Wot Part Deux

[Skywalkre]

/sigh

 

First game today I get Serene Coast on my T34. There's ten minutes of my life I won't get back.

 

Seriously... fire some of these map designers. They're terrible.

[Harold Jones]

/sigh

 

First game today I get Serene Coast on my T34. There's ten minutes of my life I won't get back.

 

Seriously... fire some of these map designers. They're terrible.

 

I love that they are seriously considering Komarin again, it's like they are afraid that without restricting the maps there's no way the two teams will be able to find each other and fight.

[medicjim86]

Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence

 

Hmm, I just re-read my post and cannot fathom where the 'malice' impression comes from...

 

I was simply trying to outline how the WoT team could more effectively harvest my money and keep me happy at the same time. I believe some corporations actually pay for that sort of feedback...

[Colin]

/sigh

 

First game today I get Serene Coast on my T34. There's ten minutes of my life I won't get back.

 

Seriously... fire some of these map designers. They're terrible.

 

I don't hate it, sometimes have great battles with it. The lower ground on the town side needs some work for the heavies to be able to utilize it a bit more. The key is the high ground. If the North holds the hill, even just the reverse slope they can win, as long as your heavies don't trundle to far forward without cover.

[Skywalkre]

The last few days have been good for me.

 

http://wotlabs.net/na/player/illy

 

Most of that was the Type T-34 which I just finished today. Most games were overwhelmingly filled with tier 5 or lower which is both a blessing and a curse. The thing shreds anything same tier and below (finished with a 2+ kills/game ratio) but there weren't enough hps in the battles to get a lot of xp. Ended up with an Ace badge but not sure it'll be high enough to land in the top 100.

 

Playing the Type 85 and 59-16 mostly now. Can't say I'm seeing a lot of either and already have the 2nd badge on both even though they're basically stock. These two are probably my best chance at landing in the top 100 somewhere.

 

After reading up on how WN6 is calculated (not to game the score, but to see what the most successful players do) I've made a few changes (coupled with how thin-skinned the tanks I'm playing are). First, I've basically given up completely on capping and focus on defense of the cap or killing everyone remaining. Second, I've tried to spot more. Third, I try to make it a point not to be at the front, not to be the first seen, not to be the focus of the enemy. I wait till my teammates have the enemy's attention and then swoop in from a different angle to get hits.

 

So far it's working. It helps, though, to have the battles be mostly same tier tanks.

[Skywalkre]

So grabbed a T-150 for cheap. I forgot how much these lower tiers could make on premium. If I didn't burn 3 gold rounds in my first match I would've made 65k credits (because of the special going on this weekend). That's approaching T34 levels.

[Stefan Fredriksson]

Grew tired of M3 Lee, and got T1 Heavy instead.

Moves like an M4, barring a few kph, with more armor, but without the derp-option. Kinda hard to move from +90 mm guns to 76. Takes forever to kill anything.

But then again, on Sand River (loss unfortunately) I went to the ridge in north-east corner. I held up 3 platooned T21s for the better part of 5 minutes. Killing just one before they got me, but when they bounced, I penned most of my shots.

[Max H]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp82CVllK9A

 

Turns out pico is a regular feature

[sunday]

Worst WG video I've seen. Really, What are they thinking?

[FlyingCanOpener]

Brief Clan Wars trial.

 

All Forge/Burning Legion/-G- teams got through the round robin round last night. We won our table with an 8-0-1 record, only drawing because some dumb scrub was polishing off two tanks and got nuked by arty, halting our attack. I'm an idiot at times.

[Max H]

BTW guys, silentstalker (the guy who translates RU dev Q&A's) has put together a blog to post the stuff he finds

http://ftr-wot.blogspot.cz/

[Skywalkre]

The 59-16 comes across as a lemon purposefully put in what is otherwise an amazing medium line to balance it out (and yes, that was tongue-in-cheek).

 

Your starting gun is the 57mm that we all know from the T-34. The 'top' gun is an autoloader, 5-round drum, that does 115 dmg but only has 85 normal/106 gold penetration...

 

I couldn't even pen a T20 from the front. That's how bad it is.

 

Still, I'll probably stick with it since it has a very quick reload and if I'm lucky enough to see tier 5s and 6s I can put a world of hurt on them as I circle.

Edited February 3, 2013 by Skywalkre

[FlyingCanOpener]

Burning Legion (Revolt) and Forge (Anvil) are in the semifinals of the No Sleep 'till Brooklyn tournament.

 

Obviously rigged by Wargaming.

[Mistral]

Grew tired of M3 Lee, and got T1 Heavy instead.

Moves like an M4, barring a few kph, with more armor, but without the derp-option. Kinda hard to move from +90 mm guns to 76. Takes forever to kill anything.

