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MA77: Saudações, comandantes. Quase um ano depois, o tanque pesado Strv K retorna ao Superteste! Anteriormente, este veículo era mais um veículo de apoio, mas agora é um tanque pesado clássico. Sua jogabilidade pode ser considerada uma fusão entre o M103 e o T-10. A maioria dos tanqueiros vai adorar o Strv K e será capaz de obter ótimos resultados com ele. Mas quais recursos mudamos do Strv K?  O canhão foi melhorado, dado que tanto seus projéteis padrão quanto os especiais podem perfurar bindagens mais espessas (252mm e 310mm, respectivamente). Além disso, a mira está melhor, com um valor de 0,34. No entanto, o tempo de mira foi aumentado para 2,3 segundos. Por outro lado, a mobilidade também está melhor, graças a um aumento da potência específica, que agora é de 16 hp/t. Embora deva ser notado que a velocidade de rotação do chassi é mais lenta, de 30 graus/s. Gostou das alterações no veículo? Não se esqueça de deixar o seu feedback! Boa sorte no campo de batalha.

stabbymckill: Good morning Tankers,

World of Tanks is launching a special collaboration, and all of you can participate.




"World of Tanks is launching a special collaboration, and all of you can participate.Created by Hasbro, G.I. Joe is one of the most popular action figure lines in the world. Generations of kids in the U.S. and beyond played with them and were captivated by the struggle of the international elite spec ops team against their sworn enemies of Cobra, a multi-faceted and masterfully coordinated global criminal network. Uncounted millions of battles which have been fought with plastic action figures (often commanded by present-day online tankers) have elevated G.I. Joe to the status of a cultural phenomenon.And now, one global cultural phenomenon is about to meet another. The famous adversaries from G.I. Joe and Cobra have come to World of Tanks to settle their scores in their impressive new vehicles, the B.T.T. (having the same stats as the TS-5) and the B.O.A. (having the same stats as the T-54 first prototype)."


Get the full details on this awesome collab here in the article. Yo Joe! 

 

MA77: ¡Saludos, Comandantes! Luego de casi un año, ¡el tanque pesado Strv K regresa al Supertest! Anteriormente, este vehículo era más bien un vehículo de apoyo, pero ahora es un clásico tanque pesado. Su jugabilidad podría considerarse una fusión entre el M103 y el T-10. A la mayoría de los tanquistas les encantará el Strv K y podrán alcanzar grandes resultados con él. ¿Pero cuáles características cambiamos del Strv K?  Por un lado, el cañón es mejor ahora, dado que tanto sus proyectiles estándar como especiales pueden perforar blindaje más grueso (252 mm y 310 mm, respectivamente). Además, la puntería es ahora mejor, con un valor de 0,34. Sin embargo, el tiempo de apuntamiento se incrementó, y ahora llega a los 2,3 segundos. Por otro lado, la movilidad es mejor también, gracias a un incremento en la potencia específica, que es ahora de 16 CV/t. Aunque cabe resaltar que la velocidad de rotación del chasis es más lenta, y es ahora de 30 grados por segundo. Como siempre, recuerden que todos los valores están sujetos a cambios de acuerdo a los resultados de las pruebas. ¡Dejen sus opiniones! ¡Mucha suerte en el campo de batalla

MA77: Saudações,
Hoje, estamos introduzindo um novo mapa no Superteste: Ravina do Duque de Zhou.

Este mapa tem 1000x1000 metros com uma configuração de outono/inverno. 
1. Uma área relativamente fechada para tanques pesados.
2. Grandes morros que permitem controlar a maior parte do mapa com qualquer tipo de veículo, mas principalmente com tanques médios.
3. A conexão entre as rotas que atravessam o calçadão no centro do mapa permite que tanques leves desempenhem um papel crucial nas batalhas.
4. Posições adicionais para caça-tanques permitindo-os parar a ofensiva inimiga. Mais Imagens | Clique Aqui
Como sempre, lembre-se de que todas as alterações não são finais e estão sujeitas a resultados de teste. Boa sorte no campo de batalha!

