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Version 8.10 Release on Monday 23rd December!
Version 8.10 Release on Monday 23rd December! | General News | World of Tanks


A new nation, a new map and a couple of useful improvements - this is the new Version 8.10. Get ready, Commanders!


New Nation: Japan
Conquer the battlefields with these unique steel samurai from the Far East, and show your enemies what it really means to follow the path of the warrior!

Renault Otsu, Tier I Light Tank (credited at release to all registered players, with 100% trained crew and a garage slot)
Type 95 Ha-Go, Tier II Light Tank
Type 98 Ke-Ni, Tier III Light Tank
Type 5 Ke-Ho, Tier IV Light Tank
Chi-Ni, Tier II Medium Tank
Type 97 Chi-Ha, Tier III Medium Tank
Type 1 Chi-He, Tier IV Medium Tank
Type 3 Chi-NU, Tier V Medium Tank
Type 4 Chi-To, Tier VI Medium Tank
Type 5 Chi-Ri, Tier VII Medium Tank
STA-1, Tier VIII Medium tank
Type 61 Tier 9 Medium Tank
STB-1, Tier X Medium Tank


Two new Soviet medium tanks
These nimble bad boys will definitely stir up some trouble on the battlefields!

Object 430 Version II, Tier IX
Object 430, Tier X


New Map: Hidden Village
This new map accompanies the new vehicles, and presents a lovely Japanese setting. The area is 1000x1000m in size, and consists of a village in a valley during spring time. Due to the irregular terrain, it will introduce a lot of tactical possibilities for both teams.


New Premium vehicles in the in-game store
That’s right – these two newest additions to the premium vehicle family will now be available in-game and in the Premium Shop!

Type 3 Chi-Nu Kai, Tier V Japanese medium tank
Type 64, Tier VI Chinese light tank


Graphical Update
The whole game has received a graphical update in Version 8.10. You should see the difference straight away, but for a more detailed look at how graphics in World of Tanks have evolved since the game’s release, take a look at our video!


Japanese Missions
In order to give the Japanese tanks a warm welcome, we have prepared a set of special missions to help you get into this particular nation. Explore the new tech tree and profit greatly from these missions at the same time!

Mission 1: Japan Rolls Out!
Goal: Achieve a total of 15 victories
Reward: 10 Large First Aid Kits
Conditions:
Random battles only.
Japanese tanks only
Once per day
A day is from 06:10 to 06:00 CET (GMT +1) i.e. when the daily double experience amount resets).
Mission 2: Japanese Everywhere!
Goal: Destroy 50 enemy vehicles
Reward: 10 Large Repair Kits
Conditions:
Random battles only
Japanese tanks only
Tier IV and above only
Once per day
A day is from 06:10 to 06:00 CET (GMT +1) i.e. when the daily double experience amount resets).
Mission 3: Playtime!
Goal: Play a total of 250 battles
Reward: 1 Day Premium Account
Conditions:
Random battles only.
Japanese tanks only
These missions are available from 23rd December after maintenance is completed, until 27th December 06:00 CET (GMT+1).

For a complete list of fixes and additions coming in Version 8.10, please refer to the update section on our website.

You will be able to experiment with all this new content once the new update is implemented in the game. In order to make the changes, the game server will be undergoing maintenance on 23rd December from 04:00 to 11:00 CET (GMT +1)


Players with a Premium account during the maintenance will be compensated.

 

Cherry Blossoms and Steel
Cherry Blossoms and Steel | General News | World of Tanks

Adding the Japanese tech tree to the game is definitely one of the highlights of this year’s end. These remarkable machines are very unique in design as well as in playing style, and will undoubtedly add some spice to the battlefields.

In order to give you a general idea about Japanese armour and the vehicles that you will be able to drive soon, we have prepared a short introduction containing basic characteristics, usage in battle, highlights in the tech tree and the history of Japanese tank development.



