7.5 Update Overview

Tank Commanders!

In this article, we'll be giving you a preliminary overview of the changes coming with the 7.5 update. These changes are still being adjusted and will likely be tweaked even further upon review of the test information; that's why we're not getting into the specific numerical values just yet. We hope to provide that information to you with the release of the update.

List of main changes in 0.7.5

Added 3 new maps: Seaport, Highway, and Quiet Beach
Added new tier X medium tanks: Е-50 Ausf.M, Т-62А, M48A1
Added new tier V french light tank: ELC AMX
Added new tier X tank destroyers: JagdPz E-100, Object 268, AMX 50 Foch 155, T110E3, T110E4
Added new tier VIII german tank destroyer: JagdPanther II
Added new premium British medium tank: Matilda Black Prince

Reworked mechanics for shell-shocked crew damage with High-Explosive rounds
Reworked mechanics when hitting the internal module case; it will still deal damage if the armor was not penetrated
Fixed the game crash that could occur when leaving a battle to go to the garage
Fixed density of some bushes
Many minor changes to the UI
Reworked matchmaking for most vehicles
Rebalanced tier II & tier III tank destroyers
Adjusted credit income and repair costs for some tanks

Additional information on vehicle rebalancing.

Additional information on economy changes.

Additional information on the changes to the French tech tree.

Changes in Profitabliity and Repairs Costs of Vehicles after Update v0.7.5.

Vehicle Rebalancing:

Along with a host of other changes, there will be a rebalancing of a fairly large number of tanks with the 7.5 update.

Tier 2-3 Tank Destoyers:

Most of these changes stem from the fact that the match maker has been adjusted to give tighter tier spreads for most tanks. The tier II & III tank destroyers would be massively overpowered in these match-ups if there were no adjustments.

Changes in Tier II-II TD’s of all nations

For all Tier II vehicles the top reverse speed will be up to 8km/h
For all Tier III vehicles the top reverse speed will be up to 12km/h

Т18:

Corrected suspension maneuverability on certain terrain types
Slight durability reduction
Slight reduction of all guns characteristics (aiming time, dispersion on move etc.)
Increased dispersion after firing
Slight reduction of rounds per minute for the 75 mm Howitzer M1A1 gun

АТ-1:

reworked maneuverability for the second suspension
lowered turning speed
slight reduction for all characteristics of all guns
slight rate of fire decrease for 2 gun – 47mm and 50mm
increased dispersion after firing for 50mm gun

Panzerjäger I:

corrected the vehicle's chance to become visible while on the move
changed terrain maneuverability of both suspensions
changed dispersion on move after mounting second suspension
slight reduction of characteristics of all guns
Slight reduction of 4,7 cm PaK 38 (t) L/43 и 5 cm PaK 39 L/60 RoF
for PaK 39 L/60, the gun dispersion after firing will be increased

Т82:

corrected the vehicle's chance to become visible while on the move;
lowered armor for both suspensions
corrected terrain maneuverability for both suspensions
increased dispersion when firing on the move
decreased visibility to 370m
slight reduction of all gun characteristics

SU-76:

slight durability decrease
corrected terrain maneuverability for both suspensions
lowered turning speed
increased dispersion for firing on the move
slight reduction of all gun characteristics

Marder II:

corrected the vehicle's chance to become visible while on the move
corrected terrain maneuverability for both suspensions
lowered turning speed
decreased visibility to 360m
slight reduction of all gun characteristics

French TD's and SPG's that were added in 7.4:

French TD’s and SPG’s statistics have shown that they are overperforming compared to their counterparts from other nations. In the 7.5 update, characteristics for these vehicles will be tweaked for rebalancing

Renault UE 57:

view ranged decreased to 360m

Somua 35 CA:

slight reduction of 90 mm canon DCA 30 AC and Canon de 105 mle. 1930 Schneider AC guns RoF
For all guns, except 150mm, dispersion on move and on turning increased

ARL V39:

slight reduction of Canon de 105 mle. 1930 Schneider AC and 90 mm canon DCA 30 AC guns

AMX AC Mle. 1946:

reverse speed decreased to 12 km/h
slight decrease of HP
Corrected terrain maneuverability on soft soils
Slight RoF reduction for all guns

AMX AC Mle. 1948:

Reworked terrain maneuverability on soft soils
Slight RoF reduction for all guns

AMX 50 Foch:

Reworked terrain maneuverability on all soils
Slight durability decrease
Decreased RoF and accuracy of the gun
Increased dispersion after firing

AMX-13 F3 AM:

decreased RoF of Obusier de 155 mm C mle.1917 gun
increased dispersion of Obusier de 155 mm C mle.1917 gun on turning

Lorraine155 50:

increased dispersion on move
decreased angles of vertical aiming for all guns
decreased RoF of all guns

Lorraine155 51:

increased dispersion on move
decreased angles of vertical aiming for all guns
decreased RoF of all guns

Bat Chatillon 155:

increased dispersion on move
decreased angles of vertical aiming for all guns

Tier IX Medium Tanks and Tier X Heavy Tanks:

With the addition of new tier X vehicles the current top tier tanks will be in need of adjustment.

M46 Patton:

slightly lowered balance weight
lowered suspension armoring
corrected the M46T80E1 suspension (first one) on soft soils
corrected dispersion upon movement
increased turning speed of the top turret (M46M67)
decreased view range of the top turret (M46M67) to 410 m
decreased characteristics of the 105 mm Gun T5E1M2 on both turrets

T-54:

increased durability with first turret
slightly lowered balance weight
increased turning speed of first suspension
increased aiming on move with first suspension
corrected aiming speeds for both turrets
corrected D-10Т gun RoF
Decreased LB-1 gun RoF on stock turret
Increased characteristics of all guns, except the highest gun

E-50:

slightly lowered balance weight
decreased durability when equipped with the top modules
slightly reduced turning speed with the top suspension
increased dispersion on move
Increased aiming time of highest gun and decreased its RoF

IS-4:

Increased vehicle durability
Decreased dispersion for М62-Т2 gun on turning the turret

Maus:

+ 200 HP

E-100:

+100 HP
+5% to accuracy
+1.1 sec increase in reload time of top gun

USSR Medium Tanks and Tank Destroyers:

These changes became necessary in light of the MM adjustments.

Т-28:

Tank was overall rebalanced
F-30 gun removed, research cost compensated as Free XP

Т-34-85:

85mm D5Т-85BМ improved
100mm D10Т gun removed
Added V-54К engine.

Т-43:

85mm D5Т-85BМ improved
100mm D10Т gun removed
Added V-54К engine

КV-13:

Tank overall rebalanced

Т-44:

85mm D5Т-85BМ improvement necessitated overall rebalance of the tank

SU-85:

Added 85мм D-5S-85BМ gun
Removed 107mm ZiS-6S gun, research cost compensated as Free XP
Vehicle overall rebalanced

SU-100:

85mm D5Т-85BМ improvement necessitated overall rebalance of the tank

Economy:

Changes to the in-game economy started with the v. 0.7.2 update and will be continued in the v. 0.7.5 update.

First of all, some of the Tier 2-4 vehicles will get an increase to their profitability. The speed of leveling through these tiers doesn't match the new concept. Players were able to earn the amount of experience necessary to research new vehicles quite fast, but they had a problem getting enough credits, so they had to farm credits over a much longer period of time. This trouble has been resolved by increasing profitability and decreasing repair costs.

Some of the US Tier 6-7 medium tanks are much better situated when compared with their counterparts from other nations. For example, the Sherman Jumbo and M4A3E8 Sherman have a very low repair cost and a fairly high profit potential. This allows them to often finish matches with a greater net gain of credits than VK 3601. We wanted to correct this imbalance. M26 Pershing players should be delighted to learn that their repair costs are being significantly reduced.

The second branch of US Tier 5-8 Tank Destroyers, introduced with the v. 0.7.2 update, are more profitable than was originally intended. This is mostly due to the exceptional combat characteristics of these vehicles. This branch earns significantly more credits when compared to the original branch (ending in the T95). This imbalance will be fixed in the v. 0.7.5 update.

The economic model of German vehicles of Tier 7-8 will be changed as well. Players who have Jagdpanther and VK3002 (DB) will be happy to hear that we're decreasing their repair costs. At the same time, the Tiger (P) will get the same profit potential rate as the other representatives of “Tiger” family made by Henschel. Also, we have good news for those who have a Löwe in the Garage, we're increasing the profit potential and reducing the repair costs.

