4:03 pm, September 22, 2014
Hi tankers.
I've been reading lately about fellow tankers bemoaning losing streaks. I think we all have experienced losing streaks and know how they affect our mood. But when I read about l [..]
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5:03 am, September 18, 2014
This is just going to be a bit of bread and butter stuff. It'll show a few battles from a string of matches on Himmelsdorf just to show some of these tactics in action. Also if you are expecting some [..]
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4:03 pm, September 17, 2014
I don't spend much money on this game so I don't typically keep up with the prices of things in the shop. But I feel I play enough now that I'd like some more premium time and a few T8 premium tanks. [..]
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5:03 am, September 12, 2014
Question:
With a typically dismal start to WOT my WR was a lowly 47%. Doing some study however jumped it quickly to almost 49% within a few 100 games, but then although my games stats increas [..]
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5:03 am, September 9, 2014
FTR link
Spoiler
Hello everyone,
recently, Wargaming started fighting specifically one odd thing: rigged games.
In a post on Russian portal, WG RU explains, th [..]
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2:01 pm, August 25, 2014
(what I would do if I started from scratch w/ no premium tanks) Preparation - Setup: Comfortable Mouse (my fav list: Razor DeathAdder, Logitech 400, CM Storm-Spawn, 1800 DPI setting) Mouse Pad (Mono [..]
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2:01 am, August 24, 2014
Interesting article.
Here is the link: http://wotlabs.net/articles/best-tank-lines-world-tanks/
Here is the copy/paste:
Best tank lines in World of Tanks
By RBS - 10/30/13
What tank line [..]
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2:01 am, August 22, 2014
Disclaimer: I'm an average player (not in terms of WN8 labels, but how I actually affect the game's outcome). I'm around a 53% WR, my WN8 fluctuates but is currently averaged a [..]
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2:01 pm, August 18, 2014
I occasionally check out one of the largest Korean WoT communities, and the current "burning issue" (as in flame war) isT29 using 76 mm Gun M1A2.
For one reason or another, in the Korea [..]
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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 [..]
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2:01 am, August 7, 2014
I only have one arty in my garage at the moment (212A), but I think I can collect a few facts for arty (AKA the frustration class of "tanks") drivers so there might be pieces of information [..]
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2:01 am, August 6, 2014
As an avid player of world of tanks, I completely understand why people would want arty to stay. I can also completely understand why people would want arty removed (as I am in this category). However [..]
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2:01 am, August 4, 2014
Accuracy of any gun can be affected by human error in a big way if the person shooting isnt experienced and doesnt practice regularly. But when a gun's inherent potential accuracy is measured, we aren [..]
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2:01 pm, July 27, 2014
I'll go ahead an mention that /u/damienjaxx tempted me to do this by offering the possible banning of attention whoring posts that I hate, but hey, everyone benefits right? This is a relativel [..]
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2:01 am, July 23, 2014
I've been playing for a little while now with over 150 games played and own two tier 4's (I know that's not much but it's a start) but I still feel like I'm str [..]
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2:01 am, July 16, 2014
I got WoT maybe a year ago and played two games before I uninstalled it not wanting to put the time into learning the game. With the release of Blitz on iOS it fueled my desire to give the PC game ano [..]
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2:01 am, July 16, 2014
I live on the east coast. I usually have a ping to the NA East server in 20ms to 60ms connection.
However, without exception or regards to time of day or day of week, I use the Auto selection for the [..]
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2:01 am, July 15, 2014
Gents, Just got the top gun on the conquerer and looking for input from the green/blue/purple community on when to use AP vs HESH. Do you guys typically throw HESH at higher tier turrets when they are [..]
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2:01 pm, July 7, 2014
In the past the On-Track events always had a credit multiplier for playing tanks associated with the On-Track Event. This was typically 1.5 X for tiers II - VI or VII (or whatever the cut-off was); An [..]
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2:01 pm, July 2, 2014
Greetings and Salutations!
Red_Syns of the HMS Pain, at your service. I'm a decent/good player, although I'm about five months out of practice due to being on deployment (still another 4-5 months t [..]
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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 am, June 24, 2014
I received an enhanced gun laying drive as a mission reward and I'm looking for the conventional wisdom consensus on the best tank to put it on. My main candidates are Grille, IS-3, or save f [..]