MA77: ¡Saludos, Comandantes! En el día de hoy, ingresa un nuevo mapa al Supertest: Rambla del Duque de Zhou (Duke of Zhou Ravine). Imágenes: https://imgur.com/a/2nJe8x4/ Este mapa es un escenario de 1000x1000 metros para batallas estándar con temática otoñal/invernal. Un área relativamente cerrada para tanques pesados. Grandes colinas que permiten controlar la mayor parte del mapa con casa cualquier tipo de vehículo, pero particularmente con tanques medianos. La conexión entre las rutas que atraviesan la rambla del centro del mapa permite que los tanques ligeros desempeñen un rol crucial en las batallas. Posiciones adicionales para cazatanques para que puedan frenar la ofensiva enemiga. Como siempre, recuerden que todos los cambios no son definitivos y que están sujetos a los resultados de las pruebas. ¡Dejen sus opiniones! ¡Mucha suerte en el campo de batalla!

TeriyakiTanker: Tier X Panzer III/Maus... the turret of the PzIII on a Maus body.

TeriyakiTanker: They really should give f2p players access to a single piece of bounty equipment.  Just give people who pay access to two pieces, better for everyone that way.

TeriyakiTanker: Appreciate it!

TeriyakiTanker: Nothing yet but I am assuming that micro patch that loaded when I started the game is it.

TeriyakiTanker: The more real tanks the merrier in my opinion.  Last I recall hearing about this was a couple of years ago at least and they had decided it wasn't going to happen in the near future.

Draschel: or you can hit enemy tracks and deal 0 damage. Small splash radius, low HE damageHE should only be used on enemies for guaranteed, close range penetrations 

Draschel:  

Draschel:  I did not say I condone cheating. But I do place emphasis, and agree with War gaming, that the most prohibited, clashing and/or skirting of rules - should be enforced the most severest.  The Unforgiving Servant Parable  -  take a look. It is very biblical, applicable. Something not to shun. Isn't about being a man in a straw hat.  Strawman, you say? Because I lack integrity or mert. or overly exaggerate? Where, exactly? It is about wrong dealings are all around us, why hold onto the insignificant ones? Why must you turn aside the hefty, terribly immoral, prohibited.....to cast such a large scalding light on something minor years and years ago, concerning a tier 10 average at best tank even after substantial buff. Cheating that still goes on, today - and costs WG money, or something that happened once and doesn't cost WG a copper penny? All this while, people severely cheat for broken equipment, significantly great, like Chieftain / 260 / 279E / 7201 / 907 

LargeForeignObject: Team captains, If you are looking for players to join your team for the upcoming Simply NUC 15v15 Master League, post your team info and player requirements in this topic.  Qualifier stage registration: https://worldoftanks...AwMDAwMjA4Nw==/

LargeForeignObject: Tankers, If you are looking for a team for the upcoming Simply NUC 15v15 Master League, post your info in this topic.  Qualifier stage registration: https://worldoftanks...AwMDAwMjA4Nw==/

Einzelganger7:

I wanted to burn the countless of soviet and Czech blueprints I'll never use to get German crew and books but nope! We can only get said stuff of the same nation of the blueprints... They should at least let us exchange national blueprints for a speciffic nation, even if it is 1 of the desired nation in exchange of 5, for example getting some Italian blueprints in exchange of blueprints from other nations would be useful for many players since they used them recently to go through the new Italian Heavy branch, but now they do not have enough to obtain Progetto's 3D style.

 

Einzelganger7: Thanks but no thanks, as a free to play player I was excited about getting the Kunze Panzer but if they put it behind a paywall I better quit the game temporarily and wait for the next year to get it for 9 tokens.

p.s: RagingRaptor's video was spot on with the main issue of this new battle pass.

stabbymckill: Good Afternoon tankers,
Season 4 of Battle Pass begins on March 15. 
 
