T-34-3 and 112 now available on 8.8 test server

Hello everyone,

as many of you (judging from the queues) probably noticed, both the 112 and the T-34-3 are available on the test server now. The developers used a strange way to add them: since they weren’t added to the test shop, they added them as special mission reward:

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As you can see, all you have to do to get them is to play one battle. Simple enough. And how do they perform?

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26.8.2013

First, some info from Overlord:

- the bug where the vehicle says “not ready for battle” but in fact it IS read for battle on test server is a bug, it will be solved
- the Tiger buffs will make the Tiger more popular
- there will be no special XP/credit compensation for engines lost in 8.8
- if you sell your Superpershing, you will get no gold compensation for its gold ammo

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Buff My Tank: T-60

The T-60 light tank is a fairly new member of the Soviet tech tree, arriving only 2 patches ago. However, according to NoobMeter data, the tank is only in 7th place by win rate and 3rd place by OP rating. How terrible! Let’s see what resources exist to get this thing to the top of the charts, as per standard Russian Bias protocol.

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25.8.2013

- it looks like no matter what happens with the KV-1S 122mm gun, the 100mm S-34 will be added either way
- the reason for KV-1S balance is that it stands out in the statistics. Not terribly, but it does. So in any case it is necessery to somehow nerf the 122mm KV-1S, but what exactly is still being discussed
- the German unhistorical engines removal was the balance team’s idea, not SerB’s.

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