Developers posts on forum

DomoSapien: Making purchases in WoT Classic will not be possible. As for WGC, personally I don't think it's ideal but I do agree with the Illusive Man that WGC is a million times better than it was when it was in beta. 

And toxic features, etc... well, it's just an April Fools' gag. Sort of a "look how far we've come since then" type of deal.

The only thing that will transfer over is the pawprint style you get on your main account if you play at least one battle in WOTC.

DomoSapien:   Except this is my project, requires essentially zero outside web-dev and coding, and isn't really something I'd have any reason to lie to you about.    In fact, aside from the technical issues with the missions, the Scavenger Hunt has accomplished virtually everything we set out to do. CC's participating in the Scavenger Hunt saw spikes in their subscribers and followers corresponding with their code drop dates. Players got an absurd amount of personal reserves and some extra goodies, and Scavenger Hunt Participants ended up playing more sessions on average, for a longer period of time. Money folks were happy with the latter, CC's were happy with the prior, and I was happy with the 'players getting free stuff' part.
If there is one thing I have done my best to keep up throughout the different stages of the Scavenger Hunt project, it's communication and transparency. The Scavenger Hunt is DEFINITELY coming back, and this hiatus is DEFINITELY going to be way shorter than the time that Tankrewards has been on indefinite hiatus.

DomoSapien: I hope so. The doggo is my favorite part of the event

I wish I could give him pets and treats for doing tricks in the garage

To answer your questions, nothing you buy or do in WoT Classic will transfer to your current WoT Account. Nor will it be possible to spend money on WoT Classic.

The only thing that would theoretically "transfer" is the pawprint camo you unlock on your main account for playing WOT Classic.

DomoSapien: No news on that front. There are some valid complaints with WGC, like some users experience technical issues that prevent them from updating through WGC, but usually in those cases Customer Support is able to resolve the issue through troubleshooting. Still, if your game is working just fine then you're forced to install a new launcher that breaks it, you're gonna be pretty upset.   At the same time, yes, there is a vocal portion of the community that will actively hate on any and every feature that has nothing to do with Matchmaking, Vehicle Balance, Premium Ammo, or Artillery. Which, in a way, is also sort of valid. Folks are passionate about the game and they see money being spent to pay people who aren't actively working on gameplay development. 

Of course by that same logic, I'm being paid for 'not actively working on gameplay development' and Community Managers are necessary for keeping up communication and taking feedback. 

DomoSapien: I hope that gets left out. 

DomoSapien: Honestly? Who knows. Currently, it's an April Fools' gag. That's it. There are no current plans to launch WoT Classic as a separate product, but if that changes at some point in the future I suspect that the MacWrapper devs will devise a solution. 

DomoSapien: Who knows? Maybe the rosy-colored nostalgia lenses are a bit thicker than you expected? I'm pretty juiced about this and really looking forward to taking out some old favorites like the KV-1S and the old slip-n-slide-t-50-2, but I'm not looking forward to arty penning me for my whole health bar and playing against tier X's in my tier VII's.

I mean, if everybody is absolutely enamored with WoT Classic, I'd be thrilled to pass that feedback on to the dev team and recommend they look into the possibility of making WOTC a permanent or recurring thing.

DomoSapien: That's because the WoT Classic servers don't go live until 00:00 PST on March 29th.

DomoSapien:

DomoSapien:   Well, you might be able to bug the MacWrapper devs to figure it out and make it compatible, but that's a pretty short turnaround considering WOT Classic will only be up for a few days

Unfortunately in this case, probably out of luck.
 

DomoSapien:   ​Erm, I don't think this is going to prevent any of the fixes that are being worked on. It's just an April Fools' gag.

DomoSapien:   Well, world of tanks in general isn't for mac users without the use of MacWrapper, but to my knowledge, MacWrapper wasn't a thing back then.
 

DomoSapien:   So the authorization error is occurring because the WOTC servers aren't live yet. I've been told that, essentially, this is a preload option, so that when the Servers go up at Midnight (Pacific Time) you can jump right in.

