Developers posts on forum

Tanitha: Hi everything we know about crews is here.
http://forum.worldof.../8498-faq-crew/
Have a read through and post any questions you still have in there please.
I'll close this so there is not lots of threads on the same topics. + threads on crews dont belong in the heavy tank section.

Tanitha: Thankyou.
Please use that thread.
Closing..

Tanitha: Thread reported.
Closing.

LiannaSilverwind: Thank you!
Still it's kinda strange that 12 of 13 ratios are being present publicly, while one of the most hard ones to get is being hidden.

Tanitha: At the start.
Russian server. No EU server and NO USA server.. IE Russian infinitely ahead.
The couple of months prior to now..
Russian server a patch or two ahead.
Now.
Both are on the same version.
Id expect patches to come out at similar times now. Maybe a small delay for translation. But I'm not in the dev scene so i'm not sure exactly how they work that.

LiannaSilverwind: We are ready to post Round 6 screenshot for some time.

Tanitha: Nps mate, when i play the T2, most games are against T1-2 and there is no/little camping.
Sometimes my T2 is thrown into T3 matches which include arty and more TD's, So yeah camping there.

Tanitha: Moving to dev suggestions.

Tanitha: Decent..
I know they are thinking of ways to improve the tk system.
But I'll move this to dev suggestions..

Tanitha: 2.

Tanitha: To answer both in once...
IMO and AFAIK...... softwipes work like this.
Everything you have is replaced with EXP and Credits. So... you can buy what you have back...
So...
1. No. If you earned 1 million $$'s in real life and spend it all on booze and drunk it. Then you own nothing.
If you earned 1 million $$'s in real life and bought a house worth 1 million.. Then a softwipe would convert your assess to credits, so you can buy what you used to own back again.
Similar with wot..
If you earn 1 million credits, and spend 500k on ammo and repairs, and 500k on tanks, then when its wiped your assets are wiped and you are refunded their worth so you can buy them back again. IE you are refunded the 500k credits the tanks you own are worth , so you can buy them back again.
2. Pretty much, if after the softwipe you had 500k free exp, and then you played and earned 500k exp. That 1 mil exp was spend on unlocking tank upgrades.
When these 1 mil exp's worth of tank upgrades are wiped the exp for them is refunded. So technically yes. the exp you earned before the last softwipe is also refunded, because you spend that exp unlocking tanks on this account, so its refunded on this account. So yes you can tech back up to where you are now..
I think the only things lost on a softwipe are..
Gold spend and "used" on premium.
Gold and credits spent and "used" on crews.
Gold and credits spent and "used" on ammo and repairs.
The things that are gained on a softwipe are
Few extra exp and credits leftover, because when you tech back up, you dont have to unlock tracks and engine and modules you dont need to level up, you can just buy the ones you HAVE to to level up.
After a softwipe you are about what you are now, You usually end up a bit of exp and credits better off after you replace your tanks. But you lose the crews.
All in all not much difference. Consider it like a retech you get in other games.
+ Moving this to the closed beta section, its offtopic here.

Tanitha: Ive not seen or heard of it before. Will see if anyone else had had or will have the same problem.

Tanitha: Upgrading servers to handle 60k players each, is a good start. Less lag, the ability to increase server checks/updates that would otherwise overload the servers.
That will increase the capacity of the servers from about 10k, to 120k.
It will help a bit.

Tanitha: Yep I play a T2 often, there is very little camping, and very little arty.
T3+ games are a bit different though because there's usually arty's and more TD's in those games.
I wonder though, how many newbies are playing T1-2's : ) With so many vets playing those smaller tanks for a bit of fun.

Tanitha: Sounds buggy, can you do some screenshots and more info please?
I'll move this to tech too..

Tanitha: IF there was a softwipe, selling your tanks like you said you did, is the worst thing you can do anyway....
If you have 2 mil credits worth of tanks, they are replaced with 2 mil credits on a softwipe.
If you sell 2 mil credits worth of tanks you get 1 mil, and then buy 1 mil of tanks.
So on softwipe those 1 mil credits worth of tanks are replaced with 1 mil credits..
Anyway selling tanks before a softwipe 1/2's your cash..

LiannaSilverwind: А вы приходите к нам поиграть в Бету, почти все так же, только патчи приходят на пару недель позднее, и голды купить нельзя, зато дают каждый день халяву - 150 золота.
Где-то после Нового Года будет мягкий вайп, т.е. обнулят всем аккаунты, но оставят суммарный опыт и вернут все деньги и золото, что были на аккаунте. Релисный вайп будет при релисе, который пока обещали в первом квартале 2011, так что, я думаю, к Новому году 2012/2013 будет.

LiannaSilverwind: I started having fun right away with MS-1 and 25% crew (long time ago you started with 25% crew, not 50% like now... and tbh it was much funnier), I remember how I tried to learn the maps, how to cover, where to hit.
I did not play with 2/3 of vehicles present ingame, so there are lots of fun available.

Tanitha: Thread reported..
Thanks for links.. Please post into one of them.. closed
/Tanitha

Tanitha: Correct, that's IMO too.

Tanitha: TK reports are only valid for 7 days. So dont worry about the old ones.
Closing this thread due to the bad uninformative topic.

LiannaSilverwind: I have a question for league coordinator.
Red Tide team asked judges to nominate date and time for Red Tide vs Death Merchants battle due to no response from Death Merchants.
Our captain was informed that battle should be played at 11th December 2010 21:00 GMT time.
At the same time we notice that round is already considered being won by Red Tide and Death Merchants got loss for it.
Our question is:
Did Death Merchants withdraw from the league, therefore all remaining teams get technical victory against Death Merchants?
Did they withdraw from the match with Red Tide, therefore Red Tide gets technical victory?
Should we come and play battle normally at Saturday's evening?
Thank you for your response!

