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Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\Player Questions & Developer Answers
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 Vorpal, on 31 July 2011 - 01:30 AM, said: Are the developers aware of the bug where you are not rewarded with exp/credits for track and module damage?
At least, I assume it's a bug. Overlord has stated the intention is that we will be rewarded.
I can say with absolute certainty that right now, you are not. In fact, if the only damage you do to a tank is track/module damage, the tank doesn't even show up in your list of damaged vehicles! Obviously it's going to be hard for the game to reward for dealing damage about which it knows nothing.
Players should be rewarded for track and module damage exactly as much as they would be if they had dealt hp damage to those tanks instead. Or else please let me choose to never deal track/module damage.

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\Player Questions & Developer Answers
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 Tomoya_kun, on 30 July 2011 - 11:24 PM, said: Ovie, is the Maus really receiving a 400HP nerf as I've been hearing?

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\Player Questions & Developer Answers
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 XenomorphZZ, on 30 July 2011 - 05:21 AM, said: http://translate.goo...CUmrfhexGEuRxlA
This is true right OL?...
And if so any comment on what we can expect to see there (for WoWP ofc )
And what about this "and the Company Has Plans to announce ITS Newest Development Project, according to a Press Release Issued this Morning. " ???

Subject: Testing Grounds\Public Test\Public Test Server v.6.6 test2
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 Adamanthys, on 30 July 2011 - 08:13 PM, said: I myself don't see anything wrong (under or overpowered) with the new German tanks so far. My only complaint is still with the matchmaking system.
Quick question though, Why couldn't the regions be put together like it is with this test one? With more people there would be less problems with the match maker not finding people around your tier.

Subject: Testing Grounds\Public Test\Public Test Server v.6.6 test2
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 GeneralGeorge, on 30 July 2011 - 06:50 PM, said: The dev's need to apply TK rules the same as live servers and ban people !!!!!!
The nubs think since its a test server they can do as they please....

Subject: News from the Front\Discussion of News Articles\MVP: Steel and Light Winners
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Subject: MVP: Steel and Light Winners
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Subject: New Players\Newcomers' Forum\In real tank warfare the guns sometimes get in the way, but in wot...
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blautiger, on Aug 01 2011 - 02:16, said: o.k. lets get this straight. So they way to look at this regarding the gun length is to assume all guns are about a foot long regardless of how it looks on the screen. That is why building or other tanks will not interfere with the gun.
thanks

Subject: In real tank warfare the guns sometimes get in the way, but in wot...
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blautiger, on Aug 01 2011 - 01:16, said: o.k.  lets get this straight.  So they way to look at this regarding the gun length is to assume all guns are about a foot long regardless of how it looks on the screen.  That is why building or other tanks will not interfere with the gun.  
thanks

Subject: World of Tanks Pro app for Android
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julian35961, on Jul 31 2011 - 15:46, said: I will post more information next week.

Subject: Fan Zone\World of Tanks Wiki\Combating Spam
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Subject: Financial Department\Financial Issues\[awaiting player] Didn't received Gold paid more than 12h ago...
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Subject: Financial Department\Financial Issues\[Awaiting player] Interac online error?!
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Black_berett, on 31 July 2011 - 04:05 AM, said: So today i decided that i need some more gold but when i try to get some its said my payment declined because of some kind transaction error i mean yesterday it was perfectly fine and today this error? I have more than enough money on my card so there is no way i don't have enough money or something so yeah can some1 tell why this is happening to me?
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Subject: In-Game Vehicles\American Vehicles\Heavy Tanks\AMERICAN'S BONED!
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Lightsout, on 31 July 2011 - 08:39 AM, said: FIND ME A HAPPY T30 POST I CHALLENGE YOU!!

Subject: New Players\Newcomers' Forum\In real tank warfare the guns sometimes get in the way, but in wot...
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blautiger, on Jul 31 2011 - 07:40, said: In real tank warfare the gun sometimes get in the way. The gun turn where there is something in the way. For example if there is a building in the way. But in WOT I see the gun turn into the building. What happens when the gun fires in the building?
Also in real warfare when you are in contact with the enemy tank you can't sometime fire on them for the same reason. But I see guns turn into tanks and fire. Does that count as a full hit?
Also what happen if you are so close to another tank but if their gun don't have a line of fire at you because their gun have reach their elevation limit (that is they gun is pointed to its lowest point) and still don't have a line of fire at you then can't hit you?
thanks

Subject: In real tank warfare the guns sometimes get in the way, but in wot...
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blautiger, on Jul 31 2011 - 06:40, said: In real tank warfare the gun sometimes get in the way.  The gun turn where there is something in the way. For example if there is a building in the way.  But in WOT I see the gun turn into the building.  What happens when the gun fires in the building?  
Also in real warfare when you are in contact with the enemy tank you can't sometime fire on them for the same reason.  But I see guns turn into tanks and fire.  Does that count as a full hit?  
Also what happen if you are so close to another tank but if their gun don't have a line of fire at you because their gun have reach their elevation limit (that is they gun is pointed to its lowest point) and still don't have a line of fire at you then can't hit you?  
thanks

Subject: Clans\Clan Rivalry / Diplomacy\Game-VN (aka G-V-N) embassy
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Gov, on 31 July 2011 - 01:43 AM, said: I think I remember mods frowning upon "alt accts"...

