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  1. Tarski

    "Based on these preliminary statistics and your feedback, we can say that the redesigned mechanics accomplish our goals and do not cause serious technical or design issues."

    —WG regarding the HE changes

    1. crapcannon

      crapcannon

      In other words, suck it. We do what we want.

    2. echo9835

      echo9835

      I couldn't give them my feedback

    3. Assassin7

      Assassin7

      They accomplish the goal of making derp guns and 183s worse. So yay, I guess?

  2. Tarski

    I don't often get Radley Walters medals, so this was fun. 

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  3. Tarski

    The latest WoT patch (or one of the latest couple, I wasn't playing regularly) completely nerfed my framerate. Ever since 1.0 I've been able to run the new graphics on highest settings with fps consistently above 90 on my old GPU. Now my framerate swings up and down rapidly between about 130 and about 20, spending most of its time at the lower end. I've tried taking the graphics settings way down and all that does is change the upper end of the FPS range, not the lower end. Turning off all effects and all post processing and using lowest settings on most sliders just means my framerate swings between 240 and 20. Sigh. 

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    2. Tarski

      Tarski

      Just one screen (laptop), was bad on an old GPU driver and about equally bad on the latest driver. Not sure what else to try on my end. 

    3. Balthazars

      Balthazars

      On my older PC running an old GPU one WoT patch just killed the GPU entirely, as in constant crashes and error messages. Old driver, nope. New driver, nope (nVidia card).

    4. Tarski

      Tarski

      Ha! I think the problem may have had something to do with all of the dust bunnies I just extracted from the fans in my laptop. It seems my GPU was thermal throttling due to poor cooling. With the dust out, I'm running almost 40 degrees centigrade cooler and my framerate is more stable. (Sadly I have had lag spikes since the patch went out that weren't there before, but hey, my processors aren't melting.)

  4. Tarski

    Frontlines progress does seem much faster this time around. 

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    2. Balthazars

      Balthazars

      5 hours ago, Snoregasm2 said:

      @Balthazars, yeah, but the equivalent with 30 levels would be to get to rank 7, whereas you just said before you got to rank 4 in the last FL, so that goes to show how much faster it is right?

      LOL, are there fewer levels this time around? Shows how much attention I've been paying...yeah, that makes sense.

    3. j_galt

      j_galt

      Still feels like a grind...

    4. Snoregasm2

      Snoregasm2

      I managed to do it in basically 2 nights after work. Only played one game yesterday to get to level 15, then did the 3 daily missions to get the 75 bonds (they feel like a grind due to the RNG of getting 2k blocking).

  5. Tarski

    I've no idea how it will play in the new version, but I'm loving the scenery. 

  6. Tarski

    So many premium Russian heavies added to the game but none of them in the style of the Obj 705. Where is my Soviet Chrysler?

    1. Ham_

      Ham_

      Object 705 is fake rear mount it doesn't get a  big maus energy pass, it's literally 5cm short of centre mounted.

    2. lavawing

      lavawing

      Cries in 430 V2

    3. Ham_

      Ham_

      I grinded OG style no boosters for a month to get the 430 II (with the benefit of not needing to research t-54 top gun) in all it's retarded armor glory, only to take a break and be greeted by a turd when I came back.

  7. Tarski

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    :cri:

    1. echo9835

      echo9835

      Try to angle better. :/

  8. Tarski

    15% off the credit price of tier X tanks on the NA server for the Valentine's Day weekend. I am pleased. 

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    2. Tarski

      Tarski

      Yeah, I sat on my savings for a bit and got lucky. I have 100 million credits' worth of tier X tanks to buy (but fewer than 100 million credits)...

       

    3. MagicalFlyingFox

      MagicalFlyingFox

      The fuck is that?


      We haven't had one of those in ages. 

    4. Balthazars

      Balthazars

      Yeah, a big surprise. I've gone from nearly 40 million credits to just over 7 million, but bought all the unlocked tier 10s that I've accumulated since then - AMX50B, 60TP, Patton, TVP50/51, T62A, Super Conq, so quite happy.

