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Subject: Ostatni tydzień Operacji Świątecznych
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marcinPunto, on 08 January 2019 - 08:42 PM, said:   Wydaje mi się, że jest pomyłka w obrazkach - zamieniony styl księżycowy ze świątecznym.


DIABLOMEN33, on 08 January 2019 - 10:05 PM, said: Pytanie do admina: aktywować zniżki trzeba przed wprowadzeniem 1.4, natomiast kupić czołg z aktywowaną zniżką mogę po wprowdzeniu 1.4, dobrze to rozumiem?

Subject: Farewell and good luck! - Kandly
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Horcan, on 24 December 2018 - 12:11 PM, said: Wow just now looking at that facebook link i realised who you are . I was in same year with your mom at university when she was at Pro tv Deva . How years pass ....i think you were just a little girl back then. Good luck with your new projects .


punkyjam67, on 28 December 2018 - 05:11 PM, said:   Welcome to Hotel World of Tanks
You can check in, but you'll never leave...

Subject: Farewell and good luck! - Kandly
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IN4KSTREMIS_Fr, on 08 January 2019 - 02:55 PM, said: Good luck for the future ... I do not understand you do not work for wot but you still work at wg with the other games?

Subject: is THIS good for gameplay?
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Subject: Arad – A Non-Corridor City Map Proposal (With Pictures And Minimap)!
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SaintMaddenus, on 08 January 2019 - 01:26 PM, said:   Here's an Idea for you, run a competition for the best player designed map.  Have a thread like this and the map with the most PLAYER votes wins and you make it.   You pay the player off in 360 days of gold for the rights for WG to own that map.   very cheap option.  If you get submissions of the quality above you've got a LOT of the work done for you, very cheaply.    You could even win Kudos for listening to players.  
  "I would happily give my whole idea to WG for free "   Shhh  
 

Subject: Time to eat my words
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Subject: Why angle? or have armour!
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Subject: Replay analysis - what does this tell us about the MM?
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Subject: WoT is not broken...
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Noo_Noo, on 07 January 2019 - 07:40 PM, said:   I'm sorry but I don't believe you, especially when WG, to my knowledge in the last 3 years have not released any UP premium or top tier tanks other than Tier 10 lights. Tests, CC opinions etc. all suggested that the OBJ268 V4 was OP. Strange that they were proved right based on a small number of battles yet the game designers were unable to establish this from all the world wide test data available. In fact you didn't really do anything for anything up to 5-6 months depending how long it takes to implement a nerf. This really suggests WG decided to ignore the issue.    It says a lot for the games balance when the best tier 10 light tank is actually a medium!!

This is a huge issue IMO - WG's response time. Instead of addressing issues WG ignore the issue for too long. Arty has been problematic for years but even though there have been changes its still problem. WG's solution? Sell the Lefe. As mentioned above 6 months to nerf the OBJ268 V4. Type 5 has been broken for how long now?? MM is still a problem despite the issues being revealed within the first couple of weeks of the 3-5-7 template system release. Premium ammo is regularly whined about. In this instance I agree the issue is a very complex one but we're still waiting for that fix, even though I remain hugely apprehensive of the current proposed solution.  


Gkirmathal, on 07 January 2019 - 10:45 PM, said:   Thank you for the wall ghehe, I do like good walls of text! And I think it is good someone with a red band is showing up on the forums.   One of your predecessors once finely explained how the process worked and also pointed out that inter team and department communication back in the days was scratchy. I do understand, I have worked in a major publishing firm last year so I am familiar with how big corporations run and TBH sometimes they hurt themselves more than they do good via such processes.     Onto 3-5-7, my memory serves this well on the subject, including what I posted back then. I was and am a proponent of the template system. But I would say the first iteration of 9.18 was the best iteration for the template system.   The issue came with 9.19, they changed the template priorities, prioritizing 3-5-7 for all tiers above 4. This was after feedback from RU who disliked that tier X saw too many single tiered battles and some queue time issues. This change led to all the complaints of seeing too many -2 games, especially on tier 8. Which is indicative if tier X got the same priority (weight) in building a session based on 3-5-7 first.   The olden days mm versus 9.19 mm, no I'd choose the randomness, disproportionate type balancing and the occasional flukes over 9.19. But if you would ask me olden days versus 9.18, I'd say 9.18 all the way. Purely because of priority were much better balanced in 9.18 than to what it was changed with 9.19 till currently.   Therefor I do seriously hope the team working on this recognize the feedback properly. Not that most folks dislike -2, but that prioritizing templates that are -2, as is the case with 3-5-7 now, is not the most proper way to rework the template system. A better tier spread must be maintained, through setting correct priorities, if not utilizing a governor/management system in the mm that track players placement over x nr of battles.     Depends on the subject I suppose. But minor tank rebalances can be done in short time frames in my honest opinion and through better/more exstensive testing phases. Like I mentioned with the E8 ammo in the other thread. Content like the 252U/Bobject would have been averted that way...unless, if I put on my tin foil hat, it was meant to be released as is.    It's late...we'll prolly be discussing this tomorrow as well.  

