[MMO] World of Tanks

[Skott]

The T-50 is a fun little tank to play in. Kind of like a early version of the T-34. Biggest thing I have seen in my fights so far is a KV. Hopefully it doesn't get worse than that.

 

[Possessed Freak]

I posted this in the official forum, but I had a great WTF fail team moment over the weekend.

I was on Dorf in my Ferdi. I realized I had to come back to defend while the rest of our team was approaching enemy cap. There were two enemies on our cap and I got back with not much time to spare. There was a high tier medium and a KV5. I thought about the best I could do was to reset the cap and await the medium to get behind me and kill me. I tried to track the medium but he took the hit and kept coming. So then I resigned myself to kill the KV5. The rest of my team was saying gg to the opponents, the opponents thought they had this in the bag. Then I noticed the medium stopped shooting me. I was no longer taking damage. I killed the KV5 and realized the KV5 had a -1 next to his name. Yep, he managed to miss me and kill the medium behind me.

 

[PowerYoga]

Any hints for playing the IS effectively with the 100mm?

Granted, I haven't played many games at all in it total, and even fewer with the 100mm, but it just feels... crappy. I can't really hurt anybody that badly - although I can usually do some damage. I can't really take many shells either though. I suspect my KV-3 can take more shells than my IS from any given enemy.

The IS was one of my best tanks. You can relocate fast, acceleration and top speed is great for a tank of its tier. Problem is you're using the 100mm, so you don't have a lot of punch. Are you playing PAB with big tanks? Or are you trying to dogfight? With the 122mm I played PAB almost exclusively. With the 100mm you have really no choice but to dog fight... the alpha damage is not high enough for you to PAB.

But keep in mind both guns have the same penetration so you have to aim carefully. Aim for soft spots, sides, weakpoints, etc. You are frequently the top tank so be a good pusher. I'm sure by now you know how to keep your armor angled and keep your front pointed towards the enemy, etc. With the speed and acceleration on the IS you have a lot more options than a KV-3, so if things get hairy don't be afraid to retreat or relocate so your teamates have good shots.

Just a note... I know people complain about the 100mm not being a sniper gun but I do fine with it. The IS is a very well rounded tank and its good sloped armor is great for its tier.

 

[Merad]

I posted this in the official forum, but I had a great WTF fail team moment over the weekend.

I had one similar to that. Was on the main urban map (name escapes me) and my team was an utter failure. Our last tank was an E-100, trying to defend cap from about 5 enemies while being flanked by 2-3 others. They were so eager to kill him, and such terrible shots, that they had at least 5-6 misses that resulted in friendly fire.

 

[PowerYoga]

Seems like if you get one fail team you'll get them 3-4 times in a row. I can't count the number of games where I held off 3-4 big tanks in my IS-4 with 1-2 other guys only to have the rest of the team melt from seemingly nothing. One game happened exactly that way.

I mean comon, the game had 4 big tanks on top. Me (IS-4), 2 tiger 2s and another tier 9 (ours was an e-75, theirs t34) and the rest are a mix of random heavies and mediums.

We had ALL 4 of their top tanks (plus a vk3601 or 3001 that melted immediately) slugging it out with me and one tiger 2 from our team. Rest of our team went another way.

Me and the tiger 2 actually won, but by that time I looked at our roster and EVERYONE ELSE WAS DEAD. I walked away with 1.2k exp and 35k+ credits without premium active. For a loss.

what. the. fuck. team.

 

[Merad]

Fail teams seem to be getting more and more common, unfortunately. Even my Lowe used to be able to keep about a 50% win rate.... it's dropped to about 47% now. My T34 was at 56-58% forever, but it's also dropped to barely 50%. I don't mind losing if the game is well fought, but it seems like on most of the losses I get now half of the team (or more) just sort of folds up and dies.

Prime example over the weekend. I was in my KT on Murovanka. I was on the southern team by the forest. Our entire team went into forest, except myself and a Type 59 who went to cover the road on the far east side. The two of us were attacked by at least half of the enemy team. I got 3 kills, I think the guy in the 59 got 2, and we delayed them for 6-8 minutes. When I finally died and looked around our ENTIRE team was dead with no kills, except one Lowe who had gone back to spawn and was just sitting there. /sigh

 

[PowerYoga]

Yeah I hate that. It's like you put up a valiant fight and get little to no rewards for it because your team is made up of mouth-breathers.

