World of Tanks: Fun in world of tanks? Better nerf it.

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Mesadoram: Nov 4, 2009; Serious Business

Rorac posted:

How is that hard to understand?

You'd be surprised.

Continued CDC report: It's the bees knees. Seriously, it is a total monster. It shits credits when you do even just OK, and when you see a lovely CDC player on the other team it is a XP pi�ata. It is like a win/win situation.

# ? Mar 17, 2015 21:05

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# ? Jun 5, 2024 22:50

Dukket: Apr 28, 2007; So I says to her, I says “LADY, that ain't OIL, its DIRT!!”

I know this isn't exciting to most of you, but I just got my Ace in the Birch Gun. I didn't think that would happen

# ? Mar 17, 2015 21:16

Prav: Oct 29, 2011

SR posted:

- Not only penetration nerf was scrapped in 9.7 - all the other "compensation" buffs (like the accuracy on the move for several medium tanks) were cancelled as well;

Aww. I was looking forward to a 0,15/0,14 Batchat.

# ? Mar 17, 2015 23:44

Ensign Expendable: Nov 11, 2008; Lager beer is proof that god loves us; Pillbug

Rorac posted:

I got the JgTiger 8.8 recently, friend gifted it to me.

I just have to ask: What in the flying gently caress are people DOING in this thing? This is one of the easiest, most simple vehicles I've ever played, and in less than 50 games I've broken more average damage than 50% of the playerbase, and that's assuming my other 50ish games are all zeros. And this is coming from a person that has played an excessive amount of the T29 and Type 59, both pretty loving easy vehicles to learn and use.

I mean for fucks sake, I'm not even all that great at tank destroyers, but there's no part of this machine that's bad, except maybe, MAYBE the turning rate, which considering the armor and the amount of bounces I've been able to do with even a little sidescraping, I can live with a lowish turn rate.

I just, I can't wrap my head around it. It's not like this is an autoloader or a scout or anything complicated, you just find a little bit of cover, and hold left click and watch everything get DPM'd into dust. How is that hard to understand?

It's the new KV-5. People look for the cheapest tier 8 premium, buy it, and then do terribly because oops they're still tier 3 shitlers that don't know what camo is. Add the "History Channel told me that Germans were the best" factory, and you have people running out into the open and dying after firing 2-3 shots.

# ? Mar 17, 2015 23:48

Slim Jim Pickens: Jan 16, 2012

Rorac posted:

I got the JgTiger 8.8 recently, friend gifted it to me.

I just have to ask: What in the flying gently caress are people DOING in this thing? This is one of the easiest, most simple vehicles I've ever played, and in less than 50 games I've broken more average damage than 50% of the playerbase, and that's assuming my other 50ish games are all zeros. And this is coming from a person that has played an excessive amount of the T29 and Type 59, both pretty loving easy vehicles to learn and use.

I mean for fucks sake, I'm not even all that great at tank destroyers, but there's no part of this machine that's bad, except maybe, MAYBE the turning rate, which considering the armor and the amount of bounces I've been able to do with even a little sidescraping, I can live with a lowish turn rate.

I just, I can't wrap my head around it. It's not like this is an autoloader or a scout or anything complicated, you just find a little bit of cover, and hold left click and watch everything get DPM'd into dust. How is that hard to understand?

They are giant and have bad side armor. Pubbies think bouncing a shell once means their entire tank is bulletproof, so they'll wander into the Himmelsdorf courtyard and get mega-hosed from all sides.

# ? Mar 18, 2015 00:13

Mesadoram: Nov 4, 2009; Serious Business

Besides the glorius rear end bounce against the T69, I think this shows how good a CDC can be:

Replay: http://wotreplays.com/site/1717104#abbey-mesadoram-amx_chasseur_de_chars

# ? Mar 18, 2015 00:45

Computer viking: May 30, 2011; Now with less breakage.

