27.6.2014

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Very little from Russia, but luckily, Tanitha talked about some interesting stuff on ASIA forums (Blitz answers come from Overlord)

- World of Tanks: Blitz is already no.1 free app in RU region after its release
- according to Overlord, WoT Blitz got tremendous support from players, partners and press
- Tanitha confirms that adding new tanks into the game won’t stop
- new French regular tanks most likely won’t come in 2014
- premium ammo is not on sale during events much anymore, because it can be purchased for credits
- developers are considering various “loyalty programs” (bonuses for old players), none have been approved yet however. It’s possible such a system (allegedly quite complicated) will see the light of day around the end of the year
- EU tanks will not come soon (not in 2014) (SS: but they will, horay :))
- the idea to implement TOG II* into the game apparently came from developer visits to the Bovington museum
- currently, the roaming option is not a matter of “when”, but “if at all”, there is apparently no release plan for it at the moment (SS: so it’s possible it won’t come at all)
- US light tanks (the “Chaffee branch”), German LT8 (RU251) and Soviet LT8 (LTTB) are currently planned for 9.3
- Wargaming is cooperating with Sony to promote the tank movie Fury, the movie is still far away (SS: November), but it’s possible there will be an ingame event connected to its release
- interestingly enough, the tier 8 Soviet light tank in the game is referred to as “LTB”, when the semi-historical name is “LTTB” (literally “light tank with heavy armor”)

72 thoughts on “27.6.2014”

  1. Can’t wait for the RU251, 100k exp is already sitting on the awful panther.

      • Really ? Then you must be good with it, any tips on how to play it successfully ? I’m serious, I really want to know how to play this wacky thing :)

        • Are you talking for Panther VII tier light tank ?
          Then i can start playing from VK and grind crew for than new tier VIII light tank :)

        • Aufki is fun as a living torpedo :D have you ever seen LT having over 40 tonnes? Those poor AMX’es, T71 dying instantly, :) killing hellcats just by going full speed at them.

          My guide for aufki – Stay hidden, snipe, look for an opportunity and then launch a torpedo :D

          Aufki is a ramming monster :)

  2. So they confirmed EU tech tree is coming in the future? I don’t want to get my hopes up and then get dissapointed.

  3. There is already a loyalty program.
    The loyalty program is also known as Type 59.

    • Nobody receives this for being a long-term player, you misunderstood the concept of loyalty program. The type was purchased by real money, WG can’t take it from you unless they give you a refund and even then, they can’t do it without your consent but the Type 59 had to be removed because it was both OP and premium which is a ridiculous combination.

        • >IF

          He wasn’t nerfed since… like forever, they only changed alpha damage but compensated this with rpm. No actual nerfs and it still has premium MM

        • They won’t get rid of limited MM because that, and the credit earning are the whole point of Premiums..

          and anyone who remembers the old Type Toons just wolfpack and raping anything in sight will welcome any nerfbat application… it was ridiculous before…

  4. At last, new light tanks <3
    Any info about the Tier8 USA light?

    I hope they don't nerf Chaffee to hell :/ My cutest little love

  5. Is there any info about the Chafee branch? What will it include? Can we hope for a Sheridan on T10 (insane mix of an ELC and SU-152)?

    • Sadly they have stated previously there will be no Sheridan in game. They claimed it was because the tank used the Shillelagh missile for its main armament. In reality it was rarely ever used at all because the system didn’t work as expected. Instead it relied on its 152 mm for most of its service life.
      The division I was in was one of the last units to retain the Sheridan in active service due to it being light enough to air drop where it was needed (it had aluminum armor instead of steel). I only ever saw a handful of Shillelagh fired and that was just for weapons qualification. The 152 mm was the primary weapon and the Shillelagh was just one of the ammunition types for it. The penetration stats for it also aren’t that powerful. either
      I think Wargaming just doesn’t have a way to implement it realistically since they removed the armor hardness stats from the game. If they tried to represent the aluminum armor using numbers for steel plate people would complain about it even though the real thing was actually vulnerable to even .50 caliber rounds. Then there’s the idea of it realistically having good ground resistance due to its light weight. So you now have a fast light tank with a giant derp. I’d actually put money on WG eventually putting it in game sometime down the road though. It fits perfectly into the “introduced very overpowered to drive sales”.

      • Yes, I’ve looked down their statements about missile launching tanks, and as far as I understand, the current rule is not “what could fire missiles is out”, but “smooth barreled guns are out”, and as far as I see from the information on the net, the gun was rifled.
        Another thing that can kick the Sheridan out is the fact that it could swim (could it, really?). WG stated that amphibious tanks wouldn’t be implemented (PT-76 could be nice too).

