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Good luck -dont be put off by stock tank syndrome - it might be worth trying with the 57mm gun until you get the top gun unlocked -it has a good rate of fire, accuracy and pen.

Give Sig or I a yell if you want to plat -we can show you some good TD spots (more where the nerdy TD kids hang out than  the cool Mediums behind the bike shed)

EDIT - Fixed quote tags - HN.

The ol' critical hits doing no damage thing is back? before the last patch a CH would register damage, now not so, I guess I need to check the results after a battle.

Also I'm starting getting kicked out of games straight to desktop and needing to end task and rejoin. I thought I solved this but it's come back since the last patch. Anyone get this? It's an Nvida graphics card issue/firefox maybe issue. It often results in me being killed when I rejoin.

Yeah I've been getting a lot that say critical hit but the enemy tank stays on the same %, find it weird. 

Meanwhile, everything looking nice except that win %

Anybody have any tier VI projects going?  Churchill VII can't buy a win these days...even with a 1,400+ damage / 3 kill / survival game.  Ended in a draw.

I read that critical hits would damage crew/modules rather than damage to HPs? I'll do some more reading.

http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/211082-critical-damage-no-hit-points/

Munk and I about to start the T-34-85 grind.  Mine currently has the stock gun to will be next to useless for a while though.

Project T-62A:

Played quite a bit - including Clan Wars - in the SU-122-44.  It makes a great sound, BIG holes AND a lot of cash, Pretty quickl;y made up the credits I needed for the T-34-85.  I have also moved my Russian Light crew into the T-34-85 so I have three crew members with second skills underway plus one crew member with 95% on first skill and a new 100% loader.

I am now out of both gold and credits so grind, grind, grind.

Of course, this means I now have a new - pretty fail (75% commander, 50% crew)- Russian light crew.  WIll be interesting what difference that makes to the win rate on the T-127.

A couple of interesting items here:

http://ftr.wot-news.com/

- during WG’s birthday event, players will recieve a free lowtier tank
- Soviet premium medium tank (early T-44 with 85mm gun) will come this Fall

Has 8.6 dropped in Asia yet?

Its drops on the US servers tomorrow, and I'm just posting to let you know about a little tip. If you buy the T26E4 (tier 8 premium) before the patch (it is being removed from the shop after) you will get it during the time it is unavailable.

They plan on changing it and reintroducing it into the store. When they do this you can request through support a full refund of your gold spent.

effectively you can get it on loan for a couple of months, for free (gold upfront, then refunded)

costs 7200 gold.

Dropped last Thursday.  Quite some whining.

Us TD pilots giggling.

My ultimate goal is to get my Mal Black Prince a TG (optimistic?) and "Ace" tanker status (hopeful)...could take some time...but hey: I'm the best in Asia...

http://new.noobmeter.com/tank/sea/GB68_Matilda_Black_Prince

 

 

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Munk and I had a 'mare yesterday.  Repeatedly low tier no matter what we ran... and some of the teams....Oh my god, some of the teams.

Munk rage quit by the time his lag kicked up and this kept happening (probably npot helped by me walking my T40 in front of a Hetzer stupidly on South Coast leaving him to try and save - he almost did).

After that I Elited my Chi-Ha and was looking around and realised I had never Elited the T82.  Dropped the T40 crew in it (so basically an 80%-ish crew but with Camo and 6th sense) and won 5 of 6   Kept getting smacked up by fucking 1cs though.  With the new accuracy they have become a whole new level of pain in the arse at Tier III.

Also a clan wars defence on Mountain Pass win.

Project T-62A - Played 2 won 1 in the T-34-85.  Going to be a long grind.

Not going too badly today. Played 23 won 17 lost 6 StuGIII I love you.

The 910k for the IV/L70 is demoralising though.  Need it on sale.although I doubt I'd sell the STuG.

Yesterday I played 23 as well.  Won 15, lost 8.

Garage Currently:

VII : SU-122-44

VI : T-34-85
VI : Hellcat

V : STuG III
V : T-34
V : Somua S-35 CA

IV : SU-85b
IV : A-20 (no crew - modules need gold for removal but I'll probably sell it next time I have a gap - dropped below 50% as well)
IV : T40
IV : Matilda
IV : Covenanter (haven't used this in a month)

III : Su-76
III : T-82 (no crew)
III : T-127
III : T-46
III : Ue.57 (no crew)
III : FCM 36 PAK 40
III : Cruiser IV (only keeping as it has modules and I don't have the gold to recover them! - Maybe I should run it and try and improve it as it has a very poor win rate)

II : T18

Probably too many Tier IIIs although I'll just Elite the T-46 and sell it.  Original plan was to run the T-50 but now my Russian Light crew is most of the T-34-85 crew I no longer have that option.  I'll probably complete the Elite then move the crew to the T-127 and work on getting them to 100% slowly.  I don't mind the 46 but it's no BT-7 and no mini KayVee.

