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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4:03 pm, October 23, 2014
Is view range or signal range better? Everywhere I read they say to do view range. My assumption is signal range is better because you can stay farther away hiding in a bush and see the enemy as a res [..]
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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 [..]
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5:03 am, October 16, 2014
the other night I'm playing my SU122 in erlenberg, I'm at B6 my target is at B5 110m away, direct line of sight I fire, and just as I get ready to fire again, he dissapears, auto lock says "where [..]
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4:03 pm, October 13, 2014
Ah yes, with the influx of new scout tanks people have been throwing out "OP OP OP PLS NERF TEARS TEARS TEARS" in pretty much every game now. Lets take a deeper walk into this mindset, dis-s [..]
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4:03 pm, October 12, 2014
As a medium player, recently I've been in the struggle. Playing T10 mediums solo feels so underwhelming. Time and time again I run into situations where doing 4000 damage in my 140, bat, leo, etc. get [..]
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4:03 pm, October 10, 2014
So, if you all remember my previous thread, I had a hard time deciding what I wanted to do, since I had enough exp to get into a Tier VII tank. I chose the SU-152. I chose Derp. I chose well. It's not [..]
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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. [..]
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5:03 am, October 10, 2014
Then getting stuck in thick. Hull down, dug in, enemies to the left, enemies to the right, enemies ahead. Every move calculated, every opening exploited. It's an intense battle against higher tier tan [..]
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5:03 am, October 6, 2014
(Here's the original, sung to the Battle Hymn of the Republic, for reference) He was just a rookie tanker and he surely was so 1337, He never used equipment and only loaded HE; He had to sit and liste [..]
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4:03 pm, October 4, 2014
Thanks WG for the credit and crew buffs to lower tier tanks, but the main reason I don't play them is because they ****. Look at the T15. There is no comparison between t [..]
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5:03 am, October 3, 2014
Here's the map. We all know the north spawn has spotting bushes in E4 and can snipe across from E2/3, and can get in those positions well before anyone from the south can cross the H5/6 gap. This le [..]
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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 [..]
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5:03 am, September 28, 2014
I know this is a lot of work to ask, but is there any way someone could throw together a little mock up mspaint or something of when it might be considered to be safe to shoot in a light assuming a ta [..]
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5:03 am, September 24, 2014
You know what time it is, 9.3 should go live tomorrow 24 September for EU. You all know the drill by now, listing mods here with the link to their last known update page and waiting for them to become [..]
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5:03 am, September 23, 2014
Experiment: Take a 100% crew (without camouflage training), and a 50% crew, and play the same tank using as much camo cover as possible. The difference is astrofuckingnomical. Like, I never, ever expe [..]
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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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5:03 am, September 21, 2014
I loved the Nashorn, but the Emil has been a curse on me. I finally gave in and spent 31k in free xp to unlock the top gun (58k for a gun at tier 7? Really, WG?) It's nice to unload a 500 damage shot [..]
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5:03 am, September 20, 2014
Okay, so I've read various things and heard different things from different people, but looking for more to the point answer. What do the changes in 9.3 mean for TDs/Scouts? I believe I heard they are [..]
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4:03 pm, September 18, 2014
I have been brainstorming about what is missing from my WoT experience. Thought of the solution this morning while distracting myself by dreaming of TANKS during a 2 hour ruck march!&nbs [..]
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4:03 pm, September 17, 2014
I started playing 2 months ago, nearly 300 games, and am just about to stop. Low Tiers (<3-4) are fine, but once you go higher, holy **** is this game full of ********. Haven't seen anything li [..]
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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 [..]
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4:03 pm, September 15, 2014
The situation:
Two identical tanks, A and B. Both have 350m viewrange and 10% innate camo rating. They're 75m apart. There's a building in between them like in the image. Neithe [..]
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4:03 pm, September 14, 2014
Hi. So I've always been a lurker in /r/Wot but decided to sign up to Reddit to ask this since I haven't got a satisfying answer yet. I'm playing EU, mainly the M18. Around 4k battles on the M18, 58% W [..]
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5:03 am, September 13, 2014
Hi 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 proac [..]
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4:03 pm, September 10, 2014
Hi, I'm having trouble with T21. More specifically, on Ruinberg. I'm Not sure where I should go. City is a big brawl, and at the road to the north I am either too far (trying to spot from bushes), or [..]
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4:03 pm, September 9, 2014
Hi guys, I wonder if you can help, I am about to make 2 youtube videos and would like to give the opportunity to star in them. They will be tutorials for new players the next two videos are; Bush conc [..]
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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 [..]
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4:03 pm, September 6, 2014
Watching Jingles review of map rework.... Almost no soft cover anywhere. Just shallow depressions and slightly elevated plateaus. Bushes pretty much all gone. Where there are some, just tiny ones. See [..]
