Couldn't get on last night due to the silly "scheduled maintenance" bug, so I jumped on for a few this morning. I had a decent match on Province with my Hotchkiss. They finally got me by wounding both my crew, I had taken over 20 hits and still had 45hp left.
Had a decent game in the KV-3 on El Halluf of all places. I punched an AMX-40 who decided to run right down the middle and stop; I'm sure he was cursing that decision. I was headed up the west side (we started southerly) and saw an IS-3, two IS, and a tier V TD head over there, so I went to the the east a bit to try to get around them and get in behind them. Well, our tiger, IS-3, and another tier 8 heavy managed to put in some heavy damage and take out most of that contingent.
I had finally made it up the hill, to find a tier V TD and a wounded Leopard just sitting there. I had a clear shot at the leopard, so I took it and destroyed him, and that made the TD run away instead of taking a shot at me. By then, their two IS had scattered apart, one to my left and one to my right. The one to my right decides he's gonna peek-a-boo around the rock, so I crest the hill a bit while he's rolling out and introduce his weak spot to my 122. I took off a good 25%, and he was just exposed enough that our arty finished him off before he could roll back.
That got the attention of the other IS, who decided to come play with me instead of get obliterated by our three heavies who were hanging on. I roll back down the hill a bit, and he decides to come straight down at me. I wait for him to start rolling, and put in a shot to his underside. I took about 25% off of him, too, and then our Tiger finished him off.
I finally get up to the top of the hill, and our easterly contingent is finally capping the base. I see a KV off in the distance trying to harass the cappers, and I put a 122 into his backside, obliterating him as well.
Not an extreme match by any means, but it was really good for me, and it felt good to have the coordination and teamwork actually work for a change and keep most of us alive.
I think I need about 23K more... as long as they don't drop the patch before the end of the week, I might make it.