Developers posts on forum

ARGO: You ever take a good look at the turret of an IS4? It's triangular shape looks a lot like the head of poisonous snake such as a Copperhead or a rattler so I had this idea. An Is4s tuuret done up like a snake head and it's gun like the snakes tounge with the hull of the tank covered with scales and coloring much like a snakes. I suppose this could also be done with other Russian IS and T-series tanks.
Anyone tempted to do it? PM me if you come up with something scary.....

MrVic: I'm curious about this as well. OPs and Nerfs aside, I think this is the single biggest issue facing the game at them moment. Did I miss a dev reply that they were "looking into it" or any sort of acknowledgment of the issue?
Yeah it's been officially spoken for a number of times it's just not in this patch. Everyone wishes the issue was corrected now but sadly things take time. So help for it is in the future. Just have to give it some time. No point in rushing out a change that could create a bigger problem.

MrVic:

ARGO: June 28 in Sarajevo
We'll start with the facts: World War One happened because of events of July and early August 1914 are a classic case of "one thing led to another" - otherwise known as the treaty alliance system.
The explosive that was World War One had been long in the stockpiling; the spark was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914.
Ferdinand's death at the hands of the Black Hand, a Serbian nationalist secret society, set in train a mindlessly mechanical series of events that culminated in the world's first global war.
Now, taking the above historical events let's put the twist on it....What if the assination attempts all failed? Do you think World War 1 was still imminant? And if so, would the sides all be different?

ARGO: This may seem presumtuous but America has always walked hand in hand with the UK when it come to war. Almost like a father and teenage son. Sure America revolted against England much like the teenager rebelling against parents but there is still a deep friendship and loyalty to the UK that the US has never forgotton. So my guess is that if German attempted a US invasion the UK would be there and vice versa. History has proved if you mess with one you mess with both and God help anyone who shoots at England because the UK has a lot of friends.
Germany in the 1940s invading the USA......Not feasable without serious local help.

ARGO: You get "The Peguin" asking for it back
I put in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Overlord: v. 0.6.1.5 - v.0.6.2.4

Main:
- Added new maps: "Ruinberg" and "El Halluf".
- Added new battle mode: the "Tank Company Battle". A company of tanks with sum of tiers from 60 to 90 will get into a company waiting list where it will be randomly assign an opposing company.
- Added voice chat based on the Vivox technology. It works only for platoons in random battle, for companies in tank company battles and for training battle. The feature is still in testing hence is implemented with minimal settings.
- Added achievements: "Reaper", "Invincible", "Survivor", "Raider", "Master Gunner", "Kamikaze",
- Added medals: Kolobanov's medal, Billotte's medal, Fadin's medal, Wittmann's medal, Orlik's medal, Oskin's medal, Halonen's medal, Burda's medal.
- Added full dynamic shadows. The option is located in settings "Enhanced shadows". The shadows are in the testing mode so there is a possibility of artifacts.
- Added new interface for repair and resupply of consumables - "Service": added possibility to automatically replenish consumables and to repair the tank after coming out of the battle, possibility to quickly replenish consumables, ability to change the sequence of shells.
- Added controls settings in the game settings.

Gameplay:
- The doubled experience for the first battle (in a day) on each tank now is given not for the first battle, but for the first victory on the tank..
- Training battle does not count as the first battle anymore for the purposes of the doubled experience.
- The chance of hitting an inner module (except gun) increased from 33% to 50%.
- Removed possibility when any HE that explodes near a tank to damage internal modules, except crew members.
- The damage to inner modules from an HE that exploded on the tank armor is reduced by 50%, exception - crew members.
- Change experience transfer from a group of tanks. The experience from all tanks is collected so all tanks left with zero experience and then it is transferred. The remaining under 25 experience is placed on the last tank on the list.
- "Scout" is now awarded only if the team won.
- "Sniper" is now awarded if during the battle there was no friendly damage.
- The top tanks in the battle roster are now balanced not by the level but by the match-making "value", which considers type of the tank.
- The coefficient of heavy tanks for the match-making calculations is increased from 1.3 to 1.45.
- Reworked tank distribution tiers in battles.
- Fixed ability of lifting fallen trees with tank.
- Removed possibility of driving beyond the edge of the map during lag spikes.
- Fixed tank spawns considering type of the tank (SPG in Malinovka, etc.).

