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Okay, can some clan wars players please explain to me these CW changes? Are they seriously forcing you to participate in a tournament to defend land you already own? Also lol why did they not post the weekend special yet. Oh wait nevermind there isn't a weekend special, okay whatever. Get your poo poo together WGA.
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How to win T10 games? Chi snipe your rear end off in a 1390 Spotted half the team pushing east and no one bothered shooting. I get lit and take 3 shells instantly. Farm 2900 damage with 100 HP. 
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Exia00 posted:How to win T10 games? Gonna pretend this didn't happen.
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Hellsau posted:Also lol why did they not post the weekend special yet. Oh wait nevermind there isn't a weekend special, okay whatever. Get your poo poo together WGA.
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Wait, how much is a EU account with a type 59, kv 5, kv220, e25 and various premium tanks, but no tier 10 tanks worth? I would have to include the warships account as well, right? 2k battles, 1500 wn8, 52% win in tanks. More money then sense or time...
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Well they made some more changes to the Grille 15. Still going to be poo poo. Has 100 Degrees of turret traverse now. and got 9 more ap pen. Crosshair bloom got nerfed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kapTa7Ut_64 Exia00 fucked around with this message at 16:03 on Oct 31, 2015 |
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Oct 31, 2015 15:58
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The aimtime on the Grille 15 is now down to 2.3 from 2.8 and the shell velocity got a big boost. It's going to be a laser cannon.
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Oct 31, 2015 16:59
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Yeah I don't know how you can look at those stats and think it's going to be poo poo. It might not be as broken as the WTE100 but it looks like a solid TD.
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0,24/0,2 bloom is a pretty massive downside. No VStab either. I'd call those changes an overall nerf for it.
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Dear American/English speakers, it's Grille not Grill, there is an E at the end there. And it's still going to be a big paper TD with limited traverse, not to mention worst pen among the T10 TDs.
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T-40 Skoda After the defeat of Germany in WWII, Czechoslovakia had a chance to return to its status as one of the world's biggest tank builders. To help them, they had six years of "inheritance" from being forced to work for their occupants. The experience, documentation, and equipment helped out during the first post-war decade, which turned out to be the most active. For many reasons, both economical and political, many projects from the time not only did not enter mass production, but did not even reach the prototype stage. Nevertheless, they represent a monument to technical thought and deserve detailed exploration. One of those tanks is the Skoda T-40. Muddled intentions of military minds In 1945, the military formed a list of tactical-technical requirements for a vehicle called Všeobecného Použití (All Purpose Vehicle) or TVP. The military wanted a medium tank with 65 mm of armour and an 88 mm gun, capable of reaching a speed of 50 kph. As secondary armament, the TVP would have a paired machinegun and flamethrower. Workers from the Military-Technical University (VTU) performed a colossal amount of work, creating a whole family of tanks with small differences. In his work on Czech vehicles between 1945 and 1955, historian Martin Dubanec credited Skoda with these vehicles, but this was corrected by another Czech historian, Irzhi Tintera. In reality, VTU and Skoda went with similar, but different designs. Both the VTU project and the requirements for it were more of a concept than a technical solution. It is known that the tank was supposed to have a spring suspension, six road wheels, and three return idlers. The suspension was designed rather loosely, and would have to undergo a deep and long design process. It was still unknown how the tank would be powered. Unlike specialists from the VTU, Skoda engineers did not just envision an approximate design, but made calculations for their "parallel" medium tank. Even though some design details are similar, there are more differences than similarities between the projects. T-40: Thought through, but not implemented The VTU design had a complex turret with a V-shaped front. The T-40 had a simpler design, similar to Krupp's turrets. This is no coincidence, as Skoda worked with Krupp during WWII and even built some Tiger II hulls and turrets. The caliber requirement demanded an 88 mm gun, effectively the German KwK 36, like on the German Tiger. The Czechoslovak variant lacked a muzzle brake. The flamethrower was eventually dropped, and the designers settled on a coaxial machinegun. The T-40 mantlet was similar to the one designed by Krupp for "narrow" Panther turrets. Unlike the TVP's engine, which was unclear, Skoda's design had an almost ready solution for their tank, with the X-shaped air cooled Skoda 16ADH140 700 hp at 2000 RPM engine. Even though that engine did not meet the hp/ton requirements, it could accelerate the tank to the necessary 50 kph. The T-40 used more advanced torsion bars instead of springs. The main problem of both the T-40 and TVP was insufficient armour, but it would be incorrect to blame the designers for this. The military based its requirements on the T-34-85, which was hardly the most protected tank at the time. With the exception of its armour, the Skoda tank was a modern and interesting design. Without copying either German or Soviet designs, the T-40 was a mix of solutions from two of the most powerful tank building schools of thought, resulting in a harmonious and original vehicle, which was sadly never built in metal.
