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Feb 13, 2013

13.2.2013


- the amount of played arties was reduced by about 40 percent (after the nerf + hardcap)
- when a shell penetrates an armor screen (spaced armor) or tracks, it doesn't change its trajectory
- Ferdinand won't be moved anymore this year (SS: not one tier up, or down, or to a separate branch)
- it's still not yet decided how the German 2nd medium line will look
- Sorted by priority (from most to least): garage battles, turrets flying off, historical battles, multi-turret mechanism
- 0.8.5 will bring a new map
- it's not planned to specifically give the assaulting team light tanks and arty in the assault mode (SS: as in to force them into the assaulting party MM)
- no 4th equipment/consumable slot planned
- VK3601 will me turned into a heavy after the 0.8.4 patch, it's possible its MM weight will be changed
- it's possible that the outstanding parts of the tank (antennas etc.) will cast shadows
- EU tree is too far for the devs to know, what kind of symbol will those tanks carry
- T23 won't be sold (SS: the answer was only "no" - it is actually unclear, what the player is asking about, whether he's asking for it to be sold as a regular vehicle, or as a premium vehicle or at all - thus it's unclear what Storm meant by the answer)
- Leopard 2 prototype will not be introduced (SS: yes, people are actually asking such dumb shit)
- Q: "Why is there no North-Korean flag in WoT?" A: "When the genius of geniuses in military strategy, new star, brilliant comrade Kim Jong Un allows his Korean comrades to play World of Tanks, we will immediately address this issue"
- Fiat 3000 will be implemented, but other mutations of the FT-17 ("Russkij Reno", US M1917) won't, Japanese Tier 1 could be the "Kogata Sensha", but SerB states there is something else already at tier 1 for Japan
- the option for players to enter only battles without platoons won't be implemented
- enabling the option where the tank in sniper mode rocks after shooting has no advantage for the player, "it's just prettier"
- there apparently will be no crew training compensation when VK3601 turns into a heavy, even if it is followed by a medium: "retraining costs the same for every class in gold, so what's the difference"
- various vehicles get various XP for destroying other classes, for example LT's get more XP for destroying arty than other classes
- the Chinese T-34 has more modern suspension than Type 58 (which has the "classical" T-34 suspension) in the game, because the devs have a photo of this particular vehicle having this particular suspension
- SerB states that the British Nuffield TDs having two guns aren't a problem, the second gun will serve as a decoration and the vehicles will have two loaders, even when the multigun mechanism is implemented, those second small guns will remain a decoration, as their impact and penetrating power are negligible (SS: 20mm Polsten)
- system of penetration decals might be upgraded, but not soon
- 310 series of Nvidia drivers have a bug that makes the game crash at the research tree - Storm suggests using 306 series drivers
- this is the picture of the Valentine AT
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32 comments:

  1. They wanna move the Ferdi? Why?

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    1. No they don't, that's the whole point of the answer. The question was most likely the echo of the Jagdpanther II thing.

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    2. Ahh ok then.
      I thought maybe later they wanna do something (cause you wrote "anymore this year")

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  2. So the VK3601H will be heavy in 0.8.4, or the patch after that?

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    1. that's a good point, what does "after" mean?...

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    2. it says, that it will turn into a heavy after 0.8.4!
      So it can be 0.8.5 or even 0.9 too!

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    3. And what's that about the crew retraining? The crew sitting in the VK will have to be retrained after they change the class? Or was that asked by someone who's unhappy because he has one "medium tanks crew" which will no longer fit the VK?

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    4. I dont know for sure, but its maybe, because u can research the VK3002DB from it, and this tank is a med.
      This means, that u would retrain ur crew to fit into a heavy from a med and then back from a heavy to a med! And its every time set back to 80%, when u use credits. But if u use gold it will be allways at 100% for the same price and the tank where it came from doesnt matter!

      I hope u get what i mean!

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    5. There was a LOT of whine on the RU forum regarding the VK training. Storm wrote he'll decide how to do it later, but most likely there will be no compensations.

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    6. Do I get this right, when VK3601(H) MT becomes VK3601(H) HT crew will have to be retrained as if they never served in it? If so, that is plain retarded.

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    7. Well, in the USA tree there's LT M5, then it's MT M7, then again it's LT, then HT at the end... that's even more messed up :D And from the HT VK36 you'll be able to go to Tiger so the crew trained for HTs on VK won't be totally useless. Of course I'm excluding gold conversions.

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    8. Those are 3 tanks > this is ONE VK3601(H)!
      I have the damn thing and want(ed) to keep it(and I do not want silly Tiger(H)). Also the weapons it has are pretty crap(for a HT). If they do it the way it seems they will(crew has to be retrained, same tank but higher MM weight)...that is a nerf on top of this crew training nonsence is it not? Not good IMO.

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    9. No you dont have to retrain ur crew, when the VK3601H gets convertd from a med to a heavy. It will be retrained automatically without losing any crew xp, if it stays like it was till now!

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    10. One decent German tank, and they just must mess with it... Do the characteristics of VK change after this redesignation, or it stays exactly as it is with the exception that it will face stronger enemies?

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    11. Actually meds and heavys have the same mm value, so u wont face stronger enemies! Maybe it gets a hp buff and better gun, if they can find one.

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  3. There will be no Archer :(

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  4. There will be Archer, just not in 8.4

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  5. Really confused on the whole T23 thing mentioned... Could you somehow find out more information on what Storm meant?

    -KarlManx from US forums

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    1. Afraid not, mate. The whole thing is pretty cryptic, there were more people asking about it. If I was to guess (with the emphasis on guess), I think they'll bring the T23 back as some kind of rare giftshop tank. Just a guess though.

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    2. could it be, that they but it into a second med line as a tier7 or tier8 med? Because if i remember it right, they mentioned, that it is possible, that the US gets a second med line!

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  6. "310 series of Nvidia drivers have a bug that makes the game crash at the research tree - Storm suggests using 306 series drivers"

    How about you fix the game instead rather than telling us downgrade because the game has a porblem with them? All my other games work fine...seriously, i hate this mentallity, its what can push casual pc users away from FTP or well any pc games becing told things like this. Well, you get my point, it's not the drivers fault it's the games. Luckerly this doesnt happen much to me. Was wondering what the crash was about but its not that big a deal, they should still not be telling people to downgrade, release a fix in 8.4, simples.

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    1. Except for the times when things ARE the driver's fault. If a driver breaks something that had been working previously, it is assumed that the driver is poorly coded.

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  7. 40% reduction in arty players is a good start.

    Only 60% to go.

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    1. Haha, he's not the only one who wants that... maybe is Merquise :P

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  8. Wargamin is gonna have some problems with North Korea if they see this.

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    1. Lol what problems? They don't play this game, nor do they have any reason to even check a forum at all xD

      -EmperorSafirius

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    2. "This just in, North Korean missiles break up over northern Kazakhstan, their intended destination currently believed to be Minsk"

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  9. what does the multigun mechanism actually mean? we can have more guns we can fire with at the same time? i see every now and then "the multigun mechanism" mentioned but i dont know what it is..

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