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Subject: In-Game Vehicles\American Vehicles\Heavy Tanks\t32- best tier 8 tank in the game
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Mrtheox, on 01 April 2011 - 01:34 AM, said: Are normalization values fixed to the shell or subject to randomization and if there is a stat sheet for normalization effects of the shells could it be published?
Saying penetration degrades linearly by 20% from 100 to 500 meters is the same as saying penetration degrades by 1% for every 20 meters beyond 100 meters. Therefore, distance changes of less than 20 meters tend to have so little effect on degrading penetration that distance changes of less than 20 meters tend to be inconsequentially in determining if a round will penetrate it's target.
IE If a 88mmL70 is shooting at a target at 400 meters, the gun will lose 15% of it's penetration or 30.45mm (the round will penetrate 172.56mm of armor before randomization). At 410 meters the 88mm L70 will lose 15.5% of it's penetration or 31.46mm of penetration (the round will penetrate 171.53 of armor before randomization). These changes do not sufficiently alter the mean of the Gaussian distribution enough to really change the probability of penetrating a target. For Example, A 88mm L70 with a mean 172mm of penetration at 400 meters, will have only 21.8412% of the possible randomization outcomes result in a round which can penetrate 184mm of armor (the frontal armor of a T32 adjusted for LOS less 8 degrees of slope; in order to compensate for normalization effects). At 410 meters the mean penetration on the 88mm L70 is 171mm, meaning that 21.6572% of the possible results of randomization will result in a round with sufficient power to penetrate the front of a T32 (184mm).
The increase in range of 10 meters does show an exponential rise in the probability of a round to not penetrate at range due to randomization, but because the difference between the increment is so negligible it offers no measurable effect. When we increase the range increment to 20 meters penetration on the 88mm L70 falls of by 16% at 420 meters resulting in a mean penetration of 170.52 meters. Meaning that 21.0089% of the results of randomization will result in a 88mm L70 AP round with sufficient penetration to perforate the glacis of T32 at 420 meters. The difference between a 10 meter increment and a 20 meter increment is near a whole percentage point in probability with the randomization effect. Therefore it is mathematically correct to say that for every increase in range of 20 meters beyond 100 meters there is an exponential increase in the probability for a tier 7 gun not to penetrate the front glacis of a T-32.

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\World of Tanks v.0.6.4 update: Discussion of preliminary patch notes
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Mrbustanut, on 01 April 2011 - 05:24 PM, said: That doesn't sound good. 1 week to go and the release patch has multiple bugs.

Subject: Game Discussion\Game Guides and Tutorials\WOT - Game Launcher Issue
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thehackersz, on 02 April 2011 - 01:45 PM, said: Critical Error.
SYS_ERROR
the application cannot continue.
for details see log file.
02/03/2011 19:42:47 Starting...
02/03/2011 19:44:23 create update folder: path="D:\Program Files (x86)\World_of_Tanks_closed_Beta\Updates"
02/03/2011 19:44:23 create temp update folder: path="C:\Users\FASHA\AppData\Roaming\wargaming.net\WoT\temp"
02/03/2011 19:44:23 save configuration: path="D:\Program Files (x86)\World_of_Tanks_closed_Beta\WOTLauncher.cfg"
02/03/2011 19:44:23 start update process...
02/03/2011 19:44:23 connecting to update server...
02/03/2011 19:44:25 http request has completed: verb="POST" url="http://update.worldoftanks.com/"
02/03/2011 19:44:25 parsing patch info...
02/03/2011 19:44:25 initialize installation process...
02/03/2011 19:44:25 install has completed: name="D:\Program Files (x86)\World_of_Tanks_closed_Beta\Updates\wot_63.76808_62.66183_launcher_com.patch"
02/03/2011 19:44:25 install has completed: name="D:\Program Files (x86)\World_of_Tanks_closed_Beta\Updates\wot_63.78726_launcher_com.patch"
02/03/2011 19:44:25 initialize post-update process...
02/03/2011 19:44:25 launcher update complete.
02/03/2011 19:44:27 Restarting...
02/03/2011 19:44:27 stop update process...
02/03/2011 19:44:27 ERROR: rename file: (5)"Access is denied."
any idea how to fix this?
Thx.

Subject: Technical Support & Bug Reporting\General Error Reporting\Cant connect to server (Back up now)
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Subject: Technical Support & Bug Reporting\General Error Reporting\Cant connect to server (Back up now)
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Subject: Technical Support & Bug Reporting\General Error Reporting\Cant connect to server (Back up now)
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greentatertot, on 02 April 2011 - 01:01 PM, said: bigbaddaboom

Subject: Technical Support & Bug Reporting\General Error Reporting\Cant connect to server (Back up now)
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Subject: Clans\The Round Table\Clan Wars
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WarWolverineWarrior, on 01 April 2011 - 08:02 PM, said: I got a great question:
If you have a clan consisting of 50 great players and they make 20 sub accounts each to fill in the numbers. That's 1000 members which can form 10 clans. Let's say each clan has 15 players with tier 10 tank. 10 clans are spread from east to west so they have different time zones. I think the battles are fought during peek of that time zone.
And any player can fill in for a chip on the map which means you only need 15 tier 10 to fight per clan.
Which in theory means 50 people can own the whole map?

Subject: Clan Wars
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WarWolverineWarrior, on Apr 01 2011 - 19:02, said: I got a great question:
If you have a clan consisting of 50 great players and they make 20 sub accounts each to fill in the numbers. That's 1000 members which can form 10 clans. Let's say each clan has 15 players with tier 10 tank. 10 clans are spread from east to west so they have different time zones. I think the battles are fought during peek of that time zone.

