Developers posts on forum

_BobaFett: General what?

Oh that.

I forgot it existed again.

Elias_K_Grodin: Thanks for making this statement. I couldn't have said it better. The truth is our matchmaker for Random Battles divides up players in queue into 2 teams of similar vehicle tiers and sets limits on certain vehicle types....period. Regarding the Santa Container issue mentioned from the WOWS side, I think this covers it here: https://forum.worldo...5-santa-crates/ "One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions." - Grace Hopper, United States Navy

Hey_man_Gneis_shot: Thanks for making this statement. I couldn't have said it better. The truth is our matchmaker for Random Battles divides up players in queue into 2 teams of similar vehicle tiers and sets limits on certain vehicle types....period. Regarding the Santa Container issue mentioned from the WOWS side, I think this covers it here: https://forum.worldo...5-santa-crates/ "One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions." - Grace Hopper, United States Navy

stabbymckill: Good morning Tankers,
Now's your chance to earn the Kampfpanzer 07 RH! Complete these challenges between May 21 and May 31 to unlock it and it's striking "Rock Crystal" 2-D style. Get the full details on the challenge in the article here. 

churchill50: I bought one offer with a camo style + ~250 gold (if I remember correctly, I didn't care about the gold) for $5, just because I liked the camo style and had never seen it before. It was the Battle for Moscow style seen here: https://www.mmowg.ne...tylization-set/ Other than that, all the rest of the "deals" I've received have been hard passes.

Elias_K_Grodin: Heyo Platoon! Thank you for letting us know your feedback on the Daily Deals. A majority of the deals offered "Common Daily Deals" which include in-game items and Premium Account. The upgraded deals are more rare and don't drop regularly so you will have to check back the next day if you didn't snag one during the catching. For more information and details about Daily Deals, find there here:https://worldoftanks...ily-deals-0521/ 

Hey_man_Gneis_shot: Heyo Platoon! Thank you for letting us know your feedback on the Daily Deals. A majority of the deals offered "Common Daily Deals" which include in-game items and Premium Account. The upgraded deals are more rare and don't drop regularly so you will have to check back the next day if you didn't snag one during the catching. For more information and details about Daily Deals, find there here:https://worldoftanks...ily-deals-0521/ 

Elias_K_Grodin: We're always looking for new and fresh ideas not just among the team but also from our player community as well.  As with many other online multi-player team based games with random matchmaking, pairing up skilled players with newcomers can expose a sizeable gap in the type of gameplay one would expect. Any suggestions are welcome no matter how feasible or experimental they might be and thank you for keeping this discussion constructive and fresh! "If you get the objectives right, a lieutenant can write the strategy." - George C. Marshall, United States Army

Hey_man_Gneis_shot: We're always looking for new and fresh ideas not just among the team but also from our player community as well.  As with many other online multi-player team based games with random matchmaking, pairing up skilled players with newcomers can expose a sizeable gap in the type of gameplay one would expect. Any suggestions are welcome no matter how feasible or experimental they might be and thank you for keeping this discussion constructive and fresh! "If you get the objectives right, a lieutenant can write the strategy." - George C. Marshall, United States Army

Elias_K_Grodin: I also agree that both topics are identical in nature and there is no reason why both should be separate. So I merged the two topics together so there can be both deniers and claimers discussing on the same thread.

Hey_man_Gneis_shot: I also agree that both topics are identical in nature and there is no reason why both should be separate. So I merged the two topics together so there can be both deniers and claimers discussing on the same thread.

_BobaFett:  Wow. They look almost identical. It's no wonder people mixed them up.

_BobaFett: There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers.

_BobaFett: Why are there two of the same topic?

_BobaFett: Modding is one of my favorite things about PC gaming. It's great fun. There's nothing wrong with it.

_BobaFett: How many more of these troll posts are you going to make?

_BobaFett:  As if relying on teammates ever worked. 

DeviouslyCursed:  Yep. 100%. These are the facts that the SBMM crowd won't admit.

