Developers posts on forum

KRZYBooP:  I believe these are in addition to previous rewards.  

KRZYBooP:  Also, it is pretty easy to get into the game with our new player bonus codes that are available, all the giveaways for following our streams, our CC's, scavenger hunts, tanker talent show, you get to pick a tier 6 tank for completing the tutorial, and not to mention if they are an amazon prime they can get the king tiger.  

KRZYBooP:  If I spend more than an hour enjoying a free to play game, I don't mind jumping at some of their in-game purchases. I obviously enjoyed it enough and think of it as a tip.  

KRZYBooP:  You can un-invite to free up the slot.  More information on this can be found HERE.

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KRZYBooP:  Thank you for pointing this out. It is indeed supposed to be spotting and not damage. We are working to fix this ASAP.   

The_Chieftain: The maths in favor of concentrating your maneuver is incontrovertible. 
 There is, however, a major misconception (repeated above) that in order to mass firepower, one must also mass forces. Massing forces does, indeed, result in, for example, being a lovely target for artillery, but there is no need for everyone to be in the same place to shoot at the same target. You just need line of sight, (This was something which it took the US civil war to drive into actual military theoreticians) Obviously, if a team chooses to concentrate its efforts on one area, it runs the risk of being the inferior force in another. They key to success is the “strong” part of the team understanding its force superiority and being aggressive, and the “weaker” parts of the map understanding that they are weaker and playing cautiously. This should not (emphasis on “should”) require that there be a team commander, just a mutual understanding of the situation. If the individual team players, for example, do not realise that they outnumber that Jpz E100 by 5:1 and that -someone- is going to take a hit from it while they swarm it which will be well worth the damage (especially on corridor maps), which should not need someone telling them, then the team as a whole is going to lose because the individual players could not figure out on their own the nature of the battlefield situation.

KRZYBooP: Howdy Boom Jockeys!  The next on track has been selected. As you can see it's the T-100 LT, a fearsome warriors tank.  On track offers consumables, personal reserves, and tech tree discounts towards the beast. On track runs from today (20May) until 5Jun. If you would like to purchase a faster track option to get you up to the tier X a little sooner click HEREfor bundles of camo along with vehicle-specific x5 XP bonuses.  Bundles also offer credit booster personal reserves and start as low as 5.99. 

KRZYBooP: Howdy Boom Jockeys! A new season of the recruit a friend program is now available for our players.  Recruit's Award  Recruiter Award: This season of Recruit a friend runs from 26May until 26Sep.More information on this can be found HERE.

TeriyakiTanker: Your problem is that you just want to be a jerk all the time.  Never have anything good to say... just want to run your mouth and complain.

Felipe6666Original:  No me tenés que pedir perdón por decir lo que te parezca  ¡Saludos!

Felipe6666Original: ¡Gracias a todos por sus opiniones hasta ahora!  ¡Saludos!

KRZYBooP:  TOOOOO LLLLAAAATTTEEEEEEEE! Sadly, it was made in 1987 so it is a little out of the time range for World of Tanks. 

KRZYBooP:  Times are in 24hr format.  If it looks normal it is AM  If it looks weird it is PM (just add twelve to each number except 12 PM.)

KRZYBooP:  Do you happen to have any real tank horn sounds to share?  I couldn't find anything online and like 60% sure they didn't have very loud, or specific horns, and that this stuff was just added for fun. 

KRZYBooP:  Temporarily, for the 10th anniversary. There are settings in your game that allow you to disable it if you don't wanna participate.  Click HEREfor more information on the event and how to disable the horns.

