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Tanitha: Moved, renamed, stickied, and added to the popular post list.

Tanitha: You picked a crappy photo uploader.
Try http://imageshack.us/ I cant see that photo you posted
And please send them through to support@worldoftanks.com
Or if its urgent like pages full of copy pastes. you could pm it to me too, and I might be able to act on it quicker.

Tanitha: Panzacs are a decent aus/nz clan, even if they do triple post occasionally : ) (cleaned it up for you)
Check them out and see if they suit you.

Tanitha: This one, and the P1000 / P1500 were posted weekly before and all had to be junkyarded because there was no section they belonged in. This is as good a place as any i think. People have interest in it...

merig00: It's just a waiting time for a majority of players to load up.

Tanitha: You are free to use search and read the dev posts yourself.
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Tanitha: Because they aren't all online at once, The figures match up pretty well.

Tanitha: So when Eve had 300,000 active paying subscribers, they only had less than 60k online. Because their max online was 60k a year later.

Tanitha: WOT had 75k online above, but I know they have hit 80k+ since then. Apparently they peak at 80-90k on weekends at the moment. So 90k max is a fair number.
Based on the eve figures above, 90k online at once would mean active player base of about 450k for a "pay per month subscription game."
Its pretty common for pay per month games, to have a more active user-base than free to play games, because when you are paying per month you need to stay active to not waste your money, and when you become less active you cancel the sub to save money. FTP micro-transaction games there is less pressure to be fully active because you pay for what you want, when you want. So the 450k active in a subscription game might be more like 600k in a FTP game. leaving maybe 400k inactive or alt accounts.

Tanitha: So already, with a unfinished game, WOT has double the active playing members (maybe 600k active 400k inactive and alts) than eve ever did/has on just one server.
So if someone doesn't like the game, that's fine, but to say the game will fail bla bla, is just wrong, the game already has succeeded imo...

Tanitha: No trolling or insults..

Tanitha: Sure..

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Tanitha: I merged a large matchmaking thread into the proper match making thread, it was probably yours.
OK, look at this forum and you will see threads pop up all over about matchmaking.
There can be some helpful discussions, then a mod moves them to the so-called matchmaking thread.
All fine you might say.
Correct
There's one problem. The matchmaking thread is in "Technical Support and Bug Reporting" under "In-Game Bug Reporting".
[If you've not seen it, here it is]
WHY???
No idea, yesterday there was about 4 new matchmaking threads started. I looked for the official matchmaking thread, couldn't find it. So I made one in the general discussion section, stickied it, and then merged the matchmaking threads into there.
Today when i was cleaning the support sections, i found the matchmaking thread that i was looking for yesterday. and thought, oh there it is, whats it doing here? whatever... And i merged the new matchmaking thread I made into the existing one.
1. Is it regarded as bugged? 2. What's more it's titled 0.6.2.7, yet we're on a different patch. Sure, the MM might not of changed, but most people looking at the forum would think to match the current version with a thread.
1. Some people think so. But either way it can always use tweaking each patch, and it usually is tweaked each patch.
2. Yeah, Not much difference, but I'll probably rename it or just remove the version number from it.
WHY is this thread here? Have a look at how many pop up in the game discussion. It is a hot topic, yet all the discussion gets moved to a place most people would never think to look for it (hence the new topics on it every day).
No idea why its there, and yes it pops up often in game discussion, and yes its a hot topic.
No they usually dont get moved to somewhere people would never think to look, Id bet most get dumped to the junkyard instead, for repeat topics.
I've asked for it to be linked to the "Most popular and valuable discussions" thread. No response. I've asked for it to be a sticky along with the 'visibility' and 'tracking' threads. No response.
You are asking who? If you want to ask a mod something, send me a PM, I'll respond 100% and usually quickly.
I stickied one along with the visibility and tracking threads yesterday : ) but then i merged it into the other one today (as above) ..
As for the most popular discussions thread, its from august, so im not sure its even up to date, it was made by another mod, so i don't have much to do with it. But I notice you replied to it asking for the matchmaking thread to be added, you would be better sending a pm than replying to a 4 month old thread.
So, here are my questions:
Is there a sensible reason why this topic that appears so frequently in the game discussion area is shunted to somewhere nobody would expect to find it? Can somebody DO something about it?
I don't know why its there, there's no reason why it cant be there, but i think it would be better in general discussion like you suggested, like the official tracking and spotting threads I made there.. Sure, I'll move it, rename it, sticky it, etc etc..
One might start to think it's almost as though it's a topic some people might prefer not to be discussed at all.
Nah its the topic we/I don't want 10000 new separate threads on, but like spotting, arty, tracking, etc etc you are welcome to one thread ; )
Cheers
You are welcome, now I'll lock and dump this thread. Please use the official matchmaking thread which is stickied in the general discussion section in future