Subject: Archives\Junkyard\Immature mods
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trollface2, on 31 July 2011 - 12:23 AM, said: Im getting fed up of looking in general chat and seeing people are getting chat banned for next to nothing i myself entered general chat today to see a mod chat banning people for sarcasm at this point i said in chat mods are not gods and got a 2 day chat ban myself with no warning.
Now im up for a joke and can see how the mods find this stuff funny but alot of us are paying to play this game and to be fair its a bit stupid that mods can just chat ban paying customers for no real reason i dont mind not talking to people but its a pain when you cant ping on the map or mark targets because some mod wants to flex his pretend internet geek muscles.
If you have a problem with a moderator decision bring it to support, such discussions are not allowed on the forums - 7 day RO /SE

Subject: News from the Front\Discussion of News Articles\Public Test Server v.6.6
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iamablocker, on 30 July 2011 - 11:46 AM, said: I am very surprised that...
my NA main and RU Test accounts have been merged- in short what tanks i have in NA i now have in RU Test


NA Main

RU Test now
this is very sweet~

Subject: News from the Front\Discussion of News Articles\Public Test Server v.6.6
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Subject: Important Information\Notifications and Announcements\Public Test v.6.6 is available!
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Subject: Greetings from Iron-Raiders!
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BarrooM, on Jul 29 2011 - 19:01, said: Do you like to watch gladiator movies Billy?

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\Player Questions & Developer Answers
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Troika, on 29 July 2011 - 04:00 AM, said: Once multiple main guns are added, will the E-100 be able to use the coaxial 75mm gun that was planned to be used on it?

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\Player Questions & Developer Answers
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FaustianQ, on 28 July 2011 - 11:29 PM, said: How soon to you plan to announce? Will it be on your blog? How detailed will it be? Guidelines or specific goals listed with rough dates?

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\Player Questions & Developer Answers
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Gryphius, on 28 July 2011 - 09:40 PM, said: Although I may be incorrect, I'm 95% certain OL stated previously that the T32 (along with the T29) is actually outperforming its counterparts by a small margin. TBH, the T32, along with the IS-4, is my best and favorite vehicle by a long shot.

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\Player Questions & Developer Answers
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Chewie, on 28 July 2011 - 04:01 PM, said: 1-4. Fair enough. Thanks for being honest about it. Is a overhaul in the works? Do you have an idea of when this may be coming out?
5 - 6. Ok, thanks
7. Any news on what may happen with the T23 yet?
8. That is excellent news. I'm very excited to see how the T34 is balanced as a tier 8 premium heavy. Thank you for not giving us a YATAH (Yet Another T5E1 American Heavy)
Here are the two questions that did not get answered, along with some additional questions:
1. Can the T34 / M103 have a 105mm or 120mm that they can quickly research to help alleviate the pain of having a very inadequate gun for tier 9 (that the Ausf B and IS-4 do not have a problem with)? The Patton has something very similar to this proposal with the 90mm M36 / 90mm T15EM2.
Or, could the T34 / M103 just start with a beter gun?
2. Somewhat related to question 1, how is the T32 doing for balance? Comparing in-game stats, personal experience using the tank and fighting against it, I'm not convinced that it is performing adequately. One possible solution to the problem presented in question 1 is giving the T32 a better gun, something that has basically the same stats as the T5E1 105mm, but is a higher velocity shell and thus has a penetration value of around 220mm for AP rounds. This would allow the T34 / M103 to use a gun that is actually somewhat useful for tier 9 while grinding up the best gun (instead of being almost useless for 60k experience).
3. You responded to questions about the M103's gun saying the 120mm will be using HEAT ammo. Are you saying that the M103's / T110's gun will use HEAT ammo as it's primary ammo? If "yes", surely you won't be charging gold for the rounds... right? If "no", will the other types of rounds (I assume AP and HE would be the standard ammo types) be competitive? Any information on the M103 / T110's gun would be great!
4. When the T34 becomes tier 8, will it's 102mm gun retain its current penetration values? Since you guys (the developers) seem to rely on historical figures for penetration values, I can see it keeping the penetration values it has right now.

