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Subject: News from the Front\Discussion of News Articles\Follow the Bird!
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Shuny, on 05 July 2011 - 06:46 PM, said: I sent mails but I didn't write my account name or the server I'm playing on.
I thought the administration would simply send promo codes without checking the account :/
Will my e-mails be counted in the participant list ?


FrankK2, on 05 July 2011 - 08:17 PM, said: Vallter! Can you confirm that the winners are chosen by the delivery timestamps ?


Throki, on 05 July 2011 - 09:23 PM, said: They have to check (nearly) all emails for correct answers because of the price for the 32 random people at the end.


Warenwolf, on 05 July 2011 - 09:30 PM, said: True - forgot about that... But still, I don't see why they should suddenly opt for a working method that requires more...well, work from them... Unless the boss walked in and said, "Vladimir, we (that means you) will do it this way."

Subject: International Forums\Baltic Forums\Latviešu\Svarīgā informācija\Visi uz prezentāciju!
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FirstWave, on 05 July 2011 - 06:48 PM, said: Tā kā pasākums notiek Latvijā gribētos ļoti redzēt krekliņus tulkotus latviešu valodā vai kaut vai angļu. Piemeram ar uzrakstu "Man ..., Es Tankā" vai kaut kā tā

Subject: News from the Front\Discussion of News Articles\Löwe price adjustment. Limited time offer!
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Homer_J, on 05 July 2011 - 04:41 PM, said: Anyone who plays knew something had to be done about the Löwe but I think 12,500 is a bit too much.
The rumoured price of 10,000 would have been about right, and the KV5 should never have been the same tier (although it is matched lower)
Only 2 things matter in this game, health points and gun.


PadyEos, on 05 July 2011 - 04:55 PM, said: True already payed for premium tanks should not be nerfed ever because people feel cheated then.
Premium tanks have to be worse....really.....Then why does my Lowe never fail against an IS-3, KT or T32? Why does my Lowe easily beat any of them? Even an IS-4 at close or long range(not medium range), even VK4 at close or medium range(not long range) or T34 at any range routinely fail against my Lowe? Lowe is very OP if used right, less forgiving for mistakes than T32 but very OP if used right.


AgarwaenME, on 05 July 2011 - 05:04 PM, said: I'd just like to take this point even further, WoT makes face as a F2P with micro transactions, however to really play it this ain't the case.
Current stat of WoT compared to a single player game with no additional upfront cost (say CoD, BF etc);
* Fewer maps
* Fewer game modes. When did you even hear off an FPS launching with ONLY deathmatch? You'd have to go back to pre-2000 games for that.
* Worse graphics
* Cannot play highest level of gameplay without paying about 20% of the cost of a single player game per month (ie premium).
* Current rate of patches with new content is about what a decently supported one-cost game tend to put out during the first time after launch
Comparing it to other MMO's is offcourse an even worse comparison offcourse.
So for the price of a lowe you could get the ENTIRE VALUE of WoT in a different game. Anyone paying BOTH for premium AND addiotinal stuff like premium tanks are paying for several equally content filled games. Offcourse, this is good business short term, but not a sustainable business practice. And this is also the reason I play less and less (and all my friends that played heavily for a month or two are having the same feeling), there's just no reason to invest time or money in a game that's going nowhere.
Thus the REAL problem is isn't that the lowe is too cheap. It's that EVERY premium tank is FAR FAR FAR too expensive.
The REAL fix is:
*Reduce prices on ALL premium tanks. And since I know there's NO way the devs will just hand peoples money back, even in gold form, give them bonus premiums or whatever. Having cheaper premiums is likely to earn you just as much if not more cash.
*Reduce the credit earning potential on premiums to where people are more likely to use their normal tanks.
*GET THE GAME TO AN EVEN MODERATELY FINISHED STATE! Game modes and content BEFORE more tanks.

