4:03 pm, October 3, 2014
reasons why:
broken MM
soul-crushing grind to upgrade tanks
(cmon fer crying out loud - 70k xp needed to upgrade the chi-ha to the m5a1 s [..]
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5:03 am, October 2, 2014
Lately I've been doing quite a bit of tier 6 strongholds and encountering a lot of teams that seem to have no idea what they're doing. I'm hoping to write some guides maybe when I have more experience [..]
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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 [..]
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5:03 am, September 23, 2014
Alright I need to vent, because this is driving me freaking insane. I swear one in every 4 battles, if I am lucky, I get a team that lemmings off to one side, all the heavies, mediums, etc, leaving th [..]
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5:03 am, September 19, 2014
I was thinking about this today. Some people have traditions in games. In World Of Tanks I try not to crush any buildings, cars, or wells. I try and avoid crushing anything because I like to imagine [..]
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5:03 am, September 12, 2014
So been seeing a lot of post with people taking about their stats .Have went to noobmeter and checked mine but to be honest don't know if i'm doing bad good great or godlike or what .I made the mistak [..]
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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 [..]
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2:01 pm, August 23, 2014
After playing about 70% of my 24k games solo pubbing, I thought I was a competitive player, I obviously play tier 6 mostly as solo pubbing is brutal in this game.
Then Ithink I'mcarrying a tier 7 t [..]
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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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2:01 am, July 9, 2014
So I decided to check this game out this past weekend and it turns out it might have been the worst time for it with the 5x weekend. I ended up in tier fours nearly in tier fives and all that. I manag [..]
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2:01 pm, July 1, 2014
http://wotreplays.com/site/974390
Crushing defeat this morning. Won 3 out of 4.Last tank was obviously faster than me so he was able to use the building as cover effectively. Just couldn't manage t [..]
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2:01 am, July 1, 2014
What are we going to do to stop these Seal-clubbin lunatics from bum rushing us with this cowardly strategy?
It's a shame there are those who would take away the honor and dignity of battle by usin [..]
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2:01 am, June 30, 2014
Hey guys, So it's me again. You might remember me from this post - http://www.reddit.com/r/WorldofTanks/comments/27tudh/an_encounter_on_mountain_pass/, and I'm back with another story. [..]
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2:01 pm, June 29, 2014
Right now I'm trying to get to the german tank tree and decided to try E100 and E50M lines (not really rushing tiers X, more like exploring new tanks ;p). From what I can see, it's pos [..]
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2:01 pm, June 23, 2014
I often party up with a real life friend. He is a very intelligent guy usually, but when it comes to WoT he seems to not grasp the concept of avoiding damage. He is quite happy to roll out from around [..]
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2:01 pm, June 21, 2014
So after having a horrible way to start off my day, going under my average damage of 3k for this week I was have a pretty horrible day so far.
Don't really open this unless you understand stats.
[..]
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2:01 pm, June 18, 2014
And by TD , i mean SU152 to be more specific.
1) How do i deal with people rushing my team on small maps?
2)How do i play this TD on town maps? do i try to stand far back or do i get around a corn [..]
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2:01 am, June 8, 2014
So after taking a couple months break from WoT, I figured I'd come back tonight and throw a few games on a new computer to see how it's going. It was such a horrible idea. I only tried to play 3 games [..]
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2:01 pm, May 28, 2014
I think I know why. The game encourages players to stop trying!
There isn't much of an incremental benefit for trying to get better. The way the game - and reward system - is designed, poor &m [..]
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2:01 pm, May 21, 2014
I had an amazing run the last three days and brought my win rate up to 50.31%. Tonight though, Matchmaker and RNG decided I needed to lose, and lose badly. EVERYTHING that I fired had its penetration [..]
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2:01 pm, May 16, 2014
This is kind of a question to unicums. When you go into battle and see the team you got and the enemies what do you except when you see a green player what do you except them to be able to do or a blu [..]
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2:01 am, May 16, 2014
Here's the situation. M103 at 300hp, 2 shots to ****. I'm nearly reloaded with HEAT (only 2 AP rounds left). What I did: backed up until reloaded, then rushed around the rock the left. [..]
