Developers posts on forum

Einzelganger7:
Oh, nice! Thank you so much, I will check it then.

Einzelganger7:
Huh? What reference and where? Since the battle pass got released I've only played one session so I am really out of touch from the contents it has but I love H.P. Lovecraft so that intrigued me. My only guess is something about the story "At the mountains of madness" due to the Antarctic expedition theme on those 3D styles, maybe?

p.s: the Black Market 3D style for E-50 ausf. M has Edgar Allan Poe's reference to the story The Raven, it is named "Nimmermehr" which means "Nevermore" in German and obviously has a raven in one of its sides.

KRZYBooP: Howdy Boom Jockeys!  Check out what's coming up with the CT for 1.12. Main Changes
Battle Interface Improvements
Players can set the default state of hull lock in Sniper mode in the game settings for tank destroyers and other vehicles with limited turret / gun traverse angles.If enabled, the gameplay will remain unchanged.
If disabled, the gameplay will be similar to vehicles featuring Siege mode.
Players now have the option to switch hull lock in Sniper mode in battle using the "X" key.New sounds for manual activation / deactivation of hull lock have been added.Bootcamp
A training progress bar has been added to the congratulation and battle results windows, as well as the Bootcamp exit window.Collapse More information on this can be found HERE.

TeriyakiTanker: There is no way it is that high. American Tech Tree 44American Collector 16American Premium 40Total = 100 German Tech Tree 54German Collector 22German Premium 46Total = 122 Soviet Tech Tree 57Soviet Collector 13Soviet Premium 66Total = 136 British Tech Tree 42British Collector 15British Premium 25Total = 82 French Tech Tree 41French Collector 13French Premium 22Total = 76 Czech Tech Tree 10Czech Collector 0Czech Premium 3Total = 13 Japanese Tech Tree 15Japanese Collector 7Japanese Premium 4Total = 26 Chinese Tech Tree 26Chinese Collector 3Chinese Premium 14Total = 43 Polish Tech Tree 16Polish Collector 0Polish Premium 5Total = 21 Swedish Tech Tree 20Swedish Collector 2Swedish Premium 7Total = 29 Italian Tech Tree 14Italian Collector 1Italian Premium 3Total = 18 Grand total = 666 (totally makes sense considering WG is the devil), but someone should check my math and in all honesty this includes some premium tanks from the Wiki that have never been generally released.  

TeriyakiTanker: Well over 600, I have like 632 tanks in my garage, 3 are rentals, and I am missing about 5 tech tree 26 reward/premium tanks so I think you are looking at roughly 660 tanks.

TeriyakiTanker: Stupid comment, Object 260, Object 279e, and T-22 med are all currently banned from Ranked.  Not sure how you see Russian bias in that.  Besides T-62a isn't a reward tank and can be bought by anyone playing the game. But yes they probably should refine the list of reward tanks that are banned.  I don't see any reason why the 121B, 215B, 183, and the M60 are banned.  They are certainly not OP in any way.

Einzelganger7: I haven't got the Grille 15 but I can tell that this branch is maybe one of the best on the German tech tree and the Nashorn is not an exception, but yeah... if you think it is bad, just use the Sturer Emil and praise the Nashorn for what it was, that is the black sheep of the branch so brace yourself, but after that you get the Borsig and then the Waffenträger auf. Panzer IV, both really good but I use them with the less fun but more competitive guns (128mm)

