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 [..]
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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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5:03 am, October 21, 2014
Ok so I don't come acros this often so I am at a loss at what to do against a good player who does this. The only method I've come up with is flank them. (Not always possible if it's a choke point and [..]
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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 24, 2014
Okay, we all know how annoying it is to be one-shot by artillery from across the map. The gameplay provided via artillery DOES help reduce camping in open areas, which, as SerB would say, is "Wor [..]
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5:03 am, September 22, 2014
Tried to get back into WOT, but again it is just no good. Since the beginning arty mechanics have been a burden, cancer, plague, curse, what ever you want to call it to this great tank game. [..]
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4:03 pm, September 19, 2014
It had been months since I played arty, back in 8.7/8.8 I remember the game being all about beefy TDs and heavies, not many "soft" targets wandering around, or targets in general as TD's cam [..]
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4:03 pm, September 19, 2014
From my observations in random battles, in tier 10 battles specifically, i have noticed that in certain map areas, where one team has deployed higher tier tanks than the other team, results often lead [..]
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5:03 am, September 12, 2014
I know this poor E4 was nerfed badly but man I just can't figure why it would be played. It has armor but not enough for tier 10 and with so many weak areas.... The T30 turret is significant [..]
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4:03 pm, September 6, 2014
I think the spotting damage requirement is WAY too high. With the way WG has changed most maps, (less snipey) its very hard to spot. Period. There are very few maps currently with open, unobstructed a [..]
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4:03 pm, September 5, 2014
Okay Wargaming, this is not news.. You tried this with the x amount of kills to get 250k creds mission.. This was an alarming failure and now you do the same thing, but on top require people to farm m [..]
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2:01 pm, August 28, 2014
The quality of players is getting REALLY, REALLY bad. Matches consist of teams crawling along the sides of maps, leaving most of the middle areas wide open.
I think this is the fastest game I've ever [..]
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2:01 pm, August 26, 2014
Where the hell do you pen this thing frontally? I was forced to face it down with a Centurion Mk. 1 and switched to premium rounds.
Lower glacis, bounced.
Commander's cupola, bounced.
Front driver [..]
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2:01 pm, August 18, 2014
Most of our members are older with military backgrounds that get together to run platoons and companies for an evening of casual fun. This is a nice break for those who are tired of running the pubs w [..]
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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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2:01 am, August 10, 2014
>> APP PAGE <<
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Don't know how many of you have Android phones, but here's a very useful app that you should check out. This app has excelle [..]
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2:01 pm, August 7, 2014
I'm not asking that as a blanket across the board question. I don't think it's importance will change for lights and the sniper TDs/mediums but there is a section of mediums an [..]
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2:01 am, August 4, 2014
Accuracy of any gun can be affected by human error in a big way if the person shooting isnt experienced and doesnt practice regularly. But when a gun's inherent potential accuracy is measured, we aren [..]
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2:01 am, August 2, 2014
Let me start off with this tank sucks. I've tried to aim with this tank will on a hill and try to take out a tank on lower ground but the turret wants to aim high. How do I get it to aim lower. Plus t [..]
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2:01 pm, July 31, 2014
Upon completing the Jagdpanther (amazing beast of a tank) I had the choice of two lines, the Ferdinand, and the Jagdpanther II. Looking at those, I clearly saw the capability differences. The Ferdinan [..]
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2:01 am, July 21, 2014
I have posted several time on this matter, within the arty page, but to no lack luster. So I am going to put it here into the general discussion.. WG has been reducing the ability of artillery, due t [..]
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2:01 am, July 20, 2014
So, we all know this new city map, Kharkov. I want to know, does the community generally like the map, or dislike it?
It seems like a fun map, but it also is serving towards multiple artificial all [..]
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2:01 am, July 17, 2014
Hi. What is considered hard, medium, and soft terrains? Give an example of each. (An image of in-game screenshot would be nice)
Are hard terrainspaved areas like Himmelsdorf? Or is it the opposite?
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2:01 am, July 15, 2014
I often employ a tactic that I see few others use. I would like your opinions as to your use of it and its viability to improve others game.
