Game Updates/2020/February 7th

February 7th 2020 Shikinami Kai 2 / Valentine's Day 2020 Update

1. Setsubun Event Ends
   • All Bean Quests and Rewards have been removed
2. Setsubun Voice Lines and CGs Removed
   • All CG and Voicelines are no longer avalaible.
   • However you can view CGs from the Asset Gallery
3. Furniture Update
   • Along with Valentine's Day Furniture the following new items have been implemented for purchase at the Furniture Store:
     • Valentine's Day Wall Decoration
     • Ship Girls' Valentine's Day Desk
     • Ship Girls' Homemade Chocolate
   • Furniture with obscene price tags can be obtained at a discount by using a furniture fairy!
4. BGM update
   • Some maps along with the Jukebox now play the various BGM music.
   • Juke box now includes the BGM "Traveling to Truk" as a selectable homeport BGM.
5. New Expeditions
   • 3 New Expeditions have been implemented which includes the following:
   • South-Western Sea Expedition "Bauxite Convoy Escort"
   • Western Sea Expedition "Western Sea Reconnaissance Operation"
   • Western Sea Expedition "Western Submarine Operation" (Monthly Combat Expedition)
6. Combat Buff to various Kanmusu
   • The Following Kanmusu have been given the following buffs:
     • Hiryuu K2: Max Evasion
     • Souryuu K2: Max Firepower
     • Hyuuga K2: Max Firepower, ASW
     • Chitose A: Max Firepower, Torpedo, AA
     • Chiyoda A: Max Firepower, Torpedo, AA
     • Kiso K2: Max Firepower, Torpedo, Evasion
     • Tama K2: Max Firepower, ASW
     • Fumizuki K2: Max Firepower
     • Ushio K2: Max Luck, Armour, Firepower, AA
7. Akashi's Improvement Arsenal Update
   • Akashi can now improve the following Equipment in her arsenal:
   • Type 1 Armor-Piercing (AP) Shell can be upgraded to Type 1 Armor-Piercing (AP) Shell Kai
   • Type 1 Armor-Piercing (AP) Shell Kai Can be further improved with the help of a certain ship girl.
   • 12.7cm Twin Mount Type-B Kai 4 (Wartime Modifications) + Anti-Aircraft Fire Director Can now be improved with a certain ship girl.
8. Yearly Quest Implementation
   • There will now be mission that can now be completed on a yearly basis which will be avaliable for the whole year.
   • The Current Yearly Quests are set as "Feburary Yearly Quest" which will last until the end January of next year which then they will be reset.
9. New Quests
   • The follow new quests have been implemented
     • Elite "DesDiv 19", In the Spotlight!
     • Establishing the Special Escort Convoy Headquarters!
     • "DesDiv 19" Exercises!
     • "Coastal Defence Ships", Protecting the Sea!
10. Shikinami Kai Ni
    • Shikinami has now been given a Kai Ni Remodel.
    • REquirements: Level 80, No Blueprints, some devmats required.
11. Fitting Bonuses for Shikinami
    • Like Ayanami, Shikinami gets bonuses when armed with the following equipment in her Kai Ni remodel:
12. 12.7cm Twin Mount Type-B Kai 2
    • 12.7cm Twin Mount Type-B Kai 4 (Wartime Modifications) + Anti-Aircraft Fire Director
    • 61cm Triple (Oxygen) Torpedo Mount Late Model
    • These can provide additional bonuses in relation to equipping a radar.
13. Performance update
    • RAM useage has been improved as to help prevent additional ram useage in the game.
    • Game Performance has been adjusted when playing the game in a browser that has hardware acceleration disabled.
14. Improvement of UI update
    • Ship list can now be organized based upon "dry dock repair times"
15. Valentine's DaY CG and Voice lines
    • Akishimo, Hayanami, Grecale and Fukae have been given Valentine's Day CGs.
    • Valentine's Voice Lines have returned along with new ones including Hirato, Hachijou, Ishigaki, Colorado, Saratoga, Houston,Atlanta, Fletcher, De Ruyter, Perth, Janus, Abruzzi, Garibaldi, Grecale, Ooyodo, Shinshuu Maru, Isuzu, Nagara, Akishimo and Mikura!
16. Equipment Crafting update
    • New Equipment has been added to the pool which will include a following methods to gaining access to them:
      • Using a DD or CL can help you possible gain the ASW gear Type 95 Depth Charge
      • Using a CA or BB can help you gain the improved Medium Caliber gun 20.3cm(no.2) Twin Gun Mount
      • Using a CV can help you gain access to the Anti Aircraft 12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher
      • Using an Aviantion Battleship that's a part of Carrier Division 4 will give you a chance to earn the hard to obtained Zuiun (631 Air Group)