5:03 am, October 23, 2014
Game was winding down, we had tanks capping, I'm getting lots of near misses on my arty. I sight Rats73 (Hello fellow redditor) and he fogs, I shoot, shell is in the air and the game ends before impac [..]
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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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5:03 am, September 28, 2014
Took me a while to figure it out (even after it was fully upgraded). It has high top speed but is sluggish so you cant rely on it's acceleration. So you have to pickup your speed out of sight. Right [..]
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5:03 am, September 19, 2014
I've done a few of things in the past, and a few guys messaged me after this battle (from both sides) saying gg, and wondering how I did it.
http://wotreplays.com/site/1175387#sel [..]
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4:03 pm, September 17, 2014
Somewhere out there is a youtube video that supports this, but I for the life of me can't find it and would appreciate a game mechanic expert's input in this matter. I'm talking about this mechanic b [..]
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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 [..]
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4:03 pm, September 13, 2014
So, i recently started using xvm and i find it helpful, but it lowered my fps from healthy 55 to 35, and in some situations even lower. I tweaked it a bit, but no matter what i do it doesn't seems to [..]
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5:03 am, September 10, 2014
I'm not talking about how fun the tanks are themselves (very), but how they will change the meta of the World of Tanks we know now. I'm talking * Tanks that will be buttfisted by the new lights ( alon [..]
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4:03 pm, September 9, 2014
Let me tart off by saying this is not a rant but I am having serious trouble winnings games because of Idiot team mates. It doesn't seem to matter what I do in game, I can very rarely secure that win, [..]
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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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2:01 am, August 28, 2014
Ever since I first looked up my stats on Noobmeter back when I had just over 1k games played, I have wanted a way to be able to track my stats in-game and compare them to others around me. Ever since [..]
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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 [..]
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2:01 am, August 25, 2014
as the tittle says can you make xvm only show stats from the tank players are currently driving?
my reasons for wanting this
overall stats are IMO a kind of a shotgunning of what peoples stats act [..]
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2:01 pm, August 16, 2014
Hi guys I'm a relative new player to WoT with just under 1k games. Recently I've been experiencing some horrible games where I just feel powerless in helping my team win. No matter how [..]
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2:01 am, August 12, 2014
I've been seeing lots arty threads lately arguing both sides ranging how arty-is-bad-and-should-feel-bad to stfu-arty-is-okay or how-to-balance-arty. Lot of rage and dispute there. I understand that r [..]
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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, [..]
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2:01 pm, August 9, 2014
Recently, Overlord posted a blog entry about team-killing and team-damage. Here is a screenshot and the link:
http://overlord-wot.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/all-teamkill-or-not-teamkill.html
A [..]
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2:01 am, July 31, 2014
Strongholds! Up until now, you probably have only slightly heard of this new part of WoT. You might be wondering Is this something I might want to participate in?, or Sweet! Im up for it, but how do w [..]
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2:01 pm, July 15, 2014
I really do believe that the current business model of this game is preventing all of its players from enjoying it better. There is possibly a million things that you can change to make the game bette [..]
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2:01 pm, July 11, 2014
A huge misconception I see about artillery, in almost every discussion of artillery, is that they have different arcs. I'm going to try to use trajectory instead of arc though, because it& [..]
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2:01 pm, July 6, 2014
Yea...I know its hard to keep up with all of the constant mini nerfs the WOT programming trolls seem to sneak into virtually every patch and update...but I have been grinding the Russian heavies...and [..]
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2:01 am, July 4, 2014
Pros: The DPM is (tied with Indien) for the third highest of any medium tank at tier 8, only being surpassed by the Object 416 and Panther 2. Decent gun handling, especially with Vertical Stabilizers [..]
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2:01 am, July 3, 2014
[SM0KE]Smoke
"MOVE STRIKE DESTROY"
We are Recruiting Good Active Players
1. 52+ W/R
2. 1400+ WIN/8 or 1700 60/day
3. Active 2+ Nights a week
4. When you're in game, you're in Te [..]
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2:01 pm, June 30, 2014
Can and will provide replay to anyone who wants. So I just had a quick game on Lakeville Encounter in my Chi-Nu, tier 6 game. I'm north spawn so i'm taking opportunistic shots from tha [..]
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2:01 pm, June 29, 2014
Currently, the autoextinguisher is programmed badly. If you have an autoextinguisher installed, but only have enough HP to survive the shell impact but not a single tick of fire, you die from the shot [..]
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2:01 am, June 29, 2014
submitted by s0_much_for_subtlety [link] [4 comments]
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2:01 am, June 14, 2014
...i was so happy but my stress level and rage is coming back faster than ever after 2 gaming sessions. the game is giving me ulcer again -_- i may yet still quit...
but aside from that. my skill [..]
