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MA77: Chega mais, Tankthief!

Jambijon: Thanks again everyone!  We have compiled the guides and will be announcing the winners this Friday!

BigDaddyLaxative: Thanks again everyone!  We have compiled the guides and will be announcing the winners this Friday!

Hambijon: Thanks again everyone!  We have compiled the guides and will be announcing the winners this Friday!

DomoSapien:     maybe?    

MA77: Saudações!   Como muitos já sabem, hoje lançamos uma versão premium do veículo KV-2 que tem um visual bastante imponente. Alguns de vocês devem estar se perguntado "por que diabos não consigo ver o KV-2 com o visual Ragnarok?".   Pois bem, basta desmarcar a opção que desativa os elementos não-históricos!  

Se você tem alguma dúvida, não deixe de nos perguntar.    Abraços!

Gnomon: Hey, everyone! 
  Just wanted to let you know that you should now be able to make purchases in the shop without a problem.   Please let us know if you continue to have issues, and thanks for your patience!     

Gnomon: Hey, everyone!  Hope that you’re having a great Wednesday! I just wanted to touch base with you and let you know that, tomorrow, we will be launching the second Supertest of the Berlin map. This test is aimed at making Berlin gameplay more engaging and flexible while smoothing out the rough-edges found during the first test. You can read about the first round of testing for Berlin here: New Map: Berlin Map Screenshots   First in our list of changes, the area that favors mediums tanks has been moved closer to the center of the map. This will allow medium tanks to help their teammates engaged in city battles.  Next, the city blocks have become more varied. We’ve re-worked the gameplay here, which now keeps a balance between a large number of tactical options and predictability of battle flow. The buildings have also been re-arranged, which makes the quick spot of the enemy base from the city blocks no longer possible.  Finally, we’ve added more covered areas to the open section of the map. These new areas will allow you to plan for a coordinated attack, or give your team a final chance to defend your flank if you’ve lost the middle of the map.  As always, we’ll use the data from this test to continue to perfect gameplay for Berlin. With this test, we’ll check and see if the adjustments make Berlin better, and it will also allow us to see how close it is to arriving in the live game.  Want to get a detailed view of the map? Check out our video below:  Berlin Video 1
Please be sure to leave your feedback, comments, and suggestions about Berlin below. Have a great rest of your week! 

DomoSapien: Customer Supportcan help you with a refund as long as the vehicle is unplayed! Not that I know why you would want to refund this majestic beast....

It is true that some players are experiencing purchasing issues. We have already sounded the alarms and we're investigating at the moment.

DomoSapien:
The God Emperor approves, mortal.

DomoSapien:
I'm not aware of all the details of our partnership with GW, but I am quite happy to pass on the suggestion to our marketing teams and mention that several players have expressed interest in a 40K crew to go with the vehicle

DomoSapien:

The_Chieftain:   Settings... General settings... check "Hide historical elements".   I don't need to see the reskins of the 40k tanks. VC tanks are, as I understand it, entirely new collision models which one has no choice but to see. So, yes, there is a very substantial difference between the two.

Felipe6666Original: ¡Saludos, Comandantes!   En el día de mañana, el mapa de Berlín ingresa a la segunda fase del Supertest. En esta oportunidad, buscaremos que la jugabilidad sea más atrapante y flexible al tiempo que pulimos algunos detalles de la primera versión.     Movimos los lugares ideales para tanques medianos un poco más cerca del centro del mapa. Esto les permitirá ayudar a los aliados que se encuentren peleando ferozmente en el centro de la ciudad.    Ahora los bloques urbanos son más variados. Rediseñamos la jugabilidad en esta área, manteniendo el balance entre cantidad de opciones tácticas y la predicción del curso de la batalla. También corregimos los edificios. Ya no se podrá detectar rápido al enemigo en su base desde la ciudad.     La parte abierta del mapa ahora cuenta con más posiciones de cobertura. Dichas posiciones pueden ayudarles a preparar ataques o, al menos, montar una última defensa si pierden el control del centro del mapa.   Continuaremos perfeccionando la jugabilidad del mapa. Su concepto general ya está listo: una ubicación mixta en la que todos los tipos de vehículos tienen su posibilidad de brillar. Mañana revisaremos si los ajustes que hicimos hacen que Berlín sea aun mejor y, a partir de los resultados, veremos qué tan cerca está de aparecer en el juego.   ¡Mucha suerte en sus batallas!    

DomoSapien: Looking into it, guys! Going to attempt a test purchase on my end and see if it goes through.

No dice. But we are seeing some purchases going through, so not everyone is affected. Investigation is underway! Please bear with us.

