Wargaming.net Mega-thread, part 2 (WoT, WoWP, WoWS)

[Hurdegaryp]

5x weekend didn't seem to be full of people just there to take advantage of the extra exp.

Not every game when stunningly, though.

Some were pretty appalling.

I do know have the STA-1, though.

Well, I most certainly took advantage of the extra XP. I scored 75k on five of the seven nations in the game. Now all I need to do in order to drive that SuperPershing is to play my Japanese and Chinese tanks until total victory is mine. Also a message for Tagmatium: autocorrect is not your friend.

[Vareiln]

So I have a Centurion now. I like the feel of the tank, but oh dear gods the stock gun is a nightmare when you get stuck in a tier IX or X game.

And if you lack the free XP to get yourself to the optimal configuration fast, you have no choice but to grind like you never did before.

And now I know that the 17-pounder is by far more bearable.
20-pounder isn't too far away now.

[Tagmatium]

5x weekend didn't seem to be full of people just there to take advantage of the extra exp.

Not every game when stunningly, though.

Some were pretty appalling.

I do know have the STA-1, though.

Well, I most certainly took advantage of the extra XP. I scored 75k on five of the seven nations in the game. Now all I need to do in order to drive that SuperPershing is to play my Japanese and Chinese tanks until total victory is mine. Also a message for Tagmatium: autocorrect is not your friend.

Annoyingly, there was no autocorrect involved.

That was just a brain-fart.

[Vareiln]

Haha, yes, 20-pounder now.
Low-pen tanks without gun depression can kiss their tanks goodbye.

[Hurdegaryp]

Haha, yes, 20-pounder now.
Low-pen tanks without gun depression can kiss their tanks goodbye.

Suddenly tier X tanks. Tier X tanks everywhere.

[Consortium of Manchukuo]

An IS-6 just hit my cupola and penetrated with a .46 accuracy gun with 175 penetration at 300 meters. On the first shot.

I'm not sure if I want to keep playing the Foch.

[Vareiln]

Haha, yes, 20-pounder now.
Low-pen tanks without gun depression can kiss their tanks goodbye.

Suddenly tier X tanks. Tier X tanks everywhere.

Well, yes, but I am already quite used to kissing my Centurion goodbye.

An IS-6 just hit my cupola and penetrated with a .46 accuracy gun with 175 penetration at 300 meters. On the first shot.

I'm not sure if I want to keep playing the Foch.

Buy them a drink, they deserve it.

[Hurdegaryp]

An IS-6 just hit my cupola and penetrated with a .46 accuracy gun with 175 penetration at 300 meters. On the first shot.

I'm not sure if I want to keep playing the Foch.

Clearly you need to add more camo on that Foch. Add ALL the camo!

[Licana]

IS-6 all AP all the tiem so gud @ credits

part 2

[The Huskar Social Union]

Earlier this morning i ammo racked a Tiger tank that was at half heath whilst being one shot away from death in my KV1.

By far the best moment i have ever had in WoT. And i unlocked the kv1s as well which is sweet.

[Consortium of Manchukuo]

An IS-6 just hit my cupola and penetrated with a .46 accuracy gun with 175 penetration at 300 meters. On the first shot.

I'm not sure if I want to keep playing the Foch.

Clearly you need to add more camo on that Foch. Add ALL the camo!

I like to adopt a forward position from the northern side on the map of Erlenberg, on the castle side. Near bushes along half way there, and to try to spot enemies crossing. I don't think a full camouflage level, and camouflage nets and skin, would hide my Foch there. I'm considering stopping doing that, it worked well enough in my medium and light tanks but hasn't seemed very successful in my Foch.

[Kassaran]

Victory!

Map: Prokhorovka
Vehicle: Pz.Kpfw. I Ausf. C
Exp: 1,890 (x2 for the first victory each day) Credits: 13,162
Battle achievements: Confederate, Scout, Mastery Badge: "Ace Tanker"

Total: 11 099 WN8: 4 720 (100)

Now, that might not seem like much, but I think the replay attached to it is pretty damned funny.
Troll Tank Extraordinaire

[Macedonian Grand Empire]

An IS-6 just hit my cupola and penetrated with a .46 accuracy gun with 175 penetration at 300 meters. On the first shot.

I'm not sure if I want to keep playing the Foch.

Well even before if they hit the cupola they will penetrate it. Now it is a bit easier to penetrate it after all the nerfing. While earlier you could have gotten 10.000 potential damage received now it is much more a TD style of play not an assault gun.

[Novorden]

So how many people have jumped ship now WT ground forces is up?

[Licana]

Judging from the blistering pace that the WT thread is now moving at, my tentative guess would be none.

Also, as someone who participated in the CBT and has played in the OBT, if you think russian bias or pay to win mechanics /are bad in WoT, Gaijin will show you just how wrong you are.

[Hurdegaryp]

So how many people have jumped ship now WT ground forces is up?

