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Some people need to learn the difference between abandoning your team and falling back.

5:03 am, October 24, 2014 The difference? The first would be if your heavies are in a fairly intense fight and have a fairly good chance of winning if you play it right. By this I mean if it's like 4 heavies brawling against 4 [..] View

The Grind - T37 Light review

5:03 am, October 24, 2014 This is my new way of reviewing tanks, including the grind from stock (albeit I only play a few games while stock) to help people that do not like to use free experience. Beware, as this is m [..] View

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

Which tier X should I get?

4:03 pm, October 22, 2014 So I have the JgPzE100, WT E100, and the AMX 50B unlocked. I already have the T57, IS-7, and Obj. 268. I'm also ~60k from the T-62A, and ~50k from the T110E5. All that being said, I'm not involved in [..] View

A writeup on light tanks [AMX12t edition]

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

ISU-152: How viable is it without the BL-10?

4:03 pm, October 21, 2014 Sorry if there is a similar post but I couldn't find one: question is simple. Is the ISU playable using the stock 152mm derp? It was fantastic on the SU, especially up-close with dirty HEAT shells but [..] View

This can't be right.

4:03 pm, October 20, 2014   I mean, I did have a pretty good weekend. Reached my all-time highest overall Win Rate. But it's pretty insane to think I averaged 2600 WN8 for almost 40 battles. So, obviously something i [..] View

Stuck on Updating Crew (When Skin Installed)

4:03 pm, October 19, 2014 Morning Folks,   I added a skin to the Panther this morning and when I got into WoT, the game loaded fine up until "Loading Crew" and it just stood there "thinking" if you [..] View

Tiger II weak spots?

5:03 am, October 16, 2014 This is probably a relatively noob question, so apologies if it's annoying. In any case, every time I battle in my Tiger II, I seem to get raped pretty hard. When I look at my tank, I can never seem t [..] View

Let's talk about Wargaming Customer Support and why it's the worst in the business.

4:03 pm, October 15, 2014 If you've dealt with almost literally any other AAA caliber game's customer support you'll note that the experiences are usually positive. If you have a legitimate issue they will likely help you with [..] View

What to do with the "free" Fury crew?

4:03 pm, October 15, 2014 This is if you are running a US med line and have a crew to grind in it.  Obviously if you don't have a US med crew to put in it the free crew comes in handy.  But for those of us wi [..] View

Let us use M3 Lee turret gun(Multiple AT gun Tanks)

5:03 am, October 15, 2014 This should be a feature in World of Tank. The Turret on M3 Lee is effective enough to pen Tier 3 and 4. Possible Tier 5 too. There should be a button to tell the gunner/crew to switch guns. So if I f [..] View

Looking for advice on playing the (nearly) stock IS-8

5:03 am, October 12, 2014 I say nearly stock because I'm using the BL-9 for the obvious reason that I don't want to make myself suicidal before I've unlocked the IS-7. Anyhow I recently unlocked this tank and I'm having real t [..] View

upgrade T-150 and su-100

4:03 pm, October 8, 2014 the kv-85 got a major upgrade with the 100mm gun. it fires fast and accurate, however, the su-100 and T-150 seem to be left behind.   su-100 has a small upgrade in penetration and ac [..] View

How can WG make dealing damage more popular?

4:03 pm, October 8, 2014 So with the introduction of the Fire for Effect medal (variously described as the most useless medal to earn or the most depressing medal to NOT earn) I've started looking at damage numbers in my team [..] View

Fail platoon idea

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

Replacing tank engine sounds, plz help :3

4:03 pm, October 6, 2014 Hi reddit :D I'ma newb :3 And a douchbag in wot :} Anywho, I would like to know (step by step if possible) how to add, replace, edit fev/fsb files to change some TANK ENGINE SOUNDS. I liketh the Chafe [..] View

t-54 stock advice (engine vs tracks)

4:03 pm, October 5, 2014 ok, so the t-54 handles like a ******* panther 2 when stock, which is to say like a faster brick but brick nonetheless. I upgraded the turret because it gives me slightly better opportunities but it b [..] View

Mini Map on second monitor?

4:03 pm, October 3, 2014 Im looking for a way to show my mini map on a second monitor in fullscreen. does anybody know a way to do this? i can do it in windowed mode, but i dont play normally in windowed mode for obvious reas [..] View

60 days finally hit blue, feels very meh

5:03 am, October 3, 2014 it just doesn't seem like much of an accomplishment, I still find myself constantly making stupid mistakes and overextending myself. Obviously I've figured a thing or two out but I know I st [..] View

Should their be a minimum/maximum game limit to play certain tiers?