Though most of these games are all about positioning. Once you see 90% of your team run to one side of the map to camp you pretty much know you're gonna lose. Especially the ones camping are made up of your biggest tanks that should be pushing a flank, like KT, E-75s or IS-4. TDs camping I understand, but an easy8 camping is just mind boggling.

 

[Visaoni]

The IS was one of my best tanks. You can relocate fast, acceleration and top speed is great for a tank of its tier. Problem is you're using the 100mm, so you don't have a lot of punch. Are you playing PAB with big tanks? Or are you trying to dogfight? With the 122mm I played PAB almost exclusively. With the 100mm you have really no choice but to dog fight... the alpha damage is not high enough for you to PAB.

But keep in mind both guns have the same penetration so you have to aim carefully. Aim for soft spots, sides, weakpoints, etc. You are frequently the top tank so be a good pusher. I'm sure by now you know how to keep your armor angled and keep your front pointed towards the enemy, etc. With the speed and acceleration on the IS you have a lot more options than a KV-3, so if things get hairy don't be afraid to retreat or relocate so your teamates have good shots.

Just a note... I know people complain about the 100mm not being a sniper gun but I do fine with it. The IS is a very well rounded tank and its good sloped armor is great for its tier.

I did have several pretty good games after posting that. For a couple of them I was midlist, so I mostly hung back and supported the push from our top tanks. I wasn't able to do anything extraordinary, but I wasn't completely useless either. Another game that I was higher up in I lead the push until I got pretty beat up. Then I fell back into more of a support role.

I think generally I may be trying to play a little too much PAB. Occasionally I forget I can retreat, or let my greater mobility get the best of me and I jump into situations in a less than ideal manner (I take the KV-3 route, but do it faster).

The 100mm is a pretty decent sniper gun. Despite everything else I'm constantly pulling in sniper/sharp shooter/master gunner.

Not so sure about the armor. Still seems like my KV-3 can take a hit better.

 

[PowerYoga]

well, kv3 has more armor, but its not sloped. I think the hp on the IS helps more than the armor for the most part, kv3's armor doesn't protect you from the 100mm guns and it can (and does) get 2-shotted by the 107 or the 122. IS can take another 1 or 2 hits.

 

[Binky]

I'm not a big fan of the IS, but that's probably because I have an elited T29. The T29 is just better. The IS is pretty quick for a heavy but that doesn't help a lot in many battles.

 

[Elcs]

King Tiger in action.

http://youtu.be/dDNEpHY7814

Decided since I have the horses under the bonnet to record nowadays I should do something fancy.

 

[Visaoni]

King Tiger in action.

http://youtu.be/dDNEpHY7814

Decided since I have the horses under the bonnet to record nowadays I should do something fancy.

Nice. I like your UI mods, what are you using?

Also, do you usually play with your 3rd person view zoomed in partially like that? I usually have my 3rd person view zoomed out as far as possible.

 

[PowerYoga]

I'm not a big fan of the IS, but that's probably because I have an elited T29. The T29 is just better. The IS is pretty quick for a heavy but that doesn't help a lot in many battles.

The T29 is the behemoth of the tier, so there's no comparison. The speed is useful only if you utilize it, obviously if you're PABing the whole time there is no real benefit other than for retreating. I use the speed to relocate my tank a lot of times.

 

[Ns1]

King Tiger in action.

http://youtu.be/dDNEpHY7814

Decided since I have the horses under the bonnet to record nowadays I should do something fancy.

thanks for the vid, gameplay looks pretty fun

 

[Possessed Freak]

King Tiger in action.

http://youtu.be/dDNEpHY7814

Decided since I have the horses under the bonnet to record nowadays I should do something fancy.

How do you play without seeing the living tanks left? That would drive me into paranoid tab hitting!

I like the being hit arrow mod.

 

[Elcs]

The T29 is the behemoth of the tier, so there's no comparison. The speed is useful only if you utilize it, obviously if you're PABing the whole time there is no real benefit other than for retreating. I use the speed to relocate my tank a lot of times.