Tanitha: Nps mate. : )
Your Q 1

Tanitha: The answer,

Tanitha: And then the question/comment again.

Tanitha: So as Arctander2 replied. Clanwars beta, should be sufficiently long that US/EU can level up their tanks and crews sufficiently. Sure Russians might have a extra crew skill compared to the US/EU, and probably will have more tanks in their garages. but.. It wont make much difference. And the main things that Arctander pointed out is the time zone different. Because the servers will be split until clan wars full release, and clan wars full release will be a full world map, with battles scheduled for the prime time of the country you are attacking. So on clanwars release, Americans will settle in US land so the battles are in teh US prime time, and the Russians will settle in the Russian land so their battles are in their prime time. Russians attacking US land will be very minimal due to the Russians having to fight at 4am -> 7am Russian time. And if a Russian clan did manage to claim a piece of usa land, all the defending battles for that land will continue to be in usa prime time so 4am -> 7am Russian time. So Russians attacking American clans, or fighting against American clans, will be inconvenient to say the least, and thus wont be very common. They would also have a ping disadvantage, because if Russians attack America the battles would be on American servers, similarly Russians defending American land would be on the American server.
So all in all, you might have something like this..
Russian. -> attacking America.
10 tanks. kinda pointless
Can only play 1.
Has a crew of 100, and 100/100/100 skills.
Playing on the usa server with a 250? ping.
Playing at a nasty time like 4am.. So most of their clan wont be around, and wont be reliable.
Will be fighting for land surrounded by other USA clans.
American. -> Defending America.
5 tanks. kinda pointless
Can only play 1.
Has a crew of 100, and 100/90 skills.
Playing on the USA server with a 30? ping.
Playing in their prime time, with everyone in the clan online
Would be fighting for land with fellow USA clans around.
I seriously don't think the Russians having a head start is a issue..
Also they have had to pay for their game for the last x months. And we have been freeloading for free.
Everything seems fair to me..

Tanitha: Not really Kradoc, SalTuskin, id like changes made too, not changes to suit me, but changes to suit everyone. I like the suggestions above of 25% of the lower earning land being available to casual and new players. But for this suggestion to be concidered it has to be able to work, not limit the hard core players too much, work on all three servers (russia has 1 mil pop), and earn WOT decent cash. If the suggestion doesn't work, then the suggestion probably wont get implemented. So to get a suggestion implemented you have to look for faults in it, and make sure the suggestion is tweaked enough that its possible.
The first suggested map, with 90% of the land tier capped, as i said, was restricting the T10's (more hard core players), too much. The second map was much better imo, but still...
You need to find the problems in suggestions until you have a suggestion with no problems. I'm actually for tier limits (on about 25% of the land) not against it. If i was against the suggestion i wouldn't be trying to improve it into something that will work and be implemented.
My current best suggestion IMO (as above), is..
Wait for the world map, and have all of Africa, Asia, and South America as the newbie, casual, tier limited, low income (120g,240g,360g) land.

Tanitha: T8 arty is coming in at 3k a hit.
If they renamed T8 arty to T10.
renamed T7 arty to T9.
.... Etc
renamed T1 arty to T3.
Arty would be more balanced. And adjust the cost (exp and credit wise) to match the higher tier level..

