Developers posts on forum

Jambijon: Attention Tankers! The Fury is now in the Premium Shop! For full bundle details, click the tank or the following link. From the Screen to the Battlefield: M4A3E8 FuryM4A3E8 Fury OFFER BEGINS:
Tuesday, July 16, 04:20 PT | 06:20 CT | 07:20 ET
OFFER ENDS:
Thursday, August 1, 04:20 PT | 06:20 CT | 07:20 ETDoes not include Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Jon Bernthal, Michael Pena*  

Felipe6666Original:  Desgraciadamente, no es un programa al que se pueda aplicar, sino que a uno se lo selecciona (indistintamente de si haya aplicado o no). ¡Saludos!

DomoSapien:
I mean, that's assuming that the decision not to publish the article was unintentional. It wasn't an oversight, there is a method to the madness.

The May Scavenger Hunt article was by far one of the lowest-performing articles on the Content Portal in May. This impacted the content team's performance metrics, and they weren't super happy with me about that.

I am of the opinion that it's necessary to have a Content Article posted about it regardless, because it spreads awareness about the Scavenger Hunt and offers a centralized "Hub" for players who aren't avid forumgoers, Redditors, or members of our WoT NA Community Discord to reference for the Scavenger Hunt schedule. So, I decided no to publish an article this month as a control group - and I suspect that this month's participation will be a bit lower as a result.

If my theory is correct, next SH I will have data to justify taking time out of the content schedule to publish an article for my event, and update it regularly.

DomoSapien: Hey folks, just stopping by with a quick update:

We received approval for the 3 extra tokens compensation! The tokens are scheduled to go out via a mass invoice on the backend on Monday, 7/22
All Scavenger Hunt participants who have redeemed at least 1 July Scavenger Hunt code before Friday, 7/19 will receive 3 extra Scavenger Hunt tokens on Monday, 7/22.  

KRZYBooP:  Yes you have to be Prestige 10 in order to unlock the tank. Technically you should be able to get it on episode 8 if you have been keeping up with the Prestige points. 

Unable to change the requirements for this season, but will forward your feedback to the developers. 

KRZYBooP: "Only advantage I can think of is if it hits a mine and loses a track, the thing is still mobile. In theory, you could put a very large turret ring in the gap between the tracks, allowing for a larger turret with bigger gun." - Cheiftan With respects to how it looks compared to its performance in game. "It just looks cool,"; gives a very big target to hit on the side where there would be a track that could have absorbed the damage. Probably why the complexity wasn't worth it in the long run and wasn't used again.  

KRZYBooP:

Howdy!  Maps can be found HERE

KRZYBooP:  PoSt BeTtEr!

Jambijon: When I'm having a rough streak of loses, my friends always kindly remind me to "Git Gud." 

KRZYBooP: Howdy Boom Jockeys! Tune in to Episode 6 of Frontline for more earnings towards great new tanks that are kinda okay.  To check out the article click HERE  In case you didn't know like myself. Here is a pic of the mystery reward tank for Frontline.   Good luck and we hope to see you on the battlefield. 

1984BigBrother: Tankers,  I have gotten a ton of questions on this rule: https://worldoftanks.com/en/content/fire-trail-regulations/ 13.1.3. Awards and Conditions for Receiving Them  Specifically: "Fight at least 5 battles within the Fire Trail event for the clan following the last application to this particular clan." This rule applies only to individual player rewards, not the Clans eligibility: A player played 1-4 battles - no Clan prizes (other in Clan that meet the requirements get rewards) A player played 5+ battles for clan A and remains in the Clan until the end of the event - prizes which provided by Clan A (regardless of other players in clans eligibility) A player played any number of battles for A then switched to B and played 1-4 battles - no clan prizes (does not affect other players in Clans A or B) A player switched from A to B and plays 5+ battles and remains in Clan B until the end of the event - prizes from B I hope this clears things up, Big  

Einzelganger7: excuse my paint skills also. lol I see, it is in fact a good parameter for them, the more armored they get, the better they get their cannons to point out at the same direction, I imagine the VT1-1 being kind of similar as how the Badger behaves, second line TD but with assault properties as well, though using mostly the single cannon due to the same fact of being separated on each side of the hull.

p.s: I can see that is a good paint skill, mine was a disaster if we compare them. heh...

