You Ask - We Reply! Bulletin 8

Tankers!

We have gathered some of your more pertinent questions and asked our development team to take the time to answer them for you.

We have got already the Replays folder for videos. Is there any chance to have a similar one for screenshots?

• In update 0.7.0 you will have the Screenshots folder, where the in-game images will be automatically stored after pressing Print Screen (PrtScr) button.

What is the difference between IS-4 and IS-7 besides speed?

• It is too early to speculate about it. This tank has not yet been fine-tuned for tier 10. There are a lot of tests to do first.

Are you planning to introduce NPCs (non-player characters) for training battles?

• We are not planning on having NPCs for training battles.

New game modes were planned for the IV quarter of 2011. What has happened? Why aren’t we seeing them?

• We have had to reschedule the release. We expect new modes to appear in the first half of 2012.

Are there any plans to add new types of camo?

• Indeed we have such plans. We’ll be introducing new camo types gradually.

Will you increase size clan emblems on tanks? The current ones are barely legible and small.

• We will be working more with emblems, but we are not planning on increasing them. There is not enough space on tanks for big insignia.

Why have you decided to return penalties for team-kills and team-damages to the rates we have in 6.7?

• There are some technical reasons, which we can’t reveal at the moment.

It would be great to learn when the tier VIII premium tank destroyer Jagdtiger with the 88mm PaK43/3 L/71 gun will appear?

• Generally, we don’t reveal vehicle release dates. Expect it in early 2012.

Will the installed modules be displayed on tanks in battle?

• In the garage interface you will be able to see them. However, in battle you will not.

Will it be possible to see enemy damage points?

• If you damaged your enemy, after a battle you will be able you see only your points. The damage points of others will remain hidden for you.

Will it be possible to send messages to players if they are off-line?

• Most probably this option will become available.

Will Sturmtiger belong to SPG or TD vehicle type?

• It will be the SPG-type.

And what about OverTargetMaker? Will the official version made for 7.0 or will you continue supporting the mode?

• For 7.0 you will be able to use the new mode, made by the same author. You can find it here. Later we will add a similar function to the client.

Do you plan to increase the price of Type 59?

• No, it’s not planned.

Do you have at least approximate Japanese Tech Tree ?

• Very approximate, but yes, we have it.

AFAIK, there is less crew in French vehicles (for example – Top Medium tanks have only 3) in comparison with other nations. Will it influence vehicle performance after the introduction of new skills?

• Yes, it will be one of the ‘weak spots’ of French vehicles.

Why have you limited the Tier of SPG’s in Tiered Tank Companies?

• SPG’s have more limits in comparison with HT line tanks, because they have the biggest firepower for their Tier.

Will you add more LT’s for the US tank tree?

• Probably.  At least we have some ‘candidates’ for now.

From time to time in the Polish version we hear a message ‘Aced!’, but the enemy is not even damaged! Will you fix that? It’s very irritating.

• Yes, we are planning to improve the system of hit notifications for all localizations.

Will we receive additional slot for FT-17 (Tier 1 French Tank)?

• Yes, you will

Can we hope that M41 Walker Bulldog vehicle will become premium?

• I doubt it.

Do you plan to add maps which will represent real WWII battlefields? For example: Westerplatte, Normandia, Monte Casino

• Probably we will add some in the future.

Please, clarify the work of the new tracers. In which variants you will notice the tracers (bright green – view sector, red arrow – tracer, red round – the point, from which the shot was performed)?

Also, do I understand right, that you should have the point, from which the shot was performed, to notice the tracer?

And if T1 sees the tracer from T3, in the case on the picture T2 won’t see the tracer still?

• In the situation 1, 2;
• Yes, you are right;
• You are again right.

Please, tell me the following; Premium tanks earn more XP and credits or just credits?

• In the current version – just credits.

What will you do with the MM of new special and box tanks? Currently it seems horrible.

•  Unfortunately, x10 rates on credits and XP does not favor MM tests. So it will be tuned up later.

'Master Tanker’ Title of honour is something difficult to receive. You can make our lives easier if you add the list of killed tanks to the player’s profiles. Is this planned to be implemented?

• It will be done ASAP.

After the changes of the HE rounds on the test server Object 212 does not receive enough credits using both credit and premium rounds. Do you plan to increase its credit gain?

• As we often state, they were added to the test server for Test reasons. We will look at their influence on the balance and change the characteristics. But they will be for all of vehicles/users and not for specific ones.

Will be the minefileds added? With new physics will be the total destruction of buildings added? Will there be female crews? Are the nation-vs-nation battles planned?

• Not soon and for Clan Wars only.
• Unfortunately, we are limited with server resources. But they will be more than destructible!
• Yes, we are planning to do so, but it has a low priority.
• Yes, we call it ‘historical battles’. You can search for more information our forums.

About the historical battles, will it look like battles of 1936-1939 (Spain, Pacific etc.) 2-3 Tier tanks 1940-1941 (France, Poland, Finland) 4-5 Tier tanks?

• No, only historical tanks will be allowed to participate. For example, in the battle of Kursk on the German side you will see MT-7 Panther, HT-7 Tiger, TD-8 Ferdinand, while on the side of USSR SU-152. KV-1S, T-34(MT-5), and Churchill only.

If I have 2 loaders in my vehicle and one get’s wounded,  by how much will the loading speed decrease?

• It will decrease by  25% and it does not matter which one will be ‘kicked off’.

Maus was a ‘Steel Wall’ for a long time and only Arty with HE was capable to destroy it. Does the changes mean the total rebalance of all vehicles?

• It won’t be a total one.

Will it be able to watch replays in the game client itself?

• We will add this feature in upcoming updates.

Usually you can find different answers on the same issues from Mods and Devs. One explains it with the game balance, another – with historical accuracy. So in which direction does the game move? Arcade or simulator?

• In the adequate mix of both.

In the garage battle modes the tanks mean to respawn N times during the battle. If the enemy is on my base, how will I respawn safely? Will I be invulnerable for some seconds?

• It is planned to add some amount of respawn points. The respawn itself will take place on the safest one.

Why the clocks on Himmelsdorf chapel show 14-35, while the ones on the street say that we fight on 10-10? An easter egg or a bug?

• Clocks are a very fragile mechanism and they do not like the battle, which take place around them :) And since the battle can take a long time, the clocks could stop at different times.