SerB On WG Stream Q&A

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Source: http://world-of-ru.livejournal.com/3459784.html

Hello everyone,

SerB was recently a guest in a Wargaming stream. Here’s what he said.

- his first “breakthrough” game was Civilization, SerB considers that game a breakthrough
- the fate of FV4202 will be officially disclosed by the end of November/in early December
- infantry was not implemented in World of Tanks, because it would affect the game rating, which would in turn heavily affect the game promotion and its popularity
- earlier, it was planned to implement special command tanks – this plan was cancelled, but there will be some special commander feature in the future
- SerB is really glad that WG bought the Total Annihilation franchise (SS: well, I guess we know now what that US guy is working on)
- captured tanks were postponed, because earlier, it was intended to use them in historical battles, but since the HB failed, they were put to side as well
- Action X Centurion will have HESH shells as well
- Italians can build only a partial branch, but WG wants a full branch
- WG has not forgotten the EU tree


- there will be no tanks above tier 10, at least not in WOT (SS: specific hint at the fact WG is creating WoT 2.0 with modern tanks)
- there are several more projects in development apart from WoWs
- roaming will not be implemented (SS: if I understand SerB correctly, because he fears some people would roam only to grief/insult others)
- WG has enough material for two Chinese TD branches, only one will likely be made out of that
- Havok will come soon
- SerB states he played War Thunder and confirms that WG engine is better (SS: this caused a riot in stream chat)
- it’s possible WW1 tanks will appear in WoT
- there are candidates for light tanks of tier 9, but not for all nations – for example AMX-13/105
- SerB states that he would not mind implementing “some funny vehicles that would shoot 3-4 times per battle, they wouldn’t be for everyone”
- there exists an entire branch for Sturmtiger and it is on tier 10 in it (SS: from tier 6 – Brummbar, Sturmpanther, SturmFerdinand, Bär, Sturmtiger – this however will not be implemented)

112 thoughts on “SerB On WG Stream Q&A”

  1. - it’s possible WW1 tanks will appear in WoT meh i would like they go to the 90′s and get some good tanks :D

  2. - roaming will not be implemented

    thanks. not like some poeple want to roam to transfer account to other server -,-

    • Roaming will not actually transfer your account. You’d still be bound to shop and event from the region your account was originally from.

      • But nothing like now after say a lot of times “no WOT with modern tanks” say they are working in something like this…

        And WOT 2.0??? is not better says “WOT with all the features and improvements why delay years and years because we dont have a serious competitor”

        Serb could implement WOT in PAC-MAN engine from 80s and he continue saying WOT is better in graphics than WT or other game hahahaha.

        • the graphics is good in wot, but the optimalisation how they do is the bullshit, thats why everyone says wt is better at graphics, but i say, both graph is good just two problem here, wt is better at planes, wot better at tanks :3

          • WT optimization is SHIT ( max fps are 30, while i have almost always 60-70 at wot), its the 1st time in years that my computer reboots cause of overheating… thanks for nothing WT.

            • Thats funny because I have old intel Q9400 and I run WT 30-80 at max while wot only goes 20-40 at max. I have never seen anyone say WT is badly optimized. It runs on multiple cores while wot is a 1 thread app. Maybe its your gpu thats slow? As wot is a cpu dependent game it may run better with a slow gpu, but the fact your cpu which is able to produce high frames in wot is unable to handle wt is blowing my mind. So Im calling troll and beg you to gtfo.

            • Opposite effect here. I barely run WoT at 30-35 fps on med settings with lighting and shadows switched off, when I can play WTGF at high settings at a comfy 50-60 fps.

            • You are the first person I heard of who runs WoT at better FPS than WT.So you probably have some settings messed up (or you’re just a WoT fanboy).

              • as i said, both games with everything at minimum (except draw distance at wot): core 2 duo 2,66GHz and nvidia 8600GT and windows XP SP3 ( yes, the minimum they ask for WOWships)

                and WT makes my computer rebootscause of overheat after 2 hours … after each batle when its showing the list of players the computer freezes for a few seconds, dont know why.

                • Yeaaaah… I think most of us have it the other way around.
                  I run WOT at minimum and WT at medium/high and have basically the same FPS.

                • If you PC is rebooting due to overheating, then it probably needs to be cleaned out. That or put another case fan in it. Probably both, really. Staples or Office Depot have those little cans of compressed air for like $10, case fans cost about the same. Do yourself a favor and buy one of each before your PC dies and you have to buy a whole new one. $20 is a lot better then a $1k.

