[MMO] World of Tanks

[stag3]

horrible mm for me tonight ugh
2/11
most were 30% win chances, and even the 65%+ i lost

had to get one last hurrah for my 183 <3

 

[PowerYoga]

I appreciate the honesty while at the same time am astonished at the amount of money spent by some playing this game.

I am just amazed at how much some will spend on a video game. Hey ... at least you're not spending it on drugs ... right?

Why astonishment? Lets say $500 over the course of 3 years... that's not a lot of money, that's good entertainment value for something you play regularly. $500 doesn't even cover a month's worth of rent.

 

[datalink7]

horrible mm for me tonight ugh
2/11
most were 30% win chances, and even the 65%+ i lost

had to get one last hurrah for my 183 <3

I did the same, though I got better MM. Played 10 straight games in my 183 and won 60 percent.

A few days ago I went 2-20 in my OBJ 430 though, even though my personal stats were good. It was highly disgusting I was about 1-7 in it, and decided to keep playing until I got at least one more win. I should have just stopped.

 

[datalink7]

Not like the T8 premiums do but, yes, it does make money. The damn thing is just plain fun to play and no nerfs of any kind to it yet. The T8 premium tanks are still the kings of money making.

The E25 makes decent money, but not nearly as much as my T34. But it is a ton of fun to play. It didn't get the camo nerf so it can be a huge pain in the ass to your opponents.

 

[stag3]

Why astonishment? Lets say $500 over the course of 3 years... that's not a lot of money, that's good entertainment value for something you play regularly. $500 doesn't even cover a month's worth of rent.

it's like 13 a month over ~3 years, so i skip a lunch or movie 1 time during that month

 

[biostud]

is the e-25 good as scout?

 

[gammaray]

anyone is better off paying when they make the 6 months or 1 year special. its like 21,000 gold for 1 year. (last sale...) instead of 30,000 gold thats like 3-4 months free or more, depending if they also offer a special when you purchase over 20,000 gold.

 

[stag3]

yea thats when i up my prem for 6 mos during the sales

 

[biostud]

anyone is better off paying when they make the 6 months or 1 year special. its like 21,000 gold for 1 year. (last sale...) instead of 30,000 gold thats like 3-4 months free or more, depending if they also offer a special when you purchase over 20,000 gold.

yeah did that for my 1 year subscription.

 

[stag3]

is the e-25 good as scout?

i think it's excellent as a scout, when i'm getting hit by those bitches i can never see where i'm getting hit, just that i'm losing 100+ health every 3-4 seconds....

i'd guess with a 100% crew, camo net and camo paint you'd need to be inside of ~35 meters to spot it

 

[datalink7]

is the e-25 good as scout?

It's a great scout. It doesn't retain its camo rating as good as a light tank does on the move, but its camo rating is excellent anyway so it isn't that huge of a disadvantage. And once you get into a position and stop moving, it is incredibly hard to spot. And at medium ranges you can even fire and not be spotted.

Anyone got to test the VK 42.05 B yet and its new armor? I don't have one (I'm on the Tiger P, barely).

 

[stag3]

on that new strongholds mode, do you only get the resource bonus FOR stronghold battles? i doubt they'd let you get the bonus for all random battles

 

[Skott]

The E-25 is a good scout. It can't turn fast like true scout tanks can but when it does passive scouting its really good.


Early 9.2 testing and impressions so far:

Played a few games in my 4502B today but testing inconclusive because the maps I got were not really that great and arty players were out heavy and pretty much negated anything I did. I need to test it more.

Played the RHM a fair bit. This tank and the 128mm gun is still deadly and nasty. My thought is that the nerf didn't hurt it much. No need to go to the 150mm gun unless you just like it. Still a bad ass tank to play. Whiners will continue to whine about it it being too hard to deal with.

Only played two games today in the WT Pz IV (T9) tank. Testing inconclusive. Need more play time. Spoke to others I saw in game and they said they will still use it.

I don't have the WT Jg E100 (T10) waffle tank but to those that were playing it in games I was in they were saying other than one less shell in the loader not much of a nerf to it.

So far I think the nerfs to the waffle tanks are not as bad as expected. However what does hurt them, as well as all TDs, is that the maps are having fewer and fewer woodsy or large bushes placed on the maps to hide in and behind. This affects how you play a TD more than anything so far I think. Without something good to hide behind the TDs, waffles or another, have a harder time surviving because they can't find as many hiding spots as they use to. Map nerfing. There is a new term for me. LOL

I need to test this patch more obviously. Didn't get a lot of play time today due to offline things around the house that needed to be done.

 

[biostud]

9.2 still not available in EU. I guess I'll pick up an e-25 when it's on sale. The VK 28.01 is really not that fun to play as scout.

 

[biostud]

Just got the top gun on the Centurion 7/1. While all three tier IX british tanks (ex. artillery) are fun to play with top gun, then compared to the Tortoise and the Conqueror, I like the Centurion the most. While it has the lowest dpm, the agility and gun depression makes much more versatile than the other two tanks, and to me I often get to do more damage because of this.

 

[Skott]

Biostud, have you tried the American T71? That little tank is fun to play and when you train the crew in camo and put a camo net and binocs it makes a very nice scout. Has a good gun too. Downside is that you will see high tier battles in it and its a auto loader but reloads fairly quick. Damn thing is zippy fast and hard to see and hit when on the move.

