Greeting new recruits,
Welcome to
Kantai Collection. For those who don't know know what this game is about, Kantai Collection is a Japanese browser game that has sweeped over Japan and has become a massive hit in over the last year and has in turn gained a large fan base in that time frame.
As of today nearly 3 millions plus users have joined the game and the game has spawned a large doujin commuinty that consists of manga, music figurines and so forth.
There are also several official manga, light novels, an anime, an upcoming arcade, along with plenty of merchandise to boot!
What is the game about?You play as an admiral and your are assigned to take care of ship girls known as ?
kanmusus?. Theses
kanmusus are under your command and you are left with the task of taking these girls out to the battle field and train them. They are tasked with taking about a mysterious unknown enemy known as the
Abyssal Fleet and mysterious demonic alien like race of ships that have appeared out of no where.
It should be note that the ship girls are also based after ships from the WWII era.
So how do I get into this game?The first thing you are going to do, is get access to the game which while the requirements might seems surprising, it turns out the whole doesn't take much time at all to do!
First you'll need to get a VPN or set up a region cookie because in order to access the game you'll need a Japanese IP address. Following that you'll need to get an account on
DMM, and then go partake in a lottery. It's highly recommended you follow the link on the Wiki for advice on how to prepare for the lottery and what you need to do to access the game.
Kancolle Wiki guide to how to register to play Kancolle and basic how to play Kancolle Wiki guide to how to get a Japanese VPN to access the game and how to guide on managing your VPN.Kancolle Staff Twitter (use this to read info regarding lottery and updates)Most of the game has you managing your ship girls, their equipment, building them, crafting their equipment, modernizing them, and repairing them.
And once you're all set you can send them out to battle against the abyss, against other players fleets, and go on expeditions to collect resources.
Most of the important tutorial regarding how to play the game can also be found on this Wiki. It's not that difficult to do and can be easy to remember what to do since the game resolved around simple mechanics.
Basic how to play Tuorial FAQ section (important to read)The Kancolle Wiki and everything you need to know about it.
What's currently going on?Spring 2016 Event: Land Based Air Squadrons! Take Flight!As of May 3rd, the Spring 2016 Event has commenced and if the largest , longest, and hardest event to date. Expect to be mastering the useage of your ship girls as well as mastering how to use your planes for your land bases. As everything will be important for the upcoming battle ahead! Best to all the admirals out there while the event continue till May 31st!
What's coming up next?Unknown...
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