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Tanitha: I lot less threads would get locked, if so many weren't posted into the wrong sections, like this one.
Discussion on the closed beta is limited to the closed beta section of the forums.
Thread moved.

LiannaSilverwind: As far as I have noticed, developers decide if something needs boost or nerf when mass statistics prove it. Unfortunately we do not have statistics at our disposal to prove real facts, but let's check the following links from Overlord.
Win/loss ratio:
http://forum.worldof...221#entry267221
T29 54.43% >>> IS 47.5% > Tiger 45.89%
T32 55.04% >>> IS-3 47.34% > KT 46.29%
T34 46.77% > Ausf B 46.68% > IS-4 46.34%
T30 48.78% >> IS-7 45.7% >> Maus 42.95%
T20 49.32% > VK3002DB 49.03% > T-43 48.47%
T23 46.63% > Panther 45.78% > T-44 45.53%
Average experience per battle for tanks:
http://forum.worldof...t__p__267666StS
T29 >>> IS > Tiger
T32 >>> IS-3 > Tiger II
T34 > IS-4 > Ausf B
T30 > IS-7 > Maus
T20 > VK3002DB > T-43
T23 > Panther > T-44
Possible conclusions based on those published statistics:
1) American Heavies are better than Soviet Heavies that are better than German Heavies.
2) American Mediums are better than German Mediums that are better than Soviet Mediums.
Most people, who offer their opinions provide opinions, but do not provide exact numbers. I'd like to see complete statistics as much as most of us, but we do not have them.

Tanitha: If there is a problem for left-handed players.
Make a constructive post, with a useful topic, in the right section of the forums.
Explaining what the problem is, and how it effects left handers.
If its just a keymapping problem with there being no keymapping in the game at the moment, There is many small free programs which do that, in the mean time.
http://forum.worldof...thread-and-faq/
Closing this and dumping.

Tanitha: Its your anti aliasing settings, you can adjust them in game, and also in the graphic cards control panel.
Some control panel's override the game settings. So check both places and change the settings.

LiannaSilverwind: That would be great event! I want it too!

Tanitha: The tanks have many many hit locations.
Such as this diagram. Each section is a different thickness, and angle, so penetration is calculated depending on the section you hit.
Penetration is determined by physics, such as Armour, angle, etc..

There is also weak spots on tanks, like machine gun ports etc..
Similarly inside the tank there is locations of the critical parts like engine, ammo racks, etc.
These have separate HP's which when they get down to below half, they display as injured, when they are fully destroyed they are red and broken, (until repaired).
Tracks are also getting split into three sections, each with their own hotboxes and hit-points.

I'm not a dev, so i dont know all the internal working of WOT, and I'm not a tank buff so i dont know all the internal workings of tanks.
But I'm sure there is a lot more to wot that you realize. There isn't just one hit box, as you describe above, like I think you assume there is
This is outlined above in some of the specs I linked.
But like has been mentioned above, a shot either penetrates a tank, or it doesn't. Penetration usually results in a dead tank in real life.
But here tanks have hitpoints so they can often last more than one shot.

Tanitha: Big sticky in the tech error section : ) You are posting into the wrong section that why you cant find help on errors.
Its also on the support website. You can get to the support website by following the red image top right.
This button..

So yeah, sorry you had problems, but it is clearly within our website.
Closing this thread thats in the wrong section.

Tanitha: Very similar..
The only thing wot is missing is a jump button to spam.. What good is a game without bunny hopping?
Back onto the topic..
Yes tanks are very robust but tanks guns are also very powerful, powerful enough to kill other tanks in one shot.
Thats not much fun, its already frustrating abit when you are in a small tank and get one shotted by a larger tank. It would be a lot worse when equal tanks are also oneshotting you.
Having hit boxes sounds fun, so you can be damaged one one side but not the other.
But wot is a MMO that has all the coding done server side to prevent hacks and cheats.
So there needs to be a balance between realism, and game play, and fun.. While keeping it viable for the servers too.

Tanitha: As above.. not a bug and not how you describe it.
When the battle if finished you get the tank back.
Closing and dumping from the tech section.
And pming the op.

Tanitha: Not that I am aware of, and it has been bought up a lot of times.
Dont forget this is a MMO clan game, or will be. With platoons, companies and clan wars. Its not all about 15v15 random battles.
You might need to search for something like "dead backseat drivers" or something like that : )

Tanitha: Sure, there is enough complaining about "team balance" already, Imagine the complaining if there was a lot of afkers as well.
One team could have 3 AFkers, and another have 6. That's a pretty messed up team balance.

