As always, let's take a look at the new tanks first. This time, a full russian tank destroyer line has been added to the game.
The russian tank destroyers have enormous firepower, ready to kill any enemy that comes too close!
The most noteable tanks in this line are the SU-152 and the Object 268: they both have high calibre HE shells that can easily penetrate smaller tanks. The Object 268 also has high calibre HEAT rounds to destroy even well armored tanks like the IS-7 or the Jagdtiger. So better don't mess with them!
Maybe 5 new tanks are not that much, but there is still more. With this update "Trophies" have been added to the game and to the website.
Trophies will be used in the future to award special event tanks like the Sturmtiger. You can see all public trophies of a player on his user profile:
You can also click on the trophy in the list to see who else recieved it. (Example: Sturmtiger)
If a trophy is linked to a special event tank, it will be automatically added to your ingame account when logging in next time.
This feature will be useful in future events for sure, especially in the planned christmas event this year.
But this still isn't all yet. The update also contains some smaller changes like the new hangar environment:
Also keep the balance and economy changes in mind! The hitpoints of all tanks have been increased in general, and you will earn more silver in battles now. For more information check out the full list of changes below.
New Tanks:
- SU-76 (Tier I TD, Russia)
- SU-85 (Tier II TD, Russia)
- SU-100 (Tier III TD, Russia)
- SU-152 (Tier IV TD, Russia)
- Object 268 (Tier V TD, Russia)
General:
- Added 'trophies' to website and game
- Awarded 'Sturmtiger trophy' to all Sturmtiger owners
- Changed server sided movement a bit, making it possible to play with a higher ping
- Increased general silver and exp rewards by 15%
- Changed hangar to desert environment
- Penetrating a tank with any HE round will now also spawn a shockwave inside the tank
- Changed filter behaviour in hangar to show selected tanks instead of filtering them
- Active filters are now saved and restored after battles
- The battle chat window is no longer moveable to prevent losing focus when clicking on it (temporary solution)
Balance:
- Rebalanced all HP values (general increase for longer battles and higher silver gain)
- Rebalanced most reload timers (slight general increase for all tanks, except tank destroyers)
- Decreased speed of Hetzer a bit
- Decreased speed of Jagdpanther a bit
- Increased speed of IS-7 a bit
- Decreased speed of Maus a bit
Thats all for today. Good luck on the battlefield!
