World of Warships: Update 0.8.2 Space battles, Clan battles and British CVs
16 min readLadies and Gentlemen, it is finally time for the British aircraft carriers line to fully be released but that’s not all! We are getting the April fool event with Space battles (and the torpedo beat mode! Seriously that mode is just so fun.) and the 5th season of Clan battles!
Attention! From April 1 until April 8, you’ll have the opportunity to retrain your Commanders and reset their skills, as well as demount upgrades, for free.
Also, With the release of Update 0.8.2, the option in the Inventory section to exchange researchable aircraft carriers for XP and credits, or Premium aircraft carriers for doubloons, will cease to be available.
The Update 0.8.2
General Informations
The update size is 1.6 GB.
The servers will be unavailable as usual during the installation of the update.
On the European server, it will be down on Monday 01 April from 07:00 CET (UTC+1) until 10:00 CET (UTC+1).
On the North American server, it will be down on Monday 01 April from 03:00 AM PT until 06:00 AM PT.
On the South-East Asian server, it will be down on 01/04/2019 from 05:00 (UTC+8) until 08:00 (UTC+8).
Battles will be held on 4 maps purposed for space engagements. Players can participate in Space Battles behind the helms of 12 special spaceships.
Galaxy – Des Moines
Century Hawk – Hindenburg
Flyfire – Gearing
Alldestroyer – Großer Kurfürst
Paris – République
Norma – Minotaur
Aurora – Moskva
Blue Aster – Z-52
Zaya – Zao
Exclusive to the torpedo beat mode:
Celestial – Z-52
Comet Trace – Gearing
Rover – Shimakaze
In addition to the new battle modes and maps, you’ll also find:
- Ironium—a new temporary resource.
- 11x permanent space camouflage patterns for Tier X ships: 9 of which will already be familiar to you from last year’s event, plus 2 new ones for
X Hindenburg and 
X Shimakaze. - Bionic permanent space camouflage patterns for researchable U.S. and French Tier VI–X cruisers, obtainable for doubloons. Camouflage patterns for Tier VI–IX ships can also be earned as rewards for completing Directives.
- Unusual achievements, bestowed for the demonstration of a variety of combat skills in the new battle modes.
The “Fly! Strike! Win!” Event
With Update 0.8.2, the final part of the “Fly! Strike! Win!” event begins. Its rules are similar to those of the previous parts, except for the difference that this time there is only one Stage consisting of four Directives, each comprising 10 missions. The event’s Directives will be unlocked on a weekly basis, and must be completed in a sequential order. Various in-game items, permanent space camouflage patterns for researchable U.S. and French Tier VI–IX heavy cruisers, and Naval Aviation containers are the rewards for completing its missions and Directives.
Premium aircraft carriers will also be available in the premium shop soon. Further details will be announced on our portal.
You can find one of the following rewards in each Naval Aviation container:
- A chance to get one of the following Premium aircraft carriers:
VIII Graf Zeppelin, 
VIII Enterprise, VIII Saipan, and VIII Kaga. Each comes with a Port slot and Commander with 10 skill points. - 2,000 Coal.
- 2x special signal flags of the same type (Dragon, Wyvern, Red Dragon, Ouroboros, Hydra, Basilisk, Scylla, or Leviathan).
- 3x Sci-Fi Space expendable camouflage patterns.
The Premium Shop will offer Naval Aviation Premium containers. You can find one of the following rewards in each of these:
- A chance to get one of the following Premium aircraft carriers: VIII Graf Zeppelin, VIII Enterprise, VIII Saipan, and VIII Kaga. Each comes with a Port slot and Commander with 10 skill points.
- 12,500 Coal.
- 20× special signal flags of the same type (Dragon, Wyvern, Red Dragon, Ouroboros, Hydra, Basilisk, Scylla, Leviathan).
- 20× Sci-Fi Space expendable camouflage patterns.
If you already have the aircraft carrier you find in the container in your Port, you’ll receive the full cost of the ship in doubloons as compensation.
