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Subject: EU Questions & Answers
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Vipez, on 18 May 2012 - 11:20 AM, said: When RU server gets 2 years old....do every server gets a special O.o?

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Rook_PL, on 17 May 2012 - 05:14 PM, said: Why? It's seems so easy to add. And it would buff Mouse and Lee a bit. And bring some premium tanks to give profit.
I mean how hard can it be?

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316stonecold, on 17 May 2012 - 03:35 PM, said: Hello,
not long ago, it was mentioned that there will be a possibility to convert crew skills back to gold. Are there plans that this feature will be implemented?

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Dark_Eagle_TX, on 17 May 2012 - 04:42 PM, said: Overlord
#1 I must ask do yall have any ingame pics of the 268 that was leaked in one of the vids.
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#2 do yall have a rough estiment of when we will see Tier 10 Meds and or TD's.
#3 around how much EXP do i need on my T95, Jagdtiger, and 704 to get the tier 10 TD's
#4 the same question but for the M46 patton, and E-50
#5 what are the other Tier 10 TD's
#6 what are the Tier 10 Meds

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Subject: EU Questions & Answers
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Zarax999, on 17 May 2012 - 01:50 PM, said: Overlord, has WG ever considered implementing higher caliber autocannons (germany, USSR and USA had several of those) and autoloaders for non french tanks?
There are several 30-37mm autocannons available in our historical period and the german medium line could use the various bordkanone that although ultimately used by airborne platforms were planned to be dual purpose.
Also, is Brumbarr being considered as replacement Tier VI for the 2nd german TD line?
Its overall features seem pretty balanced (slower, less camo, slightly less effective armor balanced by 150L12 and 88L71) and it's a planned tank anyway.

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algis242, on 16 May 2012 - 06:42 PM, said: Hello Overlord,
When we will see revised tech trees? For example, Dickermax was removed from the tech tree, so it would be nice to see revised tech trees.

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DooM_DuiF, on 16 May 2012 - 05:23 PM, said: Hey Overlord,
Is there any chance that the 100mm D-54 (Topgun for the T-54) gets a buff?
Keep up the good work!

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shproty, on 15 May 2012 - 08:39 PM, said: To the post about Patton. For sure needs baff. It is very funny when you - top tier medium tank going and looking how 8-10 tier heavies overtake you I`m realy getting angry of this. Acceleration is so poor, that in close combat everybody easy rotates to your side. No armor - everybody starting from tier 6 penetrates you
At this moment my Patton stored under tarpolins for better times

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lonigus, on 15 May 2012 - 01:52 PM, said: I think this was answered many time... They are and will be a Chinese server exclusivity. (except the type 59). And almost all chinese tanks were copies of Russian ones. WZ-111 (is6) type 59 (T-54/55)
Q1: Will there be in the future module (side skirt)? That gives additional def and protection of detracks?
Q2: Was the camo net ever considered as also a visual addition to be seen on the tank when placed in the modules? Would look cool imo

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Nikola_Bathory, on 15 May 2012 - 01:28 PM, said: Overlord, when will you release all the Chinese tanks? When will you put them in the store or in the gift shop?

Subject: EU Questions & Answers
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Shireknight, on 15 May 2012 - 05:08 AM, said: Overlord, one the best features of Clan Wars is the "Fog of War" yet it's turned out to be a bit of a damp squid really because pretty much every clan brings the same tanks to the battles so the feature is actually wasted there.
Is there a chance you can add "Fog of War" to random battles where it really would be useful because of the huge variation of tanks that show up in those battles please?

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molan1976, on 14 May 2012 - 10:42 AM, said: Overlord you are absolutely right, however would you considering showing the not normalised values on all shells so they become comparable in values - it will remove a lot of the confusion?

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molan1976, on 14 May 2012 - 10:28 AM, said: If you do nerf the T59, are you willing to face the legal issue selling a tank base on one it's performance then nerfing it without offing a full refund?

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Tomgi, on 13 May 2012 - 06:35 PM, said: Will tracers ever be fully activated again? That is, will all tracers always be visible, no matter what? I miss that "Oh crap, this is gonna hurt!" feeling I used to get when I saw an incoming arty tracer. As it is now there's just what feels like a sudden random explosion. And with the current tracer mechanic I think arty are getting blamed for more shots then they are actually responsible for. Any non-obvious shot is blamed on arty, with complete tracers I think this would be less so. Not to mention the difficulty in telling from where you are getting shot when you're unable to determine if it was an arty shell or not that hit you. Always visible incoming tracers would also make it easier to decide where to try and hide from arty. Now it's a guessing game as to where a shot came from and that makes for bad gameplay imo.

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Expandeux, on 13 May 2012 - 06:01 PM, said: When are you going to fix accuracy and penetration system ?
When are you going to buff german guns 75 mm series ( 75 l 48 , 75 l 70 and 75 l 100 need damage buff ) 88 mm (88l 56 need a pen buff , 88 l 71 pen and rof buff , 88 l 100 damage buff ) 105 l68 needs a pen and damage buff [ it very very rarely penetrates IS 4 and IS 7 frontal armor even when firing at weakspots) 128 KwK l 55 needs an accuracy , penetration and rof buff ...or a new gun on the E 75 Vk4502P with better stats ..

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Niaro, on 13 May 2012 - 04:34 PM, said: Why do u guys change the Dicker Max into a Prem Tank
Why dont you just switch it with the Nashorn if you dont like that caliber on T5
And wich Tank you goin to use as replacement?
And any news on Multi Turrets?

