Update 9.20.1: 1st Common Test

As Update 9.20.1 is cruising to release, we’re starting a new wave of common tests for everyone to hop in and voice their opinion on several improvements the team's been working on lately. Here’s what will be available for testing:

Rebalanced Tier X LTs, British and American tanks.
Revamped Personal Missions with completely reworked UI and streamlined completion mechanic.
An extra reward for great performance: Epic Medals and Battle Hero achievements earned at Tiers IV–X now come with Bonds.

To get a closer look at the first two, jump to the recently released articles:

Discover how you can join the Common Test:

How the CT works

New to testing? Check out our handy guide to public tests.

Eligibility: All players registered prior to 22:59 CEST (UTC+2) on 13 September can participate in the test.

Feedback: please post your general feedback about the test version and bug reports in the special thread on our forum.

Test client

Download the test client installer (4,9 MB).
Make sure you pick a save location that is different to your regular World of Tanks game files.
Save and run the installer.
Run the new copy of the game. The launcher will download all the additional data.
Log in and start playing.

Server restarts

The test server will be restarted regularly, according to the following schedule:

First Periphery: 04:00 UTC every day. Average duration will be around 25 minutes.
Second Periphery: 05:00 UTC every day. Average duration will be around 25 minutes.
Central Database: 09:00 UTC every day. Average duration will be around 2 minutes.

The test server may be subject to unscheduled restarts and maintenance.

feedback

As always, feel free to visit our dedicated forum thread and share your thoughts on the upcoming features. Let’s roll!

List of Changes

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New Features

Large-scale update to the 'Long-Awaited Backup' campaign

Idea Behind Changes

Completely reworked the visual and sound component of the Personal Missions
Added completely new and unique rewards
Revised mission conditions so that the main reward for the operation is always relevant
Added Orders that considerably simplify completion of the Personal Missions
Learn more about the changes to the Personal Missions in a special video that can be watched in the game client

Interface and Sound

Reworked all interfaces of the Personal Missions:
- Changed the point of entry to the Personal Missions: now it is located on the upper panel of the Garage, under the Battle! button. The tab name is Campaign
- Added the "General" screen that displays all operations
- Completely reworked the screen of operations: now it looks like a geographical map with objectives displayed as map areas
- Completely reworked the Campaign reward screen:
  - now the main reward (a vehicle) is located in the center of the screen
  - Added operation statistics: now players can see how much more credits can be earned
Added new sounds:
Added a special sound track for the Personal Missions
Added interactive sounds: the more missions within a set are complete, the more intensive music is played

New Way of Earning Reward Vehicles

Commendations were replaced with Components.

To receive the reward vehicle for an operation, all five Components should be collected: hull, suspension, gun, power unit, radio
Each component corresponds to an appropriate mission set within the operation:
- Power unit: set of missions for light tanks
- Suspension: set of missions for medium tanks
- Hull (+turret or cabin): set of missions for heavy tanks
- Gun: set of missions for tank destroyers
- Radio: set of missions for SPGs
To receive a component, the final (15th) mission of the corresponding set of missions should be completed

Orders

Added a new game asset: Order.

To receive an Order, the final mission of any set should be completed with honors
The Orders can be committed (i.e. used) to any mission. Thus:
- The selected mission will be considered completed without honors
- The player will receive the reward for the completion of the primary conditions
- A used Order remains committed to the mission
- The committed Order is not removed but disabled until the player retrieves it
To retrieve a committed order, the mission should be completed with honors. Thus, the player receives the Order back and can use it again.
Number of Orders to be committed to missions:
- Any mission from 1 to 14 requires 1 Order
- Mission 15 requires 4 Orders

Summary: Orders can be used to pass complicated missions or missions that the player considers to be uninteresting. Important: players can commit Orders to the final mission of a set, even if the previous 14 missions are not completed. Having completed the four sets of missions with honors, players can immediately receive the last (fifth) vehicle component.

New Rewards

Added new rewards: badges
- Two badges can be completed in each operation:
  - The rank II badge is received together with the reward vehicle.
  - The rank I badge is earned for completion of all 75 missions in a particular operation with honors.
- After completing all missions in all operations, the player will receive the special unique badge: Campaign I Champion
Added new rewards: Camouflage patterns:
- A set of three unique Camouflage patterns (summer, winter, and desert) can be earned for completion of each operation:
  - A set of three Camouflage patterns for the reward vehicle is earned for completion of all 75 missions
  - The same set of Camouflage patterns becomes available for any vehicle of the nation the reward vehicle belongs to, once all 75 missions are completed with honors

Changes to the Mission Conditions

Missions in each operation were revised to correspond to the main reward. For example, now all missions of the StuG IV operation can be completed in Tier V vehicles; missions of the T28 Heavy Tank Concept operation can be completed in VII vehicles, etc. At the same time, participation restrictions remained unchanged. Players can complete missions of any operation even in Tier X vehicles.

