Developers posts on forum

DeviouslyCursed:  If this happens as nearly as often as you claim it does, you wouldn't be using this exact same screen shot in every single damn thread you post in for the past month (or more).

DeviouslyCursed:  I present exhibit A of why Darntuff should be completely disregarded in any future discussion on the topic.

DeviouslyCursed:  The statistics (aka reality) indicate you are wrong. Landslides only happen a bit more often in unbalanced matches, and sometimes it is the team that was supposed to lose that got a landslide win against the team that was supposed to easily win. You don't know what you are talking about.

DeviouslyCursed: The tier 10 German Lt is by far the worst tier 10 in the game. By far. Second worst is the American Sheridan Lt tank.

DeviouslyCursed:  It's really easy to calculate actually. The stats provided by others show that about 27% of matches end in landslides in unbalanced matches, and about 24-25% of matches end in landslides with balanced matches. At best you get 2 or 3 battles over 100 matches that don't end in landslides in exchange for making skill not matter.

DeviouslyCursed:  The TEAMS would even out, but the TEAMMATES would not. There would still be a mismatch. Which is the whole point.

DeviouslyCursed:  Thank you for finally answering my question. And because it is not a balanced team (and I agree it's not a balanced team), the SBMM would have to force the worse set of teammates onto the better player to create a balanced match. The SBMM would have to give the better set of teammates to the worse player. Again, in an effort to create a balanced match. This is clear discrimination in assigning teammates to players. Once again, you can think that is okay, that a player being consistently shafted with worse teammates than someone else, because the end goal of balanced win chance of matches is a preferred goal. That is fine. But to deny that the player is getting shafted is dishonest in the extreme. Random MM folks feel the occasional unbalanced teams are okay, because treating all players as equal is a preferred environment. The only time I have unbalanced teams is when we lose the match we were clearly supposed to win.

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DeviouslyCursed: To start off, you have to understand this one thing. All matches consist of: You + 14 teammates vs 15 enemies It doesn't matter whether you have SBMM or Random MM, this is true. But here's the problem with SBMM. It doesn't matter what you use to balance the match, you will see the discrimination. We'll use WTR  Player A + 14 Teammates total WTRa = 15 Enemy total WTR Player B + 14 Teammates total WTRb = 15 Enemy total WTR Watch what happens... Player A = 10000 WTR Player B = 2000 WTR Substitute in their WTR values, and you have... 10000 + Teammates total WTRa = 15 Enemy total WTR  2000 + Teammates total WTRb = 15 Enemy total WTR What are their teammates like? Isolate their Teammates total WTR by subtracting 10000 and 2000 respectively 10000 - 10000 + Teammates total WTRa = 15 Enemy total WTR - 10000 2000 - 2000 + Teammates total WTRb = 15 Enemy total WTR - 2000 yields Teammates total WTRa = 15 Enemy total WTR - 10000 Teammates total WTRb = 15 Enemy total WTR - 2000 As you can clearly see, the Teammates total WTR are not the same between A and B.Regardless of what the enemy teams total WTR is, the good player's teammates will always be about 10000 lowerRegardless of what the enemy teams total WTR is, the bad  players' teammates will always be about 2000 lower That means when you compare the total WTR of the teammates between the good and bad player, the good player's teammates will always be about 8000 lower than the bad player's when facing similar enemy teams. To put it another way 2000 + Teammates total WTRb = 15 Enemy total WTR = 10000 + Teammates total WTRa  or 2000 + Teammates total WTRb = 10000 + Teammates total WTRa subtract 2000 from each side 2000 - 2000 + Teammates total WTRb = 10000 - 2000 + Teammates total WTRa  yields Teammates total WTRb = 8000 + Teammates total WTRa This means that Player B's Teammates will always be greater than Player A's teammates when facing similar opponents. Always. SBMM must give bad players better teammates to balance the matches. Put numbers into it.  If Player B has 14 teammates with 4000 WTR each, his Teammate total WTRb is 56000, or 56000 = Teammates total WTRb = 8000 + Teammates total WTRa 56000 = 8000 + Teammates total WTRa So when Player B's Teammates are a total of 56000, what will Player A's teammates be? Subtract 8000 from each side 56000 - 8000 = 8000 - 8000 + Teammates total WTRa yields 48000 = Teammates total WTRa So to reiterate... Player A's Teammates WTR = 48000 Player B's Teammates WTR = 56000 56000 > 48000 or Player B's Teammate total WTR > Player A's Teammate total WTR  What are a player's teammates like under Random MM? Player + 14 Random vs 15 random It doesn't matter who you are, or what you do, or what you pay, or what delusional perspective your prescribe to, everyone's teammates are equivalent over time. Everyone's enemies are equivlant over time. There is no distinction between good or bad players, all are treated equally under the Random MM. All are not treated equally under SBMM.

