Developers posts on forum

Major_Rampage:
Don't forget the Tetrarch is included.

Major_Rampage:
We don't always run the same gift shops and events,  but thanks for the heads up I will take a look at it.

Major_Rampage:
I am glad you appreciate it.

Major_Rampage:
Don't forget the Tetrarch is included.

Major_Rampage:
We don't always run the same gift shops and events,  but thanks for the heads up I will take a look at it.

Major_Rampage:
I am glad you appreciate it.

Jewel_Thief: Yay! Glad to hear it! :D

Jewel_Thief: Haha, seriously-- I still love this tank. ;)

Jewel_Thief: We have nearing 200 tickets right now on this issue alone. We've got almost all of our folks concentrated on this ticket queue... please continue to be patient with us-- we WILL get to your ticket. :)

Jewel_Thief: Haha, Arms... you flatter me. But I do love my Hellcat as well. :P
Happy tanking, everyone!!!
~JT

Major_Rampage: You would get the current in game value of the tank.  If the tank is on discount you would get the discounted value.

Major_Rampage: What bundle are you looking for?  We have not announced anything with  that name.

Major_Rampage:
You would get the current in game value of the tank.  If the tank is on discount you would get the discounted value.

Major_Rampage:
What bundle are you looking for?  We have not announced anything with  that name.

Major_Rampage:
You would get the current in game value of the tank.  If the tank is on discount you would get the discounted value.

Major_Rampage:
What bundle are you looking for?  We have not announced anything with  that name.

Major_Rampage: The On Track to the T110E5 is still in effect:  http://worldoftanks....k-t110e5-event/

Major_Rampage: I believe this is what you are  looking for:  http://worldoftanks....t-shop-bundles/

Major_Rampage: The On Track to the T110E5 is still in effect:  http://worldoftanks....k-t110e5-event/

Major_Rampage: I believe this is what you are  looking for:  http://worldoftanks....t-shop-bundles/

Major_Rampage: The On Track to the T110E5 is still in effect:  http://worldoftanks....k-t110e5-event/

Major_Rampage: I believe this is what you are  looking for:  http://worldoftanks....t-shop-bundles/

Jewel_Thief: ^^This.   You will need to have played at least a single battle in the tank for us to be able to verify it.
~JT

Captain_Judo: NVIDIA y Cevo han demostrado éxito manejando torneos para varios otros juegos en el pasado. Tienen un método que prefieran y apoyamos la forma en que decidan ejecutarlo. Si uno va a suscribir a un torneo ejecutado por terceras partes, entonces es necesario esperar que uno tenga que dejar su dependencia a su interfaz acostumbrada. Entiendo que es nuevo y talbes dificultoso comparado a nuestros torneos en general. Pero si se trata de un premio tan grande, creo que vale la pena el ajuste.

Captain_Judo:

NVIDIA y Cevo han demostrado éxito manejando torneos para varios otros juegos en el pasado. Tienen un método que prefieran y apoyamos la forma en que decidan ejecutarlo. Si uno va a suscribir a un torneo ejecutado por terceras partes, entonces es necesario esperar que uno tenga que dejar su dependencia a su interfaz acostumbrada. Entiendo que es nuevo y talbes dificultoso comparado a nuestros torneos en general. Pero si se trata de un premio tan grande, creo que vale la pena el ajuste.

Jewel_Thief: Excellent!  
~JT

Captain_Judo: Nothing like a Tier 1 tournament to bring up some heated post game banter  
And it's been a while since we've publicly congratulated skirmish winners. So it should be no surprise that we pick up where we left off. Once again, congratulations River of Blood!
10mm
BAUCE
CptBlood
dopper
Hendrix
Lithoss
OMGQ
S_N
arrrgh
CaptToshiro
DocGolem
Hazzerd
Lapse
malchodon
Striker_002
Furthermore, there will be no skirmish during the week of May 27th - June 1st. Skirmish 21 will begin on Monday, June 3rd.

Captain_Judo: Nothing like a Tier 1 tournament to bring up some heated post game banter  
And it's been a while since we've publicly congratulated skirmish winners. So it should be no surprise that we pick up where we left off. Once again, congratulations River of Blood!
10mm
BAUCE
CptBlood
dopper
Hendrix
Lithoss
OMGQ
S_N
arrrgh
CaptToshiro
DocGolem
Hazzerd
Lapse
malchodon
Striker_002
Furthermore, there will be no skirmish during the week of May 27th - June 1st. Skirmish 21 will begin on Monday, June 3rd.

Captain_Judo: A reminder that we're searching for the Classic's MVP. After this Sunday's matches, losing teams will receive a message asking that you vote on an opponent MVP. Please submit a response in the best interest of the tournament  

Captain_Judo: A reminder that we're searching for the Classic's MVP. After this Sunday's matches, losing teams will receive a message asking that you vote on an opponent MVP. Please submit a response in the best interest of the tournament  

Captain_Judo: Understand that you're not being individually ignored. Instead, it's the entire elo system that's slowly being phased out.

Captain_Judo: Understand that you're not being individually ignored. Instead, it's the entire elo system that's slowly being phased out.

Captain_Judo: The rule is merely a declaration of who is eligible to receive the grand prize  

Captain_Judo:
The rule is merely a declaration of who is eligible to receive the grand prize  

Captain_Judo: The playoffs will begin and conclude this weekend.Friday, May 24th - 64 teams
Saturday, May 25th - 32 teams
Saturday's matches will finally determine the 16 teams promoted to the Minor League for next season.

