In this episode we look at the dev server in its 3rd iteration for patch 1.43, taking a look at the new additions to the game and changes to the tech tree.
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00:00Hello everybody, and welcome to another episode of War Thunder.
00:04As you can see, we're on the dev server again.
00:07They've opened it up for a third time, introduced a new patch.
00:11Just from spawning, I think there's been some changes to the hangar.
00:14I don't think these vehicles were here before.
00:17It looks a lot better now that they've added the vehicles.
00:20It looks more airfield-like, like it's an actual busy place, I suppose.
00:24I mean, obviously, none of it's moving, but...
00:27It makes it seem a bit more authentic.
00:30Now, as I was about to say, they've added another patch for this.
00:35Only, well, there's been a few minor and major changes.
00:40We'll quickly pop over to the Gaijin website to show you what the changes are.
00:47Now, this is where the preliminary patch notes are being posted for 1.43.
00:53Remember, this isn't the exact same patch every time the dev server opens.
00:58The black writing is what was on the original two-hour-long dev server that I didn't really get into.
01:05The blue one is the one where I, or red one, sorry, is where I recorded the last lot of videos on the dev server.
01:13And blue is what we are getting today in the dev server.
01:17Now, this new change is quite major.
01:20The new realistic battle mode.
01:22Basically, destroying vehicles, dealing damage and capturing zones will give you points.
01:27And if you get a certain amount of points, you can respawn in the vehicles in your lineup.
01:33And you start off with some points to spawn in with, about 400 points it says here.
01:38So, you may be limited in what vehicle you can spawn in with originally, because some may be more expensive than 400.
01:45It's not entirely clear.
01:48But, moving on.
01:50The matchmaking is calculated according to the vehicles in the maximum lineup.
01:54So, maximum battle rating in the lineup.
01:56So, if you bring a jet and then you want to choose a...
01:59You know, and the other aircraft will buy planes, you're going to get a really high tier match.
02:04If you don't get enough points, you just can't respawn.
02:08How it is now, basically.
02:10And the team wins the same way as normal.
02:14This last bit, given...
02:16Well, not quite last, but...
02:18It's to do with battle rating.
02:20From what I can understand, maybe the vehicle with the highest battle rating equals 100 points.
02:30Ones that are below it in battle rating should cost less.
02:34So, say one's battle rating of 5, that would be 100 points.
02:38Another one's battle rating of 4 should cost 75, something like that.
02:42And, with battle rating difference of 1 or more in your lineup...
02:47The maximum step down is 0.75.
02:50So, if you've got a lineup of 5 for a jet and then, I don't know, 3 for another aircraft...
02:56It can only go down to about 2.75, I believe is what it's trying to say.
03:012.25, sorry.
03:03It's not really clear, that last bit.
03:05This is quite a major change.
03:08Before in Realistic Battles, you'd just go into battle, and you'd either succeed or you'd die.
03:14Now, they're basically doing it so if you do well, you could possibly respawn.
03:20That'll be interesting to see.
03:22I'm hoping that's going to be a separate game mode and not for all the Realistic Battles, really.
03:27Because, I quite like how it is at the moment.
03:30But, we'll get more information on that as it goes, hopefully.
03:33Replay view interface has been changed.
03:36We did know there was going to be changes.
03:38It does seem to be a lot better already.
03:40Probably got to have more changes.
03:42New decals, so for different nations and squadrons.
03:47Won't go into too much detail on that at the moment.
03:50Aviation damage model.
03:53High-explosive shells effect on aircraft framework has been fixed.
03:56Which is good, because the large caliber weapons don't seem to have much effect at the moment.
04:02And immediate fire extinctions on aircraft has been fixed.
04:06I assume there's meant to be extinguishing, but apparently there's been a bug where they just put the fires out straight away.
04:13Which isn't really good, if you're trying to shoot an aircraft down.
04:18And there's been changes to the flight models for the Ki-43-1 and the F4F-4.
04:24Doesn't really say what they are, just tuned according to the datasheet, which is extremely vague.
04:31Is it World of Tanks, sorry?
04:33I think that channels you practically every single change you've done to a tank.
04:38So it would be nice if Gaijin did something like that, rather than this vague.
04:42Has been re-tuned.
04:44But yeah.
04:46Moving on, pod type armaments have been added to the F-84B.
04:49HVAR rockets, tiny TMM bombs from 100 to 1,000 pounds.
04:55And here is the other major change.
04:59Basically a lot of the aircraft have been unfolded, moved into different places.
