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Ectar:   It's not possible to enable missions like this for an individual account I'm afraid. They are activated server side for the entire server.

Ectar: Don't worry about shooting gold in the E75, it's rarely required.  For as IS-7 side on, try going for the hull, just be careful of that troll spaced armour. I tend to go for just above the tracks on the inner hull. Aim towards the rear for change of engine fire, and above the 3rd/4th wheel for chance of ammo rack.   What looks like flat side armour on the IS-7 is actually angled and a bit of a pig to shoot at. the turret also isn't a great target unless you're aiming down on it (as the curvature gives it a good armour boost). Don't be afraid to get into and trade with other heavies. Angled you can tank quite well, just be careful of the high calibre tier 10's.

Ectar: Hello,   Accounts with this name ranging from 1 to 60 are demo accounts given to contributors for testing the Sentinel and making content for it. Will make sure that all contributors are aware in future they are not to be used to play about on other tanks as that is not their intended purpose.

Ectar:   Bearing in mind my opinion in no way reflects anyone else's opinion - I'd prefer to see arty capped per team. We have it already at 5 per side but I feel 2 per side is more balanced. In saying that however 5 arty per side is not common and the minute you limit the amount of arty per side, the focus then shifts to people complaining there is too many TD's per side (as people start to realise they can camp more with less threat). Then you get too many mediums per side as people avoid slow heavies.  There is always a potential knock on effect, especially when making sweeping changes.  It's better to change stuff gradually and wait to see results, than make drastic changes and then have to tackle a new issue.

Ectar:   Well with that attitude we're never going to get anywhere are we?  It's true there is no promises that anything from this thread will result in change, but it will give me numbers and reasoning behind the desires which is very helpful in passing things up the chain.   You can't say we don't listen, then when we do say "Ok talk to us" you then reply with "well you won't do anything so I won't bother". We can't really win either way then can we?

Ectar:   If you read through this thread, you'll see it's not as simple as everyone saying "remove arty, remove premium ammo" - Funnily enough lots of different people want different things.    It's an age old saying "It's not what you say, but how you say it"  When people give 1 word snappy answers, or make their replies confrontational/rude then what do they honestly expect as a reply?     "Hey, lets talk but before we do, lets do it in a civilized manner so please don't do this" "I'll just ignore you invitation and do what I want, I'm sure this will help get my point across and you'll listen to me"   That's not how this is going to work.  

Ectar: Please note that all answers which don't follow the guidelines in the first post will be removed. They are not constructive and they add nothing to the conversation.     The guidelines were very simple people. Please follow it or if you have nothing else to add then like someone else's comment that you feel is similar to how you feel.    

Ectar:   It's very rare a match is decided by the luck of RNG and in those moments it becomes more exciting and is usually due to poorly aimed shots. I can see the case for lower RNG (which could still cause issues as vehicles may need to be rebalanced) but it's not a dominant factor in WGL and certainly not the deciding factor.

Ectar:   Sadly with putting codes in chat, they can be quickly taken by scripts/macros. Any code you put into chat that isn't a one off code then gets immediately shared on various sites like reddit, the official forums etc.  This happened during Gamescom with the QR codes for example which were only intended for stream viewers. As I said that may be possible at the Grand Finals, for the regular season however most matches take place online and players are not in the studio. Regarding additional people to cast, for the Grand Finals there will be a main cast and a 2nd cast covering the 2nd stage (so we get all the matches). The 2nd stream cast will be covered by Luke "Dorjan" Kneller, Michael "Anfield" Bingham and myself. I'm looking forward to trying this after getting a bit of experience with the season finals.  

Ectar: Hello guys, Got an interesting topic I'd like to bring up with you all and hope to get some constructive feedback.  Quite simply If you could change 3 things in World of Tanks, what would they be and most importantly, why/how? Before answering this question I need to put down some ground rules for answers. No one word reasons. Please expand on your thoughts without answers like "Because I don't like it" or "because it's bad".  No unrealistic suggestions, please think of things like the core gameplay, UI and experience (For example: Removing arty or any other class of vehicle is unrealistic and not going to happen). Your feedback could be related to any aspect of the game, such as Clan Wars, eSports, Matchmaking, Map design, UI and Chat, Battle Mechanics etc etc.  Again please try to keep your suggestions realistic and think of the bigger picture and how it would effect the game in general.  Things like "Make tier 9 tanks cheaper" just because you're on tier 8 at the moment isn't really the kind of ideas/suggestions we're looking for (as that's a very specific individual concern). A good example would be: Suggestion: - I'd like to see the ability to be create troll platoons disabled, and make it so platoons can only be made within the battle tier of the platoon leader (Like with World of Tanks Console).Why: - As the system currently stands, it always puts the team with the troll platoon at a disadvantage. The benefit of having an extra tier over the enemy isn't a balance for being essentially a tank down from the very start. There is never a situation where I can think to myself "I'm glad that tier 10 in my team brought his tier 3 platoon mate".  It doesn't benefit the game in any way and it causes frustration for the rest of the team who experience this.  I look forward to seeing your suggestions, this thread will remain open for about 2 to 3 weeks. 