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Infected posted:Dear American/English speakers, it's Grille not Grill, there is an E at the end there. Doesn't that depend on how easy it burns?
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Infected posted:Dear American/English speakers, it's Grille not Grill, there is an E at the end there. Dear non-English speaker, do you know how English phonetics work? You do not pronounce the "e" at the end of words. If it is a word from a foreign language, and you want the pronunciation preserved you need to preserve the accents in the spelling. So if you want--that's a weird concept in itself--Grille to be pronounced Grill/e/ in English, you'd have to keep the accent egu, and spell it Grillé. Otherwise, the anglicized pronunciation of Grille that you keep hearing is exactly the correct English pronunciation.  Your other option is to change the spelling of the word to match English phonetics. So you could spell it Grillay... Edit Oh, while I'm at it, in English, two L's make hard L sounds, not the Y sound as in French. So if your complaining about our lack of pronunciation of the E in Grille, you should also complain about the L sounds. ZombieLenin fucked around with this message at 00:46 on Nov 1, 2015 |
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ZombieLenin posted:Dear non-English speaker, do you know how English phonetics work? You do not pronounce the "e" at the end of words. it's a german word, not a french one you gigantic moron
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quit game, come back to thread for ZL's posting never change
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TheFluff posted:it's a german word, not a french one you gigantic moron look all you euros act and sound the same to us yankees
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Just so the other amerigoons know, we eurogoons don't think ZL is in any way representative of the the American people or the American education system and we assume that him getting a phd was some sort of 1 in a million fluke. You have all our sympathy. Furthermore I'd like to confirm that German and French are indeed two very different languages, shut the gently caress up you colossal moron. edit : it's spelled "accent aigu" Creamed Cormp fucked around with this message at 01:34 on Nov 1, 2015 |
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WitchFetish posted:Just so the other amerigoons know, we eurogoons don't think ZL is in any way representative of the the American people or the American education system and we assume that him getting a phd was some sort of 1 in a million fluke. You have all our sympathy. This kind of damning with faint praise is the best kind of eurohumor.
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ZombieLenin posted:Dear non-English speaker, do you know how English phonetics work? You do not pronounce the "e" at the end of words. I want to seriousreply to this but I remember the shitstorm that happened with Gavin the last time I did, so I'll refrain. WitchFetish posted:Just so the other amerigoons know, we eurogoons don't think ZL is in any way representative of the the American people or the American education system and we assume that him getting a phd was some sort of 1 in a million fluke. You have all our sympathy. Confirming that ZL is exactly representative of the American education system, unfortunately.  And to be perfectly honest, I don't even have an issue with him.
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As an unwashed eurogoon currently enjoying the US education system, I can confirm that it is, in fact, a joke.
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Duzzy Funlop posted:As an unwashed eurogoon currently enjoying the US education system, I can confirm that it is, in fact, a joke. Hey! Only WE can say that! loving racist. 
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WitchFetish posted:Just so the other amerigoons know, we eurogoons don't think ZL is in any way representative of the the American people or the American education system and we assume that him getting a phd was some sort of 1 in a million fluke. You have all our sympathy. You haven't met many PhDs have you? Getting a PhD in Europe (except in Sweden) is actually easier than in US. Typucally no demands for any publications and if you are in Spain, learning English is optional. No one should get impressed by someone with a PhD.
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Cardiac posted:You haven't met many PhDs have you? Oh you didn't know? I have a PhD...a Pretty Huge oh wait I already used this one, nm. Anyways, the Halloween garage in WoT is whispering to me and it's creeping me the gently caress out. 