Captain_Judo:
The playoffs will begin and conclude this weekend. Friday, May 24th - 64 teams
Saturday, May 25th - 32 teams

Saturday's matches will finally determine the 16 teams promoted to the Minor League for next season.

Captain_Judo: There was no principal in scheduling. Scheduling was completely random. As in traditional sports, it's common that, at the end of a season, it becomes clear that one team had a stronger opponent schedule than another. It's certainly a tough break
This was also a result of removing June from the Spring season. The Summer season, on the other hand, will play out its intended schedule and allow all teams to play each other (at least) once.

Captain_Judo: Ranking is determined by the following (in order of priority):
1. Points
2. Battle losses (fewest)
3. Battle victories (most)

Captain_Judo:

Captain_Judo:

Captain_Judo:
There was no principal in scheduling. Scheduling was completely random. As in traditional sports, it's common that, at the end of a season, it becomes clear that one team had a stronger opponent schedule than another. It's certainly a tough break

This was also a result of removing June from the Spring season. The Summer season, on the other hand, will play out its intended schedule and allow all teams to play each other (at least) once.

Captain_Judo:
Ranking is determined by the following (in order of priority):
1. Points
2. Battle losses (fewest)
3. Battle victories (most)

Captain_Judo:

Captain_Judo:

Jewel_Thief: Please pull up your Service Record in game (as opposed to on our website)... it should show up there if you had it. :)

Jewel_Thief: Indeed, we have a FLOOD of tickets right now-- and we do have a bit of detective work to do on each ticket... Please be patient with us, and we will work our magic.

Jewel_Thief: Give us a few hours, at the very least. We answer tickets in the order in which they are received... and we have received quite a few already. :)
Thanks everyone!!
~JT

Jewel_Thief:

Captain_Judo: Stay tuned for a forum poll requesting your feedback over next season's schedule. I urge everyone to vote as it will impact how we schedule the Summer season.
As far as no shows toward the end of the season, we're analyzing several solutions. Keep the ideas coming!

Captain_Judo: Let me remind you that it's gold per round victory. Not gold per battle. I expect all payouts to be current before the end of this week.

Captain_Judo:

Captain_Judo:

Captain_Judo:
Stay tuned for a forum poll requesting your feedback over next season's schedule. I urge everyone to vote as it will impact how we schedule the Summer season.

As far as no shows toward the end of the season, we're analyzing several solutions. Keep the ideas coming!

Captain_Judo:
Let me remind you that it's gold per round victory. Not gold per battle. I expect all payouts to be current before the end of this week.

Captain_Judo:

Captain_Judo:

Yoott: Ok now with the arty move up ....... does tank locking now adjust for the new tier arty? If so is there a revised chart for this yet?

Major_Rampage: Once again sorry for the delay in the start of the event we are still looking into why there was a delay.  Thank you again for your patience with this.

Major_Rampage: Once again sorry for the delay in the start of the event we are still looking into why there was a delay.  Thank you again for your patience with this.

Major_Rampage: Once again sorry for the delay in the start of the event we are still looking into why there was a delay.  Thank you again for your patience with this.

Vallter: Edited again

CatStalker: Please keep discussion in the original thread, which can be found here: http://forum.worldof...6-update-notes/