  9. Tarski

     

    1. Tarski

      Tarski

      It looks like HE is no longer going to damage internal modules. I can think of some times I wished that had been true. 

      Type 5 still has HE and premium HE, and we're back to the only difference being damage since HE no longer has pen values. 

      IS-4 has 3100 hitpoints, as opposed to 2950 on the IS-7 and 3550 on the Maus. 

    2. Tarski

      Tarski

      Interesting. There will be two categories of statistics displayed in the UI: historical totals and recent performance. The recent performance will reset every few months. For people who want a way of looking at up to date stats, we may be getting better tools. 

    3. Tarski

      Tarski

      TOG has 2k hitpoints. 

  10. Tarski

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    This decal is coming in patch 1.8. Thought you should know. 

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    2. Wanderjar

      Wanderjar

      "Korean cat" - unhistorical, group: Special, format 1 on 1, direction from right to left, you can flip it though. the price is 110 gold.

    3. Rexxie

      Rexxie

      I NEED THIS

    4. Wanderjar

      Wanderjar

      want isn't the same as need :P 

  11. Tarski

    https://ritastatusreport.live/2020/02/06/wot-big-changes-coming-on-monday/

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    2. echo9835

      echo9835

      I need it in my life

       

    3. Tarski

      Tarski

      I believe the global rebalance is so called because tanks are going to become a lot more top-heavy once stacking turrets are unlocked. 

    4. echo9835

      echo9835

       

  12. Tarski

    Looks like NA gets advance warning about Black Market deals after all. From Discord: 
    "Times have been changed to 17:55 CT - Rotating on a 12-hour schedule."
    From Twitter: "Black Market Update: The start time for Black Market in the NA region has been moved to 3:55pm PT/ 5:55pm CT/ 6:55pm ET, NA players will not be losing out on any of the deals due to the push in time."

    1. Wanderjar

      Wanderjar

      yeah they posted that on the forums about noon, 2 hours after the start time... thank god for twitter?

      most of the blogs picked it up by 1 pm

  13. Tarski

    Overlord, except it's encounter with the cap at E7/F7, and your entire team goes beach. 

  14. Tarski

    A cautionary tale about Chai sniping: Radley-Walters's medal and 4900 damage yielded 2nd class. 

    1. Wanderjar

      Wanderjar

      no self spotting means you share 50% of the exp with the spotter. 

    2. Tarski

      Tarski

      Yeah, but I felt so safe while doing it!

    3. hazzgar

      hazzgar

      What kind of tanks you shoot kinda matter too. 

       

      Also tier. 

  15. Tarski

    Overmatching Obj 703 II (122) roofs with 105mm guns is pretty fun. Great target for the Mutant. 

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    2. Tarski

      Tarski

      I was overmatching the rear panel of the roof, the one with the hatches in it. If I hit anywhere on that surface my shell went in every time. 

    3. Strigonx

      Strigonx

      center of the gun mantlet is 220mm flat too

    4. hall0

      hall0

      Only the back part is 30mm. Rest of the roof is 50mm

      https://gamemodels3d.com/en/games/worldoftanks/vehicles/r173

      obj.PNG

  16. Tarski

    "Next year, we plan to release at least two new branches of different nations. One of them, most likely, will be a branch of heavy Italian tanks....there is no doubt that the new Italian heavy tanks will have familiar firing mechanics and will continue the tradition of the menacing medium tanks of this nation."

    This could be fun. 

    1. sohojacques

      sohojacques

      Yeah, it could. Please don’t fuck it up WG.

  17. Tarski

    Heading into the holiday event, I have 7 tier 10s and 6 tier 9s unlocked but unbought. Looking forward to shrinking that list more easily with the boosted credit earnings. 

    1. echo9835

      echo9835

      To bad they got rid of the discounts. :/

    2. Tarski

      Tarski

      Yeah, there are some good changes this year and some bad ones. I'll miss the discounts and I'll miss having only 1 decoration set to complete for a full +credit bonus. And tying the vehicle slot bonuses to the class of the vehicle is annoying and seems like an idea that got rushed out the door before they could set up a better mechanic. 

