Developers posts on forum

LiannaSilverwind: Please vote for your Least loved map and feel free to state your reasons!
For me it's Malinovka - long camping map.

LiannaSilverwind: What is your favourite map? Vote and add posts if you would like to describe your reasons.
My favourite maps are Himmelsdorf, Ensk and Karelia. Ensk has many places where tank can easily stuck, Karelia can be boring with camping, so I choose Himmelsdorf.

LiannaSilverwind: I agree with the OP. Current XP/Credits rate is high enough so that dedicated players can get Tier 9/10 tank in just 7-10 days. IMHO higher XP rate for modules and bit lower XP rate for tank research would be nice. We jump over full branches and never use certain equipment because "in three battles I'll get something better".

LiannaSilverwind: Heavy armoured vehicles appendix:
1) Join the battle.
2) Type "DO NOT RUSH!!! EVERYONE DEFEND!!!1!11oneoneone"
3) Alt-Tab into another application, check for Credits income every 5 minutes.
Reasons: Your armour will protect you against enemy incursion. Light tanks would be unable to kill you. Medium tanks will never enter the base while you are present. If heavy tanks enter the base, your team has already lost this battle. If you are shot by artillery, well, it will be nerfed anyway, because it's horribly ZOMGOVERPOWERED!

LiannaSilverwind: Keep it up Merig! Motherland and we all trust you!

LiannaSilverwind: I like the idea of sharing repair bill in case of friendly fire, with repairs of the other person coming before those of offender in case of no money.
On the other side there is possible loophole: someone damages the other player and then intentionally stops playing - to prevent the other person to play, because of waiting for repair bill. That could be fixed with: Damaged person repairs himself -> Offender cannot play any T2+ tanks unless he repays the bill (he can use MS-1 or Leichtraktor to gain credits if he does not have enough).
Sad thing is some people intentionally shoot at their teammates or intentionally ram them, putting the team into dilemma, if they should destroy the offender or lose their own team member(s) due to offender's insanity.

LiannaSilverwind: They gain credits/xp. When I was even n00bier than I am know, I spent all battle defending the flank where no attack came. I gained 0 experience, but lots of credits.
Current AFKers do NOT move from the respawn spot even. So they are very easy to detect and ban.

LiannaSilverwind: Light Tank Problem Solution
Da Plan: You enter the bushes intending to pewpew into heavy tanks side armour with flak gun. You hitted IS-3 two times. Suddenly you're dead because of artillery shell coming from nowhere.
Problem is certain: Artillery is OP.
Solution: Use your chat channel to inform your opponents of their utter n00bishness and make a topic on forum about Artillery being OP.

LiannaSilverwind: Progression is insanely fast, there are top tier tanks already.
Why do you grind? Enjoy the game.
I play the game, I play with tanks I have and I have fun. If you do not have fun playing with tanks, there are many other good games to spend your time with.
Personally I'd like to see component research cost being more expensive and next tier tank research being much less expensive when you researched everything, so that we do not see top-upgraded medium Tier tanks all the time, but different versions of them. Right now how many PzKpfw.IVs use original PzKpfw.IV turret?

LiannaSilverwind: Thank you very much for the answer.

LiannaSilverwind: There is certain amount of players who have double big letter S at start of their name, often implying their solidarity with that crime organization, like SShunter or SSpanzer. What is official game policy towards such doubtful historicism?
I feel certain difference between SSteve (name?), SS20 (rocket system?) and SSpanzer (panzer of Waffen SS?).

LiannaSilverwind: It seems that even in Closed Beta there is rising amount of people who enter the battle and then go AFK. Either they do it manually or thanks to some third-party software ie. botting, we do not know, but already there is a big chance to meet 1-2 people AFKing every battle. It hurts their team immensely.
In case they are botting, ie. they are not even at their computer, they are able to gain credits "for free", even after being destroyed. I suppose their bot program just autoclicks repair and enter battle on the screen every X seconds (even when in battle, where it does not work obviously).
Is there any penalty planned for people who are AFK/botting?
Detection of first-generation AFKers:
1) Does not move from the spot
2) Does not shoot
3) Does not respond

LiannaSilverwind: Disclaimer: This topic is intended to be for FUN
Those are ironical BAD advices how to play World of Tanks from 730 battles of mine. Please, do NOT follow these guidelines.
Tactics:
1) You joined the battle in non-upgraded tank you are not familiar with. The decision is obvious. You order: RUSH IN!!!
2) Your team lacks artillery and anti-tank vehicles, 2/3 of the enemy team are artillery and anti-tank vehicles. The decision is obvious. You order: RUSH IN!!!
3) People rarely rush through the middle of the map. It is obvious mistake, because everyone is used to it and no one covers the middle. Ever. You order: RUSH IN THE MIDDLE!!!
4) Artillery boys are screaming for protection against light tanks. Everyone knows that light tanks give too few XP/Credits and artillery are non-moving farmers. They have real big guns to protect themselves as well! You follow the plan: RUSH IN!!!
Tank mastery:
5) You are in a light tank and it is highly probable you will be destroyed quickly. Therefore you snipe from the bushes nearby to your artillery.
6) You are in outdated non-upgraded low tier tank and your team asks someone to scout. They are free to go, they have better armour and more HP. You will snipe the targets uncovered to gain XP/Credits.
7) The game offers HE shells. They are useless, no penetration at all. No penetration = no XP/Credits.
Driving mastery:
7) You are in lower tier tank and you see higher tier allied tank crossing your path. He has many HP, so he won't mind collision. Besides, how does he dare to cross your path?!
8) You see slow moving allied artillery crossing your path. Do not slow down, faster tank has the priority! Let the artillery boy wait, they are sitting all the game on the same spot anyway!
9) Collision with an ally often causes critical hits on him and everyone knows that every critical hit you cause brings you XP and Credits! Here we go!
10) Critically damaged enemy of high tier is crawling to the swamp from you. Suddenly green bar "Enemy base capture" appears on your screen. Forget about finishing your enemy, you must be at their base in no time!
Feel free to add your own advices based on your experience and feelings!

