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I did notice that JP2 is better for higher tier game since you're going to be penetrated anyway so mobility is your best friend. tbh I never got why pubbies called it a bad tank compared to Ferdinand (well, pubbies).
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Aesis posted:I did notice that JP2 is better for higher tier game since you're going to be penetrated anyway so mobility is your best friend. tbh I never got why pubbies called it a bad tank compared to Ferdinand (well, pubbies). Because Hitler. Seriously. Hitler.
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May 4, 2015 06:13
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Wasn't the Ferdinand one of Hitler's  WAR-WINNING SUPER-WEAPON ideas he was so fond of?
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May 4, 2015 07:23
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Magres posted:Wasn't the Ferdinand one of Hitler's
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May 4, 2015 07:27
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Magres posted:Wasn't the Ferdinand one of Hitler's If I have it right, Porsche was so confident in his proposal for the Tiger that he ordered like 200 hulls. When his design lost the competition they were converted into Ferdinands and Elefants. If it weren't so mechanically unreliable it could have been really successful, but the same can be said about most of the German tanks after the Panzer IV. Not that it was a good design, it had no machine guns or other ways to deal with infantry, but thick armour and a big gun can count for a lot.
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May 4, 2015 07:32
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Desuwa posted:and I might skip the Sherman III (it's an M4 Sherman but slower and doesn't get the short 105mm).
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May 4, 2015 10:18
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ROFLburger posted:which one of you guys had that hilarious sixth sense icon with the guy with the bug eyes? I want it and i can't find it
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I hate the WTE100, what an unfun piece of poo poo to play. Getting 3k damage feels worthless and getting 8k damage feels boring as poo poo. I genuinely enjoy killing them though. :Edit: Wargaming released a sort of weird video to celebrate victory day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H4boOCeX54 Basically its that scene from Fury but with a noble Russian in it. maev fucked around with this message at 11:25 on May 4, 2015 |
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May 4, 2015 11:10
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Desuwa posted:Not that it was a good design, it had no machine guns or other ways to deal with infantry, but thick armour and a big gun can count for a lot. The Ferdinand had nothing, the Elefant was the name it got after getting an MG 34 added to the front right of the hull
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May 4, 2015 11:19
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whats consensus on the t54 premium? ok+ or ok-?
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I've heard that it's very strong in tier eight, okay in nine, and shabby in ten. Which is probably the best you could hope for considering it's a fat T-44. Haven't bought my own yet though so iunno. In other news, if you didn't notice, there are missions for the Berlin tanks in-game, set to go active in three days.
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May 4, 2015 12:00
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Gapey Joe Stalin posted:I've heard that it's very strong in tier eight, okay in nine, and shabby in ten. Which is probably the best you could hope for considering it's a fat T-44. Haven't bought my own yet though so iunno. edit: here's a video of the Cromwell Berlin, which is apparently an American Cromwell with an HD model. It looks pretty cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZnkvK5AQDw Uranium 235 fucked around with this message at 12:33 on May 4, 2015 |
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May 4, 2015 12:28
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EU missions panel. I believe that's actually a British Cromwell, it's just that it is in the Berlin occupation colours. I'm fairly sure the red and white insignia is that of the 7th Armoured Division, the Desert Rats. Christ almighty I want to punch the mush-mouthed cockney tit who keeps going on about 'the new fisics innit'. Lovely Joe Stalin fucked around with this message at 12:45 on May 4, 2015 |
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May 4, 2015 12:39
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Can you post the mission details for those of us in NA? I am curious.
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May 4, 2015 12:55
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7th-19th May. Win, be in the top ten for experience earned. Reward: 5x combat experience coefficient. Cromwell Berlin, IS-2. 'Rudy'
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May 4, 2015 13:04
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Aesis posted:I did notice that JP2 is better for higher tier game since you're going to be penetrated anyway so mobility is your best friend. tbh I never got why pubbies called it a bad tank compared to Ferdinand (well, pubbies). Ive literally never heard a pubbie say the Ferdinand is better, in fact the only person who has ever said they might be equal is probably me, mostly because the gun arc and bloom characteristics mean the ferdi can actually track moving targets.
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May 4, 2015 13:07
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Gapey Joe Stalin posted:7th-19th May.
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May 4, 2015 13:44
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Two Days. 141 Kills towards the TOG II. Get it in.
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Uranium 235 posted:Do you need to have the base tanks to do those missions? Or can you complete them with any tank? I am guessing the former. Isn't that how the Fury mission worked? Has to be done in the new tanks. Each of the three has its own version of the mission.
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May 4, 2015 13:53
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quote:Ferdinand hate This is a bad opinion.  If you're going up against incompetent players ( 9 times out 10) then your ferdi will bounce poo poo it has absolutely no right to. Even against competent players, if you wiggle your front or get in a position to hide your hull shoulders you can absolutely wreck poo poo. Fully upgraded, I think it's the ideal speed for getting yourself into a good position and not over extending yourself which you're liable to do in a JP2. Hell, the ferdi even gets 5 more degrees of gun traverse than the JP2 and about a degree more gun depression. I own both but the Ferdi will always be better in my books.