Subject: WoT is not broken...
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Somnorila, on 07 January 2019 - 06:43 PM, said:   All the signs point to other things. I said it and others have too. Latest post on the forum from some guy i don't remember was probably more on the money than anyone until now. He said that we shouldn't bother to get upset, play or go away because WG is basically going full speed ahead behind their marketing team. The holiday boxes were two times in a row now and both times they made bank. From all the players, the ones who buy stuff are already full with goodies and there is not much left for them to feel attracted to buy. So it's reasonable to think that WG will never balance or fix anything because from their perspective nothing is broken. The mess is by design. Flood of premium tanks and new branches in a different form. So it's not something to be amazed when they say that the "special" ammo "fix" will come in a way which will support even more spam of expensive ammo, or premium account changes to make it more appealing, or creating new hooks in the form of bonds. First you got better equipment, it will come with some tanks and later probably even the ability to buy bonds directly from shop. The game is dead. There is no game. Only thing that remains is just a big business. You can avoid, lie or redirect attention but people are not blind, we got plenty of insight.

Subject: ►Tier VIII Premium Tanks Guide Review (2019)
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Subject: wonder how they will nerf arty.
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Subject: Game Mesh Not Ever Worked On?
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pecopad, on 08 January 2019 - 10:13 AM, said:   With all the respect, but it looks like you are the one trying to derail the topic by downplaying the issue the OP was reporting.   You don't think players venting their frustrations with serious bugs is constructive, and you don't think providing info on what WG is doing to solve the problem is constructive also....   I have a feeling that we have different opinions on what constructive is...


Ch1valry, on 07 January 2019 - 10:22 PM, said:   Venting or not, OP describes a problem that is very real and which annoys a lot of players. He is also pointing out that Wargaming should fix it. I can't seem to understand why that is not constructive?


MightyBalls_2, on 08 January 2019 - 07:46 AM, said:   Why would you close a post if you feel there is nothing constructive to say within the post?   The Actual definition to a forum is: "a meeting or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged.".   Contructive definition: "having or intended to have a useful or beneficial purpose.".   Yes I was venting my anger but I do believe that my vent was stil useful and beneficial regardless, and even though there was replies that were not, I still stand by why does it need to be closed because it may not contructive if there is none or little toxicity in regards to the OP or any members within the post.   But I would like to know if War Gaming are aware of this issue because they never ever mention it?  

Subject: WG, please stop doing this
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Subject: Serious question: How does one play the Fv4005?
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Subject: Poslední týden sváteční operace
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global_asa_wenca, on 08 January 2019 - 04:38 PM, said: https://thedailyboun...possible-dates/ Je to jenom odhad, takže to ber bez záruky.

Subject: The Big SPG Discussion Thread
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ilmavarvas, on 08 January 2019 - 02:13 PM, said:   Maybe your doing that hugging bit too much of a Harvey Weinstein-style and the arty is doing some #metoo 2 you?


C_Copia, on 08 January 2019 - 02:15 PM, said: only bad players cant avoid artys to the level the really hurt you... with some stun you must live but also the enemys

Subject: Balance..
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Noo_Noo, on 08 January 2019 - 11:41 AM, said:   I selected the Defender is its  basically another OP premium that WG introduced at Tier 8 as one example of where balance is way off. The fact that it doesn't happen every game is almost irrelevant Its in the game and it was put there deliberately.

