[2020] PT, European destroyers torpedoes' and balance changes.

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The base torpedo modules of the Tier V-IX researchable European destroyers will become researchable. The new base torpedo module parameters for each ship will be equal to those of the researchable torpedo module of the previous tier destroyer.

In case you already have one of these European destroyers in Port, the researchable torpedo module will already be mounted on the ship, and the base module will be moved to the Inventory.

This change will make the advancement of European destroyers' torpedoes consecutive, like with other nations' torpedo destroyers.

In the second stage of the Public test for Update 0.9.3, we've changed the characteristics of several ships, having analyzed their combat performance and taken player feedback into account. Such changes were required in order to carefully adjust the balance of selected warships. We'll continue to introduce changes in the updates that will follow, if deemed necessary.

Soviet cruiser Aurora, Tier III:

Turret traverse speed decreased from 5.1 to 5.3 degrees per second.

Soviet battleship Kremlin, Tier X:

Continuous AA damage reduced from 433 to 412;


Number of explosions in a salvo reduced from 10 to 9;


Damage by shell explosions reduced from 1.85 to 1.80.

British destroyer Valkyrie, Tier III:

Main battery reload time increased from 5.2 to 5.4 s;


Torpedo tubes reload time increased from 43 to 45 s.

British battleship Orion, Tier IV:

Base main battery firing range reduced from 14.7 to 14.4 km.

British cruiser Hawkins, Tier V:

Main battery reload time increased from 14 to 13.5 s;


Turret firing angles were increased:

Of the first turret by 32 degrees (for short ranges);


Of the second turret by 2 degrees;


Of the third and fourth turrets by 5 degrees;


Of the sixth turret by 36 degrees (for long ranges);

British destroyer Jutland, Tier IX:

Main battery reload time increased from 4.1 to 4.2 s;


Torpedo tubes reload time increased from 122 to 124 s.

British destroyer Daring, Tier X:

Main battery reload time increased from 2.6 to 2.7 s;


Torpedo tubes reload time increased from 122 to 124 s.

American cruiser Atlanta, Tier VII:

Main battery reload time reduced from 4.9 to 4.8 s.

American cruiser Pensacola, Tier VI:

Fore- and aft-end armor plating increased from 16 to 25 mm.

American cruiser New Orleans, Tier VII:

Fore- and aft-end armor plating increased from 16 to 25 mm.

Japanese aircraft carrier Hakuryu, Tier X:

Maximum rocket damage reduced from 3,250 to 3,150;


Chance of a rocket causing fire reduced from 15 to 14%.

French cruiser Colbert, Tier X:

Main battery reload time reduced from 3.5 to 3.4 s;


Restoration of hit points by Repair party consumable increased from 0.5% to 0.66% of total hit points per second.

German cruiser Yorck, Tier VII:

Fore- and aft-end armor plating increased from 16 to 25 mm.

Aircraft:

Spotting range of all planes reduced from 18 to 17 km (This characteristic determines at what distance the aircraft is capable of spotting an enemy).

Mahalo,

-Hapa

Good catch, the information put out to us was incorrect and changed while I was sleepin. It's fixed now.

I have asked for more clarification as the wording is a bit funny.

The way I read it in essence is the lets say you take the Visby's upgraded torpedo launcher, that will be the base (or starting launcher) for the Vasteras, the upgraded torpedo launcher for Vasteras is the base (or starting launcher) for the Skaan, etc etc.

-Hapa

"The base torpedo modules of the Tier V-IX researchable European destroyers will become researchable."

So I would say that all the EU DD's from Tier V-IX will have 2 torp launchers a base and an upgrade.

-Hapa

Yeah, there were a lot of typo's in this DB post, I typically copy and paste, proof read for proper translation and dont always have time to bounce the actual numbers off the ones in game, this was one of those cases. But I changed it, so SECOND GOOD CATCH.

The changes in firing arcs at different ranges I am sure is dude to obstructions in the path of the rotation of the turret, so if the turret can elevate or super elevate over an obstruction and fire, it will.

As I have said numerous times since the IFHE changes were announce I am sure you will see A LOT of changes to various ships as a result of that change. So this is probably one of them. I know Atlanta and Flint are definitely on our radar.

Mahalo,

-Hapa