Nothing new today, apart from the fact that HD ISU-152 won’t have its camo factor changed (nerfed). Meh.

Not much today (apart from the Stronkhold QA earlier). Again. But at least the 9.3 supertest will be soon, so we got that going for us, which is nice.

- SU-76I (premium tier 3 TD) is still being tested apparently
- MBT-70 in WoT? “No comment” (SS: no, too modern)
- HD model size changes (SS: it got a it bigger IIRC), for example on the IS tank do not mean that camo factor was changed as well

Souce: http://world-of-ru.livejournal.com/3444636.html

Hello everyone,

there was yet another WG stream about Strongholds and some answers were provided (not sure who is the guy, probably Inaki). As always, thanks to Maiorboltach for summing it up.

Stronghold

- in the next version of Strongholds, you will be able to attack enemy strongholds and defend your own and to level up the stronghold to tier 10
- in the next stronghold version, a new feature of “legionnaires” (mercenaries) will be introduced – the possibility to use up to 5 players without a clan in skirmishes. They will not get the resources, but they will get credits and XP.
- there will also be some fixed in the stronghold mode, one of them will be increased XP and credit gain in skirmishes so that the players can earn a bit more. Currently, this is being tested.
- in the next SH version, there will also be a new building: “The Office”, this building will give the clan certain missions, that can be fulfilled by individual players of the clan. As an example, one mission was mentioned – “go to random battle and deal X damage”. The higher the building tier, the better the rewards for the missions.

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Hello everyone,

apparently, the supertest of 9.3 patch was delayed by a week, which means the test was delayed as well and the previously estimated date (next Thursday or so) is no longer valid.

- Q: “Compared to other German tanks, the armor of track module on Maus is weak. Is it a balance parameter?” A (SerB): “To write bullshit is bad for your brain. Maus has the highest track armor of all the tanks.”
- it’s possible that some cases of the Sixth Sense lightbulb not lighting up properly are caused by mods – if you experience this more often (that it doesnt light up when it should), remove mods and try again
- apparently, 9.3 news will be published soon
- currently, it is planned to give players who own FV4202, when it gets changed to tier 8 premium, that tank for free
- Havok will come in “one of the upcoming patches”

Nothing much today. However, I did learn that the first official gameplay footage of World of Warships should be available in September (without interface) and with interface somewhat later, because they are apparently reworking it. Well, I kinda liked what I saw on the leaked videos.

Either way, now that this is out of the way, I suggest you stick around FTR for a few minutes more. Next two posts might be interesting for you.

A public service announcement. A former player of one of the biggest clans on EU server (R1SE) and former deputy commander of the clan, dariuks1, looted 50k gold from the clan treasury and clanquitted. Please be wary not to recruit a thief in your clan.

Strangely enough, an old player from the CSA-3 clan, Fandajedoma, did exactly the same thing (70k gold) recently, so be careful about that guy as well. I was saving it for the Hall of Shame, but hell, it’s better you know now.

- apparently, the stop/brake lights on some tanks will not be made functional
- it’s possible that the US LT8 will merge into some existing line (SS: T54 medium tank specifically)
- Q: “Why does a tractor explode when you run over it and a car does not” A: “Just imagine the tractor has full fuel tank and cars dont”
- why is the flag post on base not material and can’t be torn down? “It just happened in the game’s past that way. To bring down the flag is not nice.”
- Q: “Would u guys consider rebuffing tank destroyer damage output like the old days with 850 damage per shot?” A: “Tanks balancing is done by specific Dev section, where i only get a list shortly before public testing. There us some tank re-balancing due for 9.3 as there is most updates, so that should be available about a week before the PT.”

- the information that Firefly was planned for patch 0.9.5 is correct (SS: this however can still change, currently the 9.5 is planned for mid December)
- attacking other Strongholds owned by other clans will work roughly as clanwars, only instead of gold, you get the industrial resource
- apparently, there was a bug in the rules/shop on the Russian server, where – if you bought a vehicle in the shop for discount and you already had it, you recieved its original pre-discount price in gold as compensation (SS: as in, buying something worth 1500g for 750g, you already have it, you get 1500g instead). This was recently fixed (causing some butthurt on RU forums).

Hello everyone,

since WG Gamescom stream is much stronk this year, we were not able to watch the communication between players and developers. At least WG did put up a summary of the developer answers on the portal. I am adding it here for the sake of completeness, because – as you can imagine – the answers are pretty useless and there is nothing new in them. Oh well. Please note that some of the stuff is even wrong (for example “RU251 not this year” – it’s coming in 9.3)

tomasfolik: When will you have a multi-core CPU support in World of Tanks?

Multicore support is already partially introduced to the game. In fact, some of the game processes are already managed by the other cores. However, we have plans to extend it with the introduction of Havok effects.

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- the hitpoints of the modules are set according to class, tier and nation of the vehicle, the frequency of their damage depends on their distribution in that actual vehicle and your playstyle
- the aim circle doesn’t get any bigger when you switch from arcade to sniper mode, it simply is displayed as closer and so, it appears bigger
- strongholds mode will be significantly improved and extended in the future
- it will not be possible to capture enemy stronghold, only loot it

Just a quick update: Evilly confirmed that everything in this summary is true (yes, including the free FV4202).

Furthermore, he confirmed that the Firefly branch will be half MT (M2A4, M3 Honey, M3 Grant, British Sherman, Firefly) and half TD (Challenger/Avenger, Charioteer, Conway, FV4005 Stage 2).

Next patches should also bring new improved bot-detecting function.