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A reminder not to play when you keep losing.

5:03 am, October 23, 2014 Don't be me. I thought I could bring up a 40% WR after my first 10 battles. I didn't even think this was possible unless I was teamkilling every game, but I guess I learned my lesson. Feel free to dow [..] View

As long as you want to learn, you will

5:03 am, October 23, 2014 Hello guys. I share this post because I'm happy and because I became better, I learned something and I want to share this experience with other tankers.   First of all - I started 2 [..] View

T14: the best tier 5 premium in the game.

4:03 pm, October 13, 2014 So I was platooned with my clanmate while he was grinding the T-34: MT, when I unlocked the VK30.1H. I had most of the modules unlocked from previous grinds, so all I needed were tank-specific mods (T [..] View

Looking for advice on playing the (nearly) stock IS-8

5:03 am, October 12, 2014 I say nearly stock because I'm using the BL-9 for the obvious reason that I don't want to make myself suicidal before I've unlocked the IS-7. Anyhow I recently unlocked this tank and I'm having real t [..] View

A story about the results of pi-polar tanking.

4:03 pm, October 8, 2014 A short story about my struggle with tanking, family and work, and how the three battled for my sole.   Some of you already know me from long ago as "The Unicum Hunter" in the forum [..] View

A lesson to be learned.

5:03 am, October 8, 2014 submitted by MainerZ [link] [2 comments] View

A issue with D.W.2

4:03 pm, September 30, 2014 Okay everyone so I was going through the interwebs like normal when I found this out the D.W. 2 that we have all learned loved to hate well its unhistorical in a big way its top gun should be the top [..] View

A New Arty Suggestion

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 [..] View

How I came to love the B1:A True Story

4:03 pm, September 21, 2014 Few more battles until 2k with my loveable B1...It is wrong to get emotionally attach to a tank and giggling like a girl every time I think of it? That tank emotionally help me get back into WOT, I fe [..] View

What tanks did you hate at first but now you love?

5:03 am, September 21, 2014 I just got out of my best match ever in my T1 Heavy. 8 kills, High Caliber, my first Radley-Walters’ Medal, and an Ace Tanker badge. The best part was it looked like a loss at the beginning, [..] View

Getting better & how I'm bad at this game. I love it tho.

4:03 pm, September 20, 2014 I'm trying to get better, I swear I am. I have tank inspector and I spend more time in that than in the game. I come to /r/worldoftanks several times a day. I love FTR and wotlabs. I have played on th [..] View

Oake's T-34-85 Review

4:03 pm, September 20, 2014 My review of the T-34-85, the Russian tier 6 medium tank. Wasn't sure at first as the armour isn't so hot and the gun depression is...depressing! But I stuck with it and learned a slightly different p [..] View

Shadow's Fury recruiting good people (aka mature, calm, decent) to build up our clan.

4:03 pm, September 17, 2014 Shadow's Fury is a small but growing clan that focuses solely on working to build up clan with a good atmosphere with good members. Skill can be learned, but personality is mostly set in stone. We wan [..] View

Shadow's Fury recruiting good people (aka mature, calm, decent)

4:03 pm, September 15, 2014 Shadow's Fury is a small but growing clan that focuses solely on working to build up clan with a good atmosphere with good members. Skill can be learned, but personality is mostly set in stone. We wan [..] View

How Purple and High Green Players Really Get Their Stats?

4:03 pm, September 14, 2014 Ever notice how most of the Purples (Other than me, of course) and high percentile Greens are almost always in Clans? Yes Clan based play helps to raise stats as does platoon play in pub games. There [..] View

Any RDDT EU clan willing to take me in?

