The map has 5 Pillboxes. As soon as attackers capture at least one sector within the 2nd defensive front they can embark on their primary mission and destroy Pillboxes: long-range guns, each with their own HP pool. Pillboxes are protected by armoured hoods and are virtually impenetrable from head-on. Aim at their rear, where there is significantly thinner armour. The attacking team wins as soon as they destroy 3 Pillboxes.
Active
Destroyed
Active
Destroyed
There are special spots scattered across the active combat area where you can restore HP, repair modules, replenish ammo and consumables.
Repair and Resupply Zones have a cooldown time. Once you have repaired your vehicle to 100%, you must wait 120 seconds before you can use it again. If you are hit while in a Repair or Resupply zone, you must wait an additional 5 minutes to stock up on rounds and finish repairing the vehicle.
An area on the map where the attacking team can gain control over a particular front. Standard base capture mechanics apply: once the attacking vehicles enter the circle, the front begins being captured. When the attackers capture a base, they take control of the entire zone, and the next zone (vertically) becomes available for capture.
Captured zone
Uncaptured zone
An area on the map where the attacking team can gain control over a particular front. Standard base capture mechanics apply: once the attacking vehicles enter the circle, the front begins being captured. When the attackers capture a base, they take control of the entire zone, and the next zone (vertically) becomes available for capture.
Captured zone Uncaptured zone
The map has 5 Pillboxes. As soon as attackers capture at least one sector within the 2nd defensive front they can embark on their primary mission and destroy Pillboxes: long-range guns, each with their own HP pool. Pillboxes are protected by armoured hoods and are virtually impenetrable from head-on. Aim at their rear, where there is significantly thinner armour. The attacking team wins as soon as they destroy 3 Pillboxes.
Active Destroyed Active Destroyed
The map has 5 Pillboxes. As soon as attackers capture at least one sector within the 2nd defensive front they can embark on their primary mission and destroy Pillboxes: long-range guns, each with their own HP pool. Pillboxes are protected by armoured hoods and are virtually impenetrable from head-on. Aim at their rear, where there is significantly thinner armour. The attacking team wins as soon as they destroy 3 Pillboxes.
Active Destroyed Active Destroyed
The map has 5 Pillboxes. As soon as attackers capture at least one sector within the 2nd defensive front they can embark on their primary mission and destroy Pillboxes: long-range guns, each with their own HP pool. Pillboxes are protected by armoured hoods and are virtually impenetrable from head-on. Aim at their rear, where there is significantly thinner armour. The attacking team wins as soon as they destroy 3 Pillboxes.
Active Destroyed Active Destroyed
The map has 5 Pillboxes. As soon as attackers capture at least one sector within the 2nd defensive front they can embark on their primary mission and destroy Pillboxes: long-range guns, each with their own HP pool. Pillboxes are protected by armoured hoods and are virtually impenetrable from head-on. Aim at their rear, where there is significantly thinner armour. The attacking team wins as soon as they destroy 3 Pillboxes.
Active Destroyed Active Destroyed
There are special spots scattered across the active combat area where you can restore HP, repair modules, replenish ammo and consumables.
Repair and Resupply Zones have a cooldown time. Once you have repaired your vehicle to 100%, you must wait 120 seconds before you can use it again. If you are hit while in a Repair or Resupply zone, you must wait an additional 5 minutes to stock up on rounds and finish repairing the vehicle.
There are special spots scattered across the active combat area where you can restore HP, repair modules, replenish ammo and consumables.
Repair and Resupply Zones have a cooldown time. Once you have repaired your vehicle to 100%, you must wait 120 seconds before you can use it again. If you are hit while in a Repair or Resupply zone, you must wait an additional 5 minutes to stock up on rounds and finish repairing the vehicle.
There are special spots scattered across the active combat area where you can restore HP, repair modules, replenish ammo and consumables.
Repair and Resupply Zones have a cooldown time. Once you have repaired your vehicle to 100%, you must wait 120 seconds before you can use it again. If you are hit while in a Repair or Resupply zone, you must wait an additional 5 minutes to stock up on rounds and finish repairing the vehicle.
