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Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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ogremage, on 26 August 2011 - 01:06 PM, said: Can you please publish a development roadmap, or even just the plan for next few (or even just the very next 6.7) patches? I just wonder which tank trees will be affected so I can decide what to focus on.

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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yourgreatestfear, on 26 August 2011 - 12:19 PM, said: Last try ...
Q: Why not save yourself a lot of trouble and simply publishing detailed server statistics?! (Win/Loss almost says nothing about tank performcane, try survivalrate / average XP / average dmg)
There is a lot of hate, abuse and flame going on about balance, or at least new threads to old topics are posted over and over again. Overlords most convincing arguements are posted statistics, why not make it a service?
Q: Now that Tiger H got yet another better heavy tank in competition of its Tier and the already bad statistics getting worst, will we see any improvement on it at all anytime soon?
Q: Any chance Devs fix the awful damage on the conical 75mm and other high velocity guns? Damage seems binded only on shellsize for most guns, which is just against physic laws and leaves great gaps between nations on some Tier.
(conical is unuseable without goldammo and as a Tier 8 gun it's even worst then the Tier 5 Zis-4, while its goldammo is rly op;
... AP-Damage with classic AP-shells should come from energy provided by gundesign, why most guns dont reflect that simple fact? ... if in doubt Einstein and Newton can help to understand)
Q: Are Devs aware of the fact that for some reason in maximum zoom the chance to miss is clearly higher?
(Some speak of ghostshells, i just think the adjustment in this zoom is off.)
Q: Since lots of player depends on lower Tier for moneymaking and fun, are there any plans to finally balance certain lower Tier tanks?
(Late updates imply that devs feel everything is fine in lower Tier balance or just dont care)

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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yourgreatestfear, on 26 August 2011 - 12:19 PM, said: Q: Why not save yourself a lot of trouble and simply publishing detailed server statistics?! (Win/Loss almost says nothing about tank performcane, try survivalrate / average XP / average dmg)
There is a lot of hate, abuse and flame going on about balance, or at least new threads to old topics are posted over and over again. Overlords most convincing arguements are posted statistics, why not make it a service?

Subject: Évolution de WoT: les résultats
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Subject: MVP: Tireur d’élite. Les résultats
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Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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Nathaniak, on 26 August 2011 - 11:17 AM, said: Will the 6.7 patch notes be released at the start of the public test?

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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ghostneo, on 26 August 2011 - 08:54 AM, said: IS-6 moving to tier 8 as premium
IS-4 still moving to tier 10
substitution for is4 is IS-8 (T10 heavy tank)
release is probably Q1 2012

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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Snortsch, on 25 August 2011 - 11:59 PM, said: Hi Overlord,
can you already say when the testserver for the 6.7 patch is coming up and
if patch 7.0 will be the next patch after 6.7 or just the next big patch (you implied on your
blog, that there will be no 6.8 or 6.9 but it wasn't really confirmed)
Thx
Snortsch

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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marko4231, on 25 August 2011 - 09:36 PM, said: Hi Overlord,
you told us how E75 is doing based on win ratio a few posts ago, could you also tell us survival ratio for tier 9hevies? Since win is a teamwork based achievement.

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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Andovais, on 25 August 2011 - 06:23 PM, said: Just out of curiosity, are those stats you posted relative to EU server or EU+RU+US?

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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han_solo_79, on 25 August 2011 - 06:12 PM, said: Mr. Overlord can I ask you for something? Don't you ever think about such ridiculous event as today, please. Arty is overpowered, 2+ arties can mess whole game but today this is beyond believe. Every battle with at least 3 arties, I played several battles on Malinovka with my IS (tier 7 tank) when enemy had at least four T5-7 arties. It's a real nightmare there, you are spotted and you are instantly dead cause Hummel take 30% of your Hit Points. Arty like Dementors suck out whole fun from game. Please, don't make another such a event.

Subject: International Forums\BY, RU, UA Community\Клановый раздел\The RED: Раш по центру
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Pazitif, on 22 August 2011 - 09:13 AM, said: михалыч ты шоле?)))) А по поводу срача так эт не то совсем) Жалко Сеча немного) теперь от действий его ребят отмываться приходится) Насчет по совести так там ей и не пахло) Ошибка админа была, а ребята воспользовались этим и не единожды)) За что и поплатились в итоге)

Subject: International Forums\Baltic Forums\Latviešu\Turnīri un konkursi\Viktorīnas un konkursi\Augusta labākais snaiperis
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LVpollo3, on 23 August 2011 - 12:33 PM, said: vaidzeja likt 20 snaipera medalas uz arty dabut

Subject: News from the Front\Discussion of News Articles\Kill the Mod: Happy Birthday!
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Subject: News from the Front\Discussion of News Articles\MVP: Kill and Damage
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Sagro, on 25 August 2011 - 11:37 PM, said: MVP:sniper results?