5:03 am, September 12, 2014 Hey guys! After playing alone for quite a long while now, I'd like to have some regular mates to play with. And since I've been lurking here for a while, and firmly belive most WoT redditors are prett [..] View

Your successes as bottom tier - Part Two

5:03 am, September 11, 2014 http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/235333-your-successes-as-bottom-tier-put-em-here/#topmost   Once again we have a flurry of people complaining about the tier spread.  I [..] View

"US West"

5:03 am, September 10, 2014 Guess I wasn't paying attention, but I am now.   When did the server name change to US East or US West?? What geographically challenged person thought this was an intelligent thing to do?? Or [..] View

what I have learned thus far.....noob improvement

4:03 pm, September 8, 2014 1) situational awarness. I'm constantly watching my mini map   2) Deal damage. Pound tanks. Killing isn't the end all. Reducing their hp is. Your team, hopefully will **** the weakened tanks [..] View

Automatic Teak **** monitor is flawed & can be circumvented

2:01 am, September 1, 2014 I submit the "automated team killing monitoring system" is not only flawed but almost useless. Many tankers now know how to circumvent it by keeping track of how many times they shoot team m [..] View

New Players' Addiction to HE Rounds....

2:01 am, August 28, 2014 I noticed lately, more often than before... new players and/or "bad" players shooting HE rounds from guns which have no business shooting HE... For example, In my KV-1 I came across a plato [..] View

Correct way to win?

2:01 pm, August 25, 2014 Hello learnedtankers It would appear that the makers of this game propose 2 broad strategies for winning. First is to destroy all enemies, second is to occupy the enemy flag for an amount of time.Bot [..] View

Banning bots

2:01 am, August 17, 2014 I was wondering I see a ton of people with like 20 -30k + games played,players out there with like 300-700 wn8... Why are these accounts not automaticly banned? There is like a 99% chance that this ac [..] View

Encouraging words for new players

2:01 am, August 15, 2014 You've probably turned on your T.V. and first discovered this game on a commercial or maybe even seen ads on the internet. I actually even watched a show on World of Tanks. I've had a deep passion for [..] View

Grind crew skills in T5 or retrain to T6 and go from there?

2:01 am, August 13, 2014 My T1H is elited and my crew is ~86% trained towards their first skill (repairs which I will reroll commander to SS). I have the M6 which I've put my T1H crew in a few times to get more 2x XP [..] View

How 2 Pro: KV-2: Prologue (How I learned to stop worrying and love the AP)

2:01 am, August 13, 2014 submitted by Shogoll [link] [45 comments] View

Game player from China, North America server friends Hello, I love you

2:01 pm, August 12, 2014 Handsome uncle, you good In March this year,come here,fightingfor half a year,very happy to play Hereplayersarevery powerful,very good technology Unity,cooperation,coordination,friendly,funny,joy,p [..] View

IQ Test

2:01 pm, August 10, 2014 The amount of [edited]trash in the high tiers is utterly ridiculous. There needs to be an IQ Test, and a test on what you've learned in-game before you progress to the next tier. I'm pretty sure my ca [..] View

Fishermen's Bay medium tank extremely specific question

2:01 pm, August 8, 2014 Hi guys, so this is one of the maps in WoT where I know where to go in my medium tanks...yet I am reluctant to do it as it just doesn't feel right and it doesn't seem like I can have g [..] View

Thanks WG for the great event.... But It brings out the best of the best

2:01 pm, August 2, 2014 Battled hard all day Thursday and Friday and I couldn't get a win to save my life. Three man Platoons, Two Man platoons or solo. Tiers 4 to ten it seems these guys were all waiting to steal my hard ea [..] View

What is one tip you can give me to make me a better player?

2:01 am, July 28, 2014 I'm at the 'I know the basics but Im still considered a noob' level, and I want to get better. I'm working on grinding the XP for a KV-1S, so I've learned about [..] View

Statistics in XVM

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 [..] View

Lesson Learned(bad idea)

2:01 am, July 22, 2014 if you ever see a t92 side-scraping a building, for the love of god. Don't drive foward............. I was just in a battle in my t30, when i saw a t92 side-scraping. i risk it by driving forward t [..] View

Thoughts and Gripes/

2:01 pm, July 21, 2014 Alright all, new to the forum not to the game. I have played since the beta off and on. I like the concept of the game, the fact that it's free is a plus especially in this economy. The graphics [..] View

[US] =US= United SWAT is recruiting skilled, mature players. ;o

2:01 pm, July 19, 2014 Well I'm not too sure on posting on reddit since I've only barely used it before. I think I'm allowed to post this here. ._. For just a bit of credibility, here are my stats at [..] View

r/worldoftanks Welcomes leaders of top NA & EU clans. Ask them anything!

