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Mr_Kubrick: La première anniversaire du lancement mondial du WoT !
Le 12 août c’est pas seulement le jour de la naissance de notre projet, mais aussi celui de grandes surprises !
Il y a un an, on a lancé officiellement le jeu de WoT. Pour tous les joueurs passionnés pour Wot c’était un grand jour. Ils sont devenus des témoins du développement du jeu, de l’apparition de nouvelles cartes et de la modification des branches des chars ! Et bien sur le gameplay devenait de plus en plus réaliste.
Les principaux résultats de la dernière année sont ici :
- Le nombre de joueurs sur tout les serveurs est plus que 5 millions !
- Plus de 20 prix sur des expositions internationales et de multiples conférences
- La note dans le livre de Guinness (91 311 personnes en même temps sur un MMO-serveur), datée de 23 janvier 2011.
- On a organisé plus de 20 championnats et tournois, dont un tournois international «Ural Steel».
- Plus de 2300 d’équipes (= 45 000 personnes) ont pris part dans les championnats!  
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De jour en jour notre projet continuait à se développer. Et comme le résultat c’est 15 mises à jour pendant cette année!
Spécialement pour notre anniversaire, notre équipe vous présentera plein d’actions de fête !! On va tout préciser bientôt. Suivez bien les actualités !

