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       #Post#: 76831--------------------------------------------------
       Update 4.4: 'Spoils of War' Summary 
       By: guest670 Date: April 3, 2018, 9:12 am
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       Download Sizes:
       Xbox One: ~4.87GB / Xbox 360: ~117MB Title Update + 1.53GB
       Download
       PlayStation 4: ~4.57GB
       New Features
       War Stories: Spoils of War
       Spoils of War is a three-part series consisting of one chapter
       each. Each chapter introduces you to a German, American, and
       Soviet commander on the edge of ending ties with their
       respective nations.
       Base Capture Redesign
       The base capture indicators have been fully reworked to better
       support multi-base game modes, to reduce the HUD space, and
       generally make it easier for players to see which bases are
       being captured. To go along with this, we've updated the siren
       sound effect.
       Common Crew Portraits
       In addition to the original crew portraits, more options have
       been added! Players will find additional national crew portraits
       and common crew portraits which are available to use for any
       nation!
       Defense Towers
       New to War Stories, Defense Towers are stationary turrets
       located across the map that will engage the enemy. Similar to
       the current AI, players can communicate and command them with
       the use of radial commands.
       War Stories Chapter Select Flow Redesigned
       The main change is that players now select their tank before
       selecting the Chapter when replaying a War Stories campaign, or
       when in Challenge mode.
       Maps
       Prokhorovka Winter - winter variant of Prokhorovka, where the
       rivers and pond have frozen over during the winter months,
       providing more usable routes.
       Improvements
       War Stories Brothers in Armor:
       Adjusted the effectiveness of allied bot during the initial set
       of enemies to give the player more time to engage
       The enemy SPG's now continue to engage your allies until they
       have been destroyed.
       Double Assault Game Mode Audio Support:
       Each base now has their own alarm sound so players can
       distinguish which base is being captured by the alarm
       Adjusted the OP requirements for War Stories mission "Guerrilla
       Tactics". Players now need to damage 3 enemies while undetected,
       repeatable once daily
       Ranked Battles: Personal contribution will only display if it's
       not 0 points
       Legend buttons now have a new black outline
       Added a platoon leader change notification
       Added the German Flag as an available flag emblem and flag
       attachment
       Spectator mode for Team Training improvements
       Dead players' names are now more transparent
       Living players now are prioritized over dead players' names
       Improved the loading times in the garage
       Decreased the volume of the intro cinematic
       Thiepval Ridge - Team Destruction: Added an additional spawn
       location for both teams to improve balance
       Pilsen - Standard Battle: Adjusted the spawn locations to be
       located more North/South
       Siegfried Line - Team Destruction: Added an additional spawn
       location for both teams to improve balance
       Additional Changes
       Maps removed temporarily due to update size limitations. These
       will be rotated back in at a later date.
       Redshire 1944
       Northwest
       Windstorm
       Tundra
       Tundra - Winter
       King Dragon Type 59 buffed! Inspired by the Type 59 II, a Type
       59 that was up-gunned to the well-known British 105mm L7A1, the
       King Dragon has received a similar treatment to add some extra
       fire to its breath! The King Dragon's gun has received an
       upgrade to a modified version of the 105mm L7A1 (105mm L7C),
       packing a devastating 390 average damage! Not only that, but
       we've buffed additional gun stats giving it better penetration
       and accuracy making it a truly fearsome beast on the
       battlefield!
       Gun has been upgraded but will visually remain the same to
       preserve its King Dragon look.
       New Gun: 105 mm L7C
       DPM: 1747.5
       Penetration: 200/250/53
       Damage: 390/390/480
       Reload Time: 13.18
       Rate of Fire: 4.55
       Aim Time: 2.3
       Accuracy: 0.36
       Players who currently own the King Dragon Type 59:
       The tank will be upgraded to the new version.
       Silver will be refunded on all ammunition for the old gun.
       The new gun comes fully loaded with 50 rounds of standard
       ammunition.
       The new gun comes with 50 rounds of Premium ammo in the depot.
       We've adjusted the Battle Tiers for when maps and game modes
       become available to improve the new player experience. Maps and
       game modes will now be introduced more slowly with all the maps
       becoming available at Battle Tier 7. This gives players more
       time to focus on learning the vehicles, and less time trying to
       learn a large number of maps. Please remember that Battle Tiers
       are different to Tank Tiers.
       Game Modes:
       Standard: Battle Tier 1+
       Encounter: Battle Tier 2+
       Team Destruction: Battle Tier 4+
       Assault: Battle Tier 5+
       Extreme Weather Variants
       Battle Tier 10+
       Maps: Variants have the same Battle Tier.
