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Wargaming needs to learn how to run a tournament

4:03 pm, October 23, 2014 For about 8 or 9 months now, I've been doing tournaments that Wargaming puts up every week. Main reason being "obviously" the metric **** ton of gold you can make. This is why they are prett [..] View

Loading times and FPS

5:03 am, October 23, 2014 Ever since 9.3 any mod I install makes my game take an immensely long time to load, even simple stuff like a minimap mod to show the render distance. It also reduces my FPS to pretty sad levels (20-30 [..] View

Do people really think arty is OP, or do you think it is just an emotional reaction?

5:03 am, October 22, 2014 For tiers 6-10: 12.2% of vehicles average over 1 ****/game, only 3.8% amongst arty. 41% of vehicles have over 50 percent winrates, only 38% amongst arty. Arty represent 13% of the tanks in these tiers [..] View

Tactical Magic [TACMG] Recruiting

5:03 am, October 22, 2014 I don't want to go and make this all fancy, with brilliant colors, and flashy pics, etc... This is combat folks, and COMBAT is not pretty, nor is it Glamorous like those ignorant pukes in Hollywood ma [..] View

How to set up a SBMM that is sustainable.

5:03 am, October 20, 2014 Previously there were discussions regarding the SBMM that it is not sustainable due to the fact that it renders the difference in WN8 between different groups to disappear. One way to do it is to crea [..] View

Why not split teams based on skill instead?

4:03 pm, October 17, 2014 First off I'd like to say that I'm not saying this would work, I'm asking if it could, and if not why? I'm also not saying that the current system is broken or bad, I just had this opinion on how it m [..] 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

Need a garage filter mod!

5:03 am, October 16, 2014 Hi guys,   I know there is a vanilla filter for WoT, and I am totally fine with it. Besides from the fact, that It keeps disappearing, I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, but yeah, It [..] 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

Something I find slightly bizarre about the game.

4:03 pm, October 14, 2014 First off, I love this game. One thing that I find bizarre is the fact that different countries fight side by side (I.e. Germany & America). Does anybody else seem to think that is bizarre? I [..] View

What do I have to look forward to?

5:03 am, October 13, 2014 I've been playing this game for years. I now have 22k battles under my belt. My interest for the game has been lowering gradually. I play less and less games during each session before I get bored and [..] View

Can't install WOT, log file says patch files are corrupt

5:03 am, October 12, 2014 My WOT install decided it needed to re-install itself, and now I can't get it to work. I get a "Installation Failed" error every time, the log file shows this: 11/10/2014 14:22:11 Installing [..] View

T28 Concept Tank

5:03 am, October 10, 2014 Info taken from FTR http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/10/09/straight-outta-supertest-t28-concept/   Because I love making comparisons I will be comparing the stats of the T28 Concept to the other [..] View

[SUGGESTION] Stopping The Unnecessary Nerfing Of Arty

4:03 pm, October 9, 2014 War Gaming is nerfing artillery to heII. But changes to Arty in general are in fact needed and are justified; we know there is a problem. Most of us recognize it, but…. most of use disagree [..] View

The Chi-Ri's "Low" Penetration

5:03 am, October 9, 2014 After what I thought was a mostly pleasant grind through the Chi-Ri (2535 WN8 over 91 battles), I've noticed a lot of people talking about how it has such low pen. It's definitely right in the middle [..] View

A story about the results of pi-polar tanking.

4:03 pm, October 8, 2014 A short story about my struggle with tanking, family and work, and how the three battled for my sole.   Some of you already know me from long ago as "The Unicum Hunter" in the forum [..] View

Eliminate Platoons of 3

4:03 pm, October 8, 2014 Platoons of 3 are too powerful, and in pubs they make up too much of the team. I feel they decide the game for the team in fact. I understand that platoons are necessary because people like to play wi [..] View

News of "Aimbot" cheat has surfaced

4:03 pm, October 7, 2014 I'm not going to quote that FTR article, I'm assuming most informed WOT players have already read it. What's disturbing about this news is the fact that it is not possible for WG to [..] View

The T28: Stat friend or Foe

4:03 pm, October 7, 2014 For the most part, I'm not a terrible player, I always try to learn how to improve myself and do my best to help out my team..... enter the T28 American TD  At the beginning of the O [..] View

Revised French Tree

5:03 am, October 6, 2014 At present, I don't feel that the French tree manages to represent French tactical thinking and armoured vehicle development, let alone provide sufficient variety for a nation that is so integral to t [..] View

How To: Custom Crew Names Without Gold

5:03 am, October 5, 2014 Hey Tankers,   Did you ever want to personalize your tank crewmen, but not want to spend gold. Want to drive around with Bruce Lee or Chuck Norris in your tank? By following this tutorial you [..] View

Playing in a good tank but having bad luck with it?