Subject: News from the Front\Discussion of News Articles\Server-side Update Brought Slight Changes
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XiTiX, on 05 July 2011 - 05:00 PM, said: Would you please comment whether you are aware of possibility to exploit the TK fine system by lower tier tanks ramming into higher tiers? Are you planning to combat it somehow? The rate at which someone turns blue or get banned is probably high enough for it to be fair, but if it really can get exploited there will be higher chances of getting "blue" just because someone wants to TK-farm.

Subject: News from the Front\Discussion of News Articles\Follow the Bird!
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Subject: News from the Front\Discussion of News Articles\Server-side Update Brought Slight Changes
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Frosthark, on 05 July 2011 - 04:30 PM, said: I really don't think this change is a good idea. As pointed out already, players who accidently damage teammates will be punished more (I myself have hit teammates on several occasions, even killing one - some of these were my fault and some were not, but I always apologise), while players who deliberately TK don't care much about money anyway. Like yesterday, the top player from our team killed 3 teammates before subdued. Instead of increasing fines, two other changes should be implemented:
1) improve the process of reporting TKers
2) create a system where the damaged player has the option to forgive the player who damaged her/him. This was already proposed by someone else and I wholeheartedly agree.
Also, my first post, so hi all.


xgmode, on 05 July 2011 - 04:48 PM, said: Why not make it impossible to hurt teammembers?

Subject: News from the Front\Discussion of News Articles\Löwe price adjustment. Limited time offer!
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MadInAShed, on 05 July 2011 - 03:59 PM, said: Because it is so difficult to go through your database and refund all those that have KV5...much easier just to raise the price of an already overpriced tank?


Jamezdin, on 05 July 2011 - 04:00 PM, said: Dont you have a marketing department guys? This is bad marketing, if this is indeed a case of "balancing" the tanks, you should have dropped the price of the KV5 (and added a refund of the diference in gold to their users) or you should have balanced the earning rate of the KV5.
Increasing prices is a very unpopular with customers, and an unhappy customer is NOT a paying customer. I see this a lot in eastern european countries (mine included) where these simple rules of capitalism are often ignored in favour of the quick buck.


SkeeterUK, on 05 July 2011 - 04:16 PM, said: Wonders if they will cover up all the complainers with deletes or edits or actually try to talk to the community and come up with a different solution. And bring the credits back to normal with the lowe while their at it.

Subject: News from the Front\Discussion of News Articles\Löwe price adjustment. Limited time offer!
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Kievskijas, on 05 July 2011 - 03:47 PM, said: Hmm I know that Löwe Earns a loot money and grinds hell a loot exp, but rasing price for 5000 is crazy i mean instead of rasing it for like 500 gold more or 1000 you rase it for 5000 for people
that is 2 months premium. Well guys for me personaly 30€ is aloot money to give for an game item but to give (not completly)49,95€ for an item is just an delusional idea.
And as you are Talking about unfair how bout its unfair to us who didnt buy it becouse we didnt have enough money to buy it as it wos 7,500 but we have no chance to buy it when it will be 12,500.
Well is it fair that we have to pay sou much money and some lucky ones dont ??? .

Subject: News from the Front\Discussion of News Articles\Löwe price adjustment. Limited time offer!
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IKerensky, on 05 July 2011 - 03:45 PM, said: And the Lowe is not currently better in performance than tanks of the same tier with top modules researched and mounted ? That is why you didn't up his price tag compared to the KV-5, WHO IS IN THE SAME TIER THAN THE LOWE !!!

Subject: News from the Front\Discussion of News Articles\Löwe price adjustment. Limited time offer!
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Dr_Schmerz, on 05 July 2011 - 03:43 PM, said: This just make me laugh. Nobody will purchase this piece of crap for 12.500 . First they nerf down the average income of Löwe about 20% ,then they change the modules (nearly every shot through his frontal hull undersides torch him) and now 12.500 gold cause it is such an superior tank.
i wanna sell mines for 7.500 gold cause it is not worth anymore. this should be a fair price if he should 12.500 worth now. by the way i ask myself anyways why it isnt possible to sell premium tanks back for GOLD (with a little malus) ??!!!
there will be not any logical reason why it shouldnt be possible...

