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Jeremy Taylor: Victor Kislyi on current state of World of Tanks closed beta in the latest interview to Markeedragon.com
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merig00: Make sure you have the latest video drivers, Direct X and C++ http://forum.worldof...uired-software/

merig00: Hmm you are in the states and get 400 ping? Could you post the routing table here?

merig00: Congrats.

merig00: What others have said. And the patch tomorrow will bring new team balance mechanism. So there is nothing to discuss. Closed.

merig00: Disable UAC and antivirus before installing the game.

merig00: That's one of the changes in the patch tomorrow - encrypted password.

merig00: Do you have T-10 turret on your IS-3?

merig00: Do you have T-10 turret on your IS-3?

merig00: http://forum.worldof...ery-discussion/

MrVic: http://forum.worldof...ks-september-2/

MrVic: http://forum.worldof...ks-september-2/

MrVic: http://forum.worldof...ks-september-2/

MrVic: Nice info on some of those

merig00: AFAIK there is no limit on slots. Collect them all!

merig00: Update your drivers?

merig00: Hmm does your card supports sharders v.3?

merig00: http://forum.worldof...preferencesxml/
and set the file as 'read only' in properties

merig00: There is a possibility for the 'Team Europe' tech tree which wouldl include tanks from the rest of European countries. If and When - there is no information on that.

merig00: That's strange... keep it open for a minute or two should change. If it doesn't, start the game through WoT.exe in your game folder.

ARGO: The 107mm is like a loyal friend. It will never fail you. It's reload time is good, it's ammo cheap. and its punch will make even a tiger think twice. I have moved onto an IS and I will be the first to say that I wish I had that 107mm back. Have since never had a better gun in the game.

ARGO: I for one will take a stand here and say that if any player is unhappy or dis-satisfied with their 5,000 gold I will be more than happy to take it off their hands to help remove that feeling of guilt.

ARGO: I beleive I may have been that guy, a similar thing happend to me 2 weeks back when I was scouting in my PZIII, I always ask arty to let me know when they are set up so I can scout arty for them...I am a big fan of good arty.

ARGO: Hey, I just remembered. I didn't see anyone "tank warping" flash stepping at all last night did any of you?

ARGO: Oh nice, Wouldn't that be a fun little item to take down to the duck pond.....hehehehehe.....

ARGO: Just before the week long shutdown I was in a game and we had 3 Arty with us "I wish I remembered their names" and these guys were something else. I have never in my time playing EVER seen 3 guys tear a team apart the way these guys did. Man I am telling you No one even got close to my tank. I was in an IS and I was leading a nice little parade over to the enemy and it seems like as soon as someone showed there face, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Arty was all over him. They really made it look easy and also made our win sweet.
Thank You arty for watching my six, I got your back too.
That's my story, let's see if you all had similar ones and it doesn't all have to be about arty.

merig00: M3 Stuart was given out at different events like E3 - you can't buy it in the game right now.

merig00: http://forum.worldof...ot-under-linux/

ARGO: LOL!!!!
Ahhh yes, this conversation is whats going on all over the world right now in every household.....
Mother: Junior! What have both me and your Father always said about driving a Churchill?
Junior: Churchills are stupid pieces of doggy doodles.
Mother: So then why in God's name would you waste your money on a piece of metallic dung!?
Junior: But Ma, All the cool kids are doin it.

merig00: There is no EU server. We are playing on the NA for a while.

ARGO: I sometimes go back to recruits mode to play and look over the new guys and I must say, Something really changes once peeps come over to standard matches. This is what I have noticed all to much:
Glory hounding: Players make a mad dash for the flag completely leaving the arty to guard the base and fend for themselves. I can't tell you how many tanks I lost defending the base with no back up.....
Camping: They sit and stare at each other until someone deciedes to be the poor suicide tank and see where the other side is. Have you ever noticed when you are that tank how the arty seems to forget where you are?.....= meaningless death. Or worse, you just lit up the whole enemy base, your running around in circles waiting for the artillary fire that never comes and then before you know it your surrounded by they enemy and they do evil, terrible, horrible things to you......
The way I figure it, If your in a heavy tank, use it as such and go kick some rump. If your in a medium, stay with your heavy, your his eyes and his wingman, cover his six. Light tanks and fast mediums should be scouting / killing scouts or arty.
But most importantly, protect your base and arty If you wanna win, leave enough protection behind for your arty so they can punch holes in the enemy defense to get your rolling parade over to their flag and if need be harrass they enemy long enough for you to cap so you do get the dreaded draw or worse, you get capped and made a fool of by the last 2 tanks left cause you didn't cover your arse.

ARGO: Greetings,
I was wondering since either there isn't one or I missed it somewhere, a chart that explains how a tank is rewarded after a battle win or loose...
Example: Let's say your in a PzIII and you kill a A-20 then your team wins. Vs. Your in a IS and you kill an A-20 and your team wins. Or take the same above two scenarios and both teams loose but the two tanks still get a A-20 kill each. I am not sure but I do believe the bigger tanks gets more. And also, does this formula also apply to recruits battles as well?
I am trying to figure in to how all this works.....