There are special spots scattered across the active combat area where you can restore HP, repair modules, replenish ammo and consumables.
Repair and Resupply Zones have a cooldown time. Once you have repaired your vehicle to 100%, you must wait 120 seconds before you can use it again. If you are hit while in a Repair or Resupply zone, you must wait an additional 5 minutes to stock up on rounds and finish repairing the vehicle.
There are special spots scattered across the active combat area where you can restore HP, repair modules, replenish ammo and consumables.
Repair and Resupply Zones have a cooldown time. Once you have repaired your vehicle to 100%, you must wait 120 seconds before you can use it again. If you are hit while in a Repair or Resupply zone, you must wait an additional 5 minutes to stock up on rounds and finish repairing the vehicle.
There are special spots scattered across the active combat area where you can restore HP, repair modules, replenish ammo and consumables.
Repair and Resupply Zones have a cooldown time. Once you have repaired your vehicle to 100%, you must wait 120 seconds before you can use it again. If you are hit while in a Repair or Resupply zone, you must wait an additional 5 minutes to stock up on rounds and finish repairing the vehicle.
An area on the map where the attacking team can gain control over a particular front. Standard base capture mechanics apply: once the attacking vehicles enter the circle, the front begins being captured. When the attackers capture a base, they take control of the entire zone, and the next zone (vertically) becomes available for capture.
Captured zone Uncaptured zone
There are special spots scattered across the active combat area where you can restore HP, repair modules, replenish ammo and consumables.
Repair and Resupply Zones have a cooldown time. Once you have repaired your vehicle to 100%, you must wait 120 seconds before you can use it again. If you are hit while in a Repair or Resupply zone, you must wait an additional 5 minutes to stock up on rounds and finish repairing the vehicle.
There are special spots scattered across the active combat area where you can restore HP, repair modules, replenish ammo and consumables.
Repair and Resupply Zones have a cooldown time. Once you have repaired your vehicle to 100%, you must wait 120 seconds before you can use it again. If you are hit while in a Repair or Resupply zone, you must wait an additional 5 minutes to stock up on rounds and finish repairing the vehicle.
There are special spots scattered across the active combat area where you can restore HP, repair modules, replenish ammo and consumables.
Repair and Resupply Zones have a cooldown time. Once you have repaired your vehicle to 100%, you must wait 120 seconds before you can use it again. If you are hit while in a Repair or Resupply zone, you must wait an additional 5 minutes to stock up on rounds and finish repairing the vehicle.
An area on the map where the attacking team can gain control over a particular front. Standard base capture mechanics apply: once the attacking vehicles enter the circle, the front begins being captured. When the attackers capture a base, they take control of the entire zone, and the next zone (vertically) becomes available for capture.
Captured zone Uncaptured zone
There are special spots scattered across the active combat area where you can restore HP, repair modules, replenish ammo and consumables.
Repair and Resupply Zones have a cooldown time. Once you have repaired your vehicle to 100%, you must wait 120 seconds before you can use it again. If you are hit while in a Repair or Resupply zone, you must wait an additional 5 minutes to stock up on rounds and finish repairing the vehicle.
An area on the map where the attacking team can gain control over a particular front. Standard base capture mechanics apply: once the attacking vehicles enter the circle, the front begins being captured. When the attackers capture a base, they take control of the entire zone, and the next zone (vertically) becomes available for capture.
Captured zone Uncaptured zone
An area on the map where the attacking team can gain control over a particular front. Standard base capture mechanics apply: once the attacking vehicles enter the circle, the front begins being captured. When the attackers capture a base, they take control of the entire zone, and the next zone (vertically) becomes available for capture.
Captured zone Uncaptured zone
Battle Progression
- In the beginning, the teams are evenly distributed on each front: 10 vehicles per front, at the zones of the first defense line.
- Each of the zones in the first and second lines has a base. When the attackers capture a base, they take control of the entire zone, and the next zone (vertically) becomes available for capture.