And any player can fill in for a chip on the map which means you only need 15 tier 10 to fight per clan.
Which in theory means 50 people can own the whole map?

Subject: Contests & Competitions\Special Events\Kill the Mod\Kill the Mod
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darkblue_nc, on 02 April 2011 - 03:46 AM, said: Seems like we did not fight against the same team. Si there were at least two mod teams ...

Subject: Kill the Mod
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darkblue_nc, on Apr 02 2011 - 02:46, said: Seems like we did not fight against the same team. Si there were at least two mod teams ...

Subject: Contests & Competitions\Special Events\Kill the Mod\Kill the Mod
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Madaz, on 02 April 2011 - 03:21 AM, said: still the game doesn't allow for ease of use fighting A company against Z company

Subject: Kill the Mod
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Madaz, on Apr 02 2011 - 02:21, said: still the game doesn't allow for ease of use fighting A company against Z company

Subject: Contests & Competitions\Special Events\Kill the Mod\Kill the Mod
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Subject: Kill the Mod
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Subject: Clans\The Round Table\Clan Wars
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Grunt_Dog, on 30 March 2011 - 05:26 PM, said: Wow....crossing the Atlantic on clan map for an American clan will require some commitment and vice versa.....You will have to be ready to play at odd times and if you win the territory you will need to be prepared to defend at odd times........... I guess this is where alliances would be useful.....Interesting...I like the prime time activity of the local territory idea...Gives a built in advantage to the home team.......I have a feeling alliances are going to be huge with this?

Subject: Clan Wars
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Grunt_Dog, on Mar 30 2011 - 16:26, said: Wow....crossing the Atlantic on clan map for an American clan will require some commitment and vice versa.....You will have to be ready to play at odd times and if you win the territory you will need to be prepared to defend at odd times...........  I guess this is where alliances would be useful.....Interesting...I like the prime time activity of the local territory idea...Gives a built in advantage to the home team.......I have a feeling alliances are going to be huge with this?

Subject: Clans\The Round Table\Moderators recruiting for clans
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Subject: Moderators recruiting for clans
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Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\will all (non pre-order) beta accounts be identical after hard wipe?
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F34rmen00bz, on 31 March 2011 - 11:34 PM, said: No, you can get them back, just not during the beta. I mean, Vallter said so and he's a dev

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\Top-Tier-Shells
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Subject: News from the Front\Discussion of News Articles\World of Tanks Release
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Renyaire, on 01 April 2011 - 04:51 PM, said: So your telling me I got this far in playing this game and your just going to wipe everything I have that some what bull shit now I dont not want to play anymore even when the game is released I dont want to start all over again this is sucks now im not happy.

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\dream tank after wipe?
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Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\New Game Mode - Conquest
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Subject: New Game Mode - Conquest
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Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\Epic Round
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Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\205 Days later: How nothing has changed, but things are different.
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Bf109e, on 01 April 2011 - 01:25 AM, said: 1.) More maps, simply put you need 2 or even 3 times the number of available maps to play on. Yes, I very much understand that requires and huge amount of resources and time but I would like to see more then 2 by July 2011.


Bf109e, on 01 April 2011 - 01:25 AM, said: 2.) Spotting  this is a dead horse that has been beaten to death (go los if you have to just to get it taken care of).


Bf109e, on 01 April 2011 - 01:25 AM, said: 3.) Camo  Another very beaten dead horse.


Bf109e, on 01 April 2011 - 01:25 AM, said: 4.) Balance/Match making – I wish that I had some viable input to give but it needs attention – I not saying that Teir 5 should never see Teir 9 or 10 however it needs to be a rare event. We all just take turns being fodder and as of right now it is the way of things. If some how crew skill levels can be added to the algorithms as we all know that it’s night and day between 80% skill and 100% skill.


Bf109e, on 01 April 2011 - 01:25 AM, said: 5.) Light tank’s having “true” value as a scout. We all see that most lights just rush out and light as much of the enemy before they die 30 seconds later. The better one’s wait a few moments before they rush off. Don’t get me wrong I have had fun in my M5 and A-20 but my T-44 is a much better Scout when that sort of tactic is needed. Radio and view range being the key issues here…and being able to take hits helps. I can see with maps having 45 players per side scouting correctly will become a game breaker for teams but this does not in mean (necessary) “light tanks” as it does “fast movers”. Now is the issue of a light tank going to be a issue with the success of the game..no, of course not…but placing value or using a justification for the “it’s just the way things are” mentality can be.


Bf109e, on 01 April 2011 - 01:25 AM, said: 6.) The decision of "buffs" and "nerfs" needs serious attention for whatever tank line. As it stands right now and “for the most part” if people get really good at a tank and overall stats change something “dumb” happens. I feel that if there was simply a better balance in the tanks themselves…(cough cough) that would just nip that issue in the butt all together. I will leave that as it stands…


Bf109e, on 01 April 2011 - 01:25 AM, said: 7.) Allowing more then 3 total players in a squad. One important success factor in MMO’s is based on getting as many friends together as possible. The current set up is a wee bit restricting in that regard.


Bf109e, on 01 April 2011 - 01:25 AM, said: 8.) Game modes  “We have a dead horse walking; we have a dead horse walking here.”

Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\205 Days later: How nothing has changed, but things are different.
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LiddelHart, on 01 April 2011 - 05:13 AM, said: @ Vallter
Question about the Clan Wars. Are a handful of Uber large Clans going to be allowed to create multiple 100 man sub clans( now 2 and 3 sub groups with some) and continue to recruit and allowed cooperation on the world map, or is reasonable limitations going to be added to the rules. Otherwise it will turn into a kind of map gank fest with play to crush instead of play for fun if we allow for in-game monopolization!

Subject: Contests & Competitions\Special Events\Kill the Mod\Kill the Mod
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Subject: Kill the Mod
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Subject: Game Discussion\Gameplay Discussion\World of Tanks v.0.6.4 update: Discussion of preliminary patch notes
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Froderick22, on 01 April 2011 - 09:23 AM, said: Overlord, I'm really curious as to why you guys' didn't just release 6.4 as a patch while we still have some Beta time left, for a quick test-drive to make sure that everything the patch is claiming to do will work when it hits the server and has to run in the (more or less) regular game environment? Give it maybe a week or so, and then pop the release?
Forgive me if this has been asked already.

Subject: News from the Front\World of Tanks Newsletter\WoT Newsletter Volume #19
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Welcome to the World of Tanks Newsletter! said: Our goal is to weekly update with news events, new information on current issues, and interesting articles!
If you think you have a story or article that would fit in well submit the article to MrVic via PM on the WoT boards.
We plan to add some reporters/writers so submit your entries or ideas and how you might like to contribute!
Newsletter Staff
Editor: MrVicWeekly Comic: Wallachia


Developers Corner  said:
Release Date Announced

London (17th March, 2011) — Wargaming.net is glad to announce today that its highly-anticipated free-to-play action MMO game World of Tanks is set to launch on 12th April, 2011 in Europe and North America.
With this announcement, the company reports World of Tanks to be gradually entering the release phase after nine successive months of closed and open beta testing that let the game recruit an impressive number of players building up a strong and responsive community that helped the development team enhance and polish the game by providing valuable feedback and reporting issues.
World of Tanks is one of the most recognizable vehicle-based MMO games where players fight action-packed battles driving historically accurate WWII-era armored machines. The game’s stunning graphics, destructible environments, a wide variety of military hardware with a vast choice of upgrade options along with captivating and well-balanced gameplay make it a must-try for almost every gamer.
“Our team has been working really hard to create a unique blend of action, strategy, simulation and RPG elements in World of Tanks, and now the moment all fans across the globe have been waiting for is right around the corner”, said Victor Kislyi, CEO of Wargaming.net. “We are delighted to be finally announcing the release date for this ground-breaking title and invite all veteran players and those new to the game to enjoy tense and uncompromising armored warfare on World of Tanks battlegrounds”.
During preparation stage for release all vehicles, achievements, statistics, inactive/duplicate accounts will be wiped, except vehicles received within PR events! All players who did a long way from CBT to Release will get some bonuses, stay tuned!
Dev Question and Answer on Question and Answer sessions Link to Thread
Password change serviceLink to Post


News Headlines said: BUY GOLD FOR SPECIAL PRICE AND GET THE UNIQUE TANK FOR FREE!News Link Details
URAL STEEL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULENews Link Details
THE DIARY OF A NEWCOMERNews Link Details
WORLD OF TANKS RELEASENews Link Details
MAINTENANCE WORKS SCHEDULED ON MARCH 18News Link Details
WORLD OF TANKS PRIMER - WELCOME TO WWII 101!News Link Details
WORLD OF TANKS CLAN REGISTRATION. UPDATEDNews Link Details


Main Discussions on the Forums said: Have thoughts or concerns? The following Threads are the main threads for discussing changes or feedback.
Discussion of pre-release notesLink to Main Topic
v.0.6.3.7 update - preliminary discussion Link to Main Topic
Official Tracks - Tracked - Tracking Thread Link to Main Topic
Match Making Thread Link to Main Topic
Post Patch SPG Thread Link to Main Topic
Official Hard/Soft Wipe Discussion Thread Link to Main Topic
Official Tank View Range / Spotting Thread Link to Main Topic
Thread Covering Open Beta information What Open Beta Means to you!


Fake Tip of the Week said: Fake Tip of the Week:Release we will get not just one but 3 premium tanks for being beta testers! Additionally any beta tester with over 1k battles fought prior to release will get a free Lowe and garage slot. April Fools! (Now you have to ask yourself a April fools joke that is in a "fake" tip hmm is that a double negative and equal a positive? Is it true to not true!


Post of the Week said: Link to Post
Its seems we have our own spy inside WoT HQ, check out his recon work!


