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angry.bob
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If you're honestly that worried about your stats just make a new account and start over. With the knowledge you have now it should make a solid difference in the early tiers.
Also, I'd recommend the soviet heavy line over the american, especially the IS-7. They seem to be a lot more forgiving defensively when you're not in cover or get shot from a direction you aren't expecting.
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Nebu
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Not worried about my stats. Just using them as a guide to give me feedback on my play. I'm a scientist and data speak to me.
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Pendan
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Is the AMX12 any good or am I just terrible with lights? It seems to accelerate so slowly that you REALLY have to know the map well to make the tank perform. I guess I should go back to my T-50-2. At least it was fun.
For me the AMX12t was the weakest of the tier 5 lights. It then got moved to tier 6 without meaningful buffs. The key to most American mediums is the same as the heavies. Use the gun depression advantage. The mediums do not get the turret armor of the heavies but it is still very useful to expose less of your tank by just having the top peak above a hill. Use any small incline to maximum advantage. French tanks have terrible gun depression in general and soviet tanks not that good. Chinese may end up being the worst. British tanks do have good depression. Comparing medium tier 7 tank gun depressions. T-20 -10, Panther -6, VK3002 (DB) -6, T-43 -8, and Comet -12. T-43 has the best gun depression of all Soviet mediums but T-20 still has it beat by 2 degress which makes a difference.
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Nebu
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On the tier 7 mediums, it's as I said before. If I have good heavies on my team, the tank is amazing. When playing pubs, heavies are often chickenshit, campers, or both. I can understand sniping if the gun calls for it, but when you're top tier in a T29 and you snipe from spawn? Really? If I can get them to at least push carefully, I can offer wonderful flank support.
My matches end up either very good or terrible with little in between. I'm working on my improvisation.
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« Last Edit: January 07, 2013, 10:12:42 AM by Nebu »
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WayAbvPar
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18 losses in a row. I am about 1 more from uninstalling. Dear sweet babby jesus my teammates.
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Ginaz
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Merusk
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18 losses in a row. I am about 1 more from uninstalling. Dear sweet babby jesus my teammates.
Wow. My personal worst was only 10. Nowadays if I lose more than three I drop down to tier 4 or 5 and come back. If its still bad I play something else for an hour.
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angry.bob
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Yeah, if I hit 5 in a row I close out the game for a few minutes and come back a few minutes later. When I do I seem to get winning streaks and the composition of my teams are much different. Frankly, it seems like the MM is set up to either fuck you or help you based on something when you first log in. Could be my imagination though.
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Merusk
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I've had that suspicion before, too, but based around what your rating is. I know that it does seem to give a break to Premium tanks because mine are almost always in the top 1/3 of the team. It would make sense if some sort of bug, hidden deep in the code, wound-up screwing people some other way.
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WayAbvPar
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Many premium tanks have preferential matchmaking...for instance, Type 59s will not see any higher than a Tier 9 battle, while other Tier 8 mediums will see up to Tier 10.
I still feel vaguely nauseous and angry when I think about playing, so I think maybe another day or two off may be in order.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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Tmon
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I'm kind of in the same boat, far too many games played over the holidays, so it's time to take a break. I may log in from time to time and snag a double on one of the three tanks I'm leveling but probably won't play more than that.
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Nebu
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I may stop playing anything below tier 6 in this game until they do something about the clan M4 gold derp platoons. My KV1 that I play to make case gets 2-shot by an M4. With 3 of them running in packs, it's not unusual to see them get 10-12 kills with point and click.
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« Last Edit: January 09, 2013, 03:57:08 PM by Nebu »
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"Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other."
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WayAbvPar
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Game 19 was a draw that was utterly winnable, Game 20 a loss, and then I broke through with a garbage double for my M103 in game 21. Have won several tonight, but most of those have been clan wars ROFLstomps.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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kildorn
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Chain losses don't bug me. The completely random once every 10 match 30 second lag spikes piss me off.
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Gets
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Since a bunch of us don't like the generic "Evolve" t-shirt design chosen by the public does anyone know an orphanage in Siberia who wouldn't mind a dozen or so free green shirts?
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Abagadro
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I'll take someone's code if they don't want it as then I can get one for my kid as well.
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Merusk
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Yeah, same here.
