Hello everyone,
new invite codes are here. First, a couple of invite codes from Elijahbiker from US server. I am not sure they work for both EU and US servers, but they contain a M22 Locust and a week of prem an 1k gold.
DRT8X-H5WMH-YWBT2
STV26-GUZD9-FSAAT
DR9EH-YZR8Z-X6PN2
And a couple of CD-Action invite codes for EU by nurek11, Petethegrinder, Kookacz
DWRTB-7Y973-7UPDN-YRDDU-DGC3N
DWRT9-ZG3HX-A2G3D-N8RDK-EK7BA
DWRTX-TRX35-84VSD-PNM95-PG8S5
Hello everyone,
here’s a World of Tanks Blitz interview with Darya “Knopka” Klimchuk (community manager) from Igromir 2014. The sound quality is really bad, I didn’t understand some things.
Inside:
- 1.3 brings two new maps: “Lost Temple” (Asian themed) and Black Goldville (US themed)
- it also brings Soviet heavy tank line (T-150 to IS-4)
- WoT Blitz currently has 3 trees (US, RU, German)
- arty won’t be added
- 1.3 brought extended post-battle statistics (scouting damage etc.)
- developers are working on new graphic effects, specifically new fog
- for high-end mobile devices, developers want to add a grass render
- currently, Android version is in closed testing phase (performance is being tested), currently there’s no ETA
- Windows Phone version is not planned
Hello everyone,
a tank, full of Russian soldiers, destroyed a bus in Prague yesterday, running it over. No, don’t worry, not in real life – despite Putin’s wishes and boasts, the Russian army isn’t capable of doing that anymore. A new Czech movie, called “Krycí jméno Holec” (“Codename Holec”) was being shot in Prague, near the Czech Radio.
The movie is of Austrian-Czech co-production and is based on a short story, called “Italská spojka” (“Italian connection”), a fictional story from 1968, using however real characters and places. In order to shoot the movie, the entirety of the street was “converted” into its 1968 look.
The movie is a story of Austrian journalist Helmut Zilk, who made some of the most dramatic movie shots in 1968, showing the world the brutality of Soviet invaders. It’s a spy thriller and drama, should be interesting (well, at least for us Czechs). It is scheduled to come out in early 2016.
Hello everyone,
during his interview at Igromir 2014 (Moscow), Anton “Evilly” Pankov showed how the new Stronghold mode consumables would work – well, one of them (the ones mentioned were air recon (basically it spots the enemy tanks), air raid, artillery fire mission and AI turrets (“bunkers”)).
Check this video:
At 8:45, you can see for a short while the artillery fire support on the screen behind Evilly. A player will be manually able to select the angle of attack in order to take the landscape into account, you can also select the area on which it falls and the power of the artillery (SS: this will likely depend on the Stronghold tier). A clan can produce consumables in SH and use them.
There are no “normal” answers again, so here are some answers from an interview with Anton “Evilly” Pankov, WG producer from the Igromir 2014 expo. The interview video can be found here.
- most players of World of Tanks are between 28 and 35 years old
- 95 percent of game time spent in World of Tanks by players is spent in random battles
- from the start, more than 150 thousand clans registered in WoT on RU server alone (it’s more than 200k overall)
- on RU server, cca 32 percent of players are in clan
- Stronghold mode was introduced for that 32 percent (easy to understand mode not for hardcore)
- currently, developers are working on improved clan UI
- the option of attacking other strongholds will come in October
- developers are planning to introduce mercenaries from “allied clans” in stronghold mode (not only clanless players)
- there will be a clan “shop” in the Stronghold mode. Each clan will have a “shop”, where they will be able to buy unique tanks, camouflage and emblems for the SH resource
- developers are also making special Stronghold consumables: aerial recoinaissance, artillery fire mission, air raid, bunkers (AI turrets), these will be used by clan commanders
- these will not be used in random battles: “as everybody knows, in random battles, you have 29 opponents and to give this to everyone wouldn’t be good”
- the most effective of those consumables is according to Evilly the aerial recon, because knowing where the opponent is is important
- currently, developers are working on Stalingrad map, making it ready for Havok, it will not come in 9.4
- during map rework for Havok, MANY objects have to be reworked, it’s a lot of work
- Havok will be active on medium (and higher) graphic settings, it will work on a separate core (on multicore processors)
Hello everyone,
say what you want about War Thunder, dislike or like the game as much as you want, but whatever your opinion on Gaijin vs Wargaming is, there is one thing that Gaijin is absolutely undeniably superior to Wargaming: epic game trailers. While Wargaming trailers are usually relatively boring (comes with having no men in them), Gaijin on the other hand produces this… and it’s a beauty.