The_Chieftain: As I was rooting around in the scans I took from my various trips to the Archives, I’ve come across a few documents relating to America’s development of high-velocity ammunition, either solid-core or sabot. The U.S. played with both.They are a little bit disjointed and thus this is more a collection of interesting observations than a unified article. So be it, it’s still some interesting information.The U.S. started playing with sabot rounds in about 1942, mainly assigned by the Army to the University of New Mexico. The early experiments resulted in little practical, but were very useful in determining basic features varying from the substance that sabot petals should be made of through to the requirements of the firing gun.Samples of the sabot material found in the Archives.For example, we know that the twist rate of the 3" and 76 mm guns (excepting the M1A2 gun towards the very end of the war) were insufficient to impart proper stability to the sabot round, which is why the U.S. issued HVAP instead. It was also noted that HVAP was more tolerant of being fired from a worn gun than sabot was. The only immediate advantage that sabot presented was the possibility of firing smaller rounds, such as the 57 mm AP, at higher velocities, which also meant that traditional steel could be used. The HVAP rounds relied upon tungsten carbide, a rare substance substantially imported from China, which had a number of uses domestically in addition to being fired at the enemy.Although the 76 mm, 3" and 90 mm guns were being tapped for the future gun because of its armor piercing improvements over the 75 mm, it was a given that the 75 mm tanks would remain in service for the foreseeable future, hence the development of the 75 mm HVAP round T45.With a muzzle velocity of about 2,850 feet/second the projectile was hurled out over a third faster than the basic M61 APC round, at about 2,050 f/s. The projectile itself weighed about 8.4 lb, of which 4 lbs was the tungsten carbide core, and the rest was aluminum. For comparison, the 75/57 mm sabot round fired a 7 lb projectile, all steel, also at about 2,800 f/s.The report on accuracy was mixed. The sweet spot seemed to be about 1,000 yards, where a 5-round group of about 5 1/2" was obtained. Dispersion at 500 and 1,500 was considered “Excessive,” being about 1 m x 60 cm at 1,500 yards, and about 50 cm at 500. Though not pleased, the accuracy was considered "adequate" at likely ranges, namely less than 2,000 yards. (Of course, the post-war studies had not yet been conducted, which indicated a median range of about 500 yards and a very high probability of 300 yards). See my “Range Maths” article.Of course, the point of the experiment was increased armor penetration. It proved quite satisfactory, demonstrated to being able to punch through some 6” of metal, albeit with some interesting after-impact course deviation. Shooting into an armor plate angled at 9 degrees, the projectile traveled into the metal at 34 degrees from vertical.Still, there is no substitute for shooting at the real thing. This paragraph is noteworthy.So far so good. We know that the 75 mm is a threat to Panther. Not guaranteed, but a threat. The faster 76 mm round is going to be a definite threat, right?Of course, there’s more to be said on that, I’ll come back to in a moment. The development and capability of the T4 76 mm/3" projectile has been amply covered elsewhere, so a quick note on some of the larger items, such as the 90mm HVAP. A sabot round was also developed for the 90mm, but similarly not issued.HVAP T30 fired a 15.3 lb projectile, of which some 6 lbs was tungsten carbide, and it was capable of almost 3,600 f/s in testing.Then, in testing by October of 1944, after shooting at test metal, they decided that there was no substitute for shooting at the real thing. Two  major observations were noted. (I’m curious as to how many Panthers actually were shipped to the U.S. for testing as live targets, at this point)The first was (as is now well known), American armor steel is a bit softer than German. The second, that the 90 mm HVAP didn’t punch through a Panther’s front slope.But hang on a second. 75 mm HVAP did.There are two possible instructive conclusions here. The first is that the 75 mm HVAP design was quite simply better than the 90 mm one. Maybe an issue of length/diameter, maybe something else. Is it really likely, though, that the shell can be that much better? The other possibility is equally intriguing. That the armor plate on the two target Panthers was not consistent. There are competing schools of thought on the effect of the shortages of various resources were on German armor production. That there was a notable effect is uncontested, though in conversation with Hilary Doyle, he’s fairly adamant that instead of going with an overall equal degradation of armor quality, it was more put ‘all or nothing’, with the tanks receiving all the limited resources to maintain the quality, and the other armored vehicles such as Jagdpanzer (38)ts receiving outright poor quality armor plates. Either way, the test firing of the 75 mm HVAP round against that one Panther may have been an example of how the Americans ended up being overconfident as to their ability to deal with the new generation of German Armor. It’s not as if they would have had scores of the things lying around to test against for large sample sizes.It is to be further noted that development of the T30 HVAP round did not stop in October after those tests, and even in that report they were hypothesising on how to change the manufacture of the round, such as by not machining the tungsten core or changing the set screw which holds it in place as well as by simpler solutions such as changing the core's shape. By April of 1945, they had gone to the T30E16 variant, which was performing quite well. Though it does beg the question of exactly which variant of T30 ended up being shipped over to be used against German vehicles. I’ve not come across that file yet. However, the standard T33 AP round was considered to be quite sufficient for most cases.Speaking of T30, and moving to the 155 mm heavy tank, there was a bit of HVAP experimentation for that as well. The round was Shot T35E1, and the tungsten carbide core alone came in at over 15 lbs, nigh on the weight of the complete 90 mm round, and doubtless a good dip into the pool of a strategic asset of the metal. The projectile overall came in at 57 lbs, velocities of up to 3,000 f/s were obtained when fired from a 155 mm gun M1 (since the tank gun wasn’t available at the time in early 1946).The results were interesting.Note the massive drop-off in effect at about 2,400 fps. This was a known issue with HVAP rounds, that under a certain velocity (i.e. over a certain range) the round tended to shatter upon impact, that velocity generally being at around the 2,300-2,500 fps range.Note also that the firing was cancelled by the officer in charge, an artillery lieutenant colonel. He did it because  he didn’t see the point in wasting the ammunition in a test which failed to validate the calculations from Ordnance Branch. On the other hand, it showed that if you really wanted to make someone miserable, at least at close range, the 6-inch gun would punch right through almost anything with the HVAP ammunition.Anyway, that's all I have for you right now on  this one. I don't recall seeing this information anywhere else, and I felt it was better put out arbitrarily than not at all.

