Developers posts on forum

Falathi: Hello, tankers! The main prize of the Frontline mode, the AE Phase I, is about to enter its Supertest. Looking at this Tier IX American heavy, you’ll immediately notice its distinguishing feature: the segmented tracks. Like the T95 tank destroyer, this tank has four caterpillars, with two on each side. Unlike ‘The Doom Turtle’, the tracks on every side of the AE Phase I are set in a consecutive (and not in a parallel) order. This peculiarity doesn’t change the game mechanics: when a single track segment is destroyed, the tank is stalled.     Now for the protection. The upper glacis plate of the AE Phase I is sloped much and has a thickness of 120 mm. The turret’s frontal armor is outstanding (up to 292 mm), with the commander’s cupola being the single—and small—vulnerable spot. The gun’s excellent depression angle of -10 degrees allows to obscure the cupola from enemies’ sight for most of the time. The side armor is decent, too (from 88 mm to 100 mm). The mobility corresponds to the vehicle’s class. A top speed of 35 km/m and a specific power of 16.1 hp per ton are enough for the AE Phase I to keep up with other heavies while in combat. Finally, let’s take a look at the 120mm gun. Its stabilization isn’t anything special, and neither is the accuracy (the dispersion is 0.38 m per 100 m). The rate of fire is average (4.8 shots per minute) as is the alpha strike of 400 points. Yet the armor penetration is majestic: 258 mm with the standard AP shell and 340 mm with the special HEAT shell, empowering you with an ability to pierce the protection of any foe, from every side. The AE Phase I comes with two nice quirks. The first is the status of an event vehicle, freeing you from the necessity to retrain an experienced Crew you assign to this tank. The second is a novel mechanic: a built-in Large Repair Kit consumable. In battle, it works just like a regular one but once the fight is over and you’re in the Garage, you don’t have to purchase a new one as the built-in Large Repair Kit replenishes automatically. The AE Phase I was designed for close quarters combat. With excellent frontal armor, great gun depression, high armor penetration with both basic and special rounds, and agreeable mobility it can emerge victorious from any brawl.

Falathi:   Amerykański czołg ciężki IX poziomu, AE Phase I     Patrząc na tego ciężkiego Amerykanina IX poziomu od razu zauważycie jego charakterystyczną cechę: kilka zestawów gąsienic. Podobnie jak niszczyciel czołgów T95, ma ich cztery pary, po dwie po każdej stronie kadłuba. Inaczej niż w przypadku żółwia zagłady gąsienice w AE są ustawione jedna za drugą, a nie obok siebie. Ta osobliwość nie wpływa na mechanikę gry: jeśli jedna z gąsienic zostanie zniszczona to czołg zostaje unieruchomiony. Pomówmy o pancerzu. Górna przednia płyta jest mocno pochylona i liczy sobie 120mm grubości. Pancerz przedni wieży jest imponujący, aż do 292mm, z wieżyczką dowódcy jako jedynym wrażliwym miejscem. Doskonałe opuszczenie działa, wynoszące aż -10 stopni pozwala skutecznie zasłonić wieżyczkę przed ostrzałem przeciwnika. Boczny pancerz jest całkiem przyzwoity, od 88 do 100mm. Mobilność jest adekwatna do rodzaju pojazdu, z prędkością maksymalną wynoszącą 35km/h oraz mocą właściwą 16,1KM/t. To wystarczająco wiele, by AE Phase I z łatwością dotrzymywał kroku innym czołgom ciężkim w walce.   AE Phase I nadchodzi z dwiema szczególnymi cechami: po pierwsze, jest to czołg eventowy, co zwalnia Was z konieczności przeszkalania załogi. Drugą rzeczą jest nowy element mechaniki: wbudowany duży zestaw naprawczy. W bitwie działa tak jak normalny duży zestaw naprawczy, ale po zakończeniu bitwy, gdy jesteście w garażu nie musicie kupować nowego, ponieważ jest on uzupełniany automatycznie.   AE Phase I został stworzony z myślą o walce na niewielkich odległościach. Doskonały przedni pancerz, znakomite opuszczenie działa, wysoka penetracja zarówno na zwykłej jak i ulepszonej amunicji i przyzwoita mobilność dają mu spore szanse na zwycięstwo w każdej walce na krótkim dystansie.  

parim1331:   Hints...hints...Who can know for sure what will happen

thePhilX:   Schau einfach auf Twitch bei unsern Streams vorbei, zudem werden Contributoren wie Kreilo und Mailand zum Tankfest geschickt, um für euch über alles berichten zu können.  

thePhilX:   Wo ist Huzze, wenn man ihn mal einmal braucht... (@Huzze, es wurde nach der Forenpolizei gefragt)

thePhilX:   sollte eigentlich, steht ja "ausbilden / umschulen"

thePhilX: beide Panzer sind cool für Frontline

zudem ist der 5/1 RAAC nen guter Crewtrainer für alle, die beim letzten Oben an der Spitze Richtung Centurion AX unterwegs waren

parim1331:   Unfortunately it doesn't apply to the Frontline mode. Whenever it states "random mode only" it only applies to Random Battles.  

