- the idea behind Domination testing was to test the concept, not to make it the most successful mode ever right from the start
- Domination mode income is higher than from random battles on tier 10
- in terms of numbers of players playing Domination, the mode was a success
- Domination mode is not considered "released" - it's just an event for now, a proof of concept
- it is not true that new physics will come no earlier than 2017 - the work on it was accelerated
- when spawning, tanks do not appear randomly in the spawning areas, each team has pre-defined spots on which can the vehicles appear. There are more spots than vehicles however and the vehicles are randomly placed amongst them. Some spots are reserved for certail classes (for example artillery)
the T71 light tank is getting reworked heavily on supertest to be more historical. Check this out:
As you can see, the suspension is very different.from the one on the regular server. That's because the T71 we currently have in the game is incorrect. You see, there were two T71 tank proposals - one by Detroit Aresenal, one by Cadillac. The thing we have in the game is a hybrid - it has a Cadillac hull (and suspension) and Detroit turret. In HD, the vehicle is getting converted into the Detroit model as a whole.
Other vehicles coming in HD soon are: T110E5, Leopard PT A, JagdTiger and JagdPz IV
here's an interesting graphics comparison of the same maps spots on all three systems. Which system is being shown appears in the lower left corner of the screens.