    • Knowing of Serb, I think he expected just that and loved it. That man is a born troll.

    • And the excuse is “HB was a fail” i think he say it bad is more “We do a shit with HB because we do a rush to release the game mode in few weeks after years of good ideas from player base”

    • It is a feature where you could move with your account from one server to another. (Like from EU to US or RU)

      • I’d better say it’s a feature which allows you to play games on other servers, as your explanation may imply that it’s some kind of account transfer.

    • finally! I just hope bat chat will become a tier 10 light. that would be amazing. For me it’s the funniest branch in game. They just need to buff AMX 13 75 and throw to hell lorraine40t and AM40

      • OKAY OKAY THERE HOLD YOUR HORSES
        When and where did you get the impression that the amx 40 is bad it bounces shots like you wouldn’t believe.

        • Because it is slow, the armament is terrible, and it has a giant weak spot in the middle of the tank at the view ports?

            • do you never play lower tiers? i play through my tier2 lights (1 merican and 1 russian light and all their prem counterparts) about once a week. the matches almost always have 2-8 green, blue, and purple players on each side. i assure you they understand the mechanics of the game.

    • Bump into an AI tank in WT and watch it ping off into space. Or hit a tree and burst into flames because According to WT devs transmission fluid is very flammable. Or watch as objects pop into the air and break into pieces when driven over.

  8. “- SerB states that he would not mind implementing “some funny vehicles that would shoot 3-4 times per battle, they wouldn’t be for everyone””

    “3-4 times per battle”

    we all know which vehicle class he is talking about ;)

  9. - SerB is really glad that WG bought the Total Annihilation franchise (SS: well, I guess we know now what that US guy is working on)

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  11. And for german Tier 9 Scout they can give us the Auklärungs Leopard from the Bundeswehr. An scout version of the Leopard I.

  13. - there are candidates for light tanks of tier 9, but not for all nations – for example AMX-13/105

    There is also the ERAC (from 1967): http://www.chars-francais.net/new/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=798&Itemid=36

    There is even a candidate for a French tier 10 LT: the AMX-10C (1974)
    Gun of 105mm BK MECA L/48 (low pressure riffled gun – Vo 800 m/s) and only 14.5tons
    –> http://www.chars-francais.net/new/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=44&Itemid=36

    • ERAC with 90mm gun which has only 780 m/s muzzle velocity? That’s hardly suitable for tier 9, even on a light tank. Not to mention that it looks amphibious to me, which is an instant “no go” in WoT.

      • I confirm, it was developed as an amphibious tank, but is probably suitable for a LT (after yes, maybe a bit light for a tier 9, possibly more tier 8 my reconsidering it).

        But its light weight (6.4 tons) make it suitable for a high tier LT, not considering its historical amphibious abilities.

      • If I recall there was a proposal that would have placed a 105mm on it. I cannot inform you where I saw it, because I don’t remember the site merely that it happened. If I happen upon it it I’ll come back and tell you.

        Also, its amphibious capability would have to be ignored for inclusion.

  14. ‘SerB states he played War Thunder and confirms that WG engine is better’

    lmao, thats soviet communism propaganda (lie until you die)

    • As someone who likes War Thunder for what he deems to be “all the wrong reasons” (I like it MORE when physics break), I actually share SerB’s sentiments on War Thunder’s engine. That they claim it’s actually realistic is hilarious.

  15. that person of total annihilation fame is chris taylor…lol. and boy im glad WG bought them out. A space age version of World of tanks.. oh please. I hope we see an announcement this year.

  16. Even if the Sturmtiger itself is sadly “impossible to balance”, I really don’t understand why they’ve seemingly given up on putting in the tier 6-9s.

    Also that italian branch comment lmao I think most of us would agree we’d rather have a partial branch than one filled with more certified wargaming fakes.

    • Italian branch will most likely be in the EU tree then it will have a full branch of mixed nation branches that would not fit to be one single branch from tier 1-10

    • They just don’t wanna see another 183 one-shotting people with normal ammo…although Sturmtiger would be very slow, have a tiny firing arc, horrible accuracy and likely extremely slow shell velocity

  17. quote: “SerB is really glad that WG bought the Total Annihilation franchise”

    TA free to play, no thank you

    —

    qote: “SerB states he played War Thunder and confirms that WG engine is better”

    in what reality? in this one .. nop

  18. Awesome Q&A:

    -Italian branch,yes please.
    -WoT with modern tanks,more tank games are always welcomed.(WoT/WT/AW)
    -Chinese TDs,will be interesting.
    -Tier 9 lights,this would be awesome.
    -WWI tanks,again,awesome stuff,but if they implement them wouldn’t they have to make current tier 10 tanks tier 11 or 12?

