Developers posts on forum

ChrisK:
Thanks!  

ChrisK:
You're quite correct. I once met with a retired Soviet officer who had been the commander of an antitank rifle company in WW2. He pointed out the many weak spots of the German tanks up to PzKpfw III, but after that they had little success (and what they had was mainly at point-blank range in city fighting!).

The skirts really helped deflect the 14.5mm AP rounds, but later they also helped against both HEAT/HESH by standing-off the plasma jet and other AP rounds by causing them to wobble slightly before impact, making them mildly less effective. Once thing the Germans were good for was defending against their own weapons on the assumption that they would be copied, particularly the Panzerfaust (Schuerzen was great against that) and magnetic antitank mines Zimmerit paste). In neither case were these defenses really warranted, since we never got around to copying those weapons!

ChrisK:
TZF-9D sight from the King Tiger (Tiger II).

ChrisK:
Thanks!  

Vallter: Second battle, 0 killed, 2 damaged, battle won, status: survived :



Third battle, 3 killed, 1 damaged, battle won, status: survived :



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Vallter:
Second battle, 0 killed, 2 damaged, battle won, status: survived :
                    



Third battle, 3 killed, 1 damaged, battle won, status: survived :
                    




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                     INSERT CATEGORY HERE (Sniper: Damage, Sniper: Frag) TOTAL MVP POINTS - (Score) First battle, X killed, X damaged, battle won/loss, status:dead/alive, (Bonus awards) LINK_TO_SCREENSHOT_BATTLE.jpg LINK_TO_SCREENSHOT_GARAGE.jpg Second battle, X killed, X damaged, battle won/loss, status:dead/alive, (Bonus awards) LINK_TO_SCREENSHOT_BATTLE.jpg LINK_TO_SCREENSHOT_GARAGE.jpg Third battle, X killed, X damaged, battle won/loss, status:dead/alive, (Bonus awards) LINK_TO_SCREENSHOT_BATTLE.jpg LINK_TO_SCREENSHOT_GARAGE.jpg

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Vallter: Nice video-)

Tanitha: Thanks for the fantastic response to this event, with over 400+ relies in the last day and a half!
Please give the development team time to respond to the mass of questions already within this thread and then we can open this up for another bout of questions..
Regards
Tan..

Tanitha: I would say the question and answer is more complicated than that.
One of the main things you are paid for is damaging other tanks, and that is %'ed based on your level compared to the level of the tank you are hitting.
So at T1, everything you hit is at your level or above, but you dont really do alot of damage.
At T10 you pump out a lot of damage, but everything is at your tier or usually lower.
All up, T5 is about a sweat spot, you can pump out damage, and be hitting tanks above your tier.

Tanitha: Nice to have you back. I passed the thanks onto the support guy "angel" who fixed you up quickly too.
Have fun
Tan..

ChrisK:
Thank you!

