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− | The '''Friend Fleet''' system is a system mechanic which has been left in KanColle as a greyed out placeholder in the menu section since 2013. Originally planned to be released during the Late Summer of 2013, this mechanic was intended to engage players to use others players fleets, but due to the popularity boom of KanColle, this mechanic would be postponed for a very long time and would remain inactive. | + | The '''Friend Fleet''' system is a system mechanic which has been left in KanColle as a greyed out placeholder in the menu section since 2013. Originally planned to be released during the Summer of 2013, this mechanic was intended to engage players to use others players fleets, but due to the popularity boom of KanColle, this mechanic would be postponed for a very long time and would remain inactive. |
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| It wasn't until the Fall of 2017 during the [[KanColle Naval Review]] when during the show they would make a big annoucement that the long awaited "Friend Fleet" System would finally be making it's long awaited entrance upon entering [[Phase 2]] of KanColle which is scheduled to being sometime following '''April 23rd, 2018''' | | It wasn't until the Fall of 2017 during the [[KanColle Naval Review]] when during the show they would make a big annoucement that the long awaited "Friend Fleet" System would finally be making it's long awaited entrance upon entering [[Phase 2]] of KanColle which is scheduled to being sometime following '''April 23rd, 2018''' |
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| ===History=== | | ===History=== |
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− | ====The Originally planned beginning and it's long delay==== | + | ====The Big Surprise at the 4th KanColle Naval Review==== |
− | Back in 2013 following the [[Spring 2013 Event]], the planned Friend Fleet system was announced of C2 Kikan's Twitter account (This twitter account served as the former Kancolle Twitter account until the official KanColle Twitter was fully established.) where they announced that they would try to get the Friend Fleet System implemented by the Summer.
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− | However, by the [[Summer 2013 Event]], the devs announced on the C2 Kikan twitter that the plans for the release of the Friend Fleet would be delayed until sometime following the event. But it was around at that time, that KanColle experience a huge popularity boom that resulted in the game surging in popularity and the devs facing a tough situation....
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− | '''Dealing with the huge amount of players wanting to come in and join.'''
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− | When the server became flooded, thier plans to release the '''Friend Fleet System''' was put on hold and they put thier priority on establishing [[Servers]] and controlling player intake via [[Tutorial: How To Register/Lottery|Lottery]] until things could stable out enough for them to return to work on the '''Friend Fleet System'''.
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− | However, this would not be done for several years resulting in nothing being heard of regarding the mechanic until the [[KanColle Naval Review]]. | + | The past behind the delay has been vauge with little to no details known other than that the Friend Fleet system was delayed for a long period of time. However come around Fall 2017, some details would come to be at the KanColle Naval Reivew. |
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− | ====The Big Surprise at the 4th KanColle Naval Review====
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| During the [[KanColle Naval Review]] in one particular segment of the show. A large gathering of Seiyuus gathered up on the stage floor, all holding scrips in hand. The lights dimmed on the stage as a screen came down and being to display a film of a bunch of girls in cosplay as Kanmusu. | | During the [[KanColle Naval Review]] in one particular segment of the show. A large gathering of Seiyuus gathered up on the stage floor, all holding scrips in hand. The lights dimmed on the stage as a screen came down and being to display a film of a bunch of girls in cosplay as Kanmusu. |