Developers posts on forum

Gnomon: Hey, everyone!  Happy Friday!  I wanted to talk to y'all about the new and revamped maps coming in 1.1.  First, I highly recommend you check out our article on the maps, as it contains some interactive stuff (like music, screenshots, and more): Update 1.1: Exploring New and Revamped Maps Here are some basics over the maps: Minsk Minsk occupies a special place in our hearts — it’s where it all started for World of Tanks. A city with a vast heritage and wonderful people, it will finally take its place in the list of maps in World of Tanks. The whole team is very excited as it nears full release; after all, we’ve been planning to pay homage to the city for years. The first playable prototype was created around the same time we introduced Kharkov and Stalingrad, but didn’t make it past this stage. We learned an important lesson before resuming work on the map: while historical accuracy might be appealing, it doesn’t always provide an enjoyable experience (unless you’re looking for a virtual tour rather than a battle, of course). That’s why we’re designing the map around real locations (Victory Square, the State Circus, Gorky Park, etc.) while also changing its general layout to keep the gameplay exciting and rewarding. This urban map recreates the central part of Minsk in the beginning of the 1970s. Though we changed some details for the sake of gameplay, the Plošča Pieramohi (Victory Square) and the circus building, for example, are very realistic. Other houses and landmarks are also recognizable for those who have visited Minsk or currently live there. Studzianki Studzianki was the location of a weeklong battle between the invading German forces and the native Polish 1st Armoured Brigade and Soviet 8th Army on the Eastern Front. For the allied forces, it was a resounding success and was later commemorated in 1969, becoming Studzianki Pancerne (Armoured Studzianki). The map features large fields, lots of vegetation, and small village houses centered around a tall Catholic church. A small brick factory sits right in the middle of this map. PilsenPilsen felt too small and gave little in terms of gameplay to turretless TDs and thinly armored vehicles. Medium tanks kept away from the center of the east flank since it offered no cover from arty shells. The west flank had way too many shoot-through zones, which prevented both teams from pushing/defending certain directions and turned battles into a fine frenzy. Once you entered this area, you were effectively stuck there with no way to retreat or advance. Finally, the central area promoted camping since the impassable big hangar there was a death trap for anyone reckless enough to move past it. Addressing your feedback, we enlarged the map to 1x1 km, added cover spots and increased the distance between hangars on the left flank, removed some of the buildings in no-man's land in the center, and completely redesigned the eastern (right) flank. These changes should foster a more versatile experience, while also making the map friendly for all vehicle classes. The far-right edge of the map now features a long, straight railroad with dense shrubs and hardly any other cover. Circumventing the enemy would take you a few steps closer to winning the battle. Make sure you’ve got support in the hills before you head there, though. You’ll need them to distract enemy TDs after you spot them. Then, move ahead to destroy enemy arty that’s likely to hide there. Stay alert: without any hard cover, you should expect SPG fire if you are spotted and staying still. There were also changes made to Glacier, Siegfried Line, Mines, and Province. Please check the article I previously linked, as there are widgets that you can interact with to see the changes.  Thanks, everyone, and hope you have a great upcoming weekend! 

DomoSapien: I would make one alteration. Add both me and Jambijon to every tournament inquiry as participants in the PM. If you don't know how to add participants, please click the "Got tournament issues" link in my signature.

Otherwise, solid.   I'm dumb, and didn't look at the thumbnail
Also, it's rare, but occasionally when we have a huge volume of PM's in our inbox, something slips through the cracks and we miss one or forget to follow up on something. Please don't hesitate to poke us again if you don't hear back in ~3 days, because that will give us another forum notification.

Thanks for sharing, Derp!

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Jambijon:   The payouts are semi-automatic.  There's still a couple manual steps before the distribution can happen, but that's usually super quick.  Lot better than waiting for a week or more for tournament prizing.

BigDaddyLaxative:   The payouts are semi-automatic.  There's still a couple manual steps before the distribution can happen, but that's usually super quick.  Lot better than waiting for a week or more for tournament prizing.