5:03 am, October 3, 2014 Hey Reddit, I was just wondering...are there any good tanks that you play but you have an okay record with it, or bad luck? I'm trying to grind with my T25 AT and I've just had the worst luck with it. [..] View

My ideas on the implementation of Skill-Based Matchmaking (SBMM)

5:03 am, October 3, 2014 There are numerous arguments against implementing SBMM in random matches; my biggest is that there wouldn't be much variety in battles. The way the devs are considering implementing it ("tiers&qu [..] View

First signs you MIGHT lose the match. (Opinion only) ;)

4:03 pm, October 1, 2014 (From personal experience and just a opinion, not based in any fact) #1 Your tank seems oddly slow as you start off while the other teams tanks seem unusually fast. #2 Your team is busy spaming insult [..] View

Finally Got my Type 62

4:03 pm, September 30, 2014 As title said, finally got my type 62 last night after missing 4 days, but good thing about this mission that i had till the 8th to complete it. Now i have something to crew train my WZ crew in to get [..] View

An discussion regarding "Corridors" topic on FTR.

5:03 am, September 30, 2014 Warning: Very long post ahead, and please read the article on FTR before posting, thank you! http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/09/26/corridors-really-such-a-problem/   So SS basically stated that [..] View

Results from the 9.3 Community Night

4:03 pm, September 26, 2014 Thanks to everyone who show up and had some fun, we gave out a **** load of stuff. I hope to see you all next time. A special shout out to Gottfried for his help with the event and MeatheadMilitia for [..] View

A New Arty Suggestion

5:03 am, September 26, 2014 Everybody loves arty, right? No? Exactly the opposite, you say? Hang out on the forum long enough and you'll probably notice terms like "skycancer" and "clicker" being thrown aroun [..] View

Why the SU-100M1 isn't that bad

5:03 am, September 25, 2014 I've played the SU-100M1 all the way through (and a little more), and I am one of the few that actually really likes it. Everyone's complaining that it sucks, but I will try to help and let people see [..] View

Matchmaking System - Bug Issue Problem

5:03 am, September 25, 2014 Hello All,   Before i start please understand i have no problem dying. i enjoy the medium tanks and light tanks and know that i can die super fast if i am not careful.  So this is no [..] 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

Not improving. Time to uninstall?

5:03 am, September 25, 2014 I have been playing this game for quite awhile now. Like most people my first several thousand battles were played in ignorance of game mechanics and strategy.    But I found myself [..] View

Grinding under-powered tank lines, should I just give ?

4:03 pm, September 24, 2014 I have left the comfort of my gaming pc for the week, and being the OCD WoT player that I am, I decided to lurk the forums and /r/WorldofTanks for the past few days, reading both current and older pos [..] View

9.3 Mod List

5:03 am, September 24, 2014 You know what time it is, 9.3 should go live tomorrow 24 September for EU. You all know the drill by now, listing mods here with the link to their last known update page and waiting for them to become [..] View

Why is crew skill level so ridiculously important for camo?

5:03 am, September 23, 2014 Experiment: Take a 100% crew (without camouflage training), and a 50% crew, and play the same tank using as much camo cover as possible. The difference is astrofuckingnomical. Like, I never, ever expe [..] View

Ah yes that's fair...

4:03 pm, September 22, 2014 So a friendly guy starts shooting randomly at the start of the game, nearly hitting me a few times. after about a minute of near misses the guy hits me for 1/4 of my health, so i turn round and attemp [..] View

Expected damage per tank - WN8 query

5:03 am, September 22, 2014 So I keep hearing and have looked up the expected damage tables for WN8, but don't quite understand how that equates to a WN8 rating. If you nail bang on the expected damage in a tank what WN8 is that [..] View

Is spotting damage a factor in MOE for light tanks? Also looking for pictures of the MOE for each country.

5:03 am, September 22, 2014 Working towards getting a MOE on my elc, at least hopefully, and I was wondering if spotting damage is also counted towards it, or if it is direct damage only.   I was also wondering if someo [..] View

So much fun, but I have questions...

