Development blog

Our game has taken an important step — submarines have appeared in Early Access. Since the beginning of their development, we have made significant progress and done a lot of work to bring the new class to its current state. We understand that it is impossible to make submarine gameplay suit everyone, but we strived to create a comfortable and understandable gameplay loop that will provide many players with a new and interesting experience. Of course, after the release of submarines, we will continue to work on this new class. However, as we have already stated, for the next few updates after 0.11.9, we are not planning any significant changes. This way, players can get used to the new class, submarines can find their place in the meta, and we can gather the most relevant and accurate statistics possible.

With the release of submarines in Early Access, we also want to give answers to the most popular questions regarding the new ship type in our game. 

Along with the release of Update 0.11.9 in our game, we’ve also updated the official website.

Commanders!

To ensure the correct operation of the account transferring mechanism for players moving from the CIS server to the European server, both regions will have the release date of Update 0.11.9 changed:

• On the CIS server, the update will begin on Thursday, October 6, 02:00 UTC
• On the European server, the update will begin on Wednesday, October 5, 05:00 UTC

Likewise, the release date for Update 0.11.10 will also be changed. Starting from Update 0.11.11, the Update release schedule will revert to the standard one.

Based on testing results, we’re applying changes to Tokachi, Omono, Shimanto, Takahashi, Yodo, and Clausewitz.

Let’s take a look at what’s coming up in the next Update.

American Researchable hybrid battleships Nebraska, Delaware, and Louisiana; Pan-Asian Tier III cruiser Ning Hai and Tier IX battleship Sun Yat-Sen; Commonwealth Tier IX cruiser Hector; and British Tier VIII submarine Alliance have been added to the game for testing.

See what new restrictions we’re applying to the ongoing 18^th Clan Battles Season.

Based on testing results, we're applying changes to Agano, Gokase, Shimanto, Takahashi, Tromp, Yodo, and Monmouth, as well as submarines.

Captains!

The distribution of Divisions between teams in the current session of Brawls (12 vs. 12 aboard battleships) is not working correctly. Therefore, we've decided to temporarily disable the ability to join Brawls as part of a Division. This will apply to all remaining Brawl sessions in Update 0.11.8.

We will notify you as soon as the issue has been solved. We thank you for your feedback and extend our apologies for any inconvenience caused.

British submarines Undine, Sturdy, and Thrasher; British cruiser Monmouth; British battleship Renown '44, and German cruiser Leipzig will be added to the game for testing.