[MMO] World of Tanks

[Maximilian]

Had a match a few nights ago that looked like this

We had T30 + 3 E-50s
They had Maus + 3 IS4s

Yeah they are both tier 9 but is an E-50 really equal to an IS4?

Did you lose?

 

[Nintendesert]

Did you lose?

Better today was our one IS-4 and 3 E-50s against 4 IS-4s. :'(


What's worse in the MM is it likes to put all the damn TD's on the same team, that shit is ridiculous. Obj. 704 and jgTiger against two medium tier 9 tanks. Yeah....

It's really wonky sometimes.

 

[Genx87]

Did you lose?

Oh yeah, big time. I think we ended up taking out 3-4 of their tanks while they wiped us.

 

[JoJoman88]

MM has lost it's mind! I can't belive how many loopsided matches there has been this weekend! (mostly on the losing end for me). I know MM will not know how exactly how you will use your tank, but wouldn't the math say the odd's would be very high to go 3 for 21 as I did last night. Most of the time we were steamrolled! I count that if your team can't kill at least 7 tanks before all of yours, that was a miss match battle.

 

[Harabec]

I love my little marder...he's great for grinding xp (elite). Just got 6 kills, top gun, 15k credits and since it was the first victory, 2,300xp. Erlenberg is TD's heaven, btw.

 

[Maximilian]

Love my B2, amazing armor, preferential matchmaking, competent gun, fast enough, manuverable.

Knowing B1/hetzer weaknesses makes this thing dominate its tier. Just need to avoid any AMX 40's and be careful with TD's.

 

[FallenHero]

Better today was our one IS-4 and 3 E-50s against 4 IS-4s. :'(


What's worse in the MM is it likes to put all the damn TD's on the same team, that shit is ridiculous. Obj. 704 and jgTiger against two medium tier 9 tanks. Yeah....

It's really wonky sometimes.

We had FIVE hetzers on our team the other night...FIVE. That is just stupid. I really REALLY hate the arty/TD matches that I am seeing the last couple games.

4-5 artys, 4-5 TDs each side...how the HELL are you supposed to advance on that? It turns into a camp fest and the match takes forever. I usually end up getting bored and charging forward just so I can exit and get into another tank.

 

[PowerYoga]

5 hetzer's nothing, at least they don't have any sort of appreciable armor. Wait until you see 2 jagdtigers and 2 obj704s holding the line.

edit:

Speaking of annoying matches, there's nothing more annoying than a guy yelling about losing that has done nothing the whole match. "Cap now or we lose", so why the fuck are you still in the base spawn taking potshots every other minute?

 

[stag3]

There's a promotion: $9.95 Armchair General magazine has a code for the following:

One month premium account, 750 in-game gold, the premium tank PzKpfw 38H735 (f), and a free garage slot. Estimated value 4300 gold, ~$20.

http://historynetshop.com/ag1201.html

thanks, just got in on 1

 

[Binky]

Armchair General is out of stock!?!?!

Thank you for your order!
We're very sorry, but the item(s) listed below are temporarily out of stock.

Expected 2/21/12! What a load of...

 

[Genx87]

MM has lost it's mind! I can't belive how many loopsided matches there has been this weekend! (mostly on the losing end for me). I know MM will not know how exactly how you will use your tank, but wouldn't the math say the odd's would be very high to go 3 for 21 as I did last night. Most of the time we were steamrolled! I count that if your team can't kill at least 7 tanks before all of yours, that was a miss match battle.

The other night went 2-11 tonight 0-11. How that happens I have no idea.

Edit: Finished the night 1-17-1 woot!

 

[eLiu]

Armchair General is out of stock!?!?!

Thank you for your order!
We're very sorry, but the item(s) listed below are temporarily out of stock.

Expected 2/21/12! What a load of...

Where did you see that estimate? Weaksauce. My current prem would've expired just as the magazine arrived originally so I wouldn't have to decide whether to extend premium

Wish we could just have them email out the promo code. That's all I really want, haha.

edit: half off the cost of a panther?! SWEET! I've almost unlocked it, what awesome timing! This is from the 'battle of the bulge' special

 

[Craig234]

I got the same Armchair General e-mail today about delay until 2/21/12.

There are also comments from people about the magazine arriving without the code; a representative has apparently said to contact him on facbook or e-mail.

Players have said they quickly received the code when they did.

Here's the thread:

http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index...o-for-1-month-premium-750-gold-and-mini-maus/

Here's the e-mail:

wot@armchairgeneral.com

 

[LurkerPrime]

I wonder if the armchair general promo codes are unique.

Anyway I'm powering my way towards the T-34, but unless the patch doesn't make it till late Feb or early March I will be cutting it close. I got less than 8k xp to go on my M6 till the T-29. At that point the truly epic grind begins as the T-29->32 is 100k just to unlock the tank, not counting things that need to be unlocked on the way to it. Then the 32->34 is another 160+K xp plus unlocks on the way.

