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Details about vehicle and economic changes with the 7.5 update.

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The good, the bad, and the ugly of 7.5, abridged:

The Headliners

• 3 new maps
  
• Tier X Mediums and TDs
  
• Black Prince premium British medium, along with Super Pershing and Dickermax

Vehicle Performance

• "reworked MatchMaking [...] normally players won't see vehicles +/- 2 Tier to the Tier of his vehicle"
  
• Tier II-III TDs: all around performance reductions
  
• Tier VII-IX French TDs: reductions mostly to RoF and maneuverability
  
• Tier V-VIII French Artillery: reductions via dispersion and gun elevation
  
• Tier VI-IX USSR Heavies: improvements mostly to turret rotation
  
• Tier IX Mediums: better matchmaking, improvements to T-54, adjustments to Patton, reductions to E-50
  
• IS-4, Maus, E-100: improvements in survivability, increased accuracy but reduced RoF for E-100 150mm gun
  
• Select Tier IV-VIII USSR mediums and TDs: Rebalanced, does not appear to be as much of a nerf as before

Game Economy

• Select Tier II-IV vehicles will see increased credit gain or reduced repair cost
  
• Tier VI-VII US Mediums and turreted TDs will have reduced earning potential
  
• Löwe is receiving a small (5%) boost to earning potential and decrease (8%) to repair costs
  
• M6A2E1 is receiving a large (25%) boost to earning potential and decrease (30%) to repair costs

French Tech Tree Compensation

• AMX 12t moved to Tier VI for free. Crew, equipment, consumables move with it. Free Tier V ELC AMX with 100% crew
  
• Free camo for the ELC if you purchase it on the AMX 12t before the switch
  
• AMX 13 75, 13 90, Lorraine each moved up a tier
  
• Batchat 25t moved to Tier X with increased performance

Overall,there is more to be excited about than there is to be upset about. The two things that remain to be seen are whether the Tier X Mediums and TDs will be properly balanced, and just how much butt the new American maps will kick.


Bonus content for reading my overview: the 7.5 Matchmaking Chart!


(Note the fire brick color is intended to differentiate between positive and negative benefits, I am not a moderator and do not speak for WG. Check the news itself to confirm information in my post, particularly that on French tech tree compensation- you don't want to miss out!)

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Yes! A tier X HT that will have 3,000 HP

Marder: decreased visibility to 360m, Dam my marder can no longer see as far as a maus now :(

SgtCain, on Jul 12 2012 - 11:10, said:

I wish it was back at 3200 HP.

or even give it higher HP

7.5 update said:

Does that mean that the gun will reload slower or faster?

on the bright side my E-100 will not be as useless now as it used to be

Lert, on Jul 12 2012 - 11:16, said:

This is what I was about to ask to... oh well, another nerf right? damn...

Wish they'd just reinforce the lower armour or give the gun some pen... it's a very useless tank especially in most CW battles.

Ok so they didnt finished nerfing E50...T-54 getting buff instead.

So, umm anyone still in denial about russian bias?

Lert, on Jul 12 2012 - 11:16, said:

Slower, +1 sec dude.
Edited by Harkonen_siegetank, Jul 12 2012 - 11:19.

a question: if I don't have 100mm mounted on bat but researched, would I still have 105mm unlocked?

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So, let me get this straight:

When you raised the repair costs and decreased the earnings for the E8 and Jumbo in 7.2 there was such an outcry you decided to go with a much milder nerf.
And now you're basically going to do what you were originally planning to do back then...

Neat.

Well, bye bye SU-85's 107mm, the last of the derping Soviet tier Vs are gone.

Templarzero, on Jul 12 2012 - 11:11, said:

Lol.  It was that and the pairing of the gun that made it just so damn good at its level.


+ Looks like the Lowe is going to be 5% more profitable..!  They mis-colored the repair though, it's getting a -8% to current repair cost... so even more so profitable. Hahaha. :/

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Harkonen_siegetank, on Jul 12 2012 - 11:18, said:

"+1.1 second of top gun reloading" is terrible english to start with. Who knows what they meant.

Lert, on Jul 12 2012 - 11:27, said:

Should have wrote "Increased duration of reload time by 1.1 seconds."  (To be more clear if anything)

+
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And I'm not going to lie, I don't think the 200 HP added to the Maus will make it any better..

I am surprised there has not been a line of British tanks, given that the British basically were the first to deploy the tank in war. The other thing I would like to see is not every one having an American accent. The Germans could speak English with a German Accent. The Russians with a Russian accent, the French with a croak. That would make the experience so more authentic. It is the little things that count!

I'm curious to see how much a hp buff they will give the IS-4, with their increased durability.

Additional comments:

1. КВ-13 ..... I assume this is suppose to be KV-13, please don't use Google translate when doing official articles.
2.  Tier 5 AMX 12t combat statistics will be moved to the tier 5 AMX 12t  without any losses: I assume the tier 5 stats stay at tier 5 (not the AMX 12t).
3. M26 Pershing players should be delighted to learn that their repair costs are being significantly reduced.: this is not reflected at the table below. (also don't talk about German tanks having it bad and then lower the cost for American tanks).

More info:

Black Prince is a Churchill with a bigger gun : http://en.wikipedia....k_Prince_(tank)

Trollbani, on Jul 12 2012 - 11:29, said:

You REAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLY need to use the search function

So this means... 15cm drops from 3.18 rounds per minute to just 3.0... just great!