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 [..]
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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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5:03 am, October 2, 2014
Lately I've been doing quite a bit of tier 6 strongholds and encountering a lot of teams that seem to have no idea what they're doing. I'm hoping to write some guides maybe when I have more experience [..]
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5:03 am, September 30, 2014
Warning: Very long post ahead, and please read the article on FTR before posting, thank you!
http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/09/26/corridors-really-such-a-problem/
So SS basically stated that [..]
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4:03 pm, September 26, 2014
Although not mentioned in the changelog, the selection of turrets available for the T67 has changed in 9.3. Now you can mount the top 76mm gun on a turret with 370m view range, an increase of 20m from [..]
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4:03 pm, September 26, 2014
So most tanks probably had either a hand crank system of a eletric system so make this complex equipment it makes the turret turn like four or five degrees faster thoughts?
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4:03 pm, September 25, 2014
So you don't have to look it up....
M24 Chaffee (tier V American light tank): fully rebalanced
Players who had previously researched the M24 Chaffee get 43,340 experience points for this v [..]
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4:03 pm, September 24, 2014
Sorry if this is another addition to the already overpopulated tech tree of Germany.
So,Ok,I have this lined up for a while,But here I go:
The line is consisted the following:
RSO/PaK 40 (T [..]
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4:03 pm, September 23, 2014
I have noticed in some games the audio on some shots is different and they always seem to miss. A normal shot with a bigger gun has a bit of a rumble and the sound sort of trails off.
&n [..]
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4:03 pm, September 22, 2014
1) Look at the composition of yours and enemies team. Is Arty present? - If its is not it not your tactics may be different. If it is and y [..]
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4:03 pm, September 21, 2014
Yes, there is already a topic on this, but since I'm an idiot and I'm making my own thread on it anyway.
Anyway, according to FTR, here are some tentative buffs.
- DPM increased [..]
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5:03 am, September 16, 2014
For the second installment, we'll go over armor angling and sidescraping (also called wall hugging, not to be confused with actively bumping enemy tanks up close so they miss shots). SIDESCRAPING In e [..]
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4:03 pm, September 15, 2014
Now a lot of people worry that if WG starts giving out exp and credits for the potential damage, a lot of players will driving a heavy right into open, angle it at 45 degrees and wait to die right in [..]
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4:03 pm, September 3, 2014
When I researched German tanks of World War Two, I found that the dickermax was part of the the Pz slf 4 series, including the 4a, 4b, and 4c. The 4b and c in the game are the tier 4 half turreted art [..]
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4:03 pm, September 2, 2014
I was off put by the 5 degrees depression, but according to FTR, will be 10 degrees to the side. This good enough to be used properly, or too hard to get your side to a ridge without exposure?
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2:01 am, August 27, 2014
This has been aggravating me more and more lately, perhaps because I've been playing a few tanks with larger-caliber, slower rounds. What I mean by 'auto-ballistic adjustment' [..]
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2:01 am, August 26, 2014
I just experienced this phenomenon for the umpteenth time tonight. I own a BDR G1b, so I am painfully aware of its slow aim time and its inaccuracy when firing without any aiming, especially at target [..]
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2:01 am, August 19, 2014
The Grille seems to have a balance issue.
Slide it down a hill sideways and it'll get stuck on one track (45 degree angle). It will drop back down after a few seconds but sometimes takes longer and s [..]
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2:01 pm, August 18, 2014
I know it happens, people can be trigger happy and artillery is bound to miss shots... but I recently had a game wherein I was basically shot by my team's artillery platoon not once, but twice, the fi [..]
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2:01 pm, August 15, 2014
Wargaming has mentioned that it is considering replacing the FV215b with the Chieftain Mk2.1 Supposedly this will happen around the end of the year, but this might not even go through, and they might [..]
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2:01 am, August 7, 2014
So I am driving down the highway, 65 or so. All of a sudden I hear a CRACK. A rock hit my windshield and broke/chipped it. I find that to be ******** since my windshield is angled at, like what, 40 de [..]