I've taken to dropping my top crews into the lower tier tanks for daily x2.  Like I said earlier it's just like having a 75% crew in them but with Perks - Hence the 'no crew's above.

The SU-85b I  bought as another option when playing with Vickmeist. I found it's paper thin armor really annoying. If you've maxed out the research I would certainly sell that one. You using your Bathtub of Death much (S-35 CA)?  I still play it and the FCM 36 Pak 40 (The Foot-Spa of Death as I like to call it).

I'm  pretty much only playing the STuG III when on my own, the lack of speed of the French TD's does my head in.  I'm going to go American TD's from now on as I like their speed as I'm not as stationary playing-wise as as I used to be.

So that's T-18, T-82, T-40, M-10 Wolverine, To the Hellcat right?? Or is the T-49 the better route for the Hellcat?

Yeah if you are pinging higher tiers it can be a pain in the arse.

Which route to  the Hellcat Munk do you reckon?

Finally finished:

Played 31 Won 23 Lost 8.

Last couple of battles I was pretty crap so I'm going to do something more productive, (yes I know nothing is more productive than WOT but I'm trying to kid myself).

The SU-85b, like the T40 will never be sold.  I got a 9 kill in it last week.  You can't put it in harms way but with a good crew and camo net you can smash things.  If you are shot you're screwed so I try not to get shot.  Helped by the fact that the crew is shared with the SU-122-44 so has 6th sense and is climbing on second skill (not as close as my T40 crew).

Munk and I are T40 addicts so we're always going to say T40.  It is a bit like the SU with a bit more armour, better gun depression and elevation but without the impact from the gun.  The rate of fire makes up for it though.

I've run the Bathtub three times for three wins including an epic battle where Munk and I carried with him capping in his STuG and me behind our base on Highway killing four and stopping their cap long enough for Munk to win it before getting killed myself.  I still only have the 17 pdr but that is a great gun in Tier V.

Why the SU and T40 will never be sold:

# Tank     Battles   Win Rate
1 T40        668   72.90%
2 SU-85B  324   71.60%
3 BT-7       256   51.56%
4 T18         151   62.25%
5 Marder II 138   54.35%
6 StuG III    112   61.61%
7 SU-76     112   58.93%
8 Hetzer      93   66.67%
9 T-127        85   63.53%

(I dropped 10 as it's the A-20 and below 50%)   :-)

Re the SU-85b -distance is the best armor for this tank - they cant kill what they cant see (mostly) 6th sense as a commander skill will keep you alive while you destroy all manner of tanks from 400 m

I found that going any further up the US TD line from the Hellcat was disappointing -I got as far as the T8 TDs (T28 and T28 Prot) and stopped there as they were so far removed from the fast agile Hellcat -no fun at all - getting to the Hellcat I went via the Wolverine which was meh and I sold it, later on I unlocked T49 and Ive kept it -579 battles so far -its a keeper

So to answer which route to the Hellcat -T40-Wolverine-Hellcat -so you can use the underrated but awesome T40-although turretless,it has a very wide gun traverse so you dont change they way your facing very often.

The M8A1 and T49 are both fast tanks -the T49 would be good practice for the speed of the Hellcat -racing to good shooting spots, then scooting away 

http://new.noobmeter.com/tank/sea/GAZ-74b

Biased:

Server top by overall tank win rate for players recently active (200 battles or more)
#    Name    Battles    Win Rate
1    Siggy  [PBLAC]    287    72.13%
2    _Munk_  [PBLAC]    1,242    71.74%

Server top by win rate in recent battles (30 battles or more)
#    Name    Battles    Win Rate
1    Siggy  [PBLAC]    40    87.50%
2    _Munk_  [PBLAC]    62    87.10%

Also, have you seen the 8.6 rage threads on the US Wot forums??

Good stats guys... Just read some of the threads - lol.

I must admit I'm over it now and I'm enjoying my TD's. SPG's were always just an alternative if I was hitting a run of poor luck and I only ever really loved my SU-5 anyhow. The USA SPG's seem to have been the least effected but I can't be arsed grinding another nation's SPG's again.

I'm glad they improved the TD's as it would have just ended up with everyone in a heavy/med tank.

There are a few on the SEA forums as well.

I would say (based on Clan Wars) that they have achieved the aims of making good arty players stay good and get rid of the morons who add no value but fuck up your team by having five of them doing nothing.

I Lol'ed -would lol again

http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/249888-86-fan-art-pro1337drawinskillz/

That is SU-100Y funny.

Finally get 6.  Then team procedes to balls it up - giving the enemy a top gun.  Most frustrating for Blackie.