"Season 4 of Battle Pass begins in World of Tanks on March 15. In the updated new Season, you will not only be earning Battle Pass Points in Random Battles, but also in Ranked Battles and Steel Hunter, as well as by completing daily missions. You will be able to earn 3 unique progressive styles and special Tokens that can be exchanged for rare Tier IX vehicles. During Battle Pass, you will meet familiar heroes, be introduced to a completely new character, and also be able to choose the useful in-game items you like the most.And the new features don't end there. Read on to find out more!"
Battle Pass Season 4 runs until June 15. Head over to the article here to get all of the full details and more. 

TeriyakiTanker: My interpretation is that you can only get 18 and after the third part they are converted into bonds.  So you can never end up with more than 18 at any given time. Hopefully thats not the case because that would royally screw f2p people.

stabbymckill: Good morning Tankers, Beginning on March 12 and running through March 22, we are allowing you to trade surplus blueprint fragments for items in a new in-game shop. 
 Trade in your old and unused blueprint fragments for crew books, crew members, styles and more. Get the full details on the exchange in the article here.

TeriyakiTanker: I'm pretty sure that three years later they probably figures it all out by now.

TeriyakiTanker: Ummm maybe you should read, you can pick the nation of the booklets and blueprints.

Einzelganger7: Yeah, they seem to stack along the year and when it says about conversion to bonds I think it means that they will get converted at the end of year when the last stage of the season ends, so we can't get more than 9 if we do not pay for the premium pass. If so then another year for me I will play once or twice per week and forget about the Kunze Panzer, I really wanted it but what a way to ruin my hopes to get it by putting it behind a pay to win wall.

Draschel: Tank frontal weakspots need to be effectively revised and implemented  (at the same time)  if premium ammunition damage is as problematic as people may think it is.  

Draschel:
​I think it is very not cool, to pay a third party Eastern European service, hundreds or thousands even, to grind Front Lines for AE Phase, object 777, char futur. Then proceed to pay same service to grind Ranked for kamp panzer, concept 1.  Then, merrily have this service grind out for you T55A, object 260, object 279E. Or how about this point too, pay a clan a booty, to get you on their roster for a campaign, they play the account presented, you get the needed fame points, and you are let go from the clan afterwards, in their spring cleaning. Then you proceed to pay the service so connected to your credit card, to grind out the bonds for you allowing you to access object 907, Chieftain, VK7201 But you are okay with that. Because cheaters acquired T-22 medium years ago and must be strung up and flogged.    

TeriyakiTanker: You are making a bad assumption that you have an equal chance of getting each one, this may not be the case.

TeriyakiTanker: Either written on a flip phone or a really bad attempt at a Haiku.

TeriyakiTanker: I got a Type 59g for 5000 gold..... I love this kind of gambling. You might want to realize that the players really do like this kind of gambling, do you really think they keep bringing back the loot boxes every Christmas because people don't like them?

TeriyakiTanker: If you really don’t dig any of them don’t bother buying a key.  Sounds like at best buying a key would give you a mehhhh feeling and potentially leave you feeling like it wasn’t worth it.

TeriyakiTanker: Type 59G was the first offer I got so yeah picked that one.......