System:
- Fixed FPS drops during rendering of track prints.
- Fixed lags when destroying objects.
- Improved auto-configuration of graphic settings.
- Experimental feature. Limited speed of rendering in the loading screen, this should improve loading time for slow computers.
- Added some optimizations which suppose to end single sharp falls and dips in FPS.

Content:
- Multiple fixes of tanks' models and textures.
- Set a normal speed of track rotation on all tanks.
- Reworked and added destruction of some objects.
- Fixed some spots on the maps where tanks would get stuck or couldn't pass.
- Modified base flagpoles and flag animation.
- Added removal of rendering for some small objects at long distances.
- Reworked shot sounds of  some guns.

Interface:
- Changed system notifications in the hangar.
- Fixed changing music volume level which worked only for battles.
- Multiple small interface changes.
- Added hints-tooltips on interface elements in hangar.
- Fixed purchasing a tank with a slot in hangar without warning.
- Fixed bug with filter  "Location" in barracks switches by itself.
- Fixed invite notification, if the player is in the battle at that moment.
- Added display of User Agreement after the client launch.
- Added turning on/off of "after death" post-effect in settings.
- Removed ability to lower camera beneath the water level.
- Now after purchasing premium, hangar immediately updates to premium.
- Fixed UI bug when researching several vehicles and/or modules in a row using free experience

List of tank specs changes:

Germany:

Gun 75mm_KwK_40_L43: dispersion 0.41->0.4.
Gun 75mm_StuK_40_L43: dispersion 0.39->0.38.
Gun 75mm_KwK_40_L48: dispersion 0.4->0.39.
Gun 75mm_PaK_39_L48: dispersion 0.38->0.37.
Gun 75mm_PaK_40: dispersion 0.38->0.37.
Gun 128mm_PaK44_L61: reduced visibility after firing, +20 damage to all shells.
Gun 128mm_PaK44_L55: reduced visibility after firing.

PzII Luchs: reduced visibility during movement.
VK 1602: reduced visibility during movement.
PzIII: reduced visibility during movement, +5% accuracy during movement and traverse.
Pz III/IV: by 5% improved pass-ability on medium grounds, +8% accuracy during movement and traverse.
Pz V-IV: chassis rotation is matched with Panther's.
Tiger II: mantlet armor for top turret 65->100.
JagdTiger: 128mm_PaK44_L55 reload (in seconds) 10.4 ->10.36, 128mm_PaK44_2_L61 reload (in seconds) 10.6->10.5.
VK 4502: mantlet armor for stock turret 120->160, mantlet armor for top turret 120->180.

USA:

Gun 37mm_M-6_L53: price in credits 8350->2500.
Gun QF_6_pounder_Mk_III: penetration: AP 89->110, APCR 145->180, accuracy 0.4->0.38.
Gun 75mm_Gun_M3_L37: dispersion 0.38->0.4.
Gun 75mm_Gun_M2_L28: dispersion 0.39->0.41.
Gun 76mm_Gun_M1A1: reload (in seconds) 3.2->2.85, dispersion 0.37->0.38.
Gun 76mm_Gun_M1A2: dispersion 0.34->0.35.
Gun 90mm_Gun_T15E2M2: dispersion 0.33->0.32, reduced dispersion during turret traverse.
Gun 105mm_Howitzer_M2A: reduced aiming time by 15%.
Gun 105mm_Howitzer_M4: reduced aiming time by  15%, HE penetration 60->53.
Gun 120mm_Gun_T53: aiming 3.0->2.4, reduced dispersion during turret traverse.
Gun 155mm_Gun_T7: aiming 3.0->2.7, significantly reduced dispersion during turret traverse.

Engine Wright_G200_m_781C9GC1 level 8->7, price in credits 72380->47600, chance of fire 0.2->0.25.

