Regarding the Team Battle Exploit

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Hello everyone,

apparently, currently, there’s a bug (exploit) in team battles, allowing you to roll out with a 7/55 team instead of 7/54:

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Replay is here: http://wotreplays.com/site/1621699#team

Now, I don’t play team battles, nor do I care about them too much (as in, at all), so I have no idea how this exploit works. According to some people I asked, this is not the first time such bug appeared in them (something about Maus?). I was just wondering about its principles – does one of the tanks count for one point less than it should?

In any case, it’s a really stupid way to cheat, because you will obviously be reported by the enemy team (unlike random battles, TB players actually care about their team’s results). No idea what the punishment is though, heard it’s a 3 day ban somewhere, but who knows. And of course, the *golfclap* of the day goes to Wargaming for leaving exploits in team battles. At least the competitive part of WoT and stuff connected to it should be exploit free.

Enjoy your WGL hangar.

59 thoughts on “Regarding the Team Battle Exploit”

  1. Its not like they chose Were to bug.. Only thing they can do is fix it asap.

    And if ppl feel need to Cheat.. Than its just fair to laugh at them if there is a ban or at least do the best to warn serious ppl about those SH……

    Rather would (tell my Team to) suicide than waste my time on such filth.

    Ps.but hey. Thats just the obvious cheating. There is wayyyy More under the hood… Module aimbot +caugh+

  3. I let you check the profile of the players to find what was the sanction against them :facepalm:
    Seriously Wargaming ? Let the cheaters nearly unpunished ?

  4. Why would I get ban for something that game allows? It is obvious that I want to play with maximal possible setup and when it is possible, why wouldn’t I take it? Get your shit repaired and don’t ban people for your mistakes.

    • Because it’s the use of an exploit, and the players necessarily knew they were cheating and having an unfair advantage against any other team by managing to get 55 points rather than 54.

      World of Tanks Game Rules :
      4.08 Any conduct that is considered by Wargaming staff as disruptive to the gaming experience of others can be sanctioned in accordance to rule 1.04. This conduct includes and is not limited to: malicious and/or intentional in-game harassment, intentional exploitation of in-game mechanics or any action that intentionally goes against or abuses the game design. The application of game restrictions will always be done to protect a positive and fun gaming environment and will be applied after careful investigation and internal deliberation.

          • Well, the fail in TBs is used like that as well. If you don’t want people exploiting your game, don’t be shit at programming.

      • honestly i think its more of wg fault than players, if client allowed that without using any 3rd party software, i don’t think players should be punished.

      • So according to this logic, if I spot someone behind a bugged bush and I wouldn’t normally spot him because the bush should provide camo, it is considered cheating and I will get banned? Or when I hide behind stairs with wrong model and enemy shoots invisible obstacle? This is all exploiting game bugs too.

        • Cheaters, they always find the stupidest excuses possible.

          Reminds me of the ppl using agent orange “because I need it to have stable fps” while having posted a screenshot with highest settings, 60+fps and ppl knowing the fact that agent orange actually decreases fps.

          • Cheaters will always cheat, then try to find a way to say its some one else’s fault.
            However you look at it a cheat is a cheat. call it an exploit, call it game mechanics , its still a cheat.

            • Yep, I am fucking cheater, shame on me. I play without single mod and never played any team battle so this case doesn’t concern (hope this is right word) me. I just don’t get this “get banned for our mistake” logic.
              If I played team battles and I saw for example FCM counts only for 7 points, first thing I would think would be: “Oh look, limited MM eights count as tier VII, let’s take 2 of them with rest of tier VIII.” If I would get banned for that, I would be really surprised and angry at the same time.
              If WG posted on their portal something like: “Tank X is bugged in team battles, any exploitation of this will be banned from now”, I would be totally okay with that.

        • basically, yes. hard to prove. but yes. for example, if i’m behind 2 bushes, didn’t fire, didn’t move and you are the only tank, and you shoot me and i send in replay, and WG confirms i “should” have been invisible due to camo rating. then you should be punished for exploit.

          same for the 7/55. the rule is 7/54. so that’s an exploit. like if they allowed 15 tier 10s in the 7/54 format. then while you can do that, the rules say 7/54.

          like take baseball for example. you can’t cork your bat. but you bring the bat and it is up to you to pick the non-corked bat. see the sammy sosa incident back in the HR wars years ago.

  5. “does one of the tanks count for one point less than it should?”

    Knowing WG, this could be possible.

  6. So now, an exploit is a cheat ? LOL… why should one get banned for WG mistake. How does a player punish WG for not sticking to the rules ?(for not making errors ?)

    Related to the IS7 weak spot near the track that gets pened by any gun… Are you going to get banned for shooting there ? Is’t that an exploid of WG mistakes ???
    WG should fix this, not punish players. It is because of these players you are notified about this error. There should be a reward, not a punish.

    • an exploit is an exploit. It can be a cheat but doesn’t necessarily have to. In this case, since this exploit grants unfair advantages, exploiting it is indeed cheating. Even without the unfair advantage, exploiting game bugs is against the rules you accepted.

      • it is not cheating as both teams are using the exploit. If both teams have the same tier tanks, the teams are equal. Not using this exploit is a lack of knowledge, it is like not knowing to shoot behind bushes.
        But in this case, WG will punish both teams for using this exploit, when in fact both teams are balanced.
        What WG stated in the rules is not exploiting game mechanics is different. Example : don’t enter the battle with a tier 8 Premium tank and be AFK. This way you still make money no mather what. THIS is a game mechanics exploit.
        What we have here is more like a bug exploit. It is WG fault and they should fix it. Players get punished for abusing the game mechanics, not for WG’s mistakes.

          • I agree with you. I don’t know why people are trying to defend guys that used a hole in the program to get advantage. Following this logic there is nothing wrong with breaking in your bank account using some security hole and using it for my advantage (getting the money) – after all the thing I used to get in is there and I shouldn’t be punished for doing it!
            This thing was surely noticeable in the team screen – you were able to start a battle with wrong setup. If I would run in something like this I would make a screen here, start the battle anyway to check if it’s really working, apologize enemy team at the beginning, explain everything and then send the replay with some additional info to support.

    • You can use an exploit by mistake once and that’s fine, knowingly exploiting a bug to your benefits MULTIPLE times is hardly WG’s fault/

  7. “At least the competitive part of WoT and stuff connected to it should be exploit free.”

    7vs7 is garbage anyway and not “the competitive part”. If they managed to exploit such a bug in tournaments, that’d be a different story (and would get them insta-banned from the game and perma-banned from future participation in WG tournaments in an instant).

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  11. I’m wondering how it is done. I remember the old TB bug with taking tier above VIII was doable by simple edit of tanks definitions xml’s – editing their tier number to below 8. This bug was simply embarrasing in my opinion. I hope this exploit is not doable in a similar way.

  12. Well, if i started a team battle and managed to get the 7/55 i would prolly not notice or think it is a new development in the game because i do not start too many….

  14. Just proves my point, there are way to many exploiters and modders playing this game to be fun or competitive.

    • Don´t play it, don´t comment on it, just leave if you don´t enjoy it, you have plenty other tank or military games to go with. Bye.

  15. Got banned for 7 days, cause someone of my team changed tank while in w8ting screen (it was first time I saw such thing in Team Battle), gg wargaming, cause of your incompetence leaving such bugs, now I must to pay 7 days of premium. Thieves.

  17. WG seemed to fuck up stability of interface (in game windows) significantly in some of most recent patches. Almost every gaming session I get some bug in interface. FIX IT!