I will just leave this here. It’s an advertisement, but Arnold with his M47 Patton tank simply rock :)
12.3.2014
- Tiger P and Tiger H having different depression while using the same turret is a bug, it will be fixed
- there is a chance Sacred Valley will not return to random battles: Storm posted that it’s being reworked, but it’s a complicated case, so it’s not sure they will succeed
- Q: “Can we trust your answers in this thread?” A: “Of course not”
- the amount of maps available to new players on low tiers is limited in order for them to get used to the game better
- shader changes in 9.0 on HD tanks will be noticeable a lot
- currently, developers are focusing on releasing 9.0, but when it’s out, they will focus on reworking the vegetation (grass and trees) render
- the amount of HDtanks-per-patch will increase by every patch, the first batch in 9.0 consists of 12 tanks only, because the entire system of tank modelling was changed and it takes a while to get used to the new system
- Wargaming developed a “library” of common model parts, so it doesn’t happen that one tank has different-looking D-10T gun than another tank for example
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WZ-111 Historical Info
Hello everyone,
as you probably well know, info on Chinese tanks is very rare and hard to come by. That doesn’t apply only for regular players, but also for Wargaming. With that being said, US server player lujunlin001 dug up some info on US server and presented it in a form of 2nd Chinese heavy branch proposal. He also contacted me and asked me to post it here and naturally, I accepted. Let’s have a look at what he found together (I will redact the post a bit to make more sense).
Now, one more technical thing. Those of you, who play World of Tanks for a longer time, might remember the time when Chinese branch was introduced. It was delayed in fact and the reason for the delay was the change of Chinese tier 10 heavy tank. Originally, Chinese tier 10 was supposed to be “WZ-111 5A”, but it was removed and replaced by the “113″ for various reasons – if I recall correctly, the main reason was the fact that it was basically a copy of tier 8 and 9 Chinese tanks with a bigger gun. Lujunlin001 proposes to bring this tank back and adds more historical info to its background. Here is what he wrote.
Zhozef Jakovlevich Kotin
Source: http://worldoftanks.ru/ru/news/11/kotin_day/
Hello everyone,
currently, Russian server is having a week-long event, honoring the birthday of Z.J.Kotin, one of the most important and influential Soviet era designers. Obviously, since he personally is not as important for EU and US server, we don’t have the same event, but I think it’s worth translating the history part of the Wargaming post for English-speaking users, so they get to know this tank designer as well.
Z.J.Kotin was born on 10.3.1908 in Pavlograd (Dnepropetrovsk district). Since 1923, he worked as a mechanic in the boiler-mechanical plant in Kharkov, while studying during the evenings at Rabfak (“university for workers”). In 1927, he started his studies at the Kharkov Polytechnical Institute.
American Tier 10 Discounts in Future
Source: Reddit
Hello everyone,
a list of upcoming tier 10 discounts was posted on Reddit, the source being the calendar itself, where it is designated for the American server. Future tier 10 discounts will be as follows:
Object 140 (March 31st – April 14th)
WT auf E100 (April 14th – April 28th)
B-C 155 58 (April 28th – May 12th)
I do NOT think that this list is valid for other servers however, each server handles this discount independently. It might match, but it doesn’t have to.
Swedish Tanks – Part II: Strv m/31 & Strv fm/31
Author: sp15 (US server)
Hello everyone,
second part od the Swedish series by sp15, enjoy!
As mentioned in the previous part, Sweden started to look for new tanks in 1928. This led to the modernization of Strv fm/21 and the purchase and unsuccessful trials of Renault NC-27. After the disappointing trials with Strv fm/28, it was decided to find another alternative. The requirements for a New Tank were set as follows:
- Weight of no more than 12 tons
- Frontal protection from 37mm guns
- Armament of both machineguns and a cannon
- Good mobility in Swedish terrain
- And at least 20kph sustainable speed on roads
11.3.2014
Check out Listy’s article from Indo-Pakistani war, if you are interested!
- the question, how the European tech tree crew nationality will work, was not decided yet
- wrong icons in today’s historical battles info are simply placeholders
- both teams in historical battles can have different amount of tanks
- the setups of vehicles in historical battles released today, are NOT final, they are just concepts, it’s too early for final setup versions according to the developers (SS: it was mentioned that for example the M10/Panther could appear in Ardennes campaign)
- Tiger in historical battles will not have the L/71, but the 88mm L/56
- historical battles will work like a different mode, they will not be a random battle mode like encounter, assault and confrontation
- according to Storm, 9.0 will bring two major features: updated (HD) tanks and historical battles
- 9.0 test will not come this week (SS: end of the month/beginning of April for now)
- apprently the “hotspot” of 9.0 will be the comparison between WG and War Thunder HD models
9.0 Historical Battles Info
Hello everyone,
what follows is the Wargaming text, given out to Wargaming stooges Community Contributors. Here goes:
In patch 9.0 you will be able to enter the “Historical Battle Mode” by choosing ‘Historical battles’ in the window for battle type selection. This option is disabled if you are in a platoon.
Below you can see the menu for selection between historical battles which appears after you have entered the mode:
Yesterday’s Stream with Rita
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Okay guys, here’s the stream from yesterday, where I was a guest of Rita. It starts at roughly 1h02min of the stream (Rita was playing before that) and ends after roughly 2 hours.