Developers posts on forum

veganzombiez: Official rules should be posted soon.  That's not early enough for me, so here's some stuff:   ~50% of provinces have their battle times permanently shifted 15 minutes back. Tank locking is off for Season 5. Clan Tasks will give VP or gold (t8 or t10 Fronts only). Prizing There will be 1-2 week stages that give gold to the Clan that placed highest during that 1-2 week stage. Final Season rankings award emblems, medals, and camo. Vehicle tier = Front tier   Tier X Front Clan Task Descriptions   THESE VALUES ARE NOT FINAL AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE   Clan Tasks for Earning Gold № Clan Task Description Target Value Target Province Reward Number of Repeats 1 Destroy enemy vehicles 200 Regular 2,000 1 2 Destroy enemy vehicles 200 Landing 2,000 2 3 Destroy enemy vehicles 200 Revolting 2,000 2 4 Win battles for provinces 3 Revolting 1,500 1 5 Ransack provinces 5 Regular 2,000 3 6 Cause damage 150,000 Landing 1,000 1 7 Earn experience 35,000 Landing 1,500 1 8 Cause damage 200,000 Landing 1,700 1 9 Win battles 10 Landing 1,900 1 10 Cause damage 600,000 Landing 2,100 1 11 Destroy enemy vehicles 210 Landing 2,300 1 12 Earn experience 143,000 Landing 2,500 1 13 Destroy enemy vehicles 210 Landing 3,000 1 14 Cause damage 600,000 Landing 5,000 1 15 Win battles for provinces 5 Landing 10,000 1 Note: Clan tasks 6–15 form a chain where the subsequent task needs to be completed before next one can be started. Clan Tasks for Earning Victory Points № Clan Task Description Target Value Target Province Reward Number of Repeats 1 Cause damage 90,000 Landing 2,000 Unlimited 2 Destroy enemy vehicles 125 Landing 1,000 Unlimited 3 Earn experience 150,000 Landing 500 Unlimited 4 Cause damage 90,000 Regular 2,000 Unlimited 5 Destroy enemy vehicles 125 Regular 1,000 Unlimited 6 Earn experience 150,000 Regular 500 Unlimited 7 Cause damage 90,000 Revolting 3,000 Unlimited 8 Destroy enemy vehicles 125 Revolting 1,500 Unlimited 9 Earn experience 150,000 Revolting 750 Unlimited 10 Win a series of battles 3 Landing 5,000 Unlimited Destroy enemy vehicles 30 11 Win a series of battles 3 Revolting 8,000 Unlimited Destroy enemy vehicles 30   Unlimited 12 Win a series of battles 8 Landing 15,000 Unlimited Destroy enemy vehicles 80   Unlimited 13 Win a series of battles 8 Revolting 20,000 Unlimited Destroy enemy vehicles 80   Unlimited Note: Clan tasks 10–13 will be available for stage leaderboards.

Yoott: You will all be losing so team selection is irrelevant
I plan to win this season once again :-)         

dance210:   TankRewards has the correct date, which is January 13th.   The Swedish missions there are different from the Swedish missions that will be announced early next week.   It is unfortunately, but sometimes planned dates change unexpectedly. We do apologize for the inconvenience when that happens

The_Chieftain:   Well.... Kindof.   As near as I can tell, Armor and Aviation are the only two branches where the officers are routinely expected to be pulling triggers as a matter of course. Even infantry officers are supposed to be dispatching their squads around, but an armor platoon leader is a part of the squad, as it were. He can't send anyone anywhere, he's along for the ride. Unfortunately, yes, an officer does spend less time on the steel though, because they only have platoon leader, XO, CO time, before being kicked up to Staff. Then, if they're lucky (I haven't been) they may get their own tank as the S-3 or battalion CO, but at that point, it's as much a manner of safe transportation as actually being part of the fight. At least they still get to shoot on the range, I guess.

dance210:   Nope, this is unrelated. The December TankRewards points should be added by January 13th.

dance210:   Hello ThatRuskiGuy,   We apologize for the inconvenience; however the Swedish mission article has been a bit delayed. Be on the lookout for that article to be posted around Jan. 16th.

The_Chieftain: FYSA, since I went through the trouble, someone on Reddit was worried that the Panther was misproportioned in the game.   https://www.reddit.c...g27&sh=28cc37df

The_Chieftain: I'm skeptical. We're already kindof unhappy at the fact that we've had to occasionally double-up on one or two tanks (eg Chinese M3 Light, or T-34 also Chinese) in order to make ten tiers. Note how we still don't have an Italian line, given how many holes we have to fill for all ten. It seems to me that Brazil didn't really get into the home-made business until the M3 or M41 variants, and very arguably these X1As and Tamoyo are too modern for inclusion into this game.   If you want to propse the full tree, we'll certainly have a look at it, but we can't just announce a line filled with other nation's tanks and slap a Brazilian flag on it.

