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Subject: Tier IX Dispatch
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Subject: Tier IX Dispatch
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Subject: Tier IX Dispatch
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Subject: Tier IX Dispatch
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Subject: Tier IX Dispatch
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Subject: Tier IX Dispatch
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Subject: 7.5 Update Note
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Ridge512, on Jul 26 2012 - 17:48, said: Do you guys try to keep the tanks performance in game to match that of them in real life or are you guys trying to make all the tanks even? I know you guys work hard and I really like this game. But all the buffing and nerfing of tanks makes me wonder what your motives behind them are. Will all the buffing and nerfing eventually quiet down?


LoStRoC, on Jul 26 2012 - 17:49, said: Vallter, WG has severly nerfed the performance of the 100mm French premium ammunition(45mm!).


BlueHusky, on Jul 26 2012 - 17:56, said: There are two guns to be researched if you have the Lorraine currently. If I research BOTH guns, will I keep any of them after the update-- or will there be only one gun for the Lorraine after the update? I understand from reading the update that the OCA 45 will be gone, how about the other gun? The one that takes 34k xp to get.


TheFlyingPig, on Jul 26 2012 - 19:23, said: All I noticed was this "KV-5 removed form the in-game shop"
Edit:oh and this "Due to MatchMaker changes, parameters of gollowing USSR Medium tanks and TD’s were rebalanced: Т-28, Т-34-85, Т-43, КV-13, SU-85" so many misspellings.


Panzerleiter, on Jul 26 2012 - 19:51, said: Since there are so many grammar corrections in this thread: When you talk about durability decreases, as in, " Durability increased on 100 HP", it should be, "Durability increased by 100 HP".


gregm, on Jul 26 2012 - 19:52, said: What about tetrach and t 127? They need some cred income buffs since Thier special and premium!!!!!


Paladin1, on Jul 26 2012 - 10:18, said: Vallter, from personal experience with this issue, and still having ongoing problems... I don't see how this explanation is correct. I HAVE contacted support with a lengthy over 2 week ticket, got the "fix", and there is still issues....  If it were because of temporary files on my computer, once the "fix" was initiated it should have fixed the problem, but it hasn't for my clan. Fixing my files worked for me, but EVERY clan member had to do the fix to get the emblems back. Still to this date, new players accepted into the clan have to use the fix to have our emblem. Getting a clan emblem was automatic before when you joined the clan, it just appeared on your tank. There were no problems with the emblems in my clan until I changed the emblem, that is when the issues started and they did not appear. Prior to that ALL new members had the emblem working for them as soon as they joined. So something that was working automatically, is not working automatically now. If it were something with temporary files, you would think there would be something added to game code during an update so people don't have to go in and "tinker" with their pc's files (not everyone is comfortable messing with internal files or even knowledgable).


kingbright, on Jul 26 2012 - 20:49, said: ???
They introduced a crash-to-desktop with 7.4, which didn't happend on the test server. The fix for that was published yesterday, after several weeks, just before the new patch comes out.
They introduced serious lag problems during many hours of a day which wasn't the case on the test server.
They introduced this frustrating penetration-no damage feature.
They will introduce a new matchmaker which wasn't tested at all on the NA server and its population. We have to see how this will work out during a typical day. I'm sure it works fine with many players online ...


Keckers, on Jul 26 2012 - 22:22, said: Agreed. A date based tier ranking with similar HP for all tanks based on volume/mass size and NOT a tank's tier,  would mean that a Hetzer (available in 1944) could fight against an IS and NOT LOSE JUST BECAUSE IT HAS FEWER HIT POINTS!


Keckers, on Jul 26 2012 - 23:41, said: Also, to make the game more historical the dispersion values for ALL arty in an indirect fire mode should be raised by at least 20%...in direct fire not, in fact in direct fire some arty should get a zoom like a tank's especiially if the optics are there and the muzzle velocity is high enough for direct fire!


mp31b30q9, on Jul 27 2012 - 00:57, said: "Fixed the description and conditions for obtaining Fadin's medal."
Will it effect previous awards?


