Premium Account is an integral part of the Wargaming universe. Having Premium Account enables you to progress through the game and scale new heights within it more quickly, by providing more credits and XP. Premium Account can bring you that ship you desire earlier, or earn you additional Commander skill points, or even enable faster completion of Combat Missions and Campaigns.
Wargaming Premium Account encompasses the three games: World of Tanks, World of Warships, and World of Warplanes. This enables you to simultaneously have a more enjoyable experience when playing all three games.
But right now we have some very good news for those who actively play World of Warships. With the release of Update 0.7.12, we are set to introduce the special Warships Premium Account. It applies only to World of Warships, but brings you 15% more XP!
If you already have Wargaming Premium Account, the moment that Update 0.7.12 hits the live servers, you will enjoy a one-time addition of Warships Premium Account, with a duration equal to the remaining duration of your Wargaming Premium Account at the time of the update’s release. This means that you’ll be able to fully experience all of the bonuses that Warships Premium Account offers, but without bearing any additional expenses.
What Are the Similarities?
First of all, it's worth mentioning that these two types of Premium Account carry the same price tag. You can select whichever of the two that best suits your preferences, and you can obtain them at the same cost, either through the Premium Shop or within the game by paying with doubloons.
The credits per battle bonus remains unchanged and will be the same for both types of Premium Account: +50%. Besides that, having any type of Premium Account allows players to undertake three tasks for completion in Campaigns, and will make the Naval Base Port available in the game client.
What Are the Differences?
Let's examine the differences between Warships Premium Account and Wargaming Premium Account through the example of one successful battle.
Let's assume that you won the battle playing with a Tier X ship and earned 1,200 base XP. Your ship had the "Ranked" camouflage mounted, that increased the XP you earned by 100%, and you also flew a flag signal that provided +50% ship XP. This victory was the first win of the day, which brought you another +50% bonus. The sum of the various XP modifiers for this battle totals 200%. Besides that, the mounted signal and camouflage provide additional bonuses: +100% for Commander XP, and +200% for Free XP.
Ship XP calculation formula: base XP per battle X account coefficient X (1 + sum of various XP modifiers), or using the numerical values from our example: 1,200 x 1 x 3 = 3,600 without Premium Account, 1,200 x 1.5 x 3 = 5,400 with Wargaming Premium Account, 1,200 x 1.65 x 3 = 5,940 with Warships Premium Account.
Commander XP calculation formula: base XP per battle X account coefficient X (1 + sum of various XP modifiers + sum of various Commander XP modifiers), or using the numerical values from our example: 1,200 x 1 x 4 = 4,800 without Premium Account, 1,200 x 1.5 x 4 = 7,200 with Wargaming Premium Account, 1,200 x 1.65 x 4 = 7,920 with Warships Premium Account.
Free XP calculation formula: total resulting ship XP per battle x 0.05 x (1 + sum of various Free XP modifiers), or using the numerical values from our example: 3,600 x 0.05 x 3 = 540 without Premium Account, 5,400 x 0.05 x 3 = 810 with Wargaming Premium Account, 5,940 x 0.05 x 3 = 891 with Warships Premium Account.
The account coefficient equals to 1 for standard account, 1.5 for Wargaming Premium Account, and 1.65 for Warshps Premium Account.
These formulas do not take into account the bonuses provided by Clan's Structures, Combat Missions or challenges, or teamkill penalties.
In total, the player will receive an additional 1,800 ship XP, 2,400 Commander XP, and 270 Free XP for this battle, provided they have active Wargaming Premium Account. With Warships Premium Account, the player will get even more XP: 540 more ship XP, 720 Commander XP, and 81 Free XP, when compared to Wargaming Premium Account. It might not seem to be that much at first sight, but if you are an active World of Warships player, the difference will be significant.
By activating Warships Premium Account you get more XP for each type of experience, which will more rapidly facilitate the process of researching new ships and modules, as well as earning Commander skill points, and will also make it easier to complete some Combat Missions.
Using Both Premium Accounts Simultaneously
What happens when you have both Premium Accounts active at the same time? For the purpose of calculating the post-battle results, the highest bonuses will be counted, which means that your Warships Premium Account will be applied.
The duration of Premium Accounts is prolonged independently for each type of account. When you receive or purchase Wargaming Premium Account, your Warships Premium Account duration does not change, and vice versa.
Another peculiarity of the addition of Warships Premium Account, including cases when it's given as a reward for completing a Combat Mission or a mission—if the duration of the added Warships Premium Account time overlaps with the duration of Wargaming Premium Account, you will receive compensation to the amount of 25 doubloons per each day of the overlapping period, rounded up to a full day.
Please note that this compensation will not apply to the one-time addition of Warships Premium Account at the moment of the Update 0.7.12 release.
For example, let’s say that you have 10 days and 2 hours of Wargaming Premium Account. You spend 2,500 doubloons to buy 30 days of Warships Premium Account. At purchase, you will receive 11 (for the days rounded up) x 25 (doubloons) = 275 doubloons as compensation.
At the same time, if you have 1 day of Wargaming Premium Account and 7 days of Warships Premium Account, then you are not subject to any compensation if you buy 30 days of Wargaming Premium Account.
Note that starting from Update 0.7.12, Warships Premium Account will replace Wargaming Premium Account in terms of rewards for completing Combat Missions or other missions, from containers, and for other in-game activities.
For example, if you haven't yet finished the permanent Campaign "Science of Victory", then you can get 7 Days of Warships Premium Account as your final reward for doing so.
Summary
- If you prefer World of Warships, and play it a lot and often, then Warships Premium Account is for you.
- If you play World of Tanks and World of Warplanes just as actively as World of Warships, then Wargaming Premium Account will suit you best.
We encourage you to scale new heights with Premium Account!