DeviouslyCursed:  I'll try using small words.  I know what your SBMM would do. It would take the two sets of teammates, that you call roughly equal, but aren't equal, and it deliberately gives the good player the worse set, and the bad player the better set. I'm asking you, is this is fair team? teams       team 1           team 2purple           2                    4red               13                  11 Yes or no? Easy question.

DeviouslyCursed:  For once I agree with Maniac. And for the record, most companies would love to have people playing their game five years from now.

DomoSapien: I definitely agree that it's not overpowered, but I personally found it to be quite comfortable. The mobility and DPM are, in my humble opinion, absolutely incredible in the right situations. When the stars align, this thing has me cackling like a maniac and riding on cloud nine. Then I get hit by arty which plants my feet firmly back on the ground

_BobaFett: 20 years.

DomoSapien: Solid event review, Guido! Worth a watch for those who haven't yet. If anyone is curious about my tomato impressions of the tank, it's quite fun to play. The mobility and DPM are nothing to scoff at, you have the speed of an LT-432 and the DPM of a Centurion.  I honestly initially felt that the tank is overpowered, but the more matches I played the more I realized the lack of armor and low HP pool are pretty limiting factors. The Kpz 07 definitely doesn't reinvent the wheel or dominate outright but it's basically a super comfy CDC, which it apparently outclasses in most regards. Quick note about the music bug, we are working to get a bug report filed for that issue, I was able to replicate it on my end as well.

Jambijon: Also I'm sure KrzyBoop would tell you all before anyone haha

Jambijon: The leFH took all the premium SPG spots available 

We don't have any information on new SPGs premiums in works and if there was, it would probably be a long time after all of these SPG testing thats been happening.

Jaguarz: 13.5hp/ton going to be a complete snail, for context thats the same as a T69 with the stock, tier 5, engine....

DeviouslyCursed:  WG put arty in for a reason, and they said that reason, and they won't remove it. I've never seen anything about them hating it. Arty prevents camping. This is true in clan wars and organized play. If a team camps on certain maps, you basically need arty to dig out certain positions. Or you could just run your team into their defensive positions and throw the match. Without arty, there is very little you can do to answer some camping strats.

DeviouslyCursed:  This coming from the guy who just cried holy heck about purples using prem ammo in the SBMM thread? They won't do anymore prem arty because they can't change it once they sell it for real money without offering refunds.

KRZYBooP: Howdy Boom Jockeys! The ASTRON Rex 105 mm, an American Tier VIII medium tank is coming to the Supertest.Its 105 mm gun is equipped with a 5-shell autoloader. Loading time between shells is 4.5 s, and the magazine reloads in 37 s. The gun has an accuracy of 0.43 m and an aiming time of 2 s, as well as good stabilization and 9 degrees of gun depression. Standard shells penetrate 185 mm of armor, and the special APCR shell can penetrate 250 mm. Damage per shot is 320 HP.Frontal turret armor is 220 mm, and the durability of the vehicle is 1,250 HP. The maximum forward speed is 45 km/h, and its specific power is 13.5 h.p/t. This vehicle features a high maximum backward speed of 30 km/h.The ASTRON Rex 105 mm is a support vehicle that can deal huge amounts of damage to vehicles of its tier with one magazine. However, making the best of its firepower is not an easy task and it will require the player to apply their map knowledge and work together with other medium tanks on their team.

churchill50:  If past marathons are anything to go by, the package will probably cost ~$75. 

churchill50:  Depends. If you are skilled enough to consistently get the tier 9/10 mission conditions done, that shortens the grind by a lot.If you're doing it by grinding base xp, then yeah you're going to have to no-life it.

churchill50: In addition to the rangefinder, the upper plate is also a weakspot to HEAT. AP/APCR will ricochet off of it due to the angle, but with HEAT's higher ricochet angle (85 vs 70 degrees) it will pen the upper plate easily.

