Greetings, Captain! My name is Dasha Perova,
and I'm glad to present to you our summer Update 0.11.6!
New British battleships in Early Access, the Industry Titans event,
and a major adjustment to the game economy await you in it.
Watch our review to get all the details!
In Update 0.11.6,
the second branch of British battleships arrives in Early Access.
These ships notably differ from their closest neighbors in the Tech Tree
and require a special approach in battle.
"The Navy's here," Captain!
Welcome Indefatigable, Queen Mary, Tiger, Renown,
Rooke, Hawke, Duncan, and St. Vincent.
Eight steel giants under the flag of the United Kingdom
are ready to make their own history in World of Warships.
Their arsenal consists of AP shells with a short fuse delay.
This allows newcomers to be more efficient against lightly-armored targets.
As for their HE shells, they have pretty standard settings
with a good chance of setting enemy ships on fire.
The guns of the new battleships can hardly be dubbed long-ranged,
so you'll often have to engage your opponents at medium and close range.
Good movement speed complemented with the Engine Boost consumable
will help you get close to your opponent in almost no time.
Most of the ships have torpedoes.
Their number is small, but their damage is impressive.
And when you launch them, they…
Well, it's probably best you see for yourself!
The Defensive AA Fire and efficient Repair Party consumables
complete the portrait of the new battleships.
The latter is replaced with the Repair Division consumable
on Tier IX and X ships.
The Industry Titans event will be another feature of Update 0.11.6.
Three British shipyards will compete for the right to be called
the best ship manufacturer of the Royal Navy.
You must pick one of the teams to participate in the event—
Chatham, Elswick, or Clydebank.
After that, two progress bars will become available to you—
a personal and a team one.
By playing the game, you can reach certain milestones on the bars.
Each will earn you rewards,
ranging from useful items to one of three unique commanders,
British Tokens, and researchable Tier V ships.
The Industry Titans event awaits you, Captain!
Only you can bring one of these shipyards to greatness!
Captain! Important news—large France's cruisers are ready to be researched!
Now, everyone can try their power and strength in battle.
High speed, the trademark French Engine Boost, Main Battery Reload Booster,
guns, and the exterior of a battleship.
This is how you can describe Cherbourg, Brest, and Marseille.
The long- and medium-range battles are the strong suit of the new French ships,
but, thanks to the higher accuracy of the secondary armament,
these three musketeers can also prove themselves in close-range combats.
Research them and see for yourself!
We've completed updating the models of American destroyers.
In this update, lower-tier ships got their textures improved.
I think this is a great reason to helm these beauties into battle!
Sampson, Wickes, Clemson, Nicholas, and Farragut
will look even more realistic from now on.
The game veteran Sims and her twin Sims B
also got their share of high-resolution textures.
Let me remind you that we improved the models
of the higher-tier ships in Update 0.11.5.
In our plans for this year,
we announced the introduction of a major adjustment to the game economy.
And it'll finally go live on our game servers in Update 0.11.6!
We'll tell you how we've separated
the ships' exterior and economic bonuses right away.
In this update, we've separated economic bonuses from signals and camouflages:
Economic bonuses are a separate game entity.
Thus, in Update 0.11.6,
you'll only need to install them on your ship to earn more resources.
You can now select any economic bonuses
and decorate your ship with the camouflage you prefer.
Also, camouflages have become an element of the exterior.
Additionally, a combat bonus reducing the detectability range by sea by 3%
is now included in the stats of all ships,
while the parameter increasing the shell dispersion
of enemies firing at your ship by 4% has been disabled.
As for combat signals, they've kept their purpose.
You can find them in the Equipment tab.
Furthermore, rewards that you receive for various game activities
will be changed as well.
For example, when you open a container,
you'll get economic bonuses instead of economic and special signals.
For more detailed information about this change,
see the dedicated article on our website.
And to the news for fans of competitive modes!
Update 0.11.6 will host two Brawls and kick-start a new season of Ranked Battles.
Both Brawls will be played in a 2 vs. 2 format.
The first stage will see Tier X ships fight,
while the second one will be played exceptionally on Tier VII ships.
However, Season 8 of Ranked Battles
won't make you switch among different tiers.
Battles in all the leagues will be played on Tier X ships in a 6 vs. 6 format.
To other news.
We've improved the minimap and the Tactical Map.
Also, several improvements have been introduced
for the container delivery barge.
Select objects on the Tactical Map or minimap,
click on them, and open up the quick commands.
We've expanded the minimap settings as well.
Now, you can enable and disable the effect radius of your weapons.
The famous container delivery barge has also received its fair share of changes.
You can now select the exact type of container that you want to open,
and you'll be able to view all available containers.
In addition, we've added information
about the contents of containers and the drop chances of different items.
And for the hoarders,
we've increased the number of containers that can be stored to 9,999.
But remember, you can't have more than 100 containers of each type!
And some news for Clans to conclude the episode.
A new structure will be added to the game that will boost supership bonuses.
Also, Clan members playing in a Division will be able to earn a Division Star.
For more detailed information about these and other new features of Update 0.11.6,
visit our website and read the dedicated article.
And I, Dasha Perova, wish you some freshness during these hot summer days
and, of course, a good mood, Captain!