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2:01 pm, May 8, 2014
I've always said, and still believe, that Win Rate is simply a general indicator rather than a measure of skill. A perpetually low or falling win rate probably indicates poor gameplay, while a rising [..]
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2:01 pm, May 4, 2014
In our teambattles we noticed this: If you crawl slowly hitting the R key once, you don't get spotted as fast as "yolo rushing" at full speed. My thoughts: At this speed the [..]
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2:01 am, April 28, 2014
I just finished a pretty white-knuckle-match, where I was carrying the team for a while before getting ******, but we were still up 12 to 7 at that point. The guy that got me also got the teammate I h [..]
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2:01 pm, April 27, 2014
I find this very good and a must-read to everyone, sizeable as the text may be. This applies to everyone that plays WoT, no matter what tier you play or how much youre online.
The idea is that you [..]
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10:05 am, April 26, 2014
This is one of those situations I don't regret. I actually thought the ban would be longer. I just recently upgraded into a Jagdpanther IV and it has been brutal. I think my win % is down arou [..]
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10:05 am, April 17, 2014
So I know this is usually a place to post guides on specific gameplay mechanics, or individual tanks, and usually filled with experienced posters who have a few thousand battles. I'm not one of those [..]
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2:01 pm, April 12, 2014
I ****.
(dont comment if you dont read fully)
I thought i'd just go ahead and put that out there before i get to the root of my argument here. i **** at WOT. i am a weekend noob. My personal score [..]
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10:05 am, April 11, 2014
So here I am again. After a nice month with CRABS I find myself tossed to the curb clamless yet again. In search of a wonderful supply of clams for my belly I beseech you fine young champs to take a l [..]
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9:05 am, March 4, 2014
Everybody seems to have an opinion on winrate. Some live and die by it, others say it is merely the result of luck.
I'll give you my reasoning, and then my personal opinion.
Over the course of hu [..]
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9:05 pm, February 27, 2014
I recently got the Churchill I and trained the commander to 100% and the rest of the crew to 75%. I'm wondering which skill would be most beneficial to the commander at this point. Repairs are essenti [..]
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9:05 pm, February 21, 2014
Because I'm about to start pulling my hair out.
My win percentage has dropped almost half a percent alone just today. Yesterday was normal. The day before was normal. It's been normal and great and [..]
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9:05 pm, February 17, 2014
TL;DR: Lessons learned from my year playing WOT...Read the forum guides they help immensely.
My 1st WOT birthday is today soI thought I would writeabout what I have learned over this year to help an [..]
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9:05 am, February 1, 2014
EDIT: T57 Heavy Tank..... Dungoofed the title I've had around 50 battles in it so far and really liking it. Go into battle, within the first few minutes things are looking really bleak. I try [..]
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9:05 pm, January 29, 2014
So i just got the AMX 12t and im not haveing great games in it, i find that im rushing to early and being the first to die or im too far in the back and do nothing for the team, is there some advice i [..]
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9:05 am, January 22, 2014
So as is usual when I'm in a lower-tier non-scout tank in a battle, if I've got a higher top speed than some other tanks I'll give them a little push to the map. Generally this is because it gets them [..]
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9:05 pm, January 20, 2014
Why does everybody hate the forest? I mean, I know it's a deathtrap if you don't know what you're doing, but it seems like every time I'm on this map I get something like
Panzercommanderxtreme10394 [..]
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9:05 pm, December 29, 2013
Lots of ways you can't win. Can't win by rushing ahead and dying, can't win by hiding in corner, can't win by letting enemy enter base and cap. Here's a sneakier way.
Lately you see a lot of lifele [..]
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9:05 am, December 20, 2013
well in the past couple of weeks i have notice i have been in matches with lots of TDs on one side or both sides.It really forces you how change your game play.When ever im in a team with lots of TDs, [..]
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9:05 pm, December 15, 2013
In the last few months EU server has become a sad place to play, as now everyone is camping in almost every map. Why? Players who do that: what this game is even giving you? It's hard to think [..]
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9:05 am, December 3, 2013
I'm probably the most impatient person that plays this game and honestly, I don't even know how I can keep a 1500+ wn7 with the mindnumbingly stupid **** I pull every game. I know my [..]
