WoT Newsletter Volume #20

Welcome to the World of Tanks Newsletter! said: Our goal is to weekly update with news events, new information on current issues, and interesting articles!
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Newsletter Staff
Editor: MrVic


Developers Corner  said:
RELEASE OF V.0.6.3.10 PATCH ON APRIL 7

The v.0.6.3.10 patch will introduce new Premium tanks
06 April 2011, 15:59
Tomorrow, April 7, 2011, new v.0.6.3.10 patch is released. World of Tanks game server will be unavailable from 1:30 till 7:00 AM EDT.
The v.0.6.3.10 patch will add premium tanks (box and pre-order): M4A2E4 (American tier 5 medium tank).
Follow the updates and do not lose opportunity to appreciate this patch's true value!
Dev Question and Answer on Question and Answer sessions Link to Thread
Password change serviceLink to Post


News Headlines said: BACK TO 90'S!News Link Details
ARMOR FROM FRANCENews Link Details
URAL STEEL CHAMPIONSHIP: WE DID IT!News Link Details
BUY GOLD FOR SPECIAL PRICE AND GET THE UNIQUE TANK FOR FREE!News Link Details


Main Discussions on the Forums said: Have thoughts or concerns? The following Threads are the main threads for discussing changes or feedback.
Discussion of pre-release notesLink to Main Topic
v.0.6.3.7 update - preliminary discussion Link to Main Topic
Official Tracks - Tracked - Tracking Thread Link to Main Topic
Match Making Thread Link to Main Topic
Post Patch SPG Thread Link to Main Topic
Official Hard/Soft Wipe Discussion Thread Link to Main Topic
Official Tank View Range / Spotting Thread Link to Main Topic


Fake Tip of the Week said: Fake Tip of the Week:If your tank catches fire, you can instantly put it out, simply by quickly turning on and off your "removed speed governor"


Post of the Week said: Link to Post
World of Tanks Demotivational Posters


A Look to the Future said: World of Tanks v.0.6.4 Preliminary Patch Notes

• Added new vehicles: premium heavy Lowe and KV-5, intermediate KV-13 and Pz38NA, tier 8 SPGs: Object 261, GW-E serie, T-92.
• Full redesign of Maus collision model using “skirt” type of armor.
• Fixed hit boxes for IS-7, JagdPanther.
• Added new maps – Mountain Pass and Prairies.
• Visual redesign of Pagorki map.
• Gameplay redesign of Komarin map: reduced number of bushes near the bridges, added extra buildings on the central island for cover.
• Added extra checkpoints on tank models for more accurate visibility checks.
• Changed effect for credit and gold first aid kits, repair kits and fire extinguishers:
Credit repair kit will fix 1 chosen damaged module until the end of battle. Gold will repair all currently damaged modules until the end of battle.
You can put both repair kits on the same tank together.
First aid kits work similar to repair kits.
Credit fire extinguisher will extinguish fire immediately after you manually activate it – by pressing its button ingame.
Gold fire extinguisher will automatically extinguish fire 0.5 seconds after tank catches fire and will reduce chance of catching fire by 10%.
• Changed damage mechanics for tracks. You can damage tracks if you hit the leading or the rearmost wheel of the tank. It will be much more difficult to detrack it by hitting middle part of the tank.
• Reworked vehicle movement system – stucking at vertical surfaces and map borders is nearly completely eliminated. Reduced chance of stucking in terrain objects.
• Added first version of moving wrecks of destroyed vehicles.
• Fixed bug with SPG Object 212 gun mantlet that was able to absorb shells without losing durability.
• Fixed damage mechanics of certain open-topped SPGs during light collisions with other vehicles.
• Added an option to demount non-demountable equipment (like Rammer or Coated Optics) for 10 Gold.
• Added an option to transfer in-game gold to another player. For additional control of transfer special billing password is being used.
• Added an option to block voice messages from the player in battle and in hangar.
• Added an option to turn-off tank shaking during shooting/moving/stopping/being hit in sniper mode. Default setting is shaking on.
• Added an option to remove tracks prints.
• Added an option to turn off smoke and dust off the tank tracks.
• Added detailed options for voice chat: selection of audio device, voice test and other options.
• Fixed bug with client freeze when joining company/platoon in case of voice ports being blocked.
• Added new tab Clan for Contacts window, including the list of clan members.
• Added visual diplay of “speaking players” in Training Room, Platoon and Company, Map Loading screen.
• Added additional star icon on the tank that did not gain double experience for the current day.
• Minimap remade into flash like the other interface . Added icons for different tank types. Added colored icons of different colours for tanks in player’s platoon.
• Added additional markers above tanks in player’s platoon.
• Added additional statistics window displayed when player’s tank is destroyed.
• Fixed great amount of rendering bugs, improved efficiency of high-quality dynamic shadows.
• Added protection from client-side change of color, brightness and display time for tracer effects.
Planned for v.0.6.4, but currenty in development:
• Reworking visibility/camouflage of all vehicles and guns.
• Lowered memory usage. Fixing Red Textures bug on PC with big amount of RAM (> 2 GB).
• Specific balance weight for 9th tier Medium tanks.
• Fixing discrepancy between sniper and arcade crosshairs in case vehicle is positioned on a slope.
• New post-battle statistics.
Note 1. The list of changes is not full.
Note 2. v.0.6.4 is very likely to be the release version.
ETA - to be announced.
World of Tanks Tutorial Videos

