Please note that the Golden Joystick results stream will take place on 25.10.2013

- SerB states that WoT won’t be transferred to a new game engine, it would increase the costs and reduce the speed of development
- there has been a project to put a gun more powerful than the BL-9 on IS-3: the D-83
- a high power 122mm gun was tested on an IS-2 (more powerful than the D-25)
- there were plans to equip the Tigers with engines more powerful than the 700hp one, for example an 870hp Maybach, there were even more advanced engines, but not for Tiger – by the time they were developed, Tiger was already replaced by Tiger II (and in future by E-75)

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Hello everyone,

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Nothing much today answer-wise, though.

- there will be no more “Mouse-trap-like” achievements for high tier tank kills other than Maus, it’s there for the Maus because Maus is unique
- according to Storm, binding your account to a cell phone number provides enough security from account hijacking

The detailed list will be available when the XML files are datamined, but for now:

- WT E-100 was not touched
- tier 8 and 9 tank destroyers recieved some nerfs, specifically the gun traverse (turret rotation) from 24 to 18, tier 8 recieved a nerf on hull turnrate (42 to 38), same goes to tier 9 (40 to 36)
- the “visual model changes” are actually just some shadows on the hull, absolutely nothing visible at first glance

From Storm’s answers regarding this topic:

- there will be no separate rework specifically for BIA, it will only happen if the perks are globally reworked
- Storm states the global rework of perks and skills might happen: he’ll revise the old ones, think of new ones, but this will not happen anytime soon, there are other more important issues in game
- Storm states that the current WT E-100 will be the same case as the FV215 183, where everyone whined that it’s overpowered and in the end it turned out not to be the case
- T-44-85 will not be released in 8.9 apparently, devs decided to rebalance it (buff it) so it’s playable, they are discussing what to buff, but of course it’s about the penetration
- Storm confirms the encounter on Mountain Pass will be disabled
- some buildings on the new map are not destructible while they should be, it’ll be fixed

- Storm confirms that the engine has a chance of lighting up from ANY damage done (above certain threashold, that is there to prevent lowtier autocannons from causing too many engine fires), but not every damage done makes the engine yellow or red, so it is possible for a “normal” (undamaged) engine to catch fire
- frames per second limit won’t be implemented
- fullscreen mode without a frame won’t apparently be impemented (SS: not sure what this refers to, a fully opened window?)
- 1,2×1,2km maps are being experimented with

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Apparently, I was a bit too fast with the 2nd test announcement, it will probably be up tomorrow. Looks like 8.9 doesn’t run on schedule. There is a date when it comes out, but I won’t announce it for now, as there is a high probability it will be changed and I don’t want to see tons of OMGUWEREWRONG posts again.

Also, check this out: Armchair General magazine made an interview with The_Chieftain, pretty interesting stuff (*wink* check last two answers *wink*)

If you are interested in mobile gameplay, Overlord asks for your opinions for WoT:Blitz

- Q: “Will there be an automatic platoonmember search (SS: like in 7/42) for platoons, based on rating too?” A: “I am not for rating, but for winrate”
- Q: “Can I hope for more premium medium tanks in 0.9.0 or 0.9.1, since the Chinese lately got one?” A: “You can hope, but we don’t guarantee the result and we won’t tell in advance”

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- too many shots damaging the engine on A-44? “Don’t play A-44″
- apparently, AMX 50/100 was not changed to have its turret weaker (SS: a player is complaining about too many crits)
- the statistic of each player’s tanks currently in hangar won’t be disclosed
- in new player statistics, draws count as losses, because “a draw is a loss – the goal of the game was not completed” and “well, we don’t encourage camping”

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- the developers discussed and rejected the idea of hiding player stats (“there would be more disadvantages than advantages”)
- Q: “Please, can you tell me which religion forbids the devs to make the disabling of the chat in game possible?” A:”Pastafarianism”
- it’s possible there will be no arties at all in historical battles
- the reason the Japanese tankers have sort of American-ish names (ranks) is the same as for the Chinese tankers: 99.9 percent of the players outside of Chinese server wouldn’t be able to read the “hieroglyphs”

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Confirmed: Slava Makarov (lead producer of Wargaming IIRC) states that Wargaming’s Master of Orion game is at the beginning of its development:

Also, Overlord does collect feedback for “nasty little things” and passes it on.

- Q: “Why does T-44-85 have such a low penetration?” A: “So you don’t play it”
- Q: “When the Allies captured the entire German archives, was there ever a case when the Allies had a look at the German solutions and were like ‘that’s genius, we’ll do that too’?” A: “Yea, the entire French branch.” (later SerB states that practically all post-war French tanks are based on German drawings)

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