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 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 [..]
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5:03 am, October 14, 2014
I hope WoT Reddit doesn't hate my out-of-the-box thinking :< I am a newblette, and I like to break the mold. Anywho, let's make the garage better or different with mods. If the following sugges [..]
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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 [..]
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5:03 am, October 6, 2014
This isn't about people being bad at the game or having bad stats or whatever. This is about platoons that bring tier 1-3 tanks into tier 9-10 games. It seems to happen a lot more than usual lately. W [..]
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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 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 [..]
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4:03 pm, September 29, 2014
I don't know when this became so popular, but holy jesus people stop doing it. Even if it's effective, it's a damn hit or miss. If it doesn't work, your team is literally guaranteed to lose as pretty [..]
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5:03 am, September 28, 2014
I don't know how to effectively counter the following tactic. On close quarters maps, I'll suddenly find myself facing a charging enemy tank. He'll then go nose-to-nose on me and will stay engaged lik [..]
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5:03 am, September 26, 2014
Everybody loves arty, right? No? Exactly the opposite, you say? Hang out on the forum long enough and you'll probably notice terms like "skycancer" and "clicker" being thrown aroun [..]
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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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4:03 pm, September 21, 2014
Yes, there is already a topic on this, but since I'm an idiot and I'm making my own thread on it anyway.
Anyway, according to FTR, here are some tentative buffs.
- DPM increased [..]
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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 [..]
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5:03 am, September 19, 2014
I'm intrigued by the new Am. Lights - and while I unlocked the M7 from the Stuart - I never unlocked the Chaffee. But as I read the FTR article on XP compensation (difference between the cur [..]
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4:03 pm, September 18, 2014
Yes i realize that prem tanks are not supposed to be OP and roughly equal to a a tank of its tie. But some prems these days need to shoot gold to be effective and even then can be underwhelm [..]
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5:03 am, September 18, 2014
There's on thing I feel I'm still really bad: AP or HE? I still haven't figured out when to use which kind effectively. Any advice welcome. Please and thank you. submitted by zirfeld [link] [16 co [..]
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5:03 am, September 17, 2014
I see one major problem with all strategies in cws and companies. When commander is considered total power - players obey his orders even if it costs them their tank. One single guy/girl cant fully un [..]
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5:03 am, September 17, 2014
What an amazing way to send off what was my first Tier 10 with what was one of the best battles that I have ever fought in this thing. Now, I know that the nerfs for the T57 Heavy have been needed for [..]
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4:03 pm, September 16, 2014
This post comes in two parts: a favor to ask, and a few questions in regards to SPGs. As I'm sure some people are aware, the German Sturmpanzer branch (including tanks such as the Brummbär an [..]
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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
Hello all. With the news about there still being the possibility of an FV4202 tier 8 premium, I will try to keep working on the Comet, etc. However, my crew is bad because they because they have been [..]
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4:03 pm, September 14, 2014
Hi Guys, This is a post aimed mainly at new players, but I feel more experienced players (inc myself) could take from it from time to time. For those if you that do not know I recently starting filmin [..]
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4:03 pm, September 12, 2014
another day of boring battles because the MM is unable to create evenly balanced teams. 80% of the time battles end 15 to 5 or less. a good mm would result in battles ending 15 to [..]
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5:03 am, September 12, 2014
I've had the type 59 for two years now, since it was last available, but even with 1.2k games in it i can't figure out how to make it work, i'm barely at 49% w/r in it. I've looked at guides but they [..]
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5:03 am, September 11, 2014
Ok, so the super Pershing is a regular Pershing with added on space armor in the front. So naturally it is slower, but still a medium. The armor is mediocre and does fairly well at long ranges. I woul [..]
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4:03 pm, September 10, 2014
Witch are the best SPG for CW and tier 6,8 TC ? For now I have done with Hummel and I can buy the G.W. Panther, the only problem is that I have no skills on the crew(without 100% the tank is not so ef [..]
