
“In the last three years, and the last year in particular, this has become a toxic one-way relationship that I’m glad to put behind me. YouTuber Paul Charlton, aka MightyJingles, who has over 600,000 YouTube subscribers, was among the departees: “Being in the CCTP was a privilege in the first two years when the contributions we made were respected and valued and the feedback in both directions was something I was happy to be a part of,” Charlton said. The USS Missouri’s comeback has aggravated the game’s official content creator (CC) community, with over 20 prominent members announcing their resignation last week.

First introduced in 2016, then removed in 2018 in the interests of the game’s economy, the ship returned to only “appear in random bundles that can be obtained in exchange for Doubloons.” The trend towards obfuscating the cost of content in real-world cash has culminated in the reintroduction of WWII battleship USS Missouri earlier this month. “This year’s recently announced summer sale entices players to buy doubloons, which can in turn be exchanged for bundles that include summer tokens, which in turn can be exchanged for random crates that may contain a permanent camouflage (for a ship that you already own if you’re lucky) or spent on a chain of random crates at a discount – though a discount from how much is unclear,” MassivelyOP reports.

Since 2019, however, the title’s market place has been increasingly shifting towards more obscure schemes.

World Of Warships’s USS Missouri official art (Image Credit: Wargaming)įor years, Wargaming has monetized Warships by selling unique ships and bundles, with players either grinding their way towards desired items or spending up to $100-120 on a single ship.