Draschel:  .......?  You told me to talk about non premium tanks?  I wasn't talking about 430U, 268V4, or IS7. I merely mentioned that they are popular because fast, flexible, well-rounded. By the way, IS7, 268 V 4, 430U are tech tree, free tanks to acquire and don't require paying. What kind of nonsense are you implying? You wanted examples of tech tree tanks, and got them. I didn't list one premium.  Also, Tier 8 examples of fast flexibility exist as well.  274A, CS52 Lis. Heavy tanks? Caernarvon AX, Patriot, Renee, 50TP. Sure all of these are premiums, but even tech tree ones exist like IS3, 53TP, T44.  Most the ground you encounter in world of tanks, is a medium terrain. Thereby, T28 on average crosses terrain and traverses, quicker. How don't you understand that?  Ferdinands casemate armour is 210~AP effective. The T28 proto offers square cheeks of 215~AP effective, the upper cheeks to the side are 235, and the lower jawbone cheeks are 190. While yes, those are weaker, the great majority of the height of the vehicle, is better protected. The lower jawbone areas are quite small. Though Proto can't side scrape because of low side armour, Ferdinand can't at all because of no turret. Flexibility is key. Proto has stronger hull, LFP. Did you just say ferdinand has a turret?  People hate EBRs for many reasons. They alter the game. It doesn't mean no light tanks exist except EBR. And it doesn't mean that camo is dead because of EBR.   I am sorry, but this isn't civil. It isn't just me, many people in this exact room think you are dubious at best. This is dangerous, because as a CC, you spread nonsense and dis-information, instead of being genuine, meta-game oriented, constructive, informative, useful. That is a responsibility, not an entitlement to grasp. You wanted tech tree examples, and you got them. All of them are better than Ferdinand. Ferdinand has a gun, sure. So does every other tier 8 TD except british ones, or pref ones. Pieces of crap like WZ111G and AC48 mle have great guns too, would these be vehicles to recommend people play? Oh, and in addition, I think you need to work on your interpretation.  Of many things, especially concerning stats. I am not saying places like Wotguru or Tanks GG are bad, heck no quite contrary, they are useful. But you aren't using them in useful ways, but are rather misinterpreting what you see. 

Draschel:  The issue to concetrate on, is that heavily armoured tanks WILL NOW suffer guaranteed damage when damage is required against them.  Take for example, LT432 or T92. They have small caliber rounds, and their HE will do absolutely nothing against something like Type 5. Which we agree, is heavy armour. But now, with this system, say example 10% these light tanks would be doing 18-30 damage against it. Is that broken, many would say definitely not.  But it serves many purposes,  A  you would deal guaranteed damage against an enemy with 3 HP, and B you cap reset. So yes, while HE nerf does buff heavy armour in that it would be taking less damage from large caliber HE non penetrating splashes, it also will be a buff for small caliber HE cannons that would normally be shrugged off and deal 0, absolutely 0.  

Draschel:  Is it problematic when your HE for example, is like Maus or IS7s 640 damage, and you equip it to use against 10 HP bobject? And fail and get 0 damage roll, completely getting screwed over? While when it isn't crucial, when not necessary, the same tanks use the same shell just used on a whim, deals 200 damage randomly instead of 0?  I think that is very problematic.  It doesn't make sense. The same points of contact yield these incredibly sporadic results.  It would be far better for the game with a measure of consistency, that this HE shell would to an estimable 63 damage, which crushes you users DPM, for sure but also allows for HE to be a proper tool. This prevents HE spam as well.

TeriyakiTanker: You can never have too many tigers, and frankly it would be a quick way for WG to make some extra cash and not by introducing a new overpowered Tier VIII premium.  Seems like a win win for everyone.

TeriyakiTanker: I am in the same boat as you, just shy of 25k bonds and waiting to see what gets put in the bond shop, hopefully sometime soon.  I will keep hoarding them until then but if I don't see anything I want at that time I will probably put bond equipment on a couple of my most played Tier VIII premiums.

TeriyakiTanker: Your bashing of his stats aside, he has a point.  Everyone here signed up to play this game knowing full well it had artillery so the constant complaint about it just gets really old.  It is not much better than the constant complaints about rigged MM or any other topic that has been beaten to death a million times on the forums.

