- damage, “eaten” by detracked shells that didn’t however penetrate will count towards “damage blocked by armor” it seems, but ONLY if the trajectory of the shell would otherwise intersect with the hull, were the tracks not there
- two vehicles will have their engines changed in the 9.1 test – Hellcat and Jackson
- it is possible to balance tanks based on their winrate, compared to the average winrate of various accounts (SS: the “new method”)
- +/-1 MM spread will not be implemented
- there are no plans to return 8.11 graphics and make the HD optional via settings
- there will not be a patch 8.11 rollback either

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Source: http://world-of-ru.livejournal.com/3271776.html

Hello everyone,

the Russians had another CW-related stream (connected to the World on Fire event) with Alexei “Inaki” Ilyin and Dmitryi “Fluke” Grigorov and Maiorboltach from Russian LJ community was kind enough to provide a transcription yet again. Here’s what was written. I removed the answers that are exclusive for RU server (pointless for us)

- nominal price of T23E3 is 7000 gold
- Fame points are awarded regardless of events, premium account etc., you won’t be able to get that tank without spending a single day in the event
- “riots” (SS: the CW mechanism, not sure of the English term – rebellions?) will appear almost everywhere, on average every 1-2 provinces
- T23E3 MM is such that it will most of the time (almost all the time) appear on the top of the team
- the reward for 3rd campaign will be Object 907

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Sorry for no articles today, was working on some Czechoslovak tech tree materials. Check out Listy’s Unexpected Tanks article – pretty interesting!

- when World of Tanks were created, BigWorld was the only way to go, it was the only engine available with suitable networking part
- the Flash in World of Tanks is used in the form of something called “Scaleform” (SS: sorry no idea what that means)
- IS-7 and E-50 won’t be buffed soon
- RU251 and new US light tanks? “Medium KTTS” (SS: as in “when it’s done it’s done, it has medium priority” – that means anything between 3 and 6 months from now I’d say)

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- Storm states that multicore support will not strongly influence game performance
- Storm states that the supertest patchnotes are not final: “there is a long way to go till the patch goes live”
- regarding the “hidden Sherman nerf” in 9.0, it was intended, but Storm states that the fact it did not appear in patchnotes first was a mistake of the program, that generates the list of tank changes for the patchnotes. They fixed it and Storm hopes it won’t repeat itself.
- a player asked that there are rumors about a mod, that actually makes the game display tank silhouette even beyond the official render range, Storm replies that that would be possible only if the mod actually takes the tank position beyond the render range from the minimap, eg. such mod won’t display tank and turret orientation
- regarding sharp FPS drops with the shadows enabled: “Shadows eat resources and that’s something we can’t do anything about”

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Source: http://world-of-kwg.livejournal.com/291512.html

Hello everyone,

apparently, the 9.1 changes caused quite a shitstorm under Storm’s posts. People started being rude as hell, some were banned, comments were blocked and such. Storm was actually quite annoyed about that, making a post, where he asked people to be civilized. The buffs and nerfs of vehicles will be discussed on Monday.

Anyway, here’s more info gleaned from the discussion:

- apparently, unlike EU and US, RU server doesn’t have the “restore sold premium tanks” mechanism, it’s still being tested there
- low performance of Hidden Village map is connected to the existence of tons of small objects on the map
- developers are putting the “HD conveyor” (mass production of HD tank models) in motion currently
- developers are working on both CPU and GPU (render) multicore support
- Storm admits that patch 9.0 was very complicated and after its release and that only a little was added to the patch of what was promised (in general)
- developers are working on general fixes for tank color
- “Xbox-like” weather effects did not get introduced to the PC version yet, because “there are completely different issues on PC and we have to deal with them first and then we do weather”

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Have questions about WoT Blitz? Overlord is collecting feedback.

- some exceptions from the 9.1 LT matchmaking: A-20 will be like T-80 (battletier 4-6), SU-26 and T-127 battletiers 3-4
- WoT Blitz betatesters will get a reward tank – Russians a Russian one, Europeans an European one and Americans an American one (all tier 5)
- in North America, WoT Blitz might launch in a few weeks, depending on the softlaunch results
- Mad Catz C.T.R.L. controller for WoT Blitz? “We have done some basic support, but it’s not yet polished.”
- Chieftain on Maus restoration:

“Near as I can tell, the goal is to get the thing to clank along using whatever motor and transmission they can find. The mantlet will certainly have to be secured.”

- Chieftain on multiturret mechanism:

“My guess is that the programmers who would be working on the multi-gun support code can also be working on other things, and they only have so many hours in the day. Compared to whatever else they’re working on, is Multi-Gun really such a priority?”

Today’s QA will be mostly about patch 9.1 – you probably already saw the preliminary patch notes. You know what really bothers me about them? Where the hell is the low FPS in cities fix? Currently, that’s one of the most annoying issues for me.

