Player Questions & Developer Answers

ComfortablyApathetic, on 15 January 2011 - 07:01 AM, said: Will the new spotting system put an end to invisible tanks, or just make spotting more consistent? The more radical the change, the better. I could rant for pages on end how the spotting system frustrates me, but I'll hold my tongue.
Any ETA on the new game modes?


NoMoreChillies, on 15 January 2011 - 07:09 AM, said: I dont see any questions so i will be brave enough to risk the ban and ask.
Will there be any options (checkboxes) players can use to exclude certain maps or certain categories when they are ready to join the matchmaker? At current everyone has at least 1 map or 1 style of tank they dont like and since map votes dont exist this option can improve user enjoyment.
*looks around nervously*


Jager, on 15 January 2011 - 07:47 AM, said: As chille said i also don't see any questions yet refering to this so i'll ask and risk the ban.
Will their be a way to trade tanks, crews, gold, etc with other players for other tanks(as long as both players have the tank researched at all) or credits?
and also will their be like a way to Auction your tank or crew to other players so that their is a chance that you may receive more credits than what you would if you sold it to the store normally?
Sorry if these questions were asked before the thread got cleaned up.


DemonicSpoon, on 15 January 2011 - 08:55 AM, said: Are there any plans to allow matchmaking to take equipment, crew level, and modules fitted into account, or is tier and type the limit of what it will ever handle?


Afghane, on 15 January 2011 - 12:04 PM, said: In the above German tree screenshot, there are premium tanks with a "box" or "gift" label under them. Care to elaborate which will be available to US/EU players and in what form?


EchelonIII, on 15 January 2011 - 03:11 PM, said: What changes, if any, are planned for company mode? So as to allow smaller tanks to participate in, instead of the current system which weighs by tier alone (e.g. two Pz 4 = one IS-7)?


Arctander2, on 15 January 2011 - 04:39 PM, said: Question 1: I'm really curious about if/when any more information about Clan Wars will be added to the game and what it will mean for the game. As far as I can find, there's been nothing official added since October regarding this big feature in the game:
I've read everything in the two threads
http://forum.worldof...bout-clan-wars/
http://forum.worldof...r-1-global-map/
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Question 2: There has been some mention about custom decals or information (clan logos) on tank skins, is there an ETA on when this will be implemented and any information about how it will work? Can we make our own, or will we be choosing from preset combinations?


aRmoreD_eX, on 15 January 2011 - 05:41 PM, said: Is there any information available about a pre-order start date?
Also when pre-ordering is getting ready to begin will beta testers get an advanced option to pre-pre-order?


berree, on 15 January 2011 - 07:13 PM, said: 4 questions
1.ETA on larger maps
2. 30vs30?
3. I've seen people saying the Panther 2 should actually be smaller than it is now any truth here?
4. Paint shop for tanks?


Glythe, on 15 January 2011 - 07:19 PM, said: 1. Since the values are already calculated in the game data, can we get a listing of effective armor rating whenever we see an armor value in game?
2. Can we have a more simplistic version of spotting enemy tanks in this game? If you shoot someone within their commander's view range you should be revealed. It is not fair to avoid detection with bush trickery (over and over again).
3. The Maus is largely considered to be inferior on the battlefield to the IS-7; will we see the coaxial gun working before release OR the E-100 for so there is an approximate "equal" between these two nations heavy tanks?


painless, on 15 January 2011 - 07:46 PM, said: When will dynamic stats be implemented? i mean stats like reload time, now its fixed and presents value with 100% crew, but when you get tank you only get portion of it due to crew efficency?


DemonicSpoon, on 15 January 2011 - 11:57 PM, said: This was answered in one of your other posts, but there was question of interpretation. You mentioned that from 100m to 500m, penetration of AP shells decreases to or by 20%. The wording seemed to imply that it decreases BY 20% (so, 80% of stated penetration at 500m), but my own experiences have very much differed from this interpretation so I think you may have meant something different.
Which is it? At 500m, do you have 80% or 20% penetration?
Also...Fuel tank hits. We know getting hit in the fuel tank has a chance of fire. However, does having a damaged fuel tank (assuming no fire) actually have any downsides?


snpr_lurker, on 16 January 2011 - 07:02 PM, said: Overlord, I wasn't clear on something you stated and was hoping you could clarify.
Question
1.ETA on larger maps
2. 30vs30?
Answer:
1. N/A. Sorry.
2. N/A. Sorry.
I had gotten the impression from other responses that the current iteration of the game/graphic engine isn't capable of supporting larger maps or more players.
So I was wondering what the N/A response meant. Does it mean there's no way to implement these features, or that they're just not currently on the developers radar?


Sech, on 16 January 2011 - 04:02 PM, said: When we can see the beta-clanwars? After the release, or before (on open beta)?


Chewie, on 17 January 2011 - 05:43 PM, said: I have a few questions:
Experience Calculations - We have calculations for credit reward, can we also have the formula for experience as well?
Tank releases - What is the order of the introduction of new tanks (US Tank Destroyers, other premium tanks, French Tanks) IN RELATION to other World of Tanks' milestones (open beta, release, etc...)?
Big World - Is WoT running on Big World 1.0, or 2.0? If 1.0, are there plans to upgrade to 2.0?
Boxed Versions - Will the box versions be available when the game is released?
Map redesigns - Will we see redesigns of some of the maps currently in rotation to help promote more exciting gameplay?
Thanks for taking the time to answer these (all of this thread's, not just mine) questions!


xGear, on 17 January 2011 - 05:50 PM, said: Question, Is there going to be calculators added to the game?


bloodie, on 17 January 2011 - 06:06 PM, said: Question: What is the future for WoT & competitions? (Excluding the current system + clan wars)


Arctander2, on 17 January 2011 - 09:39 PM, said: Q: Will both NA & EU servers be participating in ClanWars during beta?


LtChief, on 17 January 2011 - 11:05 PM, said: Q: Any information on the Reworking of the American Tank Tree?


GeorgePatton, on 18 January 2011 - 12:04 AM, said: Quick question... With the server split, are we ever all going to be integrated back together?
ie, US/EU/RU servers all playing together so I can see my friends from Australia playing when I'm logged into the US/EU server?
Thanks for making this great thread.
Cheers!
Glenn
P.S., I know that the EU/US servers are 2 different servers. lol


loganov, on 18 January 2011 - 01:00 AM, said: Any major changes planned for the way artillery works (balance, etc) or are you pretty happy with where it is right now?
Cheers, Logan


Asky, on 18 January 2011 - 02:51 AM, said: Hi there, i have a question.
1. How firefighting skill and extinguishers consumable works. More exactly what x% chance to put out a fire means? x% chance every second (when the tank is damaged)?
2. If i have firefighting on all of my crew members at 100%, what is the overall x% chance to extinguish a fire? It depends from tank to tank?


