Details about Friesland and the Netherlands tech tree.

In Update 0.10.6 a new nation – Netherlands – will appear, together with its first branch of early access ships – cruisers. In Update 0.10.7, the Netherlands tech tree will feature Groningen – a complete analog of Friesland. She will be available for 1,000,000 Free XP, as well as in the Armory for 19,300 doubloons.

Initially, it was planned to transfer Friesland to the Dutch tech tree, as historically she was in service with the Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy). However, having analyzed the feedback and possible options of replacing and transferring the commander assigned to Friesland, we decided to leave her as a European ship. Thus, players who own Friesland will be able to enter battles with familiar commanders that were trained particularly for Friesland, and if they want, they will have an opportunity to purchase the new Groningen.

Continue reading “WoWS Update 0.10.6, Friesland and the Netherlands & ST 0.10.5, changes to test ships” →

A new stage of submarine testing will start soon, so we’d like to share what changed since the last test session, which took place in autumn of 2020.

Submarines have come a long way: Since their announcement in the summer of 2019, we’ve gone through three tests, a temporary “Submarine battle” event on the main server, and again a test on a separate server back in October 2020. During this time, a lot of feedback and statistics were collected, on the basis of which changes have been made to almost all the mechanics associated with the new ship type.

For previous tests, the playstyle of submarines was similar to that of stealthy torpedo-focused destroyers. Now, in order to ensure a unique type of gameplay for the new class, we’ve changed the main target for submarines. For a significant part of each battle, the underwater hunters will be fighting the very classes that have the best tools to confront them – destroyers and cruisers.

Continue reading “WoWS: New stage of submarine testing” →

We adjusted the parameters of some ships based on testing results. The changes will be applied to Napoli, Elbing, Druid, and some other ships.

X Elbing:

• Detectability range by sea reduced from 8.46 to 8.26 km. Other detectability ranges were reduced accordingly.

X Napoli:

• Sigma parameter increased from 2.05 to 2.15;
• Changed shell ballistics: now they will decelerate a bit slower.

X Druid:

• Main battery reload time increased from 1.8 to 1.9 s.

VIII Tone:

• Main battery reload time increased from 15 to 16 s.

VIII Borodino:

• Main battery reload time increased from 30 to 31 s.

VII Weimar:

• Main battery reload time increased from 7.5 to 8 s.

VII Yukon:

• Main battery reload time reduced from 33 to 31.5 s.

IV De Ruyter:

• Main battery reload time increased from 8 to 8.5 s.

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