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Upcoming tier 7 British TD. Right-click and “view image” for full version.
Yearly Archives: 2014
Achilles Pictures
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Upcoming tier 6 British TD. Right-click and “view image” for full version.
Micropatch Tomorrow – XP Fix
Source: Czech forums
Just some quick news, guys – tomorrow in the morning, the servers will be down, as a micropatch will be aplied, that will fix the incorrect XP gain of premium tanks.
New Map Pictures
Source: wot-news.com
For bigger size, rightclick and press “view image”
Winter Ruinberg
26.11.2014
- (tied to another discussion, specifically about hull weapons and tanks aiming by turning) according to SerB, the hull 75mm howitzer of the Char B1 was useless, that’s why Germans removed these guns when they captured the vehicles
- according to SerB, removing the render range limit would not cause more camping
- the Charioteer (upcoming tier 8 British TD) will have the 105mm L7 as top gun after all (for some reason, there is also a photo of Winston Churchill inside the Archer model)
- developers are still putting together plans for 2015
- Storm states that increasing penetration RNG and reducing shell damage when hitting spots like hatches would only cause boring campfest
- Storm confirms that the IM requirements that were leaked (the outrageous ones, like 20k damage/blocked on Maus) will not be in the release version, the release version will be “based on what statistics tell us”
World of Tanks is Family Fun!
….or so the “Yole family” thinks in what is a thinly veiled PR article on the Chronicle portal. Check this out for giggles :) Thanks to whoever sent it to me… or did I find it somewhere? Can’t remember, sorry.
To quote the article:
The Yole family, Wade (48), Christine (45), Paige (17) and Cailyn (15) have been playing World of Tanks together for four years and they reckon it might be so.
I find this part really funny:
No, I don’t find any misogyny in WOT. This is because you really can’t tell the genders of the players. Unlike other games you can’t hear people’s voices or see anyone’s faces. There are no profiles or picture setups, it’s just a user name of your choice and that is the only information other players know about you. Wargaming is also really on top of it when it comes to protecting their players.
Totally friendly!
Project Cobra – Part 2: Weapons Platforms and Canadian Projects
Author: Vollketten
Part 1: here
So, having looked at the personnel carriers, we get to the weapons platform variants (watch the designations; ‘CC’ here denotes a Conventional [non-articulated] Vehicle with main armament and ‘AC’ denotes an Articulated Vehicle with main armament). Some of the images are scattered in the paper, so I have cobbled them back together.
Blitz Q&A
Hello everyone,
some WoT Blitz answers from Russian forums:
- developers are experimenting with a city map á la Himmelsdorf
- British and French tanks with camouflages will come in at least 3 separate patches
- tier 1-4 reduced MM spread will not be touched for now, developers are thinking what to do with tiers 5-6
- reworked versions of WoT maps (Lakesville, Westfield, Malinovka) etc. will be added, “new” Malinovka is on its way
- developers are planning to add graphic settings to the Android version
- in patch 1.5 there will be several premium tanks, no Chinese ones however
- national emblems are missing from tanks, because Blitz doesn’t use a decal system. This will be implemented in time, but only after camouflage
- reload timer in aim circle will not come until after 1.7
- it’s possible that WoWp and WoWs will be made for mobile platforms as well
- developers are still working on gamepad support for Android
- no plans to nerf KV-1S the was it was done in PC version
Individual Missions Official Info
Hello everyone,
this info comes from a Russian video and is based on official info by Wargaming, so it’s very likely correct (unless they change something).
Using individual missions, you will be able to get 4 vehicles in this order: StuG IV, T28 Concept, T55A, Object 260 (it’s not possible to skip straight to Object 260).
As announced earlier, missions are split into 5 branches for each class, 15 missions each. You have to complete 4 out of 5 for each tank (eg. 60 missions for each tank), one branch of your choosing you can skip. Apart from fulfilling the objectives, you also get some reward for each mission (credits and such).
Examples of missions:
First mission for MT branch:
StuG IV: win and deal damage, be in top 10 in XP
T28C: win and deal damage, be in top 5 in XP
T55A: win and deal damage, be in top 3 in XP
Obj260: win and deal damage, be the first in XP
KV-5 Plastic Kit by Takom
Hello everyone,
thanks to Stephane B. for catching this – so, one fine day, he went to buy some plastic model kits and noticed this one particular one. Check this out, this is the KV-5 kit by a company called Takom. It’s a company based in Hong Kong, so I think we can all see where this is going – stronk historicity :)
Did you know that KV-5 fought at Kursk and in Finland? Well, now you know…