That E8 meets tier 8 tanks a lot thanks to the current MM and as we are trying to tell you the gap between tier 6 and 8 is becoming too wide, especially with the current trend of all tier 8 premium tanks being very strong, if not OP or even broken. You can repeat this message across the whole game with the current 2 tier spread in the MM. 

Please note that I am not against two tier MM but I would like my -2 tier tanks to be able to contribute. 

That aside I find this attitude that everything is absolutely fine with the game a bit of a concern. Just look at this forum!!!!


Gkirmathal, on 08 January 2019 - 12:55 PM, said:   Of course those gaps have become different and in some cases worse. Not between the some older content (tanks) that has never been readjusted/tweaked in the past few years. E8 being one of them, Type 58 as well to name but one extra.   But the influx of new premiums and adjustments to certain premiums/normal content has shifted the meta throughout the tiers. The addition of template MM, combined with the 9.19 priority changes to 3-5-7 template, has also changed the environment in which players play the game compared to before. The decision to start even out armour profiles (removal of weak spot as it is called by many folks here) when tanks were remade into HD also adds to the gap in cases. The decision to up (turret) armour profiles on higher tier and certain nation tank lines, also adds to it.   Inter tier balance should be in order, which in some circumstances it is not. The E8 was given as just one highlighted example.   Each gap on itself is not stellar, but they all add up. Some more than others. But to be fair, developers did address some power gaps in late 2016/early2017. To give an example or two, the German mediums were tweaked and given quality of life buffs. Like the Panther2 line and Indien Pz line. Or the Löwe, for example.     I hated the Cromwell as well to be honest! The tank did not fit my play style.   The 'simple change' and the skewing you talk about. Let me give a clearer example to refute what you said: premium T-34-85M. That tank was given a huge buff that seriously skewed inter-tier 6 balance.   Besides seriously upping it's armor profile, it's ammo got changed as well to the one used by the tech tree 34-85. Which meant an increase of alpha. This alpha increase was not offset versus it's old rate of fire, which was retained and was based on it's old 160 alpha rounds. The result was an over armored tier 6 medium, compared to it's regular counterpart, almost as agile and a much higher dpm than almost any other tier 6 with the same alpha levels. Comparison: https://tanks.gg/compare/t-34-85m?t=rudy%7Et-34-85%7Ep43-bis%7Eskoda-t-40%7Etype-58   So what is and would be more skewing at that tier? The E8 getting a slight buff, through changing it's ammo, slightly increasing pen? Or the changes that were given to the 85M, which is there to be sold and make money on?   Of course I expect you to take it up for your employer, no harm in that, I understand where it comes from (contracts yay). So I'm not asking you to refute what I just posted, but do take in mind where players come from. Some of us have more knowledge that intersect with corporate life than you think.


LordMuffin, on 08 January 2019 - 01:06 PM, said: If you want to win your games, you are forced to fight T8 tanks like the Defender in like 30-40% of the games you play. You can of course not try to win and only take engagements which have zero impact on outcome. Though some that play this game actually plays to win, which also means being forced into engagements with 2 tiered higher opponents more or less every game 2 tiered higher tanks are present.   So in my E8, or any other T6 tank, I am forced to fight T8 tanks if I want to maximize my chances of actually winning.   Balancing a game to boredome is a failure at balancing. Balance doesn't mean identical tanks nor symmetrical maps. You can achieve balance in asymmetrical maps and in non-identical tanks.   If you wanted WoT to be more about teamwork, you shouldn't ruin SH. Also, teamwork is mainly non-existent in WoT, partly due to non rating based Matchmaker.  The skillevel difference is so huge in battles that teamwork gets very difficult to have. I see the game way different from you. This means, I can't rely on you. Because if I make a certain move, which will work if you do a certain move. I won't do it, because I am fairly certain that you are not aware that the move I want you to do is possible. If you where a 60%+WR player, I would do it though, because at that point I can rely on you actually seeing what has to be done.   You can't say that "we must release very powerful T8 premium tanks due to the matchmaker". That argument is just so stupid, and the only thing that comes from such thinking is powercreep, OP tanks and an increase in power difference between tiers and within tiers.   There have always been a gap between 2 tiers, but the gap have INCREASED since 2017. Increased means that in 2016, a T6 tank had an EASIER time fighting a T8 tank compared to how a T6 tanks fare against T8 tanks today.   The challenge current WoT gives is not interesting for me. Since it is not mainly skillbased anymore. Earlier, I felt the challenge was mainly skillbased, and that if I improved, I could overcome the challenge. Nowdays, I do not get that from WoT.   Old maps favouring high camo snipers over everything else???? The only time when TDs was strong was before they got the camo after shot nerf. After that, the best tanks for winning games (on average) have ALWAYS heavy tanks, the difference now is that difference between heavy tanks and armoured assault TDs and the rest has vastly increased since 2017.


