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Dmitry Yudo aka Overlord, jack of all trades
David Lister aka Listy, Freelancer and Volunteer

Saturday, August 13, 2011

August 8-13 Poll Results

4236 players took part in the most recent poll.  1925 of them (or 45%) did take part in public test 6.6, while 55% (or 2311) either did not want to do it or just were not aware of the test itself. Personally I think that EU and US players were quite active during public testing, and the figures prove it.

Had to finish the poll eariler this time due to my departure to Gamescom Expo (Cologne, Germany). Hope to see some of you there. : )

Thanks for the feedback.

New weekly poll is up. Please be active, this one is important.

69 comments:

  1. Arent you afraid to go to Germany?
    You know, with all that rant about russian bias and stuff it could be qute dangerous for you there :P

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  2. Q: Arent you afraid to go to Germany?
    You know, with all that rant about russian bias and stuff it could be qute dangerous for you there :P

    A: A bit. Im going to wear a mask there. )

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  3. FIX E-SERIES, NERF RUSSIANS

    BALANCE TANKS USING POPULARITY OF EACH RACE AT EACH TYPE AND TIER, NOT WIN RATIO

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  4. so now everyone knows, the one wearing a mask is OLi!! Beat him up!!! :)

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  5. Q: so now everyone knows, the one wearing a mask is OLi!! Beat him up!!! :)

    A: Crap, Im spotted. )

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  6. Q: Your a girl?

    A: If a hundred of angry german players comes to the expo to beat OL, I will become anything. Even a girl.

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  7. Willing to see some improvement of german tanks :(

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  8. Nice Comment OL. I will bring a rose for you then.
    Kinda happy to see you guys in Cologne
    And please Fix the E Series

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  9. Loved how you made 6.6 test public, please do it again for future patches.

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  10. "meh said...

    FIX E-SERIES, NERF RUSSIANS

    BALANCE TANKS USING POPULARITY OF EACH RACE AT EACH TYPE AND TIER, NOT WIN RATIO"

    true

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  11. I like your humor ;)

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  12. Q: Loved how you made 6.6 test public, please do it again for future patches.

    A: It will be up for future updates as well.

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  13. A possible reason why the test was so popular is because this game is relatively new for the US and EU players. The RUS players have the experience and seem to get the patches first. This could be why their numbers were not so great. Also, I don't know if all the russian tanks need to be nerfed, but the russian mediums have a clear advantage up till the tier 8/9 range. Also, I'd like a little less dispersion on the US arty around 7/8. There are many games where I do not hit a tank even though the reticle is minimal. Sometimes they even go outside the dispersion ring. Thanks.

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  14. I bet you get tired of the whining OL... :P
    Seriously, the open testing was fantastic and I'm glad to hear you will be doing it for the other patches.
    When is the next patch due for the EU servers or is that classified?

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  15. "FIX E-SERIES, NERF RUSSIANS" some whiner said.

    Its really not Dev's fault Germany and Usa have shit tanks - they are trying their best...

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  16. Yes it their fault since in Real World russian tanks was the worst ones

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  17. Thats bullshit, and you know it.

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  18. Russian tanks were on par and overmatched anything Allies could field in 1945. Oh by the way, you will not come across as a retarded whining child if you learn how to spell. Ok, I am joking, you will.

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  19. Overlord, can we have a trailer of French tank during gamescom?

    Yams42000

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  20. I have nothing to say you will lessen to.
    WOT is a Okay game that could be grate if some things could be adjusted and fixed but you refuse to admit there is something wrong how Russian of you

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  21. I will meet you on Gamescom. Hope you will have some give aways :D

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  22. Hi Overlord i have some question and proposition for you, players and for better game :>
    Ok i start
    First question:
    Getting experience on normal server is hard with premium too :/ 700 to 1000 if you win and do a LOT ! Can you change that experience will be 2x higher ? I think many players agree with me.
    Second question:
    Gold in Poland is really expensive :'/ If you can do for Poland private payment for our Zloty. 10 euro is 1/2 of new game in our country so is expensive. Can you do something with this ?
    Third question:
    Did you creating test players ? That who will be test your new tanks and etc.

