Ministry of Balance: Spring Changes

Due to Hawke's increased citadel vulnerability and longer reload than most other battleships, she currently feels uncomfortable to play and underperforms. To combat this, we're improving her reload substantially this update.

Stock Hull Superstructure HP increased from 3,000 to 3,100.

Stalingrad shares the same situation as Alaska, so she's getting a similar nerf to her survivability. We prefer to make nerfs via the saturation system rather than the armor plating, as modifying HP and saturation leads to more predictable outcomes.

Stock Hull Casemate HP increased from 2,900 to 3,000.

Casemate HP increased from 6,900 to 10,000.

credit-earning rate increased by 11%.

Stock Hull Stern HP increased from 2,900 to 3,000.

Main Battery Reload Time decreased from 10 to 6.5 seconds.

Casemate HP increased from 8,700 to 9,300.

Stock Hull Steering Gear HP increased from 11,600 to 12,000.

Stock Hull Bow HP increased from 2,900 to 3,000.

Main Battery reload time reduced from 6.5 to 5.5 seconds.

Upgraded Main Battery reload time reduced from 8.5 to 7.5 seconds.

Main Battery reload time reduced from 5.7 to 4.5 seconds.

The primary pain point anyone playing the French large cruisers will notice is the lengthy reload time, so we're slightly improving Cherbourg's rate of fire to address this. She's only slightly behind most other Tier VII cruisers, so the change is small.

HP increased for bow, stern, casemate, and superstructure—increasing the damage the ship takes before saturation.

Bow HP increased from 4,900 to 9,800.

Superstructure HP increased from 5,800 to 11,600.

Bow HP increased from 3,500 to 5,000.

Hull HP increased from 41,400 to 44,300.

Casemate HP increased from 5,300 to 10,600.

Superstructure HP increased from 3,700 to 5,000.

credit-earning rate reduced by 5%.

At Tier VIII, the playstyle of the French large cruisers becomes even more difficult to achieve, so Brest gains a bigger change to her reload time than Cherbourg.

Engine HP increased from 55,200 to 59,000.

Main Battery reload time reduced from 29 to 28 seconds.

Stock Hull Magazine HP increased from 19,400 to 20,000.

Magazine HP increased from 27,600 to 29,500.

Stern HP increased from 4,200 to 6,000.

Repair Party moved from slot 2 to slot 4, making this an additional consumable for the ship.

credit-earning rate reduced by 5%.

credit-earning rate increased by 11%.

Upgraded Main Battery reload time reduced from 31 to 28 seconds.

Main Battery AP shell damage increased from 11,350 to 12,000.

Saint Louis is designed around being one of the ultimate glass-cannon ships, focused purely on damage potential. However, she often still struggles to compete, so we're improving her survivability and reload.

Overview traits changed: Added Slow trait. Agile trait was changed to Heal Consumable.

HP increased for bow, stern, casemate, and superstructure—increasing the damage the ship takes before saturation.

Bow HP increased from 2,800 to 3,000.

Stock Main Battery reload time reduced from 34 to 31 seconds.

Italian destroyers from Tier VI and up quickly lose the ability to stand in gun duels and aren't designed for torpedo warfare. We're improving the reload on these SAP gunboats to bridge the gap:

Ship HP increased from 55,200 to 59,000.

credit-earning rate reduced by 5%.

credit-earning rate reduced by 5%.

Torpedo speed increased from 57 to 65 knots.

Stock Hull total health increased from 38,800 to 40,000.

Main Battery reload time increased from 18 to 20 seconds.

credit-earning rate increased by 5.5%.

Stern HP increased from 5,800 to 11,600.

Steering Gear HP increased from 16,600 to 17,700.

Superstructure HP increased from 4,000 to 4,200.

Stock Main Battery reload time reduced from 10 to 9 seconds.

Main Battery reload time reduced from 28 to 26 seconds.

Main Battery reload time reduced from 6.0 to 5.5 seconds.

credit-earning rate increased by 11%.

Stock Hull HP increased from 29,100 to 30,000.

Main Battery reload time reduced from 9.5 to 8 seconds.