Developer Bulletin for Update 0.10.3

• IMPORTANT! Because the update is still being tested, the information in this Bulletin is tentative and reflects the state of game development at the time of its publication. Some changes and new features may be removed entirely or implemented differently by the time the update goes live. Screenshots, specific values of certain characteristics, and details of in-game mechanics will not necessarily be relevant after the update is released.

• Please note: the rewards for activities on the Public Test server may differ from those on the Live Server.

Hamburg Dockyard: ZF-6

Players will be able to return to the Hamburg Dockyard, where a new German Tier IX destroyer, Steam post image IX ZF-6, can be built. The ship has decent concealment; AP shells that can inflict significant damage and have enhanced ricochet angles; and the Engine Boost, Smoke Generator, and Defensive AA Fire consumables. When countering destroyers, the ship can take advantage of the Main Battery Reload Booster consumable. When it comes to heavily armored targets, her fast torpedoes that can inflict heavy damage and have a decent reload time, but also quite high detectability, may come in handy.

The rules of the event are similar to those of the previous Dockyards, but the number of shipbuilding phases and rewards are different.

• The construction process at the Dockyard comprises 22 phases.

• The shipbuilding phases can be completed by progressing through the Dockyard combat missions or by spending 2,200 Doubloons to pass through each phase.

• The combat missions of the Dockyard will span two updates—0.10.3 and 0.10.4. Players will be able to complete shipbuilding phases in exchange for Doubloons until the end of Update 0.10.5.

• In total, you can pass through 19 out of 22 shipbuilding phases by progressing through Dockyard combat missions.

• For completing shipbuilding phases, you can earn Coal, Premium Account time, Elite Commander XP, and other rewards.

• Upon completing the 22nd shipbuilding phase, you'll receive Steam post image IX ZF-6 in the War Paint camouflage, a Commander with 10 skill points, a Port slot, and a commemorative flag.

The first four shipbuilding phases involve the creation of Steam post image IX ZF-6's design drawings. Then the building of the ship begins.

If you complete the construction of Steam post image IX ZF-6 by spending Doubloons, make sure to keep progressing through the Dockyard combat missions—completing each phase will bring you 3,000 Coal and 200 Steel.

• The reward for completing the 22nd shipbuilding phase on the Public Test server is 100,000 Coal instead of IX ZF-6.

German Destroyers: Part 1

Update 0.10.3 kicks off an event that places the new German Tier VII–IX destroyers right in spotlight! These ships will become available in Early Access on the Live Server only when the update is released. Meanwhile, we invite you to take part in the testing of the event.

• AddedNotethe new German destroyers can't be obtained on the Public Test server.

Features of the Ship Branch

• Accurate main battery guns with a large caliber for this ship type—150 mm.

• Powerful AP shells with decent penetration, damage, and enhanced shell ricochet angles. They are capable of dealing significant damage to cruisers.

• Good armor for their type and large HP pools. Combined with effective artillery, this results in special gameplay for the new German destroyers. They are essentially agile mini cruisers with powerful AP shells that primarily focus on lone targets—light cruisers particularly.