Einzelganger7: Well, this 1.9.1 update will contain mostly cosmetic stuff and the Berlin map so I do not think it should require a lot of iterations.

MA77: Saudações, dedewalllker. Poderia trocar o DNS do seu computador para um público, como o do Google, por exemplo?
 Após aplicar as alterações, reinicie o seu computador e a sua conexão com a internet. Grande abraço!

KRZYBooP:  At this time there is no information available. I would go with no and be delightfully surprised if the opposite happens.  

KRZYBooP:  Yes, this is true. Feel free to get those ducks!

KRZYBooP:  A full list of available tanks to trade-in for are listed on the news page that was linked. Click the "HERE" on the original post for more details.  I have no idea what tanks will be for sale ahead of time sadly. 

Einzelganger7: I loved the White Tiger inscriptions. Let's see if the next act has a 2D style for a German tank but so far the customization items released are nice so I'll be waiting for Act III.

Felipe6666Original:  ¿Es ofensivo decir que una premisa está aparentemente falseada porque los datos que intentan sostenerla son aleatorios? Si todo lo que se va a postular hay que interpretarlo como verdad absoluta sin ningún tipo de cuestionamientos, como el que hacen los jugadores continuamente hacia nuestras prácticas, estamos perdidos. Irónico que los jugadores puedan cuestionarnos (más que válido, me permito aclarar), pero nosotros no podamos hacerlo, de acuerdo a tu punto de vista. Si tu postulado es que hay quejas, resulta evidente con tan solo mirar un poco el foro o cualquier otra plataforma del juego, y está perfecto que las haya. Si no las hubiera, tendríamos una comunidad complaciente que ama todo lo que hacemos, y no pareciera ser una realidad alternativa muy agradable, sería bastante aburrido y chato. Sin críticas, sin comentarios no vamos a ninguna parte. Y por cierto, si creés que yo te incriminé pidiendo datos que avalen tu planteo, ¿qué hiciste tú aquí? Porque sigo esperando la evidencia que respalde tu acusación a personal de Wargaming de destratarte por la sugerencia mencionada, y hasta ahora todo lo que obtuve al consultar por ella fueron respuestas que no se relacionan en absoluto con el pedido o imágenes que no vienen al caso. Por tanto, ¿se trata de una acusación falsa?  ¡Saludos!

KRZYBooP: Howdy Boom Jockeys! Tired of that underperforming tank collecting dust in your virtual garage? A tank that just doesn't live up to your standards? Maybe you want a premium tank that you can paint since your other favorite premium is locked to last year's fashions.  All of this can be remedied with KRZYBoop's Used tank emporium Trade-in EVENT! To sign a stupid long lease with the amazing high-interest rates that you won't believe exist. Click HEREfor all the details! Sadly not all premium tanks are available for trade-in, but the great news is that some are! Good luck!  

