Off The Mark: US Revamp: October 2017

MISSION STATEMENT

This website is to serve as a catalog of historical information for various tanks, across various stages of development, created for use by the United States from Pre-WWII through to the 1970s. However, the primary purpose for this website is to illustrate a proposal for what an "endgame" could look like for the US tech tree in the game, World Of Tanks, and to show that there's still plenty of life left to breathed into this game.

My aim is to see as many tanks in the game about tanks as possible, and I hope to show that in a way that respects both the historicity of the tanks shown and the balance of the game overall. As such, I will not be going into great detail on individual statistics. Rather, I will only be showing the possible modules for each tank, changes that could be made to make it more historically authentic, a historical overview, and how the tank's playstyle may be represented in-game. I will also attempt to future-proof this by including alternate hulls, half-tracks, and wheeled vehicles.

This is certainly not perfect and everything is subject to change. This is still a work in progress, and updates are frequent if not daily. This is a fan project and a labor of love. Do enjoy.

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Armored Cars in World Of Tanks?

Like the Tier X light tanks before them, the eventual introduction Armored Cars (or wheeled vehicles in general) into this game is pretty much an open secret. There was even an in-game event which prototyped the use of wheeled vehicles and developer Q&As have all but confirmed it. Right now, it's just a matter of time until we receive an official statement.

However, there's still plenty to speculate on how Armored Cars will be introduced. Will they be their own class? How might they compare to the other classes in the game? How might other classes be effected? As my revamped US tech tree accounts for Armored Cars, with several possible branches, it's important for me to describe their potential applicability in the game. So this post aims to identify patterns within the game and then apply my opinions about Armored Cars to them.