4:03 pm, October 15, 2014
Preface: My stats in the leo, http://i.imgur.com/JyNeD1L.jpg A wonderful (very generous) benefactor on reddit is gifting me a fury e8 if I do a leo 1 guide as well as guide him a bit in game, so here [..]
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4:03 pm, October 12, 2014
According to FTR there will be a poll to determine which maps to remove from the game. The correct answer is NONE. Even more unbalanced crappy maps are better than 4 or 5 boring 'balanced' ma [..]
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4:03 pm, October 11, 2014
I'm not much of a heavy fan, and I usually do poorly in them. There are a few exceptions like the T32 and KV2. Here's possibly the best heavy game I've ever had. I play pretty similar to this on most [..]
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5:03 am, October 3, 2014
This is just going to be a quick recommendation to a change on the map himmelsdorf. My biggest issue is north side where there is almost no room for heavies to go hull down at the hill, no cover until [..]
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5:03 am, October 2, 2014
Hi all,
I had a flash of inspiration this morning as my team was being massacred. Himmelsdorf, Tier 9 match: Our top tier 704, driven by a tomato, had rolled off the hill towards tank alle [..]
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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 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 [..]
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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 [..]
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2:01 pm, August 25, 2014
So... I went into Himmelsdorf and got my first 0 damage battle in an arty in a very long time because everytime I tried to go into arty mode... my mouse would suddenly stop being read properly.
I not [..]
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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 am, August 21, 2014
Situation: Skirmish, Medium Detachments, we are in 2-3 KV-1S & 4-5 quick mediums, enemy in strong mostly KV-1S team (6-7). City map (Himmelsdorf, Ruinberg). They camp at base. What to do, how [..]
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2:01 am, August 18, 2014
I messed up;lost my temper at a guy pushing me out into the line of fire and TK'd him. My fault, I admit it. Replay here: http://wotreplays.com/site/1089688#himmelsdorf-quarterbore-light_mk_vi [..]
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2:01 am, August 16, 2014
So..What does hitting Tab do? It shows you the tanks on the enemy team, and, if you are using XVM, win rate, wn8 etc etc.
Most players spend the first 30 seconds thinking about where they are going [..]
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2:01 pm, August 15, 2014
I don't mean awful players, but actual bots. The number in lower tiers is staggering (up to 6-7), sometimes 1/3 or even 2/4 of a team is filled with non-humans which really is not fun anymore. [..]
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2:01 pm, August 14, 2014
submitted by OtterTenet [link] [4 comments]
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2:01 pm, August 12, 2014
Dear Wargaming, WoT:
I don't care if I ever see and hear another plane overhead. I don't go to WoT to watch birds. I can do that in my back yard. Himmelsdorf is still Himmelsdorf snowy or fair weat [..]
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2:01 am, August 8, 2014
submitted by UltimatePorkMan [link] [10 comments]
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2:01 am, August 7, 2014
I only have one arty in my garage at the moment (212A), but I think I can collect a few facts for arty (AKA the frustration class of "tanks") drivers so there might be pieces of information [..]
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2:01 am, August 7, 2014
I'm talking about case, when majority of tanks (including top tiers) conduct lemming train out of cap on bigger maps: e.g. valley on Lakeville, alley on Prokhorovka, west on Steppes (not hill [..]
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2:01 pm, August 4, 2014
On most maps and tanks, I have a general idea where to go. Unfortunately, JT 8,8 is this vehicle, where I often don't know - and eventually, fail. It has too many known limits, which make it w [..]
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2:01 am, August 4, 2014
... someone with more WR than WN8 over 4.4k battles just makes me sad.
He was our team's top tank, a T29, on Himmelsdorf.
I have to say though, despite camping in A1 behind our artillery mos [..]
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2:01 pm, August 3, 2014
Howdy fellow Uropeans, Question as titled. I get 32% WR, although doing ~1800 WN8 (not late game damage), grinding mostly mediocre vehicles (e.g. Black Prince, Jagdpanzer IV) and platooning... Lemmin [..]
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2:01 am, August 2, 2014
submitted by dbBlack [link] [2 comments]
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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 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 [..]
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2:01 am, July 22, 2014
Take Himmelsdorf for example. The capture point is at the tracks like usual. Your flank (the tracks) win. All your tanks on the hill die and it's only a matter of time before they flank you. Y [..]
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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- [..]
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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 pm, July 17, 2014
http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/07/17/9-2-test-2-patchnotes/
- Armor of the frontal section of the roof of the second turret for VK 45.02 (P) Ausf. B increased from 40mm to 60 mm.- Magazine reload tim [..]
