24.7.2013, part 2

SerB started answering, so here it is:

- WG-made Master of Orion? (SS: WG recently bought the franchise from Atari) “No comment, but I don’t think we’d buy anything only to have it lying in the basement”
- no extraordinary measures to prevent teamkills of the reward tanks (M60 and others) will be taken


- German and Chinese TD’s: “When it’s done, it’s done”
- M6A2E1 “Alien” too weak? “Don’t play M6A2E1″ (SS: apparently no buff planned)
- SerB explains the penetration loss over distance: “Each gun+shell combination has the penetration hard set for 100m and for 500m, the penetration between those two distances drops linearly”
- MT-25 radioman added without perks, while the rest of the crew does have for example BIA? “How terrible…”
- Q: “I am losing interest in the game, before I used to play 1-2 hours and now it’s 20 mins only!” A: “Damn, and here we thought you’d play every day whole day until retirement. Seriously though: play as much as you want, it’s a game, not a job.”
- New Port map too blue? “If you don’t like it, you can turn the color correction off in the settings” (SS: that’s possible? Maybe SerB means disabling the improved graphics?)
- apparently, 8.7 FPS drops are caused by the drivers, those who suffer from them should write a support ticket (SS: older Nvidia drivers work fine tho)
- MT-25 not being equal in (SS: something like “fun value”)? “How terrible” (SS: in other words, devs stand behind the switch)
- devs are still deciding, where the 2nd Soviet medium branch will start from, a number of balance issues appeared in it
- apparently, (SS: in 8.7?) additional “processing filters” (SS: whatever that is) were added to the client, increasing FPS for some players
- new vehicles being balanced too slowly? “Don’t play on new vehicles”
- SerB explains the T-50-2/MT-25 switch: “The goal of the switch was not deep: to remove the unrealistic motorbike-like characteristic that didn’t fit the Kirov plant T-50 project and introduce another machine, that would fit the “motorbike from hell” profile instead. All the other reasons assumed by players are just made up speculations.”
- Superpershing will be possible to sell for gold and there will be a deadline, until when it will be possible (it won’t be possible to do anytime)
- it’s possible the option to assign two keys to one ingame function will be added
- Sake won’t be the Japanese consumable, as the game is 12+
- it’s too early to say what Japanese vehicle will go to regular tier 5
- it’s possible that one of the 8.6 Murovanka bases (the southern one actually) does stand out, when it comes to winrate
- KV-13 will not be a part of the second Soviet medium branch
- platoons MM was not changed (in 8.6/8.7) apparently
- SerB is’t on vacation, but on a “study trip”
- Q: “Will the turbine engine Panther be added?” A: “Antigrav engine”

96 thoughts on “24.7.2013, part 2

  1. Any word if SerB’s “study trip” includes research about the EU or French trees?
    Just curious what his focus is.

    - SerB is’t on vacation, but on a “study trip”

  2. - German and Chinese TD’s: “When it’s done, it’s done”
    WTF didnt they say 8.9 for german tds?
    no body gives a fuk about chinese anything!

      • Actually quite funny that they wait until 8.8 as their guns used in the war were eventually of that caliber; 8.8cm

        But I dont think many ppl laugh about it, as they promised to add that branch quite a while ago..
        so long u could think that it would never come.

        • And 88 is also associated with neo-nazis movement………..which is just a coincidence, no doubt.

          • AFAIK it is because of H being the eight letter in the (western, dunno how it is properly called) alphabet, and 88 thus, for neo-nazis, it means HH, a code for “Heil Hitler”. Also there apparently is a statement of 88 words in Mein Kampf, which is supposed to define some of the “ideals” (read “xenophobic dogma”) neo-nazis believe in. The coincidence with 8.8mm caliber (used on a prototype FlaK gun as early as in 1928) is kind of sad…

          • who think 88 is associated with anything (other than the number) are retarded.

            I like the sun

            omg is has n, its racist because Nigger starts with n.
            or Z is N because if i turn it right , Z = Nigger racist…

            so if my name is Simon im nazi cause of S
            or if i born in 1988 im nazi

            or if i platoon with 2 SU-100+ SU-100
            it got 2*S =>SS, so im in nazi platoon

            • “who think 88 is associated with anything (other than the number) are retarded.”

              You’re obviously not german. So how would you know? Actually he is right. 88 was used as a code in the Neo Nazi szene for a long time. Nowadays everybody in Germany knows the code, that’s why they don’t use it anymore.

              The only one who is retarted here, is the troll that doesnt know shit but has a big mouth.

            • Only that the number “88″ in Germany is really associated with Nazis and used on their brand of clothing and as a ‘secret’ sign for each other. Your post is like saying “the swastika has nothing to do with nazis”

            • In this case you can’t forget about SilentStalker – The Lider of all Nazis ;)

  3. “Will the turbine engine Panther be added?” A: “Antigrav engine”
    – tards.

    “new vehicles being balanced too slowly? “Don’t play on new vehicles”
    -tards^2

    ” German and Chinese TD’s: “When it’s done, it’s done”

    2nd german Td? if they mean that, you fucking kidding me??? srsly you fucking kidding me? 2 years waiting for them to say this to us. these guys are retardest developers people ive seen ever.

    Sorry for raging SS, but this is getting me sick.