Draschel: The arty ammunition balance certainly is a departure from premium ammunition model. And the anti-armour options (AP/HEAT) that would be available are radically better than what existed before patch 9.18, because damage is slashed. The only problem here, is that the secondary HE rounds are very comparable to pre-9.18 HE because their penetration is high again.....the main reason arty was crapped on before. This will make arty pens so much more common like pre-9.18, as engine decks, turret roof, driver cabin will costly be crapped all over, as few tanks have 60+ here.....the exact problem that led to the incessant complaining and arty re-balance in the first place, years ago. We pretty much have come round circle. Not only that, even the reduced splash radius, is -higher- than it was pre-9.18 too, for normal rounds.  But what I actually wanted to talk about, is applying this non premium ammo balance, to tank and TD ammunition too. Which may possibly work, with the exception of a key attribute, it needs to be combined with armour model re-balance as well. High pen ammunition combined with lower base damage, but comparable cost to normal AP....sure. I will bite, but if that goes into effect its also mandatory that alongside these changes;  heavy tanks, assault TDs, fat meds - front weakspots are available for normal AP pen. Think of a model, like Mle. AC48, or Tiger II, or Super pershing. They have areas of armour, such as large cross section of upper glacis plate that are quite thick and resilient, which discourages auto-aim use against them. If you do use auto-aim and high penetration ammo on these locations for penning hits, than sure the loss of DPM is fair. On the flip side, these examples have available weakspots to be exploited by aiming, simply using AP. Both on top (cupolas, roof, periscopes) and the bottom (LFP, belly, front road wheel)  With this in mind, tanks like 268V4, Type 5, Badger, 907, Maus - whatever .....don't get a free ride when dealing with not so heavy enemies flinging high pen rounds their way at a reduced damage rate. Because people that reasonably want to confront and deal with them, are forced to do so using these high pen rounds because of terrible RNG spread and low amounts of currently available weaknesses to target.  The reasons this won't ever fly, condemningly.... is because of premium tanks that can't be nerfed.  People spent money on their defenders, Chryslers, super pershing, 122TM, TS5, and won't fancy them nerfed with weakness would they?   

TragicLoss: Thank you for all you ladies who shared! It was wonderful reading all the different stories.


Article with some of my favorites: https://worldoftanks...y-stories-0321/

Einzelganger7: I like the changes, at least this will make them more predictable to avoid direct hits and even able to blind shot them early on open maps, but where is the siege mode for artillery that they promised?

p.s: this change reminded me to the lyrics of this song. lol

"We will never go undetected 
Like artillery light me up I will burn the sun down
I see strength resurrected
Solid shape ever undefected
In a synergy light me up like a firesign
Shadows fading, see the colors will light up the sky
A firesign"  .
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Jambijon: Greetings Commanders! The SPG rebalance test is now in the Sandbox for testing!  I for one like most of the changes on the surface but make sure if you have time to check them out for yourself! SPG Rebalance Test TEST STARTS: TEST ENDS:Tuesday, March 8 at 22:00 PT | 00:00 CT | 01:00 ET Tuesday, March 16 at 02:00 PT | 04:00 CT | 07:00 ET  For more details and information on joining the test, check out our article: Sandbox 2021: Changes to SPGs  

TeriyakiTanker:
Changes look fine, perhaps if you stopped botting the changes wouldn’t bother you so much?

TeriyakiTanker:
Did your mom let you out of the basement for a reason or was it just time for your meds again?

TeriyakiTanker:
Dude, it’s been 6 years get over it.  I bought it with credits I didn’t give WG a dime for it.  You really need to take a step back, hop of your high horse and grow up a little bit.  You are getting bent out of shape six years after some dudes cheated to get a pixel tank in a game.  You need to move on.

Einzelganger7: I actually love tier 5-6 despite the fact of the overpopulation of M44 artilleries. At least I find it more enjoyable than higher tiers since there we can see pure premium spam most times and not so much at tier 5-7 due to the fair balance of average pen/armor at mid tiers.

TeriyakiTanker:
It isn’t a very good tank, tech tree one is way better.  You shouldn’t feel bad at all, besides it will probably just be available next year.

TeriyakiTanker: Unfortunately, this is probably the correct answer.  There are a lot of players who use the SA server to artificially inflate their stats fighting against bots.  Getting an ace in tiers I-IV is really hard now.

TeriyakiTanker: Thought it might hit 50 million if it went high so I bid 61 million.  Glad I got it and still have some gold left over if anything else comes up that might be interesting.