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2801 with he is way more fun now that it was before the heat nerf because you don't feel like a cheating piece of poo poo when you play it.
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# ? Mar 22, 2015 17:23 |
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DonkeyHotay posted:
So wait, you hit the track and killed all his crew? Good bug Wargaming. Brb gonna go load HE in the MT-25's comedy machine gun.
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# ? Mar 22, 2015 17:25 |
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It penned and tracked him for some reason. (wtf)
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# ? Mar 22, 2015 17:31 |
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DonkeyHotay posted:It penned and tracked him for some reason. (wtf) HE is literally magic.
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# ? Mar 22, 2015 18:04 |
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SoUncool posted:Anyone noticed that games lately have been hugely one-sided? It seems like every game is either a landslide win or a landslide loss. What's the point of a 15min match if they all end in 4min? I miss close matches. The average length of a WoT match is 5 minutes. The vast majority of games have always ended quickly (or became unwinnable) since most people that play this game are really bad at it.
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# ? Mar 22, 2015 18:13 |
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Login status report for NA dudes - It's been 15 days. There will be 61 days total, and you need 60 to get the Ensign Expendable posted:The average length of a WoT match is 5 minutes. The vast majority of games have always ended quickly (or became unwinnable) since most people that play this game are really bad at it. Sadly it seems like Warships is going to go the same way. Had a game yesterday where the enemy had three tier 5 battleships in a tier 5 game just sit behind the westernmost of the three objectives without trying to take it away from us, or try to kill the boats near it. They just sat and hid while we won by cap. Took longer, but the game was over four minutes before it actually ended. Fortunately I'm bad at boats so I don't care!
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# ? Mar 22, 2015 18:18 |
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It takes a long while to get your 3x win on all your premiums when you are an rear end in a top hat and have all the premiums.
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# ? Mar 22, 2015 18:20 |
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Hellsau posted:Login status report for NA dudes - It's been 15 days. There will be 61 days total, and you need 60 to get the I already hosed up and missed a day. No leeway from here... Or is it grantway? shoot me
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# ? Mar 22, 2015 18:42 |
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Missing Name posted:shoot me I'm retarded so I put WOT to autostart so I don't forget. I'm sure this won't drive me crazy over the next month and a half.
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# ? Mar 22, 2015 18:48 |
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Missing Name posted:I already hosed up and missed a day. No leeway from here... There are 63 days, actually. Fear not.
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# ? Mar 22, 2015 19:02 |
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Foxtrot_13 posted:So a Borsig who camped at the back, spent half the match clicking on the map instead of red tanks, decided that the arty that were doing a decent job were not doing anything so TK's all three of them, getting banned in the process. The only three shots he made were against out own team. thats philosophical consistency from all the people who say 'gently caress arty' a good player
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# ? Mar 22, 2015 19:19 |
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Kuntz posted:I haven't played since before 9.6 came out, have pubbies gotten personal missions out of their systems yet? Kinda...it's calmed down quite a bit. All the other problems remain, however, so don't get your hopes up.
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# ? Mar 22, 2015 20:48 |
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just started playing the game and im enjoying it more then I thought. the game put me off a while ago when I thought it was just snipers in tanks but playing a light tank and tearing through a urban map is very fun. can someone run down what the best light tanks are? right now im happily using the t1german light tank with three crew members with some good results. I got the ace badge on it and I've only been playing a few days.
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# ? Mar 22, 2015 21:20 |
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rebought my covenanter after watching this and got a mastery badge in the first game. forgot how fun a tank it can be, especially compared to the next tank in the line. What sound mod do you use? It's the first sound mod I've heard that i like.
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# ? Mar 22, 2015 22:04 |
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zooted heh posted:just started playing the game and im enjoying it more then I thought. the game put me off a while ago when I thought it was just snipers in tanks but playing a light tank and tearing through a urban map is very fun. The German Pz I Ausf. C is probably the most fun tank when it comes to driving at hilariously high speeds and shooting poo poo. It goes up to 79 kph on flat ground, handles very well, and runs a hilarious machinegun with a 40 round belt that reloads very quickly. I also had a lot of fun in the French AMX 13 90, but that's a fairly advanced tank and definitely not for everyone, and it's also fairly high up the tech tree behind some really, really bad tanks. The new American light tanks seem to be good, but I haven't played any of the myself.
