- Cannoneer explains the current situation with British and Japanese light tanks: “For the Japanese, there is nothing above the current Ke-Ho light tank. For the British, it’s better.”
- Cannoneer, regarding hightier British light tanks: “There is a general problem with data – for example there is very little data or no pictures whatsoever. There were ideas, but it’s not me deciding what gets implemented and when.”
- regarding Tetrarch CS with 3 inch howitzer: “It’s already in the game but it has one huge flaw – the muzzle velocity is 182 m/s, which means you can even dodge the shell. It would be much more playable on tier 3 than on tier 4, yes.”
- regarding the Contentious with 17pdr gun as a high tier British LT (as was presented on FTR): “Yes, that’s an option, but it has two problems: little data and frontal armor (upper frontal plate, there is a fuel tank behind it and then there is another internal plate of armor).” (both plates are 40mm thick)
- Q: “Storm, and wasn’t there an idea to implement bonus for light tanks for the total amount of targets scouted within the battle (not just for the first detection) and/or for the total amount of time the tank keeps scouting (even without damage done by allies)? ….. It could become a speciality of light tanks… ” A (Storm): “Interesting”
T-54 Light and M41 Gameplay Video
Hello everyone,
one of the Russian players published two gameplay videos – of the light T-54 tier 8 tank and of the M41 Walker Bulldog (with autoloaded gun). He’s not saying anything that’s not totally obvious from the vehicle characteristics, so just have a look (you can even switch the sound off). He apparently likes both vehicles.
9.3 Preview Errata
Hello everyone,
so, Tanitha posted that he’s not the author of the “9.3 Preview” text. Good, he’s a nice guy and I would hate to have to insult him. With that being said:
Whoever wrote this is a retard.
I was busy with other stuff so I did not even read the text properly, but here are a few points that are wrong with it.
- the “T49″ on the picture is actually the M41. T49 pics were posted here.
- “X-tier AT-SPG” – google transated Russian term “PT-SAU” – correct word is of course “tank destroyer”
- RU251 is NOT a Leopard predecessor, they just share visual similiarities
- “T49 Light Tank. This vessel was designed in USA during WWII” – vessel? T49 is not a ship. The word you are looking for is “platform”, which by the way is also crap, as the vehicle was designed in the 50′s. Didn’t know WW2 ended so late.
- T49 was not “one of the versions” of M41, it was simply an upgrade prototype. Also, T49 did NOT have the 152mm gun, that was again another testbed.
- what is “convergence speed” – you mean aim time?
- T-54 light has “playing comfort”? With that depression?
*sigh*
Anyway, looking forward to those vehicles
9.3 – Few More Screenies
9.3 Official New Awards
Source: RU forums
Please note that the names are not translated from Russian, they are taken from the official supertest post, published earlier
“Spotter”
For reaching 1000 points of spotting damage in one winning battle, can be awarded to multiple players per battle.
“Eye for an Eye!”
For destroying an enemy while being destroyed by him as well, ramming and fire do count, is awarded to both players.
9.3 Patchnotes Errata
Hello everyone,
there were some strange translations in the 9.3 patch notes (not by me, it was translated by Wargaming), so here are a few fixes.
- “Characteristics of the following vehicles decreased: Hellcat, Т18, FV304, T57 Heavy” should be “rebalanced”, although that pretty much means a nerf, yea
- “Suspension durability for Tier V–VIII light tanks increased.” – this means that their hitpoints increased. Just in case it’s not clear.
- “which relays unique Special Instructions to clans.” – this should be “allows the clans to play special missions”
- “destruction of crew” – this should be more like “wounding the crew” or killing it
- “Information about quality of connection in the server selection menu added.” – “added to the menu” (terrible language)
- “online player count and the count of players in the Contact list.” – not count but “list”
- “- Each of values for obtaining Marks of Excellence reduced by 7 points (58% instead of 65% for obtaining one Mark of Excellence, etc.).” – values required
- “Tier VIII–X vehicles with transmission in front are no longer set on fire when a shell hits the suspension.” – not suspension, transmission
9.3 T-34-85M Pics (Official)
9.3 Supertest Patch Notes
Source: http://forum.worldoftanks.asia/index.php?/topic/44290-93-supertest-patch-notes/
- New high-tier light tanks added:
* U.S.A.: T37 (Tier VI), M41 Walker Bulldog (Tier VII), T49 (Tier VIII).
* U.S.S.R.: LTTB (Tier VII), Т-54 lightweight (Tier VIII).
