[MMO] World of Tanks

[Harabec]

Defeat
Battle: Karelia
Vehicle: Type 59
Experience received: 1,917
Credits received: 105,936
Battle achievements: High Caliber, Confederate, Mastery Badge: "II Class"

If only the enemy team did not have that mountain of armor called KV-4. Good fight though.

 

[gammaray]

As I understand it: (...)

I am unaware of a single buff to the dispersion mechanics this patch, aimed or un-aimed.

you are right about the bloom and un-aimed shots however,

http://ftr.wot-news.com/2015/02/06/9-6-accuracy-change-explained/

if we look at these 2 graphs, i would say that accuracy has been buffed overall in 9.6, less shots are dead center, but also much less shots far off dead center, with most shots converging where the aiming is. It helps artillery more than other vehicles imho, which is pretty bad.

 

[JoJoman88]

Oh god. I tried out the British line of tanks for the new "on track" event, let me tell you, after having played the Covenater I have vowed to give up on this event. I have never been so bored in my life, there is nothing fun about these tanks, they are just tedious and boring. I have given up, not going to bother with this anymore.

I really thought the line picks up at the at the Cromwell for me. I still have it. The Comet wasn't my fav but the Cen 1 and Cen 7/1 were both very good to me. Still have the Cen 1 too. Only sold the Cen7/1 because i needed the money. My stats in the Cen 7/1 aren't good but it is a good damage dealing tank. Had a just over 5k damage defeat and a 726 avg. XP with just below 47% W/R in it. The FV4202 is a let down, it's worse that the Cen 7/1 to me. Are they still going to do something with the FV 4202?
It's still comes down to play style for most.

 

[stag3]

haha yea i hate my fv4202, can't wait until it gets replaced. even after the reload buff, it still sucks, and has no gold round

 

[PowerYoga]

caved in and bought a kv4 and centurion. Both very fun tanks though I can't seem to win any games in the cent. /shrug

 

[Harabec]

I found the cent 1 to be quite hard to do well in...but I play much too aggressively.

 

[stag3]

this is why my stats suck, i also play super aggressively, i can't chai snipe, it just makes the game boring as shit for me. it's a habit from cs days trying to get entry kills early to take over the match which works on 5v5 but not 15v15 so much lol

 

[Possessed Freak]

you are right about the bloom and un-aimed shots however,

http://ftr.wot-news.com/2015/02/06/9-6-accuracy-change-explained/

if we look at these 2 graphs, i would say that accuracy has been buffed overall in 9.6, less shots are dead center, but also much less shots far off dead center, with most shots converging where the aiming is. It helps artillery more than other vehicles imho, which is pretty bad.

I can't think that is a buff. Less shots hitting center means good luck hitting small weakspots. Driver's hatches, machine gun ports, commander's cupolas. More likely: UFP hits, and mantlet/sky shots.

If all you are interested in is hitting the tank, sure.

 

[Harabec]

The wonders of the T34 - one match with 3 fully aimed shots missing (but a win - I was carried by Garbad and his friends...) followed by terrific game that finally got me Ace mastery.

I guess this inconsistency is what makes average players like me...well average.

 

[JoJoman88]

I can't think that is a buff. Less shots hitting center means good luck hitting small weakspots. Driver's hatches, machine gun ports, commander's cupolas. More likely: UFP hits, and mantlet/sky shots.

If all you are interested in is hitting the tank, sure.

LOL, yeah! just shoot them with HE and do 100 damage while they are smacking you for 300 to 400 a shot. Works out well for you!

 

[gammaray]

I can't think that is a buff. Less shots hitting center means good luck hitting small weakspots. Driver's hatches, machine gun ports, commander's cupolas. More likely: UFP hits, and mantlet/sky shots.

If all you are interested in is hitting the tank, sure.

like i said it helps arty more, cos more of their shots will hit the tank or fall real close now.
as for hitting small weak spots, it's a good thing if it's harder, this game shouldn't be about that, imho.
But overall i say it's easier to hit a target, not by much. Just like it's not really harder to hit weak spots. the impact is sort of minimal. that's my experience so far after a few hundred games into 9.6

 

[JumBie]

Played about 30 games tonight, lost about 80% of them. Teams are ridiculous, 90% of the team follows one another and then dies within the first minute, what a joke.

 

[biostud]

Changing from the top gun to the standard in Tiger II..... back with a vengeance

 

[datalink7]

Standard Gun? Do you mean the Tiger I's gun with 203mm of pen and 240 alpha?

Nice game by the way.

 

[lupi]

Been logging in doing the daily mission and playing a match or two last couple of weeks. When they give the premium reward it would be nice if you could select when it would be used. A premium day where you play 3-4 matches just about worthless compared to using say over the weekend.

 

[biostud]

Standard Gun? Do you mean the Tiger I's gun with 203mm of pen and 240 alpha?

Nice game by the way.

yeah

 

[datalink7]

yeah

Yeah the DPM is higher, but that puts you at a big disadvantage in Tier X games. Plus the 105 is nicer for trading with the higher alpha. But when you are top tier (as you were there) it is nice.

 

[Tsavo]

Played about 30 games tonight, lost about 80% of them. Teams are ridiculous, 90% of the team follows one another and then dies within the first minute, what a joke.

Lots of closet Pattons out the past few days. You know the guy; low # of fights, bad W/L ratio, does almost nothing all fights...yet barks out orders and admonishes other players for doing badly, all from the comfort of his smoking ruin of a tank.

 

[biostud]

Yeah the DPM is higher, but that puts you at a big disadvantage in Tier X games. Plus the 105 is nicer for trading with the higher alpha. But when you are top tier (as you were there) it is nice.

I find that when 203 isn't enough neither is 225, and it seems like they don't really treat you as a threat when you only have the small gun. The higher rate of fire is also better for tracking.

 

[JoJoman88]

Lots of closet Pattons out the past few days. You know the guy; low # of fights, bad W/L ratio, does almost nothing all fights...yet barks out orders and admonishes other players for doing badly, all from the comfort of his smoking ruin of a tank.

Too much of this. I just try to Force choke them thru my moniter!

 

[Fire&Blood]

29k battles launch and beta combined, finally platooned for the 1st time lol. I can see the advantage especially with 3 or more people coordinating.

Also 1st mastery badge in arty (M44), an epic turn around to win the game. Would have broken 5k damage and killed 10 or even more if it weren't for the weird misses and direct hits with very low (70-80) damage:

 

[Harabec]

One thing I'll say about the Sturer Emil - it forces you to learn how to stay hidden and be a TD. Any other way you play it, you die in about 3 seconds.

 

[VenomXTF]

Finished HT15 for T55A. First tried doing it in E100/IS7 by blocking tons of damage. Wasn't working so I just decided to do the damage myself...

 

[datalink7]

Finished HT15 for T55A. First tried doing it in E100/IS7 by blocking tons of damage. Wasn't working so I just decided to do the damage myself...

Nice job. I'm super close now to the T28 Concept. 4 missions. Then I get to start on the T55a. I hope I can get it (not sure I can get the OBJ 260).

I've finally been getting better at the game after kinda being mediocre for a while. My last 1k game rating on Noobmeter is finally starting to look respectable:

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

 

[datalink7]

And Heavy Tanks are now complete. I had to do it twice though because the first time I didn't do it with honors.