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5:03 am, September 10, 2014
I finally got the t-54 and I really love it. It is lots of fun to drive and i seem do have decent average damage per game which is a nice change. Since I don't get much time to watch streams I am just [..]
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5:03 am, September 9, 2014
FTR link
Spoiler
Hello everyone,
recently, Wargaming started fighting specifically one odd thing: rigged games.
In a post on Russian portal, WG RU explains, th [..]
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5:03 am, September 7, 2014
I got my E-100 a couple months ago and I'm slowly getting better at it. I try to use AP unless I have no other choice (like a sidescraping Maus or a 110E3 who's hiding his lower plate). The only tank [..]
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2:01 am, August 28, 2014
Ever since I first looked up my stats on Noobmeter back when I had just over 1k games played, I have wanted a way to be able to track my stats in-game and compare them to others around me. Ever since [..]
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2:01 pm, August 27, 2014
For the more tech savvy tankers, I always hear about WoT not being optimized very well. What does this mean? Will a standard gaming rig potentially not be as effective? Since it doesn't sup [..]
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2:01 am, August 27, 2014
This turned out to be longer than I intended, but please bear with me. If not, there's a TL;DR at the bottom. I keep seeing "drunk MM" comments both here on /r/worldoftanks a [..]
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2:01 am, August 25, 2014
Yes, I understand that other tier 3 tanks get pulled into tier V games but they are either TDs who can still do damage, Artillery which is also still effective, or light and medium tanks that are agil [..]
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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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2:01 am, August 23, 2014
Below are my thoughts/ramblings on the long-term success of WoT eSports. 1) The largest problem right now is that the game played by "the pros" does not resemble the game played by t [..]
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2:01 pm, August 22, 2014
Pro's have evolved and emerged from the beginning in this game to where we are now, but instead of helping others learn how to play better and improve the all around effectiveness of players in each d [..]
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2:01 am, August 22, 2014
I'm thinking of getting one of these gift tanks as of now I can get the B2 for $30 (World of Tanks rush) and get the Hydraulic for $80 then sell the mouse for $50 so effectively $30. So which [..]
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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 [..]
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2:01 am, August 20, 2014
Hi! I've been driving my T-150 long enough to finally get a proper 110% crew from 50% (well, almost. 108% is close enough), a long grind, I know. What I need to know is how the whole training/ [..]
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2:01 am, August 19, 2014
I am driving the IS and I have consistently found that the RNG I am getting is absolutely pathetic, for example: I fully aim at the side of lets say a KV-1s that is 100m away from me, the aim circle i [..]
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2:01 pm, August 16, 2014
So last night, I finally got into my Hellcat. I've had it for over a week now, but I was waiting until I had elite'd my Wolverine before transferring the crew over, hence the delay. I& [..]
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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 [..]
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2:01 am, August 15, 2014
Greetings folks, For the past 1,5 years or so i have been playing WoT several times a week and i am up to about 3K battles. Troubleshooter11 is the ingame name so you can look up my lemon stats at noo [..]
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2:01 pm, August 14, 2014
I've heard several unicum streamers mention this when they are doing certain specific things. That they are playing mind games with their current target. As a curious person, i'm reall [..]
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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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2:01 am, August 11, 2014
This tank is so hard for me to get used to. My playstyle is either sit and snipe, (german mediums, TD's) or Scout (chinese lights, french tonks). This thing is too slow to effectively scout, [..]
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2:01 am, August 11, 2014
Hi all.
Just Wondering, whatis the most effective equipment, and perks for each crew member on the hellcat. I currently have camo and binocs.
thanks
IIMOFX
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2:01 pm, August 7, 2014
Frankly when i play a arty anymore i feel like its roll of the dice. if i hit my target. i can be extremely careful and try to be exacting in my aim and my gunner whom is smoking crack will miss by 12 [..]
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2:01 pm, August 5, 2014
I'm wondering if someone can help me to understand how the maximum spotting range of 445m factors in when you use equipment like binocs or coated optics that could extend it beyond that limit. [..]
