Der Testserver ist wieder online, jetzt mit der Version 8.5 !! Wer also mal den Leopard testfahren will oder einen der anderen neuen Panzer, oder mal die neue asiatische Map begutachten will, der kann das indem er entweder das Test-Wot startet und dann automatisch das etwa 4 GB grosse Update bekommt, oder er geht direkt auf diese Seite:
wo es zum einen die Informationen gibt als auch weiter unten die Links zum Download.
Hier der kurze Überblick der Neuerungen von 8.5 :
Ein neuer Zweig deutscher mittlerer und leichter Panzer. Eine neue Linie leichter russischer Panzer. Eine neue asiatische Karte mit dem Namen „Pearl River“. Überarbeitete Grafik für die Karten Siegfriedlinie, Südküste und Malinovka. Premium Verbrauchsgüter sind nun für Credits erhältlich Zugefügte Regel, welche das Matchmaking in Hinsicht auf eine bessere Scoutverteilung betrifft.
P.S.: Wer die Sache mit dem Testserver noch nicht kennt, zum einen: Es ist ein separates WoT-Programm, wird also auch separat auf der Festplatte installiert, nicht in das Originalverzeichnis von WoT, ausserdem ist es so das es nur ein Testserver für alle ist, das bedeutet das es viel (Klick-)Ausdauer bedarf um tagsüber dort in die Warteschleife und ins Spiel zu kommen, ab etwa 23 Uhr wird es bedeutend leichter. Es lohnt sich in jedem Fall, auch wenn ihr Panzer mal probefahren wollt die ihr bisher nur in Planung hattet, man bekommt auf dem Testserver zig Millionen Credits, zig Milllionen XP und 20.000 Gold so das man wirklich JEDEN Panzer erforschen und sich zulegen kann.
Und hier die derzeit englische komplette Änderungsliste, wichtig auf den allerersten Blick ist z.B. das auch Nicht-Premium-User sowohl 3er-Züge als auch Kompanien erstellen können:
New features of the first test of the version 8.5
New Vehicles
Added the following branches to the German line of medium and light tanks: VK 20.01 (D) (MT tier IV) VK 30.02 (D) v1 (MT tier VI) Indien Panzer (MT tier VIII) Prototype der Arbeitsgruppe A (MT tier IX) Leopard 1 (MT tier X) Aufklarerpanzer Panther (LT tier VII) Added to the branch of USSR light tanks: ?-60 (LT tier II) ?-70 (LT tier III) ?-80 (LT tier IV)
New & Updated Maps
New Map: Pearl River Updated Maps: Siegfried Line, South Coast, and Malinovka Minor changes and improvements made for the following maps: Redshire, El-Halluf, Karelia, Sand River, Steppes, Himmelsdorf, and Live Oaks
Gameplay Changes & Additions
Premium consumables (med kits, repair kits, etc.) are now available for credits (matching the gold/credits exchange rate similar to that of premium shells) The creation of platoons for three players is now available for non-premium accounts The creation of tank companies is now available for non-premium accounts Reduced the credit cost for temporary camouflages, emblems, and inscriptions Changes and improvements made to the after-battle stats screen Added new inscriptions for five nations Inscriptions resolution size increased Added additional matchmaking rules to keep the balance of scouts even for both teams
Tank Changes & Updates
*More specific information will be made available with the release of the final patch notes USA premium SPG Sexton tier III moved to the British tree and added to in-game shop Fixed the depression angles of the gun for the M4A2E4 Improved visual models for the following vehicles: IS-3, Valentine AT, Pz V Panther, Pz IV/V, Object 263, VK 3001H, Conqueror, IS-4?, Matilda Black Prince, IS-7, ARL-44, Black Prince Max speed of the IS-7 increased from 50 to 59.6 km/h. Changed velocity of all shells for the 17?m PaK K72 gun from 850 to 925 m/s. Added fixes for collision models on the following tanks: PanzerJager I and JagdPz E-100
Minor Fixes & Updates
Changes made to the "Expert" medal requirements Those who have already received these medals (but are having it displayed in gray) will regain the medal Neither "Master Tanker" nor "Expert" by nation achievements will "fade" after new tanks are introduced in later patches Other medals that appear in gray (Master Tanker) will need to complete the list of objectives (found on mouseover) to earn the medal Fixed the situations causing large vehicles to become stuck under overhanging objects Fixed a rare bug causing shells to disappear after hitting an enemy gun of a higher tier Fixed a bug limiting the damage of HE shells to external modules after penetration Fixed a bug that caused shells to appear as if they were exploding in the air Fixed a bug that caused a failure of the indication of a damaged or destroyed fuel tank to appear Destroyed vehicles no longer absorb damaged cauased by HE shells. HE shells now always explode on the surface of destroyed vehicles Vehicles stacked on top of one another will both suffer damage Fixed disappearing of emblems and inscriptions on vehicles after alt-TAB or adjusting AA settings Fixed the wording of the memory leak warning message Fixed errors when creating a private chat channel: not displaying channel creator, freezes of chat window when attempting to close it, etc. Fixed description of achievements: "Raider ", "Reaper", "Dumitru’s Meda", "de Langlade's Medal" Fixed description of consumables: "100-octane Gasoline" and "105-octane Gasoline" Updated the description of the skill "Situational Awareness" Fixed minor errors in the names of vehicles and modules Chinese tanks based on the “IS” tank are now included in condition for obtaining "The Lion of Sinai" achievement Fixed minor bugs in the battle tutorial Fixed a bug causing the loss of the benefits from camo net and binoculars when attempting to move a vehicle with a destroyed track Fixed a failure of the Sixth Sense indicator from appearing after rapidly being respotted once hidden Optimized the look of vehicles' motion effects (dust and dirt from under the tracks) Reduced terrain resistance when driving a tank on certain destroyed objects Fixed the display of lag indicator with green color when server operational load is close to 100% Fixed the display of tank collision effects when tanks are at the same location but at different altitude Fixed some models of ambient objects Reworked multiple ambient object destruction effects