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ELC noob

4:03 pm, October 24, 2014 Yo tankers, I've been playing WOT for about 2 yearsish now and I've had my ELC for a long time, but I feel I'm not playing it very well, I charge in and die within minutes. Some helpful tips would go [..] View

Enough with the Warnings... Your pissing me off

5:03 am, October 24, 2014 I appreciate that WOT is trying to better the game play but a blanket warning system when a person leave is bull. I don't pay and and play a game where someone "Warns me". Im a fifty year ol [..] View

A writeup on light tanks [AMX12t edition]

5:03 am, October 22, 2014 Ok, to address the kind of awkward pacing and formatting of this post, I actually wrote it as one 15,318 character post, but obviously that doesn't work too well with Reddits format. I'll link to the [..] View

Please dont give us **** #tanks of nation X missions

4:03 pm, October 20, 2014 So we get another destroy  # nation X missions.   Dear WoT if your goal was to create a mission where people said - Hell no I am not doing this  you got a success. &nbsp [..] View

Game doesn't load after clicking Play

4:03 pm, October 19, 2014 Morning everyone,   I'm not the most technically inclined, but often whenever I click Play from the launcher, it can take up to 15 minutes for the game to actually load.  I wonder if [..] View

Anybody else having ping issues?

5:03 am, October 18, 2014 It's been a few days now that my ping is perfectly fine when the match starts, sitting at around 80 ms, then when the match starts and as soon as i give any sort of input the ping skyrockets to 800+, [..] View

AFK/BOT Detection...Maybe you should check if customers are actually trying to get in game to play!

4:03 pm, October 16, 2014 Well I confirmed my suspicion this morning, and I am sure Wargames did not test this before they implemented the new BOT / AFK Warning System.  Personally I figured I would just cross my fing [..] View

Leo On Track: Guide+Replays

4:03 pm, October 15, 2014 Preface: My stats in the leo, http://i.imgur.com/JyNeD1L.jpg A wonderful (very generous) benefactor on reddit is gifting me a fury e8 if I do a leo 1 guide as well as guide him a bit in game, so here [..] View

WoT Login Server Maintenance - October 14, 2014

5:03 am, October 14, 2014 Just a heads up folks.  Sounds pretty minor.  At least if the "downtime" is as expected.   https://na.wargaming.net/support/News/NewsItem/View/285/world-of-tan [..] View

Solo Pubbing T10

4:03 pm, October 12, 2014 As a medium player, recently I've been in the struggle. Playing T10 mediums solo feels so underwhelming. Time and time again I run into situations where doing 4000 damage in my 140, bat, leo, etc. get [..] View

Matches ending abruptly for no reason?

5:03 am, October 11, 2014 I've been having this for a while: i'm playing normally, the match is just in the first few minutes, and suddenly everything stops, i get thrown back to the garage and i get the win screen (never got [..] View

My game suddenly stopped showing tank names in-game.. help?

5:03 am, October 10, 2014 I was playing earlier today and everything was fine. Took a break, lived my life, and started playing again a few minutes ago. And for some reason now no tank names show up in-game. They don't even sh [..] View

Fail platoon idea

4:03 pm, October 8, 2014 Getting kind of tired of entering a battle only to find a fail platoon is skewing the chances of winning one way or the other.     I don't think it would be too hard for WG to scan f [..] View

I Keep Getting Stuck In Tier IX and X Battles!

4:03 pm, October 5, 2014 I'm not complaining.  I just want to know how to play against the ******** who can one-shot my Tier VII IS?  Since upgrading all the modules in my IS, I have been consistently drawin [..] View

Newbs, noobs, beginners - pick the right tank from the start

4:03 pm, October 3, 2014 Tankers.   I have seen a lot of sad posts lately from players with 2k to 5k games who are struggling with the game. Poor win rate, WN8, bad stats, low esteem. I am no guru, so please don't ge [..] View

The typical high tier (IX & X) battle...

