5:03 am, October 24, 2014
Is there any reason to go past tier 8 with these things? The tier 9/10 don't look like big improvements over the WZ132/T-34-2. Specifically in the armor/speed/alpha departments. submitted by Puppy_s [..]
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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 22, 2014
I "upgraded" from my 38T because I was tired of my 75 bouncing all the time. In the case of a TD, every shot needs to count because you'll likely have to move, and if 1/2 your shots bounce a [..]
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5:03 am, October 22, 2014
Ok, to address the kind of awkward pacing and formatting of this post, I actually wrote it as one 15,318 character post, but obviously that doesn't work too well with Reddits format. I'll link to the [..]
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4:03 pm, October 18, 2014
My armour is useless, my speed is non-existent, my gun pen is not up to scratch, my health pool is 75% of my enemies, i'm too slow to go after lights and meds, my view range is too poor to spot anythi [..]
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4:03 pm, October 18, 2014
To start off, I'm not saying arty makes me think rainbows and butterflies. Most of the time, arty is just that annoying brat, the one who hits you but you can't hit back. I don't even play arty.
But, [..]
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4:03 pm, October 17, 2014
I just crested 2000 battles yesterday and have been playing with lights, mediums and TDs and have been doing so-so. I have been watching you-tube and reading the newbie guides daily. Most of my experi [..]
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4:03 pm, October 15, 2014
Preface: My stats in the leo, http://i.imgur.com/JyNeD1L.jpg A wonderful (very generous) benefactor on reddit is gifting me a fury e8 if I do a leo 1 guide as well as guide him a bit in game, so here [..]
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5:03 am, October 15, 2014
I'm not great, but I'm a better than avg. player (51% wrate, 1020 eff.) and I'm getting wrecked in my heavies by lights and mediums. LTTB? T-34-3? "No big deal, I'll just rip through your heavy p [..]
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5:03 am, October 13, 2014
So today I got my first chance to lead a few skirmishes for my clan. We play the tier 6 games due to more people having tanks available. Our current team composition used by the other callers is a com [..]
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4:03 pm, October 5, 2014
Courtesy of our friends at WG, soon I'll have 3 new garage slots. Currently I have all the german lines, the french light/medium line and the brit "cruiser" line up to the Cromwell (which I [..]
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4:03 pm, October 3, 2014
Tankers.
I have seen a lot of sad posts lately from players with 2k to 5k games who are struggling with the game. Poor win rate, WN8, bad stats, low esteem. I am no guru, so please don't ge [..]
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5:03 am, October 3, 2014
I'm a heavy tanker at heart (and, admittedly, not a very good one- still trying to break that 50% overall), but in prep for 9.3, I started going back down light tank lines again. So far, I've arrived [..]
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5:03 am, October 3, 2014
Here's the map. We all know the north spawn has spotting bushes in E4 and can snipe across from E2/3, and can get in those positions well before anyone from the south can cross the H5/6 gap. This le [..]
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5:03 am, October 2, 2014
Tried solo, platooning, lights, meds,heavies, everything. I just can't seem to win. Stats: http://wotlabs.net/na/player/Firsttrygaming# win rate down .07 in last 4 days. Edit: I understand the downvot [..]
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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
on wotlabs.net my WN8 is 2180.
Ingame, it is 2174 (there is a lag in update, however)
on Noobmeter its 2167.
What is going on?!
on a side note, the expected damage for [..]
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4:03 pm, September 29, 2014
I have a Premium account. I have quite a few tanks, not as many as some, but more than most.
I want to designate some of my tanks as my favorites, so I can sort through and select [..]
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5:03 am, September 29, 2014
So I've been playing a ungodly amount of light tanks recently and was wondering what other players liked. Personally I like the Chinese tier 7/8 lights because they are incredibly flexible and can put [..]
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5:03 am, September 28, 2014
I know this is a lot of work to ask, but is there any way someone could throw together a little mock up mspaint or something of when it might be considered to be safe to shoot in a light assuming a ta [..]
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5:03 am, September 28, 2014
I enjoy driving lights, specifically the WZ line of the Chinese and the American T71 and I am glad to see newer lights that aren't horrible in the game. But is it just me or are the new lights (specif [..]
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4:03 pm, September 25, 2014
This is my 2nd LTTB game. My head is melting at the XP, because this did NOT feel like a 1700xp base game. Are all the new lights like this?!
For reference, I was a 2801 driver with 2k game [..]
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5:03 am, September 21, 2014
Seriously, i have no idea what happened after my 2 week break, but holy hell did the server room get flooded or mauled in some way?
I've been running 150+ ping for the last few days on both NA East an [..]
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5:03 am, September 19, 2014
I'm intrigued by the new Am. Lights - and while I unlocked the M7 from the Stuart - I never unlocked the Chaffee. But as I read the FTR article on XP compensation (difference between the cur [..]
