Hello everyone,

these are the new vehicle stats. Be advised: 112 and T-34-3 are NOT in the 8.8 test and right now it looks like it’s intentional (in process of confirming). Apparently, WG strategy is not to release them for testing, people are supposed to buy them straight from the shop. They might appear in second 8.8 test iteration. I will post their 8.8 stats later, once I datamine them.

Also, the complete German stat changes will be posted in a separate post, as there are MANY.

German and Soviet tree

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Source: http://world-of-kwg.livejournal.com/235412.html

KV-1S will lose 122mm D-2-5 in 8.9 – it will be replaced by 100mm S-34 (not D-10T) and by 85mm 85BM gun. T57 and Foch will also be nerfed.

And no, this is not trolling.

Enjoy :)

You can download the installer here:

http://dl.wargaming.net/wot/ct/files/WoT_internet_install_ct.exe

Today’s missions are:

- Making a Difference: be in team top 3 in damage dealt, earn 30 percent extra income
- Around the World: kill one vehicle of each country once per day, get 6 premium consumables
- You Shall Not Pass get Steel Wall + Spartan in one battle, recieve 5 premium repair kits

plus

- kill 30 tanks, get 300k creds each day
- get 50k XP in a day, get 1 day premium
- get Yoshio’s, Nicol’s ,Lehväslaiho’s or Radley-Walter’s medal, get x5 crew XP

This is NOT a complete list (thank you BonSie for a part of that). Beware – it has been confirmed that there is an error in the E50/E50M changes. I don’t know exactly what kind of, but consider them only informative, not absolute.

E-50M keeps its 1200hp engine, 150mm frontal armor

Tiger
- 88mm L/71: ROF increased from 6,98 to 8,96
- 88mm L/71: aimtime reduced from 2,9 to 2,7
- removed the HL234 and HL230P45 engines
- increased the second turret hitpoints by 50hp
- Tank traverse: 23 > 26
- HP buff on HL210: 650 > 700
- 82mm armor nerfed to 80mm
- Turret traverse nerfed: 23 > 18
- View Range buff: 370 > 380

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Source: developer post

Just in: 8.8 test most likely delayed until tomorrow. The reason for the delay are some issues with the preparation of the server itself. Confirmed to come tomorrow for sure.

Hello everyone,

before going to Gamescom, I kinda wanted to watch the stream – and I did, in total for like 4-5 hours I guess. Overall, it’s much like last year it seems to me.

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We’ve had a number of Buff My Tank articles here on FTR, but what about a nerfing one? During my research, I have come upon an interesting statement that, as a completely impartial guardian of history, I could not possibly keep from you. In Comrade Halepskiy’s bitching and moaning about shuffling around various 37 mm guns, 45 mm guns, and machine guns (it’s not quite as easy as right clicking on a module in your garage), he writes down an interesting phrase:

“…the [37 mm] Hotchkiss gun has poor ballistic qualities, and penetrates less armour than a machine gun with armour piercing bullets.”

The machine gun in question is the DT (Degtyaryev, tank version), a 7.62 mm machine gun. The cartridge used is similar to a Mosin, which can penetrate 15 mm of armour at 150 meters. That’s not so great by in-game standards. That means the WoT version of the gun should be completely useless, right?

Hm, guess not. Maybe then in-game machine guns will get a similar buff?

How terrible.

I don’t want too much spam today, so I am saving posts for when the test server gets live, so here’s the Gamescom stream. Click on “more” for the stream itself.

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