Get Airborne !
Almost a month from the release of World of Warplanes, here I am back to present you the new graphics and the new features in the game.
► World of WarPlanes is available in open beta. This means that you can now go to the official website, create a player account, download the game and pilot tons of machines on many epic maps!
Beta phases
Some players were already in the closed beta. You should know that during the passage closed -> open and open -> official release, the game will be reset. Goodbye to our pretty high-level machines, we'll have to start over. The more experienced will be helped, because the experience will be transformed into tokens offering bonuses to the gain of experience. Yes, it will obviously be necessary to replay with the old planes, but this in order to test them again! Here is the details :
Let's climb into the cockpit and presto, we take off!
New features
If you want to learn more about World of Warplanes, I recommend that you first read our last preview, presenting the game in great detail. We will only discuss the new features here.
Nationalities available
First of all, it should be noted that a new branch of aircraft is available: the United Kingdom ! This includes two distinct lines of hunters and heavy hunters. We thus find there the Bulldog, the Hornet or the very famous Spitfire!
The other branches are obviously still available, but some changes have been made to them. Japanese and American devices had no complaints about this update ...
... While Russia and Germany have undergone many changes!
Concerning Russia, you will find 3 specializations: one focusing on attacking ground objectives using rockets and large cannons while the other two will specialize in hunting: more powerful but less mobile / less powerful but more mobile. Up to you !
Germany, it offers 2 specializations. The one starting on the attack of objectives on the ground using more or less large bombs and the other directing in the very mobile and powerful hunting as much in short as medium range thanks to its various apparatuses.
Success
The game still has achievements that you can complete while playing. This will give you medals that can be seen by other players depending on their rarity! Achieve these masterful moves and show your power to everyone.
Painting patterns
The appearances (skins) of planes now resemble the World of Tanks system and it is possible to change them depending on the type of card played:
- summer
- Winter
- Desert
- Maritime
You can buy them for a limited time against credits earned in-game or for a permanent time against real money (free in beta thanks to tokens). These skins change depending on the aircraft and nationality. Rather see!
FW57, German heavy fighter
BF110E, German heavy fighter
IL2, Russian assault aircraft
M20, British fighter
XG4U-1 Corsair, American fighter
Crew skills
It is possible to evolve your crew (pilot + rear gunner for heavy fighters) from 50% to 100%, reflecting their skill in flight. At 100% efficiency, you will be able to assign skills according to your choice, in order to make them even more effective. A kind of additional specialization!
- You can see that I gave my pilot increased range of view, better precision during bombardments and improved knowledge of the engine so that it makes better use of its speed and boost.
- Mon gunner, him, gained a fire fighting skill as well as increased range and precision in his task.
Evolution of my account
I abandoned my line of fighters (which is below) because it was not my playstyle, preferring to bombard and then gain height to finish off enemies in one go. I like to be resistant to the spite of a little mobility: German heavy fighters were seen everywhere!
Tiers I to V light fighters: Ar 65, Ar 68, Ar 80, BF 109 B, BF 109 E
Tiers II to VI heavy fighters: AGO 192, FW57, BF 110 B, BF 110 E, Me 410
Yep, I was finally able to buy myself the magnificent one MesserSchmitt Me 410 Hornisse ! It's been my goal for a long time and I'm really proud of it. I hope I can improve it a bit before the game will officially release on November 13.
When World of Warplanes is officially launched, I will therefore be on the hook to improve as much as possible:
- le FW 57 German Tiers III as a bomber;
- le Me 410 the German Tiers VI as a heavy hunter;
- le Me 262 HGIII of the German Tiers X as a heavy hunter. It must be said that it is magnificent!
The British branch also has beautiful devices, do not hesitate to play them, they are very effective.
Images, sound and video
The sound is always on top and can be changed to low, moderate or high depending on your connection. Nothing to say: the sound paw is perfect and even better with headphones.
Graphics side, World of Warplanes offers new textures, improved lighting / reflections effects and improved rendering! I'll let you take a look at the gallery taken especially for this 0.5.3 update.
Now let's move on to the video in order to have a sound / image rendering at the top with the graphics to the maximum!
And even my guides from:
- chheavy fighter asseur
- heavy fighter bomber
Configuration
PROCESSOR : Get closer to 2.50GHz for optimal quality
CPU: GeForce 8600GT or ATI HD 2600 with 256 MB and Shaders 3.0. DirectX 9.0c
MEMORY : Go 3
FREE SPACE ON DISK: Go 26.6
WarGaming provides the player with several graphic qualities, ranging fromultra low withultra high, therefore allowing many configurations to play the game. Still prefer a high-end PC dating no more than 3 years ago. Note also that the file is much larger than World of Tanks because Wargaming wants the game to be as beautiful at 2.000 meters as at 100 meters above sea level ... And it is successful! At the expense of the size of the game obviously.
My configuration to play in full HD:
- Intel Core i7-3630QM clocked at 2.40GHz (boost to 3.88GHz)
- 8Go RAM
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M
Conclusion
WarGaming.net is always implementing more high quality content bringing World of WarPlanes ever further forward as recently shown by this British branch and the reworked graphics. Great job! The same goes for the flight speed which has been revised and really gives us the feeling of speed which was previously lacking.
You can now go to the official website, create a player account, download the game and pilot tons of gear on many epic maps! We only have one month left until the official release of World of Warplanes.
Do you already have an idea of which device you would like? A fast and manoeuvrable hunter? A heavy and powerful hunter but less maneuverable? A bomber? ?
I wish you all good luck and ... Get Airborne!
