Developers posts on forum

Draschel: well, I am not sureBut what I am sure about:I don't purchase soapy rocks from maps and give them a garage spot in my hangar 

Draschel: The more we find out, the better. Knowledge is power.The purpose of this thread isn't to scream foul;  buff Chrysler, buff thunderslow. But they are at least entitled to their in-game listed powertrain of 1,200,  500? I do not know about everyone else, but I purchased a Chrysler years ago, under the assumption it.....would at least have whats listed/advertised? Great heavy tank HP/T and cross country handling. But what we are finding out more and more with theorymon, in that the hidden ontop of the hidden stats....not cool. Hey lets scam people out of terrain resistances and horsepower, why not. I cannot say that I, per se bought my thunder-slow for its speed and mobility, but I know why I did buy it and NOT THINK about, and thats getting robbed horsepower on an already slow tank. Who would buy stuff like that from the store? How about this, put out a public test stage (I) nerfing FV4005 reverse, top speed, aim-time, accuracy, engine....then concede the nerfs too severe. Have test stage (II) leave the engine alone so HP/T doesn't get touched. But silently, ninja nerf the engine anyway and not have people understand it for 2 years. Why doesn't my Patriot handle like E75TS, Renegade? Because its ninja terrain handling is as bad as T34 and T30, that was not advertised on its sale. I have played world of tanks for a decade, and its these under-handed, dishonoring tactics which irritate me the most.   Why do IS6, Defender, 112, Bisonte, Somua handle better than you'd expect? Well, they are the opposite, they are given bonuses rather than nerfs.  lolWhy can't we live, shop, purchase actual listed values? Should things be hidden? And even now, with people complaining about it for 10 years 

Draschel: lightweight susp   (the idea that most heavies have bad terrain stats anyway, may as well buff track traverse for turning and durability)Periscope drive  (the idea that med-kits should be immediate go-to for fixing stun time, and view range works ALL the time, not SOME of the time)Either slot works  (mobility makes the tank more flexible, firepower allows for a better side scraper)                             Both are perfect for rotator mech, as it is boosted on firepower and mobile slots  

Draschel:  They are the least aware.Please, be civil,. and don't make people laugh. By playing, I mean play well. Don't use those valuable insights in a tank class, and you will do 500 damage, 1 shot of it, in tier 9-10. Is that what people want per game? Of course notNot even care about those valuable insights in an artillery? You will still do 1,500 damage in said 9-10. This is a huge boon for lesser skilled players All I am going to say is what I believe, what I have seen since playing 2011, and what people better than me think. Arguing on the forum doesn't work. And I don't listen to people who can't back words with performance.   

KRZYBooP: SAD NEWS: Howdy Boom Jockeys!  The Battle Royale scheduled for today (18Sep) is cancelled.  Trying again tomorrow, stay tuned to your schedule, and know that it may be a little bit later than planned. Have a great weekend!

Jaguarz:  It wasnt a reference to you, rather you seem to ran against the arguments of people who have took the bait when it was dangled earlier, your posts have by and large been well thought out and concise, however there have been others which to paraprhase are basically. "fuh fuh, cant be broken, working as intended, fuh fuh, prove that its broken, you cant, they cant be broken!!!!" Which is a classic strawman action of moving the debate onto something asinine which is basically semantics and personal definitions.

TragicLoss: Hey all!

If the schedule goes well today's World of Tanks Battle Royale should be at 2pm EST

Einzelganger7: Saturday Showdown's score to beat with Tiger I is 874 base exp.

p.s: I am surprised how easy it was, I got a really meh match and still got enough to participate, I guess that kill on the 705 helped a lot. lol
 

Jaguarz: This is being strawmaned hard now, trying to shunt it onto the definition of "broken".

DeviouslyCursed:  This assumes you play the same at all times, and don't do things like: Play when you are mentally fatigued... or distracted... or drunk... or high... or when you don't really want to play but you have to finish some event/mission or...

