Maintenance - December 8

On the 8th of December 2017, starting from 8:00 CET (7th of December, 11 PM PST), the Open Beta servers will not be available for 4 hours due to the application of Update 0.22.4299

Assault Mode

We are introducing a third mode to complement the existing encounter and standard PvP battles called Assault. In this mode, one side has a base it has to defend, the other has to capture base within a certain time limit.

• The battle ends successfully for the attackers if they capture the enemy base or kill all enemies
• The battle ends successfully for the defenders if they kill all enemies or the battle time runs out

This mode will be initially available on the Pipelines and Cold Strike maps.

New Premium Vehicles

We are introducing the following new Premium vehicles:

• WWO Wilk Tier 8 Tank Destroyer (read more)
• T-72M2 Wilk Tier 6 Main Battle Tank (read more)

Important Changes and Fixes

• Fixed a number of commander skills to work as per their descriptions
• Fixed a number of commander skill descriptions
• Corrected a number of issues that led to client crashes
• Fixed the Global Operations lags and stuttering
• Fixed the bug where event bonuses and discounts (including conversion and customization options) were not appearing in the garage correctly
• Fixed the bug that caused decals and camouflages to disappear from the customization window
• Fixed the bug that caused the engine sound to disappear on Medium sound settings or lower
• Fixed the missing Waterway bases in the PvP mode that forced players to conclude the match only by killing all the enemies
• We've rebalanced the Light Tank acceleration - they will now accelerate faster at speeds above 32 km/h to give them more of an advantage

Vehicle Changes

• Increased the Marder 2 viewrange to 430 meters
• Improved the accuracy of Marder 2 when firing in bursts
• Fixed the bug that caused Sabra Mk.2 to levitate a few centimeters above ground
• Fixed the bug that caused Vickers Mk.7 commander’s hatch to have too thick armor
• Fixed the black textures appearing on the BMD-2M model when applying any camouflage
• Fixed the inverted “Vanquisher” inscription on the Vickers Mk.7 model on low settings
• Fixed the incorrect BMPT series color
• Fixed the small black textures appearing on all T-72B3 models
• Fixed the incorrect texture on BMPT series mudguards
• Fixed the poor-looking T-64 series models on lowest details
• Type 96A now correctly displays as the predecessor tank of Type 99
• Fixed the visual ERA model of BMP-3M Dragun
• Fixed the missing smoke grenades on the T-72A model (when installing the ERA kit)
• Fixed the incorrect right track animation of T-80B
• Fixed the bug where the Expeditionary Tank received full damage to its unmanned turret instead of a reduced one

Issues and Corrections

• Fixed the base capture indicator to show when an ally is present, preventing the enemy from capturing it
• Fixed the bug that caused some Global Operations objectives on the Waterway map to remove more team points when captured than others
• Fixed the bugged Challenges description window displaying temporary texts and the PvP/PvE button positioning in the window
• Fixed the bug that prevented players from seeing other players’ dossiers
• Fixed the bugged base capture indicator
• Fixed the incorrectly appearing achievement medals
• Fixed the bug that caused the vehicle comparison window to hide behind the top garage bar
• Fixed the bugged T-80U tank in the Tutorial mode
• Fixed the Wilk XC8 PELE round tooltip
• Fixed the bug that prevented players from opening the menu by right clicking on player names on post-match results screen