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Light tank. Scouting. What am I missing?

5:03 am, October 10, 2014 I've got the Pz 1 c. Fully upgraded. Whenever I'm in a game with tier 2 and 3 I'm great, as I probably should be. But against tier 4 and 5 when I can't just motor through and blast everyone I am lost. [..] View

Lakeville (Standard Battle)

4:03 pm, October 1, 2014 I am posting this in wot forums to try and get an understanding of the reasioning for the way this map is played. My question is, What is the tactical advantage of sending the majority of the teams ta [..] View

When in doubt follow the big tank

4:03 pm, September 29, 2014 So I pulled out the tog and played a match last night.  My goal was to try and get a percentile jump on the mark of excellence.  I was one of the higher tanks which is a great set up [..] View

Sherman with GIAT oscillating turret and French autoloader?

4:03 pm, September 20, 2014   Ran into this image on Wikipedia and thought it was interesting.  Apparently the Arab nations were experimenting with Sherman variants at the same time as Israel had its Super She [..] View

Any advice on dealing constructively with WG support people?

5:03 am, September 11, 2014 I got tagged for teamkilling in a match when I didn't actually **** anyone. (Link to scorecard and replay here: http://wotreplays.com/site/1149428#self) I've been back and forth 3 times now with suppo [..] View

Moronic Monday #1: Spotting, Camo and Bushes

4:03 pm, September 8, 2014 We'd like to introduce a new feature for this subreddit. To help all you new players out there too afraid to ask a question or don't know what questions to ask, this will be your home. Any and all que [..] View

New Stats Wargaming needs to track and display

4:03 pm, September 8, 2014 OK Wargaming, get your programmers working on this new stat to track for overall performance. I would like to to see where players rank for damage done in battles, in comparison to their team-mates an [..] View

Complaint about a member of Badgr

5:03 am, September 7, 2014 Spishak(Badgr) was just in a game with me, and gave away the positions of our entire team in chat to the enemy. Why do people do this? It ruins the fun of the game. Especially someone in a tier 10 gam [..] View

Teamkilling punished too harshly?

5:03 am, September 6, 2014 So I'm tired and half-drunk, trying to do my triples in the Pz Soufle V, and I keep losing. During the last battle I have a perfect shot lined up for a Chiri, and a stupid Tiger literally drives into [..] View

Armor on m103

5:03 am, September 4, 2014 I was wondering how I should angle the armor on the m103 since it has the egg shaped hull, is it like is3 and i should point it straight at the enemy. first post and thanks in advance. submitted by [..] View

How to stop horrible connection issues, and packet loss.

4:03 pm, September 2, 2014 Recently I have been experiencing absolutely terrible connections issues. The problem is that randomly during a match the little light beside the ping counter turns red for about 30 to 40 seconds disc [..] View

M103 Guide

2:01 am, August 17, 2014 I think this is thetank I've reviewed on the forums that has changed the most since I bought it. A few (unrelated) tanks that really don't change all that much when you upgrade them are the Type 5 [..] View

Quit camping! (or, he's buttmad he Died.)

2:01 pm, August 13, 2014 Was bottom tier on widepark. north spawn, sat in the broken building overlooking railyard. start putting effective fire into the enemies. Our SU-85 sits on the tracks and dies early. He then tries to [..] View

"This is an IS3, no need to angle" - Almost every IS-3 driver.

