Map Updates

New Map: Tundra, a rocky Soviet-inspired map

Serene Coast returns
Komarin returns
Swamp returns
Added Encounter mode for Mountain Pass

New Soviet Medium Tanks

А-43: tier VI (will be a continuation of T-34)
А-44: tier VII
Object 416: tier VIII
Object 140: tier X (temporarily will be a continuation of T-54)

New German Vehicles

Heavy tank Durchbruchswagen 2: tier IV
Medium tank VK 30.02 (M): tier VI

German Tank Changes

Tank VK 30.01(H) transferred from tier VI to tier V and from medium to heavy
Tank VK 36.01(H) transferred from medium to heavy

New Chinese Premium Vehicles

Medium tank Т-34-3: tier VIII
Heavy tank 112: tier VIII

Test Tanks*

Chinese light tank Type-64: tier VI
Japanese medium tank Type 3 Chi-Nu Kai: tier V
Soviet medium tank Т-44-85: tier VII
Soviet medium tank Т-44-122: tier VII

*Vehicles are only available to Super Testers
Vehicle Changes

Rebalanced the T26E4 SuperPershing tank. If already in the Garage before the 8.8 Update, players can sell the tank back for the full Gold value. The updated tank has been added to the Store
For Chinese tanks, the penetration of the APCR shell of the Po-471 122mm guns has been changed from 300mm to 250mm
Changed the engine characteristics of the following German vehicles: Е-50, E-75, Jagdpanther, Jagdpanther II, Jagdtiger, Panther II, Panther, Tiger, Tiger II, VK 28.01
Increased the damage but decreased rate of fire, for Soviet 100mm guns: LB-1, D-10Т, D-10С, LB-1С
Corrected some errors with the E-100, SU-76b visual models

Interface Updates

Significantly expanded the functionality of Missions. An interface with descriptions and current Mission status has been added to the client
Added protection against the accidental selling of tanks
Significantly improved the quality of FXAA anti-aliasing
Completely reworked the statistics and achievement page. Changed the way players’ global rating is calculated

Gameplay Updates

Added new voice-overs for each nation’s crews. A crew of a particular nation speaks in their native language. Can be switched on in the Settings menu
Fixed some problems with matchmaker which appeared in 8.6 and were not addressed in version 8.7
When enhanced torsion is mounted (all types) the damage to the tank chassis is reduced, as well as the damage of the tank itself when ramming or falling
When ones team is defeated and you get one of the Battle Hero, Epic, or Platoon achievements, players will get х1.5 Credits and XP (as if they were on the winning team)
Multiple fixes and improvements applied to the Battle Tutorial
Changed the rules for determining who caused ramming damage to team mates. The faster moving tank is now responsible
Implemented an option to move the crew members in and out of a damaged tank
Implemented new option to switch on inversion while reverse maneuvering: now when reversing and pressing the button to turn in a certain direction your tank will move in the indicated direct, and not the opposite
Spall liners now reduce the chance of crew damage: light - 20%, medium - 25%, heavy - 30%, super heavy - 50%
Settings for main/reserve in the Garage are now stored on the server and not within the client
Autoaiming can now be disabled without moving the reticle off of the locked tank
Changed the models of flags and flagpoles for all maps
Added the ability to scroll the list of the enemy team members in the "Personal Score" tab in the battle results statistics window
Added automatic shooting when one presses and holds the fire button
Added a warning for incorrect characters when entering a password for the login window
Removed the Dismiss option from the menu that appears when right-clicking a crewman's portrait in the Garage
Detailed description for activated and passive consumables have been added
A link to "Recover Password” has been added to the login window when entering an invalid password
Reworked some special effects
Fixed some bugs in the after battle statistics window
Improved the logic of closing the interface windows by pressing "Esc" button
Added new type of visual effects for cumulative projectile ricochets
Changed the logic of the "sliders" in the Service window