Developers posts on forum

Jambijon: What offer are you looking at and can you link it?

TheTrustedLlama: Greetings Tankers! After a few delays this morning patch 1.5 is finally live! Please post into this thread with any new bugs or issues that you may be experiencing following the patch.  Known Issues:Players can re-train Crew members to special vehicles that are currently not available in the game. There is no protection from spam-clicking on the minimap. Vehicle type icons in the extended vehicle panels do not change their color dynamically, when selecting the Colorblind mode in battle. Disabled free crew retraining to vehicles of the same type. When a player destroys a vehicle by overturning it, this vehicle is not counted towards the total number of vehicles the player destroyed. The notification about base capture is displayed before the required number of capture points is accumulated. The order of events for received damage is sometimes mixed up in the damage log. The text of Mission conditions is not displayed in the congratulation window, provided that the required vehicle type is specified in the Mission conditions. The client cannot be maximized to the full-screen mode, provided that the player is having a Skype call. The vehicle tiers in the screen displayed upon pressing TAB are not centered relative to the vehicle icons. When a vehicle hits the ground without damaging modules, the sound of taking damage is played. Shaking aiming circle in the 16x and 25x magnifications in the Siege Mode during the Frontline battles. Events at the end of the battle are not synchronized with the text of the battle result. In some cases, automatic repair/replenishment of ammo and consumables after a battle does not take place, when the amount of Credits on the account is sufficient. The reticle indicator remains on the SPG after switching to the Artillery mode, if a vehicle partially intersects the red line.  

CabbageMechanic:   coffee was late this morning 

DomoSapien: oh sure, blame the guy who's out sick today.  

Felipe6666Original:   No estaría tan seguro, hace un rato uno me desarmó con los proyectiles AP   ¡Saludos!

Felipe6666Original: ¡Buenas!   Paso a comunicar que me puse en contacto con ElTrituradorsXD para llevar adelante su idea en un nuevo concurso. Claro que la única parte que no podrá implementarse será la de introducir los diseños ganadores al juego, pero habrá premios, por supuesto. Daré novedades en cuanto responda.   ¡Saludos!

KRZYBooP:   ....... It didn't make it. 

TragicLoss:   *Laughs in downtime compensation*

KRZYBooP:   You will have to find the hidden easter egg in WoT that sends your tank to a moon base. Then answer the gate keepers, riddles three. Finally, you will faced with a choice that will change your understanding of life. Then and only then will you receive your compensation.           Nah compensation should be going out tomorrow.   

The_Chieftain:     Career change, from gaming to healthcare. She is now a registered nurse in Florida, if I'm tracking things correctly.   

The_Chieftain:   Jewel_thief transferred to the Seattle office years ago, got promoted to a producer, and presumably left WG when we shut it down.  

The_Chieftain:   Can't remember when he left, but he did not come over from California.   Sgt Grunt had to take care of his family instead of the 90-mile commute he was doing, so regretfully left years ago

CabbageMechanic: Path notes should be up within the hour, some last minute corrections coming down.

Hambijon: The tanks for bonds was pushed back after our common test.  At the moment, we don't have an exact date for when it will be ready. We'll keep you updated!

Jambijon: The tanks for bonds was pushed back after our common test.  At the moment, we don't have an exact date for when it will be ready. We'll keep you updated!

The_Chieftain: They had fun with the ones at NTC, most of the signs are different. Examples.  

KRZYBooP: Howdy Boom Jockeys!  Our deepest apologies for the delay in patch 1.5 release. (it was Domo's fault).  Please enjoy a day of WoT premium on the house for everyone. To be credited out soon. Thank you everyone for you patience and understanding!  Have fun and I hope to see you in battle. 

The_Chieftain:   With respect, I saw nothing to indicate that any of the NZ units partook in this particular battle, the units present are all identified as Australians.

Felipe6666Original: De hecho, tenemos dos

1984BigBrother: Tankers, This weekend you will see the players from THUGZ in the Clan spotlight accounts: https://na.wargaming.net/clans/wot/1000053460/?utm_campaign=wot-portal&utm_medium=link&utm_source=clan-landing Destroy one of their tanks on the enemy team for 250 gold. One of their players will be streaming on and off this weekend, check her out here (stream not moderated by WG):  https://www.twitch.tv/dierin_ 

MA77: Fala Gustavo. Tudo bem?