Hambijon:   The payouts are semi-automatic.  There's still a couple manual steps before the distribution can happen, but that's usually super quick.  Lot better than waiting for a week or more for tournament prizing.

MA77:   O servidor do Teste Comum fica na Rússia. 

A latência fica 200ms+, infelizmente. Basta logar normalmente com a sua conta de jogo.

DomoSapien:   Sadly still status quo on that front. If/when we have information to share, we certainly will.

DomoSapien: Well, I didn't see that thread so I can't really say - but often we see a question, ask, then don't hear back for a little while. 

Also, keep in mind that not all Server-side events are unified. It's a bit silly sometimes, because if you go on Reddit, sometimes you see a thread to the effect of "Why does WG hate EU, NA gets all the good stuff" and other times you see the opposite.

Each region has global event plans to adhere to but regional event plans as well. If something is a huge point of contention (ie: the 7 year anniversary camo missions a while back) we are happy to advocate on the community's behalf, but we do our best to let our Monetization and Event teams plan stuff out according to their data and models.

We will (hopefully) be ramping up in-house streaming operations in general soon. All of us on the community team have been running Screen Tests and practicing streaming etiquette, etc. with training and feedback from the awesome, ever-so-talented-and-experienced TragicLoss. You should be seeing more of us streaming in general.

We had an in-house stream for our 20th Anniversary last weekend, you can check out the recording in the videos on our twitch channel. (or by clicking that hyperlink!)

DomoSapien:
OSRS is out for mobile, just saying. You can now spend all day Farming Magic Logs at the woodcutter's guild while you're at work  

Gnomon:   You don't have to take me seriously at all! That's your prerogative, and I can understand if a low battle count does not inspire you to trust me.    I may have under 700 battles, but I have been with this company for almost four years now and know a fair amount about WoT. Previously, I worked in Customer Service for WoT PC and then focused on Console (where the majority of my battles are). I'm in a weird spot where I have a lot of knowledge of the workings of the PC version of the game, but I'm still working on getting my battle count up. I don't have a large amount of time to play, but when I have some downtime I hop into queue.    Now, if I was out here throwing out some deep Clan strats, making map guides, or trying to provide gameplay help to those with more thousands of more battles than me, I could see where you are coming from in referencing my battle count. But, I'm just trying to help out where I can on the forums and answer questions. I also have the lovely help of people like Domo, Jambi, 1984BigBrother, and Krzy when I need some very specific game-related questions answered. Though, I mainly focus on the STs and CTs, as well as formatting and gathering feedback from our players on new releases or updates.    tl;dr I understand where you're coming from and I'm working on bringing my battle count up     

