Patch Update #635 - Released 29th January 2021

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Patch Update #635 - Released 29th January 2021

 

• Smoky’s standard skin received an upgrade to HD.

• Added animation, new shot effects and new projectile mechanics. 

• Added new augments for Smoky.

• A new currency “Shards” for compiling containers is added. 

• Ability to double-click to equip items in the garage is added.

• “My clan” button is added to the friends list.

• The ability of changing your username for a bunch of tankoins is now finally re-added to the game.

• Prizes in the form of shards are added to daily missions. 

• An end battle screen before progressing the statistics screen is displayed. 

• From the battle statistics screen, the option to view the player's clan in the context menu, which caused an error, is removed. 

• The high frequency whistle is removed from the engine sound of medium hover tank (Crusader). 

• The bug where re-opening the chat would reset the anti-flood timer is fixed. 

• A refinement to the balance of turret Smoky and some of its augments are introduced:

  • Now the critical damage has a larger spread;

  • Added the velocity of the projectile: 500 m/s;

  • Decreased the initial critical shot chance from 0 to -0.5 for all modifications;

  • Reduced the minimal chance of a critical shot by -0.5 for all modifications;

  • Increased the maximum chance of a critical shot by 0.5 for all modifications;

  • Now, the critical shot chance spreads from 0.2 to 0.4 for all modifications.

• Augments:

  • Augment «Armor-Piercing Rounds»: the applied status effect duration is changed from 5 to 3 seconds;

  • Augment «Assault rounds»: increases the speed by 200%;

  • Augment «High-precision aiming system»: decreases the speed by 25%;

  • Augment «Incendiary rounds»: the damage of a critical hit decreases by 25%;

  • Augment «Cryo rounds»: the damage of a critical hit decreases by 15%;

  • Augment «Armor-Piercing Rounds»: the damage of a critical hit decreases by 25%.

• Now Matchmaking generates battles with a different number of players, depending upon the size of the map;

• Now the size of maps in matchmaking and the number of players in them depend on the player's rank;

• The number of players in a group now depends on the rank of the players. The maximum number of players in a group is 4 (including a group leader).

• The number of players in the group now affects the available maps; 

• An “up” arrow is displayed in the garage for items that have an upgrade available;

• Now a timer for temporary discounts is displayed in the garage;

• When invited to a PRO-battle, you will get a notification to say whether the battle is available at your rank or not;

• In the list of battles, the entered text is saved in the battle name field if you return from the battle lobby or from the garage.