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MariusLecter
Sep 5, 2009

NI MUERTE NI MIEDO
https://i.imgur.com/nAarIWL.mp4

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Atomizer
Jun 24, 2007



SpiDeR posted:

Here's my 75:


Man, been a while since I posted...

Yeah no kidding:

SpiDeR posted:

Saw this happen...


:stare: (Check the date on that post)

Anyways, I'd like to hope that the boxes are actually random and I just got ridiculously lucky, but knowing Wargaming I wouldn't put it past them to have a hidden "whale modifier" or something that skews the results based on how much money they've historically been able to hoover out of you.... :tinfoil:

I'll repeat what I said last year, that they seem to have drastically reduced the premium time found in the boxes compared to the first year or two. I mean the shitton of gold that you get can be used to cover premium time but I swear the first couple of years, one set of boxes gave me enough premium account days to reach the next holiday event a year later....

Mesadoram
Nov 4, 2009

Serious Business
After playing around with a fully upgraded T9 Italian heavy I gotta say that the tank is just OK. It feels like it is missing something . It needs either a faster reload, faster intra clip speed or more alpha. It can put in work but it feels like much more effort than other tanks. The armor is pretty nice, so it has that.

McGavin
Sep 18, 2012

Worst in tier DPM is what I would improve for starters.

BadLlama
Jan 13, 2006

McGavin posted:

Worst in tier DPM is what I would improve for starters.

Id take better armor on the turret cheeks firsts.

McGavin
Sep 18, 2012

Kind of lovely how the Emil II does literally everything better than the Progetto.

Mesadoram
Nov 4, 2009

Serious Business

McGavin posted:

Kind of lovely how the Emil II does literally everything better than the Progetto.

Yup. That reminds me, I should probably buy back the Emil.

Shaman Tank Spec
Dec 26, 2003

*blep*



McGavin posted:

Kind of lovely how the Emil II does literally everything better than the Progetto.

And it just gets worse from there!

Katamari Democracy
Jan 19, 2010

Guess what! :love:
Guess what this is? :love:
A Post, Just for you! :love:
Wedge Regret
How so? Kranvagn is pretty fun.

Shaman Tank Spec
Dec 26, 2003

*blep*



Katamari Democracy posted:

How so? Kranvagn is pretty fun.

No, the Progetto line.

The Swedish heavies are awesome all the way up.

Katamari Democracy
Jan 19, 2010

Guess what! :love:
Guess what this is? :love:
A Post, Just for you! :love:
Wedge Regret
Oh the italian heavy. For me the only good one is the tier 9.

Shaman Tank Spec
Dec 26, 2003

*blep*



Katamari Democracy posted:

Oh the italian heavy. For me the only good one is the tier 9.

Yeah, and even that doesn't really compare to the Emil II. And the Rinoceronte is a bad joke.

Cross post from the Comics thread, this could be the Caliban's HE shell velocity.

My Lovely Horse posted:

Spot catches a bullet (20/1936)



The title is just as :ohdear: in the original

BadLlama
Jan 13, 2006

I actually enjoy the T10 Rino.

Mesadoram
Nov 4, 2009

Serious Business
I don't think ramming will ever not be fun.

https://giant.gfycat.com/FrailBelovedDragonfly.mp4

ZogrimAteMyHamster
Dec 8, 2015

Despite the HE having been hammered to the point of near-uselessness, I still like rolling out the Alecto with the 25-pdr. Sure I don't get anywhere close to the absurd damage of old, but watching a permatracked player spin their turret around in a blind panic as they're lumped in the drivewheel by HE every five seconds will never not be funny.

Mesadoram posted:

I don't think ramming will ever not be fun.

https://giant.gfycat.com/FrailBelovedDragonfly.mp4

Especially with something as heavy and fast at the E75 TS :buddy:

Katamari Democracy
Jan 19, 2010

Guess what! :love:
Guess what this is? :love:
A Post, Just for you! :love:
Wedge Regret

BadLlama posted:

I actually enjoy the T10 Rino.