Gnomon: Hey everyone, Hope that you're having a great week so far!  As you may have seen today, the second test of Update 1.1 is now available on the CT server.  We'd like to hear what you think about the upcoming update. Areas to focus on that would help out on my feedback report would be the new Polish line, the added maps, and the new Campaign missions. However, you're more than welcome to share any feedback you have over the 1.1 second Common Test, don't feel like you have to stick to the topics I listed (as long as your feedback is about the update, it helps out).  So, let us know what you think!  You can check out more information on the second Common Test of 1.1 here: Update 1.1: Common Test 2 is Here! List of Changes Main Changes1. New campaign of Personal Missions: Second FrontThe new campaign includes three operations: Operation: Excalibur (available immediately) Operation: Chimera (becomes available after being unlocked with Orders that will be added in the evening of August 3) Operation: Object 279 (e) (will not be available within the Common Test) Each operation includes four sets of missions. At the same time, each set can be completed in vehicles that belong to one of the national allegiances, and vehicle types are no longer a restriction. To complete a mission, players should enter a battle in a vehicle that belongs to one of the following national allegiances: Union: U.S.S.R. and China Bloc: Germany and Japan Alliance: U.S.A., U.K. and Poland Coalition: France, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, and Italy The second campaign becomes available right off irrespective of the progress in the first campaign. Thus, missions of both campaigns can be completed at the same time. Each set includes 15 missions: 14 missions are available immediately and can be completed in any order; at the same time, mission 15 (the final mission) becomes available after completing the rest of the missions (similarly to the first campaign). All operations have different sets of conditions: Operation: Excalibur: Accumulative missions. A mission should be completed within an unlimited number of battles, e.g. cause 10,000 damage within an unlimited number of battles. Operation: Chimera: A mission can be completed within a single battle (similarly to the first campaign) Operation: Object 279 (e): A mission should be completed within a limited number of battles. If a player fails to complete a mission, its progress will be reset, and the player will have to start anew. This operation will not be available during the test. Each completed mission is rewarded with credits, consumables, etc. A completed operation is rewarded with a unique vehicle that cannot be received otherwise. Players can check mission progress right in battle. In Update 1.1, this feature will be available only for missions of the new campaign. The detailed descriptions of the accepted missions will be available in battle upon pressing Tab or N. Indicator of Personal Missions in the Garage shows missions of each campaign separately. Operations of the Second Front campaign will become available successively after a certain time period. Players who complete an operation before the next one becomes available will be rewarded with a corresponding unique emblem. Improved the interface of the first campaign: The main screen is completely reworked to display missions of both campaigns at the same time. Improved the mission profile. All elements were made consistent considering specifics of both campaigns. New reward screens for completed Personal Missions. Reworked the display of missions in battle (upon pressing Tab) 2. MapsAdded the new Studzianki map. Added the new Minsk map. Added the Pilsen map that has been reworked to HD. Main changes: Increased map size from 800х800 to 1000х1000 m Completely revised the eastern part of the map. Made a number of balance and gameplay changes all over the map. Made balance improvements to the following maps:Glacier Siegfried Line Mines ProvinceThe Province map will be available only for vehicles of Tiers IV-VII.3. Polish tanksA new branch of 10 Polish vehicles was added (Tier I-X respectively):4TP 7TP 10TP 14TP 25TP KSUST II 40TP Habicha 45TP Habicha 53TP Markowskiego 50TP Tyszkiewicza 60TP Lewandowskiego4. Added the customization functionality for all Tier IX vehicles.5. Updated Wwise (sound engine)Fixed a number of critical issues of the sound system; added a new functionality to improve the sound in the game.6. Changes to the technical characteristics of the following vehiclesU.S.S.R.Added the Object 279 (e) (heavy tank, for Supertesters) Added the IS-2MU.K.Added the Chimera (medium tank, for Supertesters) Added the Excalibur (tank destroyer, for Supertesters)Fixed IssuesObject 430 II: displayed power of the 4TDF engine was changed from 580 to 610 h.p., which corresponds to the actual value. Thanks, everyone! Hope you have a great Thursday and see you out on the battlefield   