4:03 pm, October 2, 2014 most the team goes to one choke point the one or two lowest tier tanks complain about MM (then die within a couple/few minutes) the remaining 3 or 4 tanks go to other choke point the tanks at first ch [..] View

i am arty user but arty is little bit OP

4:03 pm, September 30, 2014 it's ridiculous that when i ride my GW TIGER P i suceed 2 clean shots and i do 1600damage=about 1600win8. I would rather choose wot nerfing arty more(a bit) but in exchange i do want arties banned fro [..] View

Warning for leaving game before tank destroyed.

5:03 am, September 28, 2014                   Wargaming,                 &a [..] View

Yeeaahhh screw you fake military tribunal....

5:03 am, September 28, 2014 Soo this is a thing appparently...   You quit sticking me on teams that melt in 2 minutes and perhaps I will stick around. I dont stay for ROFLSTOMP losses. It is an exercise in frustration [..] View

Written Warning

4:03 pm, September 27, 2014 Just got a Written Warning from The Tribunal for inaction, with no option for a recourse. And a promise of "punishment" for further infractions. I gotta say, this ****** me off.& [..] View

How to improve: Know your tanks and maps. (Not a basic guide)

5:03 am, September 25, 2014 Let's face it. Most of the people on this forum are not bad. They know the mechanics. They know all the weak spots. Map positioning. Spotting. Crew layouts. And all the other stuff. Those threads help [..] View

Award Suggestions

5:03 am, September 25, 2014 Group Awards: Vengeance: Destroy an enemy player who has ****** your platoon mate(s).                   &n [..] View

Two shells hit each other mid-air today. Wow!

5:03 am, September 24, 2014 I would have loved a recording of this amazing event just a few minutes ago. I didn't even know it was possible. My shell (bullet) hit the incoming shell from an enemy and BOTH shells hit each other d [..] View

Acceptable Losses

5:03 am, September 23, 2014 So, I'm here to ask about what you guys (and girls) consider an acceptable *****. I got into a T9 encounter battle on lakeville in my T21. I did a quick spotting pass through the cap zone, then waited [..] View

Things to do during count down

4:03 pm, September 22, 2014 1)  Look at the composition of yours and enemies team.    Is  Arty present?  - If its is not it not your tactics may be different.  If it is and y [..] View

What is going on today?

5:03 am, September 21, 2014 I'm playing on eu server and just got the worst day in wot of my life. Every single game is over in 3-4 minutes, my winrate is 16% (usually it is around 58-60 per day), and my wn8 is almost as half of [..] View

Please add 'Accept invites from players in clan' to options

5:03 am, September 21, 2014 Right now we have an 'Accept invites from players in friends list only' option in settings. This does what it says on the box: blocks all invites from anyone who isn't on the friends list.   [..] View

9.3 Community Night for NA

4:03 pm, September 19, 2014 Welcome tankers to the 9.3 Reddit Community Night. The activities will be starting at 9pm Eastern, 6pm Pacific. As I don't know the release date for 9.3 is yet, just expect that this community night w [..] View

This is not a vent post. This is not a rage post. I'm not getting mad at anyone, only myself. I'm not making you read. But it would be nice if you did.

4:03 pm, September 19, 2014 Tonight's session was horrible. You might read that one statement and think "man, another tomato's thinking he's the top of the world and is about to ***** about the baddies and the bad mm and th [..] View

Losing Teams with no clue how to play

4:03 pm, September 18, 2014 So here I am again,Losing Teams with no clue how to play VS rigged MM teams of Green and Blue stats winners that Rofl stomp us 15/3 or 15/4 in 4 minutes or less ...   Gotta Love how MM has we [..] View

ROFL - If you're gonna complain to your arty at least have done your share

4:03 pm, September 18, 2014 Karelia... regular match 2 flags... we're south... I'm in my GWE100 arty and our team has 2 other arties, Bat Chat 55 & 58... literally every player on our team rolls up the East where the mou [..] View

rant: WoT has the newbie-unfriendliest community ever...

4:03 pm, September 17, 2014 I started playing 2 months ago, nearly 300 games, and am just about to stop. Low Tiers (<3-4) are fine, but once you go higher, holy **** is this game full of ********. Haven't seen anything li [..] View

Centurion 7/1 - Reticle Freeze - Rapid Firing - No Hits

4:03 pm, September 16, 2014 Hello,   I was playing a game on the North American map earlier today, and everything was going swimmingly. If you watch the reply posted below, about 4-5 minutes into the game I decide to go [..] View

And then....................