I don't know if it's all the new Arty numpties having to run real tonks but wow the stupid has climbed hugely this week.  Just monster fails.

No idea how I ran at 60% last night.  Sent my T-46 from 80% to under 40% win rate.  Even went 0 for 2 in the bathtub buggering up the winrate.  Higher tiers were a little better, got a Mastery 3 in the T-34-85 with one of the lower guns (Tier VI grind - yikes).

No it's been great, my winrate is climbing. Enjoy it while you can. Got a Mastery 3 also last night and several Snipers mostly off of idiots staying put or getting hit and panicking.

It can't last, the ex-arties will either give up or improve. The other thing is the remaining arties will get better...

Grrr I'm tempted to give my SU-5 a run at some point as a) I love it and b) it's a matter of changing tactics.

Part of mine is Match Maker trolling me badly.  My T-46, T82 and Cruiser IV have had mainly Tier V battles.  When I'm looking to elite them it's harsh.  Mind you, two of the three biggest fails (one mine, one the team) were in tier III battles.

And while Im ranting, Suicide Scouting retards... why, in a battle where we have no arty would four players suicide scout?  Happened twice.  Once in a Tier III where we lost three tanks for one UC 2-pounder.  Once when we were low tier in a Tier VII battle where we lost three scouts for nothing other than a 'newsflash' that they might head for town on Fishermans.

 

I suppose it's all about skill again.  A good scout can do Mazy run through enemy territory and come back alive or passively gain info in strategic areas. A bad scout runs along a straight line that everyone nearby can track and kill him. Surprised though that you have such bullshit behaviour in a Tier VII battle.

 You expect the kamikaze scouting in maps like tier II Tier III Provance, Mines, Prok, etc. I mean you'd be disappointed if at least 3 of your team didn't charge out in the middle of no mans land in  Tier II Malinovoka...

Why  did they scout the town in fishermans anyhow what was supposed to be there? Did they get much abuse for dying cheaply?

Thread of the day. You often wonder if the OP is a windup merchant but in this case unreal.

 Basically Seal clubber moans about "camper" tactics spoiling the game.

Amazing how many times he changes his opinion or starts a new topic when he has been obviously out argued. AND He runs a T-18 himself.

http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/247760-campers-and-why-i-hate-them/

My cats offer tactics for WOT

Moo: Solid, evil, big derp, not much armor think Bathtub of Death

Stormy: Huge, lots of armor, big attack but slow your typical Heavy KV Series

Inca: Jeez the most passive cat ever,  Stock Tier 2 SPG maybe??? Can't hit anything. In fact hitting anything is alien to her. Maybe scout also?

Map: our tiny bathroom

I'm in the bathroom after waking up from a nightshift. Stormy is with me.

Next up Moo comes and blocks off the exit to the bathroom firing shots at Stormy, (by yowling at him), great tactic, the entrance is a choke point  and she's just around the corner or the door. Stormy for all of his power is pinned down.

Inca jumps in to the bathroom and offers nothing, (noob). Now her and Stormy are pinned down by Moo's evil meowing derp gun.

This goes on for a few minutes as I put my contact lens in.

I open the door a little wider destroying the choke point. Moo is now exposed and Stormy sees his chance to attack. Moo flees as well as she can followed by Stormy.

Inca sits there going "WTF?"

Inca stick to tier I or II...

Only took 294 games - but got the "acer" in the Matty Black Prince...camped at Airfield...for 1,700 damage, and 35 pens...emblem granted...

Ran 23-7 today.  Great success!
 

I ran 21 wins 7 defeats yesterday as well.  Must have been a shortgae of fail on the server for a change!

Yeah, perhaps his team should have found that 'camper' before that point in the battle. He should also have been aware that it was 2 v 1 and figured the TD was waiting for him to come. 

The thing with WOT is, that you can be spotted if someone is looking for you. So you can't really camp in the old 'counter-strike' cheating sense of the word. So anyone who says it in that context is an idiot. 

good post

At the giddy heights of +22 in the Matty BP.  Finally a TG too.  A good wkend for Blackie.

Good driving Cuthbert "Tosser" Deveraux...

Bit silly today. In a team in my  tier 5 TD. Top tiered tanks were 7 so I was near the bottom. However I was not the bottom as that was a Tier 2??!! med tank that was in a platoon. OK maybe wanted to try out a map or something, but hardly fair on the rest of the team. They should have as cap in platoons surely?

Fail platoons.  Suprising how often they turn up.  People too lazy to read the rules.They do explode nicely if they are on the red side though.

I had my MS-1 out in a Tier VI Company battle on Saturday (we had one point left).  KV-1s one shot. 

Havent done this before in a tier 8 Tank -the gun on the ISU152 is a monster,