Update 1.18.1: Sixth Sense for All!
5 min readAs part of Update 1.18.1 in World of Tanks, the Sixth Sense perk will be made into a special perk for commanders, meaning you will no longer need to train the perk on every commander in your garage — it will now come standard for all commanders in the game!
Wargaming has provided some background on the change, including exact details on how Crew XP will be compensated for commanders who already have the skill trained before Update 1.18.1:
Free Sixth Sense: General Rules and Compensation
Sixth Sense will become a special feature for all current and future crew commanders that you recruit, receive, or retrain. It will be available automatically starting from the crew commander’s first battle, regardless of the major qualification level. The mechanics of the Sixth Sense perk will work the same as before.
If any of your commanders already possess the Sixth Sense perk, the XP you spent to train the perk will be fully compensated upon the release of Update 1.18.1, and then automatically re-distributed in the following order of priority:
- To reach 100% of your commander’s major qualification (if it was below 100%).
- To train the last skill of the commander to 100% (if there was any skill that was not fully trained).
- The remaining experience will go to the commander experience pool and can be spent on a new skill/perk of your choice.
Example:
| UPDATE 1.18 | UPDATE 1.18.1 |
|---|---|
| Major qualification — 100% Sixth Sense — 100% | Major qualification — 100% |
| Sixth Sense — special commander feature | |
| New skill/perk of your choice — 100% |
If the Sixth Sense perk has not been trained to 100%, then the experience spent on it will go towards reaching 100% of your commander’s major qualification. The remaining XP will go back to the commander experience pool, so you can select and start training a new skill/perk of your choice. This new skill/perk will automatically be upgraded to the same level as the original Sixth Sense perk (e.g., 70% for 70%).
Example:
| UPDATE 1.18 | UPDATE 1.18.1 |
|---|---|
| Major qualification — 90% Sixth Sense — 70% | Major qualification — 100% |
| Sixth Sense — special commander feature | |
| New skill/perk of your choice — 41*% |
IMPORTANT NOTE: After the release of Update 1.18.1, the Increased Focus directive will no longer be available for purchase. Already purchased/received directives of this type will remain in your Depot, and you can continue to use them to strengthen the effect of the Sixth Sense feature until they are all used up.
Interface Improvements
Some key improvements have been made to the interface as a result of the changes:
Notably, a new section has been introduced for commanders who will have a newly-available Zero Perk as part of the changes. Speaking of which:
Sixth Sense as a Zero Perk
If your commander possesses Sixth Sense as the zero perk, you will be able to choose any of the 4 basic perks and skills (Repair, Firefighting, Concealment, Brothers in Arms), or any of the major qualification perks in its place as a zero perk (this rule also applies to each crew member who possessed Sixth Sense).
If Sixth Sense was a zero perk and you managed to train some other perks, you can still make them the new zero perk.
One final item to note — it appears this will be the first of perhaps several changes to the Crew system, as stated in the following section within the official article:
About Author