2:01 am, August 11, 2014 http://i.imgur.com/bOyF8Eh.jpg After seeing this like 30 times a day... Please, if you are doing this with your IS-3/8/7, 110, WZ-111 1-4, Obj. 268, ...stop. Please, stop. Point your damn nose to the [..] View

WoT Clan Wars Guide

2:01 am, July 30, 2014 Ding ding. Round 2 motherfuckers. I'm back with another wall of text to prove that I really don't have a life. WORLD OF TANKS: CLAN WARS "Man this **** just sounds scary&q [..] View

The myth that all Waffles just sit on the back to win

2:01 pm, July 28, 2014 Once again, after another 4k Waffle game. And once again accusation of "sitting in the back" by an enemy. But looking at stats of couple of my last games playing Waffle, my "distance [..] 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

VonCurry's/DennisZodman's T-34-3/112 Module/Consumable/Tank Setup

2:01 pm, July 26, 2014 I'm on parole, and as a thank you to WGing, I want to give back to the community... So here is a poast I made on Wotlabs many months ago, perhaps it can help some of you guys play the 112/T-34-3 bette [..] View

Daigensui's Rescript: Damn the Armor, Full Penetration Ahead!

2:01 pm, July 9, 2014 This is Part 2 of the Japanese Tank Destroyer Series, dealing with the concepts and prototypes of thinly armored tank destroyers developed by the Japanese. Due to the rather sprawling nature of the de [..] View

A guide to the IS-3

2:01 pm, July 8, 2014 Good Day Tankers! As you can see by the title I am writing a guide for the IS3. I have around 170 battles currently logged in this beast of a tank. Without further ado, lets get started. Contents: [..] View

[IREAG] Iron Eagles!

2:01 am, July 5, 2014 Hello everyone! today is X5 day so to me it means X5=X5 dumbs in the game! some of them from [IREAG] iron Eagles! so what is happened?, I ****** some of myenemy. it wasdumb Lt_Tibbes27! then he starte [..] View

Matilda IV: Why you should not buy this tank

2:01 am, June 19, 2014 Hello ladies and gents, I am here today to forewarn all premium-tank buyers about the Matilda IV and why you should avoid buying it. First of all, let me go into a little detail. I bought this tank [..] View

One shot **** mode.

2:01 pm, June 7, 2014 I have been thinking a lot lately about the UK medium/heavy lines why lots of people find them difficult to play. The conclusion that I have come to is that it is the very reason that many of the Brit [..] View

The Shell that never misses :/

2:01 pm, May 19, 2014 Some times I miss the ole days before the accuracy buff. Spoiler Spoiler Back in the day before a T34 could snipe like a lowe, lol i got a fresh reminder to never underestimate [..] View

THIS IS TOTALLY NUTS

2:01 pm, May 19, 2014 Please excuse me for what I am about to say but what mindless idiot thought up the MM?????? I have just been through about 100 games with maybe 4 wins. What is the problem? The MM!!!!!!! I bought and [..] View

Useless Pubs Find the Trigger...

2:01 am, May 19, 2014 While perusing some of my other web sites I came across this gem and it sums up perfectly why pubbies infuriate me for the most part and serves as a friendly reminder that dysgenics is alive and well [..] View

Why do you give arty drivers so much trouble?

2:01 pm, May 15, 2014 I enjoy playing artillery, mostly because the POS laptop I play on has a lousy frame rate. Tanks are playable until someone fires off a MG, then phbhtt. I'm not a great player, and that&#3 [..] View

So I'm happy WoT has competition from Warthunder now in the ground game.

2:01 pm, May 11, 2014 Warthunder currently has an event going on where you **** 60 planes in arcade, or 15 in realistic battles, 0r 6 in simulator, you get access to the CBT of the ground forces mode. I went for the 60 arc [..] View

Am i the only one getting horrendous lagspikes?

10:05 pm, May 5, 2014 My game just freezes every now and then, game to game with insane ping jumps, often leaving my tank frozen or driving into the enemy. This 9.0 update is chodder, my game is at some points just unplaya [..] View

Solo Mediums

10:05 am, May 5, 2014 Hello again, Well seeing that all of my tier 10 tanks are either heavies or tank destroyers, some time agoI decided to try and grind some tier 10 mediums. I decided to go for the M48 Patton and the O [..] View

Noob Myths

10:05 am, May 4, 2014 Having played for over 11k games, here is what I have discovered are the myths believed by noobs. As an arty,it is the responsibility of my allies to protect me. If I get shot, it is their fault. [..] View

Importance: Platooning & Having Fun!