I've been using WGC for years, on multiple machines and networks, without a single issue.

A word to the wise: if you would like to continue using the original WOT Launcher, make sure you don't let WGC "automatically detect wargaming titles" when you install it and it asks you if it should. Otherwise it'll navigate your install of WOT to WGC and you'll need to uninstall/reinstall everything to get the old launcher back.

DomoSapien: So the authorization error is occurring because the WOTC servers aren't live yet. I've been told that, essentially, this is a preload option, so that when the Servers go up at Midnight (Pacific Time) you can jump right in.

DomoSapien: Hey Folks,   You probably noticed the month of March has come and gone, with no news about the Scavenger Hunt. While I did mention this in quite a few forum threads & our Reddit Q&A, I should probably make a post about it as well. (Shoutout to heavymetal1967 for the reminder!)

The Scavenger Hunt project is temporarily on hiatus while we go over all the data, figure out what worked, what didn't work, and make improvements to the format. While I'm not yet certain if we will be able to accomplish everything we want to with the format, ideally we are shooting for the next Scavenger Hunt to operate in a similar, month-long format, with some key differences to address some of the biggest pain points with the previous format.

In an ideal world, the next Scavenger Hunt will run concurrently with the Scavenger Hunt missions, so that players won't have to wait a whole month and hope that they didn't miss any codes. Ideally, you will be able to enter your code, then immediately log in and complete your mission if you'd like to do so.

Having the missions run concurrently with the code-gathering portion of the event should also allow us to include an extra mission that will let you track how many codes you have redeemed up to that point. So if there are any issues with how many codes you've redeemed, you'll have the whole month to contact Customer Support and get that issue resolved.

Additionally, one of the most common bits of feedback involved the timeframe that each code was available. While each code was theoretically active for a full 48 hours, some CC's don't release content until the evening, which significantly reduced the redemption window for some players.   To address this, we'd like to either: post a full schedule at the beginning of the month, or post an article at the beginning of the month that would be updated daily with links & instructions for each day's code drop.

It's challenging, because we have CC's in different time zones and countries, with different jobs, schedules, and responsibilities - it's hard to commit to a specific date and time a full month in advance, since life has a way of throwing us curveballs, so we're still trying to figure out the best way to do it.

That said, there will be no Scavenger Hunt in April, however it's likely to return (in a new & improved format) in May.

Thank you all for the tremendous amount of feedback, patience, and support you've given me and my crazy pet project. I have read virtually all your comments regarding the event; believe me when I say I take each and every one of them to heart. All the data and feedback I've seen thusfar indicates that it's definitely got potential to be a strong recurring community event, but we need to iron out the kinks because all the technical issues and pain points of the current format are unacceptable.
Also, I believe I got back to everyone regarding the Scavenger Hunt however it's possible and quite likely that some PM's got buried in my notifications, so if you're still waiting on a reply from me please reply to your PM so I get another notification. Thank you <3

Jambijon: Hey Tanker Veterans, Did you happen to join WoT during our update 0.7.0?  Well regardless, everyone is going to get a chance to play this "Classic" update on March 29 at 00:00 PT | 02:00 CT | 03:00 ET and is available until April 3. For a feeling of nostalgia and details on the event, click the button.   Speaking of nostalgia, we have been talking about where we were in 2011 here at the office.  Some of us were playing WoT for the first time, going to college, or working somewhere else.  So, what were you doing in 2011? GLHF!

BigDaddyLaxative: Hey Tanker Veterans,   Did you happen to join WoT during our update 0.7.0?  Well regardless, everyone is going to get a chance to play this "Classic" update on March 29 at 00:00 PT | 02:00 CT | 03:00 ET and is available until April 3.   For a feeling of nostalgia and details on the event, click the button.       Speaking of nostalgia, we have been talking about where we were in 2011 here at the office.  Some of us were playing WoT for the first time, going to college, or working somewhere else.  So, what were you doing in 2011?   GLHF!