Subject: News from the Front\Discussion of News Articles\Löwe price adjustment. Limited time offer!
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HarryStotle, on 05 July 2011 - 03:36 PM, said: Devs: Sir, we have a problem
Viktor: Whats up men?
Devs: Those new premiums sir, the German one is better.
Viktor: What did you say? Take him out and shoot him Overlord
Overlord: Yes Master
Dev: But sir it wasn't my...bang.
Viktor: Right, is this true? How can you have let this happen?
Devs: I think he made a mistake when calculating the effects of that new gun sir. And he appears to have forgotten to finish the KV5 model. There is a big hole on the front with no armour
Viktor: A hole? You mean like the german holes we haven't told anyone about?
Devs: Yes sir. I think he's been watching too much start wars sir. He put an r2d2 mdel on the front sir
Viktor: Ahhh, Robots....X Fighters.... 'World of spaceships' you are a genius. Overlord, take him out and shoot him.
Overlord: Yes Master
Dev: But sir.....bang
Viktor: So what are we going to do about this then men?
Devs: Well we could do our secret nerf thing sir. And we could keep adding armour to the kv5 slowly so no-one notices.
Dev2: Nerf the american tanks sir
Cheeka: Shhh, thats coming in 6.6
Overlord: But they have paid for it Master, they could sue us or something.
Viktor: Good plan men, well show those capitalist b*stards whose boss. Go and shoot yourself Overlord
Overlord: Yes Master....bang
Viktor: I have a plan. We need more funds to build another Overlord and to pay for my new 'World of Spaceships' moneyspinner.
Devs: But sir, there already is a world of....Bang
Welcome to World of Lowe
P.S Mods, this is only a joke

Subject: News from the Front\Discussion of News Articles\Löwe price adjustment. Limited time offer!
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dnarag1m, on 05 July 2011 - 03:22 PM, said: personally I think fixing the KV-5 specifications or match-making would have been smarter.
1) Fixing the specifications so it is more competitive (for example : fit other gun, increase accuracy of gun, increase armor on front turret/other weakspots).
2) Change match-making so the KV-5 gets in slightly easier battles, off-setting it's lack of gun-power.
Decreasing the price or nerfing the Lowe are obviously not done and will cause much outrage among current owners - so I understand why you did not do that. However, I do find the solution to (massively) increase the price of the Lowe a bit unhappy. Why not opt for finetuning of the specifications of the KV-5 when it underperforms?
Right now to me it just looks like Wargaming brought out a mediocre tank for 7500 gold - with people fully expecting it to perform similar to a Lowe in terms of cash/xp revenue by its price - and then later on increase the Lowe price for some nice profit.
I think this will not be received all too well imho...
p.s. and there is option another option I just thought of.


Quote 3) Reduce price of KV-5 to 5500 gold, and refund all KV-5 owners the price difference to their account (2000 gold).
Cant be that hard...

Subject: News from the Front\Discussion of News Articles\Löwe price adjustment. Limited time offer!
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ineeh, on 05 July 2011 - 03:18 PM, said: And i thought 30 € for one tank was an insane price
And, as already said, you could have lowered KV-5 price


Vallter, on 05 July 2011 - 03:16 PM, said: If we just remove the T34, when it becomes Premium, it will be more unfair.
Also KV-5 price reflects it's battle characteristics and 'credit grinding' ability. Comparing with other premium tanks, the 7500 gold is appropriate cost.
Also many users have already purchased KV-5 tank. And if we lower the price for it, we will offend all of them.

Subject: News from the Front\Discussion of News Articles\Löwe price adjustment. Limited time offer!
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Potrkalo, on 05 July 2011 - 03:13 PM, said: Yea but how fair is going to be when T34 becomes premium, will this 30€ that we spent will be fair price when T34 will be free


paulcaiafa, on 05 July 2011 - 03:15 PM, said: If the KV-5 is that bad, compared to Löwe.... why don't you bring down the price for the KV-5?
Seems like, you just wanna make more money...
Correct me, if my guess is wrong...

