[MMO] World of Tanks

[Elcs]

It really winds me up when I am having a great game, just popped a tank or embroiled in an exciting firefight at close range, tanks circling one another..... then out of the blue I get tracked by a random outsider, artillery or team mate and it's all over.

So annoying to be in the zone and jolted right back out of it.

On my "lag" situation, it feels very, very slightly snappier. I switched my keyboard to a back USB 2.0 port and mouse is plugged into my keyboard on a 1.1 port for now. Keyboard actions feel a tiny bit snappier and the mouse hasn't suffered as a result of being in a 1.1 port. Did a bit of fiddling with my LCD TV and found out that changing the 'label' on an input actually has an impact on picture and settings.

Combined all of the above with updated ATI drivers and a reduction to 'Low' graphics settings (they have no 1280x720 resolution support) has made a small but noticable reduction in the 'lag effect' I was having. Seems that it is a very rare issue and only two other people that I have spoken to (including one moderator) have it or have heard of it.

On a positive note: Patch Notes!

These guys post their proposed patch changes days(weeks?) before they patch up. This way we can learn what's coming next. A very good idea in my opinion and I like it.

 

[Nik]

I've seen so much server lag lately that I've quit playing for now.

 

[ayabe]

When things are going relatively well then it's a really fun game. But when things are bad, they tend to be really bad and it becomes a chore.

For me the biggest issue aside from the lag is the matchmaking. I've read how it works and it sounds great on paper but in reality it's just a bit off. As a T3 or even T2 you can often be stuck in matches you don't belong in, regardless of how it looks inherently fair because there's someone "equal" to you on the other team.

Getting one-shotted several times in a row by virtually anyone you encounter is pretty frustrating, especially when you can't really retaliate and have no chance. Was trying to cap vs an AFK KV the other day in my SU76 TD with the middle 76mm gun. Took me 8 shots from less than 50 yds, IN THE REAR to bring the guy down from 36%. Just a plain jane KV. Even at a distance he could have easily killed me from any angle. An SPD had been hitting him constantly the whole match almost to get him down to 36%.

Sure that's a heavy tank and should be tough and it's an extreme example but you it's so easy to get stuck in matches where you are just meat.

 

[Elcs]

I've seen so much server lag lately that I've quit playing for now.

Coming from Europe, I don't mind a 120-170ms ping. It's actually not that terrible and I don't seem to be getting many issues besides my 'lag'.

What is awful is pressing a key on your wired keyboard and seeing the effect 1-2 seconds later. I have confirmed via my own testing that the keyboard is fine in Windows so I have to guess it's something with WoT that is not playing fair.

Closing all of my Logitech SetPoint, G15 software has given me a tad better performance also.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

You need to read the thread, NOOOOOOOB

Have looked at that several times in game... just must have been blind (and tired).

 

[ivan2]

Getting one-shotted several times in a row by virtually anyone you encounter is pretty frustrating, especially when you can't really retaliate and have no chance. Was trying to cap vs an AFK KV the other day in my SU76 TD with the middle 76mm gun. Took me 8 shots from less than 50 yds, IN THE REAR to bring the guy down from 36%. Just a plain jane KV. Even at a distance he could have easily killed me from any angle. An SPD had been hitting him constantly the whole match almost to get him down to 36%.

Sure that's a heavy tank and should be tough and it's an extreme example but you it's so easy to get stuck in matches where you are just meat.

im running BT-8 right now and anything comes up can kill me except for another light tank from the other team which is rare. shooting a TD IN THE BACK only take about 20% out of him.

right now if im running BT-8 I am going to stay with the artilleries and the TDs to fend off the scouts initially, then get close to the med and heavies and stay behind him. let him take the attention so I can get a few shots off. it's painful to get XP with a tier 3 light tank.

 

[slag]

had fun last night. Played about 6 matches, got 1 kill. Oh, I hit a lot of enemies, but i would take them down from like 100% to 89%, then hit them again to go down to 71%, etc, and then a big heavy would come by and take them out. I'm in the little smoker, just puttering my way across the map. Decent little game, but it doesn't appear to really get fun until you put in your time gaining just a few credits at first until you can upgrade because.. well, that intro tank cant kill jack crap.

 

[ussfletcher]

had fun last night. Played about 6 matches, got 1 kill. Oh, I hit a lot of enemies, but i would take them down from like 100% to 89%, then hit them again to go down to 71%, etc, and then a big heavy would come by and take them out. I'm in the little smoker, just puttering my way across the map. Decent little game, but it doesn't appear to really get fun until you put in your time gaining just a few credits at first until you can upgrade because.. well, that intro tank cant kill jack crap.

I do the best in the game with the second light tank, it's probably due to the matchmaking system.. but I typically get 1-6 kills a game D: With my t-26 or whatever the first medium tank is I can barely get 1.