    I think now is enough question :p Thanks for respond

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  23. Hello serek i try to answer your questions i think my answers will be a few diffrent like from Overlord.

    1.) For higher rate is public test server. (But im for that the test server should be open longer or always but not 10x that too fast, i think 4x or 5x it can be better and for guys wich want it agin faster make possibility to buy premium wich can make it 6x or 7x.) Becose lot of players want test their choosen tanks before they start long way to get them in normal servers and then they buy it and they are angry becose they waitetd from the tank anythink else, then they say Ok thats (censured) lets try another game.

    2.) i dont think so..

    3.) Read agin poll results.

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  24. Q: when will be info about incoming patch?

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  25. A poll which is actualy BY FAR not as important as a couple of latter ones, is called "important".... nice nice...

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  26. please increase accuracy 105mm gun on T32

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  27. Sorry, that i have to write here, but the Forum as all other servers are nearly down (laggy as hell). The gameserver is totally busy and even if u log in all lags in a unplayable way. As i premium user i pay for the time, so i just want to ask for an additional premium day for prem user, as it is unplayable right now.

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  28. This last poll question and the new one now (blog colour scheme) are a joke, don't you think? It has nothing to do with the game and performance. Ask questions like "Happy with new patch?" or "How laggy are you games?"

    I for one would like to put feed back into the game I play hours of and see the imbalances and such.

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  29. Q: Is 6.7 patch last one before patch 7.0 or are the devs trying to test players nerves and see what happens. And i hope that French tanks are coming in that patch for everyones sake :/

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  30. "meh said...

    BALANCE TANKS USING POPULARITY OF EACH RACE AT EACH TYPE AND TIER, NOT WIN RATIO"

    Wow, that's an even worse idea than using win ratios to determine balance.

    Anyways,Overlord, GIVE US THE M103 ASAP! Nobody cares whether the T110 is added at the same time or not, we just want the M103 soon as possible. Though buffing the T34 in the interim might make the wait more tolerable...

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  31. I just have to ask, when will there be an offical color blind mode?

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  32. You're in cologne?
    When exactly?
    It might be worth a drive there to...

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  33. Lets Hunt him in Cologne :P
    Nonono i didnt mean it...its a Joke...
    i am waiting to see whats comming in the next Patch...i look everyday in your Blog and in the Development-Site but no change.. -.-... but thats ok u dont have always Time to update the sites and so :)
    But im waiting for the Test-Server for the next Patch....i was Testing the E-75 on the Testserver before and it was fun..so im going with my account for the E-75 now :P
    Will u say it in your Blog when a Testserver is online? i hope so and it would be nice when the Test-Server is longer open not only a few days or a week... so lets say tanks for all ur hard work and much fun in Cologne...Germany is a beatyful Land (I m from there) :P

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  34. On the map Prohorovka I got my KV-3 stuck on the rail road at mid section of map from the incline crossing over from right to left side. Just letting you know for future updates.

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  35. Make the next poll "Do you think the E-100 should get another turret?" Because you promised us two turrets for that thing, and all we got was that dumb-looking box. At the very least give us the Maus-style turret it was going to use. I don't care if it can't mount the 150. I'd rather run around undergunned with the 128 than run around with a cardboard box on top of my tank.

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  36. I was on the test server I saw more russians than anything else. Also that being said their tactics were absolutely brutal and in now way do any of us on the american servers compare......well atleast from all the pug battle I have been in. US server is scared to move forward and assault and take a hit for the great good where ever russian was ready and willing to lose their life for the prosute of the big ole W. People learn alot by going to the test. Though you might waste a few precious day of grinding you will still be able to pull something knowledgable from being there.

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  37. I have it!
    Overlord - oli = Ola.
    yes, you are girl, beatifull girl :p

    no, seriously, russian server is the biggest, is some percentage of tanker nations on this server?
    for example 70% people play russian nations, 20% US and 10% germany
    thanks for reply

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  38. "Personally I think that EU and US players were quite active during public testing, and the figures prove it."

    That's great, love how you actually listened to input from those same players and nerfed the fuck out of German and US tanks. That nerf to IS-7 was uncalled for though... We wouldn't want Russian high tier tanks to be any worse then two other nation's T10s combined now would we..