Draschel: Uniqueness, is the gentle way of saying it. Breaking the rules, is the real thing that  this class does in-game. Unique to SPGs, or more of exclusive ONLY to SPGs? Exclusive is a dangerous word. ''Exclusive premium ammo'' was once the case, 2010-13. Exclusive premium consumables? How about today, exclusive tier 10 juggernaut tanks. When things are exclusive, they are problematic. Broken isn't just because it is unique to the class, with the class operating on fringes outside of normality in the game, it is not just that. It is also that other classes don't have it. Keep in mind, though SPGs were quickly added, the game started without their presence. Though the concept and design probably was their far before their 0.6- whatever first release, they were at first not part of the game's combat triangle. Again, this presents alot of problems of rock-paper-scissors  -(catapult)  I am not creating anything. I am not conjuring explanations to cater my needs. Tanks, factually directly attack their targets through line of sight. Or if not through line of sight, through an object that maybe breakable with still, a straight vector in attack. Artillery does not do this. Tanks, factually cannot attack beyond 720m. Can't even see at even shorter distances. Artillery can. Tanks really need to aim to make their shots count, and to bypass armor of opponents. Artillery don't and pray their shot lands at least 10ft from what they intended to hit, and still some pretty respectable damage can be caused. These are all very distinct, factual contrasts. There isn't a subjective spin here, this is what objectively is clearly seen Broken nature, doesn't mean one thing. No one ever said it does. What breaks A, doesn't necessarily mean what breaks B is the same as A. The case of EBRs are different. The case for artillery is different. It is easy to grasp. Do you want me to say everytime, that broken = something (a class) imparted with exclusive qualities none other get, that allow for the ''playing out of bounds'' that others cannot do? Do you want that as the definition? Broken seems alot easier.  Even when artillery was a damage dealer class before 9.18 re-balance to stun, it still produced less than other classes. Not because of nerfs, but because of aforementioned reasons for more crucial. Inconsistency, dependency, map rotation, randomness, Etc. Nerfing for sure lowered their production, but didn't change the fact they still produced less than other classes and were far more inconsistent. Nerfing, is a reduction of stats of something. Nerfing, is not a foundational change. A foundational change, would be like the artillery stun re-balance. You cannot fix through nerfs. You just lower stats. WG methodology here, is to continue nerfing artillery, because they really do not know what else to do at this point. They have tried 3 foundation changes, and still it is amongst if not the most complained over thing. Incessant. Because though nerfs are an ice-cool band-aid, they don't work in reality. Nerfing ==/== fixing.Heavy tanks are corner store of the game. They will outlast everything. They are the large square blocks of the pyramid.  Making artillery, new tank destroyers fixes the issue. They are no different than TD now. Problem solved. That is a fix. Without nerfs. In actuality, the -SPGs- would all be buffed making them in line with TDs. Because the four came first, before the outlier. And because the four, mutually operate with similar restrictions and mechanics, but the outlier is exclusive to its own. Every class is different. Sure. Light tanks retain camo when they move, and have better soft stats such as dispersion, terrain resisting quality. They also repair coefficient quicker.  TD have unique quality too, they operate with massive camo net bonus exclusive to them.  But the thing is, they all are bound to say rules as tanks are. No firing in banana arc. No attacking beyond 720m. No vision beyond render circles. Aim your AP, or risk bounce / miss.  Push/share HP/focus/spot/contest, Etc. Be a part of the team, directly. Artillery doesn't. Its an outlier.  I am more worried, truthfully of the people that confuse broken for over-powered. And there are alot. While artillery certainly is broken, it is no where near over-powered. If i wanted to continue my long trek towards 3-mark my Jag Panzer, and continued with an average of 3,300. What do you think is going to impede my progress? A conqueror GC or 261, who deal 200-300 damage per minute to me? Or a stealthy, nimble, well-rounded 140, 907, 121B who will track and kill me in that said single minute. A strategically placed 279E, Chieftain, Krannie holding up entire flanks, and farming people in the process.....or an arty irritating people for splashes every minute less than T100LT alpha (the lowest tier 10)       

TeriyakiTanker: I have my discount from last season, but I didn't buy anything.

