World of Tanks Update 1.2 Patch Notes

Update 1.2 Patch Notes

Changes to Personal Missions

• The third operation (Object 279 (e)) of the new campaign becomes available:
  • Accumulative: require achieving a certain value by a specified parameter. The mission lasts until the player fulfils the set condition or runs out of attempts.
  • Series: require completing the set condition within several battles; at the same time the number of attempts is bigger than the number of required completions.
  • Continuous: require fulfilling the set condition in every battle of the series. A failed attempt interrupts the series.
  • Added a new type of missions that should be completed within a certain number of battles. Otherwise, the progress is reset and the mission should be started anew.  Three mission types are available in the operation:
  • The Pause button becomes available in the mission profiles of the operation. It allows pausing a mission: the progress will be suspended until the player continues it. Players can take some rest and be not afraid of losing progress.
• Improvements to the reward screens:
  • Display of accumulative conditions in the operation profile according to the common interface of such missions.
  • Proper display of missions that have interchangeable conditions “OR“
• Improvement to the mission profile: the Cancel button is removed.

Maps

• Maps that have been reworked in HD:
  • Empire’s Border (Tiers IV-X, Standard, Encounter, Assault)
  • Widepark (Tiers IV-VI, Standard battle)
  • Highway (Tiers IV-X, Standard battle)
• Balance changes have been made on the following maps:
  • Ruinberg
  • Overlord
  • Redshire
  • Sand River
  • Paris
• Improved multiple objects on maps.
• One of the terrain changes on the Mines map was rolled back to the state of Update 1.0.2.

Changes to the Exterior interface

• The customization window has been changed.
• The interface became resizable depending on the screen resolution.
• Improved interaction with the radial menu.
• Added flags of Tajikistan and Turkmenistan to the Emblems.

Clan-Related Changes

• All players who belong to a clan will receive a style that can be applied to a vehicle of any nation; the style is all-season and changes depending on the map type. The style is added to the account when a player joins a clan and removed when the player leaves the clan.
• The Stronghold option will be replaced with the Clans option for non-clan players. The option content will be changed too.
• Now the Clan screen provides information about clans and their advantages; it also displays a list of clans that players can join without application approval (immediately after clicking the button).
• Now a clan can be created for credits (instead of gold). The clan creation cost is 1,000,000 credits.
• The cooldown of joining a clan after leaving one has been decreased from 48 to 24 hours.

Known Issues

• The vehicle panel does not get locked upon confirming readiness in Special Battles.
• Players can re-train crew members to special vehicles that are currently not available in the game.
• There is no protection from spam-clicking on the minimap.
• Vehicle type icons in the extended vehicle panels do not change their color dynamically, when selecting the Colorblind mode in battle.
• Disabled free crew retraining to vehicles of the same type.
• When a player destroys a vehicle by overturning it, this vehicle is not counted towards the total number of vehicles the player destroyed.
• The recruiter’s Recruiting Office does not display the recruits and reservists that they invited, if the recruiter’s account is restored to a state, preceding the moment when recruits accepted the invitation.
• The badge about base capture can be displayed prematurely, even before the indicated number of points has been accumulated.
• The order of events for received damage is sometimes mixed up in the damage log.
• The text of Mission conditions is not displayed in the congratulation window, provided that the required vehicle type is specified in the Mission conditions.
• When a spotted enemy vehicle gets stunned, becomes no longer visible, and the stunned player uses a First Aid Kit, while still unspotted, then the stun indicator is still displayed above this vehicle to its opponents when spotted again.
• When a vehicle is destroyed, the log disappears, provided that the player has not enabled the “Show in Postmortem mode vehicle that destroyed your vehicle” option.
• The amount of received damage of the shot that destroyed the player’s vehicle is not displayed in the log.
• The elite status is not received by vehicles of Tier V if the following vehicle (Tier VI) is purchased using a token earned in Bootcamp.
• The currently selected shell type is not displayed during the countdown.
• The player’s position in the League is not displayed on the home screen of the Ranked Battles.
• Equipment infotips do not display dynamic characteristics.
• Tank destroyers featuring the Siege mode can drive onto steeper slopes as compared to other vehicles.
• The client cannot be maximized to the full-screen mode, provided that the player is having a Skype call.
• The vehicle tiers in the screen displayed upon pressing TAB are not centered relative to the vehicle icons.
• When a vehicle hits the ground without damaging modules, the sound of taking damage is played.
• Emblems are duplicated on some surfaces of vehicles

Fixes and Improvements

• Mismatch in the descriptions of the Personal Missions (for Platoons) in battle (upon pressing TAB), Battle Results, and congratulation window.
• Improved display of tracks on the Object 279 (e)
• Added the “Unlimited” text in the vehicle profile in the Depot, if its recovery is not limited in time.
• Effect of “Bread with Smalec” is now displayed in the dynamic technical characteristics.
• Fixed the issue when a previously applied Emblem could not be replaced.
• Fixed the issue that transferred players to the gold purchase window when purchasing a rental style for credits.
• Upon clicking Paint the Whole Vehicle, paint is not applied to the entire vehicle in case of some tank destroyers and SPGs.
• The vehicle profile in the recovery window displays a wrong cost, without a coefficient.
• Missions that require earning Epic Medals and Battle Hero achievements do not consider Stark’s Medal.