Subject: EU Questions & Answers
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ZeZergling, on 13 May 2012 - 12:24 PM, said: Overlord, I hear the new German tier 5 TD, the Dicker Max, is being removed from the second TD line and is going to be available only as a premium tank.
Apparently this is because the Devs are unable to get it to work when compared to the tier 6 Nashorn.
This is apparently due to the Dicker Max being armed with the 320 damage, 200mm pen 105mm K.18 historically, versus the 240 damage, 203mm pen 88mm L/71 that armed the Nashorn.
The lower tiered Dicker Max has the stronger gun, but this is only because of the flawed, unrealistic and unhistorical approach to gun damage and German gun penetration.
IRL stats for those guns:
105mm K.18;
Muzzle Velocity = 827 m/s
Shell Weight = 15.56 kg
Kinetic Energy = 5321 kj
Historical Penetration = 180-200mm (200mm pen in WoT is reasonably accurate)
88mm L/71;
Muzzle Velocity = 1000 m/s
Shell Weight = 10.40 kg
Kinetic Energy = 5200 kj
Historical Penetration = 230mm (203mm pen in WoT is historically inaccurate)
IRL, armor-piercing shells inflict most of their damage by kinetic energy, so both guns would expect to inflict similar damage, even if tanks don't have 'hit points' IRL.
At the same time, the 88mm L/71 had at least 15% higher penetration than the 105mm K.18, so it was the superior gun.
If both guns had historically accurate penetration, and damage was calculated more logically than a simple 'caliber = damage' rule, then the Nashorn would clearly be the stronger TD.
tl;dr the Dicker Max is only superior to the Nashorn because of WoT's failings in historical accuracy and realism. Relegating the Dicker Max to premium only status instead of fixing WoT's flaws is a poor tactic that will cause more problems in the future.

Subject: EU Questions & Answers
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Ry0K3N, on 13 May 2012 - 03:17 PM, said: source for this? OL can you confirm this?

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ProDefect, on 13 May 2012 - 12:32 PM, said: Will be tier 5 scout income increased or repair decreased (5 tier LIGHT tanks should not cost like ~7 tier med)? Because they income are ridiculous, to earn credit u must be really good and lucky. In normal battle income is neutral or minus when med/hvy/tds in normal battle earn credit.

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Okeanos, on 13 May 2012 - 11:20 AM, said: when do you update the friendlist? its been /****/ up for ages and it shouldnt be the hardest thing to fix...
/****/ - Censored
Please don't use bad language on the forum. Swearing / profanity is not allowed on the forum.
mishatopola

Subject: EU Questions & Answers
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Snortsch, on 13 May 2012 - 04:34 AM, said: Hi Overlord,
Thank you for taking the time to even get a diagram of the armor hitboxes.
I made a mistake in my calculation. I thought that angeling the armor by 45 degrees
would double it's thickness, but it only increases it by 50%!
With it's armor being angled by 50 degrees reduced by normalisation,
the armor is barely over 200mm (effectively) and not 300mm.
It was just my bad math ^^
So thank you again for your patience.
I also found the reason, why there are so many European players complaining about
the tier 10 tanks not being fairly balanced and you claiming that they are.
I checked the (inofficial) statistics for both, the European server and the Russian and
was very surprised to find all tier 10 tanks being around 47% victories on the Russian server,
except for the T110 and the Maus. The E-100 even being 3rd place, while it is last place in the EU
by a good margin and for quite some time without much fluctuation. I found that very surprising and
don't really have an explanation for this phenomenon, but it explains the contradicting claims and
your hesitation to buff the E-100.
Keep up the good work
Snortsch

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IBLiTZKRiEGI, on 12 May 2012 - 03:31 PM, said: OL,
With Heavies getting faster and more mobile while retaining good armament and armour, aren't Mediums becoming outclassed by all these new 'Fast Heavies'? Notably the new US and USSR Heavies, as well as the French Heavies.

Subject: EU Questions & Answers
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MadDogSh, on 12 May 2012 - 08:27 AM, said: Hi Overlord,
Q1:
Are there any plans to implement feature that would allow us more "free" dealing with Statistics while in garage?
I.e. that, say, having active T-34-85's garage slot I'd wish to click on statistics and see that tanks's statistics immediately without having to scroll whole statistics window, or, if that requires too much effort, could it be possible to allow sorting by columns shown in statistics window so we could sort tanks by name or any other criteria shown there in?
Q2:
Hope that this question hasn't already being asked
Is there possibility that somewhere in future we could see if someone on our friend's list is currently in battle just to avoid "problems" one has to cope with when trying to invite into Platoon/TC someone that cannot see that, thus cannot answer neither yes or no and such?
Q3:
Regarding economics: Is there perhaps planned something that could allow converting gained Experience into Free experience without using gold... something as "in-game gold" that exchanges XP into free at the same rate as gold does now, but, it can be obtained (made from) through converting ingame-silver into ingame-gold at rates of, say, 40000/1 (1 ingame gold = 40000 ingame silver = 25 XP points converted), or just simply, buy FreeXP with ingame silver at rate of 25 XP points exchange into FreeXP costs 40000 ingame silver?
Thanks in advance

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Mungo73, on 11 May 2012 - 06:40 PM, said: As far as I understand Tier 10 meds are more or less confirmed. What about Tier 10 TDs - will they come at some point in time?
Remark: my guess is that Tier 10 meds are the secret 7.5 content...

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Spartak13, on 16 May 2012 - 04:48 AM, said: новый год

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Subject: Ваши лучшие и худшие бои
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ArtofV, on 15 May 2012 - 06:46 PM, said: Вышел разогреться перед боем ЕСЛ. Куча ваншотов фугасами и кумулятивами. Последние 5 минут меня уже вовсю звали на матч. Не стал рисковать и искать последнего АФКешного танка а просто захватил. А на ЕСЛ хуммель так и не понадобилься
http://wotreplays.ru...a-artofv-hummel