4:03 pm, September 15, 2014 When you have a terrible WR and you are in a losing streak, even a little one like I am in, and you are a grouchy old **** you begin to notice and see the increase frequency of some real game-breakers [..] View

Joining Battle - Why does it take so long?

5:03 am, September 15, 2014 Why does it take so long to join in battles? It seems that I spend more time in the garage waiting for the game to start than actually playing in a battle? Am I supposed to do something more to enter [..] View

What has Happened? What Is Different?

5:03 am, September 11, 2014 I don't know what has happened or what is different but something about game play or game mechanics is way different resulting in almost every game being an absolute blow out for one team or the other [..] View

Fun Clan Wars Match

4:03 pm, September 10, 2014 So last night was a fun experience for me in clan wars.  I loaded up the game fired up vent.  I was able to play 5 matches before clan wars started. Clan Wars special battles popped. [..] View

Last night, I found a Type 59 in my garage.... o.0

4:03 pm, September 9, 2014 So reddit, let me share a story with you, in hopes that it'll help me to realize what happened, but also to share the joy and excitement with you. Back when I started playing Tanks in 2011 I have been [..] View

Can't Connect to 9.3 test server.

4:03 pm, September 9, 2014 Hello I logged on today to play the public test and when it loads up and I click the connect button for common test 1 or 2 it just says logging in for about 5 minutes then an error message pops up say [..] View

Deal 1500 dmg in battle, win 1 day of premium. Today only.

5:03 am, September 9, 2014 Just received this message a few minutes ago in the game. Random Encounter! Today only, deal 1,500 damage in battles in a tier IV or higher vehicle and earn 1 day of Premium account time! Can be comp [..] View

Looking for constructive criticism on WN8

4:03 pm, September 8, 2014 I currently have 8kish battles and I seem to have stagnated.  I'm at 1400ish WN8 and have been hovering there or a tad worse for the last 1k battles.  I have tried laying back some w [..] View

Patch 9.3 Release Event Idea! (Charity Event benefiting Ropkey Armor Museum) Help me out WoT Community and WG!

5:03 am, September 8, 2014 Dear WG and WoT Reddit, (TL:DR at bottom for those who hate walls of text) When Wargaming had the special event benefiting Bovington Tank Museum (certain % of gold sales being donated) I was amazed a [..] View

Which reddit clan should I join?

4:03 pm, September 2, 2014 I tried applying to reddit 3 when they were recruiting, but they filled up before my cool down was up. Here's my wotlabs. http://wotlabs.net/na/player/allhailminecraftia So which one is the best that [..] View

Minor fix for Strongholds

5:03 am, September 2, 2014 During one of the upcoming patches, the devs need to please add in a feature to either allow Clan leaders to remove ppl from a Stronghold structure, or, set it up so that if they are in a structure fo [..] View

(SPOILER) Can someone explain the appeal of this game?

2:01 am, September 1, 2014 I just watched what I think are some finals in world of tanks on twitch. They played for 100 minutes and it was 1-0-9. It was mostly just tanks sitting around. What is the appeal to this game? Is it [..] View

Quick Guide for Starting Out / First 3K Battles

2:01 pm, August 25, 2014 (what I would do if I started from scratch w/ no premium tanks) Preparation - Setup: Comfortable Mouse (my fav list: Razor DeathAdder, Logitech 400, CM Storm-Spawn, 1800 DPI setting) Mouse Pad (Mono [..] View

Draw Vs. Losing

2:01 pm, August 23, 2014 Just played a game where we were down to 4 players, one of which was a bot sitting on the base (the other team did not know that). The other team was down to 2 players. My 2 team mates hid and wait [..] View

Thoughts on WoT as a "real" (read: long-term successful) eSport

2:01 am, August 23, 2014 Below are my thoughts/ramblings on the long-term success of WoT eSports. 1) The largest problem right now is that the game played by "the pros" does not resemble the game played by t [..] View

Kicked out of a battle

2:01 am, August 21, 2014 So I was playing my 50b and the battle was about 5 minutes in with the score 2-3 and the match was going fine when it kicked me back to the garage. No one capped I know that for sure and once it kicke [..] View

How do I be more consistent?

