In September 2011, Wargaming published a plan for the year 2012, which supposedly was only realized in 85%. Can you spot what they didn’t implement?
New game modes
- Company battle will be separated into divisions: max. tier X without total tier restrictions, tier’s 8, 6, and 4 with total tier restrictions. Q4 2011
- Encounter/Assault Q4 2011
- Garage battles (limited respawns like in planes) Q1 2012
- Escort (select tanks can cap the enemy base, the enemy needs to kill them) Q1 2012
- Historical battles 2012
New tanks
USA
- M4A3E2 and M24 Q3 2011
- M8A1, T49, M18 Hellcat, T28 prototype Q1 2012
- M103, T110, T25-2 Q1 2012
Russia
- T-50, T-50-2 Q3 2011
- SU-85 (I) Q4 2011
- SU-100M-1, SU-101 (Uralmash-1), SU-122-54 Q4 2011
- KV-1, KV-2, KV-4, Т-150, ST 1, Object 252 Q1 2012
Germany
- Pz.Kpfw.IV Hydraulic Q4 2011
- Marder III, DickerMax, Nashorn, Sturer Emil, JagdPz E100, JagdPantherII Q4 2011
- E10, E25, JagdTiger Sd Kfz 185 (88/71) Q2 2012
France
- Renault FT, Renault D1, Renault D2, Renault B1, ARL 44, AMX-50 100mm, AMX-50 120mm, Hotchkiss H35, AMX 38, AMX 40, AMX 13 75mm, AMX 13 90mm, Chatillon 25t, BDR G1B, AMX M4 (1945), AMX 50 B , AMX-12t , Lorraine 40t Q4 2011
- RenaultBS, Lorraine39 L AM, AMX-105AM, AMX 13 AM 105mm, AMX 13 F3 AM, Lorraine 155 (50), Lorraine 155 (51), Bаt.-Chatillon AM 155mm Q1 2012
- Pak 40 FCM 36 (f), 10.5cm leFH18 B2 (f), Panzerjäger 35R Q1 2012
- FT AC, Lorraine 37 L AC, Somua SAu 40, Somua S 35 CA, ARL V 39, AMX AC Mle.1946, AMX AC Mle.1948, AMX50 Foch Q1 2012
- Renault_G1R, AMX 13 FL11 Q1 2012
British tanks in Q2 2012, Japanese tanks in 2012
Ultimate Conquest (Clan Wars)
- Fog of war. Q4 2011
- Vehicle locking. Q4 2011
- Bigger global map. These regions will be added as follows: North America, Africa, South America, Australia, Korea, China, Japan. 2012
- Clan gold transations. 2012
- Clan armory, consumables, and tanks. 2012
Performance and game client
- Multi-cluster servers Q4 2011
- Resource compression to speed up loading Q4 2011
- Pre-caching to help slower computers Q4 2011
- New visual fx Starting Q4 2011
Various stuff
- Camo and horns. Q4 2011
- Mini-map customization. Q4 2011
- UI tutorial. Q4 2011
- Quick reports. Q4 2011
- New crew perks. Starting Q4 2011
- New achievements. Q1 2012
- More detailed post-battle reports. Q1 2012
- Realistic vehicle physics. Q1 2012
- 5 player platoons. Q1 2012
- Improved MM. Q1 2012
- National crew voices. 2012
- Battle tutorial. 2012
- Commander’s chart. 2012
- New chat options, new regional channels. 2012
Maps
- Each update will introduce a new map
- The North American maps will be introduced in Q4 2011, and after that maps from Africa, South America, Australia, China, Korea, and Japan