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Update 14.2: Experimental Ships

Experimental Ships ● Return of Operations with Flagships ● Early Access to Soviet Submarines ● Soviet Navy Event Pass ● Pirate-Themed Bounty Hunt ● Dutch Cruisers Leave Early Access ● Remembrance of Ming's Past Adventure: Chapter Two ● Account System Update ● Clan & Ranked Battles ● Brawls ● Armory ● Game Balance Changes ● Content Additions and Other Changes

With Update 14.2, we're introducing mechanics that will span several updates and expand over time. With the release of Update 14.7, they will be removed, allowing us to be bolder when adding mechanics without making the core game play too complicated.

Experimental Ships

This feature will be present in the game until the release of Update 14.7. Ships Features

• These ships start battles with a significant portion of their hit points deducted, but they can be restored.
• Main battery accuracy and rate of fire gradually increase as the ship loses hit points, down to the minimum HP threshold. Restoring HP reduces these modifiers.
• These ships come stocked with a limited number of AP shells with improved characteristics. These shells can be used via Burst Fire, also available on these ships.
• They have no module upgrades, and their economic earnings are like those of same-tier Tech Tree ships. Additionally, retraining Commanders isn't necessary when assigning them to experimental ships.
• You can complete a special mission chain at the helms of experimental ships, and it will reward you with Coal.

You can unlock experimental ships by researching their components in exchange for a combination of Credits together with Action Reports, the latter of which are obtainable via special combat missions.

With the release of Update 14.7, experimental ships will be removed from your accounts. If you successfully unlock the entire group of these ships, you'll receive commemorative rewards.

Return of Operations with Flagships

• Flagships are dangerous enemies with increased health pools and the ability to provide different effects to the bots they lead into battle. In the first iteration of Operations with Flagships, you knew for sure what types of Flagships you were going to face. Now, the battles will be more diverse and engaging because in each battle, three flagships of two different types will await you. The two types have different effects and vulnerabilities. The flagships will be randomly selected, and you'll see which ones you'll be up against at the start of the battle.
• You can now use Classified Documents to boost your ships' capabilities in battle. This special mechanic makes your ship more effective in encounters with specific enemies.
  • You can only equip one Classified Document at a time, and each one provides bonuses against specific ship types. They work against both flagships and ordinary bots, and provide a defensive buff and increase the chosen type of damage.
  • All Classified Documents will be credited to player accounts with no need to unlock them.
  • At the beginning of each battle, the game auto-selects a Classified Document for you, and you have a limited time to change the selection.
• The effects of the flagships will get some changes.

These features will be present in the game until the release of Update 14.7. For Update 14.2, we've also prepared the following activities and content.

Early Access to Soviet Submarines

Comrades! From the release of Update 14.2, submarines S-1, L-20, and K-1 stand ready to serve the Motherland. Highlights of the branch

• Their main weapons are powerful, fast, and long-range unguided torpedoes.
• On the other hand, homing torpedoes of these submarines have low damage, speed, and range.
• The submarines can move fast when they are on the surface, but while submerged, their speed leaves much to be desired, and low dive capacity means they can't stay underwater for long.
• They come equipped with long-ranged Submarine Surveillance and Fast Damage Control Team.

Soviet Navy Event Pass

The first progression line offers such rewards as 5x Soviet Era containers and Commander Aleksey Statsenko. The Soviet permanent camouflage for VIII Tallinn is the final reward of the line. undefined

If you want to make Motherland proud, you can unlock the second progression line for  2,500 Doubloons. Doing this will immediately bring you the Soviet permanent camouflage for IX Riga. Rewards for progressing down the line include 10x Soviet Era containers, the Victory permanent camouflage, and the Soviet permanent camouflage for X Petropavlovsk. Cruiser VI Molotov is the final reward. undefined

Completing extra stages of the Event Pass will bring you 2x More Signals containers and 1x Rare Bonuses container for the first and the second lines, correspondingly.

