Developers posts on forum

The_Chieftain: That is a question best addressed to the lads on the SEA/APAC server. We here in NA are well out of that lane.

Saffr0n:   Tried your steps to recreate the issue and I'm not experiencing a CTD when I go back to garage. I'm curious to see what your ping looks like when you experience the crash going back to garage. Do you mind running PingPlotter while you replicate the issue and sending it to me? 

dance210:   Hi Hagendansk,   We talked to the dev team about the concerns you (and others) had with WGC and they have provided some information.  

dance210:   If you have any other questions or concerns, please let us know!  

dance210:   Hello 31B44SV5,   I'm sorry to hear that you had issues with Support when you contacted them. The devs are still investigating the issue, as the previous micro-patch didn't fix it for everyone. 

dance210:   As of now, the general answer is no. If something like that were to come into place, it likely would be similar to the rules put in place for the Throwdowns or March Mapness - play X number of battles to earn a prize.  

dance210:   The time between rounds aren't changing.

dance210:   Aww sorry we missed you Deaitch!   Meathead and I were both running around checking out all the streams, but we weren't able to find everyone. It was fun chatting with those who we did find, thanks guys!

dance210:   Yep  

dance210:   Multiple entries in a month are fine. You can also submit entries each month if you want

Mezurashi: Topic locked. This is an old topic.

Mezurashi: Just a friendly reminder to keep it civil. Please avoid the personal attacks as well.   Thanks.

Lert: I know for a fact they are not; they have a King Tiger, but the only operational one of those is in Saumur.

The_Chieftain: Two players on my flight from Paris. Of course, they are not in the same class as I am, so not too much conversation:. I'm flying as self-loading cargo, they're in Business.

dance210:  

dance210:   Winners will be announced in this thread. I wouldn't expect them until sometime next week, as we need to read through all the entries first

Yoott:   I Pmed you
 

Yoott:   I Pmed you as well  You entered the second code incorrect and therefore no prizing     

Quemapueblos: Hello Tankers,   Thanks for sending us a ton of questions and feedback on the recent release. We know you have many questions about the changes and thoughts behind the update so we asked the developers to go through some of their intentions and future plans since we launched Patch 0.9.18. We didn't get to every question asked but hopefully this provides some insight into World of Tanks. We will continue to do more of these so please keep posting your questions.   Also, we are still gathering feedback on this patch so please continue to post to specific threads if there is a topic already or in the section for general feedback: Feedback/Suggestions Section Matchmaker Artillery Rework Light Tanks Map Rotation Reusable Consumables     Q: Why don’t we allow Artillery to platoon at all? A: Players in Common Test were vocal about mismatched scenarios, when a Platoon of three SPGs was placed at the top of the list and the team ended up with three long-range support fire vehicles as their main strength. The other frustrating issue from Common Test was the frequent case of arty giving its all to support fellow Platoon-members and totally neglecting the rest of the team. To eliminate both problems, we decided to stop SPGs from forming and joining Dynamic and regular Platoons. Removing the option for SPGs to play in Platoons also facilitated team cooperation and aided the matchmaker in creating balanced teams. Individual Battle Missions were updated accordingly. We removed Platoons from their conditions.    However – following the release of 9.18 we have received a lot of critical feedback around this change and we recognize the player concerns.  At the moment we are collecting the information on this feature and are investigating potential changes to address your concerns while still avoiding the problems that led us to make that decision in the first place.   Q: Why was Light Tank view range reduced? How are Light Tanks different from Mediums? What role should they play that Medium tanks don’t do better? A: LTs remain “the eyes of the team,” provide serious support to the allies with intel on enemy positions, and can bite back if they need to. In the current settings, not only due to good vision range but also thanks to good camo values they outdo medium tanks when it comes to scouting. Especially if you gear up your LT for this role by installing additional equipment and training skills and perks that improve view range and camo ratings. At the same time, they are behind MTs in terms of firepower and HP pool, which forces them to avoid head-on duels with same-tier opponents. So, it makes more sense to play to your strengths and turn your light tank from just decent scout into a truly fierce one by improving on view range and camo, rather than upgrade it to increase firepower.   Q: Why doesn’t Matchmaker balance all the classes for each team? A: The matchmaker currently tries to balance 3 classes: LT, TD and SPG in both teams, and allow the matchmaker to avoid balancing HT and MT specifically.  This is done to avoid making matchmaking timing slow down, and also to allow of more variety in battles.   However, we have heard your feedback around issues of class distribution at the top tier in battles, and we are currently planning to make some improvements to how the matchmaker treats the top tier tanks. We expect to launch this improvement as soon as possible.   Q: What do I do when I’m targeted by multiple artillery as a slow tank? A: Before 9.18 and the introduction of stun, the answer to this question was very clear – getting under the fire of multiple artillery was usually deadly. Now the players have more chances to survive with such a "focus" and have time to move to shelter. But focus fire from multiple arty is never good – you still need to pick your path carefully and use cover wisely.  

