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hoofette's Photo hoofette 22 Mar 2012

Hello guys, heres my questions:

1.Can you explain why you made those Russian tanks smaller in upcoming patch? I for one didnt see 1 post on forums complaining about them being too big and it being a must do asap change?

2.Did the "birds missing from maps" threads force you to pay overtime to your guys to get them into game asap?

3.Did the guy that thought up the horns on tanks idea and convince you it was worth 1 second of development time find a new job yet?

4.Do you consider your camo for GOLD a successful and popular idea?

5.Why is adaptive camo delayed? isnt it just a case of putting a suitable skin on a tank when the tanks map is selected and it having a set bonus to your tanks camo value?

6.Do you think the guys doing the tank resizing bird installing horn sound testing etc could have been better employed doing what the community sees as important or at least finding out what the community thinks will improve game play?(hint its not things like birds horns and 5% smaller Russian tanks)
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plizzken_dk's Photo plizzken_dk 22 Mar 2012

View Posthoofette, on 22 March 2012 - 08:28 AM, said:

Hello guys, heres my questions:
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+1 for sarcasm(still valid questions though)
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Dibuk's Photo Dibuk 22 Mar 2012

So why not give the Maus +20mm armor on the front of the turret and -10mm on the sides, as, you know, it had that historically...
That would get rid of the massive weakspot that is the turret front, the maus don't need to have that. Maybe we can start to hurt IS-7's again.

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Elmarby's Photo Elmarby 22 Mar 2012

-What is WG's view on the growing perception across all the servers of a pro-USSR, anti-US bias?

And on a related note:

-What reason is there that the T34 heavy was allowed to be so sub par for so long? And why will it again be sub par after the T8 premium move?
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sharky91's Photo sharky91 22 Mar 2012

Dear WoT devs,

The T34 has been underperforming for quiet a while...

Even you, confirmed it some time ago.

Are you aware the T34 could underperform again after the patch, as a T8 premium, considering all the nerfs that are being applicated?
Especially if you compare the T34 and its two other rivals, the Löwe and the KV-5.


Another question I'd like to ask: The French tank revision.

Was the fact that mostly experienced players where playing the higher tier French tanks taken into consideration for the rebalancing?

From my point of view I see a new breed of French tankdrivers nowadays that does not perform very well...(Yes even the average player has reached the higher tiers now)
You can see the good average decreasing in the stats. (e.g. BatChat 25t)

Are you aware of that as well? Was it taken into consideration?


Thanks in advance for your answers.
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xpnotoc's Photo xpnotoc 22 Mar 2012

It is amazing that you would bother to have this Thread (avoiding to read the actual Q&A Thread) and then put up a "You Ask We Reply" that is not from this thread, or even the EU Server!

The question about the KV220 clearly shows you picked the whole thing from the RU Server.

How unprofessional can this get?
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panzerdav's Photo panzerdav 22 Mar 2012

Hi and thanks for this opportunity to ask a question.

Mine is

Why do you NOT listen to your community?

All 3 (US, EU, RUS) wanted E100 Stug known as Krokodile and you ignored them!

And before you say it is a made up tank, Yes and so is T28 TD prototype.  Infact that is a complete piece of made up history from WG!
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sharky91's Photo sharky91 22 Mar 2012

Are only the RU community questions answered?

As I noticed here:
Q&A thread
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NoblePlatoon's Photo NoblePlatoon 22 Mar 2012

Question:

Would you please consider separate tank parameters for the different servers? One set of parameters for the Russian server which reflects their opinion of the Russian tanks, and another set for the EU and NA servers where true balance could exist? (Of course I understand that the answer is "No" because of the Multi-cluster concept, but I still want to voice this thought.)
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jodgi's Photo jodgi 22 Mar 2012

Dearest devs.

Indulge me and consider the matter from a PR and customer satisfaction perspective. You must know of The Thread in the NA forum.
Ultra short recap: The US heavy players are, from a little to extremely, disappointed after testing the T110. They beg for a few buffs and for a rework of the obvious weakspot.

What would you lose by being forthcoming to them (and the US tank players on the EU server)?

It's not that the T110 will overshadow the IS-7 within the parameters the wishes and suggestions sets forth.

Isn't it a good thing for the CW part of the game to promote new tanks into the Maus/IS-7 dominance?

We understand the EU and US server population is smaller than the RU population, so we appreciate that it is worse for WG to handle discontent in the RU population.

Do the devs fear RU backlash if the T110 was any better (read: more competitive in CW)?

To end this on a positive note: Imagine what you would gain by doing right to the US tank players. You can turn this negativity around. You will please those players immensely. Imagine those happy players promoting your business.

Imagine, it's easy if you try. ;)
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costi's Photo costi 22 Mar 2012

Will you start publishing proper patch notes, ie. not "tank A was buffed, tank B nerfed" but "reload time on tank A decreased 5% from N to M, turret traverse on tank B increased 10% from X to Y" and so on, instead of making us play the guessing game?
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Reverend_Lovejoy's Photo Reverend_Lovejoy 22 Mar 2012

#1 Is there an ETA on Adaptive Camouflage?

#2 Are you considering any MM changes to make the game more interresting for Tier IV-VII (not including IV/V scout tanks)? Except for some common favourites like Shermans,  VK3601H, T29 and KV-2 these tiers appear for many as simply a painful grind to Tier VIII.
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Aimless's Photo Aimless 22 Mar 2012

Actually I have many questions. There's one however that is most important to me (and I think many other veterans) and will be essential for me to go on playing this game for a longer time:

How long will we still have to wait for the ever-promised new game modes?

Oh and may I add, ignoring this question would be a very clear answer to me, too.
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AkelaLT's Photo AkelaLT 22 Mar 2012

Question 1.  Is there plans to make tank companies for tiers 7 and 9 with SPG tiers accordingly - 5 and 7 ?
Question 2.  Is there any plans to make game more human skill based and not, as it is now,  random/luck based  ?  If answer is YES then what it would be done to do so ? If answer is NO then why you afraid to make game more human skill based and thus more competetive ?
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Smellfire's Photo Smellfire 22 Mar 2012

When are you going to sort the Russian TD tree? Every low TD has a different gun (or 3) that are just only used on those TDs tier level where as the US and German trees (US to a lesser degree)all use the same guns and are interchangeable right back to tier 3 upwards so only have to research them once. SU85B, SU85, SU100 and SU152 all have guns that are only usable by themselves which makes no sense at all and the experience difference is quite large.

Cheers
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power4's Photo power4 22 Mar 2012

Will E 100's turret be like tiger2 and E75 (oval shape)?
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waki30333's Photo waki30333 22 Mar 2012

T110E5 is researching by engine from M103. Will it be changed to the gun? Because now is the only thing what they have in common. All the others Tier X are researching by the gun and it will helps the ingame economy. IF not, tell us why.
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Kusteeh's Photo Kusteeh 22 Mar 2012

Dear WG,

Do you plan to change weird ammo costs like T54's 100mm D-54 shells cost 1230, while 130mm S-70 cost 1125? Make ammo cost directly proportional to damage.
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Blubba's Photo Blubba 22 Mar 2012

The MM is bloody terrible. Are you thinking of narrowing the spread of tiers that meet each other?
Will you make any attempt to actually 'balance' the teams?
Instead of 4 Type 59's versus four 'various', why not have two on each side for example?

Do the Devs read the answers given when they ask questions on this forum, especially given the response to Tuccy's question here:-
http://forum.worldof..._1#entry1466570
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