DemonicSpoon, on 18 January 2011 - 07:16 AM, said: This is a question I had when I grabbed the Object 212. As you know, it has the same gun as the SU-14. However, it has one less gunner (exchanged for a radio operator). Most people seem to believe that the SU-14 is more accurate than the Object 212. I don't have empirical tests to prove this, but it does seem this way to me.
What, then, is the relationship of the accuracy statistic on the gun to actual accuracy? It was stated that reload time was listed as optimal reload with all possible bonuses...but that can't be true for accuracy if the Object 212 and SU-14 do have different accuracy stats, as the SU-14 has a bonus that the Object 212 can't get (An extra gunner).


Azmodanrom, on 18 January 2011 - 09:28 AM, said: question about the reworking of trees post release:
how is this going to work without a wipe? what will happen to the people than own tanks that are going to be removed?


Rock_Spider, on 18 January 2011 - 11:48 AM, said: Q: What developemnts are underway to improve the mini map? Such as being able to ping allies and locations etc. When you press f7 to call for help there is no way of knowing where that player is... Is this being improved? When can we expect these kinds of improvements? (I know baloance and gameplay issues are much more important right now, just want to know if they are being thought of)


NoMoreChillies, on 19 January 2011 - 10:39 AM, said: Question:
1. Do you have any plans for re-spawning games with different game objectives? This could ease alot of the camping syndrome.
2. Where is your inspiration behind SPG, since its not based on any realism.


ST61, on 19 January 2011 - 04:11 PM, said: Do you have plans of adding support for multi-monitor set-ups? For example hi-def minimap and/or tank status box on separate monitor?


Chewie, on 19 January 2011 - 05:40 PM, said: I've got some more questions for you, Overlord.
Vehicle performance stats. Do you have, and are willing to share, the server stats for all the vehicles (as seen previously here)? The stats we have now are very out of date, with the armor bug fix for the american heavies, the adjustments to mediums, introduction of tier 9 mediums and introduction of tier 6/7 artillery.
WoT on Steam. I saw your post stating that you (and by 'you', I mean Wargaming) are planning on putting World of Tanks on Steam. How is this going? Are you planning on having bundles you can buy off of Steam that are like the boxed versions that we have heard about?
Balancing of vehicles. Is there an adjustment in the matchmaking system for individual tanks? In other words, if a tank has a above / sub par performance record, can / do you adjust their 'weight' in matchmaking? Is this preferred over adjusting the specs of the tank?
Company battles / clan wars. This is a continuation of the previous question. If a tank is weighted lower than a tank of the same tier, how is this reflected in battles where you only look at the tier of the tank?
Deeper customization. Are there any plans to deepen the customization of each tank, by the introduction of a more thorough crew skill system, or the addition of researchable modules to slightly adjust various stats to make the tank more of what you want?
Thanks again for answering all these questions!
P.S. Question 4 of my previous post (about boxes) was skipped over. Can you put an N/A if you don't want to answer it, so I can let it go ?


khouri, on 19 January 2011 - 10:56 PM, said: Hi not sure if this has been answered for definite. if it has I apologise, with all this XP I'm earning atm will I always need gold to transfer it to "free xp" or are you doing away with that for the last part of the beta.and making it real "free xp".
Thanks.


SiberianExpress, on 20 January 2011 - 06:46 AM, said: I noticed some people using cruise control to move slower to lower the chances of being spotted. Does the movement speed effect the chances of being spotted?


Evisicator, on 20 January 2011 - 02:19 PM, said: Are American Tank Destroyers going to be implemented prior to release, or are we not going to see them until sometime after the game goves live?


Yankeegunner, on 20 January 2011 - 03:14 PM, said: I've read the announcement of "open beta" starting on the 27th. My question is this:
Is there a soft/hard wipe planned for the Open Beta (or any kind of wipe). I realize that there will be a hard wipe @ launch, just wondering what the plans were *prior* to launch.
Thanks in advance.
YG


samus1001, on 20 January 2011 - 07:47 PM, said: I have been patiently waiting to see how the match making system would deal with large numbers of tier 9/10 tanks. I would like to know if the developers are going to fix these 2 problems I have noticed.
1. Will a minimum tier limit be placed on platoons where some members are high tier and some are VERY low so that the match making system stops doing this?
2. Are the developers going to stop forcing low tier players into high tier battles where those players get frusterated and quit playing (and paying) since the matchmaking system is biased against new or low tier players?


F34rmen00bz, on 20 January 2011 - 10:03 PM, said: Will flamethrower tanks such as the British/American Crocodile or the Italian L3/35Lf be implemented? I think it'll be cool to have them roast enemy crew members and modules while leaving the physical structure intact.


ShadowStalker887, on 20 January 2011 - 10:15 PM, said: 1. Will gold always be a necessity to convert xp?
2. Are there going to be any changes to the amount xp and credits earned in a match, example increasing premium to x2 creds/xp?
3. Will we get gold with the release of the open beta


LtChief, on 21 January 2011 - 01:30 AM, said: Q: Overlord, the battles that will take place for territories in clan wars, will they be fought on random generated maps that look like the area that they are being fought in (terrain, landmarks etc) or will they be generic maps? IE: If your fighting for Paris, will it have its own map? etc.


Tanitha, on 21 January 2011 - 01:02 PM, said: I believe the full blown clanwars will be released with a world map after release, and will include the three servers USA, EU, Russia.
So based on that i have a few questions please.
1. I guess it will have to be released sufficiently after release to give the USA and EU players enough time to level up T10 tanks. Since they will be competing against the russians who have been playing for approximately 4? months. So the question is, is there any plans to make the US and EU crew additional skills (fire/repair/camo) level up a lot quicker than russias did? So the Eu and USA players can compete with similar additional crew skill levels? Otherwise the russian's will be playing with 100% 100Fire/100Repair/100camo crews And the usa/euros might only be on 100% 100 in (one) skill. If only the additional skills training is quickened and not the overall basic skill level. It wouldn't effect whether people pay gold for 100% crews or not.
2. Would the world map, be a "world map" covering Australia / Asia etc? So a all Australian clan can take Australia and have battles in their time zone? Or will it only be a map that contains Europe Russia and USA.? So an all Australian clan could still be viable for clanwars?
3. I think wot want clan battles to be unlimited levels, and a lot of the casual players want it to have levels restrictions. So in the end do you think it will be a mix? Like coastal starting land having a limit on the tiers? and the more valuable land having no limits?
4. I believe land will have different values, like some will produce credits, some produce credits and gold. Since clans start on the coast, will the coastal land be less valuable and the valuable land be inland? Or will it be historical, like major coastal cities that produce a lot in real life, will produce a lot in game.
5. Is there plans for clans to be able to enhance their land? like building factories to produce ammo, tank parts etc.. Would this be a release feature? or much further down the road?
6. I believe clan members are tokens on the map. So i assume they are "stationed" in land the clan owns, and are called on to do a defense if that land is attacked. How freely can these clan members / tokens be moved around. If for example you had a international clan, and owned two pieces of land, one in Germany and one in Russia. If Russia is attacked, would the players in the Germany land be able to be moved to do the defending battle in russia? or is it best for clans to own land next to each other so clan members can easily be moved around to defend.
7. Is it a max of 15 players stationed in one piece of land?
8. For international clan wars, who's server will the battle be on? Will it be like the timezone? IE played on the server of the country that is attacked? So if a Russian clan attacks a USA country, the game will be played in usa prime time on a usa server?
Thanks.


