Developers posts on forum

Tanitha: The current Thread on this topic is
http://forum.worldof...riously-broken/
Closing this thread.

Tanitha: And then we'd have so many cases of Nelson Muntz syndrome...
*shoots with 122mm*
"Oops... sorry"
*one round later in troll forum*
"And would you believe the guy thought it was accidental? WHAT A SUCKER!"
Exactly.
Purposely TKing someone then saying "oops sorry" is the other side of the discussion..
Establishing intent (From a screen-shot) is difficult, with or without a "sorry"
Anyway I know they are working on this issue.

Tanitha:

Tanitha: I heard a dev say it was coming soon.
I replied cool, as long as it comes with a OFF button.
As for announcements, they will probably come when its ready to be installed.

Tanitha: Here my two favorites
http://www.youtube.c...feature=related
And one for the "Adults"
http://www.youtube.c...feature=related

Tanitha: The current problems with the detection system are in this current post.
http://forum.worldof...riously-broken/
Please refer to that post for further discussion..

Tanitha: Your questions already have been answered.
And its in stickies and many other threads in the forums.

Tanitha: Pmed the reply to the poster, Closing thread.

Tanitha: Firstly, I'm thinking the suicidal scout runs of the past dont work very well any more, with no warping they die too quickly, even leopards.
And secondly, Part of the suicidal scout run, was getting lots of exp from killing arty while you were in the enemy base. That's now a lot harder because you don't live in the enemy base for long.
Another part of the suicidal scout run was lighting up the enemy so your team mates/arty could shoot them, and you get paid support exp for their damage. But again that's now limited because scouts have a limited life in the enemy base now.
I doubt suicidal scouts are earning anywhere near what they used to earn now that warping is fixed.
Scouts are due to be buffed soonish

Tanitha: That should be easy to guess.
Almost no-one is on the russian beta.
European/USA Beta. There is about 185,000 in the forums, Written on the bottom right of our forums.
Russian Release. About 520k in their forums. Written on the bottom right of the Russian forums.
So 700k forum accounts, and 500k game accounts.
If the % of game accounts was the same as the % forum accounts, then it would be...
132k USA/Europe
368k Russian
About..
They wont be accurate, but its a guesstimate.

Tanitha: Merging the other post that's been answered by admin/devs. To here.

Tanitha: Ive not played a lot since the patch to be honest mate, maybe 50 games. Sure there is a problem with sighting "IMO".
I didn't/don't know there was any new problems though, because I thought the problem was there before the patch as well and was just as bad before the patch..
The only feedback I've seen so far, is the servers are due for a upgrade which will reduce lag. I don't think the problems are just lag problems though.
Mods have asked devs for a update and more info recently (Today), and devs have been pointed to this thread.
As for my previous post, I was just posting and informing that id merged a few posts on a similar topic into the one thread. The photo of the elephant was just because it was at the end of a 36 hour shift due to not being able to sleep, and I was a bit nuts. Ive not posted any constructive feedback into this thread, because I don't have any at the moment.
Please be patient : )

Tanitha: There has been many changes and tweaks to the artillery system up to and including the recent 0.6.1.5 patch.
To keep the discussion on the current topics, 2 new threads have been made to replace this one.
New Thread => General Discussion on the current state of Artillery post 0.6.1.5 patch is to be placed here. Link
New Thread => Constructive Suggestions relating to Artillery 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
Posts on artillery outside of the above topics is considered off topic.

Tanitha: There has been many changes and tweaks to the artillery system up to and including the recent 0.6.1.5 patch.
Discussion on Artillery is limited to the below sections.
New Thread => General Discussion on the current state of Artillery post 0.6.1.5 patch is to be placed here. Link
New Thread => Constructive Suggestions relating to Artillery 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
Posts on artillery outside of the above topics will be considered off topic.

Tanitha: There has been many changes and tweaks to the artillery system up to and including the recent 0.6.1.5 patch.
This thread is to contain all the constructive suggestions relating to Artillery within World of Tanks Beta.
General Discussion on the current state of Artillery post 0.6.1.5 patch is 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
Posts on artillery outside of the above topics will be considered off topic.