- E.g. After capturing a base in zone A, the attacking team is able to capture zone D.
- If at least one zone of the second line is captured, the third line becomes available and the attackers can then attempt to destroy the main objectives (pillboxes).
- If the attacking team starts capturing a base, it is performed according to the standard rules, but with minor additions:
- Base capture points will be reset only after destroying an enemy vehicle that is capturing the base.
- Causing damage to a vehicle or damaging a vehicle's modules blocks base capture by this enemy vehicle for 5 seconds.
- The more bases captured on the first defense line, the fewer points will be required to capture bases on the second defense line. If the attackers capture one base on the first line, they will have to earn 450 points to capture a base on the second line; two captured bases on the first line reduces the required number of capture points on the second line to 250; capturing all bases on the first line reduces the required number of capture points on the second line to 150.
- Captured zones cannot be reclaimed.
- If the defenders lose a zone, they must vacate it within 1 minute, after which an air strike will be called in at this zone, causing significant damage to all defending vehicles there.
- Conversely, if attacking vehicles enter a zone at the second defense line without capturing the previous zone, they will also receive significant damage from an air strike in a matter of seconds.
- Once attackers have captured at least one zone at the second line, they can begin to destroy the main objectives – five large pillboxes with coaxial high-caliber guns.
- Each objective has 3,200 hit points
- Front armour / turret: Cannot be penetrated or damaged by firing HE shells
- Side armour: 180 mm
- Rear armour: 90 mm
- Vulnerable spots: 70 mm (hatches) and 25 mm (vent holes)
- The basic battle duration in the Frontline mode is 12 minutes. This time can be extended by the actions of the attacking team.
- Each of the captured zones (A, B, C) adds 2 minutes to the battle timer.
- Each of the captured zones (D, E, F) adds 2 minutes to the battle timer. 4 minutes will be added for capturing the last zone.
- If the battle time elapses and at least one player from the attacking team remains in the base circle, overtime triggers.
- The maximum possible overtime duration is 90 seconds. There will only be one period of overtime, after which the defenders will be deemed victorious.
- Overtime ends if none of the attackers is capturing a base.
Other Game Mechanics
Respawns, Resupply Points, and Combat Reserves (that can help win even in a desperate situation) will be available in Frontline mode.
Respawns
- At the beginning of each battle, each player will have one respawn.
- Every 5 minutes, one more respawn will be added, but you cannot accumulate more than 2.
- The total number of respawns is unlimited.
- Players will not be able to respawn in zones where 12 or more allies are already fighting.
- There can only be 1 SPG per zone; if there is already one in the current zone, you will not be able to respawn in an SPG.
- If the player's vehicle is destroyed and there are respawns available, the player will be transferred to the respawn screen, where they can select an appropriate vehicle and a respawn point within the zones controlled by the player's team.
- Changing lanes in battle: This feature was introduced due to the large map size. It can be useful when you have destroyed the enemy on a flank and captured the last zone, and need to move to another flank quickly to support your allies. Pressing J will display the vehicle selection panel, and allow you to choose another vehicle and respawn in another flank. This will cause your current vehicle to self-destruct after a short countdown; smart deployment of this feature may lead to victory in certain situations.
Combat Reserves
There are 6 types of Combat Reserves available for use in Frontline mode. You may select them in the Garage, but only before entering battle.
Each vehicle type has a certain number of slots for Combat Reserves:
- One slot for light tanks and SPGs,
- Two slots for tank destroyers and medium tanks, and
- Three slots for heavy tanks.
This distribution will help each vehicle type influence the battle in different ways.
The Combat Reserve slots are displayed to the left of the standard consumables.
Each Combat Reserve has 5 levels. They can be upgraded using the Combat Reserve Points received for earning Frontline Tiers (further information on this below).
How Combat Reserves WorkEffectiveness values specified below are for Reserves at maximum level (5) |
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Airstrike
Artillery Strike
Engineering
Inspire
Recon Flight
Smoke Screen
Resupply Points
In addition to a base, every zone has a Resupply Point where players can replenish shells and restore vehicle durability, damaged vehicle modules, and injured crew members.