Slim Jim Pickens posted:

They are giant and have bad side armor. Pubbies think bouncing a shell once means their entire tank is bulletproof, so they'll wander into the Himmelsdorf courtyard and get mega-hosed from all sides.

It's also incredibly slow, which leads to suicidal "gently caress me I just want something to happen" charges (for sad values of "charge").

# ? Mar 18, 2015 00:47

R. Mute: Jul 27, 2011

Why did I wait this long to buy a KV-2? This is actually fun to play. Feed me tanks.

# ? Mar 18, 2015 01:19

CitizenKain: May 27, 2001; That was Gary Cooper, asshole.; Nap Ghost

Mesadoram posted:

You'd be surprised.

Continued CDC report: It's the bees knees. Seriously, it is a total monster. It shits credits when you do even just OK, and when you see a lovely CDC player on the other team it is a XP pi�ata. It is like a win/win situation.

I honestly don't really like the CDC. It makes money, its comfy to drive and it can really do damage, but goddamn is it's size and armor a problem. I think I'm way too aggressive with it, but hanging back just isn't my thing.

# ? Mar 18, 2015 01:36

Atomizer: Jun 24, 2007

Atomizer posted:

http://wotreplays.eu/site/1714661?secret=32096e0ac00a7665211f2e49e576c542

Please tell me someone watched that replay and noticed that the 39% bot Hellcat got the 4th highest damage on our team (after my platoon of course), ahead of literally every other living player. :suicide:

We need validation after that clusterfuck. :ohdear:

(And also he's "cleverly" named "BalloonKnotKiller". :jerkbag:

)

# ? Mar 18, 2015 09:14

guidoanselmi: Feb 6, 2008; I thought my ideas were so clear. I wanted to make an honest post. No lies whatsoever.

playing on a macbook via winewrapper

any suggestions?

# ? Mar 18, 2015 09:32

Atomizer: Jun 24, 2007

guidoanselmi posted:

playing on a macbook via winewrapper

any suggestions?

Get rid of the Macbook.

Check into graphics drivers? Sorry I can't help you more, I play PC games on Windows like Obama intended.

# ? Mar 18, 2015 09:39

srb: Jul 24, 2007

These last couple of days have been horrendous. What the hell happened? I just had a tier 10 game on Karelia where 4 tanks left base.

# ? Mar 18, 2015 14:13

Mesadoram: Nov 4, 2009; Serious Business

srb posted:

These last couple of days have been horrendous. What the hell happened? I just had a tier 10 game on Karelia where 4 tanks left base.

I know the feeling, I just could not win yesterday:

# ? Mar 18, 2015 14:17

Prav: Oct 29, 2011

The day 10 mission reward was 24 hours of premium. Free premium days are the worst.

# ? Mar 18, 2015 14:22

Cardiac: Aug 28, 2012

srb posted:

These last couple of days have been horrendous. What the hell happened? I just had a tier 10 game on Karelia where 4 tanks left base.

Maybe cause all the good players decided to play battlebotes.
Which is of course new, but I prefer playing a 3dimensional game.
Tanks is still more fun for a given definition of "fun".

# ? Mar 18, 2015 14:43

The Southern Dandy: Jun 15, 2010; ASK ME ABOUT MY RADLEY-WALTERS' MEDAL

Is that medal for being the most intolerable poster in a thread about Warhammer 40.000 novels? Because if it is, you sure blew the competition out of the water, son.

guidoanselmi posted:

playing on a macbook via winewrapper

any suggestions?

I'm going to echo Atomizer and say sell your macbook, then buy a Windows laptop with a discrete video card.

If you want to play games Mac has been the worst choice since the Apple IIe.

Wipe your HD; sell it, then buy a gaming lappy. You'll just about break even.

The Southern Dandy fucked around with this message at 15:56 on Mar 18, 2015

# ? Mar 18, 2015 15:12

Uranium 235: Oct 12, 2004

srb posted:

These last couple of days have been horrendous. What the hell happened? I just had a tier 10 game on Karelia where 4 tanks left base.

