September Update: Breeze of Inspiration

September Update: Breeze of Inspiration 

Ahoy Captains! Autumn is settling in, which means it's time for a fresh update in World of Warships: Legends! As always, we've prepared a special gift for you: use the code S72T82U4GA to replenish your supplies with 1x Fall Big Crate, 6x European camouflages, and 6x Common Battle Boosters. 

To kick things off, here's a quick list of what you can expect in the new update: 

Tempest of Renaissance Campaign 

The spotlight of this campaign is new Italian Tier VIII Premium cruiser Michelangelo. Equipped with powerful long-range secondary guns and SAP shells, she delivers impressive damage and offers a fun and unique gameplay experience. As usual, the campaign features 100 milestones spread over 5 weeks, with the catch-up mechanic available. 

Check out the full list of rewards you can earn by completing the campaign, both with and without the Admiralty Backing: 

Available rewards without the Admiralty Backing: 

• 50x Common Boosters 
• 16x Regia Marina camouflages 
• 7,500 Global XP 
• 125,000 Commander XP 
• 350,000 Research Points 
• 650,000 credits 
• 14x Promotion Orders 
• 1x Insignia 
• 1x Commendation 
• 5 days of Premium Account 
• 1x Italian Commander crate 
• 2x Pan-Eu. Destroyer crates 
• 6x European Navies Collection crates 
• Michelangelo patch base 
• Michelangelo patch symbol 

Value of the rewards without the Admiralty Backing: 14,228 doubloons   

Additional rewards with the Admiralty Backing (2,500 doubloons): 

• 50x Rare Boosters 
• 24x Regia Marina camouflages 
• 37,500 Global XP 
• 325,000 Commander XP 
• 1,400,000 Research Points 
• 2,350,000 credits 
• 27x Promotion Orders 
• 4x Insignia 
• 4x Commendations 
• 750 doubloons 
• 5x Pan-Eu. Destroyer crates 
• 2x Pan-Eu. Destroyer Big Crates 
• Michelangelo flag 
• 1x Admiralty Backing special weekly mission, rewarding Renown Points 
• Italian Tier VIII Premium cruiser Michelangelo 

Total value of the rewards with the Admiralty Backing: 72,000 doubloons   

New Pan-European Destroyers in Early Access 

Meet the new Tech Tree line of Pan-European destroyers, available in Early Access from September 9 through October 14: Tier IV Muavenet, Tier V Stord, Tier VI Grom, and Tier VII Split. Each of these fast and agile ships is equipped with powerful main guns that fire HE shells, along with Smoke Generator and Engine Boost. Split also features Radar to detect even the stealthiest enemies. You can obtain the new destroyers from Pan-Eu. Destroyer crates and Pan-Eu. Destroyer Big Crates, which will be available through the Tempest of Renaissance campaign or in the Store during this update.

We also have a few other things prepared to help celebrate the arrival of the new destroyers. First of all, during this update, Pan-European Tier VII destroyer Friesland will be available for doubloons at a good discount, if you purchase her together with Early Access crates. On console, you can acquire her through the Old World Treasures chained bundles, where each consecutive bundle becomes available after you obtain the previous one. In addition to Friesland, which you'll find in the final bundle, the consecutive bundles also contain Pan-Eu. Destroyer crates and European camouflages, all at a discount compared to purchasing them separately. On mobile, Old World Treasures is available as a standard bundle, where you purchase all items at once.

We're also offering a 15% discount on Pan-European Tech Tree ships of Tier IV–VII. This discount will be available from September 9 through September 23. 

European Navies Collection 

We've created a new collection of cards depicting the navies and arsenals of nations referred to as "Pan-Europe" in Legends. This collection also includes cards for the new destroyers available in Early Access. Obtain European Navies Collection crates to find all 12 collectible cards, divided into three subcollections. These crates can be earned through the Tempest of Renaissance campaign, the European Navies mission, and the Nordic Gryphon mission (which also grants you a unique permanent camouflage for Östergötland). Completing each subcollection will earn you a Pan-European Commander crate, Insignia, and Commendation. Collect all 12 cards to receive the final prize: new Pan-European Tier II Premium destroyer Orjen! 

Azur Lane Collaboration Returns  

Don't miss the opportunity to obtain unique content from all five waves of our collaboration with Azur Lane! Dozens of themed Commanders, ships, and skins will be waiting for you in the Store from September 9 through October 14. You can also get some of this content for free. Complete the special mission—Operation Storm Surge—from September 9 through October 14 to earn five new Azur Lane crates! Each of these crates has a chance to drop a Commander or ship from any wave of collaboration! 

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Mid-Autumn Festival 

Celebrate this year's Mid-Autumn Festival with plenty of festive content in the game, starting September 16! First, complete the free Moonlit Journey mission to earn multiple rewards, including Japanese Tier V Premium battleship Mutsu, the Moon Festival flag, and special patches. 

Also, visit the Store during the Mid-Autumn Festival to discover a wealth of Asian-themed content, including new Pan-Asian Tier VI Premium destroyer Fenyang, which boasts solid HP and is equipped with powerful AP and HE shells. For console players, Fenyang will be available through the series of "Colors of the Fall" chained bundles, where each consecutive bundle becomes available after you obtain the previous one, with all items offered at a discount compared to separate purchases. On mobile, the "Colors of the Fall" bundle will be available as a standard bundle, where you purchase all items at once.