- If a player's vehicle receives damage during repair, the process is paused for 5 minutes.
- Once a vehicle is fully repaired, the Resupply Point becomes unavailable for 3 minutes.
At the end of the battle, players will be charged the full cost of the restored vehicle durability, but no more than 100% of the vehicle’s durability.
Examples:
- A player repairs a vehicle three times, for 20% of full vehicle durability each; they will pay for repairing 60% of the vehicle's durability.
- a player repairs a vehicle three times, for 40% of full vehicle durability each: they will pay for repairing 100% of the vehicle's durability, instead of 120%. This applies even if the vehicle has been destroyed in the meantime.
- Thus, any repairs over the vehicle's full durability are free of charge.
The total cost of replenished shells will also be charged.
- In this case, if the number of spent shells exceeds the ammo rack's capacity, the ammo cost will be deducted from the credits earned in battle.
Consumables work in a similar way to Random Battles: they will be deducted if used at least once, irrespective of the total number of uses.
To play Frontline, you will need at least one Tier VIII vehicle.
However, for a more enjoyable experience, it’s best to have three or more vehicles ready, as your tank will not be able to respawn for a few minutes after it is destroyed. To quickly get back into battle, simply pick another vehicle and roll out!
If there are not enough suitable vehicles in your Garage, or you do not own a Tier VIII tank, you can rent vehicles. Tanks may be rented for one Episode or for all remaining Episodes at once.
- All rental tanks are replicas of existing vehicles, with the same characteristics and properties.
- 3 vehicles will be available for rent each Episode. A total of 11 rental vehicles will be available.
- The base rental vehicle is a replica of the researchable medium tank, the
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T-44
. This tank will be available throughout all Episodes and will not be replaced by any other vehicles. - The remaining 10 vehicles will be replicas of existing Premium tanks, 2 of which will be available in each Episode. After the fifth Episode, all the rental pairs will be available again.
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Rental tanks come with “virtual” slots and will remain on your account until you remove them manually.
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Rental tanks will be available even if you already have the original version of the rental vehicle. So for example, you may have two identical tanks on your account – the T-44 and the T-44 FL.
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However, it’s impossible to rent the same vehicle twice. For example, there can be only one T34 FL per account.
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There are no restrictions on the total number of rented vehicles, so there can be up to 11 rental tanks on your account.
Tanks Available
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Ep 1 / Ep 6 |
Ep 2 / Ep 7 |
Ep 3 / Ep 8 |
Ep 4 / Ep 9 |
Ep 5 / Ep 10 |
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Base vehicle |
T-44 FL |
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Heavy Premium tank |
T34 FL |
112 FL |
Löwe FL |
AMX M4 49 FL |
IS-6 FL |
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Medium Premium tank |
Pz. 58 FL |
FV4202 FL |
T-54 mod.1 FL |
T26E4 SP FL |
M4A1 Rev. FL |
Rental Leases
There are 4 types of rental leases:
- First rental for one Episode (1 week). If you are renting a vehicle for the first time, the tank will be issued with its own Crew.
- Renewal for one Episode. If you have already rented a vehicle and its lease has expired, the vehicle will remain in your Garage and extending its lease will cost less than its First rental. This can be done even if the tank is not available for rent in this Episode.
- Seasonal rental for all remaining Episodes. The tank will be available for all the current Season's Episodes, at a lower cost per week than the other leases. The total rental cost will decrease with each Episode.
- This option will not be available from Episode 6 for the T-44 FL, and from Episode 8 for all other vehicles.
- Special weekend offer. If you initiate a First rental in the final 2 days of the Episode (Saturday and Sunday), the tank will be rented for the remaining two days, plus the duration of the entire next Episode. So the actual rental period will be 8 or 9 days. Those of you who prefer to play on weekends won't want to miss this deal!
