Developers posts on forum

thePhilX: I'm checking the Chimera issue and we will fix that as soon as possible.

Sstyx: Jako hráč nemůžeš smazat post, to mohou pouze moderátoři a zaměstnanci WG.

Sael_:  I am not a mod, but a CM, and I approve of this post, as this is also the plan that I have for the evening!  

Sael_:  This is questionable instead. I may or may not have played vast amounts of games with the main obsession purpose of obtaining the carpet camo. 

Sael_:  Thank you for the suggestion, I will pass it on.  

Sael_:  This is the available information.  

Sael_:  No, sorry. They're just gone. 

Sael_:  This is the way. 

Sael_:  Yes, at different conditions! 

Sael_:  Good luck with obtaining that one last decoration!

Sael_:

parim1331:  As mentioned above, as soon as we will have information about this topic, you will be able to read about it on the portal. 

parim1331:  If any issue arise with servers on our side, you can find information about it on our portal.However, in a situation in which you cannot find such info, it's most likely either routing to our servers, or your internet provider.  Just as an FYI, we're investigating every connectivity issue report that we get. 

parim1331:  I reckon that the statistics of these vehicles will be finalized after the Common Test.  

parim1331:  When such arguments are applicable to certain vehicles, than yes. Just imagine playing a somewhat semi historically accurate Maus in-game, on larger maps, you wouldn't even see the enemy before the end of the match. Personally I see it as a somewhat of a trade-off.  

parim1331:  But during the development, developers figured out that there's much more work to be done with rebalancing as a whole. 

Delhroh:  Dudo mucho que salgan a la venta tanques de tier X en el mercado negro... aunque nunca se sabe... veremos que sorpresas nos depara Dark-Roh... el calvo más dicharachero de World of Tanks... xD

Delhroh: Varios para WoT, varios en mi canal personal (más de 200) y varias colaboraciones en muchos otros sobre la Primera y Segunda Guerra Mundial.

parim1331:  Well then, try playing with reserves more often, then surely additional few won't hurt.  

parim1331:  Special, as of it's easy, and will most likely complete itself.

parim1331: Since the main part of the Holiday Ops is slowly coming to an end(Don't forget the cool down period!), I wanted to thank you all for sharing you experience in this thread and most importantly, keeping it classy. I hope that each of you got something nice under your tree. 

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parim1331:  Such podcasts are especially nice to listen to while playing.

parim1331:  My mate, whom I tend to play with quite often stopped blaming his high WN8 for dying since Anonymizer got introduced, so I reckon it must be situational. 