Secondary conditions of final (15th) missions in each set were made more diverse. This is because of the fact that the additional reward of the final missions became more valuable: it now provides Orders.

Important! If the mission condition requires spotting 5 enemy vehicles (for example), and the player spots 7 vehicles, it is obvious that the mission is considered completed. This rule is true for all numeric conditions.

The following missions underwent changes:

StuG IV
Mission	Change
LT-7	Primary condition Before: Spot and cause damage to 1 SPG Now: Cause damage to 1 SPG
LT-9	Primary condition Before: Spot 2 enemy vehicles while remaining unspotted Now: Spot 1 enemy vehicle while remaining unspotted
LT-11	Primary condition Before: Spot enemy vehicles and enable your allies to cause 500 HP of damage to vehicles spotted by you. Remain unspotted at the moment when the damage is caused. Now: Spot enemy vehicles and enable your allies to cause 250 HP of damage to vehicles spotted by you. Remain unspotted at the moment when the damage is caused.
LT-12	Primary condition Before: Spot enemy vehicles and enable your allies to cause 500 HP of damage to vehicles spotted by you. Remain unspotted at the moment when the damage is caused. Now: Spot enemy vehicles and enable your allies to cause 250 HP of damage to vehicles spotted by you. Remain unspotted at the moment when the damage is caused.
LT-13	Primary condition Before: Spot enemy vehicles and enable your allies to cause 1,500 HP of damage to vehicles spotted by you Now: Spot enemy vehicles and enable your allies to cause 1,000 HP of damage to vehicles spotted by you
LT-14	Primary condition Before: Spot enemy vehicles and enable your allies to cause 2,000 HP of damage to vehicles spotted by you Now: Spot enemy vehicles and enable your allies to cause 1,500 HP of damage to vehicles spotted by you
LT-15	Primary condition Before: Damage caused and damage caused with your assistance must total 4,000 HP Now: Damage caused and damage caused with your assistance must total 3,000 HP Secondary condition Before: Survive Now: Win the battle. Enable your allies to cause damage to 4 vehicles by spotting them or destroying their tracks.
MT-8	Primary condition Before: Cause 500 HP of damage to medium tanks Now: Cause 300 HP of damage to medium tanks
MT-9	Primary condition Before: Cause 500 HP of damage to heavy tanks Now: Cause 300 HP of damage to heavy tanks
MT-13	Primary condition Before: Cause 3,000 HP of Damage (Personal/Platoon) Now: Cause 2,000 HP of damage (Personal/Platoon)
MT-15	Secondary condition Before: Survive Now: Win the battle. Cause damage to 5 enemy vehicles.
HT-7	Primary condition Before: Cause 1,000 HP of damage Now: Cause 500 HP of Damage
HT-8	Primary condition Before: Cause 1,000 HP of Damage to heavy tanks Now: Cause 500 HP of Damage to heavy tanks
HT-12	Primary condition Before: Cause 1,000 HP of damage Now: Cause 500 HP of Damage
HT-15	Primary condition Before: Cause, receive, and block a total of 6,000 of damage Now: Cause, receive, and block a total of 4,000 of damage
TD-15	Primary condition Before: Cause 3,000 HP of Damage Now: Cause 2,000 HP of Damage Secondary condition Before: Destroy 1 Vehicle Now: Win the battle. Destroy 2 vehicles
SPG-15	Secondary condition Before: Survive Now: Win the battle. Cause 1,000 HP of damage.

