World of Tanks

[Shannow]

The turbine outlet temperature on their engine is around 900 degrees F. That probably brews coffee pretty fast. Especially if they haven't changed from that nasty as fuck freeze dried stuff they used to put in MREs.

There are a few accounts out of Vietnam of soldiers burning small slices of C4 to boil water.

My tank commander was fond of wedging the can of cheese from our ration packs between the tow cable and engine before a drive so it would be nice and gooey when we pulled up. (Otherwise you ate that stuff so that you wouldnt have to take a shit for two weeks)

[apocrypha]

Just don't stamp the flames out.

[Ginaz]

Well, 2nd anniversary weekend coming up.  Lots of specials plus 5x XP for the first battle of the day.  I'm predicting an even bigger avalanche of shitty players and my blood pressure to rise greatly.   God have mercy on us this weekend!

http://worldoftanks.com/news/2207-world-tanks-2nd-anniversary-weekend/

[Simond]

Also, the shop bundles: http://worldoftanks.com/news/2208-2nd-anniversary-gift-shop-bundles/
KV-5 is back.

[Sir T]

Arrgh, the KV-5? Thats tempting

[Nebu]

Arrgh, the KV-5? Thats tempting

I considered it.  Then I remembered the HUGE R2D2 shoot me target and the fact that there isn't a Russian heavy over tier 8 worth playing to make it worthwhile as a crew trainer. 

[Sir T]

Well that certainly got my gamer genes cooled the fuck down. Yeah I took one look at the picture of the tank and the R2D2 turret and went Naa.

[Nebu]

The better players on the Kv5 get by that by rocking a lot.  At mid range, the R2D2 is tough to hit reliably if the Kv5 keeps moving.  You can also wall hug to hide the thing.  It's a great tank, but I see these premiums as both crew trainers and money makers.  If they can't train a crew that I want to play, then they lose half of their value to me.

[kildorn]

The backwards KV-5 is also hilarious.

[Nebu]

The backwards KV-5 is also hilarious.

I like the ramming KV5.  Does a ton of damage.

[Merusk]

I haven't played in a month due to PUG-aggravation and MWO being better suited to me making a solo-difference, but I wasn't seeing many KV5s when I was.   It seems that since it disappeared from the shop those who had them either stopped playing the game or were on to other tank lines.

It had definitely gotten to the point that you had to tell other players "Shoot R2D2" because they kept trying to ping the turret and hull instead.

[Brolan]

I haven't played in a month due to PUG-aggravation and MWO being better suited to me making a solo-difference, but I wasn't seeing many KV5s when I was.   It seems that since it disappeared from the shop those who had them either stopped playing the game or were on to other tank lines.

It had definitely gotten to the point that you had to tell other players "Shoot R2D2" because they kept trying to ping the turret and hull instead.

Even the KV-5 drivers seem to have forgotten it.  I've been in two matches lately where a KV-5 driver just sat there and let me shoot holes in his R2D2 with a low-powered gun.  Weird.

[Sir T]

I'm actually half thinking of buying an AT-15A Premium just for the fun of it and for non R2D2 shot bouncing Better then grinding my way up from the ground through the Brit TDs anyway.

[WayAbvPar]

I will probably interrupt my hiatus for this special. Too many goodies. We'll see how pissed I get 

[Strazos]

I'm tempted to splurge on credits to buy parts, because...good god. 

[Nebu]

I will probably interrupt my hiatus for this special. Too many goodies. We'll see how pissed I get 

I think I've yelled at my monitor at least a dozen times this week because people refuse to look at their minimap. 

[Merusk]

I'm immune to mini-map idiots.

It's the guys you watch who get rolled-up on from behind and start panning around with the turret, trying to find who's shooting them that get to me.  Too stupid to get out of sniper mode or just fucking move in ANY direction since they're obviously exposed.

[WayAbvPar]

I will probably interrupt my hiatus for this special. Too many goodies. We'll see how pissed I get 

I think I've yelled at my monitor at least a dozen times this week because people refuse to look at their minimap. 

I am yelling at people in War Thunder now too. Starting to think it might not be game specific...

[Engels]

People just like ramming you more than others.

[WayAbvPar]

Is there a hidden webcam in my office somewhere so people can watch me rage and turn colors and shit? It is the only logical* explanation for some of this shit.



*I am sure there are plenty of illogical explanations that would make the top of my head blow off.

[Brolan]

I'm tempted to splurge on credits to buy parts, because...good god. 

There is a good deal in the gift shop, 6000 gold and 6 million credits for $63.

[Strazos]

Also, I apparently need to learn2Tiger better. 

[Ginaz]

There's been a security breach and our passwords may have been compromised.  Also, it seems they are giving you 300 gold if you change your password, so it's worth doing anyway.

http://worldoftanks.com/news/2239-important-information/
http://worldoftanks.com/news/2240-change-your-password-event/

[Tmon]

Also Alienware is giving 1000 gold away http://www.alienwarearena.com/giveaway/world-of-tanks-bonus-code-giveaway/

[Merusk]

Keys for gold gone from AW

[Falconeer]

I have a weird question: not that it is important, but why are World of Tanks, World of Warplanes and Warthunder in the MMO section of f13, and Mechwarrior is in the PC/Consoles one? They are exactly the same kind of game, and have the same identical online mechanics. Anyway, the reason I came up with this is because I was about to make a thread about Navy Field 2 and I wondered in what section I should have started it.

