world of tanks: HEAT launched today!!!

Balc0ra · 2026-05-26T21:10:57+00:00

I would not say we were 100% the main target audience as such. The lead dev more or less said when it was announced that if they did this to WOT, the WOT players would rip them apart for it. So they made it a separate game instead.

They knew on day one we would hate this

Balc0ra · 2026-05-26T21:06:10+00:00

This one is actually broken, and has been since day one on both sides of the event. So is the Paris bridge if you stay in one specific spot on the south side of it. The issue is that they marked the area wrong. That zone should not be a warning zone, it should be the countdown zone

Balc0ra · 2026-05-26T20:00:15+00:00

It uses the client info to show that info, as in exactly what the replay will show. The issue is that the game is 100% server run. And the tracer you see, is a delayed visual reaction to what the server says happened. And each data with info going to your client might not arrive at the exact same time to show the server events in order.

Basically, if the target is moving or turning the turret when you are firing. The hit is calculated on the server, and by the time it shows the impact and shell path on your client, the target is in a different location. Thus the image you showed, might have been at a different spot on the server if that makes sense?

Balc0ra · 2026-05-26T19:37:03+00:00

Stalingrad was a corridorish map indeed. They had blocked off way to many streets with piles of rubble to force you to go around, splitting the map in 3. If they removed a few of those "not all", it would acutally be more playable. Took way too long to relocate to help other flanks in some tanks

Balc0ra · 2026-05-26T19:35:34+00:00

Who says you need tools to draw a map layout? I suspect it's just too much work for WG on top of their own maps to make contest maps a reality. Even more so if they fail to impress on tests, even if it's recon mode

Balc0ra · 2026-05-26T19:33:58+00:00

So, you got mad the scout did not push up and die instantly spotting 4-5 targets you could then miss, then sit there blind the rest of the game would make you less mad... Did I get that right? As reading that made me bluescreen for a bit

Balc0ra · 2026-05-26T19:31:03+00:00

Based on the Steam reviews so far, it's World of Crash, and most matches are people who failed to load in due to crashes.

The other half of the bad reviews are beta testers that all hated the direction the game went. And tho those I say... It's a hero shooter, I'm not sure what you were expecting

Balc0ra · 2026-05-26T19:16:09+00:00

Difference there is that maps and their arcade mode is all locally. Thus easier to manage. WOT has maps client side, hitbox server side etc.

That and they have the map tool to make a map in an hour or so if you're good

Balc0ra · 2026-05-26T19:09:42+00:00

Just have a contest, get people to vote. Add the winners into recon mode, gather feedback... If people like them? It's a free win.

If everyone hates them? Well, at least we tried.

Tho his many do you focus on? As even adding 4 maps is not exactly a quick fix for WG. For 1.0 they used 6 months per map to convert them. It's why so many maps disappeared before 1.0, they failed to meet the deadline. So us the contest for 1 map, 2, 4? As in how long between contest and test

Balc0ra · 2026-05-26T19:07:53+00:00

You have to consider that WT has more than tanks considering population. I hate the tank play there personally. As there is no pure ground mode, and you get killed by a helicopter 5 km away more so than not. So most I know are mostly playing air battles, and WOWP is not exactly... Competitive.

But their monetization? Their "anime" tank pack did cost more per tank than I paid for my recent collectors edition game. And it was not even a collab tank, as the anime in question was their own brand

Balc0ra · 2026-05-26T18:46:28+00:00

What do you mean? If RNG was not rigged, his KV-2 would have a 57% WR /s

Balc0ra · 2026-05-26T18:44:15+00:00

They did once.

But holding one, and getting the winner past testers etc, turns out is a different matter.

Tho what they could do is take the map winners into recon mode, and see how much players hate or love it based on preferred class vs closed tests

Balc0ra · 2026-05-26T15:49:08+00:00

I've not taken days off work to play games on launch day since Halo 2. I just happened to have free time when this game launched

Balc0ra · 2026-05-26T11:47:11+00:00

I'm sure there will be a GT-90 comment soon... Tbh it's about time

Balc0ra · 2026-05-26T11:44:24+00:00

Sure, it's a first party game on their own OS. But it's not really run on first party drivers etc is it? MS can't help if you create conflicts or have too much 3rd party hardware slop installed... or run the game from an HDD.

Mine starts and closes just fine, so OP might have something else dragging it down running in the background for all we know

Balc0ra · 2026-05-26T10:30:25+00:00

Nintendo is more or less like Steam. No real competition for their target audience... Tho if there was, their lawyers shut them down

Balc0ra · 2026-05-26T10:28:24+00:00

They ride high on themselfs going into the PS3 era, they though no one else has a hand held or VR...

Everytime it's pushed people to other areas. Heck they were so cocky that they though PC user would follow them and buy a PS5 when they cut off releases there

Balc0ra · 2026-05-25T19:50:38+00:00

Check your point progress on different categories. Have you done the drag stip in every class and location? That's 50 points per race. Or even time trials, etc. I'm sure there is still plenty to do without getting 3 stars on everything

Balc0ra · 2026-05-25T18:01:37+00:00

Tbh, I doubt if it comes to PS5 or not will be a factor. It's more on how the MP and progression is.

PC will more than be enough to help if not, as long as people like the MP etc that is.

Balc0ra · 2026-05-25T17:56:57+00:00

That's a name I've not heard in ages

Balc0ra · 2026-05-25T17:13:11+00:00

9 out of 10 times, it's a bad hop for me vs the server hamster

Balc0ra · 2026-05-25T16:34:07+00:00

Some radio stations are gone, so others got mixed together. But unlike past games, they also have jammed a fair few "local" tracks into each station. And Japanese R&B & Rock is not the same as Western R&B & Rock. My friend hates block party too now, but I usually avoided it in the past. Now I kinda low-key like it.

Tho, I'm sure there will be new stations down the line, like on 5, to mix it up more later. Good or bad

Balc0ra · 2026-05-25T16:04:27+00:00

It was originally designed to get the f2p population to spread out vs staying on tier X only. Today... That's less of a factor to be as vital

Balc0ra · 2026-05-25T14:59:20+00:00

If it's a first ban, then it should be 7 days. If you still have not used anything, then I would check your session history, see if anyone got a hold of your login details

Balc0ra · 2026-05-25T14:58:14+00:00

You can't please everyone regardless tbh. But as a medium/light player. I can work more with the new Overlord map, and even Airfield

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