Mad_Hatter: Top questions:
- I would like to learn more about the garage battles (the restriction on the number of vehicles, the duration of combats), new modes of random battles and operation of super-squads. It will be same 15 vs. 15 battles but the team will have three super-squads, am I right?
New modes for random battles include: attack, meeting engagement, escort.
Individual explanation of each one is as follows:
Assault: one team defends a position while the other one tries to capture it.
Meeting engagement: two teams attack the one area.
Escort: one team tries to capture the Very important person(VIP) and it may engage only a few top-tanks of the team. The rest of the team will be guarding the VIP from the enemy. The enemy tries to destroy the tanks which can capture their base.
- What is the approximate ETA of World of Warplanes Beta?
At the moment, Beta testing periods are not announced. Just follow the news on our official website.
- Do ranks influence crew performance? What if I have major rank but not a captain rank?
Ranks do not affect the crew performance.
- When will we have the opportunity to choose tier limited squadron battles (like in championships: tier 1-4, 4-6, 6-8, 1-10, Absolute)?
The exact date is unknown, but we are working on it; approximate ETA is autumn.
- I would like to know why the adaptation of the American tank tree is delayed?
This process requires much time and effort and one of the most difficult things is the conversion of one tank to another, which is currently in progress.
- Will players be banned for using skins? Many tankers use tank skins not maliciously but just for their own pleasure. Skins that you offer are tasteless and ugly, unlike those that we can use today.
We will not ban accounts for using skins but camouflage will make their usage useless. That being said we use the most close to historical skins as the originals for more of a authentic look.
- Will there be any specialties for tank ladies such as special camouflage or nicknames of a different colour?
We have no such plans at the moment.
- Will you add more weather modes to the game like rain or fog?
All is possible.
- Will you add different sounds for different suspension, depending on the tank type and surface?
It might be added in the future.
- Would it be possible to speed up the tank in a deep river?
No.
- Will the damage or overall effectiveness figures be shown at the end of a battle?
The battle statistics will show the experience earned by each player.
- They say that good statistics influence some game parameters, so that players with good statistics face the following things:
They are rarely mixed with high level vehicles in battles;
They shoot the gun with a larger scatter;
The shells often make minimal damage instead of the maximum.
Is that true?
No, it’s not. There are no special parameters for players with ‘good’ statistics.
- Will the game resources be secured against changes (including tracers’ modifications) with subsequent verification of the legality of these client packs?
Resources will be secured but protection against changes will not be added as such implementation is useless and it’s common knowledge that there many games can still be hacked.
- Will players be able to partake in battles on a Global Map? I mean, players who are not in clans, kind of ‘wildies’; if they win on a clan's province, will the clan lose profit gained from that province?
Yes, it will be possible. The working name of this concept is Volunteers.
- Will there be any changes implemented in the training room? it’s not possible to test the vehicle or explore a map alone?
We have no plans for changes to the training room at the moment.
- I want every tank crew to speak their national language; for example, when riding an American tank, the voice should say something in English and when in a German tank, to hear the voice speaking German. Will it be implemented?
This function will be added with one of the upcoming updates.
- When will you add new acoustic themes to the maps?
We’re working over it.
- Do you plan to create a client for unix systems, or else, something similar which will run WoT (at least with the help of wine).
We have no plans for such things.
Please leave your questions about the game in this forum topic and we will try to give answers in the shortest time possible!
Back to article: http://game.worldoft...ou-ask-we-reply
Due to the huge response to this event, we need to make some changes to its format, as its not possible for development to answer so many (400+) questions a day.
So this thread will be re-opened back up to collect your questions and every 2 weeks, we will go through the thread and pull out what we conciser the most common and most popular questions to get answered for you by the development team.
So if there is a particular question in here that you would like answered, be sure to give it a +1 rep vote, it will help us identify the most popular questions.
Thanks for your understanding & Have fun with WOT.
/Tanitha

Mad_Hatter: Top questions:

- I would like to learn more about the garage battles (the restriction on the number of vehicles, the duration of combats), new modes of random battles and operation of super-squads. It will be same 15 vs. 15 battles but the team will have three super-squads, am I right?
New modes for random battles include: attack, meeting engagement, escort.
Individual explanation of each one is as follows:
Assault: one team defends a position while the other one tries to capture it.
Meeting engagement: two teams attack the one area.
Escort: one team tries to capture the Very important person(VIP) and it may engage only a few top-tanks of the team. The rest of the team will be guarding the VIP from the enemy. The enemy tries to destroy the tanks which can capture their base.

- What is the approximate ETA of World of Warplanes Beta?
At the moment, Beta testing periods are not announced. Just follow the news on our official website.

- Do ranks influence crew performance? What if I have major rank but not a captain rank?
Ranks do not affect the crew performance.

- When will we have the opportunity to choose tier limited squadron battles (like in championships: tier 1-4, 4-6, 6-8, 1-10, Absolute)?
The exact date is unknown, but we are working on it; approximate ETA is autumn.