Gixxer66, on 08 January 2019 - 02:17 PM, said:   You asked where I got 75% bottom Tier numbers from - by recording where in the MM my tank appeared for a couple of sessions, ie my own data. I think you took my reply regarding Defender / IS3A a little too literally, the point being you are likely to face up with something you have to rely heavily on RNG and the lack of skill of the driver to beat, it doesn't matter if it's a Defender, IS3A, Vk10.0001 etc. . You can actively try and avoid any of the above, but at some point you will have face up to a +2 Tier tank to win a match. If you think that tanks like the Defender are balanced, then we have very very different ideas of balance.      


adameitas, on 08 January 2019 - 02:24 PM, said: personally i missed old days when tds fought vs mediums, mediums vs heavies and so on. Now we have same number of tank types per game and that is just boring. For me the key is randomless in randoms. The more you try to control it the worse result you get imo. Every game should be as unique as possible.

Subject: The Big SPG Discussion Thread
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SaintMaddenus, on 08 January 2019 - 01:58 PM, said: "Why will arty players simply not accept that they damage other tanks, kill them quite often " as opposed to the other tanks that hug them and kiss them and love them and buy them flowers?    


Noo_Noo, on 08 January 2019 - 01:54 PM, said:   Why not? Why will arty players simply not accept that they damage other tanks, kill them quite often and spoil people's enjoyment of the game? That is, quite often why they come her after all.

Subject: Reporting for Duty
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Subject: Final Week of Holiday Ops
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Subject: Update 1.3 - Bug reports
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mooky66, on 08 January 2019 - 01:28 PM, said:   I don't understand your comment about Hijacking or why you mention the 60TP. Why are you being aggressive with me? There is no need for it - you should understand the frustration that we are suffering through poor support and poor communication WG.   However thank you - at last (and for the first time) you have acknowledged that it is is a bug with SPG aiming!   I think that you should now ask WG for some compensation for us because our gaming experience is being spoiled. I think a months free premium account for every month that this bug exists would go some way to compensating me for the frustration and annoyance.    eekeeboo would you care to comment on this?  

Subject: Ostatni tydzień Operacji Świątecznych
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nea3, on 08 January 2019 - 06:51 AM, said: 1 będą jeszcze jakieś duże paczki za free?
2 za komplet 4 kolekcji będzie dodatkowa nagroda na end??

Kupiłbym jeszcze trochę skrzynek ale wszystkie premki wygrane w pierwszych 75 pack

Jedynie może dla golda kupie bo jak polosuje znowu VIII to będzie gold na cały rok

Subject: I want a Turkish request for help
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Subject: Banned for blocking.
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Subject: World of Tanks needs to be fixed
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Subject: Final Week of Holiday Ops
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ToodlePips, on 08 January 2019 - 11:46 AM, said: > You can choose a vehicle for the discount until the release of Update 1.4   Why this completely unnecessary restriction? There is currently no tank I need a discount on, because I have literally every regular tank in the garage (I'm mad, I know ), and I was hoping to use the discounts on the wheeled tanks. But lo and behold - Wargaming says no. Because reasons.   You guys really excel at p--- people off.


IIAtomicToastII, on 08 January 2019 - 12:55 PM, said:   So just over a year? 