T28 Heavy Tank Concept
Mission	Change
LT-7	Primary condition Before: Spot and cause damage to 2 SPGs Now: Spot and cause damage to 1 SPG
LT-9	Primary condition Before: Spot 4 vehicles while remaining unspotted Now: Spot 2 enemy vehicles while remaining unspotted
LT-12	Primary condition Before: Spot enemy vehicles and enable your allies to cause 1,000 HP of damage to vehicles spotted by you. Remain unspotted at the moment when the damage is caused. Now: Spot enemy vehicles and enable your allies to cause 750 HP of damage to vehicles spotted by you. Remain unspotted at the moment when the damage is caused.
LT-14	Primary condition Before: Spot enemy vehicles and enable your allies to cause 3,000 HP of damage to vehicles spotted by you Now: Spot enemy vehicles and enable your allies to cause 2,500 HP of damage to vehicles spotted by you
LT-15	Primary condition Before: Damage caused and damage caused with your assistance must total 5,000 HP Now: Damage caused and damage caused with your assistance must total 4,000 HP Secondary condition Before: Survive Now: Win the battle. Enable your allies to cause damage to 5 vehicles by spotting them or destroying their tracks.
MT-6	Primary condition Before: Cause 3,000 damage to enemy vehicles of 3 different types Now: Cause 2,000 damage to enemy vehicles of 3 different types
MT-8	Primary condition Before: Cause 1,000 HP of damage to medium tanks Now: Cause 750 HP of damage to medium tanks
MT-9	Primary condition Before: Cause 1,000 HP of damage to heavy tanks Now: Cause 750 HP of damage to heavy tanks
MT-12	Primary condition Before: Cause 2,000 HP of Damage Now: Cause 1,500 HP of Damage
MT-15	Primary condition Before: Cause 2,000 Damage to tank destroyers Now: Cause 1,000 Damage to tank destroyers. Destroy 2 tank destroyers. Secondary condition Before: Survive Win the battle Now: Win the battle. Cause damage to 6 enemy vehicles.
HT-7	Primary condition Before: Cause 2,000 HP of damage Now: Cause 1,000 HP of damage
HT-8	Primary condition Before: Cause 2,000 HP of Damage to heavy tanks Now: Cause 1,000 HP of Damage to heavy tanks
HT-12	Primary condition Before: Cause 1,500 HP of damage Now: Cause 1,000 HP of damage
HT-15	Primary condition Before: Cause, receive, and block a total of 8,000 of damage Now: Cause, receive, and block a total of 6,000 of damage Secondary condition Before: Win the battle Now: Win the battle. Cause 20% of total amount of damage caused by your team.
TD-15	Primary condition Before: Cause 4,000 HP of damage. Now: Cause 3,000 HP of Damage. Secondary condition Before: Destroy 2 vehicles Now: Win the battle. Destroy 3 vehicles
SPG-15	Secondary condition Before: Survive Now: Win the battle. Cause 1,500 HP of damage.

T-55A
Mission	Change
LT-3	Primary condition Before: Spot 5 vehicles Now: Spot 4 vehicles
LT-5	Secondary condition: Before: Spot enemy vehicles and enable your allies to cause damage to 6 vehicles spotted by you Now: Spot enemy vehicles and enable your allies to cause damage to 5 vehicles spotted by you
LT-6	Primary condition: Before: Enable your allies to cause damage to 6 vehicles by spotting them or destroying their tracks Now: Enable your allies to cause damage to 5 vehicles by spotting them or destroying their tracks
LT-7	Primary condition: Before: Spot and cause damage to 3 SPGs Now: Spot and cause damage to 1 SPG. Destroy 1 SPG
LT-9	Primary condition: Before: Spot 6 vehicles while remaining unspotted Now: Spot 4 enemy vehicles while remaining unspotted
LT-12	Primary condition: Before: Spot enemy vehicles and enable your allies to cause 2,000 HP of damage to vehicles spotted by you. Remain unspotted at the moment when the damage is caused. Now: Spot enemy vehicles and enable your allies to cause 1,500 HP of damage to vehicles spotted by you. Remain unspotted at the moment when the damage is caused.
LT-15	Secondary condition Before: Survive Now: Win the battle. Enable your allies to cause damage to 4 vehicles by spotting them or destroying their tracks
MT-15	Primary condition Before: Destroy 2 tank destroyers that is one tier higher Now: Cause 2,500 Damage to tank destroyers Secondary condition Before: Survive. Win the battle. Cause 2,000 HP of damage Now: Win the battle. Cause damage to 7 enemy vehicles.
HT-8	Primary condition Before: Cause 3,000 HP of Damage to heavy tanks Now: Cause 2,000 HP of Damage to heavy tanks
HT-14	Primary condition Before: Destroy 6 vehicles of 3 different types Now: Destroy 5 vehicles of 3 different types
HT-15	Secondary condition Before: Win the battle Now: Win the battle. Cause 25% of total amount of damage caused by your team.
TD-15	Secondary condition Before: Destroy 3 vehicles Now: Win the battle. Destroy 5 vehicles
SPG-15	Secondary condition Before: Survive Now: Win the battle. Cause 3,000 HP of damage.

