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World of Tanks Beta rolls out massive fixes for the weekend

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Thank you for all your testing and reporting done so far! We’re hard at work adding features and addressing fixes within the game. The latest update manages to cross a few off the list and plug in some improvements for the HUD.

Update Notes

New Features

• Top tier tanks are now eligible for elite status on the Tech Tree menu
• The HUD has been updated to include:
  • Voice Feed - will now have indicators for ’who is speaking’ above the radar and messages involving the player are now colored gold
  • Kill Feed - the tank indicator was reduced in size, a queue of three ordered from bottom to top has been added, and there is now an additional center justified kill notification
  • Ammo Bar - Centered the display, added new rounded icons, added new active and passive outlines for ammo

• A few of the control parameters have been updated:
  
  • SPG Aiming - the aiming should feel less ’sticky’; the speed and curves were modified to make precision aiming smoother
  • Rumble Feedback - now included for component damage and crew injuries

Fixed Issues

• M3 Lee can be purchased allowing progression through to the T1 Heavy
• Destroyed tanks appearing as being full health in the HUD (Heads Up Display)
• Battle Training (Tutorial) now displays and rewards XP or credits upon completion
• Sniper camera no longer shows the inside of the turret when using the several tanks
• Tanks no longer momentarily appear in a destroyed state when loaded in garage
• Opening the start menu on top of the Battle Training (Tutorial) menu no longer causes the game to get stuck
• Player is now informed of performance upon completion of Battle Training (Tutorial)
• The muzzle flash on the M2 Light Tank with the 2nd Upgrade Package has been reduced
• Player’s account name no longer displays “m_tfname” before tanks load in garage
• Post-mortem (destroyed) yellow player icon now fades from team composition bar
• Correct Ping now being displayed in match

Known Issues

• Muting another player results in a crash
• Leaving any tech tree while a Tank Info screen is active will cause loss of UI functionality in cursor movement
• Tanks appear to be unlocked early due to packages unlocking prerequisites
• Tank stats in the Garage and in the Tech Tree are different
• Rapidly switching tanks in the Garage can cause the framerate (FPS) to drop
• Underwater tank icon stays on screen during after being killed (postmortem camera)
• Accessing the Tech Tree causes a delay
• The gun reticle does not properly point at tanks that are very close
• The Overview map does not display your Field of Vision (FoV)/Turret direction
• The Players Online indicator is not displaying the number of online users
• Disconnecting during the game can result in the Garage resetting the player account and can only be fixed with a restart
• When a match ends in a draw, it shows a defeat for all players
• Battle Training (Tutorial) hangs at the end if waypoints are skipped
• Once your treads have been damaged once, the "Immobilized: the suspension is damaged" message will appear frequently
• Some valid research or purchase tasks in the Tech Tree results in a  ’Not enough credits’ or ’Not enough XP’ error
• In options, changing the controller scheme is not functioning properly
• Selecting the Southpaw configuration switches to Control A, and selecting Control A switches to Southpaw
• Some tank names do not appear in the Combat Results Summary Screen
• In rare circumstances, the player is kicked from the battle queue into the garage with the tank showing “in use” with no player or progress data
• Callouts do not appear next to player’s nametag
• Player IDs disappear near the edge of screen
• Player IDs don’t show when initially spotted in reticle
• In Battle Training (Tutorial), the Objective Arrow can be inaccurate
• Garage does not remember last tank used
• No indication which player you are following in post mortem (post death) mode
• Tank tier and type icons not displayed in the player list
• Battle Summary Screen is missing base capture points
• Access to player gamer cards when Gamertags are listed is not functioning
• Match section of the Game Summary shows a maximum of 28 players even if more than 28 players were in the game