05:04The Catalinas are no longer unified.
05:07The Italian tech tree has just been put into one huge blob with the German tech tree.
05:13Junkers 88AE4 has been moved to rank 1.
05:17Research tree now has two columns for premium GIF vehicles, like all the other nations.
05:22Yak-9K and 9T are no longer folded.
05:26Some of the MiG-3s have been out-moved.
05:29Some of the Lags and P-3Bs, 3 and Bis, sorry.
05:35SB2M-105 is not in the main group.
05:38Yer-2s have been separated.
05:40It says there's two in each folder, from what I remember.
05:44It says depending on the engine.
05:46But the main difference will be the bomb load.
05:48The latter two aircraft, the latter folder, is the one with the bomb overload of 5,000 kilograms.
05:56So it will be technically easier to get to them.
05:59Because instead of having to go through the whole folder, you just go to Research and XLOF Aircrafts.
06:05So it kind of makes it easier to get to them.
06:08Which is kind of bad, because it will cause a lot more bomb overload aircraft being used in matches and ending matches quicker.
06:17But we'll see how that goes.
06:19Tu-2s is no longer with the rest of the Tu-2s.
06:23The late Tu-2s are actually post-war aircraft, so that makes a lot of sense.
06:27The A6M-5 has been put to 3rd rank and folded altogether, all the A6M-5s together.
06:35Same with the A6M-3s.
06:38The A6M-5 is now actually a Tier 3.
06:42I've literally just got that to Tier 4, so it's kind of annoying for me.
06:48But Japanese aircraft are generally over-tiered.
06:51The M1K2 is all unified.
06:54Same with the Ki-43-1 and 2.
06:56Some of the Ki-45 aircraft have been placed outside the main group.
07:01The Co is outside the 1st rank.
07:04It's now 1st rank outside the main group.
07:07And the He is now right after the Ki-45 group.
07:11Last change, sound of destructible objects have been added.
07:15Now, one thing I actually forgot to mention.
07:17Some of the engine modifications have been removed or changed.
07:20Apparently they weren't working properly.
07:22Pretty sure this has only been introduced in the latest 1.43 patch, but...
07:27In case it hasn't, I'll just cover it anyway.
07:30For the USA, all the P-26s basically.
07:33P-38, F-2As, F-4Fs.
07:37All the B-17s and B-25s.
07:40All the Catalinas, for America.
07:43The CR-42 for Germany.
07:45All the Heinkel 112s.
07:47Most of the Bf-109s, especially the early versions.
07:51Last, all the A-217.
07:54Russia, the M62, I-153.
07:58Most of the I-16s.
08:02The BB-1, one of the SB-2Ms, the 105 variant.
08:06AR-2, two of the PE-2s.
08:09That's Russia. Gladiators for the British.
08:12There's actually more Gladiators there than there are in game.
08:16Some of them are removed, I think.
08:18A lot of the Spitfires, looks like pretty much all of them.
08:21Apart from some of the early variants.
08:23Again, a lot of the Typhoons.
08:25Two of the Typhoons.
08:27And the Beaufighter Mark 6C.
08:29Japan, F-1M2, B-5N2, B-7A2, D-3A1.
08:34Three of the Ki-5s and one of the Ki-102s.
08:38Now it says here, you'll be compensated with RP, Silver Lions or Golden Eagles.
08:43Depending on how they were purchased.
08:45RP will be awarded in the current module that is under research after the first battle complete.
08:50I'm not entirely sure.
08:52Basically, when I've lost modules on the live server.
08:56I've just gone into a game and played a match.
08:58And I've just got the replacement, as far as I'm aware.
09:01I don't know if they're changing that.
09:03Or maybe I've just not noticed.
09:05Yeah, it seems a bit annoying.
09:07I hope they do actually give you a replacement.
09:09Or the RP to, you know.
09:11If you bought me with 1,200 RP, I'd expect the match to give you an extra 1,200 RP for that aircraft.
09:19So we'll go back to the dev server and see what some of these changes mean.
09:24So we go into the research tree.
09:27I mentioned before the P-51s have been sort of unfolded.
09:31I finally got to the F-82, luckily.
09:34So I've avoided that problem.
09:36I had to sort of cave in and spend Golden Eagles.
09:39Only a few.
09:41Sort of, you know, because I didn't want to have to research another P-51.
09:46So I just researched to get to the P-51.
09:48Now I'm unlocking the F-82.
09:50So, all good.
09:51German tech tree.
