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| 8s | welcome to the second feature breakdown |
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| 10s | video form and guns my name is Dan |
| 12s | Linden I'm the game director for how to |
| 14s | learn for focus today is going to be on |
| 17s | all the big naval changes happening in |
| 19s | this expansion naval combat has also |
| 22s | changed quite drastically on the surface |
| 24s | level we split up into two phases so |
| 27s | you're going to now have your task |
| 28s | force's chase enemy task forces visibly |
| 31s | on the map before even combat happens |
| 34s | this is the case where we can simulate |
| 36s | things like German Raiders escaping and |
| 39s | the kind of stuff as four combats we |
| 41s | completely redone the interface as well |
| 43s | so it's much clearer now the roles of |
| 45s | different ships and it lends itself the |
| 48s | historical compositions of it fleets a |
| 50s | lot better as well also to add some |
| 53s | drama and cool stories to naval combat |
| 54s | we are added a critical hit system so |
| 57s | for example your fancy battleship might |
| 60s | take a hit to its propeller drastically |
| 62s | reducing its speed of course you're |
| 65s | gonna have to adapt your strategy to |
| 67s | this you leave it behind when you need |
| 69s | to run with your fleet or you're gonna |
| 71s | make sure you have enough escorts to |
| 73s | bring it back to be repaired properly |
| 75s | speaking of repair there's gonna be a |
| 78s | big shift in the way your ships take |
| 81s | damage instead of these very decisive |
| 83s | battles with pushing more in a direction |
| 86s | where your ships will take a lot of |
| 87s | damage probably make it back to port to |
| 90s | be repaired but repairing is now no |
| 92s | longer free it takes quite a lot of work |
| 94s | so you have to dedicate dockyards we |
| 97s | have a fully new interface for managing |
| 99s | of the repair you can decide which port |
| 101s | or safety repairing for example how to |
| 103s | prioritize them and this creates a whole |
| 106s | different kind of layer of gameplay |
| 108s | where you need to make sure that you |
| 110s | take care of your fleets you can't just |
| 111s | use them as a one-off you need to be |
| 113s | careful with them now combat damage |
| 116s | isn't the only way your ships are gonna |
| 118s | take damage in the game anymore there's |
| 120s | a whole new mechanic about mines so you |
| 123s | ship might have been hitting enemy mines |
| 125s | as well this is sort of a way to add |
| 128s | conquest of the Seas kind of gameplay as |
| 131s | well so you can both sweet |
| 134s | as well as place mines and both for |
| 137s | defensive and offensive reasons so for |
| 139s | example mining your coastlines gonna |
| 141s | make it harder to invade it it's kind of |
| 144s | helped me there as a miner nation on the |
| 147s | offense but maybe not with a fleet |
| 149s | strong enough to challenge Britain can |
| 152s | be dropped in mines in sea lanes that |
| 154s | kind of stuff costs a lot more for the |
| 156s | for the big nations that clean this |
| 158s | stuff up to save their convoys than it |
| 160s | does for you to sneak them out in the |
| 162s | night so this adds kind of asymmetrical |
| 166s | gameplay options for weakened Asians |
| 168s | where they've normally not had a lot of |
| 171s | options in hot varam because of the size |
| 173s | of certain nations fleets to help |
| 175s | elevate the naval gameplay and give more |
| 177s | options to players we're adding a new |
| 179s | ship designer to the game that means |
| 182s | that you yourself can decide what kind |
| 184s | of capabilities ships are gonna have for |
| 186s | example a destroyer you can have |
| 188s | anti-aircraft guns you can have main |
| 190s | armaments you can have torpedoes you can |
| 193s | have anti Saab it's lots of different |
| 195s | options and all of these kind of come |
| 197s | with trade-offs so up to you what kind |
| 199s | of designs you want to do one have a |
| 201s | destroyer that can do everything have a |
| 203s | couple of different destroyers optimized |
| 205s | for certain tasks this goes for any ship |
| 208s | class as well of course when it comes to |
| 210s | the battleship you're probably going to |
| 211s | be seeing how many guns you can cram on |
| 213s | there |
| 213s | speaking of big ships as well they come |
| 216s | with a big investment so you want want |
| 218s | to improve them in the future as well |
| 219s | so we're adding a refitting which means |
| 222s | that you can send your ships back into |
| 224s | the production and have them refit the |
| 226s | good stuff and depending on what kind of |
| 228s | size here you know it'll take different |
| 230s | kinds of time so just slapping on some |
| 231s | anti-aircraft fire not a big deal you're |
| 234s | gonna be switching our turrets that's |
| 236s | gonna take you a long time maybe that's |
| 239s | time you want to spend to modernize your |
