Posted with delay, didn’t notice it came up for some reason.

Hello everyone,

let’s start this week with something funny. Today is the “Day of the Defender of Fatherland” in Russia and to commemorate the holiday, Wargaming posted some nice propaganda pictures on their portal – let’s have a look at them (for bonus points – try to spot Stalin).

“Glory to the army, born in October” (which is a bit odd, because the October Revolution happened in November)

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Hello everyone,

as I wrote on the FTR FB yesterday, which, if you like, you can follow (get it? “like”? yea, me so funny), I am unfortunately really busy this weekend with IRL issues, so the next update will be the usual translation in the evening (unless there are leaks, I’ll check from time to time) – full content again from tomorrow onwards.

And here’s the video of a tank crushing a van, for your good mood :) I am sure you all know WHICH tank is it… :)

Enjoy!

Hello everyone,

before we start, let me say something first. You know how come there are so many leaks? Why Wargaming people can’t keep a secret for long? Let me tell you. It’s disgruntled employees. It’s natural in a way, if you treat your people like shit, they’ll take the first chance they get to tell someone about it – people love to talk. And then, that “someone” tells me. This is not however such a case – this is something else, a classic disgruntled ex-employee. Thanks to the anonymous CZ player who sent me this :)

Remember Ellendway? Some of you might – especially the Czechoslovak community, he’s one part of the former community organizer duo Ellendway/Karlie. While Karlie moved on to e-sports, Ellendway either left the company or was fired, I don’t know (heard both versions). Now, you know what’s one of the rules on any job? “Don’t slander your ex-employer”. Unfortunately for him (and fortunately for us), Ellendway broke that rule, when he commented with his profile under a Czech portal article about World of Tanks: Generals. Czech readers can have a look at what he’s saying in original, but I’ll translate it for you. And of course a screenshot, just in case he decides to delete his comments (happened before).

What he says about WoT Generals:

“Last time I played it, it was when I was working at WG and the game was in early alpha testing phase. The game was slow, boring and practically impossible to understand. Compared to Heartstone, it was insane.”

He continues to comment about Wargaming EU salary policy (pay attention if you want to apply to WG) – he replies to a person, who said that it’s possible the game evolved in the meanwhile and he’d see that, if he continued to work there.:

“Thanks, but I’d rather do a solid job, where they give me more than a minimum wage and I can afford to live and not survive :)”

Interesting. I always thought WG pays well. When another commenter claimed it’s possible that WoT is no longer as profitable, he replied:

“Unfortunately, the tanks are more and more profitable. More and more people supports them and buy premium accounts.”

And when questioned about details, he adds:

“Well, since I worked for them for more than a year, unfortunately I have to say that the income gets higher and higher. Of course, it’s not as easy as just looking at the EU server and saying it’s losing profits. In Russia, there are still over 900k players online (or not?) and now the Xbox version and the mobile Blitz…
You have to understand that 99 percent of players do not complain in discussions, they are sitting and playing. And unfortunately also paying. That’s one of the reasons why I left. When the employer doesn’t care what’s going on with the game and the main thing that matters to him is that each month he gets gazillions of USD, it’s hard to do anything…”

Interesting, especially the last part. Of course, WG is no charity, we all know that. Makes me wonder how much exactly do they care about the game though.

Hello everyone,

another reworked Prokhorovka appeared on the superstest server. Check this out.

The green zone landscape was completely changed (mostly levelled from what I can tell). The circles represent new buildings added for cover and the purple zone had its environmental objects changed (some stones and such were added for cover).

Hello everyone,

23rd of February is the Defender of the Fatherland day in Russia. Originally, it was known as the “Day of the Soviet Army” (or Red Army) and it traces back to 1919, but it was renamed after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 to its current name and in 2002, Vladimir Putin made it a national holiday. Basically, it’s like Women’s Day, but in reverse – this time, it’s women, who give the men some presents. You might have noticed that yesterday, a rather large event from RU server was published on FTR – well, that’s that.

Wargaming made a special ad for this event too – and, well… see for yourself. Technically, there’s probably nothing really wrong with it, but the amount of WoT stuff in it is almost awkward. No Russian language, doesn’t need subtitles.

With that 70 Euro (or how much it costs) mouse though, somehow, I don’t think this picture represents the current Russian family very correctly. But I guess we all have different priorities.

Hello everyone,

check this Wargaming video about how to play with the FV4005 and the FV215b (183). It’s in Russian, but there are English subtitles (turn them on) :)

Hello everyone,

and here’s ANOTHER tier 2 light tank, Renault R35. That’s right: the upcoming French tier 2-5 minibranch will have two regular tier 2′s. It will look like this:

And the model of the vehicle:

Characteristics (elite setup, top gun, 100 percent crew):

Tier: 2
Hitpoints: 170 (155)
Engine: 82 (105) hp
Weight: 10,579 (12,334) tons
Power-to-weight: 7,75 (8,51) hp/t
Maximum speed: 23/12 (24/12) km/h
Hull traverse: 34 (34) deg/s
Terrain resistance: 1,151/1,247/2,397 (1,055/1,247/2,301)
Turret traverse: 24 (24) deg/s
Viewrange: 300 (280)
Radio range: 290 (300)

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Hello everyone,

continuing the Somua S35 minibranch leaks, this is the upcoming 9.7 regular tier 2 light tank, FCM 36.

Characteristics (elite setup, top gun, 100 percent crew):

Tier: 2
Hitpoints: 155
Engine: 105 hp
Weight: 12,334 tons
Power-to-weight: 8,51 hp/t
Maximum speed: 24/12 km/h
Hull traverse: 34 deg/s
Terrain resistance: 1,055/1,247/2,301
Turret traverse: 24 deg/s
Viewrange: 280
Radio range: 300

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