The M6A2E1 is also due for a credit increase and repair cost reduction.

The profit potential for the Jagdtiger and Object 704 tank destroyers will be slightly lessened. They will earn slightly less credits so that their earnings are more in line with the other tier 9 tank destroyers.

In addition to the Object 704 getting an adustment, the KV-3 having been moved in the v. 0.7.3 update to Tier 7, turned out to have too high of a repair cost; this will be decreased. Profitability for the IS-3 is a bit higher compared to the other tier 8 heavies. We'll be adjusting the profit potential for this tank with the v 0.7.5 update as well.

French Tree Changes:

With the 7.5 addition of a few new tanks the French Tech Tree is in need of some rearranging.

With the addition of the ELC AMX, the АМХ 12t is going to be moved up to Tier 6. Its place at tier 5 in the Tech tree will be taken over by the ELC AMX.

Case 1. AMX 12t isn’t in the garage at the time of the update release, but is fully researched:

Both tanks, ELC AMX and AMX 12t, will be researched
All undistributed experience goes from AMX 12t will be moved to the ELC AMX
Any crew member in the barracks or in a tank, who possesses the tier 5 AMX 12t skills, get the ability to be used in the tier 6 AMX 12t without any changes or losses
Tier 5 AMX 12t combat statistics will be moved to the tier 6 AMX 12t without any losses
All AMX 12t modules in the depot that don’t fit other tanks will be automatically sold at the original purchase price
All AMX 12t modules fitting other tanks will be saved in the depot, the same goes for shells of the respective guns

Case 2. AMX 12t is in the garage at the time of the update release. All the rules as mentioned in Case 1 apply along with the following:

AMX 12t as tier 5 light tank is substituted with AMX 12t as tier 6 light tank
Ammunition mounted onto the AMX 12t goes to the depot
Consumables and Equipment mounted onto the tier 5 AMX 12t remain on AMX 12t at tier 6.
Players get the light french Tier 5 tank ELC AMX (without equipment, consumables, ammunition) and one slot for this tank for free
Players get a new full crew for the ELC AMX with 100% training
Camouflage mounted onto the Tier 5 AMX 12t is moved to tier 6 AMX 12t and to ELC AMX as well
The expiration date of the camo on both vehicles stays the same as it was for the AMX 12t at the moment when the substitution takes place.

Other French Tech Tree Changes:

AMX 13 75 is going to be moved up to Tier 7

АМХ 13 90 is going to be moved up to Tier 8

Lorraine 40t is going to be moved up to Tier 9:

There will be no additional compensation
Modules will be changed to equivalent new ones
Maybach HL 230P45 Engine and Gun 90mm DCA 45 mounted onto the tank go to the depot. The tank will have only stock modules and ammunition for the stock gun
Shells for Gun 90mm DCA 45 go to the depot

Bat Chatillon 25t is going to be moved up to Tier 10:

There will be no additional compensation.
Stock modules will be changed to equivalent new ones (both in the Tech tree and mounted onto the tank). There is nothing being moved to the depot
All stock modules in depot that don’t fit other tanks are sold at original purchase price and credits go to player’s account
Suspensions in depot are sold at original purchase price and credits go to player’s account
Gun 105mm CN 105 57 will be mounted onto the tank only if the Gun 100 mm SA 47 was researched and mounted onto the tank
If There was a Gun 90 mm DCA 45 mounted onto the tank the shells for it go to the depot and the gun will be replaced with the Gun 90mm F3

Changes in Profitabliity and Repairs Costs of Vehicles after Update v0.7.5.

All values in green represent income increase and reduction in repair costs.

All values in red represent income reductions and increase in repair costs.

Nation

Tank

Income change, %

Repair cost change, %

France

Hotchkiss_H35

AMX 40

BDR_G1B

-16

USSR

KV-3

IS-3

Object 704

-7

-15

USA

M8A1

T49

M4A3E2

M4A3E8_Sherman

M18_Hellcat

T25/2

T25AT

Pershing

T28_Prototype

M6A2E1

+20

-7

-6

-7

-9

-20

+25

-50

+35

+20

-4

-6

-30

Germany

Hetzer

Jagdpanther

VK 3002 DB

PzKpfw VI Tiger (P)

Löwe

Jagdtiger

-4

-5

-20

-8

-9

-8