DeviouslyCursed:   If WG listened to people like you, WoT would never have made it to the 10 year mark.   And bake, common sense? Really? You're one of the most delusional, non-sensical people on this forum. Common sense hasn't touched that brain of yours in the last decade.   Between this thread an SBMM thread you may of broke your arm patting yourself on the back for all your original and intellectual posts. IMO your a ranting Karen. Which is why I reported you for this one.  Aww, what's the matter? You still upset WG put anime tanks into the game?   Yeah, someone of your intellectual caliber probably would think my post was somehow worse than the post I responded to. At least you make your hypocrisy clear.

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DeviouslyCursed:  They play against the best every Clan Wars and every Campaign, you moron. If Random MM doesn't work in your favor, get better, and it will.

Elias_K_Grodin:  Heyo, I checked in with the labrats and they confirm the times are correct. This was likely an oversight and we will take this as feedback for the future. Thank you for pointing this out.   

Hey_man_Gneis_shot:  Heyo, I checked in with the labrats and they confirm the times are correct. This was likely an oversight and we will take this as feedback for the future. Thank you for pointing this out.   

_BobaFett: It is an OCD thing, for me.

MA77: Saudações,
O ASTRON Rex 105mm, um tanque médio americano de Nível VIII, está chegando ao Superteste.  Como o próprio nome indica, ele tem um canhão de 105 mm, mas possui um carregador automático de 5 projéteis, que carrega totalmente em 37 segundos (o tempo de recarga entre os disparos é de 2 segundos). Ele usa projéteis AP (munição padrão) e APCR (munição especial), provocando em média 320 pontos de dano. A diferença está na penetração: 185 mm para o primeiro e 250 mm para o segundo.
A blindagem frontal da torre chega a 220 mm, e os pontos de vida totais do tanque chegam a 1250. A velocidade máxima é de 45 km/h, que é atingida com uma potência específica de 13.5 hp/t, mas é importante notar os 30 km/h de sua velocidade de ré. O ASTRON Rex 105mm é um veículo de apoio que pode causar muitos danos a qualquer veículo com um único carregador. No entanto, liberar todo o potencial de seu poder de fogo exigirá muita habilidade e experiência nos diferentes mapas, bem como trabalho em equipe.
Como sempre, lembre-se de que todos os valores estão sujeitos a alterações com base nos resultados do teste.
Boa sorte no campo de batalha! 

MA77: ¡Saludos, Comandantes! El ASTRON Rex 105 mm, un tanque mediano estadounidense de nivel VIII, está llegando al Supertest.  Como su nombre lo indica, monta un cañón de 105 mm, pero que cuenta con un autocargador de 5 disparos, que carga por completo en 37 segundos (el tiempo de recarga entre cada disparo es de 2 segundos). Utiliza tanto proyectiles AP (munición estándar) como APCR (munición especial), que infligen 320 puntos de daño cada uno. La diferencia está en su penetración: 185 mm para los primeros y 250 mm para los segundos. El blindaje frontal en la torreta alcanza los 220 mm, y los puntos de vida totales del tanque llegan a los 1250. La velocidad máxima es de 45 km/h, que la alcanza con una potencia específica de 13,5 CV/t. Lo destacable, es su velocidad en reversa de 30 km/h. El ASTRON Rex 105 mm es un vehículo de soporte que puede ocasionar mucho daño a cualquier vehículo con un solo cargador. Sin embargo, desatar todo el potencial de su poder de fuego requerirá tanto de bastante habilidad y experiencia en los diferentes mapas, como así también de trabajo en equipo con otros medianos. Como siempre, recuerden que todos los valores están sujetos a cambios de acuerdo a los resultados de las pruebas. ¡Dejen sus opiniones! ¡Mucha suerte en el campo de batalla!

_BobaFett:  Can confirm, turning the music in garage to 0 does not mute the event music.

Einzelganger7: The author of Berserk passed away on May 6th but until today it was revealed by a Japanese obituary, he passed at the age of 54 by aortic dissection. Berserk was my favorite manga but I will always be grateful with Kentaro for such a great masterpiece that inspired many artists of all kinds, even musicians.  