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5:03 am, September 19, 2014
It is so unbelievably unfair that light tanks get highest tier match making in this game. How can you play tier 7 tanks with little bb gun and very little armor against tier 10 tanks?&nb [..]
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4:03 pm, September 18, 2014
I have been brainstorming about what is missing from my WoT experience. Thought of the solution this morning while distracting myself by dreaming of TANKS during a 2 hour ruck march!&nbs [..]
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5:03 am, September 18, 2014
submitted by HikaruEyre [link] [31 comments]
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5:03 am, September 17, 2014
With patch 9.3, there will be a greater variety of high-tier light tanks to choose from. However, lights will still be the only class of tank without tier IX or X. Is it possible that there will be so [..]
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5:03 am, September 17, 2014
Recently picked up Blitz, and I have to say it's a lot better having to deal with half the tanks, at least in tiers 1-3.
At first I've tried applying my regular PC play to tier 1, then I've started to [..]
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5:03 am, September 16, 2014
So I was playing a game today in the KV1s, and was holding a corner poorly. I ended up dying from being overwhelmed and being too far forward with no support, after doing a mediocre-to-kind-of-bad 900 [..]
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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 12, 2014
I wish this was a normal map for us to play on but don't look like that gonna to happen......... but i am still waiting on that Pit and Stalingrad map.
http://ftr.wot-news.com/201 [..]
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5:03 am, September 12, 2014
I like having variety in my games, and the different game modes supply that, but it is frustrating to watch people not know how to play them, even at tier 10. The following is a heat map of Redshire E [..]
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5:03 am, September 10, 2014
I'm not talking about how fun the tanks are themselves (very), but how they will change the meta of the World of Tanks we know now. I'm talking * Tanks that will be buttfisted by the new lights ( alon [..]
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5:03 am, September 7, 2014
So I'm grinding my way to the Object 430 right now, almost done with the awesome 416. I've read how it's still a good medium tank despite brig the lesser of the 3 Russian mediums. I was wondering if w [..]
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5:03 am, September 7, 2014
I've tried the M5 stuart on the the 9.3 Test server and I can confirm. IT IS HORRIBLE! The 37mm guns are completely ineffectual. It has the worst guns of all tier 4 lights, even worse than premium tie [..]
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5:03 am, September 7, 2014
On a 1-10 scale, how would you rate the new lights?
1- awful
2- bad
3- meh
4- neutral
5- decent
6- good
7- very good
8- excellent
9- overpowered
10- gamebreaking
& [..]
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4:03 pm, September 6, 2014
The t-54 light is better in almost every way except in the pen of the gun 175 vs 189 for the chinese, but even in pen the german light takes the gold with 190mm of penetration What is your opinion on [..]
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4:03 pm, September 6, 2014
Im mostly talking about the top tiers: M41 Walker Bulldog and the T49. The M41 seems fine, but damn! 10 shells in the autoloader. This thing can clip nearly all tier 8 tanks. If we reduce the shells t [..]
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5:03 am, September 6, 2014
submitted by jackattack45 [link] [4 comments]
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5:03 am, September 5, 2014
Been thinking of starting the line now, but through the lights with 9.3. For those that own the Chaffee now, how do the changes look? The only straight benefit I see is the massively lowered research [..]
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4:03 pm, September 2, 2014
greetings, new to the game, put 6 dollars in it just coz i want somthing a little beefier than the lights, i wanted some recommendations on good medium tanks preferably axis, somthing not necessarily [..]
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4:03 pm, September 1, 2014
I think I may be able to complete one of those, but can't decide which one to go for. I already own a KV-220 so the reward would be slot+gold (1500 if I'm not mistaken?) I enjoy playing meds and espec [..]
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2:01 pm, August 29, 2014
I feel like I need to vent. The m5a1 easily takes the top spot of the worst ******* tank I've ever played. Sure, it's the third best t4 scout, but that's compared to how absolu [..]
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2:01 pm, August 29, 2014
I might catch a lot of **** for this, but honestly I'd rather them just be smaller, faster mediums with appropriate armor and angles (instead of an almost overmatch no matter what) + some kind [..]
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2:01 am, August 29, 2014
In 9.3, new LTs are coming out and they significantly better than the french. They deserve some major buff.
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2:01 pm, August 28, 2014
I've watched hundreds of hours of replays/walkthroughs/whatnots about all sorts of tanks and types. I recently picked the game up after a few year hiatus and been back for about a month now. I [..]
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2:01 am, August 27, 2014
Chaffee changes
Chaffee turret and guns get changed (amongst other changes)
If you have the Chaffee unlocked:
- if the 76mm T94 gun was unlocked, you will have 75mm M17 gun unlocked
- if you had the 2 [..]
