World of Tanks

[Abagadro]

Those are pretty stiff mission requirements. Should show up in the upcoming missions before the special is over so you can make a choice whether to buy or go for it.

[Nebu]

Those are pretty stiff mission requirements. Should show up in the upcoming missions before the special is over so you can make a choice whether to buy or go for it.

I think they are very doable for you.  For me, the light mission is a no go.  I'm dreadful at lights.  I'll do the medium mission though.  I figure that the E50, T54, and Obj140 would be good for the medium mission.

[WayAbvPar]

12k damage in lights will take a minimum of 20 games for all but the very best (and very luckiest). Too many games when I get one shot by something 3 tiers higher because I got tracked unexpectedly, or spotted where I thought I was safe, etc. I can get 2k damage in a WZ-131, or even 3k in a 1390, but not consistently. Add in spotting damage, and add another 10 games, since I can't shoot what I am spotting if I want credit for it.

I would probably do it in a 2801 and derp the shit out of everything I could find, actually   Tazilon will jizz all over himself when he sees this mission.

[Nebu]

So happy to be done with this crap.

Victory!
Battle: Northwest
Vehicle: IS-6
Experience received: 2,858 (x2 for the first victory each day)
Credits received: 94,927
Battle achievements: Steel Wall, Mastery Badge: "2nd Class"
Mission completed! Reward:
Premium days added: 1
Compensation for Dicker Max
gold 3,200
Slots added: 1
Added: Large First Aid Kit (x2), Large Repair Kit (x2)

[Abagadro]

Ya, be sure to get it today if you can or you will be screwed out of 1000 gold when it goes on sale tomorrow (assuming you already have it and are getting the gold equivalent).

[Nebu]

Ya, be sure to get it today if you can or you will be screwed out of 1000 gold when it goes on sale tomorrow (assuming you already have it and are getting the gold equivalent).

That was exactly my drive to finish.  It has been rough this afternoon.  Brutal.

[WayAbvPar]

So happy to be done with this crap.

Victory!
Battle: Northwest
Vehicle: IS-6
Experience received: 2,858 (x2 for the first victory each day)
Credits received: 94,927
Battle achievements: Steel Wall, Mastery Badge: "2nd Class"
Mission completed! Reward:
Premium days added: 1
Compensation for Dicker Max
gold 3,200
Slots added: 1
Added: Large First Aid Kit (x2), Large Repair Kit (x2)

I did the math wrong...checked my progress last night and after I completed the daily I have 5 more to go. 

[angry.bob]

This new teamkill mechanic sucks giant-ass balls. It's so easy to grief people by just move back and forth in front of them while they try to shoot.

[Nebu]

This new teamkill mechanic sucks giant-ass balls. It's so easy to grief people by just move back and forth in front of them while they try to shoot.

You have to hit someone 3 times to get an autoban if you're in combat.  It's a bit stricter in the cap circle.  If someone is in front of me, I've found an easy solution to not letting this happen.  I move.

[angry.bob]

This new teamkill mechanic sucks giant-ass balls. It's so easy to grief people by just move back and forth in front of them while they try to shoot.

You have to hit someone 3 times to get an autoban if you're in combat.  It's a bit stricter in the cap circle.  If someone is in front of me, I've found an easy solution to not letting this happen.  I move.

Yeah, that's what happened pretty much. Some guy in a T30 moved in front of me in my JT. I was guarding a street with my holl covered by rubble. He starts playing peekaboo in front of me and moved the back of his turret into my shot. I told him to stop and get out of my line of fire. When he didn't I shot him a second time. he left for a while , but then came back and parked in front of me so I killed him. I've also been seeing people moving right in front of artillery to get themselves killed on purpose to grief the "sky cancer". Just venting because I should be allowed to TK.

[Nebu]

Just venting because I should be allowed to TK.

You're a smart guy.  You understand why allowing TK's is a bad idea. 

[Abagadro]

Looks like the Type 62 will be 30% off tomorrow and camo is 25% off.  I've been debating buying this for a while now.  It looks like a hellcat on steroids.  I wonder how it will do with the light tank changes?

EDIT: Just saw this.  If they do the mission on the NA server, I may just get one for free.

Okay, looked at this a little more closely.  Type 64 is the one on sale, they don't sell the Type 62, its only an event tank.  I really do hope they run that event.

[Nebu]

Okay, looked at this a little more closely.  Type 64 is the one on sale, they don't sell the Type 62, its only an event tank.  I really do hope they run that event.

I missed that.  Great catch... my bad.

[Nebu]

I've won 3 games today... all of them took this kind of effort.

Victory!
Battle: Cliff
Vehicle: Tiger (P)
Experience received: 6,264 (x3 for the first victory each day)
Credits received: 52,854
Battle achievements: Top Gun, Mastery Badge: "Ace Tanker"

Never thought I'd say this, but I am starting to hate the x3 and x5 weekends.

[Abagadro]

Missions are out and that one is available. Gives you until Oct. 8 too so you can miss a few days easier than many of the monthly missions.  Doing both at the same time looks to be tough. I'm going to go for the 62 as the 220 reward isn't worth the effort (1500 gold).

[Nebu]

Missions are out and that one is available. Gives you until Oct. 8 too so you can miss a few days easier than many of the monthly missions.  Doing both at the same time looks to be tough. I'm going to go for the 62 as the 220 reward isn't worth the effort (1500 gold).

I'm definitely going for the type 62.  My friend has one and loves it.  I just bought a cromwell at 30% off to help with the grind.  I'll play Cromwell, E50, and Obj 140 like crazy this month.