Vallter: Slightly edited the post, added some corrections

Mugsy_: Dear all,
We want to share with you list of changes in test version 0.8.6 supertest1 in comparing to version 0.8.5:
Please, keep in mind that these are preliminary notes and may change after Super Test
NEW CONTENT
Changes in SPGs:
- USSR SPG line has been reworked:New SPGs added: SU-122А (Tier V), SU-14-1 (Tier VII)
Following SPGs changed their Tiers: SU-8 is Tier VI,S-51 is Tier VII, SU-14 is Tier VIII, Object 212 moved to Tier IX, while Object 261 will now be at Tier X - German SPG line has been reworked:New SPGs added: G.Pz. Mk. VI (e) (Tier 2), Pz.Sfl. IVb (Tier IV), G.W. Tiger (P) (Tier VIII)
Following SPGs changed their Tiers: Sturmpanzer I was moved to Tier III, Sturmpanzer II will be Tier IV, Sturmpanzer 38(t) Grille has Tier V, Hummel is Tier VI, Gw Panther is Tier VII, Gw Tiger moved to Tier IX and Gw E-100 is now Tier X - USA SPG line has been reworked:Added new SPGs: M44 (Tier VI), M53/M55 (Tier IX).
Following SPGs changed their Tiers: M40/43 moved to Tier VIII and Т92 will be Tier X
- French SPG line has been reworked:Added new SPG: AMX 105 AM mle. 47 (Tier IV), Bat.-Châtillon 155 55 (Tier IX)
Following SPGs changed their Tiers: AMX 105 AM moved to Tier V, AMX-13 F3 AM will be Tier VI, Lorraine 155-50 moved to Tier VII, Lorraine 155-151 will be Tier VIII and Bat Chatillon will be Tier X
- For testing purposes supertesters will receive the following tanks:German premium TD E-25 (Tier 7).
Chinese premium heavy tank  112 (Tier 8).
- Added new camouflage patterns for nations:USSR: 1 winter and 2 summer.
Germany: 1 desert and 2 summer.
France: 3 summer. - New map added "Sacred valley" (Korea)
- Encounter battle has been added to the following map: Mines, Lakeville, Redshire.
- News birds have been added to Ruinberg and Lakeville
- Improved after-battle statistics
- Reworked list of WoT achievements on login screen
- Removed following inscriptions: "Popeye", "Mickey Mouse", "Betty Boop". All players with this inscriptions will receive compensation corresponding to the way of purchase (credit or gold) and term remaining (in case of inscriptions purchased for credits)
- Small improvements of special battle's screen (display of nation, type or Tier limitations)
- All new accounts will now receive Tier I tanks with 100% crew
CHANGE IN GAME MECANICS
- Collision model of the following tanks has been improved: SU-8, SU-85B, Cromwell, Comet, Matilda Black Prince, SU-5, SU-76, Т95, Т92, M12, M41, M7 Priest, T57, G.W. E 100, G.W. Tiger, Hummel, Pz.Kpfw. V/IV, ИС-6, Pz.Kpfw. III/IV, Object 268.
- Reworked additional absorbation bonuses for Spall Liner:Small Spall Liner - 15%.
Medium Spall Liner - 20% (was 15%).
Large Spall Liner - 25% (was  15%).
For heavy tanks more than 80 tons added super-heavy  spall liner with additional absorption coefficient  30%. - New rules of HEAT shells work:HEAT shells will start to ricochet if the impact angle is greater than 80 degrees. (please note that every shell can have slightly different settings). The armour penetration after ricochet will remain the same.
After penetration, a HEAT shell cannot ricochet inside the tank (as the shell is transformed into a continuous stream.)
After penetration, the HEAT shell will lose 5% of armour penetration force for each 10cm of travelling distance
After penetration, the force with which the HEAT shell continues to travel through the armour will take into account the angle of impact between the armour and penetration spot.
Suspension also counts as spaced armour - Changed mechanism of camouflage calculation when using camouflage pattern and camouflage net:From now on, the values for vehicles and camo pattenrs and camo net will be cumulative.  This means that now the camouflage net and camouflage pattern will provide fixed bonuses which will only differ based on the class of the vehicle (for example, TD's will receive the highest bonus)
To avoid side-effects with having nearly invisible TD's, it was decided to decrease the overall camouflage bonuses provided by bushes and fallen trees. - Increased income for high tier tanks (the full  list of changes will be available later in a special appendix):For tier 10 vehicles (except of SPG) income increased in average by 10%.
For tier  9, 8, 7, 6 vehicles (except of SPG) income also increased but not as much as for tier 10 vehicles. - Tracer has been temporary turned out:All types of tracer have been temporary turned out for all types of vehicles except of SPGs (visible and invisible).
The area in SPGs aiming mode where tracer of invisible vehicles are being shown  has been reduced. - Changed the mechanism of shot accuracy calculation. Now amount of shells falling on side of the aiming circle will decrease by 20%. Shells will fly more accurately and closer to the aim center
- Changed the mechanism of calculating damage and penetration. The extreme numbers will be seen 5% less,  while the average amounts will be seen more often
- Removed decreasing coefficients of XP received from dealing damage on TD an SPG. TD’s will receive 33% XP from damage, while SPG owners will notice 50% boost in the same parameter
- Added ‘assist’ bonus for tracking enemy: if you track enemy and enemies deal damage to it, or even destroy it, you will receive an XP bonus. Mechanism will work similarly to current damage on spotted vehicles mechanics
- Shell normalization of all ACPR and ARCP shells decreased from 5 to 2 degrees
- Mechanism, which allows to determine what bonuses (XP, credits, frags count) who shall receive for damaging or killing tanks using physics (pushing to water or from the cliffs etc.), was added
- Added compensation mode for vehicle moving in Sniper mode (can be enabled in setting by selecting ‘Use dynamic camera’ option)
- Rebalanced Tank Company requirements for different type of tanks. Now all ‘divisions’ will have same requirements for Medium and Heavy tanks, TD’s and SPG’s. Limitations for light tanks will still be in place
REBALANCING
- Inclanation and declination angles of Matilda Black Prince has been increased.
- Balance changes has been made on map  Fjords. Also one-storey wooden house can be destroyed.
- Balance changes has been made to the “assault” game mode on   Westfield.
- Full rebalance of SPG’s was made (full list will be available closer to the update)
- Overall velocity of SPG’s shells decreased (10-15% for regular guns and 50% for short ‘mortar’ guns)
- Most of SPG’s receive an increase in reloading time by averagely 10-20%
- Rebalancing of premium shells has been performed (the full  list of changes will be available later in a special appendix):Price adjustments have been performed according to the efficiency value, which was calculated for each type of shells taking into account its penetration value and damage.
The price for some APCR/ACRP  shells has been increased and for some of them reduced.
The price for almost all HEAT shells has been increased because they turned to be cheaper despite the same efficiency as for APCR/ACRP shells.
Almost all premium HE shells remain without any changes except of some HE shell types. VISUALS
- VK 16.02 Leopard tank model has been significantly improved.
- Visual models of the following tanks have been improved: Matilda Black Prince, SU-85B, SU-14, SuperPershing, G.W. Panther, SU-26, Hummel, Е-100 (turret has been shifted a bit), SU-18, Object 212, Т-54, BТ-2, АТ2, Pz.Kpfw. II Ausf. G, Pz.Kpfw. I Ausf. C.
- Graphics has been improved on the following maps : Murovanka, Widepark , Airfield.
- Visual changes has been made on Ruinberg.
- Reworked animation on base flag
SOUND IMPROVEMENTS
- Sound processing module has been reworked. Now its possible to play more sounds without sound distortions and taking less system resources.
- Changed mechanics of ambient sounds placement on the map. Removed ‘dead zones’, increased volume of wind in SPG-mode of view, created new events for water, industrial objects and fire
- Decreased amount of sounds of tank ground hits, while driving though curvy area
- Increased distance of fire sound, changed dependence of sounds from camera position, added physical model of hearing sounds from distance
- Increased distance of other tank sounds to added ‘Doppler effect’ to increase reality of two vehicles moving side-by-side
- Increased variety of tank hit sounds
- Changed sound of tank destruction
- Added 3D parameter. All players, who have 5.1 multimedia system, realism of the game will increase greatly.
TECHNICAL IMPROVEMENTS
- Reworked mechanism of informing about memory lack
- Added an automatic quality regulation system of tuning special effect depending on resources usage and system performance, which will reduce quality of effects (explosions, smokes and fire) automatically, if fps drop is detected
FIXES
- Corrections has been made in names of french tanks and their modules.
- Fixed the low turning speed of some vehicles on bridges
- Added small corrections to battle and video tutorials
- Fixed collision models of small objects
- Fixed errors and improved display of dynamic shades