LiannaSilverwind: They base it upon Torrent word.

LiannaSilverwind: From my poor experience (about 30 Malinovka battles):
My favourite part of all battles: Someone screams out: RUSH!!! RUSH!!! One or both team T1 tanks rush in and die in seconds.
Team 2 camps.
Team 1 sends in some scouts and suffer casualties 2+ to 1.
Battle ends.

Jeremy Taylor: I adore that thread!

Jeremy Taylor: All of your suggestions (if reasonable ) are thoroughly analyzed by developers.

Jeremy Taylor: Tiered system of random battles will be implemented within a few weeks.

Jeremy Taylor: Our congratulations!

Jeremy Taylor: You've probably installed the Russian version from torrents. The English version is here http://game.worldoftanks.com/update.

Jeremy Taylor: Faction vs Faction mode will definitely be implemented later on. Random mixed fights represent the best mode to reveal balance issues.

Jeremy Taylor: I'm inclined to think you misunderstood something . Even walls and trees are not obstacles for tanks and shells, let alone bushes.

Jeremy Taylor: The beta has just been launched. Teamwork will come a bit later
P.S. DON'T ABUSE LANGUAGE PLEASE, I edited the name of your topic.

Jeremy Taylor: The well-known annoying launcher issue finally has been fixed. The updating function works as it should. We want to thank our beta testers once again for their quick response that helped us a lot in fixing it.

Jeremy Taylor: Have you received the confirmation letter?

Jeremy Taylor: The well-known annoying launcher issue finally has been fixed. The updating function works as it should. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this issue and want to thank our beta testers once again for their quick response that helped us a lot in fixing it.

Jeremy Taylor: The well-known annoying launcher issue finally has been fixed. The updating function works as it should. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this issue and want to thank our beta testers once again for their quick response that helped us a lot in fixing it.

Jeremy Taylor: The well-known annoying launcher issue finally has been fixed. The updating function works as it should. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this issue and want to thank our beta testers once again for their quick response that helped us a lot in fixing it.

Jeremy Taylor: The well-known annoying launcher issue finally has been fixed. The updating function works as it should. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this issue and want to thank our beta testers once again for their quick response that helped us a lot in fixing it.

Jeremy Taylor: The well-known annoying launcher issue finally has been fixed. The updating function works as it should. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this issue and want to thank our beta testers once again for their quick response that helped us a lot in fixing it.

Jeremy Taylor: The well-known annoying launcher issue finally has been fixed. The updating function works as it should. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this issue and want to thank our beta testers once again for their quick response that helped us a lot in fixing it.

Jeremy Taylor: The well-known annoying launcher issue finally has been fixed. The updating function works as it should. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this issue and want to thank our beta testers once again for their quick response that helped us a lot in fixing it.

Jeremy Taylor: The well-known annoying launcher issue finally has been fixed. The updating function works as it should. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this issue and want to thank our beta testers once again for their quick response that helped us a lot in fixing it.

Jeremy Taylor: Hello,
We know about the launcher issues. We are fixing the problem at the moment. As soon as the problem is fixed we will notify you through this forum section. We are estimating the problem to be fixed within the nex few hours or earlier.
Be patient and thank you for helping us to find it!
Best regards,
World of Tanks Team

Jeremy Taylor: Hello,
We know about the launcher issues. We are fixing the problem at the moment. As soon as the problem is fixed we will notify you through this forum section. We are estimating the problem to be fixed within the nex few hours or earlier.
Be patient and thank you for helping us to find it!
Best regards,
World of Tanks Team

Jeremy Taylor: We are terribly sorry for the inconvenience you’re experiencing with the launcher issues. We are fixing the problem at the moment. As soon as the problem is fixed we will send you a notification. We are estimating the problem to be fixed within the a few hours.
Best regards,
World of Tanks Team

Jeremy Taylor: Have you received the confirmation letter? You should follow the link in the letter to confirm your registration.

Jeremy Taylor: The details will be revealed today.

Jeremy Taylor: Hello,
We are terribly sorry for the inconvenience you’re experiencing with the launcher issues. We are fixing the problem at the moment. As soon as the problem is fixed we will notify you through this forum section. We are estimating the problem to be fixed within the nex few hours or earlier.
Best regards,
World of Tanks Team

Jeremy Taylor: Hello,
We know about the launcher issues. We are fixing the problem at the moment. As soon as the problem is fixed we will notify you through this forum section. We are estimating the problem to be fixed within the nex few hours or earlier.
Be patient and thank you for helping us to find it!
Best regards,
World of Tanks Team