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

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

The Grind - T37 Light review

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

the 112

4:03 pm, October 23, 2014 hello reddit, i bought the 112 a few weeks ago a friend of mine recommended it and i thought wel i am looking for a new tank so why not. but now i do like it its frontal armor is strong but is it just [..] View

IS-4, the Russian anvil

4:03 pm, October 23, 2014 Many people overlook this tank simply because the stats on it are not really that impressive. I mean, we are talking about a tank with slow top speed, slow acceleration, a little clumsy on the turns, [..] View

KV-4 Performance

5:03 am, October 23, 2014 I have a 4 skill Russian heavy crew from my IS-6, and was considering the KV-4 because I really, really want the ST-I, but I'm apprehensive about its performance, especially in tier X games. Could so [..] View

(NA) T-B-T IS RECRUITING

4:03 pm, October 22, 2014 We are a new Clan, but we are not weak We don't back down without a fight And we want to do Clan Wars, But we need willing players to join us. So do you want to join us? Here are a few requirements fr [..] View

Slow but steady progress

4:03 pm, October 22, 2014 Around a year ago, I started a thread about how I had started out this game just lol'ing around, and had terrible stats to show for it.  I had decided to learn to play, and had worked my way [..] View

Stud 75/L70 can't pen anything

4:03 pm, October 22, 2014 I "upgraded" from my 38T because I was tired of my 75 bouncing all the time. In the case of a TD, every shot needs to count because you'll likely have to move, and if 1/2 your shots bounce a [..] View

RDTT2 time commitments

5:03 am, October 22, 2014 Hi, so I'm considering joining RDTT2 for strongholds. What I would like to know is what the time commitment is. My week is pretty spotty, but I can play on most weekend nights. Thanks! submitted by [..] View

How to penetrate IS-6 side?

5:03 am, October 22, 2014 So I was in T29. He was oragne almost red player, standing still in open field as IS 6 and he was 2 shots away from *****. He had his turret aimed at me. 1:20 to finnish. So I shot him 6 times, penetr [..] View

Tiger 2. What's so good about this tank?

5:03 am, October 22, 2014 Why do so many people like this tank? I don't get it at all. I've played it, and to be honest I thought it was going to be great before I played it. It's my second tier 8 heavy behind the T32, so I g [..] View

A writeup on light tanks [AMX12t edition]

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

Tactical Magic [TACMG] Recruiting

5:03 am, October 22, 2014 I don't want to go and make this all fancy, with brilliant colors, and flashy pics, etc... This is combat folks, and COMBAT is not pretty, nor is it Glamorous like those ignorant pukes in Hollywood ma [..] View

Arty as a game mechanic

4:03 pm, October 21, 2014 As a relatively casual player of Tanks but a big video game fan and someone that like to analyze things I just do not understand how arty functions in the game as it stands now. They have some super f [..] View

What are your 3 LEAST favorite tanks in the game?

5:03 am, October 21, 2014 Mine would have to be the D.W.2, the grind was awful. No armor, practically no gun, no speed, and it was just useless. I see other playrs driving the DW2, and i feel sorry for them. The BDR, even thou [..] View

Reverse sidescraping And normal sidescraping

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 [..] View

Um. Just wthis this, some type of punishment?

5:03 am, October 21, 2014 So I just decided I'd hop on tonight for a game or two, as this game is what I love to play in my spare time, and I log on to get this ****.    So I get inside a game, and in the fir [..] View

[SPOILERISH?] Why didn't Fury use a Tiger II instead of using a Tiger I?

4:03 pm, October 20, 2014 Not sure if this is the right forum to post this in, but you seem to be talking about Fury here. I just wanted to ask why a Tiger II (King Tiger) wasn't used in the movie as the main enemy tank consid [..] View

Looking for a sound mod for my tank deaths. Something a tad more realistic than, "Pip Pip Cheerio, time to get out, lads!"

4:03 pm, October 19, 2014 My tank is spouting flame, a complete wreck, panels all askew and all hatches blown wide open. It's a white-hot furnace inside. And my captain's telling us that "We've had it" and perhaps we [..] View

What happened today while attempting to pay for a Fury Bundle (WG Fail)

4:03 pm, October 19, 2014 So I recently decided I would buy a Fury bundle with the $100 package. I went to gift shop, and double checked the amount of money I needed and the payment method, which is MyCard. (MyCard is like a e [..] View

KMaus, any news on the super secret awesome super mission you mentioned?

4:03 pm, October 19, 2014 Concerning your post found here: http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/392721-free-togs-for-all/page__st__120__pid__7915051#entry7915051      Speculation on t [..] View

Fixing Lakeville!?