Einzelganger7: Well, I only play the German tech tree but I can say that almost all braches I've played (E-100, E-50M, Jpz E-100, and Grille 15) have really good tier sevens that I kept in fact, those being Jagdpanther, Panther, and Tiger I. The first has a good cannon because the reload speed is nice and decent damage, also the mobility is nice, it is my most played tank in fact. Second the Panther, it is hard to use for most since the damage per shot is lackluster as well as the armor but it is a really nice support tank that rarely needs premium ammo for the above average pen (of 198mm) among other tier seven tanks, also the reload speed is 3.3 seconds so regardless of the nibbles it does per shot, it can quickly stack up damage and out DPM most tier seven tanks, even tier eight mid and heavy tanks. Finally the Tiger I, yes I know the typical "it has terrible armor so it is one of the worst heavies" but where it shines is on the cannon (Kw.K 43 L/71), it is a pleasure to easily pen tier seven with it because it has really good 203mm of pen at tier seven, which is really good for the tier, also the reload speed is awesome so it needs to be played as second line supporting the heavies, but it can also move around the map since the 40km/h are decent so it can do pseudo mid tank roles as well by taking flanking positions.

p.s: I know I am not a great player but tier seven is the one I play the most so this is why I think I can give my opinion about it, so I hope it can help. Also the tier seven I didn't mentioned was the Sturer Emil, it has insane cannon but the ammo capacity and mobility are really bad so stay away from it as much as you can.  

DomoSapien: I'm hearing mixed reports, so please double check that there is no human error involved - for reports of issues with the mission, please try the following:

Make sure you have already earned your daily double (x2 first win bonus) on that vehicle. Play another battle and fulfill the conditions (win the battle) and check your XP totals in the detailed report. There should be a line to the effect of "bonus XP from missions" or something similar in your XP breakdown itself.

I suspect that this is a hidden mission, in which case it doesn't show up in your mission UI but still triggers as long as you fulfill the conditions.

If all else fails, unfortunately your best bet would be to submit a ticket to customer support. (Game and Gameplay > Missions & Specials > Missions > Game Event Missions)

DomoSapien: Cabbage was very vocal today about the fact that it has been the third time this has happened, and how it's unfair to Michael and his team because they need to reshoot or add footnotes to videos that get made a week in advance sometimes.

I know firsthand through my experiences designing and running the scavenger hunt event how frustrated players can get about technical issues with bonus codes.  Especially since you need bonus codes for just about everything nowadays...

Einzelganger7: I feel it would be similar as how we tend to rotate the Hetzer since it has a weird cannon traverse for being on the right side. But since these VT tanks have no traverse, the cannons are pointing straight , I'd like to see another angles of them, maybe from above to see if they are completely parallel or angled slightrly to the middle, you know, something like this (terrible paint skills, I know lol).  
But if they are angled to the middle, I think they won't suffer that much at mid ranges, they would at close range of course but not as much as if the cannons were completely parallel.

Jambijon: Attention Tankers! Episode 6 will start July 15th at 04:00 PST | 06:00 CST | 07:00 EST until July 22nd at 01:00 PST | 03:00 CST | 04:00 EST.   Remember when we tried the 10 second respawn but had some issues?  Well those are fixed now!  Also, the mystery Tier IX reward tank has finally been revealed and I was pleasantly surprised.  The AE Phase I has a built-in Large Repair Kit which takes a consumable slot but also saves you some credits!  Same functionality as a Large Repair Kit but without the cost! For all the glorious details, visit our portal article that contains sweet images and yes, glorious details.  Frontline 2019: Episode 6Frontline Regulations GLHF and enjoy your weekend! 

