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ST 0.10.7, changes to test ships and skills.

We adjusted the parameters of some ships based on testing results. The changes will be applied to soviet carriers, Connecticut, Incomparable, other ships and some commander skills.

 

X Connecticut:

  • Detectability range by sea reduced from 18 to 16 km. Other detectability ranges were reduced accordingly.
  • Changed the "Repair Party" consumable:
    • Restoration of hit points lost after receiving damage to the citadel increased from 10% to 50%;
    • Reload time reduced from 80 to 40 s.
  • Action time of the "damage Control Party" consumable increased from 20 to 30 s.
  • Casemate armor thickness reduced from 150 to 51 mm.
  • The speed of the maximum engine power gain during acceleration is  increased:
    • When moving forward by 75%.
    • When moving backwards by 100%.
  • The parameters of the AP shells are now similar to those of the Vermont:
    • Maximum shell damage increased from 14,300 to 15,750.
    • Initial shell velocity reduced from 832 to 732 m/s.
  • Changed shell ballistics: now it takes longer for them to reach the target.

British battleship Incomparable, Tier X:

  • Torpedo range reduced from 12 to 10 km.
  • Changed shell ballistics: now it takes longer for them to reach the target. 

X Ragnar:

  • Detectability range by submarines increased from 4.2 to 4.7 km.
  • Number of "Repair Party", "Surveillance Radar" and "Emergency Engine Power" consumables reduced from 3 to 2.

VI Serov:

  • Torpedo Bomber parameters have been changed:
    • Size of Attacking Flight reduced from 6 to 5.
    • Number of Aircraft on Deck reduced from 15 to 13.
    • Standard Torpedo Bomber Restoration time increased from 57 to 68 s.
    • Researchable Torpedo Bomber Restoration time increased from 68 to 82 s.

VIII Pobeda:

  • Torpedo Bomber parameters have been changed:
    • Size of Attacking Flight reduced from 6 to 5.
    • Number of Aircraft on Deck reduced from 15 to 13.
    • Standard Torpedo Bomber Restoration time increased from 79 to 95 s.
    • Researchable Torpedo Bomber Restoration time increased from 91 to 109 s.

X Admiral Nakhimov:

  • Torpedo Bomber parameters have been changed:
    • Size of Attacking Flight reduced from 8 to 7.
    • Number of Aircraft on Deck reduced from 24 to 18.
    • Standard Torpedo Bomber Restoration time increased from 73 to 84 s.
    • Researchable Torpedo Bomber Restoration time increased from 81 to 93 s.
  • Attack Aircraft and Skip Bomber parameters have been changed:
    • Number of Aircraft on Deck reduced from 24 to 20.

VIII Brandenburg:

  • Increased accuracy of secondary battery: it's now similar in parameters to the Bismark.
  • Main battery reload time reduced from 28 to 26.5 s.
  • Sigma parameter increased from 1.6 to 1.8.

IX Carnot:

  • Fuse arming time increased from 0.01 to 0.033 s.

IX Kearsarge:

  • Size of Attacking Flight increased from 3 to 5.
  • Amount of Hit Points per plane increased from 1,660 to 1,840.

VIII Rochester:

  • "Surveillance Radar" consumable has been replaced by "Smoke Generator".

X Gouden Leeuw:

  • Fuse arming time increased from 0.01 to 0.033 s.

III Java:

  • Main battery reload time increased from 10 to 10.5 s.

German battleship Mackensen, Tier VI:

  • The aft-end main battery turret can now rotate 360 degrees.

German battleship Prinz Heinrich, Tier VII:

  • The aft-end main battery turret can now rotate 360 degrees.

German battleship Zieten, Tier VIII:

  • The aft-end main battery turret can now rotate 360 degrees.

German battleship Prinz Rupprecht, Tier IX:

  • The aft-end main battery turret can now rotate 360 degrees.

German battleship Schlieffen, Tier X:

  • The aft-end main battery turret can now rotate 360 degrees.

 

Skill changes

Cruisers skills:

AA Defense and ASW Expert (4 skill points)

  • Removed the activated effect: Ship consumables reload 5% faster while the ship's AA is active 

Battleships skills

AA Defense and ASW Expert (2 skill points)

  • Removed the activated effect: Ship consumables reload 5% faster while the ship's AA is active 

Improved Repair Party Readiness (3 skill points)

  • Activated effect: Bonus to the reload time of the Repair Party consumable for each potential damage value received increased from -0.5% to -0.8%.

Manual Secondary Battery Aiming (4 skill points)

  • When the priority target is changed, the bonus to the accuracy on the new priority target changed from 75% to 80% of the accumulated bonus.

Submarines skills

Sonarman Expert (4 skill points)

  • Increased the action time bonus of the marked sectors when hit from +10% to +25%.

Please note that all information in the development blog is preliminary. Announced adjustments and features may change multiple times during testing. The final information will be published on our game's website.