Evilly Q&A

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Source: http://world-of-ru.livejournal.com/3707636.html

Hello everyone,

what follows is the transcription of answers of Anton “Evilly” Pankov, producer of World of Tanks. Most are rehashed old answers. Here’s the more interesting stuff:

- Bigworld was chosen because when the game was planned, the company was very small and there was no option of getting another engine apart from Bigworld. At first, WG wanted to do an RPG with orks based on Bigworld and server and client sides were already ready, when WG decided to switch from elves to tanks and WG continued to work with it, because it was most accessible at the time.
- WG is currently working on chat overhaul, first will be the channels, followed by the contact list system. Players will be able to divide their contact lists into groups (close friends, platoon guys etc.), so it will become more flexible over time
- WG is working on further conversion of the game client for Mac OS
- new version of Bigworld (in patch 0.9.7) should not reduce FPS (WG needs the new version to implement future features), in fact preliminary tests show the performance should increase due to optimizations in the engine
- WG started working on improved tutorial to guide newbies to learn the game, a new tutorial mode is planned where players will be able to train against bots
- 9.7 will bring new regular tanks (SS: the French)
- WG is working on special events for 1st of April (fun mode) and mid-May (celebration of the end of the war anniversary)
- there will also be a new mode for random battles (in summer presumably)

57 thoughts on “Evilly Q&A”

    • Elves – French tanks;
      Orcs – German tanks;
      Humans – Russians tanks;
      Dwarves – British tanks;
      Gnomes – American tanks;
      Human clones – Chinese tanks;
      Goblins – Japanese tanks.

      Here you go, an RPG game!

      • Lights – Rogues
        Mediums – Paladins
        Heavies – Warriors
        TD’s – Rangers/Hunters
        SPG’s – Mages

        • Tier1 – lvl1
          Tier2 – lvl2
          Tier3 – lvl3
          Tier4 – lvl4
          …
          Tier10 -lvl10
          Am I doing it right?

        • Based on playstyle:
          Lights – explorers
          Mediums – hardcores
          Heavies – casuals
          TD – grinding masochists
          SPGs – low level players begging for gold in the city

        • Orcs and goblins are meant to be nazis, especially as this is a (Belo)Russian game which wants to portray them as universally wicked and cruel entities.

      • Germans = orcs and ussr=humans? Lolnope, its the other way around. If IS-series and KV-series of tanks aren’t orcish or trollish with their armor, then i don’t know what is.

        When i play Tiger2/E-75 i think of a paladin with a shield, not some greenskin

      • it finally makes sense…

        there is one trialer for WoT on youtube… some orcs and humans fighting.. kinda like WoW and suddenly a tank appears… It looks really strange… now it makes sense :D

      • Fix gameplay why would we want that Woras? It’s far better that they make the game “look Pretty” and fiddle while Rome burns.

        “Working as intended”, “it will be done when it’s done” and every other BS line that Wargaming comes out with.
        Specifically regarding their cash cow that is losing membership without replacing new members. WoWs will sink into oblivion as WoWp did. Poof gone. Followed by WOT

        9.6 will bring us the “Same problems that have plagued this game since 8.3″ They keep having the same BS over and over.
        Excuses are far easier than doing a proper job as was shown by the 9.4 debacle.

      • I wouldn’t bet on 110, bud. There’s a reason why IS-3 is chosen over 110 in T8 battles. 110 is very easy to kill from any angle, the pike nose is too high, the LFP is exposed and easy to pen, the cupola is much bigger and even turret hugging isn’t a good idea, the side armor is much worse than IS-3′s magic armor, the gun is inferior to IS-3s.

        • aggree on is better on t8 Team battles because alpha and gold ammo is everything…..

          However 110 LFP is still stronger than current IS-3 UFP, much better gun handling, no turret roof weakspot…..All Chinese tanks are ok for randoms….

            • if I’m in a weak t6 tank, Type 58/VK3001P for example, their gun can’t even reliably pen the hatches of 110, but can pen -3 roof with ease especially -3′s low height…

        • I think 110 is more versatile and better for public random games – viewrange, faster aiming, some sniping ability. But when you play IS3 it doesnt matter if players are spamming gold ammo on you or not. IS3 turret is immune except weakspot above the gun, upper plate is paper against same tier anyway. When you play 110 it’s immune to 220-240 pen frontally but both upper plate and turret cheeks are easily penned by golds – it will still bounce unaimed shots, but it’s unlikely to win corner fights against is3 – cause of alpha, lack of side armor and worse immunity to premium ammo.

  7. “At first, WG wanted to do an RPG with orks based on Bigworld[...]”
    HAHA… can you imagine that? an RPG with only 1000 x 1000 meters per level?

    and they talk about new fun mode for 1. april, while we haven’t even seen the winter one yet… when is that supposed to come btw?

  8. about Individual Missions: if you do all secondary missions on the first 3 tanks, do you only need to do 1 class on the obj 260, because you already have 15 tokens left over?

  9. Hello SS :( I’m sory it’s off-topic but I have a question..I just managed to get a 1 day ban for unsportsmanship conduct (don’t ask for too many details..all I can say it’s not so good language). And I’ve done 6 out of 7 nations for the WZ mission. I only needed 20.000 dmg to complete it but now I cant’ because of the ban. Will I receive the tank if I buy the token I need for the mission? Some guys told me in forums that I won’t and others said that I will..I don’t really know what to do and I feel like I could trust you. Can you answer please?

  11. - there will also be a new mode for random battles (in summer presumably)

    Reworked confrontation?

    - 9.7 will bring new regular tanks (SS: the French)

    Yeah, like 2 tanks. It’s pure ignorance and laziness not implementing the 2nd heavy line for 2.5 years, they already have more than half the tanks modelled.

  12. QUOTE: – “WG is working on further conversion of the game client for Mac OS”

    IF that is so, since Mac OS is based on the FreeBSD kernel, Are there going to be versions for Linux?

    Would be nice ..

    The ONLY reason I’m using Windblows is to play WoT .

  13. Bugworld engine reminds me of that Mythbusters episode where they polish a shit, they managed to make it shiny, soft and in a ball shape, but after all it was still shit.

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  16. ‘- WG is currently working on chat overhaul, first will be the channels, followed by the contact list system. Players will be able to divide their contact lists into groups (close friends, platoon guys etc.), so it will become more flexible over time’

    First sentence made me think that WG finally decided to fix their shitty chat system. Next sentence confirmed their ignorance about it. Organize contact lists into groups in a shitty chat system does not change the fact that it is still utter shit.

    You enter a game, and you’re disconnected from the world, unlike every other MMO out there.