Developers posts on forum

TeriyakiTanker: There are a lot of problems with this situation but the reality is they are more than likely coming to the bond shop so everyone will just have to deal with it.   The problems as I see it are:
  1.  OP Clan War tanks that are allowed in randoms.  Not a very good idea to be honest. 2.  Only available through Clan Wars I see as a problem because a large chunk of the player base isn't capable of getting one.  This can be for skill as well as time availability reasons. 3.  Many of the players who are eligible for these tanks don't support the game monetarily as many in the top clans get all the gold and premium time they want for no money.
  BUT all that being said everyone who earned a clan wars tank put in a lot of time to get something that they were promised would be exclusive and it isn't all that great of an idea for a company to just go back on that and invalidate hundreds of hours of Clan Wars participation on a players part.  For every Clan Wars tank that goes into the bond shop or becomes available in some other manner WG is going to really need to compensate current owners.
  WG should have offered Clan Wars reward tanks as limited exclusive items from the beginning with a special skin that could only be gained by getting it through Clan Wars participation, unfortunately that ship has sailed and most likely Clan Wars participants are going to get screwed when some of the older tanks become available to the general public.

Jambijon: How has everyones MM been so far?  I've been experiencing same Tier 8 games a lot more than usual, but still doesn't help my game haha.

BigDaddyLaxative: How has everyones MM been so far?  I've been experiencing same Tier 8 games a lot more than usual, but still doesn't help my game haha.

Hambijon: How has everyones MM been so far?  I've been experiencing same Tier 8 games a lot more than usual, but still doesn't help my game haha.

DomoSapien:
I'd say probably the distinction is that the tanks were being balanced and not the ammo. Like, if they had large-enough-caliber guns to have a stun mechanic, things would be more complicated. Lucky for us in that case we didn't need to worry about it because stun doesn't happen if the caliber of the shell is smaller than 120mm.

Those two should be affected by the ammo rework though.

 

DomoSapien: Well, I would say you're painting with a pretty broad brush. The issue with the Missions UI isn't so much not being able how to click on the carat to minimize them, but moreso the fact that they always start up fully maximized, by default.

That said, I am definitely making a note of this feedback and passing it on to the event guys!

DomoSapien: The codes for the Tank Class and On Track Missions are an experiment to try a new format, as a direct result of player feedback received indicating that all these missions are making the in-game Missions UI very cluttered. (I do agree with this, the Tank Class missions generally took a solid 2 or 3 seconds of scrolling to get past in-game)   We're definitely gathering all your feedback and we're definitely going to pass it on to the event guys. I see a lot of y'all are confused or frustrated with having to opt-in so definitely mentioning that with my feedback.   Generally, making an event be limited for those who opt-in via codes allows us to get more generous prizing approved for events, because less players are projected to participate overall (since there's no prizing going out to players who didn't opt in). That's why I was able to get away with giving away an absurd amount of Boosters for the Scavenger Hunt.

DomoSapien:
I see this brought up on occasion. What do you mean get rid of templates? So just let MM grab any old combination of tanks, tier I-X, and stick them in a battle?

By definition, any matchmaking restriction whatsoever is a form of template. I'm confused.


As for OP's point - I played about 5 battles today and didn't notice any increase in my queue time. I'm curious to see what MM will be like during peak hours, and what it'll be like during the wee hours of the night, because that will be the real test for this new MM system.    

DomoSapien: I might be wrong on this but fairly certain we have been taking the stance of "Premium Ammo is a global mechanic, and it's being changed globally, for all tanks, premium and non-premium." 

Theoretically every vehicle will be affected by the ammo rework, without exception. So the vehicles aren't being changed, the entire game is. Therefore your performance in premium vehicles, relative to all the other vehicles in the game, will theoretically be unchanged.

Furthermore we specifically gave ourselves a long runway for introducing these changes (after removing the ability to buy them with gold) so that all the premium ammo purchased with Gold would get used up before changing it - because we are changing the ammunition and not the vehicles themselves.

