Developers posts on forum

Tanitha: It doesn't quite work that way. The devs want to be able to read through the devs section suggestions/questions.
Without having to read 1000's of posts on topics that they have already read. Or topics on issues that have already been fixed in up coming patches.
http://forum.worldof...ta-0615-update/
At the moment, I don't think the system is perfect, It could probably do with a few enhancements. A lot of that has to do with a order of priority as to what gets improved first, and what gets improved later. One of their main priorities at this stage of the beta might instead be getting the USA servers upgraded and patched up to 0.6.1.5 .
But while this thread's open for suggestions on the current system, please keep it constructive, as in susgesting improvements or better ways, instead of letting it turn into a "why do i need 50 posts" + "why was my post not published" They are different topics which have their own threads and have already been covered.
The topic of this post is, players wanting feedback.
If it keeps going off topic it will be locked, and posts deleted .... etc..

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Tanitha: I disagree with this and believe its actually the complete opposite to what you wrote.
At the moment in the random 15 v's 15 the leo is a great tank with a purpose, and is very useful to the team. Its meant to kill the enemy artillery and the team usually wins when its successful.
When clan war's is out, and its 15 v's 15 team battles. (That aren't balanced) There is no way I'll let someone play a leo in a clan war battle on my side.
Why bring a T4 light tank to a clan war, when a player with a IS7 can take its place. Or another S51 artillery. Or a Tier 8 medium (T44) which can scout almost as well as a leo with a ton more hp's and firepower..
At the moment based on the current tanks, The T44's will replace the leo as the main and only scouts in clan wars. IMO.. The clan wars will end up something like.
8 IS7's for firepower.
3 T44 for scouting.
4 S51's
(About) The above would need to be tweaked of course, and a ton of tanks aren't out yet still.
(based on the current tanks and balance, a lot will change before release.) and purely a IMO..
Either way the clan that brings leo's to a IS7/T44 fight, wont get far probably.

Tanitha: There was already several threads on this topic, please use search and post into a existing thread instead of making a new one in future.
Ive merged the three main existing threads.

Tanitha: I'm not sure of the best way to get that fixed for you. It would either be emailing support (who usually deal more with in game problems) As per this post.
http://forum.worldof...ckname-changes/
Or PMing overlord in the forums.
http://forum.worldof.../1128-overlord/
I would suggest the later, IE pming overlord.
Explain the problem you had while registering, and point him to this thread.
I can make some minor edits to players forum profiles, But not altering what groups they belong to.
Regards and good luck getting it fixed.

Tanitha: Yes, there is a problem. Here...
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Your group is...
* Group: Members
You need to be group : Beta testers.
Do you have another forum account set up?
IE did you make a new forum account when you setup the game account.
Id guess you have another forum account setup, that is labeled beta tester. And you are loging into the forums with the one that's not set to beta tester.

Tanitha: Nope the leo's a great scout and undoubtedly the best scout tank in the game (at the moment). Have a read through my guide.
http://forum.worldof...scouting-guide/
However you cant expect to play a light tank, like a Tier 9-10 heavy.
The leo will be the top tank in a game very rarely. It will be one of the bottom tanks in a game very often, It will not be able to kill 80% of the tanks in each game fairly often. But it is what it is, the best scout tank in the game and needs to be played like one to be successful. Your job is to kill the enemy artillery, not the enemy's heavy tanks.

Tanitha: I apologize JV I misread a number when I first read your post.
I don't know the exact programming, but here's some maths looking at different options.
A game that I just played. With premium..
I had before the game
8518 free exp
86445 tank exp
I earned 556 exp.
8545 free exp (up 27)
87001 tank exp (up 556)
So really I earned 585
The 27 free exp is 4.85%
5% would be 27.8
A difference could be on how the numbers are displayed,
My free exp was 8518, But was it could have really been 8517.6 and rounded up to "display" as 8518 while still remaining as 8517.6 in the database. OR.
It could have really been 8518.9 and truncated to "display" as 8518 while still remaining as 8518.9 in the database.
Depending on how its worked, The real number could differ by 1.3 and still be displayed as the same whole number.
From your example.
You had
1320 free exp
earned 109 exp
End free exp was 1324
So if your exp was really 1319.6 and rounded to "display" as 1320
You earned 108.6 exp and it was rounded to "display as 109 exp.
5% of 108.6 = 5.43 exp earned.
So you exp can go from 1319.6 + 5.43 = 1325.03
Rounded to display as 1325
But your's ended at 1324 So this isn't right, even using rounding at extremes.
No matter which way i do the maths, rounding or truncating, even with extremes, I cant account for the difference of the 1 point.
So maybe a bug or maybe something else in the calculation.