DomoSapien: I appreciate everyone's input and positivity! You guys are awesome. If there's anyone whose tips I forgot to add to the 'community' section, please let me know and I'll make sure to update the thread

KRZYB00P:   I LOVE IT!

KRZYBooP:   I LOVE IT!

CabbageMechanic:  

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CabbageMechanic:   Essentially this - the feedback from Frontlines has been almost entirely positive and the Dev team is fully aware.  However, there is definitely some fine-tuning and optimization work to be done and the hard data gathered from this session will assist in that.  I have no timeline to give at the moment, but I am confident that you have not seen the last (or the best) of Frontline.

 

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DomoSapien: Not sure, but I'm on the tier IX Standard B and I'd be happy to give you my impressions of the tank thusfar.

Personally, as someone who has lots of experience with Czech autoloaders, I feel right at home in this thing. It's got high mobility, a pretty large profile, and negligible armor.

It does well, my winrate is only about 51% with 33 battles but I'd say the last (at least) five battles involved me yolo'ing in and dying like a derp because I'm way too aggressive after playing Frontlines all day

Overall, I think the vehicle suffers from the fact that the intra-clip reload is 3 seconds per shot. Often you find yourself wanting to dish out more damage but your target skitters away in the last .5s of your reload. The reload for the second and third shell are a bit painful in general, when comparing to the tier VIII. However, that isn't to say the vehicle is bad. It's a solid all-arounder with a fresh mechanic that creates some interesting possibilities, but it doesn't outshine the Skoda T50 in terms of classic autoloader burst potential. 

It's fun to play and easy enough to get ~2k+ damage in every game, but difficult to have absolute monster games in because you spend so much of your battle reloading. Would I recommend it? Yes, if you play a lot of autoloaders, I think you will enjoy the line once you hit tier VIII+

TeriyakiTanker:   I guess I would put it this way, Wargaming bans people for cheating and have banned hundreds, maybe thousands from the NA server, and I am pretty sure they aren't catching everyone so we can be pretty sure there is cheating going on.  Various Youtubers have shown videos of cheating.  Now from the videos I have seen it would be pretty hard for someone on the receiving end of the cheating to really tell that they are being cheated.  So with all that being the case how would you, me, or anyone else really know if we were being cheated or just outplayed or plain out RNG'ed by someone.   And it really doesn't help that most accusations thrown out on the forums either come with no evidence, like a replay, or when a replay is shown there is no evidence of cheating.  I recall one guy claiming some guy he was shooting at was cheating because he couldn't penetrate him and it turned out his shots actually missed the target.
  But either way there are absolutely cheaters in this game.

DomoSapien:
Interesting, I'll definitely need to give this a whirl next time I'm scouting on Himmelsdorf. I always feel like I'm not making a contribution in my LT's when I get this map. Swinging around to the west alley and potentially spotting some TD's before they can set up shop sounds like a pretty reliable move!
 

DomoSapien:   Thank you for the support <3 I really do appreciate it!

DomoSapien:   Excellent points! Would you favor a particular lower lane over the others in general, or is it largely dependent on the vehicle you're playing? 

DomoSapien: http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/577579-holy-frontline-xp-and-credit-earning/page__st__20__pid__11637596#entry11637596     Your insults are not necessary. We are discussing game modes here, not making personal attacks. -Iron      
Well, like I said I added your suggestions to bring back Mittengard and Ghost Town to my feedback report. There is no WG Staff member that you can simply talk to and guarantee your suggestions are implemented. It's not a simple question of getting an inside contact and finding the right person to talk to. We do not cater to individual players, but rather the community as a whole. We value every player's opinion and we don't place more value on one player over another. 
With that in mind, one player's opinion does not outweigh the opinions of the entire community, while I respect your opinion, (and am happy to present it to my superiors) I can't promise you that I'm going to fight tooth and nail to bring back those two maps (Nor do I have the power to do so even if I did make this my personal crusade). If it fits into our design roadmap then it will be implemented, as far as we know there might even be development going on for these two maps as we speak. I've heard just about as much regarding Mittengard and Ghost Town as you have, so anything is possible. 

As for the insults that were directed at you, I'm sorry to hear about them. I am most definitely a "filthy casual" in that case, with my 13k battle count and mediocre stats. Elitism in the community is detrimental to virtually everyone, and I hope to see the conversations on our forums becoming more positive over time. 

MA77: Conseguiu, FURY?

Jambijon:   It depends on which reserve you are trying to use.  The 7 key is your default reserve key-bind for the first reserve you have equipped, but some abilities require additional input.  Reserves like "Inspire" are just a single input activation where reserves like artillery or airstrike will require you to use your fire key (Default to Left-click) to select where you what the reserve to be shot.

