0.5.1 Public TEST Patch Notes

[Deathskyz]

Taken from http://worldofwarships.com/en/news/common/051-public-test/

 

Changes in Service Record

• Now a total of 11 levels are available in the player's Service Record (XP milestones required for reaching the next level have been revised and recalculated to reflect the player's current level in the Service Record, the player's total XP has been retained)
• Tech Trees for ships and modules are now unavailable at Level 1 in the Service Record, and only become available when the player reaches Level 2.
• If certain features, which were previously available to the player, have been moved to a higher Level in Service Record that the player has not yet reached, the player will be promoted to the respective higher level in their Service Record
• Level 10 of the Service Record introduces Missions, Events and Challenges
• The Ranked Battles have been moved to Level 11 of the Service Record

 

Missions, Challenges and Events

• Events, Challenges and Missions become available for players who reach Level 10 in the Service Record. Players can click on the respective panel in the upper left corner in the Port to go to Events, Challenges and Missions
• Specials may be timed to coincide with a specific Event, and come with a description and duration of their own
• Missions can be completed once for each game account, while Challenges may be completed an unlimited number of times. All Missions and Challenges have a duration period
• When a Mission can be completed over a number of battles, then such a Mission will have a completion progress bar
• Conditions for completing Missions and Challenges have been introduced. For example, "Complete the Mission while playing on a specific ship/in a Division/in a specific battle type"
• Players are given rewards for completing missions. The list of rewards has been extended. Now players may be rewarded with ships, consumables, upgrades, signals, camouflage, credits, doubloons, Free XP, Service Record XP points, Premium account, places for Commanders in the Reserve, rewards and bonuses in a giftbox, and coefficients (multipliers) applied to any resources earned in a battle

 

Daily Missions

• Now one of the three Daily Missions may be replaced once every 24 hours
• The player can replace a new mission, as well as a mission which can be completed during a number of battles. However, when the latter is replaced, all progress will be lost
• When the player completes the mission during a battle, but exits to Port and replaces the Mission before the end of the current battle, the reward will not be given and the progress will not be accounted for
• In contrast to Daily Missions, the player cannot replace Challenges, Missions and Events
• A new Daily Mission is marked with an indicator. The indicator remains visible until the player clicks the Mission

 

Ranked Battles

• The number of points a team needs to score for a victory has been raised to 1000. Now the initial score is set at 300 points.
• Now all maps in Ranked Battles have two Key Areas
• The Ocean, Strait and Land of Fire maps will become available in Ranked Battles
• Now different limitations on the tiers of ships may be set for the Leagues
• League flags and Commemorative flags have been introduced
• The League flag indicates that the player belongs to a League during a season of Ranked Battles. The League flags are discarded at the end of a season.
• Commemorative flags are given at the end of a season, if the player meets the respective requirements.

 

Introductory Mission

• An Introductory Mission will be available for newcomers. The Introductory Mission will help new players learn the game basics, when they log in to the game for the first time.

 

Ships

General:

1. Aircraft torpedoes' chance of causing a flooding has been reduced by approximately half
2. Aircraft speed has been slightly increased for air squadron assault mode, and damage caused by aircraft in this mode has been increased as well
3. The damage that a higher tier ship receives from flooding is no longer significantly less than the damage a lower tier ship receives from the same flooding.
4. Two charges of the Defensive AA Fire consumable are now available for cruisers of all nations, except the U.S.A. whose cruisers have 3 charges of this consumable
5. Two charges of Hydroacoustic Search are available for all ships
6. Two charges of Defensive Fire is available for all cruisers, except the US whose cruisers have 3 charges of this consumable, with Atlanta being the only exception that keeps the unlimited amount of charges for this consumable. 

 

U.S.A.