Arctander2, on 21 January 2011 - 05:01 PM, said: Q: Any ETA or information regarding the variations in company battles that are coming?


4zero, on 21 January 2011 - 05:19 PM, said: Will there be a chance that you guys include light tanks and arty to plant mines be it anywhere or just on the base for defense?
Thanks!


Raptor, on 21 January 2011 - 05:41 PM, said: Several questions about clan wars.
1. How many provinces will contain map of Europe at the very beggining?
2. How fast/often can we expect addition of new territories/provinces/continents when the clan wars will finally begin?
3. Will there be any bigger than before sneak a peeks on map or other features screenshots before cw release?
4. Exactly how much gold will be required to start a clan during cw beta and cw release? (if any)
5. Concerning fighting for major provinces: Are you going (In the longer run) to create specific maps for every country's capital for example London in GB, Moscow in Russia(ot: that would be awesome btw. ;] ), Berlin in Germany (ot: ruined Berlin = must have) etc. which will be used only during fights for main provinces? (and in random battles of course).
6. How many features (such as mercenaries, sabotage and infilitration system etc.) will cw beta contain from the expected pool at the very beggining? 90%? 75%? Less? More?
Thanks.


NoMoreChillies, on 22 January 2011 - 04:29 AM, said: Questions:
1. What is the overall life expectancy for WOT - 3years, 5years, forever?
2. What Tanks do the devs prefer to play?


Asky, on 22 January 2011 - 04:48 PM, said: Question about gameplay.
1. Weight have an influence over acceleration? e.g. mounting a heavier turret, gun or a heavy module makes u're tanks slower?
2. Same as 1, but influence over traverse speed?


samus1001, on 22 January 2011 - 10:14 PM, said: I was specific. Then part of my post was removed and the questions were rewriten..........
Question 1 was based off an apparent exploit of the match making system where tier 9+ tanks platoon with tier 1 or 2. This causes the matchmaking system to drop the value of the opposing teams tanks so that the first team has more high tier vehicles vs the other team. Those tier 1 and 2 tanks are simply throw away vehicles that allowed their team to have more heavy hitters. My question was if a limit on who could platoon with who would be based off of what combat tier those tanks could get in.
Note: This does work. To test the theory my clan created several platoons with 1 tier 9 or 10 per platoon and the other platoon members in tier 1 vehicles. When entering battles we often had an advantage in mid tier tanks vs the other team. The "weight" of the battles was near equal as was the top tier vehicles but because we had better mid tier vehicles we won far more than we lost.
Question 2 was originaly asking if low tier platoons (for example 2 pzII and a pzIII) would stop being forced into battles that the PzIII could get in without the platoon but the PzII's could not. The matchmaking system seems to only take into account the highest tier vehicle in a platoon when deciding on what matchmaking level to place that platoon in. Tier 2 tanks getting forced into battles that they would not normaly get placed in is frustrating for those low tier players since they have very little effect on the outcome of those high tier battles and tend to die easily.
Both of these questions are related and I believe make far more sense in the current unedited form.


Arctander2, on 22 January 2011 - 04:53 PM, said: Are there any plans to allow for multiple skin options? So that desert skins appear on tanks in the desert, forest in the forest, etc?


TomofAlbion, on 23 January 2011 - 11:04 PM, said: Q. Is there any information on whether the T-23 will be receiving a tier 8 cannon in the future?
Q. Any chance for a developer Q and A session for us testers in the future?


SourKraut, on 24 January 2011 - 05:42 AM, said: Question
1.Is active suspention planned for the near future?
2.is there any possibility for amphibious tanks?


Da7K, on 24 January 2011 - 11:24 AM, said: Question
Is there going to be a official Historic battle event? if so when?


Chewie, on 21 January 2011 - 06:11 PM, said: Clan wars stuff... almost forgot about that :-P
Enrollment Fee - Will there be an enrollment fee to be IN a clan participating in clan wars?
Mercenaries - These players will be able to fight with clans to take over lands, or against clans to protect lands. Will there be any fee to be a mercenary?
Tokens - Does each token on the map represent a SPECIFIC player, or rather a 'slot' that the clan can fill with any of their members when a battle occurs?
My last little bit is more of a discussion that I would love to have some feedback for.
Are you under the impression that these clan wars will mirror the current Company battles, with nothing but tier 10 heavy tanks, tier 9 medium tanks, tier 6/7 artillery and maybe something to scout? Looking at the long term, I can see only this as the makeup of Clan Wars battles. Players will take the best tanks available, so the spread of team composition will be VERY narrow. With no forced regulation on tiers and tanks, it will be required by any decent clan that their members (or mercenaries) are driving a top tier tank. I fear that these battles will become stale very quickly, which is not good for the longevity of this game mode.
Do you see the clan wars as the World of Tanks 'end game'? Something that is impenetrable until you are pretty much done with the random battles? Or, do you see it as something that everybody can play?


Otto_matic_Reiffel, on 22 January 2011 - 12:21 PM, said: The German high tier Tank Destroyers appear to have very little camo bonus and the camo net module doesn't appear to work. These are the JagdPanther, Ferdinand and JagdTiger.
1. Is this intentional?
- If intentional, could you please explain why.
- If not, could you please provide any ETA for a fix. The JagdPanther especially needs it since it has relatively little armour.
2. Will this also affect the German open topped TDs when they are released? Thinking Sturer Emil since it is also tier 7.
3. If German high tier TDs are going to stay the same in regards to camo, will the high tier Russian TDs have their camo nerfed? Object 704 has great armour and good camo.


Rock_Spider, on 24 January 2011 - 01:14 PM, said: Q: Is the post match score screen going to be changed to be more descriptive? IE not just kills....


ShadowStalker887, on 24 January 2011 - 01:19 PM, said: Are there going to be any additional modules? for example: changing the hull shape and armour of a tank
(Also, DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING BUT QUESTIONS IN THIS THREAD PLZ READ FIRST PAGE, seen 2 people RO'd already.)


Chewie, on 24 January 2011 - 04:59 PM, said: How will this be balanced to make sure the additional armor does not make a tank WITH the additional armor plating that much better than a tank WITHOUT the additional armor plating? I understand that a tank which spends the extra time researching these armor plates will be better than a tank that did not (same as any other module), but my hope is that the gap in power between these vehicles isn't so large that your worth to your team is severely reduced until you get these additional armor plates.


Chewie, on 24 January 2011 - 06:32 PM, said: 1) What is "pass-ability"?
2) The additional armor plating would also increase the equipping tank's match making weight, correct? Or, is this increase to the match making weight ONLY caused by equipment (not module)?


Arctander2, on 24 January 2011 - 07:12 PM, said: Will this be required for ClanWars beta? Is there going to be a way to either buy, or transfer & pool gold between players?


