Developers posts on forum

BigDaddyLaxative: You are correct, it would take around that time to get 5k bonds.  However, none of this is final and we are sending feedback to our devs.

Hambijon: You are correct, it would take around that time to get 5k bonds.  However, none of this is final and we are sending feedback to our devs.

Jambijon: You are correct, it would take around that time to get 5k bonds.  However, none of this is final and we are sending feedback to our devs.

BigDaddyLaxative: Cool!

Hambijon: Cool!

Jambijon: Cool!

MA77: Saudações!

Peço desculpas pela demora em anunciar o resultado deste concurso, pois estávamos discutindo internamente os próximos passos deste concurso. É com grande pesar que anuncio o encerramento do Tanqueiro Artista após sua quinta edição. Decidimos realocar seus recursos para outras atividades com a comunidade.

Mas fiquem tranquilos. Para aqueles que gostam mesmo de colocar a mão na massa e desenhar ou criar um veículo, vocês estão mais que convidados em participar do From the Forge, que é basicamente o "Tanqueiro Artista" da comunidade de língua inglesa.    E para finalizar, todos os seis participantes receberão a premiação de vencedor, que é: o HWK 30, 1 Vaga na Garagem, 100.000 Créditos, 7 Dias de Conta Premium, 750 Ouro e um Pacotão com Reservas Pessoais.

Desejamos a todos uma boa sorte no campo de batalha!    

Felipe6666Original:   La única fórmula que recuerdo desde hace tanto tiempo son dos: limitar la cantidad de munición especial por partida y/o hacerla accesible a todos (esto último se hizo). Lo de la reducción de daño para que los tipos de proyectiles sean más coherentes es algo relativamente nuevo en ese sentido.  

Felipe6666Original:   Ya la reducción del daño con HE generó una cantidad considerable de críticas contra ese cambio, así que sacarle el cañón solo sería echarle nafta al fuego. Todo cambio produce reacciones opuestas en la comunidad, a más radical el cambio, más extremas las posturas. Por eso hay que ir por las opciones moderadas en lugar de ir a los extremos (como remover la AAP de plano). La solución no puede pasar por excluir a X tipo de jugadores y listo.  

Felipe6666Original:   Para evitar explicar cómo funciona el desarrollo de cualquier videojuego, voy a resumirlo: todos los que trabajamos en Wargaming jugamos World of Tanks con mayor o menor frecuencia, y si tuviéramos que guiarnos solo por nuestra experiencia personal cuando jugamos, los cambios serían muchísimo más radicales y, probablemente, excluiríamos a casi todos los jugadores.   ¡Saludos!

Jambijon: It seems its still confusing for some, so lets break it down further on the comparison between the current and new premium account.   Current Premium Account: 50% Credits/XP Access to Pre-sales New Premium Account 50% Credits/XP Access to Pre-sales Additional map exclusion 3 daily missions extra 10% credit bonus that is put in a reserve bank that opens once a week Platoon bonuses  Same price as "Current" premium account    

BigDaddyLaxative: It seems its still confusing for some, so lets break it down further on the comparison between the current and new premium account.   Current Premium Account: 50% Credits/XP Access to Pre-sales New Premium Account 50% Credits/XP Access to Pre-sales Additional map exclusion 3 daily missions extra 10% credit bonus that is put in a reserve bank that opens once a week Platoon bonuses  Same price as "Current" premium account    

Hambijon: It seems its still confusing for some, so lets break it down further on the comparison between the current and new premium account.   Current Premium Account: 50% Credits/XP Access to Pre-sales New Premium Account 50% Credits/XP Access to Pre-sales Additional map exclusion 3 daily missions extra 10% credit bonus that is put in a reserve bank that opens once a week Platoon bonuses  Same price as "Current" premium account    

DomoSapien:   To my knowledge, yes (if not more) - World of Warships has their own premium account that gives you +60% Credits and XP, but doesn't include all of the features coming with WoT Premium Account. 

When you factor in the piggy bank, platoon bonus etc. you'll easily be earning that extra 10% regardless, but I will definitely inquire about what the standard flat 50% bonus and let y'all know when I have an answer.

