EU Questions & Answers

B051LjKo, on 11 May 2011 - 03:36 PM, said: Please, be very, very careful when considering this issue. It messes the basic concept of hi and low profile vehicles...
Lower profile offers a lot of benefits. Smaller target, better slopes, better armor for less weight...
It's only drawbacks are cramped conditions for the (witch players can not experience for obvious reasons) and limited negative gun elevation due to limited space available for gun recoil inside the turret. This "feature" followed every Soviet/Russian tanks manufactured in the last 70 years.. .From IS3 do T-90. (I believe max. gun depression for T72/T64 is not bigger then -6 degrees)
You will find this in every history book that describes armored fighting vehicles. I know this game is more of an arcade then simulation, and understand the need to balance all vehicles in the same tier (and agree with it 100 %) put please, please, "play" with hit points, ROF, gun damage and other "virtual" characteristics... Just try to leave historical data untouched, especially if they are in conflict with common sense and reason like the gun depression nerf we've just experienced. A tank that is 3,2 meter tall MUST have a bigger gun depression then a tank that is 2,5 or 2,7 meter tall...
Just my 2 cents


eviljezza, on 11 May 2011 - 04:10 PM, said: will the finalists of URAL steel that go to Moscow be taken on a trip to Kubinka museum?


CerVus, on 11 May 2011 - 04:20 PM, said: How could you nerf ROF of almost all german guns (which are weakest at the moment) and give us nothing (better aiming, dmg, PENETRATION!!!) in return?


ZorinWarfield, on 11 May 2011 - 04:32 PM, said: Do you really want to introduce this feature? I thought we all agreed upon it being a bad move.


Orkel2, on 12 May 2011 - 12:04 AM, said: How easy is it for a foreigner to get a tour in Kubinka? Can any average Joe (or from any other countries) ask for an appointment and fly to Russia and check out the Maus and stuff? I think this classifies as an acceptable question seeing as you devs are planning that for the finalists.


Paaranoja, on 12 May 2011 - 09:04 AM, said: 1. hit box of crew members, does it resemble a person (head, torso, legs) or is it just a rectangular shape in position of the crew??
2. will there ever be an option to disable auto adjust for distance when aiming?? aiming at a stationary target is just fine, but when trying to lead the target that is in level with us, the aim adjusts for something far away resulting in overshooting the intended target... this is most obvious when targeting tanks on the hill, the aim adjusts for shooting the sky ergo the shell travels too high missing the target. ?
3. there are modules for engine durability, fuel tanks durability, ammo rack durability, will we ever see such modules for tracks, gun, turret?
4. are the following tanks real, fiction or combination of those two (cant find real info on them): Jagdpanther 2, T110, ST-1?
5. Care to share any general info on the upcoming tier 5 lights? my prediction (comparing all nations): Rus: nimble, really fast, weaker gun. GER: Nice armor, good gun, best view range, less top speed and acceleration USA: great acc and cornering, great(best) gun, lesser top speed, the worst armor? Am i close?
6. In my experience damaged guns preformance vary from nation to nation, is that true? damaged german guns lose less acc than russian or american damaged guns?
7. Why are you sticking to huge patch in less frequent intervals politic and not to lesser patches but more frequent intervals? in my opinion it would be easier on the balancing crew and community likes to see progress.
8. When will the humels second gun aim time bug be fixed?
9. The Ural Steel is long over, when, if ever, will we some stats (tanks used, match duration), and scoreboards for ad least 1/8 and up
10. Few questions bout the finalized 6.4 patch
a) reducing the gun depression of american tanks? why? dont you think that that change is making american tanks less exceptional at their strength, and making them more average thus decreasing the variety of the gameplay? the most bizarre is the T34 nerf as it uses the same turret as the T29 and T30 (or was the T34's depression better all the time)
b ) S-51 another rof nerf is fine (dont like it, but i can see what you are aiming for) as it's suposed to be the much more mobile platform for the 155/203 than SU-14 but why isn't there a bonus in acc to compensate for the painful ROF (no one wants to miss after that long reload)
c)If the patch is FINALIZED, why is there no date for the release, it could be tomorrow amrite? Or are you waiting for the Drill camp to end so you can release the patch?
you don't have to answer all of my questions


Kaap, on 12 May 2011 - 07:54 AM, said: I dont mean clan wars tools. Just general clan management tools. Right now you have a clanleader and that is all. We need a backend tool to promote/demote people. Build ranks inside the clan. Assign additional officers. Message of the day, create a seperate officers channel etc etc.
They are badly needed because at the moment just beside 1 guy being leader having to deal with invites and a common chat channel, clans are...well nothing.
Any info pretty please


_LEO_, on 12 May 2011 - 09:00 AM, said: T1 heavy: gun depression decreased by 3 degrees.
M6: gun depression decreased by 4 degrees.
Т32: Gun depression decreased by 4 degrees.
Т34: Gun depression decreased by 4 degrees.
Are this decision based on testing, or were they some last minute changes? (I cant find any info on them in 0.6.4 preliminary patch notes or in 0.6.4 test patches notes)
I find this changes extremly harsh, especially in T34 case (considering his weak hull armor, compared to other tier IX heavies).
This change removes more than half of the hull down positions, because 4 degrees difference in gun depression is huge, as you can see in the following image:



Szalona, on 12 May 2011 - 09:16 AM, said: Is M6A2E1 damage also nerfed? Because then it is big nerf compering to Lowe statistics, which is also T8 premium tank:
M6A2E1: 105mm Gun T5E1E, DAM 360/360/450, PEN 198/245/53, ROF 4,8 - current
M6A2E1: 105mm Gun T5E1E, DAM 320/320/450, PEN 198/245/53, ROF 4,8 - nerfed
Lowe: 10,5cm KwK46/L70, DAM 320/320/420, PEN 232/294/60, ROF: 6,0
Also Lowe has better view range and accurancy as far as I know!
Lowe has better ROF (2 sec. difference!) and MUCH MUCH MUCH better PEN (and PEN is most important!) but same DMG.
It is not fair to nerf this tank, it is now in good place with the statistics it has right now. Dmg nerf is not right, specially if other premium tank has much better other statistics including penetration!


posthumecaver, on 12 May 2011 - 11:38 AM, said: Does that mean that all the tanks that are using T5E1 will get 320 damage (T29, T32, T34) or it is just for M6A2E1?
Lowe: 10,5cm KwK46/L70, DAM 320/320/420, PEN 232/294/60, ROF: 6,0
And this puzzles me, u always gave the German guns higher penetration but for compensation US tanks got the higher damage (which is relevant while this means HE damage goes also down, US tanks against some Tier 9, 10 vehicles has no other choice then using HE)...
Wouldn't be better at least make the damage at least 340 so it would be more then German damage?
May be for T29, T32, T34 this is not so relevant but turret of M6A2E1 is not so un-penetrable as T29, T32 or T34 and with such huge profile and paper sides, it would be sitting duck...