NEW UPGRADES
Daring (Slot 5)
–10% to the torpedo tubes reload time
+10% to maximum torpedo damage
Currently, Daring is a versatile destroyer with a slight edge to an artillery-focused playstyle. The UU will suggest shifting that edge towards torpedoes. With this upgrade, she will thrive further away from caps, with an emphasis on torpedoes and attacks from within smoke.
Kléber (Slot 6)
-20% to ship's detectability
+ 80% to main battery reload time
The UU offers an alternative to Kléber’s artillery focused gameplay: high-speed, close-range torpedo boat with quick torpedo reload. Ship’s detectability will be comparable to that of other destroyers at the same Tier, but the ship will lose significant part of her artillery damage per minute.
Harugumo (Slot 5)
+30% to smoke dispersion time
+100% to smoke generator action time
+ 1 consumable's charge
The UU improves the main playstyle of the ship at the cost of detectability and lowered efficiency in fighting for key areas. The UU allows Harugumo to stay hidden in smoke while moving at ¼ speed.
Kremlin (Slot 6)
-15% to main battery reload time
-15% to main battery firing range
-20% to consumables reload time
The UU offers an even more aggressive playstyle by lowering the consumables reload time–which improves survivability–and lowering the firing range, thereby pushing the ship towards more intense firefights.
Audacious (Slot 6)
-15% to ship's detectability
+20% to engine boost duration
UU allows ship to be closer to the enemy, thus increasing the frequency of planes attacks. But the risk of being detected and becoming the target of focused fire is also increased.
Midway, Slot 6
+25% to bombers cruising speed
+10% to HE bombs damage
Instead of generally improving all plane types, the UU offers an emphasis on bombers, increasing their speed and bomb damage.
Hakuryū, Slot 6
+15% to maximum planes speed
-20% to engine boost duration
The best effect the UU will have is directly before an attack, by significantly increasing the planes’ speed and lowering the time they spend in the AA zone. At the same time, the distance covered with the engine boost active remains roughly the same as without the UU.
CHANGE TO CURRENT UPGRADES
Z-52, Slot 5
-5% to the ship's detectability
-15% to torpedo tubes reload time
Added: -10% to torpedoes detectability
The UU will strengthen Z-52 as a torpedo boat, while lowering her efficiency on key areas due to a smaller bonus to detectability in comparison to the standard concealment upgrade.
Grozovoi, Slot 6
-18% main battery reload time
-7% main battery traverse speed
Changed: +10% => +20% torpedo tubes reload time
The UU offers artillery-focused gameplay. The upgrade was too effective, and the penalty to the main battery traverse speed had no significant impact because of the ship’s already good base value, thus her torpedo tubes reload time penalty was increased.
Moskva, Slot 6
Changed: -11% => -7% maximum dispersion of main battery shells
+8% main battery firing range
Changed: -13% => -20% main battery traverse speed
The change to the UU offers a clear choice between upgrades for damage per minute, for range increase, and for accuracy
Minotaur, Slot 6
+150% action time of the "Smoke generator" consumable
Removed:
+10% dispersion shells fired by enemies attacking your ship
-5% to the ship’s detectability
-15% smoke screen dispersion time
Added:
-10% to the reload time for all consumables
The UU allows the ship to stay in her smoke screen for a significant time while moving at ¼ speed, and the bonus to the reload time of her consumables both improves her overall survivability and efficiency, and makes the UU useful with any build.
Zao, Slot 6
-20% rudder shift time
Removed: -7% maximum dispersion of main battery shells
+8% main battery firing range
The upgrade was too universal, empowering different parameters of the ship. In its current form, the UU will be effective for playing on the open water using maneuverability and long range.
Yamato, Slot 6
-7% maximum dispersion of main battery shells
Removed: -6% main battery reload time
Changed: -19% => -13% main battery traverse speed
This upgrade gave two bonuses: DPM and accuracy, and it was too effective. After the change, the UU will offer a clear choice between these two parameters.