Tanitha: It was a discussion about World of Tanks. In the world of tanks "Game discussion section"
From there, the majority of the thread has progressed to insults, trolling, and discussion of real life tanks.
In future, keep the threads on topic, and clean, and use the report feature so offending posts can be sorted. This thread is that offtopic at the moment, that id need to edit/remove/sanction for 1/2 of the thread. So in stead, I'll just close it and deem it unsalvageable.
If you wish to discuss modern tanks, there is a section for doing so.
http://forum.worldof...mored-vehicles/

Tanitha: I wouldn't pay much attention to that at the moment. As you said, the land needs to link to the capital anyway.
The testing atm is testing, as another player detailed in a post in this thread, the clanwars started, was wiped, and then clans randomly scattered everywhere, etc.
I think clans can land anywhere at the moment, so other sections can be tested easier.

Tanitha: What initial WOT dialog?
Thanks.

Tanitha: Youe previous question was well answered. Looping the question around again wont get you any other or better answers..

Tanitha: Very nice post morrigan, and you were correct, I was just playing devils advocate.

Tanitha: 1.1
Sure, I have many tanks at the moment that I like playing, T10 heavies, T9 mediums, T2 lights, etc. Before the T8/9 mediums, i was also playing the lights for grinding like the leopard. But for me its usually my small tanks are too small for clanwars, and my big tanks are T9-10. I don't usually play the middle tanks much, because I have the bigger tanks.
1.2/1.3
Sure..
2.
With no tier limits sure, and probably a lot less than 2 months. I was referring to the map Arctander2 originally posted, when I referred to T5's.
3.
I agree, and always have done, that clanwars should be available in a limited situation for casual players, new players etc etc.. 25% available with limits would be reasonable to me.
Etc Etc...
Another few problems with the tiered split-up map from Arctander2 is artillery.
Having tier 6 arty (S51) up against T6 tanks, due to the T6 limit, is a bit of a mess.
Similarly
Having tier 8 arty up against T8 tanks, due to the T8 limit, is a bit of a mess.
T8 arty is pretty OP, and there to take out the T10 tanks, occasionally in one shot.
I do prefer the 2nd of the tier maps posted. 6,8,10 is better imo. Except the arty problem above.
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And mainly....
The euro map is for all three servers initially. There is 1 million players on the Russian server, so there isn't much land really. I really don't think there is enough land to start splitting it up into tiers. So I think it might be better to leave the euro map as untiered and for the world map thats coming next, to have that tiered instead..
Places like Africa could be low earning land for the euro timezone (IE starter/casual players), South America for the NA timezone/server, Asia for the Russian timezone/server. etc..
I think it would work better on a world map, on clan wars full release, than on the smaller euro beta map, especially since 1 mil will play on this map on the russian server.

Tanitha: Ive referred this to support/financial, so they can provide some feedback.
Regards.

Tanitha: The launcher wont work when the servers are down, these are temp errors when the server is down.
Closing the no longer needed thread.

Tanitha: USA Registration.
1. The USA forums is here. http://forum.worldoftanks.com
2. The USA website is here. http://game.worldoftanks.com
3. The USA client is here. http://game.worldoftanks.com/update
4. Registering a USA account is here. http://game.worldoft...m/registration/
5. USA tech support support.worldoftanks.com
6. USA tech support via email support@worldoftanks.com
Euro Registration.
1. The Euro forums is here. http://forum.worldoftanks.eu
2. The Euro website is here. http://game.worldoftanks.eu
3. The Euro client is here. http://game.worldoftanks.eu/update
4. Registering a euro account is here. http://game.worldoft...u/registration/
5. Euro tech support support.worldoftanks.eu
6. Euro tech support via email support@worldoftanks.eu
Mixing the above up between usa and euro, will cause confusion.
When you register an account, you need to do so with an email address and user name what is not previously used on either the NA/Europe servers. Each email address and user-name is currently only allowed to be used once on the NA/EU servers jointly.
Old closed beta keys and closed beta promotional keys are no longer valid or required throughout open beta.
If you have any registration issued not covered in the above, feel free to reply with your issue, or contact support with the above contact details.

Overlord: No changes to M8A1 -> T49 -> M18 -> M18 90mm path so far.

Overlord: v.0.6.3.7c update for Russian purlic test server is out.
Download. 21.2 Mb
It contains some fixes for web-based battles (clan wars integration).

