Closed Test 14.5 - Buffs 'n' Nerfs to 11 Ships

Based on testing results, we are applying changes to Hughes, Osborne, Christopher, Burrows, Protector, Varese, Marcantonio Colonna, Le Havre, Nanning, I-56 '44, and Willem de Eerste.

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American destroyers

VII Hughes Ship Page

• Main battery reload time increased: 3.4 to 3.7s

VIII Osborne Ship Page, IX Christopher Ship Page, and X Burrows Ship Page

• Shell Ballistics improved. They will now become flatter.
• HE and AP Shell Air Drag reduced from: 0.2617 to 0.2377

VII Hughes, VIII Osborne, IX Christopher and X Burrows

• Fixed a bug related to smoke generator mechanics to prevent un-intended situations where these ships were able to sail outside of the smoke at low speeds while the consumable is active.

Experimental ships

VIII Protector Ship Page

• Rudder shift time reduced: 13 to 11.2s

X Varese Ship Page

• Rudder shift time reduced: 14.4 to 12.4s

Premium and Special ships

VIII Marcantonio Colonna Ship Page

• Bow and Stern armor plating reduced: 32 to 25mm
• Lower Bow armor plating reduced: 150 to 30mm

IX Le Havre Ship Page

• Main battery sigma value increased: 1.7 to 1.8
• Main Battery Reload Booster consumable removed
• Combat Instructions added:
  • Action time: 50s
  • Time before losing progress: 50s
  • Progress loss per second: 5%
  • Activation condition:
    • Progress per main battery shell hit: 7.5%
  • Activation effect:
    • Secondary battery shell dispersion: -15%
    • Secondary battery HE shell penetration: +30%
• Central deck armor plating increased: 30 to 32mm
• Casemate armor plating increased: 27 to 32mm

IX Nanning Ship Page

• All main battery turrets can now turn 360 degrees

X I-56 '44 Ship Page

• Sonar range increased: 7 to 8.5km
• Submarine Surveillance consumable parameters changed:
  • Submarine detection range increased: 5 to 6km
  • Number of consumables reduced: Unlimited to 2
• Reserve Battery Unit consumable parameters changed:
  • Number of consumables increased: 2 to 3
  • Cooldown time increased: 120 to 140s

X Willem de Eerste Ship Page

• Removed ship-based depth charges
• Changed ASW airstrike to the following parameters:
  • Maximum range: 15km
  • Number of charges: 2
  • Reload time: 120s
  • Maximum bomb damage: 3,000
  • Number of aircraft in attacking flight: 1
  • Number of bombs in payload: 3

*10.06.2025. Fixed a mistake with the number of bombs in payload for Willem de Eerste.

Please note that all information in the development blog is preliminary. Announced adjustments and features may change multiple times during testing. The final information will be published on our game's website.