DavidN28, on Jul 27 2012 - 02:04, said: Could someone tell me what "soon" means? They said that they are gonna release 7.5 soon. Does it mean 1 week? couple weeks? couple months?

Subject: 7.5 Update Note
Link on message: #2331308

Ridge512, on Jul 26 2012 - 16:48, said: Do you guys try to keep the tanks performance in game to match that of them in real life or are you guys trying to make all the tanks even? I know you guys work hard and I really like this game. But all the buffing and nerfing of tanks makes me wonder what your motives behind them are. Will all the buffing and nerfing eventually quiet down?



LoStRoC, on Jul 26 2012 - 16:49, said: Vallter, WG has severly nerfed the performance of the 100mm French premium ammunition(45mm!).



BlueHusky, on Jul 26 2012 - 16:56, said: There are two guns to be researched if you have the Lorraine currently. If I research BOTH guns, will I keep any of them after the update-- or will there be only one gun for the Lorraine after the update? I understand from reading the update that the OCA 45 will be gone, how about the other gun? The one that takes 34k xp to get.



TheFlyingPig, on Jul 26 2012 - 18:23, said: All I noticed was this "KV-5 removed form the in-game shop"
Edit:oh and this "Due to MatchMaker changes, parameters of gollowing USSR Medium tanks and TD’s were rebalanced: Т-28, Т-34-85, Т-43, КV-13, SU-85" so many misspellings.



Panzerleiter, on Jul 26 2012 - 18:51, said: Since there are so many grammar corrections in this thread: When you talk about durability decreases, as in, " Durability increased on 100 HP", it should be, "Durability increased by 100 HP".



gregm, on Jul 26 2012 - 18:52, said: What about tetrach and t 127? They need some cred income buffs since Thier special and premium!!!!!



Paladin1, on Jul 26 2012 - 09:18, said: Vallter, from personal experience with this issue, and still having ongoing problems... I don't see how this explanation is correct. I HAVE contacted support with a lengthy over 2 week ticket, got the "fix", and there is still issues....  If it were because of temporary files on my computer, once the "fix" was initiated it should have fixed the problem, but it hasn't for my clan. Fixing my files worked for me, but EVERY clan member had to do the fix to get the emblems back. Still to this date, new players accepted into the clan have to use the fix to have our emblem. Getting a clan emblem was automatic before when you joined the clan, it just appeared on your tank. There were no problems with the emblems in my clan until I changed the emblem, that is when the issues started and they did not appear. Prior to that ALL new members had the emblem working for them as soon as they joined. So something that was working automatically, is not working automatically now. If it were something with temporary files, you would think there would be something added to game code during an update so people don't have to go in and "tinker" with their pc's files (not everyone is comfortable messing with internal files or even knowledgable).



kingbright, on Jul 26 2012 - 19:49, said: ???
They introduced a crash-to-desktop with 7.4, which didn't happend on the test server. The fix for that was published yesterday, after several weeks, just before the new patch comes out.
They introduced serious lag problems during many hours of a day which wasn't the case on the test server.
They introduced this frustrating penetration-no damage feature.
They will introduce a new matchmaker which wasn't tested at all on the NA server and its population. We have to see how this will work out during a typical day. I'm sure it works fine with many players online ...



Keckers, on Jul 26 2012 - 21:22, said: Agreed. A date based tier ranking with similar HP for all tanks based on volume/mass size and NOT a tank's tier,  would mean that a Hetzer (available in 1944) could fight against an IS and NOT LOSE JUST BECAUSE IT HAS FEWER HIT POINTS!



Keckers, on Jul 26 2012 - 22:41, said: Also, to make the game more historical the dispersion values for ALL arty in an indirect fire mode should be raised by at least 20%...in direct fire not, in fact in direct fire some arty should get a zoom like a tank's especiially if the optics are there and the muzzle velocity is high enough for direct fire!



mp31b30q9, on Jul 26 2012 - 23:57, said: "Fixed the description and conditions for obtaining Fadin's medal."
Will it effect previous awards?