Subject: Update 1.3 - Bug reports
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mooky66, on 08 January 2019 - 12:36 AM, said:     There is no acknowledgement of the SPG problem on the link you give. I have reported on a ticket nearly a month ago and I was told that there was nothing that they could do - see my earlier post. copied for you below:    So my question is once again: Do WG accept that the SPG aiming in/around buildings and under overhangs has a bug?    This my ticket from a week ago re the SPG aiming problem. This is a week ago and it is still broken. I am getting more and more frustrated with this. It is ruining my enjoyment of the game that I pay money to play    Come on WG how about giving us an update on the forum? Admit that this is broken and tell us when it will be fixed!   mooky66
Created 1 week ago
Since the new update while using SPG's - any building or overhang is impossible to shoot under now. Can't shoot through a door on Pilsen or below a cliff over hang on Glacier over head or 'G' mode makes no difference - the reticule just bounces up and down if you try to aim for a door etc . Please fix this!   Leo Palmer
Created 1 week ago Hello Mooky66,
Thanks for contacting us with your issue. Unfortunately, as the support, we have no influence on changes. If you think that this has to be fixed and you know how, you should write it in the game forum.
http://forum.worldof...current-update/
Only the department deals with transaction changes. Your support is important to us and if it is confirmed by many players in the game - it will be taken into account. Thank you for contacting, hopefully, this will be fixed.
Have a nice day.   mooky66
Created 1 week ago
The game is not operating as it should. It is a fault with the code. You need to raise it with your own people. I have no idea how to fix it. I pay you money to play this game and it is not working properly. I am reporting it to you and you need to fix it! Leo Palmer
Created 1 week ago   Leo Palmer
Created 1 week ago Hi Mooky66, Thank you for contacting us. There are several players reporting issues with the SPG aiming after the recent patch. Community Managers read posts very carefully every day and forward issues them to the Development Team. If you wish to help and hasten the process, post your bug report in the following thread of our official forums. May there be anything game related we can help with, please, let us know. With best regards,       They just said I should report it here

Subject: Poslední týden sváteční operace
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ToledaFire, on 08 January 2019 - 09:00 AM, said: Nevyvolávejte zbytečně paniku... Jediné, co se musí do té aktualizace stihnout, je vybrat tank, na který tu slevu budete chtít. Koupit ho budete moci kdykoliv později. Že by to mělo jít jenom do aktualizace, se totiž vůbec nepíše.


CaptainPatyn, on 08 January 2019 - 10:11 AM, said: Docela by me zajimalo jaky je pro WG rozdil mezi defenderem a 252U krome cama...   Rovnaký ako medzi Patriotom a Patriotom bez cama. Alebo Liberté. :-) 


Bynk_hero, on 08 January 2019 - 01:05 PM, said:

Subject: Daily Tournaments - Q&A - Post your questions here!
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Subject: Yeni MM Şablonları
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Subject: Get Ready for Holiday Ops 2019
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Emile_Sabor, on 08 January 2019 - 08:39 AM, said: Thousand thanks for giving us a totally wrong information.
I grinded all my way to the Christmas album to realize that it leads to the "lobster" (ugly skin)
*edited*

Subject: Final Week of Holiday Ops
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Subject: Il 2019 inizia con l'Exp x4
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Subject: Voting for EU 1/2 servers with arty and without arty.
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Simeon85, on 07 January 2019 - 02:03 PM, said:   Except one is a legitimate complaint because the player has no viable counter or strategy against indirect fire, whereas the second is a learn to play issue because players do have a viable counter and viable strategies against it.    'Invisible enemies' is just bad play and bad players not understanding how the game mechanics work, how view range and camo mechanics work and how they can be used.   People complaining about arty there is no ignorance or lack of knowledge, there is just no ability for them to do anything about it in game because indirect fire has no realistic counter. Even counter within the class, counter battery is pretty much dead and is a wholly ineffective tactic for arty players as tracers were nerfed to near invisibility. 


laulaur, on 07 January 2019 - 02:25 PM, said:   This is exactly like saying that a person has cancer, diabetes and hair loss - and someone who is having the cure for cancer says: ''Why bother curing that cancer, he is still gonna be sick of diabetes and hair loss and everyone dies sooner or later. So let him die of cancer, no point of curing him''   If humanity would have guided herself by your principles of dealing with problems - we would still hunt with stone axes/spears and live in huts, because 'why bother getting rid of bad things, something else will be bad always'.


psychobear, on 07 January 2019 - 08:07 PM, said:   This is utterly wrong and the analogy simply doesn't stand. It's been repeatedly proven that games without arty provide hugely more fun and fluid gameplay, so removing it would cause no "internal injury" whatsoever. In fact it would result in instantaneous and complete healing.


