Developers posts on forum

ARGO: Remember, in all these fake battle scenarios, both drivers are equal too, virtual clones so to say.
Battle 1 VK Auf B vs. Maus
Battle 2 JagTiger vs ISU 151

Overlord: Greedy-greedy players.  

Overlord:

Overlord: US tanks.
NBA "Old Guard". Are you excited?  
http://lh4.ggpht.com...PuDaYOE/NBA.png

ARGO: I will also say that I trained myself to expect nothing from the each new patch because with the American tree comming on the next one and I am sure that too will come with a whole new array of issues on it's own. Remember that in this kind of Beta that the only sure thing is that nothing is for sure......
I figure If you learn expect nothing, the only thing I can be is surprised, and that's always good.

ARGO: It drives me nuts when you see a Leo or scout run into a base to beat on an arty and the other tanks just watch or comment on how no ones getting the scout. If you see it happening, you own it, do something!!!!

ARGO: I hope something can be worked into the game so maybe we can put names on training rounds so vetran players know it's for training new players.
Example: New Player Training
Or we can open training rooms and post days/hours vets can play teacher for an hour or two.

Overlord:
And whom specifically would you like to see in Paris, if I dare to ask?

ARGO: I am sure you can come up with all kinds of new ways to play this game.

ARGO: I have seen Mods ingame, and I am sure they don't miss a trick.

ARGO: Last night we had a Loltraktor in a battle and he rushed my IS4! As soon as I killed it he wrote "I got em right where I want em!" ROFL.

ARGO: OK how about this one:
Battle 1...IS4 vs IS7
Battle 2...Panther vs VKDB

ARGO: I have two tanks, An IS4 "superheavy" and a VK360 "medium" and I too do not run premium so what I have learned is that you can use your medium to get creds to feed your heavy's expenses. Sure you will be limited on how long you can play as a heavy but if you cannot afford or don't want to spend the gold, it is the best way I have found to save your gold for other things.

Overlord: 0.6.1.5 changelog added.

MrVic: Well see a NA server upgrade soon. Also the EU server will be online. There are plans for more servers but I am not sure on any exact locations and time frames.
Since most of the game data calculations ect are done server side, hardware upgrades take some time and cash to setup. In the end it works well for us
As for excited mods well they can be excited also
As for biasd? The mod staff we have is very international so don't worry we balance each other out

MrVic: Good posts enjoyed the read through some adjustments are coming for balancing matches and hope it cleans some of the issues here up

merig00: Pretty much this. It also depends on your gunner's experience and ping.

merig00: Well as others has mentioned already - this is closed beta so capacity is limited.

ARGO: I have this image in my mind of some kid sitting infront of his PC in full WW2 Tank garb and a little fan set up fan blowing his scarf as he plays WoT to the tune of Star Wars Emperor theme.......CHARGE!!!!!!!!! Then his mom is yelling "Mommys little General needs to clean his room!"....Awe MOM! my team can't win without me!

merig00: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=I7BWTORC

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merig00: Also disable UAC and any other security software that you have.
As the last resort install it in the Safe Mode

ARGO: Just re-download game, it should work fine if you remember you info.....NBD
Good luck!
BTW if you still have troubles PM me and I will help you....

ARGO: They offered huge pay to go ROFL!!! Where are you gonna spend it I would bet real money a few nuts out there apply for it. I mean seriously, If you were comming back, I suppose they would have a line to the door to do it.

ARGO: Greetings Devs,
Ok here is the scenario:
You buy a Tiger tank, You train your crew, They are maxed out.
You buy a King Tiger 2 tank, You transfer your seasoned crew over to it, They now train in that tank.
You deciede you liked your Tiger 1 better so you move your crew back into the Tiger 1
Why would they need to retrain for a tank they had been maxed out in before? I know they go down to about 80% but why? I haven't rode a bicycle in 20 years but if I jumped on one I am sure there would not be a learning curve to remember how to ride so whats up with the tank crews?
Thank you for your time.

ARGO: The idea is pretty straight forward, Your paying 25 gold for the chance of getting 10,000 free exp. If you loose, you still walk away with premium credits and exp. The only way you get nothing is if the timer runs out before the Boss tank is killed, It is just an idea for something different and fun. What is there NOT to understand?

ARGO: I had this idea for a really cool way for players to gain some quick exp and Wargames to make some extra $$$$. Tell me what you think....
Here is the idea:
It’s like a lottery match
Each player pays 25 pieces of gold to get in this match
The match is played just like any other match except for one new addition; there is an automated “Boss Tank” which except for one spot on it is impervious to all enemy fire.
“There is a one in 5 match chance the boss tank will appear”
Players must find the weak point “which is randomly located with each appearance of the boss tank” and hit it 100 times to kill it.
Now if the boss tanks shoots, hits, or touches a player, that player’s tank will be immobile for 15 seconds “nothing on tank will work but player takes no damage”
If the tank is killed, every single player on the team that fired the killing shot receives 10,000 free exp. The player that fired the shot gets an award badge added to his credit; the losers get premium rate exp.
If the boss tank does not appear in the match, the match is played normally and all players receive premium credits and experience.
Here’s the premise:
Now players can either work together “both sides” to win or attempt to kill each other off and risk running out of ammo before killing the boss tank.
If timer runs out before boss is killed, all players receive nothing.
Idea for boss tank “World War 1 Mark V tank” Ghost of the past.