DeviouslyCursed:  THANK YOU! You just admitted a major problem with SBMM! You just acknowledged my point about the problem with playing stock tanks in account rated SBMMs!  The sad thing is, you probably don't even realize it. Your comparison of a purple in a stock tank beating a red in a fully researched or OP tank is a benefit of Random MM! Where you don't get punished for playing stock or underpowered tanks. If you can still play better than the average player, you're still helping your team! BUT, under your SBMM the purple will be paired off against ANOTHER PURPLE!  For my concern to be 'babble' (as you put it), your statement would have to be: "A very good player in a stock tank will beat another very good player in a pimped tank 50% of the time." And you and I and everyone else knows that is pure BS!  That's why you used "a noob" in your example, but he's not pared off against a noob! He's paired off against another purple!  Thank you for acknowledging that SBMM sucks because of the issue I brought up! Not even you were foolish enough to pretend a purple in a stock can beat a purple in a good tank. That also means the match isn't balanced! And we're not talking a little bit off, we're talking purple in good tank gets to farm the reds and the stock purple! Thank you, thank you, thank you! SBMM sucks. You heard it here from SimplyPzB2! 

DeviouslyCursed:  You can't just look at 'half' the equation. You can't, on one hand cry about getting worse teams, but on the other hand not cry about some people being gifted good teammates and others getting shafted with reds. Have you not noticed I'm frequently using your own words and rationalizations against you? Do you not realize that I can do this and it makes perfect sense because there are pluses and minus to both sides, and which one is better depends on how you subjectively weight the pluses and minuses for each MM?   

DeviouslyCursed:  Yes, it can and does.  

DeviouslyCursed:  And to make those teams fair, you have to punish good players, and reward bad ones. 

DeviouslyCursed:  I'm not using half and half. I'm using all under one, and all under the other. And that's exactly how it works. Using your example   teammates  team 1           team 2purple           2                    3red               12                  11 Which teammates are demonstrably worse? What if this happens 6 times? under SBMMteammates  team 1           team 2purple           12                  18red                72                  66 One set of teammates is clearly better. Why is one player punished with worse teammates?These sets of teammates are not equal, and this is not fair. under Random MMteammates  team 1           team 2purple           15                  15red                69                  69 The 2 players are treated equally and fairly, neither gets a built in bonus due to MMGranted, small sample size it generally won't be perfect, but over time, yes, they are the same. Any advantage a player gets from the Random MM, they have EARNED with solid play, and contributing to their team's victory.Under SBMM less skilled player are GIVEN better teammates, and good players are PENALIZED with worse teammates, all so some people will stop crying about some unbalanced games. 

DeviouslyCursed:  Didn't even read the Steam reviews did you? Just a bunch of whiney little turds who are mad they can't link existing accounts. But what would you expect from someone who can't even pen the back plate of a 279e with a Grille...

Einzelganger7: Uh... does anybody know what happened with this event? Which side won?

Einzelganger7: I think the reason people didn't noticed was because the game never got the typical garage in the streets of Berlin, they always released it but this time they just bringed the discounts, few missions and that is it.

p.s: sorry for the potato quality, it is an old screen capture but just as I said, we used to have that garage each year.
 

DomoSapien: So, you can link your steam account to your Wargaming.net ID in order to login with Steam, however there is currently no way to download/install the Steam version of World of Tanks for use with existing accounts.

That said, to my knowledge there aren't many advantages to using the Steam version as it simply launches WGC. If you like being able to launch WoT via your Steam client, you can click Games>Add a Non-Steam Game to my Library in order to add WGC to your Steam launcher.

If you'd like to use your Steam credentials to log in to the WoT Portal, you can bind your steam account to your WG.net ID under 'account support' in the top right drop-down menu that shows up when you click on your username.

DomoSapien: Tankers,
Recently we held an event to commemorate the 76th Anniversary of Victory Day in Europe.
The event featured a host of missions, sales, and 2D Styles for purchase. 
You can refresh your memory by checking out the article on our news portal. That said, VE Day didn't generate a ton of chatter on the forums so I figured it couldn't hurt  to put up a feedback request to hear your thoughts on the event.
Please share your feedback below. Thanks!

