[MMO] World of Tanks

[stag3]

i wish i didn't go down the fv4202 line as the lack of a gold round and the speed just suck.
however the gun depression is awesome. the only light at the end of the tunnel is that it's getting replaced with something else. hopefully they give the 4202 a shittier gun and move it to a tier 8 prem brit

 

[PowerYoga]

Just got the centurion mk. I

Most positive about it, is that it reverses as fast as it drives forwards

It's like a french tank. :awe:

 

[biostud]

It's like a french tank. :awe:

Except the French tanks are actually fast at doing so

 

[z1ggy]

Sorry for the dumb question, I didn't read through this entire thread...but is this game free to play? Seems like a lot of people are enjoying it.

 

[wetech]

Sorry for the dumb question, I didn't read through this entire thread...but is this game free to play? Seems like a lot of people are enjoying it.

FTP, but you can get a premium acct for about $10/mo which gives you 50% more experience and in-game credits compared to a standard account. Helps get to higher tier faster. Also, some features require in game gold, which costs $$$. it's completely playable without spending any cash.

 

[stag3]

yes it's ftp, but like wetech said you can spend money to speed up the grinds.

 

[Ruptga]

Arguably, the first seven tiers (of ten) are free to play, the last three tiers will require a shitton of grinding unless you pay at least a little. That doesn't stop me though, I haven't paid them anything in well over a year and I play from time to time. Tiers five six and seven are where it's at.

 

[z1ggy]

FTP, but you can get a premium acct for about $10/mo which gives you 50% more experience and in-game credits compared to a standard account. Helps get to higher tier faster. Also, some features require in game gold, which costs $$$. it's completely playable without spending any cash.

Awesome thanks!

Based on my comp specs (see my sig) will I have any issues running this game?

 

[biostud]

Awesome thanks!

Based on my comp specs (see my sig) will I have any issues running this game?

No, it will run fine. Although with the latest patch you might need to turn down graphics settings a bit. For the first time for I get regular mouse lockups, where I need to quite the game and rejoin a battle to fix it. Very annoying.

For Tier I-VIII you can play without spending cash. At tier VIII you generate very little surplus in cash, and for some specific items you need to buy gold (not the same as cash) for $. But you can easy play 100+ hours without spending a single $. But once you get hooked you start spending cash.....In my experience at least

 

[Daverino]

Brag post.

I had probably the most incredible game last night, which is saying something because I have played over 30,000 games. The battle was on Mines and I was on the south side spawn. I was playing my FV304. In the first four minutes of the game, I watch twelve of my teammates die and kill only three enemy tanks in return. It is now twelve on three: the have nine tanks and three arty. We have a StuG, and IS and me.

The StuG is in the bushes to the west, watching the island. The IS in on the backside of the main hill. I'm in base sitting in a bush. They tried to attack from the island, but the StuG killed a tank and the rest froze. The tried coming to the edge of the hill to shoot the IS but they were proxy spotted and I pounded the crap out of anything that leaned over. They tried coming from the village or down the hill but they couldn't get past the IS. Over the next five minutes, I put out over 3,500 damage and the IS would kill four tanks and I would kill two. The StuG killed one on the island but goes down. The two remaining tanks bum rush the IS from both sides but I kill one and the IS kills the other. One piece of enemy arty had joined the rush too late and was caught coming down the hill. The IS tracked him and I killed him. The IS and I proceed to their base, hunting down and killing the last two arty.

We three combined for 12 kills and over 7,000 damage alone. I have never seen or experienced anything like that in a game.

 

[Exterous]

Brag post.

I had probably the most incredible game last night

I'll see your incredible game and raise you perhaps one of the worst teams I have ever been on


Sure we never really had a chance but so many zeros

 

[z1ggy]

So I dl'ed this game and had to update it, naturally. After waiting a few hours, it came back and told me the update file failed and I had to retry. I redownloaded it this morning, but I haven't been home yet to check.

I've been having issues with updates on games from Steam, too. I thought it was my HD failing, but I just ran diskcheckup and all my SMART values come back as OK. So.. what gives?

