Developers answer in Odessa

kingtiger

http://ftr.wot-news.com/2013/06/24/developers-answer-in-odessa/#comments

some interesting answers by Evilly Russian chief community manager

- players from 80 countries play WoT

- King of Jordan plays on EU server

- Evilly states that while the M40/43 shell is flying, he has time to have a cup of tea

- 0.8.7 will come by the end of July or beginning of August and will bring British arty and the Chinese premium 112

- 0.8.8 will bring 2nd branch of Soviet medium tanks with Object 430

- Superpershing will recieve a new gun (current M26 Pershing’s top gun) and its maneuverability will be improved

- current IS-7 ingame armor is thicker than it was in real life, but it will stay as it is

- tanks don’t roll over on their backs, because the game is unplayable that way

- 2nd German TD line will be after 0.8.8, it’s top vehicles will be the Waffentragers, tier 10 will have a 4-round autoloader (SS: I WAS RIGHT! Damn, I really was 4 rounds and not 3… that means 128mm FlaK 45 I think, expect amazing accuracy and brutal penetration, but low alpha)

- until Fall 2013, the economic model in the game (prices etc.) won’t be reworked

- Type 59 was removed from shops because there were too many of them and because there will be another tier 8 Chinese premium MT

- multiturret mechanism won’t come anytime soon, there are higher priority tasks

- hourly premium account is not profitable from economic point of view

- no details are known, but there WILL be special tier 10 tanks (like M60, VK7201 and Object) available for random battle players

- in the future, Germans will shoot more accurately on extreme distances

- in the future, all 3 of WG projects will be somewhat compatible, but not as much as those of Gaijin

- Evilly doesn’t like the AMX40, but likes to own in E50M

- this year will also bring a premium medium French tank

- Chinese tree has a TD branch upcoming, either by the end of 2013, or in 2014

- it is yet not decided whether Sturmtiger will come as TD or artillery, if it becomes an arty, it will have a very short range, it won’t come in 2013

- there might come an event analogical to the White Tiger event (SS: as a partnership advertisement of the Russian White Tiger movie, a special Tiger P was implemented into the game and in a special mode it was fighting against 15 T-34/85′s)

- Clanwars implemented into the client will come either until the end of the year, or in 1st quarter of 2014

- roaming test is planned for autumn, it will be released around New year

- vehicle velocity doesn’t depend on full/empty ammo rack

- there will be an option to switch whole chat off

- game engine won’t change, but it will be improved

- national crew voices will come

- during WG’s birthday event, players will recieve a free lowtier tank

- Soviet premium medium tank (early T-44 with 85mm gun) will come this Fall

- WG is working on an official mod portal

- there will be massive changes in graphics – weather and night battles will come, as well as turrets being ripped off by explosions and pieces of armor flying off when hit

- garage battles are really complicated to do in randoms, so they will be done in CW’s/companies, possibly this year

- historical battles won’t come in 2013, there are problems in balance

- Type 59 will never return to the shops, ever

- skill MM will never come to randoms

- 30 vs 30 battles have been postponed, the stress on client computers is way too big

- AMX ELC didn’t recieve a fully rotating turret, because it’s not a turret and the head of the crewman is sticking out

- minefields will come to clanwars, they will work as consumables

- Xbox and PC WoT won’t be unified

- no premium T9-T10 tanks

- combat missions aka “miniquests”, awarding top 3 damage dealers of the team, will come apparently again during the WG birthday event