5:03 am, October 1, 2014 I have nearly 3,500 battles now. I got rid of my last tier I tank probably 2700 battles ago, and got rid of my last tier II tank about 1,500 battles ago. Just the other day I decided not to buy the ti [..] 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

Appreicating Help from Others.

4:03 pm, September 27, 2014 We obviously like when we have good matches.  We rake up lots of damage, get a bunch of kills, and you get the ending feeling of accomplishment.  But did you ever and stop to think a [..] View

Why exactly are the light tanks the ones that have the toughest matchmaking?

4:03 pm, September 25, 2014 Okay so Im a very new player(around 150 battles) and Ive played light tanks almost exclusively. I read some things on wiki, a little bit of the forums etc. and I realized that light tanks can have ene [..] View

Playing the E50 Tier 9 without the top gun... yes or no?

5:03 am, September 23, 2014 So I just bought the E50, and I have yet to drive it because I wanted to learn more about it.  Obviously all the posts and videos about the tank are with the top gun and its 390 alpha damage, [..] 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

9.3 Community Night for NA

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

What tank does this drawing look like?

5:03 am, September 19, 2014 What does this tank look like to you? I know I **** at drawing and all but this is meant to be bad. You must have system of inequalities to make each polygon. So yeah. If anyone can help me though, to [..] View

Decision making process

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 [..] View

A Guide on How to be Competent in 7/42

5:03 am, September 18, 2014 This is just going to be a bit of bread and butter stuff. It'll show a few battles from a string of matches on Himmelsdorf just to show some of these tactics in action. Also if you are expecting some [..] View

Moronic Mondays #2: Armor Angling, Sidescraping/Wall hugging and Face hugging

5:03 am, September 16, 2014 For the second installment, we'll go over armor angling and sidescraping (also called wall hugging, not to be confused with actively bumping enemy tanks up close so they miss shots). SIDESCRAPING In e [..] View

FTR: T-34-3 will be buffed. Does it need that?

4:03 pm, September 14, 2014 As thread title. I'd like to point towards its closest brother, the T-34-2, who can use the exact same gun, albeit at a loss of .17 RoF and .02 dispersion.   As far as I can tell, th [..] View

Is it worth moving to the PC version from Xbox?

5:03 am, September 13, 2014 I was thinking of buying a gaming PC. I have almost 8000 games on WoT Xbox 360 edition and was wondering if the migration would be worth it? Obviously I can't take my premium tanks but I don't mind to [..] View

A team mate helped but screwed himself. Selfless sacrifice.

5:03 am, September 13, 2014 So I was in a recent match in my E75 as top tier.  For no reason the T54E1 decided he was going to ride my a$$ and block me from going in reverse to dodge enemy fire.  Did I get mad? [..] View

Imbalance of Tank Types.

5:03 am, September 11, 2014 I don't use winchance, but in pubs when I see their team with 4 out of the 5 heavies top tier and our team with 3 heavies and only one of them are top tier, the chances of us winning are usually not v [..] View

Opinions on the new light tanks, and how they will impact gameplay.

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 [..] View

What tank does this (horrible) drawing look like?

5:03 am, September 10, 2014 What does this tank look like to you? I know I **** at drawing and all but this is meant to be bad. You must have system of inequalities to make each polygon. So yeah. If anyone can help me though, to [..] View

Confused About Penetration (Not *that* kind!)

5:03 am, September 10, 2014 Obviously a relative newb, but I'm familiar with WW II tank battles and the guns/armor.  I've been playing around with various Tier 1 and 2 tanks just to work into the game play.   I [..] View

True front line tanks?

5:03 am, September 9, 2014 Are there really only the Maus, E100, and IS7? It seems like every other heavy is better for the 2nd line. If you had to make a top 10 list for front liners, what would it be, in ranking order? I say [..] View

Friends.

5:03 am, September 9, 2014 Hello, I messaged the moderators and was told I would be better off using the official clan forums, and I tried that, but here is my dilemma. Every clan that I researched wants, thousands of games pl [..] View

[FOR BEGINNERS] Tutorial about the Art of De-tracking

4:03 pm, September 8, 2014 Hello Everyone, I recently started a campaign to deliver a series of videos to help new players. A lot of people flame new or poor players including myself in the past, I decided to take a positive pr [..] View

[BRITS] Your Pudding and Tea Headquarters!

