Source: http://world-of-ru.livejournal.com/3699778.html Viewrange was changed as such: – Оbject 268 from 400 to 370 – Object 263 from 410 to 390 – Object 704 from 390 to 360 – ISU-152 from 370 to 350 – Т-34 from 240 to 320 (stock turret) – SU-85B from 390 to 310 – SU-76 from 350 to 290 – Waffentrager auf E 100 from 420 to 380 – Waffentrager auf Pz. IV from 410 to 370 – JagdPz E-100 from 400 to 390 – Rhm.-Borsig Waffentrager from 400 to 360 – JagdPanther II from 380 to 360 – Sturer Emil from 400 to 370 – Jagdpanther from 370 to 350 – Nashorn from 390 to 360 – Pz.Sfl. IVc from 380 to 340 – Marder 38T from 360 to 320 – Marder II from 350 to 310 – Panzerjager I from 330 to 300 – T110E4 from 400 to 390 – T110E3 from 400 to 390 – T29 c 330 to 350 (stock turret) – T40 from 400 to 310 – T67 from 370 to 340 (elite turret) / from 350 to 320 (stock turret) – M8A1 from 370 to 320 (both turrets) – T82 from 370 to 300 – AMX 50 Foch (155) from 400 to 380 – AMX 50 Foch from 390 to 380 – ARL 44 from 330 to 350 (elite turret) / from 320 to 340 (stock turret) – S35 CA from 400 to 340 – UE 57 from 360 to 320 – Renault FT AC from 330 to 300 – FV215b (183) from 400 to 390 – Alecto from 390 to 330 – Valentine AT from 360 to 320 – Universal Carrier 2-pdr from 330 to 300

Guide on How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the “Winter mode” Author: Origami Chiken Hello, with “Winter mode” soon to hit EU servers I wonder if you would like to read/post some heads up information. I have an account on RU cluster and took the opportunity to test this mode for a while. This is what I have learned so far: – The one and only thing you are interested in is damage. You get 0 XP/credits for winning, frags or cap/defense. In fact, the best way to screw the game for everyone, including yourself, is to smash your way to the flag and win by capping. XP, crew XP and credits are awarded only for completing special missions. In LTs player needs to do over 1700 damage, HTs – over 2500, TDs – over 3300. That’s it. Win or loose you get exactly the same reward as long as you do required amount of damage. Needless to say, results of these matches do not reflect on the overall account statistics. One more reason not to care for anything else but damage. Unlike regular matches though, you get the same reward whether you do 1700/2500/3000 or 7000 damage. After some time when “fun” part is no longer fun you can just rush the enemy as soon as you do required damage without playing to the end. I did not try leaving match while my tank was still intact. I can’t tell if “deserting” penalties apply in this mode.

Hello everyone, on 5.1.2015, the new Winter Mode is starting (on RU server anyway, but I am pretty sure it’ll be unified). Here’s a video for the event (with English subtitles). It will last until 15.1.2015.     In short: – 10 vs 10 mode – either “random” or “superplatoons” (5 man platoons) – duration of battle is 7 minutes – goal: to kill all enemy tanks or to capture the base (there’s only one like in the Encounter mode) – three tanks: T110 aka Mammoth is a “tank”, then there’s Foch that’s a sniper and T-50-2 is a “scout” – special type of shells – one normal AP and one that actually heals your allies, those are premium shells (for credits or gold) – there will be a special medal Russians also have a bunch of nice missions for this mode: – take part in 25 battles (while dealing at least 500 damage, only 5 times per account), get 25k XP, 25k crew XP, 250k creds – deal at least 3300 damage in a TD (repeatable), get 1500 XP, 1500 crew XP, 10k credits – deal at least 2500 damage in a HT (repeatable), get 1500 XP, 1500 crew XP, 10k credits – deal at least 1700 damage in a LT (repeatable), get 1500 XP, 1500 crew XP, 10k credits – deal at least 15k damage (while playing in a platoon, the damage of the entire platoon adds up), get 2500 XP, 2500 crew XP, 20k credits Just like with the Chaffee races mode, the XP gained will be transferred automatically after the event is over: – from HT to T1 Cunningham – from LT to MS-1 – from TD to Renault FT

Hello everyone, a preview with some pictures of the Christmas mode.     Inside: – the mode is called “New Year Mode” in Russian – it’s similiar to the earlier “8-bit” mode with Karl – there will be three tanks (one is “Mammoth” – boxy T110E5, second is “Raider” – in English it’s called “Arctic Fox” for some reason and it’s based on T-50-2, third is “Berserker” – in English “Polar Bear” and it’s based on Foch 155) – the tanks are roughly similiar in sizes and guns, but the Mammoth has huge amount of hitpoints (5000) – Arctic Fox (T-50-2) has few hitpoints, but 20 tons with 1200hp engine and 70 km/h maximum speed with 65 deg/s hull traverse – platoons will be possible – amount of players per team is not published yet – you’ll get a medal for participating – the gameplay will resemble the Karl mode, with one exception – healing shells: if you shoot your allies with them, you’ll heal their hitpoints

Author: Karika Part I Part II: Light tanks Part III: Turán medium tanks In this part, we’ll take a look at how could the Hungarian Tas medium tank be implemented into WoT. Everything is the same as in the previous articles: I will try not to predict game parameters (health points or alpha damage) and the balance parameters (radiorange, RoF, etc.) would not necessarely be implemented as I listed them below. Please note that these are only the historical characteristics, the would be implemented tanks could get unhistorical stuff as a last resort, if the game balance requires it. Unfortunately, Hungary did not produce a tank, which would perfectly fit in the in-game tier 6 slot. Therefore, to avoid implementing non-domestical or unhistorically overbuffed tanks into the Hungarian tech tree, I separated the Tas medium tank into two. In my opinion, this is the least bad solution. Let me show you my idea:

Hello everyone, as usual, there are some undocumented things in the 9.2 test client. First, some tanks got their textures simply changed, at least that’s how it can be seen in WoT viewer, in order to make them look better on worse computers. Generally, it looks like this (the dark one is the old one)