9.4 Test Client Feedback! Bring it!

pizzastorm: Greetings Tankers,   The 9.4 test client is upon us and you know what that means, we are looking for your thoughts, suggestions, feedbacks, etc.   Please peruse through the patch notes below and download the test client! The link can be located here - http://worldoftanks.com/en/news/pc-browser/17/94-public-test/   We are especially interested in your thoughts on the new team battle changes, the changes to stronghold, map changes, and performance!   Thanks in advance and have the best weekend of tanking ever!   Patch Notes   New Content Team Battle format changes (7/54 instead of 7/42, conditions of victory changed, etc.) Major improvements and changes in Strongholds Vehicles only for supertest players and subject to change by final update release: Panther mit 8,8cm L/71 (Tier VIII German medium tank) M56 Scorpion (Tier VIII U.S. tank destroyer) Pz.Kpfw. II Ausf. D (Tier II German light tank) Object 260 (Tier X U.S.S.R. heavy tank) Т-55 NVA DDR (Tier IX German medium tank) T28 concept (Tier VII U.S. tank destroyer) StuG IV (Tier V German tank destroyer) Maps The following maps were corrected and improved: Komarin, Malinovka, Airfield, Arctic Region Improved performance on the Windstorm map Added an effect of artillery preparation during the countdown before the battle starts for some maps Changes to Vehicle Characteristics Some issues with the visual models fixed for the following vehicles: SU-100, IS-7, JagdPanther, M24 Chaffee, Т37, LTTB, Ru 251 Fixed issues with the damage models for the following vehicles: M24 Chaffee, KV-85 Fixed incorrect designation of the Т67 tank destroyer turrets Т-34-3: reload time reduced from 14.4 to 13,4s, dispersion on turret traverse reduced by 25% AT 15A tank destroyer: durability increased from 850 to 1,050 points, maximum battle level lowered to 8 Т-54 lightweight: Fixed concealment coefficients Gameplay Changed conditions of damage caused by a torn-off turret Incorrect functionality of ramming when the damage was caused not to the vehicle's side but to the armor on the underbelly (brushing side by side with the KV-5, etc.) Historical Battle option removed from Battle Modes menu Misses for some series awards are now properly counted Graphics Fixed decrease in performance when displaying some vehicles in HD quality Improved performance of shadow rendering and the quality of rendered shadows Improved performance of frame rendering on most configurations slightly Improved performance of some elements of the battle interface Option to turn the triple buffering off/on is now available again in the Graphics settings menu Fixed issue with graphical artifacts appearing upon screen resolution change Fixed discrepancies between the visual and damage models for some environmental objects Fixed condition for receiving the Ranger award Some effects of shells hitting various surfaces reworked Sound Fully reworked gunfire sounds Improved sounds of vehicle destruction by ramming Improved sounds of destruction of highly explosive objects Fixed interruption in the playback of engine sounds when many vehicles stand close together Interface Fixed display of the Clan icon in the Garage on screen resolutions greater than 1280 pixels horizontally List of surnames of crew members expanded Fixed issues with the text chat functionality in Tank Companies Fixed display of the icon of the fifth crew member skill Fixed some issues with interface and gameplay in the Strongholds mode Fixed disproportion between the size of the markers and the minimap when zooming in Other Bugfixes and Changes Fixed issues with the server field resetting upon unsuccessful login attempt with "Auto" option selected (for example, if incorrect password is entered) Fixed some issues with the playback of battle replays Fixed hang-up of the game client at the "Updating crew..." stage when returning to the Garage Fixed some hang-ups and crashes of the game client Fixed issue with the Platoon channel becoming blocked when creating a Platoon Fixed issue with the Penalty for Desertion screen appearing when exiting the replay mode Fixed freeze-up of the Tank Company search window when creating a Platoon Fixed issues with vehicles being launched into the air when crossing some environmental objects