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

Friday, May 6, 2011

World of Tanks Celebrates Victory in Europe Day

The commemoration of one of the greatest milestones in the World history is approaching. Celebrations within World of Tanks start on May 7th.
The following  bonuses will be available for 3 days, starting May 7th (after scheduled maintenance) and up till May 10th (until scheduled maintenance):
  • 50% discount on all equipment; 
  • 5x experience multiplier for the first victory of the day (instead of 2x);
  • 3-day premium account for only 250 gold.
More surprises are to come. Don’t miss them and celebrate the Great Victory with us!

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Full Tech Trees Revised and Improved

Updated. September 7, 2012.

Due to tremendous popularity of this post (it has got more than 900.000 views as of now) and so as to avoid possible misunderstanding, the tech trees published below are now definitely outdated. For the most recent version, please visit portals.

EU - http://worldoftanks.eu/media/?tag=10
NA - http://worldoftanks.com/media/?tag=26

As a result of the community's valued feedback and our desire to provide all players with an improved overall game balance, World of Tanks team is glad to announce the planned revisions of the tech trees. The whole process of amending existing tech trees is rather time-consuming, and will be completed gradually, update after update.
Some of the changes are going to affect players’ progress directly, that’s why we want them to occur as smoothly as possible.

Revised Tech Trees
Germany Tech Tree


USA Tech Tree


USSR Tech Tree


The transition procedure will be handled in the following way: 

1. Germany Tech Tree

• Introduction of E-50.

Players who have a Panther II in their garage at the time of the revision will have it replaced with an E-50 with the respective module setup (top engine will be changed for HL295 or added as a new one), keeping their progress and old crew.
Players who have a Pz. V Panther in their garage at the time of the revision will have it replaced with a Panther II with the respective module setup (and 7.5 cm KwK 45 L/100 gun), keeping their progress and old crew, plus they will get a tier 7 Pz. V Panther with a stock setup, an extra garage slot, and a 100% crew.
 No additional refunds are planned.

• Introduction of Е-75 and Е-100.
Undistributed experience from elite Tiger will be transferred to King Tiger.
No additional refunds are planned.

2. USA Tech Tree

• M26 Pershing will be substituted for M46 Patton. T23 will be substituted for M26 Pershing.
Players who have a M26 Pershing in their garage at the time of the revision will have it replaced with a M46 Patton, with the respective module setup (possibly with some renaming) keeping their progress and old crew.
Players who have a T23 in their garage at the time of the revision will have it replaced with a M26 Pershing in its new status, with the respective module setup (possibly with some renaming) keeping their progress and old crew.
No additional refunds are planned.

• T34 will be substituted for M103.
Players who have a T34 in their garage at the time of the revision will have it replaced with a M103 with the respective module setup and a 100% crew.
Additionally they will also get a T34 as a premium tank with the old crew and an extra garage slot.
No additional refunds are planned.

• T30 will be substituted for T110 and T30 will be moved to the Tank Destroyers line of the tech tree.
Players who have a T30 in their garage at the time of the revision will have it replaced with a T110 with a 100% crew, plus they will also get T30 in its new status with the top module setup, old crew, and an extra garage slot.
No additional refunds are planned.

3. USSR Tech Tree

• KV will be separated into KV-1 and KV-2.
Players who have a KV in their garage at the time of the revision will have it replaced with a KV-1. The KV’s crew will be trained for the KV-1.
Additionally players who have researched KV-2’s turret for KV will get a KV-2 with an extra garage slot and the KV-2 will be assigned a 100% crew.

No additional refunds are planned.

• KV-3 moved to tier 7 and the introduction of T-150.
Players who have a KV-3 in their garage at the time of the revision will get a KV-3 in its new status with its existing module and research setup and its old crew. Additionally they will also get a T-150 with a stock setup, extra garage slot, and 100% crew.
No additional refunds are planned.

• IS-4 will be substituted for Object 252.
Players who have an IS-4 in their garage at the time of the revision will get an IS-4 in its new status with old crew, plus they will also get an Object 252 with 100% crew with an extra garage slot. Undistributed experience will remain on Object 252, however can be transferred to a new IS-4 on demand.
No additional refunds are planned.

Draft Procedure of module substitution for IS-4:
If a player had IS-4’s engine researched, the same engine will be researched for both the new IS-4 and Object 252 (or the analogue of this engine if changed).
Radios, turrets, and suspensions will be treated in the same way. IS-4 and Object 252 will have the same modules installed as those previously mounted on old IS-4 or their analogues if changed. Guns, if changed, are likely to be treated in the same way.


Note: Installed equipment and modules in depot for the vehicles affected by the revisions will be sold at their buying price. Some minor changes are still possible but overall concept will remain untouched.

Stay tuned and follow the updates!

