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Update 12.2: Trouble in the Hot Tub

Trouble in the Hot Tub ● U.S. Hybrid Battleships ● British Submarines ● Pan-American Cruisers ● Changes to the Battle Economy ● Battle Pass ● Ranked Battles ● Brawls ● Armory ● Game Balance ● Content Additions and Changes ● etc.

Trouble in the Hot Tub

It's time to make a splash—battles are going to be fought in a special hot tub to mark April Fools' Day! Choose your rubber ducky and compete for the title of "best hot tub fighter" on an updated map with animated elements and transparent water.

A total of six rubber duckies of different types are available — two destroyers, two cruisers, and two battlequacks .. er .. ships.

• All players will immediately receive one duck of each type — X Don de la DuQue, X Luigi McQuacci, and X Quackaducko.
• Earn 20,000 Base XP playing each starter duckie of the corresponding type to gain access to the remaining duckies— ★ Duck Punchis; ★ Furo; and ★ D.U.C.K. [a.k.a Superducks = Ed.]

All rubber duckies have a new type of armament — splashy mines. Laying these mines is similar to dropping depth charges; however, the mines do not submerge underwater. The mines explode a little while after being laid or upon contact with duckies, and they can cause flooding.

In addition to mines, rubber duckies utilize familiar weapons that have been specifically stylized for the event. Depending on the ship type, their armament can include high-explosive or armor-piercing bubbles, as well as fizzy torpedoes. High-explosive bubbles don't cause fires, but they do have chances of causing flooding.

Since the duckies are rubber, they don't take any ramming damage. If they collide with each other or with other objects on the map, they simply bounce off, gaining a speed boost.

U.S. Hybrid Battleships

U.S. hybrid battleships are armed with artillery that has a good firing range but not the highest damage per minute.

A squadron of bombers that carry HE bombs acts as their aircraft armament. The large number of aircraft in each flight will allow you to deal significant damage to enemy ships and set them on fire. The squadron can also be used for reconnaissance.

The most vulnerable parts of the new ships are their large, lightly armored superstructures that house their aircraft hangars.

Early Access to British submarines is ongoing

Early Access to British submarines continues in Update 12.2.

During the week, you still have the opportunity to complete combat mission groups and obtain British Tokens, as well as a bonus package for VI UndineItalic text.

The Armory section dedicated to the event is available until the release of Update 12.3. In this section, you'll be able to spend your British Tokens to obtain sequential bundles that hold British submarines; the Iron Resilience permanent camouflage for VIII Sturdy; the Victoria Cross permanent camouflage for X Thrasher; and a bonus package for VIII Sturdy; as well as other rewards. You'll also have the opportunity to get additional British Tokens from random bundles in exchange for  Doubloons there.

The main armament of the new submarines is represented only by acoustic homing torpedoes with a large count per salvo, fast reload, good range and speed, but not the highest damage.

British submarines have a high dive capacity but small HP pools. Their consumables are represented by Damage Control Party with a limited number of charges, Submarine Surveillance, and Hydrophone — a standard set for submarines. Their Hydrophone has a fast cooldown time and short interval between pings but a limited number of charges, as well as a short ship-bearing range compared with submarines of other nations.

Battle Pass

Following tradition, Update 12.2 brings a new Battle Pass (BP). Earn BP Points for completing daily and weekly combat missions, advance through the BP progress bar, and move to new levels.

The final reward of the Free BP is Pan-American Tokens and containers that hold rare economic bonuses. You can use these Tokens to gain Early Access to Pan-American cruisers. The Premium BP offers even more valuable in-game items, and its final reward is VIII Ignacio Allende in Early Access.

Early Access to Pan-American cruisers

The Port of Rio de Janeiro has been updated to mark the event.

The event dedicated to Early Access to Pan-American cruisers starts a week after the release of Update 12.2.

• II Almirante Barroso will be available in daily random bundles for Doubloons immediately after the update goes live.
• III Vicente Guerrero, IV Córdoba, V La Argentina, VI Almirante Cochrane, VII Coronel Bolognesi, and X San Martín will be available in sequential bundles for Pan-American Tokens.
• VIII Ignacio Allende is the final reward of the Premium BP.
• IX Santander can be obtained via random bundles available for  Doubloons.