 

[Fallen Kell]

I have failed updates in the past from time to time with this game. Typically will work if you retry. I think only one time I had to do something out of the ordinary to get it to work.

As others have said, you won't really have an issue getting to tier 7 or even tier 8 tanks when playing completely free. Getting past tier 8 will be extremely hard due to earning potential. You will really need to either spend for a premium account or buy a tier 7 or tier 8 premium/gold tank to earn income (they have an income bonus). But I wouldn't go out and purchase a premium tank until you know how you like to play and read up on the tanks themselves. Some are much better than others, and some only play well with certain play styles (and if you don't like that playstyle, it will suck because you will never use the tank correctly).

 

[Sohaltang]

Churchills are the biggest joke, with the exception of the BP. Their "thick" armor is literally a tiny thin strip in the middle of the hull, everywhere else is more or less auto-pen with the same tier gun. The lower glacis plate is also HUGE, and I think it has a driver in it. Even the turret has pretty thin armor with the exception of the auto-bounce gun mantlet. The downside to the BP is that it gets matched up to tier 9s, which blow apart its armor like its nothing. Even tier 8s have no problems penning it frontally. It's a bully if it gets into a t7 match though.

When me and my friend play and we see a churchill, this is generally how our conversation goes:

"Oh a churchill, shoot it anywhere".

And the tank destroyers... shoot the tumor. It's huge and it's an auto pen from same tier guns.

I tend to agree. About a year ago I startedand I dont know why decided to go down the brit line. Outside of matlida this line killed my win rate and motivation to play. I have the tier9 now but it sucks too. Switched to french arty(155/55) and fv304. My win rate is up but still 47%.

How to get into a tank clan? I have 2 tier 9 tanks and several tier 8. I think because of my low win rate I get shunned

 

[Daverino]

I'll see your incredible game and raise you perhaps one of the worst teams I have ever been on

Sure we never really had a chance but so many zeros

Well your team killed five tanks, which is five more than many of the worst teams I've ever been on

 

[Fallen Kell]

Well, clans are interesting.... Some shun people as you said based on the ratings. Others recognize good talent when they run into them in pub matches. But really, only some are ever recruiting. The good ones are typically not doing so, and are really just invitation only. You need to be quite active and active at the right time zone for your clan.

I never had the time for that, so I just solo pub. You just need to recognize you are going to have idiots on your team. All you can do is try and point out to the idiots what they need to be doing. You are rarely going to swing a match above tier 5-6, unless you just happen to be in one of the couple tanks in the current version that are good. But rest assured that those tanks will be nerfed by the time you can train into one unless you already have it (right now the swing tank would be the new German auto-loader TD line, tier 9 or tier 10). A good player in one of those can swing a match even with a bad team. A few months ago it was the T69 american medium autoloader. A few months before that it was the French tier 9 and tier 10 autoloader TD line. A few months before that it was a different tank.... Basically, the really good tanks get nerfed to "balance" them, and many times, the nerf is so bad that the tank is worthless aftwerwards.

There is no point in chasing the tank du jour, unless you have a premium account and do nothing but play WoT for 12 hours a day 7 days a week.

 

[Sohaltang]

I was told that the only real way to get my win rate up was to join a clan. That 47% was not really bad for someone who only plays pub. I have switched to coffee and gold rounds in my 155/55 and my win rate in that is like 54%. Not near as many matches in my fv304 but its over 60%. The damn brit heavy line screwed me for a year.

 

[mooncancook]

I was told that the only real way to get my win rate up was to join a clan. That 47% was not really bad for someone who only plays pub. I have switched to coffee and gold rounds in my 155/55 and my win rate in that is like 54%. Not near as many matches in my fv304 but its over 60%. The damn brit heavy line screwed me for a year.

I had good luck with Church I, VII, BP, and Caenarvon, all above 50%, but I am struggling with the Conqueror at 45% right now. I don't think I'll grind it to the tier 10.

I also only play random pub matches and I don't platoon either, I remember I was at 47% when I was at tier 7. Then slowly and steadily I climb, and after 15k battles I got my WR to above 52%. You'll get to 50%, just be patient and learn from the good players. I tried joining a clan before, and then I realize the clan battle time never work out for me so I never participated, and eventually they kicked me out. If you can't join a clan or platoon with a good player, the best you can do is to improve your own skills and tactics, and communicate with your team to help them win.