T29, Т32, Т34, Т30: fixed error with discrepancy between displayed and actual hull armor. Actual armor decreased by 20%.
M6, T1: reduced experience cost Wright_G200_m_781C9GC1 19800->10900.
Т-57: pass-ability reduced by 10%, reduced traverse speed by 2 deg/sec, decreased accuracy during movement and turning by 3%.
Т2 lt: reduced repair cost by 30%, increased ammunition capacity of 20mm gun.
M7 Priest: 105mm_Howitzer_M - reloading time decreased 13.95->11.76 (in seconds).
RamII: reduced repair cost by 20%.
Т14: reduced repair price by 5%.
T29: increased visibility of the tank, -5% accuracy during movement and traverse, 105mm_Gun_T5E1 - reloading (in seconds) 9.5->10, by 10% reduced traverse speed for top turret, fixed display of frontal armor for both turrets, changed guns ammunition.
Т32: by 5% reduced pass-ability on medium grounds, -8% accuracy during movement and traverse, by 6 deg/sec reduced traverse speed for stock suspension,  by 2 deg/sec - for top one, 105mm_Gun_T5E1 reload (in seconds) 9.38->9.4, changed guns ammunition.
Т34: changed guns ammunition.
Т30: changed guns ammunition.

USSR:

Engine V-2-54: increased horsepower by 20 h.p.
Gun QF_6_pounder_Mk_III: AP penetration 89->110, APCR penetration 145->180.
Gun 76mm_S-54: dispersion 0.4->0.36.
Gun 76mm_S-54_S: dispersion 0.37->0.34.

А-20: reduced visibility during movement and rest, improved pass-ability of top tracks on medium and hard grounds.
А-32: reduced visibility during movement and rest.
BT-2: reduced visibility during movement, +6% accuracy during movement and traverse.
BT-7: reduced visibility during movement and rest, improved pass-ability on medium grounds, +4% accuracy during movement and traverse, view range for top turret increased by 15 meters.
Т-26: reduced visibility in motion.
Т-34-85: by 20% improved pass-ability on medium and good grounds.
Т-43: +9% accuracy during movement and traverse.
Т-44: +5% accuracy during movement and traverse, by 25% increased  durability of tracks.
IS-4: armor: hull-upper plate 120->140, driver's lug 120->160, rear-upper plate 120->100.

Topic for discussion

Projected timeline - to be announced.

Attention! the list of changes is not full.

Tanitha: The two topics are already covered,
The arty view is a problem with xfire.
Regards
Closing since its already covered, and posted to the wrong section..

MrVic: http://forum.worldof...available-here/

Overlord:
Removing HUD is not possible to be done from game client at the moment. Special tweaks are needed.

ARGO: So you think it's rigged huh?
This thread is worthy of a comedic Argo rant.......
Let's see:
Beta test = Unfinished in test product
Game = Finished "released" product
Beta test = Ongoing testing, major/minor changes to game, sometimes during.
Game = No changes game is complete
Beta tester = Person who experiments with unfinished product and writes meaningful reports on bugs and such
Moderator = Reads posts, wonders why he/she must keep reiterating functions of a Beta test Vs Game
Alka seltzer = What Moderator takes after repeating this process all day....
Any questions?

Tanitha: Only if you didn't spend the credits and they are sitting there still.
Or if you bought a tank with the credits, then you get the credits back for tanks in your garage..
: )
If the credits were wasted on repairs or ammo etc then they are gone.

Tanitha: You dont get all that gold back. for example, you could have got all that gold ans transferred it into credits, the credits are rolled over after the wipe, and if you got the gold back it would be a double up.
Gold you got and spend on premium that has been used, is gone. premium you have unused will be refunded.
AFAIK... Gold you spend on premium tanks and garage upgrades etc will be refunded.
Gold spend on crews wont..
Etc..
Regards
Tan..

Tanitha: Pfft, the mods here are all ready to give out gifts to our favorite regulars, I already have yours organized. But you have to spoil the surprise huh?
I suppose I could give it to you now and make it last until xmas?


And on topic.. Nice idea's.
Double Exp should be nice and hopefully easy to do, But perhaps instead of making new Xmas maps just for Xmas, they could just release a few of new ones they were doing anyway, on Xmas day.. Then you could play a few new maps while getting double exp. And the devs dont have too much extra work to do..

