Hello everyone,
Wotleaks published a supertest leak (unconfirmed for now) that patch 0.9.6 might bring the feature of retraining the crews to another role (eg. from radioman to driver).
Edit: confirmed by another source to be present. It’s possible that WG might not choose to implement it, but it’s there.
Hello everyone,
in the following article on Russian Wargaming portal (gone are the times when Wargaming’s main portal was the World of Tanks one) an interesting article came up regarding the Wargaming brand and the cooperation with other companies, specifically Razer and Burger King.
The article is just Wargaming PR, but some elements are pretty interesting. Basically, it says that Wargaming sees the key to good sales in cooperation with other brands and in 2014 alone in CIS countries, WG ran around 30 license programs and 100 co-promotion events. WG doesn’t cooperate with “just anyone”, but surprisingly enough, some cooperation proposals come from players themselves, who write them to support service (for some reason) and from there, they are passed on to the “Business Development” department (pretty strange, why support?). Otherwise, there are companies WG contacted by their own initiative (with a remark that some other companies would do “anything” to become a partner of the creator of “tanks”). WG analyses and calculates each cases and if it’s looking good, negotiations begin.
Hello everyone,
I am sure many of you already figured it out, but just to be clear: according to the WG site article, the Winter Mode is coming:
- For NA, EU, and Asia: January 26th 2015
- For KR: January 15th 2015
Thanks to Coolathlon for this one.
Check this out – quite a rare video of the Leopard prototype from the Gruppe A, still designated as “Standartpanzer”, already equipped with the L7 gun. The video also lists its characteristics:
Weight: 36 tons
Length: 9,22 meters
Width: 3,25 meters
Height: 2,22 meters
Specific ground pressure: 0,8 kg/cm2
Power-to-weight ratio: 23 hp/t
Range: 570 km
Gun: 105mm L7A1
The video also contains various comparisons between the prototype and other tanks. Very interesting really.
Thanks to Roland for this one.
Hello everyone,
four days ago, an interesting article came out on “Russia beyond the headlines” site, called “Russia’s young generation learning military history through video games“. I will quote from it, as I find it very interesting.
Young Russians are learning about the history of their country with the help of war-themed video games. This type of video game not only helps children’s education but is also hugely popular among adults, generating a hefty revenue for developers, who stress that while their products feature a patriotic element, they strive not to take sides.
This is nothing new, it’s something many, including Wargaming, talked about long time ago. But check this out.
For a child, an online game is one of the most effective ways of studying the history of one’s country. Practically any game that is to do with history inherently performs an educational function, says Anton Pankov, PR director for Russia at the Belarusian company Wargaming, responsible for developing the World of Tanks video game, which is popular in Russia and elsewhere in the world.
Guide on How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the “Winter mode”
Author: Origami Chiken
Hello,
with “Winter mode” soon to hit EU servers I wonder if you would like to read/post some heads up information. I have an account on RU cluster and took the opportunity to test this mode for a while.
This is what I have learned so far:
- The one and only thing you are interested in is damage. You get 0 XP/credits for winning, frags or cap/defense. In fact, the best way to screw the game for everyone, including yourself, is to smash your way to the flag and win by capping. XP, crew XP and credits are awarded only for completing special missions. In LTs player needs to do over 1700 damage, HTs – over 2500, TDs – over 3300. That’s it. Win or loose you get exactly the same reward as long as you do required amount of damage. Needless to say, results of these matches do not reflect on the overall account statistics. One more reason not to care for anything else but damage. Unlike regular matches though, you get the same reward whether you do 1700/2500/3000 or 7000 damage. After some time when “fun” part is no longer fun you can just rush the enemy as soon as you do required damage without playing to the end. I did not try leaving match while my tank was still intact. I can’t tell if “deserting” penalties apply in this mode.
Hello everyone,
it’s time for another contributor review! I am sorry I skipped the last one, there were some issues Paypal I was sorting out and by the time it was finished, I might as well have waited.
And before you ask, why there is no FTR AW yet – there’s beena development, as a result of which it was decided by me and the guys from AW I talked to that currently, a separate FTR AW would not be beneficial neither for me nor for them. That does not mean however you’ll lose track of AW – no worries. You’ll see. Not sitting on my ass here.
The following people contributed via Paypal, thank you all guys :)
David F. (Canada)
Taggeth (Texas, USA)
David H. (Michigan, USA)
Michael H. (United Kingdom)
Carlos R.M. (Spain)
István T. (Hungary)
As for the Patreon – this time, the cycle went okay, many many thanks to all of you, who continue to support me, I really appretiate it. A lot :)
Out of the 623,59 USD pledged at the point of the cycle activation:
- 555,59 USD came in successfully (the rest didn’t go through for some reason on the contributor side, insufficient funds on account etc.)
- out of 555,59 USD, after the Patreon and CC fees and all that, 482,88 USD were left for FTR – much appreciated! The list of contributors can be viewed here. Once again, huge thanks for the support to all of you :)
- there are no plans to make an “ASAP 2015″ video (SS: video that would show things coming in 2015)
- there will be new content in 2015 however :)
- there will not be a video about new motion physics either. Storm said that it’s completely pointless to make one, because noone will understand the new physics from a video – you have to play with it in order to tell the difference.
- AMX-40 in the future will get a second turret with less armor, but with better gun, a new more powerful engine and will lose a bit of weight. This will come with HD rework.
Hello everyone,
a bunch of HD models that are coming up in 9.6.
AMX-50B (dayum, those curves are sexy)
Hello everyone,
it’s confirmed that the following tanks will come in HD in 9.6: T95, AMX 50B, Tiger (P), Ferdinand, E-100, Lowe, Object 704. This list is likely to be complete.