Draschel: Best way to fix HE are to implement minimum damage rules on direct shots to enemies.  The game has many min/max arbitrary rules, why not another? For example, in this case 10% minimum.Hetzer for example, deals 410 average damage. But in the unfortunate times it is attacking enemies like AT8 or OI,  it will often deal 0.  So instead of that 0,  does 41 damage seem so bad? That is just an example to illustrate the point. But in turn, to effectively control HE spammers and to severely reduce the amount of times people exploit HE for use in near impossible situations to deal damage against people, that no other shell would be capable of doing - HE needs nerfs in this department. You know, the people that run full HE Fochs155 to 3-mark it, and deal like 400 damage a shot no matter where they hit their enemies. So for this, simply reduce the variable for HE damage in the current formula, instead of 50% off the bat, make it 30%

Draschel: By the way, with HE changes, LT432 with an 85mm caliber gun can shoot hull down IS7 turret (not gun mantle or gun) with HE and do damage like 10,15,20,25 points predictably. Now? Try that? You are going to get 0,0,0,0, 100 ,0,0,0,0, 100 ,0,0. What kind of model, stupidity, is that?  By nerfing HE damage on non penetration, removing HE detonation damage on outer modules and decals, but increasing small bore size damage on hull hits, I think it is great. HE becomes the tool it is supposed to be, rather than some lazy guys crutch to lean on

Draschel:  So you think its nice for KV2 or OI, to sit in a corner, and splash an enemies track 200m away in front of them at their corner, for 300 damage? While the enemy has to aim and hit them? I am not saying the HE changes are perfect, and the best solution, but it is a noticeable step up from the stupidity currently in the game. HE should be clutch. Not a crutch. 

Draschel:  Isn't that the largest form of ignorance possible? Your problem, it's explanation, but ignoring it because it doesn't suit your fancy.Nice. By the way, impossible for you, does not mean impossible. 

Draschel: Jag panther IIWhile it does not have the protection, Ferdinand's protection is an illusion, that just doesn't work unless your enemies are auto-aiming tier sixes/sevens. In this case, Jag Panther II armor is likely to work too. The HP difference is large, but I said that was one of Ferdinands' strong arguments, trading HP whenever it can. Jag Panther II offers so much more in mobility, while retaining the same gun and firepower. SU101SU101 definitely lacks the HP, alpha damage, DPM  -  but if you were to play a tank for decent armor SU101 armor is much more reliable. You can 'USE' the armor better too, because great mobility. Armor in the metagame, isn't just to be a thick slab to serve as a punching bag. You need to deploy your armor well, and get there quickly to do so. Which is why fast armoured tanks like object 268 V 4, IS7, 430U are so popular. In addition, adding to your protection would be good camo, nearly 2x better than Ferdinand. T28 T28 lacks Ferdinand top speed, but has better pivot, better horsepower, crosses bad terrain better.  I value these things more importantly, than simply +8 more km/hr. If I were to go putt putt at 30km, would it be necessarily worse to be at 22, if my traverse, acceleration, terrain coverage were all better? In addition, T28 has more reliable armor, stronger camo values, the HP to match, better DPM, and while it misses its accuracy does have better gun handling. T28-ProtoPrototype is everything Ferdinand is essentially, but better. While it does not make it good, that is not what is being discussed, being better than Ferdinand is the point. More relaible armor, flexibility in a turret, gun depression, and view range all make this thing far more useful, and just about a replacement for a real heavy tank. Which Ferdinand fails at Charioteer Charioteer is the poor man skorpion or SU130PM, and can even compete with them, technically. Arguably the best tech tree tier 8 TD, if it were a premium it would be widely popular too, just like Skorp and SU130PM. A fully rotating turret, good gun depression, great mobility, good camo. RhmRunner up for arguably the best tier 8 tech tree TD, Rhm again presents a turret with full rotation, offering 2 gun choices. While it has no armor at all, it has to balance that insane camo. UDESPretty much a watered down S1, that in itself makes it far superior than Ferdinand.   The point with charioteer and Rhm, are NOT to be hit. They have far superior camo values. They are far smaller tanks too. Again, despite HE penetrating Rhm, it will be basically shot more than 2x less than ferdinand, not only because of better camo, but being able to use smaller bushes as well. Not ruining its camovalues to pivot, because it has a turret. By the way, typical HESH in the tier like Charioteer, M41GF, Senlac, Mutz - whatever are penetrating Ferdinand in the side anyway. Its all flat, and the size of a house. You are a fool to believe camo means nothing, or that CVS defines the metagame. I am not sure you know how either works. You are also a fool to believe if EBRs are the be all end all scout, and if they'd do what you want them to do at that. No one would play or do well with light tanks and glass cannon TDs if that were the case, but still many do. Bush wanker sniper schnitzels are as popular as ever, with premium accounts being able to turn off maps (ensk/himmelsdorf) and most scouts still run optics as the superior choice to CVS. CVS is a clan wars tool 

TeriyakiTanker: Just finishing two divisions and you will make that many bonds.  I think that would be hard just playing casually.