- I would like to know why the adaptation of the American tank tree is delayed?
This process requires much time and effort and one of the most difficult things is the conversion of one tank to another, which is currently in progress.

- Will players be banned for using skins? Many tankers use tank skins not maliciously but just for their own pleasure. Skins that you offer are tasteless and ugly, unlike those that we can use today.
We will not ban accounts for using skins but camouflage will make their usage useless. That being said we use the most close to historical skins as the originals for more of a authentic look.

- Will there be any specialties for tank ladies such as special camouflage or nicknames of a different colour?
We have no such plans at the moment.

- Will you add more weather modes to the game like rain or fog?
All is possible.

- Will you add different sounds for different suspension, depending on the tank type and surface?
It might be added in the future.

- Would it be possible to speed up the tank in a deep river?
No.

- Will the damage or overall effectiveness figures be shown at the end of a battle?
The battle statistics will show the experience earned by each player.

- They say that good statistics influence some game parameters, so that players with good statistics face the following things:
     They are rarely mixed with high level vehicles in battles;
     They shoot the gun with a larger scatter;
     The shells often make minimal damage instead of the maximum.
     Is that true?
No, it’s not. There  are no special parameters for players with ‘good’ statistics.

- Will the game resources be secured against changes (including tracers’ modifications) with subsequent verification of the legality of these client packs?
Resources will be secured but protection against changes will not be added as such implementation is useless and it’s  common knowledge that there many games can still be hacked.

- Will players be able to partake in battles on a Global Map? I mean, players who are not in clans, kind of ‘wildies’; if they win on a clan's province, will the clan lose profit gained from that province?
Yes, it will be possible. The working name of this concept is Volunteers.

- Will there be any changes implemented in the training room? it’s not possible to test the vehicle or explore a map alone?
We have no plans for changes to the training room at the moment.

- I want every tank crew to speak their national language; for example, when riding an American tank, the voice should say something in English and when in a German tank, to hear the voice speaking German. Will it be implemented?
This function will be added with one of the upcoming updates.

- When will you add new acoustic themes to the maps?
We’re working over it.

- Do you plan to create a client for unix systems, or else, something similar which will run WoT (at least with the help of wine).
We have no plans for such things.


Please leave your questions about the game in this forum topic and we will try to give answers in the shortest time possible!

Back to article: http://game.worldoft...ou-ask-we-reply



Due to the huge response to this event, we need to make some changes to its format, as its not possible for development to answer so many (400+) questions a day.
So this thread will be re-opened back up to collect your questions and every 2 weeks, we will go through the thread and pull out what we conciser the most common and most popular questions to get answered for you by the development team.

So if there is a particular question in here that you would like answered, be sure to give it a +1 rep vote, it will help us identify the most popular questions.
Thanks for your understanding & Have fun with WOT.
/Tanitha

Mad_Hatter: Top questions:

- I would like to learn more about the garage battles (the restriction on the number of vehicles, the duration of combats), new modes of random battles and operation of super-squads. It will be same 15 vs. 15 battles but the team will have three super-squads, am I right?
New modes for random battles include: attack, meeting engagement, escort.
Individual explanation of each one is as follows:
Assault: one team defends a position while the other one tries to capture it.
Meeting engagement: two teams attack the one area.
Escort: one team tries to capture the Very important person(VIP) and it may engage only a few top-tanks of the team. The rest of the team will be guarding the VIP from the enemy. The enemy tries to destroy the tanks which can capture their base.

- What is the approximate ETA of World of Warplanes Beta?
At the moment, Beta testing periods are not announced. Just follow the news on our official website.

- Do ranks influence crew performance? What if I have major rank but not a captain rank?
Ranks do not affect the crew performance.

- When will we have the opportunity to choose tier limited squadron battles (like in championships: tier 1-4, 4-6, 6-8, 1-10, Absolute)?
The exact date is unknown, but we are working on it; approximate ETA is autumn.