5:03 am, September 21, 2014 Staff Sergeant Finnegan shouted over the din of the engine to his driver. "Allingham! We're exposed on this road! There's a slope on the side, right next to the lake. Take us along there [..] View

M6 Heavy Tank new top turret / Or premium tank

4:03 pm, September 20, 2014   I have said in the past about how they had plans on building the M6 heavy tank with the M26 turret and 90mm gun, but now I have more detail on the subject straight from the National Archive [..] View

New Kharkov bug

4:03 pm, September 20, 2014 Was playing a game with some internetz friends and at the end of the game my tank spun about... not sure if its where I was, or the fact the game ended... but my tank freaked out, would be very happy [..] View

Low FPS with High End Specs? Serious question. Nvidia people

5:03 am, September 20, 2014 This is more of a "am I the only one" kinda post. I've got a GTX 770 2GB and I've been running the game on enhanced here lately ( thinking that I'd have no problem with it ) but the game so [..] 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

HARDCORE mode (Think DayZ meets WoT!)

4:03 pm, September 18, 2014 I have been brainstorming about what is missing from my WoT experience.  Thought of the solution this morning while distracting myself by dreaming of TANKS during a 2 hour ruck march!&nbs [..] View

Back to the table: The Maus

5:03 am, September 16, 2014 Before: Once the great and fearsome Grey mouse, it would make ennemies cower into concealment, waiting for their moment to strike the beast, but the beast stood, proud, under the punishment inflicted, [..] View

Some thoughts on experience and credits receive from potential damage.

4:03 pm, September 15, 2014 Now a lot of people worry that if WG starts giving out exp and credits for the potential damage, a lot of players will driving a heavy right into open, angle it at 45 degrees and wait to die right in [..] View

If WG did Skill Based MM - It should be the OPPOSITE of what most want...

4:03 pm, September 15, 2014 Most advocates of Skill Based MM are better players wishing to get rid of the 'tomatoes, potatoes and new kids' on 'their' MM.  They envision a full-spectrum skill based MM where better playe [..] View

Is the type 61 just an inferior centurion 7/1?

5:03 am, September 15, 2014 I honestly cannot figure out why someone would choose to play a type 61 over a centurion 7/1. The centurion has a better gun and better armor all around, and less speed and mobility than the type 61. [..] View

auto loaders

5:03 am, September 15, 2014 hello everyone I just thought of a good way to rebalance auto loaders here are my suggestions:   A: jam them every so often [so they are less fun and also more realistic] so they have to relo [..] View

Aslain Mod pack trouble(zoom issues)

4:03 pm, September 14, 2014 I just downloaded aslain mod pack and everything runs great except for one fact which is that i cant use the scroll to enter tank zoom,so i have to use the shift key which is a bit weird because ive a [..] View

fun fact from FTR

4:03 pm, September 14, 2014 From FTR, "A fun fact I have not seen written anywhere before. Did you know that fire (amongst other effects) reduces the camo of your tank to zero" What are the other effects? & [..] View

Win8 stats and such

4:03 pm, September 14, 2014 Who is it that actually codes the win* stat aggregator anyway?   For the next iterration they need to change things up to better reflect how players are now rather than how they've been throu [..] View

Changes in Cazadores Clan

5:03 am, September 14, 2014 Hi dear community, given the current changes in Cazadores clan and to not give place to wrong ideas or doubts, I want to confirm this clan returns to its original course. Clan Cazadores was born in ea [..] View

Comparison

4:03 pm, September 12, 2014 WARNING LONG POST I do not if this belongs here but hell if it is moved then it is moved. This is a post about another comparedto warthunder staff and play wise. The other game is called Wart [..] View

Another should I buy a KV-IS before the split.