The sighting rule now includes fallen trees. I create fa [..]
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2:01 am, July 14, 2014
I originally made this post back in 6/29/12 and feel this would be a quick addition to the game in any upcoming patch and very helpful to the community as a whole.
~~This is a thought on having a s [..]
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2:01 am, July 13, 2014
Many of you have played the powerhouse tank destroyer FV215b 183, and have been both frustrated and highly enthused by the glorious 1-shot capability that it brings to the battlefield. Unicums and to [..]
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2:01 am, July 9, 2014
Okay, so I am at a losshere. I understand it's a sniping tank, but 50% of the maps don't allow for this type of gameplay due to many reasons (thanks Wargaming, how about fixing this?) that I won't get [..]
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2:01 pm, July 8, 2014
Like the title says I am a little confused as to how clan wars actually work. I see different things about controlling areas, making landings, helping allies, etc. But what does that actually mean? Ar [..]
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2:01 pm, July 3, 2014
My bet is on the KV-1S. With a top speed upwards of ~55 and straight line speed around ~42, it has the speed of a medium tank of tier, excluding the Cromwell. It also has good straight line accelerati [..]
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2:01 pm, June 30, 2014
Ok guys, so since yesterday you seemed to like my guide to passive scoutingand I got a couple requests to show more good spotting locations I made this video, shows 3 new and the one from the video ye [..]
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2:01 pm, June 19, 2014
I jotted down some thoughts after playing 37K battles and unlocking every tank in the game. It's a wall of text in the spoiler. Enjoy, rage, argue as required...
Spoiler
I thought I would write [..]
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2:01 am, June 17, 2014
Based on recent FTR news, it looks like Murovanka is going to be changed for the better.
http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/06/16/straight-outta-supertest-murovanka-9-2-rework/
Basically the map is going to [..]
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2:01 pm, June 12, 2014
Whyare Historical Battlesso difficult to launch, and why are the criteria so secretive? My clan isspending hours...yes...HOURS in que without success. We're aware that there are necessary criterea to [..]
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2:01 pm, June 5, 2014
Just a thought, since I was surfing YouTube about the new upcoming map.. I stumbled across that WG made a map for China and the Great Wall, and soon thought it would be interesting to see a map based [..]
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2:01 am, May 29, 2014
I notice that every time when I play this map that the right side of the map is frequently contested. However, by getting to the east, a tank must pass these areas:
These parts are practically a hu [..]
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2:01 pm, April 25, 2014
I would like to have two little Totals numbers right above the map. The first number for "Number of Tanks currently lit" and a second one of "Remaining tanks which have been [..]
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2:01 am, April 22, 2014
Many of the tanks in the game were designed to climb steep hills, the M48 Patton (I'm assuming the M60 as well) was designed and tested to climb 60 degree slopes, but if it's not one of the on one of [..]
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10:05 am, April 21, 2014
I am a fan of many changes done in the 9.0 update however the tanks look like someone took a Crayola set to paint the tanks then had a scour brush to make them look "clean but weathered". Pr [..]
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2:01 pm, April 13, 2014
Seeing as Matchmaking loves to give me Ruinberg and Himmelsdorf on my scout tanks, often at one of the highest battle tiers can see too, I am quickly getting tired of trying to scout on them because t [..]
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9:05 am, March 4, 2014
So you just signed up and blew $30 on up on that fancy new Premium medium or heavy tank. After buying into a tier you never earned your way into, you are thinking:
"I'm ready, man. Check it [..]
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9:05 am, February 27, 2014
Hi there, I've searched fairly high and low for information regarding creating mods for WoT; and not come across anything super-useful. The most useful thing I've found so far is the X [..]
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9:05 pm, February 23, 2014
So I just bought this tank. I had most of the modules unlocked already because I've finished grinding through the VK 30.01 D. I finished the VK 30.01 D grind with 56% wins over 89 games. I& [..]
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9:05 pm, February 20, 2014
Left the game for about 18 mths due to the damage recognition system frustrating the **** outta me...came back because i think the graphics and maps are pretty good and ima WW2 dude...Got My Ferdinand [..]