Kayos, on 24 January 2011 - 07:56 PM, said: When you release official skins for the tanks. Will everyone in the match be able to see the skin we choose?


berree, on 25 January 2011 - 05:34 AM, said: When are we going to see some more maps??
P.S. I know maps are prob time consuming but i wish there was more released on a standard schedule
P.S.S. Oh and could you ask the map makers if we could pretty please have like 2 or 3 new ones for release?
P.S.S.S. Heck just rearrange stuff on the old ones that would save a lot of time


ShadowStalker887, on 25 January 2011 - 08:57 AM, said: Hey, do beta testers opinions matter on game balance or do the dev's use game stats? If so, why? And how come where not allowed to see the game stats?


Da7K, on 24 January 2011 - 11:32 PM, said: Do additional armor plating will have a visual difference? (like you change the gun/turret)


WingNut, on 25 January 2011 - 12:04 PM, said: Speaking of the patch, will we see it before or after open beta?


Tanitha, on 24 January 2011 - 06:28 PM, said: Would it be possible / is it planned.
That equipment such as spalliner, optics, stabailzers,, rammer, etc. Can be removed from a vehicle while still being locked to that vehicle?
For example this would allow you to buy 4-5-6-7 pieces of equipment for a tank, and then be able to select which three you want to use for a particular battle. At the moment when a piece is removed its destroyed and not able to be put back later.
If the above was implemented it would allow players to buy more than 3 pieces of equipment for a tank, but limit it to only 3 being able to be used at one time, with equipment bought for one tank only being able to be used on that one tank. So all in all I cant see any disadvantage for WG, but it would be an advantage of more sales. Some of these items are 500k each, so maybe more gold buying to swap to credits..


thejoker91, on 25 January 2011 - 08:31 AM, said: I have a couple of questions:
1) why tanks with very similar dimensions can have very different invisibility values?
2) Is there a simplified way of calculating on average the HE damage will do to a tank given its armour? (or, how effective is armour when dealing with HE hits?)
3)When additional armour plates are added, how will it be the options to implement (is it going to be "additional 20mm on front" or more specific like "additional 20mm on upper-hull"?)
4)In the final release of the game, will tanks still be able to be damaged by shooting the commanders cuppola or the range-finders or shoots hit would just damage the rangefinder?
5)When french tree is added, is it going to be the full-one or is it going to be missing some tanks?
6)Do you have a time estimation on where will the tech trees would be completed? like, end of this year or so?
Thank you in advance.


Kalinin, on 25 January 2011 - 02:24 PM, said: Will there be any plans to add more high tier light tanks than just the French currently?
For current sides I mean, not way down the line in yet another country's tree.
It'd solve currently extremely frustrating matchmaking for T4 lights and reduce gimping of a team losing a damage vehicle. (Thinly veiled plug for my thread...)


OJ191, on 25 January 2011 - 04:15 PM, said: Are the gold rounds M41 unlock 155mm gun (not sure the exact designation right now) working as intended? They are HE, with the same damage as normal ammo and only +5mm penetration. I don't plan on using them myself, but seems a bit useless for gold rounds lol.


Largepotato, on 25 January 2011 - 05:40 PM, said: One thing I find annoying is that gold premium tanks take up a slot in the garage.
Are there any plans for premium tanks to come with their own separate premium tank only garage slot?


samus1001, on 24 January 2011 - 06:29 PM, said: What about total damage done to the enemy? And recieved?
Will the Devs make the post battle screen so that we can see who did how much damage in the battle?
I ask this because many players complain about others if they did not get any kills. Seeing how much damage each person did would be better and stop this in game rant fest.
Also what is the purpose of the tokens in clan wars? Since we will be able to use any player in our clan in any province why have the tokens at all?


Gnarlene, on 25 January 2011 - 07:34 PM, said: Is the incredibly long aim-time on the Hummel bugged or do you consider it to be working as intended?


Rhaumar, on 25 January 2011 - 07:55 PM, said: When will we be able to view full combat logs during or after a battle??
And just so that I don't get a time out for not using the search engine, here is a question I posed a while back and have not gotten any answer, though, the search feature did return these statements:
My original post about Combat Logs, never answered by a Mod or Dev.
I understand that the stats were expanded, but, why no combat logs yet?
Instant Replays requested (another version of a combat log), with a Mod/Dev stating that it will be implemented, but, no timeframe was given.
And this tidbit was just handed to me (thanks Arctander2), from the Developer's Suggestion forum, with no comment from a developer ANYWHERE:
http://forum.worldof...ame-stats-chat/


Jiri_Starrider, on 25 January 2011 - 08:42 PM, said: Thank you for the response, that unfortunately obviously negates my additional question regarding swapping equipment upon seeing the map/lineup.


Jiri_Starrider, on 25 January 2011 - 08:57 PM, said: Hey Overlord, I know you are busy, but I feel this question is rather important to a large portion of your playerbase - all the skinners and skin users. Can you please respond?


F34rmen00bz, on 26 January 2011 - 02:18 AM, said: Will the SdKfz 135/1 'Lorraine Schlepper' be implemented as a German SPG? Its not in the full tech tree and I don't want you guys to overlook it.


MasterWolf, on 26 January 2011 - 10:48 AM, said: extra post just in case 1. above has the answer of no ---
Q. Will the Kwk42 L70 and L100 German guns get their historically accurate penetration and rate of fire, and will we see the Skoda Automatic breech as an option for these guns seeing as it was actually tested in real life, and intended for the panther 2 and Ausf F panthers ??? (for more info please refer to my post in this section on german guns)


Chewie, on 25 January 2011 - 06:23 PM, said: I have a couple questions about testing of tanks:
What is the breakdown of servers in regards to testing? I assume there is Wargaming internal testing, then supertest server, then release / beta server. Can you clarify?
How difficult is it to push an update to the non-release servers? Is it something that can be easily done every week, or does it take a lot more time than that?
Is it possible to test adjustments to tanks on these non-release servers? Could you, just for example, give the Hetzer an increase in hitpoints to see how it would perform (and compare) in battles?
Would it be useful to have a server dedicated to the balancing of tanks? The developers could make adjustments to any stat on any of the tanks, or even change its tier, and have real players take the tank into battle against other players. There could be a subset of tanks that the players could choose from to make sure that the battles are accurate representations of what would be seen on the release / beta servers. This would allow rapid testing of minor adjustments and major overhauls of tanks with real players providing real battle feedback.


xecute, on 26 January 2011 - 01:18 PM, said: Can user created skin packs not go through a vetting procedure by developers so that the "quality" ones can be approved for official use and be seen in-game if a player chooses to download the skin pack online from somewhere (such as a database on this site)?
I say this as it would keep a quality control aspect to the game so no bad skins get through. Also it is still up to individual players to download the packs outside of the game if they want to see them in-game.
I think this would be a great balance of letting the community get involved. Only letting those who want to use them use them. And also as said keeping control over content.
Just an idea


xecute, on 26 January 2011 - 04:33 PM, said: ...
QUESTION: I still get stuck on maps a lot. Will there be a review on a solution to this such as being able to "bump" out of obstacles. No matter how many times the maps are enhanced to avoid tanks getting stuck, spots are always available to get stuck on regualy (including the red border). Please set collison to "bump" you out if you stay still for 'x' amount of time when overlapping an environmental solid vector (same with red border for TD's - let them turn on red line so there back end can overlap, just stop centre from crossing line). This will also help free up time on future map design so you don't have to keep fixing areas tanks can get stuck (as they can easily get unstuck if they stay still by being "bumped out" slowly by system).