2:01 pm, August 19, 2014 Well, after ragequitting WoT for basically the entire summer, I've decided to start again. After around 400 battles, I came to a conclusion: I am horribly inconsistent. By this I mean I either [..] View

Grille gets stuck on one track

2:01 am, August 19, 2014 The Grille seems to have a balance issue. Slide it down a hill sideways and it'll get stuck on one track (45 degree angle). It will drop back down after a few seconds but sometimes takes longer and s [..] View

Code not working?

2:01 pm, August 17, 2014 I got a code today from the Summer invitational stream, When i tried entering it it said inccorect code try again in 45 minutes, I tried again after that and it said the same thing try again in 136 mi [..] View

ELC AMX owner, need a professional racer's input.

2:01 pm, August 16, 2014 Just bought my ELC yesterday.. tried grinding the AMX 40 3 times already and quit every single time.. now I had a premium account for 3 days and this x5 weekend(day) and said it's now or never [..] View

T-62A Deep Comparison between Obj. 140

2:01 pm, August 16, 2014 So I replied to someones post about him not sure about choosing the Obj. 140 or the T-62A. So I spent literally 30 minutes pampering this reply and thought that it would be good enough to create a top [..] View

Artys Getting Very Irritating !

2:01 pm, August 16, 2014 I rarely complain because I play this game for fun but these Artys all of a sudden are making the game very boring. I am only an average player but not too bad. Now I cant hardly even move into the ba [..] View

Average game in an S-51...

2:01 am, August 15, 2014 Countdown reaches 0. Spend the first 2-3 minutes moving to a proper spot. Watch as literally all other artillery zooms by you. Finally find a good sheltered place. Realize half of your team is already [..] View

[EU] Mangled Metal 5v5 Problems

2:01 am, August 13, 2014 First of all I apologize to everyone as this probably isn't the content you would like to see on your favourite tonk subreddit, but I feel like this way it will get more exposure and it may ev [..] View

Please help: Master's Dissertation Survey on the perception of eSports such as World of Tanks

2:01 am, August 10, 2014 Hi everyone, my name is Tilo and I am a postgraduate student at Bournemouth University in England. I am currently writing my dissertation on the perception of eSports with regard to traditional sport, [..] View

Fiery Salient suggestions

2:01 am, August 10, 2014 I don't understand why Fiery Salient was put out there, other than to test their plane fly-overs? Anyway, a couple ofquick thoughts on changing it - Add a transport plane crash at the top or north s [..] View

My first one hour ban (a.k.a. How should I deal with griefers?)

2:01 am, August 6, 2014 Hi everyone, I've received my first 1 hour ban yesterday, because the following happened. I don't object the ban. It's an automated system and I did expect a penalty for my act [..] View

Take 10 Minutes out of your grinding: Submit a ticket

2:01 am, August 5, 2014 Seriously. The terribads who team damage you and push you out, sell gold and spam incessantly DESERVE to be banned. Please put your time and effort into getting these fools out of our random battles. [..] View

I have officially given up on trying to improve my stats

2:01 pm, August 4, 2014 As the title says, I'm done. Completely impossible to do anything. Been running at 1900 for about 2 months, but the last 3 weeks can't even get over 1100, no matter how hard I try. Games are too in [..] View

I know its not just me but cant help feeling 'special'

2:01 pm, July 29, 2014 This probably is a rant, although its not really... even if it actually is I am on my second last 'Down the line' day (last one to start in a few minutes) and trying to just do enough damage to co [..] View

Tomato Strategy

2:01 pm, July 28, 2014 So, after playing about 1900 battles I've noticed a common trend in my gameplay. I'm far too aggressive. I've noticed this at times, and at others had it pointed out to me by friends who I was platoon [..] View

Do Streamers Own/Wear Shirts?

2:01 pm, July 28, 2014 Had a couple minutes and decided to watch some "pros" game streams. You know, might learn something! Do any of them wear shirts? Good lord, first dude, no shirt, **** music. Quickly got o [..] View

The discussions I have in this game...

