Future Updates FAQ

Tanitha:
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT FUTURE UPDATES
(From EU server - Thanks to the EU mod team & Berbo for their assistance.)
Here you can find many questions about future updates with developer's answers and also with each question comes a link to the original source.
Source:
- EU Questions & Answers
- You Ask - We Reply! Bulletin 2,4,5,6.
- Overlords Blog
Future Updates
Gameplay
Q: Will you add any obstacles for the cannon? Right now cannon passes through every object.
A: It will be left as it is. If we block cannon or turret with obstacles, the game becomes unplayable.
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Q: Will you add in-battle recharging when you run out of shells: the tank will be attackable and immobile, and we will have to get to a safe place to recharge?
A: This option is not planned for adding.
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Q: How soon will we see the 30v30 battle mode?
A: The earliest ETA for the 30v30 battle mode is 2012 as the mode is technically complicated, so we cannot give any adequate schedule for its release.
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Q: Will you match the tank company battles by tier or other criteria?
A: There will be four divisions of tank company battles: up to tier 10 (included), up to tier 8 (included), up to tier 6 (included), up to tier 4 (included). We will also add special limitations for some types of light tanks and SPGs. Each level of divisions will have a limitation on points number (the total number of tank tiers in a company).
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Q: Will you change icons on mini map?
A: We will change the reflective spot and a tank’s view sector within the update v.7.0.
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Q: New over target markers of tanks in battle need a lot of readjusting, will you take a look at the user created OTM?
A: Yes, this mod is rather popular we are thinking of officially supporting it.
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Q: Will you add spectator mode for CW for other clan members?
A: Of course, the spectator mode will be realized in future, but the number of the viewers will be limited to a certain number per battle.
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Q: How long will garage battles last?
A: We expect a round to last for 30 to 40 minutes.
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Maps
Q: Will you add the maps with city battles as now we have got just two of them?
A: They are possible to appear, but not soon as their creation requires much time.
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Q: Will you add tropic maps?
A: Yes, and some of them are already in development. Probably, we will show you the screenshots soon.
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Q: Will you add weather effects like rain, snow,fog, thunder & lightnings?
A: Various weather effects are planned to be added.
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Q: They say that you're going to expand some maps. Do you really plan to expand the existing maps?
A: No, the rumors remain rumors as we do not plan the extending of the existing maps at the moment. Nevertheless, we already noted that the big maps will be added in the future.
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In-Game Vehicles
Q: Will you add turret turning sounds?
A: Yes, we will add the sound for turret turning in the future.
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Q: When multiturrets are coming into the game?
A: Hopefully multi turret support will arrive early next year. Then all tanks thar historically had several turrets will have them enabled.
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Q: When will you implement the possibility of using several guns in a tank?
A: Such an option will be added, but not earlier than in 2012.
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Q: Will you ever add tier 11 tanks? Or tier 10 for TD's and medium tanks?
A: Tier 11 will not be introduced, but we do discuss implemention of tier 10 TD's and medium tanks.
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Q: When will you make VK3601H a heavy tank?
A: As soon as we come to the neat moment when it's applicable.
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Q: Will all tanks from countries like Italy, Hungary, Sweden, etc. be available in a single tech tree?
A: It is possible that we will make one mixed tech tree for several European countries
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Other
Q: Are there any plans to introduce special auctions to allow players, who have researched tier 10 tanks, to sell them for credits or for Gold to the players, who haven’t still reached them in the Tech Tree?
A: No, there are no plans to add such auctions.
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Q: Is it possible, that you allow to transfer gold between players in the future?
A: Possible, but it's not being worked on at present.
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Q: Will we be able to record the game video in the free camera mode?
A: We are going to add battles recording and playing in the game client, but not in the free camera mode.
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Q: Will you add the opportunity to draw something on mini maps in training rooms?
A: We haven't got plans for such an implementation at the moment.
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Q: Will there be a reward for recruiting players to WOT?
A: It's a good social feature, we will think of it.
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Q: Will you add passwords for selling tanks?
A: We work on that, cannot promise exact date for now. We are constantly improving our security.
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