* Germany: Spahpanzer Ru 251 (Tier VIII).
- The M24 Chaffee, Tier V American light tank, fully rebalanced.
- The KV-1S Soviet heavy tank fully rebalanced, its tier changed from VI to V.
- The KV-85, a new Soviet heavy tank, added to Tier VI to replace KV-1S.
- The T-34-85M, a new Tier VI Soviet medium tank, added for testing by the Supertest players.
- Models of the following vehicles reworked in HD quality: ISU-152, Т-34, IS-7, M3 Lee, M5 Stuart, Jagdpanther.
9.3 Preview
Source: http://forum.worldoftanks.asia/index.php?/topic/44239-huge-93-tank-info-leak-must-read/
Hello everyone,
ASIA server (thanks to Tanitha, who has been very busy getting new info) posted a preview of the 9.3 light tank line. Enjoy! Text by (I assume) Tanitha.
The upcoming update will bring an array of the new light tanks (USSR, German and USA) in WoT. Thus tech trees of these nations will be extended and get more logic structure.
The top ones will be VIII-tier light tanks. Let’s see what these tanks are capable of.
High tier LTs like AMX 13-90, T71, WZ-131/132 occupy a special place in the game. Those, who have experienced at least a dozen battles on them, hardly need any explanations of “light tank fun”. Just recall that vehement feeling when you approach enemy SPG from behind to finish it off!! Or when you hide in the bushes right in front of your enemies, while they’re circling under allied fire having no clue who spots them…
The new light tanks are introduced so as to enrich these feelings that inevitably follow the gameplay on light tanks, providing even more adrenalin for their owners.
All of them are nimble, due to their low mass and passability. Good observation coupled by low signature and decent armament allow these tanks to solve wide array of combat tasks: scouting, performing raids behind enemy lines. You shouldn’t forget about their significant rigidness as well – these tanks may effectively withstand even a round fired by a X-tier AT-SPG.
RU-251 (German) — speedy combat vehicle with a decent cannon.
This mysterious index hides a German recon tank that was designed in 1960s to become a predecessor of the notorious Leopard tank. In our game both these tanks are pretty close by concept, exterior and certain engineering aspects. Similar to Leopard 1 Ru-251 is featured by rather weak armoring. Being a huge disadvantage for a medium tank, this feature is not so dramatic for the light version: you won’t rely on your armor much anyway, but the dynamics of the tank is really enjoyable – the vehicle may speed up to 80 km/h! Add here a spotting range of 400m – and you’ll get a perfect solution for active recon missions. But the main feature of the tank is its cannon possessing decent DPM, accuracy and penetration. Shooting from it is very comfortable.
Nevertheless you shouldn’t rely on Ru-251 damaging capabilities that much. Shooting at front armor plates of IX–X tier tanks will be a real waste of ammo, limited by 41 round — rather small, compared to Ru-251′s firing rate.
Summing everything up, we expect Ru-251 to be appreciated by German tree enthusiasts as it took over the majority of the upsides of Leopard 1: decent maneuverability, good spotting range, comfortable cannon.
Regarding the KV-220 Event
Hello everyone,
if you are following the various World of Tanks events and news, you already know that in September, we (EU), ASIA and Russian server (and of course presumably the US server as well, although that was not confirmed yet) will get a chance to recieve the KV-220 and Type 62 tanks “for free” – well, not exactly for free of course – in order to get it, you will have to perform series of gruelling missions, that – unless you are a very good player – do require you to play for some time.
And that’s fine. You invest either money or time, that’s how it works and it gives a chance for players without money to get either of these tanks. Or both, if you apart from money lack also any social life. It’s a good thing (of course, considering it most likely originated on Russian server – it’s not like our own WG EU “specialists” would invent such a thing).
In any case, there is one aspect that bothers me a bit about the entire event: the presence of the KV-220. Let me explain.
As of now, the KV-220 is not an uncommon vehicle – not much played though, because it’s not very “noob friendly” – it’s a juggernaut when played right thanks to its massive hull armor, but the turret isn’t that good, the gun sucks and the mobility is poor, it’s generally not a very newbie-friendly tanks and many people (like me) are driven off by its sluggishness. In any case, there was however a time (last year) when there was no KV-220 on EU (or US) server, it was originally a RU server exclusive tank (there was some moaning on RU server connected to the fact the tank is given out to other servers, just like the EU/US moaned that the Russians can buy Panzer IV/V, beta Sherman or the M6A2E1 “Alien” in their shop – or at least they could until not so long ago).