I've now got it downloaded and finding my way round. Do we have a Grog-only room set up on there at all?
There's been a Wargamer group on there since it's release named WOOT. I'm not sure how many members still play regularly - I've not played in quite awhile to see.
War of Tomatoes?
Wargamer Order of Tanks (http://www.wargamer.com/forums/posts.asp?T=530943)
Naaa.. we called it:
Wankers, Old & Out of Touch (WOOT) :P
Darn, I thought someone had discovered Legend's old fantasy first-person shooter based on Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series.
Never mind, carry on. :)
Quote from: JasonPratt on March 18, 2013, 10:42:14 PM
Darn, I thought someone had discovered Legend's old fantasy first-person shooter based on Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series.
Never mind, carry on. :)
Oh man.. I thought that game was terrible. I heard
some people enjoyed it. :P
Quote from: JasonPratt on March 18, 2013, 10:42:14 PM
Darn, I thought someone had discovered Legend's old fantasy first-person shooter based on Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series.
Never mind, carry on. :)
Oops! Sorry Jason. Back to the padded cell.
Quote from: Nefaro on March 19, 2013, 12:06:42 PM
Quote from: JasonPratt on March 18, 2013, 10:42:14 PM
Darn, I thought someone had discovered Legend's old fantasy first-person shooter based on Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series.
Never mind, carry on. :)
Oh man.. I thought that game was terrible. I heard some people enjoyed it. :P
Some parts of the game had some poor design, but overall I liked it a lot. Not many fantasy FPSes, and this had good art and often good level design. (Sometimes good art. The costume designs for at least three of the characters were hilariously awful.)
you got teamspeak bob?
Quote from: Windigo on March 20, 2013, 05:41:20 PM
you got teamspeak bob?
Aye, although I admit, after playing WoT a few times, and admiring the graphix, I did find its too 'arcady' for my tastes, and I've uninstalled it.
So, goodbye WoT, and hello RoF :)
If it wasn't for the paid Super-Ammo and, notably, the arbitray "Hit Points" system, I'd like WOT a lot more.
I thought the graphics looked better before the big gfx update. Now it has that shitty vaseline-smeared hazy look with all the post-processing crap they put in. If this is what some of these designers think makes it look 'real', then they need an eye exam and some bottle-thick glasses. ::)
QuoteSo, goodbye WoT, and hello RoF
What's RoF?
I was a big fan of WOT for the first year or so, even got a couple of premium tanks but, after they Nerf'ed the hell out of them they lost me (you pay for this and then they change it). The game just hasn't evolved, the added physics & new game play modes didn't add all that much and they removed more maps than they added in the last 8 months. Their business model seems to be release a new line of tanks with some of over powered higher tier and some new premiums to get players to buy gold to get them, then Nerf the hell out of them a month or two later, wash, rinse, repeat. The game play in random battles seems to have gone down hill to the point, it's just no fun anymore.
Quote from: Nefaro on March 20, 2013, 07:07:59 PM
I thought the graphics looked better before the big gfx update. Now it has that shitty vaseline-smeared hazy look with all the post-processing crap they put in. If this is what some of these designers think makes it look 'real', then they need an eye exam and some bottle-thick glasses. ::)
Agreed, but the nice thing is you can disable all that post-processing junk. I know I did about two days after the "upgrade" came out. I'm still playing with the original non-post-processed graphics. :)
Quote
What's RoF?
Rise of Flight I believe.
Yep, RoF = Rise of Flight.
Im still having lots of fun with WoT and I havnt spent a dime on it.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on March 21, 2013, 06:18:20 PM
Im still having lots of fun with WoT and I havnt spent a dime on it.
beat me to the WG'r freebie by about 15 minutes too... IIRC
and yee shall fear my Ferdinand with 1900 battles!
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on March 22, 2013, 12:59:47 PM
and yee shall fear my Ferdinand with 1900 battles!
I am beginning to think the only way to play
World of Tanks is by just playing one type vehicle all the time. I feel that playing many different types of tanks, tank destroyers, and self-propelled guns prevents me from getting really good at playing a particular armored vehicle.
But I must be an altoholic (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=altoholic) because I can't just play one tank; I have to have 86 in my garage...so far.
Quote from: Greybriar on March 22, 2013, 01:08:57 PM
But I must be an altoholic (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=altoholic) because I can't just play one tank; I have to have 86 in my garage...so far.
You're not the only alt-tastical MMO player here. ;)
Quote from: Greybriar on March 22, 2013, 01:08:57 PM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on March 22, 2013, 12:59:47 PM
and yee shall fear my Ferdinand with 1900 battles!
I am beginning to think the only way to play World of Tanks is by just playing one type vehicle all the time. I feel that playing many different types of tanks, tank destroyers, and self-propelled guns prevents me from getting really good at playing a particular armored vehicle.
But I must be an altoholic (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=altoholic) because I can't just play one tank; I have to have 86 in my garage...so far.
86??!!!!
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86 is a lot of frikin tanks!
Ive pretty much stuck to just the German tech tree and currently have 6 tanks. a loltraktor, Pz-4, E-50, E-75, Stug III and my beloved Ferd. a lot of people bitch about the bias against the German line and to some extant its true but if you really learn how they work their awesome. the E-75 is one badass monster once you learn it and the matchmaker is very kind to the Ferd. the Pz4 and Stug are the money makers and the loltraktor is just there to kill new low tier tanks for awards.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on March 22, 2013, 02:56:55 PM
86 is a lot of frikin tanks!
