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rossmum posted:Very loving close Make sure you at least clean up afterwards. 
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Found this video of the tank, does not seem that bad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJH5y4eD8cI Might do the daily missions then just buy it for $15.
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Jun 25, 2015 15:17
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rossmum posted:Very loving close Just make me sockpuppet on your account. It is a historically successful tactic.
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Jun 25, 2015 15:41
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Like FTR when it was a thing, I only rarely bother checking SR; I'd just like to mention that a link was given there to AW's T-62 article, found here. Two big things to note from this: 1) The AW T-62 is not only uncannily clean and tidy, but the model's sporting some immediately noticeable inaccuracies. The gunsight and penetration for the coax are totally wrong, and the turret profile is also wrong - it's too domed, more like a T-55 than a T-62's flatter, more squared-off turret. I'd also noticed similar issues with the T-80 shown in the reveal but I gave them some latitude since that was the reveal. It bothers me quite a bit that fairly noticeable exterior details are not being corrected this late in development, let alone the tanks looking like they've just come off the factory floor - in fact, even then they'd probably be dirtier owing to dust. By comparison, the incoming T-62A HD model for WoT looks loving gorgeous. 2) Apparently the weirdo spergy fantasy quotes are SS's doing. Never change. Somehow, nobody is telling him to knock it off and stick to the program. I eagerly await the article where he interlaces the tale of a brave Bohemian ubermensch slaying the impure Romani and defeating the evil goon communist conspiracy to save the world from worker's rights. I was pretty interested in AW - I was really hoping to play around with T-64s, T-80s, Chieftans, and Challies, but from things I've heard and some of the stuff I've seen I'm not so sure. At any rate, I would still say WG are far, far ahead of the competition when it comes to modelling the tanks themselves now that they're bringing the HD models in - AW's are inaccurate and too pristine, while Gaijin's models look overly gamey, not least because their art team doesn't seem to have much reference material when it comes to what worn painted steel looks like.
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Jun 25, 2015 15:47
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Gaijin's models look like they are stored in a swamp in between battles.
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Jun 25, 2015 15:51
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Its still a very unpolished, unfinished game though when you think about it. I do agree that they do have alot of catching up to do though to WoT.
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Jun 25, 2015 15:58
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Yeah that's a fair call. Still, it doesn't take too much effort to make sure your tank models are on the money - WoT's old ones may have had scaling issues and may not have been super detailed, but generally the details they had were accurate.
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Jun 25, 2015 16:05
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rossmum posted:AW Stuff As a long time WoT player (I want that time back  ), if you have a good PC, AW is generally really prettyful. The tanks are generally fairly (in the ballpark of) accurate (although the T-62, not so much). The devs have made some "interesting" decisions (such as turning off Matchmaker because tier 7s couldn't get a battle due to low numbers, meaning that the tier 7s got to seal club like there's no tomorrow), but in general the game is fun. The game is a long, long way from finished and it is largely a rebalanced WoT atm (with a stupid number of inconsistencies wrt terrain and so on) but it's got it's own level of promise. They're apparently handing out a bunch of "friend keys" to try and get more people into the game (the server pops are atrocious). Oh, also, the Chief sucks.
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Jun 25, 2015 16:05
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I haven't had much time to play AW yet. I played maybe a total of 2 games so far? I played WoT for the IS-5, but have only really had time to fiddle around with some stuff on EVE for a bit before I had to go work/go to bed every day.
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Jun 25, 2015 16:15
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Schlesische posted:Oh, also, the Chief sucks. Historically accurate then. Despite my love of Our Lords and Saviours Centurion and T-64, I also have something of an affinity for bad, overweight, overbudget tanks whose armour protection is hideously exaggerated and whose failure rate is somewhere north of 50%. See: Chieftan, Panther, Tiger II.
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Jun 25, 2015 16:16
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Jack_tripper posted:spending five or six bucks on a churchill III when it's on sale is a 1000x better investment than grinding every day for a month straight and you'd still probably have to shell out another $15 because 200 A45 kills in eight days is pretty unlikely They're slowly eliminating the tripartite of fixed T5 MM heavies. The T14's already gone (save for ultra-expensive packages that'll feature it in the future), the KV-220 is only offered in expensive packages, the Churchill III is more or less a staple so it'll go last, making the Excelsior the one that's most likely on the hit list next, which is ironic considering it's the 'newest' T5 fixed MM heavy tank. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 16:26 on Jun 25, 2015 |
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Jun 25, 2015 16:20
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The way AW balanced MBT's to act worse than WW2 era tanks to make every other vehicle class feel "unique" is dumb. MBT's in AW have atrocious gun handling compared to everything and Vstab is apparently not a thing for that class. Also, mobility is on par or in some cases worse than some heavies in WoT. I'm not sure what AW devs are trying to do but it sucks atm.
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Jun 25, 2015 16:23
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Finally aced the Valentine. For some reason this feels like an accomplishment, mostly because of how atrocious the Valentine is.
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Jun 25, 2015 16:37
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Jesus. I should actually check SR more often. Highway's losing its river completely and gaining a straight east-west road, more terrain cover too. Meanwhile, Swamp's been totally rearranged. Noice. Hopefully they won't be chores to play now.
