WoT Blitz for Android Q&A Stream

Source: http://world-of-ru.livejournal.com/3416193.html

Hello everyone,

yesterday, there was yet another WoT Blitz dedicated stream, this time with Viktor Kleschenko (lead WG mobile programmer), Pavel Kozlov (community manager), Aleksandra Martynovich (community manager) and Ilya Botyanovsky (game master). Maiorboltach from the LJ community provided transcription as usual. Here it is!

Keep in mind all the answers are related to WoT Blitz, not WoT.

- currently, all the effort of the developers is being directed into creating an Android version
- Android version will first come either for RU region only, or worldwide straight away
- Android version will have the settings split into pre-sets (low, medium, high), or every setting (details etc.) will be set separately, it’s not yet decided
- developers are aware of the issue that mobile devices overheat when playing Blitz, there will be a fix – it is dependent heavily on optimization (more optimization, less heat)
- there will be a voicechat in the game the way WoT Xbox has it, when it’s done it’s done
- there is no exact beta test date yet, game is still being developed
- colorblind mode will not come anytime soon, it should appear within half a year tho along with other features, improving the game comfort
- range to target indicator will likely be implemented, but only as an option. It was not implemented from the start because it made the screen look messy.
- there will be no user statistics showing how much gold shells he fired
- there will be an indicator in the game, showing whether the enemy is using gold or silver shells


- gold shells will be nerfed soon
- company mode will most likely come next year, CW map is still being considered. Currently, developers are discussing a new game mode, they hope it will become a trademark (feature) of the mobile version of WoT
- there will not be one server for the entire world
- Type 59 will come
- the ability to damage team mates will remain, because it is an integral part of gameplay, teamkillers will be banned as in WoT
- patch 1.3 will bring “quests” (missions) in a different form than they are in WoT
- crew perks will come after missions, it’s possible there will be Blitz-exclusive perks
- it will be possible to level up perks for free XP
- in next 1-2 patches, camo, inscriptions and emblems will appear
- first tier 10 was unlocked within 3 weeks from release
- the playable area on maps will be increased by 25 percent
- it is 95 percent probably there will be no arty in the game
- 5 prototypes of cruise control mechanism were made, all failed. Cruise control will not be in the game.
- in the game, every nation will have a common crew (SS: not sure I understand, but I think it means that there will be for example one Soviet crew usable for all Soviet tanks)
- the highlighting of weak armor zones will not be removed, it’s possible it will be made optional
- developers are actively working on tutorial, there will be new “lessons”
- a series of guides for Blitz will be made: “How to play correctly with LT/MT/HT/TD”

20 thoughts on “WoT Blitz for Android Q&A Stream

  1. No artards here. Looking forward to playing stronk tenks without that cursed skycancer.

  2. - colorblind mode will not come anytime soon, it should appear within half a year tho along with other features, improving the game comfort

    A simple color change in game UI needs half year? This fits WG well (reload timer took two years)

  3. - developers are aware of the issue that mobile devices overheat when playing Blitz, there will be a fix – it is dependent heavily on optimization (more optimization, less heat)

    So you want to tell me that WoTB is either capable of overwriting heat/speed limits of the hardware or that iOS devices are bad designed so they overheat?

      • FYI WoT Blitz doesn’t use the Big World engine. The overheating issue is not something that can be avoided due to the lack of proper heat dissipation mechanism in a phone. At some point thermal throttling/clock gating and dvfs will kick in and bring down voltages and thus lower clock speeds in any smartphone SoC. Under some extreme circumstances the SoC will even shut down some of its cores if a certain thermal threshold is reached, after all it’s not like cores can run at full speed for more than ~5 mins. Even the iPhone 5S can’t have its two cores running at full speed (1.3GHz) for more than 2 mins or so.

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  5. - developers are aware of the issue that mobile devices overheat when playing Blitz, there will be a fix – it is dependent heavily on optimization (more optimization, less heat)
    _________________
    They really can’t make optimized game, can’t they? :D
    Also, i like how many bad things they did to PC version are now excluded(arty, sprem etc.)from WoT Blitz or even from Xbox version, but are too stubborn to do something about it on their biggest game(PC version).

  6. - a series of guides for Blitz will be made: “How to play correctly with LT/MT/HT/TD”

    Sincerely think WG need to introduce these to player of PC version also

  7. “The ability to damage team mates will remain, because it is an integral part of gameplay, teamkillers will be banned as in WoT”

    AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
    Sorry, did I meantion AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA?

    Also, who says WG doesn’t learn? No clicker shit.
    So far, at least. Likely will stay. I have high hopes they have learned.