21.9.2014

Posted on by

A few answers from Tuccy, Czech community manager or whatever his rank is these days, as collected during NATO days in Ostrava by Svitman (thank you!).

- there will be new extended tutorial (how consumables, equipment work etc.) – allegedly soon, as the developers were waiting for new hangar UI, that comes in 9.3
- WoT Wiki will be promoted more “when it’s finished”
- it is currently not known, whether there will be more “cheap” tier 8 premiums (like Super Pershing is)
- no further info on how how to get the gun barrel marks will be disclosed (SS: as in, battles remaining, exact XP threshold etc.)
- T71 gold ammo price will not be changed
- it’s possible that the company mode will be cancelled altogether
- it’s possible there will be special CW missions
- there will not be more Stronghold missions for now
- T-34-3 will likely not be buffed (SS: oooops, but then Tuccy was never the most reliable of sources)
- T-34-2, 113, SU-101 and Afk Panther “will be buffed if needed based on long term statistics”
- mercenaries might come to CW, if the feature is successful in Stronghold
- WZ-132 advantage compared to RU251: “Better camo”
- the fact that a tank loses armor when the model is remade to HD does not mean the tank will always be buffed to compensate

83 thoughts on “21.9.2014”

  2. Other news the 113 and su 101 i have unlocked and will have both soon , so it is a boon to me when it happends

  4. - it is currently not known, whether there will be more “cheap” tier 8 premiums (like Super Pershing is)

    It is not that Super Pershing is “cheap”. It’s the new premium meds that are overpriced.

  6. I remember when Type 59 was on sale and I got one, my friend didn’t because allegedly it was too expensive at 27 euros or something ;)

    So to all former cheapasses, haaaaaaaa~~

  7. - WoT Wiki will be promoted more “when it’s finished”
    __________
    A wiki is never finished :|

    - T-34-2, 113, SU-101 and Afk Panther “will be buffed if needed based on long term statistics”
    __________
    Only one of those needs a buff. T-34-2 is ok as it is. SU-101 needs to be downgraded 1 tier, AFK Panther needs to be removed entirely (or tier 6 premium light). 113 could use an armor buff but the tank is only owned by a small number of players since you don’t really see it in game. If those players are the ones above average, the tank will appear as balanced and they won’t buff it.

    • I wonder if an elite T-34-2 is any better than its fellow Chinese tier 8 equivalents, the Type 59 and T-34-3?

      • If the T-34-3 gets the buffs that are in supertest right now then the T-34-2 is going to be absolutely useless in comparison.

    • It really isn’t that terrible. I had over 200 battles with approx a 60% WR. It has a unique playstyle (especially if you use the 122) but isn’t “so fucking terrible”

  11. - WZ-132 advantage compared to the Russians: “better camo”

    Better question – what is the advantage over any other scout?
    13 90, T49 or RU 251?

    • IMO its a regular “fuck off” answer. They are just too lazy to buff old LT’s….a uber whine needs to start on forum after 9.3 and then they will buff em…

    • Thats my fault, i just wrote ”RU” because i was in train and i cant remember the number and SS thought russians

    • Well the 85mm gun is pretty damn good.
      Good accuracy on the move and good reload, with a small caliber that doesn’t remove as much camo when firing…and with the same module damage as a 90mm gun.

      It could use a small RoF buff though, seeing as the RU251 has a similar gun, but with more alpha and pen, and is much faster, with better gun depression, and many, many more things that make the RU251 awesome =D

    • >Better question – what is the advantage over any other scout?
      13 90, T49 or RU 251?

      Ya know… now that I think about it…. you’re fucking right :o

  12. “will be buffed if needed based on long term statistics”

    Just how long? 5 years? 113 has been the worst tier10 since it was released.

  13. - WZ-132 advantage compared to the Russians: “better camo”

    Yup, you totally need camo on the new “awesome” corridor maps. :)

    • One thing that annoys me is all the youtubers saying “they completely reworked [insert map which forums whiners hates here] into a completely new map” when they just fucking copy+pasted the same style from all the other maps into that one.
      QB and Jingles are examples, but I generally like them.

  14. New tutorial? Wheeee!
    Why not several one about game tatctics?
    So those tomato children will learn the base must be defended? Do it fast plz.

    • Plot twist: They all base camp after that.
      But they really need to make tutorials about brawling, sniping and scouting which gets unlocked after reaching tier 5

      • How about teaching it right in the beginning???
        And maybe we need more tutorials about “if a scout goes ahead to spot some targets but he does not want to do a suiciderush THEN FUCKING PROTECT HIM”?

