Commanders, get ready to hit the road! We are setting off for a top-secret military base in the mountains. On our way, we will update the game to version 5.2 to get access to the new features. There are many useful things among them, but we recommend you pay special attention to ribbons: they promptly inform you about your successful actions during the battle. And don’t forget to check the list of improved vehicles. You don't want any surprises when you least expect them, do you?
Update 5.2 will be released on August 22!
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Main Changes and New Features
- A new map was added—Faust: a military base located among snowy mountains. This map is available in Encounter battles and Supremacy mode for vehicles of Tier V and above.
- Ribbons—notifications of player's actions during the battle. Read this article to find out more about ribbon mechanics and grades.
- Conditions for earning rating points were changed in rating battles. Now, a change of the player's rating depends on their battle effectiveness.
- The Precision Fire skill is now accompanied by a sound, which plays upon the third successful shot and when the skill is activated.
- A column showing the date of the player's latest battle was added to clan statistics.
- The amounts of inflicted and blocked damage are now displayed in replays.
- Training rooms become available after the player gets a vehicle of Tier V or above or receives an invite to a training room.
- Тренировочные комнаты теперь становятся доступны после появления в Ангаре техники не ниже V уровня или при приглашении в тренировочную комнату.
- The American Eagle rare attachment is now available for the T23E3, T34, T26E4 SuperPershing, and M48A1 Patton. Cost: from 2,500 to 4,000 gold depending on the vehicle tier.
- The Ding legendary camouflage for the Type 59 is now permanently available. Changes the tank name in battle to Type 59 Ding. Cost: 2,230 gold. Restored for free.
Vehicles
T110E3
- Total HP was decreased from 1,900 to 1,800.
- Reload time was increased from 14.32 to 14.78 s.
KpfPz 70
- Reload time was decreased from 17.6 to 16.62 s.
Sturer Emil
- Upper glacis plate armor was enhanced from 50 to 75 mm.
- Cabin frontal armor was enhanced from 50 to 75 mm.
- Dispersion on hull traverse was decreased.
- For the 12,8 cm Kanone 40 gun:
- Gun mantlet armor was enhanced from 50 to 75 mm.
- Aiming time was decreased from 4.2 to 3.5 s.
- Dispersion on gun traverse was decreased.
Black Prince
- Reload time of the OQF 17-pdr Gun Mk. VII gun was decreased from 5.14 to 3.55 s.
- Dispersion on turret traverse was decreased.
- Crossing capacity on all types of terrain was improved.
IS
- Total HP was increased from 1,130/1,230 to 1,200/1,300 depending on the configuration.
- For the 122 mm D-25T gun:
- Dispersion at 100 m was decreased from 0.441 to 0.422 m.
- Dispersion on turret traverse was decreased.
IS-2 (1945)
- Total HP was increased from 1,230 to 1,300.
- For the 122 mm D-25T gun:
- Aiming time was decreased from 7.5 to 6.7 s.
- Dispersion at 100 m was decreased from 0.441 to 0.422 m.
- Dispersion on turret traverse was decreased.
Tournaments
- A new channel was added to the game chat—Tournament Team Search.
- During some tournaments, captains will be able to set spectators from members of their teams. This option is enabled by tournament organizers.
- The process of setting a spectator was changed. A drop-down menu was added with three options to choose from: spectate allies only, spectate both teams, or stop spectating. This functionality will be available in training rooms and tournaments, where this option is enabled by organizers.
- The LIVE stream indicator is now displayed in the tournament streams list as well.
- The team matching system for quick tournaments was improved. Organizers decide when it is necessary to apply this system:
- If a team has been waiting for an opponent for too long, the system will find it an opponent from a lower tour (and move it to the upper tour where the team is waiting).
- If there are no opponents in lower tours, the system will move the team to an upper tour.
- Notifications of a tour change are displayed in the tournament room and in the list of team matches.
Bug Fixes and Improvements
- Now, after watching the replay from the battle results window, the player will be navigated back to the same battle results window, not to the Garage.
- In battle, an indicator of network packet loss was added next to the ping indicator. This indicator shows the quality of the client-server connection and is displayed only when there is a network packet loss. The indicator displays the percentage of packet loss for the last several seconds.
- The size and position of some elements of the Flagship attachment on Tier X Soviet vehicles were changed to avoid overlapping with the legendary camouflage elements.
- A platoon invite now moves the respective dialog window to the top of the chat list.
- The issue, where attachments on some French tanks disappeared in Sniper mode, was fixed.
- The issue, where a dark stripe was occasionally displayed above destroyed vehicles in battle and in the settings (the Markers tab), was fixed.
- Players can now see the status of the team captain when browsing the list of team members in the tournament chart.
- A notification of reaching 100% crew mastery is now displayed after battle.
- Movement indicators in Sniper mode were fixed.
- Various screens, notifications, and descriptions were improved.
- General bugs and client crashes were fixed.