Update 13.2

Developer Bulletin & Public Test News article

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Update 13.2 delivers the following:

Piñata Hunt

Starts: Mar 27, 04:00 AM Central (UTC-5)
Ends: Apr 10, 04:00 AM Central (UTC-5)

Update 13.2 brings the Piñata Hunt event! You'll be able to hunt a special Piñata ship during the event to gain an advantage over your opponents. Available as a separate battle type, this year’s event features the specially decorated Colorful Islands map.

Details

• Battles with Tier VIII–IX ships of all types; 7 players per team.
• When the Piñata is taken down, a shrinking Key Area will spawn on the spot where it sinks.

Piñata Hunt will also introduce a new mechanic — support consumables. There are eight unique support consumables in total, with each ship type having access to five of them. One consumable for each ship type will be unlocked at the start, while up to four others can be attained by completing missions or by purchasing them with  Credits in the Armory. You'll be able to select only one support consumable per battle.

During the Piñata Hunt event, you can obtain Piñata Tokens by completing combat missions. You can exchange these Tokens for rewards in the Armory.

More information is available in a separate article.

Early Access to Commonwealth Cruisers

The long-awaited Commonwealth cruisers are entering Early Access in Update 13.2!

Both light and heavy cruisers are represented in this line, with low to mid tiers being armed with 152 mm guns while Tier VIII and above are armed with 203 mm artillery. They can dish out decent damage per minute, but their drawbacks include relatively poor ballistics and slow-traversing turrets. Starting from Tier III, these ships are additionally armed with torpedoes. At Tier VII, these torpedoes become long-range and can even be launched from stealth due to the cruisers' excellent concealment.

As is standard for most cruisers, the line features Hydroacoustic Search, available in its own slot at Tier IV and sharing a slot with Defensive AA Fire at later tiers. Starting at Tier V, the signature of the Commonwealth ships — Crawling Smoke Generator — also becomes available in its own slot. Its long action time allows the cruisers to remain concealed while moving slowly. Starting from Tier VIII, the ships are equipped with Repair Party with standard characteristics.

Additionally, Commonwealth cruisers have access to the enhanced Submarine Surveillance consumable with improved range starting from Tier V, and their Depth Charge Airstrike also has improved characteristics.

In honor of the event, the following thematic permanent camouflages are being added to the game: Indian Tiger for V Delhi, New Zealand Fern for VIII Auckland, and Australian Ornament for X Cerberus. Additionally, historical Commanders Harold Farncomb and Leonard Murray, the Commonwealth Rockfish patch, the Commonwealth Team commemorative flag, and Commonwealth Team Premium containers are being added to the game.

See here.

Commonwealth Team Premium container content

Each Commonwealth Team Premium includes:

Two items:

• 40x Commonwealth Tokens;
  

and one of

• 80% – 24× Green Bonuses of the same type { , , ,  } or;
• 14.7% –  1,000,000 Credits or;
• 2.8% – One of { Commonwealth cruiser IX Encounter; New Zealand Fern permanent camouflage for VIII Auckland; Australian Ornament permanent camouflage for X Cerberus } or;
• 2.5% – 400 Commonwealth Tokens.

If you already have the ship and permanent camouflages that can be obtained from this container, you will instead receive  1,000,000 Credits.

With the release of Update 13.4, the Commonwealth Tokens in this container will be replaced with  Credits. More detailed information will be available later.

Commonwealth Team Event Pass

Update 13.2 brings a new thematic Event Pass! You can participate in it and journey through two progression lines that offer loads of rewards. Each line comprises a total of 20 levels — complete them to earn all the main rewards and gain access to additional rewards for completing extra levels.

You'll be able to obtain historical Commander Harold Farncomb with 6 skill points, the Commonwealth Team commemorative flag, the Indian Tiger permanent camouflage for V Delhi, and Commonwealth Tokens in the first progression line, as well as other valuable rewards. After completing the initial 20 levels, you'll receive 2x More Signals containers as a reward for completing each extra level.