[angry.bob]

Missions are out and that one is available. Gives you until Oct. 8 too so you can miss a few days easier than many of the monthly missions.  Doing both at the same time looks to be tough. I'm going to go for the 62 as the 220 reward isn't worth the effort (1500 gold).

I'm definitely going for the type 62.  My friend has one and loves it.  I just bought a cromwell at 30% off to help with the grind.  I'll play Cromwell, E50, and Obj 140 like crazy this month.

I don't know, it's kind of a weird tank. It's fast, has good penetration, and probably has a great camo modifier. But the damage from the gun is insignificant at the tiers MM puts it in. I use it to scout but even with 100% camo crew skills, a net, and staying far enough behind foliage I get spotted more often than anything else I've used to scout except the VK2801. But that's big as a barn and relatively slow. It's worth having just to have, but I don't think it's good enough to be pulled out of the shop and require such a grind to get.

Unless you're getting it to collect tanks it's pretty much identical to the 59-16, just a little bit bigger.

[WayAbvPar]

Having dicked around with both missions this morning, the toughest component is going to be base XP. That is A LOT of XP each day. The medium 25 kills is tough too. The light mission seems a little easier to me.

[Abagadro]

Ya, base xp took the longest to complete.

[Nebu]

Ya, base xp took the longest to complete.

Base xp may keep me from doing this.  It's like 30 matches a day. 

[Abagadro]

This is how my day in lights has been going:

Defeat
Battle: Fiery Salient
Vehicle: Aufklärungspanzer Panther
Experience received: 2,843
Credits received: 53,890
Battle achievements: Top Gun, Defender, Master Gunner, Sharpshooter, Mastery Badge: "Ace Tanker"
WN8: 19182

I'm 0-10 in them so far while running WN8s in the 4k-19k range.

[Nebu]

This is how my day in lights has been going:

Defeat
Battle: Fiery Salient
Vehicle: Aufklärungspanzer Panther
Experience received: 2,843
Credits received: 53,890
Battle achievements: Top Gun, Defender, Master Gunner, Sharpshooter, Mastery Badge: "Ace Tanker"
WN8: 19182

I'm 0-10 in them so far while running WN8s in the 4k-19k range.

That's insane.  How you can manage the frustration.

[Abagadro]

Was actually kinda fun while doing it as I am getting better in my lights.  But, get this, we had a 79 percent change to win!  Had 3 solid green T34s that decided to YOLO up the middle of Fiery Salient and got annihilated.  Me and an indien panther spent the rest of the game salvaging it. He should have won it too but he played the last minute really badly against the last guy on the other team: a full health tomato is6.  I also bounced a kill shot against the IS-@ that killed me. 

[Nebu]

I had the exact opposite day.  Won 61% with Katiri and Strazos while running a 1750 WN8.  I felt all but useless with my two best games coming in losses.

[Abagadro]

Aaaaaaand, I have a shit game and win. Typical.

[Merusk]

Aaaaaaand, I have a shit game and win. Typical.

Story of my tanking career. Most egregious in recent memory was the game in my SU-52 I got 4 kills and a cap reset on where I lost because the Brits are a cruel bitch w/ reload, only to wind up winning the next game while still trying to lumber into a decent firing position because my team was a coordinated group of fast mo-fos.

[Abagadro]

This light mission is officially ridiculous. Thought I'd try it for a day to see and it is nearly impossible even when playing good lights well.

[Abagadro]

Medium mission took 24 battles with the toughest being the base xp.  
Light mission took 37 battles with the toughest being the spotting damage.

BTW: The 2k xp bonus you get just gets put on the tank you run when you finish the mission so if you want on something specific play that one when you get close.

[WayAbvPar]

Oh damn I thought it was free XP...thought that was a pretty cool reward.

I completed both dailies to see exactly what the workload would be like. I think I threw one or two heavy or TD matches in, but I finished in 62 matches. No goddamned way I can do that during the work week. I think I had more fun doing the lights, but the medium is easier (since I have a lot more high tier meds, and the base XP is higher at top tiers).

[Furiously]

Oh damn I thought it was free XP...thought that was a pretty cool reward.

I completed both dailies to see exactly what the workload would be like. I think I threw one or two heavy or TD matches in, but I finished in 62 matches. No goddamned way I can do that during the work week. I think I had more fun doing the lights, but the medium is easier (since I have a lot more high tier meds, and the base XP is higher at top tiers).

The missions this weekend look pretty great reward-wise. Coated Optics, Rammers...

[WayAbvPar]

My Bat Chat and 13 90 are getting a workout this month. Very out of practice with them, but starting to knock some of the dust off. Probably good practice for my WZ-131 (which I just realized last night I was running without the top engine despite it being unlocked for ages, because I am a dumbass).

[Nebu]

The missions this weekend look pretty great reward-wise. Coated Optics, Rammers...

Seems it would be a lot of stronghold grinding.

[Furiously]

The missions this weekend look pretty great reward-wise. Coated Optics, Rammers...

Seems it would be a lot of stronghold grinding.

No this weekend's missions look like they are damage 75 vehicles in Arty, Spot 25K in a light, 25K damage in a medium, destroy 75 tanks in a heavy and a couple others.

[Nebu]

No this weekend's missions look like they are damage 75 vehicles in Arty, Spot 25K in a light, 25K damage in a medium, destroy 75 tanks in a heavy and a couple others.

Ah... good.  I'm getting 3k+ damage in my E50 most games and still losing.  At least I'll get a reward for it.

[Furiously]

Also I caught something from you. I bought the sta today. Won the first match then lost eight in a row...