2:01 am, July 28, 2014 As we all know, WoT is, for the most part, filled with intelligent and totally easy-going, fun-loving people. Every once in a while though, you run into a real piece of work. Allow me to set the stage [..] View

Craziest Draw Ever... see it to believe it

2:01 am, July 28, 2014 Had a battle today in my M8A1 where the battle ended as a draw... just have to take a peek to see for yourself just how the final minutes unfolded... http://www.wotreplays.com/site/1035408#self View

Matchmaking?

2:01 pm, July 27, 2014 So I've come back to WoT after a year. I seem to be doing alright, but I'm still VERY rough around the edges. But how does this matchmaking system work? The past 2 days, 90% of my teams consist of peo [..] View

Getting Teams Like This (last 20 matches or so)

2:01 pm, July 22, 2014 The last two days I have been getting teams like this and losing where I do way higher damage than anyone else on my team and some how I was able to survive for most of the battle, yet most of my team [..] View

Need help from experienced tankers

2:01 pm, July 19, 2014 Hey, Atm i'm with 40k free experience but i have a problem. Atm i'm playing 10 tanks actively and i don't know which one to go for. When i play i quite like the brawling of th [..] View

Game client failing to launch

2:01 am, July 19, 2014 Hello I am having major difficulties launching the CLIENT itself, not the launcher. The launcher works fine. I open it up and click play but nothing happens. The process Worldoftanks.exe comes up in t [..] View

Outdated Matchmaker

2:01 am, July 18, 2014 i think we all can agree,Matchmaker is broke. other than Large clans that own land and have had wargiming BUFF their accounts. when you can go in matches and half your team is dead in the first 3 min [..] View

All 9.2 map changes in 7 minutes

2:01 pm, July 17, 2014 Hello guys! Just putted on a new video online about the map changes of the upcomming patch 9.2. The video will inform you about the map changes that WG putted on the testserver. https://www.youtube.co [..] View

Bush work explained.

2:01 pm, July 16, 2014 The last several minutes of this Chaffee replay shows how to properly use bushes. The 15-meter rule Quickybaby describes works for every tank. View

That "should of died" moments

2:01 am, July 16, 2014 We all get those "I should of totally died right there" moments and I decided to bring you a moment that is priceless. Spoiler It starts off with me moving alittle closer too the [..] View

Recording?

2:01 am, July 16, 2014 So this might not be the best place to ask here but I thought I'd ask. I'd like to share SOME of my replays with people who don't own the game but are gamers. But I'm an idiot when it comes to recordi [..] View

Some observation about skill based MM and steamrolls

2:01 pm, July 14, 2014 Fans of skill based MM usually point out how much more fun the game would be if we only had skill based MM. In their reasoning a skill based MM would mostly prevent steamrolls, which are seen as borin [..] View

randomly disconnecting almost every battle?

2:01 pm, July 12, 2014 Hi guys, ive been disconnecting (600+ ping, game not doing anything - NOT "not responding") in pretty much every game over the last 2 days. Every time i load up into a battle i have [..] View

Programmers, R&D and other positions of influence

2:01 pm, July 12, 2014 Some may take what I am going to say as a rambling rant, but don't be fooled by fools. This will be a wall of text, and if you honestly have care for the product you sell, you will want to read to the [..] View

A bit of perspective on the game as a whole.

2:01 am, July 9, 2014 Hi guys! I keep seeing seriously misguided opinions on here about game mechanics, WG design choices, and pretty much everything else, and I wanted to provide information for the newer players. I&# [..] View

MM is on crack..

2:01 pm, July 7, 2014 15 Tier 10s on my side, against 6 tier 10s on their side.. it wasn't even fair the match ended in a few minutes.. View

Crew need new skill

2:01 pm, July 7, 2014 Hmm... Crew is need new skill like a : regeneration: crew back in action in few minutes 3-5.only once perbattle gunner : prediction shot: shot moving tank easily, a circle will apear in enemy [..] View

The struggle of playing light weight tanks.