A Look to the Future said: World of Tanks v.0.6.4 Preliminary Patch Notes

• Added new vehicles: premium heavy Lowe and KV-5, intermediate KV-13 and Pz38NA, tier 8 SPGs: Object 261, GW-E serie, T-92.
• Full redesign of Maus collision model using “skirt” type of armor.
• Fixed hit boxes for IS-7, JagdPanther.
• Added new maps – Mountain Pass and Prairies.
• Visual redesign of Pagorki map.
• Gameplay redesign of Komarin map: reduced number of bushes near the bridges, added extra buildings on the central island for cover.
• Added extra checkpoints on tank models for more accurate visibility checks.
• Changed effect for credit and gold first aid kits, repair kits and fire extinguishers:
Credit repair kit will fix 1 chosen damaged module until the end of battle. Gold will repair all currently damaged modules until the end of battle.
You can put both repair kits on the same tank together.
First aid kits work similar to repair kits.
Credit fire extinguisher will extinguish fire immediately after you manually activate it – by pressing its button ingame.
Gold fire extinguisher will automatically extinguish fire 0.5 seconds after tank catches fire and will reduce chance of catching fire by 10%.
• Changed damage mechanics for tracks. You can damage tracks if you hit the leading or the rearmost wheel of the tank. It will be much more difficult to detrack it by hitting middle part of the tank.
• Reworked vehicle movement system – stucking at vertical surfaces and map borders is nearly completely eliminated. Reduced chance of stucking in terrain objects.
• Added first version of moving wrecks of destroyed vehicles.
• Fixed bug with SPG Object 212 gun mantlet that was able to absorb shells without losing durability.
• Fixed damage mechanics of certain open-topped SPGs during light collisions with other vehicles.
• Added an option to demount non-demountable equipment (like Rammer or Coated Optics) for 10 Gold.
• Added an option to transfer in-game gold to another player. For additional control of transfer special billing password is being used.
• Added an option to block voice messages from the player in battle and in hangar.
• Added an option to turn-off tank shaking during shooting/moving/stopping/being hit in sniper mode. Default setting is shaking on.
• Added an option to remove tracks prints.
• Added an option to turn off smoke and dust off the tank tracks.
• Added detailed options for voice chat: selection of audio device, voice test and other options.
• Fixed bug with client freeze when joining company/platoon in case of voice ports being blocked.
• Added new tab Clan for Contacts window, including the list of clan members.
• Added visual diplay of “speaking players” in Training Room, Platoon and Company, Map Loading screen.
• Added additional star icon on the tank that did not gain double experience for the current day.
• Minimap remade into flash like the other interface . Added icons for different tank types. Added colored icons of different colours for tanks in player’s platoon.
• Added additional markers above tanks in player’s platoon.
• Added additional statistics window displayed when player’s tank is destroyed.
• Fixed great amount of rendering bugs, improved efficiency of high-quality dynamic shadows.
• Added protection from client-side change of color, brightness and display time for tracer effects.
Planned for v.0.6.4, but currenty in development:
• Reworking visibility/camouflage of all vehicles and guns.
• Lowered memory usage. Fixing Red Textures bug on PC with big amount of RAM (> 2 GB).
• Specific balance weight for 9th tier Medium tanks.
• Fixing discrepancy between sniper and arcade crosshairs in case vehicle is positioned on a slope.
• New post-battle statistics.
Note 1. The list of changes is not full.
Note 2. v.0.6.4 is very likely to be the release version.
ETA - to be announced.
World of Tanks Tutorial Videos

World of Tanks Tutorial Video Part 4
World of Tanks Tutorial Video Part 3
World of Tanks Tutorial Video part 2
World of Tanks Tutorial Video part 1


Pictures of the Week said: Note: Many of these images are from projects in progress. They should be considered Alpha images and not final
Lowe (tier 8 heavy)



KV-5 (tier 7 heavy)



M4A2E4





Last Weeks Pictures of the Week (Archive)

KV-13






M4A2E4

QuoteGift Tank for World of Tanks CBT-participants
M4A2E4 is going to be a gift tank for the participants of WOT closed beta.
M4A2E4 is a tier 5 US medium tank [premium].
The two M4A2s built by General Motors Corporation in 1943, both featured a wide track torsion bar suspension. The first tank was completed on 22 July and the second on 15 August.
Preliminary specs:
Hull: 64/38/38
Turret: 76/51/51
Gun: 75mm M3L/37








Quote Gift Tank for World of Tanks CBT-participants
M4A2E4 is going to be a gift tank for the participants of WOT closed beta.
M4A2E4 is a tier 5 US medium tank [premium].
The two M4A2s built by General Motors Corporation in 1943, both featured a wide track torsion bar suspension. The first tank was completed on 22 July and the second on 15 August.
Preliminary specs:
Hull: 64/38/38
Turret: 76/51/51
Gun: 75mm M3L/37


Weekly Web Comics said: The Loltraktor Chronicles by: Wallachia (Core) Link to the Authors site.


Loltraktor X Maus Poll..Vote!


Tank Skin of the Week said: This weeks featured Tank skin is by "Hadriel87" Thread Link
Urban 3601




Community Driven Content said: Historical Battles!
Historical Battles, Link to Section
Color Blind? Check this out!
Color Blind (Mod) by:SmVueno Right now in game options are not complete, but the following thread created by SmVueno provides some help. Link to Thread
Lost your Original Tank Skin files? This thread may help save you time! Link to Thread


Help Wanted said:
New Positions Open!
Looking for 1-2 Players from NA and EU forums to join the Newsletter Staff. Looking for players that are avid readers of the forums, main work entails finding funny or well written posts, recent information on info segments posted by the devs ect and other content such as finding tank skins for each weeks Newsletter publications. Main focus is finding and collecting information to be added weekly. If your interested in such a role please Send a PM to MrVic Thanks!

Subject: WoT Newsletter Volume #19
Link on message: #449832

Welcome to the World of Tanks Newsletter! said: Our goal is to weekly update with news events, new information on current issues, and interesting articles!
If you think you have a story or article that would fit in well submit the article to MrVic via PM on the WoT boards.
We plan to add some reporters/writers so submit your entries or ideas and how you might like to contribute!

Newsletter Staff
Editor: MrVicWeekly Comic: Wallachia



Developers Corner  said:



Release Date Announced
                    
London (17th March, 2011) — Wargaming.net is glad to announce today that its highly-anticipated free-to-play action MMO game World of Tanks is set to launch on 12th April, 2011 in Europe and North America.

