MrConway

Please note that the information in the Development Blog is preliminary. Last week we unveiled the new Soviet BB branch and introduced you to their preliminary characteristics. After the post we noticed your comments and decided talk a bit more about the main features of these ships and how they will differ from other BBs. Please note that at this stage, this is only a concept. If testing shows that it doesn't live up to your - and our - expectations, there may be additional balance changes. Soviet battleships encourage an aggressive style, closing distances and fighting at close and medium ranges. The following traits, both positive and negative, emphasize this: An elevated citadel that is an easy target for enemies and requires careful maneuvering, but conversely strong bow and belt armor that offers good protection if the ship is positioned correctly. Main caliber turrets characteristics (fast turning and good angles) will allow you to fire while remaining angled. A large turning radius is compensated for with a fast rudder shift, allowing you to actively perform precise maneuvers and utilize the armor traits. Main battery accuracy at close ranges (10-12 km) is comparable to that of cruisers, but at longer ranges it will be worse than other BBs. Another important aspect for close combat is a special "Damage Control Party", similar to that found on "Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya": 3(4) charges, but with a fast cooldown. It can increase the ships' survivability in crucial moments, at the expense of long-term survival. The branch enjoys slightly better concealment than many of its peers, which can help with ambushing and surprising enemy ships. It's unique radar can spot BBs and CVs behind islands as well as in bad weather conditions. Soviet BBs also have decent, but average levels of secondaries and good HE protection thanks to thick deck armour. We want additionally point out that this branch is in testing and we're adjusting the ships' characteristics so that they are better suiting the intended playstyle and the tier progression is more comfortable, e.g. Vladivostok and Sovetsky Soyuz had their deck and casemate armour increased to 40 mm. Soviet BBs can't be described as easy to use. You may have to adapt your familiar playstyle, but this branch offers players that successfully master them significant rewards.

Post colour fixed, sorry guys

Of course, and if this suggestion didn't work for you, please contact our support for further investigation. Interesting, I'll pass it on to our QA guys and we'll take a look. Yes, I generally am careful with that. But if you check the linked page, Microsoft specifically said that this update has caused verified issues in some games and advocates removing it as a solution. We had some reports from players who said this solution helped them. I am not trying to assign blame, I'm trying to help troubleshoot while we investigate.

Sorry, but we cannot share that information. The publicly available information is present on those 3rd party sites that pull them directly from our API.

Please reach out to customer support, they can help you resolve that issue. There is nothing we can do regarding statistics, but we are of course looking into compensation for everyone affected. I think it is a combination of issues, but we are working hard on increasing server stability - this is not an acceptable situation for us.

This is really not a widespread issue from what we have seen, but we can monitor the situation. But with even-tier CVs having been removed, +1/-1 is sometimes the only choice for some players.

We didn't have any server issues Sunday, don't think this is connected to be honest.

I have reset your AFK rating, you should no longer be pink. Anyone else affected can simply quote my message here and let me know, I'll make sure to have your AFK flag removed. We know this is a recurring issue and will look into preventing this from happening in future - both the server issues as well as the AFK warnings. I believe that there was a portal notification and @Sehales also posted in this thread at 2AM local time. You'll have to talk to customer support as it doesn't look as though your status is connected to the issues last night.

We don't usually like to restrict these contests to premium ships for exactly this reason, that is also why the latest contest was for Leningrad and Minsk. But as this contest was set up to celebrate 100 years of the Polish navy we didn't have much of a choice with there being only a single Polish ship in game right now. Please send me a PM with a screenshot, some highlighting and explanation of the issue. We should be able to get that fixed.

If you feel you can handle the technical challenge, I can recommend removing the latest Windows update, this has been reported by several players to cause FPS issues in some games, and was incidentally deployed at almost the same time as 0.8.1. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4482887 To remove it do the following: Please be aware that we cannot take any kind of responsibility if you break something in your system, but as this is advised by Microsoft as a possible solution you should be OK. Let me know if it help!

The part in @Sub_Octavian's post I want to highlight is this Nothing is decided, we will test and then determine how to move forward with GC and other potential OP offenders in future.

Well, nobody said it wasn't a suicide mission

This is working as intended! When you launch a spotter in a cyclone it extends your viewrange to the viewrange of the spotter plane. So if an enemy ship is seen by it, you can of course shoot without being detected. Bear in mind that the spotter plane has its own viewrange and will only let you see targets it is in range of directly. This mechanic is only visible in a cyclone because in regular conditions your ship will always have a higher viewrange than the one of the launched spotter plane.

We're already planning to improve the interface there. In the meantime, should you find yourself without a method to scroll, the shipments will be auto-collected at the end of the day.

Dear Captains, The Port will see significant changes in displaying the current event, Premium Shop, Armory, combat missions, and other banners on the left side of the screen. Progress will also be displayed in this menu for players who haven't reached Level 15 in their Service Record. The Service Record section of the profile has been updated, and now tracking progress and rewards will be more convenient for players. As the distinctive insignia modification settings have been moved from the Service Record section to the upper-left part of the Port, the server information and online player counter have been transferred to the main menu, which can be opened with the ESC key. Link to full article Other topics: General feedback Space Games (and maps for them) Rewards and Arsenal Changes to CV Bugs

Captains! A while back we announced that we were looking for a new group of volunteer moderators to improve our overall forum moderation. I am proud and happy to announce that the following players have joined our moderation program! @Arty_McFly @_Teob_ @Boris_MNE (yes, I am also still shocked ) @Excavatus @CptMinia You will probably have seen them in action around the forum already! All of them are fully dedicated to the World of Warships forum, but please keep in mind that they are players like you, who volunteer a share of their free time on making the forum a more warm and welcoming place, both for newcomers and veterans. The forum rules have not changed. Please send me a private message in case of any appeals for sanctions or about concerns regarding moderation in general. If you think you've got what it takes, you can still apply!

@Ev1n is and always will be a giant troll The crux here is that we openly announced we were contemplating and testing this change and asked for your feedback. We can discuss this more next week, but the fact is that I cannot give you access to any data, so you will have to trust me - not the company - when I come here and talk to you about things. I hope that I have at least earned some of your trust over the last few years.

Sure, as I mentioned the games are quite different - starting from the tiers. The maximum tier is VII right now, where you will find ships like the Iowa. Conversely some of the lower tier ships have been dropped completely. There are already YouTube videos to look at and you can always check out the Legends FAQ: https://wowslegends.com/forums/topic/20-intro-faq/

I really don't know what destruction sequence change you are talking about, so much so that I just tested it and still cannot see any change. Please shoot through a recording or screenshots. As for the commanders, this is probably due to your PTS account, as you suspected.

I checked and unfortunately it is not that easy, as the date is connected to the language pack that is installed in the forum. We're probably going to have to live with it as is.

This is a known issue and will be fixed.

Damn, haven't played the Vampire in a while.

Obviously all data is open to interpretation in some way (well, most data) which is one of the reasons we don't want to dump it all out there. You guys need to trust us when we say that we: Have the best interest of the game in mind Have data experts looking at data Have Warships experts looking at data We have nothing to gain by twisting data to show what we want it to show, we instead make changes to the game to influence the data to a point where it changes to what we want it to be. Hope that makes sense :)

We do have those stats, live updated even ;) I can ask if we can do a bit more of an in-depth presentation of this aspect, but as a general practice we do not want to dump our internal stats in the open - which is why you instead get our analysis of whatever those stats show.

This doesn't help, as we also need to know about your system. As I mentioned, please contact our support team with a bug report here: https://eu.wargaming.net/support/en/products/wows/help/