1. The armor plating of Baltimore and Des Moines has been thickened by 2 mm
2. The bomb dispersion of U.S. bombers has been reduced in situations when enemy ships activate the AA Defensive Fire consumable in an attempt to counteract the bombers attack
3. Changes for U.S.A. Destroyers:
   1. Nicholas Mk15 mod. 0 torpedoes have been removed from the Tech Tree
   2. Farragut: Mk15 mod. 0 torpedoes have been replaced with Mark 11 torpedoes; Mk15 mod. 3 torpedoes have been replaced with Mark 12 torpedoes
   3. Mahan: Mk15 mod. 3 torpedoes have been replaced with Mark 12 torpedoes; Mark 12 torpedoes have been replaced with Mk15 mod. 0 torpedoes
   4. Mahan: Hull B has been moved to become hull C (with enhanced AA defense), the now vacant position of hull B has been filled by a totally new hull. If the ship had an Elite status, the new Hull B becomes researched. Otherwise, Hull C is shown as not researched.
   5. Benson: Mark 12 torpedoes have been replaced with Mk15 mod. 0 torpedoes; Mk14 mod. 3 torpedoes have been replaced with Mk15 mod. 3 torpedoes
   6. Benson: Main battery's rate of fire has been increased
   7. Fletcher: Mark 12 torpedoes have been replaced with Mk15 mod. 0 torpedoes; Mk14 mod. 3 torpedoes have been replaced with Mk15 mod. 3 torpedoes
   8. Fletcher: Main battery's rate of fire has been increased
   9. Sims: Main battery's rate of fire has been increased
4. For Omaha cruiser, the number of aircraft on board has been reduced to 2 planes
5. For other U.S.A. cruisers, the number of aircraft on board has been increased to 4 planes
6. 203 mm AP shells fired by the main batteries of U.S.A. cruisers (except for the stock main battery of Pensacola) will enjoy better ricochet angles

 

Japan
1. For Japanese bombers, the bomb attack area has been reduced for situations when the player releases bombs in manual mode
2. Atago: rudder shift time has been shortened by 20%, and the Repair Party consumable has been added
3. For Kuma and Zao cruisers, as well as for battleship Myogi, the number of aircraft on board has been reduced to 2 planes

 

Russia

1. Izyaslav: the ship has been given designed speed of 35 knots (instead of 31,9)
2. Derzkiy: the ship has been given designed speed of 34 knots (instead of 32,8)

 

Germany

1. For Dresden, Kolberg and Karsruhe AP shells have been recalculated, armor penetration has been increased
2. For Hermelin, central hull platearmor has been increased to 23 mm

 

Aircraft

• The logic for fighters behaviour has been improved. Now, when fighters attack other fighters, the squadron being attacked will automatically counterattack and will not abandon the dogfight until it runs out of ammunition.
• Implemented the ability to change the direction of the squadron attack by holding and dragging the attack cone or ellipse.
• Implemented smooth movement of the torpedo bombers squadron's cone in automatic attack mode

 

Economy and Upgrades

1. US Destroyer Mahan:
   1. Pre-top hull (former top hull). Price has been changed from 14200 XP 1240000 CR to 10200 XP 940000 CR. Hull is now 4000 XP and 300000 CR cheaper.
   2. Top fire control system Price has been changed from 8200 XP 750000 CR to 7200 XP 550000 CR. Module is now 1000 XP 200000 CR cheaper.
   3. Top Torpedo tubes. Price has been changed from 12500 XP 980000 CR to 10500 XP 780000 CR. Module is now 2000 XP 200000 CR cheaper.
2. US Destroyer Benson:
   1. Ship price has been changed from115000 XP 9040000 CR to 110000 XP 8540000 CR. Ship is now 5000 XP 500000 CRcheaper.
3. All of the abovementioned changes are due to the introduction of the new top hull for US Destroyer Mahan (priced 13000 XP 1200000 CR) and are made to keep the upgrade price at the same level.

