How will the Battle Pass be implemented, what premium tanks can be created in the workshop, and why is it necessary to merge servers with Europe and America?
Battle Pass
One of the innovations in the game will be "Battle Pass". This is a fairly common phenomenon in the online games industry, and is finally being implemented in World of Tanks. If you are unfamiliar with this concept, then in general terms this is one of the approaches to monetizing the game, which will provide it with additional content. As a rule, rewards have a multi-level system and are given to the player for reaching certain levels, which in turn are achieved by completing specific tasks.
To participate in it, it will be enough to go into random battles and try to demonstrate the best possible results. Depending on the outcome of the battle (in particular, your personal statistics), progression points are awarded, which increase the level of the Battle Pass. Please note that it is important to demonstrate maximum usefulness for the team in battle, and not just shoot damage, because the number of points awarded will depend on the place taken in your team according to the net experience earned in the post-battle statistics.
They promise many valuable rewards, so that each level taken will be encouraged. A new variant of standard equipment deserves special attention - trophy equipment. It differs in that its parameters can be upgraded to the level of bonded equipment, with the only difference being that it can be removed for GOLD, and not for bonds.
After reaching the maximum level, all players receive a unique patch with the level of the "Battle Pass". But this is not the end, then they will add an option to receive additional rewards.
So far, there is no information on how the Battle Pass will be distributed: for free or on a paid basis. It is possible that two lines of rewards will be introduced: for players with a premium account (similar to a paid one) and for players with a regular account. In any case, many prizes are guaranteed, so we will follow the news.
Server Merge
A few months ago, the developers shared information that on foreign servers they began to add bots to random battles of low levels in order to reduce the waiting time for players. The decrease in activity in the "sand" is explained by the fact that most of the players have already pumped out the equipment, or simply many open it for freedom.
And recently they began to talk about the unification of clusters of three regions:
- RU
- EU
- NA
So far, this has been difficult to implement legally due to differences in laws, regulations, restrictions, and taxes. In technical terms, everything is ready for such measures, and this technology has already been tested inside.
Workshop
For participants in the battles on the Global Map, a new event mechanic will be added - Tier 8 Premium Tank Workshop. For participating in battles, each team will receive a certain amount of special materials needed to be converted into unique components, from which it will already be possible to craft vehicles.
So far, only 4 premium tanks are known to be available for assembly:
- IS-5
- T23E3
- KV-4 Kreslavsky
- Chieftain/T95
No new tanks are foreseen yet.
The event itself will begin around mid-January and will last for two weeks at 10 levels. There will be no global changes in terms of strategy mechanics. A new mechanic will be added that can affect the outcome of the battle, a kind of analogue of pre-battle instructions, but only for the global map.
Other news
The last month of the year spoiled us with a lot of information, the developers talked a lot, and we are gradually gathering all the data together. For convenience, we provide a list of previous topics below.
The new crew and the fate of the old
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