Straight outta Supertest: Map leaks

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Source: http://world-of-ru.livejournal.com/2947595.html

Warning, this post is VERY picture heavy

So, a couple of pictures were leaked by supertesters. First, Prokhorovka will be graphically reworked. The map now looks more war-torn, with smoke on the horizon, destroyed guns and such. This map is work in progress and Storm confirmed it will NOT appear in 8.11

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Next map to be reworked will apparently be Himmelsdorf. It will be turned into a winter map it seems – the original poster actually mentions that recently, the Winter Mod was demonstrated at the developer meeting in Minsk and it seems Wargaming decided to “borrow” a few ideas…

Anyway, Storm confirmed that this map will exist in parallel with the “summer” Himmelsdorf, both will be in the map pool.

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Erlenberg and Redshire were also changed, the hills are not as high apparently and Redshire encounter was reworked by moving the base…

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And, finally – new map, Windstorm – this map will appear in 8.11

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114 thoughts on “Straight outta Supertest: Map leaks”

    • Yes. Yes it is.
      Especially Prokorovka

      I support the lowering of the hills, but not sure about the new house on Erlenberg, they had better not have removed the stealth spotting route over that hill that I use for my scouts and fast tds

      • I support lowering of the hills also. Big hills just dont work well with tanks, and im arty player so yeah …
        Awesome changes on Erlenberg and Redshire also. No more camping on fortified hill positions, but instead there are more approaches and options for attack.

      • I looked at the photos first and when I read the text I went “WUT. This is fucking Prokorovka ?

  2. Windstorm looks amazing.
    I hope for some differences between summer and winter Himmelsdorf.
    Let’s say, for example, winter version shall be played after huge bombardment.

    • Almost 2 years ago overlord asked players about maps and I posted that I thought seasonal maps that brought some small changes with them would be cool because it was easier for the devs and still kept the player base interested. This is a solid start I’d say! But I’m with you, some small differences (Id like to see rivers/lakes frozen over on winter maps) make it so it’s not entirely aesthetic I think this Windstorm map is the most brilliant one I’ve seen from them… can’t wait..

  6. Will there be differences applied in the Himmelsdorf winter and summer maps? As in; drifting with a light tank, or ground resistance (going up hill etc)?

  8. No one noticed there are extra river crossings for Erlenberg? No more camp the bridges win the map although, considering how close and lacking cover the new crossings are I think the only advantage is that you can’t be blocked by wrecks anymore.

    • Extra river crossings are there already (as on Komarin), but they are tricky and not so easy to figure, and inexperienced drivers dive there (myself included).

      I think most summer northern hemisphere maps could be made winter as well by switching textures, and winter ones could be made summer, even Mannerheim Line.

      Only desert maps stay desert only.

    • That river is already passable not only with bridges. I don’t know how it looks like in the northern area but I saw a tank going through on the bottom part of the map. Also saw some day a medium tank crossing through that island in the middle but I drowned close to the second shore. Tried with AMX 50 100

  9. Hmm suddenly creating winter maps? Hehe, surely they noticed how awesome that Winter Mod is. Himmelsdorf Night looks absolutely amazing, but ever since I put the mod I barely play on it…the irony…

  10. Windstorm looks wonderful,can`t wait.
    Himmelsdorf implemented both as winter and summer is a great idea,Himmelsdorf is my favorite map by far and it`s the first map I actually played on.

        • The problem with Himmelsdor is this EVERY single time this happens:
          The low IQ people (3/4) of the team go up the hill and ALL die
          Then blame the few that went city for the loss
          However the few in the city have WAY MORE damage than ALL the people that went hill

          I NEVER go hill and am in the top 3 damage dealers EVERY time on that map I usually have the MOST damage and MOST kills, on the team and yet it is MY FAULT when we lose????

          I think not it’s the fact that all the people that go hill aren’t bright enough to NOT get killed and just hold their own up there.

          P.S. While down in the city I ALWAYS provide crossfire up on the hill and get some of my damage and kills that way as the enemy team rarely can figure out fire is coming from down in the city and EVEN with my help from down in the city part the guys on the hill usually die.