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This'll give you an idea about how hard it is to get a higher education in the States vs. how much we reward people for the effort. We make people pursuing masters degrees take on tens of thousands of dollars in debt for their effort. Then we might give them the chance to teach part time at several different colleges. Their 60+ hour work weeks can still earn them less than doing temp work full time.
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The only way we Americans are going to learn how to pronounce a foreign heathen word correctly is if its on a drive up menu at a fast food restaurant. Also the replacement is necessary but in typical wargaming fashion, poorly thought out and stupid. If they had taken a Panther hull, slapped a non autoloading 128mm gun on it, at least it would be consistent with the line. Let it be kinda fast too. Or just remove the autoloader from the WTE100 and be done with it. Or poo poo, keep the autoloader on the 150mm, but it can only fire HE shells. At least that would be hilarious.
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SEA has the new M4A1 rev-something on sale and the Rudy. Ho hum. Interesting that the different servers go for different tanks on sale. Don't think the scorpions been sold yet in SEA for example, or I haven't shor any at least.
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Bunch of new stuff for sale in NA, not sure if I'd pull the trigger but they seem less outrageous than the poo poo this past month: http://worldoftanks.com/en/news/pc-browser/31/appetizers-big-game/ https://na.wargaming.net/shop/wot/main/
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i'm going to pronounce grille like guile but with an r
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Blindeye posted:Bunch of new stuff for sale in NA, not sure if I'd pull the trigger but they seem less outrageous than the poo poo this past month: The Russian and German packs have appeared on the SEA server as well. Did you guys really have a TOG/Sexton 1 pack? Amazing.
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ZombieLenin posted:Dear non-English speaker, do you know how English phonetics work? You do not pronounce the "e" at the end of words. I am sick so sorry im late posting this. 
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Bleremiah posted:The Russian and German packs have appeared on the SEA server as well. Did you guys really have a TOG/Sexton 1 pack? Amazing. At the start of October, they had a promo foretelling three tank packages: the Hellhound, the Tankacabra, and the Two-Headed Monster. The Hellhound was the BT-SV. Cool but not worth $99.99 you loving morons. The Tanacabra was the US Scorpion. I played it for 15 games, won 3500 gold, and am still not sure whether it was worth bothering with. The Two-Headed Monster was actually a bundle with the TOG II and the Sexton I. The Sexton I is less than worthless, and the TOG II might be fine in #snapshotmeta but it's just so disappointing to play because enemy tanks can just suicide into you while your teammates in direct sight of those enemy tanks refuse to fire at them. gently caress pubbies.
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i wouldn't lift a finger to help a TOG either. maybe clean up afterward.
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Armoured cars of the pre-tank era How do you protect a soldier from bullets, fragments, and shrapnel? Can you quickly move a machinegun or a cannon over tens of kilometers without using horses? These problems were solved with cars at the start of the 20th century. By that time, they moved past the stage of awkward boxes on wheels. There were no more problems with speed, carrying capacity, or off-road performance. The military had its carrying platform and decided to protect the crew and driver with armoured plates. This is how the armoured car was born. Here is some information about some armoured cars of the pre-tank era. Astro-Daimler Panzerwagen This is one of the first armoured cars in history, designed and built in Austria-Hungary in 1905. The design was ahead of its time, and it's no wonder, as it was designed by a representative of the famous engineering dynasty, Paul Daimler. He added a series of features which later became classic: all wheel drive, a fully armoured hull, a hemispherical turret with a port for a 7.7 mm Maxim gun (later there were two). The front and side armour was 3.5 mm thick, the turret armour was 4 mm thick. The armoured plates were curved, increasing protection. Daimler was right to be proud of his design. One thing remained: a successful demonstration and an order from the Imperial army. The project met its end due to the sound of its engine. It frightened the horses of some high ranking people attending the trials. Emperor Franz-Joseph was discouraged and infuriated. He claimed that there is no room for these vehicles on a battlefield and left Daimler no chances. Minerva