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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 9, 2014
Patch notes can be found here Some highlights of the patch include: The German Engine/Maneuverability tweak Music upon entering the matchmaking queue Tweaks to packages to include more options such a [..]
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2:01 am, July 1, 2014
When you move up in Tiers to say, 6...there seems to bea greater discrepancy between the entry level and fully updated tanks with that Tier match.
Example...the KV-1S...where I imagine a few people [..]
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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 have played and still play Steel Panthers: WW2, an old combined arms DOS game - check it out - it is a classic. The point here is - is that this game comes with a random map generator such that no t [..]
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2:01 am, June 23, 2014
On Kharkov, Airfield and Himmelsdorf I have had tanks stop responding to movement keys but the turret still turned and gun still fired. First time was on airfield in ST-I, second time was in my B1 on [..]
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2:01 am, June 21, 2014
The typical string of loses that WOT inflicts on me at the start of each day just got worse and worse until finally I was so mad I just had to disable chat and play like an idiot.
This time it work [..]
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2:01 pm, June 18, 2014
I just got this idea from this football event and i think that it would be so awesome if WG could implemet special event like this someday.
Seeing that arena what they made to Himmelsdorf is great [..]
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2:01 am, June 16, 2014
submitted by pwotagonist [link] [comment]
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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 am, June 11, 2014
So I have Comcast 50 down 10 up which is more than enough for WoT but I'm getting server side lag, and I know it's not my end because I'm running a pretty good custom system (i5 3570k, P8Z77V-LX, EVGA [..]
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2:01 am, June 9, 2014
Does anyone else love the Chi-To? Despite it's complete lack of armor, large size, and weak engine I've fallen in love with this tank. The gun has allowed me to have some of my best ga [..]
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2:01 pm, May 24, 2014
Meet Mr.MiniMapOblivious:
He's the driver that hangs around base looking for sniping spots the first 5 min of the game, usually finding none. And then when one flank falls and he would accidently be [..]
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2:01 am, May 24, 2014
Guys, seriously ... when you will delete those two maps from this game? Realy tired to spawn my Arty in that **** maps several continuos times.
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2:01 pm, May 23, 2014
Have you ever noticed if you play a game just before 2x restart, it tends to be a beast of a game?
Then again I suppose if i had waited it would of been a different match :p
PS. Note my crew doe [..]
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2:01 pm, May 21, 2014
So I am finishing up the 12T, and am still not quite sure what I should be doing in high tier matches. I had three T9/10 matches last night (no replays, sorry). In one, I got one-shotted by a 170mm AP [..]
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2:01 pm, May 20, 2014
In the replay linked, at 12:11 left or 2:49 into the game, with my hellcat I shoot a round at a M4A3E2, and my round passes straight through the track and into the wall behind. The shell does not disa [..]
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2:01 pm, May 19, 2014
I am well aware there was a discussion and a poll made about the tier X TCs, and some insightful comments as well. I had a blast last time they were thrown up. Havok ran some **** like 11 Bats and 4 G [..]
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2:01 pm, May 16, 2014
hi guys, once again I am at need of your opinions. to give you some background, before the gw panther I've had the hummel which was, imo, an EXTREMELY fun tank to play. Fast forward to today, [..]
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2:01 am, May 16, 2014
Ever since 9.0 was released I'm lucky to get 15fps on Ruinberg on Fire and Winter Himmelsdorf. Prior to 9.0 I would get 30-35fps most of the time. After 9.0 I'm lucky to get 25fps on most maps. But Ru [..]
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2:01 pm, May 11, 2014
Now that I've gotten into T3 I need some good T3 arty because whenever I use my T57 I ALWAYS get Winter Himmelsdorf or Ensk, and NEVER Mines or Province or somewhere where it's actuall [..]
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2:01 am, May 11, 2014
submitted by Rkk1945 [link] [6 comments]
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2:01 pm, May 10, 2014
submitted by Forever_A_Lowe [link] [1 comment]
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2:01 am, May 10, 2014
submitted by macg1991 [link] [6 comments]
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2:01 pm, May 9, 2014
Not sure if this was already posted, search failed on me. info via http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/05/08/8-5-2014/
Todays QA will be mostly about patch 9.1 you probably already saw the preliminary p [..]
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10:05 pm, May 4, 2014
Map: Himmelsdorf (unless the come out with a better suiting map)
USSR:
T-34
T-34/85
IS
SU-152
KV-2
KV-1
KV-1S (85mm takes the place of the KV-85)
T-70
Germany:
Panther ausf. G
Tiger [..]
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10:05 pm, May 3, 2014
With so many tankers playing longer than I have there have to be some pretty good unintentional (or intentional) AFK storiesout there - please share.
