Developers posts on forum

Ectar:   It was an error in the page, which is why it was temporarily unavailable.  The correct price is € 69.19 which is more really 14.8% but it was rounded down.

Ectar: You can report a player from the post battle screen.  If someone messages you stuff like this after a battle just report them, ignore them, and don't give them any more of your time. 

Ectar:   I guess it depends on your goals.  My best games in World of Tanks (in terms of enjoyment and fun) have always been when playing in a platoon. When you play with people at the same skill level it's a great laugh and you can do some amazing coordinated play.  It's also good fun to help a newer player learn the ropes and help them up the tech trees. I'd honestly say that playing in a platoon is one of the best ways to play the game.

Ectar:   It has all the benefits of a regular premium tank

Ectar: Changes in Version 0.9.5 Common Test 3 vs. Version 0.9.5 Common Test 2   Some texts in the interface of personal missions fixed. Issues with visual models fixed for the following vehicles: FV4005, Sherman Firefly. Issues with Camouflage fixed for the following vehicles: Т-34-85M, Т-54 ltwt. Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. H, T-34, STA-2, M3 Lee. Brightness of enemy vehicle names on the minimap increased. Some minor issues with interface fixed.

Ectar: Hi guys,    There is currently an issue with the pricing/discount of today's event which we're getting checked out right now as I type this. We'll let you know as soon as everything is clear.

Ectar:   I never said your premium account would get you the end results quicker here, I was making a comparison, I'm sorry for any confusion caused.   Purchasing premium time allows you to advance through the tech tree quicker. Purchasing a token during this event allows you to complete the event quicker.   Both scenarios are the same, you pay for an ability to get the end result quicker.  I hope that makes more sense.

Ectar:   not wanting to go off topic - It was added in a recent small forum update along with our names being marked bold with a WG logo beside it.  Just something extra to help players see WG replies in a thread.

Ectar: Commanders!   A vulnerability has been discovered that allows third parties to inject malicious code into replays. This code is executed automatically when opening the compromised replays via the client. This means that your system may be at risk when you download potentially modified replays from the internet. This vulnerability is going to be fixed in Update 9.5 for World of Tanks and Update 1.7 for World of Warplanes.   We would like to draw your attention to the fact that replays provided by players on the official forums may also be dangerous. If you are not sure that the replay comes from a reliable source, please avoid downloading and watching it. You should also avoid watching any previously downloaded replays.  

Ectar:   It's always possible it could be available in a later promotion next year. There is no short term plans to have it feature in any upcoming promotions. The tokens are there as an alternative option to players much like a premium account gives you the same end result just quicker. We've tried to make it accessible as possible to players in different circumstances whilst still being a challenge.

Ectar:   How does €9.95 per token sound?

Ectar:   I can confirm that EU will also have the token system available to players.   We will have a more detailed announcement about it on Monday if not before.  It's a global promotion so it's the same for all region. 

Ectar:   Dude, chill out. Newly release premium vehicles are only available in their first month from the premium store. The discount you're quoting is for the in-game store, NOT the premium store.    

Ectar:   As this will be a newly released tank, sadly the answer is no.

Ectar:     Have a happy holidays with whatever you choose to do guys. 

Ectar: Brawling I'm almost always in 3rd person view to keep an eye on what's going on. I'll only snap into first person if I know who I want to shoot at is reloading and they're a tough opponent where I need to make sure I hit in their weakspot.   If I'm sure I have the penetration or the angle I just stay in 3rd person for better situational awareness.   At long to mid range I'm almost always taking my time in 1st person (sniper) view and will only really use 3rd person if I'm doing something like taking a snapshot on the move.

Ectar:   Stick to non turreted TD's.  As the controls are not as fine as the PC or Xbox 360 version, I find that those tanks are the most forgiving and without having to worry about arty (there is no plans to bring it to Blitz) you can be a bit more relaxed regarding where you sit in a battle or where you go to.