       Bug Fixes
       General:
       Armor depth and armor thickness numbers now correctly match in
       Armor Viewer details.
       Removed stray black and grey pixels from various screens.
       Arabic text no longer overlaps with pop-up messages and radial
       commands.
       Ranked Battles: Players can now correctly see friends who are
       ranked in the ladder tab.
       Elite celebration for T110E3 no longer occurs when making a WS
       tank elite.
       Xbox 360: The 'Press RT' text in the Garage help screen no
       longer overlaps with other elements.
       Ranked Battles: Ranked text no longer overlaps the medal at the
       end of season celebration screen.
       Only the currently logged in controller can skip the logo and
       movie when launching the game.
       War Stories: Runaway Tiger - Chapter 1: Fixed floating rock pile
       at E1.
       War Stories: Runaway Tiger - Chapter 1: Green objective ring is
       no longer visible at the final point.
       Xbox One X: Fixed text shadow effect for tank names.
       Fixed image alignment for rewards received from a War Chest.
       Added missing nation flags:
       Flag of Canada
       People's Republic of China
       Flag of Chicago
       Gadsden Flag
       1st Canadian Armored Brigade
       Added missing Emblems for custom flags:
       Armored Forces (Late)
       Armored Forces (Early)
       1st Armored Division
       2nd Motorized Division and 2nd Tank Division
       1st Motorized Division
       3rd Tank Battalion
       3rd Tank Division
       Drakkar
       Horned Helm
       Emblem of the Canadian Armed Forces
       Smolensk
       Skaraborg Regiment
       Swedish Army
       Skanska Dragoon Regiment
       Norrbotten Armored Battalion
       Swedish Militia
       Swedish Small Coat of Arms
       Removed duplicate emblems: Flag of the Dominican Republic, Flag
       of Puerto Rico.
       Fixed numerous map names, translations, capitalizations and
       punctuation in various languages to be consistent throughout the
       game.
       Distance markers in PvE now correctly stay in place for the
       whole mission.
       Battle Log now remains if the user is disconnected during that
       match.
       Players can now correctly watch a replay from a battle that took
       place on a different server.
       Privacy Setting is now correctly centered in Japanese.
       Platoon Privacy is no longer truncated in several languages:
       Russian, French, German, Portuguese, Japanese, Polish, Turkish,
       Brazilian Portuguese.
       Capture bar in Encounter now correctly resets when the capturing
       tank is damaged.
       Winter Trees now correctly drop winter leaves when knocked over.
       Challenge Mode stamp in War Stories is now correctly placed in
       all locations.
       Replay control panel now correctly open on the pause option.
       Xbox Tournaments: Players who were on the wrong server are now
       taken directly to the tournament garage.
       Ranked Battle: Text is no longer cutoff on the Ladder tab when
       you are unranked.
       Xbox 360: Accepting a platoon invite while in Team Training now
       correctly works.
       PG Encounter Battle: Fixed bot pathing to prevent them from
       getting stuck.
       Spectated player highlight no longer displays in the team
       composition bar unless in the postmortem view.
       Garage now displays the correct tank when purchasing multiple
       tanks in War Stories.
       Map name now correctly displays at the start of the match.
       War Stories tanks now have an elite celebration.
       Modules no longer display discount tags.
       Tanks emblems, inscriptions, and Mark of Excellence no longer
       disappear.
       Days remaining for Ranked Battles no longer displays before
       battle starts.
       Tanks:
       T71E2: Guns no longer clip into the fender in sniper view.
       SD: T14: Camouflage now correctly applies to the turret.
       Banshee Comet: 360: Barrel no longer clips into the back of the
       tank.
       Banshee Comet: Adjusted flag locations to match on all consoles.
       60G FT: Fixed visuals of the suspension to have appropriate
       holes.
       60G FT: Sniper view no longer clips into the hull.
       60G FT: Fixed package names.
       M3G FT: Fixed visuals of the suspension to have appropriate
       holes.
       M3G FT: Camo is no longer applied to tools and headlights.
       T-34-2G FT: Fixed visuals of the suspension to have appropriate
       holes.
       T-34-2G FT: Fire FX now correctly placed.
       T-34-2G FT: Fixed wobbly wheel.
       T-34-2G FT: Added missing teeth to the treads.
       Primo Victoria: Canvas cover on the mantle is now HD.
       Hummel: Final package now has 360 View Range.
       WZ-120: Fixed cupola placement on turret.
       HMH Chrysler K: Fixed smoothing around bullet hole on the
       destroyed model.
       HMH Chrysler K: Fixed tracks clipping into the wheels.