I would ask why




At least the skin looks cool

I just cant get over on how much you are always caught with your pants down in this tank. And your only real counter basically strips you of nothing more than a heavy tank, no armor, and no gun.

The only way I can have fun in this tank is if I am only with other tanks. Thats pretty much it. If you are the last one standing you might as well fall back. And good look doing that in this drat thing.

ZogrimAteMyHamster
Dec 8, 2015



:anime:

BIG HEADLINE
Jun 13, 2006

"Stand back, Ottawan ruffian, or face my lumens!"
Advent Day 21, Lorraine 40t, 9900g

Mesadoram
Nov 4, 2009

Serious Business



(It is an absolute monster)

BIG HEADLINE posted:

Advent Day 21, Lorraine 40t, 9900g

I know I shouldn't want it, but I do.

JuffoWup
Mar 28, 2012

Mesadoram posted:



(It is an absolute monster)

I know I shouldn't want it, but I do.

Why? It is an amx 50 100 with less hp...

Mesadoram
Nov 4, 2009

Serious Business

JuffoWup posted:

Why? It is an amx 50 100 with less hp...

The collector in me says to get it.

ZogrimAteMyHamster
Dec 8, 2015

Mesadoram posted:



(It is an absolute monster)

Along with the Obj. 703-II, it was a good day for getting premium guff to train crews :unsmith:

Okay so maybe I could also have done with a Tornvagn to buff up some crew before researching & buying the Kranvagn (my Emil II crew is absolutely staying put!), but after encountering the former numerous times, it's just such a laughably situational vehicle that I'd rather not. I'll just piss around in the M/42-57 for a bit, train up some berks and then forget what they were even recruited for in a month's time.

MariusLecter
Sep 5, 2009

NI MUERTE NI MIEDO
http://wotreplays.eu/site/6112297#pilsen-mariuslecter-is-3-ii






CaliBAMMED
https://i.imgur.com/Whg6rx9.mp4

Oof. Should have aimed for the side of the pike.
https://i.imgur.com/VIJfZbP.mp4

Two to 69
https://i.imgur.com/7G3vklT.mp4

Blam.
https://i.imgur.com/WQQCraG.mp4

Several more double shots I should probably clip. Had one game where I rushed in and got 4 in a row on different tanks as me and platoon mates swept through a flank. Should put that in a single compilation clip.

MariusLecter fucked around with this message at 08:54 on Dec 21, 2021

Mesadoram
Nov 4, 2009

Serious Business
IS-3-II is such an amazing tank.

BadLlama
Jan 13, 2006

^^ Truth


I think people poo poo on it too much. It is another classic tank where WGing calls it a Heavy but if you play it like a pushing heavy you are in for a bad time.

Shaman Tank Spec
Dec 26, 2003

*blep*



Mesadoram posted:

I know I shouldn't want it, but I do.

It's a better Bat-Chat. But a worse Borat.

It's a fun tank.

BadLlama posted:

I think people poo poo on it too much. It is another classic tank where WGing calls it a Heavy but if you play it like a pushing heavy you are in for a bad time.

Of course since it's a T10 heavy, chances are the enemy team will have a Vz-55, an Object 279(e), a Kranvagn or something else that you're totally the equal to as your opposite and then you're effed.

Shaman Tank Spec fucked around with this message at 17:08 on Dec 21, 2021

BadLlama
Jan 13, 2006

Shaman Tank Spec posted:

Of course since it's a T10 heavy, chances are the enemy team will have a Vz-55, an Object 279(e), a Kranvagn or something else that you're totally the equal to as your opposite and then you're effed.

You can make that argument for any tier 10 that isn't meta though.

Shaman Tank Spec
Dec 26, 2003

*blep*



BadLlama posted:

You can make that argument for any tier 10 that isn't meta though.

You can but you can especially make that argument for any kinda bad T10, especially if they should be a medium.

BadLlama
Jan 13, 2006

56% WR
2,700 WN8
3,129 avg damage per game

I make mine work *shrug*

All I am trying to say is I do not agree with the massive bad rap its got, there are worse T10's and there are also better T10's. It is actually a fairly balanced tank for once.