Einzelganger7: Awesome, thank you so much for bringing the link, I will check it right now.

Einzelganger7: Really? I had no idea, but I suppose if the multi cannon feature gets green light we could have higher chances to see them in the future, I just hope as tech tree TDs and not as reward tanks from Frontline or something, heh.
 

Einzelganger7: Indeed, that is one of the main issues I noticed from these TDs, they need to always rotate the whole chassis to traverse the cannons (just like the Strv TDs), but that P/W ratio of almost 35 makes it clear that it could rotate so fast,  I imagine it would be something like a StuG III G but with no cannon traverse but higher tank traverse to compensate.
 

Einzelganger7: Oh, I see, there were many VT 1-2 pictures but not much VT 1-1 ones so I got the one with more decent size and put it on, heh.
 

Einzelganger7: Well, on a possible game mode as that halloween event with the Leviathan could be a thing, but I guess it would be a bot using it and not the players. In fact I remember people usually troll with this video, is like the rickroll of WoT. lol 

KRZYBooP: So disappointed that no one helped flip each other over. 

Einzelganger7: So, I just saw that dual-cannon heavy being tested and supposedly could lead to a new branch of the soviet tech tree, so if it becomes into an actual thing and gets added to the game, I think a new German TD branch could be added as well from tier nine starting right after the Jagdpanther II, then the Versuchsträger tank destroyers would appear on tier 9 and X.

Versuchsträger 1-1

Versuchsträger 1-2

 Concept:
The VT 1-1 was based on the shortened chassis of the cancelled MBT-70 tank. Since the tank had no autoloaders, a crew of four was needed to operate it. All VT tanks followed in some extent the traditional design of German Jagdpanzers like the post war Kanonenjagdpanzer.

The VT tanks were designed to:-Reach a higher weapon efficiency through short reaction times, higher hit probability and higher kill probability by using twin guns in a casemate structure.
-Be more mobile by using a stronger engine and a new suspension while saving weight through the absence of a turret.
-Have a higher level of survivability by reducing the crew compartment, using heavy frontal armour and a much lower silhouette.
The specs of these tanks are basically the same with the changes being mostly the cannons they use and while there is nothing about how much armor they have, (I've been searching on a lot of sites of German, English and even Spanish language but none has the armor specs) the rest of specs are as follows:
  Specifications:
 Mass: 43.5 tonnes (42.8 long tons; 48.0 short tons)Length: 9.06 mWidth: 3.54 mHeight: 2.04 mCrew: 3 (commander, driver, gunner)Main armament:2 x 105 mm guns (VT1-1)2 x Rh 120 guns (VT1-2)Engine: MTU MB803 Ra-500 (1,500 PS)Power/weight: 34.5 PS/tSuspension: hydropneumatic (GVT)Speed: 70 kilometres per hour (43 mph) 40 kilometres per hour (25 mph) offroad

Personal opinion:
First of all, I know some of the specs are really on the broken levels if these tank destroyers were introduced with their real life stats, like that top speed for example, also it really bothers me the lack of information on the armor specs but overall if they will introduce the ST-II with dual 122mm cannons I see no reason to not introduce these one as well, which have 105mm and 120mm cannons respectively, also this finally would be the assault TD branch for the German tech tree that they lack since their playstyle would be similar as how the obj 263 and obj 264 v4 are, but also the fact they have cannons with no traverse makes them vulnerable so yes, they might have dual cannons but people could simply track them and even a maus could flank them so I see this as a really big drawback but I'd also like to see them in the game for a fresh playstyle on the German tech tree instead of mostly playing support roles with them.

Jambijon: x2 XP Weekend & XP Conversion RateMISSIONS START: Friday, July 12, 04:20 PT | 06:20 CT | 07:20 ET
MISSIONS END: Monday, July 15, 04:20 PT | 06:20 CT | 07:20 ETXP to Free XP Exchange Bonus: 1 Gold = 35 XP JULYX2XPWEEKEND  Hey Tankers! Celebrating the Independence of Argentina we have x2 XP and bonus Free XP conversion going on this weekend!  Click the button above or copy the code and enter it in on the portal under your username. GLHF and have a good weekend!