Japanese Tech Tree
Version 8.10 will introduce a total of 13 vehicles belonging to the Japanese tech tree. These will include:

4 light tanks:
Tier I: Renault Otsu
Tier II: Type 95 Ha-Go
Tier III: Type 98 Ke-Ni
Tier IV: Type 5 Ke-Ho
9 medium tanks (Tier II – X)
Tier II: Chi-Ni
Tier III: Type 97 Chi-Ha
Tier IV: Type 1 Chi-He
Tier V: Type 3 Chi-Nu
Tier VI: Type 4 Chi-To
Tier VII: Type 5 Chi-Ri
Tier VIII: STA-1
Tier IX: Type 61
Tier X: STB-1


General Performance
As a whole, Japanese tanks were designed as support vehicles. Armed with quite accurate guns, these magnificent machines from the Far East are capable of delivering steady amounts of damage and crippling the enemy by aiming at their weak spots and modules. In addition, their guns generally sport above-average penetration values, which make the tanks a force to be reckoned with even for enemies driving vehicles of higher tiers. Moreover, most Japanese tanks boast very good values in terms of gun depression and elevation angles – traits that are crucial to many manoeuvres such as ‘hull-down.’

However, in order to fully understand Japanese tanks you need to know what their biggest downsides are and adjust your playing style to minimise them. First and foremost, most Japanese vehicles are rather slow and suffer from slow traverse speed. In addition, these tanks aren’t equipped with the thickest or most reliable armour. When you take one of these machines into battle, you should always keep these two points in mind and use appropriate tactics.



Tactic
With the exception of the Type 61 and the STB-1, the Japanese tanks are meant to be played strictly as second-line support. The good accuracy, penetration values and view range mentioned above means that these vehicles excel in the sniper role. Bearing this in mind, and also remembering the weak armour and mediocre mobility, definitely consider the front line as the wrong place for you. If you are someone who pushes into the centre of the battle, you will be among the first tanks back to the garage. While playing Japanese tanks, always stay behind your tougher and better armoured teammates. If possible, keep some form of cover next to you (a huge rock, a house, etc.) that can shield you in case you are spotted. Don’t worry about being further away from the action – the Japanese guns are accurate enough to engage in effective sniping. In addition, remember that your penetration is quite good so you still have a good chance of dealing damage even if you miss the weak spot. Last but not least, never forget to change positions when the frontline is pushed. If it is your team that has managed to gain advantage in the field, follow them to continue providing fire support during base capture. If the enemy managed to break through, retreat to help defend the base – you don’t have the armour to stop them for long anyway.

Please note that the performance and tactics parts are based on common characteristics shared by most of the Japanese vehicles. As such they should be regarded as a general guide only and are not rock-solid for every single tank in the tech tree. Experiment with the vehicles and adapt your playing style to the individual machine.



Notable Vehicles
Type 5 Ke-Ho

Good gun for a light tank
Good mobility
Below par acceleration
Slow in reverse


Type 5 Chi-Ri

3-shell autoloader with the top gun
Short drum replacing time on the top gun
Possibility of installing the Gun Rammer
Rather mediocre penetration


STA-1

Good mobility for a Japanese tank
Rounded turret with thick gun mantlet
Great penetration values and rate of fire on the top gun
Low alpha damage


Type 61

Good mobility
Well angled frontal plate
Top gun with very good penetration and alpha damage values
The cupola on the turret is a huge weak spot


STB-1

Good mobility
Good penetration and damage-per-shot values
Low profile
Extremely well-rounded turret
Very well-sloped frontal plate
Somewhat long profile on its side
Relatively slow acceleration and traverse speed


History of Japanese Armour
Many associate Japan’s reputation in World War II with their naval prowess and advanced fighter planes. With much of Japan’s fighting taking place across the Pacific, it was logical for the Imperial military to focus on carrier-ships and aircraft. But what about tanks? After all, Japan did fight a land-war against China and the Soviet Union.

After World War I, Japan did take an interest in tanks and bought samples from the British and the French. After running trials, they saw promise in the technology and began to work on their own designs. Despite getting off to a late start, by the early 1930s Japanese tank designs were on par with the other developed nations of the world. The light tank Type 89 (which is planned to be added to the game in a future update) was possibly one of the most advanced tanks in the world at the time.

The first Japanese tank was the NC27 Otsu. This was simply a Renault NC27 that had been purchased from France with better armour and firepower added. The first true Japanese design was the Chi-I and was developed in 1927. It was an unusual machine with two turrets. However, the low power put out by the engine made it incredibly slow on cross-country terrain so it never entered production.