Mugsy_: Dear all,

We want to share with you list of changes in test version 0.8.6 supertest1 in comparing to version 0.8.5:

Please, keep in mind that these are preliminary notes and may change after Super Test

NEW CONTENT
Changes in SPGs:
- USSR SPG line has been reworked:New SPGs added: SU-122А (Tier V), SU-14-1 (Tier VII)\ NOW THE TREE WILL LOOK LIKE THIS:

TIER II - SU-18
TIER III - SU-26
TIER IV - SU-5
TIER V - SU-122A (new vehicle)
TIER VI - SU-8 (moved from Tier V)
TIER VII - SU-51 (moved from Tier VI) ======  TIER VII - SU-14-1 (new vehicle)
TIER VIII - SU-14 (moved from Tier VI)
TIER IX - Obj. 212 (moved from Tier VII)
TIER X - Obj. 261 (moved from Tier VIII)

- German SPG line has been reworked:New SPGs added: G.Pz. Mk. VI (e) (Tier II), Pz.Sfl. IVb (Tier IV), G.W. Tiger (P) (Tier VIII) NOW THE TREE WILL LOOK LIKE THIS:
TIER II - G.Pz. Mk. VI (e) (new vehicle)
TIER III - Sturmpanzer I Bison (moved from Tier II)
TIER IV - Pz.Sfl. IVb (new vehicle) ====== TIER IV Sturmpanzer II (moved from Tier II)
TIER V - Sturmpanzer 38(t) Grille (moved from Tier IV)
TIER VI - Hummel (moved from Tier V)
TIER VII - Gw Panther (moved from Tier VI)
TIER VIII - G.W. Tiger (P) (new vehicle)
TIER IX - Gw Tiger (moved from Tier VII)
TIER X - Gw E-100 (moved from Tier VIII)

- USA SPG line has been reworked:Added new SPGs: M44 (Tier VI), M53/M55 (Tier IX). NOW THE TREE WILL LOOK LIKE THIS:
TIER II - T57
TIER III - M37
TIER IV - M7 Priest
TIER V - M41
TIER VI - M44 (new vehicle)
TIER VII - M12 (moved from Tier VI)
TIER VIII - M40/M43 (moved from Tier VII)
TIER IX - M53/M55 (new vehicle)
TIER X - T92 (moved from Tier VIII)

- French SPG line has been reworked:Added new SPG: AMX 105 AM mle. 47 (Tier IV), Bat.-Châtillon 155 55 (Tier IX) NOW THE TREE WILL LOOK LIKE THIS:
TIER II - BS
TIER III - Lorr.39LAM
TIER IV - AMX 105 AM mle. 47 (new vehicle)
TIER V - AMX 105 AM (moved from Tier IV)
TIER VI - AMX-13 F3 AM (moved from Tier V)
TIER VII - Lorraine 155-50 (moved from Tier VI)
TIER VIII - Lorraine 155-151 (moved from Tier VII)
TIER IX - Bat.-Châtillon 155 55 (new vehicle)
TIER X - Bat Chatillon 155 (moved from Tier VIII)

- For testing purposes supertesters will receive the following tanks: German premium TD E-25 (Tier 7).
Chinese premium heavy tank  112 (Tier 8). - Added new camouflage patterns for nations: USSR: 1 winter and 2 summer.
Germany: 1 desert and 2 summer.
France: 3 summer. - New map added "Sacred valley" (Korea)
- Encounter battle has been added to the following map: Mines, Lakeville, Redshire.
- News birds have been added to Ruinberg and Lakeville
- Improved after-battle statistics
- Reworked list of WoT achievements on login screen
- Removed following inscriptions: "Popeye", "Mickey Mouse", "Betty Boop". All players with this inscriptions will receive compensation corresponding to the way of purchase (credit or gold) and term remaining (in case of inscriptions purchased for credits)
- Small improvements of special battle's screen (display of nation, type or Tier limitations)
- All new accounts will now receive Tier I tanks with 100% crew

