World of Tanks Beta

[Rheinmetall]

Thats actually really good. Mine had held steady at 56% until the last couple of days. All of a sudden I have had a big run of bad, bad luck. For example, had a 0-10 streak in trying to get a daily double win out of my A32. Ugh. So it dropped to 55%...still respectable, but I certainly want to get it back up again.

Still losing a lot of games because its a team game, but sometimes it seems people have no clue as to tactics, or they just dont care. Even had a game where a guy tked our only arty because 'hey, he is a guildmate of mine, and we're just having fun so chill out'. Also, seeing far too many games where almost every player goes to one side in a massive lemming rush only to stop and then leave the other flank totally open. This usually results in a loss where our team might have more actual kills, but the enemy just walks in and caps the flag due to little or no defense.

Some days this game can be hugely frustrating.

Yep it fluctuates a lot. Sometimes it seems no matter what you do, everything just stacks against you.

Now that I got a KV again I find it really annoying if the scouts don't do thier job. I've got this huge gun that's completely useless because I can't see anyone. One time I got a BT-7 following me and anoter KV and the whole time he hid behind our backs while enemy TD's kept pounding us because we couldn't spot them.

 

[MobBoss]

Just got finished downloading the 6.4 patch and all I can say about it is 'wow'....

They renamed Pagorki to 'mines' but the graphic update they did to it is simply amazing.

 

[GoodGame]

Just got finished downloading the 6.4 patch and all I can say about it is 'wow'....

They renamed Pagorki to 'mines' but the graphic update they did to it is simply amazing.

Ah. I couldn't put my finger on what that Mines map looked like. There's no good arty cover on that map by the way. Not even the central hill.

 

[GoodGame]

You can make it passable by installing suspension and 122mm gun. I got my KV aswell and 107mm gun on it already. And it's just as sweet as it was during beta.

Since stock KV experience grinding is pretty slow, and I'm out of gold for a while, I'm going straight for the 4000 xp gun. I see no reason to make my turret and tank even SLOWER for the other guns (i.e. fit a heavier turret to just get an even heavier gun).

I'll probably go for track upgrade later, but it ain't my style to play a tank like a TD, since traversing track removes the camo bonus of the bushes from the rules write-up that I've read.

 

[FriendlyFire]

My win rate is only 48% : (

Iam extremely reckless with my tier 5-6 tanks and before that my lower tier tanks. Partly a case of grinding up easy credits, learning maps the hard way and experimenting with new tactics. Generally I play conservately whenever Iam in higher tier money losing tanks.

I'll have my IS4 soon another 30k-50k exp.
and about 500k - 1.5 mil in credits depending on what tank I will sell.

Iam tempted to have a shot at going down the US heavy line to grab the T34 tanks which is going to be made into a tier 7 preiumn tank just for the sake of it being a money making machine with the upcomming patch. If I dont blow all my free exp on getting the IS4 I'll be able to start out immediately on the T1 Heavy. Idealy though getting the T30 heavy if the patch is a good month+ away. Either that or go for the IS7 which is going to be tweaked into a glass cannon style heavy tank.

I use the 107 in my KV its a good all round gun. 152 is suitable for close range due to its 0.49 accuracy. I've seen a few KVs with the 122 but none so far have impressed me at all with there performance. The number of KVs running the 107 should tell you something.

 

[Rheinmetall]

I use the 107 in my KV its a good all round gun. 152 is suitable for close range due to its 0.49 accuracy. I've seen a few KVs with the 122 but none so far have impressed me at all with there performance. The number of KVs running the 107 should tell you something.

The 122mm gun fits into the standard turret if you upgrade the suspension. It can be a nasty surprise for lower tier tanks and mediums, because in essence it looks like a stock KV on the outside, but the 122mm gun packs enough punch to oneshot lighter and lower tier tanks. It'll easily dent higher tier heavys aswell. Also the stock turret is lighter with faster traverse than the KV-2 turret so you'll be faster and more manouverable if you invest into the best engine. And you'll be a smaller target aswell.

 

[GoodGame]

Sounds awesome, but I don't get the tier 5 hate. It's not exactly NOOBish to have researched to tier 5, considering that probably includes at least 13000K of experience grinding with the M3 Lee, the T-28, and other undistinguished tanks.

Tomorrow, May 19, World of Tanks starts the ultimate clan war for domination over Global Map territories.

May 19 is the first day of the Ultimate Conquest and goes under the name Redivision of the World - that day clans are free to land at any province of the Global Map. Please, note that your clan must meet the following requirements:

•It should have at least 15 members;
•Each clan member must have played at least one battle on a tank, higher than Tier 5.

I wish I was in a clan.