09:53As you can see, the Italian tech tree has been removed.
09:57And the Italian and German tech tree are all just one big blob now.
10:04The Focke-Wulf line is just started by Italian aircraft.
10:09CR-42s, MC-200s.
10:13The bomber line has been moved along to here.
10:16The Semiventes are with the Heinkels and Junker 88s.
10:21The Junker 88 has actually been moved to tier 1, which is kind of surprising.
10:25Didn't expect them to do that.
10:28Go to Russia.
10:30Again, some of the stuff has been moved about.
10:32I can tell that because I've never unlocked the MiG-3.
10:35Or that MiG-3 in particular.
10:37The Yak-9, I've, you know, oh that's the new one, but the Yak-9K.
10:41Again, I've got past that already.
10:45Someone changes the lags.
10:48The SB-2Ms.
10:50Yer-2s.
10:51Quickly look if it's the bomb load that sort of affects, you know, if it's by bomb load really.
11:00I believe that's 5,000 kilograms.
11:02Because 3,000 kilograms.
11:03Yeah, 5,000 kilograms.
11:04That's one.
11:06And this one.
11:08Is it 5,000?
11:10We will see.
11:125,000 kilograms, so...
11:15I don't know if that's a good change, because having it all in one blob actually slowed people down from getting to the 5,000 kilogram Yer-2.
11:23So that's going to make it a lot easier for people to get to it, because they'll have one less aircraft.
11:28So kind of good, because it makes more sense.
11:30Kind of bad, because, you know, it's going to be easier to get to them.
11:35And they're the same battle rating.
11:38So, yeah.
11:40Maybe change from the live server.
11:42PE-3s have been changed.
11:44TU-2s.
11:46Like I said, the last two are actually post-war aircraft, so it kind of makes more sense there.
11:51Britain.
11:52I don't think Britain had any changes.
11:54I don't think it mentioned any.
11:56I'll go over and check in a sec.
11:59America.
12:00Not America.
12:01Oh, America, we did actually miss out the PBYs being changed.
12:04Not really going to affect many people, I doubt.
12:07Because, you know, it's such a low-tier aircraft.
12:10Japan.
12:11CD, a lot of them have been grouped together.
12:14Three A6Ms now grouped together.
12:16Two A6M5s.
12:18I've lost one of my Tier 4 aircraft, which is kind of annoying.
12:22Which is why I never actually started to unlock the Otsu, because I knew it was going to be folded anyway.
12:27So I could just go onto the M1K2 Shiden-K, or Kai, once the update's out.
12:36Can't remember if there's any other changes.
12:38Oh yeah, the Ki-45s have been changed about a bit.
12:42Ki-43-1s with the Ki-43-2, but I can't test-fly it, because I haven't got the 27.
12:50So that's all the main changes there, at least.
12:53There wasn't really any other major changes.
12:56But it's major and it's minor, because, you know...
13:00It's major in that it's going to be a bit of a pain, especially for Japan to get to Tier 4 now.
13:05Well, not a pain, but it's set me back. It's probably going to set some other people back.
13:10But it's minor in that it's probably not going to affect too many people.
13:13A lot of this is low-tier stuff being affected.
13:16And the Italian tree. Well, they only had a few aircraft anyway, so...
13:21It's not really going to make that much difference for Italian players, or people who like playing Italian.
13:28There wasn't any changes to tanks, I don't think.
13:32Yeah, there wasn't really any changes to the tanks.
13:35We might have a quick look at the story missions, or single missions, because we haven't actually tried them yet.
13:41Or, we haven't seen them yet, sorry.
13:43Now, the first one is the Norwegian Campaign.
13:46Now, this is a bit glitched, because I have Tier 4 Britain unlocked, but I've only got...
13:51But it's not letting me play, even though this needs Tier 3 unlocked, so...
13:55But, first mission in a Mosquito.
13:58Follow the ground folds in search of the submarine fleet.
14:04Now, where do we actually see submarines? I don't know.
14:07Can I start this? Nope, can't start it.
14:10The guide said about not having submarines, so...
14:14Not sure how that's going to work.
14:16Bunker the Bruno.
14:18Within a squad of heavy bombers, destroy the bunker at Bruno, which is meant for a pair of German submarines.
14:23Again, can't play it, that's in Lancaster.
14:26Focke-Wulf 190 D9.
14:28Haven't got the rank for that yet.
14:30Prevent the attack of British bombers on the port.
14:32Swordfish Flight.
14:34Destroy a convoy of cargo.