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9:05 am, February 19, 2014
There have been a lot of discussions about how to measure WoT "skill". In my mind, this is a very broad term that is composed of different (and some independent) competencies.
The challen [..]
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9:05 am, February 2, 2014
How do I change the color/size of text in the post battle screen.
I cannot read or even see some of the smaller text captions.
I cannot read how many points I have accumulated on the left side. It s [..]
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9:05 am, January 24, 2014
Hi there I've red that WG is planning to make changes increasing the crew members a clan may have. When can we expect this to happen? Are they going to implement any new areas on EU server Glo [..]
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9:05 am, January 21, 2014
Hello again,
So tonight I decided to go ahead and use my gold to purchase the Type 64. I have gotten quite a few games in over the period of a few hours and thought that I would share my 1st impressi [..]
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9:05 pm, January 6, 2014
Hidden Village is one of the newer maps in World of Tanks and thus many players might not know how to tackle it. Like previous maps Hidden Village sticks with the "lane" approach and general [..]
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9:05 pm, December 27, 2013
Title says it all, I circled the areas in question on two maps, but there are more.
Spoiler
Spoiler
I seem not to understand the tactical and strategic thinking of setting up in [..]
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9:05 am, December 21, 2013
The very short story is that I'm playing on a Socket 2011 i7 4820K, 2400Mhz DDR3 RAM, and 2x 280x 3GB OCed graphics cards, but STILL managing to get as low as 10FPS in random areas of the game while 9 [..]
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9:05 pm, December 16, 2013
I have over 1000 battles in this tank and trust me, I know how bad it is. No matter what
you do, you'll be hard pressed to find a situation to actively contribute in. It has only 2
things and those [..]
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9:05 am, December 15, 2013
I know alot of players dont like arty's, but, I have been playing arty for a bit now and have come to the conclusion that this tank is unfairly treated like a poor cousin.
Generally speaking, It ne [..]
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9:05 pm, December 14, 2013
From the description: This package contains: KV-5; slot in World of Tanks; 5 000 gold; The KV-5 is a behemoth on the battlefield, thanks to its all-around dense armor and large health pool, especia [..]
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9:05 pm, December 14, 2013
Block Quote
- apparently the free IS-6 event is confirmed, there will be a video on that in a few days
Source
Other handpicked info from the article:
Block Quote
- there will be ch [..]
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9:05 pm, December 13, 2013
Mentally Strong People: The 13 Things TheyAvoid
1. Waste Time Feeling Sorry for Themselves. You dont see mentally strong people feeling sorry for their circumstances or dwelling on the way they've [..]
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9:05 am, December 12, 2013
There are some areas in mines that are currently kinda wasted space I suggest some freeing up of said space
"Green Area"
Lower this area to just slightly bellow the central hil (1 meter) [..]
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9:05 am, December 10, 2013
this idea started with my post in the GuP thread but if worked a bit on it, and now i think i can put down some hard numbers.
markodash, on Dec 09 2013 - 12:57, said:
man this thread moves fast. yes i [..]
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9:05 am, December 3, 2013
Hello again,
Well its been an busy day for me. I have not been able to get in a single game of WoT until the final hours of the day. I realize that the KV-220 is on sale today and I have the ready cas [..]
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9:05 pm, November 20, 2013
I enjoy getting into the details of some of the maps, and it got me thinking. Many times I like to sit for a bit at the start of a match, figure out where everyone is going, and rea [..]
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9:05 am, November 14, 2013
As noob I have followed the many interesting threads about crew training, skills and perks lately in this forum. Instead of hijacking someoneelse's thread I decided to post a separate thread about the [..]
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9:05 am, November 12, 2013
Usually when you hear people complain about artillery, it is most about high tier artillery.
Why high tiers? Because the gameplay changes when you transition from low to mid tier to high tier artill [..]
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9:05 am, November 1, 2013
SO the first of the Japanese tanks is upon us and as per the Wargaming usual, have delivered it shortly before the Japanese tree is released. As such, I have bought the tank to train up a medium crew [..]