Whilst the T29 is great, and probably the best for Tier 7 if used properly I cannot stop loving a fully upgraded Tiger. Never lost against a T29 or IS unless I was outnumbered or already limping badly. The Tiger P is just nuts and will probably be nerfed.

The Tiger might be the weakest in almost every aspect but ignore a good Tiger player at your peril.

Nice. I like your UI mods, what are you using?

Also, do you usually play with your 3rd person view zoomed in partially like that? I usually have my 3rd person view zoomed out as far as possible.

Minimap Increase Mod - 50% and Big Icons
Nordis Crosshair Mods - Full 7.1 update
PoGS Contour Icon Mod - Sidebars/Alt key labels, pre-match/Tab labels

Yeah, I tend to play like that. Close third person view gives me an advantage when moving and I unexpectedly bump into something evil. Higher player accuracy and the ability to snap off that accurate first shot can be telling in a fight.

thanks for the vid, gameplay looks pretty fun

The KT has a low top speed, wafer thin side and rear armour and like most German tanks can be set alight from the front.

That aside, it turns really well, has a cracking set of guns and a very strong front plate which tends to bounce a lot.

 

[Elcs]

How do you play without seeing the living tanks left? That would drive me into paranoid tab hitting!

I like the being hit arrow mod.

I edited out approximately 3-4 minutes of me edging along that valley, looking to see if I could get a shot out at that horde and worrying where their Hummel was.

What you saw was the good part... the bit where I decided "Well this team is fail, I might as well go and pwn this IS-3 and pray their Hummel is nowhere near". Turns out I survived the IS-3, survived their Hummel and beat out a JagdPanther who looked like he had enough of a gun to penetrate me at least twice had he known where to aim.

For mods, see my above post.

 

[PowerYoga]

I edited out approximately 3-4 minutes of me edging along that valley, looking to see if I could get a shot out at that horde and worrying where their Hummel was.

What you saw was the good part... the bit where I decided "Well this team is fail, I might as well go and pwn this IS-3 and pray their Hummel is nowhere near". Turns out I survived the IS-3, survived their Hummel and beat out a JagdPanther who looked like he had enough of a gun to penetrate me at least twice had he known where to aim.

For mods, see my above post.

Was gonna say, inching along the middle on that map is usually a good invitation to get lit up by the arty and all the tanks that are on the eastern ridge.

 

[Skott]

Having both the T29 and KT I have to say I like the KT best. In a fight I'd rather be in it. It is a good solid tank. Despite its weaknesses. Which it has them like all tanks do.

Elcs, Wait till you get a E-75 and get it fully upgraded. If you like the KT you are going to love the E-75. Its a beast with it's 12.8cm gun. If the fight has more than two arty per side though you'll be cursing them since being a high tier tank they will all go gunning for you.

 

[pinkfloyd48]

So why dont we get a AnandTech platoon going

 

[Merad]

So why dont we get a AnandTech platoon going

Skott, bockie and I were platooning tonight. I try to keep the ATOT channel open (password: moomoo), join it if you're looking for a game.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

How do you guys prioritize on artillery? I have a M41 and I try to play the team game, focusing on where we are the weakest. I seem to get less kills, but they are more important? Or is it better to just take everything out as quick as possible?

 

[Skott]

Skott, bockie and I were platooning tonight. I try to keep the ATOT channel open (password: moomoo), join it if you're looking for a game.

Fun time. I wish I was home in the evenings more often but someone has to working the evening shift where I work. I usually play early afternoons or after midnight EST.

 

[bockie]

Skott, bockie and I were platooning tonight. I try to keep the ATOT channel open (password: moomoo), join it if you're looking for a game.

It was a fun time. After a few games in the T34 the 105mm seem too underpowered for the tier. At least changes are planned for it.

I do have a 3yr old and 1yr old so I do get distracted at times. I try not to platoon until they are in bed though.

I'm always in the ATOT channel. I do get the opportunity to play over lunch at work so there are times I'm afk for a bit.

 

[PowerYoga]

You guys on europe or US server? I know elcs is on europe.

I'll be willing to platoon sometimes but I'm currently traveling for work 4/5 days of the work week.