Ive pretty much stuck to just the German tech tree and currently have 6 tanks. a loltraktor, Pz-4, E-50, E-75, Stug III and my beloved Ferd. a lot of people bitch about the bias against the German line and to some extant its true but if you really learn how they work their awesome. the E-75 is one badass monster once you learn it and the matchmaker is very kind to the Ferd. the Pz4 and Stug are the money makers and the loltraktor is just there to kill new low tier tanks for awards.
clubbing baby seals
no, not really. there are those awards for killing every nations tanks but they reset when new tanks are added. so Ive got that tank just to have a crew on hand to take care of business.
Quote from: Windigo on March 22, 2013, 02:38:05 PM
86??!!!!
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on March 22, 2013, 02:56:55 PM
86 is a lot of frikin tanks!
Ive pretty much stuck to just the German tech tree and currently have 6 tanks. a loltraktor, Pz-4, E-50, E-75, Stug III and my beloved Ferd. a lot of people bitch about the bias against the German line and to some extant its true but if you really learn how they work their awesome. the E-75 is one badass monster once you learn it and the matchmaker is very kind to the Ferd. the Pz4 and Stug are the money makers and the loltraktor is just there to kill new low tier tanks for awards.
Yes, 86 is a lot of tanks. Sometimes I feel like selling about 80 of them. At least that would give me enough credits to buy some Tier 10 tanks. But I rarely use any tanks that are higher than Tier 6, so what would be the point?
I recently re-purchased a Pz4 and a Stug when they were on sale for half price. I would do the same for a Hetzer if I had an empty garage slot. I am halfheartedly researching the Ferdinand, but I just can't bring myself to grind it like I once would have done. After having fought in over 20,000 matches, I just don't have the desire to spend hour after hour grinding. My original plan was to stick strictly to the German tree. I'm not sure when and why I began going down the other trees, but I have tanks of all the nations now.
I don't remember when the last time was when I used my E-75. Higher tiered tanks stay parked in my garage unless there's a good special on and usually only then if I happen to have a free Premium account. But I agree with you, "the E-75 is one badass monster once you learn it"--the only problem being that I haven't used it enough to really learn it.
86 tanks - I know what you mean, after all the hard work to earn them, it's tough to just sell them off. I have about 50 plus and unlocked another dozen or so. At some point it seemed they Nerf'ed the credit earnings so it became too much work to earn the 32 million credits needed to buy the unlocked ones, non-premium. If they ever add a dozen new maps and some new gameplay modes, I might give it another go at some point.
Not that I have any experience at this, but isn't "86" the code in bars for cutting off drunks? ;)
"WAN MOAH... JUS WAN MOAH TANNNKup'EFORE IGOOO!"
86 means your out of something.
i have 20 and half of them hardly ever get a run out!!
I've never played WoT(anks), nor seen a frame of that anime before, and I still thought that was hilarious. (Although I kept expecting someone to make an "Absolute territory" joke.)
Wow - some recruitment video, better than what Wargaming.net puts out!
That's one game mode, I wish they would add, same tank battles, where each day/week they would feature battles where every one plays the same tank, no arty!
Quote from: SgtRock on April 08, 2013, 10:12:24 AM
Wow - some recruitment video, better than what Wargaming.net puts out!
That's one game mode, I wish they would add, same tank battles, where each day/week they would feature battles where every one plays the same tank, no arty!
Arty is just God's way of saying "stay behind hard cover butthead"
Quote from: Windigo on April 08, 2013, 11:18:31 AM
Quote from: SgtRock on April 08, 2013, 10:12:24 AM
Wow - some recruitment video, better than what Wargaming.net puts out!
That's one game mode, I wish they would add, same tank battles, where each day/week they would feature battles where every one plays the same tank, no arty!
Arty is just God's way of saying "stay behind hard cover butthead"
I tried playing again, a couple times in the past month, but the goddamn Spy Satellite Laser Artillery just pissed me off once again. The arty mechanics are just plain ridiculous and it makes me ragequit every single time.
I'd still be playing WoT somewhat regularly if it wasn't for that BS. ::)
Nothing wrong with arty, just needs limiting to two a side in my opinion. By the way I do not play arty as I found it boring.
Quote from: FlickJax on April 08, 2013, 03:49:08 PM
Nothing wrong with arty, just needs limiting to two a side in my opinion. By the way I do not play arty as I found it boring.
you obviously haven't played with many light tanks on the otherside... the newer ones can crank up to 70km/hr
Quote from: FlickJax on April 08, 2013, 03:49:08 PM
Nothing wrong with arty, just needs limiting to two a side in my opinion. By the way I do not play arty as I found it boring.
That would be a start, but I still posit they screwed up arty with the "Eye In The Sky" approach from the beginning. Having your tracks constantly busted due to multiple ones focus-firing on you, and locking out your control while repeatedly blasting you until death, is also a frustrating and unnecessary experience in a match-based game. They could've done something better than the current orbital bombardment super-weapon implementation but limiting it to two per side would minimize the lockout nonsense.
http://worldoftanks.eu/news/6786-special-second-anniversary-world-tanks-server-europe/
Great anniversary special in Europe :)
Until they add a dozen or so new maps and some new game play modes, I'm pretty much done with WOT.