The number of Tokens that can be obtained for free is sufficient to purchase Tier III–VII ships, as well as the Mayan Mystery permanent camouflage for VIII Ignacio Allende. If you purchase random bundles that hold additional Tokens for Free XP, you can obtain the Muisca Gold permanent camouflage for IX Santander.

Features of the New Ships

The new cruisers are only armed with AP shells with enhanced ricochet angles. Starting from Tier VI, they have access to Combat Instructions — activating these increases their consumable cooldown speed. The ships have weak armor but good concealment.

Starting from Tier II, the ships have access to Repair Party. From Tier VI, they have access to Specialized Repair Teams, which restores a considerable portion of the damage received. And from Tier VIII, they have access to the Surveillance Radar consumable.

Medium and long ranges are optimal for engagements; however, the ships are armed with torpedoes with medium characteristics for forced encounters at close range.

Thanks to the bonus provided by Combat Instructions, which is activated by continuously firing at enemy ships, the cruisers can frequently use Specialized Repair Teams, which restores a significant amount of hit points, including citadel hit points. This allows the cruisers to play quite aggressively and "trade" their HP points profitably.

Changes to the Battle Economy

The economic reward for transferring intelligence data has been increased to match the level of rewards for dealing damage from the main armament types. Supporting allies is now fairly rewarded without forcing players to choose between personal effectiveness and helping their team. You can evaluate damage upon your spotting in the detailed post-battle statistics. This parameter was added to these statistics in Update 12.0.

To balance these changes and keep average earnings at the same level, the rewards for dealing damage, detecting torpedoes, and earning the "Spotted" and "Defended" ribbons have been reduced. The Credit reward for receiving potential damage has been reduced for battleships. The rewards for detecting ships and torpedoes are now the same for all ship types.

The reward for dealing damage with secondary battery guns has been increased to be similar to the reward for dealing damage with primary armament types. This means that the average earnings of battleships with secondary armament-focused game play will increase to the level of their peers.

The average XP and Credit earnings for some ship types and tiers have been slightly changed. The changes are aimed at minimizing differences in the average earnings of all ship types at the same tier. Previously, differences at high tiers could reach 10%, but now they are reduced to 2%. The most significant changes have been made to Tier V–VII battleships: They will now receive 5% fewer  Credits. The profitability of Tier V–IX destroyers in Credits and XP has been increased by 1–3%, depending on the tier. The profitability of super carriers and super cruisers has been reduced: They will now receive 8% less XP and 6% fewer  Credits.

Ranked Battles

Update 12.2 kicks off the Eleventh Season of Ranked Battles, and you’ll be able to participate playing all ship types. The battles will utilize different formats.

Bronze and Silver Leagues

6 vs. 6 playing Tier VIII–IX ships

Gold League

6 vs. 6 playing Tier X ships.

Armory

With the release of Update 12.2, IX Illinois will become available in the Armory. The ship is a variant of an Iowa-class battleship that is re-equipped with more powerful AA guns and 203 mm main battery artillery housed in quadruple-gun turrets.

The ship combines the armor of a battleship and the main battery of a cruiser. She has a high firing rate and accuracy, but low armor penetration and damage per salvo. Her AP shells have enhanced ricochet angles. The battleship has a small HP pool but has access to enhanced Damage Control Party and Repair Party. The ship enjoys strong AA defenses and high speed.

Brawls

Update 12.2 features three Brawls in different formats.

The first Brawl utilizes a 2 vs. 2 format playing Tier IX ships. You can participate in Divisions of up to two players.

No more than one battleship, two cruisers, and two destroyers per team.

Game Balance Changes

We’re tuning the balance of certain ships based on our analysis of their combat effectiveness and your feedback.

Hybrid ships

• IX Kearsarge, IX Kearsarge B, VIII Tone, and VI Ise will receive Depth Charge Airstrike with standard parameters for the ship type and tier.
• The Airstrike Modification 1 upgrade will become available for IX Kearsarge, IX Kearsarge B, VIII Tone, and VI Ise.