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2:01 pm, June 19, 2014
I jotted down some thoughts after playing 37K battles and unlocking every tank in the game. It's a wall of text in the spoiler. Enjoy, rage, argue as required...
Spoiler
I thought I would write [..]
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2:01 pm, June 17, 2014
I started running XVM a few weeks ago, and I feel like I'm seeing a trend: The AFK tanks, and the "non-AFK" tanks that look like they've been lobotomized, mostly have [..]
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2:01 pm, June 14, 2014
I've seen a couple of references to Overwolf in this subreddit, and I was wondering what advantages it provides. From the description, it seems to provide teamspeak and browser functionality i [..]
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2:01 am, May 26, 2014
Hey guys, so here are my stats http://www.noobmeter.com/player/na/Mattyb4/1004901254/ So as you can see I'm playing with competence recently, however, my stats are misleading. When I play mid [..]
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2:01 pm, May 24, 2014
Meet Mr.MiniMapOblivious:
He's the driver that hangs around base looking for sniping spots the first 5 min of the game, usually finding none. And then when one flank falls and he would accidently be [..]
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2:01 pm, May 15, 2014
I enjoy playing artillery, mostly because the POS laptop I play on has a lousy frame rate. Tanks are playable until someone fires off a MG, then phbhtt. I'm not a great player, and that [..]
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2:01 am, May 11, 2014
So as the topic may indirectly suggest I have been on one, where my win rate has been low for each session.
I am not the best player but I feel like when I do Greater than my own hp by the end of the [..]
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2:01 am, May 5, 2014
Greetings!
I just started playing the game the other day, and I am having a blast. This is particularly curious, as I do not typically enjoy PvP action in any game. The only other game I truly enjoyed [..]
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10:05 pm, April 26, 2014
I have one megabit internet access. It takes 24 hours to download WoT. I just recently got a new computer.
It would be great if you could mail DVDs to players. People with good internet access obvi [..]
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10:05 am, April 24, 2014
Instead of the usual whining about poor lousy team members, noobs and horrendous match making, I thought I'd give a tribute to the many great team players out there. On the contrary of the many posts [..]
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10:05 pm, April 21, 2014
So I'm going to be stuck with a relatively crummy laptop for awhile (i5-430M(2.26GHz)), 4GB DDR3 RAM, 1GB DDR3 Video Memory ATI HD 5650 video card, etc. I can play tanks on it alright (15-20 f [..]
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10:05 am, April 19, 2014
I spent the afternoon playing the new 'Historical Battles' mode. It seems like a good idea, but doesn't work out very well. Kursk Battle: Plays like a normal pub game on that m [..]
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10:05 pm, April 15, 2014
Does wargaming typically do gold specials or anything on release of a major patch? I was considering converting some free exp but I can wait if there are special discounts coming. submitted by waspi [..]
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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, March 1, 2014
Tier X's: T57 Heavy, Leopard 1, Obj. 140, FV4202
Grinding out: BatChat 25t, T62A(~8K EXP needed), STB-1(On tier XIII), WT auf E100(On tier XIII)
I'm inexperienced w/ CW and I wouldn't call myself [..]
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9:05 am, February 2, 2014
Gonna be reaching it soon enough, maybe only a few more days. Really liking the 34-85. Have less than 50 matches in it probably, 60 at most, but I've got a 60+ winrate in it. It's a ve [..]
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9:05 am, January 27, 2014
I unlocked my T71 like two months ago and after having it sit in my garage for a while, I decided to take it for a spin and play a number of games with it. Holy ****. This thing is a blast. I ******* [..]
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9:05 am, January 26, 2014
Hello.
This is not going to be a thread about boosting artillery, because artillery is still very clearly overpowered. Whoever thinks otherwise, without a doubt does not know how to play this game. l [..]
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9:05 pm, January 22, 2014
Anyone have a good site/URL/link to map strats? Be interested to see the difference between whats typical for clan wars vs what pubs typically do.Poked around some and didnt find much, wondered if you [..]
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9:05 pm, January 19, 2014
The T28 Prototype has been really accurate since they changed the accuracy algorithm a couple patches ago. For some reason this weekend, I can't seem to hit the side of the building let alone another [..]
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9:05 pm, January 14, 2014
I often see posts here, well, not often, everyday, that basically show how X team sucked and how they were uncarriable scrubs who uninstall. First off, these get old extremely quickly(pubbies are bad, [..]