What ever happened to Historic Battles, where tanks would be limited to specific time periods or battles they talked about a year ago?
thats been implemented buy you have to sign up for specific events. they restrict the tier you can play but not the type of tank IIRC.
Since there's a special on right now, I may jump in this weekend.
Hopefully the overblown arty doesn't make me ragequit anytime soon.
It seems like there is a lot more arty in the tier 9 and 10 battles. Frequently there are four in those high tier battles, but in the tier 5 and 6 there are frequently none or one. Another reason why I enjoy the mid-tiers more that the high tiers.
I haven't seen a huge amount of arty in the mid tiers yet. That'll probably change during peak time.
Quote from: Nefaro on April 12, 2013, 09:08:42 AM
Since there's a special on right now, I may jump in this weekend.
Hopefully the overblown arty doesn't make me ragequit anytime soon.
arty is less uber since they
- reduced slash damage area of effect size
- reduced HE shell effectiveness
- improved space armour performance
- reduced shell damage
- increased aiming times
- increased loading times
- reinstituted shell tracer lines [arty can effectively counter arty]
as an avid arty player let me clue you in to several tips
1/. When you are spotted by a scout you are spotted by arty; stay unseen
2/. keep moving and shifting [unless you are a TD, but even they should move if an enemy gets close enough to spot you]
3/. Your second best defense against arty is hard cover [but watch for splash damage], third is elevation change - although arty doesn't need LOS, they are limited to the ballistics of their cannon, hiding behind a crest of a hill gives arty little or nothing as the shell path will carry it far behind your position.
4/. As always, try to keep your frontal armour to the expect axis of attack.... I will patiently wait for you to turn your turret so I get weaker side armour
5/. Be patient, if you run behind hard cover, wait! You'll fall off the minimap in about 6 secs if you don't move.
6/. If you hate arty that much ... get a fast medium tank and at about the 3 minute mark when everyone is positioned up and engaged, do a death run down a flank to the enemies rear and blow up as many arty as you can.... having crew skill repair maxed and a repair kit, plus a tougher tank suspension will help you in this
--- arty hates you for doing this and it more often than not is a game breaker
--- arty will scatter like a bunch of fox chased chickens once your intention is seen
--- most effective when in a match when there are 3 plus arty as there are fewer barrels between you and the arty
YOUR WELCOME!!!!!!*
* you bunch of whiny bastards
Oh, I know all about avoiding arty but sometimes it just can't be done. My biggest complaint was (other than the Big Eye in the Sky thing) that the splash damage would constantly break your track and make you an easy target for further arty spam. Just sitting there, waiting, while a couple-three arties just keep splashing your tracks dead and immoblizing you was where I'd exit the game.
I haven't seen it happening today so something must've changed since I last played much.
One annoying thing I've seen lately has been the enemy tanks "Warping" when they move at long distance. I hadn't seen this much since WOT was in Beta and thought they had fixed it. Must've broken it again in another update. ::)
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on April 12, 2013, 04:28:42 AM
thats been implemented buy you have to sign up for specific events. they restrict the tier you can play but not the type of tank IIRC.
No, I'm not talking about Events, about a year a go there was talk of Historic Battles as a new game mode. Sadly after release of Physics & Assault/Encounter battles, nothing new been added to the game, not even new maps. It's been stuck with nothing new but, tanks & tweaks.
Quote from: Windigo on April 12, 2013, 12:05:04 PM
....YOUR WELCOME!!!!!!*
* you bunch of whiny bastards
*snicker* ;D
Thanks for listing all that information about arty. If everyone's favorite tank was nerfed as badly as arty has been, I bet a lot of players would quit the game.
Along with all the nerfs you mentioned, it seems to me that arty accuracy has been nerfed as well. Or maybe it's just me getting older.
OMFG did they lower XP gain since I last played?
It's been quite awhile but dayum! Even on premium with a decently played match, it blows. Seems to be about 50-60% of what it used to be. I'm only talking about Tier 7 gains, too. :-\
Nefaro there's a big difference from tank to tank credits wise.
Quote from: FlickJax on April 13, 2013, 03:14:35 PM
Nefaro there's a big difference from tank to tank credits wise.
Yes, I see the differences in credits (and net credit gains) but I'm talking about XP. The gains are only a bit over half of what they were a year or two ago, if memory serves.
oh well..
Here is a code for some freebies:
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Quote from: Nefaro on April 14, 2013, 01:54:40 AM
Quote from: FlickJax on April 13, 2013, 03:14:35 PM
Nefaro there's a big difference from tank to tank credits wise.
Yes, I see the differences in credits (and net credit gains) but I'm talking about XP. The gains are only a bit over half of what they were a year or two ago, if memory serves.
experience is the same. the difference is in all the newer tanks which are harder to pen, damage and kill. I can sit there all day in my Stug and hit a At-2 without damaging the damn thing.
Anyone know if they are still working on these new game modes?
