World of Tanks

[Tmon]

I've always thought of arty to be the least fun part of the game.   I'd have been happier if they would have let light tanks call for fire from off board artillery or something.  Give the ability a cool down and limit the caliber and number of guns/rounds based on the battle tier of the match. 

[Engels]

Ya, I do think the game needs refinement, but I think its the scout mechanic that needs work, both the spoting mechanics in general, not specific to scouts, and also the mechanics of the tank scout. Scouts should provide a much greater view range, and perhaps even be the only spotters who arty can 'see' the targets of. This would make other tanks value both scouts and arty, rather than the current state of affairs, where scouts are essentially little fruit flies being a pest and arty being big wet blankets to people who don't think either one are wrothwhile game mechanics. That, or take both out of the game altogether,  turn it all into a Counter Strike on Treads and be done with the whole mess.

[Nebu]

I'm hoping THIS will get Furiously to come back to tanks. 

 

[Abagadro]

Every 5th or 6th battle it is hanging me up on the battle loading screen and won't let me do anything until that battle is over.  Frustrating as hell and can't figure out the problem.

[Nebu]

Every 5th or 6th battle it is hanging me up on the battle loading screen and won't let me do anything until that battle is over.  Frustrating as hell and can't figure out the problem.

Had that problem last patch and it was due to XVM.  Have you tried doing a mod wipe and playing vanilla?

[Strazos]

I've had the problem for quite some time - I just Alt-F4 out and reload Tanks. I can usually get back in within about 30 seconds or so.

[Abagadro]

I've tried quitting and then coming back and it doesn't help. I reinstalled mods and we will see if that helps. If it keeps happening I'll delete res_mods and see what happens.

[WayAbvPar]

I had that happen to me the other day. Let me know if you figure out a solution, because that is incredibly frustrating.

[Abagadro]

I think it may be a sound mod that is having a conflict.  I was hung up entering a game, jumped out and re-installed all my mods less the sound mods (I'd read that may be a problem) and then logged in. Was still alive (lol) and it loaded me in.  I'll update if that didn't solve it.

[WayAbvPar]

Yeah I have read that any match  with a new Fury tank in it causes Gnomefather to shit its pants.  I uninstalled it but haven't had time to test yet.

[Azazel]

Is there a newb-friendly guide to this game somewhere? Thinking of trying it out. Also, how do invite codes work?

[Nebu]

HERE ARE A FEW GUIDES posted by a guy that I platoon with once in a while.

You may also want to check youtube for video versions.

[Tmon]

... Also, how do invite codes work?

Assuming you have a code.

1. Create your World of Tanks account
2. Click the red "PLAY FOR FREE" button.
3. On the account creation page: enter your email, desired in-game name, and password.
4. Scroll down and click “Have an invite code?” and enter the invite code you received.
5. Click "Play for Free" to submit your account registration.
6. Verify your account registration via email, then install and run the game. You should find the Invite Code bonuses already added to your account.

[Azazel]

OK, so it's not a referral code from other players kind of thing, then?

Thanks for the links!

[Tmon]

No, right now all you can do is use new player and bonus codes that various sites give out or that you can get at WoT events.  They are going to start a referral program that rewards the referring player with bonus xp and maybe a special premium vehicle when the player they refer buys a tier x or hits some xp target, but no ETA.

[Strazos]

Was accused of being a reroll today.

[Ginaz]

This is a replay of me doing 4k+ damage in a Super Pershing while insulting my team before and during the game.  I was just tired of having to put up with genuinely terrible players all day.  Just glad my play backed up my mouth.
http://wotreplays.com/site/1275410#self

[Engels]

3.5 k damage in my Ausfl Panzer tier 7 scout. Defeat.
201 damage no spotting one shot by tier 10. Victory x3

On the plus side, the 3.5k game gave me Ace tanker in it, so there's that.

[Strazos]

This is a replay of me doing 4k+ damage in a Super Pershing while insulting my team before and during the game.  I was just tired of having to put up with genuinely terrible players all day.  Just glad my play backed up my mouth.
http://wotreplays.com/site/1275410#self

Nice game....but there were plenty of times when I wanted to yell at the screen to make you stop and aim for a moment. Like against that Cromwell - can he even pen you through the turret, from the front?