 

[FriendlyFire]

Thank God for very bad LOWE and KV5 players
I been having a fun time shooting these tanks up.

They also messed up my BL9 gun something serious. I had a match in which fired 10 shots missed 5 of them and did 0 damage. bouncing off a Vk3001, KV3, T29, Lowe. Made me howel in frustration. The ridiculous 0 damage crit, 0 damage track and insane bounce mechanics.

Then the next game the gun is working again and Iam sniping out enemy tanks again at long range. Having shots bounce of me and watching every shell smash home for a 100% hit and damage rate.

I think the "fix" has only made thing worse.

 

[FriendlyFire]

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[Arexander]

Double post for you. I'm in a clan and I think I should hurry myself to KV before they kick me out for being only on T4 tanks.

 

[GoodGame]

Thank God for very bad LOWE and KV5 players
I been having a fun time shooting these tanks up.

They also messed up my BL9 gun something serious. I had a match in which fired 10 shots missed 5 of them and did 0 damage. bouncing off a Vk3001, KV3, T29, Lowe. Made me howel in frustration. The ridiculous 0 damage crit, 0 damage track and insane bounce mechanics.

Then the next game the gun is working again and Iam sniping out enemy tanks again at long range. Having shots bounce of me and watching every shell smash home for a 100% hit and damage rate.

I think the "fix" has only made thing worse.

I don't know if you ever had your gun go out before, but usually the range is like 1/4th or so normal for effective fire. I have an all 100% crew on my Churchill with fast loader and that's about what it goes down to when I'm in a heavies match (often) in which they crit my gun (kind of often).

 

[MobBoss]

Thank God for very bad LOWE and KV5 players
I been having a fun time shooting these tanks up.

They also messed up my BL9 gun something serious. I had a match in which fired 10 shots missed 5 of them and did 0 damage. bouncing off a Vk3001, KV3, T29, Lowe. Made me howel in frustration. The ridiculous 0 damage crit, 0 damage track and insane bounce mechanics.

Then the next game the gun is working again and Iam sniping out enemy tanks again at long range. Having shots bounce of me and watching every shell smash home for a 100% hit and damage rate.

I think the "fix" has only made thing worse.

FF, for what its worth, I think you were just experiencing some lag for that particular game. Speaking of which, has everyone been experiencing some server end lag with this new patch?

The group of 5 to 10 friends that I play with are all experiencing some level of lag and it seems consistent, although we all have different PCs and vid cards in them. Some are also on DSL as opposed to cable, and still get it, so I am inclined to put the blame for this on the game servers themselves.

I even had a game the other night when I actually saw a shot fly by me, and then got a damage message a second later saying 'we're hit!'. hehe.

As for the Lowe and KV5, who in their right mind would pay 7500 gold for those tanks? I mean thats over 30 bucks worth of gold right there for a single tank, and they are only /meh anyways. Just more proof that having a fat wallet doesnt translate into skill.

Happy to announce that my bad luck streak ended and I clawed my way back up to 56% win/loss percentage again. I also finally got the 105mm on my T29 last night.

Current garage:

A32
KV
IS
SU-152
Hummell
M4E4
T20
T29
M7 Priest

As soon as the crew on my A32 hits 100% I am going to sell that off to free up a slot and re-buy my KV-3 for the next patch in order to get the free tank and slot thats being offered.

Oh, and a BIG PROTIP: go into your video settings and turn off gun camera shake. I dont know why they put this option in this last patch, but essentially it will turn off the realism of your gun moving while in sniper mode from firing or getting hit. All things being equal, unless you really want to handicap yourself with that level of realism this option should be turned off.

Another warning. This last patch made the 10% consumables auto-use, so if you still had some rations/cola/chocolate on your tank taskbar (even if you had run out of the stuff given you on Mothers Day), you automatically bought them (for 50 gp each) after you automatically used them in a match. Ergo, I got charged about 1000 gold before I figured out WTH was going on. So be on the lookout for that as well.

 

[FriendlyFire]

Clann Wars is going to use a Token system.

What this means is unlike company battles in which they limit the number of tier 9-10 tanks by placing a cap on total tiers. Clann wars will have no such restrictions meaning bring out your best tank for war. Its going to be one hell of a steamroll for the top clanns running all tier10 tanks rolling over poor tier5 guys.

Throw in Gold amo and Gold consumables into the battle for even more advantage on the small clanns are going to be little more then cannon fodder.