 

 

Game Maps and Modes

• Added Maps:
  • Land of Fire (Land of Fire). The distinctive feature of this map is long and narrow rock ridges that can be used as cover by small ships. This map will be available for battles between ships of Tiers VII through X.
  • Northern Lights (Northern Lights). This is a counterpart of the North map with different visuals.
  • Trap (Trap). This map will be available for battles between ships of Tiers VIII through X.

 

• Map Changes:
  • Strait:
    • Changed ship spawn points. Now the distribution of ships into groups is more balanced
  • Hotspot:
    • Removed the crisscross team spawn pattern
    • Changed the location of a large island at one of the flanks
    • Corrected the shape of one of the large islands
    • Changed the location of Key Areas in the Domination mode
  • Two Brothers:
    • The landscape on the map underwent an extensive rework with numerous changes made to the location and shape of islands
  • Big Race:
    • Moved all landscape objects to the corner where the continental land is located. Changed location of the continental land itself.
    • Added the Domination mode with two Key Areas
  • Islands of Ice:
    • The iceberg field in the lower right corner underwent an extensive rework
    • Decreased the number of icebergs by about a third
    • Now there are three Key Areas on the map in the Domination mode
    • The lower left corner is now more separated and has a mountain as a visual landmark
    • The lower right corner is now more separated and covered by an ice field
    • Now the icebergs located on the map are in a more uniform formation
  • Solomon Islands:
    •  Now this map is available for battles between ships of Tiers II through VI

 

• Interaction between Ships and Map Borders
  • If the ship controlled by a player stays in the map border area for too long, her engine power will be forcefully decreased. The engine power will be restored after the ship leaves the map border area

 

• New Battle Mode: Zone
  • Zone is a huge base in the center of a map that becomes available for capture two minutes after the battle has started. It takes 60 seconds to capture the Zone, regardless of the number of capturing ships. The capturing will slow down when there are enemy ships within the Zone. However damage received by ships does not slow down the capturing.
  • This mode will be available on the Ocean, Big Race, Trap, and Islands of Ice maps.

 

• Changes in Domination Mode
  • Now players will be rewarded with XP and credits for capturing, defending, and blocking the capture of bases. Rewards will be given for: capturing the base (namely, for base capture points; for example, if two players captured a base together and at the same time, then each player will receive a half of the reward), defending the base (namely, for base capture points that a player takes away from an enemy ship capturing a base by damaging this enemy), and blocking the base capture (staying within the base simultaneously with the enemy, which prevents the enemy from capturing the base or earning base capture points)
  • Changed the amount of penalty points for losing allied ships and reward points for destroying enemy ships in the Domination mode
    • Destroyer: 45 penalty points; 30 reward points
    • Cruiser: 50 penalty points; 35 reward points
    • Battleship: 60 penalty points; 40 reward points
    • Aircraft Carrier: 65 penalty points; 45 reward points
  • Changed the notification at the end of a battle when the 20 minute time limit has expired.

 

• AI Changes
  • Improved behavior for AI-controlled ships on the maps. Now AI-controlled ships move in formations. Destroyers stay closer to islands, battleships keep away from islands, and aircraft carriers move about in safer areas instead of going straight to the center of a map
  • Improved behavior for AI-controlled ships in the event of accidental collision with the sea landscape

 

• Other Changes
• Improved spawn layout for players of the same Division. Now the ships controlled by players in the same Division will be spawned as close to each other as possible when the battle starts
• Reworked system for notifications played when either team is about to win or takes the lead. Now the notifications will be played in the following cases:
  • the enemy team has twice as many ships as the allied team
  • the allied team has twice as many points as the enemy team
  • the enemy team only needs to destroy two allied ships to win
  • the allied team only needs to destroy two enemy ships to win
• Implemented notification about battle ending soon (played when there are five minutes left before the end of the battle)

 

 