But good job carrying that sack of tomatos.

[Ginaz]

This is a replay of me doing 4k+ damage in a Super Pershing while insulting my team before and during the game.  I was just tired of having to put up with genuinely terrible players all day.  Just glad my play backed up my mouth.
http://wotreplays.com/site/1275410#self

Nice game....but there were plenty of times when I wanted to yell at the screen to make you stop and aim for a moment. Like against that Cromwell - can he even pen you through the turret, from the front?

But good job carrying that sack of tomatos.

I had just re-bought the Super Persh after selling it awhile ago when it's armor got nerfed.  I wasn't sure what could pen it and what couldn't.  The only real damage I took was from arty at the end of the game.

[Nebu]

I had just re-bought the Super Persh after selling it awhile ago when it's armor got nerfed.  I wasn't sure what could pen it and what couldn't.  The only real damage I took was from arty at the end of the game.

Been playing mine quite a bit trying to get the 3rd MoE.  Here's the key to what can pen it and what can't: Good players will pen it reliably.  Bad players won't.  The weak spots are obvious but require a little knowledge of the game.  When playing against bad players, the SP is a beast.  When playing green or better players, the SP is a lesson in frustration.  It's just too slow and tall to be effective.

[Merusk]

My favorite thing to do against SPs was lay in wait off to the side of a group of my teammates, knowing the SP would turn and expose that juicy side turret to me.  Hello Cheeks.

[Strazos]

Head-on, I find the SP to be much more problematic to deal with from a distance when I cannot aim around the space armor, for instance.

[Nebu]

Head-on, I find the SP to be much more problematic to deal with from a distance when I cannot aim around the space armor, for instance.

This ^^^

When I play mine, I try to keep two things in mind. 
1) I want to stay at medium range to limit the enemy's ability to pen my hatch or cheeks.
2) I go hull down to cover my weak upper plate. 

If I can do this, the gun is quite good.  While they're expensive, the premium ammo on the SP has better pen than the IS6.  You can maintain close to a 2k damage per game average in this thing if your team can manage to stay alive long enough for you to take that many shots.

[WayAbvPar]

5195 damage 4 kills in a loss. Only worth 3rd class in the Cent 7/1? 

[Nebu]

5195 damage 4 kills in a loss. Only worth 3rd class in the Cent 7/1?  

How much of that did you spot for yourself?  Expect it to take ~1400 unmodified xp for ACE.  I know it's one of the carry tanks of choice on the WOT Forums.

[WayAbvPar]

I had 2111 sniper points, so figure I spotted 3k on my own.

[Nebu]

I had 2111 sniper points, so figure I spotted 3k on my own.

How much raw xp was the match?

[Abagadro]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

For the second time now in the middle of a match my computer has hard-crashed. When I come back all my settings in WoT are gone, including my saved PW, video settings, keyboard maps, reticle. Even my graphics settings. I mean, what the fuck.

[Merusk]

Time to start making a backup copy.  What's forcing the crash, video?

[Nebu]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

For the second time now in the middle of a match my computer has hard-crashed. When I come back all my settings in WoT are gone, including my saved PW, video settings, keyboard maps, reticle. Even my graphics settings. I mean, what the fuck.

Have you tried wiping the game, removing your appdata file, and reinstalling?  That may take care of it.

[Engels]

Also run a check disk on your C drive. Smells like file corruption and the cause of that can be failing blocks. Its probably NOT that, something else, but its easy to check and you don't want to leave a failing disk undiagnosed or it will eat your stuff.

[Nebu]

Real Tankers of Genius

Two years old but still as good as ever...

[Azazel]

This is a replay of me doing 4k+ damage in a Super Pershing while insulting my team before and during the game.  I was just tired of having to put up with genuinely terrible players all day.  Just glad my play backed up my mouth.
http://wotreplays.com/site/1275410#self

[Ginaz]

This is a replay of me doing 4k+ damage in a Super Pershing while insulting my team before and during the game.  I was just tired of having to put up with genuinely terrible players all day.  Just glad my play backed up my mouth.
http://wotreplays.com/site/1275410#self

I freely admit to being a dick in this game at times.  If you've played enough pub games over time, you would be, too.