5:03 am, October 24, 2014
This is my new way of reviewing tanks, including the grind from stock (albeit I only play a few games while stock) to help people that do not like to use free experience. Beware, as this is m [..]
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4:03 pm, October 23, 2014
1. understand the roll of your tank and its strongpoints and weaknesses.
a t-34 should not be up on a hill sniping , and a toaster should not be up at the front of a charge.
don't ******* if your a sc [..]
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5:03 am, October 19, 2014
Light Tank by far the least played and very difficult to acquire experience due to lack of damage and bad pen. Here is an example of what is wrong with Light tank lines. Aufkl Panther cost like 43,100 [..]
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5:03 am, October 10, 2014
I've got the Pz 1 c. Fully upgraded. Whenever I'm in a game with tier 2 and 3 I'm great, as I probably should be. But against tier 4 and 5 when I can't just motor through and blast everyone I am lost. [..]
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5:03 am, October 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 [..]
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5:03 am, September 13, 2014
I first started out in WoT playing scouts. I saw my ex playing and decided to give it a shot and when he asked what I wanted to do I just said "go fast". So the first tank I went after was t [..]
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4:03 pm, September 9, 2014
I just had this tank restored - sold it in frustration in my noob days :) And i am pleasantly surprised by it. The gun is very crappy, but it has good view range of 457 [..]
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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 23, 2014
I was blamed for the loss of a match because I refused to scout...
"We lost because the ChiNu refused to scout..."
I'm in a Chi-Nu Kai.. in a tier 7 match.... but this guy blames me, n [..]
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2:01 pm, August 21, 2014
1) WOT knows when it's gonna patch or has to do an emergency patch. Why can't the RSS feed for alternative downloads be updated at the same time?
Yet when we had to do manual patching (due to Launche [..]
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2:01 am, August 15, 2014
Countdown reaches 0. Spend the first 2-3 minutes moving to a proper spot. Watch as literally all other artillery zooms by you. Finally find a good sheltered place. Realize half of your team is already [..]
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2:01 am, August 12, 2014
SirFoch's video today really got me thinking about how Wargaming has been going about making maps lately and its effect on gameplay and general classes in World of Tanks.
https://www.youtube.com/wa [..]
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2:01 am, August 10, 2014
Noob with 1.1k battles here, I feel like half of my games I will be top 3 in XP and do really well WN8 wize but the other half I just die without doing hardly anything. Any tips for trying to get more [..]
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2:01 pm, August 7, 2014
What exactly is the point of the DW2? The thing has nothing that makes it worth the effort of going through it. The gun pen is terrible even with gold, the gun accuracy might as well not even exist wi [..]
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2:01 pm, July 24, 2014
I'm practically to the point of uninstalling. Tonight has been so incredibly frustrating. I've lost over 20 games in a row due to moronic teams going limp like a nervous 16 year old bo [..]
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2:01 pm, July 13, 2014
There is unobtanium in the existing tech trees but now lets have some in the lower tier British tech tree.
A new premium scout. Crusader with 600hp Rolls Royce Merlin engine, QF 2-pdr Mk. X and 30m [..]
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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 30, 2014
Is there a way to be more consistent with this tank?
One game I've over 3k wn8, next game I'm lucky to get 800.
Or is this tank just too slow to be consistent?
I got rid of the camo net, and got [..]
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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 [..]
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2:01 am, June 12, 2014
Hey Tankkit. This is infuriating. No matter how many videos and strategies that I watch, I just can't seem to be able to scout. I play heavy tanks relatively well, but as fun as I find light t [..]
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2:01 pm, June 10, 2014
Hello. Are you wondering how to finish June Mission (and these medals), when nobody plays Historical Battles? You are not alone. A lot of us will hop to the queue at random time, on random server, to [..]
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2:01 am, June 2, 2014
submitted by Gen_GeorgePatton [link] [15 comments]
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2:01 am, June 1, 2014
First off, this contains mature language and I was a little bit pissed off when I wrote it. But like I care :) How to Clan Wars Hello I'm kattovisch and I'm the deputy commander for Ka [..]
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10:05 am, May 6, 2014
I must say that one of my very favorite things to do in WOT, is to scout.. I really went crazy when the T50/2 was eliminated, it was one of those tanks that we scout drivers really liked a bunch, and [..]
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10:05 am, May 6, 2014
Hello again,
Well after yet another sub par 500 damage game in my Pershing, I finally decided to check my medium stats in a fit of rage. My overall win rate % in my Pershingwas an astonishing abysmal [..]
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2:01 pm, May 5, 2014
Look us up at https://www.facebook...byhateandcoffee
Fueled By Hate and Coffee [FBHC] was formed by a US Army Armor Crewman and Cavalry Scout. Our initial goal was for the Clan to be primarily for cu [..]