The second progression line, unlockable for  Doubloons, holds VI Mysore as the most prized reward. Among the other rewards, you'll be able to obtain permanent camouflages like Gregale, Canada Day, Indian Tricolor, and Blue Lagoon, as well as Commonwealth Tokens and other valuable items. After completing the initial 20 levels, you'll earn Commonwealth Tokens as rewards for completing extra levels.

More information will be available in a [ separate article].

Submarine Updates

Multiple new features and changes for submarines are going to be implemented with Update 13.2. This will affect not only their game play but also upgrades and balance.

• To further address the issue of submarine "shotgunning," submarine torpedoes will be adjusted to deal different amounts of damage based on distance.
• Submarines will also receive changes when it comes to Upgrades. Some of the existing ones will be either changed or removed, while new ones will be introduced.
• Game play improvements which affect both submarines and surface ships.
• Additionally, balance changes have been applied to submarines in order to maintain the same level of effectiveness for the ship type.

Upon the release of Update 13.2, all players will be granted a 100% discount on demounting upgrades during the first week. The affected upgrades that are mounted on submarines at the moment of the update release will be demounted at no cost and removed from players' accounts. Compensation will be issued according to their full prices.

More information about these changes, as well as the compensation rules, are available in a separate article.

U.S. Aircraft Carriers Leave Early Access

Early Access to VI Independence, VIII Yorktown, and X Essex ends with the release of Update 13.2, and these ships will join the Tech Tree and become available to everyone.

The new aircraft carriers only have access to one standard torpedo bomber squadron, which is supplemented with two tactical squadrons consisting of attack and dive bomber aircraft.

Starting from Tier VIII, the tactical squadrons are equipped with the new Smoke Curtain Generator consumable.

More information is available in a separate article.

Ranked Battles

Update 13.2 brings Ranked Battles Season 16.

Starts: Mar 13, 04:00 AM Central (UTC-5)
Ends: May 13, 07:00 PM Central (UTC-5)

In the Bronze League, battles will be held in a 6 vs. 6 format with Tier VIII ships, and in both the Silver and Gold Leagues, players will helm Tier X ships and Template:SuperShip superships.

For the Bronze and Silver Leagues, no more than one submarine, four battleships, and four destroyers are allowed per team; for the Gold League — no more than one submarine, three battleships, and four destroyers per team.

Aircraft carriers will be unavailable during this Ranked Battles season.

More information will be available in the game client.

Brawls

First Brawl begins: Mar 15, 11:00 AM Central (UTC-5)
First Brawl ends: Mar 18, 04:00 AM Central (UTC-5)

Update 13.2 will see four Brawls unleashed in different formats. The first Brawl will utilize a 5 vs. 5 format with Tier VIII battleships, aircraft carriers, and submarines. No more than one submarine, one aircraft carrier, and four battleships per team are allowed. Players can participate in Divisions of up to three players.

More information will be available in the game client.

YouTube Memberships

We've updated the benefits of our YouTube membership program! Complete special combat missions in Update 13.2 to earn Community Tokens, along with Special Bonuses containers and German Squadron containers.

Rewards for different Membership Levels in Update 13.2

Level	Cost*	Combat Mission	Reward
WoWS First Mate	$0.99	Earn 15,000 Base XP. Battle types: Random, Ranked, Co-op, Brawls and Operations. Tiers: V–X ships and  superships.	1,500 Community Tokens
WoWS Admiral	$1.99	Deal 600,000 damage. Battle types: Random, Ranked, Co-op, Brawls, and Operations. Tiers: V–X ships and  superships. You'll also be able to complete the previous level's combat mission and receive any due rewards for it.	6x Special Bonuses containers + the reward from the previous level
Naval Historian	$2.99	Earn 15 "Destroyed" ribbons. Battle types: Random, Ranked, Co-op, Brawls, and Operations. Tiers: V–X ships and  superships. You'll also be able to complete the combat missions from the two previous levels and receive any due rewards for them.	4x German Squadron containers + the rewards from the two previous levels + historical content. **

* Currency and membership fees may vary by country.

** Historical content includes posts on the official World of Warships channel about the naval history of different countries and is only available to Naval Historian members, regardless of whether they have completed combat missions or not.

