Developers posts on forum

DeviouslyCursed: Why am I suddenly showing up as an administrator? I mean, hey, I'll take the power if you want to give it to me, but...

churchill50: Honestly, I don't get what you're all going on about. No offense. First off, to address some misconceptions. The alpha went up, the reload got worse, but the DPM is the same. The DPM was neither nerfed nor buffed. The reload is still great. It beats all the higher alpha heavies by a wide margin.It either beats or just barely loses (by 0.5 seconds max) all the other heavies with 220/240/250 alpha, which allows it to trade with them. It was never able to trade 3 for 1 with anything but a derp O-Ni. It was only able to trade 2 for 1 with everything else. It's still able to do that. Meanwhile, the 40 extra alpha and improved aim time are both quite nice. The one situation where I've noticed it affecting me is permatracking people. Most tanks with a good repair crew can now avoid being permatracked by a Tiger I. So, to be fair, that has been annoying. I loved the Tiger I before the buffs, and I still love it now. Sure it's slightly different to play, but not substantially so.

_BobaFett:  Just felt incredibly ironic coming from him. I agree they were some good points though.

_BobaFett: I find this predicament to be most common when firing on Russian tanks. It probably has something to do with all the funky angles and spaced armor they're covered in.

_BobaFett:  I feel like you are in no position to judge. 

Jaguarz:  While I like to think he is playing some kind of persona to play up to his moronic fanbase he absolutely should not be a CC, he had a video up where he spent 15 minutes raging at someone he believed was stream sniping him (no evidence, not even anything really suspicious) and stated  quite openly he was going to get not only Wargaming but also Twitch to ban the person in questions accounts. 

Jaguarz:  Look into the hilarity of "Terryology"........ 

Jaguarz:  You have proof of this? Because thats quite a claim and I have serious doubts that even the most toxic morons of the CCs would make any kind of direct attack on another CCs chosen gender in todays cancel culture world, throwing false accusations around however does seem the norm as a way of to strongarm something to the accusers advantage. Dont like what someone is saying? Or even just dont like them? Call them sexist/racist/transphobe..........

_BobaFett:  Nope -- still crap.

_BobaFett: Hardening, Turbo, and Rammer.

Draschel:  False. And using your large fancy blue font, won't make it true Circonflexes and Skill4ltu both support +1/-1 MM and the removal of +2/-2. I am sure many other very good public figures, think the same way. Stat padding, means sitting in tiers 1,2,3,4,5 and playing tanks like Panzer IV/V, T67, KV1, or the old S35CA. Or exclusively doing that in the SA serverAnother form would be WR padding, low tier 3-man platoon jumping, in tanks that skew matches. Like Pz B2, Valentine II, T127, Etc.  But the minute these individuals step outside into tiers 7,8,9,X they immediately struggle. This is what stat padding is. You may think, or like to think, that a person who knows positions and how to deploy distance/camo to their advantage, sits at the back near the red - and almost passively tallies damage in something like S1 or Leopard PTA is a farming scumbag - but if this were the case and so simple, why aren't everyone doing it? Why do so many struggle at it? If a good player, in their top tier tanks, are crushing and spanking poor players in their low tier tanks .....it doesn't explain why poorer quality players in their high tier tanks still perform poorly. Or the inverse, good players in their low tier tanks still, guess what, performing admirably and contributing their fare share. You need to think more of what you say, rather than just being callous  

Draschel: What French autoloader dominates the game? What?I can see Char 4 or Somua being sort of situationally dominant, far from leading the pack though.Bat Chat 25T surely doesn't anymore. Don't even say it  

Draschel: I am pretty sure that is not the case.Opponents putting an end to your tank, based on the decisions you make, is quite different than you yourself putting an end to your tank because of a quitter's intent. Does driving out in the open, mean you are a quitter? Well, someone could make the stretch and call it that. However, IF NO enemy is there, to end your tank and you continue driving around spotting, exposing a flank, distracting the enemy, running into rear TD or SPG before you die - do I endorse that? Of course not, but it's doing SOMETHING and it is done fairly, the concept isn't driving into a lake or falling off a bridge that accomplishes absolutely nothing.  

