Update 1.16: Common Test is Here!
4 min readThe first Common Test of Update 1.16 has started, try out the third (and final!) Season of Ranked Battles 2021–2022. You can also test various balance improvements on the Siegfried Line, Ghost Town, and Erlenberg maps, as well as the addition of the Assault mode to several Random Battles locales. Battle Pass Season 7 details will be released at a later iteration, either CT2 or CT3.
Map Balance Improvements
Three Random Battle maps were improved to address several minor issues we’ve noticed with them.
Siegfried Line
- A position with a bunker for the lower team has been added, allowing you to control the field and the passage in the town as you would from the position of the upper team.
- Improved the entrance to the town for the lower team, as well as for the attackers in Assault Battles.
- Driving through the ruins is now smoother and more comfortable.
- The position for defence in the town for the lower team has been improved.
- Removed several trees that allowed opponents to fire at the lower team without being spotted.
- Changed the location of the spawn points in Assault Battles so that the attacking team can better control most of the map.
Erlenberg
Encounter Battles will be unavailable for this map. We also made the following minor adjustments for Standard and Assault Battles on this map to balance the gameplay possibilities for both teams:
- Part of the building below has been removed to increase communication between the sides.
- The house model below has been replaced to minimize long-range firing at those crossing the river.
- Balance changes have been made to make your gameplay more comfortable in several positions.
Ghost Town
In Assault Battles, the location of the base to be captured has been changed. Plus, the ground surface was levelled under the unfinished building below. This change is also relevant for Assault Battles.
On some of these maps, one of the defenders’ spawn points is not marked on the minimap, as it coincides with the location of the base. The same goes for the attackers: If only one point is depicted on the minimap, then the whole team will spawn there.
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Sigfried line the third picture, the before is actually the after
What is wargaming taking or smoking ? When will they introduce the last year Recon maps to the game????
In one of the previous battle p*** related articles you mentioned that Frontline will be a way of earning battle p*** points. Does that mean that you know for sure it won’t be Steel Hunter, or were you just guessing?
Thanks!