See
http://wiki.worldoftanks.com/Game_Modes
Funny, there was a post on the WOT forums late last night from a player with 21K Battles claiming to have spend over $2,000, and told Wargame.net to go F-themself and ban him, the post was removed. Guess he had a bad weekend ::), playing with/against 7-8yr old's shooting gold rounds. Allowing Gold rounds in pub matches was a bad, bad idea. Maybe if Wargaming.net banned more players the game might be better off.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on April 14, 2013, 12:20:25 PM
experience is the same. the difference is in all the newer tanks which are harder to pen, damage and kill. I can sit there all day in my Stug and hit a At-2 without damaging the damn thing.
I'm sure that makes a difference in rewards, of course. But I was looking back through my past stats and noticing that my earlier Tier'd tanks all had higher "Avg XP Gain Per Match" than I get now. These were tanks I had only used well over a year ago. The XP gains look to have dropped by 25%, and likely more, even comparing current Tier 6 and 7s to Tier 4-6.
I'd been seeing a lot of complaints about WoT changing it's rewards & economy the past few months, from some ex-pats in other games, but didn't take much notice at the time since I wasn't playing. It feels like they've just made a long grind even grindier, and it doesn't entice me to stick around long this time.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on April 14, 2013, 12:20:25 PM
Quote from: Nefaro on April 14, 2013, 01:54:40 AM
Quote from: FlickJax on April 13, 2013, 03:14:35 PM
Nefaro there's a big difference from tank to tank credits wise.
Yes, I see the differences in credits (and net credit gains) but I'm talking about XP. The gains are only a bit over half of what they were a year or two ago, if memory serves.
experience is the same. the difference is in all the newer tanks which are harder to pen, damage and kill. I can sit there all day in my Stug and hit a At-2 without damaging the damn thing.
I agree! AT-2s are a real pain...I don't even try to take them on with my T14 and my Su85 isn't much better. If you have an accurate gun target the cupola and you will kill it.
BITCH ON
So I take my Batchat into clan wars. Equipment is sorta straight forward... its the consumables that are tough to chose.
Engine on batty has only a 10% chance of fire, so I ditch my autofire extinguisher in favour of another repair kit.
First arty shell damage I take .... do you need to know the rest of the story?
Murphy sucks inappropriate donkey anatomy!
ahhh... so youre one of those annoying bastards running to and fro with a Bat.
as someone who runs nothing but German tanks I have NO SYMPATHY for your fire.
in fact it serves ya right!
Quote from: SgtRock on April 14, 2013, 01:59:50 PM
Funny, there was a post on the WOT forums late last night from a player with 21K Battles claiming to have spend over $2,000, and told Wargame.net to go F-themself and ban him, the post was removed. Guess he had a bad weekend ::), playing with/against 7-8yr old's shooting gold rounds. Allowing Gold rounds in pub matches was a bad, bad idea. Maybe if Wargaming.net banned more players the game might be better off.
Yah, I didn't make an angry post, but I did stop playing probably 6 months ago because of gold rounds. It's too annoying to have "magic shells" in a tank game. I like the bouncing and pen challenges that the game brings. Gold shells over-ride most of that and take away a lot of the thinking and strategy that used to be involved in the game. I think gold rounds should be completely removed from the game but of course wargaming.net won't kill anything that makes them extra money, so no hope I think of getting rid of gold rounds. I doubt I'll ever go back to WoT even though I have a ton of Tier X tanks.
tier X aint where the fun is. I take out my top stuff mostly just for the daily X2, other then that Im playing my mid tier stuff where you dont see gold rounds. this weeks special is on German arty and I broke down and bought a Wespe.
I feel like a dirty Canadistanian. :-\
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on April 16, 2013, 05:09:52 PM
ahhh... so youre one of those annoying bastards running to and fro with a Bat.
as someone who runs nothing but German tanks I have NO SYMPATHY for your fire.
in fact it serves ya right!
you and murphy are tight eh?
me and my Ferd are keeping an eye out for you.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on April 16, 2013, 10:59:45 PM
me and my Ferd are keeping an eye out for you.
I have seen you online, but haven't been in the same game for a while
i don't get how i could play with you or how the friend stuff functions? i added GDS to my friends list (well he is my only friend :-*) but i do not know how to see if he is online or how to send a message?
what's your name on WoT Windy? mine is keunert the man!
Quote from: Keunert on April 17, 2013, 04:40:01 AM
i don't get how i could play with you or how the friend stuff functions? i added GDS to my friends list (well he is my only friend :-*) but i do not know how to see if he is online or how to send a message?
what's your name on WoT Windy? mine is keunert the man!
How to Create a Free Two_player Platoon, for more than 2 player platoon you need to have a premium account!
See
http://worldoftanks.com/game/guide/en/general/how-create-free-platoon-two-players
Quote from: Keunert on April 17, 2013, 04:40:01 AM
i don't get how i could play with you or how the friend stuff functions? i added GDS to my friends list (well he is my only friend :-*) but i do not know how to see if he is online or how to send a message?
what's your name on WoT Windy? mine is keunert the man!
search/find contact via their name... right click their name... a little flyout menu shows up
name's Windigo
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my advice is to pick a country and stick to its tech tree. jumping all over just reduces your crew experience and specific tank knowledge. my beloved Ferd has over 2000 battles but the crew has 3800 battles and its on the back 1/4 of its 4th skill set. the play difference between a stock low experience crew is staggering. Ive had T-50s cry hacking at I turn with them as they try and circle kill me and snipe people across 9 grid squares. my E-75 and Stug aint far behind. pick a country, pick your crews and run them up through the ranks.