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i need help with the cromwell. my medium playstyle is heavily based around placing terrain between myself and the enemy so i dont get hit and the cromwell is just so loving huge and has nowhere on the tank where it can allow itself to get hit kinda safely. i do well with other fast mediums around those tiers like the shermans or the tier 5/6 panzers, covenanter shooting tons of gold is my best tank i think because its super tiny so you can go into a ditch to become invulnerable. i do fine with every other fast medium around those tiers expect the cromwell which i just have way to many potato rounds on. PZ4 before they added the shields and shafted the insane acceleration was my spirit animal (75 not derp). I just want a tank plays the same way where you have the ability to cover up your tank well and amazing acceleration + above average soft stats. the shermans are just so tall profile wise that you are restricted to mostly hulldown stuff.
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May 4, 2015 14:02
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on the pz4 i could take up absurdly aggresive positions because repositioning to somewhere safe was just so easy due to having amazing acceleration paired with a profile that made it very hard to hit behind minimal amounts of cover
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May 4, 2015 14:08
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Gapey Joe Stalin posted:7th-19th May. Do we have details on how many times you have to win or other conditions?
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Not that I could see, although there was something that seemed to indicate you had to have done your daily double already.
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Gapey Joe Stalin posted:7th-19th May. If those were the rewards, it would say "Reward: Cromwell B". According to rita status report, those tanks are on sale on the RU server, so it sounds like they'll be for sale, with in-game missions available if you buy the tanks. So, it sounds like you buy one of those tanks, get the double, then every match after that you can get 5x experience if you win and are in top 10 on your team.
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Uranium 235 posted:So, it sounds like you buy one of those tanks, get the double, then every match after that you can get 5x experience if you win and are in top 10 on your team. Yeah that's it exactly. Sorry if I wasn't very clear, I'm little sleep deprived at the minute.
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Itzena posted:Um, yes it does. I've got it on my Sherman III right now. Wow I don't even know what I'm doing anymore. In my defense it's still a really lovely Type T-34 was a much better knockoff, wasn't slow as hell.
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Gapey Joe Stalin posted:Yeah that's it exactly. Sorry if I wasn't very clear, I'm little sleep deprived at the minute.
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I shot t-34-3 HE through the side of a Cromwell for 600 damage yesterday. Literally always shoot he. (the same round a kv-2 derped me for over 1k)
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Is there any benefit whatsoever to the upgraded M8A1 turret (The T87 turret)? I'm not doing well at all in this tank. My crew isn't fully trained up yet. So, despite the fact that I stuck a camo net on it, I feel like I get spotted and destroyed on the front end of pretty much every match. I figured the American turreted TD line would be good for someone with zero experience in TDs, but I believe I'm still driving the M8A1 very much like a light or medium tank, and I'm getting obliterated in one or two shots. How do you play this thing effectively?
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M.C. McMic posted:Is there any benefit whatsoever to the upgraded M8A1 turret (The T87 turret)? I dunno about the specifics of that turret and tank, but turrets usually give boosts to view range, hp, armor, turret traverse, rate of fire, and gun handling. Not all turrets give all of these bonuses, and sometimes one or more of these categories will actually get worse. But upgraded turrets are virtually always worth it.
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Uranium 235 posted:I dunno about the specifics of that turret and tank, but turrets usually give boosts to view range, hp, armor, turret traverse, rate of fire, and gun handling. Not all turrets give all of these bonuses, and sometimes one or more of these categories will actually get worse. But upgraded turrets are virtually always worth it. Looking at the stats (http://wiki.wargaming.net/en/Tank:M8A1), it appears there's no benefit. I went ahead and upgraded the turret anyway, and then I realized I probably should have upgraded the radio first (750 signal range vs 420). Oh well. I can't wait to get out of this TD, though. I get the feeling that it may actually be competent in the right hands, but I am absolutely terrible in it. I'm used to playing Russian heavies and mediums primarily. So, being stealthy and/or going unnoticed is not a skill I've mastered.
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So compared to all the other tier 8 lights what is the WZ-132's thing? It seems pretty much worse in everything except for the really really amazing track traverse. I guess you are supposed to circle KV-4's and T34s to death?
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Doesn't have super high camo or something? I can't remember.
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An interesting observation of trolling in-game chat with politics: When trolling in support of Obama, people chastise him for being a socialist, etc. When trolling in support of Hillary, people chastise her for being a bitch, etc. When trolling in support of Dubya, people chastise him for starting the Iraq war. When trolling in support of Sanders, nothing.
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BadLlama posted:So compared to all the other tier 8 lights what is the WZ-132's thing? It seems pretty much worse in everything except for the really really amazing track traverse. I guess you are supposed to circle KV-4's and T34s to death? It used to be "the other tier eight light" when it was just it and the 1390. Now it is just worthless compared to the RU251 and (from what I've heard) T54 Light. Its actual advantage is that it isn't the T-34-2, so if you want a WZ-120 have fun playing a bad tank.
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WayAbvPar posted:Doesn't have super high camo or something? I can't remember. It's high but among the tier 8 Lts its right in the middle of the camo value range.
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Oops. This patch is a gem.
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M.C. McMic posted:Looking at the stats (http://wiki.wargaming.net/en/Tank:M8A1), it appears there's no benefit. I went ahead and upgraded the turret anyway, and then I realized I probably should have upgraded the radio first (750 signal range vs 420). Oh well. I think the second turret gives you 15 extra hit points.
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M.C. McMic posted:Looking at the stats (http://wiki.wargaming.net/en/Tank:M8A1), it appears there's no benefit. I went ahead and upgraded the turret anyway, and then I realized I probably should have upgraded the radio first (750 signal range vs 420). Oh well. http://tank-compare.com/en/compare/m8a1/m8a1#T1=62I35I4I77I112&T2=63I35I4I77I112
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