Tanitha: http://forum.worldof...available-here/

Tanitha: http://forum.worldof...t-up-procedure/
Closing..

Tanitha: http://forum.worldof...available-here/

Tanitha: Its pretty much a dev test server. Last time I went on there I was the only player on the server.
So as you can imaging, there is never a game.. Because there is never 30 players online.
Its only use is if you go on there with another supertester, they could both goto a training room, to do things like checking out maps etc.
But to answer your question. You cant..
I think there is a public Russian test server though, but that's organized by the Russian forums, So check there for that if you are interested.
Closing..

Tanitha: Welcome to the new players! It's always great to have some fresh blood splatter on the battlefield!
We have so many people who love to hang out, chat, and play together. So after you have played a bit and found your tracks if you are looking to hook up with some other players try these sections. Platoons & Clans ..
Again welcome to the forums and enjoy the game.
Feel free to introduce yourself here!

Tanitha: Log into the forums with your beta account then, This isn't it.. This account doesn't play and hasn't got any tanks.
http://game.worldoft...s/named/JT1990/

Tanitha: http://forum.worldof...available-here/

Tanitha: Refer to this thread.
http://forum.worldof...stmas-presents/

Tanitha: http://forum.worldof...available-here/

Tanitha: Forum name changed. Game name will change tomorrow /Tanitha

Tanitha: Looking into it.. And yeah you would have ended up banned somewhere along the lines when it was noticed..

Tanitha: Closing and moving due to being outdated.

Tanitha: 4. Register the game account and DONT tick you have a forum account, let it make a new forum account for you.
Following the above you should be shooting tanks in about 30 mins..
You can download the client etc while doing the above.
http://game.worldoftanks.com/update

Tanitha: My post to end all posts on hackers and cheats, (that dont currently exist in wot.) lasted a hour? geez..
http://forum.worldof...nly-keyloggers/
There really doesn't need to be 100's of posts on something that doesn't exist. If anything crops up in the future, report it to support. All these posts do is lead to 100000's of paranoid players thinking that every-time they get shot its by someone hacking..
Thread closed.

Tanitha: If you did some research, that vid you linked is on youtube in its official status somewhere else, If i recall correctly its a vid from a Russian test server from ages ago. Its definitely not a original vid from a hacker though...
EDIT,, the real original video is here.. Its just a players game video from "Russian beta" days, at least 6 months ago, that has been edited and relabel.
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=QnoXxPciiaw
Currently there is no hacks or cheats for WOT and never have been as far as I'm aware.. Because everything is held and processed safely server side unlike most games. The only thing the client does is handle local graphics. Which is why WoT will require a lot more server power to handle fewer players, because the servers are doing all the work not the clients.
There is however some things that confuse the paranoid.. Such as the below..
1. Some bugs in maps, IE places where you can fire through mountains, buildings, etc.. Most of these are already fixed, but they are fixed as they are found. That's what beta is for..
2. As said above graphics is done client side. So those graphics can be edited. Like you can change the skins on tanks, Change the UI, change how your garage looks, Change your Target reticule, you can change your sounds, I know people are working on changing the flags, You can change the stickers on the tanks, and you can even change your tank model from a leopard to a maus, so you can see a Maus driving at around at 50kmph (which is really a leopard). These are all client side graphics that only you can see, that dont effect game-play at all.
3. The spotting system is buggy, So you often get shot by invisible tanks or camo'ed tanks etc.. But that doesn't mean people are playing with a startrek cloaking system hack..
4. Good arty players know the common hiding spots, So if a shell lands on your head for no reason, you are probably camped in a obvious spot, or breaking trees etc around you, or there is broken trees around you, or a hidden camo'ed tank spotting you and relaying your position.
5. Some vet players like playing small tanks for a bit of fun. I for example have a loltractor type tank decked out with a 100% crew, 100% skills, and a million credits worth of equipment on it. Currently I'm getting 71% win rate, 28% loss rate, 600 exp a game average, 2+ kills a game average, 9 kills a game max, etc,, no hacks though, just a vet on a decked out lil tank.
6. Most people that spread key-loggers with youtube type sites are organized, They own 100 youtube accounts, one for posting the "fake hack" and 99 for replying with "OMG IT WORKS and NO VIRUS"
7. There is dev test servers that a select few have access to, that obviously dont require the devs to grind for a month just to look at a Is7/Mouse/T30, so the Dev's test servers obviously work differently, occasionally there is a leak from there.
8. If you believe everything you read on the Interwebz, I have a mansion in Zimbabwe I can fix you up with real cheap..
9.... ETC ETC ETC you get the idea I hope..
THERE IS NO WOT HACKS OR CHEATS just keyloggers and people who promote them...
Discussion on hacks or cheats is not permitted, they dont exist, enough said...
Discussion on hacks or cheats that dont exist falls under this ruling, and is ban-able..

Tanitha: If you "seriously" suspect any foul play of any kind. Email support.. there is no need for all this mis-information to keep circulating around the forums.

Tanitha: This will be the last reply on this topic, in any threads..

Tanitha: Welcome to the game, There is a game guide section here for you to browse through is you wish.
http://forum.worldof...-and-tutorials/
Closing this thread and PMing you the reply.

Tanitha: Question answered closing thread..
There is also a guide section here.
http://forum.worldof...-and-tutorials/

Tanitha: Please post regarding the closed beta in the closed beta sections only.
And this is hte thread that contains everything we know about crews.
http://forum.worldof.../8498-faq-crew/
If you have any more questions after reading that thread, please post into there.
Locking this thread.

Tanitha: Yeah companies are coming soon, they are "up to" 15 player teams.