Developers posts on forum

Draschel: T110E5 is fine after the buffs. Tune into Iyouxin 's content if you need 110E5 pointers The problems are that tanks like Chieftain, 260, 279E Super Conquer, VZ.55 are not fine. At all. 

Draschel:  Camo net?????  Improved rotation mech my man. 

Draschel:  nothing to see here. Please disperse. ((Megaphone)) There is nothing to see here! Please disperse!

Draschel: Try the Lorraine 155 tier 7, use stock gun. More DPM, alpha, camo, mobility than GW panther. Bonus radio man to give more perks too.Try SU8 tier 6. More DPM, alpha, and matching camo/mobility like M44 considering M44 nerfs. SU8 a hidden gem.  Low tier arta seem to do better for missions, and the targets they face are easier. 

Draschel: Really painful to see T34 heavy not getting deserved treatment. While it has come a long way in improvements, I would say its just moved from real bad to subpar. The dispersions and aim-time are just so excruciating. The tank literally magically needs the ability to mount all of vertical stabilizer, rotation mech, gun layer, aiming class to be serviceable, not to mention all three gearbox/steady hand/greasing directives. ON TOP of the ventilation, turbo, rammer. Considering the improvements Kreslavsky got with dispersions, making it into far more serviceable tank WITH MORE DPM too.... no idea why T34 heavy didn't see any help with these. Come to think of it, even 110 had massive gun handling increase. Do that to 110 and not T34 heavy? I think these are the major limiting factors keeping others like Emil51, T77, VK100 01, VK7501, 50TP, Defender from going any further. Horrific gun handling to what would otherwise be good guns and platform. 50TP, Defender, VKs well its excusable because they can afford to get shot at. T34 heavy, Emil, T77 not so much. Even if they had just middling to sup-par gun handling, like Somua, Skoda 56, E75TS, MIV Y, Liberte they would be much better.   112 and IS6 again can afford to get shot at, typically play no more than 150m away from foes, and additionally are pref tanks. T34 heavy needs those dispersions bright down to .20/.20 and aim-time 3.0  

Jaguarz: The Black Market required significant production costs, a silly story, voice actors, a lot of animation. The current auction shows that to be unnecessary, that players are, understandably, focused entirely on whats on offer. Personally I expect to see more auctions more frequently as opposed to a limited time once a year.

Draschel: It becomes a hard choice for things like T34 heavy, AMX49. While they have bad terrain crossing stats, raising their top speed and acceleration isn't so bad either. Especially considering they unlock mobility slot. In these situations, which there are many in tiers 7-8, its a hard choice. Off the top of my head, chrysler, Patriot, Mutant, Kreslavsky, IS5, Defender, T32, VK4502A and even medium tanks lime Suka pershing, M4 Ravioli, STA1                                                        

Draschel:  Yes. There seems to be the whole Iyouxin thing going around, people throwing out turbocharger for something like grousers. Well, I am not sure why that is, because he uses both in such specified builds. Grousers is for something like IS7. AMBT is not like IS7. AMBT has old FV4202 syndrome. The acceleration and traverse are fine. The top speed is not. Fixing the top speed with turbocharger the most sensible of choices.  Rotation mech can also work, as the aim-time and dispersions are quite derpy for an American tank. Think T69 

Jaguarz:  More acceleration, in certain situations it can be slower

Jaguarz:  Me too, I was just clarifying for others. I liked it based on its stats as they stood, I dont quite get why people think everything has to be OP to be worth getting, its like a tier 9 heavy with a nutpunch of a gun, whats not to like?

Jaguarz:  turret traverse actually isnt bad for a turreted TD, same as the Skorpion, WT Auf PZ4 and Borsig, better than the Charioteer, worse than the Grille

Jaguarz:  I was going to try grousers on a set up too at some point, let us know how it fares.

Draschel: wow. I actually like Studzianka and glacier and fishmermans Bay.Hate mountain pass, empires border, malonvka, prokhorovka, Redshire.  

churchill50: Whether to allow the top player on the losing team to get a chevron is a choice that has plagued many Ranked battle formats, not just WoT's. Do you remove any chance for a chevron for the losing team to encourage winning and team play, but know that you'll be screwing over some players who tried their best but had bad teams/MM? And knowing that someone could be stuck with a bad losing streak one Ranked season and never finish?Or do you allow the top player to get a chevron to help those players who try but get screwed over by their team, knowing it will be taken advantage of by selfish players who only play for their own advancement and not a win?It's a tough question. Honestly, neither option is good.

Jaguarz: I think its fine, its like a T-10 with a nutpunch of a gun, its not OP, its not garbage, its like balance.... crazy.....

Draschel: Unfortunately, VR skills hard for me to get. I don't have 7 skill crews.Thats why I prize radioman. Free situationawareness. My commander is too busy getting 6 sense, BIA, repairs, firefighting, camo.......I guess Japanese heavy tanks don't need camo. But you would be surprised, even FV4005 or Maus can hide.       With 4-5 standard bush plots in front of you giving reasonable cover, you are looking at 19% camo for 4005. Considering its base isn't even 1.5%....camo works.  My plan is city (Paris,Ensk,Himmels) 436m using rotation mech, optics, rammer. Sad l need even optics city maps.And for fields (Redshire,Murovanka) 446m using improved ventilation, optics, rammer.  Getting the 6th skill, is 13.3 million exp. Thats more than skill 1,2,3,4,5 all together. Unfortunate, recon + situational awareness not happening.  