My best one was last night on Himmelsdorf -Sta [..]
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2:01 am, May 3, 2014
Now that Winter Himmelsdorf and Ruinberg on Fire have been introduced, we are now fighting in these locations twice as much as before. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe WG stated that this w [..]
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10:05 am, May 2, 2014
Now I have everything upgraded except gun(using 6pdr). It seems that I died often(with that speed) without doing much, but when I decide to stay back, that 6pdr is inaccurate and fail to pen much. So [..]
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2:01 pm, April 28, 2014
I did not me to **** a team mate not when our team was going to win. I fired at the enemy tank and he drove in to my line of fire now I am band.
Here is the replay....
https://dl.dropboxusercontent. [..]
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10:05 am, April 28, 2014
Hello again,
With every 3x XP weekend comes the utter stupidity and failure on behalf of one's own team. Poor decision making, horrid shooting, awful sportsmanship, a XVM sea of red, and all the utte [..]
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10:05 pm, April 26, 2014
Stuff I've noticed lately, which may or may not be the case for everyone:
We need a name for a particular type of camper. These are the ones that hold back solely to have their teammates take damag [..]
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2:01 am, April 22, 2014
So, I am on Winter Himmelsdorf in my M5 Stuart, scouting with my platoon friend, doing a good job. A few minutes later I am on 5 kills going around the back on the enemy I crash. The game crashed at K [..]
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2:01 am, April 21, 2014
Ammo racked a Tiger P in my ISU today, he had yet to fire a single shot, and gave me his broadside on the Himmelsdorf hill, so I obliged and ammo racked him, but the turret coming off thing wasn't eve [..]
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10:05 pm, April 16, 2014
Over 20% extra penetration makes a huge difference. Top speed is more than 1.5x as high, better RoF for faster damage output, and ever since Winter Himmelsdorf was implemented, it sees a lot more himm [..]
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10:05 pm, April 16, 2014
Happened to me three times now. Once in historical battles, twice on winter Himmelsdorf. All with different tanks. The first one in the historical battle was before I installed Aslain's xvm mo [..]
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2:01 pm, April 16, 2014
Hello fellow tankers,
A session to me is an on-online period in which I participate in about 12 battles then log off.
In a number of sessions here lately, I have been thrown into the same group [..]
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10:05 am, April 15, 2014
Please note: If you do not believe you have control over your win rate please read this post: http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/227903-the-ruthless-math-of-wot-and-why-every-tank-matters/ [..]
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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 pm, March 3, 2014
the T18 is such a troll tank. Here is my first battle of the day
Victory!
Battle: Himmelsdorf 3/3/2014 2:43:24 PM
Vehicle: T18
Experience received: 2,246 (x2 for the first victory each day)
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9:05 pm, February 25, 2014
Between now and the next patch (or CW downtime), many of the ELC and Pz. 1C courses will be revisited. With changes to existing maps, the complete removal of Port, and brand new maps we feel like we c [..]
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9:05 am, February 23, 2014
Which is very very aggresive.. Honestly, I seem to play mine a little bit to passive. From the replays i've seen of Valachio (A super stat padding re roll super unicum) he plays his insanely aggresive [..]
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9:05 am, February 22, 2014
Since I got my WZ-131, I have been seeing certain maps a lot recently. Those maps would be:
South Coast
Himmelsdorf
Ruinberg
Derpshire
Highway
Windstorm
Derpenberg
&
Cam [..]
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9:05 pm, February 21, 2014
I was rather impressed with the new version of Himmelsdorf. The winter feel was nice. But I do have to say I was disappointed with the flag placements; they were the same as before.
i have played thi [..]
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9:05 am, February 19, 2014
The T32, under estimated by most. It sits at T8 after the T29 looking like a **** compared to the beast at T7. In reality, this thing is a monster on it's own level. It can wreck havok on the enemy if [..]
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9:05 am, February 18, 2014
Why do players value the hill in Himmelsdorf so much, especially in encounter battles? They struggle hard and sometimes we lose 2/3 of our tanks there. The hill doesn't seem to afford any usable snipi [..]
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9:05 am, February 15, 2014
Well WGA I had my first Confrontation Battle today and I can really say it promotesbetter sportsmanship and removed the need to get that **** or get angry because someone else on your team did better. [..]
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9:05 pm, February 7, 2014
So I get into a battle on Himmelsdorf today and decide to go to the tracks. The battle progresses with my team pushing down the east and getting the flank. I am aiming at an enemy tank down the tracks [..]
