Falathi Q&A More Info and Errata

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Many thanks to Evanescence and BloodDodi for adding a few more tidbits of info from the interview with Falathi. Basically, here’s a refitted version of the Falathi Q&A. This should already be the final model.

- Currently, there is no plans to change any premium tanks
- The process of migrating the game to another engine (having in mind upcoming competition such as AW) is very unlikely because there is no certainty that it will be successful. BigWorld engine will be optimized constantly.
- It is debatable that a mod is a cheat if you can’t use the amount of information the mod gives you (e.g. if you don’t look at the minimap, you won’t use extended information on it)
- No plans to nerf IS-3, it’s a decent tank but it’s not OP.
- Enemy team HP bars and infinite zoom are considered cheats, especially in a situation when you zoom out and look over corner to see if the tank is looking at you.
- Global map is going to be expanded only if there are more clans participating
- WG cannot do anything in a situation when Clan Leader steals all gold from clan’s treasury, it is a matter of clan members who do they trust as a CL and they “can’t involve themselves”

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4.1.2015

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A summary of (hopefully) correct statements of Falathi from the previous post:

- Japanese TDs are to be expected sooner than Chinese due to the latter ones being mostly Soviet clones (and WG doesn’t want more clones in the game), neither will come in 2015
- T-35 and Char 2C might appear, but in 2 years perspective
- we can expect a certain polish tank (TKS or 7TP) as a gift tank
- In Havok, if artillery uses AP round, it is possible to penetrate the wall and the tank behind the building, with a penetration loss
- In Havok, different round types (AP, HE) will have a different effect on the building. For example, it will be possible to destroy a wall and hide behind the rubble
- Type 59 might come back in a mission in 2-3 years, but the mission requirements would be hardcore.
- there was a bigger Ensk map, but big maps are huge problem for devs, because some tanks will be useless there eg Maus or TOG II
- On EU servers WG is not going to publish list of prohibited mods, so you can use them and not be banned. WG leave decision of using them or not using them to your conscience
- WG hasn’t got plans for LT on tiers 9 and 10
- Havok will appear in 2015, will work on a separate core

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New Server In Austria

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Hello everyone,

according to the posts on WG forums, Wargaming started a new server – this time in Austria. This should really help to reduce the load on current EU servers and allow players from Czech Republic, Poland and possibly southern Germany very smooth and lag-less gameplay.

Ahahahahaha, got you didn’t I?

Yea, there’s a new server in Austria (currently in testing mode) – a Russian one (RU9), because fuck you capitalists, that’s why.

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No new servers for you, European capitalists!

Of M4 Improved Description

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Hello everyone,

a while ago, new American tier 5 medium tank was leaked from supertest – the M4 Improved. I wrote about it here. There is this little thing about it I noticed… well, let’s have a look. This is the M4 Imp model in the game:

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Notice the mantlet and the turret. Now, the description of this vehicle from the supertest client:

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It says: “A project of the M4 tank with sloped hull and turret armor was developed by the Detroit Arsenal company in August 1942. The implementation of this project would bring significant improvement to the Sherman tank protection without increasing its weight and worsening vehicle characteristics. This tank existed only in drawings”.

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Naydin Medal Bugged

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Hello everyone,

it was confirmed on RU server and now it is officially confirmed by EU support as well. EU player SirDannerbold was supposed to recieve Naydin’s medal in his battle, but he did not. He contacted the support service and this is the answer he recieved from support service employee by the nickname of “Daniel Boone”:

27.12.2014: “Nach meiner Untersuchung hast du die Medaille vverdient. Ich leite dasumgehend weiter damit das gefixt wird, ob du die Medaille noch bekommstknn ich dir nicht sagen aber wir danken dir für deine Meldung.”

Translation: “You should have been awarded with the medal. I forward this issue to be fixed, but I cannot tell whether you will get the medal or not, but thank you for your message.”

29.12.2014: “Ich habe die antwort bekommen, wir haben in der Tat in der einen Medaille ein Problem, wir sind bereits dem Fehler auf der Spur. Tut uns leid dass du den nicht bekommen hast aber wir haben nicht alles umgehend im Griff… Sorry . Aber danke für deine Meldung. ”

Translation: “I received an answer, indeed we have some issues with this medal and we are tracking down the error. Sorry that you have not been awarded with the medal, but we are not able to fix everything instantly. But thank you for your message.”

Well, at least we know for sure now, let’s hope they fix it quickly. Heh, who am I kidding. I asked – and fix ETA is – as you guessed it – patch 9.6.

Renault UE 1937 In Motion

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Hello everyone,

it’s a widely known fact that tankettes were generally useless in battle (with a few exceptions, as artillery tractors for examaple), but they sure do look cute. Here’s a video of a restored Renault UE 1937, it’s in Belgium I think. Actually, to drive something like that could be a lot of fun, no?

 

 

In case you are wondering, here’s a video of the “insides” of the tankette. Notice how tiny everything actually is!

 

3.1.2015

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Sorry, absolutely nothing new today, posting this here for the sake of continuity. Celebrations in Russia and all that.

Oh right, one thing. It’s completely possible to retrain your American crews to Mammoth, Soviet crews to Arctic Fox and French crews to the 8-bit TD… forgot its name. These are the tanks from the upcoming “8-bit” mode and while they come with crews on their own, it’s possible to use your trained crews for them. After the event is over, the 8-bit crews will be automatically retrained for free to: T110E5 (American), Foch 155 (French) and LTTB (Soviet).

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Region Changer Mod for 0.9.5

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Source: http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/410089-095-world-of-tanks-region-changer/

Hello everyone,

here’s a neat little thing by Dimabal100000. It allows you to change servers without having to reinstall the client (or rather install a separate one). Please note that this is NOT roaming (obviously), your account doesn’t get transferred, it only allows you to access other server clusters without installing another WoT client.

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It’s simple to use – you run it, you select the location of your WoT folder and the server you want to play on (you still have to create an account on that respective server if you don’t have one).

The mod (or rather, the application) can be downloaded here.

Should you have any questions, refer them to Dimabal in his thread.

Panther Replica in Belgium

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Found this on Yuri Pasholok’s blog. It’s some sort of Panther replica, but hell if I know what was it built around, but it was apparently used for Bastogne re-enactment this winter. Check it out!

 

 

 

Well, no matter what it is built on, it’s pretty impressive.