 

[Elcs]

Hopping into a T1 or T2 tank, you are usually against other T1 or T2 players.

Grab the best T2 tank, upgrade it to the max and go popping newbies

 

[nsafreak]

Hopping into a T1 or T2 tank, you are usually against other T1 or T2 players.

Grab the best T2 tank, upgrade it to the max and go popping newbies

Heh that's what I do when I need exp points. I hop in my fully upgraded BT-2 and play run and gun games. Right now I am playing around in my SU-5 (arty) since I need to raise the cash to get into a KV-3. I have the research completed to get into the tank, I just can't afford one quite yet.

 

[abaez]

That's what I've noticed. In my PzII I am evenly matched for the most part. Sometimes I can get a few tanks, sometimes I get knocked out. But it's pretty fun in general and I am matched against similar tanks.

When I got up just one tier to PzIII it seems the matchmaking is just busted as I routinely go up against tanks much higher than me that I can barely dent and one or two shot me. I have way more fun in the PzII matches.

 

[sushicide]

Finally started playing this today even though I had downloaded the game a month ago XD
Quite fun, reminds me of the canceled Multiplayer Battletech 3025 MMO....I'm still pretty bad at it though, get steamrolled most of the time :/

 

[GoodRevrnd]

You know what's really frustrating is when you play a game as an arty and there's 6 pieces of arty on each team, and the next game you're like f that I'm gonna jump in my BT-2 and go rape artys and then there's no arty in the game. =/

I've also been in games where my team will have 5 arty pieces and the other team has none which is actually quite a disadvantage in a lower tier with all the super speed BT-2/7's and A-20s.

 

[Nik]

Finally started playing this today even though I had downloaded the game a month ago XD
Quite fun, reminds me of the canceled Multiplayer Battletech 3025 MMO....I'm still pretty bad at it though, get steamrolled most of the time :/

Until you get into a Tier 4, get used to it (unfortunately)

 

[DarkForceRising]

Might as well drop my name here, since I ran into at least one of ya'll tonight. I'm DarkNoghri in-game.

You'll find me driving various medium-high level tanks, though the only heavy I have currently is a KV.

 

[Nik]

Good to see you in the match, DFR

LURK MOAR, NOOB



Sorry I didn't get to wtfpwn you, your arty was busy shooting me through the rocks :awe:

 

[GoodRevrnd]

Is there an AT vent going on for this?

 

[Elcs]

Joined yet another random battle on Porhorvka? (open arid landscape type map) and had fun in a wolfpack.

One T-44, three T-43's and me in my T-34-85 went around the map slowly and eliminated the enemy force as it was preoccupied by our other forces.

One guy at the end had the gall to say "I was calling for help and no-one helped. screw you guys!" so I had to give him the "we just wiped their team for you, you were our cannon fodder" speech.

On a side note and this is very important: Do not swear in game. You can be screenshotted, reported and banned for such action... even though there is a profanity filter which can be lifted. I saw several people be removed because of it by a moderator which was only enforcing the rules set by his or her bosses.

 

[Nik]

That's a retarded moderator.

 

[imaheadcase]

Until they fix the lag, i'm guessing maybe with maintenance today they are doing i can't play it.

Its not connection lag, its server lag. Everyone rubberband around. Miss every shot. Then all of a sudden you are dead and then tanks appear out of nowhere around you.

Maybe 3 out of 10 games are playable.

 

[Elcs]

Until they fix the lag, i'm guessing maybe with maintenance today they are doing i can't play it.

Its not connection lag, its server lag. Everyone rubberband around. Miss every shot. Then all of a sudden you are dead and then tanks appear out of nowhere around you.

Maybe 3 out of 10 games are playable.

I've been playing off and on for the past 7 hours and not had any of this. It's actually very rare that I do.

The tank warping at long distance bug is a very well know bug and is due to be fixed in patch 0.6.x.

 

[lupi]

If I'm in the tier one I usually have matches of just tier 1-2 vehicles. If I go 2, and most definitely when in 3, I'll often see matches with all ranges of vehicles.

 

[Nik]

That's the same reason I quit playing for a few days, ELCS. Rubber banding, shots going wild, 10+ second delay in everything, etc.

One match I had a full 60 seconds where people could type, but nobody had control over their tank. When the lag lifted, I was across the map running head first into the side of a hill.

 

[Elcs]

That's the same reason I quit playing for a few days, ELCS. Rubber banding, shots going wild, 10+ second delay in everything, etc.

One match I had a full 60 seconds where people could type, but nobody had control over their tank. When the lag lifted, I was across the map running head first into the side of a hill.

I've experienced that a few times but never to the degree of a 60 burst.. maybe 30-40 seconds. These occurences are rare for me but I have seen quite a few peeps go onto chat and rant/rave about it.

 

[Nik]

It seems to happen rarely, but when it does, it'll happen for hours.