Tanitha: You seem to be mixing up the servers.
Like posting into the USA forums, because you are having problems loging into the euro server.
Most things are seperate, and the mixing up of things is causing confusion. So this will get your sorted out.
1. The Euro forums is here. http://forum.worldoftanks.eu
2. The Euro website is here. http://game.worldoftanks.eu
3. The Euro client is here. http://game.worldoftanks.eu/update
4. Registering a euro account is here. http://game.worldoft...u/registration/
Mixing the above up, between usa and euro, will cause confusion.
When you register a euro account, you need to do so with a unused email, and unused user-name.
Not one you have previously used..
Regards.
Closing thread, and opening a new one for open beta.

Tanitha: Nice map..
Um..
So if i be a good little WOT customer. And on release I buy a premium tank, and grind up on it a lot. To earn a lot of exp on it. Then i pay $50 to transfer that exp to free exp and go straight into a heavy like a IS, Then grind up into a IS7, paying another $50 for gold to convert to credits, because the big tanks cost a lot of credits and grinding the credits is slower.
So, end result I end up in a IS7 quickly, and have donated to WOT for the privilege of getting the T10 tank quicker instead of spending a month or two grinding it slowly. So now i can relax on the grinding and settle back down into a casual play style, concentrating on clan-wars.
But now you are telling me I cant play? Because my is7 is not allowed onto the landing zones?... And for 90% of the map i'm not allowed to fight in those battles either?
Or if i do want to play, i have to buy a lot more tanks in different levels, and hop into tanks like a T5 and leave my IS7 in the garage gathering dust?
I do appreciate your suggestions, ideas, and the work your doing on the map. And i +1'ed you for it : )
But.. I'm not going to level up into T10 tanks, if I cant use them in 90% of the battles.
And if I'm not going into a T10 tank, then its a lot of of gold I wouldn't spend to get those tanks quickly.
I believe this would be the case for most others too.
Free to play micro transaction games, are usually designed around 90% of the money earned comes from 10% of the player base.
At the moment everyone with a T5+ tank can play clan-wars, sure the bigger the tank the better they can compete. And sure most players want as much clan-wars as they can get, for free, without playing a cent, because 85% of players of "general" ftp games don't pay. The paying customer base is usually small. But if you start excluding the paying players from clan-wars, IE the people who wish to grind up larger tanks and keep premium etc etc. Then you will probably just reduce or delete the paying player-base from the game.
Telling T10 tank owners they cant play their T10 tanks and they have to play T5's so the casual non paying customers can compete against them better, just ain't going to work financially imo..

Tanitha: This problem should be fixed in the upcoming patch.
Thanks for the reports.
v.0.6.3.2 - v.0.6.3.7a patch notes
- Fixed certain cases of shells flying outside the aim circle.
- Fixed certain cases of disappearing shells.
Closing.

Tanitha: 17th, there was a server split. You got to pick which server, the change was made permanent on the 27th.
If you wish to swap servers, you may make another account on the server you wish to have a account on.
There is no cheats, or gold obtained unduly, so that doesn't effect your decision on what server to play on.
Closing thread.. And pming reply.

Tanitha: It wasn't really confirmed elsewhere, But Ive just confirmed that it is daily .. It will be the max daily earning of the region. IE if the tax is set to 100%.

Tanitha: The one thing that WOT has that other games don't, is the clanwars feature. If you wish to be apart of that, you really need to be playing in the right timezone so you can partake in the clanwars battles.
Please conciser this as well, when picking a server.

ARGO: You get Gheoring groveling at your feet just to have a peek at Hitler
I put in the stay puft marshmallow man

ARGO: Experience is also better when you kill a higher tier tank than your own. Also if you shoot a tank that someone else basically beat almost to death, That player and not you will get the lions share of Exp for that kill even if your the one who put the finishing touch on it. But, If you really want to get some extra quick exp, put hits on a bigger tank even if you don't kill it if your hitting "and damaging" many tanks in a battle you will gain exp and sometimes even a Confederate badge.

Overlord: Yes, US prototype of TD we have dicovered in the archives. Only wooden model has been constructed.

ARGO: That would be known as "DUMASS" Doesn't Understand Military And Scouting Skills. This eventually will lead to PUTTS if left untreated and let's face it, who wants to be on any team with a DumAss. However, you also have one called "SMARTASS" Superior Military At Recon Tactics And Scouting Skills, We all strive to be a SmartAss but never a DumAss.