Subject: News from the Front\Discussion of News Articles\Löwe price adjustment. Limited time offer!
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Potrkalo, on 05 July 2011 - 03:13 PM, said: Yea but how fair is going to be when T34 becomes premium, will this 30€ that we spent will be fair price when T34 will be free

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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Vogel, on 05 July 2011 - 01:53 PM, said: I have a question regarding the turbochargers on the German E-series:
Is it possible that instead of thinking that the speed boost is given by a consumable(nitro, etc) or a consumable turbocharger(which isn't right since you can't remove a turbocharger), you could name it something like "Commander/Generals Permission"?
This avoids the entire problem of naming the extra HP mechanic. By overloading your engine and turbo so that you can go faster, but you risk damaging the engine in the process. By renaming the consumable to said suggestion, a crew is granted to do so by higher authorities for important battles. A permission must be acquired for every battle, as a blown engine is rather expensive to repair. Therefore a commander must give his consent to do such an drastic action. Or it could be given permanently to an outstanding crew(if it is a permament consumable)
And some other questions aswell:
Question 1: Why is the German E-series the only top tier tanks to receive a consumable that boost their performance?
Question 2: Will the consumable be permanent or must be re-bought after every battle?

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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LudMaestro, on 05 July 2011 - 01:49 PM, said: Q@Overlord
Any chance you could put the 6.6 changes in a post somewhere? Saw something on you're blog but that said volume 3 as well so wonder if there's more of it.
thnx...

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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MrCaffeLatte, on 05 July 2011 - 04:30 AM, said: Q: How is the T25 AT's armour meant to compare to the JagdPanther's (in terms of sloping)? As it is, the T25's 88mm is penetrated frontally by any tank it comes across (had E8 Shermans pen me from 300+m away on the upper hull by the gun), whereas the jagdpanther even bounces the 105mm.

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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Shifty, on 04 July 2011 - 11:14 PM, said: When is the second german TD line going to be implemented, roughly? I'm wondering whether to unlock the JagdTiger already or wait for the Panzerjager E100.

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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Minka, on 04 July 2011 - 07:07 PM, said: Will you release this (in terms of game balance) desperately needed tracers fix as an hotfix as soon as it is ready, or are we forced to wait for 6.7 or 7.0?

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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HrD, on 04 July 2011 - 05:37 PM, said: Not sure about it but I think 0.7 patch is the patch that will add the French tech tree, meaning it would be in september of this year, Overlord can you confirm this ?

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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XenomorphZeta, on 04 July 2011 - 05:37 PM, said: Is the I-O going to be the japanese tier 10 heavy?
Its the only thing I can think of that has eighty rollers...

Subject: International Forums\BY, RU, UA Community\Что вас сподвигло перейти на евро сервер?
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Soviet_Spy, on 05 July 2011 - 10:56 AM, said: ТС слабак и нытик.
имхо Сам еще не дорос что б других школотой называть. Такую тему создал ппц.

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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Joppsta, on 04 July 2011 - 11:12 PM, said: Btw, Slugger and Wolverine armour is bugged against HE. Wolverine can be insta'd with HE almost every shot and Slugger can sometimes get insta'd. So when you going to fix that ?

Subject: International Forums\Baltic Forums\Latviešu\Spama stūris\1000 posts
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Subject: International Forums\Baltic Forums\Latviešu\Tehniskā palīdzība\Atskanosanas kludas un bagi
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Jarro, on 04 July 2011 - 05:26 PM, said: Nez vai tā ir kļūda vai neprecizitāte, bet "We just dinged them!" galīgi nesapas ar "Mēs viņiem pat netrāpijām!"
(Lode atlēca (rikošets) vai netrāpīja).