  6. What is the problem with roaming? There are more than enough EU-NA links to make it useful. Jeez, if they’re worried about RU-EU stuff then don’t allow that one.

  7. Okay I think I’ll start my usual drama…

    MUH CHINA TD’S ;__;
    MUH FRENCH HEAVIES ;__;
    MUH AMX-30 ;__;

    Y U NO 2014 WG ? Y ? ;__;

      • WORAS PLS ;__;

        we’re getting shit for christmas, no, seriously, we’re getting nothing serious for at least two patches in a row, just a bunch of bug fixes, optimization and very limited new content which is in fact, map rebalancing and mostly clan stuff.

        Good ol’ days when in every patch there were new tanks…. I CRI EVRI TIEM ;__;

  9. - developers are considering various “loyalty programs” (bonuses for old players), none have been approved yet however. It’s possible such a system (allegedly quite complicated) will see the light of day around the end of the year

    How bout selling pre-order packs to veteran tankers of 3+ years or over 25k battles? (Obviously it’d require an account check in the gift shop somehow checking your account registration date or battle count in your service record prior to finalizing the check-out)

      • It’s also the laziest and easiest WG solution possible for generating extra revenue – once you think about it from a dollars-and-sense business perspective, it’s a total winner for WG.

  11. “- interestingly enough, the tier 8 Soviet light tank in the game is referred to as ‘LTB’, when the semi-historical name is ‘LTTB’ (literally ‘light tank with heavy armor’)”

    LTP: Learn To Play

    LTB: Learn To (Over)Buff

    :P

  12. - developers are considering various “loyalty programs” (bonuses for old players), none have been approved yet however. It’s possible such a system (allegedly quite complicated) will see the light of day around the end of the year

    Sounds good! I’m a loyal player, playing wot since the first day of Closed Beta test :D

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  14. “- new French regular tanks most likely won’t come in 2014″

    Does anyone know when the last time the French were updated? It seems like they’re the most under appreciated nation in the game…

    • Indeed, ~2 years ago at release there were light med and heavy tanks, half year later the SPGs and TDs arrived and that’s all. :/

  15. lack of prem ammo sales because they are available for credits now? they have been available for credits since before i started playing (march, 2013), and i’ve seen several. probably missed a few because i wasn’t paying attention for the first 6+ months. what’s the real reason? because of player whining? i’m not really complaining, i’m not a great player but still can afford to use prem whenever i choose and still keep my credit balance climbing, but a sale would be nice.

    • sprem on sale=lots of sprem in game=lots of sprem spam and they don’t like that because they already indirectly confirmed that sprem is becoming a growing problem in WoT due to bigger and bigger usage by saying that they are trying to find a solution to sprem in game whether by rebalancing it or maybe limiting it’s loadout on tenks

  16. In his Asian Forum musing thread, Chieftain said the Sentinals will not be part of the British LL branch and don’t hold your breath for one (assume AC4) to arrive as a premium. Very disoppointed Aussie here.

  17. - new French regular tanks most likely won’t come in 2014

    Not cool. I am tired of waiting for vaporware promised over two years ago.

  18. - EU tanks will not come soon (not in 2014) (SS: but they will, horay :))
    - Tanitha confirms that adding new tanks into the game won’t stop
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    So, there is a light at the end of the tunnel :-))) , this info made my weekend :-))))

    - developers are considering various “loyalty programs” (bonuses for old players), none have been approved yet however. It’s possible such a system (allegedly quite complicated) will see the light of day around the end of the year
    ———————————–
    Perhaps some missions, minor discounts from time to time , or some unique inscriptions/camo patterns?

    - currently, the roaming option is not a matter of “when”, but “if at all”, there is apparently no release plan for it at the moment (SS: so it’s possible it won’t come at all)
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    They realized that roaming can only bring trouble , my bet that roaming section went to WoWS/HD modelling

  19. The main questions i have with the new lights are:

    1-T37 has the xp farmed in Chaffee??? i dont remember what they do when IS-4 move to tier 10… rest of changes if i dont remember bad were from tier x to tier x-1

    2-Soviet light tier 8… you research it via tier 7 med??? or they release initially conected with MT and in future add a tier 7???

    3-USA lights… i expect they add a 2nd tier 8 light, is not hard, with 1 tank more you have 2 light lines.

    T21 —- T92 —- T71 the idea is buff T71 as tier 8 oposite playstile than the more pasive T49
    T37 —– M41 — T49

    As you can see is only add 1 extra tank and more to tier 8 the T71.