Ectar:   That is more or less what is happening. Some undeserved tanks may be out there, but when the next wave hits, they're taken out to ocean and their vehicles are never seem again. If you get a sketchy answer it's just because the CS agent is wary about discussing what these checks are/how we catch players. There is an automated system but there is also some manual reviews happening and we don't want to give players any hints on what they need to avoid.

Ectar:   I know it has a lot of fans, but for some reason I couldn't get to grips with it. I think I just generally struggle with higher tier meds that have lower armour. I equally struggled with the Leo Prototype and my stats on the Leo 1 are pretty poor.  I need to have a good long focus on that branch to learn how to play them properly. I enjoyed the Centurion 1 much and 7/1 much more but they are a different style of play really.  Might pick up the Indien Panzer again and use the Mutz to help get a crew up to speed.

Ectar:   Hi there,   We won't remove your post. But we will lock this topic as it's not a topic which belongs in the gameplay section of our forums. Please be aware that our support team are not forum admins and are unable to deal with player issues via forum threads. I can only advise you to remain patient if you're waiting on a reply from our support team and to not constantly update/refresh your ticket as this takes your issue out of the queue places you back into the end of the queue as it's classed as a new enquiry   - Ectar.

Ectar:   You've made a few points here and some I feel the need to touch on some specifically to give a clearer picture and also get some additional feedback.   7. - Having players turn up just for goodies doesn't keep people watching the stream. It makes people wait for a giveaway then leave. It also makes chat a very polluted place with lots of people just spamming "When is giveaway?" etc. On top of that many people also seem to expect giveaways to happen during the matches (when we'd rather everyone was paying attention to what's happening) rather than during the downtime between matches when any production normally loses viewers for various reasons (as people go to the toilet, get food, get up and walk around etc etc).  I've moderated high volume twitch chats in the past and the minute you get over 2000 viewers in a chat stream it moves pretty quickly and becomes very spammy in general.   8. - Decent suggestion but not always easy to have the set up of face cams for everyone. LoL does it for example but the images are normally quite small and the players are 100% focused during the matches. It's nice to see players getting emotional however due to the nature of playing in LAN finals most people remain calm and composed. It's not like CoD on consoles where they're all shouting at each other. You're also limited to what's available in the studio and not all WGLEU games are played in the studio like for example League of Legends.  Stuff like that may feature in the Grand Finals however.   9. For EU you have Mitch "Ubershouts" Leslie, Oliver "Laughter" Maxfield and Lauren "Pansy" Scott. As for Laughter he is an ex pro player and his stats more than speak for himself. He's normally doing the colour casting.  Both Mitch and Lauren normally do the play by play casting and have fairly extensive casting experience from other games, Mitch does CSGO, League of Legends and Overwatch.  Lauren is well known in CSGO circles for her casting.  Play by play casting and colour casting are 2 very different skills and not everyone can switch between the two. Hosting a show is also a very different kettle of fish.    10. Your earlier statement "I have seen screaming girls speaking about a game that they do not understand and know nothing about" doesn't make sense. There is only Lauren as a caster, she does the play by plays and is pretty dam good at it.  The only other female in the WGEU casts is Melly who does social media and she doesn't commentate on matches. She occasionally talks about what happened after a match but she doesn't go into in depth details. She more really commentates on the teams as she knows the teams really well due to interacting with then daily/weekly. Casting is very very difficult to do and whilst more female casters would be nice, it's sadly something that the majority viewing public find hard to adjust to. There is a lack of female casters for any top level sports in general, never mind eSports. That's mainly because many sports are still male dominated or are male only (Football, Basketball, Rugby, F1 Racing etc etc).  Regarding players you'll notice a lack of female players in the top teams for any major online game like League of Legends, Dota2 and CS:GO.  Why?  Because there simply isn't a lot of female gamers good enough to be at that level.  If someone is good at a game, they'll get in a team. It has nothing to do with their sexuality, hair colour, skin colour, nationality, religion etc etc.  I'm aware there is female pro teams for different games and I'm not taking anything away from them. I personally wish however that there wasn't a separate tournament/league like that as the last thing eSports needs is to segregation based on something. Everyone should be entitled and able to get on a team so long as they're good enough.  