Gnomon: Hey, everyone!  I just wanted to let you know that the second Common Test for Update 1.1 is here!  If you'd like to see the details of the CT, you can check out our previous article here: Update 1.1 Common Test And, a nifty video!
 Here are the list of changes made:   Main Changes1. New campaign of Personal Missions: Second FrontThe new campaign includes three operations: Operation: Excalibur (available immediately) Operation: Chimera (becomes available after being unlocked with Orders that will be added in the evening of August 3) Operation: Object 279 (e) (will not be available within the Common Test) Each operation includes four sets of missions. At the same time, each set can be completed in vehicles that belong to one of the national allegiances, and vehicle types are no longer a restriction. To complete a mission, players should enter a battle in a vehicle that belongs to one of the following national allegiances: Union: U.S.S.R. and China Bloc: Germany and Japan Alliance: U.S.A., U.K. and Poland Coalition: France, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, and Italy The second campaign becomes available right off irrespective of the progress in the first campaign. Thus, missions of both campaigns can be completed at the same time. Each set includes 15 missions: 14 missions are available immediately and can be completed in any order; at the same time, mission 15 (the final mission) becomes available after completing the rest of the missions (similarly to the first campaign). All operations have different sets of conditions: Operation: Excalibur: Accumulative missions. A mission should be completed within an unlimited number of battles, e.g. cause 10,000 damage within an unlimited number of battles. Operation: Chimera: A mission can be completed within a single battle (similarly to the first campaign) Operation: Object 279 (e): A mission should be completed within a limited number of battles. If a player fails to complete a mission, its progress will be reset, and the player will have to start anew. This operation will not be available during the test. Each completed mission is rewarded with credits, consumables, etc. A completed operation is rewarded with a unique vehicle that cannot be received otherwise. Players can check mission progress right in battle. In Update 1.1, this feature will be available only for missions of the new campaign. The detailed descriptions of the accepted missions will be available in battle upon pressing Tab or N. Indicator of Personal Missions in the Garage shows missions of each campaign separately. Operations of the Second Front campaign will become available successively after a certain time period. Players who complete an operation before the next one becomes available will be rewarded with a corresponding unique emblem. Improved the interface of the first campaign: The main screen is completely reworked to display missions of both campaigns at the same time. Improved the mission profile. All elements were made consistent considering specifics of both campaigns. New reward screens for completed Personal Missions. Reworked the display of missions in battle (upon pressing Tab) 2. MapsAdded the new Studzianki map. Added the new Minsk map. Added the Pilsen map that has been reworked to HD. Main changes: Increased map size from 800х800 to 1000х1000 m Completely revised the eastern part of the map. Made a number of balance and gameplay changes all over the map. Made balance improvements to the following maps:Glacier Siegfried Line Mines ProvinceThe Province map will be available only for vehicles of Tiers IV-VII.3. Polish tanksA new branch of 10 Polish vehicles was added (Tier I-X respectively):4TP 7TP 10TP 14TP 25TP KSUST II 40TP Habicha 45TP Habicha 53TP Markowskiego 50TP Tyszkiewicza 60TP Lewandowskiego4. Added the customization functionality for all Tier IX vehicles.5. Updated Wwise (sound engine)Fixed a number of critical issues of the sound system; added a new functionality to improve the sound in the game.6. Changes to the technical characteristics of the following vehiclesU.S.S.R.Added the Object 279 (e) (heavy tank, for Supertesters) Added the IS-2MU.K.Added the Chimera (medium tank, for Supertesters) Added the Excalibur (tank destroyer, for Supertesters)Fixed IssuesObject 430 II: displayed power of the 4TDF engine was changed from 580 to 610 h.p., which corresponds to the actual value.  Not sure how to access the CT? No worries, I got you covered. Guide: Check out our guide for the CT here: How the Common Test WorksEligibility: All players registered prior to 13:59 PT | 15:59 CT | 16:59 ET on July 24 can participate in the testDownload: The test client installer (4.9 MB)Server Restarts: First Periphery: 20:00 PT | 22:00 CT | 23:00 ET every day. Average duration will be around 25 minutes. Second Periphery: 21:00 PT | 23:00 CT | 00:00 ET every day. Average duration will be around 25 minutes. Central Database: 01:00 PT | 03:00 CT | 04:00 ET every day. Average duration will be around 2 minutes.  Thanks, everyone! See you on the battlefield! 

DomoSapien:   Hey, thanks for the shoutout! I'm glad that Map Mondays are helpful! I know it's been a few weeks since I posted one (tournaments have been kicking my butt, I've been super busy lately) but if everything goes according to plan I'll be posting another guide next week

Gnomon: I just want to thank everyone in this thread for giving me the opportunity to now call him Meathottie. 

MeatheadMilitia: For a second there I thought you might have found one of my pictures from my college rugby days...   ...then I looked at the arms and realized it was shopped due to the lack of pythons     

DomoSapien:   Not quite accurate. Nobody told us to stop posting - the fact of the matter is that either A) you guys ask us questions that we don't have the answer to, or more likely B) our recent workloads prevent us from being as active on the forums as we'd like to.
I don't get notifications when someone quotes me or replies to my threads unless I manually click 'notify me about activity in this thread' and we do have job functions outside of forum engagement - If you ever have concerns about your questions not being answered, please feel free to send us a PM. We get notifications for PM's and even when I am absolutely slammed with tournament inquiries, I respond to PMs within a day or two of receiving them at the absolute latest.

