Developers posts on forum

Capitao_Desastre_:   As horas de inicio das rodadas foram corrigidas nos posts do forum para este torneio e para o seguinte, e esperamos ter uma correção da página do weekday warfare 9 ainda hoje.

The_Chieftain:   When I first saw that GIF, my immediate thought was of the American Civil War, when tacticians hadn't yet figured out that in order to mass firepower, you didn't need to actually mass your troops. In the game as it stands, the only disincentive to massing your tanks is a large-splash arty like T-92. Given that SH is supposedly a more organised form of play, I'm curious to see how long it takes the teams to make the same adjustment that costs so many soldiers their lives in the 19th century.

The_Chieftain:   Basically, it comes down to how the hinge works on that front roadwheel. Pretty much straight up, initially, then arcing to the rear. With a 4' wall like that (I think it's 4, you're pushing the tank forwards without leaving the suspension room to move up before it moves back.   As to the AMX-30B and the rangefinder/light issue, a bit of hunting on the web indicates that real AMX-30s were equipped the same way. It's not as if the M60A3 lost its left side blister when the LRF was introduced, for example.

Koenig_Tiger: Yes - looks as if the notifications may not be showing on the site BUT monitoring the Group battles confirms that the battle schedules are set and are popping ok ....apologies to all for this glitch

Triple_Crown: Yes - looks as if the notifications may not be showing on the site BUT monitoring the Group battles confirms that the battle schedules are set and are popping ok ....apologies to all for this glitch

Triple_Crown: Yes - looks as if the notifications may not be showing on the site BUT monitoring the Group battles confirms that the battle schedules are set and are popping ok ....apologies to all for this glitch

Triple_Crown: Monitoring the Group battles confirms that the battle schedules are set and are popping ok ....apologies to all for this glitch    

Triple_Crown: Monitoring the Group battles confirms that the battle schedules are set and are popping ok ....apologies to all for this glitch    

Koenig_Tiger: Yes - looks as if the notifications may not be showing on the site BUT the actual battles seem to be set and happening ok...

Triple_Crown: Yes - looks as if the notifications may not be showing on the site BUT the actual battles seem to be set and happening ok...

Triple_Crown: Yes - looks as if the notifications may not be showing on the site BUT the actual battles seem to be set and happening ok...

Lert:   Except for armor angles, spaced armor and pen drop-off at range.   Shoot the turret.

Lert:   Not to mention those players with far subpar stats who think they're god's gift to internet tonks and proceed to insult the whole team after they rush out to die.

Lert:   That's probably it.

Pigeon_of_War: Link to original topic?

Pigeon_of_War:     No problem! That said, can you guys and gals please take further mods questions to the Prohibited Mod Q and A? Helps keep things organized.

Pigeon_of_War:   That's called an aimbot, and yes, that is cheating. 

Pigeon_of_War: I'll poke PIzzastorm to fix it. 

Pigeon_of_War:   KMaus saved it as a posted link, which can be found here: http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/339063-policy-on-prohibited-modifications/page__st__1000__pid__8218444#entry8218444  

Pigeon_of_War:   The only way those mods would be illegal is if they call out an unspotted tank  that hit you (SPGs excluded, of course). If it does, illegal.

Lert: Looks like a SU-122-44.

Pigeon_of_War:   Glad you asked this. Different rounds have different sounds and particle effects. An HE round explodes on the tank, HEAT a has a bit of a "sizzle" to it, AP and APCR rounds sound "normal" and have no real sound difference (not a discernible one, at least). This mod is fine because it literally provides zero advantage to the player using it. Say you find out a M103 shot a HEAT round at you. So? With this knowledge in mind, how can you possibly change the outcome of the battle knowing a Heavy tank shot a HEAT round at you? Does that tank have more than one, or was that their last one? Are they loading an AP round if the HEAT round bounced? Who knows?   This is why this mod provides no advantage except your own benefit of knowing what struck you. Everytime I hear about people using it, i file it under the "mostly harmless" category.

Lert:   No ofcourse I'm not gonna sell it. I just thought it amusing that its resale value is only 1000 credits.

Pigeon_of_War:   Already updated: http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/forum-35/announcement-98-policy-on-prohibited-modifications/

Lert: Damn invisitanks.

Pigeon_of_War:     FTR is not gospel....it's a third party site not affiliated with Wargaming.net.   Just a reminder. 

Pigeon_of_War: Wow....before the pitchforks and torches are lit, let me clarify:   Let's think about why a "base" reload timer is not banned, but one that reads the tanks stats is. Here is the World of Tanks Wiki: http://wiki.wargaming.net/en/World_of_Tanks   In it, the base reload timer for every tank is listed. For instance, I know, thanks to the wiki and other sources, that the base reload time for a Tiger I with the stock gun is about 8 seconds. If I see a Tiger I with a stock gun, it's safe to assume that after it fires it will be about 8 seconds before it fires again. If someone creates a mod based off stock reload timer stats, they are taking a small amount of work most players already do out of the equation. It does not create an unfair advantage if a spotted tank fires and you can get the reload amount. 

Lert:   That is a good point. Oftentimes when I throw a premium shell at a soft target that I had loaded for a hard target I get yelled at for wasting my own credits. I always thank them for their concern regarding my in-game financial situation.

Pigeon_of_War:     You got questions, I got answers.   Reload timer: if it takes the base reload time of the base tank, it's allowed. Shadow silhouette: Going to go ahead and say banned because it's not an active spot and gives an unfair advantage. The mini-map is a bit more vague with the last known position, and vagueness in tactics is fair.     

