Armored Warfare News

Commanders!

It’s time to sit back and pour yourselves a cold beer because this week, we’re celebrating the launch of the famous Oktoberfest festival with bonuses, special offer as well as a cool gift! But remember, commanders: be responsible and don’t drink and drive. Unless it’s a tank in Armored Warfare, that is!



Between September 19 and September 26, 2019, the following bonuses will be available:

• 400% Experience income bonus (x5) for the first victory of the day for the Global Operations mode
• 100% bonus to Gold to Credit conversion

You can also pick up a gift on MyLoot for the duration of this event. The gift contains the following items:

• Oktoberfest skin for Leopard 2A5
• 5 Oktoberfest decals
• 1 Oktoberfest avatar

And last but not least, we are offering several interesting items on MyLoot, starting with the German PSO camouflage.

PSO stands for “Peace Support Operations” and is the name of a prototype Leopard 2 variant that appeared during the War on Terror era in 2006. The tank itself was modified for urban warfare and the camouflage reflects that fact, consisting of greenish, ochre and white tiles in order to better blend in with such environments.



Other than that, three German Premium vehicles are also available in bundles and with major discount:

• Marder 2 Tier 8 Premium AFV
• Leopard 2AV Predator Tier 6 Premium MBT
• Kampfpanzer 70 Tier 6 Premium MBT

While the Marder 2 heavy IFV is known for its powerful 50mm cannon and the ability to take a lot of damage for its class, the Leopard 2AV feels more at home at longer distances with its powerful and accurate main weapon. The KPz-70, on the other hand, features a massive 152mm gun that can be devastating against light targets, but also a hydraulic suspension system, allowing you to tilt the vehicle as you see fit.



We hope that you will enjoy the bonuses, gifts and offers and, as always:

See you on the battlefield!

On the 18th of September 2019, starting from 8:00 CEST (17th of September, 11 PM PDT), the server will not be available for 2 hours due to the application of Update 0.29.5711.



List of Update 0.29.5711 Changes

• Added 3 days to the Age of Rage Battle Path duration
• Added several Oktoberfest assets

Commanders!

We’ve prepared another set of historical camouflages, this time from the United States of America.



In the 1970s, the U.S. Mobility Equipment Research & Design Command (MERDC) developed a system for camouflaging armored vehicles. Not only did it standardize the camouflage patterns used at that time, it was designed so that it would be very easy to repaint any vehicle for different conditions. The whole idea worked thus:

Each vehicle would be camouflaged with four differently colored stripes with each stripe sporting one of twelve approved colors (four shades of green, three shades of brown, three shades of sand color, black and white) in one of eight approved combinations for every environment envisaged as a battlefield.

These combinations included:

• Winter battlefields without snow
• Winter battlefields with snow (with or without trees)
• Arctic (pure white)
• Two types of desert camouflage (grey and reddish)
• Summer camouflage
• Tropical camouflage (this one was used very rarely)

The trick to these patterns was that they were easily adaptable because the patterns that could have appeared on the same battlefield usually required one color change only. As an example:

• The temperate winter camouflage for open terrain consisted of colors brown (45% of surface), white (45% of surface), black (5% of surface) and sand (5% of surface)
• The temperate winter camouflage for an environment with trees consisted of colors forest green (45% of surface), white (45% of surface), black (5% of surface) and sand (5% of surface)

So, if an armored unit commander expected to fight in an environment with trees instead of open terrain, he merely had to have a portion of the camouflage repainted – in this case, the brown stripes to green. Spray-painting was also an approved technique, which meant that the process was very fast and practical.

It’s also worth noting that most of these patterns featured the color forest green – that was because it was the default color of newly issued American vehicles at the time. For most European environments, the deployed units therefore only had to apply three colors.

Below, you can find the camouflage screenshots – we are introducing seven of them to the game (NATO white is available already as a base paint).













The MERDC camouflage patterns were intended for all U.S. vehicles and were mostly used during the Cold War. They stopped appearing after the mid-1980s because, in 1984, the MERDC system was replaced by a unified NATO pattern that is currently in use (it’s worth noting that the NATO pattern also exists in Armored Warfare as the French Leclerc camouflage). However, the MERDC color patterns do sporadically appear on various armored vehicles to this day.

Like before, these camouflages will be available for all vehicles and environments and will soon be available in Armored Warfare. We hope you will enjoy them and are hard at work on the next set.

Stay tuned and see you on the battlefield!

Commanders!

It's time to challenge other teams in this exciting "Indian Summer" PvE tournament organized by DCOT!



Where does the event take place?

• Language: German/English (My.com clients only)
• Date: 28.9.2019
• Time: from 16:00 to 23:59 CEST
• Mode: PvE Hardcore
• Format: 5 Player-Platoons, the best 5 Experience results count
• Tier: 8 (Premium vehicles and Field Repair Kit permitted)

How to sign up?

• Sign up here: http://bit.ly/2lNBnv4 (at the bottom of the post)

The registration is open until 27.9.2019, 23:59 CEST.

Prizes

The best four teams will obtain the following prizes:

• First place: Challenger 1 Fionn Tier 7 Premium MBT for each member of the team
• Second place: VFM5 Tier 6 Premium LT for each member of the team
• Third place: Sabre Tier 6 Premium AFV for each member of the team
• Fourth place: Chieftain Mk.6 Tier 5 Premium MBT for each member of the team

Teams placed first to sixth will also receive a DCOT decal.

Rules and Organizer

The host of this Event is the DCOT (Deutsche Community Organisations-Team). You can find the list of rules following this link.

• E-mail: [email protected]

We'll see you on the battlefield!

Commanders!

Last week, we launched the first Public Test Server round of Update 0.30 and have received plenty of your feedback to work with. Today, we’d like to address some of the issues that you brought up to us.



The first and most important topic was that of the Consumables changes. We heard you loud and clear – you did not like the first iteration. That is why we are introducing some quite serious changes to the system compared to the first round of testing:

• We will keep the PvE consumables that repair vehicle hitpoints (healing) but will no longer heal crews or repair vehicles (that's what the other consumables are there for)
• New Ammo resupply and respawn mechanics will stay, as will the standard consumable overhaul (two types, one for free)
• New PvE consumables will not be introduced because they aren't as good as we hoped

So, in summation, you will be able to heal yourself in battle like you did until now and will have a free ammo resupply available (without having to waste your healing) along with respawns not tied to consumables – you can therefore heal AND respawn in one battle, independently.

The second feedback category concerns new vehicles – TTB and Griffin. The Griffin will receive a mobility buff in the form of improved acceleration, maximum speed and reverse speed as well as some other smaller tweaks. The TTB will definitely receive a mobility buff as well (we are looking at improving its acceleration) and, additionally, we are currently investigating the properties of its gun and whether it needs an improvement.

The next round of Public Test Server, available during the upcoming week, will include the M113 Hellfire and we are eagerly awaiting your feedback regarding this killer Tank Destroyer as well as the improvements we are making.

See you on the battlefield!