13.2.2013

- the amount of played arties was reduced by about 40 percent (after the nerf + hardcap)
- when a shell penetrates an armor screen (spaced armor) or tracks, it doesn't change its trajectory
- Ferdinand won't be moved anymore this year (SS: not one tier up, or down, or to a separate branch)
- it's still not yet decided how the German 2nd medium line will look
- Sorted by priority (from most to least): garage battles, turrets flying off, historical battles, multi-turret mechanism
- 0.8.5 will bring a new map
- it's not planned to specifically give the assaulting team light tanks and arty in the assault mode (SS: as in to force them into the assaulting party MM)
- no 4th equipment/consumable slot planned
- VK3601 will me turned into a heavy after the 0.8.4 patch, it's possible its MM weight will be changed
- it's possible that the outstanding parts of the tank (antennas etc.) will cast shadows
- EU tree is too far for the devs to know, what kind of symbol will those tanks carry
- T23 won't be sold (SS: the answer was only "no" - it is actually unclear, what the player is asking about, whether he's asking for it to be sold as a regular vehicle, or as a premium vehicle or at all - thus it's unclear what Storm meant by the answer)
- Leopard 2 prototype will not be introduced (SS: yes, people are actually asking such dumb shit)
- Q: "Why is there no North-Korean flag in WoT?" A: "When the genius of geniuses in military strategy, new star, brilliant comrade Kim Jong Un allows his Korean comrades to play World of Tanks, we will immediately address this issue"
- Fiat 3000 will be implemented, but other mutations of the FT-17 ("Russkij Reno", US M1917) won't, Japanese Tier 1 could be the "Kogata Sensha", but SerB states there is something else already at tier 1 for Japan
- the option for players to enter only battles without platoons won't be implemented
- enabling the option where the tank in sniper mode rocks after shooting has no advantage for the player, "it's just prettier"
- there apparently will be no crew training compensation when VK3601 turns into a heavy, even if it is followed by a medium: "retraining costs the same for every class in gold, so what's the difference"
- various vehicles get various XP for destroying other classes, for example LT's get more XP for destroying arty than other classes
- the Chinese T-34 has more modern suspension than Type 58 (which has the "classical" T-34 suspension) in the game, because the devs have a photo of this particular vehicle having this particular suspension
- SerB states that the British Nuffield TDs having two guns aren't a problem, the second gun will serve as a decoration and the vehicles will have two loaders, even when the multigun mechanism is implemented, those second small guns will remain a decoration, as their impact and penetrating power are negligible (SS: 20mm Polsten)
- system of penetration decals might be upgraded, but not soon
- 310 series of Nvidia drivers have a bug that makes the game crash at the research tree - Storm suggests using 306 series drivers
- this is the picture of the Valentine AT
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