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Abagadro
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There are some really, really good TDs in that line. The guns are a bit inaccurate compared to the German TDs but pack a huge wallop once you get the top gun for any given TD.
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WayAbvPar
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Yeah I don't remember a bad one. ISU is a bid underwhelming until you unlock the BL-10, but it is still decent.
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Furiously
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I've been waiting for a garage slot sale and figure the 50% off going now is probably about as good as it gets, so it's time to expand. I'm close to getting through the M3 Lee and think I've decided on the T1 Heavy next. Lee wasn't as painful as I was expecting, though I'm a fairly casual player and maybe that helps. Also started moving up the US SPG line, which is my first foray into arty and so far a nice diversion.
Has anyone given that Russian TD line a try? The lure of the current 50% credit discount and bonus has me curious.
The SU-85 and SU-100 are both fun tanks. The 85 is probably the funnest tank I have played. |
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WayAbvPar
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« Last Edit: October 07, 2013, 01:58:39 PM by WayAbvPar »
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Furiously
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The last page or two of win rate being random and such made me wonder what tanks have the global best win rate. Also the steamroller team Way and I had yesterday made me wonder how globally OP those two premiums are. I also felt like our Pak 40's were OP, and looking at their global data it looks like they have the 3rd highest win rates of any tanks in the game, so it's not the driver that is awesome, but the tank.  http://wot-news.com/stat/server/us/norm/en#server_type-1 Seems to have "unofficial" data. I'm a bit surprised by the low win rates of most tier 10's. My suggestion for anyone who still thinks it's all random is to play one of the tanks with a high global win rate and see if your win rates improve. |
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Merusk
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My suggestion for anyone who still thinks it's all random is to play one of the tanks with a high global win rate and see if your win rates improve.
I'll have to see. My stats are still all screwed-up from spamming games for the 15 wins free money. http://www.noobmeter.com/player/na/merusk/1001292585/Though my k:d ratio has gone way up since bringing the SU-152 into the mix regularly. I think an average game is 2 kills now. |
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Furiously
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Yea your death rate looks like you are going for an easy kill and dying.
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Merusk
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Worse. I was running in to tag anyone, knowing I'm going to die. Suicide scouting with anything tier 5 or premium then running off to the next match. Yes, assholish. Yes, it tanked my stats. It also took me less real time to get 15 wins than playing legit even if it took more actual games.
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Amarr HM
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Interesting that foch 155 has the highest global win rate, sounds about right it's about the best T10 tank available for random battles and really underused. |
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Nebu
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Interesting that foch 155 has the highest global win rate, sounds about right it's about the best T10 tank available for random battles and really underused.
Doesn't surprise me one bit. I see purple platoons abusing its high burst all the time. |
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Ginaz
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So it seems I've won some gold through the medium tank marathon contest. I have no idea which tank it was or anything else since I only have an email saying that I won. Go me.  |
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If you dig around the news section of the site you should be able to find lists of the winners by tank. Congrats, btw! All the meds I am currently playing (other than my Type 59, which would require a gargantuan game to top the lists since so many old school good players have them) are mediocre/bad tanks, and/or I haven't really figured out how to shine in them. Wish this contest was going when I was in the Type 58- I loved that thing.
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« Last Edit: October 18, 2013, 11:56:47 AM by WayAbvPar »
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Abagadro
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I thought I might have cracked the top 50 with a 1426 raw xp game in my A-44 but looks like no dice.
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Ginaz
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If you dig around the news section of the site you should be able to find lists of the winners by tank. Congrats, btw! All the meds I am currently playing (other than my Type 59, which would require a gargantuan game to top the lists since so many old school good players have them) are mediocre/bad tanks, and/or I haven't really figured out how to shine in them. Wish this contest was going when I was in the Type 58- I loved that thing.
There's no info or list of any kind showing who won or what they won or with what tank. People have just gotten an email saying they won something. I was able to check my account with the mobile app and I'm 3000 gold richer. |
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Abagadro
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The lists will be up eventually. Russia an EU have their lists up. The guy who does it for NA was apparently on his honeymoon and is getting caught up.
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
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Merusk
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So it's "FUCK YOU, KABOOM" weekend, eh. Up in the air about playing this one. I'm happier when I'm the only SU-152 on the field.
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I am pretty sure I own zero of those tanks. Welp.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
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WayAbvPar
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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
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My latest in-game accomplishment-  |
When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
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Abagadro
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Special guests Engels and Abagadro!
Special guest sucking is more accurate. Nice Mario on that guy, is that off the center hill in Mines? |
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
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Teleku
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That gif needs to end with the text "Deal with it" flashing up. Perhaps with sun glasses appearing on your tank.
