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Gameplay Mechanisms

General Changes

• AFK and inactive players will no longer receive the base payment for battle participation which would normally prevent them from lose credits in a battle
• Improved Spall Liner retrofit now reduces internal module damage by 25% or 50% (for v2)
• Updated the description of PvE consumables to correspond to their actual mechanics
• Order of the Captor will no longer be awarded for battles that end up with a drew (simultaneous base capture)
• We changed the way crew saving throws work – in a case of a successful saving throw, the crew will now take 15 percent damage instead of the damage being completely negated
• Commander Viktor Kirsanov’s skill that increases off-road acceleration switched for one increasing turret ring hitpoints
• Commander Viktor Kirsanov’s skill that increases crew resilience switched for one that improves crew stats
• Commander Sabrina Washington’s skill layout changed on several places
• Commander Sabrina Washington’s Diver skill that increases underwater time changed from percentage to absolute value (starting at 5 seconds)
• Changed the icon of the “Specialist” commander skill
• Recon and Master Gunner decals are now possible to obtain in Special Operations
• We changed the way consumable stacking works – if you take two repair kits or med kits to battle (a larger one and a smaller one) at the same time, only the larger bonus of the two will work (they no longer stack)
• Updated the description of several Epic Medals
• Fixed the “Stuck on Authentication” issue

New Vehicles

We are introducing the following new vehicles in Update 0.24 along with a new dealer, Oscar Faraday.

Rooikat 76 Tier 5 AFV

Main Traits:

• Excellent firepower for its Tier
• Excellent viewrange
• Excellent armor
• Poor acceleration
• It takes a long time for it to become hidden

Battlefield role: Long range passive scout

EE-18 Sucuri Tier 6 TD

Main Traits:

• Excellent alpha damage
• Low DPS
• Not very agile but fast
• Unique Ability: Advanced suspension allows it to use terrain better than any other vehicle

Battlefield role: Flanking sniper

NM142 Tier 7 TD

Main Traits:

• Unique Ability: Top Attack Missiles allow it to target vulnerable roofs of enemy vehicles to deal massive damage to stationary MBTs

Battlefield role: Long range missile-based tank destroyer, excellent against passive MBTs

Sprut-SD Tier 8 TD

Main Traits:

• Very mobile
• Lower maximum speed compared to its opponents
• High firepower
• Can fire ATGMs
• Very thin armor

Battlefield role: Flanking sniper

K21 XC8 Tier 10 LT

Main Traits:

• Can use Designate Target AFV ability
• Excellent viewrange
• Very agile
• Great acceleration
• Great camouflage factor
• Thin armor

Battlefield role: Fast flanking Light Tank, needs to change positions quickly and stay out of enemy focus

Kornet-EM Tier 10 TD

Main Traits:

• Unique Ability: Two modes of fire
• Incredibly high burst damage
• Excellent camouflage factor

Battlefield role: Long range missile-based tank destroyer

ASCOD LT-105 Tier 8 Premium LT

Main Traits:

• Unique ability: players can select one of the two turrets available to this vehicle (a manned turret or an unmanned one)

Battlefield role: Fast flanker

The following items will also be available from this new dealer:

• 3 dealer decals
• 2 dealer avatars (one of them animated)
• 3 player titles
• 3 base colors
• New commander (sniper style, his basic ability is an increase of camouflage factor when stationary)

Additionally, we are adding the VT-4 Main Battle Tank to the branch of Zhang Feng.

Vehicles

Gun Materiel Adjustments

The following vehicles had their gun module materiel adjusted in order for their armor to behave as accurately as possible:

• 2S1 Gvozdika
• BMPT Prototype (standard, Reaper, Sapphire)
• BMD-2M
• BMD-2 (standard, Black Eagle, Wolf)
• Wiesel 1 HOT (standard, Wolf)
• FV721 Fox (standard, Shark)
• BMP-1P
• M2A3 Bradley
• BMP-2
• BMD-1P

Module Changes

The following vehicles had their Improved Ammo Feeder module (reload speed increase) exchanged for a new module called Improved Gun-Laying Drive (aim speed increase):

• LAV-150
• Scimitar
• Rosomak
• Rosomak M1

Furthermore, the following vehicles receive the Improved Gun-Laying Drive module in addition to their existing modules:

• BMD-2 (standard, Black Eagle, Wolf)
• BMD-2M
• BMP-2
• BMP-3
• BMP-3M
• ZBL-08
• SPHINX
• T-15

B1 Centauro

• Renamed the stock APFSDS ammunition to DM53 for historical accuracy

BMPT Prototype

• Adjusted the armor to contain more armor zones for increased model accuracy

BMPT Reaper

• Adjusted the armor to contain more armor zones for increased model accuracy

BMPT Terminator

• Adjusted the armor to contain more armor zones for increased model accuracy

BMPT Terminator 2

• Adjusted the armor to contain more armor zones for increased model accuracy

C1 Ariete

• Rate of fire changed from 5,5 to 6 rounds per minute

Dragoon 300

• Fixed the issue that caused the guided missile round to reload longer than other rounds

Challenger 1

• Turret traverse rate changed from 30 to 26 degrees
• Hitpoints changed from 3000 to 3700
• Rate of fire changed from 5,45 to 5 rounds per minute

Challenger 1 FALCON

• Hitpoints changed from 3000 to 3200

Challenger 2

• Fixed the side armor values
• Turret traverse rate changed from 28 to 26 degrees
• Hitpoints changed from 3350 to 4000
• Rate of fire changed from 5,5 to 5,25 rounds per minute

Challenger 2 ATDU

• Fixed the side armor values
• Turret traverse rate changed from 28 to 26 degrees
• Hitpoints changed from 3700 to 4200