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9:05 pm, November 22, 2013
So today in the lighthouse map 2 brave and stupid tds, - hellcat and a Dicker max rushed to help a dying heavy. Problem with that was that 3 [..]
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9:05 pm, November 13, 2013
I has realized that, when Im aiming at some tank I can "hear" it while crushing walls, trees or whatever, but in the other hand, I cant hear if a tank is besides me. My suggestion here is yo [..]
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9:05 am, November 11, 2013
I have a 55.41% survival rating and a 1.85 in average kills in under under 2.8k games.
I start the game with a 50% crew but I didn't know about the elite feature until late in game and I can't notici [..]
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9:05 pm, November 5, 2013
...is probably to learn to avoid the extremes of camping or YOLOing/*******-rushing. Seriously, assuming you've already got the basics covered of not shooting HE except from derps, [..]
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9:05 pm, November 1, 2013
One of the things I've caught myself doing alot lately is pre-aiming. I don't know if that's the correct term for it, but what I'm referring to is the process by where [..]
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9:05 am, November 1, 2013
Disclaimer: Opinions below Call in the Doc! I've been playing for a long time now, I've seen how the game evolved into what it is today. I've experienced the meta games from th [..]
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9:05 am, October 29, 2013
It was a really great game. Our Marder urged everyone to stay back and not do any rushing. Of course, being in the speedy bullet-spitting 1C, I argued otherwise. We were on the northern side of the ma [..]
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9:05 am, October 29, 2013
Sorry trolls no posting ...
Read the whole thing first before you Vote.
WOT STUFF should consider the pros and cons.
I am 100% for removal of XVM stats during a battle.
Pros:
--- None ---
Cons. [..]
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10:05 pm, October 10, 2013
We all like to win and i think that most of us always try to get better at thing that we like, so i made this guide hoping it can help you
-Don't rush to higher tiers (i.e. getting a prem tank that do [..]
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10:05 pm, October 4, 2013
Dear Wargaming,
Thank you so very much for finally giving us a mode we've wanted for ages. Me and the other purples have been ecstatic every time we've seen an FTR or official post about 7/42 TC.& [..]
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10:05 am, October 3, 2013
First all I want to say how amazing the revived wt-replays.org is, especially with the minimap battleviewer and the entire chat record, help put in a lot of perspectives for spectators. Equipments: Im [..]
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10:05 pm, October 2, 2013
What I noticed is that dedicated scout tanks are wastly outperformed by high-tiered lights (and in case of the British lines, even some mediums). Have not played the Chaffee (and the MT) yet, but all [..]
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10:05 pm, September 30, 2013
I am hardly an expert here. But for me winning is fun. I can still have fun in the cases when I lose, but doing well is as important to me as learning and improving.
So, I had an epiphany while readi [..]
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6:38 am, September 18, 2013
Wanted to share some thoughts with the newer players in hopes it will help make the WOT more fun and also allow you to win more games as you play.
First,..a bit about the author. I was once a " [..]
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10:05 pm, September 17, 2013
So I recently finished grinding over 500k on the T-54 over the last 2 weeks, and having finished it, I wanted to get back into the usual routine of losing every game that I ever played.
This is the r [..]
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10:05 am, September 17, 2013
Hi, with some 2k games I still consider myself a newbie. I have done my fair share of sucking in light tanks (rushing to the front, dying fast), found out out that heavies are what I like to play and [..]
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10:05 am, September 15, 2013
So lately I have been noticing some interesting behavior on Malinovka map in the encounter battle. It almost seems like some people are uncomfortable with being put in an area other then the standard [..]
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10:05 pm, September 10, 2013
Had a 3-day weekend while on a visit to my friends in Hong Kong, so i decided to pick up a kit to build. Imgur Album Kit is extremely simple but fits well. Indy-link Workable Rubber tracks hold primer [..]
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10:05 pm, August 22, 2013
I've spent the majority of my time in WoT going up the Russian lines, and always wanted an IS-7, which I finally got a little while ago. I'm only 24 battles in, so maybe it's a [..]
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10:05 am, August 17, 2013
submitted by ErebosGR [link] [comment]
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10:05 am, August 11, 2013
I've been running my Tiger ll a lot more lately, and with the current amount of xp I've been getting (upwards of a 1,000 per game) I'm getting close to the E-75.
