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Subject: Contests & Competitions\Championships & Competitions\Championships Archive\Battle League\Champions Division\WoT Battle League (Champions Division) - discussion
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Druida6970, on 10 January 2011 - 03:12 AM, said: Did you know that hacker a particular server is a crime?

Subject: International Forums\Polskie Forum\Off-Topic\Sygnaturka Ze Statystykami
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Subject: Archives\Junkyard\What's a softwipe?
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Sormus, on 09 January 2011 - 05:31 PM, said: Its a type of a wipe that resets you to a starting point where you only have the first tanks unlocked.
The difference with soft wipe to a total account is that soft wipe transfers all of your exp, used and unused, in to free exp and refunds all your used gold and credits.
Hard wipe makes you start over properly, with the same amount of resources you had when you first made your account
Account wipe would delete the accounts too and they'd need to be remade.

Subject: Archives\Beta\G19 app
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tazmanyak, on 09 January 2011 - 11:28 AM, said: By G19 and similar, does it mean that monochrome screens will be supported too? (G15 for example)
Could a list of planned features be posted somewhere pls Overlord?

Subject: Archives\Beta\MrVic's Wall O Text
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jimk, on 09 January 2011 - 01:47 PM, said: Any idea when the next patch notes will be up?

Subject: Archives\Beta\MrVic's Wall O Text
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f2k, on 09 January 2011 - 01:20 PM, said: Impartial? Perhaps... But utterly useless...
Without understanding why the numbers are what they are, no amount of statistics are going to help you balance the game. And to understand the why, you need to talk, not to mention listen, to your players – something which is sorely lacking in this beta-test...


Quote This, unfortunately, just proves my point...
75% of players responded that they felt that they prefer Russian tanks. And yet, you immediately twist that by saying that it’s just .29% of the players responding, thus invalidating the entire poll.
Yes, it’s a very small sample size and it’s taken from an uncontrolled group of players. But that does not mean that it’s invalid. In truth, it doesn’t mean that it is valid either, but that’s one of the big problems with statistics...
In any case, this highlights why you need to talk to your players.

Subject: In-Game Vehicles\German Vehicles\Heavy Tanks\I loathe the VK4502p
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Schneider, on 09 January 2011 - 12:46 PM, said: Cant thoose sirs not simply answer a ?
Softwipe yes or no ?
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Subject: In-Game Vehicles\German Vehicles\Heavy Tanks\I loathe the VK4502p
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Mike_Hammer, on 09 January 2011 - 04:46 AM, said: This is interesting. Could you share details on how much better IS-4 performs compared to VK45 and T34?
Did this change with the front armor buff?


Mike_Hammer, on 09 January 2011 - 02:02 PM, said:
Yes, and in these stats IS-4 is not doing better then either T34 or VK45, like I said, so why do you post them? 1.5% higher xp (then VK45) is too small difference to matter, survival is lower then VK45, and win rate is the same.
Btw you can link a specific post as well, the number in the upper right corner of every post is a link to that specific post.
So that is why I am asking OVERLORD when the situation changed and how much it changed.

Subject: T-29 impressions
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Subject: Archives\Beta\I pity the fool playing on the German side after release
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6ep3a, on 09 January 2011 - 07:48 PM, said: have played both german and soviet tanks - so far neglected USA tanks.
the russians have the biggest guns, the faster vehicles.
the germans have the most accurate guns and more hitpoints.
I go both ways and i think the germans are viable.
will use USA tanks post wipe / when game release any of those options.

Subject: Archives\Junkyard\Unconsiderate users of localized clients.
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Quote 3.1 Language
The official language of this forum is English. Using other languages is allowed in special forum sections only. Transliteration and intentionally distorted or illiterate language is unwelcome.
Users are to be considerate to those who obviously have difficulties with English, and similarly be considerate to English moderators who sometimes have to moderate in languages other than their own.


Quote 7.01. The official language of communication in the game and battle chats is English.
USA Server: The use of other languages, transliteration, and deliberately distorted or illiterate language is not welcome.
Euro Server: The use of other languages, transliteration, and deliberately distorted or illiterate language is not welcome, but not a violation. The use of any other language in private channels, especially the national languages in the channels of national clans, created by players, but not in the general channel is welcome.