Jeremy Taylor: World of Tanks closed beta welcomes tank commanders again!
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MrVic: Whats your crew level at? Your crew levels effect your ability to hide/spot enemies in hiding. Also they directly effect the stats and abilities of your tank. So while you may have a 35 degree a second traverse speed in a tank if your gunner is 25% it effects the speed of the traverse. As you skill up your ability to hide/spot and the bas stats of your tank so to speak improve.

ARGO: I too say thank you for everything.

merig00: Hey guys, got something for you: http://forum.worldof...wot-under-linux
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merig00: UPDATED March 23, 2011
This is translation of instruction created by the members of the russian forum.
World of Tanks on AppDB: appdb.winehq.org
A new patch from winex - no mouse lags, all resolutions work.
Now the desktop is not emulated by default - no unneeded windows.
adjusted rights to start
new wine 1.3.16 - possible increase in response and support of new drivers\hardware.
---------------------------------------------------------------
Instruction for all distributives and extra lazy users
and also for those, that don't want to delete their wine or change its settigns
So download the archive
1 extract it in its own directory, the folder WoTFLIX will appear
2 enter it ( your home catalog, or the catalog where you extracted the archive to)/WoTFLIX/.wine/drive_c/Games/World_of_Tanks (you need to turn on hidden and system files in the settings)
3 copy there the client files (the content of the root folder with all subfolders). I don't know where you'll get that, but later, if needed, i'll upload a large archive with them. Or you can install in your wine and then copy them.
4 Start the game with a double clickicking WoTFLIX or WoTLauncherIX (or WoTX1, read about it below)
If you need to get into the settings of the built-in wine, double click .winecfg in the root and set everything there.
Download Link
How to launch in separate X
In the archive there is a script to launch in separate X.
Possible increase in more smooth and faster movement of mouse.
However before you launch in separate X you need to do what is being advised for game in separate x-server (google has a lot of info on this)
sudo dpkg-reconfigure x11-common- chose whoever you want or anybody
sudo gpasswd -a user_name audio- change name to the name of your OS user
chmod +x WoTX1- grant rights to launch
It is advisable to reboot after these two commands
After this the game can be launched on the separate server by double clicking WoTX1.
The possibility to launch on the server by default, by clicking WoTLauncherIX and WotFLIX, obviously still will be there.
Useful advices
- TeamSpeak perfectly works under Linux - www.teamspeak.com
- The problem with screesnot you can solve by assigning properties of window manager to some key combination, for example: import -window root ~/.wine/drive_c/World_of_Tanks_closed_Beta/shot_`date +%y.%m.%d_%H:%M:%S`.jpg (requires install of ImageMagick). Though you can use scrot, or whatever you desire.

merig00: UPDATED March 23, 2011

This is translation of instruction created by the members of the russian forum.

World of Tanks on AppDB: appdb.winehq.org

A new patch from winex - no mouse lags, all resolutions work.
Now the desktop is not emulated by default - no unneeded windows.
adjusted rights to start
new wine 1.3.16 - possible increase in response and support of new drivers\hardware.
---------------------------------------------------------------
Instruction for all distributives and extra lazy users
and also for those, that don't want to delete their wine or change its settigns
So download the archive
1 extract it in its own directory, the folder WoTFLIX will appear
2 enter it ( your home catalog, or the catalog where you extracted the   archive to)/WoTFLIX/.wine/drive_c/Games/World_of_Tanks (you need to  turn  on hidden and system files in the settings)
3 copy there the client files (the content of the root folder with all   subfolders). I don't know where you'll get that, but later, if needed,   i'll upload a large archive with them. Or you can install in your wine   and then copy them.
4 Start the game with a double clickicking WoTFLIX or WoTLauncherIX (or WoTX1, read about it below)

If you need to get into the settings of the built-in wine, double click .winecfg in the root and set everything there.

Download Link

How to launch in separate X

In the archive there is a script to launch in separate X.
Possible increase in more smooth and faster movement of mouse.

However before you launch in separate X you need to do what is being  advised for game in separate x-server (google has a lot of info on this)
sudo dpkg-reconfigure x11-common- chose whoever you want or anybody
sudo gpasswd -a user_name audio- change name to the name of your OS user
chmod +x WoTX1- grant rights to launch
It is advisable to reboot after these two commands
After this the game can be launched on the separate server by double clicking WoTX1.
The possibility to launch on the server by default, by clicking WoTLauncherIX and WotFLIX, obviously still will be there.

Useful advices
- TeamSpeak perfectly works under Linux - www.teamspeak.com
- The problem with screesnot you can solve by assigning properties of window manager to some key combination, for example: import -window root ~/.wine/drive_c/World_of_Tanks_closed_Beta/shot_`date +%y.%m.%d_%H:%M:%S`.jpg (requires install of ImageMagick). Though you can use scrot, or whatever you desire.