Game Updates/2018/June 13th

June 13th, 2018 Ise Kai Ni / Rainy Season 2018 Update

1. Ise has received her second remodel.
   • Ise's second remodel will be a 改装航空戦艦(戦闘航空母艦) class ship. (Translation pending.)
   • This is a large-scale hypothetical ("if") remodel.
   • The second remodel requires 2 Blueprints, a Prototype Catapult, an Action Report, and various other materials.
     • Medals, Action Report(s), and Prototype Catapult(s) will be obtainable via quests.
   • Only her first and second slots can equip Main Guns.
   • Her third and fourth slots can equip Dive Bombers, Fighters, or Recon planes.
   • The second remodel also comes with a fifth slot, which can be equipped for various purposes (no details), including more aircraft (no details on any limitations on types of aircraft).
   • Note: As Ise K2 can only equip main guns in her first 2 slots, what you see when equipping her first two slots differs from what can be equipped in the remaining slots. Keep this in mind when changing equipment.
     • • Please also make use of the "sort" function to sort equipment.
   • Ise's combat performance also changes greatly depending on her equipment type; try out different configurations to see what works best.
   • The second remodel includes some new voice lines.
   • Hyuuga is expected to receive her second remodel this year as well.
2. Kuroshio has received her second remodel.
   • A Blueprint is required for this remodel.
   • This remodel also includes some new voice lines.
   • Kuroshio K2 has improved anti-ship combat performance with 12.7cm Twin Mount Type-C Kai 2, 12.7cm Twin Mount Type-D Kai 2 and/or 61cm Quad (Oxygen) Torpedo Mount equipped.
     • (No details on how significant the performance boost / stat gains are.)
3. Rainy Season voice lines have been added to the game.
   • This includes new voice lines for Jervis, Tashkent, Amagiri, Sagiri, Kako, Furutaka, Hiyou, Junyou, Gambier Bay, Intrepid, I-400, and Richelieu.
   • Omake: There are also some ships that aren't very pleased with the current season.
4. Sagiri, Hamanami, Fujinami, Fukae and Etorofu have received new CGs for the Rainy Season.
   • Spring CGs and other CGs have been added to the Encyclopaedia.
5. BGMs for some mapshave been updated. The Jukebox has also been updated to include the following:
   • 「雨音の鎮守府」
   • 「雨とお酒と艦娘」
6. Updates to furniture:
   • 紫陽花の窓
   • 紫陽花の床
   • 紫陽花のステンドグラス
   • 艦娘の傘立て(※特別家具) new!
     • Has three different appearances, depending on secretary ship.
     • With a Rainy Season secretary ship (presumably one with a Rainy Season CG), the furniture also has its own unique gimmick.
   • 紫陽花鉢の提督机
   • 提督座布団
   • 藤と水面の床
   • 藤の壁紙
   • レインコート＆傘掛け
   • 緑の和壁紙
   • 新緑のフローリング
   • てるてる坊主の窓
   • 鉄製の床材 new!
   • 水無月の壁紙
   • 水無月の窓
   • 椅子
   • 執務机
   • 紫陽花の壁紙
   • 梅雨の壁紙
   • 梅雨の緑カーテン窓
   • 伊勢」の掛け軸
   • 瑞雲旗 new!
   • Furniture Fairy/Fairies will be obtainable from new quests.
   • Bath furniture has also been updated.
7. A furniture scroll related to the 5 Etorofu-class sisters is obtainable via a new quest series (海防艦任務群):
   • 「択捉型海防艦」掛け軸 new!
   • This quest is available even if you do not currently have any DEs.
   • You can also obtain the first or second Etorofu-class DE from this quest (Etorofu or Matsuwa).
8. New Quests (Total of 11):
   • 【海防艦】任務群
     • 「海防艦」整備計画
     • 海防艦」、進発せよ！
     • And more; 3 quests total
   • 【改装航空戦艦(戦闘航空母艦)】任務群
     • 戦闘航空母艦一番艦、演習始め！
     • 戦闘航空母艦、出撃せよ！
     • 航空戦艦用強化型新主砲の研究
     • 精鋭「航空戦艦」彗星隊の編成
     • And more; 5 quests total
   • 【最精鋭甲型駆逐艦】任務群
     • 最精鋭甲型駆逐艦、集結せよ！
     • 最精鋭甲型駆逐艦、特訓始め！
     • And more; 3 quests total
   • As usual, other prerequisite quests may need to be completed first.
   • These are not limited-time quests, there is no need to rush to complete them.
9. The following equipment can now be improved in Akashi's Improvement Arsenal:
   • Type 33 Surface RADAR
   • Type 3 Depth Charge Launcher
   • 12.7cm Single High-angle Gun Mount (Late Model)
     • Has improved performance on certain ships after a certain number of improvements.
   • The equipment that can be improved with Naganami K2 and Ise K2 as supporting ships (in the second slot of your fleet) has also been updated.
   • Nagato K2 can now upgrade the 41cm Triple Gun Mount Kai.
     • New Artillery Armament Materials are required.
10. New Equipment:
    • 艦爆隊「彗星二二型(六三四空)」
    • 艦爆隊「彗星二二型(六三四空/熟練)」
    • The basic version can be obtained via Ise's second remodel.
    • The skilled version can be obtained via quests.
11. Stat updates:
    • Fusou K2 and Yamashiro K2 now have a starting and maximum ASW stat.
12. The Spring 2018 Food Collection Mini-Event has ended.
    • Houshou's Meal Ticket will still be usable from the items menu until the next maintenance.
    • All other event-related items will be removed.
13. The 5th Anniversary Quests have been removed from the game.
14. DEs will no longer drop from regular maps.
15. Requests for transfers to Yokosuka, Kure, Sasebo, Maizuru, and Oominato Servers will no longer be available.
    • You can still request to transfer to all other servers, until the next maintenance.