4:03 pm, September 8, 2014   [BRITS]  Clan - Do you love British Tanks? Join [BRITS] clan for PLATOONING & STRONGHOLDS. Your Pudding & Tea Headquarters!   The British tanks are fun an [..] View

Is there any other mid-tier tanks like Hellcat, gunwise?

4:03 pm, September 7, 2014 I am in love with the Hellcat. More specifically, its gun. 240 alpha with 160 pen is SO GOOD at this tier! Its accuracy is quite enjoyable and the handling in general (which will be nerfed in 9.3) is [..] 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

What is the "other game" people keep mentioning on the official forum?

4:03 pm, September 1, 2014 Solved: WarThunder: Ground Forces. It's obvious it's against rules to mention other games there. It apparently has tanks and whatnot as well. It kept coming up in a discussion about how game breaking [..] View

[Solved] I've been losing modules via tank sales for the last YEAR

4:03 pm, September 1, 2014 Edit:  This has been answered by the posters here......false alarm, basically -------------   I've had it with this bug.  I just watched AGAIN as this game robbed me of abou [..] View

"Get Gold" button leads to Asia Premium shop

2:01 am, September 1, 2014 The "get gold" button for my client leads to the Asia server premium shop so I bought a 30 dollar gold pack expecting to use my gift card balance on amazon but instead it charged my card. I [..] View

Piece of **** MM stacking top tier tanks continuously on one team

2:01 pm, August 31, 2014 WG needs to stop making the stupid UnmatchedMaker stack significantly more higher tier tanks on one side than the enemy's. This is in no way fair at all. I want to play a game where teams have an eve [..] View

Correct way to win?

2:01 pm, August 25, 2014 Hello learnedtankers It would appear that the makers of this game propose 2 broad strategies for winning. First is to destroy all enemies, second is to occupy the enemy flag for an amount of time.Bot [..] View

Clickers, Seal Clubbers and the lot...

2:01 am, August 25, 2014 So, I need a break from the current On Track, it's a punishment. Read some posts, reread some guides and started thinking... Arty is still a problem in the game. If you can't see it, your logically [..] View

Good tanks, bad tanks, fun tanks

2:01 am, August 24, 2014 Interesting article. Here is the link: http://wotlabs.net/articles/best-tank-lines-world-tanks/ Here is the copy/paste: Best tank lines in World of Tanks By RBS - 10/30/13 What tank line [..] View

So you think your competitive from lots of solo pubbing.....

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 [..] View

The Importance of Crew Training/Skill Levels

2:01 pm, August 23, 2014 I grossly underestimated how important crew training/skill levels are to be able to make a tank fully functional and effective. I use to (three years ago) be able to skate by with cheapskate traini [..] View

The Big List: Vehicles that should be included in WoT some day

2:01 am, August 22, 2014 The following is a list of tanks from currently in game countries, in Alphabetic order, that could at some point be put in to World of Tanks. I am not including vehicles, such as the M56 Scorpion and [..] 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

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

Korean Flame War: T29 and 76 mm Gun M1A2

2:01 pm, August 18, 2014 I occasionally check out one of the largest Korean WoT communities, and the current "burning issue" (as in flame war) isT29 using 76 mm Gun M1A2. For one reason or another, in the Korea [..] View

[HEB] Is Looking for New Blood

2:01 am, August 18, 2014 Good day! Some of you might have encountered us, some of you might have shopped at that Texas store chain that stole our name... Hoc est Bellum is a small Canadian / American clan currently focus [..] View

Banning bots

2:01 am, August 17, 2014 I was wondering I see a ton of people with like 20 -30k + games played,players out there with like 300-700 wn8... Why are these accounts not automaticly banned? There is like a 99% chance that this ac [..] View

World of Cheaters

2:01 am, August 16, 2014 You know what I am sick of this. i am sick of the fact that you allow people to use mods which are CLEARLY illegal and you do NOTHING to stop it. World of Tanks is nothing more than a bunch of cheat [..] View

Chieftain Mk2, FV215b potential replacement

2:01 pm, August 15, 2014 Wargaming has mentioned that it is considering replacing the FV215b with the Chieftain Mk2.1 Supposedly this will happen around the end of the year, but this might not even go through, and they might [..] View

Picking a Clan...

2:01 am, August 15, 2014 This probably belongs in the Clan forum, but I think more people read these forums and I get such excellent answers here... Are there well known newbie/trainer clans? And what are they I'm think [..] View

Why no Atom Bomb come on make it historical.