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Tmon
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I was underwhelmed by the three choices but at least 2 looked like something I'd be willing to wear to the gym.
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Strazos
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So has anyone here dumped the cash for perma-Premium? I was considering it, since I've typically been buying it each weekend for 3 days or so.
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Engels
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Not seeing the perma premium. Seeing 1 year and 6 months options. In the past I did buy the 1 year premium, don't regret it.
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I should get back to nature, too. You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer. Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached. Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe
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Tmon
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I bought a year during the Christmas Special when it was offered at a discount because it worked out cheaper than the number of Premium months I bought last year.
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Strazos
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In the past...so what do you do now?
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Fear the Backstab! "Plato said the virtuous man is at all times ready for a grammar snake attack." - we are lesion "Hell is other people." -Sartre
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Nebu
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Is there a perma premium? Didn't know that was an option.
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Merusk
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I don't think there is one. Best you're going to get is the 1-year option, which isn't a terrible deal compared to other MMOs.
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Gets
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I'm afraid of perma-premium turning me into some tanksnerd Sisyphus forever doing daily doubles until the end of time. Meanwhile, I'm still a defender of the new Dragon's Ridge.
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Nebu
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Dragon's ridge would be awesome in a Type 59. Not so much in a British heavy.
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Tmon
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I will not be sad to see it or Seren Coast get pulled.
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Merusk
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Dragon's ridge would be awesome in a Type 59. Not so much in a British heavy.
It is SO awesome in a Type or American Medium or Heavy. Guess which tanks I play. I will not be sad to see it or Seren Coast get pulled.
I don't get the hate for either of these maps. I find them to be some of the most fun with the most varied play and possible strategies.
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The past cannot be changed. The future is yet within your power.
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WayAbvPar
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There is no strategy on Serene Coast. If you get stuck up north, you either mass rush the hill or you hunker down and get raped. South has all the advantage. It is a giant fucking campfest and I would rather play Dragon Ridge, which is saying a lot.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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Gets
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North has the advantage, actually. Pubbie Island, town, hill foliage. Opinions can differ, of course. More GIFs of Goomba-stomping
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apocrypha
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Planes? Shit, I'm terrified to get in my car now!
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Been playing this occasionally again, I find that approaching it with a very relaxed attitude and not using XVM makes me care far less about the huge number of brain-damaged monkeys apparently driving tanks. Anyway, 8.3 went live on the EU server the other day, with the Chinese tech tree in. Not very interesting at the lower end since the tanks are all copies of existing tanks. It deviates a bit from tier 6 upwards though and is a bit random. Light Tanks (Tiers VI-VIII)
(Renault NC-31, VAE Type B, M5A1 Stuart) 59-16, WZ131, WZ-132.
Low silhouette Excellent dynamics Good weaponry as Medium Tanks Low weight Thin armour
Medium Tanks (Tiers VII-X)
(Type T-34) Type 58, T-34-1, T-34-2, WZ-120, 121
Large one-time damage Good armouring on the turret
Heavy Tanks (Tiers VII-X)
IS-2, 110, WZ-111 1-4, 113
Heavier armouring than their USSR predecessors Quick-firing guns (similar to the medium tanks) Vulnerable side armour
I used up some free XP and jumped straight into an M51A Stuart and promptly got 4 kills in my first match in it so it's either overpowered or (more likely) I got very lucky.
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WayAbvPar
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North has the advantage, actually. Pubbie Island, town, hill foliage. Opinions can differ, of course. More GIFs of Goomba-stomping I think controlling the hill to the E decides the match 90% of the time. One or two tanks can spot almost the entire map, get sides shots on people fighting in town, etc. Tanks on Pubbie Island are ignorable except for a couple of specific spots, and the rocks to south outclass the town to the north for cover. Especially since people on the hill can fire into town (as noted above).
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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kildorn
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From my client patching, it appears 8.3 is live in the US now as well.
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Nebu
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From my client patching, it appears 8.3 is live in the US now as well.
Playing a match tier 5 or below makes that painfully clear.
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"Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other."
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Ginaz
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From my client patching, it appears 8.3 is live in the US now as well.
Playing a match tier 5 or below makes that painfully clear. Tell me about it. 23 games in the new Chinese tier 5 with 41 kills...and a 31% win rate.
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