Okay, one more World of Papoj – enjoy :)
Straight Outta Supertest: Vehicles
Hello everyone,
some info from supertest regarding the current batch that is tested.
- ISU-130 is a tank destroyer intended as a reward for moderators (Russian ones that is, likely anyway)
- STA-2 and AMX-13/57 seem to be regular premium vehicles (STA-2 definitely is, AMX-13/57 not clear)
- AMX CDC is insanely fun on supertest (as you can imagine), but is is actually not clear whether this is a real premium vehicle, or some sort of reward tank, not even to supertesters.
CDC not in shops = riots!
Meanwhile in 9.5…
Hello everyone,
five people have already sent me pictures of what seems to be a really nasty bug in 9.5. It does NOT seem to be connected with mods at all, as two of those people do not use any mods or remodels.
Something’s missing here… oh, that’s right, the entire hull. It does seem to be connected to LOD though, or at least detail settings, as all the other pictures come with lower settings than maximum, but that’s just pure guessing. Do you experience the same issue? Let me know, link screenshots in comments!
Storm Q&A
Hello everyone,
what follows are the answers from Storm’s stream he made earlier today. I didn’t link it (obviously, no point since he was speaking Russian). I gave up after a while and translated Maiorboltach’s summary instead, thanks Mario :)
- the reason the British were implemented in 9.5 is the fact that WG had the most good materials (sources, like drawings and such) for this branch
- with other nations (French, Japanese MT’s), there are big problems with data collection
- in WG concept, a branch without tier 10 doesn’t count as a branch, that’s why FV4005 was decided to be implemented
- it took long to decide whether to implement FV4005 or not
- in the end WG decided to make one of the tier 10 British TD vehicles heavily armored (FV215b) and one less armored (FV4005) to differentiate them
- FV4005 turret armor is historical, Stage 2 was implemented because Stage 1 had an autoloader and no turret
- the 9.5 branch is composed of only vehicles, that existed at least in prototype or even fought in the war
KTTS/ASAP: New Mode “Winter Showdown”
In Russian for now, but it has English subtitles.
Inside:
- this mode resembles the encounter mode in random battles
- two teams, one base
- battle takes 7 minutes
- each team has 10 players
- there’s an option of “superplatoon” of 5 people
- three vehicles, each is specific: Arctic Fox is light and fast, Mammoth has an autoloader and Polar Bear high alpha
- two types of shells: AP and special healing shells (if you shoot allies, you heal them)
- there will be special missions in this mode for extra crew XP and credits, also a new medal
This mode will come “very soon”.
WoWs Test Results
An info picture by Wargaming… actually, I expected the numbers to be lower, but then, it WAS a stress test. There’s one more thing though. I complained about the graphics (specifically, low texture resolution) but there might have been a legitimate reason for that, as Locastan explained:
“They were afraid of other gaming companies and “freelance” chinese developers stealing their higher resolution meshes and textures for their copycat game and beating them to the finish line. That could always happen with the closed alpha client too, but at least the numbers are far less…so less chance of leakage.”
That actually explains a lot…
How Wargaming Servers Work
Hello everyone,
first, many thanks to world_of_cactus for finding this very interesting video. In it, Maksim Baryshnikov is explaining, how the server architecture works during a lecture in Minsk on 13.12.2014 (during the Wargaming Developer Contest event in Minsk). And it’s… interesting. I wish this was in English, but it is not and the guy speaks TERRIBLY (hard to understand), but I’ll do my best to bring you the info from it. So, here’s the video.
There are various servers within the cluster – (for EU it’s Amsterdam and Frankfurt). They are tied within the cluster. For some reason, RU cluster has two servers in Europe (one in Amsterdam, one in Frankfurt) and they are tied together as such:
Amsterdam has two datacenters with cca 40 servers, Franfurt has 70 servers. To compare, Moscow has 5 datacenters with 250+ servers (Novosibirsk has 80 servers, Krasnoyarsk has 70 servers).
Straight Outta Supertest: M4 Imp Changes, AMX CDC Pics, Tiger L/56 Rumors
Hello everyone,
a bunch of small things, that happened on the supertest. First and foremost, some Russian leaker webs started showing the pictures of premium Tiger L/56 again. You might remember that this vehicle was leaked some time ago. It’s basically nothing else than premium Tiger I with 88mm L/56 (with identical model and characteristics to the non-premium one) as a premium vehicle. This vehicle however apparently was just an experiment to figure the suitability of the tank for eventual future release. As far as I know, its release is not planned.
M4 Improved was changed yet again, this time it was nerfed – reload time went up from 3,644s to 3,836s, reducing the DPM from 1811,3 to 1720,7.
And, finally, AMX Chasseur de Chars, upcoming French tier 8, was seen in supertester hands in random battles lately. It’s possible this vehicle will be introduced in patch 9.6 along with Japanese tier 8 medium, STA-2 – not certain though.
The End of Advent Bundles
Hello everyone,
so, the last day of Christmas advent event is here and the bundle is… who the fuck knows, the shop crashed. But it’s Grosstraktor and T-34-85M in their bundles or something. Can’t tell you exactly, the shop crashed (I assume it’s not all the people lining up for the Grosstraktor, but rather a bunch of folks who expected Type 59) – oh wait, it’s working now (lots of disappointed people I guess). It’s:
- Grosstraktor + slot, 4500 gold and 30 days of prem for 29.99 EUR
- T-34-85M + slot, 1700 gold and 30 days of prem for 29.99 EUR
My advice: do not buy that overpriced shit, you’ll get a chance to buy it much cheaper in a couple of months (hell, even for free). Thus concludes one of the worst events in Wargaming history. Both bundles will be available for 25 more days (figures), so give it some thought before you spend that 30 Euro.
Another Free Day of Premium
Many thanks to Jalt for this one.
Guys, just a quick reminder – if you want one more free day of premium account (which is common with WoT), you have to log on to World of Warplanes between 24.12. and 10.1. – up to you, whether it’s worth downloading the client or not.
This is valid for US server, but apparently it works for EU as well.