New Years Update

So 2015 has ended and here we are on the cusp of an exciting new year ahead, especially for Navyfield 2. On the 31st December the dev team at SDEnternet posted the following announcements of upcoming plans for 2016 here.

For the abbreviated details if you simply can't wait look below:

• Tier 12 Battleships will be introduced during January or February.
• Significant balance patch  will be made affecting BB's reload time, gun turn speed and defense power, CL's speed reduction, DD's torp damage increased. During January.
• Certain ships' credit gain increased.
• Planes now becoming permanent. The 7 day timer will be removed.
• Fleet Battles will be introduced. During March.
• Harbour Assault will be patched. Sometime during April or May.

This is great news as almost every month should include some form of major alterations to hold us out until the big game modes are available. So many of the long term veterans are looking forward to fleet battles, and the high level of strategy in the upcoming harbor assaults.

These features are exactly what the game is about, getting lots of fleets together in big battles with an end goal in sight: being the top of the leader boards or holding down a harbor for the longest.  

But the strategies involved and the tactics employed will show who has their wits about them and which fleets truly are up for the challenge.

For more details on the updates to come your in 2016 check out here. 

One or Two Months

That was the quote from SDEnternet's development team in this forum post about when harbour assault mode will be tested.

This is fantastic news as many will be eager to get involved with this test. Super hyper buzzing right now!

Coming back to reality, the dev team also revealed that the planning period has finished and they are well under way with the actual development of their plan.

They teased by saying that the first test will be a couple months away. Even more interestingly they revealed that the harbour assaults will be on a "grander scale" than in nf1 previously.

The harbour assaults were a 5x5 grid fashion. Win a battle room to win a grid, work your way to the harbour tile, win the battle and then capture the harbour.

It is anyones guess exactly what they mean by a "grander scale". It could be that more than one fleet is involved. Or maybe there is a new world map and/or grid layout that offers new routes and challenges to get to the harbours.

Also what about rewards? If the same holds true from nf1, obtaining a harbour means you get free repairs on ships of that nation and access to producing unique ships.

Hopefully there will be a few more surprises in store for the rewards you get when owning a harbour.

The final note was that screenshots will be coming soon so that we all get a taster of what the new mode and interface will look like in readiness for the live server test.

Exciting times? Yes. We can't wait!