Tanitha: Some posts were moved to a similar thread here.
http://forum.worldof...-octane-100-105

Tanitha: The game and forum use different logins / passwords and databases.
If you register a new game account and tell it to make you a forum account, then it will make a forum account for you with the same user/password. But you then have two separate login/passwords in two separate databases, and the password etc just happens to be the same in those two databases.
Changing your password in the forums, Does not alter the password in game, they are separate databases.
Emailing requesting a name change in game, Does not alter your name in the forums, they are separate databases.
To change any "game" details, like game name, or password, it can only be done with a email to support.
The details for that are the same as here. http://forum.worldof...ckname-changes/
I hope this makes the current "beta" system clearer.

Tanitha: Ive merged the last 15-20 threads on tracking into one thread. Please use search before opening threads on topics that have already been discussed many previous times.

Tanitha: There is no outstanding posts waiting for approval. I am not aware of your post, I normally don't mod this section.
I do agree some form of feedback system would be nice on the "dev suggestion" section of the forum.

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Tanitha: As above, a eta for release is about feb 2011
From http://www.massively...anks/#continued

Tanitha: It installs to c:\games\worldoftanks.... or something similar to that.

Tanitha: Have a read through this
http://forum.worldof...available-here/

Tanitha: There was a large lump sum paid when the server was last softwiped.

Tanitha: The update notes.
http://forum.worldof...ta-0615-update/

Tanitha: My quickest game was in a leopard. we won 12-1 after a cap with 12.38 left on the clock, so the game took 142 seconds.
It paid 993 Exp, 14766 credits.It all depends on what you do in that 2 minutes to how much exp you get.
Cap and move onto the next game, if its a option..

Tanitha: When he types tks, I think he means tanks.
When he mentions reducing the HP's of arty and Tanks, I believe he means shooting them at the start of the game "cover fire" and hitting them, will reduce all the enemy arty and tanks HP's.

Tanitha: No they wont be detecting hardware. They scan game logs looking for huge anomalies, that are then verified manually by a staff. There is nothing much automatic about it. The logs are checked manually and the bans placed manually. Only the reporting is auto.
They keep extensive logs. I don't have much doubt that if they banned permanently he was afk playing with or without the use of a bot, A LOT. The example above where the player finally admitted to playing 20 hours straight just starting the game then going afk for 15 mins only to come back and restart it again then go afk again. Was only banned for 5 days. A more severe permanent ban, would have been for something more severe.
As I said its not hard to check logs to see 200 games played and 0 shots fired, Or 200 games played 2000 shots fired for 0 hits.
He might not know what a bot is, or that its cheating, but afking "way" too many games in a row, will more than likely be his ban reason.

Tanitha: Wow how can so many people read something completely different into the post.
I thought he was suggesting arty's should blindly fire at the enemy base at the start of the game, To weaken enemy tanks with splash damage, and form a distraction for scouts that will be coming in soon. IE a form of cover fire.
It wouldn't be a viable situation in game IMO due to players liking their hit/miss ratio's, ammo being expensive and limited rounds.
It might be possible and done with the smaller arty's though who have cheaper ammo and more ammo.
I'm sorry nippur, please try retyping your post, so we can discuss it more.
Regards.
*Edit, pluton113 posted the same time as me, and thought the same..

Tanitha: More keys are located here.
http://forum.worldof...available-here/
Thread moved to that topic /Closed.

Tanitha: Blocking enemy tanks is allowed, blocking friendlies isn't. And as stated above, eventually we will have some kind of wreck moving added.

Tanitha: Keys are currently available here.
http://forum.worldof...available-here/
/Locking.

Tanitha: Keys are now available here.
http://forum.worldof...available-here/
Closing.

Tanitha: If you haven't already, you can get a key from here. At the moment you are showing as not a registered beta tester.
http://forum.worldof...available-here/
/Locked

Tanitha: More keys are now available here.
http://forum.worldof...available-here/
/locking.