CHANGE IN GAME MECANICS
- Collision model of the following tanks has been improved: SU-8, SU-85B, Cromwell, Comet, Matilda Black Prince, SU-5, SU-76, Т95, Т92, M12, M41, M7 Priest, T57, G.W. E 100, G.W. Tiger, Hummel, Pz.Kpfw. V/IV, ИС-6, Pz.Kpfw. III/IV, Object 268.
- Reworked additional absorbation bonuses for Spall Liner: Small Spall Liner - 15%.
Medium Spall Liner - 20% (was 15%).
Large Spall Liner - 25% (was  15%).
For heavy tanks more than 80 tons added super-heavy  spall liner with additional absorption coefficient  30%. - New rules of HEAT shells work: HEAT shells will start to ricochet if the impact angle is greater than 80 degrees. (please note that every shell can have slightly different settings). The armour penetration after ricochet will remain the same.
After penetration, a HEAT shell cannot ricochet inside the tank (as the shell is transformed into a continuous stream.)
After penetration, the HEAT shell will lose 5% of armour penetration force for each 10cm of travelling distance
After penetration, the force with which the HEAT shell continues to travel through the armour will take into account the angle of impact between the armour and penetration spot.
Suspension also counts as spaced armour - Changed mechanism of camouflage calculation when using camouflage pattern and camouflage net: From now on, the values for vehicles and camo pattenrs and camo net will be cumulative.  This means that now the camouflage net and camouflage pattern will provide fixed bonuses which will only differ based on the class of the vehicle (for example, TD's will receive the highest bonus)
To avoid side-effects with having nearly invisible TD's, it was decided to decrease the overall camouflage bonuses provided by bushes and fallen trees. - Increased income for high tier tanks (the full  list of changes will be available later in a special appendix): For tier 10 vehicles (except of SPG) income increased in average by 10%.
For tier  9, 8, 7, 6 vehicles (except of SPG) income also increased but not as much as for tier 10 vehicles. - Tracer has been temporary turned out: All types of tracer have been temporary turned out for all types of vehicles except of SPGs (visible and invisible).
The area in SPGs aiming mode where tracer of invisible vehicles are being shown  has been reduced. - Changed the mechanism of shot accuracy calculation. Now amount of shells falling on side of the aiming circle will decrease by 20%. Shells will fly more accurately and closer to the aim center
- Changed the mechanism of calculating damage and penetration. The extreme numbers will be seen 5% less,  while the average amounts will be seen more often
- Removed decreasing coefficients of XP received from dealing damage on TD an SPG. TD’s will receive 33% XP from damage, while SPG owners will notice 50% boost in the same parameter
- Added ‘assist’ bonus for tracking enemy: if you track enemy and enemies deal damage to it, or even destroy it, you will receive an XP bonus. Mechanism will work similarly to current damage on spotted vehicles mechanics
- Shell normalization of all ACPR and ARCP shells decreased from 5 to 2 degrees
- Mechanism, which allows to determine what bonuses (XP, credits, frags count) who shall receive for damaging or killing tanks using physics (pushing to water or from the cliffs etc.), was added
- Added compensation mode for vehicle moving in Sniper mode (can be enabled in setting by selecting ‘Use dynamic camera’ option)
- Rebalanced Tank Company requirements for different type of tanks. Now all ‘divisions’ will have same requirements for Medium and Heavy tanks, TD’s and SPG’s. Limitations for light tanks will still be in place

REBALANCING
- Inclanation and declination angles of Matilda Black Prince has been increased.
- Balance changes has been made on map  Fjords. Also one-storey wooden house can be destroyed.
- Balance changes has been made to the “assault” game mode on   Westfield.
- Full rebalance of SPG’s was made (full list will be available closer to the update)
- Overall velocity of SPG’s shells decreased (10-15% for regular guns and 50% for short ‘mortar’ guns)
- Most of SPG’s receive an increase in reloading time by averagely 10-20%
- Rebalancing of premium shells has been performed (the full  list of changes will be available later in a special appendix): Price adjustments have been performed according to the efficiency value, which was calculated for each type of shells taking into account its penetration value and damage.
The price for some APCR/ACRP  shells has been increased and for some of them reduced.
The price for almost all HEAT shells has been increased because they turned to be cheaper despite the same efficiency as for APCR/ACRP shells.
Almost all premium HE shells remain without any changes except of some HE shell types. VISUALS
- VK 16.02 Leopard tank model has been significantly improved.
- Visual models of the following tanks have been improved: Matilda Black Prince, SU-85B, SU-14, SuperPershing, G.W. Panther, SU-26, Hummel, Е-100 (turret has been shifted a bit), SU-18, Object 212, Т-54, BТ-2, АТ2, Pz.Kpfw. II Ausf. G, Pz.Kpfw. I Ausf. C.
- Graphics has been improved on the following maps : Murovanka, Widepark , Airfield.
- Visual changes has been made on Ruinberg.
- Reworked animation on base flag

SOUND IMPROVEMENTS
- Sound processing module has been reworked. Now its possible to play more sounds without sound distortions and taking less system resources.
- Changed mechanics of ambient sounds placement on the map. Removed ‘dead zones’, increased volume of wind in SPG-mode of view, created new events for water, industrial objects and fire
- Decreased amount of sounds of tank ground hits, while driving though curvy area
- Increased distance of fire sound, changed dependence of sounds from camera position, added physical model of hearing sounds from distance
- Increased distance of other tank sounds to added ‘Doppler effect’ to increase reality of two vehicles moving side-by-side
- Increased variety of tank hit sounds
- Changed sound of tank destruction
- Added 3D parameter. All players, who have 5.1 multimedia system, realism of the game will increase greatly.