If you already have the Soviet permanent camouflages for VIII Tallinn, IX Riga, or X Petropavlovsk, you'll receive  3,000,000; 3,750,000; or 4,500,000 Credits as compensation, respectively. If VI Molotov is already in your fleet, you'll receive  3,412,500 Credits.

Pirate-Themed Bounty Hunt

The new Bounty Hunt will be unleashed in Random Battles. You can be a Hunter playing any Tier V–X ships and superships, but the Bounty status can only be applied to battleships, cruisers, and destroyers—Tier VI–X ships and superships. Either way, you can earn Bounty Tokens to exchange for rewards like themed Commanders and permanent camouflages. Keep in mind that playing as a Bounty increases not only the risks but the potential income as well.

This time, you can get the Bounty status for free—it will be available in a special Armory bundle. You'll keep the Bounty status for 24 hours from the time of purchase or until you complete the main mission, which is to sink five enemy ships while playing as a Bounty.

We've also prepared themed random bundles, in which you can find, among other rewards, our shining newcomer — X Monmouth. Also, until the release of Update 14.3, you can directly obtain bundles that hold her in the Armory for Doubloons or get her in the Premium Shop for real money. undefined

Dutch Cruisers Leave Early Access

With the release of Update 14.2, Jaarsveld, Menno van Coehoorn, and Utrecht become available for everyone to research in the Dutch Tech Tree.

These stealthy predators are designed to deliver damage through a combination of main battery salvos and signature Dutch Airstrikes while relying on careful positioning and good concealment to avoid enemy fire.

• The main batteries of these cruisers consist of 128 mm guns with good ballistics and range.
• These guns can fire AP shells that deal a good damage for their caliber, or HE shells that have good penetration but weak damage and poor fire-starting chances.
• This trio boasts the Airstrike armament with a long range, fast cooldown, and bombs that reach the target relatively quickly. Just note that the modest size of the squadron makes it easier for enemy AA to foil your attacks.
• The main weaknesses of these ships are low HP pool and weak armor, but access to Engine Boost and Repair Party with a fast cooldown increases their survival chances in the heat of battles.

Remembrance of Ming's Past Adventure: Chapter Two

The story of journeys of the legendary Chinese admiral and explorer Zheng He continues.

The second chapter of Remembrance of Ming's Past Adventure will consist of four chapters and will allow you to earn even more Adventure Tokens. You can exchange these for Ming's Voyage Tokens and spend them on different rewards including Chinese Treasure Ship permanent camouflage for IX Taihang and Commander Zheng He.

If you were persistent and saved Adventure Tokens from the first part of the Adventure, you'll have enough to exchange them for the impressive amount of Ming's Voyage Tokens. Add to the resulting amount more of these tokens available for  Free XP,  Coal, and  Credits and you can get new Pan-Asian battleship IX Taihang for free. You can also get more Ming's Voyage Tokens in random bundles available for  Doubloons.

Account System Update

You can now link your Wargaming Account to Steam, allowing you to use this platform to log in to the game.

You will retain your progress, and if you play in several different realms, you'll be able to switch between them in the Port.

To further enhance your gaming experience, we'll be facilitating themed events for those who play the game using Steam in the upcoming weeks. You'll be able to earn plenty of rewards, including new Commander Steam-chan and the Steam Cat permanent camouflage for V Königsberg.

Clan Battles

Update 14.2 delivers a new Clan Battles season, codenamed "Sea Lion."

Format - 7v7; Tier X ships. Gaming sessions are available on Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. General ship restrictions

• Only battleships, destroyers, and cruisers can participate.
• No more than one battleship per team.

Restrictions on particular ships

• X Napoli, X Petropavlovsk, X Louisiana, X A.Nevsky, X Hildebrand, and X Komissar may not be taken into battles.
• Limited the number of X Kléber, X Marceau, and X Marseille. Each team may not have more than one of these ships.
• Limited the number of X Moskva, X Stalingrad, and X Des Moines. Each team may not have more than one of these ships.
• Limited the number of X Småland and X Gdańsk. Each team may not have more than one of these ships.

