Apr 26, 2023

Blood of Steel - bloodofsteel005

Dear lords,

To make sure the stability of the game operation and to improve the service quality and experience, Blood of Steel will update from 1:00 on April 27,2023 to 3:00 on April 27, 2023, UTC. The game world will be closed at that time.

We will close the game match and the login entrance at around 00:45. The account database will be under additional maintenance and backup to ensure the stable and smooth operation of the servers!
It does not rule out the possibility of opening ahead of schedule or delayed due to specific conditions. Please arrange your time reasonably.

Due to version-related adjustments, we will postpone the settlement of the current season and the start of the new season of Ranked Match,Elite Contest, and Territory War; the original plan for Battle Pass will be postponed simultaneously. Please pay attention to the follow-up official website announcement and in-game dynamics.

Patch Notes:

I. Competitive Mode Update
1. New hero Robin Hood will be released.
After the version is updated, the first time you go online, you can get free generals optional gift packs (including new generals Robin Hood) and unit skin optional treasure boxes through the [Special Giving Backs] Button on the upper left part of the in-game lobby.

Time-limited collection time: after the update on April 27, 2023 to after the update on May 4, 2023

2. In order to adapt to the consumption habits of different types of players, the skin sales method of new generals has been adjusted
1） Tracing Wind：Retain the original way and sell it in the Hidden Treasure
2） Dark As Night：It will be packaged and sold in the Special Offers, and the whole set is priced at 4900 YC Point

3. Ranked Match, Territory War, and elite competition seasons are settled and new seasons start
4. The new season of the battle pass is online
In order to thank the players for their support, this battle pass specially added a sincere reward (only for this season of the battle pass), and all players who activated the advanced version of the battle passfor this season can get a reward of 4,500 Credits.

After activating the advanced battle pass: the first-level reward contains 4500 Credits.

5. The siege mode has added a switch to fight against the computer, and the rules are the same as those in the Hero Arena
6. Fix the BUG that the weapon model is abnormal in the interface of matching generals
7. Fix the BUG that the Meng Huo soldier skin model loads abnormally
8. Fix the bug that the weapon model loads abnormally after Cai Wenji dismounts
9. Fix the bug that Mochizuki Chiyo was not controlled by orders and acted abnormally after switching to Full Moon to occupy the stronghold in the Knight Castle Battle
10. Fix the BUG that Mary I's skill special effect (basic) is missing
11. Fixed the bug that Zhuge Liang's Scarecrow skin did not change to the new legion skin
12. Corrected the wrong description of Diao Chan's Spcial Moveset
13. Fixed the bug that players would be judged to hang up if they disconnected and logged in quickly after the battlefield was opened for a certain period of time
14. After the user hangs up for 1 minute, the AI takes over the mechanism actively, and the player can take over after going online. However, if the violation event is exceeded during the period, the trigger hang-up penalty mechanism is still valid, please do not hang-up behavior
15. Added the display shielding function of the recommended pop-up window on the same day. If the current pop-up window page is checked not to display today, the recommendation image of this page will not be displayed again when you log in during the day
16. Decreases the straight time of generals after jumping and landing, and improves the operating feel, but the speed restart mechanism remains after landing
17. Optimized some client freeze phenomena, and will continue to optimize in the future
18. general adjustment
1） Edward I：Increase the recovery speed of Edward's strategy from 0.8% per second to 1% per second
2） Amunet：
A． Stealth: The consumption of Stealth is changed from 10% to 5%, and the continuous consumption remains at 0.75% per second.
B． Concealment recovery speed changed from 0.75% per second to 1% per second
C． Restored to 30%, you can use Stealth
3） Godfrey：
A. remove anger mechanism
B. Justice: Change to kill one person and reduce the CD by 5 seconds
C. Fanatical Worship: CD is reduced to 90 seconds, and during the duration, the damage received is reduced by 25%
4） Baldwin I
A. Frenzy: CD reduced to 60 seconds, duration increased to 12 seconds
B. Passive skill: Changed to Baldwin I killing the enemy, recovering 25 points of HP for himself, and 12 points for soldiers.
5） Qin Qiong：
A. Slash Streak: The strategy of opening the Slash Streak is changed to 5%, and the continuous consumption is changed to 5% per second; when the continuous chop is performed, the soldier increases the super body, and the damage below a certain value cannot interrupt the attack (the super body effect is effective for knockdown and collision Knockdown does not work)
B. Overlord Effect: When receiving attack damage below a certain value, the current attack will not be interrupted (the interruption caused by the impact is not within this range)
6） Bai Qi: recover HP after leaving the battle
7） Cai Wenji: Sky Lantern: strategy cost reduced to 25%
8） Deng Ai: Sprint: In the state of Sprint, reduce the ranged damage received by 35%
9） Xiang Yu: Deep Reserves: Duration increased to 20 seconds
10） Boudica: Slightly reduces the base movement speed of the entire army
11） Dian Wei: Blood Feast: strategy consumption, increased to 40%
12） Qin Liangyu: slightly lowered the base defense of the entire legion
13） Cao Cao: Life Escort: Cao Cao's reserved HP is reduced to 35%