TECHNICAL IMPROVEMENTS
- Reworked mechanism of informing about memory lack
- Added an automatic quality regulation system of tuning special effect depending on resources usage and system performance, which will reduce quality of effects (explosions, smokes and fire) automatically, if fps drop is detected

FIXES
- Corrections has been made in names of french tanks and their modules.
- Fixed the low turning speed of some vehicles on bridges
- Added small corrections to battle and video tutorials
- Fixed collision models of small objects
- Fixed errors and improved display of dynamic shades



Additional Information (May 24, 2013)

As promised, Michael (Storm) has sent some clarifications regarding the information we have published recently:

DISABLED TRACERS

Tracers will be disabled for all vehicles, except for SPGs. This means that tracers from SPGs will still be visible for everyone, just as it currently is in the game. However, when in strategic aiming mode (using the map), we’ve limited the area where tracers from invisible vehicles is shown. To see them, you must be close to the point where they originate from.

As part of this process, we have also removed the tracers from your own shots. Don’t worry too much about this, since we’ll probably bring it back with the 0.8.6 release, maybe even along with the tracers of your allies’ shots.

NERFING HEAT SHELLS

As announced previously, this is still planned. A detailed list of the changes will be shared closer to the release date.  

100% TRAINED CREW FOR NEW ACCOUNTS

These will be available only for the Tier 1 tanks that come with account creation. This feature will not be applied to any newly purchased Tier 1 vehicles.

CHANGES IN GAME ECONOMY

The income of all vehicles from Tier V to the Tier X, except SPGs, will be increased. The changes will also be applied to Premium vehicles. Premium tanks up to Tier VIII will be equivalent to the most profitable Tier VIII vehicles. The income of less profitable vehicles will be increased.
The income of other Tier VIII vehicles will remain unchanged OPTIMIZATION OF SNIPER MODE VIEW

This is just a mechanism for reticle stabilization in sniper mode. It helps a lot during aiming on railroads, crushed fences, and other rough terrain. You can fire faster, since you won’t have to wait until the tank stabilizes itself on this difficult terrain. It’s really useful and after internal tests we decided to implement it.

NEW PREMIUM TANKS

In 8.6 we will add the long expected Tier V Heavy A33 Excelsior tank. But we won’t add the Sexton, because there will be too many changes for SPGs in the next update and we want to analyze their performance first.

USING IN-GAME PHYSICS

“A mechanism was added, which allows determining what bonuses (XP, credits, frag count) will be granted for damaging or killing tanks using physics (pushing into water or from cliffs etc.) and who should receive them.”

This sentence means that there is not only a mechanism, but that this actually works. We will provide you with more details in further patch notes.

SUPER-HEAVY SPALL LINER
USSR: KV-4, KV-5
Germany: GW typ E, Jagdtiger8,8 , Jagdtiger, JagdPz E-100, VK4502 B, Maus, Lowe, E-75, E-100, VK7201
USA: T95, Т110Е3
Britain: Tortoise, FV215b, TOG II* If any of these tanks has a spall liner installed, it will be automatically changed to the new super-heavy version, which will be moved to your depot. We’ll move it there first, since the new spall liner weighs 1.5 times more, and may not be compatible with your current vehicle set-up.

NEW CAMOUFLAGE MECHANICS

Prior to the update we will release a separate document about these new mechanics. Stay tuned.

TURRET SHIFT FOR E-100

The turret on the E-100 will be shifted forward by about 30 cm (scaled).

Mugsy_: Dear all,

We want to share with you list of changes in test version 0.8.6 supertest1 in comparing to version 0.8.5:

Please, keep in mind that these are preliminary notes and may change after Super Test

NEW CONTENT
Changes in SPGs:
- USSR SPG line has been reworked:New SPGs added: SU-122А (Tier V), SU-14-1 (Tier VII)\ NOW THE TREE WILL LOOK LIKE THIS:

TIER II - SU-18
TIER III - SU-26
TIER IV - SU-5
TIER V - SU-122A (new vehicle)
TIER VI - SU-8 (moved from Tier V)
TIER VII - SU-51 (moved from Tier VI) ======  TIER VII - SU-14-1 (new vehicle)
TIER VIII - SU-14 (moved from Tier VI)
TIER IX - Obj. 212 (moved from Tier VII)
TIER X - Obj. 261 (moved from Tier VIII)

- German SPG line has been reworked:New SPGs added: G.Pz. Mk. VI (e) (Tier II), Pz.Sfl. IVb (Tier IV), G.W. Tiger (P) (Tier VIII) NOW THE TREE WILL LOOK LIKE THIS:
TIER II - G.Pz. Mk. VI (e) (new vehicle)
TIER III - Sturmpanzer I Bison (moved from Tier II)
TIER IV - Pz.Sfl. IVb (new vehicle) ====== TIER IV Sturmpanzer II (moved from Tier II)
TIER V - Sturmpanzer 38(t) Grille (moved from Tier IV)
TIER VI - Hummel (moved from Tier V)
TIER VII - Gw Panther (moved from Tier VI)
TIER VIII - G.W. Tiger (P) (new vehicle)
TIER IX - Gw Tiger (moved from Tier VII)
TIER X - Gw E-100 (moved from Tier VIII)

- USA SPG line has been reworked:Added new SPGs: M44 (Tier VI), M53/M55 (Tier IX). NOW THE TREE WILL LOOK LIKE THIS:
TIER II - T57
TIER III - M37
TIER IV - M7 Priest
TIER V - M41
TIER VI - M44 (new vehicle)
TIER VII - M12 (moved from Tier VI)
TIER VIII - M40/M43 (moved from Tier VII)
TIER IX - M53/M55 (new vehicle)
TIER X - T92 (moved from Tier VIII)

