Wait do we know when the russian tech tree change is happening?
arty is only fun to CB
Whatever "CB" is. IDCFEA. (I don't care for excessive acronyms.)
yea at the start of every round now, i tell my team i'm gonna be CB'ng, and once the other arty are dead, then i will start going after targets they light up.
have not had 1 complaint yet, everyone wants the other arty to be gone. for the most part i just stay out in the open now near base. it's a hair harder to see a tracer coming from the open as opposed to it starting at a bush and going out since everyone zero's in on bushes right away
What are they planning on changing?
Counter Battery.
The art of countering the enemies battery of artillery units.
I've read about that - it was in game, then out, now back.
How does it work?
Hop into an SPG, get yourself set and look around the enemy base. If you spot a tracer, follow it to where it originated from. You now know where the enemy Arty is (or was if they're clever).
The tracer is fired from the gun position so aim a little back to compensate for the arty chassis and a touch further back to get it right in your sights and the trick is to do all of that, fire and hit the enemy arty which you almost always one-shot.
Can be easy, can be impossible but *extremely* rewarding if you knock out all of the enemy arty and can focus 100% on just shooting tanks.
http://worldoftanks.com/news/904-world-tanks-holiday-special/Starting at 3:30AM PST (6:30AM EST, 11:30 AM UTC) on December 21, 2011 and ending at 3:00AM PST (6:00AM EST, 11:00AM UTC) on December 27, 2011 all World of Tanks players will have access to the following discounts and bonuses.
- 5x experience for the first victory each day on all of your tanks
- 50% discount on all premium tanks tiers 2-5:
- Matilda, Churchill, T-25, T-14, Ram-II, Valentine, PzKpfw 38H735 (f) , PzKpfw S35 739 (f), T-15 , PzKpfw B2 740 (f), T2 Light Tank, M22 Locust
- 50% discount on all standard tanks tiers 2-5:
- USSR
- BT-2, T-26, BT-7, T-46, A-20, T-50, T-50-2, T-34, AT-1, SU-76, SU-85B, SU-85, KV, SU-18, SU-26, SU-5, SU-8
- Germany
- PzKpfw 35 (t), PzKpfw II, PzKpfw 38 (t), PzKpfw III Ausf. A, PzKpfw II Luchs, VK 1602 Leopard, PzKpfw 38 nA, VK 2801, PzKpfw III, PzKpfw IV, PzKpfw III/IV, Panzerjäger I, Marder II, Hetzer, StuG III, Sturmpanzer I Bison, Sturmpanzer II, Wespe, Grille, Hummel
- USA
- M2 Light Tank, M3 Stuart, M5 Stuart, M24 Chaffee, T2 Medium Tank, M2 Medium Tank, M3 Lee, M4 Sherman, M7, T1 heavy, T18, T82, T40, M10 Wolverine, T57, M37, M7 Priest, M41
- 50% discount on:
- Increasing the size of your barracks
- Tank Academy training
- Tank Academy training for each tanker purchased along with a new tank
- Crew retraining
Hop into an SPG, get yourself set and look around the enemy base. If you spot a tracer, follow it to where it originated from. You now know where the enemy Arty is (or was if they're clever).
The tracer is fired from the gun position so aim a little back to compensate for the arty chassis and a touch further back to get it right in your sights and the trick is to do all of that, fire and hit the enemy arty which you almost always one-shot.
Can be easy, can be impossible but *extremely* rewarding if you knock out all of the enemy arty and can focus 100% on just shooting tanks.
EDIT: After writing this, first M12 match of theday, on Mines I was whizzing between the known arty spots searching, caught most of a tracer, saw where it was coming from. Decided to take a random punt at a bush, GWP dead... My M12 now had free reign to sit in one place and lob lots of shells. 2.2k doubled win
That sounds awesome. That's also closer to what really happens in war. Counter battery is a huge component to warfare. I'm glad it's in to help offset the power of the artyboys.
More variety and tactics for play is always good.