Duration
Aircraft Carriers
Early access to the carriers is finally coming to an end, and British aircraft carriers are taking their official place in the Tech Tree. Those ships already familiar to players from the previous update will be supplemented with researchable Tier X aircraft carrier 
X Audacious. She can boast of her aircraft’s combat efficiency being the most impressive in the game. Her attack aircraft and bombers carry a large number of rockets and bombs, and the converging torpedo cone of her torpedo bombers enable them to accurately attack the enemy’s bow or stern when fully aimed, in addition to their broadsides.
More details about X Audacious and other British aircraft carriers are available in a dedicated article.
Our work on enhancing the aircraft carrier interface continues:
- The main interface mode displays flight number indicators, current maximum number of aircraft in a squadron, and their status. A filled green indicator denotes a fully equipped flight. This mode allows players to quickly and easily assess whether a complete squadron can be launched, how many flights it includes, and how many attacks can be carried out.
- The alternative mode shows the current and maximum number of aircraft of each type, as well as the time left until a new aircraft appears on deck. This mode enables the assessment of the total number of aircraft of various types, without dividing them into squadrons and flights.
The Alt key is used for displaying the alternative interface mode by default.
The displayed aircraft HP indicators are now divided by flights. This enables players to better assess the number of attacks a particular squadron might be capable of carrying out.
0.8.1
0.8.2
Except that this improvement has one major problem: Now you have to press Alt to know the total number of planes of each type which is vital information. Vital information that should ALWAYS be displayed. I seriously hope that they will correct that…
That was my little complain about the 0.8.2.
When used on aircraft, the Radio Location Commander skill made it easy to find and follow destroyers, thereby depriving them of their main advantage—concealment. In order to reduce the excessive influence of aircraft carriers on the detectability of destroyers, the effects of the Radio Location skill will no longer affect squadrons. With the changes in detectability range by air that were introduced in Update 0.8.0.3, the spotting destroyers has become even harder not only for ships, but for aircraft as well. If you have an aircraft carrier-specialized Commander who has mastered the Radio Location skill, it will be reset with the Update’s release and the Commander will receive 4 skill points. This will enable you to reallocate these points.
Any attempt to direct a squadron through the common AA defense ranges of several ships is a sure way to lose aircraft in vain. To solve this problem, we’ve implemented a method of non-linear addition of the continuous damage caused by AA guns. In Update 0.8.2, damage dealt to a squadron in the AA defense range of a single ship remains unchanged. In cases when the number of ships sharing a field of AA fire increases, the continuous damage caused to the squadron will be lower than the total sum, but still much higher than the damage from any one of them. This new feature makes it possible to attack a group of several ships, without devaluing the benefits of ships cooperating in defense against air strikes.
A bug has been fixed which affected the detectability range of ships by air in the Local Weather. This bug decreased the “Detectability Range by Air” parameter by 90% with AA defenses disabled, which made the detection of such ships almost impossible. Now, the Local Weather will not affect detectability range by air.
Improved Port Interface and Service Record
Our work on the Port interface continues, and in Update 0.8.2. we’ve reworked the banners on the left-hand side. They are now more compact and unified.
A Service Record banner displaying your progress and the soonest-arriving new game features has been added. After playing your first 35 battles on the account, this banner will be minimized. If your progress is blocked for unsporting conduct, the banner will display the relevant message in regard to this.
To free up some space for information relevant to players, we’ve also updated the panel in the upper-left part of the Port. The server name and number of players have been moved to the main menu, which is opened with the ESC key. These have been replaced with the Port selection button and insignia transfered from the Service Record section of the profile.
Some of the menu items displayed upon clicking the nickname have been removed as they were duplicated in other parts of the interface. Now only the “Purchase Premium”, “Invite a Friend”, “Inventory”, and “News” items remain.
The following changes have been introduced in the Service Record section of the profile, helping players track progress made and rewards earned:
- Changed the display of progress for unlocking new in-game features and rewards.
- You can select an in-game feature and check out its detailed description and associated video.
