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Subject: Archives\Beta\Suggestions\Smoke grenade lunchers
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Subject: Archives\Beta\low FPS after firing with zoom
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Subject: Archives\Beta\do u get free gold daily?
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Subject: Archives\Beta\Questions\people ramming other tanks
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Subject: Archives\Beta\Questions\people ramming other tanks
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Subject: Archives\Beta\Just Posting Basic stuff
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Subject: Archives\Beta\Really hope final game is balanced.
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Subject: Archives\Beta\Suggestions\Make spotting more interactive, less frustrating and realistic
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LordBaxter, on 02 August 2010 - 07:05 AM, said: It'd make artillery a lot harder though, also I believe that line of sight of tanks themselves do play a roll, I know that sometimes I have been snuck up upon due to my turrent facing the wrong direction, however some tanks do have mirrors and other devices to allow them to see in directions other than straight ahead. I do dislike the whole "track movement after line of sight lost" feature though, its very annoying to kill a light tank, start moving away and get one shotted by enemy artillery.

Subject: Archives\Beta\Questions\people ramming other tanks
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Subject: Archives\Beta\Suggestions\Make spotting more interactive, less frustrating and realistic
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Subject: Archives\Beta\No control of tank after battle starts
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Subject: Archives\Beta\Speed is not an advantage in combat in this game like it should be
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Cyrilix, on 02 August 2010 - 06:22 AM, said: What? Did I say something wrong? That's pretty much the point where it takes significant effort for someone to hit you. Right now, there's just not that element of significant effort to hit a light tank. Also, you're tier 10, so repair costs are high, ammo costs are high, etc. You got to play it smart.

Subject: Archives\Junkyard\Sturmpanzer Shell Types?
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Subject: Archives\Beta\Suggestions\Premuim Garage Improvements
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Subject: Archives\Beta\Went from 150 gold to 148 gold for no reason
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Raneman, on 02 August 2010 - 05:25 AM, said: Doesn't for me. Who would want to gift a Stuart anyway?

Subject: Archives\Beta\VK3002 Graphical error
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Subject: Archives\Beta\Cannot install updates
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Subject: Archives\Beta\Went from 150 gold to 148 gold for no reason
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Raneman, on 02 August 2010 - 03:20 AM, said: It's in the store for 850 gold.

Subject: Archives\Beta\Cannot install updates
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Subject: Archives\Beta\Went from 150 gold to 148 gold for no reason
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Subject: Archives\Beta\Went from 150 gold to 148 gold for no reason
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Subject: Archives\Beta\Graphical issue
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Subject: Archives\Junkyard\Final game = start from beginning?
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Subject: Archives\Beta\Questions\Soft wipes: when, why, what and how?
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Bran34, on 02 August 2010 - 02:13 AM, said: Question 1: What IS a softwipe exactly?
Question 2: When are you possibly going to DO a softwipe? (American tank release, hint hint?)
Question 3: How do you go about deciding when and if to do a softwipe?
Question 4: Why do a softwipe in the first place?'
Just a few questions for you guys, hopefully this'll help some other people too

Subject: Archives\Beta\Tank stuck in battle
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Subject: Archives\Beta\Ferdinand freaks out!
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Subject: Archives\Beta\Suggestions\Radial menu for quick communication
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Subject: Archives\Junkyard\Official SPG (Artillery) Discussion
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Subject: Fan Zone\General Creativity\Altered Churchill skin
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Subject: Altered Churchill skin
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Subject: Altered Churchill skin
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Subject: Archives\Beta\Twinking
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Subject: Archives\Beta\Suggestions\The color blind
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Subject: Archives\Beta\Questions\Do you play the game?
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spacelion, on 01 August 2010 - 09:45 PM, said: i did see a merig0 (1 zero only) running around in a light tank early in the game, but he always had connection problems.

Subject: Archives\Beta\About localization
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Quineloe, on 01 August 2010 - 09:28 PM, said: Will these servers be language specific in any way?

Subject: Archives\Beta\Questions\Do you play the game?
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Overlord, on 01 August 2010 - 12:14 PM, said: Yep, Wargaming_xxx are special accounts for press, reviews etc. Usually they are staffed with Maus or IS-7, so as reviewers could have real fun.
As for Wargaming.net employees, they use different names so it would be difficult to trace them in game.

Subject: Archives\Beta\Rate of fire VS damage VS penetration
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merig00, on 12 July 2010 - 06:27 AM, said: Ok here you go...
First the server checks if there is a ricochet. And as I mentioned before all projectiles will ricochet if the angle of the hit is lower than 10 degrees, with one exception when the thickness of the armor is 3 times lower than the caliber of the projectile. So if there is no ricochet the projectile is rotated to normalize the angle and we proceed to calculate the thickness of the armor under the given slope (thickness/cosine of the angle between armor and the projectile - not 100% correct but close enough for an arcade). After that we check the table to see what armor-penetration capability the projectile would have at a given distance. The number we get is modified by gaussian(normal) distribution limited by +/- 30%. And finally we compare it to the armor thickness we calculated in the second step. If piercing number is higher we get penetration, if lower - ding.
Example: We have 100mm armor. And let's say the projectile with armor-penetration of 120mm on given distance can get through 110mm of armor. Let's say because of the impact angle the armor got "thicker" to 121mm. We roll the dice (distribution) and with some probability the penetration capability of the projectile might change to 110+/-33mm. If it changed to 121 and above - we get penetration. If below - ding.
There is also a normal distribution limited by +/- 50% to damage inflicted. It is in the plans to reduce limits to 30%.
Each tank has "weak spots" like visor, tracks, connection between turret and hull etc. If you hit them you get critical damage. The HE round "spreads" on impact over some area hence it's the best way to damage such weak spots. Also ammo rack, fuel tank and obviously the crew have some HP points so if you hit strong enough the spot on the tank behind which is ammo rack you can damage it or even blow up. You can kill crew member, set fuel tank on fire, etc. I don't have numbers for critical damage calculations. There is "ward-save" for modules and crew - 60%-70% chance that the tank will take on the damage instead of crew or modules.
On top tanks are covered by "thin armor"
Due to limitation of the game engine tanks "grow" from the ground so there is no armor on the bottom.
Is this specific enough?

Subject: Archives\Beta\About localization
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Subject: Archives\Beta\Suggestions\Hitzone Pics
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Reaper667, on 01 August 2010 - 06:32 PM, said: so the ammo racks are/will be in the same places like the real tanks have them?

Subject: Archives\Junkyard\Is there a purpose to light tanks?
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