So the next big patch will be the 0.3.1 of course. There we can expect:
- USN BBs and we already know a lot about them.
- IJN CVs will come in the same patch and their tree was announced. Picture with the current ones at the end.
So what's so special about the IJN CVs? For now we know they will have less hit points, much less AA power, BUT they will have more active squadrons then the USN CVs. So they will have more power in the air to act with, but much less in reserve as we all know the USN CVs have much bigger capacity. It will be easier to left them without planes after 2 bad attacks.
Some other info released today:
- Yamato will be buffed in 0.3.1
- Midway will come as USN CV tier X after all, but not in 0.3.1, later.
- IJN CA will be reworked a bit, but they won't get their long range torps back. They want their main weapon to be the artillery with the torps as a "powerful, but skill-demanding auxiliary weapon". They want them to be used with "hit and run" tactics.
- Scout planes will get increased patrolling range + they have some "interesting ideas to improve their value"
- either Bismark or Tirpitz will be premium
- no wipe planned after CBT>OBT and we will have no compensations for what we unlock during the CBT.
- they will NOT give piasters and premium ships for test during the CBT. The players who won them in contests (on the RU ofc) or bought them will do the testing...
- the tier IX IJN BB will be A-140-J2, but we knew that already