2:01 pm, July 19, 2014 Note: Thread is up for posting questions. Replies may be delayed until Saturday morning. Get your questions in and upvote! Officers from the top North American clans (SIMP, PBKAC, OTTER, RELIC, VILIN, [..] View

What can I do to improve my play?

2:01 am, July 14, 2014 Hi everyone, my name is Sengar. I play on the NA servers, if anyone wants to check out my account. I've been playing WoT off and on for about a year and a half now. I don't yet have a [..] View

Things I learned on the test server

2:01 am, July 14, 2014 Nearly 90% of the RU players are 100% terribad...Granted it is the test server and games aren't taken as serious, but i'd compare them too bots mainly. The STB Isn't all i hoped it was going too be [..] View

How do you use skills and perks?

2:01 pm, July 13, 2014 I've been trying to understand how to use skills and perks. If I buy a new tank and either train from 75% or 100%, which do I choose first...skills or perks...or does it matter? When the skill or [..] View

A noob tomato looking to turn green

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 [..] View

Mods, now I get it...

2:01 pm, July 3, 2014 I spent my WOT career playing vanilla up until yesterday, and wow what a difference a day makes. Brief history, but don't want to throw out my full resume. After 8 years active duty regular army (1 [..] View

Here is what I think of arty

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 [..] View

Team Killing Is Way out of Hand since the Update.

2:01 pm, June 29, 2014 Yesterday in two hours of play I was TK'd or received significant team inflicted damage 5 times. Granted I was playing Tier 2 but that is still unacceptable even for a bunch of greenhorns. On a couple [..] View

So... the T92? (x-post from r/todayilearned)

2:01 pm, June 27, 2014 submitted by Richard_W [link] [comment] View

Any tips to get past 47% win curse?

2:01 am, June 26, 2014 Since the moment I installed xvm for the first time(and I actually learned a bit on how to play this game) seems my win rate is stuck on 47%... Why? How? All my other stats, wn8, eff, all started to g [..] View

Improving Artie Play

2:01 am, June 26, 2014 I'm a bit of a completitionist. When I first started playing World of Tanks I thought I had my plan all figured out. I did American Tank Destroyers, British Artillery, and German everything el [..] View

My WOT horror story!

2:01 am, June 24, 2014 Well, today I have a story to tell all of you World of Tanks forum goers. I hope this helps you out, and for the new players not to do what I did! So, it all started out when I first started playing W [..] View

Question about perks/skills

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 [..] View

What's with the animosity towards jumping tech?

2:01 pm, June 21, 2014 So as a new player, I've noticed I get jumped on alot for having grabbed a Wolverine/KV1 , people seem upset by the fact that I don't actually have every mapped memorized etc. Now I'm not saying that [..] View

WoT Debate Club: "unfair" MM is great for learning and skill development

2:01 am, June 21, 2014 I don't imagine that this will put much of a dent in the crying about MM, but I'd like to suggest another, rosier take on things for those willing to consider it: Fighting tanks two ti [..] View

So...what happened to civility?

2:01 am, June 17, 2014 I freely admit I'm not the greatest or most consistent player...I have no problem with constructive criticism of my playing this game, and admit that I make plenty of mistakes along with some [..] View

Hi expert tankers! I recently got the M103 and it is really frustrating me. I've been been unable to play consistently at all. I can see the potential the tank has, but I feel like I am wasting it. Help?

