Yearly Archives: 2014

Igromir Team Battle/Tournament Q&A

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Source: FTA VK community

Hello everyone,

a couple of answers by Aleksei Kuznetsov from Igromir 2014

- the “WoT Formula” tournament (the racing one) has 350 thousand people participating (SS: on RU server). It’s a MMORPG tournament record and it will appear in the Guiness book of records
- in 9.4, team battles will be changed. Attack/Defense mode will appear in them.
- there will be 10 TB maps for the Attack/Defense mode
- the specifics of the Attack/Defense mode will be that there will be two bases, that will be possible to capture either both at the same time or separately, but capturing of the bases will not add up
- 7/42 TB mode will be replaced by 7/54. In connection with this, two setups will appear: 5 tier 8 tanks and 2 tier 7′s, or 6 tier 8′s and one tier 6. In cybersports, the first setup is more popular.
- 9.4 will come in October
- in 9.4, Stronghold players will be able to attack other clans’ strongholds
- when Havok comes, it will apparently be possible to drive into a destroyed building rubble and “hide” in it, the rubble will reduce the penetration of incoming shells (SS: that’s a pretty stupid idea, I would take this answer with a grain of salt)

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Weekly FTR Contributor Review

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Hello everyone,

once again it’s the time to thank the contributors, it’s you who keep FTR running after all! This time, following people donated via Paypal:

Mandy G. (Germany)
Jörg C. (Germany)
David C. (Canada)
_Hirens_ (Czech Republic)
Mrwanwan (Lithuania)
Björn M, (Sweden) – thanks for the wish, I appreciate that :)
Jorge C. (Virginia, USA) – thank you for a LARGE contribution, much appreciated :)
Allan R. (New Zealand) – thank you for your continued support!

Thank you, guys. I really, really appreciate it.

Now, for the Patreon cycle – this month, everything went smoothly. Today marks the seventh time the Patreon subscription got successfully used, thank you all!

Out of the 607,29 USD pledged at the point of the cycle activation:

- 568,30 USD came in successfully (the rest didn’t go through for some reason on the contributor side, insufficient funds on account etc.)
- out of 568,30 USD:

46,55 USD went to credit card fees
28,46 USD went to Patreon (service fee)

leaving 493,29 USD for FTR – much appreciated! The list of contributors can be viewed here. Once again, huge thanks for the support to all of you :)

8.10.2014

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- apparently, Belarusian dictator/president Lukashenko knows about WoT, he mentioned it in recent “discussion” with teachers on teacher’s day (as something the kids do on computer)
- on EU server, the results of the Type 62/KV-220 missions were: cca 15000 new Type 62′s and less than 3000 new KV-220′s (thanks to IRSanchez for this tidbit)
- developers are currently working on camo and spotting system overhaul to make scouts easier and TD’s harder to play
- in the following patch (or the one after that), last remnants of the original BigWorld engine code the game started with will be removed from WoT files and the game will then be basically using Wargaming’s very own engine
- in total, there are cca 300k clans all over the world in WoT (SS: previously, I wrote 200k, but that was incorrect)
- in Strongholds, 15 different buildings are planned
- apart from air recon, turrets, air raid and artillery fire mission, Stronghold consumables will also include minefields and smokescreen. They will be usable by the clan leader using something called “tactical pad”
- for Kharkov map alone, over 6500 pieces of walls and 850 buildings have to be reworked under Havok
- WG does not actively work with militaries on promoting the game
- Wargaming considered adding the option of configuring the vehicles in the hangar using the WG Assistant software via API, but this was scrapped for now due to insufficient API security

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Americans in Wartime Museum Photos

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Hello everyone,

recently, there was a meeting between Wargaming and US server players in the Americans in Wartime Museum in Nokesville, Virginia. US player SpartanGuard was kind enough to provide us with some pretty nice photos of the vehicles present there. A special thing is – apparently, ALL the vehicles on the photos are in running condition. Well, except the dismantled ones under renovation I guess. Still, pretty impressive.

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VA wot greet and meet 087

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Fury Premium Shop Package

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Hello everyone,

just to let you know, it’s confirmed. According to this article, players will be able to purchase the Fury tank bundle in World of Tanks (PC), World of Tanks Blitz and World of Tanks for Xbox.

The “Fury Sherman” will be a premium M4A3E8 with “unique looks”:

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The PC and Xbox bundles will cost 30 USD (EU price is not set yet), the Blitz bundle will cost 15 USD. The Xbox version bundle consists of:

- USA Tier VI Sherman Fury Medium Tank
- 100% Crew
- Medium-Caliber Tank Gun Rammer
- Vertical Stabilizer Mk 1
- Improved Ventilation Class 2
- 71 AP M62 Shells
- 15 HVAP M93 Shells
- 1 Garage Slot
- 7 Days of Premium Account

Fury Coming to World of Tanks

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Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/games/61756435/world-of-tanks-game-finds-ally-in-fury-film.html

Thanks to Applesaucebandit (US) for this one.