Ectar:   You say "random dudes" when Oliver has been known in the World of Tanks eSport team for some considerable time.  Who else would you expect to see casting the games and how do you know/what area of influence/what current role do those people have,that you feel would be more suitable to commentating the matches?   If you watched the recent WGLEU finals last weekend for example I was one of the people on the analyst desk along with 2 pro players Kevin "The Deadzone" Van Huit who plays with Penta and "Still_Mojo" who used to play with Kazna Kru.  The Analyst desk was also hosted by Luke "Dorjan" Kneller who is known to a lot of viewers who already watch any eSport stuff from Wargaming and is also the voice behind The "replay of the week" video series that we do.  

Ectar:   That sentece I am having trouble with also. So players who arent clanless (so are in a clan) will not be included ???   It's a typo. I mean clanless players who are posting in that thread won't be included.

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Ectar:       Um, yeah it was announced, right here - http://forum.worldoftanks.eu/index.php?/topic/550905-unsportsmanlike-conduct-report-category/

Ectar: Looks to me like a reroll or alt account that's grinded free exp on the 2 French tanks and then used the HeaT-54.  If you send me a PM with the player name I can check it out but I make no promises any action will be taken.

Ectar:   If someone pushes you out of cover, you need to report that situation to customer support and the player is delt with that way. It's not possible to have an automated system that can judge why and when someone is pushed out of cover or blocks a team mates.   After over 7000 battles you really should have a good understanding of the team damage mechanics and how it works. If not, you can brush up your knowledge here.  The automatic system can't determine someone's motives and it can't track who is being pushed out of cover or blocked. All it does is record who shoots who, who is blue or not, and acts accordingly.   Don't want to be banned for team damage/team killing? Don't shoot team mates.  It's really that simple.

Ectar:     Have a trial period for new recruits where what's expected of them is made clear.  Explain that being invited for a trial does not guarantee they will be a full Clan Member.  If there is threats related to real life situations, please contact support. They can review the player's chat logs. Not with World of Tanks, but I was a Guild Master for an end game raiding guild in World of Warcraft for 2 years.  There is always players who for whatever reason don't fit in. I always made sure the person responsible for recruiting explained our guild rules and what's expected of players. I also made sure any applications were reviewed by at least 2 people.   Once someone was removed we'd explain to them why and then basically cut all ties. There is no need for us to keep in touch unless them moving on was a personal choice and they remained in good terms with everyone. - If the player tried to harass or contact anyone they were just ignored. Eventually they get tired and move on, it's not worth worrying about.

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Ectar: Over the past few weeks, the “Unsportsmanlike Conduct” player report category has been a hot topic. We’ve received a lot of feedback from your forum posts, tickets to Support, posts on WoTLabs, Reddit and other places online. Thanks! Your feedback has really helped highlight this concern. We’ve been working alongside our Customer Support team to gather this feedback and see how we could improve this system. During our investigations we have identified key areas where we agree a different approach is required: The current in-game report system is not as effective as we’d like it to be in order to report genuine in-game misconduct, such as: pushing allies out of cover, blocking team mates, or revealing team mate positions or any other abuse not covered by the other categories. The way Unsportsmanlike Conduct reports have been handled on the EU server has encouraged some players or groups of players to try and manipulate this category in order to get other players unfairly sanctioned. As an immediate result, we have put in place several changes regarding how sanctions for Unsportsmanlike Conduct are handled and given out on the EU server. We’re also continuously discussing options and possibilities to improve our current in-game report functions for our developers to review.  Please note it is very important that you all still continue to use the in-game report function to report any kind of misbehaviour you witness in battle, as we rely heavily on these reports to adjust our actions according to the offence. The voice of the community has helped to shape this process, so we would like to once again thank all players for their feedback and patience during this review, and especially for all the great ideas and suggestions.

Ectar:   It should say 15% instead of 5% the article will be updated to avoid the confusion.

Ectar: Personally I feel it's one of the most well rounded tanks for it's tier and one of my favourite tanks to play.

Ectar: If you're going to make troll threads like this in gameplay discussion, they're going to go to off topic. So please stop or at least post in the correct section.   Just because there is no downvotes that doesn't mean you still won't be sanctioned for stuff like this.

Ectar:   If you're playing World of Tanks and wanted to show it to a friend with you standing there we're not going to come after you.  What happens on the account however is still your responsibility so "My friend deleted my tanks" isn't an excuse that is going to fly. We're never really going to know about a situation like that anyway unless you confess to it.   If your friend is using your account from a different country and grinding out games for you. That's a different story.   You shouldn't be regularly swapping accounts with anyone.  As said earlier at the end of the day the account holder is always liable for what happens on the account and if your "friend" lets someone else do something on your account that's bad, it's you who deals with the outcome.   Obviously having an account "hacked" and sharing an account are 2 different things and claims of hacks are always investigated on an individual basis.  Your account security will always be your responsibility first and foremost.