KRZYBooP: Howdy Boom Jockeys!  With the start of Act II there are some new camo's and tanks to purchase.  IS-6Tog IISuperPershing  Are the new additions to the anniversary store along with some amazing camos.  The previous tanks and styles have been rotated out sadly and replaced with the latest and greatest.  More information on the tanks and camos can be found by clicking HERE. Tanks are offered for in-game gold along with anniversary coins that can be collected by playing the anniversary missions.  Good luck! 

KRZYBooP:  Yep, a fence defense against a HEAT round won't hold up in real life. Welcome to World of Tanks the nonsimulation arcade, slow, first-person shooter. This game you get to enjoy matchups that were never part of history. Including tanks that never actually saw combat. Think of it as an alternate future, where the nations are cool with world peace as long as they get to spend some money on glorious tank combat like a weekend at the monster truck show. State of the art drones hovers above every tank as they are transported to historically simulated environments and duel for the audience's entertainment! 

KRZYBooP:  Yes they too get protection from Screens since they are counted as spaced armor as well. 

Felipe6666Original: Interesante... Voy a preguntar si tenemos más reportes al respecto. ¡Saludos!

KRZYBooP: The "zero skill" means that it doesn't count toward the crew XP in reference to when you reset the skills.  They have BIA as a base skill at level zero compared to the normal crew that has no skills until they level up. 

Felipe6666Original: Ahora no encuentro el hilo en donde contesté a algo parecido, pero esa información la daba el emparejador hace unos años, pero la removimos debido a la posibilidad que daba de "arreglar" salir top tier todas las partidas. Comparto el punto igual, pero no creo que haya nada que pueda hacerse al respecto  ¡Saludos!

Felipe6666Original:  No me parece mal, pero hay que tener en cuenta lo siguiente: ¿cómo puedo estar yo mismo seguro de que algo que planteé como sugerencia surgida en este foro no fue planteada también en simultáneo por alguien más en otro servidor? No quiero que esto suene mal, pero la gran mayoría de las cosas que tiendo a leer parecen reversiones de cosas que ya aparecieron por otros lares. ¿Eso hace que plantear cosas sea inútil entonces? No, porque en todo caso le da fuerza a una idea que se transforma en colectiva. Pongo un ejemplo concreto: limitar el uso de la munición especial. No hace falta que diga que aquí se menciona de tanto en tanto, y con el lanzamiento de WoT Classic el año pasado se probó sin decirlo en voz alta (muchos se dieron cuenta de todos modos). Cosas que se puedan asociar con un jugador de este foro (o de esta comunidad) en específico las hay, pero quizás no sean del interés de muchos dado que tienen que ver con los eventos que yo mismo ejecuto (ShizuoYimato me ha dado bastantes ideas para Tanques & Aces), diseños que se están por implementar (como el Tramontina impulsado en cierta forma por iiNSaNiiTy), concursos que se han dado para esta comunidad en exclusivo (son varios aquí los que han dado sus ideas). También hay usuarios cuya ideantidad no puedo revelar que me han ayudado (o han ayudado a Wargaming) con la lucha contra bots e irregularidades groseras en el juego (que si bien no es mi función primaria, tomo cartas en el asunto cuando la cosa ya es abismal).  Por lo demás, cuando se piden opiniones, no sé, de los cambios de un mapa o del nerf de X vehículo, eso se compila en informes internos. Las opiniones de LATAM suelen coincidir bastante con las de NA (excepto en algunas aristas), por si de algo sirve saberlo. ¡Saludos!

HeadlockMvnky: Hey guys locking this thread due to discussion of social/political topics. Please remember to treat others as you wish to be treated, be polite, and keep it classy! Help us make the forums a good experience for everyone!