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First Rental (1 week) |
Renewal (1 week) |
2019 Seasonal Rental* |
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Т-44 |
240,000 |
120,000 |
1,500 |
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Heavy Premium tank |
800 |
600 |
4,000 |
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Medium Premium tank |
500 |
400 |
2,500 |
* Cost at the start of the Season. With each Episode, the cost decreases by 10%. For example, in Episode 6, the cost of renting a heavy tank will be 2,000.
Rental Tank Crew
- The T-44 will be credited with a 75% Crew for weekly rentals (First rentals and Renewals) and with a 100% Crew for Seasonal rentals.
- Premium vehicles are credited with a free 100% Crew.
- If necessary, you can move your own established or veteran Crew to the rental vehicle.
Lease Expiration
- After the expiration of the weekly rental period, rental tanks remain in your Garage but become unavailable for battles.
- You can remove a rental tank from your Garage or extend its lease. To do this, right-click on the tank in the Garage or Depot and select the appropriate item from the menu.
- It is possible to extend the lease of a tank even if it's not available for First rental in the current Episode.
- So by Episode 5, you can have all 11 rental vehicles on your account if you wish.
Discounts on Original Versions of Rental Tanks
All gold spent on rentals, regardless of which tanks were rented or rental duration, will go into a special fund that can be used to get an equivalent discount on purchasing the original versions of any of the leased tanks. So the more gold you spend, the greater the discount you will get!
Discounts will ONLY be in the form of gold. Any gold not used to get a discount remains in the fund and may be accumulated to spend on discounts later on, but be sure to spend it before the end of the Season, as all unused gold in the fund will then be removed from your account.
Important notes on tank discounts:
- Tank discounts are not currently available, but will be in later Episodes. However, you can begin to accumulate gold in your fund from Episode 1.
- If you wish to purchase the original variant of the Pz. 58 FL, the Pz. 58 Mutz will be credited to your account.
Economy
There are five simple yet important aspects of the economy: how experience/credits are earned, and how repair and shell costs are calculated.
- Players pay repair costs only once per destroyed vehicle, irrespective of how many times it was destroyed during a battle.
- Players will only pay for consumables and shells that they have used in battle. The main cost is charged only for replenishing shells and consumables when a vehicle is destroyed.
- Credits are earned according to formulas similar to those in Random Battles.
- However, considering the long battle duration and the possibility of using a considerable number of vehicles, adjustment coefficients have been applied to prevent players from losing credits and to allow them to focus on gameplay.
- Experience is earned by analogy with Random Battles, plus additional coefficients for the ranks achieved. Experience is distributed among all vehicles that participate in each battle, according to the player's performance in each vehicle.
- Personal Reserves, Battle Payments reserves, Premium vehicles: All these bonuses are applicable in the Frontline mode.
NOTE: In order to encourage fair play and teamwork, the profitability adjustment coefficient will only apply to those who stay in battle to the very end. If you leave a battle before it is over and do not return within 5 minutes of doing so, profitability adjustments will not be applied and the cost of all repairs will be charged in full.
Friendly Fire Disabled
We’ve gathered and carefully reviewed your feedback on disabling friendly fire after the first iteration of Frontline last year. It clearly demonstrated that you agreed with our assessment of its impact on gameplay, and therefore friendly fire remains disabled for Frontline 2019.
Awards for Effectiveness in Battle
Players can receive some special awards for effectiveness in battle:
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Occupying Force |
Iron Shield |
General of the Army |
Supreme Gun |
Small Army |
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As an attacker, earn a total of 100 base capture points or destroy an enemy's main objective. |
As a defender, cause 1,800 HP of damage to vehicles in zone bases or within 150 metres of the main objectives. |
Be the top player with the highest base XP at the end of the battle from both teams and also receive General rank. |
Awarded to players who caused and assisted in dealing the highest amount of damage during a battle (at least 10,000 HP). |
Awarded to a platoon that destroyed at least 20 enemy vehicles in one battle. Each platoon participant receives this title. |
New Frontline Progression System
Improving Your Rank
In Frontline, there are six Ranks, ranging from Private to General. You may improve your Rank by earning experience in battle through the effectiveness of your combat actions. The more total experience you earn from all tanks that participated in battle, the higher the Rank you will receive.