Subject: News from the Front\Discussion of News Articles\Today Begins The First Stage Of Clans Registrarion
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Subject: Archives\Beta\Accounts Deleted when open beta opens?
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Duanbair, on 09 January 2011 - 05:32 PM, said: Everyone will start from zero (exp, money, gold, tanks etc. from beta deleted), but we can keep our accounts.
Maybe the beta testers will get a premium tank as reward. The russian testers got a russian tank (i think a kv-220).

Subject: Archives\Beta\Patch today? <DELETE/Solved>
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jackal40, on 09 January 2011 - 03:09 AM, said: So those of us who use the launcher and got some kind of update have no information on what was added, changed, or removed?

Subject: Archives\Junkyard\hi
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codu, on 08 January 2011 - 10:04 PM, said: thk but they are all out

Subject: Archives\Beta\Will we ever see this tank?
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Subject: Archives\Beta\Suggestions\A suggestion for the red line getting stuck problem
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ArmsAndLegsGuy, on 09 January 2011 - 08:33 AM, said: The Developers have been working on it afaik, and I have noticed that if you are able to get up to speed either forward or reverse, and then gently tap the left or right key, at some time either your front or rear end will get a small angle to the red line, and thereby allow you to get free.
A better solution though, if possible, would be to make the red border "sawtoothed" in 45 degree angles. If it is in a sawtooth pattern with a quarter of the shortest tank's length, no tanks would be able to get stuck along the red border line, without a way to get free.
Sorry for the freehand MS-Paintbrush skills (or lack of same). But this graphic should give an idea of what I mean.

Ofcourse, this wouldn't work on the buildings, the railroad cars or any of the other objects with long straight lines. Another solution needs to be found there.
A&L-Guy
P.S. I would have posted this in the suggestions section, but alas I don't have enough posts yet, to do so. If a kind moderator would like to move my post there, I'd be much obliged.

Subject: Archives\Junkyard\Discussion About Rules
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Alt, on 09 January 2011 - 10:49 AM, said: First, is it ok to discuss about rules?
Second, is it ok to discuss about how rules are enforced?
Third, is it ok to discuss who should be able to enforce those rules?
You can't really have a discussion with support, they seem to only give one or two sentence answers.
(If this thread is against the rules just delete it and send me a PM or something.)

Subject: Archives\Junkyard\Working WOT Hacks :D
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Uploader, on 09 January 2011 - 01:29 AM, said: I found 3 hacks for World of Tanks. I tested only Multihack and Points Adder. Here are the links:
Linking to so-called hacks on our boards is a violation of the WoT EULA. This account has been permanently removed from our forum.
Eide

Subject: In-Game Vehicles\German Vehicles\Heavy Tanks\I loathe the VK4502p
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SiggiDeluxe, on 08 January 2011 - 11:14 PM, said: @Overlord, So the soft wipe comes in the next 1-2 weeks? cause u said that the wipe will done with the Server spilt? a lot of player said only crap about this Topic ... this sucks realy! pls more infos, if its posible.
thank you verry much

Subject: Archives\Beta\MrVic's Wall O Text
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lammaer, on 08 January 2011 - 02:09 AM, said: Let me tell you how I know (and Vic, correct me if I'm wrong). So, there are two servers in russia.
The production server, where the customers play. And there is a beta test server, available for every russian accounts (not up all the time afaik) where they get the patch even before it is rolled out to the russian production one. On this server, the reward is boosted for every battle with a huge multiplier (10 or even more afaik), so in a single day or two anyone can grind up from zero to the high tiers.
So the situation looks like this:
- Russian beta server gets the patches first
- then rolled out to the russian normal server
- then rolled out to the EU/US so called beta servers (several weeks later).
So for example, on the russian beta server you could try the T-54 weeks before it was rolled out to the EU beta. And you could test it in a day.... I know, there were huge T54s battles on that server, where 14vs14 T54s pounded each other. Probably that was why it was not nerfed - the devs tougth it is average tank
Thats what I call beta testing, not the endless monthly grinds what we do where a softwipe is a grace from god Nevertheless, I enjoy it, but beta testing is something different than what we here, especially on the EU/US servers, cause we are the last ones getting the shiny toys.