parim1331:   Unfortunately, coupons cannot be applied to some of our offers, sorry.

parim1331:   To give you my honest opinion, as a player that encounters both ELC, and the Wheeled vehicles, It's much harder for me to hit the ELC that's turning a lot, rather than the the Wheeled vehicle.

parim1331:   Nothing will stop me from cuddling all of these tanks this year.

parim1331:   Wydaje mi się, że tak. Jak podczas każdego Tankfestu zaoferujemy dużo ciekawych aktywności.    Jeżeli można spytać, wybierasz się?

parim1331:   Polecam zajrzeć w sekcję "szukam forum" 

parim1331:   Z punktu widzenia osoby, która zazwyczaj strzela do lekkich, bądź kołowców, o wiele trudniej trafić mi w jadącego slalomem ELC'ka, niżeli w któregokolwiek z kołowców.

parim1331:   Comiesięczny wierzchołek drzewka.

Falathi: Jest to jakiś pomysł  

Falathi:   Tylko żarówkę ma na stałe, pozostałe można zresetować.

thePhilX:   ja, kannst deine persönlichen Ruhmespunkte dafür benutzen und dir das aussuchen, was dich am meisten interessiert.

thePhilX: there we go: Vanquisher (summer, winter, desert):
  Damascus:   Decals (epic win and legend of the GM)    

thePhilX:   a) not every players wants to participate in every event (CW, Frontline, Ranked Battles, Challenges ...) so we offer variety b) this time the event will be 10 days, that doesn't mean, that next events won't be a bit longer again c) there will be some adjustments concerning fame point income

thePhilX: The 0 Gold provinces was an initiative to motivate new clans to make first steps on the global map and as you said it was a success, as 1984BigBrother already announced in the NA forum we will hopefully have a new mechanic for the global map and make it more attractive more many clans.
This week we had a summit discussing topics like that with the colleagues from NA, RU and ASIA, we have ideas for new cool global map activities. After this event we will have a tournament and maybe some fights with other regions, afterwards we will continue with a season. No worries.

thePhilX:   Was macht man wenn man diese 4000 Anleihen nicht hat?  Je nach Abschneiden der Clans und der Position als Spieler/-in kriegst du nochmal zusätzliche Bonds (Clanmultiplikator zwischen 2 und 7 x Positionswert zwischen 250 und 1000, also bis zu 7000 Bonds).    

thePhilX:   We will give our best to not have such long breaks as the last one again but I can not promise you anything concrete now. Anyway enjoy the Firetrail event now

thePhilX:   "am wenigsten keinen Spaß" hört sich bei mir schon ziemlich nach Spaß an

thePhilX: I very much enjoy playing with friends and clan mates in the evening, struggling, fighting and winning together. If you prefer other game modes, enjoy Frontline this week!  

thePhilX: question 1: As there was very positive feedback by player that where either not so experiences or couldn't be active enough during the timeframe, we increased the tanks in the bond auction to 1000 tanks. Also we can not force anyone to not pick a tank, while they would have the chance to buy one. (If you buy a ticket for a concert and you dont go there to, you also stole the place of someone else, but the organizer can't prevent you from doing it.. ), also players can use their personal fame points for other rewards such as bonds or female crew members.
question 2: we currently run a lot of much liked events for the community, also -as many players here already said- events like Firetrail usually demand participants to have a very high time investment which would not be possible for parts of the core audience, if we would make the event much longer. Also one of the previously biggest requests was to have shorter events (mostly as certain events took 3 to 4 weeks).
  question 3: the laboratory is a fundamental mechanic of the global map, while it might make the complete event a bit more complex it provides nice options for different approaches and ways to be successful. Different clans will have different strategies and this adds variety to the game. (if you are talking about personal fame points: you can take care of this in the in-game client from now on, so no global map browser window is necessary for you to activate them)

question 4: I assume you are talking about the differences between different event fronts (e.g. basic vs advanced), we made some balancing adjustments. the detailed regulation document will be released soon.  

thePhilX:   Hey HukLee,
the summer event usually includes a smaller pool of reward tanks, as the participation is lower. Additionally the winter events tend to be a bit longer. This event will only be 10 days long and you will still have the choice between 4 tanks (of which you are missing the 121B ). We always make sure that there is some variety, so you don't have to be afraid that the VK or T95E6 are gone for ever.
 

thePhilX:
Hey Smurf,
check out my answer above, if you would just consider the VK a copy of the Pz VII, you would probably not be interested, as a good player you should know about the differences anyway. (also how can the VK be a copy of the Pz VII, if it went into the game, before the Pz VII arrived?)
 

thePhilX:   Some players ask for a break, others want to permanently compete on the global map. We will make sure that there won't be such a long break after the event and you will have the chance to participate in our tournament to win additional rewards after the event has ended.

thePhilX:  Beim Sommer-Event gibt es immer einen eingeschränkten Map Pool.  

thePhilX: das Stronghold Matchmaking ist so angepasst, dass Clans tendenziell gleichstarke Gegner sehen, das kommt natürlich hauptsächlich den "FUN Clans" zu Gute. Dazu werdet ihr beim ersten Gefecht in jedem Weltkarten-Landungsturnier nicht zufällig einem Gegner zugewiesen, sondern die schwächsten/unerfahrensten Clans kriegen passende Gegner.  

