Servers will be down on the night of May 9th, from 11PM through 1AM Pacific
Daylight Time. (May 9th 06:00:00 -> May 9th 08:00:00 GMT/UTC time)

Patch 1.172:

1. Changes in Night Battle:

Changed ship number limit:

BB: 5 -> 7
CV: 4 -> 3

Raised total ship limit per battle room to 20 (14 BB, 6 CV)

2. "Great Battle I" has been added:
GB1 has newly implemented auto balance system which is standardized by the ship
level. Let me explain the system.

Team split order priority:
Normal ships with naval guns -> Carrier Vessel(CV) -> Torpedo Ships (TW)
Exception: If the TW ship is not carrying torpedoes, it is categorized
to "Normal ships with naval guns"

Normal ships with naval guns and TW ships are split, based on the level requirement
for ship use.

Carrier Vessels are not split by level, but by number of simultaneously launchable
aircrafts.

Balance decision for ships with identical level:
a. Normal ships with naval guns
- Gunner Level: The highest level gunner sitting on the R mount spot.
- Range: The naval gun with longest range, installed in R mount.
- Deck Armor: The thickness of the deck armor.
- Entrance sequence: Battleroom entrance (if everything mentioned above are
equal, then GB1 will use this to balance.)

b. Carrier Vessels
- Sailor Level: The highest level pilot sitting in the support slot.
- CV level: The required level for the Carrier Vassel.
- Turn Radius: The turning radius of the ship.
- Entrance sequence: Battleroom entrance (if everything mentioned above are
equal, then GB1 will use this to balance.)

c. Torpedo Ships, TW, or which ever you call them. (Simakaze, Kuma, Kuma Kai,
Kitakami)
- Sailor Level: The highest torpedo sailor level
- Reload speed: The reload speed of the torpedo
- #of torp launchers: Number of torpedo launchers. (each trop barrels count. so total
# of torpedo launcher barrels.)
- Entrance sequence: Battleroom entrance (if everything mentioned above are
equal, then GB1 will use this to balance.)

More on Great Battle I:

Unlike GBII, Escort ships are allowed in GBI.

Ship limit: Minimum 24, Maximum 128 (this number include escort ships)

BB/CV limit: 10 BB, 6 CV (5BB, 3 CV per team)

Time limit:
- 47 user or less: 15 minutes
- 71 users or less: 20 minutes
- 128 users or less: 30 minutes

3. KM ship tree change:
In Koenigsberg -> (M Project) -> Ad. Hipper, Deutschland route, the user must select
the M Project in order to progress to the next ship.

4. The test server will reopen (Open NF) after maintenance.
I will post more information on how to connect to Obst' lair(test server).
You may need to update the datafile from our server.
I am still in the talks with the server fellas at this moment.
to be very honest. please expect delays and chaos. and pour us your patience, if
things go bad on this one.

5. Gift system has been implemented (web)
Now... PLEASE! Don't share your password. and don't fall into item scams.

Thank You!!!

-NFGM