Tanitha: Lol glad you got it up and running.
There is a new link for keys now too, I'm sorry its a bit late for you.
http://forum.worldof...available-here/

Tanitha: If you get a key that doesn't work. You can currently get another key here.
http://forum.worldof...available-here/

Tanitha: Working links will be updated onto this one main stickied post, please refer to there.
http://forum.worldof...le/#entry211227

Tanitha: Last updated 9th/December/2010
Promotional Keys
Promotional keys are provided by gaming type websites in the form of a promotion. Some promo keys come with a free premium tank and the codes are usually provided pretty instantly. So try these below links first.
The following links for beta keys were working at per the below dates.
1. MMO HUT
1000 new keys as of November 9th.
2. shatteredcrystal
Working on the 10th / November 2010
Link provided by aRmoreD_eXtinctioN His post is here if you wish to +1 him for finding the link. Post Link
3. mmosite link
working on the 8th / November 2010
only a 100+ keys left
4. MMO Base
Not properly confirmed but apparently it works.
5. MMO ABC
working on the 25th / November 2010
6. alienwarearena
working on the 28th / November 2010
**Note If the above link runs out, PM me and I will remove the link,
**Note If you find any other gaming sites giving out keys, please PM me and I'll update the links.
WoT Keys
When the promotional keys above have run out, you can continue to search google for other gaming sites giving out keys. Or use the main key provider on the WoT website Link. Keys issued from the WoT website are not instant, It is a "closed" beta after all, and not yet in the "open" beta stage. However they usually get keys out pretty quickly, with a few days to a week being average.
After you have a key, Register Here.
When registering for the beta, if you have a existing forum account please note that the forum login and password are separate to the game login and password. So do not get the logins and passwords confused.
After you have your key, registration can be done here. Link
Welcome to the game and have fun.!
If any of the above links/websites run out of keys please inform me, Or if you find another website issuing keys let me know that as well please, so I can keep this up to date.
/Tanitha

Tanitha: Closing this thread, and further discussion can be through the above link.

Tanitha: Its a good suggestion though, I'll move the post to suggestions.

Tanitha: The leopards are quick with highly sloped armor that bounces a lot of shots. In return most tanks aim for leopards tracks.
You should probably start carrying one of those 3k repair kits, if you get tracked early you can repair and continue and usually earn more than that 3k back.

Tanitha: Feel free to post again if you have any more problems, Also check that ESC key too, its easier for it to collect junk with it being in the top left corner.
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Tanitha: Correct, I edited the OP's topic to include EXP, and moved it to game discussion.

Tanitha: A bot is a pretty loose term.
IMO they aren't bots. Bots are usually concidered more sophisticated programs that collect the packets from the server -> client and extracts information from the packets and then acts on it. Bots can be very smart and some like the bots for silk roads can play better than real players because there is no delays in reaction. There is no smart bots for WOT, and they have done very well in keeping hacks and cheats out of their game.
Whats being used here, is IMO what is called a macro or a mouse and keyboard recorder, its simply a recorded list of mouse clicks and key's strokes, that is then played back on a loop. Like login, shoot ground for 15 minutes, repair tank, refill ammo, They are very dumb in comparison to a bot.
The bot detector could scan for things like, lots of shots fired, but never hitting. (ie shooting he ground). Many consecutive games where no damage is done. Etc, its pretty easy to distinguish between someone who's not playing, and someone who's playing badly.
So the scripting wont just pickup bots/macro's but it will also pick up repetitive AFK players.
The last player who's ban I checked up on, because they swore black and blue that they didn't bot and didn't even know what a bot was. The info came back with several dates the player macro'ed a little, and a day where they macro'ed for 20 hours straight on one particular tank. When confronted with the info the player stated,, "Yes but I wasn't botting, I was at work and was just logging in every 15 minutes then going afk back to work."
But still, it interferes with the fun of the other 29 players. Its not a solo game, doing such things hinders your team.
Afkers, macroers/botters, team killers, etc etc are banned.

Tanitha: 2.1 Fair play principles
1. No intentional shooting or damaging of vehicles of your teammates.
2. No intentional blocking or pinning of vehicles of your teammates (neither from the front nor from the rear), including blocking against indestructible objects.
3. No intentional informing the enemy team (via either battle or voice chat) of allied vehicles’ location.
4. No exploitation of in-game errors and bugs for your own benefit. The player who discovered those should report to community@worldoftanks.com. You can also inform us about any bugs and errors on the corresponding forum thread.
5. No use of bots, cheats and hacking software that alters the provided source code and grants unauthorized access to game servers.
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Tanitha: The # > Soviet Vehicles # > Light Tanks section is for discussion on "in game" tanks. I'll move the post to a different section that's a little better for this post.