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2:01 pm, June 10, 2014
Hey. Is there any way to check WN8 per tank? I usually do much better in higher tiers than in lower. Basically grinding/leveling new lines has a huge negative impact on my WN8 - I get games where I kn [..]
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2:01 pm, June 7, 2014
This is going to be a long one, so let me break this down.
Ammunition Changes
First and foremost would be the move to a system comprising a total of nine different ammo types(ten if you want to [..]
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2:01 am, May 28, 2014
http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/361672-the-four-stages-of-stats/
Rosebud, on May 27 2014 - 18:26, said:
The four stages of stats
1) Stats dont matter; because I stink.
2) Stats [..]
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2:01 pm, May 24, 2014
It was suggested by Maximus in a similar thread that I make a separate post to highlight my option to upgrading the current MM system.. Before we get into talk about changes, lets take a quick look a [..]
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2:01 pm, May 20, 2014
So I got to thinking a bit about gold APCR rounds in this game.
What I was thinking about is, why do AP and APCR rounds do the same damage?
AP had a small explosive round to do damage once it pe [..]
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2:01 am, May 17, 2014
General Chat
Bystander : So yeah lube is very important.
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Best_Player_NA : HAY GUYS, BUY HEAT SHELLS, BYE ALL PREMIUM TANKS, AND CONVERT FREE EXP. YOU LOSE SKILL BUTT YOU WIN THE GAME AL [..]
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2:01 am, May 16, 2014
I have been playing WoT for a few months now and have had alot of fun in most games win or lose, I've tried heavy,med, and TD but by far my favorite has been the SPG line..
From what I can tell mos [..]
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2:01 am, May 14, 2014
I found myself, over the course of a long time, putting a very large amount of time into tank destroyers, only to find that I've generally had better matches with flanking and cruiser mediums. [..]
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2:01 am, May 11, 2014
So as the topic may indirectly suggest I have been on one, where my win rate has been low for each session.
I am not the best player but I feel like when I do Greater than my own hp by the end of the [..]
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10:05 pm, May 3, 2014
Same HP, same chance of engine fire, and it's unique to that tank. Is it really just that it weighs 10kg less? I can't see such a small weight change having any noticeable impact on th [..]
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10:05 pm, April 24, 2014
About a month ago, my 60 day WN8 was around 3000. More recently, I have been averaging around 2400-2600 every day. Consistently. Granted I have been playing a lot more X's lately, but my avera [..]
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10:05 pm, April 17, 2014
After much waffling about what lines I thought I'd like and trying various things, I have finally progressed to the point of unlocking the Pershing and the T32. I have some questions about eac [..]
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2:01 am, April 17, 2014
After reading some of the distressing news from Europe I am concerned about the impact of update 9.0 on my frame rate. I have not tried the test server, and was just wondering if anyone could guess wh [..]
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2:01 pm, April 14, 2014
Hello my fellow tankers! Yesterday something really strange happened (again). I was on EU 1 and in a random battle with my IS-3. I loaded gold ammo and moved around the map, everything as usual. Sudde [..]
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1:32 am, April 11, 2014
Bottom tier tanks, most notably tier 4 scouts, often have a large health disadvantage compared to the top tier tanks they face. They already have worse armor, guns, viewrange, etc. than the top tier t [..]
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9:05 am, March 3, 2014
http://www.noobmeter.com/player/na/TK3600/1000378758
http://wotlabs.net/na/player/TK3600
Despite only 21 games of difference, my WN8 is different. The 21 games should not impact this much!
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9:05 am, February 28, 2014
Please fix the arty bug where shells are ghosting(no impact on target) or hitting way outside the reticle. It's ruining the game!
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9:05 pm, February 25, 2014
Hi guys, Quick question about research on my current vehicle and how that impacts the research on my next tank. So, currently I'm playing the T-43. Love it. I noticed that the second engine yo [..]
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9:05 am, February 12, 2014
The big problem I see with artillery is that they are both a pain to play and to play against.
I have played arty many times and the moment you fire that shell, the results are unpredictable.
Th [..]
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9:05 am, February 9, 2014
The reason I'm not going to deal with it is because World of Tanks is just like life. You have a choice of doing whats right or wrong, being nice or mean, or in this case, being good or bad. It's all [..]
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9:05 pm, January 31, 2014
Hi, I'm new and I'm researching well before you start playing to get it right.
I noticed that some tanks have "special" qualities that are not on the features, such as the French AMX 40 ligh [..]
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9:05 am, January 22, 2014
I usually buy camo paints for all the tanks I plan to keep FOREVER, mainly the one I have good impression on. But this just occur to me, how much bonus is 5% really give? I bought 3 paint jobs on my l [..]
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9:05 am, January 19, 2014
submitted by Ptch [link] [27 comments]
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9:05 pm, January 17, 2014
To make a long story short since no one likes a wall of text around here, what should have been a draw (perhaps a loss) ended in victory by a supposed mistake or decision of one tank. Wish I knew what [..]
