Haswell

There's a long list of drama behind this, spanning back to the beginning of 2021 and possibly before. Suffice to say, this is the last straw. Also, first thread of the section.

I completely forgot to post the update here, sorry. So I'm guessing early September if all things go well. Whenever it starts, I'll just be glad to not be hampered by vehicle restrictions in the BP.

It received 0.33 armor after the T-72A/B remodel, so it's about as good as the T-72B right now. The armor can bully anything tier 6 and below with impunity, the gun and mobility aren't anything special. Nice to have, but not worth buying or playing most of the time.

https://aw.my.games/en/news/general/maintenance-august-12-0 Chally buffs are nice, but will they actually matter in practice? Good players already know how to micro and minimize exposure after playing 0.33 for an entire year, and overextending so much that you have to rely on your side armor is just bad habit in general.

https://aw.my.games/en/news/general/storyline-campaign-choosing-your-colors-stage-2 Go vote for things. Also updating the main post with more info, now that the official portal page is more or less ready. https://aw.my.games/en/about/storyline-campaign The C-RAM asset we found in the prologue secret objective is also particularly interesting: https://aw.my.games/en/c-ram-truck

Intended, just bad wording.

https://aw.my.games/en/news/general/storyline-campaign-choosing-your-colors Go do things, I guess. This one doesn't seem mission critical.

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Bumping to update with objective multipliers with the new Desert series maps. Anyone played them yet? Desert Viper: 3.3 XP, 15 credits

You withdrawn your application, can't yoink you in.

https://aw.my.games/en/news/general/development-challenger-2-streetfighter-ii Firepower-wise it looks meh. The gun has even lower DPM than the tier 9 Chally 2, which already has the lowest DPM at tier 9. The missiles will be awkward to use and outright useless if you actually want to take advantage of your armor. If this is another attempt at forcing the "sniper MBT" role, it's not going to end well.

Just some coin shop data so far. I will make no analysis here yet, not until I collect enough data. I'm putting that 250k coins to good use.

https://aw.my.games/en/news/general/maintenance-july-29 The PvE changes sound pretty stupid honestly. Light tank bots aren't particularly spammy or problematic right now, but more TDs will lead to more T-15/Termi bots showing up which IS problematic. The problem with low tier Spec Ops is never in the difficulty, but rather the long queue times and tiers 5-6 getting uptiered into 7-8 games.

Plans have been postponed to August due to issues.

Found some mission names and briefings in today's update: We are spending the summer in the desert.

Big big big update. https://aw.my.games/en/news/general/storyline-campaign-prologue-results There's a lot of stuff to take in. Needless to say, check and see if your names are on the lists.

Small big update:

Confirmation bias.

Don't worry too much about the Leo 2A5 and 2A6, they aren't particularly good (but not bad either) or useful in any niche strats. They do get points for good looks though. Welcome!

https://aw.my.games/en/news/general/maintenance-july-1

OS: Windows 10 Home, version 1809, 64 bit Game Version: 0.36.8195--2021-06-23_05:09 Brief Description: When enemy AI vehicles are inside capture zones, players can continue to capture the objective without disruption, Steps to Reproduce: Find a PvE map with capture zones (ie. heroic ch1) Try to capture an objective with enemy AI vehicles inside the area Result: Players can capture objectives without disruption from enemy AI vehicles inside the capture area. Expected Behavior: Enemy AI vehicles should disrupt player capture progress when physically inside the capture area. Fixes/Workarounds: None. Other Notes: Receiving damage will still disrupt capture progress. Issue does not apply to defending against enemy AI vehicles attempting to capture areas. Issue showcased at 0:45 onwards. Note the capture progress despite enemy AI vehicles being inside the capture zone.

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This is going to be awkward to explain, as I'm going to do something completely out of character and unexpected from me. The response for nominating mod candidates was lower than expected, as I have overestimated the number of active non-EU members we have. Out of the five nominated candidates, only two are (presumably) from non-EU time zones. Given the purpose of this round of mod recruitment is to appoint mods to cover non-EU time zones, I have decided to forgo the formal voting phase and directly appoint our two non-EU mod candidates to their posts. This appointment will take effect on June 30/July 1. Our prospective mod appointees will be @Bob_Magilica and @Nekrosmas, to cover the NA and SEA time zones. This thread will serve as an inquiry process to allow our two appointees to address any potential questions and concerns.

PSA: mod voting is hitting a hickup and will be a bit delayed. But if all goes well, the delay won't matter at the end. Sorry!

Same old, same old. It's exactly like the last BP, so I'll just copypaste info and tips from last time here. https://aw.my.games/en/news/general/northern-wind-battle-path-now-available FAQ in spoilers: Mission info and tips: Repeatables (too bloody long, open the spoilers if you really want to see): Challenges: Mission sets: Just some observations and possible tips for making the BP less miserable: Ignore the ranks altogether until the very last day, that way you save up on coins in case something pops up on the coin shop that you really want. Grind the challenges, repeatables and mission sets for coins. The mission sets in particular are extremely easy this time, the Kurganets Ghost parts for the elite missions are practically freebies. Play spec ops for damage farming. Play heroics for net XP and missions that require you to find higher tier enemies. Cheese wherever you see fit, only play just enough to complete your mission requirements and move on. All those elite mission that require you to do something 10 times are good examples. Pick up the coin offers in the shop as often as you can, apparently you can get steep discounts like these