Subject: Contests & Competitions\Championships & Competitions\Champs and Tourneys. General Discussion\Sign Up for ESL Major Series
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Subject: CONCOURS : Call of Heroes -terminé
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Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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FrankyK, on 25 August 2011 - 05:11 PM, said: Could you please post these stats for the T8 Heavies?
Since the new VK4502A is a quite average tank with lack of both armour and firepower, do you plan to adjust something in 0.6.7 or later (like better front armour or T9 gun) for this new German T8 Heavy?

Subject: Contests & Competitions\Contests\MVP: Kill and Damage
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Quote Kill'em all
TOTAL MVP POINTS - 5
First battle, 2 killed, battle won, status:survived :




Second battle, 1 killed, battle won, status:survived :




Third battle, 2 killed, battle won, status: survived :

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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StanislavKus, on 25 August 2011 - 04:30 PM, said: How can shells more likely penetrate the hull when they lose penetration power after penetrating the mudflaps?

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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marko4231, on 25 August 2011 - 04:16 PM, said: True, Overlord you didnt use nerfed anywhere. I ment wil it be balanced?
I asked: I can almost read your mind...
Q: are you posibly concidering further nerfing E75 since it performs some 2% better than IS4
You wrote: Not only IS-4 actually.
Q: E75 performs a bit better(by your numbers atleast) than other T9 heavies, wil it be "Balanced" to fit others better, aka nerfed?
By my opinion it would be wise to clear this up bfore all German tank fans go panic-mode.

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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Tank_Killer1, on 25 August 2011 - 03:29 PM, said: Overlord sorry to be a pain, the program used to determine what vehicles you have yet to destroy is it accurate?
If so then is the panzer V-IV required for the master tanker medal?
I'm just trying to get to the bottom of this before my tanks are introduced.

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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marko4231, on 25 August 2011 - 03:15 PM, said: I wrote a ful page coment and my personal opinion... but i deleted all, i get a feeling nobody is listening to customers, so whats the point.
Q:
Overlord your smiling face kinda says it all, but could you actually confirm if E75 will recive further nerfs? Is it set in stone?

Subject: News from the Front\Discussion of News Articles\Call of Heroes
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lfcfan, on 25 August 2011 - 02:53 PM, said: Can we mix the categories or not? If we add for example 5 screenshots of TD achievements and 5 screenshots of mediums achievements, they won't be added together, right? Only the screenshots with the most points count, right?

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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tuccy, on 25 August 2011 - 02:52 PM, said: I think something was lost in translation But the way I read it, a completely new tracer mechanic will be implemented. Details will come later. If no tracers were planned for the future, there would be no need for details

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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Paaranoja, on 25 August 2011 - 02:01 PM, said: LOL
q: will you consider bringing back tracers even if you didnt "protect" them? Playing without tracers is really annoying. Speaking of that, is there an increase of arty players since tracer removal?

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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Celestial, on 25 August 2011 - 01:44 PM, said: Ehh, so the E-75 will be nerfed T_T? Because it really makes no sense for doing that because of a 2% difference in win/loss ratio. Stop looking so much at statistics, look at how it performs ingame.

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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marko4231, on 25 August 2011 - 01:22 PM, said: I can almost read your mind...
Q: are you posibly concidering further nerfing E75 since it performs some 2% better than IS4

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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Jeno76, on 25 August 2011 - 01:01 PM, said: Dear Overlord!
If the mudflaps are not part of the hitbox, then why E-75 gets full damage if it gets hit there?
Thanks
Regards,
Jenő

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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Convi, on 25 August 2011 - 12:44 PM, said: My question here:
Are you going to give same starting nations in WOB as in WOT and i WoWP? USSR didn't have fleet at all being compared to any bigger country taking part in WW II(USA, Japan, GB, German, Italy, French)
And another: Is there possiblity that E-75 hitbox will be fixed in following patch ?

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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damo74, on 25 August 2011 - 12:27 PM, said: We all want to know what is going to be done about the hotbox bigs and when.
Why are you evading this question?

Subject: News from the Front\Discussion of News Articles\Battle for the Dnieper Special
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Vaderan, on 25 August 2011 - 11:32 AM, said: @ Overlord
Due all respect, you name the ideas of Mis1 one-sided and thatway a no go? He didn´t want ALL of his suggestions in one special, but one or two of them might be a nice addition!
And since we are talking about one-sided, lets have a closer look on this special:
2x XP only for 3 types of spgs: when reading that, i felt like: wtf? There are dozens of threats created each day that complain or even rant against game-experience-ruining arty, and now the probably most hated game element is the only one to take the real and best profit of this spezial, supporting the way to more higher tier arties for the future and provoking a realrush of these spgs on games for this day?
I got raped the last days quite enough by spg´s dominating and ruining the games...i guess, today i will just stay in garage...
But back to one sided:
Rumours say, premium shells deliver a great advantage to spgs... what do i need to buy them? Oh... it´s G O L D !
Next:
Renaming crewmembers for G O L D !
Next:
50% discount for premium tanks that cost G O L D !
Next:
50% discount on certain tanks from wich some of them are positioned on key positions on the several tech trees. Great opportunity to get a foot in the door and not too expensive to unlock with some free experience.
You do not have enough yet? Well, collect XP with your elite tanks the next days and convert it for / with G O L D !
So...yes, it might sound a little bit sarcastic, but 50% of the special require gold for sure, the other 50% don´t require gold, but spending some Gold on it might be helpfull to take the full effect!
So THAT isn´t one sided?
Compared to that, some of Mis1 ideas sound really great, although most of them would also support the "gold" business, like 2x experience for specific tanks (not spg´s!), discount on Experience conversion and stuff...
I fully understand that you have and want to earn money with this game, and thats alright, but: Specials should feel like a gift for the community, probably even with some special bonuses for premium users to encurage more players to become a premium user, but they shouldn´t feel like "special days to milk the cash cow even better"!

