So, World of Tanks, I play it, here's some criticism.

[DarkUnderlord]

Yeah DPM is nice in concept but relies on you delivering that damage over that minute. Most of the time you all you want to do is get off one good shot and then get back behind cover.

In other news, finally got the Batchat. And uggh... Didn't realise they'd nerfed it's agility a fair few months ago. Thing turns like a slug and loses speed along the way. And then they add the Obj 140.

 

[Tel Velothi]

So the new patch 8.9 is out.

New German TD pure sniper line and you get for free T7 Combat Car tier II light tank.

 

[Gregz]

So the new patch 8.9 is out.

New German TD.

For the low, low price of ~20,000 gold you too can free-xp your way to the T10 and drive it for a month before they nerf it into the ground.

 

[eklektyk]

they last broke netcode and still i hear its borked ...so for now i will avoid ...got shit to grind elswhere anyways ...

 

[eklektyk]

soooooo

new german Waffles ...any thoughts???

 

[Zdzisiu]

Haven't try them myself but I've seen them in action, checked the stats and watched some reviews and all I can say is that they are gimmicky as hell. Tier V has a tier VIII gun that gets 194 mm penetration on normal rounds, you will very rarely meet anything thats needs such high pen to damaged. This gun also has a nice ROF and alpha, the only thing that is perhaps a bit lacking is aimtime of 2.3. Also, this tank if fairly mobile despite being very big and looking like a god damn toaster on tracks. Oh, and forget about any ammount of armor, the whole line has paper thin armor all around (With the exception of tier 10 frontal hull armor but nobody will shot it there). So those tanks are prime targets for artillery and HE shells that nearly always penetrate and do huge amount of damage.
Next in line Nashorn. And it contine the tradition of having a ridiculous gun. It gets the same gun as Tier VII jagdpanther, being one tier lower. With 203 mm penetration you will very rarely have the need to load gold ammo. Maybe for some of the tier VIII heavies from the front. This gun also gives the tank a pretty nice dps through good ROF. As for mobility, people say that it is supprisingly mobile, can go to the top 40km/h on flat surface so you will get to the sniping spot in time for the enemy to be arriving. It also has a decent cammo rating and an acceptable gun traverse so you dont need to move your hull all the time and lose the 40% of your cammo. It is pure second/third line sniper and a good one at that.

Then you have the Pz.Sfl.V aka Sturer Emil. It gets a tier IX gun because fuck it. 231 mm pen, 490 alpha, the gun seems good on paper. It also has a ridiculous gun depresion, on the level of Dicker Max, where the gun nearly clip through the hull. A huge drawback of this tank is its mobility as people say that this thing is slow as a turtle and getting up slopes is a pain in the ass. It also gets only 15 rounds max so you will have to be either very careful with your shots or face the fact that you will run out of ammo pretty often.

Then you have the tier VIII, IX and X which have fully traversable turrets. I cant give you more info on those tank as I dont know much about them, but the tier X has a clip damage of 3360/3000 depending on which gun you prefer to use on it as both of them have their advantages and disadvantages.

All in all, I will probably get to Nashorn in some time, if they wont nerf it too bad in the next patches and see if Im willing to grind further.

 

[Gregz]

soooooo

new german Waffles ...any thoughts???

I'm driving the tier VIII and it's OP.

 

[eklektyk]

it looks like i will need to get da grind goin and get me dat bus thingie [ i hear its just fabolous>tm< ]

 

[Haba]

So guys... I am watching WoT videos and my dick is all hard and MoW:AS is getting old...

How painful will it be to get into WoT at this point?

 

[Gregz]

So guys... I am watching WoT videos and my dick is all hard and MoW:AS is getting old...

How painful will it be to get into WoT at this point?

Well, truth be told...and I've been playing almost 2 years...the reason I kept at it, was because I was so pissed off from getting my ass beat. So I kept playing, practiced, and now it is I who pounds ass...oh yes I do.

New targets players are joining every day, so you should have no more trouble than I did.
But you should play Swords and Potions 2 instead Haba, we still have a spot open you know.

Or, you could do what I do and play both.

 

[Haba]

22 battles a day...

Hrrrrrrnnng. I just can't get into something too grindy at this point.

 

[Haba]

One weekend later...

Oh god this shit is the worst kind of drug. I knew it, I knew it.

WG consists of some sort of megajews. I can see how this will turn out: progress to the mid-tiers, then gradually start turning the screws so you lose money instead of gaining it (without premium).

A big sale coming up (and daily offers). I think I'll invest in some 100% crews at least. Anything else b. gud?

 

[Jugashvili]

That's exactly what happens. The point where people start losing money is around tier 7-ish. You can get around it, of course, by keeping a few good "cash cow" tanks. Tier 8 premiums are great money makers, as are many regular tier 5s. The French BDR feels like a poor man's premium, at times, due to the insane amounts of cash it can rake in.

 

[Gregz]

One weekend later...

Oh god this shit is the worst kind of drug. I knew it, I knew it.

WG consists of some sort of megajews. I can see how this will turn out: progress to the mid-tiers, then gradually start turning the screws so you lose money instead of gaining it (without premium).

A big sale coming up (and daily offers). I think I'll invest in some 100% crews at least. Anything else b. gud?