BadLlama fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Dec 21, 2021

BIG HEADLINE
Jun 13, 2006

"Stand back, Ottawan ruffian, or face my lumens!"
gently caress the T 56. Sure, the stats are great on paper, but the gun is loving trash outside of 200m and every dripping nose fuckshit knows exactly where to shoot to pen it.

Also: how to make almost 350k silver off of Arnie: https://thearmoredpatrol.com/2021/12/21/wot-holiday-ops-make-the-most-profit-with-arnolds-discounts/

And tomorrow's Advent tank is the Object 252U for 10100g. It's the standard 252U, not the Defender.

BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 05:04 on Dec 22, 2021

Raged
Jul 21, 2003

A revolution of beats

BIG HEADLINE posted:


And tomorrow's Advent tank is the Object 252U for 10100g. It's the standard 252U, not the Defender.


Is it worth the gold?

BIG HEADLINE
Jun 13, 2006

"Stand back, Ottawan ruffian, or face my lumens!"

Raged posted:

Is it worth the gold?

It's a better no-frills Soviet premium heavy than the IS-6, that's for drat sure.

Very trolly armor from the front, especially if you can hide the lower glacis, and the cupolas aren't fuckoff huge.

BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 06:19 on Dec 22, 2021

Shaman Tank Spec
Dec 26, 2003

*blep*



Raged posted:

Is it worth the gold?

It's not as broken OP as it used to be back in the day but it still has very good frontal armour. Against T8s and most T9s you're very hard to pen frontally even with gold, and you can laugh off anything lower tiered. The gun has typical soviet gun stats so you won't be sniping poo poo with it.

I personally prefer the 50tp Prototype which has slightly less armour but a lot better gun handling but vOv

Atomizer
Jun 24, 2007




The tl;dr is that HTs are generally worth the most, and below tier 4 tanks aren't worth much at all. You might already have those specific tanks in your garage (i.e. the B1 if you don't have the B2, the T1HT because you were already saving up for the Yoh [mama] line, etc.) so a similar HT at each tier should yield similar profit.

MariusLecter
Sep 5, 2009

NI MUERTE NI MIEDO
http://wotreplays.eu/site/6114078#mines-mariuslecter-m-iv-y


Mesadoram
Nov 4, 2009

Serious Business
https://worldoftanks.com/en/news/premium-shop/advent-calendar-2021-day-22/

I uh, kinda don't want to play anything close to T8s today.

McGavin
Sep 18, 2012

So apparently I bought my large boxes before they changed the post and Wargaming finally got around to giving the compensation. Logging in has been a treat as I wait for them to give me 75 antiduplicator charges.

One.

At.

A.

Time.

Shaman Tank Spec
Dec 26, 2003

*blep*



Mesadoram posted:

https://worldoftanks.com/en/news/premium-shop/advent-calendar-2021-day-22/

I uh, kinda don't want to play anything close to T8s today.

The matchmaker has been just a nonstop fiesta of Skoda T56s, Object 703vIIs, Skorpions and Progettos for the past week anyway so it doesn't really even feel like anything anymore. gently caress it, Defenders for every 35% winrate tomato, gently caress it.

Captain Blaargh
Apr 27, 2007

Yeah yeah yeah. How about some Scotch whiskey? You got any of that around here, or just a bunch of nonsense words?

Shaman Tank Spec posted:

The matchmaker has been just a nonstop fiesta of Skoda T56s, Object 703vIIs, Skorpions and Progettos for the past week anyway so it doesn't really even feel like anything anymore. gently caress it, Defenders for every 35% winrate tomato, gently caress it.

It's happened before, it'll happen again. Might as well get in a good tier 9 or 10 and farm away.

Alternatively play those tanks and surprise people who think you're just another idiot in the swarm who just bought one.

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MariusLecter
Sep 5, 2009

NI MUERTE NI MIEDO
https://i.imgur.com/Crz0cqf.mp4

https://i.imgur.com/4PAihla.mp4

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