Tanitha: The one that needs cash usually just puts something like a loltractor up for 1 million credits, and the other one buys it..
There will be a trade system in game on release. I dont know if they plan on restricting it..
I would also guess you would have to be able to give credits and gold to players anyway.
Clans can earn both credits and gold for owning land. How would it pay that to clan members otherwise?
I dont know : ) Ive not heard very much about the trade system yet.
WoT's rating is probably too low anyway, I think its rated 12+ atm. But I dont know a lot about WoT's rating really either, or if WoT's rating will be increased before release.
I'll have to package some of those questions up, and ask a dev.

Tanitha: Yep, and the arty..
A vk4502 can roll two Tigers, a T29 and a JagdPanther if they line up and go 1v1 , one at a time.. The vk4502 will go down pretty easily when its outnumbered though.
I bet the team took the vk4502 on one at a team instead of sticking in packs.. Which would have been bad play.
Before the game, the team should have discussed taking down the vk4502, sending a scout out to look for it, then concentrate fire on it.
I usually say something like, "We need to take out that vk4502 quickly, If anyone see's it can they tell me please? thanks"

Tanitha: I understand what you mean, but 4 decent tanks V's 1, It is pretty balanced to me.. Its not like they were out-powered and needed luck to win.

Tanitha: Hi, I dont know sorry, but hopefully one of our German mods or players will be able to help you..
Do you know there is a German section that you could post into in German?
http://forum.worldof...eutsches-forum/
You might get help from more germane players if you posted there.
Regards.

Tanitha: Great sounds good enough then, thanks for the replies. +1'ed them.
Dam I'm out of +1's now, I only get 5 too..

Tanitha: Yeah ATI's often need tweaking a bit more then nvidia's. But they are a lot more bang for $.. So i decided to give one a try rather than get a GT240.
Try this thread for your problems with FPS drops.
http://forum.worldof...time-screen-etc

Tanitha: So you get the high tier tanks quickly and clean up a ton of credits and gold from kicking butt in clan wars in your is7, while others are driving Tier 4's still.

Tanitha: The gold ammo costs vary from ridiculously high, to average..
For example on my
Mouse Ammo is 1070 credits. or 10 gold, which is 4000 credits. (4x the price)
hummel ammo is 1120 credits or 12 gold which is 4800 credits. (4.3x the price)
t44 ammo is 252 credits or 10 gold, which is 4000 credits. (15x the price)
luchs ammo is 19 credits or 5 gold, which is 2000 credits. (105x the price)
IMO if the rich kids want to pump a ton of money into shooting ammo out of their tanks, and pay the server costs for me while i shoot the free ammo which very little difference. Then cool. I dont care. Someones got to pay the server bills, and i'm not going to pay for gold ammo, or gold one use equipment.. I will pay $20-30 once off to get ahead at the start of the game. And then pay $15 a month for premium + a bit of spare gold.
Regards.
Tan..

Tanitha: Hi guys/gals..
I've got a new graphics card on order "ATI radeon HD5670 1gig (a decent HQ brand one)", And well, I cant really wait until i get it lol.. So id like to ask here to see if anyone else is using one..
At the moment, I'm running a E2180 processor which is a newer dual core 2 gHz processor. its kinda weird because I was running a older intel 3gHz dual core processor before and the new 2 gHz chip is quicker.
4 gig Ram. DDR2 800
Sata drives.
Windows 7.
Nvidia 8600
Dual monitors.
At the moment im playing wot (on low setting, 1680x1050 res) at about 15-20FPS while watching average res video's on the 2nd monitor.
I cant run fraps really. the FPS drops too much. &
I cant run on medium/high settings really, again the FPS drops too much..
So I was wondering how people go with these HD5670's ? Apparently they are 50% quicker than a nvidia GT240 and about 2.5 times quicker than a GT 220
Will I be able to put the setting up to high, get 30+ FPS, run fraps, and watch a video on the 2nd monitor? : )
Thanks..

ARGO: Did you know "Silly putty" was a war invention? It was 1st tried in a vain attempt to create synthetic rubber for tires that failed. They found that it a had adverse properties of copying any writing it was placed on.....