Jambijon: Just for clarification again.  The current "regular" premium time will cost the same as the new one.  Also, I've added the portals FAQ below:   What will happen to my current Premium Account after the release of new PA? Regular Premium Account will remain as it is. However, we will add the same number of days to your World of Tanks account, in the form of WoT PA. So in a nutshell, both versions of Premium will exist on your account, like this: In World of Tanks: World of Tanks Premium Account will be active In World of Warships or World of Warplanes: Regular Premium Account will be active   What will happen if I purchase regular Premium Account before the release of WoT Premium Account? You will receive the same number of days of regular Premium Account, in the form of World of Tanks Premium account, on release day. For example: On release day, a player has 100 days of regular Premium Account, they will also receive 100 days of WoT Premium Account in addition. In this example, the player will have both 100 days of regular Premium Account and 100 days of WoT Premium Account. How much will WoT Premium Account cost?  Just like we outlined above, WoT Premium Account will cost the same as regular Premium Account.  What will happen to the regular Premium Account that is valid for the entire Wargaming trilogy?  Regular Premium Account, which works throughout the trilogy, will still be available. However, once WoT Premium Account launches, regular Premium Account will not be available for Gold within the game. Instead, regular Premium Account will be purchasable in the launcher and in the main menu for real money. In such a case, the regular Premium Account will be used in all three games in the trilogy. Personal Missions offer Premium Account as a reward. Does this mean I will receive WoT Premium Account instead of regular Premium Account?  Yes. Starting from the release of WoT Premium Account, regular Premium Account will be replaced through all aspects of the game, including: Battle Missions, Personal Missions, Premium Shop, etc. What will happen to my Piggy Bank if my WoT Premium Account has expired before its opening?  In this scenario, all Credits that you have earnt will automatically be added to your account after the weekly reset. In other words, you will still receive the Credits you earnt from the Piggy Bank, despite the WoT Premium Account expiry. Can WoT and Regular Premium Account work simultaneously?  Yes, they can. However, you will only receive bonuses from one. If you have both, you will receive the benefits from WoT Premium Account. Is the Platoon bonus applicable for dynamic Platoons? No. Platoon bonuses will only work for manually-created Platoons.   

BigDaddyLaxative: Just for clarification again.  The current "regular" premium time will cost the same as the new one.  Also, I've added the portals FAQ below:   What will happen to my current Premium Account after the release of new PA? Regular Premium Account will remain as it is. However, we will add the same number of days to your World of Tanks account, in the form of WoT PA. So in a nutshell, both versions of Premium will exist on your account, like this: In World of Tanks: World of Tanks Premium Account will be active In World of Warships or World of Warplanes: Regular Premium Account will be active   What will happen if I purchase regular Premium Account before the release of WoT Premium Account? You will receive the same number of days of regular Premium Account, in the form of World of Tanks Premium account, on release day. For example: On release day, a player has 100 days of regular Premium Account, they will also receive 100 days of WoT Premium Account in addition. In this example, the player will have both 100 days of regular Premium Account and 100 days of WoT Premium Account. How much will WoT Premium Account cost?  Just like we outlined above, WoT Premium Account will cost the same as regular Premium Account.  What will happen to the regular Premium Account that is valid for the entire Wargaming trilogy?  Regular Premium Account, which works throughout the trilogy, will still be available. However, once WoT Premium Account launches, regular Premium Account will not be available for Gold within the game. Instead, regular Premium Account will be purchasable in the launcher and in the main menu for real money. In such a case, the regular Premium Account will be used in all three games in the trilogy. Personal Missions offer Premium Account as a reward. Does this mean I will receive WoT Premium Account instead of regular Premium Account?  Yes. Starting from the release of WoT Premium Account, regular Premium Account will be replaced through all aspects of the game, including: Battle Missions, Personal Missions, Premium Shop, etc. What will happen to my Piggy Bank if my WoT Premium Account has expired before its opening?  In this scenario, all Credits that you have earnt will automatically be added to your account after the weekly reset. In other words, you will still receive the Credits you earnt from the Piggy Bank, despite the WoT Premium Account expiry. Can WoT and Regular Premium Account work simultaneously?  Yes, they can. However, you will only receive bonuses from one. If you have both, you will receive the benefits from WoT Premium Account. Is the Platoon bonus applicable for dynamic Platoons? No. Platoon bonuses will only work for manually-created Platoons.   

