World of Tanks

[Ginaz]

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

HPs are actually pretty low.  The T5 only has 380.  The others don't seem much better.

[Furiously]

They should make light tanks have radio hammers.

[WayAbvPar]

Or you play two of them together and slaughter.

Also... I made a video!!!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/b7b1x36budnjpcd/WorldOfTanks%202013-10-22%2009-34-09-422.avi

You need to find a way to .gif that, because it is goddamned hilarious.

[Ginaz]

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.

So the list is out and I don't see my name on it anywhere.
http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/294182-medium-tank-marathon-winners/

Edit: Looks like I might have won it with the T-34-3, which wasn't supposed to be eligible since its a prem tank.  Shhh, don't tell anyone.

[Abagadro]

Damn, missed by 15 xp.

[veredus]

I think either the list is screwed up or they gave out way too much. I'm not on there either but I got 3k gold and I don't own a T-34-3.

[WayAbvPar]

So far tonight-
 Wins / Battles:      1 / 6    16.67%


4 battles I was bottom tier and utterly unable to affect the outcome. Once I was 2nd tier (in my Type 59, so they can't make me bottom tier). That was the game I won. Last battle I was top tier in my E-75. I had two of my team's three total kills.

It is like WG WANTS me to quit. They are going to get their wish very soon. I can't take this much longer. Hex Alpha and Battlefield 4 are calling.

[Merusk]

I feel your pain, Way.  I knew it was going to be a shitty evening after the first game and said fuck it, I'll go play something else.   

What happened in that game? Map: Murovanka. Game Type: Normal  Game starts and only 2 tanks head to forest and 3 to the middle of the map to sit in town for some reason.  I nab the hill near the team II start point and look at the forest, knowing I'll need to cover people. 

The rest of my team makes its way up the west side of the map, to where the flag is on encounter.  They then proceed to inch along, still staying on the west side with no cover, and try to play Peek-A-Boo with a team of two T29s and an IS on the far hill who have a light on the west side spotting.  They all die within the first few minutes, and even when I tried to get some shots on the 29s all they had visible was the turret, which does me no good.

Meanwhile the forest has been demolished by the rest of their team and the guys in the city were spotted by an IS and got wasted from the hidden forest tanks.  I am one of the last 5 alive, the other two being an arty who's usless without spotters a KV3 who hasn't moved and some meds who are crowding the hill behind me.  As I line up a shot on the IS who's exposed himself, my "SPOTTED" light goes off and I take 3 shots in the ass from the forest team who've come along the lake bed.  The rest of the team is wiped-up in another minute.

Total battle time was something like 5 mins, I get 2nd place with no kills and only 500 damage done in a TD.  Conclusion: Even though there's no big events, it's going to be a shitty night. Goodnight, WOT.

[Brolan]

Something is screwy (at least for me) with the match making.  I constantly get on bad teams (according to XVM) the last few months and I'm on a long losing streak.  Because of it I rarely play any more.  The only relief seems to be when I sign on to the West Coast server. 

But I'm looking forward to the tanks in War Thunder.

[Strazos]

Maybe some of you all need some more patience - lose a tank? Go play another.

Granted, I don't have the same 10k+ games you all have, but still. I'd hate to see how some of you react when playing for money (and I know some of you do that kind of thing)... 

[Amarr HM]

There was an old-timer who was in -G- for a while, he consistently used gold rounds and he would go apes**t over voice comms when they bounced. They bounced a lot.

[Brolan]

I'm sure now there is an issue with the matchmaker.  I did the math and the last 500 battles I have a 43% win rate. Down from my usual 50%.  Now I should be able to get a 43% win rate by just hitting the battle button and leaving the computer until the battle is over.  There is something really screwy going on.

[Abagadro]

500 isn't that large of a sample.  Over the last 1000 battles i have a higher win rate than my previous 28k.

[Nebu]

I'm sure now there is an issue with the matchmaker.  I did the math and the last 500 battles I have a 43% win rate. Down from my usual 50%.  Now I should be able to get a 43% win rate by just hitting the battle button and leaving the computer until the battle is over.  There is something really screwy going on.

Platoon.  It's the only way to maintain your sanity.  Solo play makes it nearly impossible to carry a really bad team.  If you're in a platoon with two other solid players, your ability to drag your team kicking and screaming to a win goes up dramatically.

[Strazos]

Platoon.  It's the only way to maintain your sanity.  Solo play makes it nearly impossible to carry a really bad team.  If you're in a platoon with two other solid players, your ability to drag your team kicking and screaming to a win goes up dramatically.

Speaking of which, I'm back in sane timezones for the next few years now... 

[Nebu]

Speaking of which, I'm back in sane timezones for the next few years now... 

I'm afraid to imagine how good you will play with a ping < 300. 

