On December 5, you will be able to start hunting for avatars, feel like a participant of Operation Overlord when playing on the Normandy map, adorn your vehicles with new warpaints, and install boosters during the pre-battle countdown.
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Main Changes and Improvements
Avatars were introduced into the game:
Avatars are a fun new feature that will allow you to show off your personality and accomplishments in the game. Read more about them in the special article "Choose your avatar in Update 5.6!".
- They will be kept in the new Avatars tab in the Storage, which is where you can install them.
- There are temporary and permanent avatars.
- With the release of Update 5.6, temporary avatars will start to drop from bonus containers.
- An avatar will be displayed:
- In the Garage instead of the Record button. Upon clicking the avatar icon, players will be taken to the Profile screen.
- In the player's profile (formerly the Record screen).
- On the battle loading screen.
- On the team battle results screen.
- In the team list in battle.
- In battle, next to the nickname of the ally that the player spectates after being destroyed.
- In battle, next to the nickname of the enemy that destroyed the player's vehicle.
The Normandy map was added: the French coast in the midst of Operation Overlord. This map is available in Encounter battles and Supremacy mode for vehicles of Tier V and above.
December rating battles will start on December 5. As always, players of the Platinum League will be able to enjoy some exclusive advantages.
Now, it will take some time before new players are able to train crew skills:
- The Crew button and the tutorial tooltips for crew skill training will be activated in the Garage after receiving vehicles of Tier VI and above.
- At the same time, the skills themselves will be trained in the background—starting from the leftmost skill, until it reaches the maximum level. Players will be able to select another skill for training when a corresponding screen appears, provided that there are vehicles of Tier VI and above in their Garage.
- Now, all vehicles up to Tier V inclusive will always come with 100% crew mastery.
- The first training in Regimental School to the level of 75% is now free. Subsequently, a normal fee will be charged.
New warpaints were introduced, while some old ones were removed from sale:
- After the release of Update 5.6, the Fearless Lion, Sharp Spurs, Fierce Beak, Wise Raven, Glorious Eagle, Pumpkin Mayhem, Spooky Web, Unexpectable, Steppe Snowstorm, and Effective Concealment camouflage will not be available for purchase.
- New warpaints:
- The Exceptional Fighter legendary camouflage for the T-44. Cost: 1,450 gold.
- The Tectonic rare camouflage dedicated to WG Fest 2018. Cost: 65–1,200 gold depending on the vehicle tier
- The Cold-blooded rare camouflage. Cost: 65–1,200 gold depending on the vehicle tier.
- The Frozen Flame rare camouflage. Cost: 65–1,200 gold depending on the vehicle tier.
- The Glacial Armor rare camouflage. Cost: 65–1,200 gold depending on the vehicle tier.
- The Nine Lives common camouflage. Does not change the vehicle name in battle. Cost: 50–600,000 credits depending on the vehicle tier.
- The following camouflages will be available for purchase again:
- The "You Rock!" rare camouflage for the FV201 (A45). Cost: 1,070 gold.
- The Pixel Wave rare camouflage for the WZ-111. Cost: 620 gold.
- The Digital Trace rare camouflage for the Type 59. Cost: 620 gold.
Boosters can now be activated on the battle loading screen:
- It is now possible to install boosters during the pre-battle countdown. For that purpose, we added an interactive panel to the battle loading screen, where installed and not installed boosters are displayed.
- After the battle, only boosters activated by the player in the previous battle will be activated in the Garage.
The characteristics of some vehicles were changed:
- The economy of low-tier vehicles was changed. Tier I tanks are now repaired for free. The cost of repairing Tier II–IV vehicles was significantly reduced.
- Tankenstein:
- The 130 mm B-13-S2 gun's mantlet armor was enhanced from 50 to 130 mm.
- Panther mit 8,8 cm L/71:
- Lower glacis plate armor was reinforced from 50 to 60 mm.
- Hull side armor was enhanced from 50 and 40 mm to 60 mm.
- AMX 13 57:
- The vehicle’s concealment while moving was increased and is now equal to the vehicle’s concealment while stationary.
- ISU-130 , 130 mm S-26 gun:
- Dispersion at 100 m was decreased from 0.345 to 0.326 m.
- Aiming time was changed from 4.9 to 4.2 s.
- Dispersion on gun traverse was decreased.
Bug Fixes and Improvements
Other improvements:
- The German Tier X Maus can now be researched after the Tier IX Mäuschen only. Players can no longer research the Maus after the VK 45.02 (P) Ausf. B.
- A second cluster was launched for the CIS region, which will improve the server’s ability to handle more online players. The online players counter is now divided into two parts. A player from the 1st cluster can invite a player from the 2nd cluster to join a platoon. While doing so, neither of them will have to enter the game again.
- After the update’s release, all Twister season items will be removed. Players will receive 30,000 credits as compensation for one Fan Banner, and 100 credits as compensation for one Support Point. Twister Coins will not be compensated.
- In the side menu, the Hall of Fame button that navigates to the list of top clans in the Hall of Fame on the portal will take the place of the Twister Season 2018 button. This button was also returned to the screen with the list of tournaments.
- The maximum rating earned in the current season (but excluding the maximum rating earned during calibrations) is now displayed in the Rating tab in the player's profile.
- The total number of victories in all battles fought in the current rating season is displayed in the bottom left corner of the screen.
- Up to four favorite vehicles are now displayed in the Rating tab.
- Collector vehicles will no longer drop from bonus containers.
- The "Enemy hit" ribbon was removed.
- The appearance of check boxes was improved. When enabled, a check mark is now displayed in orange.
Bug fixes:
- The cases where FPS dropped upon spotting enemy vehicles were fixed.
- The bug, where a white area appeared in the bottom left corner of the screen while loading the tournament team profile, was fixed.
- A sound now plays upon tapping the in-battle chat and settings buttons.
- The Pzgr 40 K Armor-Piercing Composite Rigid shell in the 128 mm L50A gun of the VK 100.01 (P) is now displayed with the correct icon.
- The rate of victories in the list of clan members is now additionally highlighted in different colors.
- The bug, where the "BATTLE!" button was displayed in the Garage instead of the Repairs button, was fixed.
- Various screens, notifications, and descriptions were improved.
- General bugs and client crashes were fixed.