Here’s a full overall description of everything that’s new in Update 4.5:
User Interface Changes
- Interchangeable UI: The ability to swap between classic and new, i.e. green and blue color themes, in the Graphics Quality tab of the Settings menu.
- Improved League Season results screen.
- Improved text readability.
- Increased font size for the following: Port, matchmaking screen, Armory, Mission description, player and opponent names, damage numbers in battle, and player and opponent names in the battle details.
- Increased clickable area for various buttons.
- Increased the size of bundle images and numbers displayed in the Shop.
Social Media Menu
- Added a new menu category on the left sidebar at the bottom of the scroll. Players can use this to view social media channels.
Other Additions
- Added the option to watch an advertisement to refresh missions. The option can be found on the left side of the “Replace” button.
- Added a notification for new items in the Shop.
- Unique Equipment icon added to ships that have it in the Techline menu.
- Unique Equipment category added to the Armory menu.
- Information icon previewing details and rules added to the Vault.
- Added an information icon displaying the drop rate of each item for Crates, Sonar Sweep, and Blitz Pass Advanced Crates.
Bug Fixes
- Resolved an issue where players weren’t able to view their friend list and it would be displayed as empty.
- Resolved an issue where prices weren’t displayed properly in the Shop.
Ship Balancing
German Tier VII aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin
- Auto secondary firing range increased from 3.6 to 4.2 km
- Secondary Overload II ship skill added x1
German Tier VII aircraft carrier Black Graf Zeppelin
- Secondary Overload I ship skill added x2
Japanese destroyers: Tier VIII Akizuki, Tier IX Kitakaze, and Tier X Harugumo
Main Battery Traverse Speed increased from 15 to 18 degrees per second
Pan-Asian Tier VIII destroyer Fenyang
- Main Battery Reload Time decreased from 4.6 to 3.6 seconds
- Main Battery Traverse Speed increased from 15 to 18 degrees per second
- Engine Accelerator I increased from x2 to x3 per game
- Smoke Generator I increased from x2 to x3 per game
Pan-Asian Tier VIII destroyer Hsienyang
- Damage Reduction decreased from 6 to 4.5%
Pan-Asian Tier X destroyer Yueyang
- Main Battery Reload Time increased from 3.3 to 3.6 seconds
U.S. Tier VIII battleships North Carolina and Black North Carolina
- Main Battery AP Penetration increased by 4%
U.S Tier VIII battleship Kansas
- Main Battery Shell Dispersion increased by 7%
U.S. Tier IX battleship Georgia
- Engine Accelerator I changed to Engine Accelerator III
U.S. Tier X battleship Montana
- Increased HP from 48,600 to 49,400
- Torpedo Damage Reduction increased from 18 to 21%
- Main Battery Shell Dispersion decreased by 4%
U.S Tier X battleship Vermont
- Main Battery Reload Time increased from 29 to 30 seconds
- Main Battery Shell Dispersion increased by 4%
- 0 to Max Speed increased from 30.88 to 38.75 seconds
French Tier VII battleship Lyon
- Main Battery Firing Range increased from 11.08 to 11.4 km
French Tier X battleship République
- Main Battery Shell Dispersion increased by 4%
- Dispersion coefficient decreased from 2 to 1
Japanese Tier VIII battleship Amagi
- Belt armor increased from 254 to 279 mm
Japanese Tier X battleship Shikishima
- Citadel Damage Rate increased from 300 to 350%
Soviet Tier VIII battleship Vladivostok
- Accuracy increased at close to medium ranges
- Damage Reduction increased from 15 to 16.5%
Soviet battleships: Tier IX Sovetsky Soyuz and Tier X Kremlin
- Main Battery Reload Time decreased from 25 to 24 seconds
- Accuracy increased at close to medium ranges
- Damage Reduction increased from 16.5 to 18%
Soviet Tier IX cruiser Kronshtadt
- Citadel Damage Rate increased from 200 to 250%
Soviet Tier IX cruiser Riga
- Main Battery Reload Time decreased from 14 to 13.5 seconds
- Average Deck Armor increased from 70 to 76 mm
Soviet Tier X cruiser Petropavlovsk
- Main Battery Reload Time decreased from 14 to 13.5 seconds
- Average Deck Armor increased from 80 to 102 mm
Soviet Tier X cruiser Alexander Nevsky
- Main Battery Shell Dispersion decreased by 7%