Armored Warfare News

Commanders!

We’re finally happy to introduce “Shockwave”, the largest Armored Warfare update in recent history, is coming this autumn.

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Without further ado, here’s what you can look forward to.

[h2]Shockwave – Part 1[/h2]

• Shockwave mode – a new endgame cooperative PvE in-game mode in which players must survive progressively tougher enemies to see who survives the longest. The mode will be accompanied by a special event with unique prizes. You can read more about it in our dedicated article
• New sounds – the T-72 series and several other vehicles are getting new engine sounds as the first step in the announced sound overhaul. You can read more about them in our dedicated article
• Pipelines map overhaul – we have overhauled the visuals of the Pipelines PvP map to improve the graphics of Armored Warfare. You can read more about it in our dedicated article
  
• Dynamic decals – you can now place your decals pretty much anywhere on the vehicle. You can read more about it in our dedicated article
• PELE overhaul – all PELE shells are changing their mechanics to improve their usefulness. No more various PELE shells with a different mechanic each. This feature will be described in a future article
  

This update will be followed by its second part:

[h2]Shockwave – Part 2[/h2]

Drones and Anti-Drone Measures – a new type of gameplay is making its appearance in Armored Warfare. Several existing vehicles will be equipped with attack or recon drones. Other vehicles will receive new airburst shells to fight them as well as active abilities. You can read more about them in our dedicated article.

The Shockwave update will of course come with its own bug fixes and other smaller quality of life improvements to the game. Additionally, we’re working on the recently announced Seahawks Battle Path that’ll give you even more things to do in the game.

We hope that you’ll enjoy the update and, as always:

See you on the battlefield!

Commanders!

This autumn’s update is bringing a lot of features. There are the drones, a new game mode, overhauled Pipelines, engine sounds for the T-72 series... and that’s still not all. Today we’d like to tell you about yet another feature that’s making its way to Armored Warfare, the Dynamic Decals.



Now, the entire idea is really simple. The in-game decals can now be moved, rotated (by holding Alt and scrolling your mouse wheel) and their size can be changed (by holding Shift and scrolling your mouse wheel). Here’s a demonstration of the system:

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Please note that the system still has some limitations:

• This system only applies to decals, not to battalion emblems
  
• There still are just two decals per vehicle
  
• Decals cannot be placed on ERA or other additional armor plates, they will always appear on the base hull of the vehicle
  

As you can see, this is only the first iteration of the system. We will continue to develop it so it is more practical in the future. Until then:

See you on the battlefield!

Commanders!

If you are following our news, you know already that the top prize of the upcoming Battle Path (called “Seahawks”) is the XK3 Main Battle Tank. And you already know that we have promised to let you name it in a contest. This is that contest.



The rules are really simple. Write your suggestion (along with your in-game name) in this form until October 20, 2024 (23:59 CEST). Once the submission phase is over, the acceptable names will be put to a vote by you.

The winner will receive the access to the Seahawks Battle Path along with 225.000 Battle Coins (enough to unlock the XK3 on the first day). Additionally, the vehicle will be named so in the game with a mention of the winning player’s name in its description.

Please note:

• The submission phase ends on October 20, 2024 at 23:59 CEST
  
• The name has to be in English or at least written with Latin alphabet
  
• Foreign names are translated to be in English. Names in foreign languages will not be accepted (so, for example, the Russian word Bars would have to be submitted as “Snow Leopard”), the manner of translation is your responsibility
  
• One submission allowed per player
  
• If two players make the same suggestion, only the earlier one will make it into the voting
  
• Suggestions must not include inappropriate words, terms or connotations
  
• We reserve the right to discard any such inappropriate submissions based on our judgment
  
• The prize will be handed out with or after the launch of the Seahawks Battle Path
  

We hope that you’ll enjoy the contest and, as always:

See you on the battlefield!

Commanders!

We’d like to finally unveil the single largest feature of the upcoming autumn update (alongside drones), which is a brand-new endgame competitive PvE mode.



The mode will be the first full (that is, constantly available) game mode since the introduction of Special Operations.