5:03 am, September 12, 2014 I've got it researched , in fact I once played one but sold it as I now no longer play heavies. I'm wondering if it's worth putting it back in my garage for the time being so that when the next patch [..] View

Question about WN8 tank standars

4:03 pm, September 11, 2014 So every tank has an expected damage value, that damage is equivalent to what WN8 rating? I know there are other factors involved in the ecuation besides damage but roughly what would be your &nbs [..] 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

Ram II, Purchase and Initial Thoughts

5:03 am, September 8, 2014 Hello again, Well with the 50% sale going on right now, I figured that now would be a good time to pick up the Ram II (Lower tier fun and crew trainer). After one game, I'm already enjoying t [..] View

School Filter and Proxy

5:03 am, September 8, 2014 *Note: I could not find the correct topic for this post to go in.   Okay, many people know that School Wi-Fi has filters. And some limit like World of Tanks Gameplay. Like mine, I live in McK [..] View

Got My 1st Tier 10 Medium

5:03 am, September 8, 2014 Hello again, Well after getting many of the tier 10 heavies and a TD, I finally decided that make the push toward my 1st tier 10 medium. And judging the 9.3 patch notes, I got it at just the [..] View

Quitters are Losers

5:03 am, September 7, 2014 Don't like not being able to quit a match just because you aren't top tier or because xvm gives you slow win chance?   Then quit the game, no one will miss quitters like you.   & [..] View

New American lights... too OP?

4:03 pm, September 6, 2014 Im mostly talking about the top tiers: M41 Walker Bulldog and the T49. The M41 seems fine, but damn! 10 shells in the autoloader. This thing can clip nearly all tier 8 tanks. If we reduce the shells t [..] View

Noob alert: Please teach me about the Object 416

4:03 pm, September 5, 2014 So the other day I made a post about how I was loving the A-44 and even believed it had been buffed recently. A few of the responses alluded to the fact that if I enjoyed the A-44, I would enjoy the O [..] View

Worst's Guide On Reducing Your Sodium Levels In World of Tanks. (How To Rage Less)

4:03 pm, September 5, 2014 Warning: wall of text and positive thinking ******** ahead Lately I've been noticing a large increase in the amount of salty players in the world of tanks community. Lot's of rage, lot's of frustratio [..] View

Some thoughts on in-game Camo schemes

5:03 am, September 5, 2014 While it isn't their #1 priority right now, I feel like the options for in-game camo could use some work. I know some guys don't really care about how it actually looks, but I originally came to the g [..] View

Will the japanese tonk line get cheaper (exp wise) in the future?

5:03 am, September 3, 2014 I and a friend decided to start grinding the japanese line until I noticed something when comparing some stats....the fact that especially at the highest 2 tiers this line costs a lot more exp to rese [..] View

How to make money with consumables?

5:03 am, September 2, 2014 I always read that when there is a sale on consumables people rush to buy them en masse. Is this just to save money through not having to purchase them in the future? Or do people sell them when the s [..] View

WOLF_ is now recruiting!

8:14 am, September 1, 2014 WOLF_ is a clan based in the US east server. Most players are in the eastern and central times zones, so you will always have someone to platoon with. We also have players from both Canada and the Uni [..] View

UltimatePay problem, no answer from support

8:05 am, September 1, 2014 I buy gold pretty regularly.  I suppose I fit the description of a "wallet warrior."  It seems like UltimatePay is really not setup for someone who might [..] View

Low tiers are extremely difficult for new players.

2:01 am, August 31, 2014 So today me and my friend, who is new to World of Tanks were playing, and he just got his T-46. So we platoon up and we find a game like this. http://imgur.com/1KsCrof . Now I must ask, what is the po [..] View

Took a break from WoT, is it worth returning, and if so, what is new?

2:01 pm, August 30, 2014 Hi guys! I played WoT a long time, I stopped playing actively around Mars 2013 when I left I had approx 11k matches? So I guess I got a bit tired of the game, and the fact that they rushed new content [..] View

Ransack

2:01 am, August 29, 2014 I'm relatively new to clan wars, and after reading through some of the documentation I did not see anything mentioning much of a penalty for Ransacking a province. Aside from the fact that land can no [..] View

Turn an Elite Tank into a Premium

2:01 pm, August 28, 2014 Hi, y'all. So this game has a problem, and fortunately I have a solution. One of the things that bothers players is some trees in the game for some nations simply have no way to train a crew for a veh [..] View

I'm buying a new computer and have some questions

2:01 pm, August 27, 2014 For the more tech savvy tankers, I always hear about WoT not being optimized very well. What does this mean? Will a standard gaming rig potentially not be as effective? Since it doesn't sup [..] View

The reason a tier spread of 2 like the matchmaker currently uses is a good thing.

2:01 am, August 27, 2014 This turned out to be longer than I intended, but please bear with me. If not, there's a TL;DR at the bottom. I keep seeing "drunk MM" comments both here on /r/worldoftanks a [..] View

What to do with 3000 gold?

