Game Updates/2017/October 18th
- Naval District Saury Festival 2017 has ended.
- All CGs related to the Festival (Fishing CG, Autumn Festival Happi Coat CG, Yukata CG, and Pacific Saury CG) have also been removed from the game.
- New CGs have been added to the Encyclopaedia.
- New Autumn Casual (Lit. "Personal") Clothing CGs have been added for the following ships:
- Halloween and Oktoberfest CGs for Libeccio and Z1 respectively have also been added back into the game.
- Late Autumn voice lines have been added for more than 30 ships.
- Special voice lines for "The Night Before The Decisive Battle" have been added for selected ships as well.
- GUI for the Sortie and Expedition menus has been updated.
- A new function for the Expedition menu was also added (details to follow).
- Improvements were also made to the Fleet Formation and Resupply menus, where smoke effects from damaged ships previously caused some issues.
- The Sound options and UI have been updated with "one-click" functions.
- It is now possible to instantly mute and/or unmute certain sound effects by clicking on each speaker button.
- Furniture Store UI has been updated.
- Both the Furniture Store as well as the Furniture Selection menu have been updated.
- Furniture that have attached BGMs will now display instrument fairies in the relevant menus to reflect this.
- There are no updates to the Furniture Store's inventory in this update.
- Updates to Expeditions:
- The Drum Canister icon in the menu has been updated.
- A maximum of four Daihatsu / Type 2 Ka-Mi Tank can now be viewed from the menu.
- New expeditions have been added to the various areas in-game.
- Three new kinds of Expeditions have been added, including:
- 兵站強化任務
- 海峡警備行動
- (The last one was not listed)
- These new expeditions have more specific requirements, such as ASW, AA, LoS, and more, on top of the usual expedition requirements (involving ship classes and so on).
- Three new kinds of Expeditions have been added, including:
- A new mechanic known as "Temporary/Special Resupply" (臨時補給) has been added to the menu.
- Under certain conditions, it is possible to use this mechanic to resupply expedition fleets directly from the Expeditions menu.
- This does not have to be unlocked with DMM Points / cash.
- This can be unlocked via quests and/or expeditions.
- A total of three new quests have been added to the game, including the following:
- 近海に侵入する敵潜を制圧せよ!
- 遠征「補給」支援体制を強化せよ!
- As always, certain prerequisite quests may need to be cleared before these quests are unlocked.
- Updates to Aicraft Carrier Cut-Ins:
- The proficiency of various aircraft involved in the Cut-In attack (Dive Bombers / Torpedo Bombers / Fighters / Etc.) will now be taken into account when calculating the attack success rate / critical hit rate / critical hit damage / etc.
- When the aircraft that triggers the Cut-In is in the carrier's first slot (acting as the 隊長機編隊), the attack success rate is further affected by said aircraft's proficiency level.
- This year's Fall Event will take place next month.