This account does not include model and armor changes, a post for that will come. And there were a LOT of them.
China
Vickers Mk.E
Stock suspension turnrate nerfed from 50 to 44 deg/s
Elite suspension turnrate nerfed from 52 to 48 deg/s
Stock turret rotation nerfed from 44 to 24
Elite turret rotation nerfed from 46 to 24
Hello everyone,
this is part 2 of the 8.9 test impressions. As before: all tests took place with a 100 percent crew, camo net, binoculars and an optional third equipment piece. I used both silver and golden shells for comparison, standard silver consumables. I also used optical camo.
Waffenträger auf Panzer IV
Well, it’s not every day you get to play with something that has four guns, all of them tier 10.
Source: Daigensui’s post on US server
The darker one is the old one, lighter is new (warning big pictures)
As you can see, the area around the driver’s hatch became bigger, easier to hit.
Hello,
thanks to AppleSauceBandit (US), we can have a look at the two supertester vehicles, at least statistically. Both are tier 2 premium light tanks.
Hello everyone,
if you read the FB feed of For the Record, you might remember that yesterday, I wrote that I am having issues with the Wot Viewer. After a while of searching, I discovered I am by far not the only one. This issue concerns the 32bit version of the Wot Viewer (WotTankViewer_x86.exe) – simply put: WV works normally with 8.8 client, but if you try to set the path to your 8.9CT folder, the VW crashes.
What did not help (so no need to try it):
- remove the reference to Japanese tanks from cfg files
- change the graphic settings of the VW client
- replacing 8.9CT camo files with 8.8 ones
Unfortunately, solution is not yet available. It seems there is a problem in camouflage loading, but that is just a guess. If you are interested, please follow this thread (RexTimmy is the maker of VW). Unfortunately I haven’t been able to register on those forums (automated mail not working), so let’s hope for a quick solution.
Of course, if you had this problem too and managed to overcome it somehow, do share with us in comments.
Unfortunately, it also means that until it’s fixed, I won’t be able to show you the supertest vehicles (nothing too interesting there tho) and the visual and armor model changes.
Looks like the new North-West map has some interesting features…
Hello everyone,
so, here are my subjective impressions from the new German TD line. Unlike the previous patch Soviet tanks, I think I am rather qualified to talk about German TD’s, as they are my favourite branch and I played it quite a lot. So, let’s have a look at it :) All tests took place with a 100 percent crew, camo net, binoculars and an optional third equipment piece. I used both silver and golden shells for comparison, standard silver consumables. I also used optical camo.
The server itself runs pretty smoothly (the bug with the packet loss was not fixed however). Noticed the nice quick server relog feature in upper left corner – handy!
Marder III (38T)
Okay, despite testing it only against “soft” targets (pretty much everyone in the battle had another 38T) I must say this vehicle is absolutely fantastic. It’s small, yet it packs quite a punch and boy it fires fast (18,75 ROF). Aim time is excellent, it’s reasonably accurate (0.35) and – what is most important – very hard to spot and fairly mobile (40km/h easily). As expected, the gun shield is thin, but it’s nothing that terrible. Its top gun is 110 pen 75mm – not the best penetration out there, but the golden shells can crack any hide. Carried ammo supply is sufficient (38 rounds). Gun traverse is fantastic, it’s very broad, but the vehicle doesn’t bleed accuracy when moving the gun too much and the depression is awesome. I love it. It’s much like Marder II on steroids (or if you will, Marder II before the major nerf).
Well, here’s what we’ve been waiting for. For now only the screenies with stats, I will post impressions later.
The new German tree
Tier 4 – Marder 38T
(modules/stock/elite)