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10:05 am, May 5, 2014
In recent days, details of what's to come in 9.1 have been leaked, this has raised many more questions than it has provided answers, I won't go into details but there is a link below if you're interes [..]
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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 [..]
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10:05 am, May 4, 2014
No self-respecting guide or series on Scouting should delve very far into the discussion without defining what Scouting is so lets do that before we go any farther.
Through the blinders of most pla [..]
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10:05 am, April 29, 2014
and yes...I know...print screen yadda yadda yadda...busted keyboard. waiting on new one to be shipped.
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10:05 pm, April 23, 2014
Hello, I have two options here. Currently I have the T110E5 and the T110E4 both of which I love. In terms of the tier IX grind I love the T-54 and the T54e1 in their own respective regards. I know bot [..]
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10:05 pm, April 23, 2014
So, up until very recently I've been a pretty good passive scout. My type 62 has a paint job, a cammo net, and jacked crew skills, and I know good places to hide--I always park behind bushes. [..]
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10:05 am, April 23, 2014
I generated this table in response to another post. Camo values come from wotinfo and all other values from tankcompare. Passive Spotting Score (PSS) = (Stationary Camo * (View + Signal)) / 1000 Activ [..]
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10:05 am, April 18, 2014
inb4 100+ Neg Rep Storm.
So over the past couple months, I've been noticing a bit pattern. Here are a few games I've extracted after perusing through my screenshots folder.
The Pattern
Game 1 [..]
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2:01 am, April 16, 2014
the problem playing artillery isn't any nerfs -it's that you're SO MUCH at the mercy of your own team. if they all camp and don't spot things until you almost could've spotted them yourself, they rend [..]
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10:05 pm, April 13, 2014
I try really hard to play my role as a scout, I really do. I've tried passive scouting (with camo nets, camo skill, etc.) as well as active hide and sneak. Once in a while, I have a really successful [..]
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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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2:01 pm, April 12, 2014
I ****.
(dont comment if you dont read fully)
I thought i'd just go ahead and put that out there before i get to the root of my argument here. i **** at WOT. i am a weekend noob. My personal score [..]
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9:05 am, February 28, 2014
I've bought the ventilation, but I don't want to buy other expensive equipment without being sure of what I need to do with the tank. I've been considering the vertical stabili [..]
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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 am, January 29, 2014
Hello, I have been playing for almost a year now. I have 4,200ish games, 23% Artillery, 40% TD, 12% MT, 25% LT, and 16 HT battles.
Today I am talking about the things i have issue with in my short ti [..]
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9:05 am, January 14, 2014
So, I started playing WoT in preperation for War Thunder releasing ground forces, and thanks to watching way too many Jingles vids. However, the problem I seem to be finding is that while I can do a d [..]
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9:05 am, January 12, 2014
Hey guys, I'm reasonably new to this game and I would like some tips. I currently have the following tanks in my garage: T49, Pz.Kpfw. III/IV, StuG III, KV-1, Churchill III, AT-2, Durchbruchsw [..]
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9:05 pm, January 8, 2014
It's obvious that light tanks are in a bad place right now. Even WG has admitted this. I propose a simple solution that could be implemented very quickly.
Scouts should have 2 MM's.
Normal tier [..]
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9:05 am, December 31, 2013
So far I love my Type 64, it's a fun little bugger. However it's pointless when it enters tier 10 games majority of the times. It goes against tier 10s with better view range, and even some with spe [..]
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9:05 am, December 15, 2013
Here we see a tomato in cover from 3 tanks. It can get in a shot before being sent to the garage. Do not be like this tomato. Do not pop up infront of multiple tanks
Here we see a suiscout. Do [..]
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9:05 pm, December 13, 2013
I'm trying to be more of an ace in the T71. I finally got 6th sense, which helps a bit but affected my camo when I dropped the Commander's specialty. Anyway, the main question seems to [..]
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9:05 am, December 5, 2013
Yeah I know MM is the whiner's whipping boy. Right? Well here is a great example of why: 10 tier 10 (mostly TDs), 2 tier 8 tanks, 2 tier 7 arty, and 1 tier 6 scout vs 3 tier 10 (one an arty), 7 tier 9 [..]
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9:05 pm, December 3, 2013
So I just picked this tank up last night. It's my first tier 6 and I about **** myself when I got matched with tier 10's in my first game. I know its meant to scout but there are maps [..]
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9:05 pm, December 3, 2013
Greetings fellow tankers! I'm a new player (~300 battles). I decided to go with the French Light Tank tech tree. As you know, you can't really scout with them until you get the ELC. We [..]
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9:05 pm, November 21, 2013
I had a 43% at 1300 games and it's really frustrating trying to get the stats up. I did all the stupid things like buying up tiers WAYYY too fast and ******* scout.