Overlord: Confirmation required.

Overlord: Experience gains mostly depend on the amount of the damage inflicted, number of enemies spotted, and outcome of the battle (victory, draw, loss). The number of kills is not taken into account.
The poll is useless.
Locked.
Removed poll, junkyarded post /Tanitha

Overlord: Yes, you are a bit late. The changes in tiers for US tree are possible.

Overlord: Yes, you are a bit late.    The changes in tiers for US tree are possible.

Overlord: Planning to defend our positions until clan wars release.

Overlord: At this stage of testing the rules are a bit different. Many (but not all) provinces inside continental Europe were available for landing.

Overlord: Some adjustments have been made to US TD line. Now it looks this way:
tier 4 - T40
tier 5 - M10
tier 6 - M36
tier 7 - T25 (on T23)
T24 is likely to become a premium one.
These changes will cause some delay in production, since all the vehicles are to go through internal testing stage once again.

Tanitha: Yeah I cant see it happening. So I tried to explain how you could do pretty much the same, the way things are now.
What usually slows you down in leveling above T5 is credits not the exp. So its usually a matter of earning the credits as quickly as possible.

Tanitha: Yeah, : ) That's what I meant by it not being a good game ; ) I went one way, another leo went the other way and he ran into the enemy tanks first. But still its suicide to me cause they are quick games, and out of 720+ leo games, Ive died 95% of those games. You gotta call that suicide : )
How is it related to the topic..
I did already cover that, but you didn't get what i said, so i had to talk about the earning levels of the smaller tanks. so you got the picture. So.. to get back to the opening topic..
You want to be able to play your main tank, then when you die, play your main tank again, for most people, and usually, their main tank is something like a heavy. Where the repair costs are a lot higher, and the tanks slow. So usually these games are slower, because you don't want to rush in in a slow tank, and die and get a big repair bill. You need to play the bigger tanks a bit more carefully to make sure you earn enough (do enough damage) to pay your repair bills ammo bills etc.. So if you had things like you asked. and you could play two games in your main tank. Im saying its still better and quicker to instead of playing the same tank. to go off and earn 30-40k credits in 5 mins while waiting for your tank to come back, than it is to "play the same tank again"..
The smaller quicker tanks with a low repair bill, earn more, and quicker, than playing the tank again....
And for the higher tanks, the problem you will run into is not enough credits, getting the exp is easy and fairly quick, its credits you are short of. and the light tanks in quick games earns it..

Tanitha: Nothing you said above is right. Thats the problem.

Tanitha: Suiciding in the lower tanks, I was averaging 8-10k credits a game in about a minute played.
4 tanks = 30-40k credits in 5 mins..
Then I'd play the tank I wanted to level... Spend the crediting all on the tree I was leveling.
With only 250 battles, you should really concentrate on learning to play, its what beta's for.
Have a read through the guide section, I've even taken the time to write some myself in there.
As for high tier tanks and their earnings, I earn fine and make a profit in T10's, T9's, heavies, German, Russian, whatever.. (With premium)
But after repairs and ammo's, you aren't earning much profit, certainly not enough to get 6.5 million credits for a T10 tanks quickly.
By grinding lower tanks you earn credits to buy new tanks. Not to pay the expenses of higher tanks.
Or you could grind lower tanks, to pay the expenses of higher tanks if you didn't have premium on..
Most of my assets. Such as 3x 500k equipment on my tanks, T9, T10, heavies etc etc, was mostly paid for by my leo. That's why I have 720+ games in the leo.
Suiciding doesn't mean dieing uselessly, it means getting in quickly, scouting, killing the enemy arty, spotting for your arty, and your tanks, and then dieing shortly afterwards. 190 exp per game average, means you aren't playing very well at the moment..
I just had one game on the leo, to double check how much you can earn on them now.
It wasn't a "good game" it was just one game, a game, I died, whats new, i die in 95% of my Leo games.
12k earned, 790 exp doubled to 1572 exp..

When you pull in 190 exp a game average, you need to politely ask why. Not nastily blame the game, and explain to others how T10's work/earn, and other things that you have no idea about.
Read and learn, play and learn, alls good..