Draschel: T95 benefits hugely using rammer. For a variety of reasons. First, being it is very slow. It can only choose one flank, meaning it's window of opportunity is narrow. It needs to fire as fast as possible, to utilize this narrow opportunity as much as possible. It may not get to later onSecond, 750 alpha means alot. A rammer means you deal 750 quicker, reducing the 17 second reload to 15. Rammer helps without an equal, when the rate of fire is lower in comparison  It depends on what kind of setup you want. If you wish for survivability using hardening, considering dropping ventilation for optics so you can provide spotting too.If you wish for powerful offensive presence, and possess bounty equipment, Ventilation  /  rammer  / (Bounty) Rotator or (Bounty) aiming  

TeriyakiTanker: Ok, so basically it doesn't make a lot of sense that they did this to someone because they aren't on board with the arty changes.  Especially considering this CC has almost no followers.  Is it possible they are telling the truth?

TeriyakiTanker:
What exactly do you want help with?  Do you expect them to have the same RNG?  You obviously aren’t really telling the truth.... like they are getting the same maps.  Come on that doesn’t make any sense.  So since we know they aren’t getting the same maps, how can they be in the same place doing the same thing?

Draschel:  You not? They complained of team killing artillery at the start of games, and WG came down hard on it.Play the game fairly. It is not against the rules to drive into the open carelessly and get shot apart to bits by the enemy. You aren't committing suicide, you are being tagged.It is against the rules, to drive into a lake with the sole intention of drowning, and of course drown. That is suicide. Do accidents happen? Sure do, everyday. 15min game, losing 6vs1, the last being an artillery giving up and driving into water or off a bridge, that speaks volumes. Not an accident Before you pass judgement, on people firming over, having some whatever thick skin, just playing the game, and having a ''who cares'' attitude. Before all that - why don't you pass judgement first on the people that don't play the game but are in fact in it, and give up, and say who cares and bi---- slap 14 other team mates with a lack of total respect.   

Draschel:  Extremely toxic.  It is these people, that are extremely problematic. It is these people, that cause problems. These people, so ignorantly and insanely struggle, and wonder why they struggle so 

Jaguarz:  It really wouldn't matter in the slightest in terms of the game because the guns on the tanks dont behave as they do in real life either on firing or on hit. Theres almost nothing in this game which corresponds to reality which is completely fine, Im not looking for a simulator but "no smoothbore" reasonings are a fallacy and an anachronism, wargaming dont measure velocities or penetration values, they quite literally make them up according to needs and balance, 99.99% of people who play this game would have no clue if a gun was smoothbore or not or even what the variances would be and why. The days of them measuring tanks to get the armour values correct (which they did do once they started to get popular as within the company there was a very vocal "accuracy group" ) are long gone because theres no appetite for that level of "realism" at the expense of balance and the disaster of a mess which was "historical battles" illustrated it well.

Jaguarz: Popcorn time eh? Most of the "Community Contributors" have no business being so and the CC system is a mess, a whole "affiliation but not really" debacle.

TeriyakiTanker: So what are you on about?

churchill50: Two ways. First, a website that tracks their values.This website is the one I've found to be most accurate:https://gunmarks.poliroid.ru/Just make sure to set the server to NA and the language to English. The other way is while you're grinding them. You can get a good idea of what value the mark is at by paying attention to how your battle results affect the mark.Generally, the value needed to keep a mark where it is will go up steadily as you get closer to the 3-mark. So at tier 10 for instance, if you're around 90% and notice a certain amount of combined damage keeps the mark where it was before the battle, the 3-mark value is probably 300-500 damage above that value. Also keep in mind that marks take into account damage + only the higher assist value in each battle. So if you get 1,000 spotting damage and 400 tracking damage, the marks will only take into account the 1,000 spotting damage.

TeriyakiTanker:
Clearly, there are many who do not..... neither is a good argument for or against.

_BobaFett:  I think I determined the issue. I was trying to record some footage with OBS in the background and it was lagging the framerate of WoT. A quick lowering of the common FPS value in OBS fixed the issue.