Felipe6666Original: Primero que nada, amaría saber de dónde sacaste esa cifra. Es bastante precisa, así que imagino que está formulada en base a algún cálculo. ¿Mediste con método propio las respuestas de un muestreo grande de todas las opiniones de la comunidad hasta la fecha? Si lo hiciste, me encantaría que compartas datos certeros para saber que el debate que estás planteando no se desprende de un valor al azar, porque sino ya la premisa está falseada. Por otro lado, lo que planteaste en el primer punto es exactamente lo que hacemos. Por eso hay cosas que jamás salen del Supertest o no pasan de las pruebas comunes: porque la comunidad las prueba (este es un punto muy importante) y emite una opinión negativa. Creo haberlo mencionado varias veces en otros hilos que has iniciado o de los que has sido parte. Sobre el segundo punto, es también lo que ya hacemos, para eso compartimos anticipadamente los valores de los nuevos vehículos que van al Supertest, para obtener una primera medición de lo que opina la comunidad antes de tener los primeros datos duros. ¡Saludos!

Felipe6666Original:  Resulta comprensible que el clan decida limitar el ingreso de jugadores de acuerdo sus capacidades lingüísticas si no van a poder comunicarse fluidamente con el resto de sus miembros. Distinto hubiera sido que aclarara que es por razones como las que dicha regla expone, pero no pareciera ser el caso. ¡Saludos!

Einzelganger7: On a side note, I remember I saw that the June crate had a British flag so it is going to contain stuff for that nation, maybe a commander once again like they used to or the same contents as the current one but British based instead of German.

Einzelganger7:
Unless they decide to release the evil unicorns from the land of Dundee. I can already see the unicorn having these guys as its crew just like the Primo Victoria having Sabaton.

Einzelganger7: Tank rewards always gives universal blueprints each month so maybe that would be the main source nowadays.

Einzelganger7:  A quote of something that Andrey Biletskiy just said on today's Q&A. So... they want historical parameters only when is on their convenience and fantasy stats when it is about soviet tanks? What about the 44mm on the turret roof of the Tiger II? That is historical but in the game it has 40mm and can be overmatched by calibers of 122mm and above.

Source: https://thearmoredpatrol.com/2020/05/16/wot-qa-16th-may-2020

Einzelganger7: For me today was a bit more decent than yesterday, I farmed the last 89 points I needed for the referral program I was part, though I got a streak of 7 defeats in a row but in the end I got recovered from it and also I finally got the Tiger 131 I really wanted.
 

Felipe6666Original: ¡Suerte! 

Felipe6666Original: ¡Mucha suerte!

Felipe6666Original:  No sé cómo se relacionan estas preguntas con el pedido de evidencia que solicité y sigo aguardando Pero si lo que buscás son respuestas a esas interrogantes que nada tienen que ver con este hilo, aquí vamos: No tengo constancia de que hayan habido problemas ayer, pero muchos de ellos (en caso de haberlos) se originan por la saturación de ancho de banda derivada de la situación global actual. A eso se le suman problemas en intermediarios entre la conexión que va del servidor al usuario y viceversa, de los cuales ninguno pertenece a nosotros o al ISP del usuario. Por supuesto que sería genial, pero hay toda una serie de problemas derivados en algo así. De hecho, son casi los mismos que armar un emparejador por habilidad (u otro parámetro a elección), algo sobre lo que hemos hablado largo y tendido en este y todos los foros por años. ¿La respuesta? Agregar reglas al emparejador solo perjudica al usuario y su tiempo de juego. La "solución" debería ir por otro lado, como simplificar el desarrollo de módulos, por ejemplo, en lugar de complicar al emparejador. Como todo el mundo imagino, gracias por hacérnoslo saber.  ¡Saludos!

Felipe6666Original:  http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/627112-opiniones-prueba-comun-de-la-actualizacion-191/page__pid__12516800#entry12516800 ¡Saludos! P.D.: Sin fechas precisas por ahora, pero con pistas más claras que antes

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KRZYBooP:  The Trade-in events happened when the unskinned tanks went on sale. At that time support was swapping them for anyone interested for free, no extra purchase needed. If you did want to keep the custom look of the Skorpion then yes you would have to buy the tank again. Most players were cool with buying another since it meant they could bounce back forth between the two for endless hours of Skorpion snipping action.  There are some Trade-in events planned I believe, but I have no ETA on when that's going to happen.