War Thunder - F2P WW2 plane "MMO" from the makers of Wings of Prey

[Stavroforos]

Here you go Prof

[Prof]

Missed that event unfortunately.

[Tankfriend]

Well, either you miss the event, you already have the plane, or you simply don't care about it like me.

[Stavroforos]

Yeah, the Tier I collectibles are entirely pointless, except for the TB-3, lol.

In any case, high chance of dev server for 1.53 today.

[Stavroforos]

Looks like dev server for 1.53 is coming today.

Some things to note:

Vampire and Venom have been moved to the Typhoon line and Hunter has been added after Venom.
US is finally getting P-38L and P-38J.

but...

...digging in the files, an E-100 has been spotted.

So, you know, welcome WoT.

[Tankfriend]

I'm more concerned about the Bussian Rias elements.

Affecting all Ground Vehicles with a separate loading chance of ammo explosion - the chance has been significantly decreased. An ammo rack can be destroyed by a direct hit of cumulative jet or close explosion of ammo containing 150 gr or more explosives. A loading rack is still vulnerable to all damage including spalling. For example: KV-2, IS-2, IS-3, IS-4, Т-10М, SU-152,SU-122, ISU-122, ISU-122S, ISU-152, SU-122-54, SU-122P, М103, Т28, Т95, Т32 Mouse, Jagdtiger, Tiger II 105, М26Е1.

Tanks that load two-piece ammunition are now more resistant to ammo explosions than single-piece loaders, and an ammo rack needs a total of ~150g of explosive filler to kill.
Problem 1: Most two-piece loaders are Russian.
Problem 2: Only few non-Russian two-piece loaders have APHE.
Problem 3: Only few non-Russian tanks have that much HE filler.

In the T-34 series, a hit in the oil tank can no longer lead to fuel explosion.

T-34 now magically immune to fuel explosions?

Changes:
USSR: 100mm ZBM-8 penetration increased by 1%, 122 ZBM-11 penetration increased by 3,5%, 122mm ZBM-7 penetration increased by 1%, 85mm BR-367P penetration decreased by 4%.
USA - 105mm М392А2 - penetration increased by 5%, 90mm М332 - penetration decreased by 14%, 90mm М304 penetration decreased by 13,2%, 90mm Т44 penetration decreased by 13%, 76mm М93 penetration decreased by 2%, 76mm М331А2 penetration decreased by 10%, 76mm М319 penetration decreased by 10%.
Germany: 105mm DM-13 penetration increased by 5%, 105mm PzGr 40 penetration decreased by 10%, 88mm PzGr 40/43 penetration decreased by 11%, 75mm PzGr 40/42 penetration decreased by 15%.

I see that you complained about WW2 tanks having trouble fighting post-war tanks. Let me nerf them even more.

[Stavroforos]

Isn't the oil tank where the lubricant oil is stored?

[Tankfriend]

It should be, but as far as I can tell, it's not modelled as such in the game. That's why I have the suspicion that it's just a bad translation and should mean fuel tanks.