- I would like to know why the adaptation of the American tank tree is delayed?
This process requires much time and effort and one of the most difficult things is the conversion of one tank to another, which is currently in progress.

- Will players be banned for using skins? Many tankers use tank skins not maliciously but just for their own pleasure. Skins that you offer are tasteless and ugly, unlike those that we can use today.
We will not ban accounts for using skins but camouflage will make their usage useless. That being said we use the most close to historical skins as the originals for more of a authentic look.

- Will there be any specialties for tank ladies such as special camouflage or nicknames of a different colour?
We have no such plans at the moment.

- Will you add more weather modes to the game like rain or fog?
All is possible.

- Will you add different sounds for different suspension, depending on the tank type and surface?
It might be added in the future.

- Would it be possible to speed up the tank in a deep river?
No.

- Will the damage or overall effectiveness figures be shown at the end of a battle?
The battle statistics will show the experience earned by each player.

- They say that good statistics influence some game parameters, so that players with good statistics face the following things:
     They are rarely mixed with high level vehicles in battles;
     They shoot the gun with a larger scatter;
     The shells often make minimal damage instead of the maximum.
     Is that true?
No, it’s not. There  are no special parameters for players with ‘good’ statistics.

- Will the game resources be secured against changes (including tracers’ modifications) with subsequent verification of the legality of these client packs?
Resources will be secured but protection against changes will not be added as such implementation is useless and it’s  common knowledge that there many games can still be hacked.

- Will players be able to partake in battles on a Global Map? I mean, players who are not in clans, kind of ‘wildies’; if they win on a clan's province, will the clan lose profit gained from that province?
Yes, it will be possible. The working name of this concept is Volunteers.

- Will there be any changes implemented in the training room? it’s not possible to test the vehicle or explore a map alone?
We have no plans for changes to the training room at the moment.

- I want every tank crew to speak their national language; for example, when riding an American tank, the voice should say something in English and when in a German tank, to hear the voice speaking German. Will it be implemented?
This function will be added with one of the upcoming updates.

- When will you add new acoustic themes to the maps?
We’re working over it.

- Do you plan to create a client for unix systems, or else, something similar which will run WoT (at least with the help of wine).
We have no plans for such things.


Please leave your questions about the game in this forum topic and we will try to give answers in the shortest time possible!

Back to article: http://game.worldoft...ou-ask-we-reply



Due to the huge response to this event, we need to make some changes to its format, as its not possible for development to answer so many (400+) questions a day.
So this thread will be re-opened back up to collect your questions and every 2 weeks, we will go through the thread and pull out what we conciser the most common and most popular questions to get answered for you by the development team.

So if there is a particular question in here that you would like answered, be sure to give it a +1 rep vote, it will help us identify the most popular questions.
Thanks for your understanding & Have fun with WOT.
/Tanitha

Mad_Hatter: Top questions:

- I would like to learn more about the garage battles (the restriction on the number of vehicles, the duration of combats), new modes of random battles and operation of super-squads. It will be same 15 vs. 15 battles but the team will have three super-squads, am I right?
New modes for random battles include: attack, meeting engagement, escort.
Individual explanation of each one is as follows:
Assault: one team defends a position while the other one tries to capture it.
Meeting engagement: two teams attack the one area.
Escort: one team tries to capture the Very important person(VIP) and it may engage only a few top-tanks of the team. The rest of the team will be guarding the VIP from the enemy. The enemy tries to destroy the tanks which can capture their base.

- What is the approximate ETA of World of Warplanes Beta?
At the moment, Beta testing periods are not announced. Just follow the news on our official website.

- Do ranks influence crew performance? What if I have major rank but not a captain rank?
Ranks do not affect the crew performance.