2:01 am, June 14, 2014 I feel like the problem is partly poor positioning, partly poor timing, partly frustration from previous battles, partly always playing medium tanks so I have not learned how and where to play heavies [..] View

Skill Plateaus

2:01 pm, June 13, 2014 Salutations fellow tankers. I'd like to hear the stories of how you guys faced skill plateaus and managed to overcome them gradually. Here's my story. I derped around like most new ta [..] View

Some basic tactics for players who dont read up on the game

2:01 am, June 7, 2014 After an 0-10 start to my weekend, I have noticed that basic tactics need to be taught to players who havent learned them, in hopes that maybe a few players will want to learn to play better. I have h [..] View

After 52 games in my Chi-to

2:01 pm, May 25, 2014 I now have to admit, while it's one of the tougher med tanks to learn to play well, I've gotten a lot better at it. When I first got it, I hated it. Even when maxed out, i hated it. But after 52 g [..] View

What historical information have you learned from WoT?

2:01 pm, May 22, 2014 If you ever build a tank, you should construct it entirely out of gun mantlets. SPG crews should be issued life preservers as standard equipment. If your tank gets its tracks shot off, a good crew ca [..] View

Why do I constantly fail on my jagdtiger?

2:01 am, May 20, 2014 Guys, its just one of those days where I just wanna stop playing this game. I think I'm a average type of player. I played through the german TD line up to t9. I played the KV-1 -> IS L [..] View

Why you should try out War Thunder tanks

2:01 pm, May 18, 2014 With the War Thunder open beta start, I decided to try it out. I've been playing WoT for a long while now and I'm not going to stop anytime soon, but there are important lessons to be [..] View

Looking to get into the soviet mediums, but I have a few options and need some advice.

2:01 am, May 12, 2014 Hey everybody, I'm looking to get into the soviet medium lines. Mainly towards the t62a or obj 140. However, I'm not entirely sure to go about it. Obviously I can go up one of the two [..] View

Win Rate Milestone...

2:01 pm, May 8, 2014 I've always said, and still believe, that Win Rate is simply a general indicator rather than a measure of skill. A perpetually low or falling win rate probably indicates poor gameplay, while a rising [..] View

T-62A 115mm

2:01 am, May 7, 2014 hi guys, I've been reading about the T-62A on the web. I've learned that it used a 115mm gun instead of a 100mm gun. so my question is why did WG give it a 100mm instead of a 115mm. They might have [..] View

Never ever play this game!

2:01 pm, May 4, 2014 Heres the reasons : 1:) u will get banned for returning fire to a higher dmg friendly tank if u have lower dmg cause auto ban system counts only number of hits. So if u wanna hurt teammates get a 800 [..] View

What if the What the F%$# got the short 128....

10:05 am, May 1, 2014 Yeah, its a long ranty wall-o-text. I'm bored. As the title says....I haven't heard any news about this tank getting "rebalanced" and the whole "ITZ BALANCED CAUZE ITS GOT NO ARMOR&q [..] View

I did not get my Well-Deserved Medal... I am not happy

2:01 am, April 30, 2014 Well, here's how the story goes. I was in a battle in my M7, and was the top damage dealer out of both teams. However, a T40 on the enemy team who dealt less damage than I did, and who earned less Exp [..] View

Bots are now okay

10:05 am, April 25, 2014 I've just decided it. I thought at tier 1-6 that maybe these people just haven't been swept up by whatever system WG has in place to catch them. I report them. I get angry. I report them more. More ap [..] View

Things I've Learned By Playing For 2 Weeks...

10:05 am, April 17, 2014 So I know this is usually a place to post guides on specific gameplay mechanics, or individual tanks, and usually filled with experienced posters who have a few thousand battles. I'm not one of those [..] View

Some questions about how to pen, crew perks, money and why I'm always getting ******.

2:01 pm, April 16, 2014 I've been playing this game for a few years now and am still pretty horrible at it. I currently have a tier 7 IS I'm trying to grind and can't seem to get anywhere with it. If [..] View

Latency Issues?

