Please be informed that the World of Warships server will undergo brief maintenance to implement Version 0.6.3.

Maintenance Start: 30/03/2017 @ 05:00 UTC+8
Maintenance End: 30/03/2017 @ 07:00 UTC+8

Please view the patch notes below for further information.

Patch Notes

Carrier Control Changes

With the release of Update 0.6.3, an alternative control mode based on a two-button approach popular among Real Time Strategy fans will be added for aircraft carriers. The new mode will be disabled by default and can be enabled in the game settings.

The alternative control mode differs from the standard one in the following ways:

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The top brass was thinking about re-selling Gremyaschy since it is no longer “special”, save for long torpedo range and 1% more fire chance compared to Soviet DDs. I would take it as an early April Fools, until they officially say that on Q&As or portal.

I have discovered among the files for “misc” items for France (“misc” texture folder is for deck clutter items mostly) there is a file merely labeled “FM417_Jean_Bart.dds”. The texture file itself appears to merely contain the textures to various items such as windows and possibly a range finder, that must belong uniquely to the Jean Bart.

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If you have the WOWS_UNPACKER program for the client, the file can be found here: res/content/gameplay/france/misc/textures/FM417_Jean_Bart.dds
(This would not be the first instance of files that were not meant to be in the client accidentally being released, assuming its an accident due to the lack of any other texture pieces for the ship.)

Discovered by myself, Shipmaster_Crook.

Ryujo will get its permanent camouflage, while Colorado won’t (as WoWS PT 0.6.3).

Souce: Tuccy, WG Staff

Based on our evaluations of 0.6.3 during testing, as well as the feedback received from the community, we’ve decided to implement these additional changes:

• The “Concealment System Modification 1″ upgrade will receive an additional effect which reads “+ 5% to the maximum dispersion of enemy shells that fire on your ship”;
• The cruisers Ibuki, Zao, Baltimore, Des Moines, Neptune, Minotaur, Roon, Hindenburg, Dmitry Donskoy, Moskva will receive an increase in accuracy for main caliber artillery (tighter grouping of shells inside the dispersion ellipse  -sigma increased from 2.0 to 2.05).

With the above change destroyers and cruisers which previously relied exclusively camouflage for protection and which choose the above upgrade will receive additional protection. It will be most noticeable when under fire from large-caliber guns at long ranges, when the dispersion ellipse (which defines the scatter of shells) is quite large. This means that entering a melee, for example, for control of a point, you will need to worry more about those enemies nearest to you and less about those who prefer to stay far away from the action, playing passively.

Further, improving the accuracy of tier IX and X cruisers is aimed at strengthening their role of universal ships, whose artillery is a threat to any target.

We’d also like to note that we are aware of your fears about a possible deterioration in the combat effectiveness of a number of ships. We will closely monitor these ships after the release of version 0.6.3 and will make adjustments in version 0.6.4, if any are necessary.

Patchnotes:

META and related:

Question: He mentioned that the way Overwatch balances is by looking at three aspects, players, stats, and internal feedback but rarely these things are aligned so they have to make compromises. How does StPB balance ships? Have you ever had to make compromises regarding a line? It it purely following stats or is it more a feel thing? (In regards to a QnA given by the director of Overwatch)

Answer: Yes, we had such cases. The director of Overwatch (unsurprisingly, as Blizzard are almost gods of balance, I think) put it absolutely right. These three aspects are always involved, and they often contradict. We, however, have additional issue – our game is based on IRL naval warfare. And despite of numerous conventions and “gameplay first” principle, we cannot act however we wish in balancing. We cannot make BBs purely tanks, cruisers purely support and DDs purely damage dealers, for example. While that would probably make balancing the game much easier, at the same time, that would greatly harm the immersion and historical accuracy, which is quite important for our core audience.

Question: He later went on to mention that their PT isn’t accurate for data gathering because players only stick around for one or two matches, does the same thing happen with World of Warships or does the fact that you get live server rewards help people to test more?

Answer: Again, this is right (although, I wouldn’t say that our players do only 2 matches – there are different levels of involvement across the board). PT stats are helpful, but they are not good enough for fine-tuning. The best two things about PT are players feedback (perception of changes) and version polishing (in terms of quality). Rewarding players for PT participation is good practice, I think, but more for adequate player quantity. Engaged and interested players are hardly motivated by the rewards – they want to be ahead of things and care about the project, that’s why they participate.

Question: Maps. In World of Tanks, players have the option to select/deselect which battle modes they want to engage in – why can’t Warships implement this same system. Many players dislike the Epicenter and Bastion game modes you’ve experimented with and would prefer to just play Domination. When can we expect a similar option, such as in World of Tanks, to opt out of crappy game modes.

Answer: Such option is not planned for any future updates. We remove the stuff that is not enjoyable, like Bastion, but not going to split match making

CARRIER and rework:

Question: are tier V CV’s getting protected MM where they won’t see tier VI CV’s ?

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– Fixed an error displaying the description of secondary guns in the help window;
– Fixed an error which caused airgroups to move to the location of the CV icon, instead of selecting the CV;
– Prinz Eugen draft changed from 7,19m to 7,7m;
– Fixed an error with line breaks in the localization;
– Fixed an error where the XP scale overlapped the captain’s skills during retraining;
– Fixed gun angles of the rear gun on the Jurien, now 0/+25 vertically, -138/+138 horizontally;
– Fixed an error where the secondary guns of the Duca d’Aosta could clip into the main gun’s rangefinder;
– Fixed firing ranges of the Jurien from 9150 to 9330 (without top GFCS), Friant from 12210 to 11720 (without top GFCS), Duguay Trouin from 12670 to 13650 (without top GFCS);
– Fixed an error which made it unable to prioritize AA targets in alternative mode for CV’s;
– Fixed an error with displaying the AA priority icon on an own airgroup when clicking on it in alternative mode;
– Improvement of the characteristics for Grozovoi, Z-52, Chester and dogfighting for American CV’s;
– Isokaze: fixed an error where one gun on the stock hull landed its’ shell on target earlier that the other two;
– Fixed reward icon position when hovering over the reward display in port;