Hambijon: Hey Tanker Veterans,   Did you happen to join WoT during our update 0.7.0?  Well regardless, everyone is going to get a chance to play this "Classic" update on March 29 at 00:00 PT | 02:00 CT | 03:00 ET and is available until April 3.   For a feeling of nostalgia and details on the event, click the button.       Speaking of nostalgia, we have been talking about where we were in 2011 here at the office.  Some of us were playing WoT for the first time, going to college, or working somewhere else.  So, what were you doing in 2011?   GLHF!

The_Chieftain: For those of you who miss the days of the Tier X T30 heavy and the Tier IX T34, I think we have something for you. https://wotclassic.com/

DomoSapien: I've been playing a lot of Wheelie Bois and generally light tanks excel at ruining my day. A T49 is an EBR 90's worst nightmare.   Counter their Wheelies - you have the armor to shrug off some of their HE and you have the DPM to burn them down before they can fire their third shot.

DomoSapien: So, sort of labor-intensive and time consuming but a fresh install using CCleaner might do the trick. Our Customer Support team can help you out with that!

DomoSapien: Tankers,
The content gods have blessed us with a Month Preview that's actually going up before the month begins! 
For a sneak peak at what's going on next month, check out the article on our news portal.

DomoSapien:   Well we're sort of beating this to death and the entire 'staff posts' section is full of this thread now so last comment and I'm off:

Imagine the asterisks represent profanity.

Me:hey *** **** **** **** me:**** and *** ****
me: **** this **** and **** you
me: **** **** gold rounds **** me:**** matchmaking *** *** me: **** rigged game **** **** RNG


vs

me: oh **** I just got one-shot by that **** barn
me: man i hate it when that happens
me: oh well back to the **** garage I guess

The words themselves aren't resulting in the sanctions, but rather the frequency at which they are being used. If it's interfering with gameplay, just like flooding chat with map pings, it's sanctionable. Even if the whole team has the profanity filter enabled you're still flooding chat with a bunch of asterisks. 

DomoSapien: I have heard of folks using the sixth sense directive while they train the skill up to 100% on their Commanders.

Doing so is relatively inexpensive compared to a piece of improved equipment. If you have no interest in those, theoretically you could use the bonds in lieu of Gold/Credits for crew training, in a roundabout way.

DomoSapien: You're feeling burnt out and that's perfectly okay. Changes you want to see aren't happening quickly enough, and it's contributing to overall fatigue playing the game. 

Personally, I'd recommend taking a break for a week or two. At the end of the day, the game is supposed to be fun. If you're not having fun playing because it's starting to feel like a second job... take some PTO

When you're ready to give it another go, grab some adult beverages (if you're not a minor, obviously) and some platoonmates, then play some of your favorite tanks. 

DomoSapien: Well, it didn't strike me as particularly political, so I didn't remove it from your post
As for moderating the word 'idiot' on the forums, maybe the moderator was on the end of their shift and somehow mistook your comment as a non-constructive one being directed at another player. Sorry about that!
For what it's worth, looks like you didn't receive any warning points or forum sanctions for it, at least? 

DomoSapien: Unfortunately forum moderation is more of an art than a science. I have a tremendous amount of respect for our moderation team, especially considering their job is mostly a thankless one. We have some folks in CS that are dedicated forum mods, like headlockmonkey (whose name I'm surely misspelling) and jaystark01, and believe me when I say their job is extremely difficult.

SO many situations come up where both people on either side of an argument are reporting eachother, and the whole damn thread technically could be hit with warnings - a lot of the job involves trying to figure out the context and circumstances, etc. There are a lot of really tough calls to make, and sometimes I find myself deferring to their expertise for a second opinion regarding certain forum threads, because they are intimately familiar with the forum rules.

That said... full disclosure? I usually don't go for the warning points unless it's particularly bad. I'm not too keen on 'thought-policing' and I'm lazy so I don't want to make extra work for myself.

DomoSapien: There is, but it's not player-facing, and it's not absolute - we still treat things on a case by case basis and read into the context. I can give you a pretty good synopsis, however.

