After the release of Update 1.14, you may have noticed an increased ping value in the game client during battle.

Why did it happen? With the release of Update 1.14, we performed technical maintenance aimed at improving the quality of the game. At the same time, in addition to network delays, additional time for server processing was added in the ping calculation system (this time wasn’t previously taken into account). As a result of maintenance, the actual connection quality for players remained the same or improved, but the new ping values could cause confusion.

What’s Next?

Players are used to determining the connection quality by the already established ping ranges, and we want to keep the comfort they are used to. Therefore, we will bring the visual display of ping back to the previous system in the next server update, while keeping the new optimization mechanisms.

We apologize for the temporary inconvenience.

Source: EU Portal

Note: you have to have 30 days of inactivity (no battles played). Gives some tanks for rental, anniversary rewards, etc.

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Today, the Caliban, a British Tier VIII heavy tank, is coming to the closed Supertest.

The main feature of the vehicle is its 2-shell 150mm autoloader gun. Its standard HE shells cause 950 HP of damage and are capable of penetrating as much as 180 mm of armor. The special AP shell causes 650 HP of damage and has a penetration value of 292 mm. Its gun has an accuracy of 0.6, an aiming time of 7 s, and low shell velocity. The reloading time of the full magazine is 25 s, and the reloading time between shells in the magazine is 10 s.

The thickness of the frontal turret armor can reach 250 mm, and the vehicle’s durability is 1,500 HP. It has a top speed of 30 km/h, and a specific power of 23.4 h.p./t.

The high damage per shot and the 2-shell magazine make the Caliban a vehicle most suited to close-range combat. Its high damage per shot allows it to trade HP at a high rate, striking fear into its enemies. However, taking full advantage of the vehicle requires certain game skills from the commander.

As we are always trying to improve our feedback gathering methods and quality, we would like to ask you to use, for the first time, this short form to send us your feedback on the Caliban or any other tank that might come on the Supertest. If many of you find the feedback forms useful, we may continue using them in the future.

https://forms.office.com/r/TvYPTwja8D

The technical characteristics are not final.

Thank you in advance and roll out!

A short message from the Customer Service Department:

World of Tanks servers will be unavailable on 8/13/2021 for approximately 25 minutes: Both servers from 06:30 CEST. We appreciate your patience and understanding.

Wargaming.net Customer Service

Source: EU Portal

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TNH T Vz. 51. Statistics with crew at 100%:

Camouflage values:

Camouflage of the stationary vehicle: 6.61 / 1.19% 6.84 / 1.23% (for the stationary vehicle / for the stationary vehicle after firing a shot);
Camouflage of the vehicle during motion: 3.27 / 0.59% 3.45 / 0.62% (for the moving vehicle / for the moving vehicle after firing a shot).

TNH 105/1000. Statistics with crew at 100%:

Camouflage Values:

Camouflage of the stationary vehicle: 7.21 / 1.43% 6.32 / 1.25% (for the stationary vehicle / for the stationary vehicle after firing a shot);
Camouflage of the vehicle during motion: 3.61 / 0.71% 3.13 / 0.62% (for the moving vehicle / for the moving vehicle after firing a shot).

Colleagues from wotclue released the date of the August episode of Frontline:

Frontline Episode 1 starts on August 16 at 6:00 AM and runs for one week, until August 23 at 3:00 AM. The second episode will start in mid-September. Approximate dates of the next episodes: Episode 2 starts in mid-September 2021; Episode 3 starts in mid-October 2021; Episode 4 starts in mid-November 2021.