Tanitha: I agree with every word posted above me, except this line.
Paying 1/2 for not completing a cap, just doesn't sound right imo. I dont really have a argument against it, i just don't like it.
My preference would be.
1. No pay for incomplete caps.
2. Full pay for incomplete caps.
3. 1/2 pay for incomplete caps.
But really i think its better the way it is at the moment.
Capping when there is only 1 tank left (that can easily be killed), is risky, you probably are better off just going to kill the last tank.
Kill? or Cap? is something you need to weigh up "what will pay more" before you make the decision.

ARGO: Although I am sure this thread was started with good intentions, It can be used as a trolls paradise as well as that makings for a really ugly flame war. For the sake of all the Italian people I am locking this post while it is still positive.
Argo66

ARGO: Although I am sure this thread was started with good intentions, It can be used as a trolls paradise as well as that makings for a really ugly flame war. For the sake of all the Swedish people I am locking this post while it is still positive.
Argo66

ARGO: Don't volunteer to transport the nitro glycerine to the battlefield. No shakey shakey!!!!

ARGO: Necessity is the mother of invention,
That phrase was quoted 3,000 years ago by Plato and it has never been more true. Humans have always made imagination into reality in times of need and even more so in times of war. Think of all the technologies derived from the wars and let's discuss how they affect us in an everyday fashion.
Now please keep in mind this is an in depth topic and it requires meaningful factual contributions.
I will start this topic off with a piece of fact not discussed much and we can go from there adding in our own facts: A lot of people say that the space race was the birth place for modern human invention but do not realize that it was WW2 German V1 and V2 rocket technologies that made the space race possible....Hows that for a history twist eh?

Tanitha: The 1200 gold for the free promotional valentine comes after 8 days, provided you don't spend the 150 a day.
But seriously, I'll try to look into it for you. Its not something I handle myself, so I'll try to find someone who does.
Maybe support, maybe overlord..
I'll get back to you when I have some info for you..
*Edit.. I contacted support for you, you need to provide the below information, as they request below.. IE via email..
Regards..

Tanitha: I think the T23 is superior to them both for dogfighting.
But all three are kinda week after the last patch, with warping removed. Speed isn't as much of a advantage any more like it used to be.

ARGO: You get laid off for your efforts....
I put in a cup of Earl Grey Tea

ARGO: You have different problems
Solution for Pamperito, Guide 1 Green: http://forum.worldof...roblems-guides/
I have done as the instruction above but It's still not work,that's hurt!Plz tell me why!
Did the game work before or are you installing for the 1st time? What kind of system "PC" are you running it on and what do you have for an OS?

ARGO:

ARGO:

Tanitha: A few decent suggestions here, but its posted to the questions section, not the suggestions section. So I'll move the thread, and forward it onto the newspaper crew.

Tanitha: After 4 bans and 5 warnings from 3 different mods, its obvious that too many people cant discuss the topic without breaking the rules.
http://forum.worldof.../forum/4-rules/
Thread locked and dumped.

Tanitha: Or,, you could read the stickied post right above this one..
http://forum.worldof...available-here/
Thread closed.

Overlord:
I have been a very good boy beta tester this year, Santa Overlord. I would like moar gold for christmas please!

I wonder if I can climb down the chimney now.

Overlord:

Overlord:
So we get damage buff for all german 128mm gun? Because the gun on the Maus has the same caliber, the damage should be equal to the other 128mm guns.
(I'm talking about the 128mm L/55 guns)

The guns are different Pak L/55 and Kwk L/55.

Overlord:

Overlord: Regarding softwipe, I see it's the hottest issue here. Can't speak of details at the moment, but we won't leave our players without gold during Christmas time. One way or another.

Overlord: One more point to include to the collection, I guess.

Overlord:
Haven't checked all the lineups (too many teams), but from what I've seen seems that T-32 was the most popular tier 8 heavy.

Overlord: Thanks for the feedback.

Jagdtiger is likely to be buffed in the upcoming update.

1) +20% to damage for all guns
2) -20% to visibility when shooting

Will wait for Object 704 to come before making more substantial changes.