- French SPG line has been reworked:Added new SPG: AMX 105 AM mle. 47 (Tier IV), Bat.-Châtillon 155 55 (Tier IX) NOW THE TREE WILL LOOK LIKE THIS:
TIER II - BS
TIER III - Lorr.39LAM
TIER IV - AMX 105 AM mle. 47 (new vehicle)
TIER V - AMX 105 AM (moved from Tier IV)
TIER VI - AMX-13 F3 AM (moved from Tier V)
TIER VII - Lorraine 155-50 (moved from Tier VI)
TIER VIII - Lorraine 155-151 (moved from Tier VII)
TIER IX - Bat.-Châtillon 155 55 (new vehicle)
TIER X - Bat Chatillon 155 (moved from Tier VIII)

- For testing purposes supertesters will receive the following tanks: German premium TD E-25 (Tier 7).
Chinese premium heavy tank  112 (Tier 8). - Added new camouflage patterns for nations: USSR: 1 winter and 2 summer.
Germany: 1 desert and 2 summer.
France: 3 summer. - New map added "Sacred valley" (Korea)
- Encounter battle has been added to the following map: Mines, Lakeville, Redshire.
- News birds have been added to Ruinberg and Lakeville
- Improved after-battle statistics
- Reworked list of WoT achievements on login screen
- Removed following inscriptions: "Popeye", "Mickey Mouse", "Betty Boop". All players with this inscriptions will receive compensation corresponding to the way of purchase (credit or gold) and term remaining (in case of inscriptions purchased for credits)
- Small improvements of special battle's screen (display of nation, type or Tier limitations)
- All new accounts will now receive Tier I tanks with 100% crew

CHANGE IN GAME MECANICS
- Collision model of the following tanks has been improved: SU-8, SU-85B, Cromwell, Comet, Matilda Black Prince, SU-5, SU-76, Т95, Т92, M12, M41, M7 Priest, T57, G.W. E 100, G.W. Tiger, Hummel, Pz.Kpfw. V/IV, ИС-6, Pz.Kpfw. III/IV, Object 268.
- Reworked additional absorbation bonuses for Spall Liner: Small Spall Liner - 15%.
Medium Spall Liner - 20% (was 15%).
Large Spall Liner - 25% (was  15%).
For heavy tanks more than 80 tons added super-heavy  spall liner with additional absorption coefficient  30%. - New rules of HEAT shells work: HEAT shells will start to ricochet if the impact angle is greater than 80 degrees. (please note that every shell can have slightly different settings). The armour penetration after ricochet will remain the same.
After penetration, a HEAT shell cannot ricochet inside the tank (as the shell is transformed into a continuous stream.)
After penetration, the HEAT shell will lose 5% of armour penetration force for each 10cm of travelling distance
After penetration, the force with which the HEAT shell continues to travel through the armour will take into account the angle of impact between the armour and penetration spot.
Suspension also counts as spaced armour - Changed mechanism of camouflage calculation when using camouflage pattern and camouflage net: From now on, the values for vehicles and camo pattenrs and camo net will be cumulative.  This means that now the camouflage net and camouflage pattern will provide fixed bonuses which will only differ based on the class of the vehicle (for example, TD's will receive the highest bonus)
To avoid side-effects with having nearly invisible TD's, it was decided to decrease the overall camouflage bonuses provided by bushes and fallen trees. - Increased income for high tier tanks (the full  list of changes will be available later in a special appendix): For tier 10 vehicles (except of SPG) income increased in average by 10%.
For tier  9, 8, 7, 6 vehicles (except of SPG) income also increased but not as much as for tier 10 vehicles. - Tracer has been temporary turned out: All types of tracer have been temporary turned out for all types of vehicles except of SPGs (visible and invisible).
The area in SPGs aiming mode where tracer of invisible vehicles are being shown  has been reduced. - Changed the mechanism of shot accuracy calculation. Now amount of shells falling on side of the aiming circle will decrease by 20%. Shells will fly more accurately and closer to the aim center
- Changed the mechanism of calculating damage and penetration. The extreme numbers will be seen 5% less,  while the average amounts will be seen more often
- Removed decreasing coefficients of XP received from dealing damage on TD an SPG. TD’s will receive 33% XP from damage, while SPG owners will notice 50% boost in the same parameter
- Added ‘assist’ bonus for tracking enemy: if you track enemy and enemies deal damage to it, or even destroy it, you will receive an XP bonus. Mechanism will work similarly to current damage on spotted vehicles mechanics
- Shell normalization of all ACPR and ARCP shells decreased from 5 to 2 degrees
- Mechanism, which allows to determine what bonuses (XP, credits, frags count) who shall receive for damaging or killing tanks using physics (pushing to water or from the cliffs etc.), was added
- Added compensation mode for vehicle moving in Sniper mode (can be enabled in setting by selecting ‘Use dynamic camera’ option)
- Rebalanced Tank Company requirements for different type of tanks. Now all ‘divisions’ will have same requirements for Medium and Heavy tanks, TD’s and SPG’s. Limitations for light tanks will still be in place