Elias_K_Grodin: Thank you for pointing this out. To those that feel that WG or the WoT NA team aren't listening to you, we always strive to improve our 2-way communications but sometimes we fall short of that. The proposed changes to be tested out on the SuperTest are very much dependent on feedback and sentiment gathered not only from the testers but from comments and feedback provided on all of our moderated platforms including the Forums. Any sentiment and feedback provided here will be taken note of and used for future considerations. "None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows." - Colin Powell, United States Army

Hey_man_Gneis_shot: Thank you for pointing this out. To those that feel that WG or the WoT NA team aren't listening to you, we always strive to improve our 2-way communications but sometimes we fall short of that. The proposed changes to be tested out on the SuperTest are very much dependent on feedback and sentiment gathered not only from the testers but from comments and feedback provided on all of our moderated platforms including the Forums. Any sentiment and feedback provided here will be taken note of and used for future considerations. "None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows." - Colin Powell, United States Army

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DeviouslyCursed:  That is how most SBMM systems work. I've yet to see any SBMM in any game work like you are stating it does. That's your version of SBMM that you have envisioned. There are SBMM out there was does work exactly as I said. Acting like your version of SBMM is the only possibly one is foolish in the extreme. I am talking about SBMM in general, because if you and others convince WG to implement it, there is no guarantee they will use the version you are talking about. You completely ignored my point about teammates. You step around it deliberately because you know I'm right. Use SBMM and take 100 battles from a purple player, and 100 battles from a red player. Tally up their 14 teammates over all those 100 battles. The purple players teammates look vastly different than the red players teammates. FACT. SBMM would assign players different teammates. FACT. It discriminates against one player, and gives another a benefit. FACT.  ***Acknowledge this or show me with examples how the person's TEAMMATES will be the same despite the matches being forced to balance.*** This conversation is going to end quick and return to insults if you can't do this one simple thing. I will not continue an open discussion with a dishonest participant. Let me put it another way: The very FACT that SBMM is moving people around means it is, 100% verified by this process, discriminating against some players based on the metric it is using to move people. You laughing at me saying I won't play if SBMM with account side is implemented. That's because you don't understand, again, what I am talking about, and the massive problems with account wide elo ratings. You play an average tank for you, you are rated properly, you play one of your best tanks, you will be underrated and win more. If you keep playing your best tanks, now your elo is based on your best tanks. The moment you switch to a bad tank, or a stock tank, you are gimping your team because the SBMM expects you to perform at your best tanks level, but you won't. Account wide SBMM is the death of the game. It has nothing to do with "balanced" battles. In fact, it is because the SBMM will deliberately make unbalanced battles while trying to balance them when you play crappy tanks or stock tanks. I've stopped playing every MOBA I've ever tried specifically because of this issue.

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DeviouslyCursed:  If WG listened to people like you, WoT would never have made it to the 10 year mark. And bake, common sense? Really? You're one of the most delusional, non-sensical people on this forum. Common sense hasn't touched that brain of yours in the last decade.

KRZYBooP:  At this time this is how MM currently works and information about how it currently works can be found HERE.Looks at the queue and selects Tanks based on class restrictions, what's available, platoons, and of course tiers.  Note player skill is not accounted for in random battles cause that is what makes the game mode random. Keep in mind that even a tomato in the eyes of XVM or other ranking sites can have a great game. Thus making a lower-rated team able to beat a higher-ranked one. Platoons, where two players are in the same clan and are great, are going to perform better due to other players just following along.  If you are on your own and it is in the late game then you are more liable to do what best interests you. This means staying hidden to preserve health, and get more chances to hit other players for damage before getting destroyed These are all from my own personal experiences and understandings of the game.
  The manipulation that you described is how the game mechanics work and can be explained HERE & HERE.Playing in a tiered system of tanks where lower-tier tanks fight higher-tier ones is only possible with these mechanics in place. If you weren't able to bounce a shell from a higher tier then there wouldn't be a reason to play bottom tier matches This is one of the reasons WG decided to move to 3/5/7 then later on more templates and game modes were introduced to help out the tiers where the most credits can be made. The situation that you described where you are shooting an AFK is how the game is supposed to work in regards to dispersion, trajectories, and penetration mechanics. No matter what tank you are in there is going to be a dispersion value. This mechanic is what makes "lined up" shots miss, bounce, hit the dirt, and more annoying things. This compounds your frustration if you are playing a tank with a higher than average reload cause "the game" took a damaging shot away from you.  Logically the closer you are to the tank the better your chance of hitting but with dispersion still being a thing the round can still get bounced. I noticed it's even worse if you let RNG Jesus take the wheel. By that, I mean to lock your target and fire willy nilly at the enemy.  Now all this being said, there is still a chance of what I can only call is Tomato Paste. When the WTFFFFFFFUUUUUU's start to fly. In addition to that,  WG Devs have never called anything in this game 100% done and never going to change again.A lot of data is looked at constantly on why specific tanks are being picked constantly and what can be done to make other tanks not played as often more relevant. All while continuing to add in new mechanics that will then require more balancing and changes cause there is stuff that you can't predict in a short playtime. There is always someone that figures out a loophole or new way to play to make the equipment feel unfair.