With this announcement, the company reports World of Tanks to be gradually entering the release phase after nine successive months of closed and open beta testing that let the game recruit an impressive number of players building up a strong and responsive community that helped the development team enhance and polish the game by providing valuable feedback and reporting issues.

World of Tanks is one of the most recognizable vehicle-based MMO games where players fight action-packed battles driving historically accurate WWII-era armored machines. The game’s stunning graphics, destructible environments, a wide variety of military hardware with a vast choice of upgrade options along with captivating and well-balanced gameplay make it a must-try for almost every gamer.

“Our team has been working really hard to create a unique blend of action, strategy, simulation and RPG elements in World of Tanks, and now the moment all fans across the globe have been waiting for is right around the corner”, said Victor Kislyi, CEO of Wargaming.net. “We are delighted to be finally announcing the release date for this ground-breaking title and invite all veteran players and those new to the game to enjoy tense and uncompromising armored warfare on World of Tanks battlegrounds”.

During preparation stage for release all vehicles, achievements, statistics, inactive/duplicate accounts will be wiped, except vehicles received within PR events! All  players who did a long way from CBT to Release will get some bonuses, stay tuned!


Dev Question and Answer on Question and Answer sessions Link to Thread

Password change serviceLink to Post




News Headlines said:
BUY GOLD FOR SPECIAL PRICE AND GET THE UNIQUE TANK FOR FREE!News Link Details

URAL STEEL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULENews Link Details

THE DIARY OF A NEWCOMERNews Link Details

WORLD OF TANKS RELEASENews Link Details

MAINTENANCE WORKS SCHEDULED ON MARCH 18News Link Details

WORLD OF TANKS PRIMER - WELCOME TO WWII 101!News Link Details

WORLD OF TANKS CLAN REGISTRATION. UPDATEDNews Link Details




Main Discussions on the Forums said: Have thoughts or concerns? The following Threads are the main threads for discussing changes or feedback.

Discussion of pre-release notesLink to Main Topic

v.0.6.3.7 update - preliminary discussion Link to Main Topic

Official Tracks - Tracked - Tracking Thread Link to Main Topic

Match Making Thread Link to Main Topic

Post Patch SPG Thread Link to Main Topic

Official Hard/Soft Wipe Discussion Thread Link to Main Topic

Official Tank View Range / Spotting Thread Link to Main Topic

Thread Covering Open Beta information  What Open Beta Means to you!





Fake Tip of the Week said: Fake Tip of the Week:Release we will get not just one but 3 premium tanks for being beta testers!  Additionally any beta tester with over 1k battles fought prior to release will get a free Lowe and garage slot.   April Fools!  (Now you have to ask yourself a April fools joke that is in a "fake" tip hmm is that a double negative and equal a positive? Is it true to not true!



Post of the Week said: Link to Post

Its seems we have our own spy inside WoT HQ, check out his recon work!



A Look to the Future said:   

World of Tanks v.0.6.4 Preliminary Patch Notes
                    
• Added new vehicles: premium heavy Lowe and KV-5, intermediate KV-13 and Pz38NA, tier 8 SPGs: Object 261, GW-E serie, T-92.
• Full redesign of Maus collision model using “skirt” type of armor.
• Fixed hit boxes for IS-7, JagdPanther.
• Added new maps – Mountain Pass and Prairies.
• Visual redesign of Pagorki map.
• Gameplay redesign of Komarin map: reduced number of bushes near the bridges, added extra buildings on the central island for cover.
• Added extra checkpoints on tank models for more accurate visibility checks.
• Changed effect for credit and gold first aid kits, repair kits and fire extinguishers:
Credit repair kit will fix 1 chosen damaged module until the end of battle. Gold will repair all currently damaged modules until the end of battle.
You can put both repair kits on the same tank together.
First aid kits work similar to repair kits.
Credit fire extinguisher will extinguish fire immediately after you manually activate it – by pressing its button ingame.
Gold fire extinguisher will automatically extinguish fire 0.5 seconds after tank catches fire and will reduce chance of catching fire by 10%.
• Changed damage mechanics for tracks. You can damage tracks if you hit the leading or the rearmost wheel of the tank. It will be much more difficult to detrack it by hitting middle part of the tank.
• Reworked vehicle movement system – stucking at vertical surfaces and map borders is nearly completely eliminated. Reduced chance of stucking in terrain objects.
• Added first version of moving wrecks of destroyed vehicles.
• Fixed bug with SPG Object 212 gun mantlet that was able to absorb shells without losing durability.
• Fixed damage mechanics of certain open-topped SPGs during light collisions with other vehicles.
• Added an option to demount non-demountable equipment (like Rammer or Coated Optics) for 10 Gold.
• Added an option to transfer in-game gold to another player. For additional control of transfer special billing password is being used.
• Added an option to block voice messages from the player in battle and in hangar.
• Added an option to turn-off tank shaking during shooting/moving/stopping/being hit in sniper mode. Default setting is shaking on.
• Added an option to remove tracks prints.
• Added an option to turn off smoke and dust off the tank tracks.
• Added detailed options for voice chat: selection of audio device, voice test and other options.
• Fixed bug with client freeze when joining company/platoon in case of voice ports being blocked.
• Added new tab Clan for Contacts window, including the list of clan members.
• Added visual diplay of “speaking players” in Training Room, Platoon and Company, Map Loading screen.
• Added additional star icon on the tank that did not gain double experience for the current day.
• Minimap remade into flash like the other interface . Added icons for different tank types. Added colored icons of different colours for tanks in player’s platoon.
• Added additional markers above tanks in player’s platoon.
• Added additional statistics window displayed when player’s tank is destroyed.
• Fixed great amount of rendering bugs, improved efficiency of high-quality dynamic shadows.
• Added protection from client-side change of color, brightness and display time for tracer effects.