Japan had a long history of warlike behaviour, and throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, they were at war with other nations repeatedly. In 1931, with tensions rising across Europe and beyond, Japan made its aims clear to the world when they invaded and occupied the large territory of Manchuria. This invasion was primarily carried out on foot, with soldiers pouring into the region on armoured trains. The occupation continued relatively peacefully until 1939 when a clash with Mongolian cavalry (on horses!) escalated into a massive build-up of forces by both Japan and the USSR. This became known as the ‘Nomonhan Incident’ in Japan and ‘Battle of Khalkhin Gol’ in the USSR and Mongolia. The Japanese forces included numerous tanks. In addition to the Type 89, there were Type 95 Ha-Go and Type 97 Chi-Ha tanks as well as assorted tankettes. Battle raged fiercely for some months, until the war in Europe began to take priority. After some heavy pounding of the Japanese lines by Soviet bomber aircraft, a ceasefire was signed in August in Moscow.

Both sides turned their attention to the new world war. Japan considered its main enemies to be the USSR and China, and it began to build up its forces. It was at this point that tank development in Japan became a lower priority compared to the design and production of ships and aircraft.

After joining the Axis alliance with Germany and Italy, Japan entered the war in December 1941 with the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. While Japan’s battles throughout the war were primarily fought at sea and in the air, tanks did play a part, particularly in the China-Burma-India (CBI) theatre of operations. However, the tanks used were still the older models – Type 95 Ha-Go and Type 97 Chi-Ha. These vehicles remained in use until the end of the war.

Other designs included the small Type 97 ‘Te-Ke’ tank, which was used for scouting and infantry support. This tank was used in China, Burma and the Philippines. Another example was the Type 98 Ke-Ni, a fast light tank that was never mass-produced.

As well as light tanks, the Japanese also looked into the construction of medium tanks. After the Nomonhal Incident, a new variant of the Type 97 Chi-Ha emerged – the Shinhoto Chi-Ha, which had a new turret with a larger gun mounted on it. Between 1938 and 1942, approximately 1200 Chi-Ha tanks were produced.

As the war progressed and things began turning out badly for Japan, the Japanese turned to ever more desperate tactics. As well as the famous Kamikaze tactics used by aircraft, similar tactics were employed with tanks. In 1945, two Japanese tanks (a Chi-Ha and a Ha-Go) were packed with explosives and sent to ram American Sherman tanks.

Japan had numerous designs and blueprints for proposed armoured vehicles. However, most of these were never constructed. With the prioritisation of warships and aircraft, funding was never available. However, Japan also made a tactical decision to keep these in reserve in the event of having to repel an Allied invasion from its own borders. They hadn’t predicted that when the Allies came the strike would be from the air, with devastating effect in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

On August 14th 1945, Japan surrendered unconditionally and their tank designs faded into obscurity.


Are you ready to follow the path of a warrior?

 

Tanktoon: The Last Samurai. RanZar.
by:RanZarEng
Tanktoon: The Last Samurai. RanZar. - YouTube
Tanktoon - Cartoons based on video game World of Tanks. Short funny tank stories. English mirror of plagasRZ channel.

 

I dont remember when we had a draw in team battle ...

 

8.10: Beware of the Graphic Settings reset!

this is an important message for all of you about a nasty surprise, waiting for you in patch 8.10.

In patch 8.10, ALL client graphic settings will reset! This exactly happened in the test client. Basically, the game runs an autodetection procedure to determine, what settings are “good†for your computer and changes them. As you can imagine, this can screw up the settings you were used to, so, in order to avoid all the confusion of “how did I have it beforeâ€, what you should do is:

Start the client, go to your graphic settings panel (under the settings window) and press “printscreen†key to create a screenshot. When putting your settings back together, you can refer to that screenshot (saved in the world_of_tanks/screenshots/ folder) to see how you had it before. For people like me, who have not touched the graphic settings for quite a while, this is quite important.

 

8.10 Badass Trailer

patch 8.10 did hit the RU server today and it came with a badass trailer. I like it!

Þñýþòûõýøõ 8.10 âрõùûõр [World of Tanks] - YouTube

 

Art of War on RU server

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Russian server now has the “Art of War†competition for Japanese tanks (top X players for every Japanese tank get some gold – from 20th December to 20th January, eg. within one month period). Given the previous similiarity of the events (and the fact the Russians have about the same Christmas bonuses as EU and US server), it is very likely this competition will appear on EU server too.