14:37Stops for the night at one of the fjords.
14:39And the Typhoon.
14:41Follow the Allied bombers to the base inside the German fleet, and vice versa.
14:45So, fairly high tier missions there.
14:48Tier 3 or above.
14:50Spanish Civil War, this is low tier, generally.
14:53The only one I haven't got is this one, because it has a weird requirement.
14:5750% battle activity and 10 missions played in this aircraft.
15:02But yeah, not many points for this.
15:05That mission's just destroy the enemy.
15:07Another one, Bf 109A.
15:09Make an operational flight.
15:11Not many points.
15:14CR 42, cover retreating bombers.
15:17I-16, prevent destruction of ground forces, blind operation.
15:21SB 2M-100, prevent destruction of ground forces.
15:24So, yeah, we've got those two new campaigns.
15:28A lower tier Spanish Civil War, and a higher tier Norwegian campaign.
15:32Just going over that, because we haven't talked about it before, really.
15:36Now, one of the changes that was mentioned was the F-84B getting a lot of modifications.
15:42Or bomb loads.
15:44Are you ready to see what bomb loads it gets?
15:48Yes, that is a lot of bombs and rockets.
15:51Actually, it seems to be mostly rockets.
15:55Well, there's some here.
15:57Two 1,000 pound bombs plus eight rockets.
16:01Yeah, that is going to be quite powerful.
16:04Doesn't say how much it will slow you down if you take that bomb load.
16:07I assume it will be a lot.
16:09Various other versions.
16:11The tiny Tim's.
16:13Eight rockets plus two tiny Tim's.
16:16That would be interesting to see.
16:19Two 500 pound bombs and eight rockets.
16:22Basically, the F-84, which from what I've heard isn't that great,
16:26is probably going to find a new very good role as a ground attack aircraft.
16:33That's how I'm intending to use the F-82.
16:37It's actually called Heavy Fire slash Bomber.
16:40So that's probably going to be a ground attack aircraft when I unlock that.
16:43But that's not related to the dev server.
16:46I don't think there was any other changes that I know of.
16:49Now, actually, one change I did forget to mention.
16:52A lot of the engine injections have been removed, or engine throttles.
16:57If you go into the B-17 here, I have actually lost my engine injection.
17:02The B-17, other B-17s.
17:06I've actually scrolled right past it and forgot to look at it on the patch notes.
17:11I've probably edited that into the patch notes section.
17:16But yeah, they keep removing a lot of the modifications.
17:20I get them back straight after the new version.
17:23But it just seems odd that they keep having to take it out.
17:27If we go to achievements, see how many aircraft I've fully unlocked now.
17:33It's actually odd. I'm sure it was on 107. It's actually gone up.
17:38Not sure how that works out.
17:41One other thing I forgot to mention. The B-17.
17:45I said in my last video, it seemed to have basically the same bomb load.
17:50From what I understand, the bomb load...
17:53It was said to have Japanese bombs, or something along those lines.
17:57But the bomb load it's actually lost is the two 2,000 pound bombs.
18:01If we go to the Americans over here, B-17A.
18:07And bombs, it has two 2,000 pound bombs.
18:11Which is good, I suppose. It still makes the American version technically superior.
18:17But it still carries six 1,000 pound bombs, so it's not like it's lost out that badly.
18:23So yeah, maybe they'll make some more changes to that.
18:27I'm not really sure.
18:30Now unfortunately, I can't actually test fly a lot of these aircrafts.
18:35I haven't got any further on the Germans. I'm near to tier 4 on the Germans.
18:41I've got three of the aircraft unlocked, and two of them are nearly done anyway.
18:45One's nearly done, one's almost half done.
18:49The third one would be probably the bomber, and that would be easy to do.
18:54All the other ones, I'm still quite far away.
18:57America, I've got two done. Britain, I've got two done.
19:01Russia, I've got one done.
19:04Japan, one done. Was two until 1.43, but now there's only one.
19:09So yeah, it'll probably be German jets I'll end up testing first.
19:13But it probably won't be on the dev servers, because I'm not going to...
19:17It's updating with the live server a bit better now, but I doubt I'll be able to do that well on the live server.
19:24Before the update comes out, so yeah.
19:28Not really sure what else to say really.
19:32Might have a quick look at the tanks actually. I might do the tanks in another episode.
19:37It'll be recorded all about the same time, but I'll put them as their own separate episodes.
19:42But yeah, thank you for watching. Hope you enjoyed the video.
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