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Jun 25, 2015 16:38
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I'd like to see the Normandy map more than a grand total of 2 times.
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Jun 25, 2015 16:45
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I'd like to see the Normandy map not cause my team of absolute loving mongs charge the beach and die to a single TD every god drat loving time.
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Jun 25, 2015 16:47
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Jack_tripper posted:spending five or six bucks on a churchill III when it's on sale is a 1000x better investment than grinding every day for a month straight and you'd still probably have to shell out another $15 because 200 A45 kills in eight days is pretty unlikely Are the cheap premium tanks even any good though?
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Jun 25, 2015 17:02
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CODChimera posted:Are the cheap premium tanks even any good though? The Churchill III is a flat-out 'must have.' The Excelsior is a good tank. Other than that, all the remaining/readily-available 'cheap' premium tanks are kind of lovely. Personally I really like the T-25, but it's a T5 without preferential MM. Just whatever the gently caress you do, don't buy a Matilda Black Prince...or a Matilda IV.
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Jun 25, 2015 17:06
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CODChimera posted:Are the cheap premium tanks even any good though? Church 3 is one of the best T5's in the game. It is super dangerous when used correctly, even against T6's.
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Jun 25, 2015 17:15
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BIG HEADLINE posted:The Excelsior is a good tank. Excelsior!
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Jun 25, 2015 17:16
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The Southern Dandy posted:Excelsior!
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Jun 25, 2015 17:18
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BIG HEADLINE posted:The Churchill III is a flat-out 'must have.' The Excelsior is a good tank. Other than that, all the remaining/readily-available 'cheap' premium tanks are kind of lovely. Personally I really like the T-25, but it's a T5 without preferential MM. The Matilda IV is fine.
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Jun 25, 2015 17:19
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Holy poo poo. Tank Inspector's working again and there's a loving T5 prem PzIII with PzIV turret and 75mm gun in the game files. Wargaming please. I will pay good money for this. e/ wait, is this from the next wave of personal missions or something? Oh boy.
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Jun 25, 2015 17:21
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Gapey Joe Stalin posted:The Matilda IV is fine.  Edit: I do well in it, but for it's tier and gold there are better (I.E. Church 3 and Excelsior).
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Jun 25, 2015 17:24
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Gapey Joe Stalin posted:The Matilda IV is fine. Fine to get one shot by a FV304.
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Jun 25, 2015 17:35
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The Southern Dandy posted:Fine to get one shot by a FV304. http://www.instantrapairhorn.com/
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Jun 25, 2015 17:35
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Heh, the weekend mission on EU gives a rental Tog for 7 days. It's nice of them to let everyone experience how much of a piece of poo poo it is in case someone is tempted to buy it. 
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Jun 25, 2015 17:39
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Mesa's gifs are 8k wn8.
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Jun 25, 2015 18:56
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CODChimera posted:Are the cheap premium tanks even any good though? Stay the gently caress away from the Valentine. I got one for my
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Jun 25, 2015 18:56
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The Southern Dandy posted:Mesa's gifs are 8k wn8.  Slow time at my office job, I should be making videos of my beautiful face talking about how to use our website. But I rather be an rear end in a top hat on the internet, eat popcorn, drink a disgusting amount of coffee and watch old episodes of Seinfield. I am living the American Dream.
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Jun 25, 2015 19:02
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Mesadoram posted:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwcfDa0gEPQ
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Jun 25, 2015 19:06
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZblPwNLH6hg
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Jun 25, 2015 19:10
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Mesadoram posted:
Oh yeah, but I got it before there were premium Soviet mediums other than the T34-85M, which wasn't on sale for the longest time. As a necessity for training my crew to five skills, and as the only option, it was money well spent. Of course, I now own four premium Soviet mediums, because when it rains it pours. And because I am a hobby idiot.
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Jun 25, 2015 19:16
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Gapey Joe Stalin posted:As a necessity for training my crew to five skills, and as the only option, it was money well spent. ... gently caress man. Just... gently caress. You deserve some kind of medal for that.
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Jun 25, 2015 19:22
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Edit: Nevermind.
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Jun 25, 2015 19:53
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I cheated by using a female crew and a pair of x3 & x5 crew experience weekends. Still, drat fine crew.
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Jun 25, 2015 19:57
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Gapey Joe Stalin posted:I cheated by using a female crew and a pair of x3 & x5 crew experience weekends. Still, drat fine crew. Not too far in the future there are going to be running around with 7-8 skill female crews (and some crazy losers with 9 skill crews.
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Jun 25, 2015 20:26
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It would be nice if they added some skills. After 4 or 5 the pickings are mighty slim.
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Jun 25, 2015 20:33
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Rincewinds posted:Heh, the weekend mission on EU gives a rental Tog for 7 days. It's nice of them to let everyone experience how much of a piece of poo poo it is in case someone is tempted to buy it. if you already have it do you get to rent the gold for 7 days? free garage spot is nice at least.
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Whats this about using a female crew and getting to 5 skills?!? I've been out of the loop for 2+ years.
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