Not sure how about you, but I am looking forward to it

 

Russian Q&A with developers from WG, done by EU player Silentstalker, on his blog "For the Record"


- Wargaming has no sources, that would confirm the “information†that IS-3′s pike nose cracks in welds after being hit by 100mm shells
- apparently current IS-7 is fine, it’s being used often in clanwars according to Storm and it represents a threat to other tanks
- apparently in 8.10 the feature to gain mastery badge multiple times (SS: only the first time will count though) that was planned will not appear, it will appear in patch after that
- the rule above will apply for all the badges (all classes), mastery badges will of course not reset, there will be no “sum†of recieved mastery badges as a separate window in the Achievements tab


- Yurko2F (answering lately in SerB’s thread) works on “technical game designer†position
- KV-2 will not recieve an arty mode in WoT
- T-34/85 will not get the 100mm gun back
- Q: “There were 1100 tanks of tier 6 in the queue, I entered the queue with my tier 6 tank and instead of MM putting together a battle of tier 6 only tanks immediately, I waited for 58 seconds and then I ended up on the bottom of a battletier 7 team, what the hell?†A (SerB): “Definitely a conspiracy!†(SS: SerB is trolling here, but the answer why that happened is simple – any of you, dear readers, remembers why?)
- it’s possible that not only Soviets will have more tier 10 mediums (SS: Americans and British definitely), but SerB adds that it’s not necessery (“we are not aiming to make all trees symetricalâ€)
- it’s possible that WoWp will get a Chinese branch, but for now there are too many holes for it to be implemented
- SerB states that in Kubinka, the majority of Soviet tanks and about half of the foreign tanks are in complete condition (SS: as in, they are not missing engines etc.)

Apparently, the chief balancing officer (after Zlobny) is now Veider.

- Veider on WT E-100: “its statistics are going down, but I am thinking of nerfing some parameters, it simply doesn’t need themâ€
- later he states that the parameters to be possible nerfed is the aim spread when moving the hull and the turret
- KV-1S and KV-13 didn’t recieve new track models in 8.10 because “there was no timeâ€
- it is not yet decided, what premium vehicles will appear in 2014, but Storm plans to decide until the New Year

 

Quite interesting

 

And Im not. That is a rat race for nothing. Not for me.

 

LOL really?

 

That x2 for every battle is great Unfortunatly I dont have time for it

 

Happened so many Times Last w\one I remember with PTS clan

 

Tankers!

You've done it. This week marks your 50th Skirmish! In recognition of this milestone, we're doing it large with an 8-on-8 tier IV battle on Northwest. So, dust off the keyboard and call your friends; it's about to get rowdy in here. And the best team can take home 5,000!

Registration Begins: Open Now!


Registration Ends: December 23, 2013, 09:00 PST (12:00 EST)

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Skirmish L: The Big One

The following information is an overview only. Be sure to check these links for complete rules and regulations, or any late-breaking updates:
Tournament Page
Registration
Discussion Forum

Team & Tier Limit Rules

With a maximum of eight players per battle, a team (maximum 11 players per team) must field a selection of tanks based on the maximum tier limits below:
Heavy: IV
Medium: IV
TD: IV
Light: IV
Artillery: IV
32 points maximum
Map: Northwest


Victory Conditions
Winner of each round will be determined as the first to three victories on the given map
Each battle will last 10 minutes
The Standard battle mode will be used for this tournament.


Only 64 teams will be allowed to participate, and teams will be accepted on a first come, first served basis.

Schedule

The full schedule will be provided at the close of registration, once the final team count has been determined. Rounds will begin each day at 19:30 PST (22:30 EST). Curious what time this is in your region? Use this handy Time Zone Converter to help you out!
Round 1: December 23

Round 2: December 24
(No battles on December 25)

Round 3: December 26

Round 4: December 27

Round 5: December 28

Round 6: December 29


There will be a two-minute break between battles for each round.

Prizes

The following prizes will be provided to each member of the respective winning team, including reserve members:
First Place: 5,000
Second Place: 2,000
Third Place: 1,000
Fourth Place: 1,000


Skirmish L: The Big One | Tournaments | World of Tanks