I might actually end up keeping my M6 amazingly. The best gun has good pen and damage for a tier 6 (like 40 more pen than the VK3601's gun). I end up making pretty good credits while playing it. Also if I keep playing it after I elite it, I can not pick a specialty for my crew, and that way I'll have a 100% crew ready to roll when I get into my T32.

I witness the truly destructive power of arty in a game yesterday. I was in my M6 and another person was in a 59 and we were trying to get into the cap, but a tier 9 german TD was sitting in there. Not to much we could do, as he could basically one shot either of us, and plinking him from a distance is almost impossible. Then out of nowhere I see like -1000 over his health, bam dead. Our tier 7 arty lit his ass up. Me and the 59 ran in there and capped since the rest of the surviving enemies were held up in the town.

 

[PowerYoga]

i got a backordered notice but then another email right after saying my order got processed. So I'm not sure what's going on.

Got my e-75 over the weekend, tossed the tracks and turret on it... and got blow away the first game by 5 tanks (granted my team lemming'd it up real good. Their team lost 4 tanks and killed 10 of ours, I had to take out 2 of those myself as I was getting swarmed) and 2nd game I did much better, bounced a whole bunch which is nice.

Should I get the 128 or the top engine first? The tank feels much more sluggish than the tiger 2 right now, but without the 128 this tank will not be able to hurt anything tier 9 easily.

 

[Genx87]

I always get the gun provided the tank isnt a complete turd. You move around in this game but not like you are darting around in an E75.

 

[LurkerPrime]

i got a backordered notice but then another email right after saying my order got processed. So I'm not sure what's going on.

Got my e-75 over the weekend, tossed the tracks and turret on it... and got blow away the first game by 5 tanks (granted my team lemming'd it up real good. Their team lost 4 tanks and killed 10 of ours, I had to take out 2 of those myself as I was getting swarmed) and 2nd game I did much better, bounced a whole bunch which is nice.

Should I get the 128 or the top engine first? The tank feels much more sluggish than the tiger 2 right now, but without the 128 this tank will not be able to hurt anything tier 9 easily.

I'm so close to the E-75 I can taste it, but I'm saving my money for the epic T-34 grind fest I"m doing right now. How does that tank fair with MM? Is it alot of maybe 1-2 tier tens, 1-3 tier nines and the rest 5-8s (like what you see most of the time in a KT), or is stuck in games full of 10s and nines most of the time?

Whats the repair bill look like for it?

 

[PowerYoga]

I always get the gun provided the tank isnt a complete turd. You move around in this game but not like you are darting around in an E75.

You know, despite the tiger II's top speed being only 27 km/h, I "dart around" a lot with that tank because its so mobile and relocates very well. I don't see that with the E75 even though it has a higher top speed, so it's hard to even move behind a rock for cover.

And I've only got 2 games in the e-75 (taking a break to play other gameS) so I can't say, but both games I've been top dog. I'd imagine it gets a similar MM to the IS4, where I see myself as the top tank most of the time, and on the few occasions when there's a lot of tier 10s playing I'll see maus and whatnot.

So I also occasionally see the 4-5 of those huge arties that can eviserate anything in 2 hits. Worst part of playing a heavy tank imo.

 

[LurkerPrime]

So here is a list of things (copied from the WOT website) that they say are going in 7.2

Partial list of update 7.2 features:

Vehicles:

Alternate branch of American Tank Destroyers with turrets, starting at T82:

• M8A1 (tier IV)
• T49 (tier V)
• M18 Hellcat (tier VI)
• T25-2 (tier VII)
• T28 Prototype (tier VIII)

Changes in American Heavy Tank branch:

• T30 moved to alternate branch as a tier IX Tank Destroyer
• T30 replaced by Т110E5
• T34 moved to Premium Tanks
• Т34 replaced by М103

Maps (working titles, subject to change)

• Province
• Live Oaks

New features:

• In-game novice training;
• Approx. 20 additional crew skills and qualifications;
• Remaining rounds indicator for guns with multi-round autoloading mechanisms;
• Reworked team lists and ‘Tab’ key tables;
• New additional camouflage for each nation;
• Corrected German camouflage patterns;
• Clan emblems;
• Repairing vehicle module/healing crew member in one click when one module/one crew member is damaged/wounded;
• User-friendly reticle settings.

I'm very interested in what those additional 20 crew skills could be.

 

[Nintendesert]

You know, despite the tiger II's top speed being only 27 km/h, I "dart around" a lot with that tank because its so mobile and relocates very well. I don't see that with the E75 even though it has a higher top speed, so it's hard to even move behind a rock for cover.

