Source: VK Wotleaks community
Let’s see if this map gets scrapped like the last historial map, Simferopol.
Yearly Archives: 2014
20.11.2014
Nothing much today. For some reason, players from Ukraine suffer from very high pings, developers are working on it.
Also, noticed how they suddenly admitted on EU forums the error with the premium tank XP calculation? Well, that was funny… apparently, the “info flow” about that error was: German section – FTR – RU videomaker Murazor – everyone else on RU server and WG noticed somewhere between Murazor and everyone else, so yea, congratulations to the German guys for noticing the bug, too bad it took Murazor for WG to notice.
Okay, some quick Insider info then. For Xbox WoT, there’s apparently going to be a “Ripper” bundle very soon (price is unknown):
- USA Tier V M4A2E4 Ripper Medium Tank
- 100% Crew
- Dead Eye Crew Skill
- 90 M61 Shells
- 18 M72 Shells
- 1 Garage Slot
- 30 Days of Premium Account
What is M4A2E4 “Ripper”? Well, this:
Cool, I want it for WoT :) Anyway, remember that developer who got fired for allegedly screwing around with models? Allegedly, instead of hiring someone new, another WG employee was given his job and the Insider thinks he’s much more competent. Oh well, at least noone is doing this shit intentionally anymore.
“How to play T34″
Meanwhile in Romania…
Thanks to MaverickShevy for the photos.
Meanwhile near Piesti, Romania – two T-54 tanks are randomly parked on the same spot since 1996 (or possibly even earlier). Nobody really knows who’s responsible for them and nobody seems to care. Apparently, they just get cleaned from time to time by municipal services. So, who wants a free tank?
Valid Invite Code
Hello everyone,
an universal invite code, that works for US and EU server (repeatable, at least that’s how it worked for me, I tested it). Thanks to Kohzo and Alfalis (both of which sent me the same code and I was like wut?)
Special Individual Missions For Returning Players – Time-Limited
Hello everyone,
by now, you probably know about the concept of individual missions. Simply put, they are missions that some players have and others don’t. Please don’t confuse it with the upcoming 9.5 feature, the individual missions for all players. The “first round” of these are the missions intended for players, who were inactive for a long time:
- for simple return and playing one battle: 7 days premium account
- play 15 battles: 10 gold repair kits, 500 gold, 500k credits
- win 10 battles: 10 gold medkits, 500 gold, 500k credits
- gain 25k XP: 10 gold extinguishers, 500 gold, 500k credits
- do all the missions above, get Dicker Max
Anyway, you already know that. What you do not know however is that this mission is time limited. It has to be completed until 1.1.2015 – this date seems to be common to all the players, so if you “return” tomorrow, you’ll have one day less to complete it.
Many thanks to maXTC for this info.
Artillery Returns Video
Hello everyone,
here’s a really nicely done Russian frag video with… you guessed it, artillery! The real unicum nightmare begins, as multiple hightier tanks get oneshotted by the massive T92 and other artillery vehicles. Enjoy!
Oh and thanks to Nekojima from US server for linking it.
Patently Absurd – Part IV: USA
Author: Vollketten
Part I – France: http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/11/05/pate … -i-france/
Part II – UK: http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/11/07/pate … d-kingdom/
Part III – Germany: http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/11/14/pate … i-germany/
Okay, so in the previous articles, some commenters complained that things were absurd enough. Now, we have to look at the United States with its history of producing rather banal but effective tanks. With a reputation for good reliability and sound engineering, the USA can’t possibly have any dark secrets? Think again…
19.11.2014
Hello everyone – check this interesting article about the birth of the M48, especially the video at the end.
- aimtime in the game represents “the comfort, with which the gun was aimed”, this parameter “quite adequately” represents reality
- Q: “Gun stabilization parameter confuses people!” (SS: gun stabilization in this case is a general term for a set of parameters, that determine how much the aim circle will get bigger when the tank moves its hull, turret etc.). A (SerB): “Your opinion is, as usual, very important to us.”
- theoretically the D-10-85 gun could fit the KV-13 turret, but since it was not proposed for it in real life, it was not implemented as an option for it. If WG added it, the vehicle would be “significantly better than other tanks of its tier”
- Q: “SerB, do you deny that various tanks have various chance of hitting the center of the circle?” A: “Yes, we deny. Because it’s a CONSPIRACY!!! And what kind of CONSPIRACY!!! would it be, if it wasn’t denied.”
- Q: “When will your nerf gold ammo for credits, whenever I drive E-75, I immediately get shot at by gold” A (Storm): “Statistically, the amount of gold shells hitting the E-75 is less than 20 percent of all shells”
- Q: “When will you fix disconnections?” A: “Never. Unfortunately, we can’t cure your connection.”
- there was a rumor going around that E25 DPM will be nerfed from 2700 to 2350 DPM. It is not true.
RU Server: 0.9.4.2 Hotfix 2
Hello everyone,
tomorrow, RU server is going to get another hotfix, the 0.9.4.2. ETA on other servers is not known. This hotfix will contain following changes:
- fixed the M53/M55 collision model
- fixed the incorrect display of regular XP recieved in the post-battle debriefing window (SS: that’s the “got wrong XP” bug)
- returned the sound of tracks when the tank is moving
- fixed the constant display of tutorial window bug