19. Heavy attack adjustments:

a. Deng Ai: Added Wind's Cut (middle button + middle button + middle button)

b. Cao Cao: Added Wind's Cut

c. Godfrey: the heavy attack has been adjusted, the Judgment has been removed, changed to Whirlwind Combo, the Holy Push has been temporarily removed, and a new [middle key + E] will be made in subsequent versions Attack Supplement.

d. Gerald: Added Wind's Cut

e. Baldwin I: Added Wind's Cut

f. Baldwin IV: Added Wind's Cut

g. Yingzheng: Removed Jue Floating Cloud and changed it to Wind's Cut

h. Edward I: The off-hand weapon has added the Wind's Cut

i. Hattori Hanzo: Kenjutsu · Quick Hand has adjusted the action design

II. Open World Mode Update
1. Added cancel function for appointed/granted titles
2. Added ranking leaderboard
3. Increase the protection mechanism of beast refining and synthesis
1） The battle pet must be released from the battle state before it can be trained
2） Behemoths with more than 30,000 combat power need a second confirmation when refining
3） Added the function of behemoth lock, locked behemoths are not allowed to refine and synthesize
4. Increase the function of adding points to giant beasts in batches, left click on the [+] [-] sign, you can continue to add points and subtract points
5. Under the blacksmith production directory, a Hematite package item is added, and the item can be used to obtain 100 Hematite
6. Item price limit adjustment:
a. For blue weapon fragments, the price limit is increased to 10,000 Empire Coin
b. For level 5 devices and level 5 drugs, the price limit is increased to 20,000 Empire Coin
7. Add props for behemoths to improve their aptitude and growth: Saving Bone Elixir; Covering Soul Pill, which can be dropped in the treasure chests (3|4|5) levels dropped by green forests, thieves, and rebels.
8. Optimize the mechanism of [Lay On Hands] releasing skills when Victoria automatically fights from the perspective of God.It needs to meet one of the following three conditions before releasing blood boost.
1） There are at least 10 allies around, blood loss is 10%
2） There are at least 4 allies around, blood loss is 25%
3） 35% loss of own HP
9. Fix the bug that the Behemoth Exchange Store sells abnormal duplicate items
10. Fix the BUG that the number of purchases in the Behemoth Exchange Store can be entered abnormally
11. Fix the BUG that the UI is messed up after abnormal disconnection and reconnection in the scene of Battle of Tripod/Conquer the World
12. Fix the bug that when Victoria is in the state of cutting out her shield, she will not respond to raising her shield during battle
13. Fix the bug that the prompt information on the left side of the battlefield is wrong after switching the resolution
14. Fix the bug that individual players cannot move in the wild after logging in again after being abnormally disconnected
15. Fix the bug that when the backpack is full, there will be no system prompt when the backpack is full when opening the golden weapon blank selection box
16. Fixed the bug that when Sun Shangxiang used salvo from God's perspective, summoning soldiers would cause the salvo to be interrupted
17. Fix the bug that when Xiao Qiao uses salvo and then uses [Fire Arrows] from God's perspective, the volley selection circle will disappear
18. Fix the bug that Xiahou yuan can’t shoot while moving in the range from God’s perspective; at the same time, fix the skill description of Xiahou yuan Mounted Archery in the open world: the shooting range is increased to 960
19. Fixed the problem that the final increased life value displayed in the percentage life bonus entry on the equipment was wrong
20. Corrected the wrong description of personal reputation rewards on the Conquer the World interface
21. Corrected the problem that the display length of the physical defense value on the attribute panel of generals is abnormal
22. Corrected the problem that there is an abnormal layer level in the skill description interface
23. Fixed the loading interface, the display code problem of the monster card
24. Fixed the problem that leaderboard behemoth portraits were wrong
25. Fixed the problem that the behemoth level was displayed incorrectly in PVP mode
26. Corrected the problem that the combat power numbers on the Behemoth interface were incompletely displayed
27. Fixed the problem of inconsistency in the attribute titles of the Behemoth attribute overview interface
28. After Cecilia summoned the Sepulcher Guardian, the UI of the order status was displayed incorrectly
29. Fixed an issue where icons overlapped in Xiahou yuan's first perspective in the battlefield
30. Fixed the problem that the star-raising animation in PVP qualifying match was not displayed normally
31. Corrected the problem that the numerical value of the star-raising animation in the PVP qualifying match was displayed abnormally
32. Fixed the problem that there would be no knight title if the first battle of the PVP qualifying match failed
33. Fixed the problem that some NPCs in Yuque City could not automatically find their way
34. Fixed the problem that the settlement of PVP qualifying matches had wrong icons
35. Corrected the wrong display of the first military officer's unit level and giant beast display on the PVP qualifying settlement interface
36. Fixed the problem of incorrect data display in field PVP battles
37. Corrected the problem that the text of [Melee Retaliation] was not uniform on the talent skill page
38. Corrected the problem that the rules cannot be viewed in the armor enhancement interface without equipment that can be strengthened
39. Removed the level 25 synthesis pool function of alchemy
40. Added 3 new Elixir Recipe, the Elixir Recipe are unlocked at level 15 of refining technology
41. Repair the BUG that the life bonus attribute is invalid for the blue armor
42. Mary I's skill special effects actually need to be triggered after using Q after the anger value is full. The relevant text description has been added after the version update
43. Fix the bug that Victoria cannot use other actions after using the block action