DomoSapien:   Well, according to the Q&A From last weekend (you can read the whole transscript here) the next step is ammo, which should be hitting sandbox within 2 months. These 2 months will also give us time to gather data on how the new matchmaker is doing. 

DomoSapien: It is a zero-skill BIA crew indeed.

DomoSapien:   Awesome, thanks for clearing that up for us!

DomoSapien: So, the 'malicious code' is referring to a vulnerability that was found with replay files several years ago. There was a way for someone to edit the code in the replay file and inject malicious code that posed security risks.   Since WOT Classic is operating on similar architecture, it's possible that vulnerability still exists in WOT Classic replay files.

That said, the files being created by WOT Classic are perfectly fine, but you should be careful about opening WOT Classic replays from people you don't know or don't trust, to be on the safe side.

DomoSapien: If you haven't had a chance to hop in a tier VIII tank today, give it a whirl. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. That's right - the reworked Matchmaker is now live!  For more details on how this new system works, please feel free to check out the article; the long and short of it is this:
You should see 2-tier games more frequently, and you should be top-tier more frequently. We paid extra attention to the "problem tiers" 6 through 8 which were the most impacted by the previous 3/5/7-only system. The main focus of these changes is to reduce the frequency of matches at which you're placed at the bottom tier. I'm cautiously optimistic, but I played a few tier IX games and about 3 tier VIII games this morning. I was top tier for one of the tier IX battles, two of my tier VIII battles were single-tier, and one was two-tier. I was top tier for all 3 battles, which was nice.

DomoSapien: I'll double-check on this but for the time being it's safe to operate under the assumption that it won't be a zero-skill crew unless otherwise stated.

DomoSapien: Tankers,   We've got another Challenge/Marathon event coming up!    More details in the article, but here's a sneak peek at the teaser video with some details about the vehicle.  

KRZYBooP: For those that missed out on the Museum I snapped some photos and I'm sharing them HERE.    On behalf of the entire Tanks team thank you everyone for showing up and enjoying the event. 

KRZYBooP: Howdy Boom Jockeys! Here are some pics from the Weekend event that was held last weekend at the American Heritage Museum kinda close to Boston.     

The_Chieftain: I need to find two teams who aren't doing anything much on Thu (11th) evening to try out a historical battle/matchmaking system I want to give a go. One team may only end up with ten players, so if you can't come up with a full 15, so be it. Maybe an hour, probably about 9pm Eastern. It will require having specific vehicles in the garage, but hopefully, being low-tier, you'll have them.  I don't much care who is in the teams, but there will need to be a designated team captain with authority to make some decisions for the rest of them.   Let me know by PM how many folks you can show up with, and if it looks like we're going to be able to make the numbers, we'll have a quick chat on Mon evening on TS or Discord or some such to see if you want to proceed.

Felipe6666Original: Bueno, ahora sí, hora de anunciar a los ganadores. Incluiré la cantidad de votos que recibió cada producción por parte del jurado interno (Contribuidores de la Comunidad + yo = 5), tanto en las votaciones generales como en el ballotage (en caso de que lo haya habido).   Tanques 2D:   ¡Los premios van para JoshuaBMTH (manual) y MU5T4N6 (digital), con 3 y 2 (4) votos respectivamente! JoshuaBMTH nos dio un espectacular Type IV Chi-To con acrílicos sobre un lienzo, y MU5T4N6 creó una batalla épica entre un 60TP y un Super Conqueror.   Tanques 3D:   ¡Los premios van para Gamerwerfer (invatible a esta altura) y Leoo006 (que destronó a Agustin0123), con 3 (3) y 4 votos respectivamente! Gamerwerfer no solo nos dio una "Tostadora" funcional, sino que cumplió con el divino capricho del Administrador del foro añadiendo tostadas dentro (el café fue muy bien recibido), y Leoo006 sorprendió a todos con su Panzer IV en metal, una verdadera obra de arte.   Varieté:   ¡Los premios van para Naproxeno_ y Pepetruelo, con 5 y 2 (3) votos respectivamente! Naproxeno_ desafió los alcances de la categoría y creó una foto que cualquier despistado como quien escribe hubiera creído que fue tomada por un periodista de guerra, y Pepetruelo llevó los alcances de Varieté todavía más allá para despedirse de estos concursos con un mod muy original para el querido Hetzer.   ¿Y qué se llevó cada uno de los ganadores? x5 +50% de créditos, x5 +100% de EXP, x5 +100% de EXP libre, 750 de oro, un HWK 30, 100.000 créditos y 7 días de Cuenta Premium. ¡Qué lo disfruten!   Y como siempre, el resto de los participantes no se retira con las manos vacías. Todos se llevan x5 +100% de EXP, x5 +100% de EXP libre, 300 de oro, 3 días de Cuenta Premium y 1 espacio de Garage.   Adicionalmente a estos premios, Agustin0123 3 (2), Belisario 2 (1) y Kronoku 2 (2) se llevan un Valentine II por haber llegado a la instancia de desempate interno.   ¡Saludos y felicitaciones a todos!

