8.10 ETA

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Source: http://www.inside-games.jp/article/2013/11/14/71982.html
Translation: Daigensui

Hello everyone,

according to the translation of recent Japanese interview with Viktor Kislyi, the ETA for patch 8.10 (that will bring the Japanese tanks) is mid December. That means the test server will start quite perhaps in a week or so.

More info from the interview:

- going to “invest” a lot in E-Sports due to the competitive nature of the Korean market
- Japanese Teams for WoT competitions are pretty strong, due to (1) competitive (2) military fans (3) G&P
- F2P is the way of the future, V.Kislyi doesn’t want pay to win
- WoT, WoT:B, WoT 360, WoTG, and WoWP will be released to the Japanese market, but not as a separate server, the Japanese will play on current ASIA (former SEA) server

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15.11.2013

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Just so you know, guys, I got told by WG RU that the annoying portal bug with switching languages will be fixed with the 8.10 patch, they developed the fix already but something (unspecified) prevents them from deploying it straight away.

- SerB will not publish how many players can RU server handle before it gets overloaded
- Hunnicutt archive digitization: “when it’s done it’s done”
- the devs haven’t found any new tech usable for WoT there for now
- price of the archive? “no comment”
- T110E1 and T110E2 are also mentioned in Hunnicutt’s “Firepower” book, but there’s not much on them there
- according to some player, the devs promised to remove the “shift” (SS: the term used is “rising”, sorry I don’t know what it could be) of the arty aim circle when the tank they are aiming at disappears. SerB states this won’t be changed and they promised no such thing
- apparently the suspension collision model will not be made more detailed in the future (SS: as in, currently the tracks are like one huge hitzone, they won’t be changed into segments), if I understand correctly

There was also (for a Japanese portal) an interview with V.Kislyi. Since I don’t speak Japanese and google translate produces… mixed results, I’ll ask a native speaker for further explanation. In the meanwhile, here’s what can be gleaned from it (via Russian source):

- WoWp will appear in Asia during next Fall. There will be a short beta.
- Japan and Korea both put main focus on cybersports in computer games
- V.Kislyi likes Girls und Panzer and there are plans for a long cooperation, there are apparently plans for several seasons
- V.Kislyi likes to watch anime, he watched many movies from Studio Ghibli production

According to the data of Slava Makarov, this morning (around 8 AM) there were already two players with tier 10 aircraft in WoWp, winning the Russian “get to tier 10 first” competition.

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CW battles staging now illegal

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Source: http://forum.worldoftanks.eu/index.php?/topic/321864-clans-staging-battles/

Hello everyone,

on WG EU server a post has appeared, specifically declaring battle staging in order to farm fame points as illegal. Wargaming will apparently keep an eye on the proceedings and punish obvious rigging.

A step in the right direction I’d say.

Potential Hull Upgrades: Soviet SPGs and TDs

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Light, Medium, and Heavy tanks are all done with, so let’s move on to the rest of the tech tree. I will be combining the two branches into one article, since the potential for extra hulls is a bit lacking on the SPG side.

Tier 2 does not give us very much. The AT-1 was released in a very limited production run (10 units), and it is unclear how far the SU-18 made it off paper. The tier 3 SPG SU-26 also does not have much in the way of alternate hulls. Since these vehicles were improvised in Leningrad during the blockade, the hulls are likely to vary visually, but nothing that would have any effect on the gameplay.

The SU-76 on the other hand is where we hit the jackpot. Aside from the experimental SU-16 (one drive wheel shorter), there was a variant of the SU-12 (SU-76′s initial index) with a 6 mm roof. My personal favourite would be this variant of the SU-76M, with a fully enclosed crew compartment.

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Exn0m: what the hell?

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Hello everyone,

I rarely write about certain clans – there’s usually no need to. Some clans have idiots in them, but usually it’s not an issue of the entire clan.

But EXN0M from EU is a very special case. It seems to me they are chock full of the worst kind of retards. Not only they have the worst kind of ragers (cancer wishers, anti-semites):

exnom1

(“Cancer Jew” and “I hope you die on tumor”)

and they also had their own issue of Hall of Shame, but what NabukadnezarII sent me today oversteps all bounds.

Meet Martiener1 – EXN0M member. This vile piece of disgusting shit is a statpadder, that plays like a pussy. When hit, he moans like a little bitch (very entertaining replay) :) But that’s not all. He’s also an anti-semite and wishes everyone cancer. Don’t worry though – he’s not alone. His pal HODOR is just as wicked.

Check out this replay. This is hands down one of the most disgusting things I’ve seen on WoT – I mean: everyone rages from time to time, even me. But this disgusting moron takes it to next level – everything’s there: cancer, Jews, insults against Polish, everything. Wargaming should permaban this asshole once for all. Noone will miss him. I certainly won’t.

Update: Based on this incident, EXN0M kicked the asshole out. Wise thing to do, shows there is some decency too.

2014: Hard Choices

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Hello everyone,

Storm lately said that in 2014, there will be only 2-3 branches and that he faces hard choices about what to pick. So, let’s help him a bit :) On the right side there is a new poll, incorporaing the possibilities. This time, you can pick THREE of what you would like to see in 2014.

Current options are:

German third TD line (Sturmtiger)
British mediums (Vickers MBT)
British heavies (Chieftain prototype)
British turretted tank destroyers (possibly the Conway, FV4005)
French mediums (AMX-30)
French heavies (without autoloader, havily armored turret)
European Tree
Japanese TDs
Japanese heavies
American mediums (T95 MT)

All these branches were hinted at one way or another as options that might appear in 2014. Which three would you pick? Please note that the Chinese TDs and Chinese arty have been confirmed not to appear in 2014.