Welcome back!

[angry.bob]

Solo play makes it nearly impossible to carry a really bad team.  

No it doesn't. Every loss is entirely the individual player's fault. Not being able to carry a team of 14 other random people simply means a player is not skilled. Otherwise win rate wouldn't be an accurate measure of player skill.

[Abagadro]

Feh. Not worth it. People can wallow in their ignorance if they need it I guess.

[Furiously]

Solo play makes it nearly impossible to carry a really bad team.  

No it doesn't. Every loss is entirely the individual player's fault. Not being able to carry a team of 14 other random people simply means a player is not skilled. Otherwise win rate wouldn't be an accurate measure of player skill.

Well... Technically it's 6% your fault. It you platoon up, you can increase it to having an 18% effect on the team which can be quite significant. (Plus if you are grouped with decent players that's a red that might not be on your team). And when you get lucky you get platoon matched against the 45% win rate platoon.

[Nebu]

No it doesn't. Every loss is entirely the individual player's fault. Not being able to carry a team of 14 other random people simply means a player is not skilled. Otherwise win rate wouldn't be an accurate measure of player skill.

Did you miss the word "nearly" in my statement?  Good players can influence a match, but it's quite a task to carry a match particularly when bottom tier.  Platooning with other skilled players is the easiest way to improve win rate.  

I've had a 57% WR over the last 1000 or so battles that I've played.  Many of them solo.  I know quite well how much of a challenge it can be to carry 14 terrible players.

[Furiously]

Alternatively, I've been grouped with some near Unicom status players. I rocked a 75% Winrate yesterday. It also turns out that dealing 5k plus damage a game really helps your team win.

[Simond]

Yeah so if anyone tells you the E100 wafflethrower is pre-nerfed and needs a buff, they're lying: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC4dZ7dLkgQ

[Strazos]

Wow...

Looks reasonably fast, has a quick autoloader, and it can snipe even unzoomed? 

[Merusk]

Well yeah it's pre-nerfed.  You were only able to take 5 hits before dying. That's totally unreasonable for a German tank! 

[Ginaz]

It's VERY lightly armoured.  The turret has something like 10 or less frontal.  The whole line are pretty much glass cannons.  Great damage, awful armor and survivability.  For the t10, I'm thinking the 1st gun is probably going to be better.  Anyone who has played an E-100 knows how bad the top gun can be for not penetrating.

[Abagadro]

Service Record: Senior Technical Engineer.

[Abagadro]

Here's a video from Syria if you ever wondered what it looked like to be shot in the face by a T-72 with a HEAT round:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYI4kM6je-k

[Furiously]

I actually feel a bit guilty about this one...

Vehicle: FCM 36 Pak 40
Experience received: 1,561
Credits received: 26,484
Battle Achievements: Top Gun, Invader, Mastery Badge: "Ace Tanker"

(9 kills, 100% base capture by me. It was just sick.)

[Nebu]

Vehicle: FCM 36 Pak 40

100% base capture by me.

Must have been a small map or a long game.  That thing is godawful slow.

[WayAbvPar]

Heh that is the same thing I said. I love that thing on the right map, but it sucks if you have to travel to find a fight.

[WayAbvPar]

Victory!, S-51, Severogorsk, 11/9/13 12:03 PM: 2,440 nXP, 5,449 dmg


Hilarious round highlighted by me missing a M-103 and one shotting a Super Pershing I never saw   Glad I pulled it off on a 5x weekend!

[Merusk]

Nothing like a 5x weekend to remind me why I stopped playing so much.  My K:D ratio is still going up, but after 3 games where I had 2-3 kills and then found I was the last of 4 guys alive on my team I'm done for the day.

ed: Way, your link is broken.

[Sir T]

Put up a youtube vid of the best game I've had and a good game I had later. Includes me stuttering and stammering my way though a commentary. Think I'll leave it to the professionals like the mighty Jingles in future.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOEXPfU4BlE

[Nebu]

Nothing like a 5x weekend to remind me why I stopped playing so much.  My K:D ratio is still going up, but after 3 games where I had 2-3 kills and then found I was the last of 4 guys alive on my team I'm done for the day.

I think we've all been there.  I had a match on my 3601 where I had 8 kills and a Nicols medal in a loss. Sometimes one person isn't enough to carry 14 terrible teammates.

Shrug it off and come back after a few days/weeks. 

[WayAbvPar]

So....unlocked the big gun on the E-75 on like Friday of the 5x weekend. Had just purchased my M46 Patton, and so didn't have enough credits to buy it yet. Fast forward to me not doing shit for damage in a match this morning and I finally realized I never bothered to go back and purchase/mount it. 4 5x wins and a 2x this morning, all with the shitty gun.

It's me. I'm the pubby.