Same. Averaging 3k wn8 and losing 75% of my games. One of my few wins from yesterday was a T-44 game where I carried my team with 5000 damage.

# ? Mar 18, 2015 15:18

xthetenth: Dec 30, 2012; Mario wasn't sure if this Jeb guy was a good influence on Yoshi.

Which variety MacBook? For the brand new one the XPS 13 is better, for the air basically any ultrabook with a modern screen is better, and for the Pro, the Razer Blade is better except for connections if you like dongles.

Joking, I think I know someone who used to play who might be able to help, but I wouldn't count on it, I think they gave up because the afk penalties and crashing a lot don't mix.

# ? Mar 18, 2015 15:19

srb: Jul 24, 2007

The Southern Dandy posted:

I'm going to echo Atomizer and say sell your macbook, then buy a Windows laptop with a discrete video card.

If you want to play games Mac has been the worst choice since the Apple IIe.

Wipe your HD; sell it, then buy a gaming lappy. You'll just about break even.

Apple IIe is not a Mac :eng101:

As for the Mac problem, it seems that it's an issue with HD models. Try playing with settings, up and down, for textures and model detail.

# ? Mar 18, 2015 16:33

The Southern Dandy: Jun 15, 2010; ASK ME ABOUT MY RADLEY-WALTERS' MEDAL

Is that medal for being the most intolerable poster in a thread about Warhammer 40.000 novels? Because if it is, you sure blew the competition out of the water, son.

srb posted:

Apple IIe is not a Mac

As for the Mac problem, it seems that it's an issue with HD models. Try playing with settings, up and down, for textures and model detail.

Don't you sass me!

# ? Mar 18, 2015 16:48

guidoanselmi: Feb 6, 2008; I thought my ideas were so clear. I wanted to make an honest post. No lies whatsoever.

jokes on you guys. this one weird trick made my tank invisible to the other team too!

# ? Mar 18, 2015 17:29

DonkeyHotay: Jun 6, 2005

Mesadoram posted:

I know the feeling, I just could not win yesterday:

I thought I would try to get some shamrocks last night and gave up after going 2 for 24. What the gently caress.

# ? Mar 18, 2015 17:46

Prav: Oct 29, 2011

We now have preliminary stats on the Type 59 Patton. They are dreadful (Status Report).

Also have a reskinned VK36 premium. Told you it was coming.

# ? Mar 18, 2015 18:06

Ensign Expendable: Nov 11, 2008; Lager beer is proof that god loves us; Pillbug

Prav posted:

We now have preliminary stats on the Type 59 Patton. They are dreadful (Status Report).

Also have a reskinned VK36 premium. Told you it was coming.

A tier 6 Tiger premium is free money for Wargaming, and I am amazed they didn't make one sooner.

# ? Mar 18, 2015 18:40

Uranium 235: Oct 12, 2004

Prav posted:

We now have preliminary stats on the Type 59 Patton. They are dreadful (Status Report).

Also have a reskinned VK36 premium. Told you it was coming.

haha those are awful

# ? Mar 18, 2015 19:00

Valle: Apr 16, 2004; Telling customers how to solve world problems since 2001

Ensign Expendable posted:

A tier 6 Tiger premium is free money for Wargaming, and I am amazed they didn't make one sooner.

Can't wait for all the pubbies to cry about how it's Japanese!

# ? Mar 18, 2015 19:08

Agrajag: Jan 21, 2006; gat dang thats hot

Prav posted:

We now have preliminary stats on the Type 59 Patton. They are dreadful (Status Report).

Also have a reskinned VK36 premium. Told you it was coming.

Japanese Tiger...

# ? Mar 18, 2015 19:09

Prav: Oct 29, 2011

I can't wait to paint it in that fantastic cobalt blue desert camo pattern.

Prav fucked around with this message at 19:11 on Mar 18, 2015

# ? Mar 18, 2015 19:09

Gervasius: Nov 2, 2010; Grimey Drawer

Ensign Expendable posted:

A tier 6 Tiger premium is free money for Wargaming, and I am amazed they didn't make one sooner.