Felipe6666Original: ¡Para nada! Estaba esperando a que todos las partes terminaran de votar, y ahora que lo han hecho, ¡aquí están nuestros ganadores! _Murdock_o7: Con 7 votos, se lleva el premio máximo, el Type 64, todo por haber desinstalado a un T34B del juego. LocoKapocha: Con 6 votos, se lleva al Excelsior, por un hermoso kill por aplastamiento. _Dakimakura_: Con 5 votos, se lleva al AC 1 Sentinel, por un doble disparo decepcionante.  ¡Muchas gracias a todos por participar y a Shizuo por esta magnífica idea! ¡Saludos!

DomoSapien: So I've received some additional information that I'd like to share:

All the remaining conditions for blue status will apply, other than team damage since that will no longer be a factor. It will still be possible to turn blue via stuns, overturning allies resulting in their subsequent destruction, drowning allies, pushing allies off of cliffs resulting in their damage or destruction, and crushing allies.

If you choose to drive around in a normal vehicle and harmlessly plink off of your allies, in theory you should not turn blue. However, doing so is considered passive play and may result in sanctions if reported via battle replay.

As I anticipated this topic has generated a substantial amount of feedback, which will be compiled and forwarded to the dev team.  

DomoSapien: Glad to hear you're enjoying the changes! The biggest reminder of that, for me, was playing WoT Classic during April Fools'. I got 1-shot by arty a few too many times and found myself firing the main client back up much sooner than I anticipated. The Dev team has definitely added quite a few mechanics that are designed to accelerate your grind and make it so you can spend more time playing the game the way its meant to be played (with fully upgraded, non-stock vehicles), however something that I'm personally trying to accomplish as a Community Coordinator is coming up with more ways for players, who are really engaged with the World of Tanks NA Community in and outside of the game client, to progress through the game and earn rewards for being part of the community.

One example of this is of course my scavenger hunt project, but I'm always looking for ideas to improve various aspects of the player journey through tools that I personally have at my disposal. In my case, it means coming up with community events and activities, since I have no direct influence on the game development process itself. 

I'm always happy to hear suggestions from players so by all means please feel free to PM me on the forums or Discord with any ideas.

DomoSapien: Tankers, update 1.6 is hitting Common Test!
Here's a quick overview of the new features currently being tested for 1.6New decals, more decal customization options British Light Tanks Revised condition for SPG personal missions Removal of friendly fire in Random Battles For all the details, check out the content article.
 

MA77: Atenção, tanqueiros!  O Teste Comum da Atualização 1.6 já está disponível e com muitas novidades: desligamento do dano aliado, leves britânicos de nível alto, ajuste nas missões pessoais, novas customizações e muito mais! Assista a nossa revisão e bora testar!  Não se esqueça de compartilhar conosco possíveis problemas e erros que poderão aparecer durante os testes. 

KRZYBooP:  Not a random contest.   

MA77: Oi, kuorishinigami.

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KRZYBooP:  Thank you very much for the feedback on the Tank Rewards. We are forwarding these suggestions to our Dev team.  

TeriyakiTanker: Not that I think he is on to anything, but he has clearly stated he isn’t counting kill shots which means he already understands and is accounting for this.  Considering he clearly states this I’m not sure why you are trying to derail this thread by bringing it up.