  19. omg Total Annihilation … they better not shit this game, its imo one the best RTS of all time

    • And what about an equivalent of WoT based on TA (especially its techtrees with tons of units) ?
      There was some tests of TA in full 3D (TA: Spring) and it could give interesting result.

  20. - there are candidates for light tanks of tier 9, but not for all nations – for example AMX-13/105
    Scrap Lorraine and give it to us, now! It was supposed to be in game years ago, but then they scrapped it.

    - SerB states that he would not mind implementing “some funny vehicles that would shoot 3-4 times per battle, they wouldn’t be for everyone”
    They are already in game. They are called SPG and FV215b 183.

    • WG is good about planning something out then scrapping it for no apparent reason. The second french heavy line was completely modeled FOREVER ago and has yet to appear and now in a recent Q&A they said it won’t even be in 2015 either.

      Basically every nation is low priority compared to new russian and german tanks once they get their initial first lines out :|

  22. - there exists an entire branch for Sturmtiger and it is on tier 10 in it (SS: from tier 6 – Brummbar, Sturmpanther, SturmFerdinand, Bär, Sturmtiger)

    *heavy breathing*

  23. - WG has enough material for two Chinese TD branches, only one will likely be made out of that

    We need MOAR Japanese and Chinese TDs!

  24. - SerB states he played War Thunder and confirms that WG engine is better (SS: this caused a riot in stream chat)

    Well, to be honest, from 9.0 i think that too …. i dont know why, but i like the overall look more at WoT …
    maybe its because while WoT was shitty in terms of graphics… its actually improving as a whole product….(slow, but steady) but WT:T … for me its like game in middle of development … and while engine is better at some points … some aspects of the War Thunder graphics looks weird….

    WT is better at airplanes
    WoT is better at tanks ….
    and i think that even at graphics …

  25. Heh, i feel the part about WoT’s engine being better then WT’s was more of a troll comment. Or really, what did they expect him to say? “Oh yeah, WT has a better engine” Nah, no one would admit a competitor’s product would be better.

    Personally, I believe the WT engine is better optimized then the WoT one, it looks BEAUTIFUL, and my PC runs it with no problems at “movie” settings. Yet i get FPS drops in WoT, just running it on high. (The WoT graphic analyzes published on FTR earlier, explained possible reasons)

    But anyways, i enjoy both WoT and WT, and i like both games. Although, i play WT the most now adays, because early war tanks (T-28, BT-2, Panzer II, Panzer III, etc) are actually fun to play. And i love these goofy machines.

    • Get the Pz4F2 as it’s the best tank the Germans have in the game. It’s a longrange low armor high dpm sniper (if you wanted that in wot terms).

  27. - there will be no tanks above tier 10, at least not in WOT (SS: specific hint at the fact WG is creating WoT 2.0 with modern tanks)

    I’ve once posted about the idea that Wargaming could be considering to make a World of Tanks 2.0 with modern tanks a couple of years back in the Asian forums but all I’ve gotten are negative responses from the community. Though I wasn’t able to find the post since the forums got “reworked” a year ago because of an error, I vaguely recall the answers so here they are, cheers.

    Not-so-hostile and reasonable answers:
    “bring the grasshopper tank too”
    “i will not play wot if they put modern tank in i hope there will not be any so i can keep play”
    “good idea enjoy missiles an rockets killing u always at battle start”
    “Got to agree with all the posts before mine, anti-tank missiles flying around would be very unbalanced, let alone the sabot rounds from smooth-bore tank guns.”

    And here are the worst responses from the fine examples of the community, very hostile:
    “go ply cod u seatard dere hav mod tank”
    “wot2.0??? wg no time to make that bcus it wun bring fun wit all missile and rocket flying around go back to ur hole an keep ur SEATARD IDEAS to urself cucumber”
    “go fck urself btch wit smuuth gun and at bullet my tigar2 will own ur mum”
    “mod pls close this tread bcaus is useless stupid pepol pos”

    So… Yeah, my forum account got so negatively abused by these types because of the WoT 2.0 idea.