5:03 am, October 19, 2014 http://imgur.com/go9yZfE http://imgur.com/iXp4PSA I figured this might just go unnoticed at the bottom of the previous Lakeville post, but this seems to me like an easy fix to help Lakeville flow a li [..] View

Need help with Some tanks

5:03 am, October 19, 2014 Hey all, I need some help with some tanks. Thanks for any reponses M3 Lee- play it as a Medium or TD? The Pen on its gun is shocking so not quite sure what I'm meant to do Hetzer- I play it with derp& [..] View

Ughh, just had a teammate fail at trying to TK me

5:03 am, October 19, 2014 After calling out an allied KV-5 for camping by telling the enemy team that KV-5s are the best sniping platform in the game, he started talking smack and did the usual "ur bad" and "now [..] View

Nooby player hoping to improve a little

4:03 pm, October 18, 2014 Well, the 1st 3k battles are all fun and games. But now, I'm looking to get a little better at the game. I know the basics, hulldown, peek-a-boom. side scraping, flanking, circling ETC.  I fe [..] View

WG please...

4:03 pm, October 17, 2014 ...can't you give us more T5 premiums? With the new XP boost from premium tonks the sweet spot for crew training is tier 5, because they're more likely to have a full 5-man crew at that tier, but it's [..] View

In your opinion, what are the best mods?

4:03 pm, October 17, 2014 I wanted to know which sound mods (engine and guns) do you think are the best, and if they're worth installing. I only tried Gnomefather's gun sounds in 9.1 I think, so I don't really know anything be [..] View

Why can't I T69?

5:03 am, October 17, 2014 I am a recovering tomato, and generally I'm getting acceptable at the game. Not yet hit t10 - my regulars are E75, T71, T-43 and I have just started the T29. My tops are E75, IS3.....and T69. And I ha [..] View

Developers' Q&A session in WGKR 16.10.14

5:03 am, October 17, 2014 source : http://www.inven.co.kr/webzine/news/?news=119971 summary Alexander Tarasevich - Game & UX designer Alexander Derkch - CW programming manager For the reward of the personalised mission [..] View

The problem with matchmaking...

5:03 am, October 17, 2014 Isn't that you get completely lopsided battles. Sure, if one team is far more skilled than the other, the skilled team is probably going to win. The problem is that MM sucks at balancing vehicle types [..] View

WG you have GOT to be kidding right now.

5:03 am, October 17, 2014 Found at the bottom of this weekends gift shop bundles:   "The Silent Sniper bundle above is available only to residents of Latin America (Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Ch [..] View

Flush!

4:03 pm, October 16, 2014 I feel buoyant this morning...like I just dropped a load.   ARL v39 is finally elite!  AND immediately sold!  FLUSH!  Fitting that it took 3 matches to get the last [..] View

Close to 10k battles, and finally reached 51%

5:03 am, October 16, 2014 WHERE IS MAH CROWNZ Jokes aside, I realize how staggeringly many people use XVM winrate mod and use it to flame others. Reaching 51% supposedly made me a 'green' and the games have gotten more relaxin [..] View

Need a garage filter mod!

5:03 am, October 16, 2014 Hi guys,   I know there is a vanilla filter for WoT, and I am totally fine with it. Besides from the fact, that It keeps disappearing, I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, but yeah, It [..] View

Leo On Track: Guide+Replays

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 [..] View

Inside ONLY PROTOTYPE of WZ-111

5:03 am, October 15, 2014 submitted by narutoyisi [link] [1 comment] View

Something I find slightly bizarre about the game.

4:03 pm, October 14, 2014 First off, I love this game. One thing that I find bizarre is the fact that different countries fight side by side (I.e. Germany & America). Does anybody else seem to think that is bizarre? I [..] View

Tog questions

5:03 am, October 14, 2014 So, I've been wondering, as I'm completing the Tog rewarding mission, how is it for making credits (consider that I don't have a premium tank), how it is in general and lastly, by selling it, how much [..] View

13 75 Crew conundrum.

5:03 am, October 14, 2014 So, I did well in the AMX 12t, finished it with a 56% win rate. However, I'm doing rather poorly in the 13 75. Use of the search function reveals I've been playing it wrong, using it as a passive scou [..] View

I think matchmaking is actually done by a person.

5:03 am, October 14, 2014 A person with an intense hatred for me. Let me quote his last ideas: "I understand that you are driving stock T6? Sure thing, T8 it is! For every match of course, wouldn't want you to miss out.&q [..] View

Do I look like a smurf? What's wrong with them anyway?