Overlord:
We are considering the possibility of streaming video of this match, not live, but with some time gap.

merig00: updated

ARGO: Perhaps you should get your ears checked, oh wait, you probably don't have health insurance, because whenever I run over a dog house I can still hear the puppy scream.
I'll tell you what sunshine, After you read the next game change patch I will be happy to drive you to the Doctor to get your eyes checked. Unless ofcourse you don't have insurance.
beta v. 0.6.x / 0.7 main changes:
- New tech tree - American tanks. 21 researchable tanks + 4 premium tanks. US tank crews added.
- From 2 to 4 new maps, including "Cliff" and "Komarin".
- Removed "teleports" of tanks at great distances when aiming at them.
- Introduced advanced graphic settings.
- Now for the first battle of the day (24h) player will receive double experience.
- Reworked interface of the platoon creation.
- Adjusted speed of burning of all tanks during the fire. Now the tank will burn at about 5% of durability per second.
- Multiple fixes and adjustment to match-making system.
- Team mode added. Form a team of 15 and face the opposing one in battle.Probability of appearance - high.
- Clan mode. Alpha test version with some basic features available. Probability of appearance - medium.
- Fixed several places where tank can get stuck on the maps "Himmesldof", "Prokhorovka", "Lakeville", "Hills".
- Changed crash models and collisions of some objects.
- Added destruction of some objects.
- Removed dog squeals when driving over dog booth. - Fixed collision-model of tank "Tiger I"
- Fixed awarding "Steel wall" posthumously
- Fixed repair time of tracks for some tanks.
- Redesign of screens “Barracks”, “Depot”, “Store” to match the general style.
- Fixed minors error with re-training.
- In the info window of a tank added description of the tank (so far for german and soviet vehicles only).
- Added voice announcements when crewmen are damaged.
- In the info window of a tank added description of the crew.
- Limit on display of number of medals increased from 99 to 999.
- Under button “Battle!” added description of the current battle mode.
- Fixed wrong display of percentages for wins and losses in some cases.
- Added new graphic post-effects. This feature has become possible due to new game engine version.
- Executable file renamed to WorldOfTanks.exe

ARGO:

ARGO: The reasoning and ideas behind this kind of political correctness was brought to you by the same bleeding heart liberals who made the Devs remove the virtual dog yelp noises in the game.
However, It is clearly written in the rules as a not to do. Their game their rules.
Where's my alka seltzer......

ARGO: Had another good one last night, This guy on our team types "FOLLOW ME!!!" and gets about 2 feet then arty blows him up! Some else wrote "No thank you, we will go the other way"!

ARGO: I had written a thread about this subject myself a while back because of this problem..
http://forum.worldof...4393entry124393
I agree something needs to be done because It does take away from the game when you cannot understand what other players are saying so you can't plan and you eventually loose. A while back I was in a game and there was over 5 players spamming the chat in their native language "I will leave out what language" and although I did understand what they were saying I saw that others did not and I for one like to communicate before a match so I can be of most help so I wrote to them politely and in their tounge if they could communicate in english so we can all understand them. Well I got to look at a chat filled with english alright, And their english was excellent.....They called me a racist and told me to learn their tounge as well as a host of 4 letter explenitives regarding my family ect...Needless to say my politeness was met with low class ignorance the likes of which you cannot imagine.
I rarely look at the chat anymore and have switched to GSC.
As far as Americans, Europeans and Russians? I have found most of them to be very, very, helpful and in most cases, extremly well spoken and polite. I can totally understand and agree that ALL players have a right to play without being harassed because mabye some really can't write in english and that's ok, I would just let other players know you can't write in it or have your buddy who can do it for you so we can all help you play and work with you.
Anyway, check out my old thread about ideas for it as well and maybe we can all work together to help solve this dilemma.

MrVic: Still here just really busy. Hoping to so some updating soon

MrVic: I would advise we drop the off topic this person that person game and stick on topic and post your views and respect the views of others without the back and forth spam.
This is a warning

MrVic: While currently there is no set plan for command vehicles, its been awhile since it was discussed. Curious to see what people thought IF they ever appeared ect

ARGO: You left out a popular gripe I hear all the time ingame, Why the German 88mm gun does not live up to it's battlefeild reputation as the most accurate and lethal gun of the war. It was reported to pass through tanks like a hot knife through butter, not bounce off a A-20 at point blank range. In here, it's just another gun....that breaks a lot.

ARGO: I believe they are extra shielding, The newer Russian tanks also sport this on their turrets as well.

ARGO: You guys remember M1 Abrams Battletank for Sega Genesis? That was a fun sim, couldn't get enough of it.

ARGO: In some ways maybe you will hang in a fire fight a little longer with a better tank but I will wholeheartedly reassure you that without th skills learned on the lower tier tanks you will be outclassed everytime. Let's look at Arty for an example, the other night a guy asked me, "why is the arty been missing all night?" and I said to him that maybe those arty where guys who rushed up the ladder to heavy arty without taking the time to learn targeting on the lower tier battles where the tanks are faster. Same goes for the tanks. If you don't put your time in learning to adjust to each tank your gonna get raped by smaller tanks. There are players out there I have seen in a VK3601 who can eat heavies for breakfast in a one on one.
Higher tiers are nice, Learned skills are essential though and they do not come with a bigger tank.
Quick tank poem....
It's not the size
or how thick it's hide
It's all about
The guy inside!

ARGO: GSC works the best for me!