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9:05 pm, February 1, 2014
[Most Recent: El Halluf, Southwest Start(revised for the new v8.10 map)]
When WoT turned my awesome T-50-2 into a portly MT-25, my fun as a "MotoGP Scout" was sadly crushed. From the ashes [..]
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9:05 am, February 1, 2014
Thanks you for GREAT bugged-MM, very FAIR gaming
looks my today statistics, it really discusting how MM working with some tanks
looks on my LOG:
Reiting WN6: 1,264
wins: 23.53% (4 17)
Average [..]
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9:05 am, January 30, 2014
Victory!, E-25, Himmelsdorf, 1/16/14 11:47 AM: 861 nXP, 493 dmg
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9:05 am, January 28, 2014
I've been getting very lopsided matches in the last week. I don't generally take much stock in the XVM chance to win, but I was seeing percentages in the mid teens and low 20s. Although I was generall [..]
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9:05 am, January 26, 2014
submitted by HaroldSax [link] [8 comments]
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9:05 pm, January 21, 2014
Been having interesting issues with my computer when playing such as non-movement of my tank while the "W" key is depressed only to find the computer un-lock and and I am somewhere other tha [..]
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9:05 am, January 20, 2014
Okay, I get Ruinberg on Fire.
It's on fire and has cool war related items and shell craters everywhere. It's also raining. Cool!
But Winter Himmelsdorf not as much.
It's the same thing as Himmels [..]
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9:05 pm, January 17, 2014
Why dont they go on the hill on himmelsdorf? Those idiots I always shoot them if they try and go city
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9:05 am, January 14, 2014
Tonight (Monday) at 7:55PM PST/9:55PM EST the Round 10 match of the Silver League will be streamed live with casting at https://www.twitch.tv/nervewot Some details: Map: Himmelsdorf 7v7 Tier Limits: [..]
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9:05 pm, January 8, 2014
95% of the time i always get either,
A: Sacred Valley
B: Hidden Village
C:Steppes.
D: Cliff or Artic Region. This one seems to varyquite a bit more over the others
I would like to offer t [..]
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9:05 pm, January 7, 2014
I understand this isn't really a horror game, but I'm bored and wanted to share a little horror story I had in the game. I would be glad to read yours if you have one... Or more.
NOTE: This is a tr [..]
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9:05 pm, January 6, 2014
So, through my whole WoT career, i grinded a whole lot of tanks, and almost every time I finish a grind (eg. one good battle could unlock the next tank), an epic battle happens. Either I get an absurd [..]
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9:05 am, January 6, 2014
It appears that in 8.10 that sometimes battle recording was sometimes broken. This has happened a number of times. It is really annoying since I had some great games like the one below, but the battle [..]
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9:05 am, December 27, 2013
Listen up boys and girls! December 10th 2012 the gold was spent for the creation of this marvelous clan. Thats just the spark that lit the plug. The real birthday have been moved somewhere to December [..]
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9:05 am, December 26, 2013
I recently got interested in sidescraping, but I haven't had the chance to do it (my main tank is an IS-8: not really sidescrape material). But I plan to go down the ST-I line and that got me [..]
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9:05 am, December 9, 2013
Why are artys put into city maps like Himmelsdorf, Abbey, Ensk, etc.? In a real battle, at least the shells can do some damage to buildings and spray debis on the enemy, but in game play the only buil [..]
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9:05 pm, December 8, 2013
This was my first ever Radley-Walters' Medal. I've come close with 7 kills a few times but have never been able to pull off the 8th ****. I'm in my T25/2 for this match on Himm [..]
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9:05 am, December 5, 2013
As much griping as RNG causes, sometimes it saves your day. Low rolls, tracks eating shots, and even flat out misses. I have managed 6 top guns in about 10 days. That is way more than normal for me. I [..]
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9:05 pm, November 29, 2013
Sig. Line, assault, defense, Awfulpanther.
That's the set up.
At the start I rushed to the city gate, spotted the red deployment(bad), traded shots with the red scout and retreated into town. A TD was [..]
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9:05 am, November 23, 2013
There are about 30 maps in WoT
over the last week I have seen:
Highway
Cliff
Himmelsdorf
Malinovka
Karelia
Sacred Valley
Lakeville
That's only 7 maps
Where's Murovanka, South Coast, Steppes, Swam [..]
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9:05 am, November 18, 2013
Lets see what you guys think. Here is why the maps made it to the poll:
Siegfried line - my personal most hated map for medium tanks. field is a wasteland and spotting distances + no cover + high alph [..]
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9:05 pm, November 16, 2013
After harboring the suspicion that "like half of my games are played on five maps" for a few weeks, I just decided to manually check my replay folder. In my last 3995 games, this is [..]
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