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2:01 pm, August 26, 2014
I'm trying to decide what line I should focus on as I'm grinding a lot of different tanks right now, and I have less and less time to screw around with tanks I don't particular [..]
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2:01 am, August 24, 2014
Hello all,
I am Qmart11 and im here to ask for help in game. Can someone platoon with me in game to show me how to play and show me the ropes of the game. I will be on in an hour or so so if anyone s [..]
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2:01 am, August 23, 2014
Below are my thoughts/ramblings on the long-term success of WoT eSports. 1) The largest problem right now is that the game played by "the pros" does not resemble the game played by t [..]
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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 am, August 21, 2014
As I have developing WoT Community Assistant for Android, I have noticed that a high average experience seems to run hand and hand with a decent to unicum player. But when you run more lights or tanks [..]
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2:01 pm, August 20, 2014
Bad at explaining things so straight to the point, Zeven [-g-] has been streaming for a few weeks and I feel as if the community could learn quite a lot from him, I sure as hell do. Statistically zeve [..]
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2:01 am, August 16, 2014
So..What does hitting Tab do? It shows you the tanks on the enemy team, and, if you are using XVM, win rate, wn8 etc etc.
Most players spend the first 30 seconds thinking about where they are going [..]
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2:01 pm, August 15, 2014
Chaps, I was planning on replacing the usual sixth sense light with one resembling the face of Commissar John Fuklaw, just for kicks and to remind me that if I get even closer, I'd be f*ked. W [..]
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2:01 pm, August 13, 2014
First off, before I get more into why light tanks are semi useless...WG has taken a total turn against light tanks just with the maps. This has been discussed so much. The most obvious example is Seve [..]
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2:01 am, August 13, 2014
This was a fun build and it's the first T28/T95 Super Heavy Tank thats RC with removable outer sponsons. It features fully sprung suspension on all 64 road wheels, gun traverse and elevation/dep [..]
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2:01 am, August 12, 2014
There is much speculation that the Chaffee will be nerfed to match that of a tier 5 scout, but I don't think its going to quite work out that way. I believe the current Chaffee will become the [..]
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2:01 am, August 11, 2014
This tank is so hard for me to get used to. My playstyle is either sit and snipe, (german mediums, TD's) or Scout (chinese lights, french tonks). This thing is too slow to effectively scout, [..]
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2:01 am, August 10, 2014
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Don't know how many of you have Android phones, but here's a very useful app that you should check out. This app has excelle [..]
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2:01 am, August 8, 2014
I haven't heard much talk about this map but for me it has been difficult to find a way to use it properly. I'm not finding any interesting or powerful positions on this map for lights [..]
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2:01 pm, August 7, 2014
I'm not asking that as a blanket across the board question. I don't think it's importance will change for lights and the sniper TDs/mediums but there is a section of mediums an [..]
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2:01 am, August 1, 2014
One thing, I think we don't do enough of on these forums, is talk about the game in a larger sense. It's all well and good to discuss arty changes or gold rounds specifically but I think a lot gets lo [..]
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2:01 am, July 31, 2014
As 9.2 with Stronghold mode (including Skirmish battles) is incoming (should be up on EU tomorrow), I'd like to ask which tier 6 tanks do you think would be best here? And which setups? My soc [..]
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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 pm, July 26, 2014
What if bushes, lights and TDs got back their camo, but the camo skill was removed from crew members?
One of my clan members was talking about camo the other day, and he said the idea that a crew c [..]
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2:01 pm, July 23, 2014
Just a discussion thread, I want to see what the community deems the heavy as.
This is a tier 8 through 10 discussion, we all know new players are horrible at fighting heavies in low tiers since th [..]
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2:01 am, July 21, 2014
So out of the last 22 games I have played in my T-26 and M3, 22 of them have been tier 5 battles. This is only since I have been counting, I can't even remember when I have not been bottom lev [..]
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2:01 pm, July 19, 2014
Hey, Atm i'm with 40k free experience but i have a problem. Atm i'm playing 10 tanks actively and i don't know which one to go for. When i play i quite like the brawling of th [..]
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2:01 am, July 18, 2014
submitted by Ukiah [link] [23 comments]
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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 14, 2014
I feel like whatever I do I never contribute to me team for a win. I hold back for a good amount of time before I have a chance to run in and flank while staying hidden, however I almost always lose i [..]
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2:01 pm, July 11, 2014
I was thinking about the new light lines incoming earlier and got thinking about the Chaffee. With the new US lights, i'm guessing the Chaffee's MM spread will be reduced. Will this me [..]
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2:01 pm, July 10, 2014
So I recently started this new acc just to try out the low tier grinds once more from scratch, and as a challenge to see how high I can go on the tech trees without pulling my hair out from the lack o [..]