Tanitha: Ive already discussed the china game in the china thread. The china game is not owned by wargaming.net I believe they have leased it out of sold the rights or something like that.
I would guess they dont have 24/7 support like wargaming.net does, might not have afk rules like we do, dont have auto detection hunting for tkers and bots for support to ban. etc..
As for the Russian server, its doing ok. 35,000 players online max last time I checked. 725k registered users on their forums.. Its clocking in decent numbers.
And then there is our server, which currently holds USA and Europe players.
There will be a server split soon, splitting into two servers capable of handling 60k users each. One for EURO and one for USA.
As for the T30, there was one tank alive on the enemy side, the game was won by capping. That is the tank people said was a T30, not the tank that got 14 kills..
Also on a new server there is a lot of newbies who cant play very well, 14 kill games were happening earlier in beta here too.

Tanitha: Creativity isn't the right place for this.
Warning +1. thread locked and dumped.
The link is here, its stickied in the right section..
http://forum.worldof...pdated-us-tree/

Tanitha: Interesting. Sounds like a clan in teamspeak.
Several platoons, and they do a count down 3,2,1 BATTLE, to try and get in the same game.
Some screen-shots or a fraps vid sent to support will fix it..
If nothing was recorded this time, someone will record it eventually.
The ban times are long, so.. I dont think its much of a problem, because it wont continue for long..

Tanitha: Yeah wot china isn't run by wargamming though. I believe they just sold some rights to them and handed over some code.
So their infrastructure isn't the same as here I would guess. IE no 24/7 support staff/team. Running through reports from auto Tk and Auto macro detectors. Perma banning people who macro.
If its allowed and everyone is doing it, then everyone is equal. nps.
If its not allowed and everyone that does it is perma banned, then everyone is equal. nps.
Its only really a problem when its not allowed and some people do it to gain a advantage over the others who dont.
You cant afk play here for long, before you are detected and then perma banned.
So its nice that support keep things pretty clean for us..
And its yucky being allocated and referred to as a number! : )

Tanitha: Hi.. Guys this needs to stop : )
I do appreciate that is was filed as a BUG in the terrain, like its meant to be and not just a personal attack or whine.
But im sure if you both take a step back and look at it, you will agree that its gotten way too out of hand over a small issue.
I have gone over the chat logs, reports, and issues with support.
And its been deemed that the chat logs were not suitable, from both players.
I do appreciate that it looks from your angle that people were shooting through rocks, and a slope, leading you to think something fishy was happening.
However, there is holes in that rock that can be shot through. And different tanks have different view angles. You were in a tank with a turret and he was in a slimline low profile TD for starters.
My interpretation of what Ive been able to look into, is that. You could have been shot by other tanks through the cracks in the rock, or over the rock. From tanks you could see, and tanks that were hidden. Having the commander's cupola sticking up into shooting range, while you cant see the low profile TD from your viewpoint, sounds like a reasonable situation to me..
There was then, no need for the accusations and conflict to start in the first place.
Consider this topic, and any reports on this incident closed.
Move on, and have fun in the game..

LiannaSilverwind: Orthodox Christmas are 7.1.2011, playing from 5.1.2011 on (ie. asking Orthodox to play during their Christmas) is the same as starting to play from 22.12.2010 on (ie. asking Catholics/Protestants to play during their Christmas)...

Tanitha: Yep, when something happens like the gold issued today. Its like a recorded message in garage a chat.
A motd would reduce most of this in the garage chat.
Thanks for the suggestion.

LiannaSilverwind: Elaboration:
Catholic/Protestant countries have holidays from Christmas (24-26.12.) to New Year (1.1.)., this year it's 24.12.2010 (Friday) - 2.1.2011 (Sunday)
Orthodox Christian countries have holidays from New Year (1.1.) to Christmas (7.1.), this year it's 1.1. (Saturday) – 9.1.2011 (Sunday)
Best idea is NOT to play from 23.12. til 10.1. at all to avoid all problems.

Tanitha: Nice photo, Ive not seen that particular photo before.
But.. a couple of problems.
1. A photo on this tank is posted weekly, and into a new thread each time, So I have to lock and dump this one as well.
2. This section of the forums is for tanks that are "in game". Its not in game. So again wrong place.
3. There is a section for "modern vehicles" But there isn't a section for old tanks that aren't in game.
Ive added two new sections to the new forums to fix this.. But the new forums aren't online yet.
Im sure when the new forums go online, It can have its own thread in its right section.
At the moment there is no section this belongs in apart from offtopic.
So anyway,,, closing this thread. : )
Have fun..

Tanitha: There is many places for you to discuss artillery..
These are the correct places.
General Discussion on the current state of Artillery post 0.6.1.5 patch is to be placed here. Link
Constructive Suggestions are to be placed here. Link
Discussion on German artillery specifically is to be placed here. Link
Discussion on Russian artillery specifically is to be placed here. Link
Discussion on American artillery specifically is to be placed here. Link
Older archived discussion is here. Link
There is no need to start another thread and throw in insults towards the mods.
ROed 7 days..
Locking.

