Snap Shot: The 1.5.1 patch

1.5.1 is up on the NA server and here's a couple of very quick thoughts:


  • Doesn't seem that different so far, but most of the gameplay changes are apparently at the high tier mediums, and in Frontline.
  • You're going to get a free training booklet crew book for each nation that will add 20,000 crew XP to the entire crew on a selected tank. Two things to know about this:
    • The crew has to be trained FOR that tank. If you have a crew for a tech tree tank in a premium, you can't use the crew book on the premium - even though they're a 100% crew. I tried applying to my #2 Swede MT crew who were in my Primo. But they're currently trained for the STRV 74, so I couldn't. Had to go back to the STRV 74 and apply there.
    • They make very very little difference. I applied each of the books to a crew that was part way through their FIRST skills...not a single crew member finished their first skill based on these books. Not even the ones who were already about 90% done. They help...but 20K crew XP is really not very much. It would take 11 of these booklets to finish a full first skill.  The larger "Training Manuals" will be far more impactful.
  • I played 3 games and didn't get the new Kharkov map yet.
  • The new "Session Stats" thing is fine. I'll check it out more as I go. It shows how many wins you got, but doesn't seem to show win rate. You can do the math yourself I guess, if you care. One less mod to install, if you had something like Yassen running (as I did).
GLHF!

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