Dear players, we have prepared a New Year's gift for you and we want to conduct a short interview in the form of Q and A in this post! Feel free to ask questions about development, soon we introduce to all of you Main Characters of the game
We will be conducting an Emergency Maintenance on:
December 28, 2021 02:00 UTC. December 27, 2021 18:00 PST December 28, 2021 03:00 CET
We will be fixing some bugs that are interrupting the game. This maintenance may take 2 hours or more. Thank you very much for your patience Actionists!
Huge congratulations to our Christmas Weekly Showdown Grand Final Winner, BlazeofGlory02 who wins with a very fast round! 42 clear rounds this week produced another very competitive Grand Final with less than 1 second separating the top 3 riders! Congratulations to everyone who made it through and did so well :)
Visibility issues with some icons have been resolved.
Radars will no longer acquire terrain instead of failed target acquisitions at low altitude.
Smoothed indication of ground clutter on a radar scope.
The current provided changelog reflects the major changes within the game as part of this Update. Some updates, additions and fixes may not be listed in the provided notes. War Thunder is constantly improving and specific fixes may be implemented without the client being updated.
Known for their fearlessness, the Claymores are soldiers given a great honour— a prized greatsword. Charging into battle at the side of their clan chieftains and able to fend off many more foes than their numbers, their cumbersome weapons become lethal in the hands of these freedom-seeking warriors.
The Claymores will fight by your side with freedom in their hearts and bravery etched on their faces in Season X: Highlanders.
Unlocking
The Claymores can be unlocked by completing Seasonal Unit Challenges. They also enjoy a Seasonal Bonus in the form of Leadership requirements decreased by 10 points for the duration of Season X.
Gameplay
The Claymores possess great power which, combined with their courage, makes for a formidable combination in the face of any foe. This unit is able to rouse itself to not only increase its attack strength, but also its own health, speed, and defence.
Each greatsword-wielding soldier will go all out with every attack, but will then enter a weakened state when that effect fades.
Just the facts: Claymores (4-Star)
Formations
Column: A narrow formation effective for charging.
Dispersed: Claymores disperse to reduce damage taken.
Unit Traits
Battle-Happy: Each time a Claymore soldier hits an enemy, all defences are increased by 40 points. Stackable up to five times.
Fearless Heart: When the Claymores use a skill other than ‘For Freedom!’ it will receive the ‘Fearless Heart’ effect. For five seconds, 10% of damage taken will be ignored, and every successful attack will restore 150 Health and reduce melee damage taken by 20% for two seconds for itself and nearby allies. When used in conjunction with the ‘For Freedom’ order, the effect becomes even stronger, restoring 300 points of Health and reducing melee damage taken by 35%.
Burns Out: For ten seconds after using ‘For Freedom!’, the Claymores become weaker and cannot use other skills. Movement, attack speed, and damage dealt is reduced, and damage taken is increased.
Highlanders: Leadership cost reduced by 10 points during Season X.
Unit Orders
Highland Charge: The Unit charges toward the target, inflicting damage to enemies along the way (with ‘For Freedom!’, the charge inflicts greater damage to Blocking). After the charge ends, the unit gains the ‘Fearless Heart’ effect.
Claymore Strike: The warriors swing their greatswords, dealing damage to nearby enemies (with ‘For Freedom!’, enemies will be knocked back). The unit also obtains the ‘Fearless Heart’ effect.
For Freedom!: The Claymore warriors roar and stir themselves up for battle, boosting their skills for 15 seconds. Fearless Heart is enhanced, movement speed is increased by 30%, damage is strengthened by 40%, and Maximum Health is increased by 2000. After the skill ends, the Claymores will be exhausted and their movement speed, attack rate, and damage dealt will fall dramatically.
Claymores are now available to unlock via Unit Challenges.
NOTE: The above information is correct as of the time of publication. Please check in-game for the most up-to-date Unit information.
In this event you will not know friends nor family: In a 100p map with the ‘anonymous round’ feature enabled and no coalitions you will be pitted against 99 other players in a struggle for survival.
The event maps will start immediately after their creation with random country selection enabled and will run at normal speed. Players are flagged as inactive after 2 days. Please note that this event will also have a fixed runtime of 6 weeks: If no winner is determined before time is up, the player with the highest total of victory points wins and receives a generous gold prize.
In this event you will not know friends nor family: In a 100p map with the ‘anonymous round’ feature enabled and no coalitions you will be pitted against 99 other players in a struggle for survival.
The event maps will start immediately after their creation with random country selection enabled and will run at normal speed. Players are flagged as inactive after 2 days. There is also an AI & human player peace period of 1 real-life day. Additional option this time: 6 week time-box. The game will end after 6 weeks, the player with the highest victory points wins and receives a large gold price.
If you want to participate in this event simply go to the game list: Within the sign-up period new event rounds will be created on demand and shown on top of the list of new games.
Say goodbye to 2021 and roll into the New Year in style. To celebrate the winter season and turning of the calendar, Nine to Five is featuring the New Year, New Gear Event!
Complete tasks and you’ll earn some cool and killer merc gear, including:
Sneak and Peek "Trapper" Frosty Edition armor
Mr. Mayhem "Casual" Frosty Edition armor
Level IIIA ML2 Frosty Edition armor
ML-PDW9 “Ice to Meet You” SMG
ML-9CP “Have an Ice Day” pistol
“Snowflake” Armor Sticker
“Stay Frosty” Backpack Badge
If you don't want to put in the effort and earn the icy gear for free by completing the tasks, you can also purchase the "Day One Bundle" on the Marketplace. It includes all the task rewards mentioned above.
The event will run from 11 AM CET on Dec 27 until 11 AM CET on Jan 6.
To participate in the event, simply go to the Events tab in the game menu and see what tasks you need to complete.
After completing a task, the next one will open. There's a total of 10 tasks and 10 unique rewards to earn. Note that some of the tasks are locked until a specific day, so you need to clock in on different days to complete all the tasks.
If you have any questions, feedback or suggestions, reach out on Steam or on our Discord server!
Between 27th December (11 AM) and 3rd January (11 AM CET) find divine benevolence in the NosMall with the Goddess Venus Box!
If Fortuna smiles upon you, you could find Little Princess Venus, the Godlike title or one of many other treasures straight from the lap of the gods. Get yours today!