Commanders!
We are happy to announce that the Update 0.290 is now available!
List of Update 0.290 Changes
Shadow Protocol Battle Path
We are rolling out a new four-month-long Battle Path featuring a lot of exciting content, including the following prizes:
- Three brand-new vehicles
- Mercenary Loot Crates
- Epic skins and numerous camouflages
And much more! The prizes can be explored in this article and you can read about the entire Battle Path in our dedicated article.
Please note:
- KNIFV NLOS LPS Tier 10 Premium Tank Destroyer fires (in its final version) two missiles in the lock-on (“Javelin”) mode and one missile in the standard mode
- Repair Zone now heals 30 hp/s in PvE and 15 hp/s in PvP and can be recharged by pressing the Q button in PvE
- Borsuk was considerably buffed compared to the initial article, check it out!
- The release version of Shadow Protocol has the same Battle Path Shop content as the previous Battle Path, additional content will be added to the shop in a future update
- Missions currently cannot be completed on legacy “reskin” vehicles (such as T-72AV ICE)
CATTB Improvements
Yes, you’re reading correctly. CATTB is getting buffed. The core idea here is to increase its firepower and to bring its armor to the same layout as on other Abrams series tanks (which were buffed in Update 0.240).
However, as the CATTB has its active suspension ability that allows the vehicle to tilt its hull, we have decided to compensate the firepower by making the upper frontal plate a bit thinner. Instead of just a straight buff, you now also have to play with the suspension in order to cover your weakspots. You are effectively trading some protection for gun depression angle (by tilting the hull up and hiding your weakspot) and you need to decide what you need more. In return, you get a major boost in firepower. In other words:
- Increased the armor of lower frontal plate (except for the lowest part, which was made thinner the way it is on other Abrams tanks)
- Increased the roof armor from 100mm to 150mm
- 140mm gun ready rack reload time improved from 14s to 9s
Vehicle Fixes and Updates
With each patch we continue (and will continue) to update vehicles based on your feedback and fix them. In this update, we have the following changes for you:
- BM Oplot: Improved Kombat ATGM penetration from 1000mm to 1025mm
- BM Oplot: Improved Kombat ATGM high-explosive shell damage from 150 to 275
- BMP-1AM Basurmanin: Significantly reduced the camouflage penalty for firing the autocannon
- Cheonma-2: Improved the gun depression of its grenade launcher
- KTO Rosomak: Improved the acceleration of the stock engine
- KTO Rosomak: Added a new top engine (610hp DC13)
- KTO Rosomak: Added a new 40mm Bushmaster autocannon variant similar to the Bradley
- KTO Rosomak: Slightly reduced the camouflage penalty for firing the autocannon
- T-64BV Mod.2017: Improved frontal armor to T-64BV Mod.2022 level
- T-64BV Mod.2017: Fixed the ERA appearance in Armor Inspector
- T-72 Ural: Added two new top shells (3VBM9 APFSDS and 3VBK10 HEAT)
- T-72 Ural: Added a new top engine (840hp V-84)
- T-80BVM: Fixed the broken mudguard textures
- VN20: Turret ability can now be recharged by pressing the Q button in PvE
- XM1A3: Aces skin now correctly unlocks and installs the top hard-kill APS
- XM1A3: Fixed the dirt appearance on the Aces skin
General Changes
After an analysis that included thorough checks of match chat logs, we have determined that the ability to talk to the enemy team in PvP matches serves no real gameplay purpose and is overwhelmingly used for insults and griefing. As a part of our fight against such behavior, we have removed the option to send messages to the enemy team from PvP matches.
Furthermore:
- Fixed an issue with the Battle Path shop where players sometimes saw incorrect offers (this includes the “entire shop offer appears as owned already” problem)
- Fixed the dirt system for desert environments (tanks previously looked excessively dirty)
- Fixed the mirroring issues of several decals
- Fixed several localization issues