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# ? Mar 22, 2015 22:54 |
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kemikalkadet posted:rebought my covenanter after watching this and got a mastery badge in the first game. forgot how fun a tank it can be, especially compared to the next tank in the line. What sound mod do you use? It's the first sound mod I've heard that i like. Gnomefather's gun and engine sound packs
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# ? Mar 22, 2015 23:20 |
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zooted heh posted:just started playing the game and im enjoying it more then I thought. the game put me off a while ago when I thought it was just snipers in tanks but playing a light tank and tearing through a urban map is very fun. That said, it can still be immensely fun. I love my T71. If there's ever a tank to show that you don't have to be helpless in a high tier light tank game, it's this one. Just earlier today I had top damage in a tier VIII game, four kills and a nice wad of XP. If you want to see an example of what it's capable of, Refried Noodle posted a really impressive replay on the last page. Supposedly the M41 Bulldog's even better, but I haven't played it yet.
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# ? Mar 22, 2015 23:33 |
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I recommend the Aufklaerungs Panther
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# ? Mar 22, 2015 23:37 |
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Tanks are most vunerable on their soft underbellies also I suck at making gifs apparently
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# ? Mar 22, 2015 23:41 |
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zooted heh posted:just started playing the game and im enjoying it more then I thought. the game put me off a while ago when I thought it was just snipers in tanks but playing a light tank and tearing through a urban map is very fun.
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# ? Mar 22, 2015 23:43 |
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I'm starting to kinda have fun in the Awful Panther, what is going on. As a scout tank its objectively pretty terrible, its huge, has large flat sides and limited camo. As a harassing light tank though, its pretty good. I just wish I had 6th sense on it, but its a been a good opportunity to be more cautious. Also, it can ram stuff and sometimes win.
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# ? Mar 23, 2015 01:05 |
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Tier 5-7 American light tanks - Chaffee, T21, T37, M41, T71 - are all excellent, excellent tanks. But to play light tanks properly in these tiers you will most likely require at least a pair of binoculars for equipment (can be transferred between tanks for free, so one is enough if you can micromanage) and good map knowledge. For lower tier shenanigans people have mentioned the 1C and the Luchs (which does see tier 7s, but its gun has good penetration), but there's also the Japanese Ke-Ho (miniature model T-34 basically, good gun, very small size, doesn't go superfast) and the Chinese M5A1 Stuart scout tank. At tiers 4 and 5 there's the British Covenanter and Crusader tanks, which are light tank with normal matchmaking. Fun tanks + really good. Speaking of fun, here's what's both fun and not fun at the same time: Took me over 220 battles to finish MT-15 for T28 prototype. So close so many times, but at least 150+ of those games were games where the conditions (kill 3 TDs) were near impossible to fulfill, either because there weren't enough TDs (I've never had as many games chock full of other mediums), or there were exactly 3 and 4 and of course they charged forward and died immediately on the other flank. The worst kind of mission behind "sabotage your own team to get this!" kind for light tanks.
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# ? Mar 23, 2015 01:29 |
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Also a good idea: judge your light tanks on their ability to do sick power slides.
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# ? Mar 23, 2015 01:36 |
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R. Mute posted:Also a good idea: judge your light tanks on their ability to do sick power slides. MT-25 wins this as well.
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# ? Mar 23, 2015 02:02 |
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WoT client seems to crash when I actually do well in a match. The "not destroyed" database entry must be so shocking to it that the entire thing shits the bed. Figures the only time I really want to look at a detailed stat sheet.
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# ? Mar 23, 2015 03:00 |
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goddamit I kinda like the Crusader but getting wins in it don't happen much - and I keep getting 1 shotted by anything with a derp. Only like 4000ish more exp to the Cromwell at least. Weird thing happened, got hit with HE and killed all my crew putting me out of the game while my tank still has HP, didn't know that was possible. Observe- http://oi59.tinypic.com/2n8vrit.jpg
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# ? Mar 23, 2015 03:41 |
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Fat Jesus posted:goddamit I kinda like the Crusader but getting wins in it don't happen much - and I keep getting 1 shotted by anything with a derp. Only like 4000ish more exp to the Cromwell at least. Indeed! Now imagine how often that happens in a PZ 1 C (two crew members).
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# ? Mar 23, 2015 03:44 |
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subhelios posted:Indeed! Now imagine how often that happens in a PZ 1 C (two crew members). I've played one, and a lot of other light tanks with no armor and had them blasted to poo poo by KV2's etc but this is the first time I can remember being dead and having HP.