4:03 pm, October 13, 2014 I have roughly 7000 games and have considered myself to be above average in ability for some time now. I am currently trying to consistently hit 3000WN8 and a 60% W/R when playing solo and usually ach [..] View

Lets Talk about the new Scouts!

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 [..] View

M48A1 needs a buff

5:03 am, October 13, 2014 (Title is wrong...should say "M48A1 needs rebalancing") The Patton used to be a great tier 10 medium, but after some nerfs...it has lost its competitiveness.  It feels very redundan [..] View

Solo Pubbing T10

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 [..] View

World of Tanks font install?

4:03 pm, October 12, 2014 Does anyone know whether a font pack has been created for WoT? I mean for use outside of the game for normal text editing, i.e. not a mod. submitted by _taugrim_ [link] [2 comments] View

Nothing Worse Than These...

4:03 pm, October 12, 2014 Fellow Tankers,   So it is the weekend, we all know what that brings to the table. Nothing much to say on that subject, but for the first time I've witnessed something odd, and it pissed me o [..] View

T34 question

5:03 am, October 12, 2014 Tier 8 american heavy, I recently started playing it more and wondering, is the ammo rack the entire tank or should I try to never show my sides in this tank, like ever? I play my T29 a good amount a [..] View

So what exactly changed to make the 263 CW-viable?

4:03 pm, October 11, 2014 Last time I played CW it was all about the Waffles, E3s, and sometimes E4s (weak turret or not, dat alpha with a turret). But the 263 never got taken because ****** alpha, huge size, and open top. Inc [..] View

Nations and Artillery

4:03 pm, October 11, 2014 Hey! /r/WorldofTanks Look for some advice with artillery with different nations, I know that all nations have "CONS and PROS" with their tanks has explained in the sidebar link. But how much [..] View

After researching medium tank lines, I've come to Reddit for the final decision.

4:03 pm, October 11, 2014 Hello, Im looking for my first medium tank line. Each opinion article, forum thread or even the wiki made be reconsider my decision. What is your recommended medium tank line, to about Tier 8? I have [..] View

Strangest MM I've seen yet

4:03 pm, October 11, 2014 Pub Tier V match, 6 tier III tanks on one side, zero tier III tanks on the other. Note that the platoon arrangements do not seem to explain this.   Anyone seen it [..] View

Oh you are close to your 2nd MOE.....?

4:03 pm, October 11, 2014 "Well then, let me shower you with the worst possible MM ...."   So I'm trying to get my 2nd MOE in my T-34-1, love the tank and for the most part I've had some spectacular games in [..] View

T-37 American Light

5:03 am, October 11, 2014 Just got this tank a few days ago. I haven't even unlocked the top guns yet but I am already loving it. I have had some great games so far with this baby. It's speed, though not blazingly fast, is cer [..] View

Class MM inbalanced since 9.3?

5:03 am, October 11, 2014 Since recent patch, I noticed significantly more of class imbalanced battles. Examples: one side has 2 top & 2 middle tier heavies, other has 1 middle. Or even one side has 2 TDs and 10 heavie [..] View

Game Crashing in M24 Chaffee Sport! Vehicle name not visible!

5:03 am, October 11, 2014 Hello fellow tanker,   Lately World of Tanks has been crashing for me, pacifically with the M24 Chaffee Sport. I will be in the middle of a race and my game will just close and it us [..] View

Looking For a Social Clan

5:03 am, October 11, 2014 Well, pretty much as the title suggests, I'm looking primarily for a social clan.  Or at least a clan that doesn't require a player to be on for clan wars.  I'm pretty much engulfed [..] View

Can we fix the client/reticle desync at all?

5:03 am, October 11, 2014 Seriously, It seems to be getting worse and worse.             And for those of you who think it was a snap shot - it wasn't. I had aimed at the [..] View

Eu player...in NA.

5:03 am, October 10, 2014 Hello everybody, I'm pretty much in need of a good suggestion. Basically I've started playing WoT back in Europe, pretty much after getting my degree. Two months ago I moved to Vancouver to continue m [..] View

Driving the KV-4

5:03 am, October 10, 2014 I've been grinding the KV-3 for some time now, and I already elited it yesterday, just getting the credits to get the KV-4, so I thought this would be a great moment to ask for help driving this beast [..] View

New Zealand and Australian Ping to servers

5:03 am, October 10, 2014 I myself reside in New Zealand, and I have accounts on both servers. Recently (since 2012) have had terrible lag spikes to the NA server(s), and when the SEA server came out I make an account on that [..] View

Sidescraping issue after 9.3?

