9.6 – Test 2 is Live

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Hello everyone,

the second round of the test 9.6 is live. It is cca 127 MB large compared to Test 1. The list of changes is available in Russian (will translate it if it doesn’t show up on portal today, but I am sure it will). The biggest changes:

You can now test AMX CDC and STA-2 :) So enjoy.

Edit: English patchnotes are here now.

72 thoughts on “9.6 – Test 2 is Live”

      • Really? First patch they mentioned 13/57 as well… before removing it all because they realised they had none of them.

            • Same here, I don’t want the “everything that makes the STA-1 bad but none of what makes it good” or the “WEEEEEE… what’s a turn?”

              I wanted a “poke, poke, poke, poke, you dead yet? no? poke, poke, poke”

    • yeah the amx 13/57 is not on the test server. :(

      apparently they are still balancing it and it will come when 9.6 goes live, kinda like the panther 88

          • Played the CDC, the aim time and bloom on movement and turret rotation are pretty bad. For now you’ll need to equip her with items that reduce this effect IMO. (VS+GLD)
            She feels a little sluggish getting up to speed compared to the 50t, but that could be the difference in crews. Could always supplement some oil.
            All-in-all not bad, not as great as the hype might make you think it is.

        • It’s a fast as fuck sexy premium beast with a lot of hitpoints,great gun depression, good penetration and dirt cheap shells on an accurate gun that doesn’t require you to aim for 5 fucking minutes.

          Hello newest bestest credit farmer

          • Except it has been stealth-nerfed according to people on forums who checked stats. It’s dispersion on the move isn’t great, but it’s ground resist is atrocious now.

            I should probably download Tank Inspector and check for myself, though I have little reason to doubt this info.

            • idk how people think this tank looks good, to me, looks as bad as an arl 44 with the stock turret, i do agree with people saying it looks sleek, but not so much sexy, i much prefer the looks of the STA-2

  7. i don’t need testing, i will buy that tank anyway.

    CDC is love
    CDC is life

  9. someone in CN server has already played sta-2 for a while…..

    also 1357..very nice t7 lt with awesome dpm

      • why the hell is the CDC so popular??? it’s not even that good…

        1 thing for sure is that it definitely doesn’t look good, sta-2 looks much better.

  11. I like the STA-2 so far, it’s feels like a weaker Pershing, speed and armor wise but it’s gun is a bit better.

    • same LOL, ik it’s not that good of a tank… but there’s something about it, pulling me in…. probably the looks of it LOL.

  12. AMX Chasseur De Chars = AMX “Tank hunter” = AMX Tank Destroyer

    In game —> Medium tank

    Seems legit.

  13. People don’t seem aware that the ground resistance for AMX CDC was horribly nerfed, almost doubled :) from 0,867 on medium ground or smth like that to 1,63, meaning it has less hp/t now than Obj416 :)

      • Maybe but the old “2s to get to 50km/h” isnt there anymore.

        It had 30hp/t last time we heard of it

  14. “Fixed the playback of the “That was close” sound notification when player’s own vehicle was damaged.”
    Come on, i liked this bug :(

  16. After testing a bit, AMX CDC and STA-2 are decent tier 8 vehicles. Along the T-34-3, Type 59 and the Panther 8.8, they make a nice picture of how good or bad the tier 8 MT should be. The questions are: When will the US receive a decent tier 8 premium MT? The SuperPershing is crap compared to the above mentioned tanks. Also, when will UK receive their Centurion variant?

    Edit: And yes, I know the answer is Soon™ but I’m still asking :P

      • US now has a reward tank, the T95E2. It doesn’t make premium credits, but it does get premium XP bonuses. I haven’t played it, but I understand it plays more like a medium than the SP. Getting one is as “simple” as recruiting a new player or rerolling and grinding to tier 10.

    • he means the fv4202, it will be renamed the Centurion action X, you can look at pictures of the turret on google from bovington.

      the action X is pretty much a 4202 with some very small minor changes to the shape of he turret. (and maybe some small differances with the hull)

  17. So according to the patch notes: “Substantially changed the distribution of hits in the aiming circle (insignificantly reduced the number of hits at the very center of the reticle).”

    Now the definition of substantially is: “large in amount, size, or number”.
    And the definition if insignificantly is: “small or unimportant, not significant”.

    So, was accuracy changed by a large and yet insignificant amount? Or by an unimportantly large amount?

    • Just came here to post exactly the same thing.

      They had better hurry up with that explanation article – and make it properly detailed.

    • Imagine a circle with a 5cm radius. Now let’s say 50% of your shots go into the center, 5% go to the edge, and the rest of the shots (45%)go 3cm away from the center. Then the distribution changes so that 45% of the shots go to the center, and the rest is made so that the shots go evenly around the center. What you have in this situation is insignificant change of shots going to the center, but the distribution is significatly changed.

  20. Time to warm up my wallet for the CDC. I don’t really care if they nerfed it, it is a French medium premium.

  21. Löwe damage model was changed again in the second test ?? WHY???
    its in the new patchnotes…
    Do somebody know how?

  22. Before you download the 8gb, myself and a bunch of others can’t login to the Test Server (the password field isn’t working properly and tells you that your password must contain specific characters/numbers/symbols, all of which my password contains already). And, of course, nothing works (restarting the game, restarting your computer, changing your password, using your old password, etc…).

    Just brilliant WarGaming!…

    • OK, here’s the fix…

      It’s a problem with the auto-fill.

      1. Exit the game.

      2. Restart the game.

      3. Uncheck ‘remember my password’

      4. Delete the auto-filled password

      5. Re-enter your password (the one you were using 2 weeks ago).

      Then, it will work.