French Tier VIII cruiser Cherbourg

• Main battery reload time increased from 28 to 29 s.

Pan-Asian Tier VIII destroyers Fenyang and Ship Smasha

• Main battery reload time reduced from 4.7 to 4.4 s.

Italian Tier V destroyer Maestrale

• Maximum SAP shell damage reduced from 2,800 to 2,600.

Italian Tier VI destroyer Aviere

• Main battery reload time increased from 6.8 to 7.1 s.

Italian Tier IX destroyer Adriatico

• Main battery reload time reduced from 5.7 to 5.4 s.

Italian Tier V battleship Conte di Cavour

• Main battery reload time reduced from 30 to 28.5 s.

Italian Tier II cruiser Nino Bixio

• Maximum SAP shell damage reduced from 2,800 to 2,600.
• Main battery reload time reduced from 12 to 11 s.

Soviet Tier V cruiser Kotovsky

• Main battery reload time reduced from 9.5 to 9 s.

Japanese Tier V cruiser Agano

• Fixed an issue with incorrect torpedo damage.
• Torpedo damage reduced from 20,967 to 17,233.
• Main battery reload time reduced from 9 to 8.5 s.

British Tier X battleship Incomparable

• Main battery reload time reduced from 29 to 28 s.

Spanish Tier X destroyer Álvaro de Bazán

• The reload time of a series of salvos reduced from 28 to 24 s.

Dutch Tier X destroyer Tromp

• Torpedo speed increased from 64 to 71 knots.
• Maximum torpedo damage increased from 13,700 to 15,000.
• Chances of causing flooding with torpedoes increased from 227% to 249%.

Content Additions and Changes

Bling

We've added four Submarine Commander emblems, which are similar to existing emblems for other ship types.

The condition for obtaining emblems is to achieve a certain average damage value per battle playing submarines over the last 100 battles. This can be done in Random Battles playing submarines of specific tiers.

Emblem Submarine tiers Average damage Submarine Commander III VIII, X 23,000 Submarine Commander II VIII, X 26,000 Submarine Commander I VIII, X 40,000 Submarine Commander. Elite Forces X 60,000

Updated the visual appearance of the following patches: Panda, Mod Maker, WoWS Privateer, "This Is the Chinese Navy!," Bubble Tea, Verizon Warrior's Championship, Global Community Player Gathering, Supertest Team Member, Game Developer, "For Meritorious Service," Collectors Club Member, Year of the Pig, and Earth Pig. The Mod Maker and WoWS Privateer emblems have also been updated.

Maps

The Shatter map has been removed from the list of maps for Clan Battles Season 20. It has been replaced by Hotspot.

Dynamic Permacamos

We've added ships IX STAR Kitakaze and VIII STAR Edinburgh with characteristics similar to those of IX Kitakaze and VIII Edinburgh, respectively, as well as Commanders Andromeda and Triangulum with special voiceovers.

The main feature of the ships is a permanent camouflage that reacts to events around the ship and changes its appearance right in battle.

KotS Items

New content for the King of the Sea XV tournament has been added to the game:

• The "King of the Sea — Viking" permanent camouflage for X Halland

• Commander Björn Konungr with a special voiceover
• The King of the Sea XV commemorative flag
• The King of the Sea XV Finalist achievement

Container Contents

Updated the container mechanics for dropping Commanders: If you already have any Commanders from the list, you will receive the Commanders who aren't currently in your roster until you have all of them. You will only receive duplicates when you have all Commanders from the list. The drop chances for all Commanders you don't possess at the moment you open a container are the same. After obtaining all Commanders from a container, the drop chances for any of them are the same.

The contents of the Royal Navy Premium container are going to be updated with the release of Update 12.2.

Royal Navy Premium container

• First slot
  • 10x - one of { India Delta signals, India Yankee, Juliet Charlie, November Foxtrot } signals
• Second slot
  • 60% - 6x one of { Credits +160%, Ship XP +800%, Commander XP +800%, Free XP +2,400% } (blue) economic bonuses
  • 28.5% -  900,000 Credits
  • 10% -  6,000 Coal
  • 1.6% - VIII Colossus plus a Commander with 10 skill points [and presumably a Port Slot - Ed.]
• Third slot
  • 10x one of { X-Ray Papa Unaone, Sierra Bravo, Sierra Mike, India Delta, Victor Lima, India X-Ray } signals

The contents of Italian Cruisers containers and Italian Cruisers Premium containers are going to be updated with the release of Update 12.3.