Hambijon: Just for clarification again.  The current "regular" premium time will cost the same as the new one.  Also, I've added the portals FAQ below:   What will happen to my current Premium Account after the release of new PA? Regular Premium Account will remain as it is. However, we will add the same number of days to your World of Tanks account, in the form of WoT PA. So in a nutshell, both versions of Premium will exist on your account, like this: In World of Tanks: World of Tanks Premium Account will be active In World of Warships or World of Warplanes: Regular Premium Account will be active   What will happen if I purchase regular Premium Account before the release of WoT Premium Account? You will receive the same number of days of regular Premium Account, in the form of World of Tanks Premium account, on release day. For example: On release day, a player has 100 days of regular Premium Account, they will also receive 100 days of WoT Premium Account in addition. In this example, the player will have both 100 days of regular Premium Account and 100 days of WoT Premium Account. How much will WoT Premium Account cost?  Just like we outlined above, WoT Premium Account will cost the same as regular Premium Account.  What will happen to the regular Premium Account that is valid for the entire Wargaming trilogy?  Regular Premium Account, which works throughout the trilogy, will still be available. However, once WoT Premium Account launches, regular Premium Account will not be available for Gold within the game. Instead, regular Premium Account will be purchasable in the launcher and in the main menu for real money. In such a case, the regular Premium Account will be used in all three games in the trilogy. Personal Missions offer Premium Account as a reward. Does this mean I will receive WoT Premium Account instead of regular Premium Account?  Yes. Starting from the release of WoT Premium Account, regular Premium Account will be replaced through all aspects of the game, including: Battle Missions, Personal Missions, Premium Shop, etc. What will happen to my Piggy Bank if my WoT Premium Account has expired before its opening?  In this scenario, all Credits that you have earnt will automatically be added to your account after the weekly reset. In other words, you will still receive the Credits you earnt from the Piggy Bank, despite the WoT Premium Account expiry. Can WoT and Regular Premium Account work simultaneously?  Yes, they can. However, you will only receive bonuses from one. If you have both, you will receive the benefits from WoT Premium Account. Is the Platoon bonus applicable for dynamic Platoons? No. Platoon bonuses will only work for manually-created Platoons.   

Jambijon: So basically, when the Premium Account changes are made, you will receive that much premium time for what you had at the time of the change.  Just swapping them just for WoT.  

Jambijon:   Yes its the same, with the addition of the other benefits 

Jambijon:   Thats correct.  You're still earning the same amount as you would with the current premium, but the new one adds an additional 10% to the reserve.

BigDaddyLaxative: So basically, when the Premium Account changes are made, you will receive that much premium time for what you had at the time of the change.  Just swapping them just for WoT.  

BigDaddyLaxative:   Yes its the same, with the addition of the other benefits 

BigDaddyLaxative:   Thats correct.  You're still earning the same amount as you would with the current premium, but the new one adds an additional 10% to the reserve.

Hambijon: So basically, when the Premium Account changes are made, you will receive that much premium time for what you had at the time of the change.  Just swapping them just for WoT.  

Hambijon:   Yes its the same, with the addition of the other benefits 

Hambijon:   Thats correct.  You're still earning the same amount as you would with the current premium, but the new one adds an additional 10% to the reserve.

KRZYBooP: While you can have both premium accounts, you will only benefit from the WoT PA. 

KRZYBooP: This gives players more options on what to spend their money on. If a player wants to grind through the whole trilogy then regular premium time and boosters is there. Or a player can spend  money to progress through a specific title faster. When the WoT PA activates you will receive a grace period where all your normal Premium Time is converted to WoT PA. 

Felipe6666Original:   El desarrollo lleva tiempo, sobre todo en un juego en el que todo está ligado a todo. Si se buffea X tanque, tenés que ver cómo impacta eso al desempeño en batalla de ese tanque en cada mapa, cómo afecta a los tipos de vehículos A, B y C, cómo predecimos que se inclina el W/R para el tanque y para los equipos que tienen uno, dos, tres, etc. No es un cálculo aislado que no requiere pruebas (dicho de otra forma, no es algo tan simple como decir "Subámosle 10 mm el blindaje a esto y 22 mm a la penetración de esto otro ), hay que probarlo sistemáticamente bajo condiciones controladas hasta que estemos seguros de que el cambio tiene el efecto esparado sin alterar significativamente todo el entorno. Esos vehículos se los termina equilibrando de otra manera: modificando al resto que no es vendible, por eso los rebalances anunciados. El apuntado automático (que dicho sea de paso, no maneja el RNG, sino que el RNG lo afecta también) no es mejor que un aimbot. El aimbot es completamente automático, el apuntado automático requiere que vos dispares, que vos muevas el vehículo, que vos te dirijas a X posición, que le des vueltas al vehíuculo, etc. Depende del tipo de cambio que estemos hablando. Por ejemplo, la munición especial es un tema viejo, pero le tocó una solución de desarrollo en su momento. No se trata de cosas estáticas que nunca tocamos, por eso todo es más complicado.   ¡Saludos!