Jaguarz: T9+10 are not the best pool to dip your toe back in the game, no matter what taking a break dulls your play

DeviouslyCursed: The first set was awesome, the second batch, not so much but still would be a welcome addition. The 3rd set is amazing, add them all!

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DeviouslyCursed:  Would you care to address my post, or would you like to continue to play the victim? Are you a serious poster or are you just a combination White Knight/Karen?

Draschel:  What you are looking for to say,  by definition is not that but rather: ""If it does not share, or get limited by the foundations, mechanics, limitations of every single other class in the game""  It is by definition itself an outlier, broken. Broken, is a misnomer here. What people mean is ''operating outside of''  or ''ignoring'' Of course EBRs are broken. Everyone knows that. Are you finding that out now? 

Draschel:  To define broken, we first need to describe what is not broken. I know there are a few examples, like old cruiser II using 3.7in short howitzer, or T40 using 105 short howitzer, tanks with extremely low shell velocity that can parabolically arc their shots.....but this is extremely, very rare and situational. Pretty much most tanks attack through direct fire. They attack through direct fire with a max bead of their shells able to collide with targets @ 720m. Artillery does not follow this motto at all, not in the slightest. So, in the case where other classes are within confines of having to be able to directly attack their foes, artillery operates outside of this boundary. This is the definition of broken.  Again, continuing on. Whereas tank destroyers can try to sit in the back in bushes, and do stuff ''sort'' of like artillery.....they are again very limited becauseA) they cannot shoot targets past aforementioned range.B) they do not arc their shots in a curve.    C) tank destroyers typically fire majority of their shots, while being susceptible to rendered spotting from enemy observers and then taking damage     artillery, very much different, on the other hand fire majority of their shots, without fear of being spotted and sustaining damage. Again, continuing on, other classes directly contribute to making pushes at flanks, spotting, directly attacking, focusing, and sharing. Artillery does not, it is an outlier. Furthermore, arty taxes a teams resources, frequently requiring guards set up for them. Other classes can operate, and on game by game basis, do so on their own. Artillery solely, requires the lending hand of other classes to even consider operating at any level. The addition, and cap of skill and performance. Whereas with other classes, the sky is the limit, no amount of skills can be wasted, and it is not unheard of people averaging tier 10s with 5,000 damage per match steadily these modern times.....artillery is extremely lucky if it can manage even half that, 2,500. A dark purple, 70% W/R, 11,000 PR player can manage such incredible feats in a tank, but starts to frustratingly struggle in an artillery. Because artillery doesn't have game skills translate to potential like other classes. Artillery is horrifically random, map dependent, team dependent, and operates without concrete values as its characteristics. On the flip side, a poorer performing player who would see himself managing poor damage and performance in their tier 10s like 1,000 per match, can astonishingly contribute far beyond their usual level by getting 1,800 out of a hat by using artillery. Again, the skills don't well enough translate to artillery for potential, yet artillery provides reasonable potential for any ''Joe'' to step into and contribute. Elaborating moreso on this, but not on skill itself - artillery doesn't require users to know of valuable game intel, such as DPM, alpha damage, weakspots, accuracy, circle map renders, Etc. Artillery just always operates outside of typical game definitions other classes follow.    I hope this helps a bit.   

DeviouslyCursed: STFU Karen

DeviouslyCursed: Zeke actually helped me realize what the problem is. People in general do not understand what random actually is, so when they suspect something is off they are actually correct in a way. The game is not giving them what they expect random to be. However, the error is not with the game, but with what people think random is. It is a well established fact that humans have an incorrect perception of random. So their "gut instinct" is telling them something is off, and they are correct. They just don't realize that the thing that is off is their perception of random, not the game's RNG or MM.

DeviouslyCursed: Wow, these maps are fun! Not necessarily realistic type maps, but wow. So Much Fun! EDIT: The Oyster Bay map literally has a plane stuck in vines in one of the canyon passes that you can shoot and make it fall down.

Draschel: Play SA server, bot farming. You will see them.Half of them you will see, are from Thugz.Great clan, definitely. 

