Yearly Archives: 2014

18.12.2014

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I don’t do this in general, but a small favour, that might be liked by people. Want to win one of three tier 8 premium tanks, just “like” the Wothungary.eu FB page. Basically, they’ll pick three winners out of those people and give them tier 8 premium tanks.

Oh and did you know which real life locations is Himmelsdorf based on?

Otherwise, not much today. The only piece of info is that the individual missions in 9.5 will be disabled, they will be enabled only after the New Year marathon. It’s possible they might change yet between 9.5 relase and their enabling.

Also, a WG employee confirms that regarding the 50 percent discounts on gold and premium account, it in effect means that because of the falling Russian currency, it means that the players can buy their premium account and gold for the same prices as they were a few months back WITHOUT discount (SS: it got really expensive for the Russians because WG shop prices are tied to USD). Another developer however adds that there might be something like a “double discount”, when you buy the gold with discount now, later on you can buy stuff for it, that is also on discount (SS: this is valid for RU server only).

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WG RU Removes Premium Tanks from the Premium Shop

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Hello everyone,

if you are looking for another WG screwup – sorry, this time, WG actually did a really nice thing. Remember how I posted yesterday that between 18.12. and 22.12., Wargaming RU made ALL the gold and ALL the premium account bundles in their premium shop 50 percent cheaper?

Well, it has a followup. In order for the players to actually buy gold on discount and use it to buy premium tanks in the game instead of being confused and buying premium tanks in the shop for full price, Good Guy Wargaming actually temporarily removed a whole bunch of premium tanks from the premium shop. In other words, if you want a – say – T34, you can’t buy it as a vehicle in the premium magazine, you have to buy gold (50 percent off) and then buy it in the game for the gold you purchased.

Actually, I think this is pretty cool. Damn, I wish we had this kind of stuff on WG EU. But no, someone has to make it up to WG after all. The milk must flow!

Invite Codes

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A couple of invite codes for EU server (from Polish CD Action magazine) by Tomek C., Cvedran, Sadomasticator (I think the MK codes are for US server) and Calebthecrusher :)

FA594-CUVFV-GZ3CD-X52YP-NHTZV
MK8TH-PUNHK-NXENR-3GYDD-FXG7M
MK8T3-W7REX-CY826-DNVAA-ZTNKN
MK8TA-KFBM8-MA96P-RSH6T-59CBU
MK8TH-RDTWT-8CMGB-K9XKU-XYDF7
MK8TY-X26ME-YA9NA-9X5X2-DR3M2
MK8T6-P5YBW-UF3YC-GR5V6-79AN3
MK8TA-EDSDM-2GRSC-PEVF9-NFWZT
BNV7P-MWWCM-U4P34-GDCW5
BNV7M-U9YS4-UDUZ6-CTHD7
BNV77-3BS8D-MSSSB-HGM3T
BNV7V-DRHBF-2BHRP-E6X9S
BNV7B-4SD5V-VCMW7-XNNVE
BNV7X-66YWY-3RYER-2KPCT

Panzer III Ausf.K – Upcoming Tier 5 Premium/Reward

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Hello everyone,

it was leaked earlier that the supertesters will be testing new German tier 5 medium tank, Panzer III Ausf.K. So far, no pictures or stats appeared, but we’ll have a look at this vehicle today from the historical point of view.

First off, it’s not a fake, as some claimed on forums. It’s a paper design from 1942, that was really considered as an upgrade to the aging Panzer III. Basically, they took the Ausf.J hull and added a turret from Panzer IV (presumably Ausf.G). It’s a very obscure vehicle, that was described in Panzer Tracts as such:

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And that’s all we know about it, so you can expect most of the statistics to be “fake” – based on balance rather than historicity. It will likely be slower than both the Panzer IV and Panzer III/IV for example due to the increased weight. The role of this vehicle is unclear as well, my guess is it’s not a regular premium tank for sale but some event/reward thing, but who knows. We’ll just have to see.

Today’s Advent Offer (17.12.2014)

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Sorry for the delay. Personal errands.

Today’s advent offer for EU server includes:

- KV-5 + slot
- 3000 gold

Price: 47,99 USD (38,45 EUR)

Meanwhile in Russia, the current offer is 50 percent off on all gold and premium days (only in the store though). Still, the EU offer today seems actually solid.

Remember Everything in 2014

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Hello everyone,

in 2014, Wargaming was involved in several large (and costly) historical initiatives on Russian and Belarusian territory (with notable exceptions). Here’s a video summary of the events from the Russian server (with English subtitles). These involve:

- restoring the Dornier 17 in Britain
- lifting the KV-1 from the bottom of a river
- looking for tank parts in swamps (“Tanks smell of mud”)
- restoration of a T-34
- re-painting the vehicles at the Central Museum of Armed Forces in Moscow
- restoring several museum collections
- various “veteran” events

Too bad these initiatives take place mostly in Russia only. For next year, Wargaming has prepared a program for large celebrations of 70th victory anniversary, but then… I have a bad feeling that the average Russians will have other things to think about with the way ruble is going.