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Tame the Object 780

Commanders!

Let’s take a closer look at this top-tier addition and discover its strengths and weaknesses.

The parameters displayed are valid for the vehicle with each crew member trained to 100% major qualification level. Some vehicle characteristics can be further improved with the Commander's bonus to major qualification level, crew perks, and skills, as well as special in-game items.


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[h2]Firepower[/h2]



The Object 780 is a maneuverable assault heavy tank with a powerful 130 mm cannon. It has remarkable gun handling stats for a heavy tank, including 530 HP alpha damage, an aiming time of 1.9 s, 0.35 m dispersion at 100m, and over 2,200 DPM. Combined with decent gun depression and elevation angles—especially for a Soviet tank—the Object 780 is a threat from almost any distance.

[h2]Survivability[/h2]



300 mm thick turret armor, small lower and upper glacis plates, and well-sloped frontal armor make it hard for opponents to crack the Object 780 head-on. Take advantage of terrain irregularities and safely fire from cover, or team up with reliable allies and hold the front line. But keep in mind that the HP pool is not very impressive, and the rate of fire is not the highest, so don’t get into duels unless you're sure you can come out victorious.

[h2]Mobility[/h2]



The Object 780 has an excellent power-to-weight ratio, accelerates quickly, and can maintain its top speed. However, with a top speed of 45 km/h, it won't win many cross-map races, so it's better to choose one direction at the start, hold a flank, and shield your allies from light and medium tanks.

[h2]Destructibility[/h2]



While the Object 780 seems like an intimidating beast, it's not without its weaknesses. Whether you're at the helm of the Soviet heavy tank or have to face it on the field, it's good to be aware of its shortcomings.

The tank is very compact, so the internal modules are located close to one another. This makes it easy to receive critical damage. Consider spending one equipment slot on Modified Configuration.

The underplate is a good way to punish an Object 780 commander that peeks too far over a ridgeline. Hit the fuel tank located near the front of the tank, and you might even set it on fire. Conversely, if you're looking down at an Object 780, aim for the cupola to score a penetrating shot. Try to approach enemies from the front and on relatively even terrain.

[h2]Equipment[/h2]

Check out the setup below to ensure the maximum performance of your tank.



Try the brawler setup with Improved Hardening, Vertical Stabilizer, and Gun Rammer if you prefer a more hands-on playstyle. The boost to the HP pool will be more than welcome in close enemy encounters.

The alternative setup uses Improved Ventilation, Gun Turbocharger, and Modified Configuration to boost the strength of the vehicle. Combined with Field Modification, you can increase the DPM, reduce the aiming time, and improve gun accuracy to make the Object 780 an even better support heavy tank.

[h2]Crew Skills[/h2]



The three-person crew layout means that the commander and gunner have to double as the radio operator and loader. But despite the atypical configuration, the first skills remain fairly standard with Sixth Sense, Brothers in Arms, and Repair. Use the fourth skill to boost the vehicle’s strength and balance out some of its shortcomings.



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Now that you're armed with the proper knowledge, head out and dominate the battlefield!

Roll Out!

The Survivors: Week Two Overview

Survivors!

The second set of special missions is already available, so be sure to complete them before the end of the week to earn valuable goodies. Remember, missions must be completed in order, meaning you’ll need to finish the first weekly mission in order to move on to the second one.

To find them in the game, go to the MISSIONS tab in your Garage and scroll down to the section named “The Survivors.” Here, you’ll be able to keep track of this week’s missions, your progress, and the rewards for completion.

Let’s take a closer look at this week’s conditions!

[h3]Personal Mission: First Steps [/h3]
Conditions:
  • Receive 4 or more hits in a battle
  • Survive
Restrictions:
  • Only in Tier VI–X vehicles
  • Only in Random Battles and Grand Battles
  • Once per account
Rewards:
  • х2 Crew Directive: Increased Focus
  • х2 Crew Directive: Experienced Firefighters
  • х2 Crew Directive: Natural Cover
[h3]Personal Mission: Hold the Line [/h3]
Conditions:
  • Destroy 2 enemies in a battle
  • Survive
Restrictions:
  • Only in Tier VI–X vehicles
  • Only in Random Battles and Grand Battles
  • Once per account
Rewards:
  • x2 Personal Reserves: +50% to XP for 1 hour
  • х2 Personal Reserves: +200% to Crew XP for 1 hour
[h3]Personal Mission: The Road to Excellence [/h3]
Conditions:
  • Obtain the “Duelist” Honorary Rank in a battle
  • Be among the top 10 on your team by base XP earned
Restrictions:
  • Only in Tier VI–X vehicles
  • Only in Random Battles and Grand Battles
  • Once per account
Rewards:
  • 1 day of WoT Premium Account
  • 200,000 credits
[h2]Try Out the TOG II* And Participate in Our Giveaway! [/h2]

Don’t forget that we have more than just survival missions up for grabs! If you haven’t done so already, head over to the in-game Store and take the legendary TOG II* for a free 7-day ride, participate in the TOG II* Screenshot Competition, and check out our Giveaway to offer some advice to fellow tankers and win a guaranteed prize!