4:03 pm, October 9, 2014 Is anyone having problems with getting penned in the side from obscene angles by people in front of you lately? I'm an average player so I know about sidescraping and had no issue with performing it [..] View

Maps love them /hate them

4:03 pm, October 9, 2014 In the first question there are 10 maps i consider unbalanced,  in wish they go away :)  In the second the maps i think ARE balanced    View

[SUGGESTION] Stopping The Unnecessary Nerfing Of Arty

4:03 pm, October 9, 2014 War Gaming is nerfing artillery to heII. But changes to Arty in general are in fact needed and are justified; we know there is a problem. Most of us recognize it, but…. most of use disagree [..] View

Minimap problems?

4:03 pm, October 9, 2014 I'm having problems getting this to work right, it is a artillery aiming crosshair for the minimap. Now my problems are that the aim dot is NOT showing for me "at all" & the the insi [..] View

The Chi-Ri's "Low" Penetration

5:03 am, October 9, 2014 After what I thought was a mostly pleasant grind through the Chi-Ri (2535 WN8 over 91 battles), I've noticed a lot of people talking about how it has such low pen. It's definitely right in the middle [..] View

Gotta love matches like these...

5:03 am, October 9, 2014 Battle on Komarin. Team line up was pretty weak. I dont use XVM, but could tell from start up. Too many of the tanks were stockish looking, no camo paint, etc. You know the drill, not a team that coul [..] View

Upcoming 6th Sense change will destroy what's left of passive scouting.

5:03 am, October 8, 2014 - Storm confirms that the Sixth Sense rework (its transfer to the radioman, activated when radioman training hits 100 percent) will happen in medium future (SS: that usually means cca 6 months)- devel [..] View

Quick question about WN8 rating

5:03 am, October 7, 2014 I was reading some posts on here about people's wn8 ratings and XVM and I was wondering what would be considered a good wn8 rating. submitted by probro22 [link] [14 comments] View

[VEXED] is recruiting - New clan, ground floor opportunity

5:03 am, October 7, 2014 I am a 45 year old gamer with a full time job. I have set up a clan, but due to my schedule I am usually on later at night and so I would not be available full time during clan wars. This means I am m [..] View

hmmmm.... opinions about mice

5:03 am, October 7, 2014 I think it is time for Newt to get a new mouse.... Newt only has a maximum price range of about $100 (not going to go over that very easily) Newt is not that particular, however he does not want a hor [..] View

WN8 question: Given that in some cases, overall wn8 score is next to impossible to raise in a reasonable amount of time

4:03 pm, October 6, 2014 Why isn't last 1k considered more important? I know I'm bias because my last 1k is much better than my overall, but doesn't that make a better metric than an archaic score that may be completely irrel [..] View

Is the T14 the worst T5 heavy?

4:03 pm, October 6, 2014 I've been driving this thing a while, bought it while it was on sale. At first it was fun, as the gun was kinda crummy but at least it was bouncy. I currently have a 55% WR over 318 battles. Lately, h [..] View

dedbunnie looking for a clan

4:03 pm, October 6, 2014 Currently searching for a clan.  Right now I am looking to do Strongholds and platoons and eventually CWs.  CWs on hold personally until I finish up with my degree.  I am ba [..] View

Lowe still needs preferred MM

4:03 pm, October 6, 2014 With the advent of the matchmaker tier range changes, all the new tanks, and various map changes to encourage brawling, the Lowe is suffering as a result.  Even with the most recent minor buf [..] View

Blood on the Tracks

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 [..] View

The A-44 is excellent as a ramming tank

5:03 am, October 5, 2014 Now, the A-44 has many drawbacks, including a frontal mounted engine that gets damaged every other shot, slow aim and reload times, awful gun depression, easily damaged tracks, but hell, it can ram. [..] View

done

4:03 pm, October 3, 2014 reasons why:   broken MM   soul-crushing grind to upgrade tanks      (cmon fer crying out loud - 70k xp needed to upgrade the chi-ha to the m5a1 s [..] View

Newbs, noobs, beginners - pick the right tank from the start

4:03 pm, October 3, 2014 Tankers.   I have seen a lot of sad posts lately from players with 2k to 5k games who are struggling with the game. Poor win rate, WN8, bad stats, low esteem. I am no guru, so please don't ge [..] View

Glorious IOC is looking to fill it's last few spots.

4:03 pm, October 3, 2014   Enemy, [edited] the pride Come on over, to our side We're the same, just afraid What's the difference when we're all dying?   The real IOC is looking to finish filling our [..] View

Small change to Himmelsdorf?