Jambijon: Greetings Tankers!   We have some exciting news about our new Premium Time changes!  First and foremost.  The cost of the current Premium Account and the WoT Premium Account will be the same!  To get you started, check out our Developer Diaries below:  For our full list of details about the proposed changes, visit our dedicated portal article for World of Tanks Premium Account: Friendlier, Handier, Easier! : Applicable modifier to XP, Reserve Credit Stock, Daily battle missions, Platoon bonus, Additional Excluded Maps. GLHF!

BigDaddyLaxative: Greetings Tankers!   We have some exciting news about our new Premium Time changes!  First and foremost.  The cost of the current Premium Account and the WoT Premium Account will be the same!  To get you started, check out our Developer Diaries below:  For our full list of details about the proposed changes, visit our dedicated portal article for World of Tanks Premium Account: Friendlier, Handier, Easier! : Applicable modifier to XP, Reserve Credit Stock, Daily battle missions, Platoon bonus, Additional Excluded Maps. GLHF!

Hambijon: Greetings Tankers!   We have some exciting news about our new Premium Time changes!  First and foremost.  The cost of the current Premium Account and the WoT Premium Account will be the same!  To get you started, check out our Developer Diaries below:  For our full list of details about the proposed changes, visit our dedicated portal article for World of Tanks Premium Account: Friendlier, Handier, Easier! : Applicable modifier to XP, Reserve Credit Stock, Daily battle missions, Platoon bonus, Additional Excluded Maps. GLHF!

Felipe6666Original: Está de más decir que la planificación del evento (por más de que se haya tratado de un April Fool's) tuvo varios baches, desde la capacidad del servidor hasta la corrección de errores en una versión tan vieja de World of Tanks. De hecho, estos errores provocaron que acreditáramos el estilo especial a todos los lograron ingresar al juego (el parámetro original era jugar tres batallas independientemente de su resultado, pero se hizo evidente que para mucha gente iba a ser imposible). En cualquier caso, evaluaremos nuestros próximos pasos a partir del análisis de los datos que recabamos con el regreso al 2011.   ¡Saludos!

DomoSapien: I've been using Google Play Music All Access since it came out several years ago. It's 10 bucks a month and comes with Youtube Red (which allows you to watch videos on your phone with the screen locked, and more importantly blocks all ads on Youtube.)

Obviously it's not ideal since it costs money but Google Play Music is a solid alternative to Spotify.

DomoSapien: The target demographic for the Scavenger Hunt is "highly engaged players" because only players who are highly engaged will take the time to find codes outside of the game client. We have had about 15,000 participants in each Scavenger Hunt so far.   If we're being completely frank, the Scavenger Hunt is really simple with a very basic level of effort. I saw several Scavenger Hunt threads on the forums being updated daily with the codes that were being dropped, and /u/Penultimatum on Reddit was kind enough to have a master thread going with Scavenger Hunt codes for the February Scavenger Hunt that he updated daily with links as well as the codes themselves.   Bookmarking a page then checking it once a day before logging into WoT is definitely a bit inconvenient, but I wouldn't say that it amounts to "scouring" the internet for codes.

By design, it's supposed to be really difficult: you need to tune in at the right time, and stick around to find out where to go next. In reality, however, you could get all the codes pretty easily without visiting a single Contributor's channel.

DomoSapien: You got credit for all three of them, though. I just checked. Send me a PM.

DomoSapien:                                            Don't tempt me, Deadly_Bulb                                  

Jambijon: Yea adblock has always worked for me.  It may even work with twitch ads too but not entirely sure.

BigDaddyLaxative: Yea adblock has always worked for me.  It may even work with twitch ads too but not entirely sure.

Hambijon: Yea adblock has always worked for me.  It may even work with twitch ads too but not entirely sure.

Felipe6666Original: De cualquier manera, el daño aliado sea probablemente desactivado para este año (seguramente el daño por explosión ocasionado por las AAP será la excepción).   ¡Saludos!