       HMH Chrysler K: Camo is no longer applied to viewports.
       HMH Chrysler K: Correct gun sound is now used.
       Yazi: Inscriptions no longer clip into the bars on the side of
       the tank.
       TOG II*: Gun no longer clips into the exhaust pipes.
       TOG II*: Fixed the size of the tread decals.
       T25E6: Barrel no longer clips into objects on the tank in sniper
       view.
       T25E6: Right side treads no longer clip into the upper wheels.
       Pz. I C: Barrel no longer visible in sniper view.
       HMH T-34-85M: Added missing textures inside barrel.
       HMH T-34-85M: Wiggly bits and sandbags are now removed when
       destroyed.
       HMH T-34-85M: Camouflage is now behind the star on the hull.
       HMH T-34-85M: 360: Added missing start on the hull.
       HMH T-34-85M: Spare treads no longer accumulate environmental
       effects.
       King Dragon Type 59: Fixed seam in barrel when destroyed.
       Champion Sherman M4: Destroyed treads now have correct texture.
       Alpine Tiger: Fire FX now correctly placed.
       Alpine Tiger: Machine gun now wiggles correctly.
       Hellcat: Machine gun now wiggles correctly.
       WZ-111G FT: Fixed destroyed wheel texture.
       WZ-111G FT: Camo is no longer applied to the headlights.
       WZ-111-1G FT: Wheels no longer clips through tracks.
       WZ-111-1G FT: Fixed size of track when destroyed.
       Matilda IV: Fixed camo scale on the barrel.
       Pzkpfw VII: Now has a flag attachment.
       WZ-111: Camo is no longer applied to the exhaust vent.
       FV2015 (A45) Black edition - 360: Fixed visual issues with the
       suspension.
       Maps:
       Icebound Encounter: Base circle is now fully visible.
       Province: Fixed a number of floating objects around the map.
       Lakeville: Collision now correctly matches visual of building in
       E8.
       Nomonhan - Winter: Fixed flickering between snow and a rock at
       G3/G4.
       Nomonhan - Winter: Fixed floating destroyed state of dry roots.
       Nomonhan - Winter: Adjusted terrain at D1 to prevent players
       getting stuck.
       Nomonhan - Winter: Blocked off access to unintended area at K6
       and K9.
       Nomonhan - Winter: Trees now correctly fall when knocked over.
       Raseiniai: Clouds added to SPG strategic cam.
       Severogorsk: Fixed the water level in the creek bed.
       Severogorsk: Red splotches in snow removed from A0.
       Malinovka - Winter: Boat frozen in the lake at D3 and J8 no
       longer moves.
       Malinovka - Winter: Border line added at A1.
       Live Oaks - Fixed floating bush at D1.
       Berlin - Winter: Collision now correctly matches visual of
       building at D9.
       Berlin - Winter: Removed duplicate building at D9.
       Pilsen: Fixed flickering with a concrete slab.
       Abbey: Collision of building adjusted at E4 to prevent entering
       it.
       Abbey: Fixed floating rock at E3.
       Arctic Region: Blocked unintended area at K8.
       #Post#: 76847--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Update 4.4: 'Spoils of War' Summary 
       By: Drakona4 Date: April 4, 2018, 3:08 pm
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       Love the new "Battle-Tier" to "Allowed Map" table:
  HTML https://wxpcdn.gcdn.co/dcont/fb/image/battle_tiers_4_4.png
       If I'm a-read'n this a-right, it means that there ain't no more
       Tier VIII battles on 'Widepark'...nor IX battles on 'Pacific
       Island'...
       In related news:  'Sand River' appears to be limited now to
       Battle Tier 7 and above;  I think that means that you must be in
       a tier V tank ... no more Matilda's on 'Sand River'?!
       #Post#: 76859--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Update 4.4: 'Spoils of War' Summary 
       By: guest670 Date: April 5, 2018, 10:38 am
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       [quote author=Drakona4 link=topic=4809.msg76847#msg76847
       date=1522872509]
       Love the new "Battle-Tier" to "Allowed Map" table:
  HTML https://wxpcdn.gcdn.co/dcont/fb/image/battle_tiers_4_4.png
       If I'm a-read'n this a-right, it means that there ain't no more
       Tier VIII battles on 'Widepark'...nor IX battles on 'Pacific
       Island'...
       In related news:  'Sand River' appears to be limited now to
       Battle Tier 7 and above;  I think that means that you must be in
       a tier V tank ... no more Matilda's on 'Sand River'?!
       [/quote]
       I believe you are indeed reading it correctly...or let me say at
       least that I read it the same way  :beer:
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