Added the following vehicles to the Store

• STG
• FV201 (A45)
• AMX Canon d’assaut 105

Improvements of Technical Characteristics for Premium Vehicles Having Preferential Matchmaking

• KV-5
  • Changed the aiming time from 2.86 to 2.3 s
  • Changed dispersion from 0.43 to 0.4
  • Changed the reverse speed from 11 to 14 km/h
  • Changed penetration of the AP shell from 167 to 186 mm
  • Improved: frontal armoring of the Commander’s cupola from 150 to 190 mm, frontal armoring of the Radio Operator’s cupola from 140-150 to 160-170 mm, improved frontal armoring of turret from 180 to 190 mm, frontal plate of engine-transmission compartment from 140 to 180 mm
• IS-6 (and IS-6 B)
  • Changed the aiming time from 3.4 to 2.8 s
  • Changed the ammo rack capacity from 30 to 37 shells
  • Changed dispersion from 0.46 to 0.44
  • Changed penetration of the AP shell from 175 to 186 mm
  • Changed penetration of the APCR shell from 217 to 225 mm
  • Improved turret armoring on each side of the gun mantlet from 150 to 170-190 mm
  • Improved armoring of the upper glacis plate and its bilge plates from 100 to 110 mm
  • Increased thickness of the Driver’s hatch from 110 to 120 mm
• FCM 50 t
  • Changed the reload time from 7.5 to 6.8 s
  • Changed the gun depression angle from -8° to -10° degrees
  • Replaced the engine; increased the engine power from 1,000 to 1,250 h.p.
  • Changed the Specific Power from 18.4 to 23.0 h.p./t
  • 112
  • Changed penetration of the AP shell from 175 to 186 mm
  • Changed the velocity of the HEAT shell from 640 to 720 m/s
  • Changed the reload time from 13.2 to 12.6 s
  • Changed dispersion from 0.46 to 0.44
  • Changed the aiming time from 3.4 to 3 s
• WZ-111 (and Alpine Tiger)
  • Changed penetration of the AP shell from 175 to 186 mm
  • Changed the velocity of the HEAT shell from 640 to 720 m/s
  • Changed dispersion from 0.44 to 0.42
  • Changed the aiming time from 3 to 2.8 s
• M6A2E1
  • Changed penetration of the AP shell from 198 to 204 mm
  • Changed dispersion on turret traverse from 0.18 to 0.16
  • Changed traverse speed from 24° to 28°
  • Increased frontal armoring of the turret ring, turret top, Commander’s cupola, frontal part of the turret sides
  • Increased armoring of the turret ring and fenders from 25 to 41 mm
  • Changed dispersion from 0.42 to 0.4
  • Changed the aiming time from 2.29 to 2.1 s
  • Changed the reverse speed from 10 to 14 km/h
  • Changed vehicle durability from 1,500 to 1,550
• T-34-3
  • Changed the gun depression angle: from -5° in front and -4° in the rear to -6.5° in front and -4.5° in the rear
  • Changed penetration of the AP shell from 175 to 186 mm
  • Changed the velocity of the HEAT shell from 640 to 720 m/s
  • Changed dispersion of the gun from 0.46 m to 0.44
  • Decreased dispersion during movement and on hull traverse from 0.18 to 0.16
• Type 59
  • Replaced the engine; increased the engine power from 520 to 650 h.p.
  • Changed the Specific Power from 14.4 to 18.1 h.p./t
  • Changed the aiming time from 2.3 to 2 s
  • Changed the reload time from 8.7 to 8.4 s
  • Improved armoring of the turret front and gun mantlet from 200 to 240-250 mm and armoring of side parts of the upper/lower glacis plates and projections on the hull sides under the turret
  • Changed dispersion on turret traverse from 0.12 to 0.1
  • Changed penetration of the AP shell from 181 to 185 mm
• T26E4 Super Pershing
  • Changed the engine power from 500 h.p. to 610 h.p.
  • Changed the Specific Power from 9.9 to 12.1 h.p./t
  • Changed the reload time from 8.2 to 8.0 s
  • Changed penetration of the AP shell from 192 to 202 mm
  • Changed dispersion during movement and on hull traverse from 0.24 to 0.22
  • Changed dispersion on turret traverse from 0.16 to 0.12
  • Changed the transition from the turret front to the turret sides from 76.2 to 101.6
  • Changed armor thickness of the turret front above the gun mantlet from 101.6 to 127 mm
  • Changed armor thickness of the ledge on the turret top from 101.6 to 127 mm
  • Changed armor thickness of the commander’s cupola top from 76.2 to 88.9 mm
  • Changed armor thickness of the commander’s cupola bottom from 76.2 to 114.3 mm
  • Changed armor thickness of the turret top front from 25.4 to 41.3 mm
  • The canvas of the hydraulic cylinders/compensators of the gun has been added to the collision model as a screen 25.4 mm thick
• 8,8 cm Pak 43 Jagdtiger
  • The gun and AP shell were replaced with new ones.
  • Changed penetration of the AP shell from 203 to 212 mm
  • Increased vehicle durability from 1,300 to 1,500
  • Changed the reverse speed from 12 to 16 km/h
  • Changed the aiming time from 2 to 1.8 s
  • Changed the hull traverse speed from 26 to 32 deg/s
  • Changed the reload time from 5.4 to 5.1 s

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