Tanitha: There has been many changes and tweaks to the artillery system up to and including the recent 0.6.1.5 patch.
This thread is to contain all the general discussion on the current state of Artillery within World of Tanks Beta.
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
Posts on artillery outside of the above topics will be considered off topic.

Tanitha:

LiannaSilverwind: Итак победа 14:8 против Czehoslovak Army Red.
Пойдем почитаем газетку.
Возник вопрос - мы тоже стараемся максимально мотировать личный состав, где можно поиметь видео с выступлением молодых танкисток в форме для боев в пустыне? Будем радовать и поднимать боевой дух, и тренировать наших танкисток.

Tanitha: Some tanks do. Why not provide info like what tank, screen-shots. Etc..
Wild random accusations like this, is worse than pointless.

Tanitha: As above..
Reports in the forum are not permitted.
Regards. Closing..

Tanitha: Do you:
Camp or flank? Both i like to mix it up.
Suicide scout or scaredy scout? Suicide
Let your reticule shrink or take the snap shot? Let it shrink
Prefer heavies or mediums? Both T44 and vk4502, But IS7 on release..
Speed up crew training or convert XP? Crew training
Beeline for the tier upgrade or research the modules first? Upgrade quickly
Have premium or not? Premium
Chase the scout or let him go? Chase the scout
Hate artillery? Love to hate artillery. I don't like getting killed by them, but i prefer the games with them.

Tanitha: You can probably update manually and then run the worldoftanks.exe file directly instead of the launcher.
http://game.worldoftanks.com/update
But the problem with the launcher is probably.. Virus scanners don't like its installer, I think a main problem is security essentials.
So switch them off. Check firewalls, and there is torrent settings in the installer somewhere.
Good luck.

Tanitha: They aren't invisible, Just camouflaged.
You can hide anything anywhere with a camo net and 100% camo skill crew.

But seriously, there is a few topics on this already, So I'll merge them together to keep things tidy..

Tanitha: Yes the forum is a bit buggy like that.
The thread was in the wrong section, the same as this one is. Discussion of the closed beta needs to be in the closed beta section of the forum, not in the public sections.
So the thread was moved to the correct section and a "shadow" was left behind saying it was moved.
After it was moved, it was merged into a few other threads. Making that shadow link no longer valid and pointing to a post that doesn't exist any more.
The shaddow is now stuck too, So i cant delete it.
Whatever lol, its a forum bug anyway..
The exp nerf thread is in the closed beta section of the forum.
Here. http://forum.worldof...16667-exp-nerf/
And because this thread is in the wrong section, and on a duplicate topic. This thread will be merged with the other as well.

Tanitha: Probably right mate. Thats my playing style, I don't play to last until the end.
I play to get in do my fair share of kills and damage, die, and get on with the next game. Doing this I've always managed IMO to get my fair share of damage in and exp / credits earned.
Ive found that if i play a defensive game, Then sooner or later I'll be outnumbered and rained on by artillery without getting the change to do that exp/credit earning amount of damage. I'm definitely a front line start of the game player. Usually I'm 1/4 way to the enemy base before 1/2 my team even leaves our base.
Obviously some maps you have to snipe a bit at the start.. but...
I've not really noticed much difference in exp, and my credits seem to have gone up quite a bit.

Tanitha: It was discussed recently by the mods.
I just don't see the point. if someone wants to read the last page they can, or the last 10 pages, or the whole thread. No-ones forcing anyone to read the whole thread.
At the moment its 209 pages and 4160 posts long. I don't think that is a bad thing though.

Tanitha: Sure its not the best.. So don't use it, and use manual aim..
Me, with 400 ping from Western Australia, its often better than nothing.

Tanitha: +1'ed you. But I don't think it would work very well.
The players who play a lot could then TK on purpose every 250? games? which is your suggested allowed quota..
IE, oh another 500 games, without a accidental TK, So I'm owed 2 now. the next two tanks that annoy me, or cap, or... etc I can kill and still stay under my quota.