But then again, on Sand River (loss unfortunately) I went to the ridge in north-east corner. I held up 3 platooned T21s for the better part of 5 minutes. Killing just one before they got me, but when they bounced, I penned most of my shots.

 

I find its alot of fun fully upgraded, in some games you are really king of the field since you can bounce a lot of shots. And I like tanks with high rof, even though as you say it does take forever to kill something.

[Stefan Fredriksson]

I find its alot of fun fully upgraded, in some games you are really king of the field since you can bounce a lot of shots. And I like tanks with high rof, even though as you say it does take forever to kill something.

I free xp'd tracks, then needed one battle to get better turret, and best gun (gun and engine unlocked since very long).

Think I can learn to like this one, even though 19 penetrations only mean 1352 dmg.

 

Victory! Map: Fisherman's Bay den 3 februari 2013 18:25:03

Vehicle:: T1 Heavy Tank

Exp: 2 738 (x2) + Credits: 31 843

Achievements: : Top Gun, Sharpshooter, Reaper, Master Gunner, Mastery Badge: "1st Class"

Edited February 3, 2013 by Stefan Fredriksson

[Stefan Fredriksson]

And 2 or 3 battles later. Kaaa-tching!

 

Victory! Map: Steppes den 3 februari 2013 19:09:06

Vehicle:: T1 Heavy Tank

Exp: 1 800 + Credits: 44 560

Achievements: : Sniper, Sharpshooter, Mastery Badge: "Ace Tanker"

 

Surprised it only needed 1800.

 

One of those fun battles, did 2000 dmg, next guy (both teams) did 800.

I along with a few others go to between spawns, and basically roll over what is there.

A Ram calls us gits for not minding base. And it will be a fairly close calll.

But we outnumber them, reset, and kill all but one who runs and hides.

 

I waited until I was sure we should win and type:

"what was the fuzz about"

Ram answers with a smile "nvm"

But then I admit it was a close call, and we all pat eachothers' backs.

When this game is good, it shines.

[Skywalkre]

It's official: the 59-16 is a POS. Even using all gold (which kills any money-making with it) the top gun bounces and misses all the time. You take a small bump at any reasonable bit of speed and you bust a track.

 

Unfortunate that this 'scout' is thrown into what is otherwise a fun medium line.

 

Edit: Scouts really need to be their own branches in trees or just off-shoots from normal trees that you choose to go into. The style of play is so different it makes as much sense putting a scout in the middle of a medium line as it does putting an arty in the same spot.

 

Something I wish they'd change with the coming revamp, but I highly doubt it.

Edited February 3, 2013 by Skywalkre

[Marek Tucan]

You can go purely Medium line (34-1 and -2) or Light Tank line to get to high tier mediums. Fair's fair - and apparently the WZ-131 is worth it.

[Skywalkre]

Except the WZ tanks are better mediums than the T-34-x tanks (which are both bad). The former have better guns and mobility and the latter have... well, not much.

 

This isn't the only tree with this issue, too.

[Skywalkre]

If anyone gets the 59-16 ignore both gun upgrades. I've been running several games now with all gold in the top gun and it's missing what should be very easy pens. Extremely unreliable to the point where I'm starting to wonder if the stats shown in-game are incorrect or there's a bug.

 

Edit: Very first game back with the 57mm I get 1.1k xp, 13 hits, and still make money while throwing out a dozen gold rounds. Couldn't have pulled off the win (spotted for our arty and harrassed as they advanced on our base) if I had either of the 'upgrade' guns.

 

Edit 2: Yep... no doubt about it, 57mm is the way to go.

 

Victory!

Battle: Highway Sunday, February 03, 2013 3:07:53 PM

Vehicle: 59-16

Experience received: 1,992

Credits received: 47,811

Battle Achievements: Mastery Badge: "Ace Tanker"

3000 dmg and only 500 spotted not because I wanted to be firing but because my teammates were morons and I had to pick up the slack even though I had enemies lit on several occasions for what felt like an eternity.

Edited February 3, 2013 by Skywalkre

[Edmund]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp82CVllK9A

 

Turns out pico is a regular feature

 

So I am guessing Ola is gone. Sad.

 

Very busy weekend. Not much time to play. I did spend a ton of credits on equipment. around 5 mil or a little more.

[Harold Jones]

I'm guessing Ola is gone from the US WoT channel. Pico is pleasant enough but she has a very annoying (to me) style of speaking.

[Colin]

Unlocked the M48 this weekend, sold the M46, but did not buy the M48, not sure if I need another tank I don't use much as I already have the T110. Also bought the SU-8 so back into arty. Trying to limit the number of tanks I have on the grind at any one time. The Black Prince really does far better than I expected.

[Fritz]

Taking a break for at least a few days.

[Harold Jones]

I dumped my type t-34 and am somewhat happier for it.