Njourour: Closed thread. Due to off-topic posting.

veganzombiez: Rules should be posted soon.

Njourour: Closed thread, This will cause unrest.

Njourour: Closed thread. OP has already found his clan, 

The_Chieftain: Well, technically it's CVR(T), so as to distinguish it from the other sub group of CVRs, the CVR(W), but congratulations on the purchase.  An eminently sensible first vehicle, as it can do the hauling and lifting.  Just don't try to change gears on a curve until you learn how it reacts, it is gear dependent steering. 

The_Chieftain: What sick, twisted, evil minded bugger came up with such a thing and pushed it through? I must now perform cleansing rituals. 

Volier_Zcit: Closing this thread due to the amount of nonconstructive responses this thread is getting.   Btw, this is the only process that we're giving out for cleaning the registry so that no traces of mods will remain on our player's computer.   Install and run the CCleaner   -  In the CCleaner program, click on registry
-  Near the bottom of the program, click 'scan for issues' and then click 'fix selected issues'
-  While you are still inside the CCleaner software, first, please click on 'cleaner' (upper left hand of application), second, click 'analyze', and then click 'run cleaner'.
**Note: if you are prompted to save a backup of your registry, please click yes.**   Thank you.

GhostPrime:   Yes, thank you. I will have the results Tomorrow as well! Please stay tuned. 

NyxWGA: We won't be listing the names of illegal mods for exactly the reason mentioned by others in the thread. Mods are developed by third parties with no oversight by WG. When a mod changes, we don't require any sort of approval process, so we don't know when changes are made, or what those changes are.   If I tell you that "CheatersRUSmod" is illegal, the guy who makes "CheatersRUSmod" can change the name and then folks can claim that the mod they are using isn't on the list of illegal mods.   If I tell you that "TotallyLegitMod" is fine for everyone to use, and the guy who makes "TotallyLegitMod" changes it tonight and now it fits into the illegal description, folks will be very angry when they get sanctioned for using it.   It would be impossible to make a list of the name of every mod that is illegal and keep it updated. We would only be able to tell you if the mod was illegal right this instant. Our list would be incorrect before the day was out. Instead, we have given you the description of what makes a mod illegal. If the mod you want to use fits into any of these descriptions, it is illegal regardless of who made it, or what its name is:   *Revealing the positions of enemies in a way not included in the vanilla client. Marking objects destroyed on the map and minimap in real-time by altering the display of shell flight tracers or calculating the position of enemy artillery with tracers and marking them, as well as those that keep spotted vehicles displayed, even when not aiming at them *Making it easier to block an enemy’s shell by indicating their exact aiming point (for example, with a laser beam) *Alerting you when spotted vehicles are reloading, including displaying an enemy's reloading timer *Auto-aim, or “aimbots” that provide more functionality than the “aim lock” in the vanilla client, specifically those that aim at the enemy's weak spots or automatically lead the aim so the offending player can focus on maneuvering their tank *Enabling automatic use of non-Premium consumables *Aiding in finding enemies by letting you adjust the transparency of objects on the map *Leaving “ghosts” of enemy vehicles on the battlefield where they were last detected *Any direct alteration of the physical properties, performance characteristics, or effects of any vehicle or object in the game, or otherwise subverting the game rules   We spend time investigating accounts, and once we have enough evidence to be sure the account is using one of these, we take action. Accounts that we are not yet sure about remain under investigation until we are sure. We do not release detailed information or evidence regarding these bans, even to the account holders - if we shared exact information about what we were detecting and how we were doing it, mod makers would be able to use it to make their cheats harder to detect.   Disputing moderation or banning is not allowed on the forums, which is why threads are being closed.  

Njourour: Closed Thread, This thread is sensitive, it may cause unrest.

NyxWGA: Wargaming isn't doing anything illegal. When you downloaded and began playing the game, you agreed to our Terms of Service. We have the right to check for illegal mod usage in conjunction with the usage of our game. We are not looking at your personal, private information stored on your computer - that is not at all how this works.   The customer support response that is sent for Fair Play bans includes instructions on how to clean your own registry, so that no traces of these programs remain on your computer to cause you problems later. It does not advise you that we are scanning your personal information from your computer, so this is a misunderstanding.   Please be advised that posting from numerous accounts about the same topic will cause said forum accounts to be closed. We're not banning forum accounts to stop posts about this topic - we are banning forum accounts that are determined to be alts used to circumvent a ban.     

dance210:   Groups are set up randomly for the 1v1 Throwdowns.  

dance210:   Our tournament management system is not currently set up to restrict certain tank classes from joining the tournament. While the special battle window can show certain restrictions, the admin system cannot set those restrictions.

dance210: Premios se acredita a las cuentas de jugadores lo más rápidamente posible.
Premios podrían tomar hasta 7 días después de finalizado el torneo que se acrediten.