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2:01 pm, August 6, 2014
Little backstory: played a game with fcm, did pretty average/bad, still came like top 5, friendly is-8 messaged me after a game because I lold at him calling us a noob team (even tho we won) while he [..]
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2:01 pm, August 2, 2014
I've tried the tier 2 and tier 3 American SPGs, as well as the tier 2 French SPG, and all I can conclude is that they are useless. If I'm lucky, I might get one ****. It takes so freak [..]
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2:01 am, July 30, 2014
The St. Pz. II has a Tier 3 gun at T4, while the Pz. Sfl. IVb has a Tier 4 gun with superior firerate, damage, range, accuracy, aiming time and weight (For the people that care about that kind of thin [..]
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2:01 am, July 24, 2014
Hi,
In doing a few simple searches and reading through some forums (notably:this), I've found the Tiger II turret rotation time for 360 degrees to be about 19 seconds max. However, in game, it's 27 [..]
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2:01 am, July 24, 2014
M103 has one of the weakest gun depressions for the American heavy line. It's especially abysmal for what is supposed to be a standoff mountain-top tank. Add the other -2 degree depression to give thi [..]
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2:01 am, July 18, 2014
So in the recent Storm Q&A there were confirmed facts about a few tansk that will be, for sure being introduced into the game. The AMX 30 will be a new tier 10 French medium, the FV 4202 will [..]
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2:01 am, July 14, 2014
It is not news to anyone on this subreddit that artillery is a hugely controversial part of WoT. From "Finger of God" to "Sky Cancer" and (just last night) &quo [..]
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2:01 am, July 13, 2014
Quick question....since 9.1 came out, I've noticed two things about my Obj. 268:
1. It's shells bounce a lot. Even HEAT bounces.
2. It bounces incoming shells a lot more then it used to, to the poin [..]
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2:01 am, July 12, 2014
With this tank going on sale soon I thought I would try it on the test server. I actually like the way it feels and against all previous advice intend to get it. When I look at this tank this is what [..]
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2:01 pm, July 11, 2014
A huge misconception I see about artillery, in almost every discussion of artillery, is that they have different arcs. I'm going to try to use trajectory instead of arc though, because it& [..]
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2:01 pm, July 5, 2014
Seen and talked to a few other new players online, and a few of you have been discouraged.
So random musings...
Read the guides. Yeah everyone mentions this but it can't be emphasized enough. I ac [..]
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2:01 pm, July 5, 2014
First I want to say that I am not trying to doubt or discuss the effectiveness of sloped armour in real life. After all, the math says it all, it is very effective. I was wondering though how much is [..]
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2:01 am, July 4, 2014
Pros: The DPM is (tied with Indien) for the third highest of any medium tank at tier 8, only being surpassed by the Object 416 and Panther 2. Decent gun handling, especially with Vertical Stabilizers [..]
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2:01 pm, June 30, 2014
Can and will provide replay to anyone who wants. So I just had a quick game on Lakeville Encounter in my Chi-Nu, tier 6 game. I'm north spawn so i'm taking opportunistic shots from tha [..]
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2:01 am, June 30, 2014
hey players
today, i shot a Auf Panther at its side track ata 90 degree angle with the 128mm on the Jagpather II. not only i didn't track that tank, the shot also didn't do any damage. so i went to [..]
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2:01 am, June 27, 2014
replay:
it was a really bad battle for me but my turret turned a full 360 degrees by itself past where it has to stop..... (happens when the T57 flanks me)
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2:01 pm, June 26, 2014
So i like gun depression a lot for mediums as uneven terrain becomes your territory, I also want something mobile as I have been playing mostly heavys and td's. Tiers 8-10 are my main concern, [..]
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2:01 pm, June 21, 2014
Yes, why not beat this dead horse some more? So it's generally agreed that premium ammo needs to be in the game to some degree, due to how matchmaking works. A tier four light/med needs some [..]
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2:01 pm, June 14, 2014
Ok, so I know you can't actually flip a tank over, due to the 60 degree limit in game, but from the looks of it, this guy would have flipped over if that limit wasn't there. I probably shouldn't have [..]
