- Panzer IV was changed in 9.0 in order to be historical, it’s “fully playable”
- Storm confirms that the alleged depression nerf for Panzer IV Ausf.G in 9.0 applies only when the gun aims to the sides in order not to clip with the Schurzen model
- there will be no infantry with AT rifles in the “Fortification” mode
- SU-152 HEAT shells in Kursk historical battle are actually unhistorical, they were developed after the war. They are there for balance reasons.
- Storm states that the results of the Confrontation mode were “as expected”
- Storm confirms: Confrontation will return after its balance is fixed
- Q: “Will there be an infantry game from Wargaming?” A: “That you have to ask our superiors and not tank developers. We make tanks.”
- the variant of having ST-I on tier 10 and IS-4 on tier 9 was not considered, as the info on IS-4 was acquired a lot earlier (several years) than the info on ST-I
- historical battles’ settings (like tanks, ammo configurations) can be changed “on the go” and don’t need special patches to do so
- Storm on alleged Tiger participation in Ardennes: “It’s a lie and provocation. There were several Tigers, but they didn’t participate in fighting”
- Storm states that this picture has the same Tiger on it, the difference is the lighting quality

- the “silver Chi-Nu Kai” bug is caused by mods (SS: specifically, the white corpse mod)
- Q: “How will you solve the issue with battles loading too long” A: “We won’t for now”
- Storm states that the new 9.0 notification window is a correct feature, people only have to get used to it

Overlord on Historical Battles:

“On HB. The mode hasn’t been in development for 3 years. I’d say 6 months top. The main incentive for any mode should be fun it brings, not some credit/exp bonus you can get there. Personally, I wouldn’t expect that any tanks apart from real historical ones could participate in it. I think the mode is ok for the first iteration and has some potential for further improvement. Definitely, it’s always better to do exceptional things from the first try, however it doesn’t always work out.”

Source: http://world-of-kwg.livejournal.com/288291.html

Hello everyone,

this is third of Storm’s posts regarding the technical issues in 9.0 – truth to be told, I have never before seen so many developer posts and reactions patch bugs, 9.0 must really be messed up.

First, Storm is asking players, whether (and if so, how often) are they experiencing game crashes (and at which moments). The fact this is the second time Storm asks about this kind of stuff does not look very promising, when it comes to fast solution of the issue.

Storm is asking you: if you suffer from crashes and want to help, please upload somewhere your dxdiag log (you can learn for example here how to make it) and the file “python.log” from your World of Tanks directory and post a link in the comments. If there are enough, I will make Storm aware of that.

The same goes for the issue of long map loading. Apparently, some (enough to draw Storm’s attention) of people complained that the maps load significantly slower (I can confirm that, happened for me as well) in 9.0. If you want to help Storm with this and suffer from this issue, make screenshots of your settings plus a dxdiag log (see above) and post them in comments as well.

Please note that you may not post more than 5 links per one post. Usually it’s two, but I increased for the purposes of this post.