14.5.2014

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Hello everyone, in case you are wondering what the hell happened that suddenly in one day, we have so much info on 9.1, it’s because tomorrow, the 9.1 open test was supposed to begin. As far as I know (from WG RU), the test was postponed to next week – the reason for that is the fact the 9.1 test build is bugged (specifically, nasty FPS drops). WG wants to fix that first.

- VK Porsche not buffed while it needs a buff? “It happens”
- Storm states that the nerf of imbalanced tanks WILL come, developers did not decide to leave them
- gold ammo shots make 10-15 percent of all shots fired, sometimes up to 20 percent – there are peaks of more, but they are rare, official statistics won’t be disclosed
- Storm confirms that gold ammo statistics do not show “terrible dominance of gold ammo”
- the gold ammo statistics are about the same for tier 10 and the entire game
- Storm states he could partially agree with the increase of role of armor
- skill MM? Storm: “If it will come, then in a separate mode, such as ‘ranked random’ as an addition to normal random battles”
- normalization will not be further reduced, it’s small as it is
- T18 will still be too strong in 9.1? “You can play on T18″ (Storm states later that T18 will be nerfed)

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Storm: 9.1 – Tank Changes Cancelled

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Source: http://world-of-kwg.livejournal.com/293097.html

Hello everyone,

Storm posts further details about the CANCELLATION of some changes, planned for Patch 9.1. He states that the developers came to following conclusions:

Storm states that the list of changes is not always systematic and understandeable for the players – it’s not clear why tank X gets buffed and tank Y doesn’t. Developers agreed that rebalance tasks will be handled more systematically and the developers will post explanations as to why tank X was buffed or nerfed

Furthermore, developers decided that in order to fulfill this systematic approach (combining tank buffs/nerfs and for example the TD camo nerf), the planned buffs/nerfs for vehicles are CANCELLED. The only changes that REMAIN in 9.1 are the following (be aware that the EU forums have it wrong, these changes are staying):

- TD camo factor after shooting is nerfed
- LT battletier spread reduction
- MT-25 and VK2801 buff
- Sherman stock turret 105mm derp ROF nerf (this is a leftover form the previous patch, since it wasn’t nerfed by ommission)
- Soviet UBR-354KA 76mm shell damage increased by 5 (also bug fix, gold ammo had 110 damage and AP had 105)

Storm states that this DOES mean the developers decided to remove the Hellcat and Tiger nerf. The rebalances will be made to them, but as a part of complex tasks (in this case, the task of “solving the rebalance of tanks on mid tiers”). Storm adds that the developers will also give out more complex and sophisticated explanations as to why each change has to be made.

Meh. T18 needs nerfing…

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Straight Outta Supertest: HD Client Choice

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Source: http://world-of-ru.livejournal.com/3277726.html

Hello everyone,

on the WoT Supertest, a new function apparently appeared – a launcher window, giving you the choice of either downloading HD content, or not.

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It says “World of Tank HD Client version – we are pleased to announce that now there is a HD client available, that includes high quality vehicle models, new textures of game objects and other elements, reworked in high detail, significantly increasing the display quality. Installing the HD client can take significant amount of time and requires you to download further XX Gigabytes”

In the client the number is 52,45 Gb, but that’s just some arbitrary test number. The part below the buttons says that one installed, it’s possible to switch between HD and standard client at any time.

Soviet Tier 8 Light Tank Confirmed

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Hello everyone,

Storm confirmed before that along with the RU251 and American high tier LT’s will come together in one patch, but what I missed earlier was the tidbit of info that Soviet LT8 will come in the same patch as well.

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(sorry for the watermark, I was lazy to look for the quote myself)

Either way, what does it mean actually: remember how Wargaming said they really want historical tanks? Well… I think I can honestly say after looking through the books I have on Soviet tanks (Russian books), through various Russian history forums and the Russian community itself:

There is absolutely no suitable candidate for Soviet tier 8 light tank.

Anything on that tier will be either completely unhistorically nerfed (as in “nothing left of the original tank but its general shape”) or an outright Wargaming fake á la WT E-100. If we let go of the “usual” limits for tanks (suitable gun/engine/armor), we get to two things – the Object 975 and the tank Yuri Pasholok found in 2012 or so.

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Romanian Armor – Addendum

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Hello everyone,

it’s been nearly a year, since I wrote the series on Romanian armor on the old For the Record – in case, you are interested, you can find them here:

Romanian Armor 1 – pre WW2
Romanian Armor 2 – Bucharest to Stalingrad
Romanian Armor 3 – Crimea to the end
Romanian Armor 4 – Bucharest museum photos

Player Yndy_ decided to add one more part ot the series, shortly describing the post-war fate of the Romanian armor. So here goes:

This article left the story about Romanian tanks at the end of Second World War.This is what happened next:

From February to May 1945, the second Tank regiment fought in Slovakia, Czech Republic and Austria. Besides the remaining obsolete R2s, R35s, TACAM R2s and even FT-17s (which were deemed unfit and retired to a Soviet warehouse), the main tanks were now captured Pz IVs and StuGs, which were constantly replenished from Soviet stocks. At the end of the war however, Romanians had to surrender the remaining tanks to the Soviets and the tank regiment was disbanded.

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Tanks – Where To Go in May

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Hello everyone,

earlier, I promised to let FTR readers know about two real life tank events that happen in May, so here goes! First (and very well known one) is the Militracks event in Overloon, Netherlands. It takes place between 17.5.2014 and 18.5.2014 (this weekend!) from 9AM to like 5PM – you can check for more on its webpage. Amongst the vehicles that will appear there are:

3x leichter Zugkraftwagen 1 t D7 (sd.Kfz.10)
1x 2-cm-Flak 38 (sf) auf leichtem Zugkraftwagen 1 t D7 (Sd.Kfz. 10/5)
1x leichter Zugkraftwagen 3 t Hkl (Sd.Kfz. 11)
2x mittlerer Zugkraftwagen 8 t KMm (Sd.Kfz. 7)
1x schwerer Zugkraftwagen 18 t F3 (Sd.Kfz. 9)
2x leichter Schützenpanzer-wagen D7p (Sd.Kfz. 250)
2x mittlerer Schützenpanzer-wagen Hkl6p (Sd.Kfz. 251)
1x Jagdpanzer 38 (t) “Hetzer” (Sd.Kfz. 138/2)

…. and many more (full list here). The program of the event can be found here.

Second event is the Military Festival in Hungary, organized by the World of Tanks community. It is taking place between 24.5.2014 and 25.5.2014 in Tapolca, Hungary. The program includes:

- Military display
- War reencantments
- WoT contests
- Tank driving and live weapons
- Exhibitions
- Presentations

Amongst the tanks present, there will be a Tiger replica, Hetzer replica, SU-76 replica, T-44, Katyusha rocket launcher and many more. Here is a trailer for the event:

 

 

And here is the Facebook page with details, along with last year’s photos.

To all of you going to the events – enjoy!