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9:05 am, January 14, 2014
So I was watching a mingles with jingles video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVG_oH5wC9A&list=UUpnjlvS2zxhbNJuGNo_TxkQ&feature=c4-overview
He basically rants on about how 50%/75% crews an [..]
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9:05 pm, January 13, 2014
This idea of the MM spread change does not apply to all tanks equally, some are more capable of handling a higher tier spread than others, like the tier 8 RHM german turreted TD, great at every tier [..]
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9:05 am, January 11, 2014
Now I don't understand how World of Tanks Match-Maker can be sooooooo bad at times. If you look at my stats, you can see that I am a good player with a good efficiency and WN7. Now, I expect to win so [..]
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9:05 am, January 11, 2014
So, uh, falling from 5 feet now frags your tank? Notice the point of impact is mid-way up the ledge. It's not a paper-weight tier 2 tank.
Is this a valid bug, or is the game really rigged to help th [..]
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9:05 am, January 10, 2014
The Master Thread for Crew Skills/Perk Suggestions
- Feel free to add suggestions below! I will be editing this regularly with your suggestions, giving credit when due! I wish for this thread to be t [..]
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9:05 am, January 8, 2014
submitted by SKINNYERIC1 [link] [5 comments]
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9:05 pm, January 7, 2014
Since 2011, I have had a relationship with World of Tanks. Like few other games in my long gaming career (which dates back to the 1980s), I have poured my heart, energy and even money into this one. I [..]
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9:05 am, January 6, 2014
First topic I ever started. 4k player, and yes I know I ****. Yea, I get it that MM is better than it used to be, and yes I am sure I am just crying in my beer, but sometimes a guy just has to vent a [..]
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9:05 am, January 4, 2014
Today I decided it was time for me to learn how arty works. Yesterday they gave me hard time in my KV-1, so I thought I needed to know more about their inner workings.
I must tell you, after couple o [..]
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9:05 am, January 3, 2014
Seems East and forums as of 9:45 PST. Stahp. Edit: Login servers as well. Edit: West also impacted. submitted by Goonswarmz [link] [18 comments]
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9:05 pm, December 21, 2013
I haven't seen a lot of WOT benchmarks, so I decided to do my own. This is a benchmark for running WOT on a high end system. I wanted to find out if I could keep the FPS high enough without dr [..]
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9:05 am, December 16, 2013
Hi fellow tankers.
I have a question about how Vertical Stabilizer works. Up to recently I have played mainly mediums and perhaps too aggressive for my own good. I thought that the Vert Stab would [..]
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9:05 am, December 13, 2013
This came up in an alternate thread, but required a more detailed explanation that I felt needed to be put out there, because there's apparently still some confusion and lack of understanding [..]
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9:05 am, December 10, 2013
I know this is a horse beating question, but I am just asking out of curiosity. The in game value seem to be 132mm, in Russian testing method. This particular website seems to indicate otherwise.
http [..]
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9:05 pm, December 2, 2013
This thing weighs 63 tons. For a tier 5 that's insane.
That's more than an IS-4 (60) and my AMX 50b (62). It weighs as much as an E4.
To top it off, everything else at tier 5 weighs like 3~40 tons. [..]
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9:05 am, November 27, 2013
I have been playing for about three months now, and I do not seem to be improving as a player. I have learned (the hard way) that you truly cannot buy your way into a good record. All I play is random [..]
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9:05 am, November 21, 2013
Hello
I been playing for quite some time now but never used the forums before because I never found to real motive to speak my mind.
Today I come out here to call for all those Light Tanks getting sad [..]
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9:05 am, November 18, 2013
I'm playing with my VK 30.01 (H) on Cliff and I am hiding in one of the dips toward the edge. I poke my head up and see probably half a dozen tanks or more. 3+ medium tanks, 2 light, and a tan [..]
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9:05 am, November 14, 2013
I was wondering, does crew rank have any impact on actual performance of tank?
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9:05 am, November 9, 2013
Translation of video from discussion with Storm (by Jove) - (paraphrased from Russian by ClanTalk.net):
Patch 0.8.0 was really nice, why were the patches after that underwhelming?
A. There was a lot [..]
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9:05 pm, November 4, 2013
With the release of the armor model for the STB-1, found here, what will be the impact of the tank once it is released on clan wars? It seems from early predictions found here, it will have a better a [..]
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9:05 am, November 4, 2013
I'm almost done with my first set of crew skills & perks, which consists of:
Commander: 6th sense
Gunner: Deadeye, so I can detonate tanks more often... I learned where are most modules at for wh [..]
