Official Q&A Thread: 7.5 Era

koijotefly, on Sep 18 2012 - 22:45, said: Hello
I think i have the most ridicilous question.... but... When is the 8.0 coming out?? i dont need direct date....all i need to know is-will it come out this week or even later....maby even in october :/
Thank you !


Maus123, on Sep 19 2012 - 01:08, said: Have you ever considered adding the Maus turm to the E-100 as a researchable module?


bat21zing, on Sep 19 2012 - 02:39, said: I'm finding the lack of premium French med/heavy disappointing. I'd like to be able to train my crews while making good credits. The Brit tanks are coming yet we still wait for the Premium Frenchies! When can we expect to see them in game? I'd be happy with low cost T5 ones. Don't need anything super!


Ryuna, on Sep 19 2012 - 06:35, said: Vallter, sorry to post here but seems that in 8.0 public test topics, there is no answer for us.
You said that: "USSR second TD line was OP in the first test iteration". Let's talk about SU-100M-1 and SU-101, please share us your point of view why you removed their top gun? They are now seem the worst. If they are OP because of speed or armor, plz nerf that and leave firepower alone, we dont think their old top guns are OP at all, even then, just nerf gun's stat like accuracy, aiming time or rof, totally remove them is really really bad.


Dragearen, on Sep 19 2012 - 08:55, said: Forgive me if this has already been asked, but are there any plans to implement the research and/or buying of Schuerzen and other skirts?  Especially for tanks that historically had them, such as the StuG and PzIV.


jadent, on Sep 19 2012 - 09:51, said: Since side skirt armor would probably be introduced in the coming patches. My question is would it be a good idea to have an option to remove the side skirts of e100 in exchange of mobility and acceleration? making it somewhat like an IS7


Folterknecht, on Sep 19 2012 - 12:43, said: Me and many other players arnt satisfied with the new render for different reasons. My personal main complaints are the lightning and FXAA (no real AA or even SS/SGAA - that would be cool). So my question is will we be able to switch back to the old render (standart on testserver) WITH ALL options like we have them with 0.7.5? The current option on test server with the  old render doesnt look that good, especially the textures on objectes that arnt in your immediate environment look terrible (very low res).


Eliminateur, on Sep 19 2012 - 15:30, said: thanks for the response, i'm intriigued about spare tracks as module being functional... looking forward when more info becomes available.
and another question -you can ignore it if needed- for 8.0 mostly:
I've seen that acceleration has changed(decreased) drastically for all tank, and this makes slow/underpowered tanks suffer the most, one particular thing that concerns me a lot is that the T95 can barely move in flat ground on 8.0 test, and can only reach it's top speed on flat good ground(tarmac, paved roads, etc), the moment you turn or traverse rough ground(not counting swamped ground) it barely moves at sub 10kph. And since most of the maps require you to move considerably to reach a useful position moving through horrible ground(dunes, mounds, etc) PLUS the physics means that LTs and MT can and will appear out of everywhere with total impunity, the T95 driver is royally screwed, less acceleration means less turning speed, meaning you will get spotted, tracked and shot/hit by SPGs standing in the open with no chance to fightback or get to a useful position.
And i'm not even touching climbing a hill... i can left full gear forward, leave the computer to grab a sandwich, eat it, come back and the thing won't have reached the top(if i'm still alive).
so, ¿Are you planing on doing something for the T95 mobility due to these issues for the 8.0 release(like +300HP to the engine)?(honestly i don't feel like waiting for 8.1 to even see if it might get buffed, that can be months of destroying my T95 stats...)