And a few more goodies: get 10% off Pan-Asian Tier V–VII Tech Tree ships from September 23 through September 30, and 10% off Japanese Tier V–VII Tech Tree ships from September 30 through October 7! 

Brawls & Ranked Battles: New Seasons 

Two new Brawl seasons and three Ranked Battle seasons will be available in this update. 

Brawl Seasons 21 and 22 will take place from September 16 through September 24, and from September 30 through October 8, featuring 3v3 battles on Tier V and VI destroyers, respectively. Both seasons will have shortened reload and cooldown times for main batteries and consumables, increased ship speed, and disabled torpedoes. 

As for Ranked Battles, Seasons 62–64 will run from September 10 through October 14, featuring 5v5 battles on Tier V–VII ships. As always, each competitive season will offer a variety of rewards.  

Prepare for Halloween: Special Mission and x3 First Win Bonus

Are you ready for Halloween? Gear up by completing the Haunted Waters mission, available starting October 7, to receive 2x Halloween '23 crates and exclusive Halloween camouflages!

Also, enjoy x3 First Win Bonus during the last weekend of the update, from October 12 to October 14.

Changes to Flooding Mechanics 

We've made adjustments to the flooding mechanics to make them more fun in battle. Similar to fire mechanics, ship hulls are now divided into two equal zones. Each zone can only acquire the "Flooded" status once, until the current flooding in that zone stops. Additional torpedo hits will not cause new flooding in an already flooded zone or extend the current flooding. 

If only one part of the ship is flooded, this effect will deal less damage and last for a shorter duration compared to with the previous mechanics, which affected the entire ship. If both parts of the ship are flooded, the flooding will either cause more or less damage compared to the old mechanics, depending on the ship's type and characteristics. Here's how these changes will impact damage across different ship types:  

• For destroyers, cruisers, and aircraft carriers, one or two flooding instances will generally cause less damage than before. 
• For battleships, one flooding instance will deal less damage, while two flooding instances will cause more damage per second than before, though the duration of the flooding will be reduced by more than half.  

If you have two flooding instances at the same time, you'll see two corresponding icons on the HP bar (on console) or a "2" on the flooding icon (on mobile). 

Balance Changes 

This update features several adjustments to various ships: 

• Buffs to Florida, Vermont, Błyskawica, Błyskawica B, Brisbane, Zuihō, Independence, Algérie, Algérie W, Charles Martel, Saint-Louis, Amalfi, and Brindisi 
• Nerfs to AL Chapayev, C. Colombo, Z-52, and Duncan 

We've also made a few changes to Commanders: 

• Buffs to Harold B. Farncomb: the "Careful" base trait and "Shell From the Ghost" unique skill have been improved. 
• New row 4 skill for Jerzy Świrski: Fox Flair. Increases the duration of Radar to match that of Smoke Generator while the latter is active, and reduces main battery reload time by up to 10% while Radar is active.  

Check out the Ministry of Balance article for more details on all balance changes. 

Changes to Commander Guises 

Below is a list of all the changes we're introducing to Commander guises in this update. These changes might not seem impactful now, but they're paving the way for even bigger improvements in the future. Stay tuned!     

• Commander guises can now be applied to all Commanders, including those from collaborations. However, when applied to a collaboration Commander, the guise will always remain hidden, maintaining the Commander's original appearance and voice. 
• You can also hide guises applied to non-collaboration Commanders if you want to keep their original appearance and voiceover. 
• Note that guises from collaborations cannot be hidden or applied to Commanders added during collaboration events. 
• Guises are now divided into two types: national (marked blue), which can only be applied to Commanders of specific nations, and general (marked white), which can be applied to any Commander. 
• We have also removed the cooldown time for changing Commander guises, allowing it to be done instantly.     

Improvements and Bug Fixes 

All platforms 

• Fixed the issue where Airstrike torpedo bomber aiming would randomly turn when the ship it was locked onto became invisible. 
• Shooting down Airstrike aircraft will now count toward completing mission tasks that involve destroying aircraft. 
• The command for activating Sonar is now voiced in the appropriate language when the voiceover mode is set to National. 

Console 

• Fixed the ship information panel flashing when switching between ships in the Port. 
• Fixed the Tech Tree ship progress bar displaying as completed when progress is actually only very close to completion. 

Mobile 

• Sound settings are now customizable (as on console): you can separately control the volume of music in the Port and during battles, as well as adjust the overall game volume and Commander voiceovers. 
• Fixed the issue where the number of consumable charges was displayed incorrectly in the ship's settings when the slot was shared between different selectable consumables. 
• The error messages that appear when content downloads fail are now clear and understandable. 
• You can now see which bonuses each Booster provides when selecting it in the ship settings. 
• Captions for quick commands in battle are now correctly displayed in Russian. 

Maintenance times:     

• Xbox: September 9, 02:00 – 05:00 AM Central / 07:00 – 10:00 AM UTC 
• PlayStation: September 9, 02:00 – 05:00 AM Central / 07:00 – 10:00 AM UTC 
• iOS: September 9, 02:00 – 05:00 AM Central / 07:00 – 10:00 AM UTC 
• Android: September 9, 02:00 – 05:00 AM Central / 07:00 – 10:00 AM UTC 

Update size:     

• Xbox One (S/X) ~4,400 MB 
• Xbox Series S/X ~4,400 MB 
• PS4 ~4,500 MB 
• PS5 ~1,720 MB 
• iOS ~1,000 MB + ~2,300 MB 
• Android ~1,000 MB + ~2,300 MB