Pigeon_of_War:   The only person that cared, huh? I'm going to remember that....

Lert: In my opinion there are three good reasons for using premium shells:   1) If you want to ensure the highest chance of defeating the the opponent's armor and doing damage 2) If you forget to switch back from them 3) If it annoys the target

Lert: Sure. If believing that is what floats your boat, go right ahead.

Lert:   Why click a review of a tank you have no interest in reading about and then complain about the thread? If you don't want to read about it, don't click threads about it. It's that simple.

Lert:   IOC_Cartmen

Lert:   Hey, look who's bitter. Do you need a waaaahmbulance?   You do realize you didn't have to click this thread if you didn't want to read it, right?

Lert: That's a neat vehicle.   As for whether or not it would fit in WoT, that depends entirely on the gun. If it's a rifled gun, I could see it being a nice 'competitor' to the Kanonen JagdPanzer, about which much has been written already.

Lert:   Ask Major Rampage.

Lert:   Because I choose to. And it's my time to do with what I want.  

Lert:   Yeah. I've had more than one battle where I was completely useless and just got my face pushed in.

Lert:   'Moderator'. Originally the ISU-130 was meant for moderators on the RU server, but someone in WGNA decided that Community Contributors should have it on this server.

Lert: ISU-130? What's that?   The ISU-130 was a premium reward tank that is unavailable in the gift shop, in-game store or through missions. The only way to get it is if WG gifts you one.     ISU-130 is an attempt to adapt the ISU chassis to use a development of a 130mm naval gun. It was modified and put through trials, but not accepted into service nor produced in numbers. The prototype still exists in the Kubinka tank museum:           So how did I get it?   Most forum-goers will be familiar with my collection of guides that I've been working at for years now, since around right after the game went live. About two years ago my guides compelled WG to give me the 'Community Contributor' tags and invite me to join in with Major Rampage's weekly friday night tank company battles, while they lasted. Other than that, the only benefit the CC tags gave me was the ability to add a second image to my sig.   About a week ago that changed though when WG decided to hand out several ISU-130's to various CC's, wiki editors, etc.   So, in short, it was a thank-you gift from WG for the guides I wrote.   Where do you get one?   You can't, unless WG decides to gift you one.   What's it like?   In short, it's a bigger, fatter, buffed SU-100Y.   Slightly longer, it's a standard ISU-152 chassis with a buffed, longer version of SU-100Y's gun, with more pen and more damage:     How does it compare to the ISU-152 it's based of?     In short, worse engine and radio, same viewrange, better traverse, worse gun.   It doesn't have the scare factor that the BL-10 has, and it being a rare tank everyone wants to destroy it. Its armor certainly doesn't bounce much of anything being only 90mm on the chassis and 60mm on the superstructure.   I know some internet sources say it has -1 degrees of gun depression, but those are old sources and it got buffed to -8 since then, which really isn't bad for a vehicle like this.   What matchmaking does it get?   It gets the same matchmaking as normal tier 8 tanks, so it sees tier 10 tanks.   When it's bottom tier vs tier 10's the gun is anemic, lacking pen - the highest penning shell is regular AP which goes through 215mm on average, for 490 damage per hit. The premium shell is AP, and just as with the SU-100Y it has less pen (187mm in this case) and more damage (570 in this case). That's because historically the premium shell was APHE, a mostly solid slug with a small exploding charge inside it.   Vs tier 8's and most tier 9's however it's still a meaty gun that delivers quite a lot of damage if it hits sides or weak spots. 490 average is nothing to sneeze at, and thinner skinned targets need to watch out for the 570 damage premium shells. However, the 0.4 accuracy hurts it at long range and sluggish traverse and soft armor hurt it at short range.   How's my performance in it?     I have a positive damage- as well as kill ratio in it, though not by much. This puts it at around par for a premium vehicle for my skill level and my aggressive, often suicidal playstyle. The gun being what it is certainly helps dispel any myths of this thing being OP, but the meaty alpha and decent reload of 9.91s (Vents, rammer, BiA) does help it make its mark.   For me, ISU-130 often ends up around the middle of the team after the match with between 1000 and 1300 damage done. Less common is me ending up at the bottom or the top of the list. Not that either hasn't happened, mind you.   So is it like a premium in all respects?   Yes. I currently have my Object 263 crew in it, and it earns me veritable truckloads of credits:           In fact, I suspect that it has a higher credit earning coefficient than a regular tier 8 premium like Lowe, T34, IS-6 or FCM 50t. All tanks that I have, but I feel that they don't earn me as many credits as ISU-130 does.   Any gameplay footage you can watch?   Yep. Have an ace mastery game:     4.7k damage, 1407 base XP, 132k credits income.   So what's my opinion of it?   As a vehicle, it's so-so. It has significant weaknesses as well as strong points. The damage output is satisfying, the reload is ok and the credit earning potential is through the roof. However, it's let down by its matchmaking and penetration, as well as accuracy and lack of armor. It lacks the scare factor of ISU-152 and carrying potential of other, better TD's - as far as TD's have carrying potential. As a combat vehicle it's neither great nor bad - it seems to be right where it needs to be as a premium vehicle: worse than a fully upgraded same-tier vehicle but better than a stock one.   As an attention-grabber though, not much beats it. Roughly 75% of the time there is at least one person going "What's an ISU-130?" or "Grats on the 130" or "Cool haven't seen one of those before".