_BobaFett: When playing the game, I get about 60 FPS. But when I watch a replay under the same settings, I only get about 20. Is this a me issue? If so, how can I fix it?

Jaguarz: E75 TS is a great tank

_BobaFett: The 75 TS is generally considered a better Löwe. That's what I'd go for.

_BobaFett: ¿Bump?

TeriyakiTanker:
Yeah because what every player needs is limited visibility.... cause the game ain’t hard enough on bad players.

DeviouslyCursed:   Ok, it takes a special kind of stupid to come to the conclusion in your main title.

Jaguarz: Ranked is pure garbage and is annoying as f, I didnt do season 1 and messed up season 2 as didnt understand the nuances of effective chevron farming and best use of doubles so had to get gold league this season for my Concept 1b of which Im comfortably in and wont play another game of ranked because of. You cant just play the game and its absolutely zero fun.

Jaguarz:  Didnt the 62a also come smoothbore? Fundamentally it wouldnt matter in the slightest, the game engine doesnt twist the shells to simulate rifling or for that matter is far removed from a simulator, that pretext was abandoned years ago.

Jaguarz: Anyone who thinks a skill based matchmaker is a good idea is moronic and too lazy to think about the noise they are making. I dont mind +/-2, does you good to face much stronger tanks as helps you adapt, assuming you think about what to do.

_BobaFett: Personally, I do not care for it. That doesn't make it a bad show. What might not appeal to me might appeal to others.

_BobaFett:  Amazon TV show.

_BobaFett: Excellent post.

TeriyakiTanker:
WG already noted not counting the zero skill as exp was one of the biggest problems with 2.0, highly likely that will change before they release it.

_BobaFett: Have you tried turning it on and off again?

_BobaFett:  You can get banned for that, you do realize.

_BobaFett: You don't play to win, you play for chevrons.

_BobaFett: As usual, small sample size is meaningless.

Draschel:  I certainly agree. However not to be as blunt, there are plenty of examples of -2MM  players contributing far beyond expectations. Frequently, in -2MM these good players that play consistently, are often the players that lead their team in the -2 tanks, often doing better than casual players in higher tiers. Because they simply try harder, are quite a level above others, know their map positions, game mechanics, maybe platoon with like-minded people and force-multiply their skill sets, effectively trade HP, know armor models, Etc. An example, an IS3 can still effectively trade HP with something like panzer wagon WZ132-1 Manticore STB1. Etc. Those tier 10 tanks HP are worth far more than IS3, yet the trade is still for 390 both ways. Another example, a T110E3,4,5 and M48 Patton all have really poor side armor and are vulnerable to flanking. A simple tier 8 tank with very high DPM, can certainly make their tank work and punch far above their level, if being a part of a unit and working alongside their team. Tanks like STA1 or Caernarvon AX, which essentially have tier 9 DPM and high relative penetration. Or a tank like Somua, that in a moment of exploitation can easily dump 1,500 damage because of an autoloader. These situations do exist, they are just harder to pull off, fewer in number, and require constant awareness. But it remains my opinion, I fully agree. A Panther 88, AMXCDC, Turtle, T95E2 should not have to deal with tier 10 tanks. Nor should a Panzer IV turm or AC4 have to deal with tier 8 tanks like Defender and 703 II. And likewise continuing down the ladder,  a M5 Stuart having to play against an AT8 or OI. Although, there is the point to make for tier 8.5* vehicles, very dominant in their own tier, that can certainly make a difference in tier 10 battles even. Tanks like Defender, which has armor like IS7 or 260, it can make a difference. 703-II and both ISU152 can change the tide of battle, if they blap higher tiers in an instant for 750+  Both caernarvon have high DPM and solid turrets, which can make them annoying and useful. Object 274A is extremely flexible, like a watered down 140 / 907. Tanks like EBR75, LT432 - highly capable scouts. Progetto and 52 Lis, very capable medium tanks and great platforms. Tank destroyers that excel at the job, like S1, Skorp, SU130PM.In these instances, I am all for tier 8s still playing against 10. But that is the issue, not all tier 8s are cut from the same cloth