          • ahh…I know that feeling, but that doesn’t make Himmelsdorf to be the worst map, it’s the players who is the “worst”

      • That is,obviously,your opinion,but some time ago I saw a poll on the EU server which had all the maps and people voted for their favorite and the only map that had twice the votes of any other was Himmelsdorf.So it is the “most” favorite map….

    • Windstorm? What a creative name… I just want to make sexual intercourse with this map. So many pointy roofs there, can`t choose…

  11. Well, after the patch, i will no longer have the change to play. i dont have PC for that :P

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  14. Himmelsdorf is the worst map in game now I have to play both it AND a clone of it? Please reconsider your idea to let players take maps out of rotation they don’t like, because I want Himmelsdorf AND it’s new clone gone FOREVER :(

  15. this is comical, no matter what WG does, all people do is bitch and complain. remember, its a free game, nobody’s forcing you to play it.

  16. WOOOW really amazed by the new prohorovka !
    And also, Are there now 2 himmelsdorfs separate in the map pool!? WOOOHOOO :D :D :D
    The new map looks awesome!
    More city maps please :)

  17. Windstorm looks nice. I don’t like the bridges, but it seems they aren’t a major part of the map, so it’s okay.

    • Looks like 1×1. They said that so far they won’t go further than 1×1(bigger maps than that), but in the future we should expect even bigger. Poor T95 drivers.

  21. Why to f*** they removed the big hill and bushes on Erlenberg north-west part, where all the fun in Assault was happening?
    No more usable scouting, no more peek-a-boo brawling, now only good depression/sturdy turret US tanks gonna rule that part of map :(
    But other than that, all the changes look really nice, specially winter Himmelsdorf. Would be nice for other maps to get the seasonal changes too. Yea, but now my LoLTraktor and T1 gonna need new camo ;)

    • Because all the numpties go to the northwest side of the map, to the point where you have two or three guys sitting in the southeast, not being able to shoot stuff.

      • Actually all the smart players go to that south east corner of the map and assault from there, because it has more cover, much easier to assault from that side AND the flag is on that part of the map not the west part and the north bridge is next to impossible to cross and if they kill 1 or 2 tanks on that bridge you then have to back track all the way to the middle bridge. Lots of wasted time when if you crossed the south bridge at the beginning of the match and went east you would have already been engaging the enemy LONG before the guys that went north and you would ALREADY be on the RIGHT side of the map to begin with.

  24. and everyone will be like “omg i cant play lagg lagg lagg” “my pc is shit :D”

  25. Now the question is.. will WG borrow ALL the lighting changes and the falling snow that Winter mod created in Himmelsdorf as well, or will this be a half-assed copy?

  27. New Prokhorovka looks pretty but unfortunately it looks like they didn’t change anything so it will still be the same horrible map. Do like the news about 2x Himmelsdorf, best map currently ingame. Windstorm also looks like a great semi-city map.

    The changes on Erlenberg and Redshire are horrible though and I doubt they will fix anything, looks like we are going to keep these 2 horrible campfest maps a little longer.

    • Looks like on Redshire they lowered the hills hoping people will camp less on them, but they forgot to add some other terrain or cover because right know it looks kind of flat and no cover at all which will mean that no one could advance forward without being shot to bits by snipers.

  31. I still want day time cycle for game.

    And Windstorm? NOOOO!!!
    Windstorm = Stormwind…
    Oh I raided that city in WoW many times – For the Horde!

  33. I dont like the new Prokhorovka at all. Why the heck is so popular to remake maps to simulate evening or morning? Current Prokrohorovka seems to be in midday sun, very hot, suffocating heat. As were the conditions during Battle of Prokhorovka. Now it seems that everything is over, battle has been fought, the day is about to finish (the lighting resembles evening).

    No, I dont like it, probably because current Prokhorovka is my favourite map (although I’m not very good at it). Redshire and Erlenberg remake are fine and new map are always welcome (I dont suffer from that strange illness whose sufferers constantly whine about any map in the game. In every battle there is at least someone who whines about that map – if everyone was to be satisfied , we would have no maps to play on whatsoever.)

  42. Very pretty, but I wont be able to block off the northenr bridge in Erlenberg with my kv5/4 anymore :D

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