19. Albany
20. Marblehead
21. Indianapolis
22. ARP Kongo
23. ARP Hiei
24. ARP Kirishima
25. ARP Haruna
26. ARP Myoko
27. ARP Ashigara
28. ARP Nachi
29. ARP Haguro
30. ARP Takao
31. Southern Dragon

(plus 8-9 free tech tree ships via campaigns/missions)

Ships I COULD have gotten by being absent (two or three, probably not all):

1. Giulio Cesare
2. Texas
3. De Grasse
4. Monoghan
5. Ishizuchi

To acquire more ships, which seems the better option?

... and here we go down the rabbit hole again. 

You just stated above that you hope this doesn't ignite the free vs not free rage but then you post this. Sigh

All of those ships you listed, did you get them for free, for just logging in? 

Or did you have to invest time or money in the form of signals and consumables as well as premium time?

And if your time isn't valuable your employer would like to have a word with you. 

[desmo_2]

6 minutes ago, Rabbitt81 said:

... and here we go down the rabbit hole again. 

You just stated above that you hope this doesn't ignite the free vs not free rage but then you post this. Sigh

All of those ships you listed, did you get them for free, for just logging in? 

Or did you have to invest time or money in the form of signals and consumables as well as premium time?

And if your time isn't valuable your employer would like to have a word with you. 

Playing vs not playing.  Simple.

[Rabbitt81]

21 minutes ago, desmo_2 said:

Playing vs not playing.  Simple.

So then logging in and getting stuff as a reward for not playing is where the problem is. 

I personally don't mind if the giveaway is a tier 3 and maybe 500 doubloons. That's fine with me.

What really gets me about it is it's around 100 dollars worth of stuff. Now if you are one of the 100 percent free to play players- have never spent a dime on this game ever- and get all this stuff for not playing, that's a slap on the face of everyone who sticks around and spends.