I find tier X quite enjoyable apart from when you are inundated with Arty - although it may be tank specific as I much prefer it in my IS7 rather than my E50M
Is-7 are one of the few tanks I have a really hard time hurting no less killing. the E-50 tanks are crap all day and I must love abuse because I keep running mine. the damn thing costs more money then an ex wife and just as frustrating. I will submit that if you master the German tanks everything else will be a cake walk. they are fickle bitches but they teach you the important lessons.
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And Top Gun to boot. Not bad for a Tier 3 arty!
^Nicely done Greybriar!
SCHWEET!!!!
Thanks, Shelldrake and Windy. I must have gotten lucky and won nearly every die roll in that battle. I hadn't had an SPG do that well since HE was nerfed.
Don't mind gold rounds so much now that you can use regular credits to buy them. The other day spent 70k+ for all gold round ammo on the T1E6. Probably a waste of credits, but the 41mm pen with the 5rd auto cannon is helpful in low tier matches. Tanks used to having rounds bounce are surprised.
Quote from: eyebiter on April 24, 2013, 09:02:33 AM
Don't mind gold rounds so much now that you can use regular credits to buy them. The other day spent 70k+ for all gold round ammo on the T1E6. Probably a waste of credits, but the 41mm pen with the 5rd auto cannon is helpful in low tier matches. Tanks used to having rounds bounce are surprised.
I tend to use gold rounds for my tier 2-4 tanks - helps alot when you have to go up against a kv1 with a t127 or chi-ha!
A statistics site a friend of mine has been working on:
http://tanknumbers.com/
Can list tank stats by tier/type or nationality and compare their values to the tier averages, study what a given tank can (should) penetrate, what possible opposition it can encounter and compare the stats etc.
How's this for a loss:
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I kept telling my team, "Get his arty" but no-o-o. They just wouldn't listen. So while I was getting rid of them myself, the rest of my team was killed and our base captured.
That's a heck of a lot of credits you won there, Greybriar.
For my last battle, my trusty Char B1 gave me a field day. I love the armor on this thing.
Steel Wall badge for taking 1,000 potential hit points or receiving at least 11 hits.
Cool-Headed badge for taking at least 10 ricochets.
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well done!
Alienware has a starter pack for new WOT accounts only (doesn't work on existing accounts, already tried that)
http://www.alienwarearena.com/giveaway/world-of-tanks-starter-pack-giveaway-for-new-players/
• 1000 Gold
• Premium Account for Five Days
• 100,000 Credits
Here is a single use code if anyone wants it
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I'm getting into this.. but my Oldest Son.. his computer just shuts right off during gameplay.. very weird, because he can play lots of other graphic intense games no problem..
My 14 year old has a lesser Graphics card and he has no issues at all..
Quote from: Tuna on April 29, 2013, 05:03:49 PM
I'm getting into this.. but my Oldest Son.. his computer just shuts right off during gameplay.. very weird, because he can play lots of other graphic intense games no problem..
My 14 year old has a lesser Graphics card and he has no issues at all..
it doesn't like SLI/SLR video cards
he just has a single 260 GTX I think... I'm really bummed cause I'd like to play it with the 3 of us..
Quote from: Tuna on April 29, 2013, 06:35:53 PM
he just has a single 260 GTX I think... I'm really bummed cause I'd like to play it with the 3 of us..
make sure steam is off and anything like adaware are off.... it helped me
not to take anything away from you kids and your mid tier girly tanks ;)....
Congrats, Starfury!
I unlocked the Ferdinand last week, but I haven't purchased it yet.
I love it! once everything is unlocked with an elite crew its still a beast on the field.
Really good weekend special in europe: http://worldoftanks.eu/news/7246-special-offer-military-parade/
Quote from: FlickJax on May 09, 2013, 08:47:27 AM
Really good weekend special in europe: http://worldoftanks.eu/news/7246-special-offer-military-parade/
I never could understand why the European
World of Tanks special was different than the one in North America (http://worldoftanks.com/news/2308-military-parade-weekend/).
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on May 04, 2013, 09:13:38 PM
I love it! once everything is unlocked with an elite crew its still a beast on the field.
I just purchased my Ferdinand! It's on sale this weekend (http://worldoftanks.com/news/2308-military-parade-weekend/) along with crew training, equipment, consumables, and a lot of other stuff. As soon as I activate my free day of Premium Time (http://worldoftanks.com/news/2304-military-month-bonus-code/), I will take it out for a spin.
Quote from: Greybriar on May 10, 2013, 09:24:44 AM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on May 04, 2013, 09:13:38 PM
I love it! once everything is unlocked with an elite crew its still a beast on the field.
I just purchased my Ferdinand! It's on sale this weekend (http://worldoftanks.com/news/2308-military-parade-weekend/) along with crew training, equipment, consumables, and a lot of other stuff. As soon as I activate my free day of Premium Time (http://worldoftanks.com/news/2304-military-month-bonus-code/), I will take it out for a spin.
Nice, I went the Jagpanther 2 route as I like the extra speed, pity my armour is like paper though.
