Don’t forget to check Listy’s new article on Yom Kippu War

Oh ye, one more thing, if you vote for Golden Joystick (no matter who for), you’ll be able to pick a free game (Mafia II or Civilization V) via Steam I think.

- SerB on War Thunder tank trees, when asked, whether he considers them to be epic fail: “Well, I won’t comment on ‘epic fail’, it’s more like different approaches to making branches”
- SerB on T-35 (multi-turret Soviet tank): “I don’t know what is it good for, apart from having it in your garage. It’s the same as in real life – it served only for show”, when asked what’s the big difference from TOGII, he replied “the gun”
- Q: “Why didn’t you add T-34/100 in the game?” A:”Because we decided to add other tanks.”
- Q: “You added a TD that can kill almost any tank with one autoloader clip, what’s then point of that?” A: “The point of that is to add a TD that can kill almost any tank with one autoloader clip.”

Well, that’s it for today, I guess SerB is not happy:

- Storm states that exact vehicle changes weren’t in the test server patchnotes, because those get written only in the final patchnotes that will go live
- trees growing from stones (North-West map) are a bug
- Storm confirms that the frontal armor angle of IS-4 has been fixed
- recently the graphics have not been touched (SS: some players complain about FPS drops in hangar)

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Well, the test is here. I am not sure how soon will I “join the action” and bring you the screenies, because (I guess due to the enormous interest in German vehicles) the download goes much slower than it usually does. Standby.

- apparently, the variant where there would be a transfer from old German TD branch to the new one is not considered
- Storm states that the developers never said there would be no tier 10 mediums, it’s players who made this up
- KV-5 will not return to the ingame shop for now
- the aim of the midtier arty buff in 8.9 is not aimed at reducing the number of TD’s in game, but to buff certain specific underperforming vehicles
- it’s “completely possible” certain popular hightier TD’s will be nerfed, but there will not be a TD hardcap

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Ready for tomorrow? I know I am, took a day off, so the news from the test should be… quick :)

Also note that wotreplays.org site is back online, if you want, check it out.

- the development of WoWp clouds is tied to the smokescreens in WoT, when it is optimized, WG will develop smokescreens based on it
- apparently, smoke (SS: from burning wrecks mentioned) will work like the bushes in WoWp and it will work that way in WoT too
- 122mm D-83 gun (Object 167, Object 430U IIRC) won’t be implemented now, it’s too OP, but the developers keep it in mind
- regarding autoloading Soviet tanks, SerB states that in 1943, autoloaders for both the KV and T-34 were developed, but they won’t be implemented for now

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For those interested in mobile gaming, Overlord wrote the requirements for World of Tanks: Blitz

- currently, HEAT shells are subject to 3-caliber and 10-caliber rules (SS: 3-caliber rule concerns overmatch, 10-caliber rule concerns the length of the shell flight within the vehicle)
- Superpershing will be sellable for gold only before 8.9 goes live
- SerB states that “tests will show”, what computer will run improved graphics in WoT at 50-60FPS, but it should be “normal gaming computer”
- Radeon notebook graphic card optimizations for WoT? “I will tell when it’s done”

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Hey everyone,

check out Listy’s article on Allied drone bombers in WW2.

Also, I promised to write something on Yom Kippur (today is the 40th anniversary of that war’s beginning). Didn’t manage to do that unfortunately, but I haven’t forgotten. Will think about that – after all, its end (25.10.1973) is something to celebrate too.

QA:

- demo video of new WoT graphics? “When it’s done it’s done”
- box edition of WoWp will come only after online release (if at all)
- SerB states that the 25 percent random factor reflects the reality (SS: kinda correct, all sorts of weird stuff could happen when a shell hit an armor)

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