DeviouslyCursed:  Realistically is doesn't even take much dedication, at least not to a clan. The only dedication and effort required is doing the regular events and saving the bonds. Once you have enough to win the bid, all you have to do is play 5 clan wars campaign battles and you can bid. If someone can't manage that, they don't deserve a clan wars reward tank.

Draschel:  In order to say, ''you fixed something,''People will click that (i) underneath your name, and look.To see if you are really capable of fixing anything. Just saying. Tell me how it works out. 

Draschel:  My experience is, best not to talk about such things at all to begin with.This place is not twitter, instagram, facebook, tiktok, youtube. It is called world of tanksReputation that one, anyone, may forge around here should solely be concerning tanks. Hobbies? Fine, harmless. But as soon as individuals mention otherwise,  lolDeviating from that leads to not necessarily trouble, because who cares? But its bad press Judging from how an internet based, quick to judge culture usually respondsYou can either be in a camp of being labelled a braggart, or being called a liar. And its what, whos word vs who? This isn't a court case with exhibits of proof.Just don't talk? Can't be called phony if nothing is even said. Nothing is be to gained. 

Adam_Antium: ¡Saludos, comandantes! A partir del día de hoy, 17 de septiembre de 2021, se dará paso al cese de actividades de la sección en español del foro de las Américas. Su contenido permanecerá visible, pero no ya será posible crear nuevos hilos o comentar en los ya existentes.  ¿Por qué tomamos tal decisión? La respuesta es sencilla: la actividad de los foros se ha demostrado casi ausente en los últimos tiempos, y hemos encontrado que centralizar nuestros esfuerzos en el servidor oficial de Discord y otras plataformas, como Facebook, ha probado ser una forma más práctica, eficiente y moderna de acercarnos a la comunidad. Además, es en dichas plataformas en donde se llevan a cabo la enorme mayoría de los intercambios.  Vale la pena aclarar que esto no indica un cese de actividades para la comunidad hispanohablante de las Américas. Al contrario, tal como se puede observar en nuestro esfuerzopor crear contenido exclusivopara nuestra gran comunidad, recién estamos atravesando lo que esperamos sea una primera instancia de futuros cambios por venir. Miramos con ilusión a una continuación del futuro en conjunto, esperando que nos acompañen para poder seguir creando cosas increíbles para todos.  Aprovechamos esta ocasión para recordarles algunos sitios importantes para quienes así quieran visitarlos:Para dificultades técnicas, reportes, bugs y otras dudas similares, pónganse en contacto con soporte. Para mantenerse en contacto con la comunidad, entregarnos sus opiniones, estar al tanto de sorteos, concursos y desafíos mensuales, únanse a nuestro servidor de Discord y sígannos en Facebook. Para seguir las novedades más importantes, únanse al grupo de World of Tanks Latinoamérica en Facebook. Para estar al tanto de producciones audiovisuales, suscríbanse al canal de World of Tanks América Latina en YouTube. Y, por supuesto, no dejen de visitar el portal oficial a diario para todas las noticias oficiales. Sin más por decirles, les enviamos un saludo y les agradecemos por haber convertido a este espacio en uno fructífero, lleno de creatividad, dedicación e historias. Este foro ha sabido recolectar a creadores de contenido, apasionados artistas, educadores, grandes jugadores, aprendices y veteranos por igual; todos han elaborado en su conjunto un cargado registro de agitados debates, intercambios entrañables y anécdotas increíbles. Y en honor a eso, no podemos cerrar este espacio sin un último saludo: ¡Gracias por su servicio y buenas batallas, comandantes!

Draschel:  What do you not understand about it?Perhaps a clearer response could be ushered.  

Jaguarz:  Rampage mode WASNT a fun mode, it was campaign 2 and a massive flop.

Jaguarz: If theres an opportunity to cheat and rig people will do it, even in randoms, look up Darth Sensei of Rigging on youtube, pretty funny.

