Author: Sebastianul

Buy Tankfest 2019 Tickets

~ Sebastianul

Last year’s edition of Tankfest was already quite impressive. The biggest display of historic moving armour of the world welcomed one hell of a gem in the shape of a venerable B1 Bis tank. And in 2019, we aim to raise the bar!

Join us in Bovington, U.K., from 28 to 30 June for another weekend’s worth of tank-fun and awesome World of Tanks activities. You can already get your tickets on the Tank Museum’s website.

There are a lot of announcements coming, so keep your eyes peeled for more Tankfest news, and make sure to follow us on Facebook for more. Get excited, commanders, this edition is a big one.

Ticket Sales are open

Depending on your preferences, there are four different options available:

  • Tankfest 2019 – 1 day: Enjoy one day (Friday, Saturday, or Sunday) at the Tankfest
  • Tankfest 2019 – 2 days: Enjoy two consecutive days (Friday and Saturday, or Saturday and Sunday) at the Tankfest
  • Tankfest 2019 – 3 days: Get ready for a full weekend of tank madness at Bovington
  • Gold Friends Membership: Can’t get enough of tanks? With the Gold Friends Membership, you get access to the Tankfest, both Tiger Days, and many other advantages!

GET YOUR TICKETS

(source: EU portal)

1.5 Common Test 2 Patchnotes

~ Sebastianul

Main Changes:

Grand Battles for Tier VIII Vehicles

  1. The Grand Battles became available to the Tier VIII vehicles (if the corresponding box is checked in the game settings).
  2. Matchmaking of the Grand Battles of Tier VIII vehicles is the same as that for Tier X vehicles, where:
  • SPGs are limited to 4 vehicles per team
  • Bonds are not credited for participation in this battle type, only for earning the Battle Heroes achievements

Fixed Issues

  • Fixed the issues of the shaking camera in the Sniper mode when switching between the drive modes.

Changes to Technical Characteristics of Vehicles

Sweden

  • UDES 16: Changed the load capacity of the stock suspension from 30,000 to 30,000 kg
  • Emil I: increased thickness of the hull armoring (side armor was improved from 20 to 35 mm)

Japan

  • Type 5 Heavy: changed the engine power from 1,200 to 1,370 h.p.
  • O-I: changed the damage value of the HE Type 96 shell for the 15 cm Howitzer Type 96 gun from 910 to 890
  • Type 4 Heav: changed the reload time of the 15 cm/45 41st Year Type gun from 24.5 to 22 s
  • O-Ho:
    • Changed the reload time of the 15 cm Howitzer Type 96 gun from 17 to 22 s
    • Changed the damage value of the HE Type 96 shell for the 15 cm Howitzer Type 96 gun from 910 to 890
  • O-Ni:
    • Changed the reload time of the 15 cm Howitzer Type 96 gun from 23 to 24 s
    • Changed the damage value of the HE Type 96 shell for the 15 cm Howitzer Type 96 gun from 910 to 890

New Captain, New Map, New Ships, and More! WoWS 0.8.4+

~ Sebastianul

Sub_Octavian shared this info through stream today with femennenly, all content I am sharing here is subject to change, no confirmed dates, just 0.8.4.0 is the likeliest possible patch that any of this new content could arrive.

Admiral Nikolay Kuznetsov

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This new soviet commander shall be akin to Admiral Halsey and Admiral Yamamoto. He will however not be earned in the same manner of having an entire campaign dedicated to acquiring him. WG wants to test a new method of in-game tasks that may be easier then those campaigns, no details are given as to how this new system may function, just that it is a test bed for future commanders to be earned in the future.
His Talents are Hidden Reserve and Will to Win. Hidden Reserve functions in the same manner as it does for Yamamoto. Will to Win is a new tallent unique to this commander, designed to be easier to activate talent then the other admirals. Upon your ship HP dropping below 10%, a Damage Control Party is activated, dispersion of enemy shells is increased by 20%, and a repair party repairing 7.5% per second is activated. All 3 effects are active for 30 seconds, and only activates once per battle. No consumable charges get spent.
Unlike all the other special commanders in the game, Kuznetsov only has 1 enhanced skill instead of 2. Jack of all Trades, consumable cool down is reduced by 10% instead of 5%
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Emil 1951 Model Renders

~ Sebastianul

One of the four awards in this year’s Frontline.
Author: Anton Grozin
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PS: I finally passed a major exam, that guaranteed my entry in the next university year, should be able to post for now.