  15. WZ-132 advantage compared to the Russians: “better camo”

    yea beter camo … by 5%
    lets compare lttb 7 tier lt to wz 132 8 TIER
    armor wz dont have armor 50 armor is the same as 30 .
    lttb 90 armor can totaly bounce amx 75 mag all 140 shots. also rear armor is ultra sloped and it can bounce ridicoulus penetration( even 320) when god slooped only td can use 3x caliber rule
    lttb is faster . wz 132 21horse per 1t lttb have almost 30 …
    accuracy of gun the same
    aim time lttb aim faster
    damage per minute lttb have slighty beter.
    onlt advantege of wz is 19 more penetration

    and the hp … LTTB have 950 thats the same as stock tier 8 wz and top wz have 1050 what is ridicoulus only french td have les (by 50) but its 150 sloped armor) + 250 pen gun,,,

    if new chinese lights be in 9.3 wz 132 wod be on tier 7 with 950 hp

    also compare scout panther german lt 7 tier to lttb itsridisulous

  16. “- the fact that a tank loses armor when the model is remade to HD does not mean the tank will always be buffed to compensate”

    That may cause some butthurt … especially if talking about tanks like the Maus or E100 or w/e that has armor.. ofcourse if you give 50 more mm to the Ferdinand and 200 to the Hellcat, it will all the perfect!

    However, nerfing something is always going to cause butthurt … unless we are talking about the WT E100 .. please nerf it more..

  17. - no further info on how how to get the gun barrel marks will be disclosed (SS: as in, battles remaining, exact XP threshold etc.)

    But… But… Gun barrel marks are given for damage, not XP or frags. It seems to be average damage done over last 100 battles (so a moving window). Plus once you get a mark, you don’t lose it (if your avg dmg drops), much like mastery class badge.
    BTW French marks are nice, others are pretty useless – stars on the Chinese, USA and Russkies are next o invisible, German triple stripes are confusing and barely visible, only the French have nice, clear, thick stripes.

    Anyway, without knowing how this e-peen works, it’s an eye candy but basically useless.

      • You have XVM for that already, do you expect oranges to get MoE? Anyway, my point was that you don’t know exactly what they are given for. The knowledge base article conflicts with itself and the ingame description. One says “damage ratio” (so damage done divided by damage received for a given tonk), the other says just “average damage” for a given tonk. KB article for reference: http://eu.wargaming.net/support/Knowledgebase/Article/View/528/18/

    • You forgot to mention the British, the same markings as the French.

      Edit: the American markings suck the most. They look like garbage.

      • I didn’t forget them, I omitted them because I don’t play them so I haven’t seen their marks. I also omitted Japan for the same reason (they have some weird axes).

  19. -it is currently not known, whether there will be more “cheap” tier 8 premiums (like Super Pershing is)

    Tbh, please don’t add any more “cheap” tier 8 premiums like SP. They are a pain to play in even tier 8, I’d rather have a normal-priced SP with a better gun, I don’t mind the extra gold if the buffed SP is fun to play.

  23. “- it is currently not known, whether there will be more “cheap” tier 8 premiums (like Super Pershing is)”

    Heh. Super P hasn’t been increased to 10k+ because
    1: people would whine about “only” having been able to receive its original value during the resale event
    2: people would whine about having to pay more than its original value
    3: it’s not popular enough to begin with due to WG’s steadfast refusal to balance the armor nerf by at least giving it its historical gun

    And, as another comment somewhere above said, it’s not that the Super P is cheap, it’s that everything else is overpriced…and the poor tank isn’t quite good or popular enough to be overpriced, too. Few enough of them are bought these days at a “fair” price.
    (note that I’m not saying it’s a BAD tank, it’s just not as stronk as nearly every other tier 8 premium)

    ” – T-34-2, 113, SU-101 and Afk Panther “will be buffed if needed based on long term statistics””

    Didn’t they just buff the AwfulPanther not so long ago? I’ve heard it borders on decent these days if played right.

    ” – WZ-132 advantage compared to RU251: “Better camo””

    As above, the difference is ~1.2% (4.8 meters for a 400m view range, which will rarely matter due to how the spotting system currently works anyway), so…I’m going to take this as either a really terrible attempt at joking or laziness to the point of not being bothered to find a stat with a more profound difference.

  24. Russian devs are the worst seriously they make so many stupid comments and ridiclous changes thats why europe hates them.