Recently, the developers made an unexpected announcement - engineer Von Krieger returned and improved his creation --Blitzträger auf E 110. Read the details in this article.  

Event History 

It all started back in 2012. That's when the developers introduced the "White Tiger" mode into the game. The event was not announced anywhere, so initially, no one knew about its occurrence. To participate, players had to enter battle with the T-34-85 tank. If you were lucky, you would be thrown into a battle on the Malinovka map, where there were 15 Soviet T-34-85 tanks on one side, facing a formidable opponent - the "White Tiger."

Its distinctive feature was its increased durability (it exceeded the combined hit points of the Soviet tanks). The event ended as unexpectedly as it began: the developers suddenly removed the mode, and we never heard anything similar since. 

Last year, the event returned but in a modified format: instead of the White Tiger, we saw the legendary "Waffle," which was removed from the game by the developers due to its imbalance (with one clip, the tank destroyer could destroy almost any tank in the game, and its single-shot damage was very high for an autoloader).

Event Essence and Features

The main goal of players is to destroy the Blitzträger auf E 110, and to enter battle with it, you need to obtain a special key. This can be done by purchasing one of the sets in the premium shop or by completing a combat mission.

In battle, 7 "Hounds" are deployed on one of three tanks of choice: Object 140, M48 Patton, or Bat-Chat 25t.

Each tank has its own characteristics. The Soviet tank stands out with good firepower, stabilization, and maneuverability. The French tank has an excellent autoloader and better maneuverability, while the American tank has the highest single-shot damage and hit points but poor mobility. In addition, each tank has special abilities within the framework of this event.

For the Object 140, this ability is Uranium Breaker (increased damage per shot), for the M48 Patton - Siege Mode (increased rate of fire), and for the Bat-Chat 25t - Ballistic Dome, temporarily protecting it from damage.

Having played with each of the tanks, I can say that armor and hit points don't matter as much as having a good gun. It's important to move quickly across the map and deal maximum damage in a short amount of time.

To destroy the Blitzträger auf E 110, you need to disable its force field. To do this, you will need to defeat tanks controlled by AI, which play on Von Krieger's side. After defeating them, the Hound team will receive a plasma clot that can be used to overload the generator and temporarily disable the formidable opponent's energy shield. During the shield's downtime, Blitzträger auf E 110 is particularly vulnerable, so try to inflict as much damage as possible.

The team is given 6 minutes to destroy the engineer's creation. The battle time can be extended by periodically overloading the generators. There are 2 ways to lose: when the battle time expires or if a player on Blitzträger auf E 110 destroys all the Hounds. It's worth noting that each player has the opportunity to respawn twice.

We cannot fail to mention the special event within the event. Some lucky players will have the chance to fight against Blitzträger auf E 220. The tank will be controlled by Wargaming employees or well-known individuals in the tanking world. The tank is no different from Blitzträger auf E 110; it just has a special style. For defeating it, the Hound team will receive generous rewards.

The blue circles represent generators that need to be overloaded with energy. The red circles represent clusters of tanks controlled by AI, and upon their destruction, the Hound team will receive an energy clot.

After the team destroys the enemies and obtains the energy clot, players have a minute to deliver it to the generator and overload it (they need to stay in its area for some time). There shouldn't be any difficulties since the bots deal low damage and are quite unintelligent. The real challenge comes from the player controlling Blitzträger auf E 110, whose task is to prevent you from reaching the generators and destroy the entire team. Let's talk about the features of this machine.

Engineer Von Krieger's creation has a number of unique features, including teleportation (transports the machine to a selected point on the map), a force field, electromagnetic projectiles (slowing down and stunning the enemy, causing damage), energy discharge (creates an area around the machine that damages and stuns all enemies within it). Additionally, the player controlling Blitzträger auf E 110 can collect energy clots to restore their health and reduce ability cooldown time.

Event Rewards

To progress, you need to collect emblems.

Emblems can be obtained from the Hound Portal and Engineer Portal. Collect all 40 and receive a worthy reward!

Each portal guarantees the drop of 1 out of 40 collectible items, and they can be repeated. Starters are required to open them, and they can be obtained by completing daily combat missions.

In addition, you are guaranteed to receive consumables, premium account days, currency, etc. Rare rewards include Engineer Starters (1% drop chance from the Hound Portal and 5% from the Engineer Portal), 3D styles (5% chance, only drops from the Engineer Portal), as well as premium tanks, one of which is the improved American drum heavy tank.

Conclusion

The event turned out to be interesting and exciting, encouraging players to log into the game and participate in battles against a formidable opponent. Moreover, there is a good reward system. However, it wasn't without its downsides. On the first day of the event, there were quite long queues (around 1.5-2 minutes), and sometimes they even offered free play as Blitzträger auf E 110.

I particularly enjoyed the soundtrack, which was developed from scratch for this event. It's enjoyable to listen to such music. And the atmosphere of darkness and the fight against great evil is undeniably captivating.

Article by: vladislavcopy