Chieftain 900

• Turret hatch (previously a weakspot that received lowered damage) is now “sunk” into the main body of the tank and receives full damage
• Fixed the bugged armor around gunner’s sights
• Hitpoints changed from 2850 to 3050

Kpz-70

• Hitpoints changed from 2435 to 2600

Leopard 1

• Renamed the improved APDS ammunition to DM23A2 for historical accuracy

Leopard 2

• Hitpoints changed from 3050 to 2850

Leopard 2A5

• Hitpoints changed from 3100 to 3000

Leopard 2A6

• UI armor values in the Garage corrected

Leopard 2AX

• Significantly improved the armor of the top part of its gun mantlet

M1 Abrams

• Hitpoints changed from 2750 to 2850

M1A1

• Hitpoints changed from 2800 to 3050

M1A1 AIM

• Hitpoints changed from 2800 to 3200

M1A2 SEP V3

• This vehicle now has its correct engine sound (gas turbine)
• Hitpoints changed from 3250 to 3400
• Rate of fire changed from 5,5 to 6 rounds per minute

M551 Sheridan

• Updated the vehicle icon

M60-2000

• Hitpoints changed from 2750 to 2950

MBT-70

• Hitpoints changed from 2435 to 2700

Merkava Mk.2D

• Hull bottom thickness reduced to 25mm

Merkava Mk.2D Black Eagle

• Hull bottom thickness reduced to 25mm
• Fixed the incorrect gun depression value in the Garage

Object 640 Black Eagle

• The price for which it can be sold was increased to 5.000.000 Credits

Sabra Mk.2

• It’s now possible to actually damage the internal ammo rack

ST1

• Gun depression (when the gun is facing to the side of the vehicle) changed from -10 degrees to -8 degrees
• Fixed the incorrect Reputation value
• Adjusted the M900 shell damage to correspond to that of the WWO Wilk

T-15

• Fixed the bug where the camouflage incorrectly appeared on roadwheels

T-72A

• Turret traverse rate changed from 34 to 36 degrees

T-72B

• Turret traverse rate changed from 34 to 38 degrees

T-72B3

• Turret traverse rate changed from 38 to 39 degrees

T-72M2 Wilk

• Fixed the reverse speed of the vehicle
• Turret traverse rate changed from 34 to 36 degrees

T-80

• Turret traverse rate changed from 40 to 39 degrees

T-80U

• Turret traverse rate changed from 40 to 41 degrees

T-90

• Turret traverse rate changed from 34 to 39 degrees

T-90A

• Turret traverse rate changed from 38 to 40 degrees

T-90MS

• Turret traverse rate changed from 38 to 40 degrees

Type 99A2

• Fixed the incorrect hull traverse and acceleration values in the Garage
• Fixed the incorrect engine values in the Garage

Wilk XC8

• Fixed the autoloader damage penalty – with a damaged autoloader, the vehicle now reloads 10 percent slower and with a destroyed autoloader, 75% slower

WWO Wilk

• Adjusted the M900 shell damage to correspond to that of the ST1
• Fixed the camouflage that now appears on all parts of the vehicle

XM1

• Hitpoints changed from 2450 to 2850

Alabino Proving Grounds

• Fixed the vehicle “drifting” when crossing a bridge

Player versus Player

• Chemical Plant – fixed the bug that allowed players to drive beyond map borders
• Chemical Plant – fixed several places that made vehicles stuck when driving over them
• River Point – it’s possible to drive to the E2-G2 hill from both sides now
• Ghost Field – introduced several balance changes

Player versus Environment

• The following missions were completely overhauled: Snakebite, Tsunami
• Frost Bite – fixed the issue that caused secondary objectives to sometimes become impossible to complete

Global Operations

• Waterway – fixed a bug that caused the AC-130 to become activated twice

Special Operations

We are introducing the last mission of the Caribbean Crisis. There are three new achievements in the mission:

• For destroying enemy officers
• For receiving all other achievements of the Special Operation
• A secret achievement

Please note that the fourth mission of the first Special Operation now counts as “the last mission of the first Special Operation” for the purpose of achievement requirements (if an achievement needs to be completed in “the last mission”, it will, from the point of 0.24 introduction, be the fourth mission, not the third one).

User Interface

• Changed the way the Commander Experience is displayed in the Barrack: the bright red bar now displays the level to which a commander can be promoted using the Advance button for Global Reputation while the pale red bar shows the actual commander experience
• Fixed the lower buttons in the Barracks window on low resolutions
• Muted (chat-banned) players will now receive a proper message about their condition
• Booster timer now updates faster when returning from the queue to the Garage
• The “Battle” button now shows the status of your selected vehicle (it will not be available if the vehicle has no shells loaded or the selected mode is not available to it)
• Fixed a situation where the vehicle sale process warnings were not functioning correctly

Issues and Corrections

• Fixed a bug where players sometimes received a “splash damage” message even though they fired APFSDS shells
• Fixed a bug where some vehicle models did not display penetration decals properly
• Fixed the appearance of wooden handles of various tools attached to tanks so that they don’t look metallic
• Fixed a bug where destroying an autoloader had no influence on an already ongoing loading cycle
• Fixed a bug where the engine module on the Upgrade screen appeared in the Firepower category instead of Mobility
• The In Your Face challenge (dealing damage while being within 150 meters) has been fixed
• Fixed a bug where completing the challenges that required players to play a certain type of vehicle did not count properly in several cases
• Fixed a bug that caused the screen to become black if a player changed the graphics settings from minimum to maximum while in night vision mode
• Fixed the light and mud effects when in the night vision mode
• Fixed a bug that caused rare crashes when exiting a battle to your Garage
• Improved the processes to reduce the client size, better optimized the client for 32bit systems