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  39. It is a blog. It needs to contain information we would want to read. As long as that information is readable, who cares how the rest of the blog looks? If it is a choice, I prefer substance over looks.

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  40. So what's with the other unannounced game that you're unveiling there? World of (war)Ships?

    Can't wait to see Teh-Bias in WoWP though, since for the most part Russian's fielded some of the worst planes during WW2, even used "bi-planes" for the early years of it, lol. But that's why you stretch it to "50's" though right? Just like in WoT, so you can get some of Russia's only decently built machines in there? BOOM.. Headshot!

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  41. "Russian tanks were on par and overmatched anything Allies could field in 1945. Oh by the way, you will not come across as a retarded whining child if you learn how to spell. Ok, I am joking, you will. "

    Yeah...keep believing that. The T-54/55 were so bad that upgraded Shermans were destroying them in the Korean war. And if the crew of a T-54 were not paying attention when the turret is moving, they get crushed since they have to move with the turret. T-34s in WW2 were no more reliable then the Tiger tank.

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  42. T54 was not involved in the Korean war, lol nice try thou.

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  43. Russians overbuffed .. Germans got update .. US still nerfed ..

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  44. I would like to see improvement or revamp of the spotting system more then seeing new tanks/maps/game modes.
    Lately theres been some weird stuff happening.
    I played on my Ferdinand on Murovanka, the whole team got on the lemmings train north while i decided to defend arty from the forest.
    Just sitting there and suddenly a Slugger rams me headon in 40 Kph...
    And i didn't see him until he rammed me...
    and then the shit storm started and 5 other tanks just showed up infront of me and surrounded me,
    I did have binoculars..

    I had sniper duel with medium tanks on my JgPanther and they suddenly vanish on open ground, theres a bush between but thats the one im standing behind...

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  45. Hey ovi I love this game but I would like to see tanks that are supposed to be snipers become more accurate like they should I.e. The tiger11 Lowe and pnzr 4 ... And the Russian brawlers who in real life were produced for soley to outnumber germ tanks and not be so op . Would be less accurate . Because I've fought is-3 s and they seem to shoot more straight and further than my German made sniping tank. Danka! And plz update the in devilment page .

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  46. Q: Will GW-E replace its engine from Maybach HL234 to Maybach HL295 Ausf. B?

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  47. Will anything change in the T28? I think it is the worst TD.

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  48. Q:Will anything change in the T28? I think it is the worst TD.

    A: Wrong. The Lee is the worst TD.

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  49. T28 with last gun is very strong TD. I kill Ferdi's without problems in frontal duel. So far didn't have such duel with ISU :)

    Overlord, you read so far many whinings about german tanks. Sometimes there are just (low speed on Tiger!). But after playing with E-50 I must admit that its very good machine. Thanks for it :).

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  50. Will you ever show camo values for all tanks?

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  51. Overlord, i'm a big fan of your work. Will you be offering a poll asking the opinion of players on the matchmaking system and what they would like changed?

    e.g.

    - I am happy with the mms as it is

    - Lower the tier spread as i have more chance of penetrating Bar Rafaeli than 75% of the opposition

    - The 30 tanks thrown together for a match is nearly always decent, it is the one sided loading of platoons/heavies/tds that ruins the game

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  52. Hey ho,

    what about fixing the heavy weak spots on the E-75 where even an AT-1 can penetrate you?

    http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/53137-e-75-mud-flap-weakness/

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  53. And what about fixing the match making, it was so nice to play the game, but now sometimes you get to play against 14 arty (in both teams 7) and all of them high tier. Tanks die fast and only arty is left, no fun there. I don't know how to do it, but it was fun to play when the really heavy tanks in a battle were few. Everyone were happy to see a mouse now and then, but now its like - oh, its a maus, and look 4 is 7 and so on. If you play the us m6 its not so fun to be in such a fight with stock 75mm gun.

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  54. A lot of people leveled up so now we have more Tier X than a few month ago. You can only change that by limiting the mixing of Tiers or make the algorithm smarter so it mixes in relation to active players on the server. So when a few are online you might end up with high tiers but during rush hour you'll hardly meet a mouse in your Tier V.