 

[biostud]

Biostud, have you tried the American T71? That little tank is fun to play and when you train the crew in camo and put a camo net and binocs it makes a very nice scout. Has a good gun too. Downside is that you will see high tier battles in it and its a auto loader but reloads fairly quick. Damn thing is zippy fast and hard to see and hit when on the move.

Could be another option, I've just started to play the American tree, but only have two tier IV tanks.

 

[stag3]

fv4202 is a lot better now, my reload went from 8 sec to 7.3
that's a huge drop

50b aim time is also pretty sweet now, we may be able to drop GLD for something else

 

[JumBie]

Honestly this game just got way too complicated for me. Played it a few years back, and decided to install it and give it a go. First and foremost, you get two slots and for the life of me I cant figure out how to remove a tank from a slot and put a new one in. Secondly, I feel like I just get destroyed over stupid little things. I clearly remember playing with a heavy tank when the game first came out. Now I don't own one and ill probably never be able to save up enough silver to afford one. There is too much grind, and certain tanks are at a clear disadvantage. Don't think Ill have anymore fun with this one.

 

[biostud]

Honestly this game just got way too complicated for me. Played it a few years back, and decided to install it and give it a go. First and foremost, you get two slots and for the life of me I cant figure out how to remove a tank from a slot and put a new one in. Secondly, I feel like I just get destroyed over stupid little things. I clearly remember playing with a heavy tank when the game first came out. Now I don't own one and ill probably never be able to save up enough silver to afford one. There is too much grind, and certain tanks are at a clear disadvantage. Don't think Ill have anymore fun with this one.

You need to sell a tank to make room for a new one.

You should also install a xvm mod pack to make the game more playable. I use roughnecks mega pack, but other are also available.

http://roughnecksxvmmods.ipbhost.com/index.php?/forum/41-roughs-mega-pack-area/

http://www.reddit.com/r/WorldofTanks/comments/2c2gku/92_mod_list/

You get to play heavy tanks around tier IV-V depending on nationality. And yes it will take some time, but use the first tiers to get a feel of how to play. Definitely gets more fun once you get to higher tiers, although the American Tier III T18 tank destroyer with howitzer is really fun.

Also try to focus on 2-3 tanks if you want advance quickly.

 

[gammaray]

Honestly this game just got way too complicated for me. Played it a few years back, and decided to install it and give it a go. First and foremost, you get two slots and for the life of me I cant figure out how to remove a tank from a slot and put a new one in. Secondly, I feel like I just get destroyed over stupid little things. I clearly remember playing with a heavy tank when the game first came out. Now I don't own one and ill probably never be able to save up enough silver to afford one. There is too much grind, and certain tanks are at a clear disadvantage. Don't think Ill have anymore fun with this one.

If you wanna have fun and play this game a lot, pay the 2500 gold monthly fee, otherwise yes, it will be a long painful grind. with the premium account, your grind is faster and you get more credits for the same thing you did.

Grinding a tank from scratch to level 5-6 should not take you more than a week or roughly 5 to 10 hours of play.

Also you don't need XVM or any mods to play, i got over 20k games and never used one.

 

[stag3]

you don't really get to experience the game until tier 5 imo, that's when it starts getting good. the first few tiers starting out suck period

 

[PowerYoga]

especially if you start out in the russian medium line.

The A-20 with its scout matchmaking made me want to kill myself. I'm sure they changed that but fuck that tank.

 

[wetech]

on that new strongholds mode, do you only get the resource bonus FOR stronghold battles? i doubt they'd let you get the bonus for all random battles

all battle types. only 1 bonus can be active at a time.

at least, that's my understanding.

 

[clok1966]

especially if you start out in the russian medium line.

The A-20 with its scout matchmaking made me want to kill myself. I'm sure they changed that but fuck that tank.

there is some UGLY stuff mid tier. I ground all the tanks a year or so ago and restarted a new account about 4 months ago, doing ALL tanks again and Im starting to Hit Tier 5.. First time through (rouhgly 2 years ago) the German Mid tanks where beastly.. The Early Russina KV's where feared.. now.. I dont even want to play The DW2 is beyond worthless, MM puts it up against stuff it cant pen from the rear or side 95% of the time.. you do get into those matchs where you can do some dmage there will be Derping Hertzers and you puny damage wont even scare um a bit. After that you get the H, and till you grind a "SHITLOAD" of exp it has no gun.. The KV is .. just sad now.. The gun, i was just in a match with other kv's shooting rear side, 7 of 9 bounced, perfect side shots, not into the tracks..

and the MM needs some work, I know everybody screams XMV don't mean anything. But damn, i have kept track just to be sure, in the last month (played almost nightly) im at 73% of my matches being under 50% chance of win. I actually have 33% under 30%... come the F on.. you just cant win that crap (hardly ever) I have taken to playing MY Hellcat to try shore up my Win/loss ratio, even in crap MM I can pen and do some damage to keep my personal stats ok.. not that it really matters, just a game an all.. but I was almost 55% win, and was almost to green eff .. so close.. now in the last month (tier 4 and 5) I'm down to 53% (barely) and my eff has dropped to high 800's. I do understand better players the higher the tiers.. but Im constantly in the top 3 players on my side.. but match's that are done in 7 minutes .. you know your team was f-off's... MM needs to take player skill into account. if they are going to use WT logins for XMV, why not use it to level match's some too.

just venting.. love the game.