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Decided to go back and just screw around with stuff I haven't used in a while. Sweet jumping christ are the Germans at 3.7 dogshit. A bunch of paper-armored tanks, StuGs, and 50mm PzIIIs dying to endless waves of T-34s.
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Der Waffle Mous posted:Decided to go back and just screw around with stuff I haven't used in a while. Load HEAT (HlGr38C), shoot for the lowest part of the hull you can see, never not be making a diamond with your tank if you have a turret, don't be the frontline when you're a StuG. These tanks are way better off now than they used to be.
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Jul 3, 2015 06:43
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Der Waffle Mous posted:Decided to go back and just screw around with stuff I haven't used in a while. But the f2 has a drat good gun. You just have to do the whole 'don't get shot' thing to stand a chance. But you should do that in all tanks anyways. In other news, I think something is broke. 
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Jul 3, 2015 07:08
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What else do Germans have that can deal with T-34s at that tier? I like the F2 but half the enemy has a full set of T-34s sometimes.
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Jul 3, 2015 07:57
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Ra-amun posted:What else do Germans have that can deal with T-34s at that tier? I like the F2 but half the enemy has a full set of T-34s sometimes. StuG F. PZIII J. PZII H if you're a wallet warrior. Marder. Marder H. Holy poo poo the Marders are amazing. Unless you're playing AB.
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Jul 3, 2015 07:59
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Ra-amun posted:What else do Germans have that can deal with T-34s at that tier? I like the F2 but half the enemy has a full set of T-34s sometimes. Marders, stugs, and f2s are the best of the lot. But you have to really think about what you are doing and use cover/concealment/sneaky to your advantage. Setup in a spot you know the enemy has to go past or through and get the first shot into the turret. Don't be in a spot where the first thing they can see is you, be off to the side. This helps with _all_ tanks tho. And there are a lot of times you won't be able to setup right and just have to be sure you shoot first.
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Jul 3, 2015 09:08
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Palicgofueniczekt posted:spectralent, your ticket is now closed Huh. All I can say is I've not received any actual research yet, but I last checked a few hours ago, maybe the flight ended and I got credit? edit: I can see "You have left the Enduring Confrontation event before it finished" messages, with free RP, but I can't see any "the mission ended and you have fuckloads of RP" messages. I really hope it's not just me that's bugged bugged 
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Jul 3, 2015 09:59
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Well it's good to know the KI-44 cannot out turn a stock F2A-1. 4 v 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2i6S1zQ8zc Oh and I unlocked a pretty cool new decal. 
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Jul 3, 2015 11:50
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Appropriate for the M4A1 ronson 
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Jul 3, 2015 11:57
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I still don't get how EC is meant to be better than sim. I mean presumably you're meant to just jump in on the action but I join and... nothing, for ages. I don't know, is the map too dispersed and I'm just not seeing the action? After ten minutes I just decided to land and see if I could get a refund on the plane (you cannot get a refund on the plane).
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Jul 3, 2015 12:20
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WebDO posted:While you're at it, remap the cruise control to something else (I use R for gofast and F for french gear) and use Q and E for left and right brakes. This is really great advice, it means you get to drift + you keep speed through the turn, which is a real benefit esp. at low speeds. You have to go tank controls>realistic, set them, then go back to mouseaim if you're playing ab/rb tanks.
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Jul 3, 2015 12:20
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Ra-amun posted:What else do Germans have that can deal with T-34s at that tier? I like the F2 but half the enemy has a full set of T-34s sometimes. Slow speed high arc HEAT rounds. Lay back, relax, be a waste-of-oxygen sniper, don't play the objective and outsnipe the opposing useless snipers who can't even hit you because their rounds can't plunge like yours do. Works well on that map with a town north of a lake, surrounded with meadows. You can close down a whole street if you find the right spot. After you lose the war write a book and make mad bank because you were a tank ace with awesome K:D ratio.
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Xerxes17 posted:Appropriate for the M4A1 ronson The primary flamethrower variant of the M4 medium was the M4A3R3, which was nicknamed 'Zippo', not Ronson and is not ingame. 
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Jul 3, 2015 13:17
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Thanks for the advice on the previous page. I actually got a couple kills today by just saying 'F it' and driving around randomly and taking bad shots. Another question, which are good varieties of half-track to go for? Is it worthwhile to get anti-air because in my few tank battles air hasn't really seemed like much of an issue?