You can find more details in the game client.

Ranked Battles

Ranked Battles Season 22 is coming in Update 14.2.

Bronze League

• 6v6; Tier VI–VII ships
• No more than 1 aircraft carrier, 1 submarine, 3 battleships, 3 destroyers, and 5 cruisers

Silver League

• 6v6; Tier VIII–IX ships
• No more than 1 aircraft carrier, 1 submarine, 3 battleships, 3 destroyers, and 5 cruisers

Gold League

• 6v6; Tier X ships abd  Superships
• No more than 1 aircraft carrier, 1 submarine, 3 battleships, 3 destroyers, and 5 cruisers

In Season 22, the rule for keeping a Star in the event of a loss is the same for all leagues. Only the top XP earner on the losing team keeps a Star.

Brawls

Three new Brawls with different formats await you in Update 14.2.

Brawl 1

5v5; Tier X battleships, cruisers, destroyers, and submarines
No more than 3 battleships, 4 cruisers, 1 destroyer, and 1 submarine
Maximum Division size: 5

Brawl 2

Brawl 3

Armory

Starting with the release of Update 14.2, Japanese battleship VIII Kii will become available to purchase for  135,000 Coal.

Game Balance Changes

We’re making balance changes to low-tier ships to facilitate smoother progression from Tier I to Tier VI. You’ll find the details of these changes on our Development Blog.

Content Additions and Changes

Special Ship X and Special Ship X Elite containers have been added to the game. You can check out their contents in our Development Blog publication.

• Enemy destruction effect: Revel of Colors.
• Midnight Hollow and Like and Subscribe permanent camouflages.
• Headless Horseman with an individual voiceover.
• Achievements for Clan Battles Season 29: Sea Lion and Hurricane: Sea Lion.
• All players who previously owned VII Rodney will receive a historical permanent camouflage for the ship during Update 14.2. Starting with Update 14.2, all players who obtain VII Rodney will have the historical permanent camouflage by default on the ship.

Test Ships

Ships Provorny (Soviet Tier VIII destroyer), Błyskawica '44 (European Tier VIII destroyer), Protector (U.S. Tier VIII cruiser based on VIII Congress), Hotaka (Japanese Tier IX battleship based on IX Adatara) and Varese (Italian Tier X cruiser based on IX Michelangelo) were added for testing by developers, volunteers, and Community Contributors.

Future Changes

With the release of Update 14.3, we're updating the contents of Golden Week containers and Golden Week Premium containers. You can find the full list of the changes on our Development Blog.

Other changes

• To balance the difficulty of Operations in case there are superships participating in a battle, both the HP pools of enemy ships and damage they deal are now reduced.
• Fixed an issue that led to long waiting time for the Operations to start if there is a Division of players with the ships of the same tiers in a queue. Now the search for a battle in the Operations will be faster.
• Fixed a bug that prevented Operation Aegis from ending if all player ships were destroyed.
• Fixed a rare bug that sometimes prevented the completion of Operation Cherry Blossom.
• Fixed a rare issue that led to all ships spawning in one area in Operation The Ultimate Frontier.
• Fixed a bug that led to early withdrawal of Pink status.
• Fixed a rare bug that sometimes led to the incorrect application of double reward for missed daily mission in an Event Pass.
• Updated textures of coat of arms on Early Access permanent camouflages of VIII Jaarsveld, IX M. van Coehoorn and X Utrecht.

For a complete list of changes, please refer to Player Support. Sep 2, 2020Updated 1 week ago

• Fixed minor visual issues with New Dawn and Land of Fire maps.
• Fixed a rare UI bug in tutorial missions if an event ship is chosen.
• Minor fixes to the UI.

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