Introduction
Hello everyone. I'll cut this short: since everyone seems to be asking the same questions over and over again, I have put together a list of common answers.I will update this list as we get new info. If you have questions, look here first to find out, whether your question has already been answered or not.
- Silentstalker
Summary
1) Will multicore support be implemented?
2) Will bigger maps be implemented?
3) Smoke dischargers?
4) Weather effects?
5) Night battles?
6) Buffs of various tanks
7) What are the plans for 2013?
8) What premium vehicles are planned?
9) 7/42 eSport mode?
10) British artillery?
11) French alternative medium and heavy lines?
12) Soviet alternative medium line?
13) Alternative american medium line?
14) Sturmtiger?
15) How will the European tree work?
16) Christie tanks, captured tanks (German T-34, Russian Panther etc.)
17) Alternative German tank destroyer line?
18) Turretted British tank destroyers (Achilles and others) and Firefly?
19) What about those tier 10 "reward" tanks? (M60, Object 907, VK7201)
20) Will artillery be ever removed/severly nerfed/hardcapped?
21) Will skill-based matchmaking be implemented for random battles?
22) Garage and historical battles?
23) 0.8.5 graphical issues and bugs
Haven't found what you are looking for? For additional answers, check Mick42's FAQ post on SEA forums
FAQ (in no particular order)
1) Will multicore support be implemented?
Multicore support won't change from what it is now apparently (not anytime soon anyway) but this year, HAVOK physics should come, those will run on 2nd processor core, evening the processor load.
2) Will bigger maps be implemented?
Yes, eventually, developers are working on bigger maps, but they won't come anytime soon. With bigger maps, bigger teams will come (bigger than 15 anyway, possibly 20 vs 20)
3) Smoke dischargers?
Yes, in future they will be implemented, but not soon (not 2013)
4) Weather effects?
Yes, these will come, but not anytime soon, most likely not in 2013
5) Night battles?
Yes, they will be implemented, but Storm stated they are very boring to play, so they won't come anytime soon.
6) Buffs of various tanks
Developers almost never say in advance, whether a tank will be buffed or not. A minor Maus buff has been confirmed though, in some of the upcoming patches.
7) What are the plans for 2013?
Not much is currently known. 8.6 will bring artillery changes (tier 10 artillery vehicles). German tank destroyers have been confirmed for 2013 (latter half, autumn). It's likely Havok will come in 2013 too, along with more tier 8 premium tanks (again, in second half of the year). It's possible (but not certain) that Japanese tanks will come by the end of the year. An American rebalance is expected in 8.7
8) What premium vehicles are planned?
An American premium tank destroyer has been confirmed (unknown what type), a British Excelsior lowtier heavy tank, a Soviet T-44 variant with 85mm gun has been confirmed as upcoming tier 7 Soviet medium tank, new Chinese hightier heavy ("112") and medium tanks have also been confirmed.
9) 7/42 eSport mode?
Yes, this will come eventually this year
10) British artillery?
It's being worked on, currently it's not known when will it come.
11) French alternative medium and heavy lines?
They will come, but not this year
12) Soviet alternative medium line?
Will come, in 2014
13) Alternative american medium line?
Nothing is known, but according to various hints, it's possible it might appear in this year.
14) Sturmtiger?
Yes, but not this year, it will come in 2014
15) How will the European tree work?
Apparently, the current model being discussed are one-nation branches with crew nationality selection upon purchase.
16) Christie tanks, captured tanks (German T-34, Russian Panther etc.)
Yes, they will come, but not this year, they have very low priority
17) Alternative German tank destroyer line?
Yes, it will come in 2013
18) Turretted British tank destroyers (Achilles and others) and Firefly?
Yes, they will come, but most likely not in 2013
19) What about those tier 10 "reward" tanks? (M60, Object 907, VK7201)
They will be a part of the Clanwars campaign rewards.
20) Will artillery be ever removed/severly nerfed/hardcapped?
No. The only thing that will happen is a full arty rebalance in 8.6. This rebalance should remove the artyflood issues of high-tier battles. If it does, the current arty hardcap will be removed completely.
21) Will skill-based matchmaking be implemented for random battles?
No, never, but it's possible some form will appear in the 7/42 or revamped company mode
22) Garage and historical battles?
They will come, but they don't have high priority. No current ETA.
23) 0.8.5 graphical issues and bugs
The Nvidia-caused bug where the game crashes when activating certain garage menus (specifically the research tree) has not yet been fixed, Wargaming is working on it. Furhtermore, some players experience lower FPS in 0.8.5, this issue is known and investigated.