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2:01 am, July 9, 2014
Patch notes can be found here Some highlights of the patch include: The German Engine/Maneuverability tweak Music upon entering the matchmaking queue Tweaks to packages to include more options such a [..]
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2:01 am, July 9, 2014
The tanks that I have had shooting high explosive at me are quite varied. Ranging from the T71 to the Borsig. Always someone who is orange or worse on XVM. So clearly it is a lack of experience right [..]
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2:01 am, July 9, 2014
Hi guys! I keep seeing seriously misguided opinions on here about game mechanics, WG design choices, and pretty much everything else, and I wanted to provide information for the newer players. I&# [..]
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2:01 pm, July 7, 2014
I've watched and read a good many tank reviews, from RocketBrainSurgeon to Quickybaby and Jingles. Virtually every class of vehicle is well documented, with scores of useful information from d [..]
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2:01 pm, July 5, 2014
Was just going to look up some stuff about the STB-1 when both forums seem to have managed to go poof since the last time I dared venture on the NA forums. submitted by sumrndmredditor [link] [3 c [..]
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2:01 pm, July 4, 2014
With some new garage slots that I acquired over the last couple months I decided it was time to explore the German tech tree. I already know from experience that TDs are not my style, and the German S [..]
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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
http://www.twitch.tv/wgleagueru
I have been watching it a bit lately and I noticed the 3 most commonly used tanks. I understand why 2 of themare used(AMX 50 100 - good burst damage, some T1 - good sc [..]
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2:01 pm, June 20, 2014
I just got the 59-16 after deciding it wasn't worth it to elite the Type 58, and I'm finding it terrible. Not in the "this tank sucks" kind of way (though I'm [..]
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2:01 am, June 19, 2014
Hello ladies and gents, I am here today to forewarn all premium-tank buyers about the Matilda IV and why you should avoid buying it.
First of all, let me go into a little detail. I bought this tank [..]
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2:01 am, June 17, 2014
I recently acquired three premium tanks with 100% crews: M22 Locust (Tier III American light) Pz.Kpfw. S35 739 (f) (Tier III German medium) Ram II (Tier V American Medium) I've only ever had t [..]
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2:01 am, June 14, 2014
Greetings,
My name is obviously Videmus and I'm looking for the right clan, and more specifically one with a mentor for my preferred playstyle. Let me start by saying that I'm a newish player, and [..]
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2:01 pm, June 1, 2014
I was just thinking on how to add some spice to maps, meaning.. How to get more bang for your buck.. Instead of maps that generally have the exact same starting locations over and over every time you [..]
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2:01 pm, May 30, 2014
Well, I'm deciding to give WoT another go. Been a while since I've played. I don't have a ton of time during busy work season to play and now I want to play some more. :)
The Type 64 has been aroun [..]
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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 [..]
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2:01 am, May 20, 2014
I'm not a very experienced wot player but I feel like Malinovka could use somechanges to help it alot.
Almost every game now the hill is taken by one team with no resistance from the other team. Th [..]
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2:01 pm, May 19, 2014
I just played a match in my A-20 (yes, I go for the extra credits: hate the tank) which featured tier 8 tanks. My team had 4 light tanksanda 6-4 edge in heavies. Since 3 of the 4 lights, including mys [..]
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2:01 pm, May 19, 2014
Over the last few patches, they've changed a lot of maps, turning a lot of them into three lane brawling maps. Which I think is causing lots of problems.
1. It's literally impossible to scout in li [..]
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2:01 am, May 16, 2014
Sup guys!
I have a fully-elited WZ-131, and was wondering which gun is better overall. I am having and absolute blast using the top 85mm, and I just wanted to see your guys' opinions on gun choice. [..]
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2:01 am, May 10, 2014
Hello, reddit. I have been playing my Panzer III/IV again lately and I realized how much fun fast tanks are. So, I want other tanks like that and I was wondering if you guys have any advice. Here are [..]
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2:01 pm, May 9, 2014
Few words of introduction: I consider myself to be a decent player (http://www.noobmeter.com/player/eu/pothkan/510145606/). I'm quite good with heavies and TDs, good enough with SPGs, and not [..]
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2:01 am, May 8, 2014
ASSUMING THEY ADD HIGHER TIER LIGHTS! Which you would like.
M551: 152mm main gun
Pro: massive damage...
Cons: Bad armor (but it's a light tank anyway), the gun had a rate of fire of2 Rounds per M [..]
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10:05 pm, May 6, 2014
Well, I guess the title says it all. It would do this game good to have night battles added, as well as working lights on vehicles which could be incorporated as an extra module and would, of course, [..]
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10:05 pm, May 5, 2014
Opinions about which tank line has the most tanks able to carry pub battles. I am really tired of not having enough DPM/Alpha/HP/Armor/Speed to carry a game successfully. And yes I play a lot of ligh [..]
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