Tanitha: The below are just IMO's, and how they seem to me, not facts..
IMO American heavy tank's weren't "that" good in that era (not that i'm a big tank buff that knows a lot about older tanks, just going on what ive heard..).
I think USA were more renown for their artillery, light/medium tanks, and tank destroyers.
"Overall", I think they used the shoot and scoot principal. So higher damage, and mobility, but not much Armour.
The US arty I've not looked at, at all so no comment.
The light/medium tanks, seem pretty good. I believe (from 1v1 training room testing) that the T23 is the best clan war's scout tank in game at the moment, (better than the T44).
It has a quicker top speed, similar turning speed, more damage, less penetration, etc, pretty similar to the T44, but the extra speed is nice.
Some of the mid tier heavies seem to outperform their Russian and German counterparts, but they only have decent armour on their turrets not on the tank body, So people need to stop using auto aim and stop hitting their turrets.
The T10 USA heavy, doesn't seem to match up very well to the mouse, and the mouse doesn't seem to match up very well to the IS7.
So IS7>Mouse>T30 Again in 1v1 testing in the training room..
All in all they are "ok", not that much difference. I think the mediums like the T23 and the TD's will be the main tanks to stand out..

Tanitha: Thankyou. ^^ And yes, I'm just a player with too much free time that is helping out trying to make the game a bit better for release. And looking forward to playing it lots when it is released. A lot of people do shoot the messenger though

Tanitha: Props to everyone in the thread really. There's no -reps in the thread, no swearing or abuse, or etc etc..
It really is a lot more constructive to post constructive criticism and suggestions than it is to QQ, abuse and flame.
Release was last guesstimated at 1st Q 2011, if that's mid February (mid 1st quarter) then that's still 3 months away. Its plenty of time to make sure everything is tweaked and running smoothly before release. We have to remember it is Beta and the game is still under construction and not finished.

Tanitha: Sigh.... I'm very jealous. Nice video..
My comp isn't big enough to run a fraps video capture and play the game, And my FPS isn't high enough really to get a smooth game like that either. I usually run on 15 FPS with 400 ping from West Australia. So the video is a pretty big difference to what I see in game even without having fraps running. I guess I have a couple of months to upgrade my system before release. But I'll not fix the ping though. Grrr.
Anyway yeah as is said above, you shot the bottom right of its tracks, so most of the damage would have hit the track and the ground, not the tanks armour.

Tanitha: Come on guys, you all clicked on the post asking for "no lifers".. So you must be one right? Admit it. Come out of the closet and be proud, its 2010 now, people wont hold it against you..
Join us.
One no lifer is worth 5 accountants in clan-wars, its a well known statistical anomaly. Let us unite under the one banner, and fly it high..

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Tanitha: As an example I had a fun/interesting game a little while ago. I ended up scouting in my vk4502 mini mouse.
Well, im a slow tank, and i cant tell other players what to do and were to go. So i went off one way. And no-one followed. I wasn't going to turn around, the tanks too slow for that, So I kept going..
I ended up driving into the town on the new desert map, the one made of clay buildings, the only friendly tank in sight. And I walked into a enemy vk4502 and 4-5-6 other large tanks, and I mean walked into they were right on top of me... I shot them a few times. while arty pounded the area. Enemy arty pounded me, and our arty pounded them, while I shot them as well. I didnt get hit too much, I think there was too many of them in a small area that they couldn't get a shot in, and a lot of confusion. Anyway very shortly afterward I was surprised that I was the only tank standing in a field of enemy red icons.
After that battle which took out almost 1/2 the enemy team, the game finished shortly afterwards. I was surprised to find out at the end of the game. that I had only fired 4 shots, for 4 hits, and earned 45k credits. Quite a hefty pay rate for a Vk4502 especially for only 4 shots fired.
The high pay IMO was from spotting for the arty, "support", lots of tanks getting killed by my scouting. Being around enemy fire, enemy arty fire, even all the shots that missed and landed around me, and a decent amount of damage done to the high tanks with the 4 shots that landed. Etc Etc..
Like also if you are in a leopard, and dodging enemy artillery that is missing and landing around you, I believe you will clock up the exp by not getting hit, just being under fire.
I'm not saying exp doesn't need tweaking, I'm sure it will be tweaked 100 times before release. But I don't see anything wrong with earning exp from being close to (in) combat, under-fire, spotting etc..