Belgium was one of the first countries to hear the thunder of the Great War in 1914. Lieutenant Charles Ankar of the Belgian General Staff drove to the battlefield in his personal car. In order to protect his life, he armoured it. Ankar's superiors considered his experience promising. Several other Minervas were covered in armour, armed with 8 mm Hotchkiss machineguns, and sent into battle. These cars showed themselves well during the maneuver period of the First World War, turning out to be an unpleasant surprise for the Germans. However, once positional warfare started, Minervas became harder to use. As a result, the Belgian armoured car squadron was gifted to Emperor Nikolai II and moved to the Russian front. After the end of WWI, Minervas were repeatedly modernized and remained in service wit the Belgian army until 1935. Rolls-Royce Armoured Car Today, Rolls-Royce cars are a symbol of luxury more than a method of transportation. Little is known about the military career of this car. In 1914, the famous Silver Ghost was armoured by the British, following the Belgian Minerva design. It was covered with 8-9 mm thick armour, with a rear fighting compartment. The turret had a cylindrical turret with sloped sides to increase protection. It also featured a platform big enough to transport several soldiers or equipment. The Rolls-Royce was armed with a heavy 7.7 mm Vickers machinegun, propelled by an excellent 6-cylinder engine. The first three vehicles were ready and sent to Europe in December of 1914. By that time, the war became positional, and the effectiveness of armoured cars became limited. Nevertheless, these cars participated in battle inside the United Kingdom in 1916 during the Easter Uprising in Dublin. Rolls-Royce armoured cars fought alongside improvised armoured cars built with boilers from the Guinness brewery on three-ton trucks. The last Rolls-Royce armoured cars were used by Great Britain as late as 1944. Bussing A5P As a rule, armoured cars on the battlefields of WWI earned their way there through a tender, but there were exceptions. Facing the first armoured cars of the Entente armies, the Germans attempted a symmetric response to their enemy. The Bussing prototype was inferior to its competitors, but still managed to make it to the battle. The Bussing A5P was a rather large all wheel drive car. This design differed from others with its rear and front driver's compartments and the ability to bring a large amount of guns on target. The Bussing had ten portholes for machineguns, but only three were fixed in place. The crew (10 men) were supposed to move between the remaining ones. All three assembled Bussing A5Ps participated in battle on the Western Front. When Romania entered the war on the side of the Entente in 1916, the armoured cars were sent there. These grotesque children of WWI survived the war. The last Bussing was lost somewhere in the Ukrainian steppe during the Russian Civil War. Russo-Balt Type S The first Russian armoured car was designed and sent to production in a surprisingly short time. Minister of War V.A. Sukhomlinov approved the project on August 17th, 1914, and in mid-October Nikolai II wrote in his diary: "At 11:00, on the palace grounds, I was shown a newly formed company of cars with 47 mm guns, machineguns, and steel shields. It leaves for a campaign." The hurried design stunned the enemy. Its 5 mm chrome-nickel armour reliably protected the front and rear of the Russo-Balt, and the 3.5 mm sides could still take a hit. The secret to its protection lay in the sloping of the armour, designed by Colonel A.N. Dobrzhanskiy and engineer Staff Captain A.Ya. Grawen. The Russo-Balt was armed with a menacing trio of 7.62 mm Maxim machineguns, but the machineguns had to be supported with cannon fire. Steel-lined gun trucks were only a band-aid solution. As a result, the Garford cannon-armed armoured car was built. Austin Minister Sukhomlinov wanted to increase the size of his armoured car park after approving the Russo-Balt by buying armoured cars from Entente allies. British-made Austin armoured cars were ordered in the fall of 1914 and arrived in Russia by the end of the year. These two-machinegun armoured cars with horizontal armoured plates demonstrated a weak transmission and vulnerable armour. Despite that, a second batch of Austins was bought in March of 1915. In November 1915, commander of the Reserve Armoured Company Captain Khaletskiy made a series of comments about the design: "One exit hatch in the side... Small internal volume... Difficulty steering while reversing... Lack of space for a spare wheel..." It is hard to tell if this was nitpicking or reasonable criticism. In August of 1916, the Military Directorate ordered another 60 Austin armoured cars and the same number of chassis for domestically built cars. The latter had doubled driver's controls. Khaletskiy's criticism must have been heard. Garford-Putilov The idea of a fully fledged cannon-armed armoured car was brought to fruition by the chief of the infantry officer school, N.M. Filatov. American five-ton Garford trucks were a suitable chassis for the project. 