Tanitha: This thread is too derailed and off-topic to ever get back on topic I think.
So I'm closing the thread. No official warnings issued, but please do not derail threads like this in future..
To the OP, please feel free to repost your question into another thread. And to keep that thread on topic I suggest you cut the garage photo a bit next time : )
PMed the OP..
Regards..

Tanitha: Hi.. Please send a screnshot to support (support@worldoftanks.com) and discuss this issue with them.
There is no known bugs with premium days. All previous problems like this have been because the player doesn't log in for a day or more, and thus the premium days has dropped.
It also causes some confusion because the server time and player time is different.
Like if it says 25 days premium left, it doesn't say if this is 25 days and 1 hour, or 25 days and 23 hours.
But send the screenshots to support and they can check for you..
Please do the screenshot in this format.

Tanitha: Thanks.

transfero: Some players didn't receive 500 gold on December 20, 2010. (150 gold only) Reason: those players logged into the game before the replenishment system was adjusted. Problem: they will receive 500 gold only on December 21, 2010 and at later dates until January 2, 2011.
We've checked the accounts of the following players:
ERM1710
GLP4X
ZeroEnero
tumbitiger
Kythaniel
Philly_HUFC
NightShift
Harrison420
Bozgaalof
glory
Xlore
FootballFan
We apologize to you for the inconvenience caused.

Tanitha: The problem is with your account.
# Group: Members
Your group should be "beta tester" then you could access the rest of the forums.
You probably have another forum account that you made when you made your game account? Log into that one if you have.
PMed reply to OP..
Locking.

Tanitha: No its not permanent, its a Xmas bonus. It will end some time after Xmas.
I'll leave the official dates, for the up-coming official announcement though.

LiannaSilverwind: I'd also suggest to start again after New Year, at about 10th January (Monday), so we avoid all holidays, vacations and company parties altogether.

LiannaSilverwind: I have not encountered Tank Busters clan during my endeavours and I do not intend (nor have any reason) to damage its reputation in any way. I apologize if you feel my post was an attack against you or your clan - it was not.
The question is globally about the rules - if it is possible to have moderators in teams or clans, because at Russian release it is forbidden.

LiannaSilverwind: Not yet, honey.

LiannaSilverwind: Sorry for necropost, do not want to start any kind of flame war, and hope that issue has been resolved already.
I just found it interesting thing here:
http://forum.worldof...BD%D0%B5%D1%82/
It seems that moderators in Russian release cannot join the clan in any case, it's strictly forbidden. Is it allowed in EU Beta?

LiannaSilverwind: Here comes my story.
Please excuse amateurish work with mouse drawings, I'm still not very good with my tablet.
Site refuses to upload my picture, so I put it here:

LiannaSilverwind: YES!!!
BTW it was legendary Duke Nukem quote.

Tanitha: Nice thread, but discussion on the closed beta is limited to the closed beta sections of the forums.
I'll move this thread to vehicles, German, heavies..

Tanitha: The servers used to handle about 8500 players, then they would drop games to garage. Now they hold 11,000+ players, and the Russian servers hold up to 35,000 players. (About)..
Our servers are due to be upgraded to handle 60k players each shortly. And since the servers are splitting into usa/europe, thats 2 60k servers or 120k players online at once.
This is a huge increase compared to the 11k that they hold now.
So to answer your question.
"They are"

Tanitha: Hi Aiden.
Kaspersky is a decent virus scanner because it blanket checks and prevents anything that remotely looks like a virus.
But that however is the reason that its also not a very good virus scanner, its a pain in the backside, and interferes with things that aren't viruses.
I suggest you replace it though instead of just switching it off.

Tanitha: The topic was suggested and bought up for consideration.
It was not received well, with 90% being against the suggestion.
However now that the thread has swapped to the usual arty discussions, it is being closed.
General Discussion on the current state of Artillery post 0.6.1.5 patch is to be placed here. Link
Constructive Suggestions are to be placed here. Link
Discussion on German artillery specifically is to be placed here. Link
Discussion on Russian artillery specifically is to be placed here. Link
Discussion on American artillery specifically is to be placed here. Link
Older archived discussion is here. Link

Tanitha: This thread has been trolled to death, So is being closed.
Feel free to open a new thread to discuss the tank if you wish.
Locking and dumping.

Tanitha: That sounds more like a problem with your torrent program. Do you use Utorrent?

LiannaSilverwind:
What are we waiting for? Christmas?

LiannaSilverwind: Hurray!