2:01 am, April 16, 2014 I booted up world of tanks this morning to play a few rounds (that's why how it always starts :P) and noticed this (obviously fluctuating slightly but still in this league) on my login screen: [..] View

Opinion on removing the Tier table in the MM window?

2:01 am, April 15, 2014 In my opinion I liked it, but i learned how to abuse it recently with mostly getting top tier battles. submitted by Iamdmfana [link] [2 comments] View

If there is 1 tank a new player should learn.

2:01 pm, April 14, 2014 Ok you newer players gather around. I see many players who rush up the tank lines as fast as possible, or players who have just not learned the basics. Well my newer players, and this is advice I wish [..] View

I have been trying real hard to up my wn8 and W/R. It isn't easy

10:05 pm, April 11, 2014 http://wotlabs.net/na/player/Houndogforever Last night was a great night for me, had some decent teams later on but one thing I have learned from the last week of playing is that in order to get a wn [..] View

The Next On The Track is the Waffle

2:01 pm, April 11, 2014 Having sent my spies out to gather this vital intelligence, I have learned that the next on the track will be focused on the Waffle. Good luck to all you and as always, complete the entire even [..] View

Feedback on Modpack for wot 8.11

9:05 am, February 18, 2014 Hey, just made an account here because this seems like a good place as any to gather in regards to World Of Tanks. I have since version 8.5 combined a modpack and xvm setup that I like and a couple of [..] View

Lessons Learned After My First year

9:05 pm, February 17, 2014 TL;DR: Lessons learned from my year playing WOT...Read the forum guides they help immensely. My 1st WOT birthday is today soI thought I would writeabout what I have learned over this year to help an [..] View

Is Super Heavy Spall liner worth it?

9:05 pm, February 10, 2014 Recently I got the SH spall liner for my e75. I thought that 50% from HE explosions meant that I would take 50% less damage from non-penetrating HE hits. After using the spall liner however, I noticed [..] View

Tier 9 TD Gun Preferences

9:05 pm, February 6, 2014 I'm curious as to what your opinions are regarding Tier 9 (or in most cases, Tier 8/9) TD guns. This is not the thread for discussion of vehicles; simply firepower. Most of them are quite larg [..] View

Which WoT Streamers do you really enjoy and why?

9:05 pm, February 4, 2014 I watch a variety of different streams and for different reasons. A lot of who I watch depends on the time of day that I am watching. The streamers I watch are: Hardest: I don't learn a lot fr [..] View

Help and Improvement

9:05 pm, February 3, 2014 Hey guys I have a couple of things i want to share, but first i am going to talk about what i do. I have been playing World of Tanks for about 8 months, and about two months in i decided to start stre [..] View

As close to God mode as possible

9:05 am, February 2, 2014 Also I take back every bad thing I've ever said about the MM. A KV-220 as the only heavy and one of only 4 total T5s in the battle is god mode! No one unlucky enough to cross my path could pen me. [..] View

Looking for quality CW/Tournaments Clan

9:05 am, February 2, 2014 Hey! I am looking for a serious clan that excels in CW and Tournaments. I'm looking for a group of skilled guys that I can learn from and that are cool to be around. I strive to get better at this g [..] View

Improvement and Help

9:05 am, January 27, 2014 Hey guys I have a couple of things i want to share, but first i am going to talk about what i do. I have been playing World of Tanks for about 8 months, and abouttwo months in i decided to start strea [..] View

How are you supposed to play this game?

9:05 am, January 21, 2014 I don't know why I installed this, but I'm here and I'm hooked on it. Day 1 in game I looked up which tanks were the best, and went with the Russians. Tier 1 I advanced up the [..] View

Looking to learn the maps, top down views anywhere?

9:05 am, January 19, 2014 So I am fairly new to W.O.T. and one of the biggest problemsI haveis not knowing the maps. I have watched allotof you tube videos and even watched some of the gold league tourney and learned allot. Ev [..] View

I also created a tank (Pz III) but using 3DS MAX. I'm self learned, but have a long way to go still!

