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[Emorex]

Details about vehicle and economic changes with the 7.5 update.

Full news text

[Amonk]

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!

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(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!)

[SgtCain]

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Maus: + 200 HP

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

[Templarzero]

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

[iamablocker]

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

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

I wish it was back at 3200 HP.

or even give it higher HP

[Lert]

7.5 update said:

E-100:

• +100 HP
  
• +5% to accuracy
  
• +1.1 sec of top gun reloading

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

[Speedycake582]

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

[ulrikov]

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

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

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.

[Harkonen_siegetank]

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:

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

Slower, +1 sec dude.

Edited by Harkonen_siegetank, Jul 12 2012 - 11:19.

[Leader_H]

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

[_Goliard]

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Name| Profit| Repair Cost
M4A3E8_Sherman| -7%| +20%
Jumbo| -6%| +35%

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.

[Luka_Govisky]

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

[Jetu]

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

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

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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[Lert]

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

Slower, +1 sec dude.

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

[Jetu]

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

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

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..

[Trollbani]

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!

[UWEmmJay]

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

[Luka_Govisky]

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)

[Legiondude]

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

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!

You REAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLY need to use the search function

[ulrikov]

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