Ectar: Changes in Version 0.9.5 Common Test 2 vs. Version 0.9.5 Common Test 1   Important Many gameplay and interface issues in personal missions fixed. Conditions of most of the personal missions adjusted.   Vehicles Parameters adjusted for the following new version 9.5 vehicles: M2, Stuart I, Grant I, Sherman III, Archer, Sherman Firefly, Achilles IIC, Challenger/Avenger, Charioteer, FV4004 Conway, FV4005 Stage 2. Some parameters of the T-55 NVA DDR tank adjusted. Some issues with visual models fixed for the following vehicles: IS-7, M2, Achilles IIC, Sherman III, Challenger/Avenger, Panther mit 8,8 cm L/71, Т-55 NVA DDR, Т95E2, Stuart I. Some issues with damage models fixed for the following vehicles: Maus, T28 concept, SU-14, FV4005 Stage 2, Challenger/Avenger, Т95E2. Issues with Camouflage fixed for the following vehicles: Churchill I, Panther mit 8,8 cm L/71, Sherman Firefly. Color of the Achilles IIC tank destroyer icon fixed. Damage of the Chinese 122 mm Sha-bao-471 HE shell increased from 465 to 530.   Maps Issues with the new maps Mittengard, Ghost Town, and Winterberg fixed. Some gameplay and visual issues on the Stalingrad map fixed. Performance on the maps Ghost Town and Mittengard improved. Consumption of memory on the Windstorm map reduced. Issues with the visual and damage models of some enviromental objects fixed.   Interface and Other Issue with the message that the player has no personal missions started appearing upon pressing TAB in battle fixed. Issues with autosearch in the Team Battle mode fixed. Some interface issues in the Stronghold mode fixed. Display of expanded minimap features when using the "Upon pressing Alt" option fixed. Issue with the SPG sector of fire displayed on the minimap even when that option is disabled fixed. Issue with the constantly appearing settings for the SPG sector of fire and camera direction beam on the minimap fixed. Sharpness of the captions on the minimap increased. Display of messages in the battle chat after rejoining the battle fixed. Some hang-ups and crashes of the game client fixed. Some effects of shells hitting the vehicle reworked. Issues with vehicle freezes at the end of the battle fixed. Display of the battle interface in the Garage fixed. Issues with performance decrease when scrolling the list of missions on the personal missions screen fixed. Performance on some PC configurations increased. Issue with the inability to destroy objects with APCR and HEAT shells fixed.

Ectar:   I find this comment rather frustrating. We don't have an issue with any player. Prior to Silentstalker getting his main account banned from the forums I was always helpful to the guy regarding his Q&A thread making sure it stayed on topic etc. He started his blog so he would have the freedom to say what he wants (and he does) without anyone telling him what to do. Now sure he's made it clear for whatever reason he doesn't like me personally, but I was under the impression we're still on speaking terms as I reached out to him only recently to help clarify any confusion over what the EU office is or isn't doing (for example here). That door is still open and Silentstalker or any other blogger is contact me at any time to get additional information. As said at the time there is things I can and cannot discuss for various internal reasons but if I can chase it up I will. Not speaking about something doesn't mean I don't know, it's simply not my place to confirm or deny it.  Our developers have that freedom because they're the people that make those changes and as you know from reading FTR, our developers can change their minds quite frequently on certain topics (The FV4202 changes are a perfect example). When I give information to players, because I know I will be quoted days/weeks/months later I prefer that information to be concrete and locked in place. To claim that we must stick true to something that was never confirmed in the first place, that's not something even up for debate. It's been said time and time again that nothing is confirmed until it's on our portals.  If you choose to take the word of a 3rd party that's entirely your choice but please also remember that any 3rd party sources generally come with their own disclaimers about things being subject to change.   We don't do things to "spite" our community. Lets be reasonable here for a few moments, unhappy players = players who don't spend money and also leads to players that don't play, any company knows that.  Keeping players happy now by just throwing large bonuses and discounts at you only serves as quick fix for a single weekend. Next weekend it starts all over again with everyone expecting the previous week to be topped. You only need to go back to January this year to see how everyone was expecting massive discounts and bonuses to continue after Christmas and I'm sure next month that will happen too.  Yes we want to have weekend specials that excite or entice players but you also have to remember we also have a limit to what can and can't be offered. Weekend specials shouldn't be something like an arms race to always have more and more than another event.   In the past I've been accused of coming across with a "you should think yourself lucky" attitude when trying to calm players down. That's never been my intention and I'm truly sorry if players have taken offence at that. I'm just trying to get some players to see the bigger picture instead of always looking it thing based on their own individual circumstances and expecting weekend events or things like premium shop offers to be tailor made to them and them only. It's coming up to the Christmas period where players can be pretty sure there will be widespread discounts and bonuses. I go through this discussion with you guys in these topics almost every single month.  Every month I give the same answer and still the topic comes up again and again.   Wait till the month is over then let us know what we missed.   This advice is almost always ignored because each weekend different individual players always want different things and then want it now.  We say we can't please everyone and the answers come back as "Well at least give a little thing everyone can use"  or "Huh, nothing for me this weekend I'm off to do XYZ".  In another comment there is someone saying "At least give us 3x exp." To give a perfect example of the "different things for different players" -  With any 3x exp or 5x exp events you have multiple topics or posts complaining about "only tomatoes playing this weekend" or similar style complains about how X player can't win games. Sometimes there is big bonuses, sometimes it's just something small.  You have to understand however that with a small event it's almost always because there is a bigger event coming right after it.  