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2:01 am, June 14, 2014
...i was so happy but my stress level and rage is coming back faster than ever after 2 gaming sessions. the game is giving me ulcer again -_- i may yet still quit...
but aside from that. my skill [..]
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2:01 pm, June 7, 2014
This is going to be a long one, so let me break this down.
Ammunition Changes
First and foremost would be the move to a system comprising a total of nine different ammo types(ten if you want to [..]
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2:01 am, May 30, 2014
I was playing the VK.28.01 (fully upgraded with derp) on komarin. I drove up to a building with a bush to its left side like so: XBush =Building -+-Tank X===== -+- I angled my tank at around a 30 deg [..]
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2:01 am, May 26, 2014
I want to talk about my experiences with the T8 TDs I've played so far.
T28P
JPII
RHM
SU-101
AMX 48
Let me start with my favorites. The JPII is my all time favorite TD with the RHM being secon [..]
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2:01 am, May 24, 2014
For several weeks now I have been dealing with ping spikes in almost every game I play, with many of these spikes getting above 400-600 all the way to 999 some times. I find that anymore when my ping [..]
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2:01 am, May 24, 2014
The stock Pz Sfl V is very painful to grind. Couldn't the armor or the gun traverse be increased even by a little? The speed is a pitiful 20-25 kphon flat ground, and max 30 kphdownhill. I would've ex [..]
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2:01 am, May 16, 2014
Last night, I got into a T9 match in my AMX 12t, on Cliff. We got the north(?) spawn, with the hill on the right. I rushed up the hill, mountain-hosting it up the cliff side, since the path was on the [..]
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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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2:01 am, May 9, 2014
tl;dr faster rotation=greater maximal dispersion=longer aim time. (and before anyone asks, yes, I know there are other reasons to have clutch breaking on arty, but this is about the effect it has on t [..]
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2:01 pm, May 8, 2014
hello, here's another discussion, please enjoy.
i'd like to suggest to you all the SU-100Y soviet tier 6 premium Tank destroyer. Lets talk gear.
-So it has a Tier 8, 130mm Gun. (26 ammo) It d [..]
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2:01 pm, May 6, 2014
I submitted a ticket to WoT after being banned for a team **** [I shot the guy but did not **** him, but was banned anyway]. Team kills that are on purpose is something I loath. I finally was permitte [..]
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2:01 am, May 5, 2014
I'll try and discuss my problem in the best way I can. I constantly get raped in every single game I play. Ensk, Himmselsdorf, Mines, Malinovka, Province, it doesn't matter. I can& [..]
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10:05 pm, May 3, 2014
A note to moderation: Again, I see nothing wrong with this post. I'm not calling out any individual (the chart shows ambiguous data points). I'm not jumping to hyperbole, nor attempting to incite un [..]
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2:01 am, May 3, 2014
Now, I know this probably isn't the best place for it and I'll get told off most likely, the official world of tanks forums are hell. They practically told me "don't w [..]
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10:05 am, April 30, 2014
Okay, wasn't quite a one-shot; I'd taken 1% off with a shot from my T28. The AMX 50 120 was right next to me. The KV5 at a 30 degree angle with the turret about 15 degrees toward us. I bounced a shot [..]
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2:01 pm, April 28, 2014
I've had this happen on several occasions. Most notably in both my Nashorn and my E25.
I'll be completely stationary and pop from sniper mode back to regular, and all of a sudden I'm facing 900 in [..]
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10:05 pm, April 27, 2014
Warning, this is the product of a lot of frustration so I am not going to be that diplomatic. If I step on your favorite tanks toes, I am not that sorry.
Where is this game going? Is it just me o [..]
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10:05 am, April 27, 2014
I'm writing this as a follow up to an older thread, "The Top 10 Mistakes for Newcomers to Avoid", link here: http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/339748-the-top-10-mistakes-for-new [..]