Yoott: Good Luck To You   Was a pleasure having you in the league for what seems like forever :-)  

Njourour: Closed thread, This will cause unrest.

Njourour: Closed thread. This will cause unrest.

Njourour: Closed thread due to excessive arguing.

The_Chieftain:   Thrawn arguably being an exception to that. What made him so likeable as a bad guy was that you really got to know him through exposure and familiarity.

dance210:   It's Widepark. I goofed but it's now fixed, thanks!

CabbageMechanic:   ​ I felt the same way at first to be honest, but one of the office unicums (yes we have a few) loves it and has swayed me a bit recently.  It has the same gun as the Panther 8.8, a reasonably good turret, great camo and pen.  If you check the advanced stats, especially isolating higher skill players who know how to use it, the performance is really not bad at all.  It's still not exactly a world beater and the lack of mobility is rough, but it's certainly not useless.

dance210:   Yep! They start back up on January 16th.

dance210: Post any questions about the Weekly 5v5 tournaments here! 

Volier_Zcit: To OP,   Kindly send a ticket if you wish to know why you got banned.   Closing this thread to avoid further unnecessary posts.   Thank you.

Volier_Zcit: Thread closed. Full of nonconstructive responses. 

dance210:   Yes, multiple submissions are allowed  

dance210:   Think of this as having rolling submissions. There is no firm deadline, so feel free to submit a replay when something cool happens!   When/if we decide to make a deadline, I will be sure to announce it for y'all.

dance210:   I removed it when I responded to your thread. It should not be set forth as part of the new policy; any discussions on prohibited mod functions should point to the Fair Play policy.   All posts with the old policy (pre-Fair Play announcement) should have been removed, although at least one was obviously missed in the purge

dance210:   Hi Monkey_Slayer_!   The policy that you found by pizzastorm is outdated and no longer valid. That post has been removed.   The new Fair Play policy, describing which mod functions are deemed illegal, can be found here. There is a follow-up Q&A forum thread that can be found here.   

dance210:  

dance210:   The Fair Play policy is a global policy. All regions are aligned with regards to what mod functions are considered illegal

NyxWGA: I know they are super late at this point. But we plan to continue rewarding folks every 3 months. Once we figure out the kinks with the distribution method the first time, we should just be able to reuse the process going forward so that future rewards happen on time.   The first 3 month period was Aug-Oct, so we're almost at the end of the second 3 month period of Nov-Jan. I expect we'll have the issue sorted fairly soon - just in time to compile new lists and award the second batch next month in Feb!

NyxWGA: On your forum profile, you can see if you have forum strikes. Under your warning history, it will be blank if you've never been warned or received a strike. If you have received one, it will specifically say First Strike, Second Strike, etc.   For your game account, there isn't anywhere that you can see a count of how many strikes. If you receive a warning for something in-game, you will receive an email. If you receive a strike in-game, you will receive a pop-up notification in-game that says you've been banned, how long the ban is for, and then something like "Strike x of 5 - Reason - 9 digit number" (the 9 digit number is an internal tracking number). You'll also receive an email at the same time that tells you how many strikes you have. If you have never received any emails like this, or in-game pop-ups, then you have no strikes

NyxWGA: Hi folks   We definitely still plan to give out rewards. Everyone who logged in between August to October and played at least one battle, but did not receive any strikes qualifies for a reward.The reward is slated to be five (5) +200% free xp 1hr boosters.   We've given out mass credits for things like Gold and Premium Time in the past for various reasons, and had planned to distribute these rewards in that same manner. Unfortunately, we ran into an unexpected technical limitation - we discovered we could not distribute these boosters via the mechanism that we originally intended. We didn't discover this until we went to do the crediting in December, then the holidays hit and we've been at a reduced staff as folks took time to be with their families at the end of last month.   We're working with some folks at HQ to write a custom script to distribute these rewards. As soon as we have a scheduled completion date/time, we will let everyone know. Sorry for the delay!

dance210:   You should definitely submit it! And not just because I want to see it   

dance210:   As churchill50 mentioned, it is possible to search for replays. However, I don't believe you can search for keywords in replays.  

dance210:   From the current version of WoT please. We need to be able to open the file

dance210: Hey North American Tankers!We are looking to create our own RNG videos in North America, and we could use your help!How to submit:Go to http://wotreplays.com/ Upload replay from recent patch with something RNG-Worthy In “Replay Description” put in-game time stamp of RNG submission In “Replay Description” include your own caption or why its RNG material WoTReplay Naming Convention: NA RNG – (Insert your title here) Put your WoTReplay Link in this Forum thread If your replay is chosen we will award you with 1,500 Gold (NA Winners only) Submissions we feel were created by ruining a match you were in, will be disqualified Ignoring above asks will result in instant disqualification GL HF

dance210:   For January at least, there are no tank type restrictions for any of the 1v1 Throwdowns. The restrictions may or may not return in February.