Subject: International Forums\Baltic Forums\Latviešu\Svarīgā informācija\Visi uz prezentāciju!
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RuPlay, on 05 July 2011 - 05:49 AM, said: Mes ar biedriem spelējam un spēle tulīt krievu serverā. Tur mums ir dažāda tehnika. Bet ir jautajums. Es tā saprotu, ka tehnika būs no .eu servera. Vai būs kada iespeja mums spelēt tados mašinus ar kuriem mēs spēlejam krievu servera?
Ja tāda iespeja būs, gribētu uzzināt vairāk par turniru - 1x1, 4x4, 15x15 u.t.t.
PS. Es atvainos par mano latviešu valodu. Tās nekad ne bija mana stiprākā daļa.

Subject: International Forums\Baltic Forums\Lietuvių\Žaidimo aptarimas\Bendros diskusijos\Attention!
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Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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Tank_Killer1, on 04 July 2011 - 05:17 PM, said: Can we ever expect to see the 105 for the E8?

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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Gigaton, on 03 July 2011 - 03:42 PM, said: Is the ridiculous repair cost on the tier 4 T40 intended? It currently costs about the same to repair as tier 6 tanks, and it can actually lose money without premium on bad fights, something that doesn't normally happen before tier 7.

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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HrD, on 03 July 2011 - 03:19 PM, said: This, but you could have answered my questions without this information Overlord
Anyway, one more question for devs
That interview was done just before WoT release, Victor said that the camouflage patterns for tanks would be added "within one month" and even says it's being finalized and tested (go to 0'27"). 3 months later, still no news about it
so the question is : how is it going and when will we see it added to the game ?

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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theta0123, on 03 July 2011 - 01:52 PM, said: For the 6.6 patch with the Panther revision to tier 7, will it keep the 88mm L71? Or will it get a diffrent gun?

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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Kampfwurst, on 03 July 2011 - 12:29 AM, said: Question:
1. Why did you consider to change the voice?
2. Why did i go like it did? Didnt you run some tests before releasing it?
3. Will you reverse theese voices in next patch? Or will you force ALL members who want the old ones to unofficial download them?

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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Kazomir, on 02 July 2011 - 09:47 PM, said: Will you bring back old voices? please?

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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Motions, on 02 July 2011 - 08:41 PM, said: Will the T30 be changed when it becomes a TD?

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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Tank_Killer1, on 02 July 2011 - 08:11 PM, said: Overlord
We all know that you use, average experience and win ratio to balance tanks, my question is which sever do you use to collect the information?

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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Jamezdin, on 04 July 2011 - 04:31 PM, said: Hi Overlord. Its me again. Yes I have another (probably) uncomfortable question. So far there has been no mention of the tracer fix on your blog. Does that mean the tracer fix is not coming in 6.6?

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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harry_monkley, on 02 July 2011 - 02:00 PM, said: Overlord,
Do Landing tournament victories/sucessful defences count towards a clans victory tally?
At the moment the clanwars frontpage has a mini hall of fame for top ten clans, so presumably you must be storing data on battle results somewhere on the server. Currently clans who are outside the top ten cannot see their victory tally.
Are there any plans to add battle statistics to clan pages in the near future?
It would be great to see some statistics for successful landings/defences/attacks etc and probably not very difficult or time consuming to implement.

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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shugendo, on 02 July 2011 - 02:51 PM, said: Hi Overlord, i have two questions:
1. today we can demount all modules with 10 gold, will it be able to demount them with credits in future?
2. will the US heavy tank track get "duck-bills" or will it become wider somehow in future?
thx

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\EU Questions & Answers
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Herezjusz, on 02 July 2011 - 06:43 AM, said: My T30 Commander, have got 100% basic skill, 2 2nd skills, and almost 42% 3rd skill, he is 2nd Lieutenan right now, after he get 50% he will be First Lieutenant, after geting 100% on 3rd skill he will be Captain, so my qyestion is:
How is it possible to have Major?