Overlord: Panther II substituted by E-50 as tier 9 German medium tank, Pz. V Panther substituted by Panther II as tier 8 German medium tank. Pz. V Panther is moved to tier 7, Panther II - to tier 8. Updated German medium tank line looks as follows.
Change Order from Pz. V Panther to Panther II
Variant 1.
If the “Pz. V Panther” tank has been researched but it wasn’t in the player’s garage, the following changes were implemented:
1. The cell for tier 8 medium tank was changed from “Pz. V Panther” into “Panther II” in the German tech tree;
2. Default modules of “Pz. V Panther” tank were changed into the respective ones on the “Panther II” in the tech tree if necessary;
3. If the Maybach HL210 P30, Maybach HL230 P45, Maybach HL234 P45 engines were researched on the “Pz. V Panther”, it would be unlocked on the “Panther II”, the same would go for the FuG12 radio (the Maybach HL 234 P 50 engine will not be available in tier 8)
4. If the PzKpfw-V-Schmalturm turret was researched on the “Pz. V Panther”, the Panther-II-Schmalturm turret in the “Panther II’’ tank tree will become researched;
5. If the PzKpfw-V-Ketten Ausf. 1945 suspension was researched on the “Pz. V Panther”, the Panther-II-Ketten Ausf. B suspension on the “Panther II” tank tree will become researched;
6. The guns research scheme and its current progress will be moved to the “Panther II” tank tree from the “Pz. V Panther” without any changes, 7,5 cm KwK45 L/100gun is added to the scheme;
7. The research cost for all modules in experience and their price in credits from the “Pz. V Panther” tank are saved for “Panther II” tank. For example, to research the Panther-II-Schmalturm turret that replaced the PzKpfw-V-Schmalturm turret, you’ll have to spend the same amount of XP as it was for PzKpfw-V-Schmalturm; And to buy for example, the Panther-II-Schmalturm in the Store you need the same amount of credits as to buy PzKpfw-V-Schmalturm in the previous version of tech tree;
8. All undistributed XP from “Pz. V Panther” tank passes to the “Panther II” tank;
9. All modules from the “Pz. V Panther” tank, which are not compatible with other tanks (turrets, suspension) and available in the player’s depot, are sold by their nominal purchase price, credits from this operation will be credited to the players account.
10. All modules from the “Pz. V Panther” tank, which are compatible with the “Panther II” tank (radio, engines, guns) are stored in the player’s depot, as well as all ammo for the above-mentioned guns.
11. Every crew member in the player’s barracks and/or on other vehicles with “Pz. V Panther” tank specialization is swapped to the ” Panther II” tank specialization without any other changes and penalties.
12. Player statistics for “Pz. V Panther” tank pass to the “Panther II” tank without any losses or penalties and with preservation of all achievements.
13. Player will have “Pz. V Panther” on the 7th tier researched and “Panther II” on the 8th tier.
Variant 2
If “Pz. V Panther” was in the garage at the moment of the change and was researched, all stated in the Variant 1 takes place, along with:
1. “Pz. V Panther” tank is replaced by “Panther II” saving all installed and researched modules - gun, engine and etc. In case of modules incompatibility, which has to be researched (for example, turret) they will be changed on the similar for the “Panther II” tank.
2. Ammo loaded on “Pz. V Panther” is transferred to the depot;
3. Consumables, mounted on the “Pz. V Panther” tank are moved to “Panther II” tank;
4. Equipment mounted on the “Pz. V Panther” tank is transferred to the depot without any losses for the player;
5. The crew with additional qualifications on the “Pz. V Panther” is transferred to the “Panther II”;
6. Player receives one tank slot for free;
7. Player gets “Pz. V Panther” with default modules without additional modules or consumables, it’s crew will have 100% level, “Pz. V Panther” specialization without additional skills.
Change Order from “Panther II” to “E-50”
The exchanging of the “Panther II” and “E-50” has been implemented in this manner.
Variant 1.
If the “M26 Pershing” tank has been researched but not in the player’s garage, the following changes were implemented:
1. Medium tank “Panther II” tank is changed to medium tank “E-50” tank in the US research tree;
2. “Panther II” tank stock modules are changed to the “M26 Pershing” tank stock modules in the research tree, if needed;
3. If the Maybach HL234 P45 and Maybach HL 234 P 50 engines, as well as FuG12 Radio, are researched for the “M26 Pershing» tank, they will become researched for the “E-50”;
4. If the Panther-II-Schmalturm turret on the “Panther II” tank is researched the Turret-2 turret on the “E-50” will become researched;
5. If the Panther-II-Ketten Ausf. B suspension on the “Panther II” tank is researched, Chassis-2 suspension in “E-50” tank will become researched;
6. Gun research scheme and current researches are transferred from the ” Panther II” tank to the “E-50” tank with no changes, 8,8 cm KwK L/100 gun is added;
7. Module research costs and their credit price in the store for the “E-50” tank stay the same as for the “Panther II”. I.e. the same amount of experience is needed to research Turret-2, which has changed to the Panther-II-Schmalturm. The same amount of credits is needed for the purchase of Turret-2 in the store as for the turret Panther-II-Schmalturm;
8. All the experience is transferred to “E-50”;
9. All modules from the “Panther II” tank, which are not compatible with other tanks (turrets, suspension) and available in the player depot, are sold for their nominal purchase price, credits from this transaction will be credited to the players account. Modules of the “Panther II” on 9th tier are not compatible with “Panther II” on 8th tier and should be sold.
10. All modules from the “Panther II” tank which are compatible with the “E-50” tank (radio, engines, and guns) are stored in the player’s depot, as well as all ammo for the above-mentioned guns.
11. Every crew member in player’s barracks and/or on other vehicles with the “Panther II” specialization is swapped to the “T-50” specialization without any other changes and penalties.
12. Player statistics for the “Panther II” tank pass to the “E-50” tank without any losses or penalties and with preservation of all achievements.
Variant 2.
If the “Panther II” was in the garage at the moment of the change and was researched, all stated in the Variant 1 takes place, along with:
1. The “Panther II” tank is replaced by the “E-50” tank with preservation of all mounted modules (guns, radio, and engine). In case of researchable modules being incompatible (for example, turret), they will be replaced with similar for the “E-50”.
2. All ammo, loaded on the” Panther II” tank, is moved to player’s depot.
3. Consumables, installed on the “Panther II” tank, are moved to “E-50” tank;
4. All additional equipment installed on the “Panther II” tank, are moved to the player’s depot without any losses for the player.