To be quite honest, I think this is definitely one of the best game trailers I have EVER seen, for ANY game. Enjoy. And Wargaming, you have some catching up to do.
Hello everyone,
you might have noticed that yesterday, we recieved yet another copy of the T-54, this time in the German tree (I wonder if we’ll ever get an American T-54 clone as well). On one hand, it’s a solid tier 9 reward tank and – let’s face it, the model is beautiful, all that I am missing are the external fuel tanks, but I can see why developers didn’t add them (they wouldn’t be a part of the hitzone and people would be confused: “why the hell does it not catch on fire, when I am firing at his fuel tanks”). Another neat part is that according to the source of the leaks, developers are even making the East German crest on the tank, just like the Leopard has a Bundeswehr one. I do not understand the designation too well – I mean, T-55 NVA DDR? In English, NVA almost always refers to the army of North Vietnam and I can already see how people will be confused (“we are having a Vietnamese T-55 in German tree?”). Why not Kampfpanzer T-55 or even Kpz T 55 (without the dash), that’s how the vehicle was designated in some German sources and books?
Source: VK Wotleaks community
Hello everyone,
as announced earlier, T-55A appeared on the supertest as a German tier 9 reward/event tank. It’s official designation is “T-55A NVA DDR”. The designation reads:
The T-55A is an improved variant of the T-55 tank. It differs from the T-55 by the absence of the AA machinegun and improved WMD protection. Roughly 1800 T-55 and T-55A tanks were exported from USSR to DDR between 1962 and 1970.
Statistics for 100 percent crew:
Tier: 9 MT Reward
Hitpoints: 1700
Weight: 37,5 tons
Engine power: 580 hp
Power-to-weight: 15,47 hp/t
Maximum speed: 50/20 km/h
Terrain resistance: 0,767/0,863/1,438
Hull traverse: 50 deg/s
Viewrange: 395
Radiorange: 761,3
Armor – hull: 100/80/?
Armor – turret: 200/160/65
Gun: 100mm Kanone D-10T2S
Penetration: 201/330/50
Damage: 320/320/420
DPM: 2600
Reload time: 7,384s
ROF: 8,126
Accuracy: 0,326
Aimtime: 2,01s
Depression: -4,3
Turret traverse: 48 deg/s
Armor and more pics below.
The post about the leaked tank statistics was deleted. It turned out that the statistics were only placeholders, so it was pointless to publish and it would only confuse people. The T-55A should be leaked later today, we’ll have to see.
Otherwise, there’s really nothing going on I think. Check in a bit later for the T-55 (if it goes out today).
Hello everyone,
according to a comment in VK Wotleaks community, the following premium/reward vehicles are currently scheduled for supertest:
- Object 260 tier 10 Soviet heavy tank (scheduled as a clanwars reward, basically an IS-7 variant with different turret)
- T28 Concept (based on the wooden mockup as a tier 7 US TD
- East-German T-55A medium tank (because, you know, there are not enough T-54 clones in the game) tier 9 tank (likely an event/CW reward)
- tier 6 premium M4A3E8 variant (“Fury”, apparently)
Expect screenshots and statistics soon.