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 [..] View

Will you disable XVM stats already or what?!?!

5:03 am, October 3, 2014 I'm so tired of being prioritized and focused by. No matter what tank I drive, no matter which position of map I go, the same craphappens.   I'm in my Obj 140 with full HP, and near me my tea [..] View

Ok kids, I'm 45 so that makes my mom...

5:03 am, October 3, 2014 ...like 80 or something I don;t really know but telling me about how "you did my mom last night" is not insulting...it's just...*throws up some more*....gross. Dudes...the image in [..] View

My ideas on the implementation of Skill-Based Matchmaking (SBMM)

5:03 am, October 3, 2014 There are numerous arguments against implementing SBMM in random matches; my biggest is that there wouldn't be much variety in battles. The way the devs are considering implementing it ("tiers&qu [..] View

Finally first Radley Walters!

5:03 am, October 3, 2014       It took me 4000 battles but I finally got my first Radley Walter's medal. I came close a while ago with the bdr but I finally accomplished i [..] View

I need to get with some old dogs

4:03 pm, October 2, 2014 I have been playing for quite a while and for the most part, I ****.  I have a garage full of different vehicles.  Some maxed out some am still working on, and I have a lot of fun, b [..] View

Looking just like everyone else

4:03 pm, October 2, 2014 Hello and good day to you. My name is John and just like everyone else I am looking for an active well managed and clan war type of clan. I am a little rusty I have been away for seven months on a job [..] View

suggestion for historical battle

4:03 pm, October 2, 2014 so i have been thinking about historical battles for a while now, and an idea just pop out of my head what if you put small objective like capture the town area, or stop the enemy from reaching the to [..] View

If Gun Barrels couldn't move through solid objects.

4:03 pm, October 2, 2014 If they brought in this element of realism, how would it effect game play. Side scaping, you would need to rotate turret 90 degrees to the wall, back out and straighten up shoot, rotate and move back [..] View

[Tank Rally] Finally! - How to circumvent the glitches.

5:03 am, October 2, 2014 After what feels like forever I finally completed the mission 'Long-Distance Run'. Now, let me just say this - I have a love-hate relationship with this map now. The rewards: http://puu.sh/bVx1Q/b19b8 [..] View

Module weight question about the Rally tanks...

5:03 am, October 2, 2014 So, I feel like I drive pretty well, but I'm looking for a bit of an edge. Toward that, I'm considering mounting a Vertical Stabilizer on the Rally Chaffee, for better wild shooting. The question: wi [..] View

How many battles in a tank is consider "stat padding"

5:03 am, October 2, 2014 So recently i went through my Clan list of the more "higher and best" stats and i had seen with a few that they had a, how do i put it a over played low-ish tier tank. So just some back Know [..] View

Tier list of tanks for tier 6 strongholds

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 [..] View

Lakeville (Standard Battle)

4:03 pm, October 1, 2014 I am posting this in wot forums to try and get an understanding of the reasioning for the way this map is played. My question is, What is the tactical advantage of sending the majority of the teams ta [..] View

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

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

October's Mission: Damage and Destruction

4:03 pm, September 30, 2014 So next month's mission is visible in your upcoming missions now. The month long mission is to destroy 15 vehicles a day (in increments of 5, so step one is 5 destroyed, step two is 10, and 3 is 15). [..] View

ausratte lfc

4:03 pm, September 30, 2014 Hey guys ausratte here looking for a serious clan to give me a reason to play regularly and also to learn and become a better player. Have been in a few clans but they weren't too serious or didn't wo [..] View

Tank Racing.

4:03 pm, September 30, 2014 I know its going away but its nice to play something with no personal attacks.   But lets make it a real race, two laps all tanks in the same lane, inside lane first lap out side lane second [..] View

new lights seriously messed with WN8 formula

5:03 am, September 30, 2014 on wotlabs.net my WN8 is 2180. Ingame, it is 2174 (there is a lag in update, however) on Noobmeter its 2167.    What is going on?!   on a side note, the expected damage for [..] View

Hint from an Arty Occasional Arty Player

4:03 pm, September 29, 2014 At the beginning of the game DO NOT stop on the RR Crossings on Prokhorovka.   Yesterday I increased my blind shot kills twice by firing on those crossings.  As a regular player I al [..] View

When in doubt follow the big tank

4:03 pm, September 29, 2014 So I pulled out the tog and played a match last night.  My goal was to try and get a percentile jump on the mark of excellence.  I was one of the higher tanks which is a great set up [..] View

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