Stay tuned for the week three overview and keep tanking!

The Survivors: Block, Bounce, Survive, and Win!

Commanders!

Are you capable of destroying several enemy tanks and surviving the battle, negating the opponents’ shots with your mighty armor? Find out the answer to this question during our special event “The Survivors” that launches today as a part of Steam Survival Sale! You will complete missions that are focused on two simple things: help your team win and survive the battle yourself. Remember: survival is crucial, so think wisely, but keep in mind that you need to show a nice performance in the battle as well, so hiding behind your allies is not a good option.

Speaking of hiding, there is a famous tank in the game that you can probably hide half of your team behind. Of course, we are talking about the one and only TOG II*! During the event, this outstanding feat of British engineering will be available in the in-game Store for 7 days of rental for free! Long, slow, and bulky, but with a great gun and lots of HP, the TOG II* is a unique tank in many ways, and now you have a chance to try it out!

Apart from the missions with valuable rewards and the TOG II* for a free rental, this event introduces several packages with rental Premium tanks in the in-game Store at bargain prices as well as an option to get a guaranteed reward in the Survival Giveaway and a TOG II* screenshot competition. That seems like a lot of fun stuff to get into, doesn’t it? Well, let’s check out the details!

[h3]The Survivors[/h3]
July 18, 2022, through August 7, 2022



[h2]Complete the Survival Missions![/h2]

During this event, players will receive three different sets of missions: one per each week of the event. You will have exactly one week to complete the weekly missions and get the rewards. Once the week is over, another set of missions will become available and any unfinished ones from the previous set will expire. During the week, missions are completed one by one, which means that you need to finish the first weekly mission to move on to the second one.

To find them in the game, go to the “MISSIONS” tab in your Garage and scroll down to the section named “The Survivors”. There you will find this week’s missions, your progress and the rewards for completion.

The missions are designed to encourage players to be efficient and helpful to their team, all while keeping your vehicle functional until the very end of the battle. To put it simply, you need to win and survive!

The rewards for missions include personal reserves, credits, directives and days of WoT Premium Account: definitely worth the effort!

Check out the additional information below to learn more about the first week’s missions, and watch out for more articles in which we’ll cover the second and the third week of the event.

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[h3]Personal Mission: First Steps[/h3]
Conditions:
  • Win a battle
  • Survive
Restrictions:
  • Only in Tier VI–X vehicles
  • Only in Random Battles and Grand Battles
  • Once per account
Rewards:
  • х2 Directive for crew: Increased Focus
  • х2 Directive for crew: Experienced Firefighters
  • х2 Directive for crew: Natural Cover
[h3]Personal Mission: Hold the Line[/h3]
Conditions:
  • Block more damage than your tank's HP in a battle
  • Survive
Restrictions:
  • Only in Tier VI–X vehicles
  • Only in Random Battles and Grand Battles
  • Once per account
Rewards:
  • x2 Personal Reserves: +50% to XP for 1 hour
  • x2 Personal Reserves: +200% Crew XP for 1 hour
[h3]Personal Mission: The Road to Excellence[/h3]
Conditions:
  • Destroy 3 enemies in battle
  • Be among the top 7 on your team by base XP earned
Restrictions:
  • Only in Tier VI–X vehicles
  • Only in Random Battles and Grand Battles
  • Once per account
Rewards:
  • 1 day of WoT Premium Account
  • 200,000 credits
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[h2]Take the Legendary TOG II* for a 7-Day Drive![/h2]

The TOG II* is very famous in the World of Tanks community for being a bizarre and unusual vehicle. The jokes about this monstrous project of British engineers will never go out of fashion, but the tank itself is no joke! Giant and slow it may be, but its gun is accurate and fast-firing, and it has the largest HP pool among its tier! Overall, the experience of roaming the battlefield on this colossal vehicle is hard to describe: one should try it out for themselves!

And you have such an opportunity, as during “The Survivors” event the TOG II* will be available for 7 days of rental in the in-game Store for free! Grab it and see if you can survive being the longest tank on the battlefield!



If you really enjoy your experience in the TOG II*, you can buy it out. By completing a simple mission in that tank, you can earn a 30% discount on your purchase!