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\Player Questions & Developer Answers
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Decorated_Rain, on 28 July 2011 - 08:14 PM, said: Questions:
1) How long are you planning on keeping World of Tanks alive for?
2) What was your recation(s) when a lot of people quit and raged because of they started having to pay for platoon?
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I really do apologise if these questions has already been posted but there are so many questions and nearly 5 pages now. It's not like I'm going to spend up to 30 minutes reading just to see if a simple and not a long question has already been asked.
If questions has already been asked and they're asked again, I think you should just ignore that question.

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\Player Questions & Developer Answers
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Diedel, on 28 July 2011 - 07:39 PM, said: Could you include what bugs are planned to be fixed in what release, or will there be no real bug-fix releases till 0.7 ? Will you speed up the balancing cycle after 0.7, because 6+ month are really far to long.

Subject: News from the Front\Discussion of News Articles\MVP: Steel and Light
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Vash8349, on 28 July 2011 - 10:24 PM, said: When two players both get the same amount of MVP points, do they both get the same award or you will pick one based on who has the highest kill and XP?
I also think Steel Wall hits received can be easily photoshopped. All they do is to change the hits received part on a legit Steel Wall battle.
And, what if someone have a friend in the platoon to friendly hit him in impenetrable spot 50 times? Does that count as hits received?

Subject: MVP: Steel and Light
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Vash8349, on Jul 28 2011 - 21:24, said: When two players both get the same amount of MVP points, do they both get the same award or you will pick one based on who has the highest kill and XP?
I also think Steel Wall hits received can be easily photoshopped.  All they do is to change the hits received part on a legit Steel Wall battle.    
And, what if someone have a friend in the platoon to friendly hit him in impenetrable spot 50 times?  Does that count as hits received?

Subject: wot and esl become partners
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Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\Kill stealing
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lanejc, on 28 July 2011 - 08:36 PM, said: Dih! Meant to give you a +1 but hit -1 instead. Sorry dude, I completely agree with your comment.

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\Kill stealing
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darkdog9, on 28 July 2011 - 08:02 PM, said: Who cares if you do 95% of the damage and someone finish's him off according to what the wiki/devs say damage nets far more exp/credits then killing blows do sure you don't get the nice shiny kill count next to your name but you get rewarded just the same. My best rounds have been from damaging multiple tanks rather then top gun rounds.

Subject: Off-Topic Discussion\Off-Topic\OMG, what a noob!
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Subject: Archives\Junkyard\This game has the most stupidest mathematical charts in the history of gaming
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GarrusNUBZ, on 27 July 2011 - 10:59 PM, said: I recently got my Tier 7 JagdPanther, not so stock, I got the barrel from my JgdpnzIV. Which is still dreadful for what the match maker gets me. Although this is widely complained about and there seems to be no fix in sight, this is not what I am here for. Perhaps this makes me a newcomer, so I posted this here.
This game has a very, very stupid system that not only appeals to those that are willing to spend money. Don't get me wrong, spending money on a developer that isn't known throughout the world isn't a bad thing, it only is when it's pay to advance. I've come to a point where, like most, pretty much get stuck in a rut, finding the game merely unplayable. While I'll probably get bashed left and right for the accusations of pay to win, hear me out.
You've played this game without premium, possibly? You know how dreadful a grind is. You can imagine grinding a arty without premium, and medium, heavy tank without premium, or even a tank destroyer. You know, one of those things that, destroy tanks, sometimes?
To further my point, I show you this picture, of a not premium Tier 7 TD. However you may say, "Just do better next round, kill some people.": While I do get what you're saying, I can safely say, no, I can not. With the vicious amount of horrendous team play this game barely evokes, despite it's obvious influence on many people soloing their way, it's become a hard task. All in all, I'll shoot at a tank to ding them, to not even penetrate their armor. Even when the AP round is showing green and I'm zoned in on their little hull, or little peak-a-boo periscopes. I can not for the life of me, do much damage. Alas they start shooting at me, penetrating my front armor like it wasn't there, catching my engine on fire, and bang, I'm dead.

Picture concludes my statement, and I purpose you do something about it. I cannot threaten you, I know you care very little about a whiner, but I suppose I'll let everyone else know that this game is not fun after awhile. It's drop dead pathetic. It may be fun with premium, I've yet to find out. I've yet to 'steal mommies credit card' and find out, even though I have much else to pay for outside of pixel tanks.
Thanks for possibly reading, knowing this community I'm probably going to receive a numerous amounts of 'umad ubad, l2p, etc'.

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\Kill stealing
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Termina, on 28 July 2011 - 05:12 PM, said: It's not your kill until you actually get the kill.