Quote from: Greybriar on May 10, 2013, 09:24:44 AM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on May 04, 2013, 09:13:38 PM
I love it! once everything is unlocked with an elite crew its still a beast on the field.
I just purchased my Ferdinand! It's on sale this weekend (http://worldoftanks.com/news/2308-military-parade-weekend/) along with crew training, equipment, consumables, and a lot of other stuff. As soon as I activate my free day of Premium Time (http://worldoftanks.com/news/2304-military-month-bonus-code/), I will take it out for a spin.
I think you will enjoy running it GB. :)
Never so glad to be out of a tank as the Ferdinand. Just was brutal for me
Quote from: Windigo on May 10, 2013, 01:57:05 PM
Never so glad to be out of a tank as the Ferdinand. Just was brutal for me
you suck as a tank commander. the Ferd is one of the very few German tanks that enjoys an excellent gun and a forgiving match maker.
Quote from: Shelldrake on May 10, 2013, 10:09:35 AM
Quote from: Greybriar on May 10, 2013, 09:24:44 AM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on May 04, 2013, 09:13:38 PM
I love it! once everything is unlocked with an elite crew its still a beast on the field.
I just purchased my Ferdinand! It's on sale this weekend (http://worldoftanks.com/news/2308-military-parade-weekend/) along with crew training, equipment, consumables, and a lot of other stuff. As soon as I activate my free day of Premium Time (http://worldoftanks.com/news/2304-military-month-bonus-code/), I will take it out for a spin.
I think you will enjoy running it GB. :)
Quote from: Windigo on May 10, 2013, 01:57:05 PM
Never so glad to be out of a tank as the Ferdinand. Just was brutal for me
I have used worse vehicles than the Ferdinand. I look forward to having it fully upgraded, but that's probably years down the road.
At least now I have another bit of history in my WoT garage. Someday I hope to add the Maus to my collection. And the Patton. And the...well, you get my drift.
the 8.6 patch is now out and so far the improvments are great.
Ive only seen 1 arty a match in my tier 8+ battles. the new effects and map edits are pretty damn useful and Im enjoying hearing the weeping of arty players.
in other news Ive swithed out the Ferd crew into a fully upgraded JagdTiger. WOW! this thing is fun! its like playing the Ferd back during beta where everything is killable and people back up and get out of your way.
not too big a surprise that everything is killable with a Jagdtiger. your biggest fear should be your mechanical equipment. and fuel. and allied divebombers. or a hopeless strategic situation. or that you are alone on the battlefield facing hordes of us tanks. or the Spanish Inquisition.
Starfury, just curious: have you played WoT nearly every day since the beta or are you just casually playing WoT 1 or 2 days per week or something?
During the beta, I often wondered how long the game could hold my interest, particularly high tier matches with the super T-54's, but the lower tier matches were a lot of fun.
Sadly, for some reason I can no longer install the game due to installer errors.
WOT is one game I may never go back to, they lost me when they stopped making new maps and decided to balance everything with gold ammo. When I saw a gold spewing L-tracktor kill a tier 9 tank, that was it for me. Game development has been stuck in a rut of just add new tanks then Nerf, tweak and repeat.
I keep hoping for new gameplay from WoT. It seems like it would be the perfect game for some sort of Commander/Strategy element like Natural Selection 2.
I still play it from time to time, but I'm just now back to where I was before the beta-wipe. The T-34-85 is where I'm stuck at currently.
Quote from: ComradeP on June 27, 2013, 07:41:20 AM
Starfury, just curious: have you played WoT nearly every day since the beta or are you just casually playing WoT 1 or 2 days per week or something?
I mostly play my doubles matches and then mess around with my Stug and JT/Ferd. I have pretty much all the tanks I want and Ive had the same crews since the game went live. over the last few patches they have released several new maps and created different game types on all maps. the match maker system has also been tweeked over time so loltraktor vs maus issues wont happen.
OK. Some of my friends, who didn't participate in the beta, seem to like higher tier matches so it must be different from beta. Those swarms of T-54's equipped with repair kits and a crew with maxed repair stats were not fun in any way when I was in a Ferdinand.
QuoteGame development has been stuck in a rut of just add new tanks then Nerf, tweak and repeat.
I'd say that's pretty normal for a MMO. In the internet age, some guy who finds an exploit and posts about it can cause thousands of people to start using that same exploit or gamey strategy the very next day, so nerfing after adding new content becomes the name of the game as you can't test every single match possibility or configuration. I imagine the gold ammo system does make things more difficult by requiring more nerfin, though.
Quote from: ComradeP on June 27, 2013, 04:10:05 PM
I'd say that's pretty normal for a MMO. In the internet age, some guy who finds an exploit and posts about it can cause thousands of people to start using that same exploit or gamey strategy the very next day, so nerfing after adding new content becomes the name of the game as you can't test every single match possibility or configuration. I imagine the gold ammo system does make things more difficult by requiring more nerfin, though.
I'm not talking about some exploit, WOT has a business model of releasing new tanks, which 1 or 2 of high tier are OP to get people to buy gold to get them, then nerf the hell out of them a month or two later. They also have a bad habit of bait and switch with premium tanks, which get nerfed after you buy them (you pay for this but they give you that).