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5:03 am, September 3, 2014
Someone explain to me why this tank gets matched in tier 11 battles. It's got ok view range. It's got terrible cammo. It's got an ok gun for tier 7-8 maybe. It' [..]
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4:03 pm, September 2, 2014
Hello Reddit, iam pretty new in WoT ( around 2k games) and i want to get this T7 light premium tank in this mission. Almost everything is easy to solve. Just one thing is confusing me. I dont know whe [..]
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2:01 pm, August 29, 2014
I like sniping so I tend to use tanks like the MS-1 with the 45 or TD's. I've added a cammo net and I'm saving up for binos.
I am very confused how to use cover. Most maps have bits of pieces of bush [..]
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2:01 pm, August 28, 2014
I've watched hundreds of hours of replays/walkthroughs/whatnots about all sorts of tanks and types. I recently picked the game up after a few year hiatus and been back for about a month now. I [..]
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2:01 am, August 26, 2014
What the FU-CK! Did he will autoloader shoot at me 3 sec, I am suspect cause an nickname then I will report him get be banned for reason: Team ******. What he's is an noob and too dumb team ******, I [..]
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2:01 pm, August 25, 2014
(what I would do if I started from scratch w/ no premium tanks) Preparation - Setup: Comfortable Mouse (my fav list: Razor DeathAdder, Logitech 400, CM Storm-Spawn, 1800 DPI setting) Mouse Pad (Mono [..]
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2:01 am, August 23, 2014
So there we were, me and the Woof (my dog), minding our own bidness watching old reruns of Melrose Place when, all of a sudden, it hit me against all the odds, I had an idea. And that's not a common [..]
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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 [..]
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2:01 pm, August 20, 2014
this tank is fooking shite -Had I not got it at half price I'd be more annoyed than I am. I wanted a british medium trainer and this is all there is and it is pretty much the most dreadful tank I've e [..]
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2:01 am, August 18, 2014
41 members!!! If the right clan comes along amerger is possible!
We are a active clan that uses Ts. At normal times we have 7-10 on, we have started Stronghold,and have aclan web page. We are not [..]
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2:01 pm, August 17, 2014
http://i.imgur.com/LdQViNZ.jpg?1 The other spawn's side has kinda the same ledge but those bushes cover your tank completely until you fire, no matter how bad my tank's camo is or how [..]
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2:01 am, August 11, 2014
It was a tier 5 match on the one on "Highway", after streaks of losses I turn towards my M41 to perhaps cheer me up. I had a good team (based off of the amount of heavies, T.D's, etc.), but [..]
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2:01 am, August 10, 2014
I dont really even know how to describe it with simple words. Basically ill just be running along in my tank and all of a sudden I just halt in place, cant move, cant look around. To be able to move a [..]
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2:01 pm, August 8, 2014
I'm trying to grind the Batchat line and, after several matches today with my AMX 13 75 passive scouting early and then trying to clean up late, the best of which at Prokhorovka's E1 b [..]
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2:01 pm, August 8, 2014
Was recently in a lil discussion with some people...would like to show the comment I received...Want to hear what others have to say on it----
"Wow... If you believe 6th snese ISN'T useful o [..]
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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 6, 2014
Thought I had a replay, but must have not saved it soo...
After numerous posts pointing out how I know everything, one of the "How does he not know this?" questions...
Was on tundra in [..]
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2:01 am, August 6, 2014
As an avid player of world of tanks, I completely understand why people would want arty to stay. I can also completely understand why people would want arty removed (as I am in this category). However [..]
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2:01 pm, August 4, 2014
Since I moved to South Korea, I couldnt handle the ping lag in the American servers. So I made an account in the South Korean server. I wanted the su152 (stronk stalin tenk). The tier 2 and 3 were aw [..]
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2:01 pm, July 31, 2014
So ever since the patch when my TD is stationary in a bush for a few seconds the server times out and i get disconnected. if I keep moving around I will never get disconnected. Even when I get blown u [..]
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2:01 am, July 30, 2014
You know what time it is, 9.2 goes live Wednesday 30 July for NA. You all know the drill by now, listing mods here with the link to their last known update page and waiting for them to become official [..]
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2:01 pm, July 29, 2014
Hello Folks:
I attempted to post to this forum last night and was given the topic title box and the topic tags box, but no edit box to build the body of the post. So I tried posting to the newcome [..]
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2:01 pm, July 28, 2014
Ok, I just got the Lorraine 40t and di exactly 5 games in it. Now I must say I am not new to auto-loaders. My T54E1 has 59% winrate, my (mostly HEAT) T69 with 62% winrate. Game Number 1 Top tier of co [..]