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10:05 am, October 10, 2013
My frustration with some particular maps has nagged at me to the point where I feel the need to come up with a solution. I know at one point there was some talk about being able to select certain maps [..]
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10:05 am, October 6, 2013
Our current maps make too much of a pretense of appearing too realistic. This game isn't a Sim, we always hear said, so why not allow for one or two maps not too seriously based on real world location [..]
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10:05 am, October 5, 2013
Hi everyone I have been so far grinding the USA med line since I started the game. Or the patton line if you want to call it that. I was trying to get a tier X vehicle for my guild and was sticking it [..]
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10:05 am, October 3, 2013
One of my largest shortcomings as a player is knowing how to handle fighting in forests. In most maps with areas like these, it seems there is little cover there besides the camo provided by trees and [..]
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10:05 am, September 12, 2013
With 8.8 coming you will have two Soviet Medium lines which will both lead into the T-54 which will unlock both the Object 140 and T-62A. Here is my thought on what tech tree path you should go for th [..]
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10:05 pm, September 7, 2013
Cheers to all,
1RAB is looking for new recruits that have a few qualities to become a member of our casual clan. We try to joke around while maintaining a certain level of seriousness. We have a fair [..]
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10:05 pm, August 9, 2013
A lot of people don't like the way that artillery is currently implemented in game. Whether it's because of arty's "GPS Godmode view" or their alpha damage, t [..]
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10:05 am, August 4, 2013
I know there's two major hit zone skins out there. One has shaded, color-coded areas to shoot at and the other has graphical depictions instead (i.e. the former has I think purple shaded areas [..]
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10:05 pm, August 2, 2013
There is no other topic that evokes so much emotion than the artillery in World of Tanks. Nerfed often, maybe too often. It's still an important part of the game and its mechanics. Today we a [..]
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10:05 pm, June 30, 2013
So... I was checking my stats on noobmeter and I saw a ad.
I dont understand the point of advertising WOT on a WOT stat site...
Arent most of the people who use this side playing WOT already?
I als [..]
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10:05 pm, June 19, 2013
Another thread here discussing what I've learned about artillery haters and I want to do for the community (heck if we get enough votes the admins might consider it! I have here a collection of though [..]
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10:05 pm, June 19, 2013
So I just read this form here: http://massively.joystiq.com/
Artillery fans in Europe waiting for World of Tank's update 8.6 can start enjoying the all the goodies that this patch brings today, fro [..]
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10:05 am, June 14, 2013
Now don't get me wrong: I love long range combat. My most played tank is a Tiger, and I picked up a Panther just for that L/100.
This isn't a rant, It's just my observations on the game mechanics and [..]
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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 7, 2013
why are the seeding times bass-ackwards for the new canadian clan war map. east half is right with the us (17:00 pst) but the areas in the mountain and pacific times zones are 2 hours earlier and 4 ho [..]
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10:05 pm, June 4, 2013
I went to the World of Tanks Meet & Greet in Richmond, VA last night to meet up with Chieftain and other local players. We met up at Legend Brewing Co. in downtown Richmond, a local brewery/pu [..]
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10:05 am, June 4, 2013
History- I have played nearly 15k games and have been playing since Open Beta on the NA, then switched to the SEA server ~9 months ago First of all I admit to enjoying smores and chuckling when I blow [..]
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10:05 pm, June 3, 2013
Today's discussion topic is the map Himmelsdorf (wiki link), but I thought I'd expand it to also include all close quarters city fighting on other maps with large urban areas such as ( [..]
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10:05 pm, June 2, 2013
I know I'm not a very experienced player of WoT, but in 8.5 and 8.4, I in my SU-5/SU-26 can generally stay safe and alive in my (short!) range as artillery with a camo net, hidden in some bushes near [..]
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10:05 pm, May 28, 2013
The M26 Pershing is a polarizing tanks. I expect several comments saying how much they love this tank, other will talk about how big a piece of **** it is. That's all fine, I'm here to [..]
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10:05 am, May 21, 2013
Started playing about a month ago and I feel I'm starting to get an okay grasp on the game mechanics, but im still oblivious to map tactics. Is there a good website that breaks down and explai [..]
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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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