Quote from: SgtRock on June 27, 2013, 09:50:45 AM
WOT is one game I may never go back to, they lost me when they stopped making new maps and decided to balance everything with gold ammo. When I saw a gold spewing L-tracktor kill a tier 9 tank, that was it for me. Game development has been stuck in a rut of just add new tanks then Nerf, tweak and repeat.
Strange post not seen any of this and i play nearly every day.
speaking of loltraktors... I keep one around for the fun of it. having an elite crew with full camo and a camo net and then dropping them into a noob match is hysterical as players complain about you hacking with an invisible tank. the 8.6 patch has also done wonders with the camo system overall which is excellent as I play mostly tank destroyers. camo skill, camo net and camo paint are now cumulative. my Stug is a stealth shrub of death!
Do the Soviets still have their rather impressive camo advantage for higher tier tanks? I guess the Germans also have more vehicles to choose from now, but in the beta the high end Soviet vehicles had much better camo ratings than the German tank destroyers. Not necessarily ahistorical considering the size of the Ferdinand or Jagdtiger, but it caused some balancing issues.
The balancing for higher tier equipment was pretty pro-Soviet in the beta to begin with, but based on what I'm reading about the current state of the game, at least the game is more fun for everyone now.
Quote from: FlickJax on June 29, 2013, 05:06:15 AM
Quote from: SgtRock on June 27, 2013, 09:50:45 AM
WOT is one game I may never go back to, they lost me when they stopped making new maps and decided to balance everything with gold ammo. When I saw a gold spewing L-tracktor kill a tier 9 tank, that was it for me. Game development has been stuck in a rut of just add new tanks then Nerf, tweak and repeat.
Strange post not seen any of this and i play nearly every day.
You've not seen auto-loader tanks shooting gold ammo or the tier 9-10 pub matches where some one teamed up brings a tier 1 to the match? Guess you missed the "you suck, this team sucks, etc, etc, just look at your win rate" rants in every other game too! :o
Ive seen the higher tier autoloaders but the lower tiered tank stuck in +8 matches is a thing of the distant past.
autoloaders are painful but not always using gold, i have a t69/amx50/100 and have been accused of using gold on more than one occasion and i don't!! I think the American autoloaders to reload too fast. the French ones seem to take ages.
T57 is a beast on the battlefield.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on June 29, 2013, 11:23:41 AM
speaking of loltraktors... I keep one around for the fun of it. having an elite crew with full camo and a camo net and then dropping them into a noob match is hysterical as players complain about you hacking with an invisible tank. the 8.6 patch has also done wonders with the camo system overall which is excellent as I play mostly tank destroyers. camo skill, camo net and camo paint are now cumulative. my Stug is a stealth shrub of death!
While I played a good deal of TDs, too, there was a point where the 'invisibility' got too ridiculous awhile back and they finally managed to nerf it to reasonable levels. Are you telling me they just reversed that situation? That would suck.
I recall times when I'd take repeated fire from a bush ~200 to 300m away and not be able to see them, back then. Which was ridiculous because the game didn't show muzzle flashes. Sure, you vaguely see the round streak by after it had gone a short distance but that's not near as helpful as the missing muzzle flash would be. I'm not sure what combination of equipment & skills these people had pumped up to extreme levels but you practically had to drive right up face-to-face before they just magically appeared. I hope it isn't that bad now. I think it's nice from a distance, but up close that shouldn't be the case if it's firing while at relatively short distances.
If your not playing in a clan, in clan wars, your missing 80% of the fun.
Working with a team of 14 other skilled tankers using team speak makes the game immensely more fun and interesting. Pub battles are a joke with a combination of bad players and everyone playing as an individual.
My current favorite tank is the 183 British TD. With the accuracy buff from the latest patch I can actually hit what I am aiming at. Its addictive one shotting enemy tanks.
i'm in my long term clan just not enough of us so missing out on clan wars
I'd really like to join a clan and play, but often the clans I see are for younger folks who can play MUCH more than I can. Is there like an old farts clan? Or a clan for working stiffs?
Maybe that's the difference, I never joined a clan. Clans just sounded like too much work, the Clans that tired to recruit me had strict requirements (have to be premium, have to use team speak, always use gold ammo, even in the training room, practice time mandatory, have to have specific tier 10 tanks, etc, etc). I often wondered how much effect internet speed has on the game?
Quote from: SgtRock on July 01, 2013, 01:53:02 PM
Maybe that's the difference, I never joined a clan. Clans just sounded like too much work, the Clans that tired to recruit me had strict requirements (have to be premium, have to use team speak, always use gold ammo, even in the training room, practice time mandatory, have to have specific tier 10 tanks, etc, etc). I often wondered how much effect internet speed has on the game?
That's why I never bothered joining a Clan in these match-based multiplayer games. I prefer to play casually and only when I feel like it - not on a schedule. I don't really mind the disadvantages of playing Public games, they're usually not too bad as long as the game being played doesn't have what I'd consider major issues.