Planned for v.0.6.4, but currenty in development:

• Reworking visibility/camouflage of all vehicles and guns.
• Lowered memory usage. Fixing Red Textures bug on PC with big amount of RAM (> 2 GB).
• Specific balance weight for 9th tier Medium tanks.
• Fixing discrepancy between sniper and arcade crosshairs in case vehicle is positioned on a slope.
• New post-battle statistics.

Note 1. The list of changes is not full.
Note 2. v.0.6.4 is very likely to be the release version.

ETA - to be announced.


World of Tanks Tutorial Videos
                    
World of Tanks Tutorial Video Part 4



World of Tanks Tutorial Video Part 3



World of Tanks Tutorial Video part 2

http://www.youtube.c...ayer_detailpage

World of Tanks Tutorial Video part 1

http://www.youtube.c...player_embedded



Pictures of the Week said: Note: Many of these images are from projects in progress. They should be considered Alpha images and not final

Lowe (tier 8 heavy)
                    



KV-5 (tier 7 heavy)
                    



M4A2E4
                    


http://1.bp.blogspot...1600/Engine.JPG
http://4.bp.blogspot...600/Chassis.JPG

Last Weeks Pictures of the Week (Archive)
                    

KV-13
                    
http://img546.images...2358/5modif.jpg
http://img850.images...40/4modif.jpg  
http://img593.images.../214/3modif.jpg
http://img826.images...8510/2modif.jpg
http://img844.images...8813/1modif.jpg

M4A2E4
                    
Quote Gift Tank for World of Tanks CBT-participants
M4A2E4 is going to be a gift tank for the participants of WOT closed beta.

M4A2E4 is a tier 5 US medium tank [premium].
The two M4A2s built by General Motors Corporation in 1943, both featured a wide track torsion bar suspension. The first tank was completed on 22 July and the second on 15 August.  

Preliminary specs:
Hull: 64/38/38
Turret: 76/51/51
Gun: 75mm M3L/37
http://img717.images...7307/6modif.jpg
http://img832.images...2358/5modif.jpg
http://img688.images...8440/4modif.jpg
http://img220.images.../214/3modif.jpg
http://img197.images...8510/2modif.jpg
http://img38.imagesh...8813/1modif.jpg




Quote Gift Tank for World of Tanks CBT-participants
M4A2E4 is going to be a gift tank for the participants of WOT closed beta.

M4A2E4 is a tier 5 US medium tank [premium].
The two M4A2s built by General Motors Corporation in 1943, both featured a wide track torsion bar suspension. The first tank was completed on 22 July and the second on 15 August.  

Preliminary specs:
Hull: 64/38/38
Turret: 76/51/51
Gun: 75mm M3L/37


Weekly Web Comics said: The Loltraktor Chronicles by: Wallachia (Core) Link to the Authors site.
                    
http://loltraktor.th...81754882543.png

Loltraktor X Maus Poll..Vote!




Tank Skin of the Week said: This weeks featured Tank skin is by "Hadriel87" Thread Link

Urban 3601

                    
http://imglink.ru/pi...20deb1223fc.jpg




Community Driven Content said:
Historical Battles!
Historical Battles, Link to Section

Color Blind? Check this out!
Color Blind (Mod) by:SmVueno  Right now in game options are not complete, but the following thread created by SmVueno provides some help. Link to Thread

Lost your Original Tank Skin files? This thread may help save you time! Link to Thread




Help Wanted said:

New Positions Open!
Looking for 1-2 Players from NA and EU forums to join the Newsletter Staff.  Looking for players that are avid readers of the forums, main work entails finding funny or well written posts, recent information on info segments posted by the devs ect and other content such as finding tank skins for each weeks Newsletter publications.  Main focus is finding and collecting information to be added weekly.  If your interested in such a role please Send a PM to MrVic  Thanks!

Subject: WoT Newsletter Volume #19
Link on message: #449832

Welcome to the World of Tanks Newsletter! said: Our goal is to weekly update with news events, new information on current issues, and interesting articles!
If you think you have a story or article that would fit in well submit the article to MrVic via PM on the WoT boards.
We plan to add some reporters/writers so submit your entries or ideas and how you might like to contribute!

Newsletter Staff
Editor: MrVicWeekly Comic: Wallachia



Developers Corner  said:



Release Date Announced
                    
London (17th March, 2011) — Wargaming.net is glad to announce today that its highly-anticipated free-to-play action MMO game World of Tanks is set to launch on 12th April, 2011 in Europe and North America.

With this announcement, the company reports World of Tanks to be gradually entering the release phase after nine successive months of closed and open beta testing that let the game recruit an impressive number of players building up a strong and responsive community that helped the development team enhance and polish the game by providing valuable feedback and reporting issues.

World of Tanks is one of the most recognizable vehicle-based MMO games where players fight action-packed battles driving historically accurate WWII-era armored machines. The game’s stunning graphics, destructible environments, a wide variety of military hardware with a vast choice of upgrade options along with captivating and well-balanced gameplay make it a must-try for almost every gamer.

“Our team has been working really hard to create a unique blend of action, strategy, simulation and RPG elements in World of Tanks, and now the moment all fans across the globe have been waiting for is right around the corner”, said Victor Kislyi, CEO of Wargaming.net. “We are delighted to be finally announcing the release date for this ground-breaking title and invite all veteran players and those new to the game to enjoy tense and uncompromising armored warfare on World of Tanks battlegrounds”.