The special combat missions for our YouTube members can be claimed until the end of the current update, and you have until the end of the next update to complete them.

We are expanding this program to the channels of our contributors so that Captains can support more of the content they like. This means that, in addition to the three levels of membership on our official channel, you can now purchase the WoWS Commander membership level from our contributors. Check all the details here.

Interface Improvements

We've improved the Clan interface by including two additional windows: the first one displays information about Clan bonuses, and the second window displays the Clan description and additional information. We've also added the ability to include a clickable Discord link in the Clan description.

Balance Changes

• Torpedo launching angles have been reduced by 1 degree for VIII Tone in order to prevent clipping into the hull while aiming.
• Increased damage of all submarine alternative torpedoes by 15%.
• Increased damage of acoustic torpedoes for British Tech Tree submarines by 5%.
• German submarine VIII U-190
  • Stock alternative torpedo range increased from 5.5 to 7 km.
  • Research-able Alternative torpedo range increased from 6.3 to 7.5 km.
• German submarine X U-2501
  • Stock alternative torpedo range increased from 6.3 to 7.5 km.
  • Research-able alternative torpedo range increased from 6.3 to 8 km.

Content Additions and Changes

New portraits and voiceovers for standard Commonwealth Commanders have been added to reflect India, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada.

French Tier VI cruiser Montcalm, British Tier VI cruiser Orion '44, and British Tier VII battleship Duke of Bronte (used to test Rodney) were added for testing by developers, volunteers, and community contributors.

Future Changes

With the release of Update 13.3, Battle of the Somme container will be added to the Armory. This means that players will be able to complete the Battle of the Somme collection if they missed their chance during the previous event.

The Battle of the Somme container contents will change starting with Update 13.3:

slot 1 — 100% chance for 1x Battle of the Somme collection element.

Due to the above-mentioned changes, starting with Update 13.3, all Battle of the Somme containers will automatically be opened for all players who have them available on their accounts. This way, players will obtain the current rewards from the container before any changes take place.

Other Changes

• Fixed an issue with the Top Grade Gunner Commander skill on VII Surrey that caused the display of incorrect information in the Port about the secondary gun reload time.
• Fixed an issue that caused allied torpedo bombers to not be visible on the Minimap if an allied ship had the violator status for unsportsmanlike conduct.
• Fixed an issue where submarines stayed detected after pinging a target at close range and submerging underwater.
• When opened from Port, the Battle Results screen will now show what winning condition was achieved to end the battle.
• Fixed an issue that caused the game client to crash when registering a new account on Steam, EGS, Microsoft Store, or GOG.
• Fixed a rare bug that caused acoustic torpedoes to move in the opposite direction from a target marked with the sonar ping.
• Fixed several issues with armor for VIII Kansas, VII Asturias, and VIII N. Carolina.
• Fixed several visual issues in purchasing windows.
• Fixed minor visual issues and text format for several window tabs that appear before and after battle as well as in the Port.
• Fixed textures for X Rhode Island, IX Minnesota, and VI Bayern.
• Fixed textures for the following camouflages: Blast Master, Pride of the CouRageous, and Thief's Future.
• Included additional description for the Patrol Fighters of VI Independence, VIII Yorktown, and X Essex.
• Fixed an issue that caused the tips for standard torpedoes to be displayed when entering a battle playing a ship with deepwater torpedoes.
• Fixed a visual issue with armament reloading indicators for submarines.
• Fixed an issue which sometimes caused large caliber guns to lack a unique sound when permanent camouflages were equipped.
• Fixed a visual issue with the textures of ships while the Damage Control Party consumable was active.
• Fixed a bug which would in some situations cause players to earn double the amount of Oil.

For a complete list of changes, please refer to Player Support.

• Fixed an issue with allied torpedo bombers not being visible on the Minimap if an allied ship had the violator status for unsportsmanlike conduct.
• Fixed a visual bug with the graph in the Profile that shows battle statistics by ship tier.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused unlocking new access level UI to overlap the matchmaker queue.
• Fixed a minor combat mission description issue.
• Fixed a visual issue with the Key Area capture timer sometimes being overlapped by the icon indicating that the Key Area was currently being blocked.

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