Italian Cruisers container

• First slot
  • 1x Regia Marina camouflage
• Second slot
  • 80% - 1x of { Credits +20%, Ship XP +100%, Commander XP +100%, Free XP +300% } (grey) economic bonuses
  • 19% -  1,800 Elite Commander XP
  • 0.7% - one of ships { V Genova, VI Duca d'Aosta, VII Duca degli Abruzzi, VII Gorizia } with a Commander with 3 skill points [and presumably a Port Slot - Ed.]
  • 0.3% - X Napoli with a Commander with 3 skill points [and presumably a Port Slot - Ed.]
• Third slot
  • 1x Regia Marina camouflage

Italian Cruisers Premium container

• First slot
  • 3x Regia Marina camouflages
• Second slot
  • 60% - 7x one of { Credits +160%, Ship XP +800%, Commander XP +800%, Free XP +2,400% } (blue) economic bonuses
  • 32% -  51,000 Elite Commander XP
  • 6% - one of ships { V Genova, VI Duca d'Aosta, VII Duca degli Abruzzi, VII Gorizia } with a Commander with 3 skill points [and presumably a Port Slot - Ed.]
  • 2% - X Napoli with a Commander with 3 skill points [and presumably a Port Slot - Ed.]
• Third slot
  • 3x Regia Marina camouflages

A special voiceover has been added for Commander Ashley Violet.

The following ships have been added for testing by developers, supertesters, and community contributors: V Muavenet, VI Stord, VII Grom, VIII Split, IX Lambros Katsonis, X Gdańsk, VI Elli, VIII Nottingham, and X Gato.

In Update 12.4, IX Groningen, X Hayate, IX Azuma, and IX Ägir will no longer be available to purchase in the Tech Tree for Free XP. At the same time, players will have the opportunity to purchase these ships in the Armory for  Coal.

Other Changes and Improvements

• Updated pop-up windows with currency and resource descriptions.
• Fixed a number of issues and improved the interface for the Battle Pass window.
• Updated pop-up windows that describe Combat Instructions.
• Improved the interface of introductory missions for newcomers and added new tips.
• Added a Pan-American tech tree to the Tech Tree tab.
• Improved the geometry and textures of the following ships: ★ United States, X Midway, IX Vallejo, IX Hector, ★ Admiral Ushakov, X Louisiana, IX Mogador, VIII Richelieu, X Tromp, III Ning Hai.
• Improved the geometry and textures of the Boitatá permanent camouflage for VI Juruá and Mid-Autumn Festival permanent camouflage for VIII Kaga.
• Fixed visual effects in Naval Base Port.
• Updated features of the British submarine branch.
• Improved the game client performance when viewing the ship parameter section and the Equipment window in the Port.
• Fixed errors in the voiceovers for some Commanders.
• Improved display of aircraft propellers.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the ship name from displaying on the Iron Resilience permanent camouflage for VIII Sturdy and Victoria Cross permanent camouflage for X Thrasher.
• Fixed an issue that caused incorrect rewards for Battle Pass levels to be awarded in some situations.
• Fixed an issue that caused some interface elements to be displayed incorrectly in the Port.
• Fixed an issue that caused the game client to crash when exiting a battle or container window.
• Fixed the position of aircraft on decks of aircraft carriers VIII Sanzang, VIII Indomitable, and X Hakuryū.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the game client to crash when ending Operation Hermes or attempting to reconnect to it.
• Fixed an issue that caused the progress for received rewards for a league to not be reset when changing a Sprint in Ranked Battles.
• Fixed an issue that caused the flag to be displayed incorrectly in the ship specifications section in the Port.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused incorrect music to be played when helming submarines.

For a complete list, please refer to Player Support.

• Fixed the Hornet icon in the Port.

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