AFAIK the Game Engine itself is limited to 72kph which is what the Hellcat should be capable of.
Wargaming.net screwed the pooch with the Test Server anyway. I have a WoT RU and US account on the same email as my EU account. Logging in only gives me access to my RU account which has 4 Tier 1 tanks. No access to ElcomeSoft_EU for me means no testing possible.
It unfortunately does not reach anywhere close to 72kph. D:
It's a good 40kph off from what it's theoretical top speed is and what the game allows it to get at. We're looking mid 50's realistically and only across one side of an urban map to another will you even hit 60.
It's got a much lower profile than the Slugger, the turret traverse is slow but not too bad, the gun hits hard, it is medium tank fast though nowhere close to T-50-2.
I overall liked it but just found myself disappointed with how slow it is compared to what it should be and what I thought it would be. :\
To the joy of most people the arty on the TS has all been nerfed (at least looking at tier 8s). The RoF is slower and the accuracy is worse. The new garage GUI also shows splash radius for HE shells now, which is nice to know.
Dear god, the tier 8 arty already have insanely long reload time. They already screwed with HE damage and profitability. Why don't they just remove it and give me a crap ton of free experience.
Am I crazy, or do french lights NEVER get tracked? The T50 or T50-2 get tracked if you hit anywhere near them or their tracks, but those annoying french lights just power on after getting hit from a T9 gun! It's not right.
Got the IS3 this weekend. Burned free experience to get everything except the radio. Played about 20 games and won 11. It is interesting to be on the other end of the tank now. Tier 8 guns in the right place can penetrate it. Tier 7 and lower seem to bounce over and over. The gun is inaccurate compared to what I am used to with German guns. But it can hurt. I dont know why the BL9 seems to penetrate where the long 105 cant. Both have the same penetration value of 225. For instance I was beating down an Object 704 down a road. Knocked him from 100-38% before he turned tail. In my KT with the long 105 I cant penetrate the front of it at all.
Overall the tank is pretty impressive. Hoping to get the IS4 within a month.
Finally got me an autoloader tank. This single purchase has revitalized me and this game. I have the 50/100 and it is just a pure joy. Talk about a smooth grind as well. I already have the tracks and big gun for it.
Got the IS3 this weekend. Burned free experience to get everything except the radio. Played about 20 games and won 11. It is interesting to be on the other end of the tank now. Tier 8 guns in the right place can penetrate it. Tier 7 and lower seem to bounce over and over. The gun is inaccurate compared to what I am used to with German guns. But it can hurt. I dont know why the BL9 seems to penetrate where the long 105 cant. Both have the same penetration value of 225. For instance I was beating down an Object 704 down a road. Knocked him from 100-38% before he turned tail. In my KT with the long 105 I cant penetrate the front of it at all.
Overall the tank is pretty impressive. Hoping to get the IS4 within a month.
Got the IS3 this weekend. Burned free experience to get everything except the radio. Played about 20 games and won 11. It is interesting to be on the other end of the tank now. Tier 8 guns in the right place can penetrate it. Tier 7 and lower seem to bounce over and over. The gun is inaccurate compared to what I am used to with German guns. But it can hurt. I dont know why the BL9 seems to penetrate where the long 105 cant. Both have the same penetration value of 225. For instance I was beating down an Object 704 down a road. Knocked him from 100-38% before he turned tail. In my KT with the long 105 I cant penetrate the front of it at all.
Overall the tank is pretty impressive. Hoping to get the IS4 within a month.
feels like i'll never get there, the arl44 was horrible
and the m4 1945 grind is twice as long ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH
i have the turret/tracks/gun
but need the 2 engines before i start the grind for the amx's
BL-9 is also a higher caliber. I don't really know if shell overmatching is in place (some say it is some say not) but BL-9 is a 130mm round compared to KT's 105mm. A lot of tanks have around 100-120mm armor sloped. However, if you're fighting the OBJ, just shoot the parts that's NOT the gun. Easy penetrations, the obj isn't as bouncy as people think.
If you bounce on an obj 99% of the time its because you hit the gun. Drive an obj myself, so I NEVER have a problem fighting them. I never bounce hits on an obj unless i'm sniping from far away.
And I noticed russian guns are VERY center heavy in comparison to any german guns (exception being the 88 and long 75). I always snipe stuff on my IS-4, but I don't try very hard to hit anything beyond 400m with my E-75 for the most part. The 12.8 just isn't an accurate gun.
Also got my first scout medal ever this weekend. Lit up 13/15 of the other tanks for our Ferdinand and 3 other big tanks to pick apart over the course of about 7 minutes. I don't think the other team fired a single shot, but bloody good sportsmanship for them to not be screaming hacks or crying like babies.
Game ended with our team losing 2 little tanks (2 tier 6s).
Speaking of scouting, that reminds me, the test server has notifications (audible and text) for when enemies are spotted now. They also have audible notifications for when a tank was destroyed by someone else.
I cheated, I ground out the ARL and skipped the M4.
People are going to whine even more about hacks once the "your spotted" perk becomes available. People are going to get shot when they aren't spotted and cry hacks. Some people fail to realize that all tanks have tracers, and I've blind fired at tracers plenty of times to end up with a kill. Not to mention I've fired at spots where someone was spotted, so if they didn't move, I'm still going to hit them even though I can't see them.
Finally got me an autoloader tank. This single purchase has revitalized me and this game. I have the 50/100 and it is just a pure joy. Talk about a smooth grind as well. I already have the tracks and big gun for it.
I've often times popped off a few rounds into known hiding spots such as bushes at key points and such.
Ammo is cheap, life is short. I go down shooting (Even if they are empty bushes)
The Devs said they were going to raise HE damage 20% for tanks but didn't say which patch. You guys using the TS seeing any HE damage changes?
The Devs said they were going to raise HE damage 20% for tanks but didn't say which patch. You guys using the TS seeing any HE damage changes?
The Devs said they were going to raise HE damage 20% for tanks but didn't say which patch. You guys using the TS seeing any HE damage changes?