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2:01 pm, August 5, 2014
Don't get me wrong, I love World of Tanks. With that said I feel like some of the game mechanics and features need to be reworked.Keep in mind, I'm not a game developer so my personal opinion only mat [..]
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2:01 am, August 1, 2014
One thing, I think we don't do enough of on these forums, is talk about the game in a larger sense. It's all well and good to discuss arty changes or gold rounds specifically but I think a lot gets lo [..]
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2:01 pm, July 31, 2014
With the 9.2 buff it seems the 4502B has become a real threat to the battle field. What was once seen as a weaker E 75 now has some serious game changing potential. Lets compare the E 75 to its rear-t [..]
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2:01 am, July 31, 2014
Strongholds! Up until now, you probably have only slightly heard of this new part of WoT. You might be wondering Is this something I might want to participate in?, or Sweet! Im up for it, but how do w [..]
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2:01 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 [..]
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2:01 am, July 30, 2014
The St. Pz. II has a Tier 3 gun at T4, while the Pz. Sfl. IVb has a Tier 4 gun with superior firerate, damage, range, accuracy, aiming time and weight (For the people that care about that kind of thin [..]
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2:01 am, July 29, 2014
No other class has been repeatedly nerfed as much as arty, though no class is nearly as broken as arty. Arty has no place in pubs, it only fits into CW to break up turtle strats, it has no where else [..]
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2:01 pm, July 25, 2014
After learning the game I learned about the statistics and tried to become a better player to be more useful for the team. I stopped at tier IV for now and try to learn how to use the different vehicl [..]
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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 pm, July 18, 2014
So i really like the russian TD line so far, they are nice assualt guns for second line agressive play and i do fine on open maps.
But i always get confused when it comes to maps like himmelsdorf, en [..]
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2:01 am, July 18, 2014
So in the recent Storm Q&A there were confirmed facts about a few tansk that will be, for sure being introduced into the game. The AMX 30 will be a new tier 10 French medium, the FV 4202 will [..]
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2:01 pm, July 17, 2014
Hey reddit, I quite often take too much damage from artillery in games with a slow pace. I want to increase my knowledge of artillery locations and where they can shoot or will often pre-aim. As well [..]
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2:01 pm, July 16, 2014
Make the penetration loss over distance mechanic actually relevant, it's basically a joke right now, when it has the potential to be a dynamic and intuitive mechanic. Vastly increasing pen-los [..]
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2:01 am, July 16, 2014
We analyze a replay playing the amazing centurion mk7/1. Hopefully this video helps you play the tank better.
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2:01 pm, July 15, 2014
from addict...
EXPERIENCE PER MINUTE:
1.
Heavy
28,374,682
76.79
2.
Medium
22,919,416
75.75
3.
Light
8,580,462
70.17
4.
TD
22,914,408
64.49
5.
SPG
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2:01 am, July 14, 2014
It is not news to anyone on this subreddit that artillery is a hugely controversial part of WoT. From "Finger of God" to "Sky Cancer" and (just last night) &quo [..]
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2:01 am, July 14, 2014
submitted by CookieMan0 [link] [7 comments]
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2:01 am, July 14, 2014
My idea is actually prettysimple and represents a real life phenomenon that should make sense to all players. If artillery is stationary for a momentit should reload faster than it does when it moves. [..]
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2:01 pm, July 13, 2014
I would like to know which line as a whole has arty with good accuracy and range. As well as tips on how to counter arty. Basically I am butt hurt. I hate arty so much it is almost enough to quit tank [..]
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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 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 [..]
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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
Ok I just got 3 words...WHAT THE HECK!
The Alien version of the T57 Heavy. The most feard tank to look at if it was in game.
Behold!!!
This Is The Chrysler TV-8 Medium tank.
Ok so I do [..]
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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:
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2:01 pm, July 5, 2014
First I want to say that I am not trying to doubt or discuss the effectiveness of sloped armour in real life. After all, the math says it all, it is very effective. I was wondering though how much is [..]