I am not a good player but have failed enough to understand what is going on most of the time when I make a risky play, or try to go to a "new" spot that no one ever in ten years has tried then immediately go back to my garage and realize, "OOHHHH that's why that is not a good spot to be in." 

KRZYBooP: Howdy Boom Jockeys!  The results of the HE and SPG Supertest can be found in the following link HERE. There is a lot of information to summarize for this forum post so it's best to check it out on our news article. Goals for these changes were to (in my opinion) make tank classes feel like their role is maintained, make HE shells an actual viable option for all tanks, and stop the massive unintended side effects of the Shells. The Supertest is starting today (18MAY) with changes to the following vehicles available from the first Common Test of Update 1.13. These are the nine vehicles will go to the Supertest: IXType 4 Heavy   XType 5 Heavy   XXM551 Sheridan IXT49   VIKV-2   VIKV-2 ® XPanhard EBR 105   IXPanhard EBR 90   VIIIPanhard AML Lynx 6x6  We will also test system changes to AP shell alpha damage for all SPGs, as well as certain improvements to particular vehicles. After being evaluated in the Supertest and adjusted accordingly, the suggested changes will most likely be added to the first Update 1.13 Common Test so everyone can check them. Please note that these changes aren't final. For more information on these changes click HERE.  

Einzelganger7: The only interesting deal I've seen so far is an offer for the Borsig 3D style but it is so bloated, when they released it the price was 10 dollars, this offer costs 17.64...

Einzelganger7: My guess is the other two seasons will have once again 2 spotlight tanks instead of 3 but they will end faster.

Einzelganger7: Literally I am just getting duplicated offers and none is worthy.
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Einzelganger7:  Is like a bad joke because wargaming itself knows that in most cases it's impossible to do so since the maps have three lanes (sometimes only two) with no way to flank, so now the issue will be the maps, not HE.

Elias_K_Grodin: Heyo Platoon, I lost track of how many "match rigging" posts and threads have popped up in the past week and many of the conversations appear to be carbon copies of each other. Unless there is something "unique" about this post, I'm inclined to merge this topic with one that is almost identical.
Also please make sure you discuss the topic and remain respectful in doing so.

Hey_man_Gneis_shot: Heyo Platoon, I lost track of how many "match rigging" posts and threads have popped up in the past week and many of the conversations appear to be carbon copies of each other. Unless there is something "unique" about this post, I'm inclined to merge this topic with one that is almost identical.
Also please make sure you discuss the topic and remain respectful in doing so.

Elias_K_Grodin: Heyo Platoon, The SuperTest will try out these proposed changes and the participants will provide feedback and results. From this thread so far, there is good constructive feedback and sentiment and I will take note of this regardless of the what comes of the SuperTest. I encourage all of you to continue to look for more information and news about what's next and voice any concerns or even recommendations you might have. "One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions." - Grace Hopper, United States Navy 

Hey_man_Gneis_shot: Heyo Platoon, The SuperTest will try out these proposed changes and the participants will provide feedback and results. From this thread so far, there is good constructive feedback and sentiment and I will take note of this regardless of the what comes of the SuperTest. I encourage all of you to continue to look for more information and news about what's next and voice any concerns or even recommendations you might have. "One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions." - Grace Hopper, United States Navy 

_BobaFett:  You have to be completely still for 3 seconds for it to activate. It's just a waste of an equipment slot.