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2:01 pm, July 28, 2014
NOW BEFORE YOU READ THIS POST PLEASE KNOW THAT I AM NOT SAYING THIS GAME IS **** OR NOT PLAYABLE, IM JUST STATING THAT I HAVE SOME MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH IT, THAT ID LIKE TO SEE BE MORE POLISHED OR FIXED [..]
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2:01 am, July 28, 2014
As we all know, WoT is, for the most part, filled with intelligent and totally easy-going, fun-loving people. Every once in a while though, you run into a real piece of work. Allow me to set the stage [..]
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2:01 pm, July 26, 2014
What if bushes, lights and TDs got back their camo, but the camo skill was removed from crew members?
One of my clan members was talking about camo the other day, and he said the idea that a crew c [..]
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2:01 am, July 26, 2014
Alright, I don't think I quite understand camo. I was in a JagdPanther, more than 15 meters behind a bush. I knew I was that far behind it because the bush was no longer transparent. I also had a camo [..]
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2:01 pm, July 24, 2014
Snipe at the enemy when you can
But not at expense of the other rules for LT IMO
- Stay alive as long as you can
- Light as many enemy tanks as you can
I have a problem with people thinking t [..]
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2:01 pm, July 22, 2014
I've finally amassed enough XP on my Tiger (P) to unlock the VK 45.02 A, but, given I don't have the credits to purchase it yet, I've decided to hold off unlocking it until lat [..]
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2:01 pm, July 21, 2014
Had a Lowe in a match claim that the only reason he was spotted was because an E75 was shooting right next to him. He claimed the E75 shot, then his (the Lowe's) 6th Sense went off. I know that heavie [..]
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2:01 pm, July 19, 2014
Hey, Atm i'm with 40k free experience but i have a problem. Atm i'm playing 10 tanks actively and i don't know which one to go for. When i play i quite like the brawling of th [..]
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2:01 pm, July 16, 2014
The last several minutes of this Chaffee replay shows how to properly use bushes. The 15-meter rule Quickybaby describes works for every tank.
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2:01 pm, July 15, 2014
http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/07/15/storm-announces-spotting-changes/
The following lines require at least general knowledge of how the spotting check system works if you dont know that, please rea [..]
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2:01 am, July 15, 2014
I've had 4 games In the past couple weeks where I was the last, or second to last, tank left, and I did something stupid and died a stupid *****. Yesterday, I had a 7 **** game in my type 64, and it [..]
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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 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 [..]
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2:01 am, July 9, 2014
I've always wondered whether stacking optics, situation awareness, recon and binocs not only increases your view range, but also increases the chances of seeing enemies within your view range. [..]
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2:01 am, July 9, 2014
Hi guys! I keep seeing seriously misguided opinions on here about game mechanics, WG design choices, and pretty much everything else, and I wanted to provide information for the newer players. I&# [..]
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2:01 am, July 9, 2014
So I decided to check this game out this past weekend and it turns out it might have been the worst time for it with the 5x weekend. I ended up in tier fours nearly in tier fives and all that. I manag [..]
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2:01 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 am, July 5, 2014
Hello! I'm BlueD from Friday Night Gaming - A Stream to Learn Competitive Games. Tonight me and my co-host JoKeRRR will be playing World of Tanks! We have a game rotation so we're not [..]
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2:01 am, July 4, 2014
Between 8.6 and 9.2 we've seen constant nerfs to LT's
Removal of T-50-2
Nerfing of most high speed LT's
Increase in sigma, making LT active scouting near pointless, since most heavies can one sho [..]
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2:01 am, July 1, 2014
FTR: http://ftr.wot-news.com/
The vid is in Russian - but you can see; major rework to the map. A LOT less bushes, numerous new routes. TDs will not have a lot of places to hide / shoot from safe [..]
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2:01 am, July 1, 2014
Recruiting my friend LargeBrownBear into World of Tanks in February of 2013 came with it a sense of responsibility. Like anyone who had discovered something new and fun, I wanted to share this experie [..]
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2:01 am, June 28, 2014
So first off, I'm loving this game! It's so much more different to both the FPS and MOBA communities. But I have some problems. What are the roles of each type of tank? And how come I [..]
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2:01 am, June 26, 2014
I'm currently just shy of 300 battles, and could quite reasonably be described as very bad at tanks. How bad? This bad. I am very new, so great skill is not to be expected, but I would like to [..]
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2:01 am, June 26, 2014
1. I figured I'd try to save some thread-space by asking 2 questions on the same thread. The first question is about German heavies from tier V to VII. I know the the tier IV DW2 isnt well liked, so I [..]
