This list of changes is almost certainly not complete, so take it with a grain of salt.

French tank changes

- AMX50B: gun aim time buffed from 3s to 2,5s

German tank changes

Aufklärungspanzer Panther

- reload time of 7,5/5,5 cm Waffe 0725 for turret VK 28.01 Ausf. C buffed from 4s to 3,4s

Indienpanzer

- aim time for 9 cm Bordkanone buffed from 2,9 s to 2,7 s
- reload time for the same gun buffed from 7,5 s to 7,2 s

Leopard 1

- 105mm gun reload time buffed from 9 s to 8,7 s

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Again, in shorter “snapshots” format and this time not exactly with a WoT tank…

Mrwanwan’s RNG video, episode 3 – enjoy :)

Hello everyone,

today, several players have sent me e-mails about the difference between American and European July missions. I mean, the Americans have to have it better, since they are getting the LTP, right? Or… do they?

USA:

Random battles only, tier 4 and above vehicles

- get 5k XP once per day while being in top 10 of your team XP-wise: 2 gold fire extinguishers
- get 10k XP once per day while being in top 10 of your team XP-wise: 2 gold medkits
- get 15k XP once per day while being in top 10 of your team XP-wise: 2 gold repair kits
- repeat the 15k XP part 7 times: 3 days of premium (can be done only four times)
- repeat the 15k XP part 28 times (!): get the tier 3 LTP light tank

Total maximum value: 28 x 6 = 168 gold consumables (3360k credits worth), 12 days of premium, tier 3 light premium tank

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Thanks to Vollketten for this one! A wartime video, showing the American soldiers examining the Japanese tanks and its weaknesses.

There is still the myth going on about the Japanese tanks being completely terrible – the truth is however, even this very light tank (a tankette in fact) was completely sufficient against the opponents it was intended to fight, the Chinese, who had practically no armor of their own and lacked anti-tank capabilities.

Since it’s not yet on the EU server…

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Source: http://cyprus-mail.com/2014/06/29/war-games-and-the-banks/

Thanks to Vakahn for this one.

An interesting article appeared on the Cyprus Mail website, that mentions Wargaming. Gonna repost it here. It’s a bit longer though.

Author: Angelos Anastasiou

IN A DRAMATIC last-minute intervention last November, reminiscent of plot twists found in Hollywood dramas, a highly profitable gaming company doled out €40 million to buy a 30 per cent ownership stake in the then-undercapitalised Hellenic Bank.

On the face of it, internet gaming companies, no matter how successful, and banks make for peculiar bed fellows. Buying a bank is no simple task, not least because it’s an expensive sport, nor because running one is hard, tricky business. As banks pose systemic risks to national – and even regional – economies, whoever wants to control them is heavily scrutinised, closely monitored and tightly regulated by competent authorities. Entities buying banks typically fit a standard profile, which usually includes prior involvement in money markets or financial industries.

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Source: http://forum.worldoftanks.asia/index.php?/topic/41670-botting-progression/

Thanks to everyone who sent me the link to this (cca 20 people, nice to know so many people from the ASIA server read FTR :) )

Hello everyone,

Yesterday, Tanitha posted quite a long post about what is being done with the bots on ASIA server (by the way, notice how Tanitha is starting to be the source of some very interesting info lately?). Either way, the post is linked above, I am going to summarize here and comment on it. The original text is in italics. The post starts with the classic “hi” and all that, gonna skip that.

World of Tanks is also unique in its player base, with WOT attracting a lot of middle age historians and military fans, a lot often attracted to WOT as their first online MMO. As such a large section of our player base are new to online gaming, and not familiar with the common issues brought to MMO’s in the way of bot’s. ​Bots are one of the plagues of online games, like other issues such as crime, unemployment etc, the botting issue is never “fixed” it is more a matter of constantly fighting the issue and keeping them at an acceptable level / percentage.

The last sentence is true, sadly, bots will never be eradicated from the game, not completely, there will always be some new software emulating player behavior.

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Hello everyone,

WG RU posted a video from the Engines of War event I already mentioned. Interestingly enough, the video has subtitles in English.