I'd buy premium soviet capturedTiger with D-10T in a heartbeat. Also, whine from the wehraboos would be glorious.

Weren't there some renders of captured german tanks shown a year ago or so? What happened to those anyway?

# ? Mar 18, 2015 19:10

Missing Name: Jan 5, 2013

Prav posted:

I can't wait to paint it in that fantastic cobalt blue desert camo pattern.

So far, the only redeeming feature of the Japanese tanks I've seen so far.

# ? Mar 18, 2015 19:27

Nordick: Sep 3, 2011; Yes.

Cardiac posted:

Tanks is still more fun

From my experiences in the botes beta, I can actually tell you that this is, in fact, false.

Though I gotta say, I'm still looking forwards to all the various whining the premium Tiger is bound to bring up

"Wahhh it doesn't have the long 88! It's UP, buff it! :qq:

"
"A bloo bloo my glorious Krupp warmachine is operated by inferior Asiatic Untermenschen :qq:

# ? Mar 18, 2015 19:30

Ensign Expendable: Nov 11, 2008; Lager beer is proof that god loves us; Pillbug

Gervasius posted:

I'd buy premium soviet capturedTiger with D-10T in a heartbeat. Also, whine from the wehraboos would be glorious.

Weren't there some renders of captured german tanks shown a year ago or so? What happened to those anyway?

They can't decide what to do with them, IIRC. Odds are they will come out when historical battles return.

# ? Mar 18, 2015 19:38

srb: Jul 24, 2007

Did the Soviets try and put useful guns on any Panzer III's they captured, beyond converting them to assault guns?

# ? Mar 18, 2015 21:01

Ensign Expendable: Nov 11, 2008; Lager beer is proof that god loves us; Pillbug

srb posted:

Did the Soviets try and put useful guns on any Panzer III's they captured, beyond converting them to assault guns?

There was a plan for a PzIII armed with a 45 mm gun, but they never built any.

# ? Mar 18, 2015 21:25

maev: Dec 6, 2010; Economically illiterate Tory Boy Bollocks brain.
Keep away from children

Nordick posted:

From my experiences in the botes beta, I can actually tell you that this is, in fact, false.

Though I gotta say, I'm still looking forwards to all the various whining the premium Tiger is bound to bring up

"Wahhh it doesn't have the long 88! It's UP, buff it! "
"A bloo bloo my glorious Krupp warmachine is operated by inferior Asiatic Untermenschen "

Seriously though, a historically armed tier 6 Tiger. Wargaming have just done this, so much money is going to be spent on that thing.

# ? Mar 18, 2015 22:02

Nordick: Sep 3, 2011; Yes.

Oh, definitely. I'm just sure there will always be the vocal minority of super-pubbies who won't be satisfied because :pubbie reasons:.

# ? Mar 18, 2015 22:07

Ensign Expendable: Nov 11, 2008; Lager beer is proof that god loves us; Pillbug

If you read the official forums (never do this) you will discover plenty of pubbies that demand the Tiger to have 200 mm of armour (because the Germans used alloys, you see) and have a gun that can penetrate and one-shot any tank (legendary and feared 88!), at tier 5 (T-34 and Sherman are historical enemies!).

# ? Mar 18, 2015 22:37

Missing Name: Jan 5, 2013

Ensign Expendable posted:

If you read the official forums (never do this) you will discover plenty of pubbies that demand the Tiger to have 200 mm of armour (because the Germans used alloys, you see) and have a gun that can penetrate and one-shot any tank (legendary and feared 88!), at tier 5 (T-34 and Sherman are historical enemies!).

They'd also need to give it a removed engine governor effect so it breaks down all the time. Or is MAN AG foolproof for its diesels as well?

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Axetrain: Sep 14, 2007

Haha the fact that they are making it Japanese feels like a great way to troll out some wehraboo tears.

# ? Mar 18, 2015 22:41

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