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 [..] View

wot 0.9.0 bug

10:05 pm, April 26, 2014 Hello everyone, just downloaded the new update and when i get into battle, they are some things that are weird and were not like this before, like the top bar instead of the shape being green and red [..] View

Done for the night.

10:05 am, April 26, 2014 Hello again, I had to quit WoT tonight out of shear disgust, worst part was it wasn't even a bad night considering the 3x XP weekend event. I was going through my tanks any thought it would be a good [..] View

I'd really appreciate some advice on how to **** less

10:05 pm, April 25, 2014 Greetings, /r/WorldofTanks, I've been playing WOT recreationally for a bit. I really like the game, I'm a big armored warfare buff, my dad drove a tank in the army, etc etc. Unfortunat [..] View

Suiciders? Serballah has the answer. Jihad tanks.

10:05 am, April 24, 2014 Every match one shall see players in light tanks ******* charge to the enemy. It is such a waste of a potential soul. But fear not Serballah shall show you the way. The way of jihad tanks shall bri [..] View

[Discussion] Arty - We're all clickers

2:01 pm, April 20, 2014 What is to follow is a counter point to all the hate surrounding arty. I also hate arty at times, though for different reasons. I will be addressing issues I have with the general WoT community, what [..] View

British TDs or Japanese Meds?

9:05 am, March 3, 2014 First things first. I'm a newb at the Forum, so I have no idea if this is the right section for it. But I'll assume it is. My great and terrible problem is this. I like Tank Destroyers - specifica [..] View

Centurion MK- 7/1 frustration (Love-hate relationship)

9:05 am, February 28, 2014 Hello guys, I truly need your help. I finally got the type B barrel on my centurion. 45k exp for 0,4 decrease in aimtime and ,53 increase in ROF. What a beast upgrade!!! Lets say how it is, I **** in [..] View

PSA: Zen and the Art of Self-Defence - How to Handle Trolls, Tk'ers, and Annoying People on Your Team

9:05 am, February 25, 2014 You can't. Shooting a green tank is never allowed. Ok, so you need some more than that. Sure thing. I'm noticing an increasing number of threads of people complaining about being banned for reta [..] View

Was this game lucky, or good?

9:05 am, February 24, 2014 OK, so I had a pretty good game last night while platooning with my son (his username is BigGiantHead). I got 3 kills, he got 6, for a total of 9 kills between us. Most of the team went in a big lemmi [..] View

WG FIX UNBALANCE TEAM!

9:05 am, February 15, 2014 What this fu-ck, That not balance team them my tank is 3 level to 5 of enemy. FAILED WARGAMING'S COMPANY AND PLEASE FIX PATCH AND UPDATE FOR MATCHMAKING. Too bad my profile have been ratio and very la [..] View

Tupinambis' prediction on how Confrontatin battles will go, lower tiers

9:05 am, February 10, 2014 I'm bored, so I'm in the mood to write a stupidly long topic. Here goes: NOTE: Let it be known now, that I know very little about arty, and I have very little idea how the different arties for eac [..] View

DPM & TTK Formula

9:05 pm, February 8, 2014 This is essentially just a repost of my comment here, but I felt it deserved a wider audience. I see a lot of people multiplying a tank's damage per shell by its fire rate to obtain its DPM. Unfort [..] View

Please hide players names on opposing teams

9:05 pm, February 6, 2014 I haven't put a ton of thought into this but one issue with ratings and XVM is that good players feel unfairly targeted. WG has advanced the notion that player stats can be 'hidden' from the API so th [..] View

My Scouting Credo

9:05 am, February 4, 2014 Well when it comes to this game I make no excuses about it. I'm bad, and forever will be bad. Luckily for me so are you and if you dont think so, you will never be good. I Scout as a "professi [..] View

Another Skill Idea

9:05 pm, January 23, 2014 Another new skill idea I thought of, is a radio signal interception skill. Or a radio signal capture skill. The radio operator of a given tank, could potentially capture an enemy radio signal and reve [..] View

Thank you to a kind stranger

9:05 pm, January 22, 2014 Hey guys, I'm new to World of Tanks,only 4 days of play so far,and this is my story. Earlier today in a Random Battle match, I'm rolling around inmy T18 (Elite) providing support for our team's [..] View

Attention Foch 155 drivers, you have a new enemy.