What I really regret is ******** u [..]
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9:05 am, November 19, 2013
Has this **** happened to anyone else recently? I was in my ELC AMX(Big 90mm) and scouting on Fisherman's Bay on the 1/2 line. RHM-B WT decides that I'm not allowed to do passive scout [..]
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9:05 pm, November 18, 2013
Hi all. Now I understand scouting is a very viable roll in WoT. It's often risky and requires some skill and knowledge but provides your team with valuable info and targets. However I became c [..]
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9:05 pm, November 18, 2013
Okay, So I have the option to upgrade to the SCR 528 on my Pershing, but I don't really see any benefits with it, I don't scout. so If you guys could help I would appreciate.! Thanks!
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9:05 am, November 10, 2013
Normally I am very calm and just in this game for the fun. Saturday though around afternoon in the US given the time difference I was playing and holy **** players this weekend.& [..]
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9:05 pm, November 7, 2013
submitted by Da_Chief99 [link] [comment]
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9:05 am, November 6, 2013
Alright, I'm guilty of doing one of the noobest things I can imagine at this point, and I picked up an IS-6 at around 150 battles, I think I had a Tier 3. Noobmeter As you can see, I drive tha [..]
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8:58 pm, October 28, 2013
I can understand being the last remaining guy, with 5+ enemies and deciding to save yourself and your credits, rather than going out with glory :). The other day we had a good game [..]
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10:05 pm, October 25, 2013
There's been a long running debate on how much of an influence a player can have over a match. I'm a little surprised by it, but there it is. This replay isn't going to clear up that debate, but what [..]
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10:05 am, October 24, 2013
So in a match a teammate called out the enemy ELC AMX for not scouting an T8 Erlenberg Encounter. The ELC and myself both stated that the ELC was a poor scout. Well this ended up being face-palm conve [..]
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10:05 am, October 19, 2013
Kinda want to learn scouting, partially in hopes of it helping me improve as a player in general. I already have the ELC, but erm... that's not exactly a scout. Been thinking about the Chinese [..]
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10:05 am, October 14, 2013
Hello fellow tankers, today I will be telling you why you should get a Valentine II, especially now that it is on sale. Keep in mind I copypasta'd a major part of this post from a comment I ma [..]
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10:05 pm, October 7, 2013
Hi all! I've been following this subreddit for a while now, and am trying to become a more effective scout. I've read and currently use info from: http://www.tazilon.net/index.html wh [..]
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10:05 am, October 5, 2013
Hello, I had this strange argument on the NA West on my team, where everyone argued if Comets were a support tank our a scout. My opinion, it is a support tank since it does not have enough speed but [..]
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10:05 am, September 19, 2013
I'm an ok (not great but OK) tanker in a fair number of tanks. I usually do fairly well in mediums. How the hell do I play the T21? I've been trying to find some videos or something th [..]
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10:05 pm, September 10, 2013
Can anyone explain why a tier 5 light tank gets tier 10 battles when all tier 8+ tanks have better view range than the tier 5 light tank? Just because a tank is a light does not qualify it to be a muc [..]
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10:05 pm, September 4, 2013
I figured I'd wait a little while before bringing this up, but the MT-25 is actually a pretty damn good scout. Consider its competition. You have the VK2801 -- I personally love this tank in [..]
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10:05 pm, September 4, 2013
Idiots and morons need to be nerfed, now! Their influence on the match is just too great! No matter how smart or how well I play, there's nothing I can do if my team's morons and idiots potato in fron [..]
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10:05 am, August 26, 2013
Well here is what got me thinking about this topic:
I recently had a game in which it came down to a 1 on 2 engagement between me (in my Super Pershing,) and an ISU-152 with an M5 Stuart scout. It wa [..]
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10:05 am, August 26, 2013
Howdy Tankers,
So I've seen a lot of you fellers moping around and grumbling about how light tanks **** these days. I can agree with that but I still like driving them.
So far I've seen complaints a [..]
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10:05 pm, August 17, 2013
submitted by Guradem [link] [1 comment]
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10:05 am, August 17, 2013
Was in a t10 match, picked a good spot to passive scout....and did the team no good at all.
Was trumped by the superior t10 view ranges in all the cases.
The only time I was a help at all, was the [..]
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10:05 pm, August 16, 2013
As I've been playing I'm coming to realize that I'm most comfortable/happiest playing the role of a passive scout. What are the best tanks for this role? submitted by Pinatub [..]
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10:05 am, August 14, 2013
The camouflage net currently provides a bonus to camouflage but only when the tank is stationary.
I created this topic, as to me this seems like a mechanic that not only promotes camping, but gives c [..]
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10:05 pm, August 10, 2013
Hello all, I"m back with a few questions and a vent.