Subject: Archives\Beta\MrVic's Wall O Text
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DarkFenix2k5, on 08 January 2011 - 07:31 PM, said: Developers sticking to their own idea of the game is great as far as the overall direction and style goes because those are just matters of taste and for each person who dislikes a change, someone else likes it. However much of the issue with this game has nothing to do with style or anything so ambiguous; it's to do with balance and an assortment of technical issues where there is a right and wrong (even if what is right or wrong is uncertain). Take a look at APB; if some of the articles published by its devs are to be believed, it failed at least in part because they got too hung up on doing their own thing and stopped listening to what the community wanted. Resultingly a game that simply didn't work very well was released, lacking features considered standard by the normal paying customer.

Subject: Archives\Beta\MrVic's Wall O Text
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jimk, on 07 January 2011 - 08:02 PM, said: So by that theory once the game is live in EU and US the most OP tanks are going to go to the “highest bidder”. How is that better that the current situation, game is still going to be imbalanced and lack variety. Balance is the key word here, no faction should be OP.

Subject: Archives\Beta\MrVic's Wall O Text
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Floridaboy, on 07 January 2011 - 05:34 PM, said: Bias is to be human. All humans exercise a form of bias in EVERYTHING they do. Did you choose a cheeseburger over your chicken salad at lunch? If so you used bias. Regardless of this tom foolery about this argument that there is no bias, I must say prove to me the developers are machines and I will concede the 99.999999999% chance that bias exist.
I equate this whole argument to a parent saying they have no favorite kid. However miniscule it might be that favortism exists only because one of them perceived a difference in treatment. Regardless of whether it is warranted or not, from the viewpoint of the invalid something is different and that difference is interpreted as bias.

Subject: Archives\Beta\MrVic's Wall O Text
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lammaer, on 07 January 2011 - 03:35 PM, said: Fully agree with Tantrum.
And regarding the "beta" claim, I always have fuzzy feeling because:
- the game is not beta in Russia.
- there is a russian beta server getting patches way earlier than we.
- we get the SAME patches what the russian production release get but several weeks LATER
Put the facts above together, and tell me, what is the beta here in the EU/US release ? (apart from the hardware testing we make)
Nothing is tailored to the EU/US needs, nothing special is added to the EU/US server, thus I see no beta purpose.
I don't really see beta tester/dev interaction around the EU/US CB, if people reveal some facts they get some penalty... and really, the beta testers are kept in dark sometimes.
On the positive side, we get the same stuff what the Russian paying customers get for free, so Im happy to be beta tester for a bit more time, but the release what we play on is NOT BETA. So faults cannot be labeled as "oh, shut up, this is a beta"


Gnaw, on 07 January 2011 - 11:22 PM, said: Make up your mind please, is the game not Beta in Russia or is the Russian Beta server getting patched? In reality the game is released in Russia, so what? World of Warcraft was released before they actually included all the content, that game is dong well. Its an MMO, that means it will be constantly adjusted and rebalanced, just because its available in a certain market does not mean it will not be available elsewhere or that it is biased. The reason we get patches LATER then Russian server is because Russians speak Russian Language something I guess majority of EU and North American players will not understand. It takes time to localize the game into a different language, it takes time to check that localized release, thus the delay in patches. Regarding the game being tailored to EU/US needs? Yes it is, the servers were in EU prior to September and are now in NA. Do you think you would have the same exact experience playing this game if you had to connect to the Russian servers?
There are a lot more factors that determine if the game is Beta or not and just because the game is released in one region does not mean it can be released in another. Issues like localization, publishing, server hosting (and the large amount of contracts involved with server hosting), advertising and market research are all part of releasing a game.

