While designing World of Tanks, we initially experienced a lack of time and resources to develop the Global Map within the game client. After overtaking a certain province, clans can earn anywhere from 200–4,000 or more in-game gold from the acquired province. As far as gameplay is considered, it is a strategic land-grab style game on a world map where clans fight to conquer provinces. It took Wargaming nearly half a year to develop the Global Map, with the first version releasing in January 2011. Additionally, we wanted to offer visible and substantial rewards to the top clans including land provinces, which can be captured and utilized to produce income for clan members. We later translated this vision into an online battle arena where players fight in a 15 vs. Our vision was to create the Global Map as a massive strategic companion to World of Tanks that is played on the current world political map by commanders of clans.

The initial idea behind the strategic meta-game was thought up by World of Tanks founding fathers Sergey Burkatovskiy and Slava Makarov. We had plans for the Global Map in place before we even released World of Tanks. The in-game socialization elements introduced before Clan Wars (Platoons and Tank Companies) are built around teams that are temporary, and we wanted to give players the opportunity to gather colleagues, friends, or classmates for a large scale permanent team, which led us to introduce Clans. As groups of teams emerged and became more prominent in World of Tanks, we wanted to create an opportunity for these players to battle with experienced counterparts on a regular basis and award certain bonuses for their excellent team work. Players found they were more successful playing matches with a trusted team that has its own polished tactics and battle strategies. When people begin playing World of Tanks, they quickly realize it’s difficult to survive in Random Battles and maintain a high win rate while playing alone. 15 battles, teamwork is the ultimate key to success. With each game consisting of two teams competing in strategic 15 vs. Teamwork is a vital component of World of Tanks.

Natallia Pershyts, Clan Wars Product Manager

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