During preparation stage for release all vehicles, achievements, statistics, inactive/duplicate accounts will be wiped, except vehicles received within PR events! All  players who did a long way from CBT to Release will get some bonuses, stay tuned!


Dev Question and Answer on Question and Answer sessions Link to Thread

Password change serviceLink to Post




News Headlines said:
BUY GOLD FOR SPECIAL PRICE AND GET THE UNIQUE TANK FOR FREE!News Link Details

URAL STEEL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULENews Link Details

THE DIARY OF A NEWCOMERNews Link Details

WORLD OF TANKS RELEASENews Link Details

MAINTENANCE WORKS SCHEDULED ON MARCH 18News Link Details

WORLD OF TANKS PRIMER - WELCOME TO WWII 101!News Link Details

WORLD OF TANKS CLAN REGISTRATION. UPDATEDNews Link Details




Main Discussions on the Forums said: Have thoughts or concerns? The following Threads are the main threads for discussing changes or feedback.

Discussion of pre-release notesLink to Main Topic

v.0.6.3.7 update - preliminary discussion Link to Main Topic

Official Tracks - Tracked - Tracking Thread Link to Main Topic

Match Making Thread Link to Main Topic

Post Patch SPG Thread Link to Main Topic

Official Hard/Soft Wipe Discussion Thread Link to Main Topic

Official Tank View Range / Spotting Thread Link to Main Topic

Thread Covering Open Beta information  What Open Beta Means to you!





Fake Tip of the Week said: Fake Tip of the Week:Release we will get not just one but 3 premium tanks for being beta testers!  Additionally any beta tester with over 1k battles fought prior to release will get a free Lowe and garage slot.   April Fools!  (Now you have to ask yourself a April fools joke that is in a "fake" tip hmm is that a double negative and equal a positive? Is it true to not true!



Post of the Week said: Link to Post

Its seems we have our own spy inside WoT HQ, check out his recon work!



A Look to the Future said:   

World of Tanks v.0.6.4 Preliminary Patch Notes
                    
• Added new vehicles: premium heavy Lowe and KV-5, intermediate KV-13 and Pz38NA, tier 8 SPGs: Object 261, GW-E serie, T-92.
• Full redesign of Maus collision model using “skirt” type of armor.
• Fixed hit boxes for IS-7, JagdPanther.
• Added new maps – Mountain Pass and Prairies.
• Visual redesign of Pagorki map.
• Gameplay redesign of Komarin map: reduced number of bushes near the bridges, added extra buildings on the central island for cover.
• Added extra checkpoints on tank models for more accurate visibility checks.
• Changed effect for credit and gold first aid kits, repair kits and fire extinguishers:
Credit repair kit will fix 1 chosen damaged module until the end of battle. Gold will repair all currently damaged modules until the end of battle.
You can put both repair kits on the same tank together.
First aid kits work similar to repair kits.
Credit fire extinguisher will extinguish fire immediately after you manually activate it – by pressing its button ingame.
Gold fire extinguisher will automatically extinguish fire 0.5 seconds after tank catches fire and will reduce chance of catching fire by 10%.
• Changed damage mechanics for tracks. You can damage tracks if you hit the leading or the rearmost wheel of the tank. It will be much more difficult to detrack it by hitting middle part of the tank.
• Reworked vehicle movement system – stucking at vertical surfaces and map borders is nearly completely eliminated. Reduced chance of stucking in terrain objects.
• Added first version of moving wrecks of destroyed vehicles.
• Fixed bug with SPG Object 212 gun mantlet that was able to absorb shells without losing durability.
• Fixed damage mechanics of certain open-topped SPGs during light collisions with other vehicles.
• Added an option to demount non-demountable equipment (like Rammer or Coated Optics) for 10 Gold.
• Added an option to transfer in-game gold to another player. For additional control of transfer special billing password is being used.
• Added an option to block voice messages from the player in battle and in hangar.
• Added an option to turn-off tank shaking during shooting/moving/stopping/being hit in sniper mode. Default setting is shaking on.
• Added an option to remove tracks prints.
• Added an option to turn off smoke and dust off the tank tracks.
• Added detailed options for voice chat: selection of audio device, voice test and other options.
• Fixed bug with client freeze when joining company/platoon in case of voice ports being blocked.
• Added new tab Clan for Contacts window, including the list of clan members.
• Added visual diplay of “speaking players” in Training Room, Platoon and Company, Map Loading screen.
• Added additional star icon on the tank that did not gain double experience for the current day.
• Minimap remade into flash like the other interface . Added icons for different tank types. Added colored icons of different colours for tanks in player’s platoon.
• Added additional markers above tanks in player’s platoon.
• Added additional statistics window displayed when player’s tank is destroyed.
• Fixed great amount of rendering bugs, improved efficiency of high-quality dynamic shadows.
• Added protection from client-side change of color, brightness and display time for tracer effects.

Planned for v.0.6.4, but currenty in development:

• Reworking visibility/camouflage of all vehicles and guns.
• Lowered memory usage. Fixing Red Textures bug on PC with big amount of RAM (> 2 GB).
• Specific balance weight for 9th tier Medium tanks.
• Fixing discrepancy between sniper and arcade crosshairs in case vehicle is positioned on a slope.
• New post-battle statistics.

Note 1. The list of changes is not full.
Note 2. v.0.6.4 is very likely to be the release version.

ETA - to be announced.