Hello everyone,

the movie Fury is hitting the cinemas in a week or so, while the Fury tank is going to hit the game.

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The article, linked above, describes the movie and the cooperation between Wargaming and the movie producers:

“It made sense,” said Victor Kislyi, CEO of World of Tanks developer Wargaming. “Both audiences are interested in historical accuracy, so why don’t we do something together? We didn’t want to overdo it. We appreciate the opportunity, but our audience wants appropriateness. It’s show business. You never know how it’s going to turn out before the premiere.”

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Meanwhile in Fury…

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Thanks to M.Arquiza for this one.

Hello everyone,

so, the movie Fury is coming to cinemas soon (in the USA anyway, October 15th) and posters are starting to appear all over the world… this poster is from a cinema/shopping mall in Davao – it’s city wide too, at least that’s what the source claims (at least two different cinemas are using it).

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Damn, I had no idea this movie is about a Cromwell and a Comet :) Hmm, where have I have seen that picture before anyway… oh I know, it’s a fucking Wargaming wallpaper! That’s some stronk advertising right there…

Insider Talks: Aimbot, Fury

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Hello everyone,

after yesterday’s FTR post about the Aimbot cheat, the Insider decided to investigate, what the developers think and know of this cheat. He found actually, that the developers know about it.

On the internal WG server, there is a file repository and one of the files, contained within, is the aimbot. The developers investigated it recently, but basically, what they think about it (a footnote in the file) is: “bannable, but almost useless”. The reasons cited for this mod being useless are the chaotic aiming. They actually tested the mod in real battles and the testing report mentions that the aimbot is capable of targetting even obscured targets, it is inaccurate (doesn’t always aim for the weakspots), on higher speeds it won’t hit anything and generally is no better than the autoaim (sometimes it aims at wrong places).

Oh, and the Fury Sherman will be actually SOLD to players, at least on Xbox 360 WoT. Here are the details of the upcoming bundle:

Includes:

- USA Tier VI Sherman Fury Medium Tank
- 100% Crew
- Medium-Caliber Tank Gun Rammer
- Vertical Stabilizer Mk 1
- Improved Ventilation Class 2
- 71 AP M62 Shells
- 15 HVAP M93 Shells
- 1 Garage Slot
- 7 Days of Premium Account

Fury hits theaters this fall, and for a limited time you can add the M4A3E8 “Fury” from the movie to your World of Tanks garage and experience it for yourself! This Tier VI premium tank features a unique appearance and comes with a 100% trained crew, a full set of equipment, and 7 days of Premium time to make sure you’re maximizing your Silver and experience earnings while showing off this flashy medium tank. Please note that this bundle is only purchasable one time per account.

The Insider thinks that the appearance of this bundle for Xbox means it’s likely such a bundle will appear for WoT PC as well, but is not sure. Oh and one last things – it looks like Wargaming will donate a portion of the money they get for the abovementioned bundle to fix the Sherman, damaged during the Fury filming.

7.10.2014

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- Storm confirms that the Sixth Sense rework (its transfer to the radioman, activated when radioman training hits 100 percent) will happen in medium future (SS: that usually means cca 6 months)
- developers considered removing Sixth Sense completely, but decided not to do it, because it would break current gameplay too much
- there are no specific statistics of the lifetime effect of Sixth Sense perk, as it was introduced very long time ago
- the desired result of the Sixth Sense rework, according to Storm: “So everyone has it”
- perks will be reworked completely
- after the rework, if the radioman gets killed, the Sixth Sense will stop working
- the “reasoning” of Sixth Sense being a radioman ability: “Radioman intercepts the enemy transmissions about the discovery of his tank”
- the perk rework will come with crew skill reset
- Storm admits that the Chinese branch is full of clones, but: “without Chinese branch, we wouldn’t be able to enter the Chinese market at all” (SS: so basically, since WG is already estabilished at EU, it’s “fuck you” to the Euroserver countries)
- new French tanks? “No comment”
- mod-like minimap (with tank descriptions)? “when it’s done it’s done”
- Storm admits he is not knowledgeable in special aspects of WoT development: “It would be a mistake to assume that I understand tank history and characteristics as a history consultant, programming as a lead programmer, game design as a lead game designer etc. I have knowledge, but the specialists know much more in their respective fields than me.”
- Storm claims that WG Japanese medium branch was made possible by a WG employee and not 3rd party (SS: Storm is either a liar, or he doesn’t know what’s going on, because the data for Japanese branch were given to WG by two US server players: Soukoudragon and Daigensui)

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