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Jul 3, 2015 14:22
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Russians seem to be getting completely rolled in br8 tanks so far. Those new tanks are definitely something
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Jul 3, 2015 14:37
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TwatHammer posted:Russians seem to be getting completely rolled in br8 tanks so far. Those new tanks are definitely something I just got my IS-3 about 2hrs ago and found this to be the case. My heavy armor for WW2 standards doesn't mean poo poo vs Cold War HEAT and APDS-T.
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Jul 3, 2015 14:45
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Xerxes17 posted:I just got my IS-3 about 2hrs ago and found this to be the case. My heavy armor for WW2 standards doesn't mean poo poo vs Cold War HEAT and APDS-T. I imagine that this is akin to what happened when M10s and M18s first landed - a lot of people with a lot of bad habits are slow to adjust to easy to murder glass cannons. The American TDs settled out surprisingly nicely once people figured out how to handle them and seem to be in a pretty good spot right now.
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Jul 3, 2015 14:50
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Jul 3, 2015 14:55
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Im half tempted to put the grind for the T-10M on hold and start grinding out the M60 or the Leopard1. I've seen plenty of the mediums but im rarely seen any of the T10's to judge if they seem worth the grind or not.
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WebDO posted:I imagine that this is akin to what happened when M10s and M18s first landed - a lot of people with a lot of bad habits are slow to adjust to easy to murder glass cannons. The American TDs settled out surprisingly nicely once people figured out how to handle them and seem to be in a pretty good spot right now. Well for me I think that it's more that it's a totally new ball game separate from everything else that i have faced up to this point. So it's going to take me a bit to adjsut to the new flow of things. Because if there is one thing for certain, those Leo1's go up like firecrackers from any sort of hit with the 122mm. The new thing to adjust to is all these 105mm guns running around. Xerxes17 fucked around with this message at 15:11 on Jul 3, 2015 |
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Jul 3, 2015 15:07
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spectralent posted:Huh. All I can say is I've not received any actual research yet, but I last checked a few hours ago, maybe the flight ended and I got credit? Maybe you only get RP if you are chat banned. Anyway:  UTC+9 crew , see you in 10 hours.
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drat Dirty Ape posted:Another question, which are good varieties of half-track to go for? Is it worthwhile to get anti-air because in my few tank battles air hasn't really seemed like much of an issue? The american half track with the sherman 75mm is loads of fun, just remember you have 0 armour and machine guns can waste you. It's also a fun tank to bring with you in battles up to ~4.7 cause it can flank well and kill most tanks with side shots to the turret/ammo rack. The AA ones are okay I guess if you don't have points for a real tank, or if there are a lot of enemy aircraft. The german and russian AA are generally better though
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Palicgofueniczekt posted:Maybe you only get RP if you are chat banned. You might have had to be in the game when the match ended cause I still have boosters active and the event simply disappeared overnight. My battle log says the battle still hasn't finished. It looks like they took the event down for now but idk I'll check after I get back from work.
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Jul 3, 2015 15:53
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Hot Karl Marx posted:The american half track with the sherman 75mm is loads of fun, just remember you have 0 armour and machine guns can waste you. It's also a fun tank to bring with you in battles up to ~4.7 cause it can flank well and kill most tanks with side shots to the turret/ammo rack. The AA ones are okay I guess if you don't have points for a real tank, or if there are a lot of enemy aircraft. The german and russian AA are generally better though Ok thanks, I'll give the 75mm one a shot. My grandfather was a half-track driver during the war so I have a soft spot for them.
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Thief posted:You might have had to be in the game when the match ended cause I still have boosters active and the event simply disappeared overnight. My battle log says the battle still hasn't finished. It looks like they took the event down for now but idk I'll check after I get back from work. It was definitely playing last night, I've been tanking today. If so that kind of sucks, I wonder if it's possible to get RP anyway or if you're going to have to see it to the end...
