Source: http://world-of-ru.livejournal.com/2152808.html

Author: chelovel_bek

Basically, there was a community meeting between the developers and gamers in Odessa on 15.6.2013 and one player did write down the developer answers. The responding person was Evilly, Russian chief community manager.

You’re going to like this…

Here goes:

- players from 80 countries play WoT

- King of Jordan plays on EU server

- Evilly states that while the M40/43 shell is flying, he has time to have a cup of tea

- 0.8.7 will come by the end of July or beginning of August and will bring British arty and the Chinese premium 112

- 0.8.8 will bring 2nd branch of Soviet medium tanks with Object 430

- Superpershing will recieve a new gun (current M26 Pershing’s top gun) and its maneuverability will be improved

- current IS-7 ingame armor is thicker than it was in real life, but it will stay as it is

- tanks don’t roll over on their backs, because the game is unplayable that way

- 2nd German TD line will be after 0.8.8, it’s top vehicles will be the Waffentragers, tier 10 will have a 4-round autoloader (SS: I WAS RIGHT! Damn, I really was :) 4 rounds and not 3… that means 128mm FlaK 45 I think, expect amazing accuracy and brutal penetration, but low alpha)

- until Fall 2013, the economic model in the game (prices etc.) won’t be reworked

- Type 59 was removed from shops because there were too many of them and because there will be another tier 8 Chinese premium MT

- multiturret mechanism won’t come anytime soon, there are higher priority tasks

- hourly premium account is not profitable from economic point of view

- no details are known, but there WILL be special tier 10 tanks (like M60, VK7201 and Object) available for random battle players

- in the future, Germans will shoot more accurately on extreme distances

- in the future, all 3 of WG projects will be somewhat compatible, but not as much as those of Gaijin

- Evilly doesn’t like the AMX40, but likes to own in E50M

- this year will also bring a premium medium French tank

- Chinese tree has a TD branch upcoming, either by the end of 2013, or in 2014

- it is yet not decided whether Sturmtiger will come as TD or artillery, if it becomes an arty, it will have a very short range, it won’t come in 2013

- there might come an event analogical to the White Tiger event (SS: as a partnership advertisement of the Russian White Tiger movie, a special Tiger P was implemented into the game and in a special mode it was fighting against 15 T-34/85′s)

- Clanwars implemented into the client will come either until the end of the year, or in 1st quarter of 2014

- roaming test is planned for autumn, it will be released around New year

- vehicle velocity doesn’t depend on full/empty ammo rack

- there will be an option to switch whole chat off

- game engine won’t change, but it will be improved

- national crew voices will come

- during WG’s birthday event, players will recieve a free lowtier tank

- Soviet premium medium tank (early T-44 with 85mm gun) will come this Fall

- WG is working on an official mod portal

- there will be massive changes in graphics – weather and night battles will come, as well as turrets being ripped off by explosions and pieces of armor flying off when hit

- garage battles are really complicated to do in randoms, so they will be done in CW’s/companies, possibly this year

- historical battles won’t come in 2013, there are problems in balance

- Type 59 will never return to the shops, ever

- skill MM will never come to randoms

- 30 vs 30 battles have been postponed, the stress on client computers is way too big

- AMX ELC didn’t recieve a fully rotating turret, because it’s not a turret and the head of the crewman is sticking out

- minefields will come to clanwars, they will work as consumables

- Xbox and PC WoT won’t be unified

- no premium T9-T10 tanks

- combat missions aka “miniquests”, awarding top 3 damage dealers of the team, will come apparently again during the WG birthday event