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  55. Please post some patchnotes for 6.7 update

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  56. Is the mms based on player stats? Because if it is not I would like it to be because it seem that my team is killed in the first 5 miners of the game alot so my win loss ratio goes down horribly and there's nothing me a single player can do when your team just ends up getting killed by is7 s when our tier ten just sucks and we only have one against there 5 .

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  57. Wargaming.net announces World of Battleships, - Are you going to merge these games together in campaign mode? How cool would that be!

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  58. fix creadit and xp income for T32 ..

    6kills .. 523xp? 20k money?

    pathetic ..

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  59. with SU-85 - 6kills cca. 40k income (T5)premium
    with T28 - 6kills cca. 20k income (T8)premium

    grind with T5-6
    fight with T8-10

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  60. "6kills .. 523xp? 20k money?"
    money and xp is gained from damage, not killing 1% enemys

    with T32 (105mm gun) 20 hits (23 shots) 5 kills and win battle 38000 ( clear profit only 8000) and 1200xp (without premium)

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  61. with the naval warfare now announced...

    any future for the 3 games to join in 1?
    tanks, planes and ships all in the same game?

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  62. A lot of people leveled up so now we have more Tier X than a few month ago. You can only change that by limiting the mixing of Tiers or make the algorithm smarter so it mixes in relation to active players on the server. So when a few are online you might end up with high tiers but during rush hour you'll hardly meet a mouse in your Tier V.
    August 16, 2011 5:36 PM

    To answer this - 42 000 players where online, its not about that. And im not the only one who says that.

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  63. im sooo pissed off now, because of this stupid World of Fuckin' Arties ... It is getting worse every day.

    OL, please LIMIT THEIR NUMPER TO 1-2 / TEAM IN A RANDOM BATTLE, OR MAKE THEM THAT ACCURATE, AS THEY WAS IN REAL .. EVERYONE IS CAMPING, BECAUSE IF U MOVE, AND BEEING SPOTTED BY A FUCKIN' BUSH, URE DEAD FROM THE FIRST SPLASH DAMAGE CAUSED TRACKLOSS IN SECONDS! IS BOOOOOOOOOOOOORING!

    Make a poll abaut it, THIS is important, not this stupid blogdesign thing, goddamn' it.

    And pleade, DONT react about this comment, as usual ..

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  64. Arty is a little underpowered right now imho, and no I don't play arty. I can't wait until tracers are back too. Arty dispersion seems a bit to random at the moment, and in general, arty just don't seem effective enough. I die to arty about once every 15 games or so, and when I do, it's because I did something that I knew I shouldn't have. World of Russian Tanks? sometimes, World of Arties? Not even close. More like World of Tier 10 heavies, where lights, mediums, and to a lesser degree arty, need not apply

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  65. Unfortunately the game is getting worse. Too many high tiers. Stop mixing lower tiers with them. Too much arty. A lot of IS4 players camping to death. Probably because all those noobs leveled up to IS 4 now.

    You need to do address these problems because they take the fun of the game big time. I find myself playing less and I paid over 300€ so far. No need to pay anymore as CW is not an option due to limited time and random battles make me quit after an hour of useless camping, quitting, suicide rushing.

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  66. Don't you guys think it's a little premature to be focusing so much effort on 2 more, new games instead of fixing the plethora of problems that have been, and continue to plague WOT since it was in closed beta? Things like the matchmaker system and the spotting system are continuing to suck every semblance of fun out of the game as a whole and ruin an otherwise great game that has a lot of potential. The reason so many people haven't already left the game is because they hope that one day the game will live up to that potential, but as more time goes by, and nothing gets changed, those people start to lose hope and trickle away. What is a trickle now may very well be a flood soon. With that in mind, don't you think it would better serve WG to fix the problems with its existing product before moving onto bigger and better things?

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  67. Dear WG,
    Fix your matchmaker bf you go making other games.

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  68. Overlord, when are you going to fix the American T32's gun problem? It has by far the weakest gun of all Tier 8, and add to that a very weak hull. Why put down a tank so much?

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