Warning: picture heavy
Hello everyone,
today, we have another bunch of photos, this time from a pretty exotic place: War Memorial in Seoul. Player the_beef was kind enough to share them with us. Enjoy!
E-75 terrain passability in Test 2
Hello everyone,
not much has changed from test 1 to test 2, but the E-75 did recieve the promised terrain passability buff:
Test 1 Stock Tracks – Terrain resistance: 1,2/1,5/2,5
Test 1 Elite Tracks – Terrain resistance: 1,1/1,4/2,3
Test 2 Stock Tracks – Terrain resistance: 1,2/1,3/2,4
Test 2 Elite Tracks – Terrain resistance: 1,1/1,2/2,2
The rest remains the same.
T54E1 model change
Very simple here, the turret “neck” has been made slightly thicker. Strangely enough, the collision model shows no change.
Old:
M48 Errata
Just a quick update: today, I wrote in the Q&A session that M48 might get a buff. I was wrong, I misread one of the questions/answers. At this moment, no M48 buff is planned.
Sorry for that.
Superpershing armor change from Test 1 to Test 2
As mentioned in the patchnotes, the lower strip of very thick armor was prolonged. In Test 1 it looks like this:
8.8 test 2 changes (compared to test 1)
Since the EU and US portal updates lack this, here’s the list (some things I am not sure what they mean)
- fixed numerous bugs and fixed the lagging (crashing) of the new Service Record window
- fixed numerous bugs in the Missions window
- fixed the performance drop in the Missions window
- fixed some bugs in the Special battles window
- fixed some bugs in the Company battles window
Buff My Tank: T-26
Let’s take a look at a meek tier 2 light tank, the T-26. It never had much advantage over the BT-2, and since the advent of Pom-Pom autocannons and softer tier 2 TD matchmaking, it doesn’t have much going for it. Let’s see what historical resources exist for a buff!
First, the armament. The “top” gun on the T-26 is the 45 mm 20K, based on the 45 mm model 1932. This gun was installed on the tank in 1933, but the tank remained in service for over a decade after that. Let’s see what other armament options are available.
T-26 model 1931 with 76.2 mm recoilless gun
Storm posts on 8.8 (test 2)
Source: http://world-of-kwg.livejournal.com/237594.html
For 8.8
- Superpershing: the strip of improved upper hull armor was made two times wider (in accordance with the visual model)
- E-75 bad and medium terrain passability was significantly improved
- the ammo sliders were returned to the way they were before for now, the new variant will be implemented later with other fixes (most likely with the possibility to lock the respective types of shells)
- there will be a surprise concerning the global rating, a special article on that will be prepared
- the British blue stripe camo will return to the way it was before
29.8.2013
- when balancing new vehicles, their use in e-sports is not specifically taken into account
- complete re-work of the camo system (especially to include partial cover) is planned, but it will take long time
- Storm: “We continue to give out tanks with garage slots in case of tank switches” and – when asked – specifically on the VK3001H situation, he replied “as always” (SS: other sources also confirmed that yes, you will get free VK3002M, if you have the VK3001H in your garage)
Confirmed: free VK3002M for VK3001H owners
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kW6SgUgzuc
Murazor is well known and popular Russian blogger with very good info access. In his latest video, he confirmed, what you might have read earlier here:
If you have VK3001H in garage the moment 8.8 goes live, you will get your VK3001H tier 5 heavy tank with your original crew and you will get for free a VK3002M tier 6 medium tank with a free garage slot and a 100 percent crew.