    • yeah me too… i really have stopped playing the game. i was waiting for new tanks or something new thats worth it to go back for…. but i regret putting money into the game lately… cuz i havnt played since 8.5

      • But why can’t the 2d German TD line come in 8.8? Why a 2nd Soviet medium branch which will mostly contain paper tanks? It really doesn’t make sense that real tanks are being cast aside in favor of fantasy tanks.

        • Oh your nazifanboi tears are delightful, keep crying.

          At least there were prototypes built of them soviet tenks, if anything is fantasy those are german high tier tanks.

    • Dude calm the Hell down.
      The 2nd German TD line was revised like 3 or 4 times already.

    • Soon we will have more E-100 variants than actually built and used Sherman ones.

      • Sad but true. Dunno why both Wot and WoWP couldn’t stop on Tier 8 tanks: IS3(made, but didn’t see battle), KT, Panther II, Jagdtiger and such. In wowp tier 8 german is Me 262 which was made, flown and was shooting down Mustangs. Why use 50 and 60 and paper projects….

  4. Japanese consumable food/drink will be Pocky and Milk Tea to appease the children players rather than Nigiri and Sake.

    • I hoped that this time consumable would not be edible – *coughcough* ero-manga. I’m so sick…

      But – why ero-manga? After “usage” the crew can perform over the limit due to increased pain tolerance (endorphine shot). Also, every man has to “cool down” – if you know what I mean – and in general it takes more time than standard battle (with some exceptions), therefore it’s still single use. Too bad my idea has 0% chance of implementation. :P

  5. do u know what i dont understand? how that WG says that if we want historically accurate tanks to join the army and they removed the t50-2 for for historically inacurate reasons

  6. - Q: “Will the turbine engine Panther be added?” A: “Antigrav engine”

    The only question that remains is: TOG or Commonwealth?
    http://i.imgur.com/itx4Fhd.jpg

    - WG-made Master of Orion? (SS: WG recently bought the franchise from Atari) “No comment, but I don’t think we’d buy anything only to have it lying in the basement”

    Hopefully not another MoO3 failure.

    - Sake won’t be the Japanese consumable, as the game is 12+

    I vote for mangas, perfect consumables, aye?

    - Seriously though: play as much as you want, it’s a game, not a job.

    oO That’s a legit answer… by SerB… my mind can’t handle this blasphemy.

    • I am staring at this Warhammer book cover with that hovering ship and I have no clue what you’ve meant by your question “TOG or Commonwealth?” o.O

      Anyway, SerB has revealed the future of this game, hovertanks :D
      (Counting on Hammerhead tank of WH40k)

      • Like Anonymous said it’s a Renegade Legion reference not Warhammer.

        Sgt. Mullins is the ultimate tanker badass.
        ————————————————————————–

        I liked MoO1, but I love MoO2, it’s one of the best games I ever played.

    • Renegade Legion reference. Have not seen that in a while.

      Watch that tachyon shimmer young man. You’ve been in jumpspace too long.

      • I vaguely remember seeing the name Renegade Legion is those FASA ad pamphlets in the Nineties.

        Seeing as how it isn’t anywhere to be seen nowadays, unlike Shadowrun and Battletech, it can’t have been too good.

  7. This is off topic but will the Germans get there version of the crusader the Panzerkampfwagen Mk VI 746.

  8. i dont like serb……….i really dont serb

    *hangs head in shame*

  9. They fucked up the MM some way this patch for sure, maybe intentional or their drunken baboon Matchmaking programmer had 3 bottles of vodka that day instead of the usual 2..

    • MM still as fucked as it were. One team often gets +1 highest tier tank.
      Or arties 1v2, or TDs are unbalanced between teams.

        • Noone said that top-tier heavies are balanced in a unique way, you should count all the MM of all the tanks – yes, that does mean that you have to count that little t28prot in your team that sits against a FINELY BALANCED (sarcasm) obj704 on the other side. Tbh personally i get loads more butthurt when my team has 1 T10 heavy and the enemy gets 1 T10 med…

  10. “- KV-13 will not be a part of the second Soviet medium branch”

    Was wrong… :(

  11. Phew, good thing I didn’t bother trying to stockpile XP on the KV-13.

    Also isn’t the standard Chi-Nu a shoe-in for the Japanese tier 5? I can’t really see it as tier 4 or 6…

  12. Shame about the M6A2E1, it was made and balanced around when the game launched, and power creep has really left its mark on it. same with the Pz V/IV. (but that tank is an easy fix, just give it more gun depress)

  13. >>- SerB explains the penetration loss over distance: “Each gun+shell combination has the penetration hard set for 100m and for 500m, the penetration between those two distances drops linearly”<<
    a bit mistranslated… literally he said that there is a table with fixed "penetrability" between 100m & 500m. penetration value between preset points in that table & over 500m is calculated linearly

    • ah, forgot to add.
      sorry for my “mad speaking skills”, english isn’t my native language

  14. MT-25 radioman added without perks, while the rest of the crew does have for example BIA? “How terrible…”
    North Team on the Mines encounter map have advantages “How terrible”

    SerB and WG are the most awful gaming company i have ever seen…
    SerB is one big selfish asshole.. sorry for my words.. but this game is just for taking money from the players..
    nothing else..

    i wil continue playing, but they wont see and money from me anymore..

    • you’re right but, …

      Do you work for the joy of making other people happy or for the money you earn for it?

      Thats the way economy works… it may suck, but it is what it is…

    • The butthurt is strong in this one.

      Ugliness and failure come with the territory.