TeriyakiTanker:   if you want a win how about getting it the old fashioned way.... by winning.

Jambijon: Greetings Tournament Tankers! Following suit with our "Play your tank class right" mission, you now have the option to "opt-in" for Tournament Missions for April. To acquire the missions for April, simply copy the following code and click the redeem button. APRTOURNEY042019 GLHF!

BigDaddyLaxative: Greetings Tournament Tankers!   Following suit with our "Play your tank class right" mission, you now have the option to "opt-in" for Tournament Missions for April.   To acquire the missions for April, simply copy the following code and click the redeem button.   APRTOURNEY042019   GLHF!

Hambijon: Greetings Tournament Tankers!   Following suit with our "Play your tank class right" mission, you now have the option to "opt-in" for Tournament Missions for April.   To acquire the missions for April, simply copy the following code and click the redeem button.   APRTOURNEY042019   GLHF!

Jambijon: I apologize for not clarifying.  No, just redeem it once and you have it for the whole month.

BigDaddyLaxative: I apologize for not clarifying.  No, just redeem it once and you have it for the whole month.

Hambijon: I apologize for not clarifying.  No, just redeem it once and you have it for the whole month.

Felipe6666Original:     Al principio pensé en darles la oportunidad de participar a cambio de perder su facultad de votar, pero luego pensé que eso tampoco quedaría muy bien siendo que, desde afuera, el resto de los competidores puede pensar tranquilamente que el resto de los Voluntarios de la Comunidad y Colaboradores de la Comunidad pueden coordinarse para hacer ganar a uno u otro, algo más que entendible. Así que no, perdiste tu facultad de participar en estos eventos... O al menos de poder ganar un premio mayor, dado que no veo nada de malo en hacerlo por el premio por participación.  

Felipe6666Original:   Los dibujos van a Composición. Con lo que puede usarse papel para Modelaje me refiero a los modelos para armar que se imprimen en papel o similar, o modelos diseñados por uno mismo (como ha hecho VIGA_17 en varias ediciones). No queremos que el lápiz se enfrente a Gamerwerfer...   ¡Saludos!

Felipe6666Original:   Desde el Leo   ¡Saludos!

Jambijon: Greetings Tankers! For the next edition of missions for Play Your Tank Class Right, we are offering the ability to opt-in for participation.  This way, you can limit the missions you actually want to see in the client. So, all you have to do is pick a code, or all and enter them in on the WoT portal to receive the mission(s) in game. TANK CLASS VEHICLE REDEMPTION CODES: LIGHT TANKS: MEDIUM TANKS: HEAVY TANKS: TANK DESTROYERS: LT101042019 MT101042019 HT101042019 TD101042019  To redeem the missions, click this button:      
 For a full list of details, check out our portal article. GLHF!