Sound

• Totally reworked the sounds of engines for all ships in the game. Now the sound of a ship's engine will depend not only on the current ship speed, but also on the position of the bridge telegraph lever
• Added new firing sounds
• Overhauled sounds for the low sound quality setting: now special sound banks will be loaded when this setting is selected. In these sound banks, post-processing effects for movement and firing are disabled and significant restrictions are imposed on the playback of sounds. This sound quality setting is recommended for low performance computers
• Improved certain interface sounds
• Added two new music tracks
• Reduced RAM usage of the sound system
• Updated version of the sound engine, optimized playback of sounds in the .ogg format

 

(tl;dr Sound Quality and Performance got buffed)

 

Port

• Reworked the "carousel" of ships at the bottom of the Port screen:
• Now the displayed ships can be filtered by: name, nation, tier, type, Elite status, Premium status, applicability of specials with bonus multipliers for the first battle, as well as a combination of any filter criteria mentioned above
• Added an alternative mode for displaying ships, with smaller ship icons in the slots

 

(tl;dr What WoT Devs couldn't do, WoWS devs done)

 

System Changes

• Optimized network traffic between the game client and the game server

• Added a system that expects acknowledgement from the game server for any user action, which resulted in a significant decrease in the risk of losing game items due to poor network connection quality
• Improved performance of the effects subsystem on multicore CPUs (with more than 2 cores)
• Improved performance of the subsystem for rendering markers in battle
• Optimized several subsystems for the Binocular View
• Added a new sea rendering quality setting, Very Low, to the graphics settings. Using this quality setting provides a significant performance boost for computers with entry level graphics, owing to simplified simulation and rendering of seawater in the game. Moreover, reflections and shadows on the water surface are also disabled when this quality setting is selected. For other sea rendering quality settings, minor improvements to the visuals as well as utilization of graphics resources were added.
• Implemented an optimization that reduces the risk of the game client freezing
• Added logic to the game client which detects that the application is frozen and then terminates the application correctly

 

(tl;dr FPS Performance got buffed)

[ExESGO]

Gib better anti-aliasing.

[NguyenArchitakuVN]

So?... USN Destroyers have torpedo range buffed? Wow... That's good. But why the hell Zao has 1 less aircraft? 

Izyaslav has better speed is a good news for Soviet DD players tho.

[yobbo1972]

does sound better, look forward to seeing how these changes go.

[Deicide]

nno IJN torpedo spread change? good everything else is ok

[Deathskyz]

nno IJN torpedo spread change? good everything else is ok

 

told you so

[Footscray]

Is that all？ looks like something they didnt say………

[Nishizumi_AnkoSP]

Is that all？ looks like something they didnt say………

*Yawn*

[Bukey]

May I ask why did they drop the flooding chance by air dropped torps. They already do way less damage than the sea dropped or land dropped torps and well this makes the chance of a CV player helping their team by making that captain use the repair party.

[Umidoori]

May I ask why did they drop the flooding chance by air dropped torps. They already do way less damage than the sea dropped or land dropped torps and well this makes the chance of a CV player helping their team by making that captain use the repair party.

 

DDs need to risk their HP to guarantee torp hits.

CVs risk planes, which cannot be finished in high tier unless they literally suicide into AA bubbles.

 

DDs should get less torp damage, right?

[Nishizumi_AnkoSP]

 

DDs need to risk their HP to guarantee torp hits.O

CVs risk planes, which cannot be finished in high tier unless they literally suicide into AA bubbles.

 

DDs should get less torp damage, right?

 

If that happen, god bless US DD 

[Umidoori]

And the only buff this time are the soviet DD top speed for two of them.

 

It's USN DDs time now, especially with increased torp range at mid/high tier.

Too bad for their crappy shell velocity though, but that's one of the drawback for doing 18RPM on the Benson and the Fletcher.

