Thanks to Jeff L. for this one.

Hmmm… that’s a nice toyset, where have I seen the art before…

It would be hilarious to have A-10′s fighting Tigers though…

Hello everyone,

thanks to ColdZero for letting me know about this. If you’re looking for a good deed to start 2015 with, here’s your chance, guys.

Bastogne Barracks museum is a museum dedicated to the last major offensive of nazi Germany, the Ardennes operation and the American troops defending against the German onslaught. The museum itself has a nice collection of armored vehicles as well, some of them were even featured FTR on more than occasion. The base was the HQ of the 101st Airborne in the defense of Bastogne, it also was an aid station and ofcourse the famous response of General McAuliffe on the Germans’ demand for surrender came from this base: “NUTS!”

Now, however, Bastogne Barracks museum needs your help, as the Belgian army (that operates it) is attempting to shut it down as a part of usual peacetime cost reductions.

In order to prevent it, a petition with an open letter, directed at Mr.Steven Vandeput, the Belgian Secretary at the Belgian Department of Defense, was put together by a few fans of the museum

All you have to do is sign the petition, the goal of which are 10k signatures to make the ministry notice it. The description of the entire initiative is written in the petition link.

Personally, I believe that any World of Tanks player and FTR reader, who cares about history should sign it – there’s not that many of us and we have to “stick together” – next military-operated armor museum to be closed could be in YOUR town after all. While the demands to reduce military costs might seem reasonable in the current situation of Europe, we should not sacrifice history and remembrance on the altar of ever lower costs.

Pictures are from Bastogne NUTS 2014 public event.

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Hello everyone,

in 0.9.6 supertest files, premium vehicle prices were changed as follows:

- AMX-13/57 from 7000 gold to 5000 gold
- AMX CDC from 11750 gold to 7450 gold
- STA-2 from 11500 gold to 7400 gold
- M56 Scorpion from 10000 gold to 7000 gold (downtiered to tier 7)

Author: Tyraforce

More thoughts on the Personal Missions fails

Before I even start, let me make one thing clear. I do not think WG is generally doing a bad job when it comes to WOT development. Yes, there are bugs, lag and late rebalancing, however, compared to the MMOs I had previously played, WOT is pretty solid. I specifically remember one game (DDO), where you sometimes had a group of 12 people going on a 2-hour-long quest, which found the final boss stuck or there was another reason why the quest couldn’t be completed. The support would say “sorry, but you have to do it again”, which frequently caused an amount of frustration WOT cannot compete with.
That said, I struggle to understand how WG managed to fuck up almost every aspect of the PMs. They had been testing and discussing them for months, activated them weeks after they were installed in the patch, yet they still look like something school kids developed during their 2-3 lunch breaks. Again, don’t get me wrong, I like the general idea of PMs and sure welcome an opportunity to give my T34 credit grind a rest but the extent of the fuck ups is just shocking.

NAME FUCK UP: CHECK

“Personal missions are named so because you have to complete them personally.” I wonder if WG realizes that you have to complete ALL the missions personally. You even have to personally buy the tokens to get your WZ mission done, right? But wait, some of these missions force you to platoon! “There are platoon missions, but those too are personal, because every player has their own personal role even in platoon missions.”

Sure. I guess football is a personal game then, cuz every player has his own personal role. The funny thing is that in the mission menu itself WG uses the term ”campaign”, which surprisingly makes sense when referring to a set of stages with a common goal. Why not use it from the start or at least rename it now?

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Source: gamemodels3d.com

59-16

- hitpoints buffed from 580 to 590
- shot dispersion (accuracy on the move) buffed by 10 and 12 percent (for stock and elite suspension)
- stock turret: 57mm 55-57FG reload buffed from 3s to 2,9s, 76mm 54-76T reload buffed from 3,7s to 3,5s
- elite turret: 57mm 55-57FG reload buffed from 2,8s to 2,6s, 76mm 54-76T reload buffed from 3,4s to 3,2s, 76mm 54-76T with autoloader clip reload buffed from 10s to 9s