33 cars were shipped to Petrograd in December of 1914. Assembly began at the Putilov factory in January. The Garford's size allowed the use of thicker armour (6.5 mm), mostly placed vertically. Since the engine and fuel tanks were placed above and to the left and right of the driver and commander, armour protection was of utmost importance. The slow but powerful trucks were armed with the 76 mm anti-assault mod. 1910 gun and three Maxim guns. The vehicles were assigned to machinegun armoured car platoons, reinforcing a duo of Austins. Each Garford had a personal name. These armoured cars fought in WWI, Civil War, and small wars of he 1920s and 1930s. AB Ansaldo Italy entered WWI on the side of the Entente in 1915. The Joe Ansaldo company designed a machinegun armoured car for the army. The 60 hp engine let the car accelerate to 70 kph. The hull was made from chrome-nickel steel. The armament of the Automobile Blindato Ansaldo consisted of three machineguns in a two-level turret. The crew consisted of 6 men. The Ansaldo fought at the Austro-Hungarian border, and later against the Germany army. In late January of 1916, the creators of the Ansaldo armoured car sent a proposal to the Russian GAU for a purchase. The armoured car's protection was advertised to be "...protected with special armour, impermeable from 100 meters to the bullet of the Italian model 1891 rifle. The motor and wheels are completely protected by shields." The Italians asked for blueprints of machineguns and data on shells of Russian artillery, allegedly to modify the armoured car. The Ansaldo did not have a chance to fight on the Russian front, but they had a much more exotic fate. After the Spanish Civil War they fought in the African campaign of the Italian army. Archer In the summer of 1915, the "Archer automobile-machinegun" was offered to the Russian War Directorate by the French engineer J. Archer. The French hyped up their design, and its characteristics were quite high: a four-cylinder 16 hp engine, top speed of 60 kph, 7 mm chrome-nickel armour. The only armament was a rear-mounted machinegun. The creator of Russian armoured car forces Major-General P.I. Sekretev familiarized himself with this proposal and categorically declined: "... the Archer armoured car does not protect the crew from shrapnel, its engine is weak for Russian roads, one machinegun is insufficient, moving backwards is difficult... The starter is complicated and unreliable."
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quote:- Object 416 was not mass produced because it's basically a SPG and a strange one too. So we just it made a medium tank, perfect.
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Infected posted:So we just it made a medium tank, perfect. In a world where the Panther can be a light tank (  ) anything is possible if you believe~
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Infected posted:So we just it made a medium tank, perfect. At least that choice is a good one because we get to drive the Best Tier 8 Medium. Wargaming fakes are just fine if we get fun and good tanks in return. Such as the 3cm on the Luchs.
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Control Volume posted:the obsession with stats is the worst thing to happen to this game, and to this thread No poo poo. It's loving depressing. Every time I sit here in this chair and I am following up on my weekly reading of this thread, I think about opening the launcher. I do it, and then I think about hitting the play button. And then I'm there in my garage - looking at all of those tanks, and not wanting to play any of them because I've always got stats in the back of my head, gnawing at my brain. It would only be worse if I was actually good at the game. That is the most frustrating part.
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ZombieLenin posted:Dear non-English speaker, do you know how English phonetics work? You do not pronounce the "e" at the end of words. Maybe - but then again, maybe not.
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Stats are fun if you can control yourself and not let tryhardism take over. Like, I'm pretty good compared to most players but I play for fun primarily, rather than to prove something about myself to other players, so I'll never get to the top 5%. I just don't care enough. Better stats are just a vague goal to aim for besides, you know, playing the game itself, for fun and enjoyment. I get better through self-reflection and a modest amount of game research. This is a healthy, balanced mindset and makes the game quite meditative.
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Terrorist Fistbump posted:Stats are fun if you can control yourself and not let tryhardism take over. I'm a lawyer. Just kidding. I try to not tryhard.
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