Ranks are updated live during the battle, so you can easily track your progress!
Depending on your Rank, you will receive an experience multiplier, which will be applied after the battle to the total net experience of all tanks used in battle.
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Private
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Sergeant
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Lieutenant
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Captain
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Major
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General
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Frontline EXP |
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+150 |
+350 |
+600 |
+900 |
+1,200 |
Frontline Tiers
As mentioned above, depending on the Rank you achieve in each battle, you will earn Frontline Experience, which is used to increase your Frontline Tier and progress through Season 2019.
All in all, there are 30 Tiers, and reaching each Tier will entitle you to special rewards.
Earning Prestige
When you reach Frontline Tier 30, you can choose to take on an additional challenge: Use the Prestige mechanic to reset your Tier progress and Combat Reserve Levels, and start a new cycle of earning rewards.
Resetting your Frontline Tier will increase your Prestige Level, which will bring you further rewards such as Bonds, Gold, Medals, and Badges. There are a total of 10 Prestige Levels, and the maximum Level you can achieve at any one time is +2 Prestige Levels from the current Frontline Episode number.
- For example, in the first Episode you can reach the third Prestige Level, in the second Episode the fourth Prestige Level, and so on.
- So by Episode 8, the most active and skillful players will be able to reach Prestige Level X.
- On the contrary, there is no strict time frame regarding missed Prestige Levels. For example, if you start playing for the first time in Episode 5, you can catch up with the current Prestige progression and achieve all of the Prestige Levels you've missed (from I to V) any time you want, starting with the first Prestige Level.
This will allow you to plan your activity throughout the entire Season. For example, you can catch up with the Prestige progression and skip one or even two Episodes of Frontline to go on a vacation.
It’s also important to note that your Frontline Tier progress within your Prestige Level will not be reset for each Episode. For example, if in the first Episode you ended up on Frontline Tier 25, then in the second Episode you’ll start from the same point.
In addition to basic rewards, each Prestige Level achieved rewards you with Prestige Points, which can be exchanged for reward tanks.
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STA-2
— A versatile Japanese medium tank. Thanks to its balance of mobility, firepower, and gun depression, the STA-2 is a capable support vehicle. It can be purchased for gold in-game. -
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WZ-111
— A Chinese heavy tank featuring high damage per shot, as well as good mobility and sloped armour. It is effective both against heavy and medium tanks. - Swedish
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EMIL 1951
— This is a brand-new Frontline-exclusive vehicle, a unique heavy tank with an autoloader. - A secret Tier IX tank— Its name, class, nation, and characteristics are top secret, and will only be revealed later during the Season. It can only be obtained by reaching Prestige Level X and when you have earned the required number of Prestige Points.
If you already own the STA-2 or WZ-111, you will not be able to redeem them with Prestige Points. More detailed information regarding the characteristics of the Emil 1951 and the secret tank will be announced during the course of the Season.
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Required Prestige Level |
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6 |
IV |
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10 |
VI |
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12 |
VII |
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Secret Tier IX Tank |
15 |
X |
At the end of the Season, you may exchange your remaining Prestige Points for a small amount of Bonds and Gold.
Combat Reserve Upgrades
In addition to the rewards for each Frontline Tier, players will receive special Combat Reserve Points required for upgrading Combat Reserves. But unlike the automatic tier progression, players will need to unlock and upgrade Combat Reserves themselves.
System Performance
In the new Season, the map will be optimized to ensure stable performance. You will see a noticeable increase of FPS on a PC of almost any configuration. However, Frontline will still require more system resources than regular Random Battles. This is due to several key factors that are specifically related to Frontline, including the large map size, a large number of objects and vehicles on it, and activation of Combat Reserves.
Thus, you may expect to experience some FPS drops and texture-related issues.
Frontline is a long-term event with lots of mechanics, balance settings and variable values. To make your experience more enjoyable, we may need to make some significant improvements and tweaks during the Season. You will be informed in advance if this is necessary, so stay tuned for news of any important changes!
See you on the battlefield!