- The progress bar demonstrates the available rewards for various in-game achievements, as well as the player’s progress on the journey to acquiring them. Tips display the number of battles to be played to open a particular reward.
All of the interface changes mentioned above improve the visual perception of the Port, making it easier for players to navigate the various in-game features available to them.
Prior to Update 0.8.2, access to in-game features and rewards was determined by Service Record level, which in turn depended on the number of battles played. With the release of 0.8.2, the Service Record level gets removed, and the number of battles played will be counted directly to determine which in-game features are available to a particular player. At the same time, the number of battles required to gain access to each of the various in-game features remains the same. If any of them have already been unlocked, you won’t have to do so again.
Port Tips System for Newcomers
A chain of tips leading players to research and obtain a Tier II ship has been added for the convenience of new players.
These tips appear after you have played one battle, and on condition that you have enough experience and credits to research and obtain a ship. Upon the purchase of a Tier II ship or above, the tips disappear. A tip can be closed during the game session, and will reopen when visiting the Port again (including when entering from battle) or when restarting the game.
The tips are not shown if a player already has a Tier II ship or above in their Port.
Clan Battles: Cross-Server Matchmaker
Take part in Season 5 of Clan Battles!
Gaming sessions are available on Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Please note that on the release days of any updates, no Clan Battles will be held.
Prime time in different regions:
- ASIA 12:00 – 15:30 UTC
- CIS 16:00 – 20:00 UTC
- EU 17:00 – 21:00 UTC
- NA 23:30 – 03:30 UTC
The rules of the “Land of Fire” season remained unchanged:
- Players will use Tier X ships.
- Teams of 7 ships, with a maximum of one battleship and no aircraft carriers allowed.
- There are 5 Leagues in the Rating system: Squall League, Gale League, Storm League, Typhoon League, and Hurricane League.
The Ratings of all Clans will be reset to standard values, but for the first battle played in each League (except for the Squall League) during the “North” Season, Clans will get 50 bonus points (up to a maximum of 200 points).
The main changes in the new Season focus on improvements of the matchmaking and map selection algorithm, as well as the introduction of the cross-server matchmaker.
The total number of rewards that players can earn remains almost the same, and the amount of Steel hasn’t changed—you’ll still have a chance to earn up to 11,000 of this valuable resource!
More details about Season 5 of Clan Battles are available in a dedicated article.
Arsenal Update
Due to significantly extended stock and increased functionality, the Arsenal is getting a new name—Armory.
The updated section will be stocked with 50 bundles containing Premium ships that can be obtained in exchange for doubloons. Some of these ships have been removed from the Tech Tree in order to put greater focus on researchable ships. In future, we are planning to increase the number of Premium ships available for doubloons in the Armory to provide you with a wider range of choice. All ships presented in this section come with a Port slot (included in the indicated price), and a Commander with 3 skill points.
  VIII Roma | 13,400 doubloons |
| VIII Kii | 13,200 doubloons |
| VIII Tirpitz | 12,800 doubloons |
 VIII Gascogne | 12,700 doubloons |
| VIII Alabama | 12,500 doubloons |
 VIII Prinz Eugen | 11,300 doubloons |
| VIII Atago | 11,000 doubloons |
 VIII Asashio | 9600 doubloons |
| VIII Kidd | 9400 doubloons |
 VIII Loyang | 8300 doubloons |
| VII Duke of York | 10,100 doubloons |
| VII Hood | 10,000 doubloons |
| VII Scharnhorst | 9800 doubloons |
| VII Ashitaka | 9500 doubloons |
| VII Atlanta | 9300 doubloons |
| VII Duca degli Abruzzi | 8900 doubloons |
| VII Indianapolis | 7800 doubloons |
| VII Z-39 | 6200 doubloons |
 VII Leningrad | 5550 doubloons |
| VII Sims | 5300 doubloons |
 VII B?yskawica | 5100 doubloons |
| VI Arizona | 6900 doubloons |
| VI Mutsu | 6850 doubloons |
| VI Warspite | 6800 doubloons |
| VI De Grasse | 5800 doubloons |
| VI Dunkerque | 5500 doubloons |
 VI Perth | 5100 doubloons |
| VI Duca d’Aosta | 5000 doubloons |
| VI Admiral Graf Spee | 5000 doubloons |
| VI Aigle | 4950 doubloons |
| VI Monaghan | 4900 doubloons |
| VI Molotov | 4850 doubloons |
| VI Gallant | 4800 doubloons |
| VI Anshan | 4000 doubloons |
| V Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya | 5350 doubloons |
| V Marblehead | 3400 doubloons |
| V Murmansk | 3300 doubloons |
| V Krasny Krym | 3250 doubloons |
| V Okhotnik | 3000 doubloons |
| IV Ishizuchi | 2800 doubloons |
| III Aurora | 2550 doubloons |
| III Katori | 2550 doubloons |
| III Varyag | 2500 doubloons |
| III Oleg | 2300 doubloons |
| III Campbeltown | 1950 doubloons |
| II Mikasa | 2300 doubloons |
| II Diana | 1950 doubloons |
| II Albany | 1850 doubloons |
| II Emden | 1800 doubloons |
| II Tachibana | 1250 doubloons |
We’ve equipped the Armory with filters for type, nation, tier, and required resources to simplify searching for the desired ships.
Starting from 0.8.2, new permanent camouflages that can be obtained for Copper or Molybdenum will be regularly added to the Armory. The resources required to obtain these will alternate with every update. In Update 0.8.2, destroyer IX Black will receive her new Marlin camouflage.
The camouflage bonuses:
- ?3% to the ship’s detectability range by sea
- +4% to the dispersion of shells fired by enemies attacking your ship
- +150% XP earned per battle
- +150% Free XP per battle
- +150% Commander XP per battle
- ?20% to the cost of the ship’s post-battle service
Game Balance Changes
To make gameplay more convenient, the cruising speed of aircraft for all Tier IV aircraft carriers has been increased by 10%.
British Tier VI aircraft carrier Furious
- Changes to stock bombers:
- The number of bombers in a flight has been increased from 1 to 2.
- Aircraft restoration time has been reduced from 142 to 96 seconds.
- The size of the crosshair ellipse at the moment of attack has been increased by 22%.
- Changes to researchable bombers:
- The number of bombers in a flight has been increased from 1 to 2.
- The size of the crosshair ellipse at the moment of attack has been increased by 30%.
- The torpedoes of researchable torpedo bombers have been replaced with the torpedoes of stock torpedo bombers:
- Damage has been reduced from 5,930 to 5,200.
- The chance of causing flooding has been reduced from 51% to 45%.
Your bombers can now carry out only 2 attacks instead of 4, but to balance this, each approach to your target will be more effective, and squadrons will spend a shorter amount of time under AA fire. The crosshair size has been increased in order to take into account the addition of a second aircraft to the flight, and an increase in the number of bombs dropped.
The torpedoes of researchable torpedo bombers have been replaced, as they previously demonstrated much better performance in comparison with other same-type ships. Besides that factor, this change compensates for the increased bomber damage.
Content Additions and Changes
Added the new Stream Dream camouflage, which can be received during official World of Warships streams.
The camouflage provides the following bonuses:
- ?3% to the ship’s detectability range by sea
- +4% to the dispersion of shells fired by the enemy attacking your ship
- +100% Free XP per battle
- +20% credits earned per battle
Added a commemorative flag for aircraft carrier VIII Saipan, and the CV Armada flag that comes with purchasing a bundle containing all Premium aircraft carriers.
Added a patch granted for visiting official meetings of players held by the World of Warships team.
Added a patch for participants of the King of the Sea tournament, which will be granted for special achievements.
Japanese cruiser IX Azuma has been added to the Tech Tree, and is now available for 1,000,000 Free XP. Azuma carries 310 mm caliber guns, and stands out due to her weighty salvoes, enjoyable ballistics, and powerful Japanese HE shells. Everything aforementioned is supplemented with an impressive pool of hit points for a cruiser, as well as an additional charge and short reload time for the Repair Party consumable.
Also, a severe lack of armor for that kind of ship so unless you really want her hard or that you don’t know on what you should use your free XP, I would say that Azuma isn’t the best tier IX premium in the house.
Performance Improvements
We’ve considered your feedback regarding the reported worsening of performance in battle, and conducted some research in this area. The obtained results enabled us to make the following improvements:
- We fixed an interface issue connected with processing a large number of elements. This was the root cause of single instances of extensive hanging, as well as a series of FPS drops.
- We fixed the icon update logic for instances of fire and flooding, as well as for damaged module icons. In some cases, the update logic of these had a significant negative impact on performance.
We also had to disable texture loading, the so-called texture streaming, in battle. This was due to its connection to identified streaming issues that were causing a sharp decline in performance. This change will have no effect on client stability. Streaming will certainly be brought back in the nearest updates so that we can continue to improve the quality of content.
All of the feedback we received from players has been carefully processed. For example, we checked the players’ theory of FPS drops being connected to the visual effects of AA defenses. Our investigations found the root cause to be different to what players suspected. The AA defense effects don’t have any considerable negative impact on performance, and the underlying reason for the problems experienced has been described above.
We would like to thank you all for your many summaries and bug reports, which helped us a great deal in identifying and solving these various issues.
Other Changes and Improvements
- Minor improvements to the geometry and textures of the following ships: IV Hermes, VIII Kagero, VIII Lightning, V Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya, X Bourgogne, and VII Minsk.
- Adjusted the aircraft position on the decks of the following aircraft carriers: VIII Indomitable, VIII Graf Zeppelin, and VIII Enterprise.
- Added cities on the islands of the Ring and Shards maps.
- Removed researchable modules from Tier I ships. Bonuses provided by them are included in the ships’ parameters. 600 XP will be added to the relevant ships for each researched module, and 6,000 credits will be added for each purchased module.
- Increased the chance that a random researchable ship of the same tier and type can appear opposite a player’s ship in Co-op Battles in place of a similar ship.
Fixed Bugs
- Fixed an issue when the game client froze at the authorization stage if the Internet connection was lost in the process of logging in.
- Fixed a bug with displaying the cost of consumable auto-resupply.
- Added an alternative permanent camouflage color scheme for cruiser VI Leander.
- Fixed a bug when the icon didn’t change after selecting another battle type in the Summary section of the profile.
- Fixed a bug causing fighters to disappear if the flight they followed delivered an attack.
- Fixed an issue with the incorrect display of the deepwater torpedo icon in the interface in battle.
- Fixed an issue with the incorrect description of the Defensive Fire consumable: removed irrelevant information about the reduction of bombers’ and torpedo bombers’ accuracy of attack.
- Fixed an issue with the incorrect names of aircraft on aircraft carriers VIII Enterprise and VIII Shokaku.
- The section with damage caused by aircraft on the battle results screen is now displayed only for aircraft carriers.
- Fixed an issue when 113 mm caliber guns weren’t taken into account in the long action range of aircraft carrier VIII Indomitable’s AA defenses.
- Now squadrons correctly spot all enemy structures in the Killer Whale operation.
- Output of the voice chat sound is directed to the device by default.
- Fixed a bug when application of the last charge of the Fighter consumable didn’t work.
- Fixed a bug causing falling bombs to miss the crosshair when dropped during turns made by flights.
- Fixed a bug when the rudder position change wasn’t updated on the rudder indicator while the automatic collision avoidance system was operating.
- Fixed an issue with the incorrect description of destroyer X Daring in the Tech Tree: indicated the correct caliber of her main battery guns (113 mm).
- Fixed a bug when the aircraft Boost could work longer in cases where the W/S keys were pressed frequently.
- Now, all achievements are displayed in full screen when all of them are received.
- Fixed an issue with the incorrect display of aircraft crosshairs in situations where skills and upgrades influence an aircraft’s speed.
- The New icon is no longer displayed if the player doesn’t have access to the features within.
- Fixed a bug causing fire and smoke effects on ships to disappear.
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