2:01 pm, July 3, 2014 I'm starting to give up on playing light scout / fire support -type tanks. Is it not enough, that we can be one shot by almost anything and our positioning and game reading has to be pretty mu [..] View

Mods, now I get it...

2:01 pm, July 3, 2014 I spent my WOT career playing vanilla up until yesterday, and wow what a difference a day makes. Brief history, but don't want to throw out my full resume. After 8 years active duty regular army (1 [..] View

(For Beginners) More Good Passive Scouting Locations

2:01 pm, June 30, 2014 Ok guys, so since yesterday you seemed to like my guide to passive scoutingand I got a couple requests to show more good spotting locations I made this video, shows 3 new and the one from the video ye [..] View

Getting kicked off when getting into platoon mode

2:01 am, June 30, 2014 My son in law an I have noticed that when we try to platoon, we get kicked totally out of the game, and the internet connection goes down for about 3 minutes. We have checked all our gear and it is wo [..] View

As a new player, what habits should I get into to avoid problems in the long run?

2:01 am, June 26, 2014 I'm currently just shy of 300 battles, and could quite reasonably be described as very bad at tanks. How bad? This bad. I am very new, so great skill is not to be expected, but I would like to [..] View

Sand River. How do you use the Southern half of the map? (Includes diagram)

2:01 am, June 24, 2014 I got a little fed up with pubbies always dooming themselves on Sand River. Please let me know if you agree or not. The strategy below might be totally wrong, but it is my best opinion. Feedback, plea [..] View

A few observations about skill based MM

2:01 pm, June 23, 2014 Skill based MM in random battles is what some people think the game is missing and there are is a very vocal minority that basically postulates the following: Random matches should have some sort of s [..] View

Churchill III of Doom.

2:01 pm, June 23, 2014 So I was looking for a cute little low tier Prem tank to add to my collection and well the last few minutes of the sale were ticking in the Prem shop and well I made the decision to get myself the Chu [..] View

Need Participants for Research on Gamers! Approved by your Mods

2:01 am, June 22, 2014 Hello! I need gamers that want a free personality test while filling out some other important demographic information for research, I am looking for them to take my survey for part of my dissertation [..] View

Wargaming Asia Gold League begins in 24 minutes!

2:01 pm, June 21, 2014 submitted by yoeFWBreAKer [link] [comment] View

Syncing hang-up

2:01 am, June 19, 2014 When I went to log on tonight (about 30 minutes), the page loaded and got as far as syncing the personal file and stayed there. Got out of the game after ten minutes, restarted the system and started [..] View

9.1: Have to leave a battle twice, every time.

2:01 pm, June 18, 2014 Once I get torched, I try to go back to garage and it prompts (as usual) to confirm. I click "Yes" and nothing happens ... so I ask again and it prompts again and I click "Yes" aga [..] View

In need of Russians with Sixth Sense? Then go play some football.

2:01 am, June 13, 2014 With only 1 crew member having accelerated training and games only lasting 7 minutes, giving up to 2000 crew exp. This is by far the quickest way to get skilled commanders. Besides being the quickest [..] View

How to speed up World of Tanks with a USB stick.

2:01 am, June 9, 2014 This advice is for those with older, slower Windows 7 machines with 4 gig or less of RAM, no SSD drive, and a relatively slow hard drive (5400 or so RPM, not one of the 7200 RPM drives). It MIGHT help [..] View

I've hit my limit of ROTFLstomps.

2:01 am, June 6, 2014 Working my tail off, trying to be a team player, trying to carry as well as play the best I can. Nope, I'm not going to be part of a ROTFLstomp. Here's my tank red team, I'm moving onto another match. [..] View

Fairly sure teams were BAD Yeasterday

2:01 pm, June 5, 2014 well I got bashed I think a few times cause I said the 15/3 and 15/4 Facerolls were getting bad,, I think i was right, Loser tiers up to 5 sucked bad cause it was one loser after another to stacke [..] View

"Uninstall you Noob...I got the most kills on my team. We're really Bad"

2:01 pm, June 2, 2014 To all the new players, During my last battle, one of theteammatesbegan a rage. I really don't go looking up stats on Noobmeter, but I thought, "This guy must know what he's doing". [..] View

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