Greetings, Commanders! Welcome to the Public Test of Update 0.8.4!
Battles will rage in the "Victory" competition, a new season of the Ranked Battles grind kicks off, new changes to aircraft carriers go live, and dynamically changing weather will appear in your Ports! Read the Developer Bulletin and join the test!Round 2 Schedule
Start: Thu. 16 May 18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
End: Mon. 20 May 17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Changelog
- Statistics have shown, that optimization of the game in the last updates, as well as texture streaming, have noticeably decreased the time it takes for players to load into battle. Therefore we reduced the waiting time to enter battle by 15 seconds;
- Fixed bug which allowed the use of rental
X [Conqueror] in battle modes other than Ranked battles; - Fixed bug where landing gear was not retracted, and propellers were not moving after the planes took off;
- Minor visual fixes for the new map "Greece";
- Fixed other bugs from the first session of the Public Test;
- Parameters of the
X Hakuryu's alternative torpedo bombers J5N Tenrai Type 91 mod. 8 have been reverted to those of the main server. Details will appear later in the Development Blog.
Steam up for the Summer Season!
The Summer Season comes with a special offer for regular participants of our Public Tests, as well as for those of you who want to make waves by contributing to the development of the game.The nearest three updates will be preceded by Public Tests (PT) with an extra chain of combat missions. Join the Public Tests of Updates 0.8.4 to 0.8.6, complete all of the additional missions—and an extra reward for each mission will be yours, along with the ultimate reward at the very end.
Public Test 0.8.4
- Mission: win 15 Random Battles during the PT.
- Reward: 2x In the Service of the Motherland containers free of charge, credited to your main account when Update 0.8.4 goes live.
Public Test 0.8.5
- Mission: win 15 Random Battles during the PT.
- Reward: valuable in-game goodies from Update 0.8.5 (we'll keep them secret for now because otherwise we'll spoil the Update, right?).
Public Test 0.8.6
- Mission: win 15 Random Battles during the PT.
- Reward: valuable in-game goodies from Update 0.8.6 (we'll keep them secret for now because otherwise we'll spoil the Update, right?).
Every player that completes all three missions offered during the three Public Tests will receive the ultimate reward of the Summer Season!
Ultimate reward:
- A patch and flag for participation in the Public Tests during the Summer Season.
- Premium Ship VI special container that is guaranteed to drop a Tier VI Premium ship. If you already have all Tier VI Premium ships in your Port, you will receive compensation in doubloons.
Combat Missions and Rewards
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Play one Random or Co-op Battle.
Reward on the live server: three signals of each type, excluding special signals.
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Play 3 battles with aircraft carriers in Random or Co-op Battles.
Reward on the live server: Ten "Type 6" camouflage patterns.
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Reach Rank 1 in the Ranked Battles season with Tier X ships.
Reward on the live server: Five of each of the following special signals: Dragon, Wyvern, Red Dragon, Ouroboros, and Hydra.
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Complete the "In the service of the Motherland" collection in Random, Co-op or Ranked Battles.
Reward on the live server: 1 day of Warships Premium Account.
Delivered to you via a container so that you can activate it whenever you wish.
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Play 10 Ranked Battles.
Reward on the Public Test server: Unique Commander Nikolay Kuznetsov.
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You must register your Public Test account with the same email address as your live account in order to collect your rewards. No exceptions. If your Public Test account is registered to an email address that differs from your live server account email address, make sure you register a new Public Test account using your live server account email address.
To claim rewards for your live account please click the button below. You will be able to claim the rewards for your live account within five working days of the Update's release.
CLAIM YOUR REWARDS
Starting Bonuses
- At the start of the Public Test, all participants will have Tier VIII ships, helmed by Commanders with 15 skill points, credited to their PT accounts.
- Research prices for Tier IX–X ships and ship modules will be substantially discounted.
- As always, 500,000,000 credits and
30,000 doubloons will be added to your PT account. - 14 days of Warships Premium Account will be credited to all Public Test accounts.
- A large set of signals of all types (except for special signals) will also be added to your PT account to help you in the tests.
- Players will be able to reset Commander skills at the cost of 1 doubloon for 1 skill point.
How do I access the Public test?
If you participated in the previous Public Test, just update the client and use your existing Public Test account.
If you want to join the Public Test for the first time, download the client (~24 GB) and register your account on the Public Test portal. You can also authorize your Steam or Windows Store account in order to create a Public Test account so that you can receive your rewards for testing the game.
Please note the following: Player Support does not accept complaints about violations committed on the Public Test server.
Wargaming.net Game Center Instructions
If you already have the Public Test client installed on your PC, you can import it into the Game Center:
- Open the Game Center and go to the "ALL GAMES" tab.
- Click the "Import Installed Games" button.
- Follow the prompts on the next screen to select the games you want to import into the Game Center.
- Go to the World of Warships tab, then select "World of Warships PT" in the drop-down list of the "Game Instance" field, and click the "Play" button.
- Go to the "ALL GAMES" tab.
- Click the "Install Game by ID" button and enter the following code: V09XUy5QVC5QUk9EVUNUSU9OQGh0dHA6Ly93Z3VzLXdvd3NwdC53b3JsZG9md2Fyc2hpcHMucnUv
- Enter the required parameters (installation folder, client type etc.) on the screen that appears to proceed to the game installation.
- Go to the World of Warships tab, then select "World of Warships PT" in the drop-down list of the "Game Instance" field, and click the "Play" button.
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