[WoT] Leo 1 and Not Only

Update 8.5 is finally live for EU, NA, and SEA servers. What do you like most and least about it so far. Share your thoughts here.

Meanwhile if everything works out well, the upcoming 8.6 can be the biggest thing since awesome 8.0.

Recent poll results: How long have you been in WoT?

• since closed beta - 176 (31%)
• more than 1 year - 139 (24%)
• since open beta - 115 (20%)
• since release (April 12, 2011) - 77 (13%)
• 6-12 months - 30 (5%) 
• 3-6 months - 19 (3%)
• less than 3 months - 8 (1%)

[WoT] Poll. Again

Regarding the most recent poll - hopefully, there are at least a few gals of those 32 voted.

Since we are now nearing our 2nd anniversary of World of Tanks -  the new poll is up.

[ALL] Playing On the Move

Just arrived to San Francisco for GDC and related events. Checking out with the poll:

Regarding the most recent poll: I have got 

• Android smartphone - 792 (46%)
• Don't have any! - 527 (30%)
• Android tablet - 254 (14%)
• iPad - 222 (12%)
• iPhone - 219 (12%)
• Windows smartphone - 105 (6%)
• other smartphone / tablet - 112 (6%)
• Windows tablet - 38 (2%)

By the way, just curious out of those who have mobile devices, what mobile games do you play if any. Shooters, city builders, puzzles, social games, etc

As always the new poll is up.

[WoT] How Good 0.8.4 Is

The 0.8.4 update went live. And this is the feedback topic. Let's discuss the pros and ... merits of the latest major patch.

Regarding the most recent poll: What form of eSports are you interested in??

• None of the above  - 752 (53%) - Totally explainable. 
• Participating -  308 (21%) - Not bad at all.
• Watching videos and live games - 255 (18%)
• Reading news and other -  91 (6%) - this and the group above have a good chance to ultimately join those who actually participate once the necessary support is provide and eSports is more accessible in WoT

 As always the new poll is up. 

[WoT] Misc

Some misc info in this post.

Get Expert Opinion: Soviet Edition is now locked for new questions.

Follow the blog updates to check Pasholok's replies. Next week I'm going to post the last batch of Q&A with Doyle.

As a continuation of the famous hatred thread, below are the results of the related poll:

What annoys me most is ...

1. 0 damage hits - 786 (32%) - that's one of the persistent complex issues to be seen to in 2013
2. Arty parties - 636 (26%) - going to post some more info on possible solution
3. No skill-based matchmaking - 220 (9%) - just no way
4. Lack of tactics in random - 181 (7%) - some pre-launch IQ test?
5. Visibility / spotting system - 168 (7%) - no overhaul planned for now
6. 25% randomization roll - 121 (5%) - not subject to change
7. Insufficient optimization and bugs - 116 (4%) - 8.2 did a great job, however this is a continuous task
8. lack of game modes - 93 (3%) - more game modes are in plans
9. smth else - 40 (1%)
10. Ramming / TK damage system - 30 (1%)

[WoT] Proof or Never Happened

The results of the most recent poll made me wonder why so. Below are the results:

World of Tanks on mobile platforms (Android, iOS, etc)?)
Totally ridiculous! -  566 (37%)
Sounds weird to me - 404 (26%)
Why not, I could give that a try - 269 (17%)
Definitely interested! - 259 (17%)

So addressing, first of all, those who given the most popular reply: what was your reasoning behind this? what mental game concept was on your mind while thinking of mobile tanks? what could change your attitude towards that, in other worlds how such a game should look for you to accept it (if possible)?

Thanks!

By the way, the new poll is up.

December 3 - December 9 Poll Results

7941 players voted in the most recent poll on effectiveness of premium vehicles.

Tier 8 medium tank Type 59 has grabbed solid lead with 55% of votes (4393), significantly ahead of tier 8 heavy Lowe with 21% and tier 2 light tank PzKpfw 38H735 (f) aka Hotchkiss with 12%.

All other premiums were left far behind.

As always a new poll is up.

November 26 - December 2 Poll Results

4679 players rated the quality of the upcoming 7.0 update.

The majority of voters think the patch is going to be OK - 34.4% (1610 votes). The figures show that 74% of players assess the quality of the upcoming update as OK+, while 60% of them - as OK-.

Approximately equal number of votes were given for "Excellent" (559) and "Bad" (535) ratings, which is rather interesting.

As always a new poll is up. It is dedicated to the public test of 7.0 and its upcoming release.

November 19 - November 25 Poll Results

7572 players voted for their favourite tank class in World of Tanks.

The vote results showed a fierce competition between medium tanks (34% of votes) and heavy tanks (36%). Other class appeared to be far less popular: tank destroyers got 18%, self-propelled guns - 7%.
Light tanks are the least popular according to the poll results getting tiny 5%.

As always a new poll is up. It is dedicated to the public test of 7.0 and its upcoming release.

November 12 - November 18 Poll Results

7496 players expressed their opinion on damage from friendly ramming being inflicted.

The vote results didn't show any unanimity. 52% (3926) of the players voted against, obviously voicing their concerns about the current penalty system for team damage (ramming). 34% of the voters are totally fine with the way everything works now. Some 14% don't mind any decision.

The issue is currently under consideration of game design team.

As always a new poll is up.

November 5 - November 11 Poll Results

10025 players expressed their opinion in the recent poll voting for the most power tank in-game of tier 10.