If you have any questions about the game, please contact us in discord or Steam community.

Apr 26, 2023

26/04/2023 Maintenance

Hero Plus - Hero Plus

Dear Hero Community!

We will be performing maintenance at 23:00 PM on 04/26.
We expect this maintenance to last about 2~3hours.
If finished faster please check notice to re-log.
You can find detailed information in the followings below.

Maintenance Time :
April. 26th, 2023 23:00 PM (PDT) - April. 27th, 2023 01:00 AM (PDT)

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0. [Delete] Event Item (Spring Event)

Spring Event rewards will be deleted after the maintenance.

1. [END] Easter Event

Easter Event will be ended after the maintenance.

1) Daily Check-in

2) Holy Box Drop Event

3) Making a Chicken Soup

4) Sacred Tree NPC and Holy Water Event

5) [HT/END] Blessed Chicken Soup/ Easter Random Box

May is known as the month of families as it falls between Mother's Day and Father's Day, and is observed as National Family Month.

In celebration of this special month, we have planned a small event to appreciate and honor families.

Additionally, as we remember and pay tribute to the brave heroes who lost their lives in service to our country on this Memorial Day, we are introducing a unique housing item that proudly displays the American flag.

1. Family Month Daily Check-in

- Period: April 27th ~ May 25th [4 weeks]
Interact with the Area: Dragon Castle
NPC: Event Manager Mae

Every: American Flag Piece
+ Flower Package
5 days: EXP Charm (+30%) 1hour
7 days: EXP Charm (+30%) 2hours
10 days: EXP Charm (+40%) 2hours
13 days: EXP Charm (+50%) 1hour
21 days: Bagua Charm
Windswift(x3) Bundle

※ Note!
1) Event Rewards will be deleted on 06/22.
2) Event Rewards is a Non-tradable item.

2-1. Making a Flower Bunch

- Period: April 27th ~ May 25th [4 weeks]
Interact with the Area: Dragon Castle
NPC: Event Manager Mae

[Spring Bunch] When opened, obtain one of the following: cherry blossom, forsythia, azalea, or tulip.

Cherry Blossom (2h)
STR/DEX/INT +10
Add EXP +5%

Forsythia (2h)
Moving Speed 3
Attack Speed 150
Add EXP +5%

Azalea(2h)
DEF +2%
Arts DEF +2%
Add EXP +2%

Tulip(2h)
HP +5000
CHI +5000
Add EXP +5%

[Blessed Spring Flower Pouch] When opened, obtain a Bunch of flowers and a Flower Gold Box.

Bunch of flowers (4h)
ATK +5%
Arts ATK +5%
Critical +1%
Add EXP +30%

Flower Gold Box -
When opened, obtain one of the following:
Antique : Pot
Antique : Bronze Sword
Antique : pedestal
Golden Frog Statue
Silver Bar
Gold Bar
Golden Pig Statue
Golden Statue
Advanced Golden Statue
Premier Golden Statue

※ Note!
1) Event Rewards will be deleted on 06/22.
2) Event Rewards is a Non-tradable item.
3) Bunch of flowers, Flower Gold Box will not be disposed of.