Draschel: I didn't condemn you for not purchasing it. But as to what you did say, you did miss something, didn't you? 

Draschel: Except having an unique, brand new tier X, its club. And without having to spend 6.3mill credits or going through 650k exp grind. 

Draschel: I understand 375,000 free experience can take a long time to build to. I also understand 375k free exp can be used in 'softening' ways to ease many a bad grind encountered in tech trees. But these out of the way, simply..... -> many people have stocks and stocks of free exp laying around. Think of it, if you had 500k. 1 million. 2 million? Think of a player equally vested into playing tanks and warplanes, stocking free exp. And not really into any new lines and just lazing about. Whats 375,000 free exp then? A good deal for a 10, thats what.-> In addition, think of new 40:1 free exp rates that come and go. Think of free exp boosters. Think of tournaments, daily that have prizes like 10k free exp. Free exp does increase slowly, but NOT THAT slowly, as to when I started 2011. It was a snail then-> Think of it. You are getting a tier 10 tank, not spending 1 day grinding anything. No what is an average line, 630 thousand exp? This was 375. You aren't paying 1 credit, opposed to dumping 6.3 mill?  Sorry naysayers and negativists. Haters. This was a steal. In just about every sense. Should have bought it. The only thing I pity, feel sorry for, is the goons dropping 1million or so on it. I paid 400,600Is an 110E4 that sheds some armor and APCR, for nice camo, speed and HEAT worth 375k exp? VS paying 6.3 mill credits and over 600k exp grind? It is.   

Draschel: how can you even say thatpeople have like a million free exp laying around.Why not use it for a tier 10 tank? For cheaper  

Draschel: I think WZ132 is a tonne better. WZ131 just has terrible DPM. Sadly doesn't get LTGs ability to use basically same stock gun for DPM boost. I don't know why anyone would play this other than for advancement, with Type 62 around and wildly better. 20 more HP, 20 more alpha, 10 more HEAT, 60m/s muzzle velocity.....yes these are improvements and can make a difference. Too bad WZ131 fires so slowly it can't use its significantly better after-shot dispersion. But are these all worth massive 20m VR and 400 DPM? No, they are certainly not. 

Draschel: Think of the 110E4. Both have cupolas. Both struggle with gun depression. Both have similar DPM. Both have turrets. Where the differences start, is that 268 uses HEAT, has camo, and speed.  110E4 has more armor, uses APCR. 110E4 is quite well balanced. Neither good nor bad. 268 V 5 is pretty much situated the same. Though, I do believe 268 V 5 deserves VR buff to at least 370;  to match 268 V 4 and 268. 

Draschel:  This simply isn't true.Before role exp was a thing, top tanks were 907, 260, 279E, Chieftain. And these things don't campNow that role exp --IS-- a thing, and reward tanks expelled, 60TP Kran Conquer STB1 are massively popular. That again, don't campThe only active campers, are T100LT, Leo, Strv, which benefit two fold for camping because of role. 

churchill50:  Methinks he might have lost the bid and is just being salty.

churchill50: Funny, a lot of players complained about the system before role experience, now players complain about role experience. I'm not defending either one. Both systems have massive issues. The best thing to do is just to play for the current system.So, for now, play tanks that actively benefit from the role experience system and current meta.

Draschel: 360 VR is pretty crappy to say the least. Well, at least with field mods you can open up spotting bonus slot, use optics. The gun handling is sub par, it cannot afford it. Trash103 has better gun handling.  Thank goodness TDs get bonus spotting slot and field mod 2+% VR. With rations, Vents, BIA you can just squeeze past 445. I think it is good for the game. Not good, but not a stinker. Like an 110E4. Trades protection, VR, APCR  for  speed, camo, HEAT.    

Draschel: I saw someone place 1st in Westfield in their Kran, barely 2,500 total. Only 2 penetrations. 12, I repeat  [(12)]  HE splash hits. What kind of person even equips 12 HE on Kran? But he was shot at dozens of times, and racked up blocked. By the way, people apparently are figuring out, that Kran 3x530 HE shells is better than 60TP 1x950 HE round, due to the buffs to small bore HE vs armor - combined with nerf to large bore HE. Combined with Krans better DPM. 

Draschel:  I understand. But TF2 is vastly different with a vast support cast not really seen in world of tanks. Support caste in WoT, such as lights and SPG, can be vastly more in themselves, as opposed to medics or engineers which rely on third party. World of tanks doesn't have engineers or medics. Take TF2, and remove the very supporty* spy, engineers, medics. Would the game be vastly different only snipers, soldiers, heavy, pyro, grenadier?