2:01 pm, August 14, 2014 We had a Cromwell or second best tank refusing to leave the cap circle with his platoonmate in a KV-1S our best tank, They insisted that the cap needs to be protected at all times and we failed becaus [..] View

A lot of talk about light tanks lately..The fact is..they are very much under-classed because of mediums.

2:01 pm, August 13, 2014 First off, before I get more into why light tanks are semi useless...WG has taken a total turn against light tanks just with the maps. This has been discussed so much. The most obvious example is Seve [..] View

Had an idea for an interesting piece of equipment - snorkel

2:01 am, August 13, 2014 I was talking to a friend that plays as well and I had an idea for a new piece of equipment you could use on tanks a snorkel. Obviously it would only work on tanks that are not open topped but it coul [..] View

Lines without a real "Grind" tank?

2:01 pm, August 12, 2014 Was just reading the Thread on the T28 and I seen a number of people talking about how that tank real clunker of that line, and it got me to thinking: What lines are there in this game that don't feat [..] View

Sorry guys, I've got to admit it

2:01 am, August 12, 2014 I'm a **** stealer. I go around waiting for enemies to get on low HP in order to take all the kills, because I am so skilled and everyone knows that kills>damage. I mean just look at the carna [..] View

Map making, changing, and their effects.

2:01 am, August 12, 2014 SirFoch's video today really got me thinking about how Wargaming has been going about making maps lately and its effect on gameplay and general classes in World of Tanks. https://www.youtube.com/wa [..] View

Name and Shame

2:01 pm, August 11, 2014 WG/WoT Forums uses a Name and Shame system the Neg/Pos rep system on FORUMs is a Blatant violation of the name and Shame Rules <<<<<<<&#60 [..] View

Churchill VII semi-rant/healp prease

2:01 pm, August 10, 2014 So I just started this grind (and the more and more I play it, the more and more it seems like the rumors are true), and my god. I can deal with slow speed. I can use that gun, it's definitel [..] View

Fix the BOT problem... now!

2:01 am, August 7, 2014 http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/02/04/bots-introduction-to-the-menace/ I don't know how you will fix it. I don't care if it takes more work on my part. If I continue to play against computers my mone [..] View

I'm new to World of Tanks and need some help, please...

2:01 am, July 28, 2014 I'm new to playing World of Tanks as of by only about 2 days ago I started playing. I have very little idea as to what I'm doing or should be doing?!! I have spent a couple of hours no [..] View

Panzer 1C clearly panics me - Mod to make it quieter?

2:01 am, July 27, 2014 That bloody machine gun - who ever heard of a 7.62 gun that penetrates TANK armour??? I lose any and all battle-sense and serenity I've clawed into my tiny mind the moment one of those little ***** [..] View

The ULTIMATE secret to becoming a great player is....

2:01 am, July 26, 2014 ... the ability to continuously gather and process information, and making every decision based on the processed information. That's it. Really. It's that simple. It's not about focusing on **** vs [..] View

Premium Tank Question

2:01 am, July 25, 2014 In light of this weekend's event, I've put new consideration into buying a premium tank, specifically the Lowe. Credits have always been an issue for me (the T-150 has been sitting unlocked for a l [..] View

I just derped and zacharytank made magic happen

2:01 pm, July 24, 2014 I had a match where we could have easily won if I had just got on the cap. However, I was so tunnel-visioned that I instinctively went to reset our own cap which was absolutely not necessary. I had st [..] View

A jumble of ranting and questions

2:01 pm, July 20, 2014 Let me get this out first: **** MUROVANKA. Obviously the forest is a lot more advantageous to the south as they have that raised camping platform that is literally a here-you-go-i-have-everything-you- [..] View

Persistant wargaming.net login issues

2:01 am, July 20, 2014 I started playing WoT again right around the July 4th event. I got a modpack downloaded that has XVM (surprise) and I've been trying to activate XVM. Obviously, to do so you have to log into y [..] View

For those of you out there who feel like smashing your keyboard into your monitor because of summer teams...

2:01 pm, July 17, 2014 find someone else to platoon with. Join a clan. Stop being that loner. I just joined RDDT0 yesterday so I could have people to platoon with, I did platoon games for like 2 ish hours today, and man it [..] View

Armor vs Speed

2:01 pm, July 14, 2014 As of late I have noticed a large pattern growing among the tank community. Speed is always better then armor. A perfect example. IS vs KV-3 pretty much everywhere you look the IS is prefered. But why [..] View

The ten commandments of WoT.