dance210:   Hello!   Welcome to the Americas forums. The official language of the forums is English. With the exception of the special subforums, all players are required to use English only in the forums. You can find all the forum rules here.   We have sections in Spanish, Portuguese and French as those languages are widely spoken throughout the Americas. There is no Russian language subforum and Russian is not allowed on the forums. While I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, please be sure to use English only when on the forums, unless you are in one of the special forum sections.   If you have any questions, please let me know.   I will also be closing this one up.  

Yoott: Sent you a Pm   You also entered a code wrong

Yoott:   Pmed you You had one code entered incorrectly

dance210: Hi guys!   Stronghold should be fixed and will be up and running again!   Thank you for your patience as we fixed the bug. Good luck and have fun

The_Chieftain:   saw two here yesterday... plus one A1 76 VVSS...

Yoott:   I sent you a PM  

Yoott: I Pmed you just now in reply to your message, one of your codes was incorrect therefore invalid

 

Yoott: I did not say I would email every person wheher you got it right or wrong as that is almost 10k emails
I emailed the winners as they were paid out If you had a concern you can send in and email to the email I provided earlier and in the original rules.   Bonus prizing will be paid out hopefully before the weekend, I apologize but I was out ill today and didn't get to work on it as I thought I was going to.        

dance210:   Hi Ironmike11B,   I have no information on any compensation for the season extensions.   As for the why. There have been some heavy changes recently, with Strongholds activities and recently to the general game with update 9.18. With the update, it was decided to extend the season into next month.

dance210:     Hi devlin13,   The Platournament starts at 6:30 pm PT / 9:30 pm ET. Good luck!

dance210: Hi guys!   Yes, the current CW season has been extended and should be ending late next month.

dance210: Attention Tankers! There are plans to release Micropatch 0.9.18_1 on April 21, 2017 Maintenance will begin at 03:30 Pacific Time (10:30 UTC) and will last approximately one half hour. During maintenance, the World of Tanks servers will be unavailable. Patch notes:Fixed the issue where the account’s statistics were not properly updated in the Stronghold mode. Fixed the issue where the top gun could not be researched upon conversion for the WZ-131. Fixed the issue where the Ru 251 could not be researched and purchased. Fixed the issue where the player did not receive any refund for the removed permanent customization elements purchased before update 8.11.

JayStark02: Going to go ahead and close this thread.. Discussing/promoting other games is a violation of our Forum Rules.

dance210: Hi guys,   It didn't take very long for this thread to go completely off the rails. As such, I'm closing it up.

JayStark02: Topic locked due to non-constructive posting.

dance210:   Yes, as long as we have access to view it

Mezurashi: Topic locked due to non-constructive posting.

dance210:   Hello black_colt,   The best way would be to submit a Ping Plotter and WG Check, ideally while the issue is happening. The reports can be submitted here or via a Support ticket.

Yoott: I watched chat when I released the code and I will be honest
people did not type it into chat right away I wasnt even sure people noticed it and I was going to repost it thinking it didnt show up but then a few seconds later it popped up in chat
so if you waited for it to be in chat only you already were seconds behind
... and I am pretty sure I know why   they were busy typing it in themselves first and then posting it to everyone else
even giving it to a friend requires a few seconds to type send and that person receiving it and retyping it in and sending so while it may seem fast its really not
 

JayStark02: Closing thread. Please continue discussion here.