| 241s | old lady when it comes to your Admirals |
| 244s | they've done a similar thing that we did |
| 246s | in waking the tiger for your generals |
| 248s | there so you're going to be able to to |
| 251s | groom your Admirals now with traits and |
| 254s | new skills so we have three different |
| 257s | kinds of traits we have our noble traits |
| 260s | and these are the kind of things where |
| 262s | you're you're fighting in a certain |
| 264s | terrain or a climate so for example |
| 267s | your admin all become better in Arctic |
| 268s | waters maybe it's really good at hiding |
| 271s | in the shallows or or in the |
| 273s | archipelago's the more you fight in |
| 275s | these kind of terrains the better you're |
| 277s | gonna be at them this can leave you a |
| 279s | bit of a home advantage for example then |
| 282s | there's the the stuff that really lets |
| 284s | you tailor your Admiral's and these are |
| 286s | the assignable traits so these are the |
| 288s | ones you pick yourself and that means |
| 291s | you can sort of plan had for example |
| 293s | examples here is a concealment expert is |
| 297s | kind of a perfect match if you want to |
| 298s | have a submarine heavy force and let's |
| 301s | see fire torpedoes and fade into the |
| 303s | night without as high a chance of being |
| 305s | detected of course if you're running a |
| 307s | big fleet we carry us you might be |
| 309s | picking skills more attuned to that now |
| 312s | one of the biggest most important jobs |
| 314s | for Navy is to support your invasions |
| 317s | and we have another feature to help with |
| 319s | this as well and phoebius landing |
| 321s | vehicles now these come in two flavors |
| 323s | you have the mechanized infantry |
| 326s | carrying ones and you have the more |
| 328s | tank-like ones and the idea is that |
| 331s | these will help you crack the really |
| 332s | tough beaches late in the game but also |
| 335s | gonna help you say in Russia when you |
| 337s | need to get across a big river heavily |
| 339s | defended by the enemy now there's also |
| 342s | several smaller features that tie into |
| 344s | the naval theme so for example you'll be |
| 346s | able to train your navies in peacetime |
| 348s | you of course also will be able to train |
| 351s | your Air Force now as well there is new |
| 354s | diplomatic options so you can request |
| 356s | docking rights will be neutral so for |
| 358s | example as Germany you'll be able to run |
| 359s | your submarines out of Spain to reach |
| 361s | into the British Empire easier there's |
| 365s | also more control over actually where |
| 367s | your shipping routes are going so you |
| 369s | can mark areas that you don't want them |
| 371s | to go through review marked as too |
| 373s | dangerous meaning that you can |
| 375s | effectively add another layer of |
| 377s | strategy on to this the submarine |
| 379s | warfare here because you can concentrate |
| 382s | what you want your routes to go you can |
| 384s | move them around if the enemy is too |
| 386s | easy time to go there for example of |
| 389s | course this will come with trade-offs |
| 390s | and cost of amount of convoys you need |
| 392s | and that kind of stuff man the guns is |
| 395s | going to introduce fuel as a new |
| 396s | resource now fuel is used by your most |
| 399s | powerful |
| 400s | units Air Force your your Navy in |
| 404s | particular tanks and trucks and this is |
| 407s | a kind of resource that you need to |
| 409s | think about when you're going to use so |
| 411s | pre-war years it's very important to |
| 414s | build enough stockpile of the fuel |
| 416s | because it's gonna be hard to to get |
| 418s | access to it once you go to war with |
| 420s | people depending on inside of course the |
| 422s | Allies might have an easier time here so |
| 424s | it really becomes this this strategic |
| 427s | layer of when should I be using this |
| 429s | powerful resource and stuff and when |
| 431s | should I be deploying all my Armed |
| 432s | Forces I can't really put my entire |
| 435s | fleet to work all the time anymore |
| 436s | because then they're going to eat up |
| 437s | your entire stockpile of fuel now you |
| 440s | have a lot of control over the size who |
| 441s | your stockpile as well so you can build |
| 443s | silos you can build refineries to help |
| 445s | out if you don't have access to to oil |
| 447s | directly in the world or you don't get |
| 450s | enough from trade for example I think |
| 452s | this is gonna really shake up people's |
| 454s | strategies you're gonna need to think |
| 456s | quite differently on when you need these |
| 458s | resources and how much of them you're |
| 460s | going to need and when to use them so |
| 462s | that wraps up this feature highlight |
| 464s | video we've been talking about a lot of |
| 466s | different changes happening to the naval |
| 468s | gameplay in the hot so Erin and I hope |
| 471s | you look forward to actually playing the |
| 472s | expansion |
| 482s | you |