BigDaddyLaxative:   It depends on which reserve you are trying to use.  The 7 key is your default reserve key-bind for the first reserve you have equipped, but some abilities require additional input.  Reserves like "Inspire" are just a single input activation where reserves like artillery or airstrike will require you to use your fire key (Default to Left-click) to select where you what the reserve to be shot.

Hambijon:   It depends on which reserve you are trying to use.  The 7 key is your default reserve key-bind for the first reserve you have equipped, but some abilities require additional input.  Reserves like "Inspire" are just a single input activation where reserves like artillery or airstrike will require you to use your fire key (Default to Left-click) to select where you what the reserve to be shot.

DomoSapien: This is a Himmelsdorf map guide, not Erlenberg?  

DomoSapien:   Personally, Himmelsdorf has always been one of my favorite maps. While I feel there is a degree of truth to 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' I do understand how someone who has probably played thousands of battles on the map might feel otherwise. On the other hand, there are quite a few players who vocally expressed their dissatisfaction with changes to Fjords when I wrote a map guide for that one; there will always be a group that wants things to stay the way they are and another group that wants them to change. Finding the balance between them is key.  

DomoSapien:   Thank you! No really, thank you. I appreciate you taking the time to leave a bit of positivity on my thread, the reception to my guides has not been very encouraging for how many hours it takes to make them. It's good to know that there are some folks who benefit from these, and with that in mind I'm happy to continue writing these weekly guides.

DomoSapien:

DomoSapien:

Jambijon: Thanks for all the awesome submissions!  There is still time to enter and please ensure all changes or updates are done before 7:00pm PST | 9:00pm CST | 10:00pm EST.   

BigDaddyLaxative: Thanks for all the awesome submissions!  There is still time to enter and please ensure all changes or updates are done before 7:00pm PST | 9:00pm CST | 10:00pm EST.   

Hambijon: Thanks for all the awesome submissions!  There is still time to enter and please ensure all changes or updates are done before 7:00pm PST | 9:00pm CST | 10:00pm EST.   

MA77:   ​Você está correto, Yuriev. É normal receber dano aliado de artilharia quando está muito próximo a um alvo em que ela está disparando.

Se o jogador está sozinho e recebeu um tiro da artilharia aliada, é fácil identificar que foi dano proposital.

DomoSapien: Hey Tankers! Are you ready for another thrilling episode of Map Mondays?
This week's map is one we all know and love (unless we're playing SPG's): Himmelsdorf!
Last week's guide: Steppes
Play the video below and listen to a remastered take on the original WoT Battle theme while traversing the rubble piles and ruined buildings lining the streets of Himmseldorf, then dive into the guide below.

I'm trying a few things out with the visual format for the images in the guide, Let me know if these flow a little better than previous guides, or if you prefer one of the older screenshot formats!
Visual Map:
MAP KEY/LEGEND:   Solid circle: Likely position Dotted circle: Possible position
Blue dotted Lines: Firing lanes
Solid lines: Safe route
Dashed lines: Possibly contested route
The flow of battle on Himmelsdorf is the embodiment of your typical North/South map. It is unlikely that an East/West split will occur, and typically the team that gains dominance of a particular flank ends up snowballing the rest of the game and wiping up the team that lost the flank. The hill is arguably the most important section, as many other areas can be defended with an aggressive position on the hill. On the other hand, if you commit most of your forces to a hill push, it is of paramount importance that you push effectively and quickly! Dawdling on the hill while allowing the enemy to sweep the Tracks or Tank Alley will result in your team's untimely demise!

TANK ALLEY
The alleyway in the east infamously known as Tank Alley is your go-to Heavy Bruiser location. Vehicles with strong turret armor or TD's with a heavily armored superstructure such as the T110E3, JagdpzE100, Maus, Type 5 Heavy etc. will feel right at home in Tank Alley. Offering hull-down positions and sidescraping opportunities for both teams, it is a vital push. Leaving this flank undefended is highly inadvisable. Note that Tank Alley is susceptible to crossfire from the West across the field in the middle, as well as certain areas of the hill. Think twice before overcommitting to the push unless you can get through it quickly and cleanly. EXPAND  

