Nick Thomadis Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Hello Admirals, We deeply thank you for all the support and feedback you are providing. We would like to inform you about our work for the next patch, which is scheduled to arrive next week. First of all, some balances: Balances/Fixes Penetration rebalance (Not so high drop-off of penetration strength, better shell shatter threshold for not so frequent partial-pens of HE). With the new settings however, angling will be even more important in order to inflict critical hits to heavily armored ships. HE penetration strength reduced slightly for compensation, making HE shells not so powerful compared to AP as before. AI choses shell ammunition more efficiently. It should switch to HE as a human player would do. Main Guns/ Sec Gun fire rate rebalance (+15% Big guns, -10% Small guns) Increased slightly the impact of flooding, making AP and torpedoes potentially more hazardous, as their hits can cause flooding with more probability. Targeting became slightly sharper (fixes issues of very low accuracy at close range, due to very rapid change of bearing). Cost rebalance of the Yamato type hull, so that in mission "Modern Battleship" it is less possible to build many weaker battleships. It is still possible to do so, but they should be so weak that they will be worthless (especially with new penetration balances). Increased the accuracy of electric torpedoes further, but now they cost +12.5% more. Reload Mechanism now affects range, turret traverse speed and aiming, instead of accuracy. Together with some weight/cost rebalances it is added an extra reloading tech component with no range drawbacks but is much more expensive. Improved Auto-Designer to build ships favoring stronger main armament (and be more competitive against the player). Fixed an issue with ship stats that affected torpedo detection range for towers (causing them to be too large and battleships to respond too early without the need of escort ships.). Fixed issue that caused surface visibility to not be at realistic levels, according to ship size. Now big ships should be visible at reasonable distances. Late missions have been rebalanced in initial distance and duration to compensate for the new improvement. Fixed stats issues not updating properly several components in late techs, for example, citadel bonuses on resistance. 1st Mission has -2 minutes duration to be not a pushover. Increased +1km of average initial distance of opponent CL (2nd Mission) to reduce chance of an early lucky shot that can destroy the cruiser too soon. "Destroy Full Fleet" mission is rebalanced and moved higher in the mission list, to reflect better its difficulty. The second part of improvements The second part of the patch will be mostly dedicated to several crash fixes and fps optimizations. Two more missions and some other improvements are also scheduled for the next patch. We will provide more information in our final patch notes. Have a good weekend everybody, and enjoy the game! The Game-Labs Team PS: For those players anticipating problems in purchasing the game, we will soon offer alternative payment methods to suit their needs. 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Thank you for the update on the patch, Nick! So far this has been one awesome product and given the early development stage, well, lets just say we all have a lot to look forward to!!! Rick W 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolute0CA Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Glad to here, keep them coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logion567 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 (edited) All changes seem extremely reasonable! Any ETA on campaign? Edited October 18, 2019 by Logion567 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CajunNavy Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Thank you! And great weekend to you all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetu Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Great news! Thank you all for your hard work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VarangianGarde Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Sounds great! Looking forward to Alpha 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purgato Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Oh thank god. I was worried I'd have to keep dealing with crashes forever. It's good to know you guys are trying to keep on top of this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niomedes Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Don't agree with that destroy a full fleet rebelance at all. But since I'm.the only person who didn't complain about it, I guess it's fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazencheff Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 (edited) The full fleet mission rebalance sounds nice, especially the part of moving it in the mission list. Edited October 20, 2019 by kazencheff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiltedKey Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Been a fan of all of your Total War work, and when I learned that you were doing a 3d Rule The Waves, I thought it was too good to be true! So glad I got this and can't wait to see what you have in store for us. Take your time, polish it, and we'll be here to make sure it's perfect for release! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonVolks Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 just please don't lock the Naval Academy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkTerren Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Brought this up with a rep when they were in a stream can we get important info like this sticky on the steam fourms plz and a website so they know they can get instant acess here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ink Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 2 hours ago, DarkTerren said: Brought this up with a rep when they were in a stream can we get important info like this sticky on the steam fourms plz and a website so they know they can get instant acess here Greetings, the information is provided on Steam forum of the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Magnus Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Awesome! I cant wait to play Alpha 2. Nearly everything I noticed (and discussed a length in my comment section) is getting addressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cptbarney Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Those are some pretty nice changes, shame i have uni stuff otherwise this game would be on like 24/7 lol. Can't wait for the next changes, loving this game so far! 'w' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Gatsby Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 (edited) Sorry but why is there a nerf for small guns? We want realistic rates of fire for both big and small guns, not a "rebalance", we don't want unrealistic balances in this game, I don't understand the need for artificial balancing in this game, it's not even a multiplayer Edited October 20, 2019 by Jay Gatsby 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkTerren Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, Ink said: Greetings, the information is provided on Steam forum of the game Yeah just saw you added a whole new section on steam forums thought it would have been pinned in general Edited October 20, 2019 by DarkTerren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joryl Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 I cannot wait for the new patch I feel that my heavily armored ship was a little too squishy I'm glad to see it addressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedParadize Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 5 hours ago, Jay Gatsby said: Sorry but why is there a nerf for small guns? We want realistic rates of fire for both big and small guns, not a "rebalance", we don't want unrealistic balances in this game, I don't understand the need for artificial balancing in this game, it's not even a multiplayer The way I read this is that big guns will take longer to reload. At least I hope. Atm smaller main and all secondary have no use at all, you are always better opting for the most accurate big gun available without any secondary. In real life they where useful against smaller ship. It is clear that navy's did not always opt for the biggest gun possible, and for a variety of reasons. You see, when you talk about realism its always a question of perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fess21 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Will flooding changes mean bulkheads have more of an impact? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Gatsby Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, RedParadize said: The way I read this is that big guns will take longer to reload. At least I hope. Atm smaller main and all secondary have no use at all, you are always better opting for the most accurate big gun available without any secondary. In real life they where useful against smaller ship. It is clear that navy's did not always opt for the biggest gun possible, and for a variety of reasons. You see, when you talk about realism its always a question of perspective. No it is the opposite, it is a nerf for secondary guns to buff the main guns, the Japanese opted for the biggest guns available for the Yamato, it is not a question of perspective Edited October 21, 2019 by Jay Gatsby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agathos Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 On 10/18/2019 at 11:34 PM, Nick Thomadis said: Improved Auto-Designer to build ships favoring stronger main armament (and be more competitive against the player I find this part rather strange, cause in the later missions i usually face AI ships that have maxed out main caliber (17-18" inchers) an stomped my ships into the sea easily, so that i personally had to switch from rather moderate 14-16" inchers main battery builds to using 17-18" to ever succeed. On 10/18/2019 at 11:34 PM, Nick Thomadis said: Main Guns/ Sec Gun fire rate rebalance (+15% Big guns, -10% Small guns) I look ahead to a bit more main guns frequency and so more active gameplay, but the nerf to small guns seems unnecessary. At the moment i found secondary guns so underperforming that almost all my successfuls ship builds rely on there main battery only. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKTCOM Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 (edited) Problem of secondary guns not rate of fire . Problem secondary guns is that they cannot hit small ships due to poor accuracy, and cannot penetrate armor large ships . Poor accuracyis mainly about casemate guns, but turret guns also far from ideal, there is not much space on the deck where you can put them. So secondary guns are ineffective and this will not help But maybe this will help? Edited October 21, 2019 by TAKTCOM * 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cptbarney Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Maybe just buff secondary accuracy after a few volleys, i mean with the amount of shells they pump of they are bound to be very consistent at some point. obviously sudden, course and speed changes plus damage to the guns themselves and towers woudl hinder that but still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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