Arcade Cabinet: Launch All the Snowballs!

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Holiday Ops 2023: The Festivities Go On!

Will open these gifts later today....




This post has been edited by Catnip: Dec 25 2022, 05:10 AM

Got 2 drops for Tier VIII tanks from 105 boxes. I purchased 3 large boxes for MYR 24.36 to get the 2nd guaranteed drop.
I didn't get the Vipera, nonetheless I'm happy getting 2 out of 3 Tier VIII tanks not in my garage from the large boxes.

46,250 Gold is equivalent to MYR 752.40
55 Days of Premium Account: MYR 81.20
Including the value of 6 tanks and 8 3D styles, I got a pretty good deal if I purchased 108 large boxes. YMMV

108 Boxes ( 80 + 25 +3) costs MYR 622.13

In addition to the 8 3D styles, got another 2 3D styles from Holiday Ops 2023: Festive Twitch Drops for 60 tokens.
Each of these styles from WG EU Tankmas Revenge 2020 event has a premium shop value of 5,000 Gold (MYR 86.40). Thanks WG for giving it out for some effort in 2022. FeelsGoodMan

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This post has been edited by Catnip: Dec 26 2022, 09:20 PM

Premium Reward Tank sequence:

Box No	Tank	Premium Shop Value	(MYR)
#1	A25 Harry Hopkins I	1,300 Gold	23.59
#5	Pz.Kpfw. KW I (r')	1,800 Gold	32.28
#8	SU-2-122	1,800 Gold	32.28
#50	M47 Iron Arnie	9,400 Gold	158.75
#58	BZ-176	10,200 Gold	171.75
#108	Char Mle. 75	9,800 Gold	165.26

6 tanks with a gold value of MYR 583.91.

3D Styles Reward sequence:

Box No	3D Styles	Tank	(MYR)
#1	“Jupiter Fulgur”	Super Conqueror	86.40
#21	"Fortuna"	Rinoceronte	86.40
#26	“Asterius”	Controcarro 3 Minotauro	86.40
#28	"Thunder Child"	FV4005 Stage II	86.40
#41	“Sleipnir”	Strv 103B	86.40
#56	“Constellation”	Bat.-Châtillon 155 58	86.40
#59	"Hurricane"	Vz. 55	86.40
#69	“Levante”	Char Futur 4	86.40

Completed collection of Holiday Ops 2022 and Holiday Ops 2023 with these 8 3D styles.
Price based upon estimated Premium Shop value of 5,000 Gold for each style with a total value of MYR 691.20.

Holiday Ops 2023 Challenge completed today. Haven't decided which tank to choose for discounts.


Arnie's Assignment, Milla's Assignment and Redshire Cat's Assignment completed.

Lastly,

Coming Soon: Exciting Events, a New Map, and Much More!
Announced earlier We have big plans. Ahead of us is the next stage of work on vehicle rebalancing and adding new vehicle branches to the game. In the Recon Mission mode, we'll continue to experiment with settings and maps, as well as introduce unusual rules. A new location will be added to the map list for Random Battles, while the existing maps will constantly be improved.
Adding new vehicle branches (more fictitious made up tanks by WG?) and new mechanics such as variants of autoloaders, upcoming rocket boosted tanks into the game, buffs and nerfs to tanks; map improvements are nothing new in World of Tanks. Can't comment much on new prestige system nor improved crew skills but IMO it will involve monetization of some sort.

2018 to 2022 The Road So Far

Released	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Total
Premium and Reward Tanks	25	30	17	26	25	123
Tech Tree Tanks	29	12	12	8	11	72

A total of 123 Premium and Reward Tanks and 72 Tech Tree tanks were added into the game in the past 5 years. Can WG keep up this pace for the next five years? Also, will this game still be around in the next five years?
For 2023, a new Chinese Heavy Tank Line with Rocket Boosters will be added soon into the game. A new Japanese Heavy Tank Line will probably be added later. It remains to be seen whether a Japanese Tank Destroyer Tech Tree Line will be added in the game this year as well. Will there be 3 new branches similar to WoT in 2018 & 2019?
As for Premium Tanks, the T-832 will be the first for 2023 from the upcoming Battle Pass: Judgement Day event starting next week.

2022



The T-22 medium is extremely rare and was a reward for completing all Personal Missions in 2015's Rampage mode. It was modified in Update 9.15 in May, 2016 for Random Battles. It resurfaced in 2022 in the Trading Caravan event for 25,000 Bonds.

2022 Vehicle Yearbook
2 New Tech Tree Line was introduced this year. The new American Heavy Tank line and the Italian Tank Destroyer line.