CLRG: Hello TijgernootTank, Thanks for your feedback. First of all, please be assured that I have been reading your posts carefully, not just this one but the others as well in other threads. I thought It would be important to answer at least this one here, because I wouldn't want you to feel like you are being ignored. On the contrary. To be very blunt, you are one of the most negative voices on the tournament forum, and I care a great deal about what you have to say.  There is a lot to talk about here, so first, let's clear out all your quick questions. Yes, I have all the tournament stats regarding the participation over the years, the rewards distributed etc. I was also around at the time of the tournaments 2.0, all the discussions around it, and I am well aware of all the formats we have used over the years. So I understand all of your points in detail. Also yes, the tournament scene matters to WoT. If it didn't, it would have been discarded. However, you do have a point. You have been around for a long time, and you have observed that other game modes receive more love.Love in this case is more rewards, more development features, more manpower behind it. Why is that? Well, the tournament audience is only a fraction of the overall audience. So obviously, there are other popular game modes that legitimately concentrate more of the efforts.  But let's talk about the core of the problem. The rewards, and the format. You already understand that I cannot increase the rewards. If I could, then would the format still be a problem? I would reward the group stage places, it would potentially fix everything. But I can't increase the reward pool. Right now, a Tier X tournament in 2v2 is 13600 gold distributed. This is a fixed amount to the top 16 teams, it doesn't change. If I'd reward the group stage, the gold would go to a fluctuating amount of players depending on the number of registrations. I'm not a mathematician, so bear with me for a minute as I run a rough example. Say, I have 1000 players, I would need to reward 500 (top 2 out of 4). It makes no sense to give them only 10 gold (I bet you would hate me if I did  ! ). I would have to at least give them 50 gold, maybe 25 for the second place. That's already 50x250, and 25x250, so 18750 gold. Already more than the 13600 gold I currently am able to give to the winners. Imagine if I'd allow reserve players, I would have to take gold from the prize pool to reward them, too.  Why can I not just increase the rewards? Well, it's a matter of gold balance and obviously ultimately a matter of revenue for the game. I don't need to remind you that WoT is a free to play game - it can only exist if the players purchase gold. So the amount of gold we give "for free" has to be controlled. And it is being controlled with statistical data and analysis. It is not enough to increase the rewards because "CLRG wants to make the players happy". That definitely counts, for sure, but it's simply not enough. I know your main talking point is always 2.0. But before 2.0, the rewards were unfortunately not sustainable for WoT. It may be unpleasant to hear (it was for me) but the 2.0 rework put the tournament scene in a state of balance.  As you pointed out, there are alternatives to gold. You are correct, and I actually want to implement some of them. There are a number of issues with that too though. Mainly, implementing other types of rewards is most likely not going to be "on top of the gold". It's going to be "instead of the gold". And I'm not so sure you will want that. A lot of the players wouldn't be happy if the gold turned into personal reserves and boosters, and I'm not sure bonds would work either. Again - the value of the bonds will probably mean some gold removed. Naturally, I would prefer the bonds to be what you called "cosmetic extra". To give you some juicy information, I would like to offer premium days as a reward in the coming weeks, and if that works, bonds are on the list soon after that, too.  Now you mentioned the premium tanks and the missions. For you they are just cosmetic extras. But on my side, I simply call them extras. Because these are actual rewards that are "on top of the gold". They represent "a cost" that is fairly substantial. And even though to you they look unattractive, the data shows that participation to the tournaments has actually been extremely high whenever I ran those operations. Even the missions are shaping out to be a big success in terms of turnout. The rewards aren't amazing at all, but they give the tournaments another purpose, bring in some new recruits, and overall make the competitions appealing. For me it's all very positive, and I am truly satisfied that I was able to offer those events, especially the advent calendar tournaments that lasted for several weeks. It gave the players so many opportunities to get those nice tanks. I am glad that you suggested "collecting points" as a means to followup on performance over time, because it means we share the same vision and expectations about the tournaments. This is something I have wanted to explore for a long time, how great it would be to be able to track the participation and performance of the teams over time, and reward them accordingly. Needless to say, this is a topic that has been on the table for a while, but it falls under the current "needs a new feature" factor. This is one of the things that may happen at some point, but not in the immediate future. That's it for the negative side. The improvements in terms of features are indeed slow to arrive. But one thing I want to bring your attention to is how the tournaments have also improved since 2.0. Just two years ago, we were able to run 9 tournaments per week. None of them on the weekend. Now, thanks to new development features, we are able to run nearly 30, including 10 every weekend. We are also offering a variety of Tiers and team sizes so you can play pretty much whenever you want. Even one year ago, in January 2019, we weren't even running a half of what we run now. The schedule has actually changed nearly every month as well, and keeps improving too. So for the negative that you point out, there is also in my opinion a lot of positive, that you are not taking into account.  I'm not sure if you will be sensitive to all of the above or dismiss it as flim-flam malarkey, but nevertheless, that's what it is. It's difficult to give the players full honesty and at the same time expect that the answers please them, you know.    This is a longer answer than I initially intended, and yet there is so much more to say. But the bottom-line for now is that yes, I do think about the tournament formats quite a bit. I just work within a tight frame. But I definitely want to bring about new things, and I am fully open to suggestions in that regard - if you have ideas for formats that would be fun, bring a lot of people without altering the reward balance, I would be delighted to shamelessly steal your ideas make them happen.     

Sael_:  Don't ask for forgiveness, OP. If this is your call, go and shine.

Delhroh: Me parece mal. Dark-Roh siempre se cuela en nuestros parkings de tanques y se lleva lo mejor de lo mejor... cachis... xD

Delhroh: Se implementará después de la prueba pública que tendrá lugar dentro de muy poco.   

Delhroh: xD, ya veo, ya veo... xDD

Sstyx: Na supportu mohou dohledat nick, který je anonymizován. Ale pokud tím myslíš, že je úplně neexistující, pak stejně nedostaneš žádné bližší informace, protože i tak ti to nemohou říct.

Delhroh: Bien, bien, veamos si hay más interesados en la comunidad.