[Ginaz]

I think I'm starting to like the Hellcat.  Last 10 games I have 7 wins, averaging over 1400 damage with 22 kills.

[Tmon]

Hellcat is a lot of fun to play.  I liked mine so much that I kept it even after unlocking the next vehicle and still run it almost daily just for the fun of it.

[Sir T]

Yeah I'm loving the T49 and looking forward to the Hellcat. I had to laugh/cry when I say that the Hellcat has LESS armour than the T49.

[Nebu]

Had a great weekend.  Got my first "Critical Contribution" medal with a platoon of friends, a Nicol's medal, and destroyed a Relic platoon... though not in the same match. 

As for the Hellcat, it's a great tank to cover flanks with.  I still can't get into TD's though.  They feel too passive for me.

[Merusk]

The American turreted TDs play like lightly-armored Meds.  Far less passive than other TDs and far more effective at bringing something to the fight. They just can't push.

I had my best game ever in my M103 last night on Himmelsdorf.  Went up the hill (I started on the high point) and crested  as the T71 scout who made it there first saw a T-50 and started taking fire.   I paused and popped the T50 like a balloon, giving me a bit of a giggle.   I hadn't one shot anyone like that in a while.   

I start to move towards the church and a Type 59 pops around the dirt pile.  I bring my turret to bear and fire, right as the T71 decides that running in front of a tank 3x his size is a good idea.  Fuck.  Then the asshole in the 59 taunts me with "Ha ha ha fucker. Nice shot."   I don't let him rattle and I peek around, he's retreated but I get a nice shot off on a T34, taking him down 20%.  The Type moves in as I back up, thinking he's got a shot, and one of my teammate heavies who'd come up the beside drives him back.  A little back and forth and 2 shots later the Type is burning. I give him a global "Kisses." and move on.   

My teammates have been pretty competent, keeping the guys who moved to cap reset and the guys who went around back have highlighted 3 more enemy tanks on the far side of the church.  I peek around and finish off the T34 who's just fired on my teammate and is in reload hell.  Then the guys on the back finish off an IS-6, letting me tag the VK who's trying to hide behind the T34.   Happy to have recently learned how vulnerable commander's hatches are, he goes up in flames.   

 We charge back down the hill, the faster tanks wiping out the lone arty who was useless along the way.  During this time the guys who were resetting cap have died.  One of my teammates gets plastered by an 8.8 who was waiting at their spawn.  I fire a round in to him but keep on trucking as cap is at 70% now.  My teammate Tiger decides to take on the 8.8 himself and stays.   

I get to the bombed-out train station and draw on some American tank sitting on cap.  Blam, he racks and cap is reset from 80% to 15% as I back up to reload.  They start to panic as the other half of my team comes up the other side.  I manage to wipe-out the last 2 there and see there's only an E-75 and the 8.8 up.  The Tiger's lived thus far but is in bad shape, his tag saying 6%.  I tell him to stay safe, I'm coming, and decide to circle around back instead of through spawn.   

As I move up, the E-75 is wiped by my teammates on the far side of the plaza, but the 8.8 gets the Tiger and moves around to cover the alley from their spawn.  I now have to go completly around the block to get him.  Damn, I think, I'm out of this fight.  Well he stops and I'm able to come around and plug him in the ass, down to 14% but my teammate gets the kill.

6 kills and only 20% damage to myself. I'll never have a game like that again, I wish I'd recorded it. 

[Shannow]

I have a weird question: not that it is important, but why are World of Tanks, World of Warplanes and Warthunder in the MMO section of f13, and Mechwarrior is in the PC/Consoles one? They are exactly the same kind of game, and have the same identical online mechanics. Anyway, the reason I came up with this is because I was about to make a thread about Navy Field 2 and I wondered in what section I should have started it.

I have wondered the same question.

Anways I have 30 days of premium to burn and some gold (thankyou nvidia)....whats something OP in mid tiers to unlock...I've done Russian med to heavy (t34, kv13, is3) have some progress on the American line...Hellcat sounds fun?

Ideas?

[Nebu]

M-4 American medium (Tier 5) with the 105 and premium rounds is pretty OP right now.  I play the T1HT a lot and enjoy it.  It's like a faster version of the KV1 with a slightly smaller gun.  The Hellcat is also a great TD.  If you get to Tier 6, the E2 and E8 are both outstanding mediums.

[Merusk]

Yeah, the US has some solid tanks but the M4 is the only one even approaching 'overpowered' and you have to spend gold to make it so.   They don't get the VK machineguns of death or super-derps of the Russians.

[Shannow]

You know , after all the Russian tanks I've had, from Light up to Heavy...the tank I still have the most fun with is the BT-2. 90% of my matches I have multiple kills.

Think I'll go American and waste some gold on prem ammo.