2:01 am, August 27, 2014 So on my EU account i have 3000 gold and for a fact i know that premium tanks doesn't get discount that often so what to do with 3k gold? submitted by Elucifrost [link] [13 comments] View

Why does WoT use such a ****** auto-ballistic 'adjustment' system, especially in sniper mode?

2:01 am, August 27, 2014 This has been aggravating me more and more lately, perhaps because I've been playing a few tanks with larger-caliber, slower rounds. What I mean by 'auto-ballistic adjustment' [..] 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

Would you put vents on a premium tank?

2:01 am, August 24, 2014 I bit the bullet and bought the Excelsior. I have the rammer and will be getting the gun laying drive soon. I'm used to the rapid fire of the Matilda. For the 3rd equipment spot should I get vents? I [..] 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

A Cheeky Disquisition on Random Maps

2:01 am, August 23, 2014 So there we were, me and the Woof (my dog), minding our own bidness watching old reruns of Melrose Place when, all of a sudden, it hit me against all the odds, I had an idea. And that's not a common [..] View

The Things Tankers Say....

2:01 am, August 23, 2014 I was blamed for the loss of a match because I refused to scout... "We lost because the ChiNu refused to scout..." I'm in a Chi-Nu Kai.. in a tier 7 match.... but this guy blames me, n [..] View

Updating RSS Feed in a timely manner/ Custom Decal "Off Switch"

2:01 pm, August 21, 2014 1) WOT knows when it's gonna patch or has to do an emergency patch. Why can't the RSS feed for alternative downloads be updated at the same time? Yet when we had to do manual patching (due to Launche [..] View

What to do about the FV304.

2:01 am, August 21, 2014 Recently, I have been having issues in tier 6-7 matches. They are due to the FV304. Now normally people would argue that the gun has barely any pen or damage but I don't think so. The main issue is ge [..] View

Thoughts on a sort of "Hardcore Mode"?

2:01 pm, August 20, 2014 TL;DR at the end. So I was talking to my dad the other day about how we would make WoT more enjoyable for ourselves, if we were involved in the development of it. We both play WoT and really do love t [..] View

The caernarvon :( help

2:01 pm, August 20, 2014 I have been playing world of tanks for a while, most of my early stats show how much of a noob I used to be, and as time when on I realized it too. I have played the US medium line all the way to the [..] View

Fallen trees give you cammo factor?

2:01 pm, August 20, 2014 or they are only a visual effect? submitted by Dinepada [link] [7 comments] View

What makes a good player in WOT. A commentary on why I think stats matter.

2:01 am, August 20, 2014 Let me preface this by saying this is my personal opinion developed largely around my experience in this game over the last few months. It is not intended to criticize or insult anyone who disagrees o [..] View

Epic Fadin's Medal!

2:01 am, August 20, 2014 Today I bring you my most prized replay! My Fadin's Medal in the Batman 25t on El Halluf. This is a game I hadtoday in fact and is also my Highest Damage game ever. I submitted it on WOT Replays so yo [..] 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

Renovation and expansion of the French tech tree

2:01 pm, August 19, 2014 Picture of proposed tree This includes the entire length. Of note is that both tier 1 and tier 2 have been extended to two lines like with the German tier 4s. Also,MS paint skills off da chartz [..] View

What are some tanks that you should hate but actually like/do well in?

2:01 am, August 19, 2014 What are some tanks that you should hate due to some overall design of it but actually like or do well in? For example for me i hate low gun depression prefer at least -8, low penetration guns like th [..] View

Most "flexible" medium tank.

2:01 pm, August 18, 2014 Now a good understanding player in World of Tanks, I would say (in my honest opinion), that medium tanks are the best "flexers" or "adapters", "situation shifting" that a [..] View

WoT Economy is a Scam

2:01 am, August 18, 2014 Correction - was always a Scam, and got worse. The audacity to call this game "Free to Play", when not only does it pretty much demand $15 per month in Premium and $30 to $50 for &a [..] View

What keeps you playing this game?

2:01 pm, August 17, 2014 Any decent player will soon come to realise the immense frustration this damn game can cause. The horrible stock grinds, the cancerous pub games chock full of half wits with zero tactical awareness an [..] View

just got the the KV-4 and I have a few questions.

2:01 pm, August 17, 2014 Not sure if I should eliminate its awful mobility or go for the top gun first, the turret doesn't seem much of an upgrade except for the fact that it allows you to mount the ZiS-24 I only have [..] 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

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