1.12.2014

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You wanted more interesting news? You’ll like this then.

- no ETA on HD IS-3
- it’s decided that Panther 88 will not have limited MM
- Storm states that the statement that Panther 88 will see tier 10′s in 2/3 of its battles is false
- Panther 88 will be a premium German tank (not an event one)
- apparently, the Panther 88 MM spread was not a balancing department decision (SS: I wonder whose then)
- Storm on the future of WoT: “We also want progress. We are trying. Maybe it’s worse than it has to be, but we are trying.”
- Storm cannot say (is not allowed to) which nations will get their own branches in 2015, but it will be two EU branches (SS: Czech and Italian or Swedish IIRC) and one non-EU branch

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Storm Q&A

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Source: http://world-of-ru.livejournal.com/3622376.html

The real source of these answers is the non-public section of RU forums, if I see it correctly. Here’s what Storm wrote:

- new (reworked) crew perks will not come very soon, perhaps next year
- no plans to implement “crew memory” (SS: crew “remembering” skill from tanks on which it was previously used) – “at least at this moment”
- Storm on Havok: “We are working on it and we will for a long time yet, unfortunately.”
- the worst issue with Havok is the performance. “Small amount of destruction or the destruction of small objects works normally, but everything’s difficult with buildings”
- new French tanks will definitely not come in 2015 (SS: he means HT and new TD branches, AMX-30 minibranch still planned)
- there will be new regular branches in 2015
- Waffenträger E-100 will not be removed and replaced by any other vehicle, because “unfortunately, there’s nothing to replace it with”
- new tree, grass and bush render, circular render range and camo system rework are all planned for 2015
- currently, cca 200 people are working on World of Tanks (counting only developers)
- Storm states that RNG factor in the game will not be reduced, rather actually increased, but only by a little
- Storm states that following things are currently developed and it’s possible to start expecting them: “Havok, new physics, new sound, most (all) vehicles reworked to HD and camo/viewrange system”

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Hall of Shame

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Hello everyone and welcome to the latest Hall of Shame!

You waited for it, you asked for it and here it is. But not just that. This time, it’s different. This time, we’ll be actually DOING something about that. What exactly? That will be revealed in the next (separate) post, but I think you’ll like it. Plus, there will be bonus codes in it for you, so stay tuned – and for now, enjoy the gallery of WoT filth, knowing that soon, those HoS members from CW campaign participating clans will be specifically targetted first since the campaign is time-limited and we wouldn’t want them to make too many fame points now, would we? The Great Crusade (hehe) starts soon and you are all cordially invited :)

PS: don’t forget that WoT is a perfect family game :)

Let’s start with something light, as always. This guy got shot by an arty and sure got angry.

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Fury Tiger Fight Recreated in WoT

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Hello everyone,

so, you know my opinion on the Fure movie already. That however does not mean I cannot appreciate a well-made video from a World of Tanks player. Anders M. recreated the Tiger battle partially in World of Tanks and blended the game footage with the movie and I think it went wonderfully. Check this out!

 

December Advent Calendar

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Hello everyone,

remember how we talked about BT-SV some time ago and how I predicted it would be available for 100 EUR with a heap of gold? Well, it’s here!

Today, as a part of the advent calendar, following package available. WG sure wants to harpoon those whales!

Price: 99 EUR
Concent: BT-SV, garage slot, 27500 gold, 30 days of premium

So, if you want to spend 100 EUR for a tier 3 tank – go ahead :) Just so there is no mistake though: unlike the Panzer II Ausf.J (which would be actually worth the price, as it is the most OP vehicle in the game currently), BT-SV is crap. Don’t bother.

One more thing though: usually, with this kind of posts, there are people who come and say “SS Y U SO UNGRATEFUL”. Please, let me make one thing absolutely clear. Every discount, every event, every bundle in this game – they are all have one purpose. To make Wargaming more money. Not to please the players (or at least not primarily), not to make you happy but to make money. And that’s absolutely fine, Wargaming is no charity. You however have to treat (especially) every discount not as a favour for you (as some players sadly do), but as a business deal.

9.5 Placeholders

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Bad news, everyone!

About that 9.5 vehicle post….

Yup, you guessed it, pretty much everything in there is a placeholder, not just some models, especially the guns are not balanced yet. The only vehicles that are not placeholders are the Grant, the FV4005 and the Conway – and the Conway is outdated (developers decided to remove the 105mm L7 altogether, so now it has just one turret and one gun).

Basically, what happened was that Gamemodels3D site managed to get their hands on the early 9.5 ST version and used it to extract the characteristics, while for some reason, Wargaming used outdated models/characteristics in the early 9.5 ST iteration. It’s just one giant clusterfuck, so for proper values we have to wait for a later iteration.

The premiums are on the other hand already balanced.

FTR Contributor Review

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Hello everyone,

time for another weekly contributor review!

This time, without further ado – following people donated via Paypal:

Mark P. (United Kingdom) – thank you for a substantial contribution, mate!
Roman B. (Russia)

Thank you guys, I really appreciate it, as always.

The best way to help me and FTR is via the Patreon service

http://www.patreon.com/silentstalker

This is the Patreon account of For the Record. In case you read this for the first time and feel like contributing, here is an explanation what it is, how it works and how to contribute. You can find a list of all those, who pledged and help to keep FTR running here.

Thank you all!

9.5 Supertest Premiums

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Current iteration of the 9.5 supertest also contains the premium vehicles. I will only add those that are relevant to us (it’s not like you are going to get the ISU-130 for example). Also skipped the IM reward tanks, everyone knows about them anyway. Will return to them once the patch reaches the CT stage.

AMX Chasseur de Chars

Model:

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