And I've only got 2 games in the e-75 (taking a break to play other gameS) so I can't say, but both games I've been top dog. I'd imagine it gets a similar MM to the IS4, where I see myself as the top tank most of the time, and on the few occasions when there's a lot of tier 10s playing I'll see maus and whatnot.

So I also occasionally see the 4-5 of those huge arties that can eviserate anything in 2 hits. Worst part of playing a heavy tank imo.

Get the gun first. As an E75 you are expected to hold the line and hurt heavies. You'll be painfully slow but you'll put the hurt on people. The final engine completely changes the tank though. Great acceleration and plays a lot like a Tiger or Tiger II with the mobility I think. It doesn't feel sluggish at all after that final engine.

 

[Craig234]

I got an e-mail from Armchair General. He said he doesn't know why they're sending out the 2/21 notice; he's getting 500 more issues with CDs and codes tomorrow to send.

I'm doing that T-34 grind too, and needed all 3.5 million credits for it after I research; it figured they have a holiday with multiple tanks I want half-off. Crap.

There seems to be no great way to raise several million credits fast, the best being to have a premium - which is why we're trying to get the T-34...

 

[eLiu]

Just got the panther. I really don't want to waste 40k free xp to insta-get the L/100 but jesus the stock tank is awful! Even w/all the engine upgrades (from tiger), it's slow and turns like a KV. And I can't mount any equpiment w/the top engine b/c it's fat (overweight) too.

The L/70 is fucking inadequate as ever in tier7. Horrible pen, horrible dps. It's even worse than the 3002DB b/c at least then you were mobile enough to maneuver into position to flank. It's like a gigantic pz iv with more hp.

Stock tanks FFS.

 

[eLiu]

So you know what's fair? Tier 8/9 match (our JT vs their E-50). Each side gets 1 tier 6 arty. We have 4 tier 8 tanks, 1 tier5 scout, the rest tier 7 (=EIGHT tier 7).

They have THIRTEEN tier 8 tanks. 8 of them are type59. Guess how that went. My T29 pulled 1000xp & 43k credits on a loss. I really would like to see the "math" that made the MM think that was a fair fight.

 

[LurkerPrime]

So you know what's fair? Tier 8/9 match (our JT vs their E-50). Each side gets 1 tier 6 arty. We have 4 tier 8 tanks, 1 tier5 scout, the rest tier 7 (=EIGHT tier 7).

They have THIRTEEN tier 8 tanks. 8 of them are type59. Guess how that went. My T29 pulled 1000xp & 43k credits on a loss. I really would like to see the "math" that made the MM think that was a fair fight.

MM seems to treat the 59 as a tier 7.25 tank. The best is when your best tanks are 2 tier 8s and the other team has 2 tier 9 TDs. Then to make it worse those TDs stick together, which equates to an instant death to any poor bastard to pop into view. MM seems to do a decent job matching up arties on each team, I dont know why they can't extend that to premium tanks and TDs.

Either way I dont mind seeing 59s all that much. My KT eats them up and most drivers are retarded enough to come rushing in with no back up, that they are easily dealt with.

 

[eLiu]

MM seems to treat the 59 as a tier 7.25 tank. The best is when your best tanks are 2 tier 8s and the other team has 2 tier 9 TDs. Then to make it worse those TDs stick together, which equates to an instant death to any poor bastard to pop into view. MM seems to do a decent job matching up arties on each team, I dont know why they can't extend that to premium tanks and TDs.

Either way I dont mind seeing 59s all that much. My KT eats them up and most drivers are retarded enough to come rushing in with no back up, that they are easily dealt with.

I wouldn't really equate type59s to tier7 tanks. It has more health than most (all?) tier7 mediums and even some tier7 heavies. The frontal turret armor can bounce any tier7 tank and the hull is strong too (exceptions: american 105, 88 L/71). But the 59 doesn't have much trouble penetrating anything in tier7 (exception: T29 turret). And the little bitch is quite mobile.

I mean if I'm running up against 1 or 2 by myself or even like 4 or 5 with teammates around, yeah sure 59s don't worry me at all. But when there are 13 mediums charging, 8 of which are type59s, it's fucking balls. I doubt my KT would've fared much better than my T29 did mainly b/c it's more about teamwork than any 1 individual tank at that point. I guess that's what's really scary... teamwork. On pub matches. Oh the horror!

Our tier7s were like 1 or 2 TDs, 2 heavies, the rest mediums. I mean the typ59 will roflstomp T43, vk3002DB and T20 all day long.

We definitely could've defended better (e.g. 4 of our tanks run off right at the start, KNOWING that there are 13 mediums about to wolfpack us, and get fucking raped), but TBH I'd put my money on the 8 type59s over our 8 tier7 tanks any day.

I mean i guess I shouldn't complain too much. I kicked ass that game, lol. Now if I'd been in my terribad stock panther, that would've been an entirely different experience.