9:05 pm, January 18, 2014 Assuming this is correct about the Foch 155 side armor nerf, you'll be in for an unpleasant surprise. A nerf from 50mm to 40mm on the sides and rear doesn't seem like that much, but yo [..] View

Mistakes Happen

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 [..] View

Am I progressing properly as an Artillery player?

9:05 pm, January 14, 2014 Warning: Opinions. Yours, mine, theirs. Share your thoughts but don't be a 'tard about it. I'm relatively new to this game, with less than 2,000 battles under my belt. As of late, I've found that [..] View

Double OTTER on the rocks; as Serb intended. [Otter Press Conference]

9:05 pm, January 7, 2014 This Otter knows what his nation wants. Citizens of OtterCo, the importance of the upcoming elections has brought me before you; we are one step closer to our goals. Victory is almost upon us but [..] View

Crusader: the jack of all trades....well....sort of....

9:05 am, January 7, 2014 Before I start.... After 700+ games with Crusader, I am fairly confident that I can provide a decent reviewfor new players strugglingwith this legendary British cruiser tank. What drives me to writ [..] View

You can't win by staring

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 [..] View

The Waffle's Worst Enemy. Arty snap shots.

9:05 am, December 23, 2013 submitted by Trenticle [link] [14 comments] View

Sometimes an ally is your biggest enemy.

9:05 pm, December 9, 2013 submitted by OrionFOTL [link] [4 comments] View

Change Sniper Achievement Requirements

9:05 pm, December 8, 2013 Current:   Sniper - Achieve at least 85% hits out of a minimum of ten shots fired with the potential damage of 1,000 HP and more. Non-penetrating hits are included, but hits on fr [..] View

Going For Top Gun While Teammates Cap

9:05 pm, December 1, 2013 Replay: http://www.sendspace.com/file/37cm89 Map: Prokhorovka I'm curious what you guys think about this battle. I'm in my BDR, top tiered, and #1 in the list on my team. I spawn to the northwest side [..] View

Artillery; Nerf, Remove, or keep the same

9:05 pm, November 26, 2013 Dear Wargaming and fellow tankers, I am a player that, compared to others, is fairly new. I have a measly 3,000 battles, but of all the things I have seen in those battles, one thing bugs me the most; [..] View

makin' ya a more gooder tanker

9:05 pm, November 24, 2013 so's i been watchin' what people do in tanks and I have discovered the secret to being a more gooder tanker. I'll share them with ya: 1) cover is for wimps. Charge head first into the enemy. The firs [..] View

Gift Shop Fix

9:05 am, November 24, 2013 Wargaming, you know I love you. And if you didn't know, you will soon. The new look of the premium tank shop is nice, but sometimes the spelling in vehicle descriptions just devolves into engrish of t [..] View

Scouting for pubies. Tips and tricks please?

9:05 pm, November 18, 2013 Hi all. Now I understand scouting is a very viable roll in WoT. It's often risky and requires some skill and knowledge but provides your team with valuable info and targets. However I became c [..] View

Utterly Stunned

9:05 pm, November 14, 2013 Hello again,      So average day is average, I am out getting my 2x XP in a few of my tanks including my Tiger. I end up on El Halluf, and I take up a good sniping [..] View

I FEEL like a deer in caught headlights ...