We commented on wargamming just happen to release tier8 preiumn tanks at the same time as clann wars. What a money making combination given the number of lowes and kv5s I've seen running around. The absoulte minimum for these battles would have to be tier8 tanks (what a co-incidence) with or without gold amo to stand a chance against tier10s. Though if some of the tactics i've seen being used. (I.E steamroller tactics) employed by simply charging across parrell to our ambush front which taking our fire onto there side armor and never even turned turrets sidesways to return fire. Is anything to go by then intelligent use of lower tier tanks will even out the odds ( 2 is4 kills and multiple hits on a T30 )

Mobby that sucks mate.
Clann member accidently swapped gold amo with Ap amo with auto resupply and didnt notice this until he too had spent hundreds of gold. Hopefully you can win back some gold during Clann wars.

I think your right servers arent copping well with the increasing population of players. I run with medikit and repair kit for when my gun/gunner is taken out early in a match. Worthwhile cosumeables given each shell fired cost me 1047 credits.

T-34
KV
KV3
IS
IS3

(gonna sell the T34 or IS to make room for my IS4, seriously tempted to buy gold to buy garage slots. But upgrading my PC is going to come first, looking forward to 3 free slots and 3 free tanks)

 

[cardgame]

Major, major lag with this new patch, yep.

On the bright side I got a Top Gun in my PzIV for double xp (2200+) and 26k credits, which was pretty darn nice

 

[GoodGame]

FF, for what its worth, I think you were just experiencing some lag for that particular game. Speaking of which, has everyone been experiencing some server end lag with this new patch?

I've had lag since the moment I installed the patch and got back into the game. Last night the lag started to die out, at least intermittently. I'm hopeful It'll be good by the weekend. Lowering the settings totally sort of helps in that the minimum fps is still pretty high when lag hits. I'm guessing that helps overall..


$30 for one tank is a lot, but if the cred ratio is excellent (IDK, what is it) per match, then I'd consider it. Got to remember that in America, there are people who spend $100 per lunch or per haircut (I think they're called lawyers). I'd bet some of them are gamers. Either that or the devs have some delusions about Americans.


For my Churchill, I usually only pay $3k per death plus maybe $3k if I repair. The ammo is cheap. But if I kill one tank, damage others, and the team wins I'll probably profit between $10k - $15K. I'd wonder if those Lowes profit twice that per match.

For me it's about playing all the tiers, so I buy Garage slots. Right now I got:
KV, Churchill, Hotchkiss (frenchie premium light panzer), M37, Stormwagon (that tier 2 german arty), M4, M2, M3 Stuart, BT7, Luchs, & Leopard.

I'm aiming for the easy-eight to maybe join a clan, and the T-34 tree. Anything else will be icing at this point I figure. Remaining gold for the year is just for the premmo ammo to occasionally make the other team eat poop. Speaking of which, I lit up a KV's gas tank to death with an M2 Medium with 75mm howie firing premmo. Quite amusing.

 

[Rheinmetall]

The clan war stuff doesn't interest me in the least. Perhaps I like to keep the game casual and not to take it too seriously. Just have some random fun every now&then.

Current garage:

BT-7
PZ38NA
A-32
T-28
T-34
KV
M4E4

I like the PZ38NA. It's guite agile and really small target. I ususally find enemy contact on 1 flank, then disengage. Try to maintain visual contact with the enemy, or switch to another flank. Then buzzing around ahead the rest of my team spotting for them, and if I see a breach in the enemy lines I go for the enemy arty.

I have T-34/85, PZIII/IV and SU-85 open, but I spent all my cash on a rammer for the KV, so It'll take a while before I can afford a new tank. I haven't even decided which one to get first.

 

[FriendlyFire]

SHINY

Been grinding up cash with my KV and T34s during the horrid lag.
Got my 20th top gun over the weekend.

 

[cardgame]

ooh, pretty

 

[FriendlyFire]

The Hotchkiss is called the "mini maus" since it is regularly placed at the top of tier 1-2 battles and decimates the opposition. Due to its all round armor it can shrug off almost everything from its front and sides. Most people that own this tank use it for fun match-ups. Post patch though its been bumped up a tier and now Iam seeing them in my KV matches quite a lot.

IS4 couldnt even equip my rammer without getting the tracks first, I'd installed vents though and that was it, cant even throw on binoculars and camo net. Shes plays smiliar to my KV3, very slow, blind as a bat but tough and with plenty of teeth. Well the better teeth comes at the end of a long upgrade tree.

I have to be really conservative playing her if theres any decent opposition, A lose can easily mean a big credit hit and the exp is barely trickling in. Sometimes I feel bad for my team since as a Tier 9 Iam expected to attack and instead just move into an ambush or forward fighting position and procced to camp it. Only lead a charge when I know the odds are good or situation really warrents its.

 

[cardgame]

mini maus is the vk4502...