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10:05 pm, April 26, 2014
know 30 degrees is the angle for AP, but I read somewhere that for HEAT it is 20 degrees. Can anyone confirm? submitted by Invisible_Light [link] [9 comments]
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2:01 am, April 22, 2014
Many of the tanks in the game were designed to climb steep hills, the M48 Patton (I'm assuming the M60 as well) was designed and tested to climb 60 degree slopes, but if it's not one of the on one of [..]
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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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9:05 am, March 4, 2014
Everybody seems to have an opinion on winrate. Some live and die by it, others say it is merely the result of luck.
I'll give you my reasoning, and then my personal opinion.
Over the course of hu [..]
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9:05 pm, March 3, 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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9:05 pm, February 26, 2014
What do you guys think of the 100mm gun on the WZ-120? I does not compare so badly to the 100mm on the T-54, but the tank is less manouveralbe, can the WZ- 120 work as a flaker like the T-54? Tank com [..]
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9:05 pm, February 25, 2014
I bought a "gaming" mousepad which is super good for gaming because it reflects small amounts of sweat on it's surface making laser mice occasionally jump across the screen. [..]
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9:05 am, February 25, 2014
You can't. Shooting a green tank is never allowed.
Ok, so you need some more than that. Sure thing.
I'm noticing an increasing number of threads of people complaining about being banned for reta [..]
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9:05 am, February 22, 2014
In order to perform factory trials of the S-70 gun and the loading mechanism, LKZ was scheduled to provide NIIAV MV with a production IS-2, equipped with an IS-7 turret, with the 130 mm gun and loadi [..]
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9:05 pm, February 17, 2014
Since the 8.11 update I've started having this issue where my barrel will be facing towards the enemy tank but when I fire the shell will fly out of the side of my turret at a 45 degree angle [..]
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9:05 am, February 16, 2014
Hi all!
I'm semi new to the game (4K battles guess I'm not THAT new anymore) but only recently started playing "seriously" (watching video reviews, learning tank weakspots, not YOLOing do [..]
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9:05 am, February 12, 2014
So there's been a bit of an internal debate going on in my head ever since I read the overmatch mechanics for penetration, specifically if it's really worth it for me to switch to HE f [..]
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9:05 am, February 10, 2014
So is everybody looking forward to upcoming TD nerfs? Im looking forward to unlocking the new King of the hill TD the E-100 :D Now that all the 850 dmg guns are getting nerfed to 750 the E-100 is basi [..]
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9:05 pm, February 5, 2014
It's extremely frustrating having your gun drop a few degrees when a target disappears, even if you know they're still there. Is there a way to fix this in settings?
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9:05 pm, February 3, 2014
So I've been playing the Jagdpanther for a while, and it's a very fun tank destroyer. The solid mobility (55km/h. 15hp/ton), decent armor (80mm @ ~55 degrees), and good gun make it a very appealing pa [..]
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9:05 pm, January 30, 2014
Because right now I cannot play this tank for ****. I know the British line is massively different from the Soviet line that I am used to, but I just can't seem to find a way to get the BP wor [..]
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9:05 pm, January 30, 2014
So, I play a lot of T4. Naturally, I end up playing against T6 tanks from time to time. Given that I don't have any 300 mm guns on my dinky little T4s, my only chance of hurting a T6 is by nailing him [..]
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9:05 am, January 10, 2014
Conqueror is like marmite. You love it or hate it. I went from hating it to loving it. There was zero transition for me from absolutely hating the **** out of it to loving it. It's a tank that [..]
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9:05 am, January 10, 2014
The Master Thread for Crew Skills/Perk Suggestions
- Feel free to add suggestions below! I will be editing this regularly with your suggestions, giving credit when due! I wish for this thread to be t [..]
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9:05 am, January 9, 2014
Jagdtiger is one of those hated tanks. WG hates it so much, they nerfed it with the batch of German "balance changes". Is it still capable? Yes. Is it fun to play now? No. I rewrote [..]
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9:05 pm, January 2, 2014
We all know T-54 is pretty damn OP with HEAT. Now imagine that, with better turret armour, and less need for expensive HEAT rounds. That's the WZ-120. It's easy to overcome its weaknes [..]
