Q1: Is the Type 59 ever coming to console?
Of course it will, not the the Type 59 Gold if that's what you're asking for.
Q2: Is there going to be a World of Warships here on the console?
There is nothing to announce about that at this time.
Q3: Replay system?
I've been dying to get server side replays into the game forever. Right after the first of the year (i.e. early 2016) we're going to the latest version of the BigWorld server which should give us the capability to do that. I don't know how long it will take us to put the hooks in for playback and everything but, yes, I've been dying for that forever.
Q4: Cross platform platooning?
Yeah, cross platform platooning between Xbox 360 and Xbox One is in the works right now.
Q5: The Firefly, when is it coming?
2016. (Or is it?... Look out for a similar question with a different answer later on.)
Q6: Any thoughts on a meta game a la PC Clan Wars?
Any thoughts? Oh, there's always lots of thoughts. There's hundreds of conference pages on it. We've made designs, we've thrown designs out. There's challenges with the console, with the console interface, just the number of CCU we have. We're getting close to something. I can tell everybody right now, I think I've written it in the forums, our big focus after PS4 is getting eSports and tournament play in and then that will give us all the basis to have a higher level Clan Wars type game. So yes, that is the focus for 2016.
Q7: Server side reticules?
We did that from the beginning.
Q8: More maps?
There's more maps coming this month (last month, November) and next month (this month, December).
Q9: Will Historical Battles or Domination be added?
To be discussed. We've had some challenges with those on PC so we're watching those.
Q10: Are Personal Missions ever coming so we can get the Object 260?
Personal Missions is still kind of a TBD thing but we would keep the Object 260 from you if we didn't add them. We can make Operations as complex as Personal Missions, we're still watching completion rates, how many people are participating in them, we've made some very, very, complex ones that people thought were too hard to do so we're still feeling our way around that but we're always expanding the Operations system. Chad and Steve, who work on that, are constantly adding more features to that.
Q11: Are there any new lower price tier V premium UK, French and Chinese tanks in the pipeline?
I'd have to be at my desk to answer that, I don't know off the top of my head. (Go spam Pain for answers, he can't be away from his desk forever!)
Q12: Can we get Tiger 131?
That's a cool idea. (Make it happen Pain, you have the power!)
Q13: Is the Hydro coming back?
The Hydro is coming back at some point this year.
Q14: What about the removal of premiums from the tech tree because of premium matchmaking?
No plans to remove premiums from the trees.
Q15: Japanese heavy line?
It's in the 2016 roadmap.
Q16: Will the Fury come back for a limited time?
It's possible, it's on license from Sony so we always have to get their agreement so... It's in discussion.
Q17: Gamertags as inscriptions?
That is actually a really awesome idea, I'll have to look into that.
Q18: Bigger minimal?
There's scaling issues, safe zone issues, resolution issues. If you wanted it bigger (there's a pill for that), we'd have to make it a bigger resolution them we'd have to have multiple copies of the map that takes up memory. We're still supporting the 360 which has limited memory so we'd have to do the feature for Xbox One and not the 360 and that causes more work in development.
Q19: How long do you think it will take to get PS4 on the same level of content as the 360/One?
We're actually in discussion of that right now. I want it to take no longer than six months so that requires chaining artists to their desks and whipping them. (Poor artists!) we're going to have a much faster roll out than we did on Xbox to get everything up to parity; one, because it's just a nightmare for us to manage tanks and maps across consoles; and two, we don't want everyone going, "uhhhh, you hate our console." (That'll happen regardless, it already has happened.)
Q20: Are you going to rework the Pz. II J?
You mean the matchmaking? It's on my list to do but it always falls to the bottom, not because I hate it or anything. (Poor, neglected, little Pz. II J
)Q21: Any plans for more weather variants of maps?
We're planning on adding dynamic elements to the weather, so bringing in and out thunderstorms and stuff like that. We're always looking to do more variants of the maps just to have more variety, we have the War! maps and we're going to go back, we learned a lot through developing Xbox One maps the capability of that particular console and we're going to go back and touch up the release maps.
Q22: Second British TD line? (The question I said to look out for.)
I think that's actually really soon, before the end of the year. (Less than a month before the year ends now...)
Q23: Cross platform play on Xbox vs PS4?
Please write your favourite console manufacturer and ask them to allow it because we can do that, we do it here ever day. (I believe this has been mentioned in the past, around the time the PS4 version was announced, but I'm including it anyway for those that may not have seen it.
Q24: Canadian flag Ram II?
I can totally see that. I keep telling our comrades that we should do that, the Canadian national tank, next.
Q25: Co-op Proving Grounds?
Absolutely, it's being worked on right now.
Q26 (the last question): Havok engine?
We already use the Havok engine on the console, we always have. We're upgrading to the new version of Havok for the December release or something. (Potential physics update next year, perhaps?)