THE HILL The hill is often the deciding factor on Himmelsdorf. There is a fine balance in terms of deployment, as it is necessary to deploy enough vehicles to hold (and preferably win) the hill, but ensure coverage for other important map areas. There are spotting opportunities, hull-down opportunities, brawling opportunities, as well as a degree of possible SPG support. If a team manages to sweep the hill and push down into Tank Alley for a pincer move, your other flanks will crumble rather quickly.  EXPAND   WEST ALLEY The West Alley tends to attract more TD's than HT's, as it arguably doesn't offer as much hard cover as Tank Alley, and favors vehicles with good sniping Characteristics. The firing positions for the West Alley cross over a bit with firing lanes from other areas of the map, so it's important to keep an eye on how many enemy vehicles are remaining and which push is going in/against your favor. It's possible for you to get sniped from the hill, so keep an eye on that minimap! EXPAND     THE TRACKS Typically, LT's and SPG's gravitate towards the tracks. The tracks are a risky push, with enemy TD's likely to be lurking behind several corners (See screenshots above as well). Stay mobile, grab whatever cover you can find, and also be aware of snipers on the hill. Vision control is key for lategame, spotting leftover TD's and aggressively pushing the enemy back line to hunt SPG's will be your likely lategame play in a Light Tank. It's possible to support this flank in a medium or heavy as well as situations present themselves, but make sure you have enough map coverage elsewhere.
  EXPAND   THE BUNKERS/MIDDLE:
The middle field is a bit of a deathtrap. Theoretically you could rush across and proximity spot enemy tanks by hugging a wall, but it's likely that they will be spotted by allies in Tank/West alley anyway. Approach with caution. As for the bunkers, they do allow for some sniping opportunities across the field, but your mileage will most certainly vary here. I am a firm believer in the notion that by deploying to a position that will not offer you opportunities to deal damage to enemies until the lategame, you are planning for failure and putting your team at a major disadvantage. Don't overcommit to the bunkers, you'll probably be more useful elsewhere. That isn't to say you should ignore them entirely, but be aware of where your allies/enemies are and deploy accordingly. 
  EXPAND   I only have an example view of the bunkers from the North side, but they are virtually identical.
That one was pretty screenshot-heavy, wasn't it? Hopefully everyone enjoyed it, and some will find it useful! As always suggestions and feedback on my guides or guide format are welcome and appreciated.

See you on the battlefield.

TeriyakiTanker:   What is your sample size?

TeriyakiTanker:   So it looks like you don't understand why they are removing the ability to purchase rounds with gold.  They are doing it to remove their financial liability when they change the ammo system. no I am not a lawyer so I don't know if that is really an issue or not but it is at least their reasoning behind it.  My guess is that within a year premium ammo will no longer exist as we know it now.  So I guess I am not really sure what your issue is at this point?

TeriyakiTanker:  Its pretty obvious from looking at your account that all you do in a game is camp the red line and average about 1 shot a game in damage.  This means when your team wins you aren't getting any damage because you are too far away and when your team loses you basically get in a shot or two before being spotted and killed by the enemy.  The bottom line is that you are the perfect example of someone who buys higher tier premiums than you should and you are way out of your league at this point. Most likely you are running into people who are seeing you camp the redline and don't have enough self control to not rage at you.  Personally I would suggest you start down at the low tiers and learn how to play.  You will have a much better time in the long run and enjoying the game is why I am assuming you are playing. I suggest starting the Swedish line since you are already playing the S1.  They are pretty decent TDs to be honest.  Also look into the Russian, American, and German lines.  Lots of good tank destroyers.

TeriyakiTanker:   German heavies up to the King Tiger (Tier VIII) are much better at mid range support and if necessary can use their health to bully other tanks.  Not really good at brawling until Tier IX as some others have pointed out, with the exception of the Tier VIII VK which is pretty solid.  If you want brawlers you want either the Russian or Japanese heavies.

DomoSapien:   Sorry for the delay, busy weekend. 

Do you already have the vehicle in your garage? It needs to be present in your garage in order to receive compensation. 

According to our Knowledgebase:  "There are still transactions that will compensate the player Gold instead of Credits. Please see the following: -Purchasing/being gifted a Premium Tank that you already own -Winning a Premium Tank in a live event (Twitch stream, player gathering, social media, etc) -The Premium Tank is re-balanced substantially in-game and a refund is offered"

Please send me a PM with your ticket ID and I'll gladly look into it!  

Felipe6666Original: Personalmente, no creo que deban ser prohibidas en Línea del Frante. Jugué bastante el evento (casi alcanzo el nivel 30 por primera vez) y, si bien había al menos una del lado enemigo en cada partida, no me pareció que hayan influido mucho en el resultado final. Tampoco recuerdo que me hayan pegado mucho, pero eso quizás tenga que ver con que usé más medianos que otra cosa.   ¡Saludos!

TeriyakiTanker:   Well I have a pretty high win rate and I love front line.