Favorite shipgirl (Kancolle,Azur lane, Arpeggio of blue steel,Haifuri)

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From the text in the background, save to say, this is Giulio Cesare.

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One ship remaining. My guess is some Duca or a Zara-class.

[Zemeritt]

Also, they'll be called Sardenga Empire on EN:

 

 

While you can deduce any other faction name from something, I can't really in this case.

[Historynerd]

4 hours ago, Cagliostro_chan said:

From the text in the background, save to say, this is Giulio Cesare.

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One ship remaining. My guess is some Duca or a Zara-class.

Are we expecting four new ships in total? Cool!

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15 minutes ago, Zemeritt said:

Also, they'll be called Sardenga Empire on EN:

 

 

While you can deduce any other faction name from something, I can't really in this case.

We knew it'd be Sardegna from the KGV skill that gave bonus damage vs axis ships.

 

As to where the name derrives from, that is rather easy: It's the Italian name for Sardinia. And the Kingdom of Sardinia or Sardinia-Piemont was the leading power on the Peninsula that unified Italy in the 19th century to establish itself as the Kingdom of Italy. You can see the Sardegna symbol as inspired by the Coat of Arms of the House of Savoy, rulers of Sardinia and later Italy.

[Zemeritt]

3 minutes ago, Cagliostro_chan said:

We knew it'd be Sardegna from the KGV skill that gave bonus damage vs axis ships.

 

DId they change that? I remember it being "Sardinia" as KGV got released.

 

4 minutes ago, Cagliostro_chan said:

As to where the name derrives from, that is rather easy: It's the Italian name for Sardinia. And the Kingdom of Sardinia or Sardinia-Piemont was the leading power on the Peninsula that unified Italy in the 19th century to establish itself as the Kingdom of Italy. You can see the Sardegna symbol as inspired by the Coat of Arms of the House of Savoy, rulers of Sardinia and later Italy.

 

Okay, thanks. Always nice to learn something new.

[LOZFFVII]

6 minutes ago, Zemeritt said:

DId they change that? I remember it being "Sardinia" as KGV got released.

Yeah, I thought it was still Sardinia, too.

I thought it had something to do with sardines!

[HaachamaShipping]

2 minutes ago, Zemeritt said:

DId they change that? I remember it being "Sardinia" as KGV got released.

Might be. I did not pay that much attention. I just noticed that it was named after Sardinia and later it was named after Sardinia.

3 minutes ago, Zemeritt said:

Okay, thanks. Always nice to learn something new.

Name and style of ships suggest that the theme of Sardegna will be very Regal, putting the Regia in Regia Marina (which also used the Coat of Arms of Savoy, thus the Sardegna symbol is even more fitting) with some influences from past Roman glory (the Empire part). I really like the way they designed Sardegna and its ships so far, certainly a faction that can hold its own and might become a second favourite of mine after Royal Navy.

 

Also, for comparison:

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Carabiniere vs historical carabiniere in uniform. The grenade symbol that many mistook for a sign it could be Granatiere also is actually inspired by the symbol of the Carabinieri.

Also, I love deep green...

[Panocek]

45 minutes ago, Cagliostro_chan said:

Also, I love deep green...

Black/white/green/gold trim on Littorio indeed is nice looking

[WolfGewehr]

Combination of black, white and green is one reason why I like Tone-class.

[Historynerd]

No fourth Italian girl, unfortunately. 

 

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We'll have to make do with HMS Formidable, instead.

 

Or... maybe I could be wrong... 

[Panocek]

5 hours ago, Historynerd said:

We'll have to make do with HMS Formidable, instead.

What is the risk of forming black hole with three Lusty class carriers in the backline?

[Historynerd]

Someone on Reddit is talking about moles, and the chance that the aforementioned teased girl might be the light cruiser Eugenio di Savoia... as Prinz Eugen has a similar mole.

[Zemeritt]

9 hours ago, Historynerd said:

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We'll have to make do with HMS Formidable, instead.

 

Thats some long hair

[Panocek]

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Game of Thrones begins soon... uncolorized, location unknown, timeline unknown

 

 

[Historynerd]

York will get a retrofit.

She'll need it, after she gets through the Souda Bay stage! 

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[Zemeritt]

Now I'm poor:

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[Historynerd]

Now I'm even more excited:

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It's Trento!

 

[Panocek]

8 hours ago, Zemeritt said:

Now I'm poor:

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Still missing gold blueprints to unlock skill of hers And then Jintsuu is asking about. Apparently without it she can't dual wield fans or somesuch

[Historynerd]

Looks like she's only Rare, but somebody told me that in the French Iris event a Rare ship got a retrofit... so I hope.

https://twitter.com/AzurLane_EN/status/1170728503903510530

[Panocek]

3 hours ago, Historynerd said:

Looks like she's only Rare, but somebody told me that in the French Iris event a Rare ship got a retrofit... so I hope.

https://twitter.com/AzurLane_EN/status/1170728503903510530

Portland is merely "rare", yet she kicks arses with the best of them.

 

Apparently Formidable stole the show, so here is some pizza

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what kind of heresy is this, eating pizza backwards

 

[Robber_Baron]

On 9/7/2019 at 4:23 PM, Panocek said:

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Game of Thrones begins soon... uncolorized, location unknown, timeline unknown

 

 

I don't entirely get the reference. 

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I see Taihou, and I think Akagi and Roon, so three yanderes, but what about the other girls? Albacore, Atago mayhaps?

 

I have the three Konigsberg-class cruisers, Z23, Prinz Eugen and Leipzig, so that leaves one vanguard ship before I can start researching Roon. But most of the Ironblood ships seem to be event ships? Am I missing something? 

[Panocek]

6 minutes ago, Robber_Baron said:

I don't entirely get the reference. 

Junyou, Atago, Roon, Taiho and Akagi. All are bit... too focused on "commander" in their own way.

 

6 minutes ago, Robber_Baron said:

I have the three Konigsberg-class cruisers, Z23, Prinz Eugen and Leipzig, so that leaves one vanguard ship before I can start researching Roon. But most of the Ironblood ships seem to be event ships? Am I missing something? 

Z1

[Historynerd]

I dunno if where you guys live is still hot, in my place the temperature dropped like a rock while I blinked...

Whatever. I'm going to cling to summer as much as possible!

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[HaachamaShipping]

Alright folks, we now know the remaining ships we get, as well as a ton of skins.

 

First off, full art for Giulio Cesare and newly announced, Conte di Cavour.

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Imo, solid designs. Giulio is likely my favourite design of this event, Littorio second and would be first if the cuffs weren't tricolore. Minor thing that tips the balance, both are great.

 

Then we have Pastalulu, or Zara as she claims. But that won't fool me.

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Frankly, things I really like, some things I just cannot come to terms with. But hey, she will have her fans.

 

Lastly, a whole set of new skins.

 

Without silly cuffs, Littorio here beats Giulio in my books, though Giulio with a smile has Kashima vibes. Both are great. Trento and Formidable are nice, though I don't care about swimsuits here. Honolulu doesn't even try to hide her identity, using the same swimsuit again, though she changed her hair. JB, Tirpitz and such will surely get fans, Seattle and Deutschland are cute.

 

Carabiniere posted in preceding post obviously also looks great.

 

[Panocek]

11 minutes ago, Cagliostro_chan said:

Then we have Pastalulu, or Zara as she claims. But that won't fool me.

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