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Control Volume posted:The churchill has armor like the arl 39 or the hull armor of the t29, you can't rely on it for anything but things will still occasionally bounce for no reason Both the T29 and ARL 44 (I assume you meant the 44) have really good front armour though? The T29 especially has a great turret so, frontally, you need to aim for the LFP or machine gun with guns under 175 pen, and even 175 pen doesn't guarantee going through the UFP head-on. People rag on the T29's hull armour for some reason but it's really undeserved and only seems weak next to the turret. The ARL 44 has got a pretty poor turret that can only bounce things when it's pointed directly at the enemy and even then not too much, but the UFP is obscene for its tier. The Churchill, though, has a big flat turret that a handful of tier 4s and most tier 5s can shoot straight through and, on top of that, has huge trouble sidescraping because of a weak point in the sides right behind the idler wheels that makes it extremely easy to pen even at fairly extreme angles.
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Desuwa posted:Both the T29 and ARL 44 (I assume you meant the 44) have really good front armour though? Yeah and so does the Churchill I I don't know why it works I just know it does Also don't sidescrape in a churchill
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# ? Aug 8, 2015 22:27 |
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M.C. McMic posted:Are they going to have any NA anniversary sales or just this "well-rounded medium" stuff and the tournament? I'm happy to have the 2x crew XP because basically none of my mediums have 6th Sense yet, and it's killing me, but I'd love to buy the AMX CDC on discount. I assume the actual anniversary event will be next weekend, the same as the tournament. Also try telling people not to go somewhere and why in allchat. Pubbies are scum who will intentionally ignore reasonable advice because they're rebels and you can't tell them what to do. If you say it in allchat you'll also catch the shitheads on the enemy team, so at least both team's fuckers are in the same lovely boat.
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# ? Aug 8, 2015 22:35 |
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People going into bad places reminds me of a match I had in my IS-6. It was a tier 8 Lakeville match and 3 of the 4 enemy tier 8s were clownshoes and another IS-6 in a platoon with high winrates. The other tier 8 is terrible and none of the other tanks looked like they would be a threat. I look at my team, and they're all above average, and I know that most of these guys are going to go city, and what do you know, I'm right next to the valley entrance, I figure I can push forward extremely quickly, bully the idiots that set up camp, and sit on the cap to put pressure on the enemy team that way rather than going to a glorious and ineffectual death against a clownshoe. It might be one of the extremely few times that going valley isn't a godawful idea!! So I go into the valley with two low tier tanks who like following people (yes!) while the rest go to city (yes!!), and just as I crest the hill... the tier 8 clownshoe platoon and lovely tier 8 medium are all trying to rush down the valley. They got bogged down fighting us, lost city, and lost the game. Don't go valley on Lakeville.
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# ? Aug 8, 2015 23:01 |
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Control Volume posted:Don't go valley on Lakeville. i dont understand im flanking you need to COVER valley where is cap FLANK valley helloo??? noone in valley?? noobs cover base
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Slim Jim Pickens posted:i dont understand gg poo poo team losers (usually said while their team is up 12-5 and is coming back to base to kill the remaining enemy valley rushers.)
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# ? Aug 8, 2015 23:34 |
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Ensign Expendable posted:
they really liked the number 95 i guess
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# ? Aug 8, 2015 23:42 |
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I guess if it works, stick with it
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# ? Aug 8, 2015 23:43 |
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Mans posted:So the Japanese had a Type 95 as their standard and mainline tank, a prototype Japanese tank, a recon vehicle, an amphibious vessel and a torpedo. You will also be firing Type 95 AP rounds from your Type 95 heavy tank.
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# ? Aug 9, 2015 00:37 |
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CompeAnansi posted:The Ke Ho is the best tier 4 in the game Excuse me, but the SU-85B is a thing that exists. I did well in the Ke-Ho, but I don't recall any 13 kill games in it, nor doing over 3000 damage in a single game, nor winning from an 1v8 situation. All of those have happened in the SU-85B.
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# ? Aug 9, 2015 01:11 |
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loving goddamit I went 2/17 in my type 64 no matter how much damage I poo poo out or how many loving spots I make the cunting whoresons find a way to lose or this loving tank is cursed I honestly suspect there's witchcraft at play why the gently caress am I playing this
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# ? Aug 9, 2015 01:15 |
I hope the anniversary sale includes discounts on premium because mine is about to run out.
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# ? Aug 9, 2015 01:27 |
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Prav posted:Also the T71 is getting even sexier, but I'm gonna miss those goofy roadwheels. That looks like a completely different hull, is that really the same tank?