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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FrankyK, on 24 August 2011 - 05:44 PM, said: Overlord, recently you said that the E-75 will have the hitboxes and mudflaps fixed due to the absence of some armour in certain spots.
Link: Overlord's Comment in his Blog about E-75 Hitbox
What is now the state of affairs of this issue? Will you fix it or not? If yes, can we expect it in 0.6.7, since the HE vulnerability is an annoying bug and prevents me from buying the E-75.
Here is a picture from the official E-75 thread in the RU forum (I don't understand the descriptions, they're in Russian):
Picture E-75 Mudflaps

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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XenomorphZeta, on 24 August 2011 - 08:41 PM, said: Any comment OL on the general ... I guess you call it 'outrage' that the UK will not be a starter nation for WoWP or WoB? Some people can understand the UK's absence in WoWP but are completely dumbfounded about the lack of them in WoB... and by extension the USSR's starter presence in WoB... I understand why, some people just don't and I would like an opinion/statement from you...
Also is this probelm non-existent on the RU side?...

Subject: News from the Front\Discussion of News Articles\Call of Heroes
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Shootingstarr, on 24 August 2011 - 05:34 PM, said: any kind of battlehero allowed?
like maustrap and sharpshooter, too?
or just battle achievements like confederate?
and what about stuff like sharpshooter or mastergunner?
I mean: those achievements are only given after several games, if you're too good (like Sharpshooter - Hit an enemy vehicle ten or more times in a row without missing. The results of the next battle in a row using any vehicle also count towards this number, unless the sequence is broken by a miss - or in other words: if you hit 10 times, and didn't miss afterwards, you won't get sharpshooter medal in that battle, right?)


Ronin81, on 24 August 2011 - 05:52 PM, said: Some of the achievements are not marked in the post-battle screen, only in your garagge (eg. - Sharpshooter, Master gunner). What happens if you see after the battle that besides the measly sniper you got two more and you did not get the post-battle screenshot? Submit garage screen only?
Do medals like "Abrams", "Le Clerc" and so on count? A lot of people are 500 000 points away from those, while others are on the brink of getting one. Will be unfair if they do.
One more.
Achivements such as the Reaper appear if only you beat your own record, right? So people with 10 to their name at that point will have it very hard to get one.
either I don't get that contest yet, or it is a somewhat strange one


tvih, on 24 August 2011 - 06:04 PM, said: While it's nice to see a new contest, what's the hold up with the MVP: Sniper results?


Vortighern, on 24 August 2011 - 06:26 PM, said: And diferent categories we have for: Lt,med,hv tanks, TD`s and spg`s whit whit corect tiers right?


eFse7en, on 24 August 2011 - 07:57 PM, said: can i post only garage screens? since all battle achievements are displayed in the garage screen.

Subject: News from the Front\Discussion of News Articles\Battle for the Dnieper Special
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WillWeedzor, on 25 August 2011 - 11:03 AM, said: Perfect special:
1)details are released 24hours in advance
2)details are released 24hours in advance
3)details are released 24hours in advance
4)details are released 24hours in advance
5)details are released 24hours in advance
6)details are released 24hours in advance
7)details are released 24hours in advance
8)details are released 24hours in advance
9)details are released 24hours in advance
Lets next event start with declaration of customers humanity....
Just my curiosity,what kind of world wide tragedy is expected if we know about this in advance?

Subject: News from the Front\Discussion of News Articles\Battle for the Dnieper Special
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Mis1, on 25 August 2011 - 10:22 AM, said: It's easy
For example:
5x exp for first battle on this day
2x exp for each battle on this day
200% more credit(silver coins) income for all tanks on this day
-25%/50% discount on gold/premium bought this day
-50% price for example on KV-5 on this day
-50% cost of modules like rammer spall liner and so on on this day
Some free consumables like "1000 premium (gold) shells gift for free to try it"
250 "free" gold gift for everyone
Discount on converting free experience for gold
Just few ideas

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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 Tank_Killer1, on 24 August 2011 - 05:25 PM, said: Overlord
Is the master tanker medal bugged? I've killed all tanks required however I still haven't received the medal.

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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 Xivilai, on 25 August 2011 - 09:41 AM, said: Correct, IS-6 (Object 252) will be implemented before M103...

Subject: News from the Front\Discussion of News Articles\Battle for the Dnieper Special
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 Crusaderx, on 24 August 2011 - 10:56 PM, said: You seriously need to fire the person that decides on the specials.
Yet another dissapointing event.
thanks WG