Iggith, on 26 January 2011 - 08:58 PM, said: You have hinted at historical battles maybe coming in the future... will this be just for tournaments or special events or would this be a full battle mode that would be usable at any time?


MasterWolf, on 27 January 2011 - 01:14 AM, said: Reply to OL's question
Hi Overlord
The skoda automatic breech referered to in my recent question was a protoype devleoped jointly by Krupp and Skoda for the KWK 42 L70 and L100 models as well as Skoda's own KWK 44/1 L70.
3 prototypes were produced and trialled during the war and used a 4 shot top loading hopper manually topped up by the tank loader.
in range trials they achived a ROF of close to 40 rounds per minuite although there were some concerns about the ability of the gun loader to keep up this ROF for any extended time under combat conditions.
One of the trial breeches was mounted on a Ausf G panther (on a Krupp L70), but there are no existing records indicating if it saw action.
The plans were for this to equip the ausf F and Panther 2 models (and associated TD's) with this breech on both l70 and l100 guns. Certainly it was intended for the E50 using the designation kwk 44/2 (in the 4 shot top-loading casette version) with either the l70 or l100 barrel (the l70 model being more likely - althouth the l100 barrel may have been used on the E25 Tank destroyer)
The existing records show that both the Skoda and Krupp versions maintained the same excellent penetration (superior to the Tiger's 88) and accuracy as the existing semi auto breech.
The designers were also tinkering with a shorter fatter cartidge for the action to make it easier to fit into the schmalturm turret.
This gun was the one "borrowed" by the french post war to produce the CN 75 50 gun and it's derivitaives used on the super shermans and AMX 13 light tank and the effectivenes of the automatic breech in this model is well demonstrated even if thier choice of mount and magazine was somewhat "unique".
There is also evidence that Skoda was developing a full auto breech for the 88 as part of it's panther chassis flakpanzer 88 design, but sadly there is very little surviving documentation of any quality on this model as the design was cancelled pre production in favour of other models.
Hope this info helps
Would love to see the 7.5mm guns competitive in game as atm they seem to get dumped as soon as you can in most tank models in favour of the higher damage of the 88.


F34rmen00bz, on 27 January 2011 - 06:06 PM, said: Is it possible for Premium tanks to have their own upgrade trees? Like making the Russian Valentine upgradeable with Russian gear to make it, not better, but a different experience from the British Valentine.


Kayos, on 27 January 2011 - 06:31 PM, said: Will we know what the new tree is going to be like prior to official launch? Any chance seeing any of these changes in open beta?
If it won't be introduced until after launch, will you just credit us back exp points put into the US Tree so we can start over on the US path we want?
Thanks for taking the time to answer our questions in this thread.


MemoryReborn, on 27 January 2011 - 11:07 PM, said: Ah, so there is no rebalancing of the lower tiers, if I read that correctly.


A_Rotten_Egg, on 28 January 2011 - 12:14 PM, said: A couple questions...
1.) With the start if the Open Beta, will we see changes / improvements in the automated TK and bot detection systems?
I have noticed a substantial increase in the number of "afk" and blatant "bots" (macros) especially since the 5X xp and credits bonus period. Also, that "wall of shame" section of the forum seems to have disappeared... (Not complaining, as I didn't think it was a very good idea in the first place. However, at least it showed us something was being done. Number of players instead of names might have been a better method though.)
TK / griefing is rampant in the lower tiers especially right now. I tried a few games on my daughter's account and it was saddening seeing how it is going unchecked.
Reports with screenshots I have filed have simply vanished. No confirmation from "support", nothing to show me anything is being done other than me wasting my time filing it.
2.) Will there be an option to mute players during a match? Both from chat and mini-map ping-spamming?
I have used the rather cumbersome method of "ignoring" players by searching for them in "contacts" and selecting "ignore" after a particularly nasty match. Unfortunately, with the number of players online, this is not a very effective way of handling the problem. Having the option to easily "mute" them in game would greatly enhance the enjoyment factor in my opinion and this has been suggested several times. "Right click player > mute" would be great


Arctander2, on 28 January 2011 - 01:01 PM, said: Are there any areas on the ClanWars (or plans to add) which will include tier limits on lower provinces? It is abundantly clear that the majority of players are willing to pay premium for ClanWars, as long as they feel they participate and that the battles don't become one dimensional with the same T10 vs T10 (T9 med, T8 arty) battles. If it's all going to be tier unlimited, is there any thing in place to limit how frequently a player can use a tank, such as a 1hr cool down between battles? Or maybe if destroyed, a tank will being out of action for a period of time in CW?
Discussion Link: http://forum.worldof...ns-and-clanwars


Asky, on 28 January 2011 - 03:06 PM, said: 1. Is there any difference between German and Russian guns that have the same accuracy? For example is4 130mm L-70 vs VK4502 128mm KwK 44 L/55?
2. Do german guns have a lower chance to disperse shells all over the dispersion circle (aiming circle) compared to russian guns?
3. What advantages u get from high velocity guns in this game? Less drop in penetration at long range is one of them?


sweenytodd, on 30 January 2011 - 07:56 AM, said: is the accuracy done on a gaussian distribution (in 3D of course) like penetration, or will the shell land somewhere completely random inside the circle?


Shireknight, on 30 January 2011 - 11:16 PM, said: 1. In almost every battle I fight I see people pressing the help hot-key but of course because nothing shows up on the map you don't know which green dot is asking for help. People have been asking for the system to be improved so that when someone pleads for help the rest of the team can see where they are ever since I started playing the game, are the developers planning to do something to improve this feature please?
2. I read somewhere that the current engine cannot handle maps larger that the ones we currently have, are you developing a new engine or has the idea of larger maps now been scrapped as a result please?
3. When I first joined I remember people were saying there would soon be 30 tanks on each team instead of 15 is this still something that will be implemented or if the larger maps have been scrapped (see question 2) does that mean the 30 tank per team battles have been scrapped also please?


Raptor, on 29 January 2011 - 02:44 AM, said: 1) Will we be able to use premium tanks in clan wars battles?
2) About premium tanks and their usefulness. They're not bad for earning easy credits but still right now getting xp on premium tanks is almost useless unless we have a lot of gold to change it to free exp. So in order to get some we have to buy a premium tank, then maybe buy a slot and then use even more gold to get some free exp. Is there a possibility to make premium tanks more useful? For example a slight change of free exp output on premium tanks to 10% instead of 5%? It would make them more popular and more people would be willing to buy them.