Object 260
Mission	Change
LT-3	Primary condition Before: Spot 7 vehicles Now: Spot 6 vehicles
LT-5	Secondary condition Before: Spot enemy vehicles and enable your allies to cause damage to 8 vehicles spotted by you Now: Spot enemy vehicles and enable your allies to cause damage to 6 vehicles spotted by you
LT-6	Primary condition Before: Enable your allies to cause damage to 8 vehicles by spotting them or destroying their tracks Now: Enable your allies to cause damage to 6 vehicles by spotting them or destroying their tracks
LT-7	Primary condition Before: Spot and cause damage to 3 SPGs. Destroy 1 SPG Now: Spot and cause damage to 2 SPGs
LT-9	Primary condition Before: Spot 7 vehicles while remaining unspotted Now: Spot 6 vehicles while remaining unspotted
LT-15	Secondary condition Before: Survive Now: Win the battle. Enable your allies to cause damage to 5 vehicles by spotting them or destroying their tracks.
MT-15	Primary condition Before: Cause 4,000 HP of damage to tank destroyers Now: Cause 3,500 HP of damage to tank destroyers Secondary condition Before: Survive. Win the battle Now: Win the battle. Cause damage to 8 enemy vehicles.
HT-8	Primary condition Before: Cause 4,000 HP of Damage to heavy tanks Now: Cause 3,000 HP of Damage to heavy tanks
HT-11	Primary condition Before: Cause 5,000 HP of damage Now: Cause 4,000 HP of Damage
HT-14	Primary condition Before: Destroy 8 vehicles of 3 different types Now: Destroy 7 vehicles of 3 different types
HT-15	Secondary condition Before: Win the battle Now: Win the battle. Cause 25% of total amount of damage caused by your team.
TD-9	Primary condition Before: Score 7 armor-penetrating hits in a row Now: Score 6 armor-penetrating hits in a row
TD-15	Secondary condition Before: Destroy 5 vehicles Now: Win the battle. Destroy 6 vehicles
SPG-15	Secondary condition Before: Survive Now: Win the battle. Cause 4,000 HP of damage.

Bonds and Awards

Starting with Update 9.20.1, the Epic Medals and Battle Heroes achievements will be additionally rewarded with Bonds. Exceptions are accumulative medals. The number of Bonds is not final and might change.

Improvements to the Grand Battle

The following changes were made to this battle type:

Message about victory or defeat: added a new message about victory of defeat so that players know when and why the battle ended. The message displays separate animations for victory, defeat, and draw. The additional text provides information why the battle is over. When a battle ends because the base is captured, the progress bar of base capturing gets locked right before the message is displayed to show that the battle outcome cannot be changed. This functionality globally applies to all Random and Ranked Battles.
Updated the reward tooltips that describe different completion conditions for the Grand Battle and other types of Random Battles. They were changed for simplicity of perception.
Improved the HUD in the Grand Battle: transparency of the team list background was decreased to make information more legible on light backgrounds (sky, water, etc.) Borders were added in the top panel to make the empty progress bars more distinctive.

Improvements to Bootcamp

Changes:

Disabled irrelevant options in the context menus of the vehicle research window, Tech Tree, and vehicle panel
Balanced the rewards (credits and experience) for victory and defeat when completing Bootcamp
Rewards received for completion of Bootcamp are displayed in the Notification Center
Added a notification that the reward is not received for repeated Bootcamp completion
Crew recruiting window was made more informative

Fixes:

Fixed issues related to inappropriate display of some interface elements in the Colorblind mode
Fixed issues related to saving and restoring the settings when entering Bootcamp and quitting it (vehicle panel and reticles)
Fixed issues related to inappropriate display of some game hints (losing concealment when shooting, returning to the base circle)
Fixed the rare issue related to inappropriate display of the Skip Tutorial button
Battle results were removed from the Notification Center in the mode
Fixed the issue related to display of the EULA window, when the game client is restarted
Updated the vehicle characteristics in the loading screens of Bootcamp
Music in battle, Garage, and in the final Bootcamp video no longer overlap
Added reward descriptions to the victory screen
Fixed issues related to bot behavior
Fixed the issues related to display of map borders

Reworked a number of vehicles to HD quality

Vehicles that have been remodeled in HD:

M6
T-34-3
Batignolles-Châtillon 155 mle. 58
Batignolles-Châtillon 155 mle. 55
Vickers Medium Mk. I
Valentine
Vickers Medium Mk. II
Churchill I
Valentine AT
STB-1
Valentine II
Object 416
T-150
KV-4
T-44-122

Switching to Wwise 2017.1.1

Switched to the new version, Wwise 2017.1.1, which allows further sound improvements.