These are the most common chat violations, in no particular order:
Inappropriate Sexual Content - Anything sexual. Even childish things you might have been saying for decades. I won't elaborate because I probably don't need to. Derogatory Language - Anything Derogatory based on Race, Religion, Nationality, Sex, Gender, Orientation, Disability, etc.  Threats of violence - If you tell someone you are going to physically harm them, their loved ones, their family etc. we take this very seriously and we reserve the right forward this information to law enforcement. Political Content - World of Tanks is not the place to debate who belongs in jail or who should show their tax returns. As much as I would love to hear your position on Gun Control, I'd much rather talk about the North Flank that could really use a few more TD's for support, or ask a scout to spot the field for me.

DomoSapien: Wait.. you want forum sanctions?  ...why?

DomoSapien:   There is a sanction called 'excessive profanity', and thank you for bringing it up because it slipped my mind! We don't use this one a lot, but if someone is flooding chat with a bunch of F-bombs etc. in a short period of time, it makes chat pretty toxic pretty quick. It definitely has a bandwagon effect, and then eliminates any chance for anyone who is actually trying to talk about the game they're playing. 

On a side note, can you imagine if voice chat was global for your whole team? Boy, that would be madness.

DomoSapien:

DomoSapien:   I deleted your post because it was non-constructive but I felt like it didn't deserve warning points

DomoSapien:
I think we may be misunderstanding eachother a little bit, here.
The chat filter is so that children can play the game (with parental supervision) and not see a bunch of crap that their parents don't want them seeing. If you don't want the filter to hide words like "idiot" you can disable it, but that doesn't mean that using stuff like racial slurs is okay all of a sudden. The filter is more strict than our rule violations policy and banned word list for that reason.  (it's also not an ideal solution, because filters can be bypassed, but the option is available for those who want it.)

Regardless of filter, people have been bypassing chat filters in online game as long as I can remember. I was intentionally mis-spelling profanity when I was playing Runescape in middle-school to bypass their chat filter. Implementing a filter doesn't eliminate the need for chat sanctions and a rule violations policy.

DomoSapien: First off, thank you for your service! We genuinely appreciate you, and we're blessed to have such an active community of combat veterans among our playerbase.

That said, maybe I can provide some clarification. The use of the word "idiot" is not a rule violation. The latter word, which I removed from your post (changing 1 letter isn't enough) is not a rule violation in-game, but is not allowed on our forums.   If you're referring to the in-game profanity filter, you can actually disable that in your game settings. Open your settings in the garage, then under the "general" tab make sure that "censor offensive words in chat messages" is disabled. As long as you don't use derogatory language, inappropriate sexual langue, or hatespeech (racial slurs, or words that refer to folks of a particular sexual orientation, disability, religion, etc) and you don't discuss politics in-game, you can swear like a sailor if you'd like.

While you are of course entitled to free speech without persecution from government under the first amendment, by using our private service you agree to our terms of service and game rules. Since our game is rated T for Teen in the US and PEGI 12+ in Europe, and you agree to our terms of service when signing up for the game + logging in for the first time (as well as with each game update) we reserve the right to issue sanctions for chat violations. 

As a personal recommendation I would also be careful making generalizations about 'liberals' or making political statements in general, because this is a game about Tanks, not politics. 

DomoSapien: Blue status operates on a ratio of damage dealt to allies vs damage dealt to enemies. Once you deal a certain amount of damage to enemies without dealing damage to allies, your blue status will go away on its own.

Think of it as kind of a scarlet letter (teal, in this case) that says "hey this guy goofed a little bit"

DomoSapien: So, kinda slowpoke.jpg here but you should submit that to our monthly fan art contest!

from_the_forge@wargaming.net   

Jambijon: I prefer the FV4202.  Solid tank with good gun depression and you'll get some bounces off the turret.  Also, I'd take the Somua SM over the liberte, unless you're just looking at tech tree premiums.  I've also had some fun with the Revalorise in Frontline.  Its not amazing but it smacks tanks with good shell velocity.   Here's Tanks.gg compare for those vehicles and others for reference:   https://tanks.gg/compare/fv4202-p?t=amx-m4-49~lansen-c~somua-sm~m4a1-rev   I'm excited to give the Lansen a shot in Frontline.  I'm digging it so far.  Good speed, decent alpha, but terrible gun handling/pen.  