KRZYBooP: Howdy Boom Jockeys! On-track missions are available for the Grille 15 from 20Mar until 20Apr.  Earn discounts, personal reserves, and XP for the tech tree line leading up to the Grille 15. More information on the on-track missions can be found HERE. If you are interested in flying through the tech tree even faster you can check out these fast track bundles that are starting at 5.99.  Get all the info you need on these bundles right HERE. These bundles are available from 20Mar until 30 Mar.  Enjoy! 

KRZYBooP: Howdy Boom Jockeys! As the title suggests the next sandbox test for HE rounds is upon us. From today until 29Mar21 jump in the sandbox to see some new proposed changes for HE rounds and Arty.  More information on tanks that were affected and specifics of the changes can be found HERE.  

TeriyakiTanker:
Well if you care enough to learn post the replay and someone could tell you.  Though in all honesty there are occasions where weird things happen with spotting.  

TeriyakiTanker:
Without the ability to do team damage there isn’t really much of a point to the Blacklist anymore.  Always enjoyed shooting some jerk of a teammate when they were one on one with someone else and watching them rage about it.  Warmed my tiny cold heart. PS - don’t ever go into gen chat unless you have a spare Z-Pack in case you catch something 

Einzelganger7: That's why I love my WWII era tanks, they have 5 or 6 crew members and is basically impossible this happens, meanwhile more modern ones with 3 crew members are prone to suffer this especially since they are closer to eachother, but still it is so rare in the game but is actually an accurate thing that tends to happen in real life, for example HESH ammo is designed to detonate on the surface it impacts and makes spalling on the other side, so if it impacts on a tank it is obvious that it is going to kill the crew.
 

Einzelganger7: Teaching an EBR how to park with style. 
And "do a barrel roll!"

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TeriyakiTanker:
they really need to figure out the whole server reset thing.  They probably just shouldn’t let people pop boosters before server reset.  I’m assuming they reset the same time every day but knowing WG I could see this not being the case.

TeriyakiTanker: Why do you always overreact?  He isn’t lying, you just don’t know how the bonuses are calculated, it’s that simple.  Lots of things wrong with this game and this company but EXP calculations isn’t one of them.

Draschel: That is what I said, mediocre. It isn't bad. Nor is it good for what it should be.  Gun traverse is good, but gun depression is hard to use because of giant size and rear-fighting compartment. This usually means cresting a hill anyway. Which means getting shot first, and probably having your engine module damaged too. While TS5 and T28 don't have its accuracy, their controllable dispersion and aim-time are superior, generally better qualities to have. ISU doesn't have accuracy or aim time, but hits for 750 while still having more DPM The armor sucks except the rear-fighting compartment, front hits frequently causing engine damage due to the drive wheels being in the front. Horrendous 80mm gaps even worse than ISU armor. Camo is a TDs best armor, and deadefedder fails terribly at it, T28 moving has more camo than it stationary. A TS5, the next lowest compared, has 50% more camo Its mobility sucks. The traverse sucks, its power to weight sucks, and its terrain coverage sucks. Competing with TS5 and T28 for mobility doesn't mean anything. WZ120G and ISU152 far outpace this thing in horsepower, terrain coverage, and top speed. While having better or same traverse, and camo to actually move with some sort of concealment.  The gun is alright, just has mediocre DPM for what it should be at. Only the british TDs and Kanon90/Jag 88, don't have a usable tier 10 gun in the tier. All others have the same base to work with, 240 AP pen, 300 premium. When all these TDs have the needed guns, it is more of what can be squeezed out of the gun at this point.  Ferdinand can't reasonably move to positions, because the camo is bad. It is very large too. It doesn't sport the armor like T28 or TS5, which have that armor and can thereby aim their shots longer. That game you played, you could have done in just about any tank destroyer. You didn't need the ferdinand to do it. All the drive time wasted, would not have been wasted with something even having a semblance of mobility. Yes it would have effected something also slow like T28 or TS5, but their DPM would have gained you probably more in the brief moments of firing, which constituted moving 100m from spawn/cap. That was just shooting bots, and a poor reloading object 268 at the end with 3 other targets to choose from (and shooting at him) Sniping is a terrible statistic to place your cards in. Sniping is unreliable. https://www.youtube....h?v=-KinBQwkZ8Y  The video is old, but the message still stands. Accuracy puts your right in the vice of RNG, and is entirely dependent of your foes being extremely stupid, as to not know where to go or understand positioning as to not leave themselves susceptible to a stationary TD hundreds of meters away just taking pot-shots at them. You drive from 6:40 to 9:10, 2:30min of nothingness? Imagine if you were in something with at least 40 top speed, not a boat that takes 20 seconds to get to 30, then red-lines. Mobility, camo and bush mechanics  (which ferdinand sucks at because its big, slow reverse)  alpha and/or DPM, flexibility - these are what people want. That is why SU130PM, Skorp, S1, charioteer, WZ120G, Rhm are far more popular. Most of them are fast, most have a turret Not sure how you can't see all that.      