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9:05 pm, December 29, 2013
So I typically grab QB's modpack. One of the things I like about it is it shows the last place a tank was spotted on the minimap. I updated the minimap to locastan's, and it doesn& [..]
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9:05 pm, December 26, 2013
(To those of you who take the time to read this, thanks. I know it's a bit long, but I've been meaning to put this together for awhile. I welcome any feedback you have. Happy holidays and good tanking [..]
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9:05 pm, December 25, 2013
Perhaps one of the most confusing things new players face, beyond the greater understanding of their vehicles, is just what the win rate means. How it's figured, what plays into it, and whether or not [..]
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9:05 pm, December 10, 2013
I figured I'd put this out there to remind everyone what us moderators typically look for. PM XXXXX for XXXX codes. Don't do it, it's harassment especially if the subject is c [..]
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9:05 am, December 6, 2013
I'm somewhat new to playing this map on this server, I used to play on SEA and on that particular map each teams heavies headed into the valley until they collided and they duked it out somewhere in t [..]
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9:05 am, November 21, 2013
I freely admit I am not exactly a great player of this game, but I have been witnessing WAY too much bitching and moaning in the games I have been in recently. Typically right when the countdown start [..]
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9:05 am, November 18, 2013
Lets see what you guys think. Here is why the maps made it to the poll:
Siegfried line - my personal most hated map for medium tanks. field is a wasteland and spotting distances + no cover + high alph [..]
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9:05 am, November 17, 2013
The Great North American Reddit Clan Bloodsport Tournament Jean Claude Van Damme approves. Time to put your money where your mouth is. Are you the best battle caller in all of the Reddit clans? Prove [..]
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9:05 pm, November 10, 2013
A strange question, perhaps, but I am fairly new to this game, and one thing I have noticed consistently is that a minority of players have some strange attachment to shooting random parts of the grou [..]
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9:05 pm, November 8, 2013
World of Tanks Learning Curve
Level 1: Noob. Player believes that the game is Call of Duty in tanks, so he either camps or tries to drive around snap-shooting at enemy tanks on the [..]
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10:05 pm, October 20, 2013
With growing negativity surrounding poor weekend events, and sub-par gift shop packages - the time to speak out has come. The problem has been mostly lurking in the shadows, but it has been said befor [..]
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10:05 pm, October 7, 2013
Forgive my laziness to find out myself, but I'm at work at the moment. What time is the Prime Time for the west coast clans? (SNOO specifically) I tried to look for the specific times, but gav [..]
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10:05 am, September 29, 2013
Hi there; I'm The_Alaskan, leader of SNOO, Reddit's West Coast World of Tanks clan wars group. We're looking for a few good players to fill out our ranks ahead of the next camp [..]
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10:05 pm, September 26, 2013
I don't typically rage, but this threw me over the edge last night.
Setting: South Coast, north side. In my 704. Platoon mates: "Dundalk" and "the_blonde_bullet".
Head to the bea [..]
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10:05 pm, September 23, 2013
Info:
This mod replaces the nations emblems, like the French rose and the German cross, with Shingeki no Kyojin (SNK) insignias!
This is one of my first mods so if you see a problem, have questions, [..]
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10:05 pm, September 21, 2013
So I was in my 212A on Sand River today. Ended up taking 9 shots, getting 5 direct hits and splashing 5, which is not so bad. Also ended up with ~3500 in damage ( [..]
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10:05 pm, September 20, 2013
I know that HE = high explosive. It isn't very likely to penetrate armor but explodes for splash damage if it doesn't bounce and does massive damage if it does pen. Can also **** crew [..]
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10:05 am, September 19, 2013
1.) The rusler of Jimmies post - lozarus, on Sep 17 2013 - 05:43, said:watson1002- "And it was because of CR/D. We didn't lose on the field and we didn't lose because we didn't have enough player [..]
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6:41 am, September 18, 2013
I've recently acquired the IS-6, and after playing a bit over 100 games - I'm here to offer my opinions.
First off - about the IS-6:
The Armor Scheme:
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*Credits t [..]
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10:05 am, September 10, 2013
Every single one of my losses is due to my team getting wiped, there has no been close matches for me and they typically end up like this, with only 1 person doing the carrying and it's utterl [..]
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10:05 am, September 5, 2013
Why would you ever make your match making system put more than 3 tiers between people?... Not only are many tanks completely useless outside of sight purposes 1 tier and 1 grade(by grade I mean light [..]