    • >Implying that the bottom rung of WoT 2.0 wouldn’t effectively be Tier 10s

      Incidentally implementing an un-nerfed IS-7 would be perfectly reasonable.

  28. The state of roaming changes every 3 months from “still being tested” to “will come in several years” to “not gonna happen” and back to “still being tested”.

    • The meaning is probably more clear in the original Russian, but I’m guessing he means it influenced him into being interested in games. That, or he was just arbitrarily mentioning that he thinks that Civilization was a big development in gaming.

  30. I like how they keep perpetuating the myth that infantry and vehicle crews in open-tops will change the game rating.

    As if just having people in the game changes the game rating. Lol.

    No, blood splatter and gore change the game rating, and it’s already rated T. You can get away with a lot and keep a game Rated T. Crew/Infantry =/= blood splatter and gore. Especially when it’s implied that people die whenever you get a crew member killed.

    • I think if you actually see people die the game gets a different rating in alot of countries.

      • You don’t have to see them die. Just have them disappear from the vehicle.

        Or don’t do anything at all. Just having them in the vehicle at all would be a huge improvement over not having any crew in open-tops. That’s a huge immersion-killer and makes the vehicles feel like toys.

        Just having static crew in them and having them disappear when the vehicle is destroyed would be fine. Especially since the voice-prompt states that the crew bailed out anyway.

  31. Please let there be a Total Annihilation announcement in the near future.

    (I’m actually surprised Big Boss Victor didn’t catch wind of Planetary Annihilation)

  33. “- it’s possible WW1 tanks will appear in WoT”
    yay tier 0…. heavy tank ..
    “- there are candidates for light tanks of tier 9, but not for all nations – for example AMX-13/105″
    how about the m551 or the T92 airborne tank American?

    • Many heavy tanks from WW1 would require multi-turret control. There were however, designs or produced tanks that would not have this necessity. The St. Chamond, Schneider CA-1, Schneider CA-2, Schneider CA-3, Schneider CA-4, FCM 1A, and St. Chamond 25T.

    • The problem of the M551 is that its gun was mostly a rocket launcher, that could also fire HE.
      Its turret will be ingame on the T49 which is relatively historical (in reality the M41 was used as a testbed for the XM551 turret firing only HE shells, but the M41 and the T49 share the same hull, and the T49 was planned as an update with more firepower of the M41).

      The T92 was shown by Silenstalker as being at best a tier 7 (it has only a 76mm gun, has no armor, no fast engine): http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/02/16/us-t92-light-tank-tier-8/

  34. - SerB states he played War Thunder and confirms that WG engine is better (SS: this caused a riot in stream chat)

    lmao loool!

  35. French also have ERAC which would be a potential tier 9 with a 105mm gun.

  36. - roaming will not be implemented (SS: if I understand SerB correctly, because he fears some people would roam only to grief/insult others)

    exactly!

  37. - “SerB states he played War Thunder and confirms that WG engine is better”
    I don’t see anything wrong with that, as long as he provide the evidence to support his claim, he might be right you know.

    - “roaming will not be implemented”
    Makes sense, who’d want people with ping 200 playing in EU from the US or vica versa ?
    Take “League of legends” as an example, they don’t allow roaming either, but a very expensive account transfer.
    I do think it should be possible to transfer once account. Let’s say 6mil credits for a transfer. You’d be able to grind the credits for free, but the prizes is large enough to discourage the majority from doing it on a regular basis.

  38. Roaming is a bad idea in general.

    The last thing we need is some Russians with 500+ms pings ruining gameplay on the US east server..

    • Roaming could have been a great option to people who are stuck on a specific server and dont have that great latency. There’s alot of EU people on NA server. Not to mention asians with horrible ping. Just an example.

  39. “Italians can build only a partial branch, but WG wants a full branch”

    That didn’t stop you from putting the Japanese in the game, did it, WG?

  41. SerB: WG has not forgotten the EU tree …

    That’s great, but when it is implemented, nobody knows … except “when it’s done, it’s released”. EU community is quite big imho, but we can wait, wait, wait …

    Does SerB know where the first tank has been produced? In which country and continent? … Probably not. … If he knew, the WG development priorities would be different. Just think: Chinese and Japanise tanks are already in game, but EU tree can wait till … nobody knows.