The vote results confirmed the superiority of German armor among top vehicles in Russian-biased game World of Tanks. E-100 got 41% of votes (4158) and Maus finished 2nd with 27% (2664) leaving behind the Soviet IS-7 with 23% of votes. The American T30 appeared to be a total outsider claiming tiny 9% of love.

The public opinion was rather accurate this time (no need for figures to prove/confront:)). Stat-wise Maus is slightly ahead of the others, even E-100. Apart from that everything is correct.

As always a new poll is up.

October 31 - November 4 Poll Results

6561 players expressed their opinion in the recent poll voting for their favourite contests and events.

Everyone knew the winner from the very beginning (yup, it was obvious indeed : )), however the results appeared to be completely one-sided with 94% (or 6189) of voters supporting bonus specials (x5 exp, and such). Greedy-greedy tankers!! :)

Tourneys/champs and in-game contests (MVP, Kill the Courier) got 2% of votes each, while only 63 players gave their voice to creativity contests (video, photo, literary etc) which is extremely low.

On a serious note, you must have noticed that bonus specials has become rather frequent lately.

As always a new poll is up (might reveal the performance stats to support or confront the results when the poll ends :) ).

October 22 - October 28 Poll Results

6333 players expressed their opinion in the recent poll voting for the tanks they looking forward to.

The majority of voters (42% or 2661 of them) are especially waiting for the revision of Soviet and American heavy tanks  (i.e the introduction of M103, T110, KV-4, T-150, ST-1, T-10). The 2nd place was almost equally divided between secondary TD lines for all factions (20% or 1270 votes) and British tanks (19% or 1228 votes). Only then comes initial package of French tanks planned for this year getting 14% or  886 votes. 5% of players look forward to other vehicles, perhaps they are interested in some sort of exotics like Japanese tanks or waiting for premium SPGs and TDs.

In general the poll results coincide with tank release priorities, apart from the fact the French are coming first, as it was promised.  Unconventional designs, oscillating turrets, automated loading, high tier light tanks - French really have something to offer to most fastidious tank aesthetes.

As always a new poll is up.

PS: Take a look at the current poll on the Russian website, the question is "Do you like Malinovka map?", the top answer is Yes, the bottom one is No. Tastes differ. :)

October 15 - October 21 Poll Results

3169 players took part in the recent poll expressing their opinion on the new community portal for US server.

Almost part of the voters (49%) either like both designs or don't care much about the appearance of the main WoT portal. The other half mostly was positive about the new web resource (36% against 15%)

As always a new poll is up.

October 6 - October 14 Poll Results

8981 (!) players took part in the recent poll expressing their opinion on matchmaking in World of Tanks.

The question appeared to be quite controversial and community votes were divided. Thus, 60% of the voters think that matchmaking is either poor or bad, while 40% reckon it is average+.

As announced earlier, matchmaking system is one of the current focuses. General overhaul is planned for 2012, minor improvements will come this year (smart matchmaking).

Smart matchmaking system takes into account the number of battles played on this particular vehicle. So to put it simple, your battle tier spread will depend on the number of battles played using the vehicle ranging from minimum tier possible for lets say first 10 battles to full tier spread starting with say 50 battles.

As always new weekly poll is up. Prior to voting, please visit http://worldoftanks.com/

September 29-October 5 Poll Results

4618 players took part in the recent poll regarding the most important feature in the upcoming 7.0 update.  36% (1681 voters) are looking forward to camos and horns, which will introduce basic vehicle customization functionality. 27% are interested in subdivisions for company battles, that will have some major gameplay effect. Having issues with violators in-game? Suspicious behaviour, harrassment, etc? 20% voted for in-game report system. Two new features for CW (fog of war and cooldown for destroyed vehicles) scored only 14% combined.

As always new weekly poll is up.

PS: The upcoming 7.0 update might bring certain improvements in terms of match-making, the work in full swing.

September 20-28 Poll Results

5817 players took part in the recent poll.  83% (4787 voters) showed their interest in at least one of the upcoming "World of ..." games, while Battleships beat Planes approx 2:1). 29% of the audience are looking forward to both titles, 17% - to neither of them (come to your senses while it's not too late).

As always new weekly poll is up.

PS: The finalization of 7.0 feature list has started. This is the first step to supertest / public test. Follow the updates.

September 8-14 Poll Results

Some 10651 (!) players took part in the most recent poll (there was support for this poll on both forums, so no wonder :) ).  63% (6720 voters) voiced there strong feeling that the number of SPGs per team should be limited somehow, while 22% of players have no issues with the concept of SPGs and existing balance, 9% still don't like the way arty works in-game, and 6% think that it is OP.

Thanks for the feedback, it will take time, but the issue will be addressed.

As always new weekly poll is up (this time - just for fun).

September 1-7 Poll Results

4002 players took part in the most recent poll.  86% of them think that new E-series tanks have average or above average performance, while only 14% (604 voters) think that these tanks are poor or bad.

So buff requests won't be considered. Thanks. : )

As always new weekly poll is up.

August 23-31 Poll Results.

2524 players took part in the most recent poll.  52% of them were interested in the major Game Expo in Cologne. One way or another. :)  161 of the voters even visited our stand.

Thanks for the coming, btw. On a related note I would like to invite everyone to visit us during Eurogamer show in London, the UK (September 22-25, 2011). If you have a chance, drop in!

As always new weekly poll is up.