Hey everyone, the following is an interview with Konstantin Soldatov (Foton) with PROTanki. Hope you enjoy and let us know what you think on the comments.
– new physics partially influences ramming, however the formula and principles of damage did not change;
– driving into new places which break gameplay will be removed, such places were found already but they are rare;
– movement over the red line in supertest is a bug, will be fixed;
– new patch will give a boost to FPS;
– sixth sense sound will be considered, as players grew accustomed to mods where sixth sense makes a sound;
– there is still the system of 3 ground types, however now there are 25-30 parameters of a tank’s movement, earlier there were 6;
– FV4202 will recieve a “good buff”;
– HD penetration decals – too early to talk about that;
– influence of surroundings on sounds – the new engine also allows this, sounds will be worked on further;
– 5.1 and 7.1 support is considered, but usage of such systems is small;
– there is a list of ideas on new sounds;
– the dog from T-34-85 Rudy is a recording of a real dog;
– time of the day – not a priority, very long ASAP;
– 9.14 will come in March (TN: upholding their promise of polishing things);
– adding talk between the crew would lift the rating to 16+;
– a damaged engine will now sound differently;
– a decision on vehicles with very high alpha is not yet made;
– improving possibilities of in-game communications is being considered;
Tag: World of Tanks
World of Tanks Server Maintenance
Seems tomorrow, February 18th, we got incoming maintenance on several servers across all Communities.
North America Servers
- West Server – From 03:30 AM (PST) and to take about 25 minutes;
European Servers
- EU 1 Server – From 06:30 AM (CET) and to take about 25 minutes;
There will also be some maintenance in the Russian servers and it will take nearly 2 hours. GhostPrime from the NA Forums advised that NA Server will receive Micropatch 9.13_6, not sure if this will apply to the European Servers.
So if you plan to play early tomorrow… then you’ll have to start a bit later and sleep a bit more. It’s good that they let us know about this on hidden posts in the Official Forum, instead of a small post in the news so we could all know straight away… Wargaming being Wargaming.
First Public Test v9.14 is now Closed
The first Public Test of Version 9.14 is now officially closed. Wargaming thanks everyone for participating and we now have to wait for the second test server and see what changes come.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwwaFBgs98c]
If you want you can still leave feedback on the official EU Forum. Remember, if we don’t speak up, they won’t change what we want them to change.
World of Tanks PAPOJ – EP #53
A new video from World of Tanks PAPOJ is out. As usual, all funny stuff and some God Mode Arty! Because it needed a buff.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgCI4wS9yCE]
Wargaming EU wants your feedback
Decept1on from Wargaming Europe staff is gathering feedback on the Official Forum. This is an official data gathering and will be available until the 18th February. The questions he placed are:
- Nickname/Clan/Clan Position
- Top 3 thinks you don’t like in World of Tanks
- Top 3 thinks you don’t like in World of Tanks Clanwars gameplay
- Why do you play World of Tanks? What things you like the most? What do you receive from World of Tanks?
If you would like to let them know your thoughts, just visit the oficial forum post and leave a reply on the topic.
Remember, this is a good way of us players to show what we dislike and what we like in the game. Who knows, maybe Wargaming will start listening to the community? So the more of you that leave feedback, maybe, just maybe, will be better for all of us.
Boot Camp Challenge
Get ready for the Boot Camp Challenge, where you risk yourself to great battles and great rewards. By great rewards we mean 40 gold per day, and that’s it.
From 16th February at 06:10 (CET) to 20th February at 06:10 (CET) Wargaming chalanges you into two different missions:
Baptism of Fire
- Conditions
- Win a battle
- Destroy at least 2 enemy vehicles in the course of the battle
- Be in the Top 10 players by base experience earned
- Reward
- An amazing 20 gold.
- Requirements
- Random Battles only
- Tiver IV and above
- Once per day
- First Victory of the Day bonus used
Brothers in Arms
- Conditions
- Win a battle
- As a platoon, destroy a combined number of at least 5 enemy vehicles in the course of the battle
- Personally, be in the Top 10 players by base experience earned
- Reward
- An amazing 20 gold.
- Requirements
- Random Battles only
- Tiver IV and above
- Once per day
- First Victory of the Day bonus used
- Be a member of a platoon
So, get out there, alone or with your friends for the daily challenge of getting peanuts from War Gaming. I’ll be honest, at this point it’s better to go and play Armored Warfare, you will get more gold out of them for World of Tanks.
They could at least give us some equipments, credits or even some personal reserves as a reward together with a low gold price. I know, 40 gold is worth a lot for some players that never buy gold, but it’s not even enough to buy a garage slot. Can’t Wargaming once in a while do something that will actually make the player base happy and thrilled to play the game and think “this mission is really worth my time”?
Let me know your thoughts in the comments and remember what Wargaming said: Show that you’re as fit as ever and earn some gold for your good perfomance. go run and burn some calories!
A chance to ride the Tiger 131
Ever wanted to ride a tank? What about the legendary Tiger 131 from Bovington Tank Museum?
For those interested, the Bovington Tank Museum is selling raffle tickets where you can win a ride in the Tiger 131 on Tiger Day. Cost is 5£ each ticket, you can buy as many as you want to increase your changes to win.
If you plan on going to Tiger Day on 30th April 2016, and would love to ride the Tiger 131 just visit the museum page and get yourself one. Because of last year success, the museum decided to give more than one prize this time, so here what you could win:
- 1st Prize: Ride on Tiger 131
- 2nd Prize: Ride on Leopard
- 3rd: Prize: Ride on Centurion
You can buy a raffle up to 29th February and the drawn will be on 4th March. The winners will be informed shortly after.
In no way I am trying to sell more tickets, just got one for me because I am going to Tiger Day and I though some of you might want to have a go too.
Top of the Fail Tree
Everyone knows that Wargaming decided to change how the Top of the Tree Specials work. The new idea is that from March, it will be the players who choose what tank, from a class, will be the next Top of the Tree, and if you vote in the winning tank, you get access to special missions.
Up to this point I liked the idea of getting special missions, but then decided to have a look at it and see how it’s doing up the moment and analyse all the small details.
It’s been a week since you can vote, it started on 8th February, for what Tier X Heavy tank you want for Top of the Tree, and I decided to make an analysis of current results. I was surprised with the number of votes, in one week only 12,053 players actually bothered with voting.
Looking at the average number of players that are currently active in the EU Server, we get a number as high as 763,000 players that currently play World of Tanks (source from wot-life.com). What can we see from this?
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Saumur Tank Museum (Part 3)
If you just started reading about the Saumur Tank Museum, don’t forget to have a look at Part 1 and Part 2.
On today’s post I will be talking about the Curiosities Hall.
The museum has one hall I found really cool, the Curiosities Hall. In here you will find a known tank in World of Tanks, but what is most interesting is the other vehicles you find here. This hall is full of concepts that were build for a specific end.
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