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What’s the biggest change that’s happened to the game over the years? How did it work out? What’s the biggest change happening now?<\/em><\/p>\n Up to now, the biggest change to World of Tanks has been Update 1.0, which we released in March 2018. It\u2019s probably one of the most large-scale updates in the history of the MMO genre as it brought a new graphics engine called Core with upgraded rendering and effects, and a new soundtrack. Additionally, over 30 in-game locations were remade from scratch.<\/p>\n The challenge of implementing such a massive update to the game is that it wasn\u2019t like releasing a standalone sequel. We drastically changed a game played 24\/7 and by millions overnight and made it so no players left unhappy (which can be hard as people are generally very ambivalent about any change). I would say that there are few online persistent world titles that managed to successfully make such an upgrade on the go.<\/p>\n As for the biggest change happening now… there are many. We\u2019re introducing an update every other month, launching lots of time-limited events to diversify the gameplay, giving new vehicle customization options to the audience (sometimes as event rewards). Yet there are a couple of things we\u2019re very much focused on right now, and they are the Equipment and the Crew systems. The former is being actively tested by players currently, and is receiving updates on the fly, while the latter is being reworked by us. Both systems have remained largely the same over the last eight years or so, and as they impact your tank\u2019s performance on the battlefield greatly, they\u2019re our top priorities right now.<\/p>\n This year we\u2019re marking World of Tanks\u2019 10th anniversary and we\u2019re celebrating it in a big way within the game. A string of thematic events tied to the game\u2019s history started in April and will go on into December. Each event offers various special gameplay options and modes, and such rewards as unique decals featuring memes known to the community, as well as camos and special styles (vehicle skins). Recently, Act III of the celebrations kicked off with Sturmtigers (monstrous German vehicles with 380-mm mortars) duking it out. Act IV will feature a special 7v7 mode (usually it\u2019s 15v15 or 30v30). And of course we also have something very special in store for August (the 12th being the exact date of our birthday).<\/p>\n What’s the coolest vehicle in World of Tanks and why?<\/em><\/p>\n It\u2019s very hard to choose the coolest one. We have over 600 vehicles currently available in the game, from mass-produced ones to prototypes and ones that only ever existed in blueprints. Considering the level of detail in these 3D models, World of Tanks is the largest virtual tank museum on the planet. We have 11 nations and 5 vehicle types, and even vehicles that belong to the same class often play very different (for example, take the tank destroyers: in a Grille 15 you skulk and snipe, and in a T95 you break through enemy defense). Also, there are different mechanics like autoloaders that let you fire several shots in a rapid succession, making you an archetypal DPS specialist, but these vehicles often have paper thin armor in return. In World of Tanks, every player can find a vehicle that suits them best and most likely that\u2019ll be the one they will call the coolest.<\/p>\n Of course we have all sorts of statistics about which vehicles are most popular. But that doesn\u2019t mean that these are the best. Their popularity may be due to a lot of different reasons, like their nation, accessibility for inexperienced players, being more well-rounded and giving more tactical options, etc. Also, much depends on a player\u2019s skill. Being familiar with the locations and the strengths and weaknesses of tanks, the ability to anticipate enemy behavior and react quickly, knowing tactics for different tanks on different maps\u2014that is the winning combo (together with marksmanship of course). While there\u2019s no definitive coolest tank, there are the coolest players. The best ones could win in a tin can; but if you don\u2019t know the vehicles, the maps, and the tactics, you will have problems winning in any tank. Also, the meta is constantly shifting, and as a result, some tanks become more popular, while others decline in popularity. Hence the periodic buffs and nerfs based on the data we gather. World of Tanks is like a living organism: it is constantly changing, adapting, and evolving in accordance with the decisions of the game team and the wishes of our community.<\/p>\n There are so many free-to-play titles out there right now vying for players time. Why World of Tanks?<\/em><\/p>\n First, our game was able to stand the test of time and has achieved a certain mark of quality. Players know it has a great reputation, thanks to getting regular updates, being looked after and relentlessly honed all the time by a very passionate team. This is critical when a player decides in which games to invest their time and effort: into an upstart that could wither away in half a year, or a tried and tested title that looks brand new. Also when we speak of free-to-play titles, the quality of our game really stands out, so the decision is pretty obvious.<\/p>\n Second, we offer deep gameplay which is easy to learn but hard to master. It\u2019s quite forgiving at the same time: World of Tanks is not a twitch shooter which has to be practiced daily to improve your reflexes. It\u2019s more about the brain than the spinal cord. If you apply the former on the battlefield and know the game you can achieve great results, all without tedious 8-hour headshot training sessions. We’ve seen a lot of spinoffs from the core game (Blitz, Rush, etc) – what’s next in that universe?<\/em><\/p>\n Yes, we\u2019re present on all major platforms today and there are even card games. There\u2019s a core within our audience, lots of people who are really into armored vehicles and engineering, and who follow anything and everything connected. And they will play Tanks on any platform, anywhere, anytime, just because they like it so much. So we do our best to be available wherever they are, no matter the time by monitoring new platforms as they appear. There\u2019s already a version of World of Tanks VR available in arcades across Russia, Belarus, Japan, and other countries. We\u2019re constantly experimenting and prototyping, and we have several ideas of what\u2019s to come in our universe. Still it\u2019s too early to announce anything as we need to make sure these concepts are worth giving a go.\u00a0<\/p>\n In your time with World of Tanks, what’s been the biggest challenge to tackle?<\/em><\/p>\n We have a truly vast audience, and if you look into our interactions with our players, you\u2019ll see that we try to engage a lot with everyone: the common player, the opinion leaders, the in-game clan heads, the World of Tanks celebrities, the esports folks. We produce tons of content for every kind of player: how to plays, historical pieces, things designed to make you laugh. We engage with people everywhere, on every gaming platform, on social media, on forums for history buffs, and during offline events (that was before the pandemic). We\u2019re doing more than our counterparts, inviting players to test new mechanics, modes, and updates for the game.<\/p>\n And here comes the challenge as you need to maintain the balance, catering to people\u2019s needs while avoiding taking populist (in the bad sense) decisions. Every player wants their favorite tank buffed, but by doing so we can make a hundred, or more, angry. So you have to make cool, quality stuff for the community while remembering that most, if not all, players see the game from their own perspective, rather than that of a game designer. It\u2019s very hard to balance the community\u2019s desires with the stuff that data science, experience, and the game design rules tell us. The community in general is very active, discussing every feature of the game, every statement made by the team, and every piece of news. There are players that are very experienced and they come up with excellent ideas so we need to be ever-vigilant, separating constructive criticism from the non-constructive, taking the right decisions and explaining them, and keeping the balance between player wishes and the gameplay needs. \t\t\t Wargaming’s World of Tanks is celebrating its 10th anniversary, so we decided to have a quick chat with pub…<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"We Talk Tanks For World of Tanks' 10th Anniversary - ITTeacherITFreelance.hk","description":"Wargaming's World of Tanks is celebrating its 10th anniversary, so we decided to have a quick chat with pub..."},"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49694"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49694"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75326,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49694\/revisions\/75326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/prod-media.gameinformer.com\/styles\/body_default\/s3\/2020\/08\/06\/4989a3ed\/world-of-tanks-4.jpg\")
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