Ectar:   Indeed any premium tank added to the game would realistically need to be put into an existing tech tree.  Nice idea but not to easy to fit into the game.

Ectar: We'll have some news next week which should interest you. 

Ectar: 2nd accounts are allowed.  Using a 2nd account on the forums however to troll and to try and avoid bans/sanctions on your main account isn't allowed. Sharing accounts is not ok, Selling accounts is not ok.

Ectar:   Well no one has answered the question as it's related to balance and vehicle parameters which isn't something we can comment on.  If there is any major issues with a tank we'll see that via trends and data from across all the servers and adjustments will be made if required. It's not something we can say "yes things will change by X% or Y value on"  Even then any changes would come in as part of a main patch and we're not able to share future plans until they're 100% locked in.

Ectar:   Correct, bad example. I'll edit my post. I never stick camo on these tanks myself as I like the look of them normally.

Ectar: Well I've had a talk about the possible new thing today and It's very interesting. If it gets the go ahead I'm looking forward to seeing the community reaction.  Will let you all know as soon as we're able to!

Ectar:   It's been considered, the danger is players thinking "Not another sherman" for example or "It's just a regular tiger but different camo".  Being able to give players an option to customize their shermans (like being able to unlock a different hull with the track armour) could be an alternative. I personally like the idea of selling tank "skins" like the way you can get character skins in LoL, but not every tank has an obvious alternative skin and for the PC version compared to the console version there is still more of a desire to keep it historically accurate (where possible) due to the different core audiences.

Ectar:   It's a normal premium tank that can't mount camo (it automatically has the camo bonus) nor can it mount inscriptions or emblems. It doesn't have limited MM, going forward all new premiums are very unlikely to have limited MM.

Ectar:    The plans for the Pz 58 Mutz weren't finalized until after November. It looked like it was going to be available for the end of year activities but then with Rubicon changing and content being delayed, plans for the Mutz changed.  There are no planned missions or marathons to be able to pick up this tank or the non camo version.   It's highly likely that other future premium vehicles will have their own unique camo's like the 46 Patton Kr, Berlin Trio, Pz 58 Mutz.  Personally I've always felt that premiums seem a bit weird when they look like they could just be part of the regular tree. I prefer the whole "Woah! What tank is that guy driving!?" when I roll up in a premium.   I know others may disagree but to me I think these tanks should feel special in a way and look/feel unique too.   Whilst some players have a personal preference for stock coloured tanks skins, this is easily changed by using a mod to change the look of your tank. There are lots of very skilled artists out there making cool skins (The AMX 40 duck one is a perfect example).    TLDR: plans change. This is why sadly it's sometimes difficult to give players information in advance as plans are not always locked in. This also shows why we don't comment on leaks because the "how and when" something will be available is never guaranteed until there is a supporting portal article explaining how to get it. 

Ectar:   No that's a feature unique to the Berlin tanks

Ectar:   Thanks for this. I wanted to also post in this topic but got side tracked.  What I've said is true and for February it's not returning but there may be something else come March.  I wasn't able to get any further details.

Ectar:   I've edited my answer already as I realised it was a bit limited.

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Ectar:   As stated in the article, the list is a result of player surveys one of which was already asked on the forums. We also send surveys to players to complete via e-mail from time to time.  It's not just data from the EU region however, surveys were equally done on other regions to gather player feedback.  We want to focus on these maps first as these ones were commonly selected by players.  The maps are planned to be reworked rather than removed. During the rework time they would still be available in their old format but with a lower chance of appearing in random battles.   Regarding lower tier map rotations -  The map set available for newcomers on low tiers has been changed so that there are more simple and understandable maps that allow players to learn the basic game mechanics of World of Tanks. However, we know that many of you enjoy taking part in mid-tier battles. In 9.13 we added Malinovka and Ensk to list of maps available for Battle Tier 4 (was previously available at Battle Tier 5+). Cliff and Prokhorovka were added to the pool of Battle Tier 5 maps (previously only for 6+).  

Ectar:   At the time of the poll, Pilsen wasn't released and as it's new it wouldn't be immediately up for review. With it being a new map however, the results and the hot spot areas are being monitored to see how game play develops.      

Ectar: Abbey, despite it being basically 3 lanes of approach is at least almost symmetrical. Mountain Pass in a way plays out the same but that's not equal on both sides.    Fjords I feel can be easily won by west side each time if they rush north as it gives them a huge amount of map coverage.  I feel the mountain on the east side of Fjords needs reworked with maybe a path mid way. It would totally change the dynamic of the map and where fights take place. 

Ectar:   As I understand, it's the museum senior staff who do the commentating including the Museum Director and notable historians such as David Fletcher