Obtain the discount by completing a special vehicle mission that you receive together with the tank:
[h3]Personal Mission: Crucial Contribution[/h3]
Conditions:
  • Play 20 battles
  • Be among the top 10 on your team by base XP earned in each battle
Restrictions:
  • Only in the TOG II*
  • Only in Random Battles
  • Once per account
Rewards:
  • 30% discount on the TOG II* package

[h2]Get a Rental Tank at a Good Price and Earn a Huge Discount on Your Purchase! [/h2]

Apart from the TOG II*, there will be three other Premiums in the in-game Store that you can take for 7 days of rental for a nice price: the IS-6, the T26E4 SuperPershing, and Kanonenjagdpanzer 105.

NOTE: Packages are available only for players that don’t have these vehicles in the Garage.

You can get one or several of them to complete the event missions, or just to try out a new vehicle for a week. Similar to the TOG II*, you get one extra mission with each tank, that lets you accumulate a huge discount of even more than 30% to buy the vehicle out if you really like it!

[h2]Take Part in the Survival Giveaway![/h2]

Do you want to get some extra rewards? And what about reading various tips and getting advice from fellow players? Actually, let’s do both at the same time!

Head on to our Survival Giveaway, complete a few simple steps that include leaving your advice for the other players in the comments, and get a guaranteed reward!

[h2]Show Your Best TOG II* Battles in our Screenshot Competition![/h2]

The TOG II* is probably the best tank ever made. Well, maybe not, but we just really like it for being the fun machine it is. So, we want to see if you like it as well!

If you are having a great time playing in the TOG II* and want to share your success with us, upload a screenshot of your post-battle stats in a TOG II*, with at least 600 base XP, and receive a guaranteed reward!

To participate, you need to follow these simple steps:
  1. Play in the TOG II* and earn at least 600 base XP in the battle to participate.
  2. Take two screenshots of the post-battle stats on the “Personal Score” and “Team Score” tabs.
  3. Make sure that your nickname is visible on the screenshots.
  4. Upload your screenshots to our Steam Community Hub.
  5. Please don’t upload other people’s screenshots. We will verify that the nickname on the screenshots matches your Steam WoT account name.

If you do all of the steps correctly, you will receive a guaranteed reward of 1 day of WoT Premium Account! We will also select the three best TOG II* players, and they will get an entire week of WoT Premium Account. So, grab the rental TOG II* from the in-game Store for free and show us how its done!

NOTE: If you already have the TOG II* on your account, you can participate as well!
NOTE: We will send the goodies to the World of Tanks account associated with your Steam account.

[h2]Enjoy the event![/h2]

As usual, this is the most important point. After all, our first and main goal will always remain to make sure that our players stay entertained and have lots of opportunities to have fun in the game. Complete missions, earn rewards, roll out on the battlefield in the gigantic TOG II* and enjoy your time in World of Tanks!

Let everybody see how tough you are!

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We would love to hear your feedback about the event in the comments under this post. Or just go ahead and tell us some funny stories about TOG II*!

Survival Giveaway: Press “S” to Survive!

Commanders!

As part of our event “The Survivors” we are launching a dedicated Giveaway where every participant who follows the rules will get the reward!

You just need to do a couple of clicks and leave a comment with a tip or advice for other World of Tanks players! Let us start with some advice that suits the overall theme of the event:

Everything has its time: you need to press “W” for the Win at the right moment, but sometimes you have to press “S” to Survive!

[h3]How to participate:[/h3]
  1. Click here.
  2. Click the “Like” button.
  3. Leave a useful piece of advice for other players in the comments
Done! Now, you’re taking part in our giveaway.

NOTE: Any comments that violate the discussion rules may be deleted or excluded from the giveaway.

[h3]The prize:[/h3]
  • 1 Large Repair Kit
  • 1 Large First Aid Kit
  • 1 Automatic Fire Extinguisher
NOTE: We will send the reward to the World of Tanks account that’s associated with your Steam account.

The rewards will be sent to players a few days after the giveaway ends on 8th of August, 2022.

Share your knowledge and get a reward!

Arcade Cabinet: Try Out an Experimental Mode With Unusual Rules!

Commanders!

Let's imagine for a moment that the battle characteristics of every vehicle in the game were changed beyond recognition. Now, we’re not just talking about Field Modification with some 3–5% fluctuation up or down—we’re talking about a truly impressive transformation!

For example, what if we doubled the Leopard 1's aiming speed? Or suddenly increased the proximity spotting distance of all vehicles in battle to 445 meters? What would it be like to play with a damage spread of +/–75% of the standard value?