DavidN28, on Jul 27 2012 - 01:04, said: Could someone tell me what "soon" means? They said that they are gonna release 7.5 soon. Does it mean 1 week? couple weeks? couple months?

Subject: 7.5 Update Note
Link on message: #2331308

Ridge512, on Jul 26 2012 - 16:48, said: Do you guys try to keep the tanks performance in game to match that of them in real life or are you guys trying to make all the tanks even? I know you guys work hard and I really like this game. But all the buffing and nerfing of tanks makes me wonder what your motives behind them are. Will all the buffing and nerfing eventually quiet down?



LoStRoC, on Jul 26 2012 - 16:49, said: Vallter, WG has severly nerfed the performance of the 100mm French premium ammunition(45mm!).



BlueHusky, on Jul 26 2012 - 16:56, said: There are two guns to be researched if you have the Lorraine currently. If I research BOTH guns, will I keep any of them after the update-- or will there be only one gun for the Lorraine after the update? I understand from reading the update that the OCA 45 will be gone, how about the other gun? The one that takes 34k xp to get.



TheFlyingPig, on Jul 26 2012 - 18:23, said: All I noticed was this "KV-5 removed form the in-game shop"
Edit:oh and this "Due to MatchMaker changes, parameters of gollowing USSR Medium tanks and TD’s were rebalanced: Т-28, Т-34-85, Т-43, КV-13, SU-85" so many misspellings.



Panzerleiter, on Jul 26 2012 - 18:51, said: Since there are so many grammar corrections in this thread: When you talk about durability decreases, as in, " Durability increased on 100 HP", it should be, "Durability increased by 100 HP".



gregm, on Jul 26 2012 - 18:52, said: What about tetrach and t 127? They need some cred income buffs since Thier special and premium!!!!!



Paladin1, on Jul 26 2012 - 09:18, said: Vallter, from personal experience with this issue, and still having ongoing problems... I don't see how this explanation is correct. I HAVE contacted support with a lengthy over 2 week ticket, got the "fix", and there is still issues....  If it were because of temporary files on my computer, once the "fix" was initiated it should have fixed the problem, but it hasn't for my clan. Fixing my files worked for me, but EVERY clan member had to do the fix to get the emblems back. Still to this date, new players accepted into the clan have to use the fix to have our emblem. Getting a clan emblem was automatic before when you joined the clan, it just appeared on your tank. There were no problems with the emblems in my clan until I changed the emblem, that is when the issues started and they did not appear. Prior to that ALL new members had the emblem working for them as soon as they joined. So something that was working automatically, is not working automatically now. If it were something with temporary files, you would think there would be something added to game code during an update so people don't have to go in and "tinker" with their pc's files (not everyone is comfortable messing with internal files or even knowledgable).



kingbright, on Jul 26 2012 - 19:49, said: ???
They introduced a crash-to-desktop with 7.4, which didn't happend on the test server. The fix for that was published yesterday, after several weeks, just before the new patch comes out.
They introduced serious lag problems during many hours of a day which wasn't the case on the test server.
They introduced this frustrating penetration-no damage feature.
They will introduce a new matchmaker which wasn't tested at all on the NA server and its population. We have to see how this will work out during a typical day. I'm sure it works fine with many players online ...



Keckers, on Jul 26 2012 - 21:22, said: Agreed. A date based tier ranking with similar HP for all tanks based on volume/mass size and NOT a tank's tier,  would mean that a Hetzer (available in 1944) could fight against an IS and NOT LOSE JUST BECAUSE IT HAS FEWER HIT POINTS!



Keckers, on Jul 26 2012 - 22:41, said: Also, to make the game more historical the dispersion values for ALL arty in an indirect fire mode should be raised by at least 20%...in direct fire not, in fact in direct fire some arty should get a zoom like a tank's especiially if the optics are there and the muzzle velocity is high enough for direct fire!



mp31b30q9, on Jul 26 2012 - 23:57, said: "Fixed the description and conditions for obtaining Fadin's medal."
Will it effect previous awards?



DavidN28, on Jul 27 2012 - 01:04, said: Could someone tell me what "soon" means? They said that they are gonna release 7.5 soon. Does it mean 1 week? couple weeks? couple months?

