[MMO] World of Tanks

[Tsavo]

I dunno how people can play slow ass TD's, arty, or heavies - they're just sooooooooooo slow.

Jackson is slow but fun because it makes people crap themselves when they see it.

:biggrin:

 

[Tsavo]

I only have 1.5 skill on my two most frequently played tanks.

But then, I have quite a few tanks and not even 3k games played yet.

 

[Tsavo]

80 something percent MoE firing standard rounds on my Easy 8. I can drag a marginal team out of the dirt with it, so I will concentrate on this for a while. Prolly use dailies on other tanks to fund gold rounds for the Easy 8 because that's what it's going to take to progress on MoE. Did 2k+dmg for the last ten matches tonight.

A fully trained crew in an E8 must be complete hell on wheels.

 

[Possessed Freak]

what am I missing here? You use the non-premium tank crew in your premium tank (presumably because they don't suffer a penalty), and then put them right back into your non-premium tank?

Assume you have:
Church III
KV-220
KV-5
IS-6
and an
IS7

The first 4 tanks are premium tanks, all heavies.

You have one crew, for your IS7. You also keep around a radio operator as the IS7 does not use one.

You toss the crew in the Church III. Get your 2x.
Toss the crew in the KV-220. Get your 2x.
KV-5... IS6... same thing.

Return the crew to the IS7. Get your 2x there as well.

5 sets of 2x's on the same crew, every day. Or, if you need to grind credits, just keep the crew in the premiums and play with that crew again and again. It gets trained up while you make credits.

 

[Possessed Freak]

A fully trained crew in an E8 must be complete hell on wheels.

Until my Kevin 2 says hello to it. One of the reasons I prefer the E2 to the E8. Stock turret and 105/M1A1 or E8 turret with the M1A2. All viable options on the E2.

 

[Stuka87]

Jackson is slow but fun because it makes people crap themselves when they see it.

:biggrin:

I have never been afraid of a jackson. All tanks on that platform have big giant lower glacis weak spots, plus an open turret. They are very well balanced TD's, but nothing special in the armor department. Although their side armor is far better than an M4's vertical armor.

 

[slag]

I have never been afraid of a jackson. All tanks on that platform have big giant lower glacis weak spots, plus an open turret. They are very well balanced TD's, but nothing special in the armor department. Although their side armor is far better than an M4's vertical armor.

People laugh when I show up with the jackson. It's a paper tiger with not much pen because I'm usually in the bottom 1/3 when matches start.

 

[Ns1]

Assume you have:
Church III
KV-220
KV-5
IS-6
and an
IS7

The first 4 tanks are premium tanks, all heavies.

You have one crew, for your IS7. You also keep around a radio operator as the IS7 does not use one.

You toss the crew in the Church III. Get your 2x.
Toss the crew in the KV-220. Get your 2x.
KV-5... IS6... same thing.

Return the crew to the IS7. Get your 2x there as well.

5 sets of 2x's on the same crew, every day. Or, if you need to grind credits, just keep the crew in the premiums and play with that crew again and again. It gets trained up while you make credits.

TIL...

 

[Possessed Freak]

TIL...

You can even do silly thinks like pretrain crews to tanks you have researched but not bought (or tanks you sold and retrained the crews elsewhere but want to play again). Buy a 75% crew trained for a vehicle not in your garage (but must be researched). Put them on a premium of the same type. Crew it up to whatever and then finally buy the tank.

This works great for keeper tanks. I never plan on selling my wz120, so I am training up a crew for a wz121 on my type 59. Eventually I may purchase the 121, when I do, it will be a multi-skilled crew.

 

[Ns1]

You can even do silly thinks like pretrain crews to tanks you have researched but not bought (or tanks you sold and retrained the crews elsewhere but want to play again). Buy a 75% crew trained for a vehicle not in your garage (but must be researched). Put them on a premium of the same type. Crew it up to whatever and then finally buy the tank.

This works great for keeper tanks. I never plan on selling my wz120, so I am training up a crew for a wz121 on my type 59. Eventually I may purchase the 121, when I do, it will be a multi-skilled crew.

O_O

thanks for the protip. Time to clean out the barracks...

 

[stag3]

You can even do silly thinks like pretrain crews to tanks you have researched but not bought (or tanks you sold and retrained the crews elsewhere but want to play again). Buy a 75% crew trained for a vehicle not in your garage (but must be researched). Put them on a premium of the same type. Crew it up to whatever and then finally buy the tank.

This works great for keeper tanks. I never plan on selling my wz120, so I am training up a crew for a wz121 on my type 59. Eventually I may purchase the 121, when I do, it will be a multi-skilled crew.

i kept my wz120 also as it's a fun brawler. the 121 i do well in but i feel the wz120 is better tier for tier

 

[Stuka87]

You can even do silly thinks like pretrain crews to tanks you have researched but not bought (or tanks you sold and retrained the crews elsewhere but want to play again). Buy a 75% crew trained for a vehicle not in your garage (but must be researched). Put them on a premium of the same type. Crew it up to whatever and then finally buy the tank.