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10:05 pm, September 3, 2013
I have typically avoided the hill in Himmeldorf. That has been due to several things:
A. Driving the Cromwell and Comet
B. Too many players stacking up on the h [..]
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10:05 pm, August 30, 2013
I've been debating applying to one of the Reddit social clans since all my attempts to get my friends to play the game have failed and solo pubbing can get quite lonely at times. The issue I h [..]
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10:05 am, August 27, 2013
Which has more, typically?
In tier 8-10 MM.
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10:05 am, August 23, 2013
hey,ive been kinda lonely here lately and haven't been grinding with my usual platoon buddys from my clan bc they have been busy working with higher tiers with other members..i grind a lot better typi [..]
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10:05 pm, August 17, 2013
Is the Tiger II's MM bad for anyone else here? On my other tanks, I typically at least have what seems to be a 33% split between tiers. I almost always am in at least tier 9, and more often than not 1 [..]
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10:05 am, August 10, 2013
WGA likes to give out free codes and other goodies from time to time. The community benefits, and it's a great policy. Today, in celebration of their 15 year history, WGA held their eleven hou [..]
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10:05 am, August 9, 2013
So, i happened to stumble upon some of these... half games, and other messed up junk. I sent wargaming a complaint about 3 weeks ago, just got a response not too long ago (they took forever to tell me [..]
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10:05 am, August 6, 2013
I have seen people post (mostly on official forums) that there is some kind of mechanism to keep win rates in check. Typically, these people get shot down, called noobs, and their thoughts are summari [..]
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10:05 pm, July 28, 2013
We all know that WG uses win rate as a balancing mechanic, too high, nerf, too low...ignore...for some reason. Anyway, how would you balance the game?
Me personally, I wouldn't change off of the win [..]
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10:05 pm, July 8, 2013
Greetings tankers, I would like to join a Reddit Clan with the eventual goal of participating in clan wars. More than happy to go through any vetting or training process that is deemed necessary. Cur [..]
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10:05 pm, June 27, 2013
Dear WG,
As you know, light tanks are thin skinned, lightly armed, low health, fast and mobile tanks. They serve a few purposes such as a passive or aggressive scout and sniper.&am [..]
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10:05 pm, June 21, 2013
While the term psychology would not arise until well after the Age of Muskets, that didn't mean that the military men of the time didn't have some understanding of it. Indeed, if you read them, you wi [..]
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10:05 pm, June 17, 2013
FV215b 5,833 damage 3v1 clutch with top gun and ranger http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfYUpWpV4Js&feature=youtu.be submitted by Dont-worry-about-it [link] [1 comment]
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10:05 pm, June 16, 2013
Hello,
I am currently seeking a core group of guys who take pubbing seriously Specifically I mean use effective platoon tactics like damage sharing and so on. I play during the wee [..]
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10:05 am, June 11, 2013
Has anyone else had issues with this recently? I'm getting a lot of hitches/stutters. Like every 10 seconds or so, but just small ones: half or quarter seconds. Ping will momentarily hop into [..]
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10:05 pm, June 5, 2013
Greetings Tankers!
[1AD] is looking to field a good 8 to 12 more tankers into our ranks. You must have at least one tier 10 tank, or a tier 9 that is Very close to getting you there. Don't let a week [..]
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10:05 pm, June 5, 2013
I generally follow the rule of 'do your own hp in damage' as a rough measure of having done my fair share in a battle. Lots of other factors are important in a game of course, but t [..]
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10:05 am, May 28, 2013
I'm currently looking for a platoonmate to grind my tier 7 SU-152.
I understand that I may not be an amazing player, but I hope that i'm decent enough.
I play as a support role, which generally means [..]
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10:05 pm, May 27, 2013
Just curious to see how many play a particular way. I myself can't stand to be a slow moving arty magnet, so I typically stay away from heavies (even though I have a Lowe, it was a gift). Thats why I [..]
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10:05 pm, May 19, 2013
Despite what people say, the ram2 is great(except for the awful need of a mm buff), there were numerous canadian tanks out there and it seems they typically get credited to other nations or are not ev [..]
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10:05 pm, May 17, 2013
Driving
This topic doesn't get quite enough love, but it really should. Correct driving technique allows you to set up quicker to shoot and take less damage in return.
Faking gun [..]
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