thePhilX: Bonds, Premiumzeit, weibliche Crewmitglieder, coole Stile, Medaillen und Badges (...) und natürlich Spaß, den man normalerweise hat, wenn man mit Freunden zusammen nen Spiel spielt.  

thePhilX: Die Anzahl der Panzer wird natürlich der Anzahl der erwarteten Teilnehmer/-innen angepasst und -wie bei jedem anderen PC-Spiel- ist diese im Winter höher als im Sommer.  

thePhilX: Frage 1: Gibt aktuell ca. 2 Events pro Jahr, also immer Sommer und Winter, manchen passt es im Winter besser, manchen im Sommer, ist das Event vor Weihnachten, passt das den gestressten Arbeitenden nicht, ist es danach, haben die Studierenden und Schüler ihre Prüfungen. Irgendwo muss nen Kompromiss gefunden werden. Zudem müssen wir nen Platz zwischen all den anderen Events finden und nur weil es für einige Spieler am wichtigsten ist, an CW-Events teilzunehmen, gilt das nicht für alle. So liegt irgendein Event immer für irgendwen unpassend.   Frage 2: Wenn du es nicht in die Panzerränge geschafft hast, kannst du Bonds auf einen der Panzer bieten. Die 1000 höchsten Gebote (insgesamt, es ist nicht wichtig, auf welchen Panzer geboten wurde) bekommen einen der 4 Belohnungspanzer.

Frage 3: Ca. 2 Wochen, was auch die Zeit ist, in denen die anderen Belohnungen im persönlichen Fame-Point-Shop sich ausgesucht werden können.

Frage 4: Du musst mindestens 5 Gefechte während des Events auf der Weltkarte gespielt haben.

thePhilX: Das hört sich doch gut an, viel Spaß!

thePhilX: bischen mehr Bilder für die neuen Stile:
  Bezwinger / Vanquisher:  
  Damaskus-Stahl:     Decals    

thePhilX:   there are 4 zones called primetimes, 19:00, 20:00, 21:00 and 22:00 (Central European Summer Time). This are the start times of the landing tournaments. A tournament can take multiple hours (depends on the amount of battles, up to ~ 2h)

Falathi:   Zawsze można nie założyć kamuflażu i określić to jako styl minimalistyczny. 

A tak na serio - owszem, dla graczy którzy uczestniczyli z powodzeniem w każdej poprzedniej kampanii nagrody mogą nie być ciekawe, to prawda. Z drugiej jednak strony, mamy od groma graczy którzy albo nie brali w nich udziału, albo brali - ale nie załapali się na miejsca na podium. 

Delhroh: Hilo movido a Off-topic

thePhilX:  

Delhroh:   Muchas gracias, Iceman

Delhroh:   Sin lugar a dudas, un cordial saludo.

thePhilX:   Gambit was in December - Soldiers of Fortune in January
Arms Race was in June - Firetrail in July

so as you can see, it is not always at the same time, but if it helps you to know, that there might be an event in the winter period, I can tell you, that there might be one

thePhilX:   Du kannst ja das Geld, was du im Lotto gewonnen hast, auch nicht nur für neue Lottoscheine ausgeben

thePhilX:  

thePhilX:   to give you some reasoning behind this: the company is running many events over the year and different people are responsible for certain things (Frontline, Ranked Battles, Global Map, Challenges (e.g. previous TS-5), Historical Events, .... and obviously patches such as 1.5.1). This has to be coordinated for the different kind of player groups and decided what can be parallel with what. This is why concrete length as well as start and end date can change. This is not Wargaming specific and everyone with some kind of business insights knows that this is how it works in big companies with many projects running in parallel. This should explain why certain events are not announced that much time in advance.

Falathi: Prawdę mówiąc, YOLO może się sprawdzać tylko na niektórych czołgach i SPershing do nich nie należy. 

 

Delhroh: Saludos,
Dado que hay otros hilos parecidos anteriormente parecidos, reestablecemos el hilo en la sección de Clanes (como por ejemplo "Academia de Tanquistas&quot.   Disculpad las molestias que esto os haya podido causar, especialmente a Wady947.    

thePhilX:   mitmachen und andere coole Belohnungen absahnen

thePhilX: Hey guys,
main reason to play the mode is FUN guys remember that it is a game and you should enjoy playing.   Also female crew members, bonds, premium days, styles, badges, cammos ...

CU at the battlefield

 

thePhilX: 6. Sinn Crew Direktive für Spieler, die ihre Crews noch nicht so weit haben
Tarndirektive, für Leichte Panzer ohne Tarnungscrewskill

für erfahrene Crews benutze ich gerne die Löschdirektive   Ansetzerdirektive für Arty-Spieler/-innen

sonst Bonds sparen für den Bondshop oder verbessertes Equipment

Delhroh: ¡¡10 días para que acabe el concurso!!

Delhroh: Hilo no constructivo.Hilo cerrado.