REBALANCING
- Inclanation and declination angles of Matilda Black Prince has been increased.
- Balance changes has been made on map  Fjords. Also one-storey wooden house can be destroyed.
- Balance changes has been made to the “assault” game mode on   Westfield.
- Full rebalance of SPG’s was made (full list will be available closer to the update)
- Overall velocity of SPG’s shells decreased (10-15% for regular guns and 50% for short ‘mortar’ guns)
- Most of SPG’s receive an increase in reloading time by averagely 10-20%
- Rebalancing of premium shells has been performed (the full  list of changes will be available later in a special appendix): Price adjustments have been performed according to the efficiency value, which was calculated for each type of shells taking into account its penetration value and damage.
The price for some APCR/ACRP  shells has been increased and for some of them reduced.
The price for almost all HEAT shells has been increased because they turned to be cheaper despite the same efficiency as for APCR/ACRP shells.
Almost all premium HE shells remain without any changes except of some HE shell types. VISUALS
- VK 16.02 Leopard tank model has been significantly improved.
- Visual models of the following tanks have been improved: Matilda Black Prince, SU-85B, SU-14, SuperPershing, G.W. Panther, SU-26, Hummel, Е-100 (turret has been shifted a bit), SU-18, Object 212, Т-54, BТ-2, АТ2, Pz.Kpfw. II Ausf. G, Pz.Kpfw. I Ausf. C.
- Graphics has been improved on the following maps : Murovanka, Widepark , Airfield.
- Visual changes has been made on Ruinberg.
- Reworked animation on base flag

SOUND IMPROVEMENTS
- Sound processing module has been reworked. Now its possible to play more sounds without sound distortions and taking less system resources.
- Changed mechanics of ambient sounds placement on the map. Removed ‘dead zones’, increased volume of wind in SPG-mode of view, created new events for water, industrial objects and fire
- Decreased amount of sounds of tank ground hits, while driving though curvy area
- Increased distance of fire sound, changed dependence of sounds from camera position, added physical model of hearing sounds from distance
- Increased distance of other tank sounds to added ‘Doppler effect’ to increase reality of two vehicles moving side-by-side
- Increased variety of tank hit sounds
- Changed sound of tank destruction
- Added 3D parameter. All players, who have 5.1 multimedia system, realism of the game will increase greatly.

TECHNICAL IMPROVEMENTS
- Reworked mechanism of informing about memory lack
- Added an automatic quality regulation system of tuning special effect depending on resources usage and system performance, which will reduce quality of effects (explosions, smokes and fire) automatically, if fps drop is detected

FIXES
- Corrections has been made in names of french tanks and their modules.
- Fixed the low turning speed of some vehicles on bridges
- Added small corrections to battle and video tutorials
- Fixed collision models of small objects
- Fixed errors and improved display of dynamic shades



Additional Information (May 24, 2013)

As promised, Michael (Storm) has sent some clarifications regarding the information we have published recently:

DISABLED TRACERS

Tracers will be disabled for all vehicles, except for SPGs. This means that tracers from SPGs will still be visible for everyone, just as it currently is in the game. However, when in strategic aiming mode (using the map), we’ve limited the area where tracers from invisible vehicles is shown. To see them, you must be close to the point where they originate from.

As part of this process, we have also removed the tracers from your own shots. Don’t worry too much about this, since we’ll probably bring it back with the 0.8.6 release, maybe even along with the tracers of your allies’ shots.

NERFING HEAT SHELLS

As announced previously, this is still planned. A detailed list of the changes will be shared closer to the release date.  

100% TRAINED CREW FOR NEW ACCOUNTS

These will be available only for the Tier 1 tanks that come with account creation. This feature will not be applied to any newly purchased Tier 1 vehicles.

CHANGES IN GAME ECONOMY

The income of all vehicles from Tier V to the Tier X, except SPGs, will be increased. The changes will also be applied to Premium vehicles. Premium tanks up to Tier VIII will be equivalent to the most profitable Tier VIII vehicles. The income of less profitable vehicles will be increased.
The income of other Tier VIII vehicles will remain unchanged OPTIMIZATION OF SNIPER MODE VIEW

This is just a mechanism for reticle stabilization in sniper mode. It helps a lot during aiming on railroads, crushed fences, and other rough terrain. You can fire faster, since you won’t have to wait until the tank stabilizes itself on this difficult terrain. It’s really useful and after internal tests we decided to implement it.

NEW PREMIUM TANKS

In 8.6 we will add the long expected Tier V Heavy A33 Excelsior tank. But we won’t add the Sexton, because there will be too many changes for SPGs in the next update and we want to analyze their performance first.

USING IN-GAME PHYSICS

“A mechanism was added, which allows determining what bonuses (XP, credits, frag count) will be granted for damaging or killing tanks using physics (pushing into water or from cliffs etc.) and who should receive them.”

This sentence means that there is not only a mechanism, but that this actually works. We will provide you with more details in further patch notes.

SUPER-HEAVY SPALL LINER
USSR: KV-4, KV-5
Germany: GW typ E, Jagdtiger8,8 , Jagdtiger, JagdPz E-100, VK4502 B, Maus, Lowe, E-75, E-100, VK7201
USA: T95, Т110Е3
Britain: Tortoise, FV215b, TOG II* If any of these tanks has a spall liner installed, it will be automatically changed to the new super-heavy version, which will be moved to your depot. We’ll move it there first, since the new spall liner weighs 1.5 times more, and may not be compatible with your current vehicle set-up.

NEW CAMOUFLAGE MECHANICS

Prior to the update we will release a separate document about these new mechanics. Stay tuned.

TURRET SHIFT FOR E-100

The turret on the E-100 will be shifted forward by about 30 cm (scaled).

Jewel_Thief: This is correct.  
We'll continue to monitor this thread in case anyone else has any pressing questions.
~JT

dance210: Every Mon and Thurs morning for approximately 30 minutes.