I've heard a lot of amazing things ab [..]
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10:05 pm, August 4, 2013
The basic idea of this post is to figure out how I can play my KV-13 better.
I can't seem to get a handle on how to make an impact. I know what I'm supposed to do...flank, support, [..]
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10:05 am, July 31, 2013
submitted by Packdaddy [link] [6 comments]
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10:05 pm, July 27, 2013
Disclaimer: I am fairly new to this game; less than 3 months. I'm not necessarily accusing anyone of hacking, but I do have to wonder about the topic in general after that match. 0-15 in less [..]
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10:05 pm, July 23, 2013
Some may click this and expect a short, sarcastic rant about the "summer blitz" of baddies. Nope. That's not useful. I would have posted that in off topic. This guide is in response to being [..]
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10:02 pm, July 19, 2013
I was just sitting here thinking, after fighting in somewhere around ten matches today where they ended in your standard 10-2 win or loss and it suddenly
occurred to me that I can see most XBox Live [..]
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10:05 am, July 18, 2013
Hi guys,
Been playing this game for close to 2 months now. To be honest, when I first started, i basically rushed through tier 1-6 in order to get the "better tanks"; because of this, my st [..]
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10:05 am, July 12, 2013
So I was at first hesitant to do this but since some people were requesting it, I thought I'd finally write this guide out. It'll probably be a long read so bear with me. This is the t [..]
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10:05 pm, July 11, 2013
This wasn't my best game ever, but my platoon of T-54's dealt over 15k damage and our team still managed a loss. It started with the three of us taking mid on fisherman's bay. [..]
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10:05 am, July 6, 2013
Just thought I'd share this match with you guys. http://imgur.com/a/JKSXs Initially convinced a good bit of the guys to take the hill (from the northern spawn) on Mines. We had a few guys (The [..]
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10:05 am, July 6, 2013
I play mostly heavies.
I love scouting though.
Recently I have been playing a bit more arty.
Frankly, arty was a bit too dominant on the battlefield. I could have stood a moderate Nerf, not a compl [..]
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10:05 am, July 4, 2013
Had the rare treat of a pub team today who spent their time communicating effectively, instead of insulting and harassing each other. Result? 15-3 wipe of opponents.
People were calling in fire. Peop [..]
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10:05 pm, June 27, 2013
Karelia south hill is very important for controlling map, but sometimes you can't get up there before enemy arrives, or going up will get you ****** anyway. When do you take the risk, when do you rule [..]
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10:05 pm, June 13, 2013
Hey fellow tankers...comment and a question:
For those not familiar with Leroy Jenkins
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=LkCNJRfSZBU
My most recent WOT Leroy moment: (sadly there are more)
:
Was playing in [..]
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10:05 am, June 11, 2013
Its not uncommon for my jimmies to get rustled while playing tanks but something came to a head for me that I think any competent light tank driver has had to deal with.
other ****** light tank drive [..]
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10:05 pm, June 9, 2013
We all know the situation. You're in a battle, suddenly you're the last one alive on your team. The odds aren't too bad, you're up against 4-6 tanks on your tier/1 tier [..]
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10:05 pm, June 7, 2013
SO i'm still relatively new i'm mostly tier 2 to 4 and fixing to break into tier 5 ranks. This was a long process on a free account and now that i'm moving into the bigger boys i'm [..]
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10:05 am, June 5, 2013
The Rambo CoD-type playingrunning like crazy all over the map and Lemming rushing is like I have never seen it in the past; its ultra-bad and battles are being constantly lost as a result... many at a [..]
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10:05 pm, May 17, 2013
Driving
This topic doesn't get quite enough love, but it really should. Correct driving technique allows you to set up quicker to shoot and take less damage in return.
Faking gun [..]
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10:05 am, May 17, 2013
submitted by DauntlessThunder [link] [1 comment]
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10:05 pm, May 16, 2013
This was my last game of the afternoon, and it was a crushing defeat--but not for the reason you might guess.
I play a quite good 40/43 game leading up to the end where I'm versus a bot T95. I'm forc [..]
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