  18. Tarski

    Patch 1.7 looks pretty light on content. Now would be a great time for WG to finally buff the WZ-120. 

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    2. Tarski

      Tarski

      While I'm writing my wishlist, I'm still waiting on the 2019 rebalance of the E-100 and IS-4. 

    3. Deus__Ex__Machina

      Deus__Ex__Machina

      1.7 was supposed to also introduce the double barreled tanks, but WG couldn't get them ready in time so they were delayed 

    4. hazzgar

      hazzgar

      @Deus__Ex__Machina yeah I already have 55k exp on Kv3 for that reason and I will have to wait for ages because they had to focus on lootbox prems.

  19. Tarski

    Just got my 11th ever Radley-Walters from a successful 1v3 carry. I rarely pull that off and it was satisfying. 

  20. Tarski

    Frontlines messes up communications. I have chat turned off completely, but this setting apparently does not affect Frontlines, so I get to hear all about my racial heritage and cancer prognosis. And in the post-game panel, right-clicking player names does nothing. 

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    2. Tarski

      Tarski

      This whole patch seems to have messed up chat features. Someone was able to message me for the first time in years even though I've turned off messages from strangers. 

    3. BedakCoa

      BedakCoa

      Same thing as option to see tank that killed you... I play without that option for like 3years I guess, but in Boringlines its enabled by default.:rabble:

    4. Tarski

      Tarski

      @BedakCoa Oh yeah, I noticed that happening to. Speaking of which, since at least as far back as patch 1.3 I also have issues with the death camera in random battles. The camera doesn't jump to the tank that killed me, but it does rotate when I die, which is annoying if I die to an unspotted tank and want to read the incoming hit direction marker. 

  21. Tarski

    9th NA scavenger hunt code: KMAPJME7

  22. Tarski

    Wow, the patch 1.4 frame rate improvements are real. 

    1. sohojacques

      sohojacques

      Not on my aging rig. One step closer to not being able to play at all, which wouldn’t be a bad thing...

      And I’m not complaining. I don’t expect WG to optimise the game for 6 year old shit rigs.

  23. Tarski

    https://thearmoredpatrol.com/2019/01/31/1-4-is-coming-on-the-night-5-6-february/

    1. Action

      Action

      do i have to assign my christmas girls till then?

    2. Tarski

      Tarski

      @Action I think the correct answer is "no," but I'm not completely certain. 

  24. Tarski

    The SU-101 gets the same hit point pool as the SU-130PM and a gun with less alpha, DPM, accuracy, and gun depression. In exchange it gets...some armor that sometimes works? Can't wait for Frontline. 

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    2. lavawing

      lavawing

      Compare it to the Chinese 122-44 and you're realise how absurd it is

    3. Tarski

      Tarski

      Heh, yeah. 

      https://tanks.gg/compare/su-101?t=wz-120-1-ft~su-130pm

    4. lavawing

      lavawing

      I meant 120 vs 101. There's almost no reason to take the 101 except bloom (which gets cancelled out by shitty accuracy anyway) and the fact it leads up to an OP line.

      IMO 130 PM is worse for the game than either tank in the sense that while it farms a lot and wins some, it causes cancer gameplay on par with what the Swedish wedges do, except it's got way  more alpha so you end up with games where you do everything right early to mid game and just deleted in 2 seconds when the field clears out.

  25. Tarski

    Opinions wanted. I have a Defender to trade in (already have the 252U). Which of the new tanks I could get do you enjoy the most? Scorpion, T-54 mod. 1, STG, FV4202, AMX Cda 105, AMX M4 49, 112, 59-Patton. 

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    2. Tarski

      Tarski

      Thanks for the input, all. 

    3. sundanceHelix

      sundanceHelix

      Trade-ins are back? Is it region-specific? I was looking for this on the SEA server news portal

    4. Tarski

      Tarski

      It was back for a few days on NA before they announced it on the portal. I realized it was back in the game client because of the ⟲ icon that appears next to the purchase button for most but not all tech tree premiums. 

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