Ectar:   http://forum.worldoftanks.eu/index.php?/topic/332071-end-of-the-year-festivities-in-game-bonuses/page__pid__6706904#entry6706904   It's available for anyone to check, there was also higher tier discounts less than a month before it. 

Ectar:   Nope, there is soon to be a rather large amount of bonuses and discounts which means giving large discounts now then takes away from what will be on offer over the Christmas period.  Everyone is able to get a day's premium here for basically just playing the game normally. 50,000 exp across any tank higher tank tier IV isn't a tall order.  Anything you're utterly desperate for right now during this weekend only, I'm sure you'll find will be on offer very soon. 

Ectar:   Like this?  

Ectar:   Yes.   It's a warning/punishment for leaving the battle early.  The system can't determine how the battle is going or know you're in a slow tank etc etc.

Ectar:   Please. Please can we just have one good thing where people don't try their best to derail something good and fill it with drama, politics or conspiracy theories.   http://www.warchild.org.uk/what-we-do/syria http://www.warchild.org.uk/issues   It takes less that 2 minutes for you to go to the War Child website to see what they do and where.

Ectar:   But how will the KV-5 radioman heal himself when he's knocked out?

Ectar: "You don't care about children because you won't sell the Type 59" is certainly a new one.  If YOU want to donate to charity it shouldn't only be because you're getting something back. Donating to a charity should be something that is a choice, not something people feel forced into doing.   Closing this thread before it goes south   - Ectar  

Ectar:   Twitch has a code of conduct for hosts and viewers which can be found here. They also have an appeal process should you disagree with being banned/suspended from a channel. Complaining to Wargaming.net regarding how you were treated in a contributor's stream chat won't resolve that issue. I'm not sure I follow your 2nd point. The article links to both Quickybaby's twitch and youtube channels along with the forum/game account he posts on.

Ectar:   Sir Havoc's twitch was linked because he is planning to livestream when playing with WG staff this month. We spoke to each contributor before posting this article as we're planning to play with each of them, and we have supported them with prizes for contests. We asked the contributors what they're planning to do and both Sir Havoc and Jingles wanted to try streaming this month.   With regards to the "chosen Contributors", these are players who we work closely with and are official Wargaming Community Contributors.  We're always looking to expand our list of Contributors but simply being a streamer or youtuber doesn't automatically make someone a Contributor. There are many players we are openly talking to regarding their content and giving them advice on things like how to expand their audience or improve their quality etc etc.   To give you a example: Being a good player isn't enough for example if your content or chat is filled with profanities. That's not something we're going to promote or endorse on our websites or social media channels. 

Ectar:   Gold for the SU-100Y, a garage slot and the equipment added to your garage.

Ectar:   1. Where did the clan name come from and how was your clan formed?
Kazna Kru was brought up from the ashes from NOB and PTS/MUMMY as a CW clan tired and bored of nap's and alliances hoarding the gold on the maps with the intention to harvest riots and make a mess, fighting everyone and not stepping away from any fights. Focus towards mostly tournaments, Kazna Kru being one very successful tourney-team, and also some ESL.
 
We imported our name from Balkan region, on the http://worldoftanks.eu/ you have option to form clan, so we used that option to create Kazna Kru it is very user friendly to start clan.
The name itself means something in the line of "Punishment Crew", hence the logo with the skull.
 
2. What is your goal for this campaign?
To win it.
 
3. How do you think you will do in this campaign? Any prediction for your final place?
Look above. Anything else then winning it will be a big let down. We are here to fight and fight for first place. We've never stated anything else nor will we play for gold or tank. We play for the first place cause that's the only place where we belong.
 
4. What is your prediction about how many players will be eligible to get the prize tank from your clan?
Everyone that put in an effort for the clan to bring us up on top will most likely be getting the tank. If you didn't put in an effort then you don't deserve it. Case closed.
 
5. What clan do you feel is a tough opponent and why?
Our toughest enemy at the moment is only ourselves. We only got the clan to play for and the glory that beholds first place. Any possible so called tough opponent, no one named no one forgotten, is just a mere bump in the road to victory.
 
6. What do you think about the theme of the campaign (WWI/The Great War) and do you have any suggestions for themes for future campaigns?
In all honesty and no hard feelings. Playing in a top clan battling for top positions we do not care for theme's or historical meanings. We are more interested in the mechanics and such. The general ideas you've had are ok, they just need to be tweaked a little bit every now and then. And information regarding all stages need to out there at least 4-6 days prior to the actual campaign starts, not at the moment the first battle pops up
 
7. How did you prepare for this stage, did you do something special?
We bought a jar of Nutella and a case of beer. Dr_Tuer drank up all the beer and everyone else got stuck with Nutella. We still haven't found Dr_Tuer...
 