Subject: Operation Cobra Special
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Subject: Operation Cobra Special
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doughsthoughts, on Jul 27 2012 - 03:41, said: Can we please get some real bonuses on the bigger tanks please. Im at the point where every bonus for 2 months. I get no Benefit, I am leveling t7 through t10. I am trying to get an M103, Tiger II, IS-3, Pershing, KV-3, KV-4, any t5 SPG, SOMETHING! Give me something!
I have researched KV-3 using regular XP from t-150. but Have yet to purchase the tank, because of cost. 1.3 Million Credits. I am saving for the M 103, which is what 2.5 million. Saving credits is the Hardest Part ofthe game. I have 36 tanks in my garage, Most elite. I can save Free XP spend GOLD to convert the XP. I can purchase Credits with Gold. but OMG thats way to expesnive. Maybe if I am 100,000 short. But 1.5 million off, is alot of money.
Can we please get some higher level tank bonuses. 50% on M103 or Tiger II, or IS3 / KV-3
Thanks.

Subject: Prokhorovka Post meridiem Challenge
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AntonioHandsome, on Jul 26 2012 - 16:57, said: Thanks a lot for the response, LF. Glad to know you made it back home alive et al!

Subject: Operation Cobra Special
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Ascaloth, on Jul 27 2012 - 03:31, said: @GeneralDirection,
Not a bad one as sales go, but when are we getting an equipment sale? I've been saving up for a while, not knowing when it'll come up when I least expect it. :/

Subject: Where's the Tank Sale, for the end of July?
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Ezz, on Jul 27 2012 - 03:33, said: GD, this is a broad question, but are there plans for more direct communication with the user base on this sort of stuff?
Technical issues and delays we only find out about after the fact. CTD issues took weeks for a notice to go to the portal. Lots of stuff seems a bit reactive. So for the special, could something be put up like "stay tuned for the upcoming special, it is on its way!" If nothing else it would save everyone worrying that they'd been forgotten.

Subject: World of Tanks Classic, Season I Playoff Week 5
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Subject: World of Tanks Classic, Season I Playoff Week 5
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Subject: Where's the Tank Sale, for the end of July?
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Yoott, on Jul 27 2012 - 03:16, said: Right where it is EVERY OTHER TIME ... Thursday night its announce Friday goes into effect
http://worldoftanks....-cobra-special/

Subject: Operation Cobra Special
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KilrBe3, on Jul 27 2012 - 03:22, said: Very happy to see this, compared to our brothers at EU. NA staff most of took note.

Subject: Operation Cobra Special
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BCEMonkey, on Jul 27 2012 - 03:09, said: Do all crews get x2 exp.? If so that's awesome :D. Half price garage slots is nice too. Thank you for the special.

Subject: Ural Steel 2012
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panzerdan412, on Jul 26 2012 - 01:52, said: No trip to russia is worth suffering thur  wot  stock UI.srry

Subject: Is this a typo?
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Subject: 7.5 is out on RU.
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SCostilla, on Jul 27 2012 - 02:15, said: Here it is, the complete changes from 7.4 to 7.5. Enjoy!!
http://worldoftanks..../release_notes/

Subject: Marder II, nerfs...
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Starzfan, on Jul 27 2012 - 01:59, said: Ok, so from what I read, a tiny tier III TD somehow required nerfing on about every paramater of the vehicle.  Decrease accuracy, increase aim time, increase load time, decrease view range, decrease the hp, (which cracks me up since it only has 170hp to begin with).  To me all these nerfs are, um,, stupid.  This thing is a one shot kill for many of the tanks it comes up against, well, maybe 2, but fact is it comes up against tier 5 heavies and has no hp to begin with.  Yes, lets take this little paper TD and make it as worthless as it is tough.  I dont see WOT's sudden need to nerf all the decent performing vehicles in the game in the 7.5 update.  The Patton, the Marder II, both have been fine for alllll  this time, and suddenly, BAM, the need to nerf them,, all the while, as usual, buffing many of the russian vehicles.   Ya, something odd is goin on here.