The idea behind it is simple. You find yourselves somewhere in the desert in Sudan. A corporation hired your team to defend the last solar-powered water purification plant in the region. But what they failed to mention is that there’s a veritable army of hostile mercenaries coming to take control of it and you are all that stands between them and their prize. There’s no coming out of this one... or is there?



In this mode, a team of 5 players (much like standard PvE) defends the plant against incoming waves of enemies with each wave progressively more difficult than the last. The enemies are after the base and their objective is to get to the center of it and capture it (or destroy all of you).

Your goal is to survive for as long as you can because that’s the true measure of success in this mode. But there are other differences compared to regular PvE modes:

• This mode will be available for Tier 10 vehicles only, no exceptions
  
• There is no time limit – you die or the enemies capture the base, but you cannot outlast them by passive gameplay
  
• There is no vehicle limit – it’s up to you what you take in the match but you will need every bit of firepower to perform well
  
• There are no respawns – once you’re dead, that’s it
  
• Enemy vehicle waves spawn together and each wave arrives from one of several different directions (the types of enemies and directions are randomized so no two matches will be identical)
  
• Enemy vehicle wrecks despawn immediately upon destruction and therefore cannot be used for cover (this is to accommodate large numbers of hostile vehicles)
  
• New enemy types will appear in this mode (vehicles that cannot be seen in any other mission)
  
• Ammunition will replenish automatically (periodically, with a sound indicator) – ammo is effectively infinite
  
• You will not be able to complete contracts or Battle Path missions in this mode (at least, initially)
  

Difficulty-wise, as you can guess from the term “endgame”, this mode will be punishing – the ultimate test of skill. But the rewards will be major as well with plenty of Credits, Experience and Battle Coins awarded to active players. And that’s not all, of course:

• An event will be tied to the launch of this mode, allowing you to earn epic camouflages, Gold or even an animated avatar!
  
• In the next iteration, we will add a public, seasonal scoreboard with kills/survival times and special (epic) prizes for top players
  

The launch of this mode can be regarded as “Season 0” or, more appropriately, a limited trial run. We’ll be gathering your feedback, of course, and will act upon it – so don’t hesitate to let us know what you think.



Rest assured that we are committed to this mode and will be steadily improving it in the months following the release with new mechanics, new events and everything else we have in plans.

We hope that you will enjoy this new experience and, as always:

See you on the battlefield!

Commanders!

Today, we’d like to tell you more about the upcoming Seahawks Battle Path campaign as a whole along with the changes and improvements we’ve prepared for you.

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[h2]Preorder[/h2]

You can now secure the access to the Battle Path early (and with preorder-exclusive items) in the Web Shop “Battle Path” section. The following bundles are available:

• Seahawks access with the Seahawk (Early) camouflage and the Desert Hawk decal
  
• Seahawks access with 50.000 Battle Coins, the Seahawk (Early) camouflage and the Desert Hawk decal
  
• Seahawks access with 10 Battle Coin boosters, the Seahawk (Early) camouflage and the Desert Hawk decal
  

The Seahawk (Early) camouflage is based on the woodland pattern used by the Seahawks during their early Balkans campaign. For more details about the Battle Path, please read below.



The shop can be accessed in the game by pressing the shopping basket icon in the upper left corner.



[h2]Seahawk Legacy[/h2]

The concept of this Battle Path ties in to what’s going on with Armored Warfare right now. As you can see from the multiple “autumn update” posts, we’re having a bit of a renaissance here. With that come new players and judging from the popularity of the Special Operations mode and the questions being asked, some are definitely interested in Armored Warfare’s lore.



With this Battle Path, we’re going back to the concept of story-driven events and diaries. The Seahawks Battle Path narrates the Seahawks story which the Black Company Special Operations directly follow, from the very beginning (introducing the world of Armored Warfare) to the events that took place right before the beginning of Rate of Decay.

Now, some of you know the story already – perhaps you have even been playing since 2017 when the tale got told for the first time. Not to worry, we’ve prepared a lot of other things to motivate you to enter this Battle Path than just the story – although it’ll be great to see it come to life with brand-new Diary illustrations instead of just texts. For the first time, the story will also be available in Russian.