[Echo_8_ERA]

Wait, how exactly is shuffling the torps around a buff to US DDs? It looks more like they just moved the suffering around instead:

 

Ship		Stock	Upgrade
Nicholas	Old	Mk11 5.5km 11733 56kt	Mk15 mod. 0 5.5km 11600 65kt
	New	Mk11 5.5km 11733 56kt
Farragut	Old	Mk15 mod. 0 5.5km 11600 65kt	Mk15 mod. 3 4.5km 16633 65kt
	New	Mk11 5.5km 11733 56kt	Mk12 6.4km 11733 64kt
Mahan	Old	Mk15 mod. 3 4.5km 16633 65kt	Mk12 6.4km 11733 64kt
	New	Mk12 6.4km 11733 64kt	Mk15 mod. 0 5.5km 11600 65kt
Benson	Old	Mk12 6.4km 11733 64kt	Mk14 mod. 3 8.2km 14500 52kt
	New	Mk15 mod. 0 5.5km 11600 65kt	Mk15 mod. 3 4.5km 16633 65kt
Fletcher	Old	Mk14 mod. 3 8.2km 14500 52kt	Mk16 mod. 1 10.5km 19033 66kt
	New	???	???

[KNEEPAIN]

Taken from http://worldofwarships.com/en/news/common/051-public-test/

 

1. Changes for U.S.A. Destroyers:
   1. Nicholas Mk15 mod. 0 torpedoes have been removed from the Tech Tree
   2. Farragut: Mk15 mod. 0 torpedoes have been replaced with Mark 11 torpedoes; Mk15 mod. 3 torpedoes have been replaced with Mark 12 torpedoes
   3. Mahan: Mk15 mod. 3 torpedoes have been replaced with Mark 12 torpedoes; Mark 12 torpedoes have been replaced with Mk15 mod. 0 torpedoes
   4. Mahan: Hull B has been moved to become hull C (with enhanced AA defense), the now vacant position of hull B has been filled by a totally new hull. If the ship had an Elite status, the new Hull B becomes researched. Otherwise, Hull C is shown as not researched.
   5. Benson: Mark 12 torpedoes have been replaced with Mk15 mod. 0 torpedoes; Mk14 mod. 3 torpedoes have been replaced with Mk15 mod. 3 torpedoes
   6. Benson: Main battery's rate of fire has been increased
   7. Fletcher: Mark 12 torpedoes have been replaced with Mk15 mod. 0 torpedoes; Mk14 mod. 3 torpedoes have been replaced with Mk15 mod. 3 torpedoes
   8. Fletcher: Main battery's rate of fire has been increased
   9. Sims: Main battery's rate of fire has been increased

  

credit goes to bad_arcade_kitty of NA

 

1. nicholas loses 5.5km 65kn 11600 damage torps, keeps 5.5km 56kn 11733 damage torps [a clear nerf to nicholas]

2. farragut - 5.5km 65kn 11600 damage -> 5.5km 56kn 11733 damage (lol, clemsons' torps) and 4.5km 65kn 16633 damage -> 6.4km 64kn 11733 damage [she loses her suicide range hard-hitting torps, but gets some range on the upgraded torps, meantime the stock torps got weaker]

3. mahan - 4.5km 65kn 16633 damage -> 6.4km 64kn 11733 damage and 6.4km 64kn 11733 damage -> 5.5km 65kn 11600 damage (lol, the old nicholas' torps!) [got a better stock, but now explain me the reason of nicholas' torps upgrade for her when they are worse than the new stock]

4. benson - 6.4km 64kn 11733 damage -> 5.5km 65kn 11600 damage (lol, the old nicholas' torps again!!) and 8.2km 52kn 14500 damage -> 4.5km 65kn 16633 damage (old farragut/mahan torps) [now... benson got all the old torp upgrades of farragut!!!11oneone]

5. fletcher - ... [a clear mistake since it repeats the line about benson]

 

 

man its hilarious when my mahan goes against kiev.....lol i end up sinking every single time...

[Retia]

Still no butterflies added to the maps, and wher are my 500 seagulls???