DeviouslyCursed:    Do you even know what you're typing? Do you maybe have a split brain where one part of your brain doesn't know what another part of your brain is doing? Are you and a sibling combining your brain power to be even less smart together than either of you separately? I'm really at a loss for words at this point.    ...Actually, no, I'm gonna keep going. 

DeviouslyCursed:  For reference, my example:

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DeviouslyCursed:   If these two sets are roughly equal, as you state in an effort to deny SBMM discrimination, then you would not care which player got which set of teammates. If a purple gets team 2 and a red gets team 1, that's okay, right? After all, it has to be because you just said the teammates were roughly equal.  That makes teams       team 1           team 2purple           2                    4red               13                  11 Is this good for you? I'm suspecting it isn't. If the sets of teammates were roughly equal as you said, then it doesn't matter who gets them. If if matters who gets them, the the sets of teammates weren't equal, and now we see that the better player must be forced to have worse teammates for the matches to be balanced. Saying the match above is not fair and insisting the teammates get switched around is admission of SBMM discimination! Check mate, b****

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Draschel:  Not trying to defend panther 88, because I know it sucks.  But honestly, 200 vs 280 alpha is a difference. It is a difference as well because the DPM is more. Even if just a notch more, it IS MORE, WITH more alpha too. I think RH will have trouble utilizing DPM builds too, because of horrid bloom after shot, among the worst bloom after shot within the game. Makes DPM harder to definitely use. While panther maybe difficult hiding the hull, because of size.....RH won't be able to effectively use gun dep in combat, because of turd armor. At least panther 88 turret will block most HE like M41GF and SU152, and alot of tier 6 guns. RH will struggle there. 

Draschel:  If you knew more of the game, it would show. People, who generally know more of the game, it clearly shows when you take even a peak.People, who generally know 1 or 2 or 3 things about the game, have 7K PR in 10K games? What about 10K in 20K games? What about a garage full of tier 10s, with 3K damage each, minimum. How about a 60% win rate. Tonnes of 3 marks. And not a tier 5 or 6  3-mark, a real one. I can go on and on, about numerical quantitative  qualities a good player has, after far fewer than 75K games played, which you don't have. Keep lying to yourself. You are the only one who believe it. Or people even worse.  

Draschel:  Obviously don't have a clue. I am not even going to say, if you ever went to college. But did you even finish high school? 

Draschel:   They are nerfing T95 in HE re-work, too. Professor.   

DeviouslyCursed:  Well, it's official. We broke SimplyPzB2. He can't even go a whole paragraph without contradicting himself now. SimplyPzB2: "just how many purple players do you know that drive stock tanks?  The answer is zero."SimplyPzB2:  provides two examples of purples playing stock tanks... And why do purples generally avoid stock tanks? Because everyone knows they would be fighting at a disadvantage. You once again prove my concern valid. Thanks. Keep talking, because more support for how crappy a SBMM system is... always welcome. And come on, how mentally disabled do you have to be to not realize that your position is: "yes SBMM discriminates by giving better players worse teammates, and worse players better teammates, but it does so to provide balanced matches, so I feel that the pros outweigh the cons"? Are you not mature enough to admit this? How pathetically juvenile does one have to be to just keep denying the negatives? Is your position that precarious, your supports so weak, your positives so worthless, that you can't acknowledge a negative? Really? Lets try this, in a really, really simple manner. Are these two sets of teammates equal? teammates  team 1           team 2purple           2                    3red               12                  11  

_BobaFett: I would have attempted it but unfortunately I leave for vacation next week.

_BobaFett:  My mistake, thank you for correcting.

_BobaFett: - To complete all the missions for commitment:250,000 base XP - Chapter 1 rewards:1 large repair kit, 1 large med kit, 1 large fire extinguisher 30 rammer directives, 30 optics directive, 10 sixth sense directives 15 tank xp personal reserves, 17 free xp personal reserves, 17 crew xp personal rewards 3 days of premium account 1,000,000 credits One coated optics class 1 One turbo class 1 One rammer class 1 One "Rock Crystal" style Kampfpanzer 07 RH Zero skill crew with BiA trained to 100% Garage slot - Chapter 2 rewards:100% discount on the "Brunnenpanzer" 3D style 30 tank xp personal reserves, 21 free xp personal reserves, 30 crew xp personal rewards 15 days of premium account 3 Universal manuals

_BobaFett: Replay or it didn't happen.