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Matchmaking Changes in Naval Battles (04.24.2019)

Sea battles will become more exciting and more interesting. Now any battles with reduced teams will be supplemented with vessels under AI control with a specified number of participants:

  • Naval Arcade battles (only sessions with vehicles of BR 3.7 and above) - up to 16 vs 16 participants.
  • Naval Realistic battles - up to 12 vs 12 participants.

If a 10 vs 10 player battle begins in Realistic mode, 2 free slots on each side will be supplemented with AI vessels. If there are already enough players in combat, AI ships will not participate in the battle.


The current provided changelog reflects the major changes within the game as part of this Update. Some updates, additions and fixes may not be listed in the provided notes. War Thunder is constantly improving and specific fixes may be implemented without the client being updated.