9:05 pm, January 17, 2014 submitted by ProningPineapple [link] [20 comments] View

I want to talk to you about the map CLIFF

9:05 am, January 14, 2014 Because I like to play heavy tanks...I have died numerous times by getting off no more than 2 shots because I am the only idiot who goes to cover E9. Please please guys while I am far from a good pla [..] View

Win all Premium tanks with acheivements!

9:05 pm, January 10, 2014 I thought the idea of winning all the premiums would be nice. But only after you did certain things like unlock and get elite on all tanks in a countries trees. I would then add more criteria on like [..] View

There's lots of advice for how to go from a scrub to a good player, but how do I go from a good player to a unicum?

9:05 am, January 5, 2014 I've been playing for about a year and over that time I've learned all the skills that are often suggested to new and mediocre players, like side-scraping, armor angling, paying attent [..] View

T-150 or KV-1S?

9:05 pm, January 4, 2014 Alright, guys, I've got a bit of a dilemma here, and I should defer to your collective knowledge. You see, I've got a KV-1, and I'm wondering if I should embark upon the KV-1S [..] View

Attempting to better myself

9:05 am, January 4, 2014 So I have been playing for about a year or two off and on and I came to the realization that I **** at this game. Horribly. How did I find this out? Well someone was nice enough to point it out to me [..] View

Hello Tankers

9:05 pm, January 3, 2014 hello tankers I'm here to introduce myself. Im from Xian, China and I been living in the states for the past 8 years. My english is good as i learned in hong kong and family/school here in the states [..] View

So I finally finished the entire British tree. Happy New Year

9:05 am, January 1, 2014 Started it out with my FV215b heavy before the TD/arty lines. It was also my very first 10 and boy was I excited to finally get it. I played it awful for my first few hundred battles in it. But the mo [..] View

Medium startup *suggestions*

9:05 am, December 14, 2013 Alright, so after a great deal of frustration, I've discovered I **** in heavy tanks, not because of terrible driving, but as most of my heavies are large and unwieldy for my playstyle, as well I have [..] View

Applicable to playing a fantasy game?

9:05 pm, December 13, 2013 Mentally Strong People: The 13 Things TheyAvoid 1. Waste Time Feeling Sorry for Themselves. You dont see mentally strong people feeling sorry for their circumstances or dwelling on the way they've [..] View

question about mods i am using

9:05 am, December 12, 2013 so i am using the tree thingy removal  mod but as i have just learned it is banned on other servers but not here.Do i run the risk of being banned?I also have the zoom mods which all [..] View

Trouble joining a social clan

9:05 pm, December 5, 2013 Hi guys, I'm a casual player looking to join a social clan. I've applied to a couple of the reddit NA clans but haven't had a response yet. I'm active a couple times a [..] View

How has November been for you?

9:05 am, December 1, 2013 I have had to say even with some bad RNG and MM my November been all around good. My win rate has come up and the patch was not bad. I have been working on the German glass cannons. They are fun to pl [..] View

Help a noob about skills and perks and what to choose for his first 100% crew

9:05 pm, November 28, 2013 Hi there, I am a new player and tomorrow i will for the first time reach 100% with the crew of my PzKpfw3/4 and i am unsure what skill to learn and how the whole skill system works. I allready read a [..] View

Just because you CAN doesn't mean you SHOULD!

9:05 pm, November 27, 2013 Here is a tidbit i learned the hard way and beleive it may be useful to other newbies like me. I always had the mindset that bigger/higher tier is better. I didnt invest much time in learning the bas [..] View

How do I get better?

9:05 am, November 27, 2013 I have been playing for about three months now, and I do not seem to be improving as a player. I have learned (the hard way) that you truly cannot buy your way into a good record. All I play is random [..] View

[ROLLN] Wanted - Active Players (Casual or Tankaholic)

9:05 am, November 25, 2013 We Park Where We Want www.ROLLNclan.com ROLLN is a clan dedicated to training players, and creating a winning atmosphere from which a strong sense of camaraderie thrives. ROLLN is right for you [..] View

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