WoWS ST 0.9.11, Ranked Battles Overhaul

Please note that all information in the development blog is preliminary and subject to change during testing. Any showcased features may or may not end up on the main server.

In the near future, a new Ranked Battles system will be tested.

The main features of the new system:

  • Ranked Seasons succeed each other almost immediately, only with short breaks to separate them.
  • Each Season is split into Sprints, each 1-3 weeks long.
  • In one Sprint, you can progress through one of the three Leagues and, upon reaching rank 1 and passing qualification, advance to the next League.
  • Rewards are given for a certain number of victories in the League, for reaching the first rank, and for passing qualification.
  • To ensure quality matchmaking, Ranked Battles are not available during periods of low activity.

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Wargaming CEO Q&A: Thanks to strategy games we foresaw the coronavirus

Translated from fakt.pl

It doesn’t make me happy that my product is gaining because of the coronavirus, says Victor Kislyi, the CEO of Wargaming, the biggest game developer in Belarus. Almost five million Poles played World of Tanks, the most known game of Wargaming, and over 180 million people worldwide. Kislyi admits that the experience from strategy games helped his company foresee the coronavirus, and prepare for it.

World of Tanks celebrates its 10th anniversary. How did the game industry change during the past decade?

Victor Kislyi, CEO of Wargaming: First of all, it grew greatly, and in almost every aspect. Today, almost everyone is a player, and we can thank the spread of mobile devices for that. We see people game every time, and in every place. This is a new and vast market, in which Wargaming is present, for example thanks to World of Tanks Blitz. The game industry is currently more diverse than 10 years ago, since the players have more choice.

Players get bored quickly, and seek new thrills. You managed to keep their attention with one game for a decade. What is your secret?

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WT E100 Returns – More info

According to Russian sources, the German Waffenträger auf E 100 will return in a special game mode:

As predicted, Waffentrager will indeed return in a new game mode! Will be the main “boss” against 7 players. The event is scheduled to start on September 28. Additionally, in the mode you can get boxes with all kinds of cool and unique tanks. It is not known how the mechanics of these boxes work, but you can get, for example, the American T77 from them.

Supertest: 🇨🇳 122 TM – Changed Stats

Additionally, the cost of repairing the tank reduced from 14,910 to 13,916 credits.

HP: 1 500   1 400

Aim spread:

  • during turret rotation: 0,096   0,14;
  • during vehicle movement: 0,134   0,16;
  • during vehicle rotation: 0,134   0,16;
  • during turret rotation at maximum speed: 2,88   4,38;
  • at maximum vehicle speed: 7,38   8,80;
  • at maximum vehicle rotation speed: 5,37   6,68.