Subject: Archives\Beta\MrVic's Wall O Text
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Vercingetorix, on 07 January 2011 - 08:15 AM, said: I understand why the devs don't want Tigers dominating servers filled with Shermans and whatnot.
But why do they simply switch the tanks for other vehicles? KVs for example are matched into battles with lower tier vehicles most of which can hardly hope to damage them. I've never once played a Tier 3 or 4 match in which there weren't a few KVs at the top that could get 2-3 kills just by auto-aiming away and relying on the fact that very few enemy vehicles can damage them. Of course in my StuG III I've killed a few KVs, but in my Marder II for example its pretty hard and at times impossible. In the last few games I've played enemy KVs have been under bombardment by literally the entire team including direct arty hits, yet they survive long enough to one-shot a few of the weaker tanks around.
Believe me that when a new player gets a shiny Tier III tank only to have all of their rounds bounce off a heavy tank and get one-shotted in return, they're unlikely to be consoled by the fact that said tank killing them was a KV instead of a Tiger.
This is annoying because if a tank is going to be dominating at its tier, why can't it be a historically dominant tank? The KV was an unreliable and ineffective tank, the Tiger was extremely effective, but in WOT it is exactly the reverse because of the way the Tier system works. I just find that to be unnecessary.

Subject: Archives\Beta\Questions\The Löwe premium tanks
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DemonicSpoon, on 07 January 2011 - 11:30 PM, said: How expensive will high tier premium tanks be?


Homer_J, on 08 January 2011 - 11:10 AM, said: Using the credit cost of equivalent tanks to the current premiums (i.e. Ram II to Sherman, T14 to T1 heavy) then I'm getting a rough estimate of 15,000 gold, give or take a few thousand.
Again going by current premium tanks I would guess that to mean a stock Tiger II, so they would probably give it the long 88. Then again if this is going to be sold for several tens of real dollars they might have to make it something special, the 10.5 from the Panther II perhaps?

Subject: Archives\Junkyard\New tier 9 mediums battle ballance
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SpectreHD, on 08 January 2011 - 08:09 AM, said: Hopefully the Devs will take the same time to assess and make changes to the T-54 and other recently added vehicles in the same timeframe they took to nerf the US line to oblivion.

Subject: Archives\Junkyard\New tier 9 mediums battle ballance
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Chewie, on 07 January 2011 - 11:00 PM, said: I gather that you need to pull those stats from DB. When do you plan on doing this? Would be so kind as to share that information with us again? Thanks!

Subject: In-Game Vehicles\German Vehicles\Heavy Tanks\I loathe the VK4502p
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RAZORLIGHT, on 07 January 2011 - 11:20 PM, said: till T9 balancing is pretty ok atm, so its not a big thing and we all know its still a beta
its normal that there wont be a perfect balance but keep it as fair as possible and everything is fine
btw. any new date for the eu servers?
there are so many players atm its lagging too much for us european guys and girls


MikeSmith, on 08 January 2011 - 06:15 AM, said: KV-13?

Subject: Archives\Beta\"Mis-Platooning" needs to stop
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Subject: Archives\Beta\"Mis-Platooning" needs to stop
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Sturmtiger_304, on 08 January 2011 - 07:58 PM, said: I suppose no-one has told you that if you are in a platoon with a Tiger II, while you have a MS-1, and you damage the threads of a enemy high tier like ISU-152, you get craploads of experience in the MS-1. Easely reaching 2k, or more realistically 3-4k experience each map, granted you don't die in the process & do not loose the match.

Subject: Archives\Junkyard\Hardcore Mode?
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GeorgePatton, on 08 January 2011 - 08:00 PM, said: This question has been asked numerous times, I believe the DEVs said it MAY be implemented later on...
Please use the search function before you make posts like this.
Cheers!
Glenn

Subject: Archives\Beta\Since the Christmas update...
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Subject: Archives\Beta\"Mis-Platooning" needs to stop
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Subject: Archives\Beta\Some small observations
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Subject: Archives\Junkyard\hi
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Subject: Archives\Beta\Whould you rebuy you CB account?
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halfik, on 08 January 2011 - 03:32 PM, said: and other thing is - that this CB is going to long. we need CW ASAP so it can be tested and realse also ASAP.

Subject: Archives\Beta\Holiday Theme
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WingNut, on 05 January 2011 - 08:00 PM, said: fix the leaky roof in the hanger?

Subject: Archives\Junkyard\Teamkills
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Ellusion, on 08 January 2011 - 02:43 PM, said: but if they happen accidental or to save yourself or your teammates, they are OK.