LordMuffin, on 07 January 2019 - 11:45 PM, said:     Your first paragraph is like wtf? Acid is not a damage type in SC nor SC2. SCroodwar hasn't receive a single balance patch since roughly 1999/2000 until today.   When it comes to creating a gameplay that requires skill, and is aimed at balance. You should ignore the un-knowledgeable. Because they have no clue if what they want nor what impact the changes they want will have on the game. They can have input regarding other stuff, like UI, sales, bundles, or saying current MM is boring.   No, arty and cheesing is in no way different. In general RTS, cheesing is only powerful if unscouted (a scouted cheese often result in a lost game). And it also requires quite a lot of skill if one wants to succeed at it.   Yes, it is comparable, we have statistics for this, and the statistics tells us how far apart different elements of the game are from one another.     Champions don't exist in Dota, and they are not banned in seasons, different heroes can be banned in games due to player decisions, usually different banned heroes every game I play.   A balanced game is more challenging then an unbalanced one. The worse the balance in a game is, the less challenging it is.   Balance do not mean identy nor symmetry between maps/tanks/whatever.   And balance is not that complex in such an easy game as WoT. There are few parameters to change for a tank, the meta game is stale, many maps play out in very similar ways. So you don't have to care about meta game changes, you mainly have 1 type of maps to care about aswell. So you only have a few parameters per tank to adjust to that already known scenario.   Players will whine, most whine is irrelevant and nonsensical though.


Simeon85, on 08 January 2019 - 09:21 AM, said:  

Subject: La última semana de las operaciones navideñas
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Fireintheholebra, on 08 January 2019 - 11:32 AM, said:   Porque esta mal,el lunar es el camo de los fuegos artificiales, el que sale en la foto corresponde con el de navidad creo.

Subject: Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. K
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Subject: Dzień dobry, czy zastałem Jolkę?
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Flyagaric, on 06 January 2019 - 09:10 PM, said: Te reporty w grze chyba nie działają. Poprawcie mnie jeśli się mylę, ale chyba nawet Falathi potwierdził, że tak jest. Ilość fałszywych zgłoszeń zwyczajnie zniszczyła ten system. Natomiast te pisemne, zależne są głównie od osób je rozpatrujących. Bardzo różnie z tym bywa - sam się ostatnio przekonałem.

Subject: La última semana de las operaciones navideñas
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Romaliev, on 08 January 2019 - 07:31 AM, said: Es información que deberia haber salido el primer día del evento, pero bueno, más vale tarde que nunca... gracias por la información


falcahud, on 08 January 2019 - 11:25 AM, said:   Eso no es aleatorio, en ese caso todos los niveles tendrían la misma probabilidad. Los de nivel menor claramente tienen más peso.


Tepeto_Toa, on 08 January 2019 - 10:21 AM, said: Los estilos que habéis puesto no corresponden con las fotografías, así que en vez de tener el estilo que quería, ahora tengo el que menos me gusta de todos. ¿a quien reclamo ahora el estilo que quería y que según vuestra escasa y equivocada información estaba obteniendo? El estilo que quería era el que parece hecho de hielo y que vosotros habéis puesto como lunar, según captura adjunta...     He gastado todos los trozos en el año nuevo lunar y en vez de eso he recibido uno con cohetes, que no es precisamente el que quería...  

Subject: Balance..
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Noo_Noo, on 07 January 2019 - 07:19 PM, said:   Sorry fella but you keep missing my point.    The gap is too extreme especially in a meta that puts you bottom tier all the time. Do you like feeling useless all the time. 
Please note I have nothing to lose here. When the game p***es me off I'll leave and I've lost very little. However if I'm representative of a lot of the player base WG will lose their game. You're already down 20% players last year remember and I'm trying to suggest to you how and where things aren't going too well. 