 

[datalink7]

I can't seem to break out of the high 52 percent range. If you look at my stats, everything is improving except my win rate:

http://www.noobmeter.com/player/na/datalink7/1005336737/

This seems strange to me. If I'm improving so much, it seems that my win rate should be improving.

 

[Possessed Freak]

I was told that the only real way to get my win rate up was to join a clan. That 47% was not really bad for someone who only plays pub. I have switched to coffee and gold rounds in my 155/55 and my win rate in that is like 54%. Not near as many matches in my fv304 but its over 60%. The damn brit heavy line screwed me for a year.

This is going to sound harsh, I am going to try to not be over the top. I have no idea who told you that 47% is not really bad. For comparison sake, you have to actively hurt your team to do worse than 45% (AFKers and bots manage 45%).

If you put a bit of effort in it, there is NO REASON everybody can not be at 53% as there are enough deadbeat useless POS crap players in the world licking on windows and loading HE in their pattons armed with the short 105 to get the losing end of the battles.

I have plateaued in this game at 60% win rate. I can maintain that soloing, I can boost that a bit by platooning. Platooning with crappy players or listening to bad advice from shitty clans (ARMED, IOC) will not make you better, it will in fact reinforce the wrong play style and you will get worse and worse.

If you really want to get better, don't join a clan right now if you are truly a 47%er. Any clan that would have you will not teach you anything. Instead, watch some streams from decent players (don't watch amazing players play yet, learn the basics first).

I have said it elsewhere, I will platoon with ANYBODY as long as they are not wearing tin foil hats (IE the MM is out to screw me, win rate is luck, and all that other complete bullshit) AND you must use teamspeak (free program, but you need a mic). I play most nights after 6pm EST until about 10pm. If you want to platoon let me know and I will find you in game.

Oh and ALL ARTY MUST DIE. Seriously if you are only playing arty then don't bother contacting me.
1) Arty can not carry, if the team starts to lose you can't hold a flank, or prop it up.
2) Arty is boring as hell and with some maps it is completely useless.
3) Arty is massively RNG dependent.
4) Arty is a cancer to the gameplay that forces players to not be seen or hug rocks.

Now, I have two arty. I played them for the first time in over a year a couple of weeks ago. The so called arty nerf wasn't. The things still hit like atomic missiles. It was still easy as hell to predict movements. Other than RNG determining if my shots would hit or not, it was still massively easy.

 

[stag3]

i think the avg w/r is 48%. so you're below avg at this point. it will take a lot of work for me to get to 53% simply because i have 25k games played already.

it's easy to raise your wn8 even when losing, simply because you're doing more damage. most of it might be once the battle has already been decided. just remember damage done @ the beginning of the game is worth twice as much as damage done at the end.

 

[Daverino]

1) Arty can not carry, if the team starts to lose you can't hold a flank, or prop it up.
2) Arty is boring as hell and with some maps it is completely useless.
3) Arty is massively RNG dependent.
4) Arty is a cancer to the gameplay that forces players to not be seen or hug rocks.

I have a T92 in my garage that would like to have an argument with you.

 

[stag3]

i wish arty would be removed as well but that will never happen.
seems the only arty in use now in cw are m53/55 and GCs.

 

[Possessed Freak]

I have a T92 in my garage that would like to have an argument with you.

Which statement are you arguing?

1) Arty can not prop up a failing team as you must rely on the team for your shots and for your protection/capping/winning. You can do damage, you can one shot tanks, you can counter other arty... but if your team is full of retards you CAN NOT force a win (with the same authority as say an E75 or 62A).

2) The T92 is not boring as hell? You feel a thrill as you aim for 10 seconds and reload for 40? You are not a useless entity on dorf, ensk, ruinburg?

3) Surely you must agree. If you disagree with this one, I don't think we will agree on much at all.

4) Same for this one.

 

[stag3]

#4 hahahaha the GC would like to talk to you about hugging a rock or building