1984BigBrother: Tankers, First off, congratulations to Paradox for winning the Comunity League Beta Season. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/446589472 Big thanks to all of the players and admins! You all will start seeing the Community League players (and admins) in the Clan Spotlight (I know it says clan I only have so many sheriff accounts though) accounts for the rest of the month.  GL HF Big

KRZYBooP: Howdy Boom Jockeys!  In case you are not aware I do a Creative stream to show case model building and other Tank related artistic challenges.  I just finished streaming and have 3 Metal 3D puzzle's of a Tiger I to give away. The give away is happening now and ends tomorrow at 17:49 pm CT.  To enter just click HEREand fill out the form Friday I will choose the winners which is a random draw. Good luck to everyone and I hope to see more hang out with me in the stream to keep me company so I don't flip the expensive table. Update: For those that watched the stream I found the tiny exhaust pipe circle. 

DomoSapien: Hey folks, sorry for the several days of radio silence. I just got back from California, I was visiting family and attending my friend's wedding as a groomsman. Got some much needed R&R but I understand there was a typo on the schedule for Trobs's stream on the 8th, I believe?  So I realize this is slowpoke.jpg in retrospect, but I do apologize for the typo as I was trying to get too many things done at once before taking off on Weds - For what it's worth (and I understand that it's a very small silver lining) the codes are active for a good bit of time longer than the 48-hour windows that were given in May. Each code is active until 17:30 CDT 2 days after its activation date, so you get half of the third day to redeem if necessary.  That said, I saw some nastiness in this thread being directed at Trobs, so let me be perfectly clear:

The error in the schedule was not, in the slightest, Trobsmonkey's fault. I messed up when I was converting times in the signup sheet to CDT in 24-hour time and didn't catch the typo before leaving for CA. Trobs loves World of Tanks to the point where he literally has a World of Tanks logo tattooed onto his body. This game and its community are what helped him become a Twitch partner, to say that he hates the playerbase is nasty and frankly untrue. There are some bad apples/jerks in any playerbase, but to let the actions of a few govern your opinion of the majority is a simplistic way of thinking. Having met him personally at Twitchcon last year I can tell you that Trobs is far from what I'd consider a 'simplistic' person. The other silver lining would be that it looks like the 3 extra 'freebies' for scavenger hunt participants will probably get approved (we got good feeback about this last time and several players have requested it for this month as well; will confirm once I have approval.) so even if you missed the code due to the mixup on the schedule you'll still have 2 more extra tokens just in case. Again, this is still pending so technically tentative but signs point to yes.

That said, the 7/8 code should technically still be active for another hour and a half as of me writing this post (deactivates at 17:30 CDT, as do all the codes this month)
 

DomoSapien: I want it too. But they won't listen to me D: If someone knows how to make these textures actual mod files in-game though, Firefox has the .dds files for the texture. If someone gets me a working mod for muh wg digi camo, I'll give em 3 decals as a token of my thanks. 

Regarding the comments about the removal of the barrel-in-barrel exploit - you usually don't see it happening because you're busy actually playing the game, not hanging out and watching people grief artillery. It's infrequent, but it does generate a decent amount of support tickets monthly.

Regarding comments about whether or not you will turn blue for shooting allies if you're not driving an SPG - I've reached out to the powers-at-be to get some clarification in this regard.

1984BigBrother: Yes - this is why I named this post "We are bad at counting"

1984BigBrother: ugh yes this is true, I also suppose it will go to the 16th for people in Brazil - No battles after 8 AM ET on the 16th -  I think that works

KRZYBooP: I saw that Yesterday and found out that it was from a 30 year oldish aircraft that they are trying to phase out of service cause of stuff like that.  Sadly I am 30ish and dealing with things falling apart and getting shitty now. My back for example feels like how that engine looks. 

KRZYBooP: Okay So I got clarification about this tank.  It's going to be a premium tank and not going to be on the German Tech tree like the statement implies. "We have a Tier VIII heavy ready to bolster the German tech tree. Its name—the E 75 TS." The statement is referring to the tank joining the German Club. Sorry for the popping the high hopes bubbles everyone. 

1984BigBrother: Tankers, There has been a lot of confusion on when the last day of battles is for the campaign. The final day of battles is Monday, July 15th, all Primetime will be fought that day. The map will freeze at 8:00 am on July 16th, no battles will happen on the 16th GL HF, Big