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2:01 am, June 22, 2014
Greetings folks, I recently started scouting with my tier 4 M5 Stuart and i found i quite like to park myself in a bush, hold my fire, and giggle like a schoolgirl when the tanks i spot get blown to [..]
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2:01 pm, June 20, 2014
as I got my first tier 8, an AMX 13 90, I realized how hard it was to gain credits in a battle. the only way I could gain a good amount of credits was to not take any damage and pen/damage wth every s [..]
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2:01 pm, June 18, 2014
And by TD , i mean SU152 to be more specific.
1) How do i deal with people rushing my team on small maps?
2)How do i play this TD on town maps? do i try to stand far back or do i get around a corn [..]
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2:01 am, June 17, 2014
Hi, Im Ted, and Im a tomato. It all started a few years back when I jumped into my first Loltraktor. I couldnt hit the broadside of a Province barn and soon found myself a smoldering wreck halfway dow [..]
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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 am, June 16, 2014
Whether or not to play a scout (PZ1C, Luchs, Etc.) should be optional. The only reason they have scouts is because the long time players in their tier 8,9 and 10's didn't like getting 1-shot by ambush [..]
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2:01 pm, June 12, 2014
Since 9.0 I've barely gotten a handful of scout or patrol duty medals. Due to the maps now almost all having two chokepoint lanes that are walled off, with usually a crapload of buildings or hill in t [..]
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2:01 am, June 12, 2014
Hey Tankkit. This is infuriating. No matter how many videos and strategies that I watch, I just can't seem to be able to scout. I play heavy tanks relatively well, but as fun as I find light t [..]
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2:01 am, June 12, 2014
Okay, so I've been playing this game since May 16th 2011. I have been around since 0.6.4. I'm not posting this for thumbs up because it sure as heck won't be because the average player in the game wou [..]
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2:01 pm, June 11, 2014
NB: XVM now requires you to link your wargaming ID to be able to use XVM stats You know what time it is, 9.1 goes live today Wednesday 11 June for EU. You all know the drill by now, listing mods here [..]
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2:01 pm, June 11, 2014
i don't mean a reduced number of leafs bec its considered a hack i think i just want alower texture for the trees and leafs bec it raises the FPS for nothing
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2:01 am, June 11, 2014
Disclaimer: In a perfect world with no e-peen this idea may actually be viable. THE IDEA So we already have clan flair on this subreddit which gives a mostly accurate representation of a player&# [..]
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2:01 pm, June 6, 2014
Greetings all,
I like to play my Tiger I. When I am in the top five of a match, I will generally move up and often brawl. Any thing lower, I will set up shop and snipe.
So, my question is:
I ha [..]
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2:01 pm, June 4, 2014
North side has advantages on both west and east side of the map. On the east - north spawn is within spitting distance from the forest while the south spawn needs to expose itself to scouts if it want [..]
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2:01 pm, June 1, 2014
What is this? A collection of little things that, to my feeling,contribute to a next-level gameplay. Many people have the experience of hitting a 'skill-ceiling'. They find it hard to perform better a [..]
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2:01 am, June 1, 2014
First off, this contains mature language and I was a little bit pissed off when I wrote it. But like I care :) How to Clan Wars Hello I'm kattovisch and I'm the deputy commander for Ka [..]
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2:01 am, June 1, 2014
Here's the Replay: http://wotreplays.com/site/899564#self Ignore the last bit from the two teammates, I understand losing is frustrating so what happened didn't bother me too much. Wha [..]
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2:01 am, June 1, 2014
My best damage in spotting in a long time, Start of battle I went into my super sneaky bush and spotted for my team. Ending resulted in almost 9k spotting. Shame spotting dmg does not influence your w [..]
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2:01 am, May 31, 2014
So I've been wondering this for awhile but lets say you knock over a tree and hide behind the top bit with the leaves does that count as a "foilage"? submitted by Hany_the_ [..]
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2:01 am, May 30, 2014
I was playing the VK.28.01 (fully upgraded with derp) on komarin. I drove up to a building with a bush to its left side like so: XBush =Building -+-Tank X===== -+- I angled my tank at around a 30 deg [..]
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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 am, May 24, 2014
For several weeks now I have been dealing with ping spikes in almost every game I play, with many of these spikes getting above 400-600 all the way to 999 some times. I find that anymore when my ping [..]
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2:01 am, May 18, 2014
Just donno whats good about this TD. OK speed is good but the traverse bottlenecks it. I don't find the Camo any good because a T34(tier 8 premium) spotted me with me not even shooting at 350m and im [..]
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2:01 pm, May 12, 2014
This was quite another memorable x5 game in my 416. 10.7k exp (x5), 4.1k damage, 9 kills
http://www.wotreplays.com/site/854030#team
Points of the poast:
1. The good players on the enemy team [..]
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