Good job!
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Abagadro
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So I watched your replay and kept thinking "wow that zoom in sniper mode is a lot more magnified than mine" and started looking for the mod you used, only to find out that there are multiple zooms in sniper mode. Only took me 3 years and 29k battles to figure that out. Still can't use it though since I don't have a mouse wheel as I play with a trackball.  |
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
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Nebu
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I'm not sure that the zoom really helps anyway as the size of the aim reticle is still pretty huge. At extreme range, you're pretty much at the will of the RNG anyway.
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So I watched your replay and kept thinking "wow that zoom in sniper mode is a lot more magnified than mine" and started looking for the mod you used, only to find out that there are multiple zooms in sniper mode. Only took me 3 years and 29k battles to figure that out. Still can't use it though since I don't have a mouse wheel as I play with a trackball. LOL doh! I think you can set it to max zoom with mods. And yes, that was on Mines. |
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Merusk
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I'm not sure that the zoom really helps anyway as the size of the aim reticle is still pretty huge. At extreme range, you're pretty much at the will of the RNG anyway.
I've found it helps if your target is stationary or if they're just motoring back and forth and you have server reticle on. Yes some tanks have a huge reticle, but the accuracy fix means you're still within a tight grouping over 70% of the time. You need a great pen or high damage gun to exploit it, though. My at15a can't snipe half a map away but the su155 or t34 wreck shit even if I don't hit exactly where I've aimed. |
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My latest in-game accomplishment- I just did this off a dune protecting our arty on port. I lived too.... |
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I just had another one on Airfield. Added difficulty points by shooting him on the way down, then drove off his smoking corpse and killed their last tank for Top Gun. ReplayJust when my never ending cavalcade of Halloween colored teams was breaking my spirit, I got that game.  |
When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
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Sir T
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I have an AMX 50 B. They are a third off this half of October and the top french tanks are extra income generation, so I decided to grind the 120 like mad. Was doing great till this special weekend hit my win rate like a trout filled with dynamite. Triple XP weekend and 30% off premium ammo = maximum team fail. Lost 2.5% on it this last weekend alone (Efficiency remained fairly ok though) Still, managed to finish the grind with a post 50% win rate on it so I'm happy, and I got the 50B for 4.2 mill instead of 6.5 mill. Result. |
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Hic sunt dracones.
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Nebu
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I have an AMX 50 B. They are a third off this half of October and the top french tanks are extra income generation, so I decided to grind the 120 like mad. Was doing great till this special weekend hit my win rate like a trout filled with dynamite. Triple XP weekend and 30% off premium ammo = maximum team fail. Lost 2.5% on it this last weekend alone (Efficiency remained fairly ok though) Still, managed to finish the grind with a post 50% win rate on it so I'm happy, and I got the 50B for 4.2 mill instead of 6.5 mill. Result. This is the reason why I hate the 50 120 so very much. On paper, the tank looks like it should be able to carry games. When I try, I just can't manage it. It's my lowest WR tank among those I play often. |
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Sir T
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Well, the 50 B is a defenite improvement.More Armour (to the front)5 seconds better reload, time between shots, Horsepower, HP Gun elevation and depression are all better than it. I was getting very fed up withthe Amx 50 120's glaring weaknesses by the end.
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Abagadro
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Took me a while to figure out how to play those tanks. You basically have to think of yourself as a ninja assassin. You hide, wait for an unsuspecting tank to be isolated near you, jump out and kill him with the clip and then run away to hide again. If you have to east a shell to get the kill, then so be it, but it doesn't work as a poker, brawler or sniper IMO. A lot of it is patience in stalking your kill so that you are 1 on 1. Not really my typical play-style but I enjoy playing the amx 100 in tourneys and for fun even though I am through the line.
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
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Sir T
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I think if myself as a sniper till I have got one cip reloaded. The autoloader is only useful in the earlyl if you catch a tank alone and can eat a shot and empty a clip into it. Not easy though with the 3.3 second reload of the clip in the 50 120, which drove me up the wall. You really have to fire and scoot in the early game, generally.
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Ginaz
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Test server is up with the new German TDs. You also get 3 prem tanks to play with once you play a game on the test server. A Russian tier 7 med, a Chinese T6 TD and a Japanese T5 med. The new German TDs all seem to be glass canons. Nice guns, speed and movement but paper thin armor. I think the tier 8 has 20 frontal. |
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Sir T
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Yeah, but they all have lots of health and the usual High TD camo values. Ask the TOG about how much that cares about its crud armour when it has as much health as an IS3
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