2-2. Flower Material and American Flag Piece

- Period: April 27th ~ May 25th [4 weeks]

- Mission: Players will get a event item by catching
+-10 monsters from your character.

- Reward:

3. Family Month Buff

- Period: April 27th ~ May 25th [4 weeks]
Interact with the Area: Dragon Castle
NPC: Event Manager Mae

Special Buff for the Family month!
(You can receive one event buff per day per account.)

[Family Month]

STR 7
DEX 7
INT 7
ADD EXP +20% (2 hours)

4. Memorial Day

- Period: April 27th ~ May 25th [4 weeks]
Interact with the Area: Dragon Castle
NPC: American Flag

[How to get an american flag piece?]

- Daily Check-in Reward
- Get a flag piece by catching monster

[American Flag/Flag Box(Furniture) Guide]

1) To display the American Flag Furniture in your house, simply install it.

2) In order to receive the buff again, you'll need to retrieve the furniture and reinstall it.

3) Please note that only one relaxation points for the flag furniture will be applied.

ex) Shining Flag(points 600) + Shining Flag Box(points 600)
= only 600 points will be applied.

ex) Freedom Flag(points 1,000) + Shining Flag Box(points 600)
= only 1,000 points will be applied.

4) The buff from different types of flag furniture is duplicated.

ex) Shining Flag(Add EXP 10%, 6h) + Shining Flag Box(Add Golds 10%, 6h)
= Add EXP 10% + Golds 10%

ex) Freedom Flag(Add EXP 25%, 6h) + Shining Flag Box(Add Golds 10%, 6h)
= Add EXP 25% + Golds 10%

ex) Shining Flag(Add EXP 10%, 6h) + Freedom Flag(Add EXP 25%, 6h)
= only Add EXP 25% effect will be applied.

ex) Will-power Flag Box(Add Golds 5%, 6h) + Freedom Flag Box(Add Golds 25%, 6h)
= only Add Golds 25% effect will be applied.

5) Click on the Flag/Flag box to receive the buff.

※ Note!
1) American Flag Piece will be deleted on 07/21.
2) Flag Furniture/Piece is a storable and Non-tradable item.
3) Flag Furniture is a permanent item.
4) Flag Furniture also will be discarded if you do not pay tax for 3 weeks.
5) Player may fail to create a flag furniture.

5. Premium Item update

[END]

- Blessed Chicken Soup (20Days) ~ 4/26
- Easter Random Box ~4/26

[NEW]
- FireStome Potion (4/27~05/10)

- FireStome Potion(10 Bundles) (4/27~05/10)

- Super Revitalize Pill (4/27~05/10)

- Super Revitalize Pill(10 Bundles) (4/27~05/10)

6. Next Update

- [NEW] Hero Version up patch (MAY, 2023)

In December 2022, we updated our client-server, and we are now able to patch Hero's new OS version.
We believe that the new Hero OS version will be patched within June 2023.
We will exert our best efforts. Thank you for your attention and support.

Kindly click on the link below to access and review the detailed information.
> https://hero.netgame.com/news/view.mgame?idx=3533

Apr 26, 2023

Update 2.25.1.78

War Thunder - Blitzkrieg Wulf

Ground vehicles

T25 — The thickness (4 - >10 mm) and the material (structural steel -> rolled armour) of the grilles on the top of the engine-transmission compartment have been fixed. Previously, these grilles could be penetrated by machine gun fire from other ground vehicles.
Ariete (all modifications) — The material (structural steel - > combined armour plate) and thickness (4 - > 20 mm) of the side skirts have been fixed.
9М331 — The missile's maximum permissible overload has been clarified. Permissible overload has been changed from 16 to 42G.
9М331 — The missile dynamics has been reworked. The work of autopilots for guidance and orientation of the rocket has been clarified.
ZLT11 — A bug where the absence of hatch main armour on the right side of the hull has been fixed (report).
QN506 — A bug which made it impossible to use the commander’s sight except for the cannon’s direction has been fixed (report 1, report 2).
QN506 — Ammo of the 7.62 machine gun has been changed from 2000 to 1000 rounds.
QN506 — A bug causing part of the hull roof armour to combine at the same time as the air intake grill has been fixed (report).
QN506 — Partition between the unmanned combat compartment and control compartment has been added.
QN506 — In the damage mode and X-Ray view, the ammo for the 30 mm cannon has been divided into two belts.
M6A1, T1E1 — A bug which made it possible to fire the offensive machine guns after the loss of the gunner has been fixed.
M4A5 — A bug with the inconsistent location of transmission geometry in the damage model and X-ray view has been fixed.
M163 — A bug with absence in the DM of the breech part of the cannon has been fixed (report).
2S38 — A bug with discrepancy of the location of the cannon’s breech geometry in DM and X-Ray view has been fixed (report).
ZSU-23-4, ZSU-37-2 — The mode of the circular scanning has been changed from “Circular” to “Accelerated circular” mode. Angular scanning speed has been changed from 20 to 60 degrees per second. Source: “Пособие по изучению правил стрельбы батареи, взвода, установки ЗСУ-23-4. 1969”