Chat with Viktor

~ Sebastianul
“Martians”

The German tank streamer “mouzAkrobat” spoke with WG CEO Viktor Kisly during TwitchCon (held in Berlin from April 13 to April 14) . Here is very briefly what the head of the company said. The German guy was very much interested in the company itself.

– Starting with patch 9.18, the game received a lot of criticism; The problem, according to Victor, was that Wargaming was a fast-growing company, and employees often took care of themselves, without paying proper attention to the game itself. 
– The resolution of some issues has sometimes been delayed for too long, because there are a lot of people with their personal opinions.
– Victor himself is a fan of the German tank branch, but he believes that it is much better for the game when players are satisfied with the balance of all tanks of all nations – and this can bring the greatest profit in the long run and attract players. 
“Of course, he cannot provide all the details, but the next update after 1.5 will bring global rebalance, and, among other things, the characteristics of German tanks will be updated: the Leopard 1, E 100 and Tiger II are mentioned. 
– Leopard 1 is waiting for a radical (strong) rebalance, and Victor already likes the changes to which he was devoted. 
– Nothing special was said about the E 100, it was just mentioned that the changes were announced earlier at the WG Fest 2018.
– But the changes on Tiger II are extremely specific, and he hopes that these edits will work. Qualitative and extensive changes are expected.

(Google translate with some micro changes)

Absence – or why I don't post (drama)

~ Sebastianul

I’ll be posting but rarely since I have a lot’s of thing to do in real life.

This is definitely NOT an excuse for blog trolls to stop their activities, as our leaker will enjoy all your bullshit and troll you back 🙂 🙂 🙂 (no he won’t)

Maybe I should just troll you all and start posting as much as I can since I wrote this 🙂 🙂 🙂

1.5 Common Test Patchnotes (Includes Vehicle Changes)

~ Sebastianul
From EU portal

Main Changes:

1. WoT Premium Account

A new type of the Premium Account (WoT Premium Account/WoT PA) is introduced.
This type of the Premium Account works only in WoT. WoT Premium Account provides bonuses to experience, Crew Experience, and credits, as well as access to new functionality:

  1. Reserve Stock
    The Reserve Stock allows receiving extra 750,000 credits per week. An additional 10% bonus on top of the credits you earn in battles will fall into a special vault. Every 7 days, the vault will open, and all credits accumulated in it will be automatically moved to your account.
  2. Platoon bonus
    If at least one player in a Platoon has WoT PA, that player will earn +15% to credits for every battle. The one who doesn’t have WoT PA, will receive +10% to credits.
  3. Manageble bonus to XP
    Thanks to WoT Premium Account, players will be able to apply the x3 multiplier and increase the experience earned in their latest victorious battle. This x3 multiplier can be applied to the Battle Results five times a day.
  4. Premium missions
    Owners of WoT Premium Account will have the opportunity to complete a chain of 3 simple daily missions.
  5. All owners of WoT PA will have one more slot for map blacklisting, so they will be able to exclude 2 maps in total. As long as WoT Premium Account is active, the player will not fight on two excluded maps in the Random Battles (for Standard Battles only).

Specifics of the WoT Premium Account Release
All players will receive the same number of days of regular Premium Account, in the form of World of Tanks Premium account, on release day.
Both versions of the Premium Account will exist together, however WoT Premium Account will be active in the game client. Regular Premium Account can be active only if WoT Premium Account expires.

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