Draschel: How does it make the ranked experience any better. In the slightest. Role experience is an CRUTCH. Its a handout just for doing something thats not necessary stats.  As opposed to just going out there and letting your RESULTS, un-aided by role exp beneficiary, what you earn speak for itself. Its a imbecile crutch.  

Draschel: No, I am not saying make damage everything. No way do I mean to say that.But make combined damage, blocked damage, survival mean it? Everything So I play for 3k damage, and add another 500~ assisted, hopefully block 1k, and your 4th-6th?.....6,300 combined, 1150 blocked and I was third. Really? not going to lie, Yes - ranked is toxic, selfish. But this 'role' system surely makes it dumber than it need be. 

Jaguarz: 500k 

Draschel: I enjoy this addition of spending free exp in this new way. Free EXP have always been spendable currency. You use it, spend it, to unlock modules you do not want to work for. You ''pay for it'' How is this not spending? In addition, free exp can be further spent, for boosting crew qualification numbers towards their skill totals. By adding a new way to spend free exp? Great idea I think, as many people are sitting on million worth of the stuff. Honestly, WG should have thought of it before. With tournaments generally landing people who place  easy free exp,  like 2-10k generally - and with free exp boosters available....free exp is a worthy thing to grind. Using it to buy more, makes it all the more worthy  

Draschel: While accidents happen, accidents tend to be for very different, random reasons. They are thoughtless, very little/if any intent Suicide by self, typically happens with purposeful intent. As in it is to the 1st degreeSuicide by self, happens with repeat occurrences, in repeat situations The only way to fix this, is for WG to record ALL personal invoked deaths for now on. And each one should be examined.-someone turning over and timing out because they miss a cliff ledge while driving, is a clear accident. These happen randomly, and not often-Arta drowning his tank end game because they are the last, do not wish to face the coming music....these are NOT random, and are often Start handing out 1 hr bans for every self invoked suicide, clearly non accidental. Repeat deaths over 1 month, are mulitplied by penalty time.1st offense, 1 hr. 2nd offense, 3hrs. 3rd 6 hrs and so on and so on, until suspension.   

Jaguarz:  Its frontal armour profile is about on a par with the T-10, a t9 heavy, its quick enough, has over 300 pen and smacks you for 750, I dont quite know what people want or expect from it.....

Draschel:  Letting things slide is a slippery slope. I warned you. 

Draschel: FV4005 is an extremely, bi-polar tank. It is very rare in world of tanks, sort of like KV2 or SU152, and OI KV2, OI, SU152 can be quite easy to play, as their general purpose HE shells can even annoy top tiers.                           even with HE nerf, KV2 or OI can still do 100+ to hulldown Lowe, usually invulnerable thereBut despite being easy, they are quite hard to be consistently-at-the-top. By this I mean::                          easy to deal 1K average damage in OI or KV2, but hard stuff to hit 1,500+ FV4005, especially before HE was altered, was in this situation. It didn't really have to aim much, and users didn't even need to use the HESH, they could just use stock HE. Splashing things left and right for 500-700, even annoying the heck out of perfect sidescrape from things like Maus, E100, 705. This meant that bad players, typically using it at long ranges in forests, would benefit from -'just hitting'- centered shots on enemies, and even without pen they take the splash as proof of work. But its hard to excel at, because of the long reload time, and if spotted bad players are typically in horrid places and are dead soon after. The altering of HE ammunition changed this. No more pixel angle track shots on side scrape tanks, no more shooting gun mantlets in the face, you want to center of mass IS7 or TS5? Expect  0 even with 230 HESH. And shots on armor typically do 40-50% less. 300-400 instead of 500-700. That being said, FV4005 is still very dangerous ambusher, sort of like T57, picking its targets and dumping damage. Close ranges is its friend here. The OP isn't really suited for such a tank. FV183 is better for him. FV4005 could use some buffs though, I agree. - put the reverse back to 12, top speed back to 36. Make the engine really what it is supposed to be, 950. Not a lie- give it back 3.0 aim time, and 0.38 accuracy it had before, provide it 10 gun elevation- give it 76mm front turret armor like the hull, so it at least stops HE and Arta pens - 

Draschel: I don't understand the fact, someone clear this up for me please. He wants people to applaud, his ''for the people'' usage of standard consumables and ammunition.And here he is spamming premium against things like Cromwell, SU12244, T34 heavy, Indien Pz as a top tier.Funny thing, it triggers some people. Don't care myself, but when a cromwell or borsig see their hitlogs as APCR, lolAnd don't give me this junk that he does it for muzzle velocity boost. his attacks are close range. Skoda 27  AP hella fast too Would I do that? Sure would. But I don't pretend to not be premium spammer.   

Jaguarz: You have cats so have some likes and a sub on youbtube.

Jaguarz:  which TDs cant get circled to death by lights and meds? Not that soft, turrets not bad, its just not an assault TD like the 268/4 or E3 Faster velocity, better frontal turret, faster, better camo, 1 degree depression less than E4 Its not bad, doesnt look amazing though, almost like balance......

Jaguarz:  Yeah I dont care either unless its for a pools then I may be momentarily miffed