Sstyx: Většina se teď soustředí na balanc munice, sice píšeš, že tě to nezajímá, ale bohužel bez toho nemůžu nastínit další postupy. Prvořadý je tenhle balanc, jelikož od toho se právě budou odrážet další změny jak na vozidlech samotných, tak posádka a jejich skilly atd. Celkově totiž hra má projít několika důležitými úpravami a balancem, jak bylo ostatně oznámeno, ale bohužel jeden krok závisí na jiném, takže nemůžu na 100% říci, že tohle bude tehdy a tohle tehdy, když nemám hotový bod, od kterého se to bude odvíjet. Vím, že tohle asi není úplně to, co chceš slyšet, ale bohužel momentálně nic jiného nemůžu napsat. Pokud by k těmhle změnám docházelo souběžně, je velmi pravděpodobné, že se bude jedna z tech upravovaných věcí upravovat i několikrát za sebou, což by asi hráči nebyli moc nadšeni. Proto je lepší, když to jde takhle za sebou nemyslíš? Neřekla bych, že je v troskách, každá hra se nějak vyvíjí a je potřeba na ní neustále pracovat - tedy pokud mluvíme o online hrách s lidským faktorem a tím, že se neustále přidává nový obsah. 

Sstyx: Řekněme, že je to otázka dnu či týdnu, bohužel to nemohu specifikovat, abych nelhala, kdyby došlo ke změně. Ač bych byla ráda více specifická.

parim1331:  

parim1331:  Postaram przekazać dalej informacje o tej sytuacji. EDIT: Wygląda na to, że wartość w goldzie jest podana, aczkolwiek samego czołgu za gold nie można kupić.  

parim1331:  

parim1331:  

parim1331:  Postaram się dopytać kiedy dostępne będą napisy w naszym języku.

Sstyx: Brzy dojde k oznámení, ale je potřeba nejdříve některé věci dotáhnout do konce. Poprosím ještě o trpělivost

parim1331:  Poleciłbym zajrzeć w ten artykuł sprzed roku: https://worldoftanks.eu/pl/news/contests/konkurs_modelarski/

parim1331:  Po okresie świątecznym, który wypełniony był dużą ilością aktywności oraz misji, przyszedł czas na chwilowy odpoczynek. 

parim1331:  Tak jak było to ogłaszane już jakiś czas temu. System dobierający drużyny(MM) w bitwach losowych, nie będzie dobierał ich względem umiejętności danych graczy.

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parim1331:  Patrzyłbym na to z troszkę innej perspektywy. Przez widoczne statystyki, granie dla pewnych grup graczy było wyjątkowo uciążliwe. Tak więc nie tyle co łatwiej im się teraz gra, co bardziej far.

parim1331:  Przy czym trzeba pamiętać o możliwość zmiany wytypowanego czołgu. 

Delhroh: Saludos, Gracias por vuestras sugerencias, las trasmitiré donde corresponden. ¿Os interesaría un podcast para la comunidad española dirigido por el grandioso DelhRoh, señor supremo de... nada? xD. Como ya sabéis tengo bastante experiencia con los podcasts, he grabado más de 300 a nivel personal, y creo que podría ser algo más para la comunidad... no sé...  Un cordial saludo.

parim1331:  Jakby nie patrzeć, zniszczeni przeciwnicy wpadają "przy okazji" 

Delhroh: Saludos, comandantes, La Zona Segura va a sufrir un lavado de cara esta semana, por lo tanto aquellos interesados en seguir en el proyecto os ruego por favor que dejéis aquí un post indicándolo y alguna sugerencia para Zona Segura 2.0, si es que tenéis alguna que os gustaría que se implementara. El lunes que viene, aquellos que no hayan posteado aquí, serán removidos del proyecto. DelhRoh

Delhroh: ¿Qué os parece la actualización 1.7.1 en líneas generales?

Delhroh: No todos los jugadores tienen reservas, asi que siempre vienen bien este tipo de misiones. Por otro lado, si es cierto que hay varios eventos en marcha, pero es mejor que sobre que no que falte, ¿ verdad ? Sobre el Mercado Negro... sé que Dark-Roh está preparando una lista...

Sael_: This special be like, just gonna go ahead and throw some nice stuff at you tankers practically just for playing. Enjoy!

Delhroh: NO hay que venderlos, básicamente porque no se pueden vender. Los podrás convertir en fragmentos

Sstyx:
I na to dojde, ale opět nemohu říci přesné datum.

Sstyx: Bude tento rok, ale zatím není přesné datum, které bych s vámi mohla sdílet.

Sstyx: Děkuju všem za feedback, předám hlavní problém s chybějícími titulkami. Do budoucna se pokusíme tento problém napravit.

Delhroh: Los antiduplicadores estaban para evitar este tipo de casos... un saludo.