Tanitha: I'm happy with the way the repair kids work at the moment. If you use a repair kit it fully repairs if for a period of time. If someone else shoots your tracks, then they blow again.
I don't think a repair kit can/should make you immune to fire for any period of time. Can you imagine having 3-4 tanks around you shooting you in the tracks for that 30 seconds and all shots just bouncing off because of the repair kit you used 30 seconds ago..

Tanitha: This.. It sounds to me you ran into a TD hiding in a bush, you seen no enemy tanks, they seen you, relayed back to artys with the radio's.. Boom, dead.
I would guess what you did wrong was.. When you first got fired at which missed, you should have got out of there before the arty even reloaded. It seemed obvious that you had been spotted and arty was focused on you, and a direct hit can hurt a medium tank.
*Edit, OP said he wasn't tracked, but when you are tracked by arty, same deal, using a 3k repair kit and getting out of there before they reload, can save you 15k in repairs, and you might go on to get a few kills and earn a extra 20k credits on top. Help your team win, and improve your stats. Etc..
*And edited for a ton of typos. Sorry.

Tanitha:

Tanitha: There is already posts on this topic, But I'll move your post to the devs suggestion section because I like the photo
A photo is worth 1000 words.
Question: What is the bonus +42 for? Its not explained very well.
And other suggestions from other threads, and my own ideas of what id like included..
1. Id also like scouted X
2. Id also like to know who earned how much EXP and CREDITS. Why just know how much you earned? I'm nosy id like to know what everyone earned.
3. Id like the game to continue at the end of the game instead of throw you to the lobby, People are free to exit if they like, Otherwise the room stays open for 3 minutes so you can organize a platoon for the next game, discuss the game, add people to friends list, say Good Game, Etc Etc, these simple things add a lot to the game, at the moment you cant talk and play while in combat and after the combat you cant talk either.
4. Reporting features. Where you can "click" report AFkers, TKers, Team Damagers, Macroers, etc. Emailing in screenshots after a game is a pain.
This is probably open to abuse, and would need some planning. And might not work because of the possible of it being abused.
+ The other stuff mentioned in the OP, That is in the photo.

Tanitha: Its also posted to the wrong section, so since its answered above, I'll lock and move it.

Tanitha: I didn't apply that particular ban another mod did while I was working on it. So I put my name on the ban that was issued since I was editing the post at the time.
The initial provoking insult was deleted by the poster. The only remains of it was in quotes.
Quirky should have clicked "report" instead of flaming back, especially since the original posts were already cleaned by the poster.
Edit. Madgelo was banned for 7 days by another mod...
And on topic..
You are welcome to continue the discussion, but please make it constructive criticism and suggestions.
Racism, swearing, insults towards players or devs, and general flaming will not be permitted, in this thread or any other sections of the forums.

Tanitha: This..
Unfortunately when support get a long complaint letter, detailing what "the reporter thought happened", with screen caps to match with your name on them clearly showing you Tked them. Then intent is hard to established.
So it definitely often does come down to, apologize, quickly and nicely, before they go off writing big stories/complaints.
The TK system could do with some work before release and im sure it will be improved before then.

Tanitha: I will organize in game bans for intentional team damaging from a forum post. However in this case it doesn't appear to be anything recent and more of a "in the past" comment.
As for the repeating comment, the line as written doesn't make very good English. I'm inclined to think that its a typo and the line should have been "but I have no intentions to repeat that." Either way its not that clear cut to slap a ban on because of this particular forum post.
Team damager's, Do get banned in game. Stating that you team damage in the forums or garage chat will result in the same.
Anyway the point of this thread is simply for the cappers and the killers to whine at each other. It serves no constructive purpose. So its being closed.

LiannaSilverwind: Thank you, Overlord.