- When will we have the opportunity to choose tier limited squadron battles (like in championships: tier 1-4, 4-6, 6-8, 1-10, Absolute)?
The exact date is unknown, but we are working on it; approximate ETA is autumn.

- I would like to know why the adaptation of the American tank tree is delayed?
This process requires much time and effort and one of the most difficult things is the conversion of one tank to another, which is currently in progress.

- Will players be banned for using skins? Many tankers use tank skins not maliciously but just for their own pleasure. Skins that you offer are tasteless and ugly, unlike those that we can use today.
We will not ban accounts for using skins but camouflage will make their usage useless. That being said we use the most close to historical skins as the originals for more of a authentic look.

- Will there be any specialties for tank ladies such as special camouflage or nicknames of a different colour?
We have no such plans at the moment.

- Will you add more weather modes to the game like rain or fog?
All is possible.

- Will you add different sounds for different suspension, depending on the tank type and surface?
It might be added in the future.

- Would it be possible to speed up the tank in a deep river?
No.

- Will the damage or overall effectiveness figures be shown at the end of a battle?
The battle statistics will show the experience earned by each player.

- They say that good statistics influence some game parameters, so that players with good statistics face the following things:
     They are rarely mixed with high level vehicles in battles;
     They shoot the gun with a larger scatter;
     The shells often make minimal damage instead of the maximum.
     Is that true?
No, it’s not. There  are no special parameters for players with ‘good’ statistics.

- Will the game resources be secured against changes (including tracers’ modifications) with subsequent verification of the legality of these client packs?
Resources will be secured but protection against changes will not be added as such implementation is useless and it’s  common knowledge that there many games can still be hacked.

- Will players be able to partake in battles on a Global Map? I mean, players who are not in clans, kind of ‘wildies’; if they win on a clan's province, will the clan lose profit gained from that province?
Yes, it will be possible. The working name of this concept is Volunteers.

- Will there be any changes implemented in the training room? it’s not possible to test the vehicle or explore a map alone?
We have no plans for changes to the training room at the moment.

- I want every tank crew to speak their national language; for example, when riding an American tank, the voice should say something in English and when in a German tank, to hear the voice speaking German. Will it be implemented?
This function will be added with one of the upcoming updates.

- When will you add new acoustic themes to the maps?
We’re working over it.

- Do you plan to create a client for unix systems, or else, something similar which will run WoT (at least with the help of wine).
We have no plans for such things.


Please leave your questions about the game in this forum topic and we will try to give answers in the shortest time possible!

Back to article: http://game.worldoft...ou-ask-we-reply



Due to the huge response to this event, we need to make some changes to its format, as its not possible for development to answer so many (400+) questions a day.
So this thread will be re-opened back up to collect your questions and every 2 weeks, we will go through the thread and pull out what we conciser the most common and most popular questions to get answered for you by the development team.

So if there is a particular question in here that you would like answered, be sure to give it a +1 rep vote, it will help us identify the most popular questions.
Thanks for your understanding & Have fun with WOT.
/Tanitha

Tanitha: Nobody needs to fight tooth and nail for the right to use skins, or in particular skins with hitboxes drawn on them.
They are fully legal, and this has been stated many times. If that changes there will be an announcement.
They are freely available within the creativity section of this forum, the EU forum and the RU forum and many other independent websites.
If you wish to use them, use them, if you prefer pretty cammo type skins then use them.
Thread and discussion closed.

ARGO: If I read it right, I think that one day premium is a use anytime gift....Save it for your B-day.

Vallter: Gold enrolled to winners accounts.

Vallter: Gold enrolled to winners accounts.

Vallter: Do you remember what WoT looked like a week before the 6.6 update? Before Clan Wars release? Do you remember the last few days before the release or the start of Open Beta? How has WoT been changed since that time? Can you imagine it? Well, if you can we ask you to draw this.

We are proud to introduce our new “WoT Evolution” contest, which will last for 2 weeks and end on the 26th of August.

