World of Warplanes Update 1.5.1

Pilots!

World of Warplanes Update 1.5.1 is set to go live on September 4. Adjustments to Superiority, physics, controls and more are in the cards for this update. Read on for more information!

Downtime

The game server will be going down to prep for the update:

Update Notes

Gameplay

Matchmaker

• The possibility of creating a battle without mid-tier planes was reduced (for situations where planes have a two-tier disparity)

Superiority

• The rate of filling the scale was reduced by 15%

Economy

• Increased the reward in Credits and Experience for damaging ground targets
• Prices of bombs and rockets were reduced

Physics and Balance

• The damage dealt to planes by course weapons was reduced
• The damage dealt to planes by bombs and rockets was increased
• Increased accuracy of large-caliber guns on ground attack planes but reduced their effectiveness against aircraft

Graphics & Interface

• The plane characteristics panel received interactive icons of Crew members. Clicking them opens a standard Crew menu. Now the Crew can be replaced in any tab of the Hangar
• The range of markers appearing (display range) for ground targets was reduced to 3000 meters. The transparency of markers for ground targets was changed
• Max target range available for lock by pressing the"Next target" key (default: X) was limited to 3000 m

Controls

Mouse

• Improved performance of the "Automatically roll in turns" option
• Introduced the prioritization of "Roll left/right" and "Pitch up/down" commands from the keyboard if the mouse cursor remains stationary for some time