MadCat6669, on 31 January 2011 - 04:54 AM, said: If there are plans to implement cosmetic customization on tanks such as camos and markings., will there be a penalty on placing swastikas or SS markings?
This would directly conflict with players who have internal tank skins modifications which one will super-cede the in game appearance?


Kalinin, on 31 January 2011 - 11:58 AM, said: How big is the upcoming map Westfield? Preview makes it look pretty big.


Twardy, on 31 January 2011 - 01:12 PM, said: Question regarding tank specs adjustments after game release. Let's take that someone buys premium tank with gold, meaning with real money. Then you make a decision to nerf it. Would you be willing to compensate the gold if one wants to give the tank back being unsatisfied with its performance after nerf? Assumption here is that if said nerf was known to happen beforehand, the player would not decide to buy that tank.
I think it's important to know before release, as in real world what you pay for is what you get and seller cannot interfere with your property after transaction.


M_Doyle, on 31 January 2011 - 06:42 PM, said: What's the Maximum tier difference a tank can have in a battle?
Does creating a platoon Defeat that barrier?
I ask this as i saw a T1 Cunningham Join in a battle with a bunch of Tiger tanks in it. (Surfice to say the T1 became a T0)


GeorgePatton, on 31 January 2011 - 10:31 PM, said: Are there plans to use Google Maps as a base for maps to make them more realistic?
If you look at Microsoft Flight Simulator X, they used the satellite images as the ground texture and added houses/foliage on top of this.
Cheers!
Glenn


Kameho, on 01 February 2011 - 12:23 AM, said: Can I become Switzerland in Clan Wars? Basicly, form up a clan, take over switzerland, work for all clans, but remain the clan terretory as neutral, and thus, ledning out fierce mercenary troopers to fight for others clans, and hoard up the gold and become the great world bank in World of Tank clanbattles.
Neutrality, it is fearsome thing indeed!


Mow_Mow, on 01 February 2011 - 07:38 AM, said: Question: Are the tracks of high tier American heavy tanks going to be fixed? In a visual sense, they do not appear to be as large as they should be, judging from the track cover/protectors on top. I had heard this was an issue with King Tiger and Tiger, and was wondering if something similar is planned for T29/T32/T34/T30.


Kalinin, on 01 February 2011 - 08:40 PM, said: Are Win/Loss ratio and Survival Percentage the only statistics used to balance? If not, why aren't more statistics published? Players won't believe there's balance until they have rock-solid data they can work out themselves...
I keep hearing the devs say that mediums are intended to scout in high-tier matches. Is there any move to remove T4 light tanks from high-tier matches currently? Or other solutions so that mediums keep the role they're sold as fitting? (Before planned T5 light additions, in which case, question applies to them.)
Are rewards for suicide-scouting compared to actual scouting going to be reduced, since it's more profitable, less time-consuming, and discourages teamwork on average?


Chewie, on 01 February 2011 - 11:08 PM, said: Are income, repair costs, ammo expenditures figured into a tank's matchmaking weight? In other words, are factors that are not reflected in battle taken into account for how a tank is weighted in matchmaking?


Shireknight, on 02 February 2011 - 02:25 AM, said: When the game goes live, In addition to the standard option of purchasing a set amount of gold for a fixed fee is there going to be an option where you can purchase a subscription to the game where you can have a daily flow of gold which will allow you to purchase a premium account and still have gold left over for other things just like we get currently in the beta please?


Hirumaru, on 02 February 2011 - 03:36 AM, said: Are there plans to improve or add a physics engine to make these tanks feel like the mechanical monstrosities they are, to improve immersion? Will they always have the same start/stop animations regardless of how heavy they are, how well their suspension is supposed to perform, and how fast they were even going? Will the actual kinetic energy of the shell be taken into account or will all tanks continue to be subject to Hollywood physics, rocking so ridiculously that the crew would have surely been turned to mush?
As beautiful as the maps and the tanks themselves are the immersion is always broken for me as soon as the match starts.


Chewie, on 02 February 2011 - 05:37 PM, said: 1. Are these the so-called "box versions"?
Sounds great, but leads me to my next question
2. Are the less powerful premium tanks weighted accordingly lower in match-making?


xecute, on 02 February 2011 - 07:57 PM, said: On game release with high population will most matches be full of same tier or due to the algorythm used will tiers still be spread out on purpose?
(I've seen the charts for spread data of tiers match making. Just wondering if when given the option the server picks all of same tier or still chooses to spread them out?).


Evisicator, on 02 February 2011 - 10:24 PM, said: Are we to expect the latest patch before the game goes live, or is this something that isn't planned to be put in until sometime after release?
I ask because it was stated the the latest patch has been on the RU servers since Jan. 15th.


Mrbustanut, on 02 February 2011 - 11:26 PM, said: Interesting. You have said previously that the next major update would include the Tier-8 arty, so does that mean possibly having Tier-8 arty in game before live?
I know I am grasping at anything in the hope that they will, but until its said for sure they wont I will keep my hopes alive.


svcheats_0, on 03 February 2011 - 03:03 AM, said: Will we see;
1. The "market" (ability for players to sell their tanks to other players) before the release?
2. Gifting before the release?
Thanks.


SiberianExpress, on 04 February 2011 - 04:52 AM, said: 1. Hovering over suspensions and engines highlights "speed" in the tank stats, is speed in anyway effected by the engine or suspension? is it an error that speed is highlighted.
2. Last time I counted(months ago) you get 1 free experience point for every 40 normal xp, correct?
a. Does it differ for different tanks?
b. Is there a difference for Premium tanks?
3. How much xp does the crew get per battle? is it a percentage from your overall xp?
a. Rapid crew training still provides a 20% crew xp bonus per match, correct?
b. If you have Rapid Training and your crew member is knocked out he only gets a 10% bonus, correct?
c. Does a crew member receive less xp if he is knocked out during battle, without rapid training? How much?
Thank you


sweenytodd, on 04 February 2011 - 05:29 AM, said: your match-making guide for tiers shows an 11th tier, is there going to be an 11th tier thats not currently shown in the tech trees? or is this an error in the spread sheet?
http://forum.worldof...432#entry336432
its in the last post on this thread ^
is anything going to be done about the cliff hanging? when tanks just roll full speed to the edge of a cliff, miraculously stop and then shoot, pull back, repeat?


Kalinin, on 04 February 2011 - 08:17 AM, said: Is anything from the Improving German Vehicles thread being considered? Been a while since the 'official' posts in them were updated. (Was asked there, figured I'd stick the question here.)
Are we going to see updated full trees anytime soon?


Chewie, on 04 February 2011 - 04:49 PM, said: What's the benefit of having more crew in a tank? With this information, and the fact that it costs credits / gold for each crew member, it seems that tanks with more crew than those that don't are at a disadvantage.


Jiri_Starrider, on 04 February 2011 - 06:52 PM, said: I'll assume you are talking about pain free in how it's implemented and to avoid exploits (death from above anyone?). If not, isn't falling from a cliff supposed to be painful?
Question about platooning, I can't believe this hasn't been asked and answered, but I didn't find it - Are there plans to increase max platoon size? 5 or 6 would be very useful IMO.