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I'm really hating these crew-survivability changes they made to the game . Had a game last night where an IS-2 put a round into the side of my Panther II's turret, exploded, and every crew-member in the turret turned orange. Not a single fatality. I can only imagine the surprise in his face when my turret swung around at full speed and I ignited his ammo in one shot. I played a round of Mazdok and put three rounds into the side of a T-34/85's turret and never managed to kill a single crew member. First round turned everyone green. Second round everyone was hit, but remained green, and the third round turned two people red. It's like everyone who's managed to get vitality above 50% now how a tank fully crewed by Robocops or something. I'm also noticing that putting rounds into the front of the KT's will 50% of the time not kill the commander, only the gunner standing in front of him.
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Thief posted:You might have had to be in the game when the match ended cause I still have boosters active and the event simply disappeared overnight. My battle log says the battle still hasn't finished. It looks like they took the event down for now but idk I'll check after I get back from work. Why you gotta ruin my night, Thief?
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Blistex posted:I'm really hating these crew-survivability changes they made to the game . I think they've added spalling, meaning those weren't penetrating shots?
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WebDO posted:I imagine that this is akin to what happened when M10s and M18s first landed - a lot of people with a lot of bad habits are slow to adjust to easy to murder glass cannons. The American TDs settled out surprisingly nicely once people figured out how to handle them and seem to be in a pretty good spot right now. They also got some nerfing, some uptiering, and even some special patches to change how thin armor worked...
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So, Hurricane Mk IV...going to get it's BR raised you think? I had a Battle Trophy give me a Talisman for it, and it's so drat fun, I'm flying no other planes outside of CARB. 
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The Orange Mage posted:So, Hurricane Mk IV...going to get it's BR raised you think? I had a Battle Trophy give me a Talisman for it, and it's so drat fun, I'm flying no other planes outside of CARB. It is awesome for exploding biplanes and bombers alike.
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I still haven't flown it in RB or SB, but I can totally see it getting a bump in arcade. I don't think I've had a round under 10 kills with it yet.
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The Orange Mage posted:So, Hurricane Mk IV...going to get it's BR raised you think? I had a Battle Trophy give me a Talisman for it, and it's so drat fun, I'm flying no other planes outside of CARB. I would expect to see a bump in BR a full tier probably. Maybe even 3.0. It's a fun plane to fly really but it doesn't have much utility outside of it being the new comedy option to bloop newbs. That model Hurricane with a pair of 20mms would be deadly though.
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Any advice for the M4A3(105) I'm getting loads of critical hits and spalling with it, but very very few kills Racking up those assists though e: I'm using the HEAT round that it has
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philosoraptor posted:They also got some nerfing, some uptiering, and even some special patches to change how thin armor worked... Yes, these are also things that happened, but neither the M10 nor M18 were hard to kill at their debut if you played smart. They even very immediately gave a reason for soviet tanks to carry shrapnel, which was nice. My understanding is the Leopard is as hilariously explosion prone as expected, and high caliber HE does entertaining things when introduced to the M60 cupola.
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This is all just speculation and overthinking things, but here's my theory on why tier 5 has shifted away from Russia and towards America, not including the new vehicles: American tankers realized as a whole how powerful 90mm and 120mm HEAT shells are. Before the slope buffs, the HEAT was more of a backup shell that you used grudgingly, because while it penetrates everything it requires some fine aim to hit the criticals. The AP shell could still penetrate an IS-4 if you hit the right spots on the front, and could penetrate a T-54 pretty much anywhere, so you could just rely on that to penetrate once and blow the enemy the gently caress up. Slope changes happen, the AP shell becomes drastically less reliable, and people start converting to fulltime HEAT and where one HEAT user was an oddity occasionally hitting ammo but usually just destroying a couple parts, a whole team of them stacked in usefulness at tearing tanks down until one hits the ammo or last crew member. There's also the possibility that the M103 front turret armor is better now, but I don't have enough time spent using it since the patch to be sure. I was surviving three IS-4M frontally in one really good match, though.
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Skoll posted:That model Hurricane with a pair of 20mms would be deadly though. The USSR Hurricane IIB with 2x12.7mm 2x20mm packs a punch, but it's at the same BR as the Yak-9M so not much contest there.
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YellerBill posted:The USSR Hurricane IIB with 2x12.7mm 2x20mm packs a punch, but it's at the same BR as the Yak-9M so not much contest there. That's still just a Mark II though, whereas this 40mm blooper is a Mark IV. It truly handles better, in my point of view, than any other Hurricane currently in the game.
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