9:05 am, November 12, 2013 Leave NOW if ya don't like the  "Scenic route". Too often, when I'm targeting someone in a head-to-head situation ... tradin' pen for pen ... I completely FORGET to " [..] View

Open Letter

9:05 am, November 8, 2013 Well I figure this time I'll post something. I've tried to come back to this game after several breaks. I really *want* to like this game however there are quite a few flaws. Training For the sake [..] View

My Thoughts On The Chi-Nu Kai.

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 [..] View

Cannot Help-A Poem to TD players

10:05 am, October 25, 2013 HI WOT Thank you so much for patch 8.8 your wonderful cammo boost has created a zombie horde of idiot TD players I the TD on your team will  camp at all cost because I dont want t [..] View

Just another guide on how to improve

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 [..] View

Sherman Jumbo

10:05 pm, October 8, 2013 I am kinda TIRED of playing with tinfoil armor in mediums.  I like mediums but I am approaching decision time.  Got the M4 and I think, after a lotta input from you [..] View

Ruminations on the Durchbruchswagen 2...

10:05 am, October 7, 2013 When patch 8.8 hit, I was pretty curious about the changes to the German tech tree, especially the addition of a new kid on the block, The Durchbruchswagen 2. I was expecting strangeness from the new [..] View

This is freaking annoying

10:05 pm, October 5, 2013 Tcs, clan chat, Pms, whenever i am typing a message in anyone of these chats the game just randomly clears my message. Sometimes i am a paragraph in and boom i have to retype it. Sometimes i send a me [..] View

Fastest way to grind tanks

10:05 am, October 5, 2013 Wow never knew all I had to do while grinding new tanks was just to lock the forward key and start shooting as I drive at the enemy. . Stupid amount of experience per minute when I do this x5 tanks ev [..] View

Public Service Announcement: Lemming trains

10:05 am, September 30, 2013 First let me start with the definition of a lemming taken straight from Wikipedia. Lemming "Lemmings are small rodents, usually found in or near the Arctic, in tundra biomes." "Lemming [..] View

Ways to help your Win Rate/For new players

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 " [..] View

Put Me In Coach: T110E3

10:05 pm, September 17, 2013 Sorry this is late, was unable to post it yesterday. Please post why you agree or disagree, and with the way you have seen this tank used in clan wars. Put Me In Coach: T110E3 Pros: Gold Round Eating [..] View

A few questions from a newbie

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 [..] View

Team damaging

10:05 pm, September 11, 2013 I am in a pub match with my T 40. So I'm covering my teammates with gun fire, killing 2, I'm about to get a third when a T1 heavy blocks me right when I fire. I am in 3x zoom so I don't see him until [..] View

Radio Contact

10:05 pm, August 25, 2013 If the enemy is within radio frequency, can they hear what you are telling your teammates?  Recently we decided to attack at the 2 minute mark & I was wondering if we actually al [..] View

A Noob's Guide with MS Paint #3

10:05 am, August 24, 2013 I'm back for a 3rd round of MS Paint guides. In case you were looking for the previous guides I've posted, here are the links. 1st Guide 2nd Guide This one, I'm going to quick [..] View

How accurate is XVM?

10:05 pm, August 16, 2013 I don't use XVM, but sometimes platoon with people that do. They will sometimes say "uh oh" we are screwed, 30% chance to win etc. Then sometimes my teams side will totally wipe the floor [..] View

Nerd Rage Association is recruiting

10:05 pm, August 11, 2013 We are just a group of like minded players just tankin and spankin the enemy. The object is have fun, have a few drinks and blow **** up. Maturity desired but not required. We have TS and all gamers a [..] View

Slakrrrrrr's French Heavies Thread - H-C

10:05 pm, August 10, 2013 Return to original thread New Vehicles: Spoiler Tier 2: B1 Cost 3,680 Hit Points 165 (205) HP Weight Limit 28 (33) t Engine Power 180 (307) hp Speed Limit 28 km/h Traverse [..] View

A noob's guide with MS Paint

10:05 am, August 10, 2013 I was bored and figured I'd help beginners out with some basic tips using MS Paint. I got some good feedback with my last guide so I figured I'd do another quick one for any beginners [..] View

Doing more damage to allies then to the enemy... really?

