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It’s that time of year again Commanders, and no New Year would be complete without some kind words and greetings from Victor Kislyi and members of the World of Tanks team!

Dear players,

With the implementation of the AMLD 5 Directive into law for EU/EEA countries, anonymous payments with classic prepaid cards of over 50* EUR will no longer be possible.

• From 30/12/2019, Germany and Croatia customers can only make payments above 50* EUR through a personal my Paysafecard account. Individual payments up to 50* EUR will continue to be accepted by just entering a 16-digit Paysafecard PIN.
• From 08/01/2020, all other EU countries will implement these limits.

More information HERE.

eekeeboo confirmed on Twitch that Black Market will return next year. Prepare your credits!

Source (kind of late post, my apologies for that)

I did promise you that I would bring you the results of the survey. That promise is now being kept. When I first set out with the idea for this survey, I was honestly expecting maybe 400-500 responses. That is normally average in the information gathering attempts I have done before (though admittedly, most of those have been NA only). Yet, here I am, with a resultant response that completely dwarfs that expectation. The NA response in itself tripled my expectations, let alone the response from the other clusters/regions.

Note 1 – due to much lower responses from ANZAC, China, and RU regions, please take their results with a grain of salt, as all it could take to sway ratings massively for them is just a handful of responses added to this survey.

Note 2 – Due to the heavy weight of the EU’s response, the overalls will match what EU thinks. That is why I am including the responses by Region/Cluster so that you can see how our views on the maps are different, as we grew our metas completely separately over the years.

UNIQUE RESPONSES PER REGION

Server cluster	Unique Responses
OVERALL	5883
EU	4320
NA	1317
ANZAC	209
CHINA	20
RU	17

The turnout and response count was humbling for me. I had no idea that so many of you felt so passionately about the maps in this game. The mass amount of your written opinions was also intriguing. Skimming through your written opinions, I could feel your passion for the game, as well as your frustrations with certain elements of it.

YOUR FAVORITE MAPS

Server cluster	#1 Liked Rated Map	#2 Liked Rated Map	#3 Liked Rated Map	#4 Liked Rated Map	#5 Liked Rated Map
OVERALL	Prokhorovka	Malinovka	Redshire	Murovanka	Westfield
EU	Prokhorovka	Malinovka	Redshire	Murovanka	Westfield
NA	Redshire	Steppes	Westfield	Murovanka	Sand River
ANZAC	Sand River	Steppes	Murovanka	Westfield	El Halluf
CHINA	Westfield	Himmelsdorf	Karelia	Prokhorovka	Malinovka
RU	Himmelsdorf	Murovanka	Prokhorovka	Redshire	Westfield

Here was the part that both surprised and yet at the same time, did not surprise me. I knew going into this that each region views the tanks in the game and the maps differently – all just purely because of how play styles developed separately on each server. However, I still was a bit surprised to see how differently the maps are viewed overall. For example, where the US cluster ranked Steppes as our 2nd most liked map, on the EU cluster, it was rated 6th best. The stunning part to me was China and RU, whose players seem to love Himmelsdorf, whereas the other clusters view it more as a middle-of-the-road map.

YOUR MOST DESPISED MAPS

Server cluster	#1 Most Hated Map	#2 Most Hated Map	#3 Most Hated Map	#4 Most Hated Map	#5 Most Hated Map
OVERALL	Empire’s Border	Paris	Minsk	Ensk	Province
EU	Empire’s Border	Paris	Minsk	Ensk	Province
NA	Paris	Empire’s Border	Minsk	Province	Mines
ANZAC	Empire’s Border	Paris	Minsk	Province	Airfield
CHINA	Widepark	Empire’s Border	Province	Minsk	Airfield
RU	Empire’s Border	Paris	Widepark	Minsk	Klondike

Continue reading “Map Survey Results” →

January 3 – January 26

It’s the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, a pivotal and fierce battle between the Allied and the Axis powers near the end of WWII. Complete themed missions, earn Tank Rewards tokens, and redeem them for exciting rewards!

While this is everything that is known so far, North American server has shared a bit more on the rewards – a tier 7 Panther/M10 is up for the grabs. The rest of the details are unknown.

It is not a heavily guarded secret that World of Tanks is a hard game to get into. Veteran players seal clubbing in their 2J‘s , terrible low tier tank balance, lack of proper explanation of game mechanics and RNG being unfavorable at lower tiers are contributing factors towards a bad experience for new players, discouraging new players from ever coming back to the game.

That is exactly why The Armored Patrol in collaboration with YouTuber/Twitch streamer RagingRaptor are launching a series of video/text guides to help new players get used to the game, properly explain the game mechanics and acquaint them with the general state of the game to make their experience just that tiny bit less painful.

First installment in our series of beginner‘s guides – a class-based tank line guide specifically made for those who are just starting the game. Continue reading “World of Tanks – Beginner’s Guide – Best Starting Lines for Each Class” →

Credit goes to u/DaSlide on reddit.

For more information on this event, read this.