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\Kill stealing
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Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\Player Questions & Developer Answers
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Chewie, on 27 July 2011 - 04:03 PM, said: 1. When you judge the credit earning of a tank (for credit reward balancing purposes), do you take into account repair and ammo costs?
Example - Tank X has a repair bill when fully destroyed of 10000 credits, and its rounds cost 1000 credits each for 200 damage (5 credits per damage point). Tank Y has a repair bill when fully destroyed of 20000 credits, and its rounds cost 2400 credits each for 400 damage (6 credits per damage point). Do you balance the credit rewards of Tank X and Tank Y to be the same, or do you compensate Tank Y for its costlier repairs and ammo? As in, do you balance Tank Y to have a higher credit earning factor because it costs more to repair and re-equip with ammo?
2. How are repair costs (for a full repair) determined for each individual tank?
Example - Tank X has a 10000 credit repair bill when fully destroyed. What determines this repair bill?
3. How are repair costs (for a particular battle) determined based on damage sustained in battle?
Example - Tank X sustained a broken track, 50% damage, and a killed driver. It's repair bill is 6000 credits. What determines this individual repair bill?)
4. Do you earn rewards (credits / experience) for damage done entirely to modules / crew? Say, I shoot a round into my opponents gun, and I deal 0%. Does this damage give me credit and experience rewards as if I had done actual damage to the tank?
5. What is the current population breakdown for the US Server? How about the EU and Russian servers?
5a. What percentage of tank population is US, German and Russian?
5b. What about the higher tiers? What is the percentage for each nation of the tank population for tiers 8 and above?
5c. What about the spread of types of tanks? What is the percentage of each type of tank (Heavy, Medium, Light, etc...) of the total population?
6. Can you change the time that the "day" resets for the players? Currently, it is reset around 7-8 P.M. Central Time (12 - 1 A.M. UTC), BUT the server resets at a wildly different time (is it 6 AM Central time? I can't remember, and my search-fu is failing me). This setup kind of screws up the events that base around the "daily first win double" bonus (like the recent event's 5x bonus). If a player received their "daily double" before the server reset earlier today, than they completely miss out on one day of the 5x bonus. It would be much more intuitive to have the player's "day" reset when the server does, so that these events coincide correctly with what the player expects.
7. How is the T23 doing? Is he dealing with his removal from the game well? Can you tell him I still love him, even if I do enjoy another tank now. I would take him back, but only if he would be ok alongside the Pershing.
This is in regards to the T34 having an abysmal gun for a tier 9 (the 105mm) until it gets the 120mm. This, from what I've seen, will most likely be the same way for the M103:
I would tend to agree [that a stock gun is not supposed to be good], BUT the problem lies with this particular gun. The IS-4 can equip the BL-9 without any modules being researched (if the gun was researched on the IS-3). The Ausf B can equip the 10.5 L/62 without any modules being researched (if the gun was researched on the Tiger II). The same is true for the T34, BUT (and this is the problem) the 105mm T5E1 is barely adequate at tier 8! While the BL-9 and 10.5 L/62 are very good guns at tier 8, the 105mm T5E1 only (barely) works because the T32 has so many other great things going for it. If the T32 didn't have its great combination of speed, maneuverability, gun depression, and turret armor, the 105mm T5E1 would not be good enough at tier 8. Since the T34 can't use these same strengths at tier 9, the 105mm T5E1 just doesn't cut it. If it had just 20mm more penetration, I think it would work fine until the 120mm, but the low penetration on a tier 9 heavy is a severe detriment to it's performance and ability to research new parts. Don't make a tank nearly useless just to make people spend free EXP to make it contribute to a battle. The IS-4 and Ausf B. don't have to suffer through the same hardship.
Can the T34 / M103 have a 105mm that they can quickly research to help alleviate the pain of having a very inadequate gun for tier 9 (that the Ausf B and IS-4 do not have a problem with)? The Patton has something very similar to this proposal with the 90mm M36 / 90mm T15EM2. Or, could the T34 / M103 just start with a beter gun?
You responded to questions about the M103's gun saying the 120mm will be using HEAT ammo. Are you saying that the M103's / T110's gun will use HEAT ammo as it's primary ammo? If "yes", surely you won't be charging gold for the rounds... right? If "no", will the other types of rounds (I assume AP and HE would be the standard ammo types) be competitive?

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\Player Questions & Developer Answers
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SlickDesGrieux, on 27 July 2011 - 06:12 PM, said: Are their currently plans to give the E50 and/or E75 Front mounted transmission like the Panthers and KT currently have?
If this is true why is this change be considered?

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\Player Questions & Developer Answers
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DerMeister, on 28 July 2011 - 06:01 AM, said: I looked throught the Q&A and didn't see this question, so if it has been answered already, sorry. Might have passed over it.
Anyways, it it a possibility that a "hardcore" game mode will be added to the game? Like having minimal HUD and no icons or outline? Or something along those lines. I always thought this would be rather fun as it would make hiding and sneaking a whole different animal.
Thanks in advance,
DerMeister
*Edit* Sorry, just saw the question asked before. Ignore this question.