The server will be updated at 2am PST on Mar 7 with new events

Dear captains,

Steel Ocean will be updated to V6.49.2 at 1 am PST on Jan 21th.

Primary New Content:

**1. New European transfer special line to reduce the ping data and lag for European players.**

European players can choose the German-Proxy in the login interface, (at the left bottom) to connect the transfer line.

**2. Commanders can be exchanged by qualification points.**

Operation Way: Right click the not obtained commander in the gallery then choose qualification points to exchange.

Exchange any 4 star commander consumes 2500 qualification points

Exchange any 3 star commander consumes 1000 qualification points

Exchange any 2 star commander consumes 300 qualification points

Exchange any 1 star commander consumes 100 qualification points

**3. Commander rarity reducing function**

Operation Way: in the Promotion interface.

5 star commander reduces to 4 star will consume 4000000 silvers and return you 2000 qualification points

4 star commander reduces to 3 star will consume 1600000 silvers and return you 800 qualification points

3 star commander reduces to 2 star will consume 480000 silvers and return you 240 qualification points

2 star commander reduces to 1 star will consume 160000 silvers and return you 80 qualification points

Notice: The commander will only be able to reduce its original rarity and will not change the commander’s level and EXP.

Secondary New Content

**1. New events, gift package and discounts.**

Artillery training: From Jan 21 to 26, you will get 90 merits after using the main artillery 50 times to shoot enemy.

The king over the ocean: Works after Jan 21.

At 20:00-23:00 CST each day, using lv 9-10 ships to win 2 battles will get Adv. Smoke Bomb \*5.

Monthly login: From Jan 22 to Feb 20.

Accumulative login days reaching 20 days will get the elite commander Koga Shinsuke.

Spectral Decay: From Jan 27 to Feb 9.

Accumulative damages reaching 10000 points each day will get 90 merits.

Monthly login: From Jan 22 to Mar 21.

Accumulative login days reaching 20 days will get the elite commander Matsuda Chiaki.

**2.**

Reduce the upper limit of forming team to 3 players;

Reduce the upper limit aircraft carriers amount of each team to 1 ship;

Reduce the upper limit battleships amount of each team to 2 ships;

Reduce the upper limit subs amount of each team to 2 ships.

**3. Add showing current season rewards into primary level 5V5 rank; close advanced level 5V5 rank.**

**4. Captain skill, Weakness Recognition, lasting time adds 15 seconds.**

**5. Ships match balancing and bug fix.**

**6. Optimizing client operating efficiency.**

Others:

**Limited Time Discount: (Ends on Jan 26)**

Surcouf: full price 48800 golds; discount price 38800 golds.

North Carolina Plan I: full price 38800 golds; discount price 28800 golds.

Kitakami: full price 35800 golds; discount price 24800 golds.

Yugumo: full price 20800 golds; discount price 14800 golds.

**New longtime packages, each account can only buy once for each one.**

Basic commander package for destroyers: Reinhard von Musel\*1, Kaspar Mass\*1

Price: 9800 golds, saving 20200 golds

Basic commander package for subs: Joachim Schepke\*1, Koga Shinsuke\*1

Price: 9800 golds, saving 20200 golds

Basic commander package for aircraft carriers: Mark Mitscher\*1, James Doolittle\*1

Price: 6800 golds, saving 14200 golds

Basic commander package for battleships: Francois Darlan\*1, Matsuda Chiaki\*1

Price: 9800 golds, saving 20200 golds