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# ? Aug 9, 2015 04:38 |
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From Wargaming's wiki page on the T71. Apparently it's the real deal. I'm pretty excited to see how much bouncier this already bouncy tank gets.
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# ? Aug 9, 2015 05:05 |
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Terrorist Fistbump posted:
T71... Bouncy? It gets triple overmatched literally anywhere by 76mm shells.
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# ? Aug 9, 2015 05:14 |
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Desuwa posted:Both the T29 and ARL 44 (I assume you meant the 44) have really good front armour though? He was referring to the TD, the ARL44 V39. Steelion posted:T71... Bouncy? It gets triple overmatched literally anywhere by 76mm shells.
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# ? Aug 9, 2015 05:42 |
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It's hard to tell sometimes, considering the bad opinions this thread tends to cultivate. Speaking of stupid people, watch me not die when I get myself way in over my head! Whether I'm the stupid one of the other team is is left as an exercise to the viewer. http://wotreplays.com/site/2071094#serene_coast-steelion-type_64
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# ? Aug 9, 2015 06:08 |
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I was iffy about buying that code for a Jagd88 but I think I am sold on it. Yeah sometimes its big fat rear end gets it nuked by arty 30 seconds into a game. Other times it puts the of its team on its back and trundles along: What gets me is that it was only a Mastery Badge: 1 Class. That crew XP though
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# ? Aug 9, 2015 06:18 |
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Bort Bortles posted:That crew XP though NA server used to routinely get 3x crew xp weekends. Once premium tanks started getting large crew XP bonuses, those stopped. Really hoping they don't gently caress up the anniversary special.
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# ? Aug 9, 2015 06:24 |
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I was in a 15-1 victory earlier today on Redshire in my IS-8. It was pretty amusing. I actually thought I was going to die more than once as the same two stupid loving pubbies in E75's blocked my retreat pretty much every time I moved forward to take a shot.
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# ? Aug 9, 2015 06:39 |
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Atomizer posted:He was referring to the TD, the ARL44 V39. I know the V39 exists but I had to assume he was talking about the 44. The V39 does not bounce anything, at all, except the at around the same baseline rate that light tanks get. Like a 13 90 will bounce t10 guns but I wouldn't call it bouncy under any circumstances; the V39 is basically the same except maybe against the most anemic t4 guns it sees. Mentioning it in the same breath as the T29 which can bounce some same-tier heavy tank guns frontally, unangled, seems really weird. e: Shadeoses posted:That looks like a completely different hull, is that really the same tank? There were two T71 concepts, what's in game has the hull of one and the turret of another. This is just making it consistent. Desuwa fucked around with this message at 07:03 on Aug 9, 2015 |
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Hey guys do you think this guy is a human?
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# ? Aug 9, 2015 07:10 |
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Hellsau posted:
Looks like a elite german tanker
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# ? Aug 9, 2015 08:17 |
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So, this was a productive evening. Props to Atomizer and Jal_Rudal for the games! Gonna post some of the highlight games for me. First: The IS-3 is a goddamn amazing tank, and there is no other tank in the game I'd rather brawl with. 3 and a half tanks enter, one tank leaves. http://wotreplays.com/site/2071164#prokhorovka-steelion-is-3 Second: The STA's gun is pretty nice, assuming it behaves itself and doesn't bounce off the sides of T34s. Solid 4.7k damage game, most of it shooting at tanks through a bush. http://wotreplays.com/site/2071186#prokhorovka-steelion-sta-1 Third: I was hoping to get LT-14, but I think this was a more productive game in the end. Somehow 2500 damage to tier 8s isn't enough for an ace, by the way. http://wotreplays.com/site/2071192#siegfried_line-steelion-type_64 Steelion fucked around with this message at 08:24 on Aug 9, 2015 |
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^^^^ Tonights games were great on the whole even though we had some bad luck, repeatedly.Hellsau posted:
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# ? Aug 9, 2015 08:25 |
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Hellsau posted:
Human? Or... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0E0ynyIUsg
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# ? Aug 9, 2015 08:31 |
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Hellsau posted:
Dude was idle for a minute in their E100, then slowly went into the west on Erlenberg, blocked me by parking behind me, did 0 damage with 4 shots and 1 hit, and never typed in chat. Dude's botting tier 10s. e: I want a time machine so I can go back to when the SU-26 was overpowered as hell and use Battle Assistant with it. Hellsau fucked around with this message at 08:39 on Aug 9, 2015 |
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Hellsau posted:Dude was idle for a minute in their E100, then slowly went into the west on Erlenberg, blocked me by parking behind me, did 0 damage with 4 shots and 1 hit, and never typed in chat. Dude's botting tier 10s. Or the old HEAT shells on the LEFH
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# ? Aug 9, 2015 12:50 |
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Question about completing personal missions and earning female crew members: Must a female crew member be assigned to a tank once she is earned? Or can she sit in my barracks until I assign her somewhere?