Azmodanrom, on 04 February 2011 - 07:09 PM, said: is multiaccounting permitted in WoT?
if not..i;d like to point out a major clan alliance on the RU clanwars and their liders:
http://challenge.wor...688872-TheREDn/
http://challenge.wor...688760-TheREDw/
http://challenge.wor...688733-TheREDe/
http://challenge.wor...688849-TheREDs/
http://challenge.wor.../686491-TheRED/
and ask how is this possible? accounts with 0 battles and no tanks being leader to a 90+ clan.
i think multiaccounting is very dangerous in a free-to-play game. me and 14 friends could make a lot of dummy accounts that we level to a tier5 tank , put them all in a clan and fight all the battles with highlevel tanks while having 100 tokens to hold territories.


NoMoreChillies, on 05 February 2011 - 08:02 AM, said: Leopards primary role in high tier matches is the scout, view range 400m. A-20 view range 270m.
King Tiger view range 460m.
T32 view range 460m.
T30 view range 460m.
Many SPG's with view ranges over 400m.
It has been suggested on forums that view range be relative to armor, why is this not implemented?


Starfire, on 05 February 2011 - 08:44 PM, said: When buying a premium tank, whether through a special gold deal or whatever. Does your garage size increase by 1 to accommodate this premium tank or do you have to buy the extra slot (or make room) separately?


M_Doyle, on 05 February 2011 - 08:54 PM, said: What does having your fuel tank damaged actually do? If it gets hit i hear "We'vel ost half our fuel!" But it appears to have on effect. Am I suddenly going to run outo f gas in the middle of a battle?


M_Doyle, on 06 February 2011 - 12:19 AM, said: How many £s will gold cost per every X amount? As a WOW player and Xbox subscriber i'm not looking to pay out £120 or more a year for one single game, especially of it's current size.
(considering WOW has thousands of hours, if not tens/hundreds of clases, quests, grinding ect and XBL allows me to play loads of games online)


OJ191, on 06 February 2011 - 04:20 AM, said: They only ever stated a $USD cost. $10 = 2500 gold is the last I have heard. So it would cost (I think) several pounds less than 10.
@Overlord: My friend is trying to tell me that release is going to be a softwipe and no matter what me or my friends say, he goes OMG I saw a thread I haz proof!.. SO could you please confirm for him that it is hardwipe (as we all know, but he refuses to accept lol).


OJ191, on 06 February 2011 - 02:12 PM, said: If there is a historical battle mode, will they be balanced so that it is at least POSSIBLE for both sides to win (we tried a historical battle in our clan, the KV owned all the tanks including the PZ4's).
Will there be assymetrical teams?
Will air support be simulated by numbers of spgs (as they are currently, I see no place for SPG's in a historical battle except to simulate air support).
Will it be treated as another game mode, or will it be special battles only?


M_Doyle, on 06 February 2011 - 04:03 PM, said: Will the game impliment "Special" classes of tanks.
Eg: Repair tanks, Flamethrower tanks, AA tanks (for the air support in clan wars), Medical tanks, Ect.
Ya know, for team playing not getting kills and such.


Dunewarrior, on 06 February 2011 - 05:34 PM, said: Are there any plans to extend view distance max past 500m?
Also, thanks for answering questions even on a Sunday.


Waroch, on 06 February 2011 - 05:59 PM, said: 2 questions :
- Any fresh news on the release date of French tanks? According to previous posts, it wasn't sure French tree would be ready for Q1... Anything new here?
- I can't believe you work on sunday too. Do you guys at wargaming happen to take a break sometimes?
Anyway, thanks for your answers Overlord, it's really appreciated


Allitair, on 06 February 2011 - 08:13 PM, said: I heard that the Tier 10 American Heavy is being changed into a Tier 9 American TD? is this true, and if it is what to?


Shireknight, on 06 February 2011 - 10:47 PM, said: At the moment it costs gold to transfer XP earned on your elite tanks into free XP however when the game goes live not everyone who plays the game will purchase gold (not even some of those players who purchase premium accounts will purchase additional gold) so are you going to change the system so that in addition to the gold method players can also transfer earned XP into free XP by using in-game currency instead, say at some really expensive rate like 1 unit of in-game currency to exchange 5 XP points please?


SiberianExpress, on 06 February 2011 - 11:33 PM, said: Any update on secondary turrets/coaxial guns?


ijazrazik, on 07 February 2011 - 06:59 PM, said: can the additional armor plating can cover the week points of tanks like drivers place gunners place or manlet armor?


WarWolverineWarrior, on 08 February 2011 - 09:02 PM, said: So if there is only one loader 100% and he gets knocked out does the % goes down to default 50%?
If so then if there are 2 loaders then it should average out to 75%?


Blizzard36, on 08 February 2011 - 09:43 PM, said: While the end result from SPG contributions to battle matched what you wanted at that time, it does not apear to me that any of the players are happy with the current situation. Tankers are unhappy becuase they still take so much damage from arty when hit, and arty players are unhappy because they hit so rarely. Players have consistantly suggested that the damage per shot of SPGs be reduced, but thier accuracy be returned. Arty players would be happy becuase they have control over thier performance again and tankers would be happier becuase they wouldn't be taking the huge, crippling, if not outright destroying single hits anymore. Rate of fire and bunkerage could be increased if damage over time or over the course of the match was found to be too low.
Seeing as games with no arty or where there are so few arty that they have minimal impact on the match seem to have become the norm at higher levels as more and more players drop them since that patch, they clearly can no longer can be counted on to be the counter to heavies. How has this impacted your statistics and view of the game balance?
Why has this suggestion not apeared to have gotten any consideration even though it looks to likely provide a solution to both the problems that existed prior to the arty nerf of v.0.6.2.7 as well as the problems introduced by it?


bloodie, on 08 February 2011 - 11:46 PM, said: Are there any plans to morph World of Tanks onto a different (better) engine in the far future?


CCC_Dober, on 09 February 2011 - 12:28 AM, said: 1. What's the ETA for the removal of memory leak/s?
2. Is there going to be multi-core support in the not so far future?


TxFire4305, on 09 February 2011 - 01:27 AM, said: 1. Given improvement in the game engine, you said the max view range could be extended. With those improvements, what ranges will we be expecting as a max view range?
2. Why does Wargaming put so much emphasis on their statistics while apparently not listening to the customers feedback on what the customers want in the game versus what Wargaming's idea of what should be in the game? And why the secrecy on patch content, dates, planned changes (i.e. planned changes to the tech tress)?


Jiri_Starrider, on 09 February 2011 - 04:09 AM, said: Sorry to seem to ask this again but I didn't see that this aspect was answered. If it was, nuke me now.
Will the user created skins still be usable (and as now, only seen by the one using them) after multiple official skins are implemented?
Thanks


MadCat6669, on 09 February 2011 - 06:43 AM, said: Will there be a reward for beta players? (open and closed)
will this be the same for everyone?
at the moment there are rumors of KV220.... can we get at least one tank per nation to choose from?
some players played more than others, contributed in forums constructively more than others... will the rewards be equitable if ever?