BigDaddyLaxative: Greetings Tankers!   For the next edition of missions for Play Your Tank Class Right, we are offering the ability to opt-in for participation.  This way, you can limit the missions you actually want to see in the client.   So, all you have to do is pick a code, or all and enter them in on the WoT portal to receive the mission(s) in game.   TANK CLASS VEHICLE REDEMPTION CODES: LIGHT TANKS: MEDIUM TANKS: HEAVY TANKS: TANK DESTROYERS: LT101042019 MT101042019 HT101042019 TD101042019   To redeem the missions, click this button:      
  For a full list of details, check out our portal article.   GLHF!

Hambijon: Greetings Tankers!   For the next edition of missions for Play Your Tank Class Right, we are offering the ability to opt-in for participation.  This way, you can limit the missions you actually want to see in the client.   So, all you have to do is pick a code, or all and enter them in on the WoT portal to receive the mission(s) in game.   TANK CLASS VEHICLE REDEMPTION CODES: LIGHT TANKS: MEDIUM TANKS: HEAVY TANKS: TANK DESTROYERS: LT101042019 MT101042019 HT101042019 TD101042019   To redeem the missions, click this button:      
  For a full list of details, check out our portal article.   GLHF!

Einzelganger7: I do not use much gold ammo because I tend to aim at weakspots and normal ammo works fine on most German tanks, the only nation I play. But yeah, in some way I am worried, what my Panther could do against tier 9 super heavies where premium ammo is basically a must but just doing 70 damage per shot?

CabbageMechanic: Thanks to everyone who came out, it was a great time!

Jambijon: "99 annoying bugs in the code, 99 bugs.  Take one down, fix one now, 237 bugs on the wall"Morning Tankers! The long awaited Matchmaker changes are finally done!  They have released and have been open tested in the EU region and we're ready for a global release!  So tomorrow, April 3rd, 2019 the updated MM will hit the servers. For all the details, check out our article by clicking the WoT Scales above. GLHF!  

BigDaddyLaxative: "99 annoying bugs in the code, 99 bugs.  Take one down, fix one now, 237 bugs on the wall" Morning Tankers!   The long awaited Matchmaker changes are finally done!  They have released and have been open tested in the EU region and we're ready for a global release!  So tomorrow, April 3rd, 2019 the updated MM will hit the servers.   For all the details, check out our article by clicking the WoT Scales above.   GLHF!    

Hambijon: "99 annoying bugs in the code, 99 bugs.  Take one down, fix one now, 237 bugs on the wall" Morning Tankers!   The long awaited Matchmaker changes are finally done!  They have released and have been open tested in the EU region and we're ready for a global release!  So tomorrow, April 3rd, 2019 the updated MM will hit the servers.   For all the details, check out our article by clicking the WoT Scales above.   GLHF!    

MA77: Ocorreram problemas no primeiro dia do evento e estes já foram solucionados.   Infelizmente, este evento contou apenas com um servidor, e este está localizado no Leste Europeu.

TeriyakiTanker: First of all gold isn’t illegal in any way and second, no one has a problem with someone who shoots gold when appropriate.  If you refuse to use gold when appropriate then you will either need to shoot at the flat cheeks of the hull or flank them. Frankly, the Chrysler has bad pen so you might be literally incapable of penning a Type 5 from the front. I haven’t checked the numbers but if you refuse to use the game mechanics to your advantage you are going to have problems.

Felipe6666Original:   Es por cosas como estas, por intentar trollear modificando las respuestas, que ocurren las sanciones. No por decir algo en contra del juego, sus cambios o similar, sino por la toxicidad pura y sin sentido.   Pero respondiendo a tu comentario, 2019 va a ser un año dedicado casi íntegramente a los rebalances y correcciones de problemas que arrastramos desde hace mucho o poco tiempo indistintamente. No será tarea sencilla porque esto implica modificar mecánicas clave que van desde el emparejador hasta temas polémicos como la munición especial, pero enfocaremos todos los recursos en que todo salga de la mejor manera posible.   ¡Saludos!