[Addos]

Lotta stuff in this update! A step in the right direction!

[admiral_tee]

I hope the border changes mean less goddamn blue line border humping exploiters...

That more than anything grates on my nerves.

 

It won't irradicate border humping blue line exploiters but it will lessen this happening as their speed will be greatly reduced thus reducing the advantage gained by doing so.

 

Tee

[Fire_Spy]

No offense but I thought they were going to increase the range of the US DD torps? looks like a massive nerf to me... 

[Windforce]

Still no krakens

 

[Umidoori]

No offense but I thought they were going to increase the range of the US DD torps? looks like a massive nerf to me... 

 

 

Nerf?

[Commander_Dusty]

Wait, how exactly is shuffling the torps around a buff to US DDs? It looks more like they just moved the suffering around instead:

 

Ship		Stock	Upgrade
Nicholas	Old	Mk11 5.5km 11733 56kt	Mk15 mod. 0 5.5km 11600 65kt
	New	Mk11 5.5km 11733 56kt
Farragut	Old	Mk15 mod. 0 5.5km 11600 65kt	Mk15 mod. 3 4.5km 16633 65kt
	New	Mk11 5.5km 11733 56kt	Mk12 6.4km 11733 64kt
Mahan	Old	Mk15 mod. 3 4.5km 16633 65kt	Mk12 6.4km 11733 64kt
	New	Mk12 6.4km 11733 64kt	Mk15 mod. 0 5.5km 11600 65kt
Benson	Old	Mk12 6.4km 11733 64kt	Mk14 mod. 3 8.2km 14500 52kt
	New	Mk15 mod. 0 5.5km 11600 65kt	Mk15 mod. 3 4.5km 16633 65kt
Fletcher	Old	Mk14 mod. 3 8.2km 14500 52kt	Mk16 mod. 1 10.5km 19033 66kt
	New	???	???

 

Agreed, not sure of this shuffle or "buff" business, so my Mahan's "upgraded torps" will be those of the Nicholas....less range and fraction less damage all for 1 more knot and the Benson gets the old Farraguts 4.5km suicide range torps as the "upgrade"...not liking that 

[Counterflak]

I don't like the defensive fire changes. I think this is the biggest indirect buff to CVs in this patch.

[Cyanide7662]

Exactly, what Blitzkrieg and the quote, have said. This is not a buff to the destroyers, but a nerf. Want a good example? here

 

"Fletcher: Mark 12 torpedoes have been replaced with Mk15 mod. 0 torpedoes; Mk14 mod. 3 torpedoes have been replaced with Mk15 mod. 3 torpedoes"

 

1) the Mark 12 and Mk14 mod 3 torpedoes are on the Benson, not the Fletcher. In which case, you are making the tier 8 worse than the tier 7.

2) the replacements, the mk15 mod 0 and mk15 mod 3s ARE THE TORPEDOS ON THE FARRAGUT.

 

Are you REALLY trying to tell us that this is a torpedo BUFF!? you must be joking. Youre making a tier 8 destroyer a reflection of the current tier 6, this is probably the biggest joke since the Albany, and im not even big on the USN destroyers to begin with.

_{(gunboats are a myth in a game thats based on selfish progression. Progression by YOUR damage, kills and medals, not by covering with smoke or scouting, or making distractions, and 127mms dont do a lot of damage, especially not the very low amount USN DDs have, Atlanta only makes money because its premium, and has more than twice the amount of guns as the DDs.)}

[Commander_Dusty]

^Actually one point I'd contest is the Albany, its actually a nice, well protected ship  and the guns are good with the captains skill advanced firing training

[Cyanide7662]

Blegh, hate it. Still have it, cuz, yknow, novelty reasons (why i still have light Vic and T7 combat car in WoT, crap, but novelties)

 

Even with the right perks and such, it still annoys the hell out of me when everything can see and shoot me, before i can even see them.