8. Would your clan be willing to fight for a landing in the next Campaign with a Wargaming Employee and possibly a streamer/youtuber joining in to record the event?  What did you think of this addition to the campaign?
When the time for the next campaign pops up we can always discuss it. As long as we get Berbo.

Ectar: Greetings!   I have already reached out to some clans to see if they would be willing to do a short interview regarding the 2nd stage.  We will also be interviewing clans for the 3rd stage so before the campaign ends I'd like to have a few clans lined up for this. The article will be similar to these two articles:   http://worldoftanks.eu/en/news/pc-browser/community/third-campaign-first-stage-recap/ http://worldoftanks.eu/en/news/pc-browser/community/featured-clan-british-sixth/   If your clan is interested in taking part, please reply to this thread and I can then send you out the questionnaire. We would also need a high res image of your clan logo.  The article will then appear on our portal and be covered on Facebook and Twitter so there is lots of tasty coverage/promotion available.   Regards  

Ectar:   Sadly no, the trading of tanks between account is not something we support under any circumstances.

Ectar: Additional flags and emblems are something that has been passed on to the devs. It's possible that more flags/emblems may come in the future however it's not guaranteed.  I'm closing this thread now due to the sadly downward spiral regarding politics.  Yes there was a referendum and yes, 55% voted one way and 45% voted the other.  When over 80% of your country takes part in a vote you can't claim the nation hasn't had their say. People need to deal with that, move on and look to the future and all that is still to come.   - Ectar

Ectar: It's never possible to take advantage of another region's offers.  The database for each region is unique.

Ectar:   And you'll keep waiting until it's ready to be released.  Really guys threads like this don't do anything to speed up the process.  Please be patient and when we're ready to release the test server client you'll know all about it.

Ectar:  

Ectar:   Lets please not get into a discussion about what exactly must be included in an advent calendar as if there is a global standard that all "Advent Calendars" must adhere too.  When I was growing up our calendar didn't have chocolate, toys or things like lego mini figures. It was nothing but a picture and I had to fight my brother each day to be the one to open the door. Does that mean we just cut all the offers and replace each day with just a nice picture? Of course not, that would anger players even more, especially the ones looking for free gifts each day or massive discounts.   The concept we created here was a way of offering new options for a limited time only, we thought it would be cool do it it like an advent calendar where each day it's something new and we have players thinking "Oh I wonder what's next". Now if you're going to be all sarcastic about pricing or start asking about vehicles we've said multiple times won't be available for XYZ reason, this promotion isn't really for you.  I can only apologize for any confusion where players may feel that for what is a premium shop promotion, rather than selling something we would instead be giving out freebies each day. (The same freebies that when players pick up through playing the game via missions, are frequently source of complaint with regards to "is that it?")  

Ectar:     When it's announced?   Come on guys do we have to do this every test?  You'll know when it's up because there will be a portal announcement and immediate forum posts.  It should be common knowledge by now that the date/time isn't pre-announced. Trust me, I'm just as anxious to get my hands on the Firefly as many of you are too :)

Ectar: Greetings Commanders!   Please leave any feedback regarding the new UK vehicles on the 9.5 test server in this thread. To help us gather feedback accurately and identify any issues, keep your posts as clear and constructive as possible. Irrelevant/off-topic entries will be deleted.   M2, Tier II light tank Stuart I, Tier III light tank Grant I, Tier IV medium tank Sherman III, Tier V medium tank Archer, Tier V tank destroyer    Sherman Firefly, Tier VI medium tank      Achilles IIC, Tier VI tank destroyer     Challenger/Avenger, Tier VII tank destroyer     Charioteer, Tier VIII tank destroyer      FV4004 Conway, Tier IX tank destroyer    FV4005 Stage 2, Tier X tank destroyer   

Ectar: Greetings Commanders!   Please leave any feedback regarding the new personal missions on the 9.5 test server in this thread. To help us gather feedback accurately and identify any issues, keep your posts as clear and constructive as possible. Irrelevant/off-topic entries will be deleted.   Personal missions are a new type of missions. For their completion the players will receive various rewards including unique high-tier vehicles. The main difference compared to the existing missions is that they are not limited in time, and the players will be able to choose which missions to complete.

Ectar: Greetings Commanders!   Please leave any feedback regarding the new map for low tier battles on the 9.5 test server in this thread. To help us gather feedback accurately and identify any issues, keep your posts as clear and constructive as possible. Irrelevant/off-topic entries will be deleted.

Ectar: Greetings Commanders!   Please leave any feedback regarding the new map for team battles on the 9.5 test server in this thread. To help us gather feedback accurately and identify any issues, keep your posts as clear and constructive as possible. Irrelevant/off-topic entries will be deleted.