[h2]Prizes[/h2]

Speaking of motivating, there will be 50 levels packed full of prizes. As usual, we’ve prepared three brand-new vehicles for you:

• Cheonma-2 Tier 10 Premium MBT for reaching Level 20
  
• VN20 Tier 10 Premium AFV for reaching Level 35
  
• XK3 Tier 10 Premium MBT for reaching Level 50
  

These aren’t directly tied to a story but each of them represents a looted Clayburn Industry facility as Andrew Clayburn does like to acquire interesting prototypes for his R&D department. Each of these is a Tier 10 Premium vehicle with a separate, unique gameplay but we’re just getting started. This Battle Path will offer three Premium commanders as well:

• Joshua Seagrove for reaching Level 11
  
• Kathryn Grey for reaching Level 15
  
• Fedor Sokolov for reaching Level 17
  

These commanders have been around for a long time but, for this event, we have decided to give them an overhaul that will be available for the Battle Path’s release (and yes, the overhaul also includes Samuel Thorpe from the previous Battle Path). If you have these commanders already, you will receive Battle Coins instead.



But that’s still not all. We took a lot of inspiration from the 2017 Storyline Campaign and included a number of other prizes that had appeared in it before. Specifically:

• Stingray “Black Eagle” Premium LT and all the Black Eagle skins
  
• T-72 Victory Premium MBT
  
• Sabre Premium AFV
  

And, of course, there’s the Abrams AGDS Tier 9 Premium Tank Destroyer that originally appeared as the event’s top prize. The rest of the prizes (camouflages, decals and more) are brand-new or reimagined.



And last but not least, there will be several Seahawk Loot Crates waiting for you, which include:

• AbramsX Tier 10 Premium Main Battle Tank
  
• EMBT Tier 10 Premium Main Battle Tank
  
• Puma Tier 10 Premium Armored Fighting Vehicle
  
• Boxer CRV Tier 10 Premium Armored Fighting Vehicle
  
• Battle Coin Boosters
  
• Platinum Boosters
  
• Platinum Loot Crates
  

If you have one of these vehicles already and it drops for you, you will receive its full price in Gold.



All that – for the same price as before. Lower in fact, as we reduced the price per Level from 5.000 Battle Coins to 4.500 Battle Coins.

[h2]Battle Coin Shop Update[/h2]

As usual, we’re updating the Battle Coin shop. However, instead of simply adding new things, we are (based on your feedback) lowering the prices across the board. The prices now follow this system:

• All Tier 10 vehicles now cost 75999 Battle Coins
  
• All Tier 9 vehicles now cost 55999 Battle Coins
  
• All Tier 8 vehicles now cost 35999 Battle Coins
  
• All Tier 7 vehicles now cost 21999 Battle Coins
  
• All Tier 6 vehicles now cost 12999 Battle Coins
  
• All Tier 5 vehicles and below now cost 5999 Battle Coins
  
• Camouflages and base paints now cost 5999 Battle Coins
  
• Most skins now cost 19999 Battle Coins (except for the most epic ones which now cost 44999 Battle Coins)
  

[h2]Mission Overhaul[/h2]

Once again, we are changing the mission requirements but this time, we updated the Elite missions as well. In Seahawks, the mission chains will include:

• Bulwark vehicles (older German and Soviet machines)
  
• Mauler vehicles (cutting edge German machines)
  
• Remnant vehicles (Polish machines)
  

The Elite missions are replaced by Seahawk missions (requiring Seahawk vehicles). In case these faction names are unfamiliar to you, they come from a story that preceded even the Seahawk tale and we’ll refresh your memory (or introduce them again) in the future. For now, the important part is that:

• Each of the three chains rewards you with Battle Coin boosters and a single Seahawk Loot Crate
  
• The Seahawk missions (previously Elite missions) award you with Abrams AGDS (or its full price in Gold if you have it already)
  

[h2]Conclusion[/h2]

The rest of the Battle Path remains mostly the same. The Battle Path is currently planned to launch in November but, as usual, the specific date will be announced a bit later.

We hope you’ll enjoy this Battle Path as much as we enjoyed designing it and, as always:

See you on the battlefield!