WoT – Dev Plans 2012

In September 2011, Wargaming published a plan for the year 2012, which supposedly was only realized in 85%. Can you spot what they didn’t implement?

New game modes

  • Company battle will be separated into divisions: max. tier X without total tier restrictions, tier’s 8, 6, and 4 with total tier restrictions. Q4 2011
  • Encounter/Assault Q4 2011
  • Garage battles (limited respawns like in planes) Q1 2012
  • Escort (select tanks can cap the enemy base, the enemy needs to kill them) Q1 2012
  • Historical battles 2012

New tanks

USA

  • M4A3E2 and M24 Q3 2011
  • M8A1, T49, M18 Hellcat, T28 prototype Q1 2012
  • M103, T110, T25-2 Q1 2012

Russia

  • T-50, T-50-2 Q3 2011
  • SU-85 (I) Q4 2011
  • SU-100M-1, SU-101 (Uralmash-1), SU-122-54 Q4 2011
  • KV-1, KV-2, KV-4, Т-150, ST 1, Object 252 Q1 2012

Germany

  • Pz.Kpfw.IV Hydraulic Q4 2011
  • Marder III, DickerMax, Nashorn, Sturer Emil, JagdPz E100, JagdPantherII Q4 2011
  • E10, E25, JagdTiger Sd Kfz 185 (88/71) Q2 2012

France

  • Renault FT, Renault D1, Renault D2, Renault B1, ARL 44, AMX-50 100mm, AMX-50 120mm, Hotchkiss H35, AMX 38, AMX 40, AMX 13 75mm, AMX 13 90mm, Chatillon 25t, BDR G1B, AMX M4 (1945), AMX 50 B , AMX-12t , Lorraine 40t Q4 2011
  • RenaultBS, Lorraine39 L AM, AMX-105AM, AMX 13 AM 105mm, AMX 13 F3 AM, Lorraine 155 (50), Lorraine 155 (51), Bаt.-Chatillon AM 155mm Q1 2012
  • Pak 40 FCM 36 (f), 10.5cm leFH18 B2 (f), Panzerjäger 35R Q1 2012
  • FT AC, Lorraine 37 L AC, Somua SAu 40, Somua S 35 CA, ARL V 39, AMX AC Mle.1946, AMX AC Mle.1948, AMX50 Foch Q1 2012
  • Renault_G1R, AMX 13 FL11 Q1 2012

British tanks in Q2 2012, Japanese tanks in 2012

Ultimate Conquest (Clan Wars)

  • Fog of war. Q4 2011
  • Vehicle locking. Q4 2011
  • Bigger global map. These regions will be added as follows: North America, Africa, South America, Australia, Korea, China, Japan. 2012
  • Clan gold transations. 2012
  • Clan armory, consumables, and tanks. 2012

Performance and game client

  • Multi-cluster servers Q4 2011
  • Resource compression to speed up loading Q4 2011
  • Pre-caching to help slower computers Q4 2011
  • New visual fx Starting Q4 2011

Various stuff

  • Camo and horns. Q4 2011
  • Mini-map customization. Q4 2011
  • UI tutorial. Q4 2011
  • Quick reports. Q4 2011
  • New crew perks. Starting Q4 2011
  • New achievements. Q1 2012
  • More detailed post-battle reports. Q1 2012
  • Realistic vehicle physics. Q1 2012
  • 5 player platoons. Q1 2012
  • Improved MM. Q1 2012
  • National crew voices. 2012
  • Battle tutorial. 2012
  • Commander’s chart. 2012
  • New chat options, new regional channels. 2012

Maps

  • Each update will introduce a new map
  • The North American maps will be introduced in Q4 2011, and after that maps from Africa, South America, Australia, China, Korea, and Japan

Source (Polish).