Overlord: Nope, not going to add them. We have enough tanks planned. Moreover I seriously doubt they will be fun to play.

OldFox: Rit no rita uztaisi jauno skrinu ar izluka medalu skaitu, noposte seit, un tas bus tavs pieteikums konkursam.

OldFox: Noforme, ludzu, pieteikumu, ka nakas, un piedalies.

OldFox: Uzmanibu! Sakara ar to, ka 4 lvl tanki vairakiem speletajiem vairs nav, konkursa noteikumi tika koregeti.
1. Izluka medalas var nopelnit uz jebkura limena tankiem!
2. Tanki var but dazadi, tas nozime, ka nav obligati nopelnit visas 10 medalas tiesi uz viena tanka. Skaitisimies tikai uz kopejo medalu skaitu.

Overlord: Adjustments affect not only German vehicles, and that's normal. Tanks will be rebalanced throughout the whole live of the game.
Damage is a relative parameter that has little to do with real life. We are not making a ww2 simulator.

Overlord: The update will be deployed next week.

Vallter: Probably I played to little battles with Tiger so far, but still good statistics for me.
But still here you can see more than 50% win rate
Here a little less than 50%
And this is normal statistics for the tank.

Vallter: We used the test server and release patch as it is. But statistics is a thing, that should be collected constantly to gather dynamic of month at least. And to polish the tank and balance we need it. Nobody can do an ideal thing from the first try.

Vallter: You were very near to the winners. As it was mentioned, we had to take hard decisions sometimes.

vuque: I really can't understand that logic.Are we test monkeys?Why we are testing things in a published game?You have test server's don't you?.Test it properly and then release the patches when they are fine enough to be published.Hey wake up people's are paying for that game and they want a solid working game and patches.When you want to test something use your test server's to test it and collect statistics.When you use public game server's for collecting data's and testing patches people's will react with a good reason.You are testing thing's with ppl's money/time/game pleasure.

Vallter: If any tanks have low performance, it is a bug and has to be fixed.

Vallter: User was faster thаn me, so I will just quote him with your permission

Vallter:

Vallter: This is video made my day-)
But it is sad, that you are comparing yourself with Hitler.

Vallter: 1)I will be able to in a week, when we will gather some statistics and I will leak them to you.
2)Patch will always receive negative reaction at start even if it will be an update about free gold for all. So the only sure way, IMO, is to gather the constructive feedback, when the first avalanche will pass and people will be able to think calmly.
3)Unfortunately, I'm not the game designer and I can't post here any initial plans. But at the moment E-50 has the best daily statistics comparing with other Tier 9 mediums. Probably, because all players and mostly skilled ones tries it out. Probably, this is a lucky coincidence. That is why I will be able to answer you in a week, as it was stated in the first point.

Vallter: 1 - we care about the feedback
2 - we base all adjustments on statistics
3 - for example, you receive a tank A that is better than tank B on 150%. Then it is changed due to balance issues and nerfed. Now it is 120% better. What will be the general reaction? Negative emotions.

Vallter: I was reading it carefully all day.

Vallter: Such content patches and game mechanic patches (physical engine, major matchmaker changes, security system etc) are done by different parts of the development team. While one part works on the major fixes, the rest is releasing smaller content ones. Yes, truly, some parts of work on the updates like 0.6.6 require both teams to work together. But still, they mainly develop the thing called 'game engine'.
All are problems are currently being 'worked at'. But it needs lots of time. Lets face the truth and say that the client had very low security system, because almost all data and processes are on the server side and have nothing to do on players hard-drive. So we had no major issues with this before the tracer hack. We released some fast-made security system after we faced the hack, but it was passed in some weeks. That is why we removed tracers completely, then, after some improvements, returned them partially. But major fix is a major fix. It requires time and we ask you to be patient.