1984BigBrother: Tankers, We have discovered a bug in the tournament system that is affecting battles with over 7 players on each team. We are working on a fix for this, unfortunately as of right now we are going to cancel the following tournaments:
[Clans] Call to Arms Light - 9/18[Clans] Call to Arms #57 - 9/19 Other tournaments will continue as regularly scheduled,  and we will update this post if the situation evolves.   Thanks,Big

DeviouslyCursed:  I didn't say just playing makes you better. Also just wanting or wishing you were better doesn't make you better either. Putting in the work and effort is what makes you better. That's the thing that most don't want to do.If you are not nitpicking your own actions most if not all games, especially on losses, then you're doing it wrong. 

DeviouslyCursed:  Crying about cheats and rigging is not asking for help. It is the exact opposite.

churchill50:   I agree and disagree. I disagree about new players having the credits to put complex equipment on their tanks. Sure they could make the credits necessary to do that pretty easily. But I don't think many do. I know that when I was a new player, I was focused on getting the next cool tank, not equipment. I would bet it's the same for a lot of other new players. New players also don't understand how substantial the effects of equipment are a lot of the time, so they're not as likely to get them. On the other hand, I agree on several points:Crew skills make a substantial difference as well. Especially with new players not understanding vision mechanics AND not having sixth sense. Experienced players can leverage vision mechanics to a ridiculous degree.I fully support limiting players to 1-2 crew skills at low tiers, as well as not allowing Bounty/Improved equipment in low tiers. While limiting crew skills at low tiers would be another amazing decision by WG, I do appreciate the fact that they at least helped the situation by limiting equipment at those tiers. I'd prefer to see both of them limited, but am happy with WG at least limiting equipment. 

churchill50:  I believe they did. Looking at the tier 2 and 3 premium tanks, they have the same number of equipment slots as all other tanks at those tiers.

churchill50: I personally ran the 130mm gun. The 120mm gun gives you subpar alpha AND horrible DPM. The 130 at least gives you alpha. The prem pen is lacking, but workable most of the time. For equipment, I ran V-Stab, Turbo (with mobility slot from Field Mods), Rammer.The gun handling is pretty good, so you don't need more than V-Stab. It's noticeably more sluggish than the tier 9, so the Turbo helps give it some mobility to work with. That's especially important given how disappointing the armor is, so you kind of need mobility to make up for it. Rammer is a given.

churchill50: New players don't have the credits to put 3 pieces of equipment on all of their tanks, so allowing 3 equipment slots just enabled sealclubbers. That's not something any game should be doing.Removing equipment slots from lower tiers was one of the best decisions WG ever made for the health of the game in my opinion.

DeviouslyCursed: With all the parts and materials imported from China...

DeviouslyCursed:  Worrying about failure is what makes you better. The moment you stop worrying about it, you accept mediocrity, or worse. Thanks for perfectly explaining why baddies are bad: They don't care. It also explains why the "it's rigged!" people are stuck in what they think: they don't care enough to look into what is actually true.

DeviouslyCursed:  No matter how looney the conspiracy, you can always count on baked3020 to support it.

DeviouslyCursed:  These complaints just make me think you are really, really bad.

DeviouslyCursed:  I hear they are trying to use face recognition to avoid that. Wonder how long before some crazy gamer kid tries cutting his parent's face off and wearing it to play games all day...

DeviouslyCursed: Wow! Me wants!  https://worldoftanks...-festival-2021/

DeviouslyCursed:  Yes, the idea that a game has to be close to be enjoyable is just dumb. I have no idea where it comes from. And before some moron says it's about matching skill, no it is not. You can landslide an equally skilled team, or even one that is better than you. Regardless of how or why a blowout happens, as long as I'm a part of the cause, I'm having fun. If I die early in a match, I usually back out and don't even know what the end result of the game was, other than if it was a win or a loss when it pops up. How does whether or not the final score was close affect my enjoyment of that match? If you are smart, you would realize it doesn't affect it at all... EDIT: I too, also hate close losses the most. Especially if I didn't do as well as I should have because then I know the loss should have been a win, and it was my fault it wasn't.