- Tiger P nerfed too much? “How terrible”
- Storm adds that following LT buff will be on common test:

for tier 4 light tanks – minimal battletier 4, maximum battletier 7
for tier 5 light tanks – minimal battletier 6, maximum battletier 8
for tier 6 light tanks – minimal battletier 7, maximum battletier 9
for tier 7 light tanks – minimal battletier 8, maximum battletier 10

Chaffee will keep its special MM however

- Storm doesn’t know whether IS-3 will get its historical speed of 40 km/h (currently 38 km/h), but states it’s possible different sources say different numbers and the difference is small
- tanks had their bottom reworked, this is connected to the future implementation of tanks turning on their roof (SS: and I still think it’s a retarded idea)
- for now, nothing can be said about the new tank movement model, but next week first working version will be ready

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Source: http://world-of-kwg.livejournal.com/291512.html

Preliminary patchnotes, they are NOT final, Storm states there will be some fixed and additions.

- added new map “Kharkov”
- fixes and improvements on maps Arctic, Tundra, Komarin, Windstorm, North-West
- removed the Assault mode on Sand River
- improved performance on the map Hidden Village

- fixed small visual issues with textures and models for a large number of tanks
- fixed small visual issues with textures and models for some map objects
- reworked exhaust smoke effect for all tanks
- reworked tank explosion effect
- added visual markers on barrels for damage made in battle
- added the mechanism where a turret, ripped off by ammo rack explosion “slides off”
- type of surface now influences the behavior of a turret ripped off

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Source: http://maiorboltach.livejournal.com/25395.html

Hello everyone,

Russian server also had a “Clanwars stream” and Maiorboltach from the world-of-ru LJ community was kind enough to write a summary of what was said in the stream with Alexei “Orc” Plotnikov. There is some interesting new info, worth checking out. Some points I left out due to them being relevant only for RU server.

- only 15k T23E3 tanks will be handed out on RU server (because “World on Fire” is a short event)
- T23E3 has a premium tank status. According to orc, it has really good rate of fire and not bad penetration, T-34-85 gets killed really fast, it’s something like E-25
- T23E3 will be obtainable for non-CW players, it will be either sold, or will be a reward for some event
- there was an idea that top 30k (on RU server) players, who don’t recieve the T23E3 would recieve credits equal to their fame points count, but it was decided not to do it
- Chat 2.0 is still being worked on, the option to read whispers/chat with friends inside battle will come in very distant future
- WG now has a system, that automatically detects rigged fights
- there is no ETA on future game events (SS: as in the Super Pershing one probably), but they are in plans already

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Hello everyone,

Wargaming EU employees Obirian, Cmd_Latina and Deception1 recently made a stream, talking about CW stuff and all that. I wasn’t home, but WoT EU player Coolathlon was kind enough to make a stream write-up. Thank you, much appreciated!

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And here is the write-up of the stream:

World on Fire Live Stream information (Obirian and Cmd_Latina hosting, Decept1on playing some randoms)

- Tier 8 in CW event to get more people take part in the event.
- The_Challenger was climbing on TOG and other tanks–> vid on them will come
- Matchmaker for T23E3: special MM
– different ideas for T23E3 spreading to players. “Nothing written in stone.”, there will be other possibilities to get the tank. “Quite confident about it.”
- Type 59 will not be available again. “I play it everyday.”
(Obirian gone, Decept1on playing with Cmd_latina)
- WG team will have a tactic for taking part in World on Fire event. Last time they smashed TESLA.
- MM of T23 is same as Panther M10
– event simplier than campaign: e.g. less medals
- no missions to get fame points –> noone can lose 1000 places at once like in last campaign
– Decept1on uses rammer, optics and gun laying drive on T23E3; gold consumables (medpack, repair, extinguisher); ammo: half AP, half APCR
(- Decept1on has 25 k gold, 22.5 M creds, 1.15 M free XP)
- 2.85 secs rld (rammer, BiA)
- 22-30 frames on South Coast (PC is okayish), 40 fps on Polar Map, 40 on Redshire
(- Obirian died first in platoon)
- Decept1on usually uses mods, J1mb0 was named
- D.: “Turret speed is a bit meh.”
- Tier 8 games: 1; Tier 7 games: 3
– D.’s job is taking care of CW things, and reporting critical bugs to WG HQ
– D. on event expectations: RSOP might go for the attack tactics again. Polish clans: 1SBP not seen on map, nor 1PAD — there wer better times for polish clans. “Maybe SBP will win something.” Not much noticable on French clans.
- D. likes to play platoon with ppl with >60% WR
(commercial: GB-tanks introduction trailer)
(commercial: CN-tanks introduction trailer)
– Want T23E3 asap? Gain fame points in CW event!
- WG will be in Wrocław (PL) on Saturday and Sunday this week, Cmd_Latina will be there.