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Greeting, Admirals!

After receiving some great feedback and suggestions from our Admirals regarding the recent update, we are happy to inform our Admirals about some improvements we’ll be applying to number of features.

[Armada Strike Group Reward]

Previously, [Armada Strike Group] Rewards were distributed to Admirals based on the outcome of the individual Contribution Ranking. As mentioned in the previous Dev Note, we noticed that the Reward distribution system left a lot to be desired for those other than the top-ranked players, especially for those in larger Alliances. This discouraged some Admirals from participating, and this is in addition to the fact that Admirals had concerns about the corresponding rewards not being enticing enough to encourage participation.

One of the main priorities of our recent series of updates was to provide an environment where Admirals would be encouraged to proactively play together with their Alliance members. That said, we made improvements to the ASG Reward structure, in hopes to satisfy ASG Fans and increase the number of participants. Specifically, we wanted to motivate Admirals to take on higher ASG levels by changing the distribution of the Individual Damage Rewards based on the total damage dealt (ranked by Grade). Actively participating Alliance members would then receive Rewards based on their individual, accumulated damage total.  

Since the update was implemented, we have continuously monitored the in-game data. However, we have confirmed that lower-level Admirals were not receiving rewards that’d properly reflect their individual contributions; this is specifically counter to what we had intended.

To offset this situation, and to better compensate those active participants, we will adjust the difficulty of ASG and increase the number of Rewards allotted. The following improvements will be implemented via the upcoming Weekly Maintenance on 3/28 PDT (3/29 UTC).

With these improvements, Admirals will now be able to obtain higher Rank rewards, and the number of attainable [Advanced Ship Blueprint] items will be increased as well.

[Adjustment of Return-Rate for [Advanced Ship Blueprint] on [Ship XP Transfer]]

We had originally designed the development strategy for the [Ship XP Transfer] with the intent to make it easier for Admirals to convert lower Tier Ships into higher Tier Ships when compared to the previous [Tier-Up System].

However, utilizing the data extrapolated from both broad-form backend in-game data analysis and consistent feedback from our Admirals, we have established that the use of the [Ship XP Transfer] system was far more commonly used to upgrade Normal Ships, but the system was not used as often on Advanced Ships.

It is our belief that this is due to the insufficient return rate of [Advanced Ship Blueprints] when Advanced Ships are used as materials for the [Ship XP Transfer] system; eventually leaving our Admirals to carry the burden of Ship advancement or progress. 

That said, we are planning to improve the [Ship XP Transfer System] to alleviate this burden. Instead of the current, partial return amount, we’ll be encouraging Admirals to use Advanced Ships by providing a 100% return of [Advanced Ship Blueprints],  

(* [Advanced Ship Blueprints] used as materials for the [Ship XP Transfer] and [Limit Break] will also be adjusted.)

After this adjustment is applied, we will be sending the difference [Advanced Ship Blueprints] to Admirals who have already utilized Advanced ships for the [Ship XP Transfer] via in-game mailbox, to compensate for and reflect the improved 100% return rate.

(* Target: Admirals who used [Ship XP Transfer] system from 3/14 PDT (3/15 UTC), which was when the [Ship XP Transfer System] was added ~ until the improvement)

We want to emphasize that we are doing our absolute best to prepare and execute the improvements in a manner that truly encompasses the intended design and provide the best gaming experience possible for our Admirals. Please continue to send us any feedback or suggestions. Your feedback helps us immensely in providing the best we can and bettering Gunship Battle: Total Warfare for the best. 

Thank you.

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