Subject: I have not seen announced a special event this weekend.
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Subject: Is WOT going to be at any conventions in the U.S. in 2013?
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Conflict, on Jul 25 2012 - 17:32, said: No PAX prime?

Subject: I have not seen announced a special event this weekend.
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Subject: Players Questions and Developers Answers
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marose1357, on Jul 23 2012 - 17:43, said: I would like to know as well.
And can I download 2 WoT games on the same computer?


SinsOfWrath, on Jul 25 2012 - 22:02, said: I just started playing this game (so please be gentle) and I got addicted quickly.  I do have a slight issue (besides the fact that I suck) and that is during random battles the matching in the rooms I get is usually 2-3 tier tanks above me.  So even with a tier 3 Marder II I have no chances.  Frequent one shot kills from the front and last night I fired 6 rounds into a Lee while he just looked at me.  Pretty sure he was laughing!  That was one in the rear, two into his left flank, and the rest into his front.  All called for bounces and no penetration.  Is there a way to adjust match making?


Otto_matic_Reiffel, on Jul 26 2012 - 05:25, said: best to avoid being shot at if you can when you're in a Marder.

Subject: Skirmish XI Postponed
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Darksamus224, on Jul 27 2012 - 00:37, said: Is this related to the delay in Skirmish X (i.e. us not having the Skirmish battle last night)?

Subject: Skirmish XI Postponed
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Darksamus224, on Jul 26 2012 - 23:37, said: Is this related to the delay in Skirmish X (i.e. us not having the Skirmish battle last night)?

Subject: Skirmish XI Postponed
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2gunkid, on Jul 27 2012 - 00:36, said: okay :(

Subject: Skirmish XI Postponed
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2gunkid, on Jul 26 2012 - 23:36, said: okay :(

Subject: Skirmish XI Postponed
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Subject: Skirmish XI Postponed
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Subject: Skirmish X
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Squirrelin, on Jul 26 2012 - 20:21, said: When will the times be put up for the X skirmish tonight? Just wondering so I can let the rest of the guys know.

Subject: Skirmish X
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Squirrelin, on Jul 26 2012 - 19:21, said: When will the times be put up for the X skirmish tonight? Just wondering so I can let the rest of the guys know.

Subject: Forums
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Subject: 7.5 Definitely Released RU 26th (TODAY!)
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Subject: MM is fixed? Not so fast
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9mmCapsule, on Jul 26 2012 - 20:06, said: First, I appreciate WG taking player's feedback on MM and patch it for 7.5. This is a move to the right direction. However, I think MM issue is not an issue by its own but rather connected with other problems. Fixing it alone may bring unintended consequences.
To make my post less wordy I will try to make my reasoning short: There are more problem than just tier spread concern in MM, tightening tier spread while maintain same number of players on each side will cause further problems. Here I list some of my own observation:
1. the "tank stacking": This happened after they released Type 59 but has now gradually died off. However, with the tighter MM I can imagine the "stacking" feature will be back and maybe instead of 10 Type 59s you will get the new and shining T110E4, T62A or JgE100...


2. no artillery cap: I personally have nothing against arty, but they cause pub to camp and other problem when there are too many of them on the field.




3. no performance/platoon consideration: I fully agree a good platoon can bring a much better chance of victory. As my platoon have demonstrated many times in pubs
4. no tank equipment consideration: stock tank. I personally don't drive them but I don't think most people are like me, which effectively reduced the tank tier by as much as 2(imagine stock M48)
I simply searched MM related topics on the forum and found above screen shots in my post. There are many more screenshots that unhappy players have posted if you just search "MM". I'm not against the new MM change, I have said it at the beginning of this post that it's a move to the right direction. However, WG, you need to fix the problem as a whole not just patch one problem and worsen other problems.
FYI: the new MM chart:

Subject: "sticky note" in the clan chat window
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Subject: Skirmish X
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Balgur, on Jul 26 2012 - 17:26, said: Will Skirmish XI battles be at a different time then to prevent overlap?