News and Rumours

**Satoshi** · 06-26-2018, 12:17 PM

I hope WG rebalance before finaly relase the ship.

Since I play mostly DD I noticed over the time that many open cap near islands, are placed over the game in a way that you can use them as cover and reach the other end of a cap when your radar range extends 11km and otherwise you have to find a closer spot or go open, in case you really want to get the full cap. (Some maps of course have closer safe spots)
Maybe I'am a bit paranoid but it's funny how they are often placed around that number. So over the time I think they always find a way to give their ship that tiny luxury extra touch. Even its not obvious in numbers.
So rebalance maybe if enough ppl cry, but I still think they will find other ways then.

**M.A.Mitscher** · 06-26-2018, 05:46 PM

@hidahos Is balans, tovarisch. If you do not agree, there's a nice cold room for you in Siberia.

**hidahos** · 06-26-2018, 06:14 PM

Zao will access type93mod3 torpedoes (12km). Zao can stealth torp again like a "Kitakami".

The armor belt thickness in the fore and aft ends of Soviet cruiser Moskva has been increased from 25 mm to 50 mm. That 25 mm and long detection range was the reason not to buy Moskva... We will see how well bowtank now?

Kitakaze—Japanese Tier IX destroyer;
Harugumo—Japanese Tier X destroyer for testing purpose.

**M.A.Mitscher** · 06-27-2018, 06:56 AM

@hidahos The Zao change is freaking awesome. Because now she can do the tactics that several tiers of IJN Cruisers did before her as "Skirmishers" with torpedoes and gunfire. Extremely dangerous on the "Kite." The F3 torps were nice and powerful, but too circumstantial and limited with 8km range. The Shima torps make her a very all around Tier X Cruiser threat different from the others.

Hindenburg is a good gunner but can't do the torp + gunfire ploy as her many torps are too short ranged. She also has abysmal concealment.

Henri IV has strong, good guns, long range torps, but shit concealment and the mass of her torp salvos are too small.

Moskva, Des Moines have no torpedoes at all.

Minotaur has the concealment, powerful and massive torpedo drop potential. But because she has RN CL AP, she cannot make a victim truly pay if they get hit by her torps and forced to use DCP.

Zao is going to be the only one that can truly present a terrifying Flood + Fire stacking threat among the Tier X Cruisers.

This is a smart buff which isn't just a simple "Moar Sigma" or "Moar HP" buff or anything along those lines. This buff opens up a set of tactics with the ship. It is no longer a simple case of shell spam as with several of her Cruiser peers at Tier X. She will gain several ways to fight, and not just spam shells.

**M.A.Mitscher** · 06-28-2018, 09:21 AM

Oh shit, the Zao torp thing? I didn't expect it to go Live for a few more weeks, but it's here!

**hidahos** · 07-09-2018, 05:29 PM

In random battle encontered a new T7 test ship. Can't remember correct name "xxxx De xxxxxx" (spanish or italian?). 33k hp. 5x3 gun same configuration as Mogamin. Smaller than 203mm. Can't citadel with Takao. Overpen and shatter mostly.

Next time try to do some screenshot if encounter her.

**ofi123** · 07-10-2018, 08:37 AM

@hidahos

Is it this?

**hidahos** · 07-10-2018, 09:38 AM

ofi123:
Yes, this one. Encountered in live server.

**M.A.Mitscher** · 07-11-2018, 01:18 AM

NdJ has fluctuated in testing quite a bit. First she was going to have Radar, as with all other USN Cruiser Premiums in Tier VII. Now it's Repair Party instead.

FYI, NdJ is USS Boise. She was sold to Argentina in the years after WWII.

**ofi123** · 07-16-2018, 05:26 AM

Can't wait for the 100mm buff to go through. Sad that ducky would get nerfed for that but Harekaze would be much more effective. Had always wanted Harekaze to get torp or hp buff as stock Kagero torps and hp makes her fun but not really effective as either torp (stock kagero torps gets spotted and dodged so easily) or gunboat (low hp pool to effectively be one). If 25mm pen 100mm buff goes through she would finally be effective on cruisers and battleships as a gunboat, with the lack of range to balance things out as it make people choose either IFHE (to pen 32mm but risk shooting in radar range) or AFT (can't pen 32mm but have.a better buffer zone to shoot). Though giving up DE and AR may also be viable.