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9:05 pm, January 1, 2014
The WZ-111 is one of those tanks. If you ignore it, you will never notice how it performs. But when you do notice it, there are subtle hints to how stronk this tank is. Going down the Chinese tank lin [..]
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9:05 pm, December 19, 2013
Over the past few weeks I have begun a serious attempt at improving my play, with a relatively good degree of success. I've noticed something though. My overall average WN for any given night [..]
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9:05 am, December 18, 2013
So you started playing. Good for you! But you see that your Medium 1 has a lot of HP, and your MS 1 has the armor. Which one do you choose?
Since you just started, armor will not mean anything to yo [..]
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9:05 pm, December 12, 2013
Dads and Fellow Tankers
We are not your pressure Clan! We platoon, Do Companies, and participate in Clan Wars we have fun but we also understand its a game. Our members skill levels, range from beg [..]
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9:05 am, December 10, 2013
Dear fellow tankers. I love playing Tank Destroyers. I love them fast, I love them slow, I have them pew-die-pie, I love them BOOM. What I don't like is, when I follow the toughest guy in the [..]
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9:05 am, December 10, 2013
I know this is a horse beating question, but I am just asking out of curiosity. The in game value seem to be 132mm, in Russian testing method. This particular website seems to indicate otherwise.
http [..]
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9:05 am, December 7, 2013
For those who are wondering, the IS-4's hull is supposed to have 140mm at a 61 degree angle on the front, like the ST-1 that precedes it. The in game model however, was accidentally compressed down to [..]
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9:05 am, December 6, 2013
So the test server 1 just came out today and we get two new tier 10s object 430 and the japanese STB-1
i played about 20 games in each of them and I will share some of my thoughts with you guys.
Let s [..]
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9:05 am, December 3, 2013
Hello again,
Well its been an busy day for me. I have not been able to get in a single game of WoT until the final hours of the day. I realize that the KV-220 is on sale today and I have the ready cas [..]
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9:05 pm, November 29, 2013
I've been hearing a lot of people talking about the possibility of this, so I figured, why not? I gathered together all the resources I could and put together as clear of a comparison as I pos [..]
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9:05 pm, November 27, 2013
changes for Lowe: upper side armor is 20mm thicker, -2,5 tons of weight, +40 shells in ammo rack, depression buffed by 2 degrees This is actually a historical accuracy buff. Storm describes how Lowe w [..]
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9:05 am, November 13, 2013
Since this is reddit, and reddit is the front page of the internet, and if its on the internet it is by definition true. All results will be purely factilicious with high degrees of truthiness. submi [..]
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9:05 pm, November 10, 2013
Should I mount both vert stable and Gun Layer on a Sherman E8 or is that redundent to some degree? I have rammer and 2 slots left if I drop vents which are mounted now. &am [..]
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9:05 am, November 9, 2013
I want know why it still getting in to Tier 10 battles. With all High power guns and Premuim ammo's and with gun changes and weight and distants pen dropping stuff. &nb [..]
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9:05 pm, November 7, 2013
So I've been running the WZ-120 for a while now, doubles mostly, but occasionally I'll run it with a T-54 platoon for variety. It definitely feels like it is less effective than the T- [..]
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9:05 pm, November 7, 2013
QuoteGood Day fine ladies and gentlemen, and even you scumbag SPG drivers out there.
Today from ancient Cairo, I bring you a procedure that will be the most superb medicine for all WoT matches that ai [..]
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9:05 pm, October 29, 2013
Why exactly was this damn thing made so punishing? I just finished the grind to the leo 1 and I have to say its been a god damn rollercoaster with that thing. I have never been happier to sell a vehic [..]
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10:05 am, October 25, 2013
Yes, I know this is a topic that has already generated far more threads than it probably deserved. And I know that so many players have already voiced so many echoes of the same basic ideas that the t [..]
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10:05 pm, October 22, 2013
This is a thought I've bounced around casually in a number of other threads as a possible way to help preserve light tanks' niche in high tier games without interfering with MM. The problem in a nutsh [..]
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