Sound crazy? We know! This is your opportunity to try out something unusual and extraordinary—something that’s never been seen before in regular Random Battles.

Get ready to experience the classic game mechanics from a different perspective with no risk, no pressure, and no strings attached! Starting July 15, we’re launching Arcade Cabinet, a new experimental platform. Battles will take place according to the standard rules but with unusual battle modifiers that change the classic technical characteristics. There will be a total of three launches taking place over the course of several weeks, each with its own unique theme and gameplay.

Read on to find out more!

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[h2]How to Find Arcade Cabinet[/h2]

In the Garage, select the Arcade Cabinet mode from the menu to the right of the “Battle!” button. When hovering over the mode button, you’ll see the combat modifiers that will be applied in battle. Check them out and prepare to be surprised!



[h2]Launch One: Railgun[/h2]

EU: From July 15 at 06:00 CEST through July 17 at 05:00 CEST (UTC+2)
NA: From July 15 at 07:00 PT | 09:00 CT | 10:00 ET through July 17 at 21:59 PT | 23:59 CT | July 18 at 00:59 ET
ASIA: From July 15 at 13:00 (UTC+8) through July 18 at 04:00 (UTC+8)

The time has come to grab a railgun and show your opponents who's truly the boss as you battle it out in an exciting railgun match! The aiming time, gun dispersion, engine power, and other characteristics of your vehicles will be immediately improved by 50–100%. Even players who are new to the game may suddenly demonstrate impressive skills and Robin Hood-like accuracy!

Moreover, proximity spotting distance will increase to 445 meters. Your opponents will be in plain sight, meaning that all you’ll have to do is track them down and cause accurate damage from afar! This is your opportunity to feel like a sniper.

[h3]Battle Modifiers[/h3]



[h2]Launch Two: Element of Surprise[/h2]

EU: From July 29 at 06:00 CEST through July 31 at 05:00 CEST (UTC+2)
NA: From July 29 at 07:00 PT | 09:00 CT | 10:00 ET through July 31 at 21:59 PT | 23:59 CT | August 1 at 00:59 ET
ASIA: From July 29 at 13:00 (UTC+8) through August 1 at 04:00 (UTC+8)

This is your chance to find out just how random our Random Battles can get and discover the power of the element of surprise! In this launch, expect plenty of jaw-dropping twists and turns. You may get lucky and destroy an IS-7 with Improved Hardening with a single shot, while someone else may cause pitifully low damage and crawl back to their Garage, hoping to be more fortunate next time. As World of Tanks players like to say, "Skill is skill, but RNG is RNG!"

We will announce the exact combat modifiers for this mode shortly before its launch.

[h2]Launch Three: Tranquility[/h2]

EU: From August 12 at 06:00 CEST through August 14 at 05:00 CEST (UTC+2)
NA: From August 12 at 07:00 PT | 09:00 CT | 10:00 ET through August 14 at 21:59 PT | 23:59 CT | August 15 at 00:59 ET
ASIA: From August 12 at 13:00 (UTC+8) through August 15 at 04:00 (UTC+8)

Once again, a total change in combat modifiers means a total change in gameplay! In the third launch, you’ll immerse yourself in calm and peaceful tranquility. There’s no need to hurry, so take your time when loading shells, and treat non-penetrating shots as a worldly vanity. In a sense, this launch will feel like a return to “the good old WoT” of leisurely-paced gameplay and unhurried battles. Enjoy this little dash of nostalgia!

We will share more detailed information about the modifiers for this mode before its launch.

[h2]Standard Rules for All Launches[/h2]

All launches in Arcade Cabinet will be played according to the standard rules of Random Battles:
  • Same-tier battles will be in the 15v15 format.* Only Tier VIII and X vehicles are allowed.
  • Matchmaking is by vehicle type.
  • Objective: Capture the base or destroy all enemy vehicles.
  • Platoons are allowed.
  • Battle results in this mode do not count towards your statistics. You have nothing to prove, so just play and enjoy!
  • Credits and Combat XP earning rates, as well as the costs of repairs and consumables, are the same as in Random Battles.
  • Bonds and Battle Pass Points cannot be earned in this mode.
  • Combat missions for credits will be available in Tier X battles.
  • The principles of fair play (EU, NA, ASIA) should be followed in all battles.

  • Each of the Arcade Cabinet submodes will have separate queues for Tier VIII and X vehicles. If there is an insufficient number of players in the queue, the matchmaker may launch a battle with fewer participants.
Battles in the Arcade Cabinet submodes will be fought on the following maps:

Railgun

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Tranquility

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Head to Arcade Cabinet to experience weekend battles with non-standard rules and a fresh perspective!