2021



The final Black Market in March, 2021 offers the WZ-111 Qilin in a closed auction with a starting bid of 15,000,000 Credits. Clad in gold-and-black armor with a dragon's mouth as the cannon's muzzle brake, its a love it or hate it tank style.
It was also offered in Under the Hammer Open Auction in 2022 with a starting bid of 220,000 Free Experience. At the end of the auction, the competitive bid reached 305,000 Free Exp.

2021 Vehicle Yearbook
2 New Tech Tree Line was introduced this year. The Czechoslovakian Heavy Tank line and Italian Heavy Tank line.

2020



January, 2020 saw the release of the Soviet double barrel Heavy Tank line with the ST-II at Tier X. The tank here is equipped with "Saiga" 3D style Large Box reward from Holiday Ops 2022.

2020 Vehicle Yearbook
2 New Tech Tree Line was introduced this year. The Polish Medium Tank line and the Soviet Heavy tank line. 3 additional new tanks were also added into the revised tech tree when Collector's Vehicles were added into the game.

2019


2019 Vehicle Yearbook
French Light Wheeled Vehicles made their debut in 2019 together with Swedish new Medium Tank branch and British new Light Tank branch.

2018


2018 Vehicle Yearbook
2 nations were introduced this year: Italian and Polish tanks. In addition, the Soviet Tech Tree Line was revised as well.

BZ-75 Chinese Tier X Heavy Tank
In-game description:
In the 1960s, amid tense relations with the U.S.S.R., China came up with the concept of creating “frontier-covering forces.” The main firepower of this formation was to be units with “frontier-covering tanks” in service. One of the projects for such vehicles was the BZ-75, developed in 1975 using the experience gained developing the WZ-111 heavy tank. During working on the turret, engineers incorporated the design features of the WZ-1224 project. No BZ-75 prototypes were manufactured.


Update 1.19.1 Released
Release Notes
Meet the new Chinese heavy tanks that will spell big trouble for your opponents! The new branch consists of four researchable tanks from Tier VII through Tier X. They all boast strong turrets, well-sloped frontal armor, and powerful guns with comfortable depression angles. But the most interesting part about them is the new jet booster mechanic. It increases both the engine power and top forward speeds, allowing you to drive faster or ram lightly armored targets. Depending on the vehicle’s tier, you can activate it up to six times per battle.

Soviet Union did some tests with rocket boosters on tanks but it was dangerous, uncontrollable and impractical. <Link>
The entire BZ tech tree branch is just another fictitious tank line created by WG. It was nice of WG to give credit the turret design of the BZ-75 to the Chinese prototype WZ-1224.
More info available here:
The main battle tank 2 generation of China - the project WZ-1224 (1970-1980)
The Mythical Pages: Chinese Projekt 122 Tank Series

This post has been edited by Catnip: Jan 10 2023, 10:00 AM

Battle Pass: Judgment Day - Event Guide
Battle Pass: Judgment Day is a one-time in-game event based on a collaboration between World of Tanks and the movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day. This standalone special event has many of the signature Battle Pass mechanics but is not part of the 2023 Battle Pass sequence. Along with more traditional prizes, such as Bounty Aiming, the reward roster of Judgment Day includes a rich selection of unique Terminator 2-themed items: voiced vehicle commanders, 2D styles, decals, and a one-of-its-kind Premium tank as the ultimate Improved Reward.


The reward tank, T-832 is basically a reskinned T-32 with some revised stats.

50 stages, 50 points per stage (2,500 points) in 14 days... an average of 179 points per day. A very tall order.
Not many players will be able to complete the stages for this event without spending any gold for Base Rewards or spend only 3,500 Gold for Improved Pass to get the Improved Rewards.



This post has been edited by Catnip: Jan 15 2023, 02:10 AM

Claim Twitch drop Mission: Termination Bundle with Prime Gaming!
As our Judgment Day event unfolds within Battle Pass, the latest package from Prime Gaming—Mission: Termination—is coming in hot with more customization elements to expand your Terminator 2-inspired collection. Claim the package by February 15 to get an exclusive 2D style that’ll give you chills, plus a traditional set of decals and a medal. 3 days of WoT Premium Account and 10 missions for ×5 XP will top the list of instant goodies.

Received mine.

Still works. Just claimed the code before posting here.

Steel Hunter is Back!
January 30th, 2023, 07:00 through February 13th, 2023, 04:00 (UTC+8)
Steel Hunter is returning to World of Tanks!

You'll need to prove once again that you're the best of the best. And this time, the battles will be even fiercer. What awaits you is the same uncompromising fight for the right to be the last standing player—but now with impressive rewards, too!

I don't think the rewards are impressive, and frankly I dislike this game mode. 😆