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Bort Bortles posted:Question about completing personal missions and earning female crew members: Must a female crew member be assigned to a tank once she is earned? Or can she sit in my barracks until I assign her somewhere? You assign them a specific tank role when you claim the commendations towards a reward vehicle. Plan accordingly.
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Soulfucker posted:You assign them a specific tank role when you claim the commendations towards a reward vehicle. Plan accordingly. Well plan the nation accordingly, can you gold retrain them without losing the skill?
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For those who haven't yet caught it in the news in the game launcher, here's some uncommented footage from Gamescom, of future features: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18ziuXxWWR0 Main takeaways: 1) Oh my god what the hell is that Czechoslovakian box tank? I NEED IT. 2) Skoda T-40 looks sexy 3) Japanese heavies are just . T110 can facehug them and probably be untouchable, though they do seem to have good depression. 4) Hnnnngghhh the new motion physics look RAD AS HELL. Here's hoping they can actually implement them some time soon-ish. EDIT: Oh my god. I fired up the game. Got this pop-up window in the garage about a survey. Was like "sure whatever, let's do a survey." Couldn't get past the first question because the NEXT button didn't work. Closed the survey window, entire game immediately crashed to desktop. WG Nordick fucked around with this message at 18:34 on Aug 9, 2015 |
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Bort Bortles posted:Question about completing personal missions and earning female crew members: Must a female crew member be assigned to a tank once she is earned? Or can she sit in my barracks until I assign her somewhere? When you complete the last mission in a bunch, you still have to manually redeem the crew member and choose their nation and tank. So they can't sit in your barracks without an assignment, but pretty close to it.
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# ? Aug 9, 2015 18:34 |
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My strategy for getting the platoon missions done is to start a pub match, spam platoon invites to anyone who looks like they might be a decent player, leave the platoon after the battle, rinse, and repeat.
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# ? Aug 9, 2015 18:35 |
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Chillyrabbit posted:can you gold retrain them without losing the skill? Yes, I haven't lost any extra perks from retraining mine to new tanks.
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# ? Aug 9, 2015 19:02 |
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In todays exciting tale of adventures in re-roll world the M3 Lee is an irredeemable pile of poo poo. The amount of bots that inhabit low tiers is astonishing annnnddddd the amount of players that have ~6 to 8k games in tier 5s and 6s are sub 300 WN8 and 43% WR is really really really loving annoying. Finally, the gap between tier 4 and 5 is still awful.
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# ? Aug 9, 2015 19:05 |
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rex rabidorum vires posted:In todays exciting tale of adventures in re-roll world the M3 Lee is an irredeemable pile of poo poo. The amount of bots that inhabit low tiers is astonishing annnnddddd the amount of players that have ~6 to 8k games in tier 5s and 6s are sub 300 WN8 and 43% WR is really really really loving annoying. Finally, the gap between tier 4 and 5 is still awful. Should have played with me and Atom this morning - we went 8 for 9 in tier fours, getting only one top tier game where we completely murdered the poo poo out of some B2 platoon, and then got them in the next match where they were in Matildas and again murdered the poo poo out of them. Also yes the Lee is poo poo and people who think it is fine because of the DPM are incorrect.
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# ? Aug 9, 2015 19:15 |
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The Lee does have one strong point: it's not the Sturer Emil
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# ? Aug 9, 2015 19:23 |
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Logged in, hit enter battle once with a random tank. This game had it loving all. Good shots Failtoons (and the best Chaffee driver in the world) Retards Shitlords (honestly, I didn't need to contribute much) AFK heavy and Failscouting Shotgunning, with bonus artymad Credits out the rear end Not pictured: Blindshotting a 100% T34 down to 6%. Go watch it instead http://wotreplays.com/site/2072582#el_halluf-byezimyannij-s-51 tl;dr: arty is loving awful, never play. Missing Name fucked around with this message at 19:32 on Aug 9, 2015 |
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I still get surprised by how much people rage these days. I imagine the really bad players just get an endless stream of abuse.
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