Changelog: World of Tanks (Blitz) Patch 1.2.0

New Features

New desert map, "Oasis Palms"
The ability to toggle aim assist within battle, and separately for sniper and default views.
Display of discounts inside the game during associated events and specials.
New notifications to the upper panel on the Garage screen: battle results, additions to the friend list, etc.
A profanity filter and link filter to the in-game chat.
Ability to share battle results with friends on Facebook.
New sound effects: new engines, transmission, destructible objects on maps, enemy tanks set on fire, etc.

Major Changes

Increased the profitability of the Premium tanks Lowe, T34 and Dicker Max.
Decreased the battle level to +/-1 for tier III and IV vehicles, as well as for the Premium T2 Light tank.
Reduced prices on equipment for tanks of all tiers.
Reworked the damage stats on guns with cassette loading mechanism for tier I-III tanks -- decreased the overall damage amount of the cassettes and decreased reloading time.
Increased the amount of experience points required for increasing Crew skills to 100%.
Implemented an automatic mount of already-researched modules when purchasing new tanks.
The last 10 battle results are now kept in the device memory and are available after re-entering the game.
Softened the requirements for obtaining the "Patrol Duty" medal -- now only 3 vehicles need to be detected instead of 4.
Updated the tutorial mission by adding grass, animated trees, etc. (Available on iPad Air, iPad Mini w/ retina and iPhone 5s only).
Updated graphic elements: shell icons; icons on the "Menu" panel popping down in the left side of the screen; icons of tank characteristics on the modules research screen; directional movement arrows in sniper view, etc.

Assorted Fixes

Fixed the display of markers on the destroyed model of the T40 tank destroyer.
Fixed a bug with the textures on the Ferdinand tank destroyer.
Fixed a bug with the aim assist's uncontrolled switching from the static target to an enemy vehicle passing by.
Fixed a bug with sound volume settings reset after relaunching of the application.
Fixed a bug with syncing the user's profile when they were sent to the authorization screen.
Fixed the icon for the achievement "Raseiniai Heroes," and removed irrelevant vehicles from the requirements for "The Lion of Sinai" and "Hunter".
Fixed a bug that didn't allow a user who changed their name to join chat.

Technical Improvements

Added the ability to quickly return to game in cases of minimizing/switching from the application. The game will not disconnect from the server for an additional 3 minutes afterward.
Optimized the texture quality for iPad 2, iPad Mini and iPhone 4S.
Fixed a number of bugs that caused sudden app crashes.
Updated some interface elements for retina display devices.