WoWS: Early Access to Pan-American Battleships, Operations Update, New Clan Battles season and more – Closed Test 13.8

Captains, Update 13.8 is just around the corner – let’s get into the details of some of the upcoming features you can expect!

Early Access to Pan-American Battleships

Update 13.8 brings about Early Access to the new Pan-American Battleship line! This line (which includes the Tier VIII Ipiranga, the Tier IX Los Andes and the Tier X Libertad) features powerful secondaries up to 234mm, lots of main battery guns and solid armor schemes. Additionally, they’re able to heal up quite nicely after some close-quarters combat with an improved Repair Party that boasts a fast cooldown and restores a higher amount of damage taken. Lastly, you won’t want to miss this line’s Combat Instructions, which will improve the range, damage and reload time of those already impressive secondary guns. Charge ’em up by landing hits with your main battery (as well as racking up potential damage) and then it’s go time!

To celebrate the introduction of this line, we are also adding the following content:

 

• Ordem e Progresso permanent camouflage for the Ipiranga.
• En Unión y Libertad permanent camouflage for the Los Andes.
• Por La Razón o La Fuerza permanent camouflage for the Libertad.
• Pan-American Battleships Flag.

Permanent camouflages for the above-mentioned ships are still work in progress and will be announced in later publications.

Operations Update

We’re excited to finally give you more information about Operations Update: we have expanded the list of eligible Tiers you can use in certain Operations. Starting with Update 13.8, you can use Tiers VI-X ships as well as Superships in six Operations. And of course we don’t plan to stop here – in the future we will continue updating the Operations, so follow the news!

Following is the list of Operations that will be affected by these changes in the upcoming Update:

• Naval Station Newport
• Raptor Rescue
• The Ultimate Frontier
• Hermes
• Aegis
• Cherry Blossom

Because of these changes matchmaking in the Operations will be working according to the following rules:

• The difference between ships on your team can be +/-1 Tier. For example, a Tier IX ship can be placed with Tier VIII-X ships.
• Once you click the “Battle!” button, you will be added to a queue that is suitable for the Tier you selected. Once a team is assembled in queue, a random operation will be launched.
• For Divisions, the difference between ships cannot be more than 1 tier. In terms of which queue you would enter, that would be based on the highest tier ship in your Division. For example, if you had Tier VIII and IX ships in your Division, you will enter the queue as a Tier IX Division.
• Operations with Tiers IX-X ships and Superships will have higher tier enemy ships to balance out the difficulty. If you are in a Tier VIII and are paired with Tier IX ships, you will also face these stronger enemies, but the Operations will be properly balanced to accommodate for these cases.

Clan Battles Season 27 – “Asp”

Update 13.8 brings new Clan Battles season with codename “Asp”

• Format: 7 vs. 7 playing Tier VIII ships.

Ship restrictions

Just like in previous seasons, certain restrictions on the numbers of specific ships per team apply in Clan Battles.

The restrictions can be set for the entire duration of a season or for specific periods of time. For example, they might be set after the first 2 weeks of a season then replaced with different restrictions a few weeks later. This allows us to promptly react to the current state of the season.

Season 27 will begin with the following restrictions:

General restrictions

• Only battleships, destroyers and cruisers allowed.
• No more than one battleship per team.

Restrictions on particular ships

• Nebraska, Lenin and Vladivostok cannot be taken into battles.
• Limited the number of Cherbourg, Bayard and Congress. One team may not have more than one of these ships in total.
• Limited the number of Cossack, Cossack (В), Kidd and Zhu Que. One team may not have more than two of these ships in total.
• Limited the number of Le Fantasque, Le Terrible, Kiev and Split. One team may not have more than two of these ships in total.

Maps:

New Dawn, Trap, Sea of Fortune, Tears of the Desert, Trident, Loop and Haven.

The following rules apply for all maps:

• Number of Key Areas: 3
• Capture time: 30 seconds
• Scoring of capture points: 3 points every 4 seconds

Brawls

Update 13.8 will bring three Brawls unleashed in different formats.

Brawl #1

• 4v4
• Tier IX ships.
• Only Battleships can participate.
• Divisions of up to four players.

Brawl #2

• 5v5
• Tier X ships.
• No Submarines or Aircraft Carriers allowed.
• No more than 3 Battleships, 4 Cruisers, and 3 Destroyers per team.
• Divisions of up to five players.
• This Brawl will be available only in Arms Race mode.

Brawl #3

• 4v4
• Tier VIII ships.
• No Submarines or Aircraft Carriers allowed.
• No more than 3 Battleships, 2 Cruisers, and 1 Destroyer per team.
• Divisions of up to four players.
• This Brawl will feature Support consumables.

 

Content Additions

Last but not least, take a look at some of the additional content that we are preparing for Update 13.8!

• The Chinese Character “Wu” Patch.
• To get ready for the Mid-Autumn Festival event, we have also added the following items:
  • The Osmanthus Blossoms Under Moonlight Permanent Camouflage for the Cleveland.
  • The Dragon Moon Flag.
  • Blessings from Jade Rabbit Patch.

• With the start of Update 13.8, German Cruiser Premium containers, Soviet Era containers and Soviet Era Premium containers will be automatically opened for all players who have them on their accounts. Starting with Update 13.9 these containers will receive content changes, so this way players will obtain the current rewards from the containers before any changes apply.

Please note that all information in the development blog is preliminary. Announced adjustments and features may change multiple times during testing.