If you've got questions about tournaments or competitive play: PM me and Jambijon.
If you've got questions about anything related to Community Contributors: PM me or Tragicloss If you've got questions about contests, technical issues, event dates: PM KRZYBooP
If you don't know who to PM, tag all of us as participants in the private message.
If you want M60 Codes, PM MeatheadMilitia   

DomoSapien:   We are certainly working to ramp up our tournament schedule, but something to keep in mind is that we no longer have a dedicated eSports department - it is now an initiative of the Community Department and while I understand that you'd like to see more tournaments each week, at this time we're doing the best we can to make sure all the weekend tournaments run (relatively) smoothly.

Silver lining here is that we have slowly been getting more tools and features added to our tournament system, which should help us automate some of the more tedious tasks involved with tournament operations. (To give you an example, every tournament payout involves quite a bit of work in Excel and on our backend) 

I think this is also a good time to mention how absolutely amazing our tournament players have been despite the occasional tournament issues as we get familiar with the various quirks and idiosyncrasies of our tournament system. The community's overwhelming support definitely helps us keep going when the going gets tough. The amount of awesome, supportive PMs and comments we get from tournament players who are just downright excited that they're able to participate in tournaments again definitely outweighs how stressful running them can be at times.


 

Gnomon:   Hiya! 

I'm sorry for any confusion. Scorpiany made a great guide here that should help you find your sold premiums: PSA: You CAN still recover your Premium vehicles in-game. Here's how   Hope this helps! 

Felipe6666Original:   Ahí te contesté en tu thread   ¡Saludos!

Felipe6666Original:   Honestamente, no hay una solución sencilla para este tipo de problemas (hasta yo los tengo a veces). Es más un "prueba y error" (borrando, armando la sección de nuevo, suprimiento y volviendo a poner la lista, etc.) que otra cosa... Lo que sí suele funcionar es pegar directamente desde Word (incluso hay un botón en la barra de herramientas para eso).   ¡Saludos!

Jambijon:   Have you tried the T95?

BigDaddyLaxative:   Have you tried the T95?

Hambijon:   Have you tried the T95?

MA77: Poderiam citar três tipos de itens da loja (conta premium, ouro, reservas, veículos, etc) em ordem de importância para vocês?

MA77:   Oi Faelpz97,    Agradeço sua resposta, quanto a dos demais.    Com relação aos preços, pelo que foi posto, estar abaixo dos R$100 um tanque de nível VIII pesado (o veículo + a garagem) seria um preço justo para a compra do mesmo, correto? Sobre a conta premium, 30 dias girando em torno de R$20 ~ R$25 seria um valor justo? Pesaria no bolso de vocês para em caso de necessidades usufruir de tal recurso?   Reforço que, a opinião dos senhores é válida para trabalharmos em uma possível nova redução dos preços na loja para o Brasil. Isso não significa que qualquer mudança seja realizada nos próximos dias ou meses, mas será estudada e feita da melhor forma, como foi realizada em Outubro do ano passado.

MA77:   Valor em Reais seria algo mais interessante.

MA77:   Só gostaria de fazer uma correção, Faelpz97. O WoT não é um jogo pay-to-win, caso fosse, qualquer um com um veículos e conta premium teriam vantagem na jogabilidade, o que não é verdade. A diferença em ter ou não conta premium é a velocidade que você irá progredir ou farmar créditos. Com relação aos projéteis gold (premium), nós retiramos a opção de compra com ouro para poder realmente reformulá-los.

Com relação aos preços, estou aberto para debate e gostaria de ouvir o que você acharia justo em pagar por um veículo premium (de nível VIII, por exemplo) e em Conta Premium. Combinado?