Not this guy. WT-GF plays wildly differently, apparently it's more of a niche game. Armored Warfare is a more interesting alternative, if you ask me. Granted, the beta has not even started yet for Armored Warfare, but the promise of modern tanks and settings is rather seducing. Wouldn't mean I'd stop playing WoT, by the way. I would just add another game to the roster.

[Novorden]

Judging from the blistering pace that the WT thread is now moving at, my tentative guess would be none.

Also, as someone who participated in the CBT and has played in the OBT, if you think russian bias or pay to win mechanics /are bad in WoT, Gaijin will show you just how wrong you are.

Say that after I have just put a 50mm APCR round through your T34s front armour and into your engine via your driver and gunner....

[Tagmatium]

Judging from the blistering pace that the WT thread is now moving at, my tentative guess would be none.

Also, as someone who participated in the CBT and has played in the OBT, if you think russian bias or pay to win mechanics /are bad in WoT, Gaijin will show you just how wrong you are.

Say that after I have just put a 50mm APCR round through your T34s front armour and into your engine via your driver and gunner....

That is why APCR was invented...

[Novorden]

the fact i have 2 types of APCR confused me for a bit.



(it's a weight thing, the lighter one has a higher muzzle velocity (and thus penetration), however it looses its energy quicker and is less effective at range (only ~40mm at 2km)

[Registug]

I have played neither game for over a month because my computer is long dead.

[Kassaran]

War Thunder ground forces is likely to become my new favorite pastime. I appreciate the realistic gameplay mechanics more than the BS Rng setup WG has going on. My American tanks never hit at their average and the only way that gameplay manages to balance out is through the occasional engine fire. Even then it still isn't enough because of automatic fire extinguisher consumables.

[Consortium of Manchukuo]

War Thunder ground forces is likely to become my new favorite pastime. I appreciate the realistic gameplay mechanics more than the BS Rng setup WG has going on. My American tanks never hit at their average and the only way that gameplay manages to balance out is through the occasional engine fire. Even then it still isn't enough because of automatic fire extinguisher consumables.

I like WT ground forces because you can't kill a tank by shooting the cupola or rangefinder like in WoT. I always feel a bit guilty shooting the commander's hatch of the British TDs, and it is really annoying to look at vehicles at the end of the battle and see every hit I took was on the rangefinder of my Foch. The fact that you actually have to hit critical modules instead of some vague hit zones is really nice. I'm also pleased with the turret rotation speed; the speed at which turrets turn in WoT means flanking is really hard, and in WT ground forces I can actually see how it happened realistically.

And I've had enough RNG horror stories from WoT of my own to spend far too long talking about them; where that last shot from your autoloader does the lowest possible roll in the lower 200s, instead of the ~250 hp level you need to kill the enemy. I mean sure, it is nice when you get high rolls and wipe out some tank you didn't expect to kill, but the times when you're actually seriously planning on how many shots it will take to kill the enemy and then you get fantastically low rolls is far more memorable than that.

[Wolfenium]

War Thunder ground forces is likely to become my new favorite pastime. I appreciate the realistic gameplay mechanics more than the BS Rng setup WG has going on. My American tanks never hit at their average and the only way that gameplay manages to balance out is through the occasional engine fire. Even then it still isn't enough because of automatic fire extinguisher consumables.

I like WT ground forces because you can't kill a tank by shooting the cupola or rangefinder like in WoT. I always feel a bit guilty shooting the commander's hatch of the British TDs, and it is really annoying to look at vehicles at the end of the battle and see every hit I took was on the rangefinder of my Foch. The fact that you actually have to hit critical modules instead of some vague hit zones is really nice. I'm also pleased with the turret rotation speed; the speed at which turrets turn in WoT means flanking is really hard, and in WT ground forces I can actually see how it happened realistically.

And I've had enough RNG horror stories from WoT of my own to spend far too long talking about them; where that last shot from your autoloader does the lowest possible roll in the lower 200s, instead of the ~250 hp level you need to kill the enemy. I mean sure, it is nice when you get high rolls and wipe out some tank you didn't expect to kill, but the times when you're actually seriously planning on how many shots it will take to kill the enemy and then you get fantastically low rolls is far more memorable than that.

I find the insane MM to be my top reason for losses. Teams are balanced with no regard to armour values. I felt my morale crushed just looking at an entire rank of TDs pushed into my team against a rank of heavies. The worst part, we're in an attacking role in an assault map, which means we have virtually no chance to lure the enemy team in.

[Licana]

protip: gud players don't play assault, you shouldn't either.

[Val Nube]

protip: gud players don't play assault, you shouldn't either.

Some of us enjoy the variety. In other news, I finished the US tree...again.

First time: http://i838.photobucket.com/albums/zz30 ... ot_002.jpg

Second time: http://i838.photobucket.com/albums/zz30 ... f96f8f.jpg