Draschel:  Does WG NA also claim up-armoured heavy tanks and tank destroyers, as well as patches that increase their armour further,  not a problem too? 

Draschel:  Deadefedder is a terrible tier 8 TD.  Slow, poor camo, poor view range, huge arta target, front engine module damage too often, got all these 80mm front weak spots tier 6 will even easily pen with AP. How can something with so much handicap still possess mediocre DPM when compared to tanks like TS5, T28, WZ120G, ISU152. This thing needs the L55  128 buffs like E75I wouldn't snipe with it, that is for sure. This piece of crap is worth about as much as it can positively trade damage, spend its HP for the team, and actively find hull down to sort of be semi-effective before dying. 

Draschel:

Draschel:  False and false? A whole list of semi-new and new premium tanks suck. And many tech tree tanks are better than old premiums. 

Draschel:

Draschel:  I don't have a kit out Churchill I. I don't have a churchill I crew. My KV1 has sat in my garage for 9 years, I don't play that anymore. I don't have it re-equipped, or a crew. I am not doing what you two are doing,  saying the automatic gang-saying of "no you''I stated as to why this happens, through experience (yes this means little as its talk, talk is cheap) and the REASONS as to why, which means something (which you ignore) Do the 2vs2. 2vs2 actually plays more into Panzer chances, as 2 meds play better than 2 heavy. Do it and see what happens. 

TeriyakiTanker: Cool story bro but you are pushing 75k games, you aren't going anywhere.....

TeriyakiTanker: Technically the Strv 81 is a skin of the Primo Victoria.  Primo Victoria was released first with the special Sabaton crew then came out the 81.

Draschel: https://worldoftanks...nts/1000002097/ Try it out. See if you two win with Pz I am not going to argue with people that like to talk, and say as to why things happen or don't happen. Go on and prove it.  

Einzelganger7:   Ja, I know and there is no surprise that they overbuff soviet stats (after all it is their main market) but I think German tanks are for niche players like in my case (at least gameplay wise).

Einzelganger7: I've been playing only for three years but I can tell that nowadays the German tech tree is in a really good state because they can compete with their counterparts, especially thanks to the recent buffs in alpha to some cannons like the Kw:K/Pak 43 L/71 or the Pak 44 L/55, so maybe just by updating said alpha to all tanks that use these cannons would be good enough.

p.s: I only use German tanks, I just point it out so it can be clear I speak by own experience.

TeriyakiTanker: Clan Wars, not sure how after 6 years and thousands of battles you never heard of clan wars.  Just seems odd.

KRZYBooP: If Port is brought back it won't be the same. It was removed to one side having an advantage over the other.  As far as them being implemented that takes a little more time but with 11 they "might" be able to test more than 1 at a time? I like new maps too xD. 

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