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DomoSapien:   Odd, I'd take the 430U over a 113 any day. What frustrates me the most about playing against the 430U is that it has that damn riot shield on the front of its hull, which easily bounces standard ammo from other mediums like the TVP, 140, 62A, 121 etc. but it is absolutely impossible to flank, even in most tier VIII light tanks, because it turns on a dime. 

Great frontal armor is fine as long as I'm able to flank.  

DomoSapien:   Fair points, fair points. I agree that cupolas should be an obvious weakspot on a Soviet MT, for sure. They're already pretty hard to hit, let alone penetrate.    

DomoSapien:   Just to make sure we're not misunderstanding eachother: I'm assuming with nearly 30k battles you're aware of the replay functionality within the game client (it saves a replay of the battle that you can play back from different angles, etc. to the 'replays' folder inside your WOT installation directory) but just in case, here are instructions on how those work. I have my replays set to "all" so I don't accidentally overwrite any replays by starting up another battle.   One of the nice things about the replay system is that you can slow it down to 1/32 speed and see the actual trajectory of the shell as it travels.

DomoSapien:     Personally (and this is just my opinion) I think the armor would be fine if it wasn't able to take critical positions so effortlessly, and didn't have ridiculously high traverse speeds that allow it to keep that Frontal Riot Shield/Upper Glacis plate constantly pointed at anything that tries to circle it.   Funny enough, I think a similar approach to the theory behind the STB-1 changes would benefit the 430U; instead of nerfing the best parts of the tank, nerf the other parts that contribute to the totality of its overall performance. If you nerf the armor, it turns into an STG at tier X; you completely change the role of the tank. Just my two cents though.

DomoSapien:   The constant tweaking and nerfing and buffing happens because we are a free-to-play online game, and there is an expectation that a f2p game (even online games that you need to buy at first, really) will continue to release content updates. If we didn't, we'd still be playing the same game as we were 8 years ago. New nations, tech tree branches, and premium vehicles are released on a semi-regular basis, which have an impact on the pre-existing balance of the game.As new content is added, stuff shifts in and out of the competitive meta. Vehicles that used to be solid might not necessarily stack up with new vehicles, etc.   As to why a certain mod that used to be considered 'okay' is being added to the list? Well, things change. Previously, it may not have been considered as much of a problem as it is now. We live and we learn, we make mistakes, and we adapt.   1. Gun direction: this offers you an unfair advantage over the rest of the players in your battle. You have information about where the enemy is aiming presented to you by your minimap, so when hard cover, terrain, or bushes are blocking your line of sight, you can still tell whether or not someone is aiming at you, without direct line of sight on the enemy.
2. Distance arrows: I'm kind of on the fence about this one but I see how it can give you an advantage over someone without the arrows. Again, you can tell if someone is approaching you, without having direct line of sight on the enemy. Players running a vanilla client don't have this advantage. 3. Marking adversaries beyond draw distance: I don't understand how you're even surprised about this one. Maximum draw distance is an intentional game mechanic, and this mod directly circumvents this intentional game mechanic.  I'm honestly a bit surprised it hadn't been banned already.

DomoSapien: The 3D model still has collision, it's possible a shot went through a gap in the destroyed vehicle's model somewhere.    A replay of the battle would definitely help clear things up.

DomoSapien:   So, I actually intentionally altered that language when posting this announcement because it gives the impression that we feel the 430U and 430 are totally fine/will remain unchanged. That's not the case; there are still long-term plans to balance the 430 and 430U. Devs weren't satisfied with the reworked parameters, so we're sort of starting back at square 1 and trying to approach it from a different angle. 

Player feedback around the 430/430U changes seems to have a consensus around the fact that simply nerfing the gun handling isn't the right way to rebalance the vehicle.

Felipe6666Original:   Corregidas ambas cosas. ¡Gracias!   ¡Saludos!

KRZYBooP: Howdy Boom Jockeys!  Come on down and enjoy some Kwazy sales on Premium, Emblems, and consumables.  These deals are running from now (26Apr) until 1May More information on this Deal can be found by clicking HERE

DomoSapien: Quick update about the status of these changes:   Commanders!   The first iteration of the Supertest with rebalanced medium vehicles has reached the end, and we have an important message for you. We conducted an in-depth analysis of both your feedback and statistics and concluded that the changes of the Object 430 and the Object 430U didn't show the proper result and require further study in the next Supertest iteration. Therefore, we'll continue to test and monitor changes to the AMX 30B, the Leopard 1 and the STB-1, while taking a deeper dive into our data on the 430 and 430U to determine an appropriate solution for these vehicles.
We'll provide more details at a later date.