MA77:   Oi Bandeira. 

Após o último micro-patch, alguns mods estão bugando algumas funcionalidades do jogo. Caso esteja utilizando algum, remova-o por favor e teste novamente.

Qualquer coisa, só chamar!

DomoSapien:  Still working on that crew, honestly the aim time isn't that tragic, so I'm torn between wanting to shoot more often or lining up those shots more quickly.
 

DomoSapien: Hahaha well I have the Food consumable, of course, because if I'm on fire I'm probably toast anyway.  As for the hate, I honestly don't know what part to spend my bonds on since it's the first time I've finally had enough to get one. I've been playing WoT for 6 years and I've just started completing SPG missions for the StuG IV
 

DomoSapien: I'll poke him and ask!

DomoSapien: Lol, well admittedly I've been running premium ammo exclusively, but that's mostly because I'm extremely bad at arty and need all the help I can get. 

DomoSapien: Heyman, not fair, I used to be an adventurer just like you! But I took a job offer to the knee. 

DomoSapien: In my defense, I just started playing SPG's recently! Just trying to find something that will help me do better in Ranked

And you've gotta put yourself in their shoes if you want to best learn how to avoid their shells

Edit: forgot to thank everyone for their suggestions! I appreciate the input!

DomoSapien:

MA77: Saudações, tanqueiros!   Ainda há vagas em dois torneios deste final de semana.

Para não ficar de fora de nenhum, sempre acesse a página dos torneios em nosso portal!   Boa sorte! 

DomoSapien: Just wanted to chime in with a shameless plug: the TVP 50/51 is one of my favorite tanks of all time and you should all get one

The tier VI, IX, and X are all awesome.

DomoSapien:   Related question: I just got my first tier X arty (CGC) and I'm absolutely enamored with it. Would you recommend purple rammer or purple GLD first? I only have enough bonds for one.

KRZYBooP: Howdy!  From now till 4Sep18 the TVP T 50/51 on track mission to earn a bunch of equipment will be going on. 50% Discount on purchasing Czech tanks in the Tech tree. Tiers 1-5  30% Discount on purchasing Czech tanks in the Tech tree. Tiers 6-10 Receive a free Tank (with out singing along)For more information about the event please click on the Tank above.    

DomoSapien: We are aware of the fact that the old Vehicle Restoration option appears to have been removed with the new shop interface. We are investigating and will provide more information about the issue as soon as we have information to share.
In the meantime, Scorpiany has found a workaround that appears to be working for some players. 

If that doesn't do the trick, please submit a ticket to our Customer Support team, and they will be able to restore your vehicles for you by utilizing our exceptions policy.   Thank you for your patience in the meantime.

Jambijon:   Thanks for letting me know!  The replay reviews took a little longer than expected.  Both the compensation and tournament payouts were sent out around the same time.  Tournaments that don't require us to manually review violations will be paid out after the tournament finish (1-2hrs after generally).

BigDaddyLaxative:   Thanks for letting me know!  The replay reviews took a little longer than expected.  Both the compensation and tournament payouts were sent out around the same time.  Tournaments that don't require us to manually review violations will be paid out after the tournament finish (1-2hrs after generally).

Hambijon:   Thanks for letting me know!  The replay reviews took a little longer than expected.  Both the compensation and tournament payouts were sent out around the same time.  Tournaments that don't require us to manually review violations will be paid out after the tournament finish (1-2hrs after generally).

MA77:   Todo o feedback deste tópico já foi encaminhado.

Felipe6666Original: Sí, concuerdo con que los pesados (y los vehículos lentos en general) pueden pasarla mal en este neuvo mapa.   También coincido con que hay que regresar varios mapas, pero solo luego de reajustarlos. Es curioso que mapas que eran malos nos den tanta nostalgia .

Jambijon: The compensation was sent out last night around 7pm central.

BigDaddyLaxative: The compensation was sent out last night around 7pm central.

Hambijon: The compensation was sent out last night around 7pm central.