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9:05 am, November 3, 2013
So, I finally got one of my crews to 100% for the first time. I'm on the US medium tank line, currently on the M4A3E8. I plan on transferring this crew up the tree, and I was hoping for some s [..]
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9:05 am, November 2, 2013
When the WoT Bonus is based on the number of your Kills (as opposed to how you support your TEAM), ALL sense of rational order DISINTEGRATES!
Instead of Common, shared Goals, we work toward individua [..]
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9:05 pm, November 1, 2013
1.) Gun.
The gun is about as good as the 76mm M1A1 on the Sherman and a smidge better than the 75mm on the T-25 Premium. A premium tank that gets as good a gun as its same tier elited counterpart is g [..]
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9:05 pm, October 30, 2013
As the StuG III Came around the corner, he rolled right back up to 40 k/ph as the turn loosened. The hard, toasty desert sand felt great under his tracks, and the sun beat down upon his armoured top. [..]
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8:58 pm, October 28, 2013
I know how to angle, how to sidescrape. I've begun to time opponents' shots and I can generally perform passably if the game goes on to people peek-a-shooting. Yes there's a L [..]
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10:05 am, October 21, 2013
OK so I'm bored, tired and I cant sleep due to the axe that is a calculus midterm hanging over my head so I thought I'd give my take on some issues that seem to affect a large amount of the player bas [..]
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10:05 am, October 16, 2013
Ever since The French tanks were introduced I have pondered the 'auto-loader' implementation in the game. For the French line it was something new and interesting a unique flavor even if the burst dam [..]
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10:05 pm, October 14, 2013
First thing Ill say here is that I love playing tier X tanks. Hell, if I could afford it, I would play nothing but tier X all the time. Sadly, I need to spend some of my time grinding other tier X stu [..]
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10:05 pm, October 10, 2013
i have already noticed that the 50 foch in stock configuration is less agile than the fully upgraded 1948, so it seems the soft stats on the track is slowing me down. but which the 200 hp increase in [..]
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10:05 am, October 9, 2013
I've now played through much of the game and experienced most of what there is to experience. It's taken me more than 2 years to do so. I have come unavoidably to the conclusion that it has no hope of [..]
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10:05 pm, October 7, 2013
So Ive been playing WoT for a few months now as a casual public player, and Ive enjoyed it so far. Tried out all the different tanks and guns, and got a feel for the role I like to play, and the diffe [..]
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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 am, September 11, 2013
I think that the anti-HEAT side grates on the Pz.Kpfw. IV Schmalturm should have an effect in-game, and be included in the collision model as a couple mm of spaced armor. Right now, [..]
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10:05 am, September 9, 2013
So as the title suggests I love to ram the **** out of people and I am trying to create the best tank for that... I am working my way towards the E-50m I am training my driver in controlled impact W [..]
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10:05 pm, September 7, 2013
Now this issue is probably at every tier, but I think it is impacting the tier 8,9, and 10 games the most. When you play a tier 8 or 9 and draw a tier 10 game, you are at the mercy [..]
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10:05 am, September 1, 2013
I've been sent as the official representative of our clan, NTR, to talk about the conduct of one of our newer members, panzervormeanspanzervor, a name that I'm sure you've become familiar with over th [..]
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10:05 am, August 31, 2013
And by advice, I don't mean 'Don't play arty after the nerf" because I've heard that enough, thank you. So I've been playing for about two weeks now, a [..]
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10:05 pm, August 30, 2013
So I will be selling the Super Pershing after trying it out a bit on test. The speed increase from the reduction on terrian penalties just wasn't enough to make me want to continue [..]
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10:05 am, August 30, 2013
I will not comment on the armor or mobility changes, its fine overall, bit of take and give, balanced.
But the biggest discrepancy that isn't even discussed or acknowledged by WG is this:
http://www [..]
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10:05 am, August 27, 2013
This ain't a rage quit post, I still really like WOT and I think that the game improves quite a lot almost every patch. I'm quitting because it's just too addictive and I have **** to do.
Review.
Gam [..]
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10:05 am, August 24, 2013
After grinding my Ferdiand out all day, seeing mostly tier 10 tanks, and losing more than winning. I started to become fascinated by people using premium ammunition. I was studying how they played and [..]
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10:05 pm, August 22, 2013
I was just in a Karelia match and managed to shoot through a enemy tank 4 times in a row
this as far as I have been able to determine was no a case of me missing, as the ground is impacted by my shell [..]
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10:05 am, August 20, 2013
Hello everybody, today we are going to discuss the following topic: Is it possible to command/advise pubs. Do you do it? Does it work? Does it impact your play (ie spending time typing not playing)? H [..]
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10:05 am, August 10, 2013
Since my last cynics' guide (to scouting) was entertaining and informative to so many people, I thought I'd add a cynics' guide to heavy tanking as well. Again, I hope the guide is entertaining and in [..]
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