BigDaddyLaxative: I prefer the FV4202.  Solid tank with good gun depression and you'll get some bounces off the turret.  Also, I'd take the Somua SM over the liberte, unless you're just looking at tech tree premiums.  I've also had some fun with the Revalorise in Frontline.  Its not amazing but it smacks tanks with good shell velocity.   Here's Tanks.gg compare for those vehicles and others for reference:   https://tanks.gg/compare/fv4202-p?t=amx-m4-49~lansen-c~somua-sm~m4a1-rev   I'm excited to give the Lansen a shot in Frontline.  I'm digging it so far.  Good speed, decent alpha, but terrible gun handling/pen.  

Hambijon: I prefer the FV4202.  Solid tank with good gun depression and you'll get some bounces off the turret.  Also, I'd take the Somua SM over the liberte, unless you're just looking at tech tree premiums.  I've also had some fun with the Revalorise in Frontline.  Its not amazing but it smacks tanks with good shell velocity.   Here's Tanks.gg compare for those vehicles and others for reference:   https://tanks.gg/compare/fv4202-p?t=amx-m4-49~lansen-c~somua-sm~m4a1-rev   I'm excited to give the Lansen a shot in Frontline.  I'm digging it so far.  Good speed, decent alpha, but terrible gun handling/pen.  

MA77: Saudações, Lt_Skywalker.

Poderia verificar se o seu driver de vídeo está atualizado?

Também, se você utiliza alguma modificação, recomendamos que desinstale-as.   Caso tudo o que foi citado acima não resolva e se o seu World of Tanks está instalado por mais de três atualizações, desinstale e instale novamente.   Abraços!

Jambijon: Those are great!  Whats the work time on those projects?

BigDaddyLaxative: Those are great!  Whats the work time on those projects?

Hambijon: Those are great!  Whats the work time on those projects?

Jambijon: There is also one in Oakland, CA:

https://www.esportsarena.com/oakland/

BigDaddyLaxative: There is also one in Oakland, CA:

https://www.esportsarena.com/oakland/

Hambijon: There is also one in Oakland, CA:

https://www.esportsarena.com/oakland/

Felipe6666Original:   Corregidos ambos (igual en el segundo el problema lo tenía la versión en inglés, en español estaba bien).   ¡Saludos y gracias!

The_Chieftain: Oh, it’s certainly not a definitive concept. But the point is that a raw kill tally certainly isn’t as well, so I picked some other arbitrary figure.   That said, if you put Kurt Knipsel on one side, and Curt Nipsel on the other side, and Kurt’s side provided no targets for Curt to shoot shoot at, how can you say that Kurt is better than Curt if Curt isn’t even given the chance to show his stuff? Was Carius more successful than Knipsel? He got almost as many kills, but survived. His side still lost, though.   Success may be attained by a single, well placed shot. Taking the initiative to seize a piece of key terrain without firing a shot may prove more critical to winning a battle than killing ten tanks, but it doesn’t garner headlines as easily.

1984BigBrother: Tankers,   ET was listed incorrectly, CT and PT were in the correct times.   Tournament Start: 3/24 at 14:00 PST | 16:00 CT | 18:00 ET   Should have been :   Tournament Start: 3/24 at 14:00 PST | 16:00 CT | 17:00ET   Due to the correct time being listed it CT and PT we will not be resetting the bracket and will let it play out.   I apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.   I will be correcting it now, so the correct time will reflect on the portal.   GLHF,   Big

The_Chieftain:   I never said he wasn't good. The question was "Was he the most successful". That's a different question.

And am I incorrect in recalling that the stand of the 300 achieved its long-term goal of allowing the Greeks time to fortify their position, forcing the decisive action to be on water, allowing the Persian defeat at the battle of  Salamis, and then winning the war?

Jambijon:

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Hambijon: