7.2 Patch Notes

Content

• Added new maps: Province (a small Italian map) and Live Oaks (first American map).
• Added American tank destroyers with turning turrets: M8A1, T49, M18, T25-2, and T28 prototype.
• The Т34 is rebalanced and moved to premium vehicles; it is removed from American Tech Tree. M103 substitutes T34 as an American tier 9 heavy tank.
• The Т30 is rebalanced; it becomes becomes an American tier 9 tank destroyer with a turning turret. T110E5 substitutes T30 as an American tier 10 heavy tank.
• Added one camouflage for each nation.
• Added 22 new crew skills and perks (details can be viewed in a crew member's Personal File). You can learn more about new skills and perks here.
• Added two premium vehicles for testing: tier 2 SPG 10.5сm leFH18 B2 and tier 3 TD FCM 36 Pak 40. Please note that these vehicles will be available only for players partaking in supertest.
• Added display of records of experience earned on a certain vehicle (the so called qualification badges). You can learn more about qualification badges here.
• Added a tutorial for newcomers, which teaches basic principles of garage interface (availalble only for new accounts, i.e. for players who enter the game for the first time).
• Added name Ilya for Russian crew members.

Tank models

• Fixed or reworked visual tank models of : IS, IS-7, T34, Panther II, А-20, Т-127, IS-3, ISU-152, AMX 40, B1, M3 Stuart, VK 1602, AMX 13 90, JagdTiger, JagdPanther.
• The following vehicles are resized to historical dimensions: IS-3, IS-4, IS-7, ISU-152, Object 704, S-51, T-54, Type 59, Tiger II.
• Changed visual model of the second turret of Т32.

Fixed or reworked damaged models of the following vehicles:

• USSR: IS, IS-3, IS-4, IS-7, Object  704, Т-50-2, SU-5, Т-26, SU-100, KV-1S, SU-85, А-32, BT-2, ISU-152.
• Germany: VK 3601H, Hetzer, PzKpfw V Panther, Grille, Marder II, PanzerJager I, PzKpfw VI Tiger (P), PzKpfw IV, PzKpfw 38NA, PzKpfw V/IV, StuG III, PzKpfw II Luchs, VK3001H, VK 4502A, PzKpfw VI Tiger, PzKpfw 38H735(F).
• US: M3 Stuart, M3 Lee, T20, M4A2E4, T95.
• France: B1.

Game mechanics

• The following parameters revised for most vehicles: profitability, cost, cost of research, cost of repair, cost of modules, cost of module research. The detailed changes can be found here.
• All crew skills, trained prior to 7.2 update release, have been reset; all experience, spent on training, is given as "free experience", which can be used for training either new or old skills.
• Added an option of a crew member's skills reset, purchased for gold (100% experience saved), for credits (90% experience saved) and for free (80% experience saved).
• Parameters of all tanks renormed (reduced) to fit 100% trained crew, without matters increasing crew skills (Commander's skills, consumables and etc.). Real game parameters of tanks remain the same.
• Now spaced armor reduces damage from HE shell according to its thickness and position (in 7.1 version spaced armor just moved farther the shell explosion point and did not reduce damage caused with it).
• Armor absorption (blocking) of HE shell damage reduced by 20%.
• Т-50-2 top turret front armor reduced from 60 to 45 mm.
• FuG37 radio action range changed: now it comprises 290 meters (was 360 meters).
• Match-making level reduced by 1 for KV-220, Т14 and Churchill.
• Distance to a gun marker is always displayed in a howitzer’s reticle.
• Changed format of replay recording. Replays from version 7.1 update won’t be reproduced in version 7.2.
• Upgraded the mechanism of automatical choice of cluster at log in.
• Added cooldown for sending the fast messages with buttons ‘F4’ (‘Follow me!’) and ‘F7’ (Help!), if they were used frequently.
• Added the display of information about enemy Team Kill for ‘Fog of War’ feature in Clan Wars.
• Changed the flag color on bases. Now the flag color will be always green for allied base and red for the enemy base.
• Changed elevation angles for the following guns of French tanks:

Renault FT:
 - first turrent turning speed reduced by 1.375 degrees/sec;
 - second turret turning speed reduced by 1 degree/sec;
 - first turret view range increased by 13.75 m.