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Screenshots of a New Map

The screenshots below feature a new map that is currently  in development and scheduled for v.0.6.5 update:
 










Thursday, April 21, 2011

Wargaming.net and Lesta Studio Announce Partnership

London, United Kingdom (21 April 2011) - Wargaming.net LLP, famous for developing Massive Assault, Order of War and World of Tanks, and Lesta Studio (Elements of War, Pacific Storm and Aggression: Reign over Europe) announce long-term partnership.

Joint game develoment is supposed to be mutually beneficial and lead to years of efficient cooperation. The deal will allow Wargaming.net to strengthen its position on the MMO market as game developer and publisher.

Wargaming.net is a strategy game developer operating since 1998. The company is based in London with development center in Belarus. In November 2007 Wargaming.net acquired Arise, an independent PC game studio,and currently consists of nearly 250 employees.

Lesta Studio is a full service game development and video production company. It is one of the leading studios in the field of visual effects for film and video games in Russia. The studio is located in the historical center of Saint-Petersburg. For these years it has developed and launched with the assistance The Entente WWI Battlefields, Pacific Storm, Pacific Storm: Allies, Aggression: Reign over Europe, 9th Company: Roots of Terror and Cannon Strike.

Monday, April 18, 2011

Meeting in Paris, France

World of Tanks development team is meeting French players April 21, 2011 in Paris.

The exact time (roughly 18:00 Paris) and place are to be specified.

Announcement on the forums

Friday, April 15, 2011

Panzer V/IV Alpha is in Game

Gift premium tank Panzer V/IV Alpha has been granted to all valued contributors of the project, including but not limited to moderators, translators, wiki editors.

It can be recognized by silly alpha letters on its front hull and side turret.


Thanks for your continuous great work!

And finally, it has got the same specs as regular Panzer V/IV.


@All,
please find the guys who drive these tanks in-game and kick their a*s.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Monday, April 11, 2011

World of Tanks: Pre-Release Maintenance

World of Tanks goes live April 12, 2011.


The maintenance works are scheduled for 4:00 am UTC / 0:00 am EDT, April 12.
Esimated downtime - up to 18 hours.

Technical details of the upcoming hardwipe / full reset:

- Banned accounts (the ones on the non-selected server) created during the server-split on January 17 are to be removed. 
- Social contacts are to be removed (friends and ingnore lists).
- Registered clans and their members are to be carried over to the release.
- Hardwipe / full reset is to be performed: experience, gold, credits, research progress, modules, equipment, achievements and medals are to be reset.
- Premium tanks for those players who registered using special CBT keys are to be assigned (extra slot included).
- CBT participants registered prior to January 27, 2011 00:00:00 UTC with 1.000 or more battles played according to profile statistics are to be rewarded with M4A2E4 gift tank (extra slot included).

Release version - 0.6.3.11. It will be available for downloading upon the server launch.

Note! Pre-order packages can be activated by typing your promo-code into the respective form only when the servers are up and running

UPD! 20:38 UTC.
The maintenance is over.
US server DL links

Full client
http://cdn1.worldoftanks.com/patches/auto/WoT_0.6.3.11_eu_setup.exe (1.75 gb)
http://cdn1.worldoftanks.com/patches/auto/WoT_0.6.3.11_eu_setup.exe.torrent
Patch 0.6.3.11
http://cdn1.worldoftanks.com/patches/auto/WoT_0.6.3.11_us_patch.exe
http://cdn1.worldoftanks.com/patches/auto/WoT_0.6.3.11_us_patch.exe.torrent

EU server DL links

Full client
http://cdn1.worldoftanks.com/patches/auto/WoT_0.6.3.11_eu_setup.exe (1.75 gb)
http://cdn1.worldoftanks.com/patches/auto/WoT_0.6.3.11_eu_setup.exe.torrent
Patch 0.6.3.11
http://cdn1.worldoftanks.com/patches/auto/WoT_0.6.3.11_eu_patch.exe (30.1 Mb) 
http://cdn1.worldoftanks.com/patches/auto/WoT_0.6.3.11_eu_patch.exe.torrent

Friday, April 8, 2011

EU and US Supertest Recruitment is On

The recruitment for WOT supertest for EU and US servers has been launched.

For details visit the respective forums: or

EU or US

50 slots are available for each server.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Guess 5 Vehicles and Grab Some Gold upon the Release [FINISHED]

The vehicles below are planned to be added to the game later this year.

You are to guess them all and state their correct names in comments. The quickest one who gives 5 correct answers will be awarded with 1.250 gold for the release version (equal to 7-day premium account). While commenting this post, leave your in-game nickname and server (either EU or US).

Example:
1. Tank A
2. Tank B
3. Tank C
4. Tank D
5. Tank E
Overlord (EU)

Here come the pics

#1


#2


 #3


 #4


 #5

NOTE! We have got the winner. 1.250 gold go to xXNightShadeXx (EU).