Balance changes: October 2023

The current update features a number of changes aimed at improving balance in battles and more correct matchmaking.

Naval vehicles

USS North Dakota, USS New Orleans, Nürnberg, Sverdlov, IJN Furutaka, HMS Kent, HMS Belfast, USS Cleveland, Admiral Hipper, Kirov, IJN Tone, HMS Southampton, USS Balao, Type VII-class, Type K-class, Type Pr. 641-class, Admiral Graf Spee, SMS Helgoland, Imperatritsa Mariya, Poltava, IJN Settsu, HMS Dreadnought, HMS Invincible, USS Arizona, USS Wyoming, SMS Kaiser, Parizhskaya Communa, IJN Hyuga, USS Alaska, Scharnhorst:

the minimum number of crew has reduced by 5-40%, at which the ship is still combat capable;
changed crew distribution across the ship, which in some cases, will significantly increase the ships' lifespan.

IJN Ayanami:

the minimum number of crew has increased by 15%;
gun reload time has increased from 3.5 to 5 sec;
torpedo tubes reload time has increased from 12 to 16 sec.

IJN Ikoma:

the minimum number of crew has increased by 5%;
increased the amount of ammunition for the guns;
decreased main caliber gun reload time from 10 to 9 sec.

HMS Warspite:

the minimum number of crew has increased by 1%;
auxiliary caliber shells have shrapnel damage disabled.

USS Iowa:

the minimum number of crew has increased by 5%;
main caliber guns reload time increased from 16 to 17 sec;
increased reload time of auxiliary caliber guns from 4 to 4.9 sec.

Sovetsky Soyuz:

the minimum number of crew has increased by 7%;
the reloading time of auxiliary caliber guns has increased from 3 to 4 sec.

Ground vehicles

Ground vehicles of Rank III have been split into 2 new ranks. Some of the vehicles remained unchanged at Rank III, while part of them was moved to the completely renewed Rank IV. All vehicles in the subsequent ranges were moved 1 Rank higher.

Due to these changes, matchmaking of tank battles should become better and select opponents of approximately equal power of ranks II-IV. Simply put, now players using Rank II tanks should not get into combat against the impenetrable "Tigers" of the former Rank III.

Changes to Ranks:

Line platoon Tiger H1 moved from Rank III to Rank IV;
Line platoon T-34-85 (D-5T) moved from Rank III to Rank IV;
Premium platoon T20 moved from Rank III to Rank IV;
Premium platoon KV-220 moved from Rank III to Rank IV;
Premium platoon M4A4 (SA50) moved from Rank III to Rank IV.

Ground Vehicle Platoons

Minor changes have been made to the order in which vehicles are unlocked within platoons:

In the T-34E (Rank I) platoon, the first tank is now the KV-2 (1940);
In the Sherman IC Firefly (Rank III) platoon, the first tank is the Excelsior;
In the T20 (Rank IV) platoon, the first tank is the Cobra King;
In the T-34-85 (Rank V) platoon, the first tank is now the IS-2.

Economics

Due to the change of levels at which vehicles are now unlocked, the price for the following platoons has changed:

Comet I (Rank III) — price reduced from 153350 Silver Lions to 49650 SL;
E.B.R. (1951) (Rank III) — price reduced from 156850 SL to 51350 SL;
Tiger H1 (Rank IV) — price increased from 49150 SL to 155250 SL;
T-34-85 (Rank V) — price increased from 48750 SL to 158750 SL;
KV-220 (Rank IV) — price reduced* from 6150 Golden Eagles to 4415 Golden Eagles.
*Players who bought this platoon at the price of 6150 Golden Eagles will be compensated for the difference within a week, with the gold going directly to your game account.

Ground Vehicle Locations

To improve balance, changes have been made to the location of spawn points on the following maps:

On the "Stalingrad" location, Team 1 spawn points have been divided into two groups. The western spawn point of Team 2 has been moved further away from the center of the map;
On the "American Desert" location, Team 2 spawn points have been moved closer to the city. The northern Team 1 spawn point has been moved further from the center of the map.