WoWs PT 0.9.7, balance changes & ST, Armory mobile version

Please note that all information in the development blog is preliminary and subject to change during testing. Any showcased features may or may not end up on the main server.

VII Colorado, VII Nagato

  • Fighter consumable can now be mounted when the base hull is used.

IX Buffalo, IX Saint-Louis, IX Ibuki

  • Spotting Aircraft consumable can now be mounted when the base hull is used.

IV Danae, IV Duguay-Trouin, IV Karlsruhe, IV Kuma, IV Svietlana

  • Hydroacoustic search consumable can now be mounted when the base hull is used.

IV Phoenix

  • Hydroacoustic search consumable can now be mounted when hull A or B is used.

VIII Richelieu

  • Engine boost and Fighter/Spotting aircraft are swapped.

Soon there will be a closed test session of the Armory adapted for mobile devices. It will have the same functionality as the web and client versions.

Source: WoWS Devblog

WoWS ST 0.9.6.1, changes to test ships

Please note that all information in the development blog is preliminary and subject to change during testing. Any showcased features may or may not end up on the main server.

IX Paolo Emilio

  • Torpedo range increased from 4 to 6 km;
  • Torpedo tubes reload time increased from 71 to 120 s;
  • Action time of the “Exhaust Smoke Generator” consumable increased from 30 to 45 s;
  • Action time of the “Emergency Engine Power” consumable increased from 30 to 50 s;
  • Initial shell velocity increased from 825 to 875 m/s;
  • Maximum SAP shell damage increased from 3,250 to 3,350;
  • The ballistics of the main battery guns has been changed: the trajectory of the shells will become flatter.

X DD R-10

  • Maximum HE shell damage increased from 1,800 to 1,900;
  • Chances of HE shells causing a fire on a target increased from 8% to 10%;

WoWS PT 0.9.7, balance changes

Please note that all information in the development blog is preliminary and subject to change during testing. Any showcased features may or may not end up on the main server.

The American destroyers V Nicholas, VI Farragut, VII Mahan, VIII Benson, IX Fletcher, X Gearing:

  • Bonus to AA continuous damage from “Defensive AA fire” consumable increased from +75% to +100%

X Venezia:

  • Main battery guns reload time increased from 20.5 to 21 s;
  • Rudder shift time increased from 12.6 to 13.6 s.

IX Jutland:

  • Main battery guns reload time increased from 4.3 to 4.5 s;

Attack aircraft of IV Hermes, VI Furious, VI Ark Royal, VIII ImplacableVIII Indomitable, X Audacious, VIII Graf Zeppelin, VIII Graf Zeppelin B, IV Hōshō, VI Ryūjō, VIII ShōkakuVIII Kaga, X HakuryūVIII Lexington (with Tiny Tim rockets), VIII Saipan, X Midway (with Tiny Tim rockets):

  • Rocket’s aiming reticle turned by 90 degrees, and now it is elongated horizontally.

The change will bring rocket’s aiming reticles to a similar form and will let destroyers to adhere to the same tactics to dodge attack aircraft attacks.