Felipe6666Original:   Vamos punto por punto:   Podés leer las últimas novedades respecto de los cambios a la munición especial aquí. Todos los cambios estructurales al juego no pueden hacerse sin revisar todo lo demás porque la cosa más pequeña afecta al resto. La venta o no de vehículos premium es una cuestión de oferta-demanda, pero no se basa solamente en lo bueno que pueda ser el vehículo, sino el estatus que los propios jugadores le asignan. Por ejemplo, el Type 59 es uno de los tanques más demandados del mundo, pero hoy en día no tiene nada demasiado especial (solo quedó inmortalizado porque en el 2011 era OP). Lo mismo ocurre con el TOG II*, un vehículo cuya fama deriva de lo ridículamente malo que es. Lo de la 105 leFH18B2 es un poco más complejo, porque las leyes nos impiden "empeorar" vehículos vendidos por dinero porque no es ese el producto que los jugadores originalmente compraron. En el caso de otros vehículos, como el T26E4 Super Pershing, los reembolsos (por oro) fueron posibles porque las modificaciones que recibió derivaron de rehacer el modelo 3D del tanque, no de una decisión de balance. Lo de los rebalances se explica en el artículo que adjunté en el punto 1. ¿Cuándo dijimos que no íbamos a introducir una nueva nación o rama con un premium primero? Podemos hacerlo como no... Una cosa es un aimbot y otra cosa es un apuntado automático. Por más de que puedan percibirse como similares, no hacen lo mismo. El primero, además de no fallar, atina a puntos débiles o, al menos, siempre hace daño. El segundo no necesariamente porque apunta a un área general sin contemplar si es una parte muy blindada, un punto débil o lo que sea. Los cambios actuales al emparejador eran sencillamente imposibles hace unos años porque la población y la cola de espera se componían de una forma radicalmente diferente. La gran mayoría de los cambios anunciados para este año son resultado directo de lo que la comunidad en todo el mundo ha planteado en los foros, las redes, etc.   ¡Saludos!

TeriyakiTanker: The gun isn't good enough at tier VIII to be honest.

TeriyakiTanker:   Yup pretty much, for me at least this was a completely wasted addition to the game.  All universal blue prints and not a single national one...…

DomoSapien:   Well you're not wrong. I think simply making the Mission UI start with every category minimized as opposed to maximized like they do now would be a much more effective solution.
I guess doing so would be more difficult than would initially appear? Either way, reducing clutter is just one of the motivating factors behind this recent shift.

DomoSapien: Tankers, Check out the Tier VIII Premiums coming up for sale to kickoff Frontline Episode 3, available April 8-22, 04:20 PT | 06:20 CT | 07:20 ET We've got the T25 Pilot, ELC EVEN 90, LeKpz 41 90mm, and the... M6A2E1 Mutant. Check out all the details by heading over to this article !

TeriyakiTanker: Well OP you are an idiot. 1.  T32 isn't a premium vehicle so kudos on that one...…2.  He got two kills you got 0.3.  He got assistance damage and you got none..... that means you were chai sniping from the red line which means you only got 1/2 the exp for all that damage3.  He was two tiers down and you were top tier4.  The T32 even spotted more vehicles than you, which tells everyone all they need to know about your play style.

Felipe6666Original: ¡Buenas!   Van los torneos para esta semana:   5 vs. 5: Luchas de viernes por la noche: https://worldoftanks.com/es-ar/tournaments/1000000932/ - Nivel VI 2 vs. 2: Dúos de sábado por la mañana: https://worldoftanks.com/es-ar/tournaments/1000000933/ - Nivel IX 1 vs. 1: Duelos de sábado: https://worldoftanks.com/es-ar/tournaments/1000000934/ - Nivel VIII 3 vs. 3: División Maestría de domingo: https://worldoftanks.com/es-ar/tournaments/1000000935/ - Nivel X   Si mis cálculos no fallan (e internet no me miente), México adelantó sus relojes una hora el pasado domingo y Chile atrasó los suyos la misma cantidad de tiempo, así que los horarios para ambos países ya figuran como tiene que ser.   ¡Saludos!

KRZYBooP: Our Developers are still looking into the Gold Re-balancing with details pending, TBA on a later date that is not specific to us yet. 

As soon as we know more you will find it on our News pages/ or a staff post.    Thank you very much for your continued patience on this topic. 

DomoSapien:   Saw that, +1ed your comments and bookmarked the thread!  

DomoSapien:
That's actually not at all what I'm saying, though. I'm absolutely infatuated with the MM fix that launched last week and think that the new system is one of the best changes to this game since I started playing in 2012.
Even if I did suggest that MM needs more love... my workplace is a lot less Orwellian in nature than you might think Rational, independent thinking isn't actually discouraged here as some conspiracy theories and memes may suggest.

Although there was that one fellow who got thrown out of a 10th-story window for suggesting we give M60 codes out to everyone...