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Mar 1, 2013

1.3.2013

Well, as you have already heard, Overlord stated the Leopard 1 will come in 8.5. With that in mind, I think it's safe to confirm that the Indienpanzer, Leopard Prototype and Leopard 1 are being supertested atm. There might be screenies, there might be not, we'll see.

Today I skipped all sorts of dumb questions, Russian specific stuff (f.x. when will SerB be in that and that city) and other garbage, lot of SerB trolling again

- Q: "Please do tell me, dear developers, do you plan to give new premium tanks to the Ivans?" A: "Nope, only to Alexei's"
- SerB on the influence of forum members on the game development: "Yes, all the forum projects are the work of an active minority. A minority, but active. That's we we do and we will support the forums, but we are not going to act on every whim of the forum members." (SS: not an exact translation, I hope this way it makes more sense in english)
- the "potential damage dealt" variable is not new (it's been here for 2 years), it's used to calculate certain archievement
- sometimes, tanks with better hp/ton ratio turn slower, this is due to the "quality of the suspension", which works "via the physics model"
- there will be guns with better than 0.3 accuracy "if needed"
- AMX M4 45 depression buff is "historical"
- Q: "How am I supposed to fight British T5 TD with 100-200mm armor in a tier 3 tank?" A: "Light her up for your arty or top tanks, kill the escorts, capture the base. It's a team game. If you don't like that, perhaps you'd like to play Barbie Online?"
- SerB states that Minsk is a great place to live in
- no plans to use the 88mm L/100 for any other tank for now
- hard-mode (tanks without HP, no autoaim etc.) won't be implemented
- driver perk that would increase the power of the engine is not planned
- the AMX ELC had the option to autoalign the hull with the gun removed, because it was never intended to have it in the first place

Overlord info (his answers summed up)
Source: http://overlord-wot.blogspot.cz/2013/02/wot-moar-tanks.html#comment-form

Q: German TD's?
A: Somewhere in late 2013. German mediums are to come in 8.5, as for TDs - late autumn - winter I'd say.

Q: The future of WoT for 2013?
A: You already know what is coming for 8.4, I guess. What we have for this year more British tanks, German MT line with Leo (soonish), stretching SPGs to 10 tiers, prolly Japs if they make it.

Q: What about endgame content?
A: "Proper" endgame content is in the works. 7/42 is promoted as main esports format.

Q: How's Maus and E-100 doing?
A: Mauses are used on city maps like Himmelsdorf and Erlenberg, while E100s are even more popular on CWs. Can't say they are not used at all.

29 comments:

  1. Off topic question regarding old time discussion on premium modes:
    (http://overlord-wot.blogspot.de/2011/11/making-your-tanks-premium-discusion.html)

    There was discussion regarding making one tank premium for some time
    1st Option: pay 250 Gold to have One T5 tank premium for 2 days.
    2nd Option: Pay 4 000 Gold to make Tier5 tank "Premium Tank" for good.

    Any possibility that it could happen ?
    I wold prefer to pay some gold to have one of my favorites tank premium rather than buy existing one of existing premium.


    Thx


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    1. No. A while ago the devs said they thought about it, but they scrapped this idea for good.

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    2. Sad ...

      Thx for prompt reply

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  2. got an off topic question myself as well if i may,
    if a He shell or HESH shell pens, can it still deal dmg to other nearby tank? logicaly one should say yes, but considering AP shells bind themself to the first vehicle they hit, and since dead tanks absorb all he shells for those who seek cover behind, i tend to asume it is no

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  3. Wasn't the second German TD line planned for late 2011? I might be wrong,but anyway it was announced a long time ago,but since it's about German tanks it's not much of a surprise that they neglected it....

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    1. It was planned in third quarter of 2011. Then it got delayed indefinitely. Then Jagdpanzer E-100 went to tier 10, Dicker Max went premium and Jagdpanther 2 was all we got, and dews are out of tanks to fill the branch with.

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  4. Hopefully in the next few days, some interesting pictures happen to find their way into your inbox of the "Indien Pz", "Leo Prototype" and "Leo 1"

    Thanks for all the awesome WOT news!

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  5. More so than the pictures, I want to hear the stats on the new mediums. Get whatever you can for us, if you can.

    Either way, great job keeping us up to date.

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    1. Stats are probably the least helpful information to leak from supertest, considering they would be entirely subject to change and balancing. I would rather see pictures, and wait for the public test when the stats are much less likely to change drastically.

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  6. For those who wonder:

    - the "potential damage dealt" variable is not new (it's been here for 2 years), it's used to calculate certain archievement

    it's the Sniper medal. It even counts the non-penetrating hits.
    And Steel Wall, but that's on damage received.

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  7. Was it confirmed that Leo1 will be accessible from LT branch?

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    1. Any info on which tank directly?

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    2. Sorry to jump in, but rumour says that from RU251 (tier VIII light) to Prototyp der Arbeitsgruppe B (tier IX medium).

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    3. I love how Jagd feels he needs to apologize while giving useful information.

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  8. - Q: "How am I supposed to fight British T5 TD with 100-200mm armor in a tier 3 tank?" A: "Light her up for your arty or top tanks, kill the escorts, capture the base. It's a team game. If you don't like that, perhaps you'd like to play Barbie Online?"
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    And again usual dumb trolling by bald prick called SerB...i don't know who else find this funny anymore but himself...he is quite anoying lately...

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    1. Well, if we're honest, fighting most any tier 5 in a tier 3 is going to be exceptionally difficult.

      I'd kind of like to see them tighten up the battletiers another level personally, but as it stands it's still way better than the old days when tier 5s would fight tier 8's regularly.

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    2. I never have a problem killing T5's in my T82. Herp a derp.

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  9. Very exciting to hear the Leopard 1 branch will be in the next major update! I've been itching to see some proper post-nazi German armor in WOT ever since they hinted at it months and months ago.

    And interestingly, this illustrates one advantage of avoiding the use of Nazi symbolism in a game like WOT; as it'd be really strange and out of place to see Nazi swastikas on the side of a Leo.

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  10. Those aren't Nazi swastikas....They're emblems of the Wehrmacht. If you want to see Nazi swastikas look at a NAZI FLAG and then look at the emblems on German tanks. It's just like how the Iron Cross is not a Nazi emblem. Get your facts straight.

    MTWEmperor

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  11. Yeah, the Iron Cross design pre-dates the Nazis.

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    1. Iron Cross is a Prussian war decoration, right? 19th century I believe.

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    2. well, it's called "Balkenkreuz" and wiki says it comes from the "Schwares Tatzenkreuz" of the "Deutscher Orden"(around 1200)

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  12. If you are not busy and bored I would like you to translate those SerB trolling, I bet it's funny :D Not from 1.3. maybe in future? :P

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  13. Mauses on Erlenberg.

    I think he meant Ensk.
    Or he just have no idea about the game, like most of WG employees

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    1. Nah, he's just finding sad excuses not to buff them.

      MTWEmperor

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  14. LMAO he said Japs xD ahahahaha

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  15. "Q: How's Maus and E-100 doing?
    A: Mauses are used on city maps like Himmelsdorf and Erlenberg, while E100s are even more popular on CWs. Can't say they are not used at all."

    lol .... just lol .... as always when the devs are talking crap about E100 or Maus. Especially Maus.
    So if they are that fine on city maps than give us the fucking chance to SELECT city maps only for those tanks.
    I always alt f4 ragequit when i get on Murowanka and co with my Maus and E-100 as soon as i see 3+ artys, too.
    Its just no fun at all.

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