Hit points reduced from 71 800 to 58 350 Secondary Armament firing range reduced to 5 km Certain values have been adjusted to reflect the tier change: This reallocation will allow the ship to feel more comfortable in battle.

Please note that the information in the Development Blog is preliminary.Ĭruiser moved to tier IX. Thus we're working on the modernized version of Azuma, which will get torpedo launchers and strengthened AA and take it's place at tier X. Later, if it suits the balance, the Hydroacoustic search may be brought back.īut the idea to add an IJN tier X large cruiser hasn't gone. We understand this, but, considering all the ship's characteristics, the testing will go without this consumable. We've noticed concerns about the Hydroacoustic Search being removed from Azuma. Accuracy became the main feature of the ship. Characteristics were adjusted accordingly, including the plating (30 mm thickness is a X tier cruisers trait). We think that it's better for Azuma to be a good tier IX ship rather than weak tier X, so we've decided to make a transfer. In Azuma's case there was an idea to add it as a tier X IJN cruiser, but as testing has shown, balancing the ship would require too large of a deviation from the project's characteristics. When the new ship is added to the game, it's tier is decided with historical characteristics taken in account. In this publication we'd like to explain the reasons behind transferring Azuma from X tier to IX.

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