RE credit cards. I was responding to a point on grinding. With a credit card you don't have to grind do you. You can buy enough gold to Free XP your way to Tier 10 if you like. No mention of it influencing performance at all, purely a short cut to get to the upper tiers. I could go onto say the problems of having inexperienced players at high tiers but that's for another day as we are talking balance here. 

Therefore, I have a question for you.
Why do WG continually release overpowered (unbalanced) premium tanks. There was a clear philosophy shift in 2016 I believe it was. Why?


mtnm, on 07 January 2019 - 08:47 PM, said:   Guess that demographic is not new players, but old ones with 60K battles, 6 skill crews and too much money spent to get out.


Gixxer66, on 07 January 2019 - 08:54 PM, said:   But it see's 75% bottom tier games - which means there's a high chance if it doesn't meet a Defender it will see an IS3A ......


Gkirmathal, on 07 January 2019 - 10:10 PM, said:   Yes because Noo_noo used the E8 as an example, that has suffered, to show that the power gaps have become too large. See post #12.   Of course power creep of tank stats is only one factor in the whole picture, that affects player perception/etc, although it is IMO one of the major contributing factors of what makes content UP or OP.   Taking the three tanks mentioned purely as example. The Cromwell you mention, it has always been particularly suited to face the +2 environment and how WoT (design/meta changes) evolved. Due to the simple fact that it has always had good gun penetration with good dpm for it's tier. The latter aspect, combined with good agility/mobility, making up for the mediocre accuracy it was given. There was a reason why it was so popular, it has a lot of good aspects. Now the E8: it's M62 ammo 128mm pen has not been adequate for some time (same goes for all tier 6 with that pen on their top gun ammunition IMO). I have always been a proponent to changing the M62 (and M93) ammo on all M1A2 instances in game, for game balance and progression reasons, thus giving it an unhistorical AP ammo type that gives 140+ pen but keeping it's signature 115 alpha. This combi would make it unique in it's style.   This single change will not make this this tank run rampant in tier 6, as the Cromwell is not running it rampant either. But it will make it slightly more effective/less frustrating, esp if the M93 prem round gets changed, versus an Obj. 252U. It will also benefit other tanks that can use the same gun.   Such minor like changes are in effect quality of life changes and won't IMO make everything identical or boring. People in WoT IMO get bored due to the fact that so little is done in this respect.


kile917, on 07 January 2019 - 11:03 PM, said: we need balance, but now with this useless maps.... Just bring back the old maps without changes. this new tunnel maps are bad.... 80% of the maps useless or closed some how (hill, buildings, etc) the old maps was so nice and i can choose min 3 way to go, now heavys go in the tunnel, and the tds meds lights can go somewhere...... if you understand. this is sad


LordMuffin, on 07 January 2019 - 11:56 PM, said: Currently the gap between T6 and T8 is rather extreme. If you go back 2-3 years, the gap was LESS extreme. You at WG have increased the power gap between T6 and T8, just like you have between T8 and T10. It is your design that created the increase.       The room to develop in WOT is decreasing due to map design and tank balance. Flanking is not a viable option on most maps, spotting is not a viable option on most maps. You at WG have lately remade or introduced maps which forces players into close range frontal engagements.   And going into a fight with a Defender as an E8 might be the only chance you have to win, so it can be forced.   E8 is not a particularly good T6 tank. Cromwell is miles ahead. E8 is average at best at T6.   As for challenging, I don't think WoT is challenging in a good and interesting way anymore. Currently a huge part of WOT challenge comes from picking tank in garage and then having enough credits to use enough premium ammo to carry your team as buttom tier.


Noo_Noo, on 08 January 2019 - 09:03 AM, said:   Agreed. I chose the E8 purely as it isn't the best tier 6 tank but can and does come across Defenders in the MM. I also chose tier 6 and 8 as I agree that the gap is painfully large right now.    I also agree that much of the challenge has gone which is another point I'm trying to get across. We want that E8 to have some level of a chance against the Defender. Currently it does not and in 99% of cases it just gets trounced. If I go into a tier 10 battle with my Tier 8 medium I want to be able to feel I can contribute something other than feeding my HP to someone who simply yolo's me in their IS7.    I agree that one of largest challenges in game now is managing your credit income. People are struggling with that for the wrong reasons ie premium ammo and are lashing out about the issue or simply walking away. Neither suits WG.