First...when are you no longer considered a complete noob (in general). Is it the number of tanks played, the number of mat [..]
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10:05 pm, August 8, 2013
Nothing screams "play it like a little ****" as the ELC running around whilst the heavies duke it out as you sneak behind the enemy, pop them in the back, and then keep on running as [..]
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10:05 am, August 7, 2013
I have had several games in my T71 today where the boneheads on my team did not assist where doing so would've made a huge difference.
Game 1: Fjords, west side. I run into an enemy Type 62 who like m [..]
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10:05 pm, August 3, 2013
I'm hoping not to have him go through the terribad phase that lasted a while (3k battles) for me. What tanks do you think would be best at stuff like passive scouting, peek-a-booing, armor ang [..]
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10:05 am, August 3, 2013
Well I didn't no! lol submitted by ExplosiveN6 [link] [3 comments]
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10:05 pm, July 28, 2013
I am a new player, just approaching 1000 battles. If your concerned about my stats, they aren't very good.
I retired from the Army in June after 20 years as a scout. & [..]
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10:05 pm, July 24, 2013
Today I found a thread where people stated the ELC AMX is a good scout. Most of us know that it is in fact not, but allow me to make this clear once more to those who don't. So what is a scout [..]
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10:05 pm, July 22, 2013
This is a petition to protest the nerfs that are going to be imposed on the T-50 with the release of the 8.7 patch. I am not speaking for myself on this issue, as I have asked many [..]
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10:05 pm, July 20, 2013
So I finally got to 100% on my first set of skills yesterday, with sixth sense on the commander and camo on my the other three. I've started camo on the commander already, but I need help deci [..]
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10:05 am, July 14, 2013
Give arty andrenaline rush, hit it to low hp. That gives it bonus fire rate. Unlike normal tank, arty's hp is less important. Having to lob a few extra shot should more than compensate for losing the [..]
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10:05 am, July 12, 2013
Before l start, this is my first real light tank on my account. All former light tanks, were tiers 1-3 lights - that are not considered scouts. My experience with Covena and Crusader, are again not tr [..]
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10:05 pm, July 10, 2013
While I understand that the T-50-2 was unrealistic, the changes being made by Wargaming are unacceptable. There are 3 main problems that I have with the change: experience, the tank itself, and unique [..]
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10:05 am, July 10, 2013
- Since in 8.7 WG is ultimately removing the T-50-2 with the MT-25 and nerfing the T-50, I figured a counter. People say WG is removing the T-50-2 since it is "OP" and has a few un-real e [..]
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10:05 am, July 8, 2013
i've played a fair amount of games since the 8.6 update. I've given the new artys a try and well, to be honest, they do not play well. This isn't another arty-nerf-omg-esq whin [..]
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10:05 pm, July 3, 2013
8.7 us filled with so much stuff.
New Map-Covered with snow and lots of high cliffs for TD's. Also has a village in the middle with a couple of houses could be used as cover for mediums.
New tanks
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10:05 pm, July 1, 2013
submitted by Roflkopt3r [link] [1 comment]
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10:05 am, June 25, 2013
Why are some of you in denial at the significance of win rates? Since mm is completely random, we all start with a 50% chance top be on the winning team. So with a large enough statistical sampling, 1 [..]
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10:05 pm, June 20, 2013
This is by no means intended to be a definitive guide on how to scout, just my personal opinion and observations. As a scout, your primary mission is to give the rest of the team the information they [..]
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10:05 am, June 12, 2013
I was looking through my garage and I remembered that I had a Pz S35. I decided to play with it for once but then I was reminded of its MM. It does not have special match-making despite it having such [..]
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10:05 am, June 11, 2013
Its not uncommon for my jimmies to get rustled while playing tanks but something came to a head for me that I think any competent light tank driver has had to deal with.
other ****** light tank drive [..]
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10:05 pm, June 8, 2013
submitted by SirLogisticsOfPotato [link] [23 comments]
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10:05 am, June 8, 2013
I can't say how much I've taken advantage of every guide I've ran into during these past 2 and a half years of playing WoT and lurking in these forums. The amount of help cannot be measured... except [..]
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10:05 am, June 6, 2013
I had this up on the WoT Forums, but it got quickly buried under an E-Peen competition because stats trumps intelligence and experience, amirite? Really though, when a guy starts to harp on me for my [..]
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10:05 am, June 1, 2013
Today playing my t32 I ended up in what would have been a normal match for me. However, our team got invaded by a platoon of tier fives.
These guys got raged on by people in the match for forming a [..]
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10:05 am, May 31, 2013
Hey guys,
I was wondering how you play the type 62. Ive had a decent amount of games in it and having trouble adapting playstyle. I sometimes use it like a medium and sometimes as a light/scout. How d [..]
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