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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 pm, July 3, 2014
I'm starting to give up on playing light scout / fire support -type tanks. Is it not enough, that we can be one shot by almost anything and our positioning and game reading has to be pretty mu [..]
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2:01 pm, July 3, 2014
I really tried to like you but it just does not seem to work out. I know 40 games are not a lot to get each other better, but I spent free exp to unlock your turret and top gun, so I drove you close t [..]
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2:01 am, July 2, 2014
I come here not to explode on how much I hate arty, but to get people to understand why arty shouldn't take the hate for just simply trying to earn credits and experience.
From playing endless game [..]
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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 [..]
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2:01 pm, June 30, 2014
I'm still quite novice at this game at little over 5k battles, and many may detest me as I have done over half of them as Artillery. However, I do feel that most of the maps feel rather small and not [..]
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2:01 pm, June 27, 2014
I've had my type 59 for a while now and after not playing for a year, i came back in august after getting a new computer. I have had this tank for a while and would like to know how to play it [..]
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2:01 pm, June 25, 2014
I cannot for the life of me play the comet decently and I need some tips on playing it. In 38 battles I have a 34.21% WR. I've tried playing it like my T43, my panther and my 1390 and all fail [..]
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2:01 am, June 22, 2014
Hey /r/worldoftanks, Reddit's second clan wars clan is currently recruiting. We're looking for some active players for the clan wars scene and hope that talking to some of you here, t [..]
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2:01 pm, June 21, 2014
Hi guys. I'm relatively new to the game. I don't think I have 2k games yet. I am far enough though that I need to focus on perks and skills for my crew. I had a question about the one [..]
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2:01 pm, June 20, 2014
Ill shortly be getting the obj. 140 and STB-1 and im curious as to what skill would be more effective for each? Im assuming Camo on both submitted by A-Neaves [link] [6 comments]
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2:01 pm, June 19, 2014
A selective compilation of a few popular mods that incorporate MeltyMaps Mathmod properly while retaining the benefits of Locastans HD minimap and map markers and WoW Style XVM. Instructions: Download [..]
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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 pm, June 17, 2014
I am getting really discouraged with the way WOT is nerfing sniper positions and hiding spots on maps. I understand play balance, but for a player that primarily plays TDs, Its starting to become tire [..]
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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 10, 2014
Please explain, in simple terms, or like I was 5... What is Auto Targeting, and why is it bad? How about Mouse Sensitivity, how should I approach this? How can I learn to be more effective at firing w [..]
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2:01 pm, June 10, 2014
I fund just ramming people to ***** is more effective than shooting them. submitted by Ausghostdog [link] [7 comments]
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2:01 pm, June 9, 2014
I have a question. If i am not mistaken clutch braking gives you +5% to traverse speed. If instead of that I add BIA to all crew members how much would +5% to major qualification help my would it add [..]
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2:01 am, June 9, 2014
So I recently unlocked this Tier 8 German Heavy, and I've gotta say that while I haven't unlocked many of the better pieces of equipment for this tank, right off the bat I am extremely disappointed. S [..]
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2:01 am, June 9, 2014
This advice is for those with older, slower Windows 7 machines with 4 gig or less of RAM, no SSD drive, and a relatively slow hard drive (5400 or so RPM, not one of the 7200 RPM drives). It MIGHT help [..]
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2:01 pm, June 8, 2014
Bots are a problem.
This isn't up for debate. Regardless of whatever statements they might make, the fact that WG has any sort of rudimentary(or otherwise) method of dealing with them is tantamount [..]
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2:01 pm, June 7, 2014
I've allotted myself to purchase either both premium Matildas, or the TOG II. However, I don't know how to play them, and would like help on their pros and cons. Such as, how do I play [..]
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2:01 pm, June 7, 2014
This is going to be a long one, so let me break this down.
Ammunition Changes
First and foremost would be the move to a system comprising a total of nine different ammo types(ten if you want to [..]
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