FLEET WIDE MEETING - Time of Meeting: 12 PST | 3PM EST | 8PM GMT | Day of Meeting: Saturday | March 17th 2012
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Current Status: Condition Green "Jan 1st 2012 - Normal Operations"
Outpostgamez had the opportunity to interview Sergey Burkatovskiy, Wargaming.net Lead Game Designer, he has provided some very interesting insight into the area of World of Tanks.
1. We understand that you have plenty more premium tanks to dish out, is it possible to have 2 different battles such as premium battle and random battle and keeping premium tanks strictly to premium maps unless they are in platoon to improve the overall game quality.
We’re actually creating a single game space in World of Tanks. Whatever Class/Tier a tank belongs to, we’ll stick to a classic rock-paper-scissors approach that counterbalances the pros and cons of all the “classmates”. One vehicle’s firepower is balanced with lower accuracy, while a slow-paced machine will excel in armor and durability, and premium tanks fit in this formula perfectly.
Every game balance change we implement is based on the statistics we gather and process daily. The only advantage to a premium tank is the economic benefits players get from them, and this is where we come back to the core basics of our free2play model — premium stuff accelerates your progress through the game.
2. In previous interviews, wargaming.net stated that the prices of premium tanks such as Lowe, Type 59, etc are based on their capabilities as well as demand. You have raised the price of Lowe due to high demand, why was Type 59 not monitored more carefully that you had to remove it from Game Shop in short notice.
Although it wasn’t the most effective tank, the Type 59 definitely gave players more confidence, which made it the most popular premium tank in the game. It, thus, had a far bigger and, unfortunately, negative impact on the in-game balance than the Loewe, for instance. The mediums are one of the most popular vehicle classes, and having a chance to go and kick some butt in a tier-8 med was a golden opportunity for players.
We’ve been monitoring the statistics of the Chinese medium and hoped that the issue will improve, but, obviously, the further rise of the Type 59 population would have crushed the balance between the free and premium content in the game, so we opted for its overall removal.
We are pleased to announce that the doors are opening a little early for Star Trek Online free-to-play for a limited set of people.
Starting tomorrow (Thursday, January 5th), anyone with a lapsed subscription to Star Trek Online will be able to log into the game and play as a Silver member. This means that any account that has in the past subscribed to the game, even if only for the initial month, can come back and play for free!
For those of you not familiar with the difference between Gold (subscriber) and Silver (non-subscriber) membership, you can refer to the features matrix. The most important fact is that previous subscribers can jump right in and play their existing characters with no extra steps and no loss of anything they previously gained for their characters.
Early access is our way of thanking the many loyal customers who sat in the Captain’s chair during the past two years. Free-to-play opens for the general public in less than two weeks, on 17-01 (January 17th).
Welcome back!
Stephen D’Angelo
Executive Producer
Star Trek Online
Brothers and Sisters,
As 2011 closes and the dawn of a new year is at hand, remember what we all have went through this year. Good or Bad, we have survived! We made new friends, crossed boundaries, and participated in New Battlefields of Play. As we move forward, we will celebrate our 3rd Year Anniversary, engage in New Battlefields, and relaunch some old activities.
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We hope you have a very Happy New Year and look forward to gaming with you in 2012!
Fleet Admiral: Fyasko De Leon | Executive Admiral: Acidrain | Vice Admiral: KBrown
Interview by: Ender
Will the users be able to buy adaptive camo with silver?
Yes, adaptive camo will be available for silver. Permanent adaptive camo bought with gold will grant certain efficiency, while expendable paint pots for one battle bought with silver will provide users with more effective invisibility.
Another thing is that while permanent camo requires no slots, the one bought with silver is more efficient, which is considered a reasonable balance.
Could you elaborate as to what exactly "Commander Chart" is or what purpose it has and who has access to it?
Commander Chart is a special control tool within company and clan battles (there will be no Commander Chart in Random battles) aimed at increasing battle management efficiency. It’s a special interface that allows a commander to see the entire map (similar to strategy games). It might be presented by an enlarged mini-map with all tanks plotted on it. A commander gives orders, and players get them through special marks in 3D game space.
OPG: What nations will be represented in World of Battleships?
WOB: World of Battleships final version will feature 7 nations (USA, Japan, Russia, Germany, Great Britain, France, and Italy), while beta will only field 2 of them: USA and Japan. Upon the release, we’ll probably add Russia, Germany, and Great Britain. As for the last two, France and Italy are to be implemented a year after the release.
OPG: Will World of Battleships field historic Aircraft Carrier Classes from WWII’s Greatest Naval Battles?
WOB: Yamato, Bismarck, Montana, Varyag, Aurora and other legendary aircraft carriers from WWII’s Naval Battles are a must-have for any battleship game and we'll definitely have these models in World of Battleships. Apart from them, we'll also add some less-famous ships that were not mass-produced or that took part in a relatively small number of battles. Our artists will do their best to make the battleship models as authentic as possible paying attention to small details.
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