Hambijon:   On a more serious note, these codes provided us with an alternative format to gather more data on what players wanted in terms of missions or event.  Yes, one of the concern with the missions tab clutter, but that wasn't the only reason.  With the codes, we were able to add the "cash back" function to the T110E4 on track for example.  This isn't a permanent thing by any means, and we have expressed the community concern with our developers as well as our own.

Jambijon:   On a more serious note, these codes provided us with an alternative format to gather more data on what players wanted in terms of missions or event.  Yes, one of the concern with the missions tab clutter, but that wasn't the only reason.  With the codes, we were able to add the "cash back" function to the T110E4 on track for example.  This isn't a permanent thing by any means, and we have expressed the community concern with our developers as well as our own.

KRZYBooP:   I don't have any information on future plans for the Chinese Meduims, but there very well could be plans from our Dev team that we are not aware of yet. 

CabbageMechanic:   This should still do the trick.

 

TeriyakiTanker: OP is spot on.

TeriyakiTanker:   People like you are so amusing so why don't we break it down...…   1. You have a 47% win rate 2. You average 279 damage per game 3. You own 57 premium tanks, 14 of which are Tier VIII
  Pot please meet kettle...… I think a much better title for your thread would have been "This one post sums up EVERYTHING wrong with WoT"..... what do you think?

Felipe6666Original: Van los torneos para este fin de semana:   3 vs. 3: Luchas de viernes por la noche: https://worldoftanks.com/es-ar/tournaments/1000000939/ - Nivel VIII 2 vs. 2: Dúos de sábado por la mañana: https://worldoftanks.com/es-ar/tournaments/1000000940/ - Nivel VIII 2 vs. 2: Dúos de sábado: https://worldoftanks.com/es-ar/tournaments/1000000941/ - Nivel IX 3 vs. 3: División Maestría de domingo: https://worldoftanks.com/es-ar/tournaments/1000000942/ - Nivel X   ¡Saludos!

Felipe6666Original:   Supongamos por un breve instante que eso es verdad y hagamos un análisis dentro de todo lógico. Si de una manera u otra beneficiamos a cierto tipo de jugadores para que obtengan virtualmente todo (recompensas de eventos, del Mapa Global, etc.), ¿en qué nos beneficia a nosotros como empresa que haya jugadores que no inviertan un centavo en el juego? Está bien que el juego es gratis, ¿pero por qué fabricaríamos jugadores buenos que tienen todo? ¿Cuál sería el criterio para elegirlos? ¿Por qué querríamos que existan?  

Felipe6666Original:   No es así, los "extras" que no dan ningún tipo de ventaja como las detalladas son perfectamente aceptables. Y, en caso de recibir una sanción (o ya haber recibido una), me gustaría que reportes al oficial de Wargaming que te pida un rescate en la divisa que sea para que sea despedido inmediatamente sin mediar palabra.   ¡Saludos!

Felipe6666Original: Ahí te puse todo en una sola respuesta   ¡Saludos!

Hambijon: From what I've read, I think some of you are missing the point of some of the mods listed.   1. Showing the directions the guns are facing.     - The argument is that you could find that out with line of sight.  However, this shows every gun direction even if they are out of your line of sight which is an advantage.  This one is often coupled with a "laser pointer" mod. 2. Displaying arrows of closest opponents.      -  Showing the distance to an enemy relative where you are without having to look for them. 3. Marking enemies that are beyond render/draw distance:      -  This is the one that keeps coming up.  This mod plants an indicator right on the enemy tank thats outside of your render range, showing you exactly where to shoot without looking at the map.  Not on the map, in your sights.     Topic locked.

Jambijon: From what I've read, I think some of you are missing the point of some of the mods listed.   1. Showing the directions the guns are facing.     - The argument is that you could find that out with line of sight.  However, this shows every gun direction even if they are out of your line of sight which is an advantage.  This one is often coupled with a "laser pointer" mod. 2. Displaying arrows of closest opponents.      -  Showing the distance to an enemy relative where you are without having to look for them. 3. Marking enemies that are beyond render/draw distance:      -  This is the one that keeps coming up.  This mod plants an indicator right on the enemy tank thats outside of your render range, showing you exactly where to shoot without looking at the map.  Not on the map, in your sights.     Topic locked.

Hambijon: