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German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin, tier VIII:

Torpedo damage increased from 4 533 to 5 333;


Flooding chance increased from 25% to 29%;


Bomb normalization improved by 5 degrees.

According to the analysis of statistics, the change to the Graf Zeppelin bombers in 0.8.4 was not enough to balance her against other tier VIII CVs. Changes to torpedoes will increase the total damage dealt by the CV, and the improved normalization will increase the effective armor penetration at certain angles and will slightly reduce the number of bomb armed against ship superstructures.

Please note that the information in the Development Blog is preliminary.

Aircraft preparation time at the beginning of the battle was tested on the 0.8.4 Public Test.

The purpose of the change was not only to delay the detection of the enemy team but also to achieve the almost simultaneous beginning of battle for all ships. Destroyers are fighting at the control area, cruisers and battleships are firing at the spotted targets. Presently, this flow is broken by early detection from the air. We want to bring the timing of battle to the point that the aircraft are near the control area at close to the same time as other classes.

Preparation time influenced the battle as it was intended: later spotting allowed destroyers to reach the control areas undetected, which ensured active battle for other classes.

However this change created a long waiting period for the aircraft carrier player without any actions to perform other than setting the ship's route. We want to pr...

The total damage output of Graf Zeppelin is still very high. To keep the special features of GZ's attack planes and dive bombers and balance the total amount of damage this CV can inflict, the damage of torpedoes is lowered from 5500 to 4533. This change will be live at 14:00 UTC on 13.03.19

It's not planned to make further changes to the parameters of Graf Zeppelin, Saipan, Kaga and Enterprise. We consider their balancing finished. We also would like to remind you that you can exchange your CVs in the Inventory section before the time to do this expires with 0.8.2.

Accuracy settings are changed for Lenin and all researchable tier III - X soviet battleships;


Damage Control Party duration is lowered to 10 seconds for for Lenin and all researchable soviet battleships.

The accuracy settings for the Soviet battleships were very "unnatural" and the change of the spread at long range increases sharply. Also such setting...