Aircraft

F-84G (Italy) — air respawn has been fixed.
PB4Y (all versions) — air respawn has been fixed.
Milan — a bug has been fixed where the fuel tank was overlapping the cannon magazines.
F-5E (all versions) — a bug where the radar in the cockpit was shifted to the side has been fixed.
Kurnass 2000 — a bug where the radar in the cockpit was shifted to the side; the radar colour scheme has been adjusted has been fixed.
A-7K — a bug where a data popup of the LANA targeting pod was similar to the A-7E pod has been fixed.
P.108A series 2 — a bug where the modification “New 102mm cannons” increased a shell spread on distances over 500 metres has been fixed.
Ju 388 J — a bug where the windshield glass was specified as “armour” in the armour view tab in the hangar has been fixed.
A-4 (all versions) — jet boosters have been added to all A-4 aircraft, similar to A-4B versions. A bug with the infinite repair on the airfield has been fixed.
Yak-141 — stealth belt has been added to the GSh-30-1 cannon.
MiG-29 — a bug where the MFD remained idle after disabling the HUD has been fixed.
A bug where the contrail was not displayed in the local replay has been fixed.
A bug where while test flying the Soviet piston-engined aircraft, as well as French and British hydroplanes, the gunner’s sight was blinking in the allowed fire angles, which made it impossible to disable AI gunners, has been fixed.

Aircraft missiles

9М39 — altitude control engine and autopilot has been added.
L-UMTAS — autopilot has been improved. Significantly improved autopilot at short-range. (report)
ZT-6 Mokopa — the rocket dynamics and autopilot have been reworked. Significantly improved autopilot at short-range.
CIRIT — autopilot has been improved.
APKWS II (M151) — autopilot has been improved.
APKWS II (M282) — autopilot has been improved.
R-27Т, R-27R, R-27ER — control guidance delay upon launching has been reduced from 0.5 to 0.4 sec (report).
AIM-54A — the rocket dynamics and autopilot have been reworked. Max overload has been increased from 16G to 17G. Sources: “An Outsider’s View Of The Phoenix/AWG-9 Weapon System”, “Grumman F-14 Tomcat by David Baker”, “Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat by Tom Cooper, Farzad Bishop (Author) & Chris Davey (Illustrator) form Osprey Publishing”
AIM-54A — a bug where the missile could destroy the carrier aircraft while pulling up has been fixed (report).
AIM-54A — the seeker warm-up angles have been increased from 45 to 60 degrees. Source: “An Outsider’s View Of The Phoenix/AWG-9 Weapon System”
AIM-54A — guidance equipment operational time has been increased from 100 to 160 sec. Source: “An Outsider’s View Of The Phoenix/AWG-9 Weapon System”
AIM-54A — the climbing up angle has been increased. (report).

Naval

Z-47 — The possibility of simultaneous firing of the 128 mm and 37 mm guns has been disabled.
Blagorodnyy — A bug where the first order ammo racks for the main calibre turrets weren’t displayed if the auxiliary armament wasn’t selected has been fixed.
Duguay-Trouin — The elevation angles of the 75mm anti-aircraft gun have been changed from 60 to 85 degrees.

Game mechanics

Respawn cost of the Pantsir-S1 in Ground RB has been increased to the SPG level: 90-130 RP instead of 70-110.
Weapon RP costs for ATGM-carrying helicopters in Ground RB has been changed:
- Increased by 9% for ATGMs with proximity fuzes;
- Decreased by 10% for ATGMs with guiding distance of 2 km and below;
- Increased by 9% for ATGMs with guiding distance of 6 km and above.

Interface

A bug that caused the vehicle in the research window not to update when replacing this vehicle in the setup has been fixed.

Other changes

An FPS drop while sending long messages in the in-game chat has been fixed.
Incorrect display of the aircraft gunner’s hands have been corrected.

The current provided changelog reflects the major changes within the game as part of this Update. Some updates, additions and fixes may not be listed in the provided notes. War Thunder is constantly improving and specific fixes may be implemented without the client being updated.