[Sandbox] New Balance Test Kicks off on February 10

Dwigt:  It will be easier to go through and maybe save them some credits and XP sure, but it won't push them to reach tier 8 faster as you were saying.For a newcomer having a new, more linear tree (like World of Warships) will be helpful and would allow him to enjoy his debuts in a complex game such as WoT but for a player with 20K battles such as yourself these changes won't really affect you. Reaching Tier 6 would be easier and when they do they will unlock the rest of the lower tier tanks. I am newcomer and it took me some time to figure out how to reach certain tanks. I spent xp and credits on tanks that I didn't want in the first place but with these changes I think newcomers (including myself) will be able to have a wider/clearer choice of tanks. We'll see how it goes depending on the feedback and the survey!  

Dwigt:  You can find a list below (from the French forum). GERMANY List of tanks removed from standard tech tree
TIER II : Pz. 1, Panzerjager 1, Panzer 35t
TIER III : Panzer 38t, Panzer IV A, Marder II, Bison, Wespe
TIER IV : Pz sfl IV b, Sturmpanzer II, Marder 38t, Hetzer, Pz 38t nA, D.W 2, Panzer IV D, VK20.01D
TIER V : Pz.Sfl IVb, Sturmpanzer 2, Panzer III/IV, Pz. Sfl. IVc
TIER VI : VK 30.01D
TIER VII : JPanther ii
Modified tanks
TIER V : VK 30.01 H Heavy -> Medium
TIER VI :VK 30.01 P Medium -> Heavy ___________________________________ URSS   List of tanks removed from standard tech tree
TIER II : T-26, AT-1, SU-18
TIER III : T-46, SU-26
TIER IV : T-80, SU-85B, SU-5
TIER V : T-50
TIER VI : KV-85
TIER VII : KV-13, SU-14-1
TIER X : T-62A
Modified tanks
BT-7 :  Tier 3 -> Tier T4
SU-76M Tier 3 -> Tier T4
KV-1S Tier 5 -> Tier 6
New tanks
BT-5 : Light Tier 3
___________________________________ USA List of tanks removed from standard tech tree
TIER II : T1 HMC, T3 HMC, T2 Medium
TIER III : M2 Medium, T56 GMC, M7 Priest, T18 HMC
TIER IV : T40, M3 Lee, M37, T82 HMC
TIER V : M7, T67
TIER VI : T21, M4A3E2
TIER VII :  T71 DA   Modified tanks
TIER IX : T54E1 Medium -> Lourd  
New tanks
T6 Medium : medium Tier 4
___________________________________ FRANCE   List of tanks removed from standard tech tree
TIER II : D1, H35, R35, FT AC, FT 75 BS
TIER III : D2, UE 57, Lorraine 39L AM
TIER IV : SARL 42, Renault G1 R
TIER V : AMX 105 AM
TIER IX :  AMX 30
TIER X : AMX 30 B
___________________________________ ROYAUME-UNI   List of tanks removed from standard tech tree
TIER I : Medium I
TIER II : M2, Medium II, UC 2pdr, Lloyd GC
TIER III : Medium III, Birch Gun, Stuart I-IV, Sexton II
TIER IV : Alecto, Grant
TIER V : Sherman III, Archer
TIER VI :  Sherman Firefly, Churchill GC
    
Modified tanks
Cruiser I Tier 2  -> Tier 1
Cruiser II Tier 3  ->  Tier 2
Cruiser III Tier 2  ->  Tier 3
Cruiser IV Tier 3  ->  Tier 4
Valentine Tier 4  ->  Tier 3
Covenanter Tier 4  ->  Tier 5
Crusader Tier 5 -> Tier 6 + Medium -> light   New tanks
Cavalier : medium Tier 5
___________________________________ CHINE   List of tanks removed from standard tech tree
TIER II : T-26G FT
TIER III :  M3G FT
TIER X : 113
___________________________________ JAPON   List of tanks removed from standard tech tree
TIER II : Ha-Go, Chi-Ni, I-Go/Chi-Ro
TIER III : Type 91 Heavy, Ke-Ni
TIER IV : Type 95 Heavy, Ke-Ho
TIER V : O-I Exp ___________________________________ ITALIE   List of tanks removed from standard tech tree
TIER II :  L6/40 ___________________________________ SUEDE List of tanks removed from standard tech tree
TIER II : Pvlvv fm 42
TIER III : Ikv 72   Keep in mind things could change from sandbox. Hopefully we'll be able to provide more info very soon regarding the New Balance changes