I have had no problem having fun without either joining a clan or paying for the game. I give the credit to my long term plan with WoT. Ive stuck pretty much to one countries tanks and Ive minimized not only the tanks in my garage but the crews that run them. Ive given most tanks at least a 100 matches before either moving on or seriously upgrading their equipment. this has allowed all of those crews to be on their third or fourth skill sets by now and that makes a HUGE difference in what you can do.
lets look at my Stug. the tank itself has 2100 battles and the crew right now has an average of 1900. the tank has a camo net, camo paint for all 3 environments and the crew skill is currently 92%. you cant see me. 8) the crew also has 100% Brothers In Arms, 100% repair and operates at 121% efficency. you cant do that jumping around dozens of tanks with all kinds of play styles.
my JagdTiger crew has 4000 battles spread over the Stug, Pz4, JagdPanther, Ferd and JT. their skill sets are more varied and almost done with their 4th set. fire fighting, clutch braking, safe ammo storage, expanded visual range, repair and firefighting. this crew in the Ferd was able to turn with scout tanks trying to circle kill me. got accused of hacking for that ;D.
dont skip around, pick a country and dont be stupid..
:)
You've participated in 16 battles per day on average (13140/809), impressive. I'm guessing you switch vehicles after you're blown up instead of waiting for the match to end?
Between Starfury and Tank Nut Dave (a guy I discovered on Youtube) I realized I've been playing WoT completely wrong ever since beta. :-\
Who needs directions and user manuals! :)
how have you been playing it wrong? if youre having fun its the right way.
I wasn't retaining my crew, I was just selling them along with the old tank. And also, once they were 100% I wasn't doing anything else with them. :\
BTW, the T-34-85 is tough with the matchmaker. The thin hull armor and crappy gun depression make for a really tricky ride.
ouch @ selling your crews. next time your in game take a look at one of them and check out their personal file. click the skills tab and see whats available for each crew position. keep in mind that some skills are averaged across the whole crew such as repair, firefighting, camo an brothers in arms. so when you get those skills get them for everyone. IMHO repair and BiA are the most important. camo is really only usful on spg and td. to be fair it helps no matter what but its a necessity on those 2 types.
Id guess that my JagdTiger crew is shooting about almost a full second quicker then its stats say it shoots due to experience and skill sets. thats a big difference in game. the Stug crew thinks its got an autoloader. 8)
So the higher-than-100% stats actually work? In the beta, I thought you needed a 100% crew to get the maximum rate of fire given in the gun description, but couldn't go over it. A bit like how the suspension upgrade (not the one you research, but the thing you can buy) didn't change the maximum speed of your tank even though it relaxed your power to weight ratio. I'm not familiar with the new skills like Brothers in Arms though, no idea what that does.
If you can fire faster than the maximum rate of fire, that would mean those tier 1 and 2 tanks that can fire every 2 seconds would only stop firing to deal with recoil.
you still need the 100% crew for the max listed rate of fire but when you add a rammer + various crew perks you can fire even faster. the loaders have a skill that increases their speed when your tank is 10% health or less for instance.
heres the list, just scroll down a bit:
http://wiki.worldoftanks.com/Crew
Quote from: republic on July 02, 2013, 12:01:27 PM
I wasn't retaining my crew, I was just selling them along with the old tank. And also, once they were 100% I wasn't doing anything else with them. :\
BTW, the T-34-85 is tough with the matchmaker. The thin hull armor and crappy gun depression make for a really tricky ride.
I love my 34-85.... treat it like a heavy scout and you'll be good
BTW, sorry to hear about your crew training experiences. Hint: join a clan and get on teamspeak with them... they'll educate you very well in short order
or you could just read the WoT forums that are specific to tank types and countries.
Quote from: Windigo on July 02, 2013, 03:10:36 PM
Hint: join a clan and get on teamspeak with them... they'll educate you very well in short order
because the clan your in has really helped your stats... ::)
Mr. 52% hit ratio guy. (https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wargamer.com%2Fforums%2Fsmiley%2Fgreasedtreads.gif&hash=1a7f2959302d13d60e06d6a2c2b0c89b84a994e1)
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on July 02, 2013, 03:47:29 PM
Quote from: Windigo on July 02, 2013, 03:10:36 PM
Hint: join a clan and get on teamspeak with them... they'll educate you very well in short order
because the clan your in has really helped your stats... ::)
Mr. 52% hit ratio guy. (https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wargamer.com%2Fforums%2Fsmiley%2Fgreasedtreads.gif&hash=1a7f2959302d13d60e06d6a2c2b0c89b84a994e1)
what can I say... I like auto loaders/rapid fire
my PZ C is a run and gun cream dream
my one SPG and the loltraktor have lowered my hit percentage. :(
Your percentage for your ferdi the last year has to be close to 90+% isn't it?
nope. the Ferds at 79%. the same crew transferd to the Jagdtiger is 81%.
you must be taking long shots at t50-2's
Well Wargame: Airland has reignited my love of tanks...and I've been playing WoT quite a bit lately. I've also been watching the Wargaming League games on twitch.tv lol
I do wish they'd let you adjust the quality on twitch.tv... I have a limited bandwidth cap so I can't really watch more than 30 minutes or so.
I finally got an M4 with the nice gun, about 1/2 through my T-38-85, and decided to work towards the KV-1 also
^^^ some of my stugs favorite targets. ;D do not sell the m4 as its a good money maker and crew trainer. Same for the kv1.
I recall the carnage after mounting the 105 on the early M4 Sherman. One-shotting the lower ranked players in those matches. :o