Hah!

My best advice is to watch for the weekend specials, they are announced late Thursday nights. They offer good bonuses that can ease the grind a bit.

 

[roll-a-die]

That's exactly what happens. The point where people start losing money is around tier 7-ish. You can get around it, of course, by keeping a few good "cash cow" tanks. Tier 8 premiums are great money makers, as are many regular tier 5s. The French BDR feels like a poor man's premium, at times, due to the insane amounts of cash it can rake in.

I have a tier 6 premium, and 2 tier 5 premiums, as well as a tier 8 premium. And I will say this, unless you have a pay account the difference in earnings is not much until the tier 8 premium. Then it's practically impossibru to lose money, especially if you have payed for the subscription times. Once you get a payed aaccount the differences are so completely noticeable, it's not even funny, a kv-5+premium account=printing money.

 

[Zdzisiu]

The special for 20-22 Dec is a very nice one. 2x experience and 1.5x crew experience for every random battle, no matter if win or loss. Connect that with premium time being on discount too and you can get some serious grinding on that weekend.

 

[Elim]

I hate this fucking game.
Stupid gold ammo bullshit.

A friend in an Is4 and me in the glorious Jagdpanzer E100 are holding a bad flank alone. We kill so many Tier 10 tanks that it is just embarrassing for them. He is sidescraping in front of me, i'm using him as cover to guard my lower glacis. And some fucktard in a Foch just shoots right through my superstructure.

 

[Gregz]

I hate this fucking game.

lololo

Everyone who plays says that!

 

[Elim]

Yeah i know, but come on, it is true.
WoT is strange, i can rage about it like there is no tomorrow, but then...i'm still playing it since beta.

 

[Haba]

When it is shit, it's really really shit.

But when it is fun, it's great. Despite all the odds.

Last night I was grinding my Marder II as usual. Tier III/IV game as usual (trololol). Most of the team either rushes forward or camps behind, as usual. So the TD has to push, as usual.

Pretty soon it is just me, a T3 scout and T3 medium left. So me and the medium perform incredible heroics on a hill: 5vs2, but we win. Another enemy manages to take the medium out but I avenge him. From the initial 5:10 we're at 12:13. Someone is capping our base. Me and the scout rush to see what's going on. Catch the enemy medium unaware but he gives our scout a further trashing.

I spot the capper. A fucking Hetzer. Three frontal hits from me, zero penetration. The fucker has 4 kills and doesn't want to give them up. He bails in the forest. Me and the scout flank him, but he's nowhere to be found.

Time is ticking out, so I decide to rush the enemy cap. Three minutes. I see the final enemy scout, bring him to 95%, our scout appears from nowhere and finishes him off. 2:30. We're both capping the enemy base, and I am sure the fucking Hetzer is on his way as well. There the fucker is! I fire, frontal hit, no penetration. Hetzer kills the scout. I fire again, missing the lower glacis. No penetration. The Hetzer is on to me. I fire for a third time, the shot finally connects but doesn't kill the bastard.

I have no such luck with my tin can Marder.

Fun game though.

 

[eklektyk]

well it can be fun but soooo many tomatoes and shit is hard on some games ....

i came back and its still same old, same old

as to tanks u may try buyin prem tierV [soviet church is my fav] they will soon be on 50% discount and beside printing credits they are ok to play[and limited MM gives more chances for fun]

 

[Haba]

I seemed to recall that fast T2 scout was a fun van to troll the low tier games, so on drunken whim I decided to buy it since it was on discount.

Uh... yeah. The matchmaking constantly throws that into tier 4 games. The scout that has trouble penetrating tier 2 armour. Gotta love the company for trolling their customers so. I am always the only tier 2 tank in the match. Wouldn't be so bad if I at least had decent signal range on the thing so I could actually scout with it...

 

[Gregz]

I seemed to recall that fast T2 scout was a fun van to troll the low tier games, so on drunken whim I decided to buy it since it was on discount.

Uh... yeah. The matchmaking constantly throws that into tier 4 games. The scout that has trouble penetrating tier 2 armour. Gotta love the company for trolling their customers so. I am always the only tier 2 tank in the match. Wouldn't be so bad if I at least had decent signal range on the thing so I could actually scout with it...

Light tanks, i.e. scouts, get higher tiering.

http://wiki.worldoftanks.com/Battle_Mechanics

 

[Haba]

Yeah, but premiums seem to have special matchmaking. I _never_ get thrown to tier 4 games with my other light tanks.

 

[Gregz]

Yeah, but premiums seem to have special matchmaking. I _never_ get thrown to tier 4 games with my other light tanks.

Some do, some don't, depends on the tank. Lowe does not for instance, whereas the Type 59 does.

 

[fizzelopeguss]

I seemed to recall that fast T2 scout was a fun van to troll the low tier games, so on drunken whim I decided to buy it since it was on discount.

Uh... yeah. The matchmaking constantly throws that into tier 4 games. The scout that has trouble penetrating tier 2 armour. Gotta love the company for trolling their customers so. I am always the only tier 2 tank in the match. Wouldn't be so bad if I at least had decent signal range on the thing so I could actually scout with it...

Still a retarded legacy feature that needs to fucking die already, very few of these pre/early war light tanks are actually able to scout