Important requirements and notes about creating works for the contest:

• Every user can take part in the contest;
• Only one work per player is allowed;
• The image should not violate the game/forum rules, or EULA.
• Contest work should be made in 'comics' theme.
• The maximal resolution is 1024x768 or 768x1024, the size should not exceed 900kb and image should be saved in the JPG format.

Criteria of judgement:
• The most creative works will receive the prize.
• Neat and self made artworks are welcomed.
• Though humour is usually a good strategy to win, trolling won't be tolerated.

The best image will be rewarded with 6,000 gold.
The runner-up will receive 5,000 gold.
The third prize-taker will get 4,000 gold.
For the fourth place you will earn 2,000 gold and 750 for the fifth.
Discussion on the contest and presented works is here.

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P.S. To help ensure the competitions are a fun for most situations, the event section is heavily moderated. Only posts containing “Contest Works” are to be posted, any discussion comments or text messages will be deleted and sanctioned. If you have any questions regarding the event please instead pm them to me or Cheeka.

Tanitha:

Hypnotik: Don't worry about it Solysh, these "Powerpoint Pubbies" are just not good enough to understand our greatness. Some (like Xpedience) can't even handle Word, he sticks to Notepad.

Overlord: 1. Please, wait a bit. Too early.
2. The same, -17 ; 6 deg.

Overlord: I'd say it is unlikely.

Overlord: No, AP damage is not based on the thickness of the armor.

Overlord: Next update will be 6.7, one more minor content patch. ETA - September. Then comes 7.0.

ARGO: ROFL! I made a boo boo, This topic has seen more countries than I have! Ok people Argo fixed it.....sorry....

ARGO: Nice post, Moving it to off-topic
ARGO

ARGO: A friend of mine was babysitting his 5 year old daughter while his wife was shopping. Being a guy that usually entailed the 5 year old playing on the floor and him watching the game while lying on the couch. Being a Daddy's girl the 5 year old decieded she would use her toy tea set so she filled the cup with water and wanted to have a tea party with her Daddy. Well my firend is kind of lazy and he didn't get off the couch to sit and play with her he would reach over drink the "tea" and say "Oh this is good tea sweetie". Anyways about an hour later the mother got home and walked into the living room to see my lazy friend on the couch and the 5 year old playing tea partynext to him on the floor. She immediatly got mad yelled at the 5 year old who went cying to her room. Now she started on him and he got off the couch and yelled back at her, "Why did you punish her, all she was doing was playing, she did nothing wrong!" The wife shot back. Well genious, she's 5 years old and under 3 feet tall, WHERE DO YOU THINK SHE GOT THE WATER FROM!!!!!!!

Overlord: On August 11 th starting 6: 00 am UTC World of Tanks game server will be temporary unavailable .
Please refrain from
purchasing gold during maintenance time.
Estimated downtime: up to 2 hours.
We apologize for any inconvenience.

Vallter: It's up and running now. About your problem, please, contact your Customer Support

Vallter: You can find the details here

Vallter:
It's up and running now. About your problem, please, contact your Customer Support

Vallter:
You can find the details here

Vallter: The server is currently down. This may be the problem -)

Vallter:
The server is currently down. This may be the problem -)

Vallter: Yes, server is on a maintenance.

Vallter:
Yes, server is on a maintenance.

ARGO: Did you all see the downloadable one in the newsletter? Now that ones off the hook...

Vallter: Please, look carefully through the manual of exchange.
If you have not received something you had to, please, contact our Customer Support and they will fix your issue within 24 hours.

Vallter:
Please, look carefully through the manual of exchange.

If you have not received something you had to, please, contact our Customer Support and they will fix your issue within 24 hours.

ARGO: Argo likes the F4U Corsair, but nobody will not like Argo being in a F4U Corsair....

Vallter: Please, hold the further discussion on the topic here.

Vallter: Please, hold the further discussion on the topic here.