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# ? Mar 23, 2015 03:47 |
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srb posted:Tier 5-7 American light tanks - Chaffee, T21, T37, M41, T71 - are all excellent, excellent tanks. But to play light tanks properly in these tiers you will most likely require at least a pair of binoculars for equipment (can be transferred between tanks for free, so one is enough if you can micromanage) and good map knowledge.
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# ? Mar 23, 2015 03:56 |
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Fat Jesus posted:I've played one, and a lot of other light tanks with no armor and had them blasted to poo poo by KV2's etc but this is the first time I can remember being dead and having HP. The autocannons a lot of other light tanks have at that tier tend to kill my crew a lot.
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# ? Mar 23, 2015 04:11 |
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Fat Jesus posted:goddamit I kinda like the Crusader but getting wins in it don't happen much - and I keep getting 1 shotted by anything with a derp. Only like 4000ish more exp to the Cromwell at least. Impressive, I've only had this happen twice, both in my Hotchkiss where there are only two crew members.
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# ? Mar 23, 2015 04:35 |
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Where I finally, after a night of lovely games, manage to get my triple on the AMX 50 100
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# ? Mar 23, 2015 06:14 |
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Missing Name posted:MT-25 wins this as well. technically the ELC AMX wins this category if power slide also includes "gets flung to the loving moon if you hit just th slightest bump in the road"
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# ? Mar 23, 2015 07:21 |
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New personal best! Dead exactly 37 seconds from the start on Swamp in my 14-2. Thanks for all going west, team.
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# ? Mar 23, 2015 10:26 |
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I'm so happy that I finally got HT-12 for the T28 done yesterday. I had come really close to getting it about a dozen times in my KV-5, and finally got the perfect storm on a tier 8 Redshire match with no artillery. I started south, went to the 9-0 line, and let pubbies shoot my mantlet while I focused down the guys that had a chance to pen me and spread my damage over the ones who couldn't. I ended up blocking ~4000 and I needed 3560. I did >2k damage and only needed 1500. I think it would have been good enough for HT-12 for the T-55A (same blocked damage requirement, but need 2k damage in a tier 6 or higher IIRC). Now all I have left is HT-15, then I get the T28 and can start on T-55A missions. Object 260 here I come.
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# ? Mar 23, 2015 15:08 |
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SoUncool posted:Where I finally, after a night of lovely games, manage to get my triple on the AMX 50 100 I wish I could play an amx 50 100 like this, but I'm an impatient gently caress up who keeps exploding before the end game.
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# ? Mar 23, 2015 15:55 |
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Fat Jesus posted:goddamit I kinda like the Crusader but getting wins in it don't happen much - and I keep getting 1 shotted by anything with a derp. Only like 4000ish more exp to the Cromwell at least. Space cash posted:Tanks are most vunerable on their soft underbellies also I suck at making gifs apparently Related: Maimgara posted:The german Pz 1C and Luchs tanks drive fast, handle well and have solid machine guns that can shoot vunrable targets very quickly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUtrwfY2pSA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TamERVB59Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5zW9ihXf-4 A caveat for new people though: The Pz I C is a very polarized tank, in that it will absolutely shred the poo poo out of things on its own tier, but will be completely impotent against many things above that because of it's low pen. But get one anyway, because at its best it's ridiculous fun. As for the Luchs, it has scout matchmaking that means it will see tanks up to three tiers above it, instead of the normal two tiers. And overall, light tanks take a lot of finesse to do well in, so be prepared for a steep learning curve if you decide to go up a light tank branch as your first thing.
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# ? Mar 23, 2015 16:59 |
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Missing Name posted:MT-25 wins this as well. Fat Jesus posted:Weird thing happened, got hit with HE and killed all my crew putting me out of the game while my tank still has HP, didn't know that was possible. Observe- http://oi59.tinypic.com/2n8vrit.jpg
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# ? Mar 23, 2015 17:21 |
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SARSfest posted:I wish I could play an amx 50 100 like this, but I'm an impatient gently caress up who keeps exploding before the end game. Yeah, I have the same problem with my 50b. I hate hanging back but that's really what you need to do in those tanks.
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# ? Mar 23, 2015 17:24 |
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Azhais posted:Yeah, I have the same problem with my 50b. I hate hanging back but that's really what you need to do in those tanks. Thats what you need to do in all tanks.
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