2:01 am, July 14, 2014 Apologies if something like this has been done before, the search function has let me down if it has. But I was wondering: If RNGesus started a church, what would the ten commandments be? Obviously s [..] View

How do I stop being hit by enemies I can't see?

2:01 am, July 14, 2014 I know the obvious answer is 'cover', but I can't shoot anything if Im hiding behind a building. Also, why the hell do random people keep inviting me to their platoons? submit [..] View

What can I do to improve my play?

2:01 am, July 14, 2014 Hi everyone, my name is Sengar. I play on the NA servers, if anyone wants to check out my account. I've been playing WoT off and on for about a year and a half now. I don't yet have a [..] View

T-34-1 ""vs"" T-34-2, tier-wise.

2:01 am, July 13, 2014 My initial plan (started during Superpershing quest, because I needed to farm that exp anyway) was to go for the WZ-120 and the crew retraining xp difference was the reason I went down the med line in [..] View

Even on large tanks, camo CAN be made more effective than you'd think

2:01 am, July 13, 2014 When I first started reading about camo mechanics, I repeatedly read not to concern myself with camo on tanks that are very large or heavy tanks, because heavies wont benefit much from it, and dont ne [..] View

On the legality of multiple accounts

2:01 pm, July 10, 2014 So I recently started this new acc just to try out the low tier grinds once more from scratch, and as a challenge to see how high I can go on the tech trees without pulling my hair out from the lack o [..] View

I need an autoloader, but which one...

2:01 pm, July 8, 2014 T57 heavy! Maybe when I can be arsed to grind the T69, which I am really not fond of. So, that leaves the AMX 50b or the Batchat. Both look really nice, 50b having less burst but a shorter reload and [..] View

Credit Farming - What to buy?

2:01 am, July 6, 2014 I ran the numbers and at an average of 20k credits per match it would take me over 300 games to get a single Tier 10 I'm getting close to my first T10(E5) and really don't want to spen [..] View

I just don't understand the CC3.

2:01 pm, July 5, 2014 So. Sometimes I have great games where I crush a flank solo, and sometimes every one of my shots bounce and my armour seems to have been replaced with warm butter, and it feels like I'm perfor [..] View

Noob to noob random musings

2:01 pm, July 5, 2014 Seen and talked to a few other new players online, and a few of you have been discouraged. So random musings... Read the guides. Yeah everyone mentions this but it can't be emphasized enough. I ac [..] View

Streaming some World of Tanks (obviously) for a bit, feel free to drop by

2:01 am, July 5, 2014 http://www.twitch.tv/f2kabillion submitted by F2Kabillion [link] [comment] View

Crushing defeat. Couldn't figure out how to take out last tank.

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 [..] View

Clan ideas and other suggestions.

2:01 am, June 30, 2014 Hello KyuzoMugenUndPanzer here with another probably dumb set of ideas. Starting off with the clan suggestions, with the strongholds coming up I thought of maybe introducing a type credit bank in [..] View

Wining and losing

2:01 pm, June 28, 2014 I do understand that World of Tanks is a team game, however there are some issues that I'd like to bring to mind. Being a team game, due to some players ****** team management skills, it drags the [..] View

XVM to display WN8 after each match.

2:01 am, June 28, 2014 Hey Tankers, Recently I started using XVM (for now hitlog only) and I was looking for that option where you see the WN8 of each battle just as it's shown at this guy's post-battle wind [..] View

been there done that post

2:01 am, June 24, 2014 we've all seen the plateau posts. just would like to get some postive words on how to overcome a stagnation. i've been sitting at a 2250 60 day give or take 50 depending on the week. j [..] View

My WOT horror story!

2:01 am, June 24, 2014 Well, today I have a story to tell all of you World of Tanks forum goers. I hope this helps you out, and for the new players not to do what I did! So, it all started out when I first started playing W [..] View

A few observations about skill based MM

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

Decision making time - Skills for Pz.2G/Luchs/Leopard German light tanks - Camo' to full blast or something else?

2:01 am, June 23, 2014 I bit the bullet last night and bought my first premium - a T-15 light tank - and I'm loving it! It dashes around the battlefield earning Silver and training FOUR crew at the same time! Wicked! I hop [..] View

Looking for some opinions on German T10 TD's.

2:01 am, June 22, 2014 I've been a long time player of WoT and have recently picked it up again after a long break from the game (the last time i really played, the only acceptable spot to shoot at a T29 was it& [..] View

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