Italian cruisers leave early access;
the introduction of a new collection,
a unique historical Commander—Luigi Sansonetti;
the fourteenth season of Ranked Battles;
and other features and improvements!
All this and many other things await you in Update 0.8.10.
The Italians are making their presence felt in our game!
Please welcome the complete branch
of researchable Italian cruisers to World of Warships!
The beautiful Venezia resides at the very top—
Tier X.
carrying fifteen guns with a caliber of 203 millimeters
that can be loaded with either armor-piercing shells
or brand new semi-armor-piercing shells.
So, what’s important to know about the new shells?
Semi-armor-piercing projectiles can penetrate armor at very acute angles,
they don't suffer from overpenetrations,
and their damage mechanics are very similar to those of high-explosive shells.
While the new shells can't start fires on enemy ships,
successful hits with them will certainly
make you happy with their high damage stats.
In battle, semi-armor-piercing shells are best used
against destroyers and light cruisers.
They are also very effective when firing
at an enemy ship's ends, superstructures, or casemates.
However, if an adversary exposes their broadside to you at close range,
a salvo of armor-piercing shells will prove to be more efficient.
The Italians bring another novelty with them—
the Exhaust Smoke Generator consumable.
This allows a cruiser to hide in smoke without having to slow down.
Players will be able to test the efficiency of semi-armor-piercing shells
starting from Tier II,
while Exhaust Smoke Generator becomes available at Tier V.
Detailed information on Italian cruisers
can be found in a dedicated article on our website.
Our new "Resolute and Rapid" collection
is set to add even more Italian flavor to the game.
It reveals the history of Italian ships,
their combat service, and commemorative medals.
Once you complete it,
the new unique Commander—
Luigi Sansonetti—
will join your fleet.
Elements of the collection can only be found
in "Resolute and Rapid" containers
during Update 0.8.10.
The elements won’t drop from daily containers,
but don't get discouraged
if you aren’t able to gather the entire collection in time.
The new Italian containers will become available in the Armory
for Coal in a future update.
Let's return to Luigi Sansonetti.
This Italian Commander has the improved
Expert Loader and Torpedo Acceleration skills,
in addition to three unique talents.
Just as with other unique historical Commanders,
a ship helmed by Sansonetti will be decorated with a guidon
and have colored shell traces.
Each time one of his talents is activated, a signal flare will be fired.
Another historical and unique Commander—Nikolay Kuznetsov—
is again available in the Armory.
You can enlist Kuznetsov for 175,000 Coal.
Pan-Asian Commander Quan Rong is also available for Coal,
while his brother Da Rong is available for 1,500 doubloons.
Despite not having any special talents,
they both have two improved skills:
Demolition Expert and Survivability Expert.
The collection of ships available for Coal has also grown.
Now, everyone can obtain the famous Polish destroyer, Blyskawica,
which sails under the European flag in our game.
Captains! The Portal to another world is still open!
Until November 27,
you still have the opportunity to participate in the Raid for the Filth!
Here are the rules in case you forgot:
three teams, with three players in each,
fight against each other and hordes of monsters
controlled by artificial intelligence to collect a precious resource—Filth.
It can be exchanged for useful and valuable rewards in the Armory.
Please note: once the mode ends,
the Halloween monster ships will remain in your Port
until the release of Update 0.8.11,
but you won't be able to enter battle playing them.
The new, Fourteenth Season of Ranked Battles
is set to kick off at the middle of this Update.
Battles will be held in an 8 versus 8 format playing Tier X ships.
Only one aircraft carrier
and a maximum of four battleships per team are allowed.
The main reward is 5,500 Steel.
All battles will be fought in Domination mode on the following maps:
Shards, Northern Lights, Trident, Haven, Greece, and Riposte.
Onwards to other news:
we are continuing to improve the lighting in our game.
Ten maps, along with such Ports as Ocean and Saint Petersburg,
will be displayed in fresh colors and have new visuals.
We've also improved matchmaking for Co-op Battles.
Battles will now be fought in a 9 versus 9 format,
and bots will be added to any incomplete player team in a more diverse way.
Co-op Battles will also have a limit
on the maximum number of ships of the highest tier in a battle,
and the minimum number of ships of the lowest tier.
The matchmaker will now try to eliminate situations
where, for example, one Tier VIII ship
is assigned to a battle in which all the remaining ship are from Tier X.
In future, we plan to introduce
similar improvements to Random Battles as well.
Apart from that, our game will soon have a fresh batch
of “black ships” dedicated to the Black Friday event,
with the letter "B" in their names.
You'll find out which ships exactly very soon,
as well as other details about them.
You can find detailed information
about all the new features and changes in Update 0.8.10 on our website.
My name is Dasha Perova.
Until next time, Captains!
What!?
Even more confident?
I’m confident!
The Italians are making their presence felt in our game!
WHAT!?
Good.