World of Tanks Tutorial Video Part 4
World of Tanks Tutorial Video Part 3
World of Tanks Tutorial Video part 2
World of Tanks Tutorial Video part 1


Pictures of the Week said: Note: Many of these images are from projects in progress. They should be considered Alpha images and not final
French Armor Preview!
D2 Medium Tank

AMX 40

B1

D1

Hotchkiss H35

Last Weeks Pictures of the Week (Archive)
Lowe (tier 8 heavy)



KV-5 (tier 7 heavy)



M4A2E4





M4A2E4

QuoteGift Tank for World of Tanks CBT-participants
M4A2E4 is going to be a gift tank for the participants of WOT closed beta.
M4A2E4 is a tier 5 US medium tank [premium].
The two M4A2s built by General Motors Corporation in 1943, both featured a wide track torsion bar suspension. The first tank was completed on 22 July and the second on 15 August.
Preliminary specs:
Hull: 64/38/38
Turret: 76/51/51
Gun: 75mm M3L/37








Quote Gift Tank for World of Tanks CBT-participants
M4A2E4 is going to be a gift tank for the participants of WOT closed beta.
M4A2E4 is a tier 5 US medium tank [premium].
The two M4A2s built by General Motors Corporation in 1943, both featured a wide track torsion bar suspension. The first tank was completed on 22 July and the second on 15 August.
Preliminary specs:
Hull: 64/38/38
Turret: 76/51/51
Gun: 75mm M3L/37


Weekly Web Comics said: The Mini Magazine 1 page goodness by: Obaum_Husky



Tank Skin of the Week said: This weeks featured Tank skin is by "Sparx" Thread Link
Desert Tiger




Community Driven Content said: Historical Battles!
Historical Battles, Link to Section
Color Blind? Check this out!
Color Blind (Mod) by:SmVueno Right now in game options are not complete, but the following thread created by SmVueno provides some help. Link to Thread
Lost your Original Tank Skin files? This thread may help save you time! Link to Thread


Help Wanted said:
New Positions Open!
Looking for 1-2 Players from NA and EU forums to join the Newsletter Staff. Looking for players that are avid readers of the forums, main work entails finding funny or well written posts, recent information on info segments posted by the devs ect and other content such as finding tank skins for each weeks Newsletter publications. Main focus is finding and collecting information to be added weekly. If your interested in such a role please Send a PM to MrVic Thanks!