World of Tanks Tutorial Videos
                    
World of Tanks Tutorial Video Part 4



World of Tanks Tutorial Video Part 3



World of Tanks Tutorial Video part 2

http://www.youtube.c...ayer_detailpage

World of Tanks Tutorial Video part 1

http://www.youtube.c...player_embedded



Pictures of the Week said: Note: Many of these images are from projects in progress. They should be considered Alpha images and not final

Lowe (tier 8 heavy)
                    



KV-5 (tier 7 heavy)
                    



M4A2E4
                    


http://1.bp.blogspot...1600/Engine.JPG
http://4.bp.blogspot...600/Chassis.JPG

Last Weeks Pictures of the Week (Archive)
                    

KV-13
                    
http://img546.images...2358/5modif.jpg
http://img850.images...40/4modif.jpg  
http://img593.images.../214/3modif.jpg
http://img826.images...8510/2modif.jpg
http://img844.images...8813/1modif.jpg

M4A2E4
                    
Quote Gift Tank for World of Tanks CBT-participants
M4A2E4 is going to be a gift tank for the participants of WOT closed beta.

M4A2E4 is a tier 5 US medium tank [premium].
The two M4A2s built by General Motors Corporation in 1943, both featured a wide track torsion bar suspension. The first tank was completed on 22 July and the second on 15 August.  

Preliminary specs:
Hull: 64/38/38
Turret: 76/51/51
Gun: 75mm M3L/37
http://img717.images...7307/6modif.jpg
http://img832.images...2358/5modif.jpg
http://img688.images...8440/4modif.jpg
http://img220.images.../214/3modif.jpg
http://img197.images...8510/2modif.jpg
http://img38.imagesh...8813/1modif.jpg




Quote Gift Tank for World of Tanks CBT-participants
M4A2E4 is going to be a gift tank for the participants of WOT closed beta.

M4A2E4 is a tier 5 US medium tank [premium].
The two M4A2s built by General Motors Corporation in 1943, both featured a wide track torsion bar suspension. The first tank was completed on 22 July and the second on 15 August.  

Preliminary specs:
Hull: 64/38/38
Turret: 76/51/51
Gun: 75mm M3L/37


Weekly Web Comics said: The Loltraktor Chronicles by: Wallachia (Core) Link to the Authors site.
                    
http://loltraktor.th...81754882543.png

Loltraktor X Maus Poll..Vote!




Tank Skin of the Week said: This weeks featured Tank skin is by "Hadriel87" Thread Link

Urban 3601

                    
http://imglink.ru/pi...20deb1223fc.jpg




Community Driven Content said:
Historical Battles!
Historical Battles, Link to Section

Color Blind? Check this out!
Color Blind (Mod) by:SmVueno  Right now in game options are not complete, but the following thread created by SmVueno provides some help. Link to Thread

Lost your Original Tank Skin files? This thread may help save you time! Link to Thread




Help Wanted said:

New Positions Open!
Looking for 1-2 Players from NA and EU forums to join the Newsletter Staff.  Looking for players that are avid readers of the forums, main work entails finding funny or well written posts, recent information on info segments posted by the devs ect and other content such as finding tank skins for each weeks Newsletter publications.  Main focus is finding and collecting information to be added weekly.  If your interested in such a role please Send a PM to MrVic  Thanks!

Subject: In-Game Vehicles\American Vehicles\Heavy Tanks\t32- best tier 8 tank in the game
Link on message: #449570

SpectreHD, on 31 March 2011 - 10:22 PM, said: Overlord, I know we are really testing your patience now but mind looking at my post?
http://forum.worldof...post__p__449392

Subject: In-Game Vehicles\American Vehicles\Heavy Tanks\t32- best tier 8 tank in the game
Link on message: #449562

Wrath_From_Above, on 31 March 2011 - 10:24 PM, said: But there are so many factors that can contribute to win percentage, exp, and credits such as team mates, upgrade vs stock, driver skill, number of battles, artys, matching system, etc. I think you need a better method to justify buffs and nerf then using those parameters alone.

Subject: In-Game Vehicles\American Vehicles\Heavy Tanks\t32- best tier 8 tank in the game
Link on message: #449558

DeathsArrow, on 31 March 2011 - 10:14 PM, said: So then none of the parameters analysed directly show the effectiveness of a given tank.

Subject: In-Game Vehicles\American Vehicles\Heavy Tanks\t32- best tier 8 tank in the game
Link on message: #449524

JamesDean, on 31 March 2011 - 09:54 PM, said: We both know there is so much more to that. Go on another forum somewhere to argue all that in depth.
Know what, just for the lols, i'll give you this: CoD games. Inferior products that Americans buy. Just for fun.
The difference is that WoT has what it takes to be a great game. I want to see that.
Overlord: Any numbers on the new RoF yet?

Subject: Game Discussion\Newcomers' Forum\Pre Purchase on STEAM?
Link on message: #449504

jsvisi, on 25 March 2011 - 07:56 PM, said: I apologize in advance if this has already been covered, will Pre-purchase World of Tanks or future purchases be available on Valve's STEAM. I ask because I enjoy having a central point for all my games in my library. I also enjoy the community support and the convenience STEAM offers it's customers for DLC and patches.

Subject: In-Game Vehicles\American Vehicles\Heavy Tanks\T32 Nerf... straight from Overlord.
Link on message: #449496

leonidesalinas, on 31 March 2011 - 08:00 PM, said: so... that effectively put the last nail in the coffin of me going down the american tree. ALL of the heavy tanks are now going to suck.
and then he claims later that the IS4 and T-54 are on par with their other Tier tanks.... he's losing his credibility real fast. good job Overlord.