10:05 am, August 10, 2013 Saw the following replay and wow, I do not understand people sometimes. They spent more time firing on each other than on the enemy. I am surprised neither of them turned blue considering they did ze [..] View

So I've gotten an ELC, played it through to the AMX 12t, and I like the ELC too much.

10:05 pm, August 8, 2013 Nothing screams "play it like a little ****" as the ELC running around whilst the heavies duke it out as you sneak behind the enemy, pop them in the back, and then keep on running as [..] View

things

10:05 pm, August 8, 2013 things are now broke that was not in 8.6.bounces are back, the cant see them but they can see me is very bad since 8.7. tds in a bush, with 100% crews, camo ,camo net, and binocs, no scouts around and [..] View

Got a friend who's starting WoT. What tanks (tiers 1-3) should I have him use to teach him the basics?

10:05 pm, August 3, 2013 I'm hoping not to have him go through the terribad phase that lasted a while (3k battles) for me. What tanks do you think would be best at stuff like passive scouting, peek-a-booing, armor ang [..] View

Dear Team, An Open Letter To Your Team.

10:05 pm, July 15, 2013 Dear Team, Hey, that SU-85 has some really good armor, huh? And that gun is pretty nasty. Plus, there was a Stug over there a few minutes ago, right? You know what might help? Using the 5 tanks you h [..] View

What is the purpose of some players buying a scout tank?

10:05 pm, July 13, 2013 What is the purpose of some of these players buying a scout tank and not scout at all with them. Now I'm not talking about "They're scouting but only passive scouting"... No I'm talking abou [..] View

What is it that people have against Artillery? A Rant with the hopes of Discussion to follow.

10:05 am, June 19, 2013 TLDR: I hate arty haters. Stop complaining and help us. I've been playing artillery since fairly early in the Beta and only one thing has remained constant since then: complaining about arty. [..] View

Seeing the Russian eSports Tournament going on right now, I think we all can agree that the game is not fit for eSports as it is.

10:05 pm, June 9, 2013 So, for everyone not watching: It's a CAMPFEST. The Problem with WoT: There are no benefits to map control exept for vision, but it does not help to get a physical advantage over the opponent, [..] View

Tankers of WoT, some low/mid tier advice please.

10:05 pm, June 1, 2013 Having had a shot at the rather excellent Matilda and the now way too situational Pz4, I feel that my playstyle no longer works for my beloved German tree. I'm forced, once again, to come out [..] View

I'd like to thank my armor, and arty, for the win.

10:05 am, May 28, 2013 ST-I on Cliff, starting north, someone comments on how xvm says we all shall perish to the damnable fires of the enemy. I go around the mountain, with friends, friends melt, I don't necessaril [..] View

Surviving incoming fire like a baws.

10:05 pm, May 22, 2013 Every once in a while you have a round where you just soak up ricoches and zero damage pens while whittling down the enemy. In my case we still lost due to my incompetent team, but it goes to show wh [..] View

German tankers, advice on a fast-track (lol sorry) route to get to my King Tiger again?

10:05 am, May 22, 2013 I've just recently started playing World of Tanks again, and being a closed-beta guy like me, I'm obviously several (hundred) patches behind on the times. I play heavy tanks back in th [..] View

A Guide Written by an Average Player

10:05 am, May 18, 2013 First,I am just an average player with 50% WR, not an unicum. This guide do not contain complicated technique, but ways to improve WR in another view point closer to noobs. Lets begin: 1. Stop gettin [..] View

What's the point of High Tier Lights?

10:05 am, May 17, 2013 I've been playing my WZ-132 for several games now and noticed if the MM decides that if my team is the only side with lights, I'm usually in trouble.  Since the enemy side will end u [..] View

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