This works great for keeper tanks. I never plan on selling my wz120, so I am training up a crew for a wz121 on my type 59. Eventually I may purchase the 121, when I do, it will be a multi-skilled crew.

It doesn't have to be a premium tank, it can be an elite tank as well. my Tiger for instance is an Elite tank so I can put its XP against crews or FreeXP.

 

[Tsavo]

Just got M41 yesterday.

Autoloader or no? Is one massively better than the other, or is it personal preference?

And wow, T10 matches are full of some the biggest crybabies I've seen online, ever.

 

[stag3]

post nerf, i believe everyone says the autoloader is the way to go now.

 

[PowerYoga]

autoloader. The single shot got nerfed too much and it's useless now.

 

[microAmp]

Got the Obj. 268 USSR tier 10 tank destroyer and feels underwhelming, not really getting those bounces I hoped for against certain lower tier tanks. Has nice speed though, poor gun arc (left/right) compared to Obj. 704. Glad I only paid 4.2M for it instead of 6.2M.

I wonder what will be my next tier 10; M48 Patton, can be bought now. Just stared grinding towards Obj. 263, the Maus and E50M. Almost to FV4202 and T110E5. Though the American heavy doesn't seem all that appealing as I don't feel scared of them, with that big tumor on its head.

 

[stag3]

268 after the nerf was a downgrade to the 704 imo.
felt the 704 bounced more. the 704 already has a faster shell travel time
so there's no reason to get the 268.

i still have my m48, bought it when it was on track and saved a few credits. have not played it once. will wait until it's buffed.

 

[datalink7]

New game mode on the new map (worth a download):

http://wotreplays.com/site/1833355#team

 

[skipsneeky2]

And wow, T10 matches are full of some the biggest crybabies I've seen online, ever.

Had a guy yesterday in a 112 raging about his gun apparently sucking enough cause he kept bouncing off my turret on my t-34-3 but we have the same exact gun.:awe: He had his sides all exposed and i had cover keeping all but my turret covered up.Ended up killing him and the chat went wild.

 

[Harabec]

Hahaha, poor enemy team...

 

[skipsneeky2]

Me and my buddy got a bit of a debate going right now,basically which is better the t-34-3 i own or his t-54 prototype.Close quarters its extremely close to be honest.I fire about 3 shots in the time he ends up firing about 4 but he has less damage and slightly less pen on his 100mm over my 122mm.

Anyone who owns both who have any commentary on the two?I am thinking of picking up the t-54 for pretty much a quicker firing medium gun out the gate.

 

[microAmp]

This 4x crew XP is nice, due to two events going on; Viva la Winners of WGL and May Flowers. What's better? Get that plus On Track for Obj 268 for tier 8-10, 8x crew xp....

 

[microAmp]

New game mode on the new map (worth a download):

http://wotreplays.com/site/1833355#team

At first I was, oh, enemy is just stuck can't move. Then the surprise, lol.

 

[datalink7]

Me and my buddy got a bit of a debate going right now,basically which is better the t-34-3 i own or his t-54 prototype.Close quarters its extremely close to be honest.I fire about 3 shots in the time he ends up firing about 4 but he has less damage and slightly less pen on his 100mm over my 122mm.

Anyone who owns both who have any commentary on the two?I am thinking of picking up the t-54 for pretty much a quicker firing medium gun out the gate.

It's the same pen with normal rounds. Less pen on premium rounds.

I don't have a T-34-3 (just the prototype), but I'd go with the T-54 Prot.

T-54 Prot advantages:

-DPM (110 more)
-Gun Handling (accuracy, aim time)
-Gun Depression (6 degrees is workable. 3 degrees is just awful. One of the biggest deciders for me)
-Gun elevation (not super at 17 degrees, but better than the 15 on the T-34-3)
-Front Hull armor (Upper and lower both 120mm, T-34-3 has 90 upper and 70 lower)
-Side Hull armor (Massive upgrade from 90mm from 50mm. Can actually sidescrape and get a way with it at more than autobounce angles)
-No massive cupola weakspots like T-34-3
-Shell price (252 vs 1025, which is a big difference. T-34-3 is spending 2.6 times as much per damage done)

T-34-3 Advantages:

-Higher alpha (nice for trading 1 for 1 shots)
-Slightly better turret armor on the front cheeks (however, it also has much bigger cupolas, so I think the Prot's turret is actually better overall)
-Better gun handling when on the move
-View range (380 vs. 360 meters)
-Maneuverability (Probably the best advantage. 4 more degrees of traverse, 6 km/h better top speed and 2 km/h better reverse speed. Turret traverse is 6 degrees better as well, which when combined with the above makes it better for certain fights).

 

[skipsneeky2]

-Shell price (252 vs 1025, which is a big difference. T-34-3 is spending 2.6 times as much per damage done)

This alone makes it seem like the T-54 is worth it over the t-34-3,this is my biggest grief with the t-34-3 is how expensive the ammo is.Cost just the same as the IS-3 and even maybe the IS.Been a while since i ran the IS so would need to double check.

122mm ammo is expensive.