WZ-131

- hitpoints buffed by 20 hp
- shot dispersion (accuracy on the move) buffed by 12 and 12,5 percent (for stock and elite suspension)
- stock turret:
76mm 54-76T with autoloader clip reload buffed from 8,7s to 8,2s
85mm 56-85JT reload buffed from 5,7s to 5,2s, accuracy buffed from 0,38 to 0,37
- elite turret:
76mm 54-76T with autoloader clip reload buffed from 8,7s to 8,2s
85mm 56-85JT reload buffed from 5,7s to 5,2s, accuracy buffed from 0,38 to 0,37
85mm 62-85T reload buffed from 5,7s to 5,5s
85mm 64-85T reload buffed from 5,7s to 5,5s
100mm 59-100T reload buffed from 9,3s to 8,7s, aimtime buffed from 2,9s to 2,7s, accuracy buffed from 0,39 to 0,38

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Thanks to whoever sent this to me (accidentally deleted the original e-mail).

Check this out – this is how soldiers trained in Portugal. They had a Patton tank drive over them, trying to avoid being crushed to a pulp while trying to touch the vehicle tracks. The video is from 1990′s and the action starts around 0:50.

Hello everyone,

as you might have noticed, in last two days, a whole number of threads about errors in World of Tanks individual mission came up. Some of the “bug reports” are simply misunderstood mission parameters, but some are real bugs, the reason of which – my guess – is mistranslation. Check this out, this is a bug, reported to me by Locastan.

TD2 mission, as shown by Locastan, requires you to “damage enemy tank module”:

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Hello everyone,

Russian videomaker Amway921 published a footage of the upcoming tier 8 Soviet premium medium tank, T-54 Model 1945 (AKA T-54 Prototype).

Basically, it’s a T-54 hull with T-44 turret. You can read more about its history here and read more about its historical characteristics here.

The hull is pretty durable, but the vehicle is quite slow as you can see.

Hull armor: 120/90/45 (60 degrees UPF, 45 LFP)
Turret armor: 180/120/75
Turret traverse: 40 deg/s
Maximum speed: 44/18 km/h (observed in video: 35-40 on flat, 25-35 uphill)
Engine: 520hp

The gun is D-10T:

Penetration: 175/235/50
Damage: 250/250/330
ROF: 7,41
Accuracy: 0,38
Aimtime: 2,6

It will not have limited MM. Preliminary price is 11600 gold. Basically, it’s a poor mobility T-54 with somewhat meh gun but okay armor. If you are into Super Pershing, I guess you could go for it, but for me, it’s not an attractive vehicle. Still, with that amount of armor, it will bully lower tiers.

Source: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/234082/OPERATION_SUPPLY_DROP_LAUNCHES_AMBASSADOR_PROGRAM.php

Thanks to Dominatus for this one.

Hello everyone,

Operation Supply Drop is an American military charity, founded by a former soldier Stephen Machuga to support the American troops, active in combat operations by bringing them entertainment in the form of videogames. You can read about it here.

American branch of Wargaming was active in supporting this charity in the past (for example via charity streams and bundles, where players could actually choose to support this particular charity). Recently (13.1.2015), a new “ambassador program” was launched, consisting of various gaming world celebrities supporting the cause. Their task is to – quoting the article:

…fund-raising, program education, veteran-owned business startup mentoring, as well as job and career networking assistance. The Operation Supply Drop Ambassadors will also support the charity’s Thank You Deployment program, which enables wounded veterans to attend video game events to gain a behind-the-scenes insider look and experience first-hand what goes into making and promoting some of their favorite titles.

One of these ambassadors is now Wargaming’s own US server historian Nicholas “Chieftain” Moran, known best for his “Chieftain’s Hatch” article/video series about tanks. So, congratulations, Chieftain and good luck!

Why the fuck is Jessica Chobot there tho… kinda thought she has poor rep in gaming world after that ME3 crap…

Thanks to Jay for this one.

Hello everyone,

here’s a lovely little exploit for all of you, trying to remain unspotted for the whole battle. It works specifically for the second SPG mission, where you have to remain unspotted the entire battle and do 500 or so damage. Doing the damage is not that hard, getting unspotted throughout the battle is harder. So your team’s folding and you know that soon, enemy tanks will be chasing after you. What can you do?

Drown yourself.

If you drown, you will count as not spotted for the entire battle. You can even drown yourself immediately after you complete the mission criteria just to be safe. And yes, I tested it. My team folded right before:

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