Wot The F#$%

[Skywalkre]

Steel Beasts has been out almost... 20 years? (The copy I own I got in the early 00s.) I have no idea what kind of following it had back here on TN when I was serving as I rarely frequented TN then.

 

WoT basically made this subforum here on TN. So much discussion here back when it first came out (so much discussion even when the game was in alpha/beta). Started out as a nice balance between realism and arcade/ease of play. To watch that decline in interest coupled to general decline of the following of the game elsewhere (like on reddit) seems to match quite well with the changes the devs made (or failed to make) over the years.

[Stefan Fredriksson]

stefanfr

Account created: 13/04/2012 Last battle: 21/11/2015 19:34

18,4k matches.

In the end, iirc, it took too much time, I could not get above 53%, and the player-base's mis-guided vitriol got too boring.

[Harold Jones]

To me the question is why so few WoT players migrated to what was at one time a fairly well known Tank discussion board. As far as I remember we actually contributed at least two WoT staff members. I quit WoT for the same reason I've all but quit WoWS, I didn't have the time to spend in game to keep my skills (such as they were) up to a level that where I could be a useful team member. Also, the people I played most with moved on to other games so I did too.

[Edmund]

Haggar started in early 2011. 40K battles. Last played 11/23/19. I am not good, but I like tanks so I play it. I have 190+ tanks.

[Mike1158]

It is strange to me that there is a need to 'play 200 battles' to post on wot.  Zero interest in playing, talking would be good though.

[Maciek7]

at least you dont need to win them all

[Maciek7]

though 200 is barely enough to learn the maps

[Stefan Fredriksson]

Ok, so I am a liar, sort of.

Got a new laptop the other day, and installed WoT. 8 years since I last played it. Much is the same, and have so far seen few new maps. Ui is much better, I like keeping track of damage, and everything looks a bit prettier I guess. I logged in on eu-server, where I only have a handful of games, which is good since I wanted to start fresh. Funnily enough, "Thanks for 11 years since you signed up", and I received for free a Super Hellcat, Super Chaffee, Vk2801 derp, T-50-2, and possibly some more. The gameplay style was immediate, only struggled with controls for repairing and healing. I am not interested in new stuff, plan is to work up to T25/2, and give it proper attention it deserves.

The addiction part also came back, "just one more....", if it is too bad I'll quit again I guess. 🙂

Edited January 16, 2024 by Stefan Fredriksson

[Mistral]

On 1/16/2024 at 2:34 PM, Stefan Fredriksson said:

Ok, so I am a liar, sort of.

Got a new laptop the other day, and installed WoT. 8 years since I last played it. Much is the same, and have so far seen few new maps. Ui is much better, I like keeping track of damage, and everything looks a bit prettier I guess. I logged in on eu-server, where I only have a handful of games, which is good since I wanted to start fresh. Funnily enough, "Thanks for 11 years since you signed up", and I received for free a Super Hellcat, Super Chaffee, Vk2801 derp, T-50-2, and possibly some more. The gameplay style was immediate, only struggled with controls for repairing and healing. I am not interested in new stuff, plan is to work up to T25/2, and give it proper attention it deserves.

The addiction part also came back, "just one more....", if it is too bad I'll quit again I guess. 🙂

Dont go higher that tier 6 and it might be fun. Above that its slavery.

[Skywalkre]

7 hours ago, Mistral said:

Dont go higher that tier 6 and it might be fun. Above that its slavery.

It won't.  Every time I came back I tried that, sticking around tiers 6-7, and it was still hell. 

[Stefan Fredriksson]

Yeah, I both thought I would be better, and the genpop would be better. Wrong on both accounts. I have 10 days or so left of premium (did not pay, thank God), will grind to M4A3E8 and T1 Heavy, and most probably stop there. The T25/2 has always been reputed to be bad, but I managed to 2-star it last time around. Now it seems nerfed, less accurate and less pen. Basically useless against tier 9, and many tier 8.

One observation. Some times I have got stuck in battle where roster is filled with Wot's own bots (1-2 persons on each team with 6-7 bots on each team) and these battles have almost been the best. Much more room to manouvre, and the bots have been surprisingly well programmed! Sadly far between these battles. A much more common scenario is the heavies staying in base, sniping. 🙂

[Stefan Fredriksson]

Some thoughts. I think I enjoy the game more now. I am more ready for one day getting 3 wins in 12 games, and next day getting 13 wins in 15 games, where I am certain I won the game in a few of them.

No need to grind *everything*. When M4A3E8 and T1 Heavy are basically endgame for me, I can do 3-5 games and then just quit.

New equipment, variation to some of the equipment-slots from tier 6, crew books for faster crew training. Makes for more combinations.

T1 Heavy is ridiculously fun, and OP. I have had several blow-out games, which in any other tank would have given ace tanker, only resulting in class 1 or even 2.

[Stefan Fredriksson]

Caved in and got a month of premium. Guess end goal will be 1000 games. I hover around 50%. Some sessions are like, 3 wins in 15 games. Even if I on purpose would try to sabotage matches it wouldn't be that bad. Experienced today being on a team with no kills.

Brothers in arms perk now scales, it takes effect directly, if you have 20% it will give a 1% boost, 40% gives 2% and so on up to full 5%. I think all perks work like that now? I like field mods. You can make small tweaks, such as for instance lower track durability, but get better turn speed. Field mods are from tier 6 up.

EDIT: concerning addiction. I thought the player who had 11600 games in a Jackson was bad. Checked another player, he had... +26000 games in an ELC, and 24500 games in an E25. All in all he had 130000 games. 😱

Edited February 23, 2024 by Stefan Fredriksson