Hotchkiss H35:
 - turrent turning speed increased by 0.5 degrees/sec;
 - view range increased by 2.5 m;
 - gun elevation angle changed from 16 to 20 degrees upwards and from 10 to 13 degrees downwards.

D1:
 - durability with first turret on increased by 5 points;
 - first turret turning speed increased by 1 degree/sec;
 - second turret turning speed increased by 0.25 degrees/sec;
 - second turret view range increased by 2.5 m;
 - gun 37mm APX SA18 reload time in second turret reduced by 0.21 sec.

D2:
 - first turret turning speed reduced by 1.5 degrees/sec;
 - first turret view range reduced by 2.5 m;
 - second turret turning speed reduced by 1.25 degrees/sec;
 - second turret view range increased by 5 m.

B1:
 - durability with first turret on increased by 10 points;
 - turning speed increased by 2 degrees/sec;
 - dispersion from motion and turning reduced by 10%;
 - first turret turning speed increased by 1.5 degrees/sec;
 - second turret turning speed increased by 1 degree/sec;
 - first turret view range reduced by 15 m;
 - second turret view range reduced by 12.5 m;
 - gun elevation angle changed from 10 to 18 degrees downwards;
 - reload time of gun 47mm SA34 in first turret reduced by 0.21 sec;
 - reload time of gun 47mm SA35 in first turret reduced by 0.21 sec;
 - reload time of gun 47mm SA34 in the second turret reduced by 0.08 sec;
 - reload time of gun 47mm SA35 in the second turret reduced by 0.08 sec;
 - reload time of gun 47mm SA37 in the second turret reduced by 0.21 sec.

BDR G1B:
 - durability with first turret on increased by 20 points;
 - durability with second turret on increased by 10 points;
 - reduced durability of mid-suspension;
 - first turret view range reduced by 6.25 m;
 - second turret view range reduced by 3.75 m;
 - second turret turning speed increased by 0.25 degrees/sec;
 - reload time of gun 75mm SA32 in the first turret reduced by 0.08 sec;
 - reload time of gun 75mm Long 44 in the first turret reduced by 0.08 sec;
 - reload time of gun 90mm canon DCA 30 in the second turret reduced by 0.21 sec;
 - aiming time of gun 90mm canon DCA 30 in the second turret reduced by 0.35 sec.

ARL 44:
 - first turret turning speed reduced by 1 degree/sec;
 - first turret view range increased by 5 m;
 - second turret turning speed reduced by 0.75 degrees/sec;
 - second turret view range reduced by 2.5 m.

AMX M4 1945:
 - turning speed increased by 2 degrees/sec;
 - durability of mid-suspension reduced;
 - first turret turning speed increased by 0.5 degrees/sec;
 - second turret turning speed increased by 0.25 degrees/sec;
 - first turret view range increased by 2.5 m;
 - second turret view range increased by 1.25 m.

AMX 50 100:
 - tank durability reduced by 50 points;
 - turning speed reduced by 2 degrees/sec;
 - dispersion from motion and turning increased by 10%;
 - turret turning speed increased by 0.5 degrees/sec;
 - view range increased by 12.5 m;
 - reload time of gun 90mm F3 increased by 0.7 sec;
 - aiming time for gun 90mm F3 increased by 0.14 sec;
 - firing speed in the autoloader for gun 90mm F3 reduced by 10%;
 - reload time of gun 90mm canon DCA 45 increased by 0.7 sec;
 - aiming time for gun 90mm canon DCA 45 increased by 0.14 sec;
 - firing speed in the autoloader for gun 90mm canon DCA 45 reduced by 10%;
 - reload time of gun 100mm SA 47 increased by 0.85 sec;
 - aiming time for gun 100mm SA 47 increased by 0.14 sec;
 - firing speed in the autoloader for gun 100mm SA 47 reduced by 10%.

AMX 50 120:
 - tank durability reduced by 50 points;
 - turning speed reduced by 2 degrees/sec;
 - dispersion from motion and turning increased by 10%;
 - turret turning speed increased by 0.5 degrees/sec;
 - view range increased by 15 m;
 - guns elevation angle changed from 7 to 6 degrees downwards;
 - reload time of gun 90mm canon DCA 45 increased by 2.6 sec;
 - aiming time for gun 90mm canon DCA 45 increased by 0.14 sec;
 - firing speed in the autoloader for gun 90mm canon DCA 45 reduced by 10%;
 - reload time of gun 100mm SA 47 reduced by 1.4 sec;
 - aiming time for gun 100mm SA 47 increased by 0.14 sec;
 - firing speed in the autoloader for gun 100mm SA 47 reduced by 10%;
 - reload time of gun 120mm SA 46 increased by 0.7 sec;
 - aiming time for gun 120mm SA 46 increased by 0.14 sec;
 - firing speed in the autoloader for gun 120mm SA 46 reduced by 10%.

AMX 50B:
 - tank durability reduced by 100 points;
 - dispersion from motion and turning increased by 10%;
 - turret turning speed increased by 0.5 degrees/sec;
 - view range reduced by 2.5 m;
 - guns elevation angles changed from 8 to 6 degrees downwards;
 - reload time of gun increased by 1.4 sec;
 - aiming time increased by 0.14 sec;
 - firing rate in the autoloader reduced by 10%.

AMX 38:
 - turret turning speed reduced by 0.25 degrees/sec;
 - view range increased by 5 m;
 - reload time of gun 37mm SA38 increased by 0.12 sec;
 - reload time of gun 25mm Canon Raccourci Mle.1934 increased by 0.09 sec;
 - reload time of gun 47mm SA34 reduced by 0.35 sec;
 - reload time of gun 47mm SA35 increased by 0.12 сек.

AMX 40:
 - first turret turning speed increased by 0.5 degrees/sec;
 - first turret view range increased by 5 m;
 - second turret turning speed reduced by 0.25 degrees/sec;
 - second turret view range increased by 25 m.

AMX 12t:
 - tank durability reduced by 10 points;
 - turret turning speed increased by 0.25 degrees/sec;
 - view range reduced by 7.5 m;
 - guns elevation angles changed from 4 to 12 degrees upwards;
 - reload time of all gun reduced by 0.28 sec;
 - firing speed in the autoloader for all guns reduced by 10%;
 - aiming time for all guns increased by 0.22 sec.

AMX 13 75:
 - tank durability reduced by 30 points;
 - turret turning speed increased by 0.25 degrees/sec;
 - view range reduced by 5 m;
 - guns elevation angles changed from 6 to 9 degrees upwards and from 8 to 6 degrees downwards;
 - reload time of gun 75mm SA49 L48 reduced by 0.7 sec;
 - firing speed in the autoloader for gun 75mm SA49 L48 reduced by 9%;
 - aiming time for gun 75mm SA49 L48 increased by 0.22 sec;
 - reload time of gun 75mm SA50 increased by 1 sec;
 - firing speed in the autoloader for gun 75mm SA50 reduced by 10%;
 - aiming time for gun 75mm SA50 increased by 0.22 sec.

AMX 13 90:
 - tank durability reduced by 50 points;
 - durability of mid-suspension reduced;
 - dispersion from motion and turning for top suspension increased by 5%;
 - turret turning speed increased by 0.25 degrees/sec;
 - view range reduced by 2.5 m;
 - guns elevation angle changed from 8 to 9 degrees upwards and from 9 to 6 degrees downwards;
 - reload time of gun 75mm SA50 increased by 1.7 sec;
 - firing speed in the autoloader for gun 75mm SA50 reduced by 10%;
 - splash for gun 75mm SA50 caused by turret turning increased by 25%;
 - aiming time for gun 75mm SA50 increased by 0.22 sec;
 - reload time of gun 90mm F3 increased by 0.9 sec;
 - firing speed in the autoloader for gun 90mm F3 reduced by 10%;
 - splash for gun 90mm F3 caused by turret turning increased by 25%;
 - aiming time of gun 90mm F3 increased by 0.15 sec.

Lorraine 40t:
 - tank durability reduced by 50 points;
 - turning speed reduced by 4 degrees/sec;
 - dispersion from motion and turning on first suspension increased by 5%;
 - dispersion from motion and turning on second suspension increased by 15%;
 - turret turning speed reduced by 1 degree/sec;
 - view range reduced by 2.5 m;
 - reload time of gun 90mm F3 increased by 2.3 sec;
 - firing speed in the autoloader for gun 90mm F3 reduced by 10%;
 - aiming time for gun 90mm F3 increased by 0.14 sec;
 - reload time of gun 90mm canon DCA 45 increased by 2.3 sec;
 - firing speed in the autoloader for gun 90mm canon DCA 45 reduced by 10%;
 - aiming time for gun 90mm canon DCA 45 increased by 0.14 sec;
 - reload time of gun 100mm SA 47 increased by 0.6 sec;
 - firing speed in the autoloader for gun 100mm SA 47 reduced by 15%;
 - aiming time of gun 100mm SA 47 increased by 0.14 sec.

Bat Chatillon 25t:
 - tank durability reduced by 100;
 - dispersion from motion and turning on first suspension increased by 5%;
 - dispersion from motion and turning on second suspension increased by 20%;
 - turret turning speed reduced by 0.5 degrees/sec;
 - view range reduced by 2.5 m;
 - guns elevation angles changed from 9 to 6 degrees downwards;
 - reload time of gun 90mm F3 increased by 2.6 sec;
 - firing speed in the autoloader for gun 90mm F3 reduced by 10%;
 - aiming time for gun 90mm F3 increased by 0.14 sec;
 - reload time of gun 90mm canon DCA 45 increased by 2.6 sec;
 - firing speed in the autoloader for gun 90mm canon DCA 45 reduced by 10%;
 - aiming time for gun 90mm canon DCA 45 increased by 0.14 sec;
 - reload time of gun 100mm SA 47 increased by 3.4 sec;
 - firing speed in the autoloader for gun 100mm SA 47 reduced by 10%;
 - aiming time for gun 100mm SA 47 increased by 0.14 sec.

Interface

• Added an icon (triangle) to a crew member's image, which denotes what crew member will get experience for a battle at accelerated training.
• Reworked the design of “tank band” in garage. Changed filter buttons of tanks display in the “band”.
• Added advanced tooltips for tanks when mousing over them in the garage carousel.
• Added platoon markers and clan tags to “wide” team view mode.
• Team list width in “wide” view mode matches the longest nickname on the list (team list width used to remain maximal).
• In-battle team list background is made more transparent.
• Added animation to changing from “wide” to “narrow” team lists appearing at a battle start.
• Added new display of teams in battle list: [Frags scored] [Vehicle name] [Tank icon].
• Added extended pop-up hints for tanks in the “band”. Now it covers minimap.
• Added extended tank marker adjustment in main and extended modes (at pressing “Alt” key).
• Added extended adjustment of reticle in sniper mode.
• Added indicator of shells remaining in rotating drum (cassette/cartridge) to reticle.
• Produced small changes to the reticle adjustment.
• When you press “TAB”, a “wide” team view mode is displayed instead of a team list table.
• Added an option of moving all the crew in the tank to the barracks in the context menu. 
• Now the players counter denoted number of players in the whole region, not just on a cluster.
• Buttons of equipment “mount/demount” are moved to the equipment item slots.
• Removed the display of unnecessary messages and tank markers in the mode with turned-off userinterface (key ‘V’ per default) .
• Changed premium account purchase window design.
• Added ‘Help’ button in the battle menu, which will show the help page with controls after pressing.
• Renamed ‘Statistics’ garage menu tab to ‘Achievements’.
• Reworked the minimap frame.
• Changed the format of message about battle results during Specials (for example, after receiving the x5 XP).
• Increased the place for text messages over Minimap to avoid the display of them with players nicknames in 3 and more lines.

Graphics

• Reworked some effect of hitting the ground with a shell.
• Improved effects of fire on the vehicles.
• Improved ‘wave’ effects while vehicle moves in water.
• Reworked special effects for shells hitting snow and sand.
• Added different levels of graphics, based on the distance, for some special effects.
• Added birds for some old maps.
• Removed HE shell penetration marker rendering when the vehicle is not damaged.

Fixes

• Fixed incorrect display of ISU-152 armor parameters in interface.
• Fixed shooting effects and sounds of guns of several tanks.
• Fixed partial tank non-penetration at gun hit after spaced armor penetration (mantlet or gun armor).
• Fixed “detection” of a tank in a destroyed tank’s after-battle statistics window.
• Reworked colours and geometry of several German camouflages for a better conformity to actual historical camouflages.
• "Demountable" equipment renamed to "Complex" in all interface elements.
• Fixed ‘twitching’ during the battle replay.
• Fixed mistiming of the reticle , when the replay is on ‘Paused’.
• Fixed the message, when removing equipment for gold.
• Fixed the work of ‘Postmortem mode’ post-effect on Low Quality setting of graphics.
• Fixed view marker sticking on minimap.
• Fixed the activation of Camouflage net and Binocular Telescope icons before and after the battle.
• Fixed collisions of tanks with buildings and some other objects.
• Fixed the error of the standard ammunition load during the purchase and with the tick enabled in the checkbox for the vehicles with the auto-loader device.
• Fixed the display of the message for recruiting new crew members.
• Fixed the option of tank selling, with equipment demounting with gold when there is no gold on account.
• Fixed the bug when a crew member received preferments at skills reset and retrain.
• Fixed the not matching of the sum of battles played on all vehicles and the common result in the ‘Battle’ tabs, if player participated in non-finished battles (for example, battles, which were interrupted by the unscheduled server maintenance).
• Cancelled the option of retraining Chinese crew members for non-existing tanks.
• Removed modules of several premium and top tanks from store.
• Fixed the opportunity to select notation text in dialogue windows.
• Fixed small interface errors in the camouflages window.
• Fixed the error of the text display ‘Last battle’ with the year 1970 in the player profile, if he has no battles played.
• Fixed the description of ‘Sharpshooter’, ‘Master Gunner’, ‘Confederate’, ‘Reaper’, ‘Invader’, ‘Kamikaze’, ‘Survivor’, ‘Invincible’ achievements.
• Fixed the description of Billotte’s Medal, Burda’s Medal, and Halonen's Medal.
• Fixed errors in the system message about camouflage expiring.
• Fixed text descriptions of several camouflages.
• Removed notifications about zero cost for shells or consumables resupply.
• Fixed incorrect message and equipment demounting from a damaged vehicle.
• Fixed several incorrect text notifications appearing during equipment managing.
• Tuned the volume for the destruction sound of some objects.
• At critical hit the voice notification says just "Penetration".
• Removed the de-tracking sound reproduction while switching on the de-tracked vehicle in ‘Postmortem Mode’.
• Fixed rare issue with incorrect display (moved horizontally and vertically) of vehicle on long distance.
• Fixed inability to repeatedly change anisotropic filtration in graphics settings.
• Fixed some errors in dynamic shadows algorithm. 
• Fixed some points of in-battle help page (button ‘F1’ per default).
• Fixed rare game client failure occuring due to archiving implemented with 7.1.1 update.
• Fixed an occasional bug when a vehicle did not enter battle (hang up during the map loading).
• Fixed a rare bug with client failure at entering garage.

Incomplete issues

• On some computers (when a PC is more than 8 years) the game client might face partial issues with graphics. Works on the fix are being held at the moment.