Vallter: Have you played E-serie?

Overlord: When the number exceeds certain value, the sample is representative. Regardless of the ratio. Patton does not require any adjustments.

Overlord: That's correct.

Overlord: Not until we optimize the engine, planning to work on this issue together with BW team.

Vallter: Some issue with weakspots were fixed as well

OldFox: Sakara ar to, ka konkursa dalibnieki lidz sim nav pieteikusies, rita mes izdomasim, ka partaisit konkursa Noteikumus.

Vallter: That is the second reason, why I don't want to answer. The patch contained some fixes and rebalances even after Test 3. Though they are small ones, they have increased the performance of E-75, for example.
Also I think, that the argues about the patch, which have not been released yet, are not constructive. IMO, the first feedback, which we will be gather from player base, will be posted week or two after the patch release.

LiannaSilverwind: I strongly suggest everyone who feels IS-7 being most powerful of tier 10 tanks to try it for few hundred battles.

Vallter: None question found. Sorry, but I do not answer ones that are made rhetoric on purpose

Vallter: The contest thread ones

Decept1on: seconded

Vallter: No, I'm not getting angry-)
Also you can submit Reaper for one, two or three vehicles up to 3, 2 and 1 achievement for submitted battle on specific vehicle respectively

vuque: Definetely!
WG wake up before you loose all of your good customers.When you lost your backbone customers you are done.And if you haven't noticed yet you are so close to loose them all(You already lost a part of them).You have ton's of sample's on front of you.There is a lot of games out there.When you lost your old customers they are gone.You can't replace them.Yes you can find new one's but that is not same.
Or if you want to keep it like this;change the game's name as World Of Russian Tanks and at least we know what we are paying for.Please stop that obsession about "Russian Tanks are Great!".We know you are from Russia and you love Russian tanks and you are emotional about Russian tanks but hello this is a "Business" for you and you need to keep your customers happy and you need to keep the balance and the most important thing you have to be "Fair" about the history and historical things.We know you love your history but do not impose to everyone else that!Some ppl's love American Tanks/History some ppl's love German one's.
So basically;

vuque:
And Fix the Patton issue's as soon as possible.

OldFox: Nu doma atrak, rita startesim.

OldFox: Kapec neviens negrib piedalities? Tacu 68 cilveki ir apskatijusies so temu. Laikam 4 lvl tanku jau nav... Vai kads cits iemesls?

Overlord: 1. Not dropped, but substantially delayed.
2. Yes, in autumn.

Overlord: New game modes:
- Encounter battle (two teams are to capture the base in the middle of the map), Assault (one team attacks, the other one is to defend the base).
Status: in development, planned for "shortly after 7.0"
- Garage battle.
Status: in development and gameplay testing, planned for release this year.
- Historical battle. Faction-based battles with restrictions on vehicles and modules available.
Status: in development and gameplay testing, planned for release this year.
- Escort VIP (only a few tanks from the team have the ability to capture enemy's base, the opposite team is to destroy invaders).
Status: in development and gameplay testing, planned for release this year.

Vallter: Achievement in one of the submitted battles.
I want to remind you also, that, as it was stated in the first MVP topic, every new MVP is a new set of rules, that might change next time on the base of your feedback and the event entries submitted. For this event it is so. But we will remove this point, when we will repeat it.

Mr_Kubrick: Oui, cela doit être réalisé bientôt.

Overlord: 1. Light breakfast - coffee and croissant.
2. It wasn't worst.

Overlord: Both (especially Maus) were overperforming indeed. As for T30, the adjustments shouldn't affect him much.

Overlord: It's GWE (SPG)

Overlord: 1. Next week.
2. E.g. here - http://overlord-wot....atch-notes.html

Overlord: Our guys were "playing" with specs. The purpose of test server is to test and adjust afterwards, all the content there is NOT finished.

Overlord: This basically covers the question above.