Azmodanrom, on 09 February 2011 - 11:52 AM, said: a more genera question if permitted:
what is the goal of clan wars? (as a end-game mechanic).
total map domination? reaching a point limit and declared winner? just sit on your conquered provinces and fight only defensive battles? map reset on a regular basis and a clan declared winner?
CW map and gameplay seems a little static and seems it would reach stalemate quite fast. what is wargaming's vision for long term clan wars - for keeping it fresh and enticing for ppl to still participate?


Chewie, on 09 February 2011 - 06:59 PM, said: I posted this before, and it got wiped from the list for reasons unknown to me:
I have a few questions about crew / module damage:
Penetrating Shot - A shell enters the tank, traveling in a straight line until it reaches the other side of the tank. Modules and crew are modeled inside the tank as crude hit boxes. For each model that the shell comes into contact with, there is a percent chance that the module / crew will receive damage. Can you confirm if this is correct?
Explosive Shot - A shell impacts on the side of the tank. The explosion spreads over a large area on the outside of the tank. How is it determined which modules / crew are possibly damaged by this shell?
Target Saturation - In a tank with 6 crew, does each crew member have its own hit box? In other words, is there a higher chance that a shell will come into contact with one or more crew due to there being more targets inside the tank?
Thanks!


M_Doyle, on 09 February 2011 - 09:36 PM, said: Will the game have a non-clan based "Theater of war" style (like endwar) with the three nations, their capitals (Moscow, Berlin and London/Paris/Washington) and a set amount of maps in witc the goal is to control either all three capitals or a certain percentage of the world?


WarWolverineWarrior, on 09 February 2011 - 09:39 PM, said: 1.When is the next tournament or championship?
2.How big is the development staff? (How many people program WoT)
3.How are Clan Wars going to work when the patch(with ClanWars) is going to be released before the game goes live(hard wipe)?
4.How much wood could a wood chuck chop if a wood chuck could chop wood?


svcheats_0, on 10 February 2011 - 10:04 AM, said: 1) Are there any plans to punish/prevent tanks to leave just before they die, denying the enemy the kill? There have been many instances where tanks take a final shot, killing or damaging a tank before it leaves the game, denying anyone the kill.
2) Are there plans to balance the number of high tier medium tanks in a game? IE, not have 8 high-tier mediums on one team and none on the other.


LtChief, on 10 February 2011 - 05:35 PM, said: Im confused here, so when we get the patch next week on the 14th-17th, we are not getting Clan Wars like the Ru Server did? All we get is clan registration and another chat window?


M_Doyle, on 10 February 2011 - 07:16 PM, said: is the effect of the Combat rations/Chocolate/Coca-cola Permenant 10% increse or only 'till the end of the battle, as i can't tell from wording.


Evisicator, on 10 February 2011 - 09:25 PM, said: Sure there is, we are BETA testers right? Shouldn't we be BETA testing the "Clan Wars BETA" during the BETA test phase of the game and not on release?


OJ191, on 10 February 2011 - 11:33 PM, said: From my experience with this beta, we are "testing" reactions of the general public, not the game. Sure we pick up on some issues, but no more than may happen and be fixed with a released game - the only difference that new content is constantly coming. The catch, we don't actually test the new content, we get it after 95% of all bugs are already fixed. And now arguable one of the most hard to balance tank trees, turreted TD's (potentially the T95 with the 300mm of armour too) is being skipped over until release!
Now my question: Why does the team feel it is "time" to go to release, when there are so many people feeling there are still gamebreaking issues? I understand many of these are being fixed, but it doesn't exactly engender a sense of trust when we are told these patches are coming "shortly after release". (no offense intended)


Kalinin, on 11 February 2011 - 05:16 AM, said: Are things such as reorder tanks going to be available through other means? (I.E. it's available to buy for gold, just preorders still get it free.)
Collectors hate when they can't get stuff.


Dunewarrior, on 12 February 2011 - 04:50 AM, said: Also, i believe there are plans for trading(or buying and selling) tanks, so collectors will be able to trade for those rare, no longer available tanks.
Speaking of which, are those plans still in motion?


Kazomir, on 12 February 2011 - 11:12 AM, said: Will there be an transfer account option in some point in the future? (from one to annother server)


Raptor, on 12 February 2011 - 08:49 PM, said: 1 What is the tier of A-32 and Pz V/IV?
2 Are you planning to add more details in tankopedia? Such as info about tank tier, and more info about guns (accuracy, aiming time).


Motorfix, on 13 February 2011 - 06:30 PM, said: Dear Overlord:
Question:
Is the current North American game population within planned targets? Sometimes it seems like the online numbers are quite low. Could you let us know how the marketing of the game is going? We want this game to survive for many years!
Motorfix


M_Doyle, on 14 February 2011 - 12:08 AM, said: When the paintroom is added will it have pre-set camos and skins and such or will it allow players to also design ther own ones and apply them ingame like a version of Photoshop?


BlackChoc, on 14 February 2011 - 10:40 AM, said: Hey Overlord,
Haven't seen this yet if its already answered out there sorry.
When will the Clan Wars registration start?
I know there was the 150ish that got chosen in the last registration thread but when can all the rest secure their clan names?
Cheers


SiberianExpress, on 14 February 2011 - 11:18 AM, said: Accuracy: I have heard a couple different explanations about accuracy, the accuracy stated for a gun (with 100% crew, fully closed, and with Gaussian distribution, at 100m measured in meters) is:
the radius from the center to the edge of the aiming circle.
the radius from the center to CEP (Circular error probable) or the 50% accuracy. And the aim circle is the 100% accuracy. Source
I am fairly certain its number 1, but would love a detailed Dev mechanics breakdown of the accuracy.
Vision Rays: From what point of the tank are the view rays cast from? Is it the Driver vision slit, commander copula, tank Center of Gravity, base of the gun...
In practice; which part of the tank needs peek out from cover to spot an enemy tank?


Shireknight, on 15 February 2011 - 07:12 AM, said: How many maps are planned for the final game or will you just keep adding new maps for as long as the game is popular?
Are there any plans to release some form of map editor so that the players can create their own maps for the rest of the community to vote on so you can add the most popular ones into the game?


Evisicator, on 15 February 2011 - 08:15 AM, said: So what is the expected timeline for the Panther 2 fixes to be implimented? i.e. When is the model going to be fixed and what other changes will there be to make this t9 medium competative compared to it's counterparts.


FryaDuck, on 14 February 2011 - 09:45 PM, said: 1. Soviet Armour has a caliber advantage, US has a reload advantage and German allegedly has an accuracy advantage, without range accuracy has little meaning. With the revamp of spotting system is there going to be an improvement in view range for German Armour?
2. Cast Armour is well known for it's ability to deflect AP shot but it is also brittle and subject to casting anomalies including impurities and bubbles. Soviet Cast Armour is well known for being crude at best, no insult intended they needed to put out as many tanks as they could. How do the d


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