Yoott:   yeah no that was me copy past failing I grabbed one of the invalid code times by accident
this is the first 11 entries with valid codes and 1 that was invalid and i grabbed it by accident on the sheet 
  4/8/2017 20:00:30 4/8/2017 20:13:20 4/8/2017 20:13:20 4/8/2017 20:13:20 4/8/2017 20:13:20 4/8/2017 20:13:20 4/8/2017 20:13:20 4/8/2017 20:13:20 4/8/2017 20:13:20 4/8/2017 20:13:20 4/8/2017 20:13:20 4/8/2017 20:13:21  

dance210:   That is likely it, yes. That's why I like seeing the last tab in the After Battle report, since it breaks everything down nicely

Yoott: Here are the times for the prize groups as I said I would post today
These are for valid submissions only - many people put in wrong submissions or missed codes before or after these times which is what took so long to sort through and get correct before payouts went out
First though a note as I saw people saying it in posts - the codes during the finals broadcast didn't go out in Twitch or Twitch chat by me at all, they were 100% in the Maestro UI at http://live.wgleague.net/ per the posted rules
so Twitch lag or stream lag or delay had 0 effect on you getting the codes sooner or later.

Also I can't control what others say in chat so if you decided to enter random codes people posted in chat then that is on you unfortunately. I agree it is not a nice move by them, I can't really control if they do it and you put the codes in.  
  Rules for locations of broadcast codes so you don't have to scroll back up Piece 6 - (Saturday) Will be given during the finals broadcast during match 1 on http://live.wgleague.net/ so make sure you are watching (http://live.wgleague.net/)
Piece 7 - (Saturday) Will be given during the finals broadcast during match 2 on http://live.wgleague.net/ so make sure you are watching (http://live.wgleague.net/)
Piece 8 - (Saturday) Will be given during the finals broadcast during match 3 on http://live.wgleague.net/ so make sure you are watching (http://live.wgleague.net/)
BONUS - (Saturday) Will be given out at a random time during the finals broadcast ONLY on http://live.wgleague.net/

  Group times
Top 5 %
4/8/2017 20:00:30  - First submission in group
4/8/2017 20:13:25 - Last submission in group

6%-10% 4/8/2017 20:13:26 - First submission in group
4/8/2017 20:13:30 - Last submission in group

11% - 20% 
4/8/2017 20:13:31- first submission in group 
4/8/2017 20:13:42 - last submission in group

21% - 30% 4/8/2017 20:13:43 - first submission in group 4/8/2017 20:14:02 - last submission in group
31% - 50% 4/8/2017 20:14:03 - first submission in group 4/8/2017 20:16:33 - last submission in group   51% - 75% 4/8/2017 20:16:34 - first submission in group 4/8/2017 20:45:47 - last submission in group   ALSO ANOTHER REMINDER
email WGLNA@wargaming.net for questions concerning the contest - submitting tickets will get you nowhere fast as they will just tell you what I am posting here to do, save yourself the time
I will get to all the emails as I can if there is a lot of them, I may not reply to every email if I have already given info here that is being asked but I will read them all
 

dance210:   Clan Wars should still be up and running. If that changes in the future, I will be sure to let y'all know.

dance210: Tankers! Due to a critical bug, Stronghold Skirmishes and Advances are currently not available. We will keep you informed as we find out more information. We apologize for the inconvenience.

dance210:   Hi xrays_!   That you for bringing this to our attention. The TankRewards.com Daily mission should still give the XP earned with Premium time, based on the testing that we did this morning. If you notice this again, would it be possible to also grab a screenshot of the last tab of the After Battle report? Thanks!

dance210:   Hello GreyKat,   Just to be sure I understand the issue, you have XP on your light tank(s), however the system will not allow you to convert it to free XP, correct?   The first question I have is, do you have any mods installed? I know that there is a mod that will lock the free XP conversion and I want to make sure that isn't what is happening first. If you do not have any mods installed or if there isn't a lock by the free XP, would it be possible for you to take a screenshot of your garage, showing the XP on the tank(s) and that it isn't eligible for converting? Any images we can receive, especially images, will help us when these issues and bugs pop up.    We apologize for the inconvenience and hopefully we will be able to determine what the issue is quickly! Thank you for any assistance that you can provide us.

Yoott: First issue to review   second issue is I was the only one that even had the codes, they were on my personal drive I was the only one with access, and also the only one that had the ability to show them in the Maestro client since I am he only one with the permissions that was involved in this event so the codes did not go out early