5:03 am, October 10, 2014
Then getting stuck in thick. Hull down, dug in, enemies to the left, enemies to the right, enemies ahead. Every move calculated, every opening exploited. It's an intense battle against higher tier tan [..]
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5:03 am, October 2, 2014
Idea 1: Revamp of the Equipment System
Essentially I think that there should be a better way to enhance a tank. We get three slots for the entire tank. One thing I'd like to have instead is [..]
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5:03 am, October 1, 2014
We've had Karl, then the Soccer mode during the World Cup, and now we have Chaffee racing. I for one think it's great to have something a little different on occasion, even if only for a good laugh. S [..]
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5:03 am, September 22, 2014
First of all, let me say I love the game.
However, that being said, I have a few issues with the over all game mechanics.
1. When a tank is hit in the front, front armor, why does that disa [..]
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4:03 pm, September 21, 2014
Few more battles until 2k with my loveable B1...It is wrong to get emotionally attach to a tank and giggling like a girl every time I think of it? That tank emotionally help me get back into WOT, I fe [..]
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4:03 pm, September 13, 2014
Has anyone ever gathered armor stats for the underside of the hull of a tank? It's extremely rare that a tank presents its undercarriage to you, but it does happen especially on certain stee [..]
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5:03 am, September 10, 2014
Obviously a relative newb, but I'm familiar with WW II tank battles and the guns/armor. I've been playing around with various Tier 1 and 2 tanks just to work into the game play.
I [..]
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4:03 pm, September 3, 2014
In this previous post sharing pics of pierced armor, there was some question about the thickness of the armor, as well as the caliber of the embedded round. I sent an email to the Tank Museum in Bovin [..]
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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
The following is a list of tanks from currently in game countries, in Alphabetic order, that could at some point be put in to World of Tanks. I am not including vehicles, such as the M56 Scorpion and [..]
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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 pm, August 13, 2014
What is the green arc what shows up to the right of the gun-sight? (bounces up and down, thick or thin, depending on aimpoint). How do I use it as intended? If it has to do with shell arc (path to tar [..]
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2:01 am, August 3, 2014
need for medium players for clan wars. We battle in CW every night. Minimum of 4 Tier Xs in Garage, 18+, decent stats, thick skin, and Teamspeak. If you're interested, PM me in game or go to Elvis' Te [..]
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2:01 pm, July 31, 2014
With the 9.2 buff it seems the 4502B has become a real threat to the battle field. What was once seen as a weaker E 75 now has some serious game changing potential. Lets compare the E 75 to its rear-t [..]
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2:01 pm, July 31, 2014
T-50 : although i'm not fond of the idea of scouting, i can have a absolute blast when im in a tier 5 game because I actually stand a chance of surviving when i have a 45 mm VT with me. plus, [..]
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2:01 am, July 29, 2014
I just brought this thing. First match, I tried to brawl with it and the team loses as I get torn apart, as usual. Logically, I snipe with it and wound up killing a 121 with the 88. Now THIS is the go [..]
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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
submitted by CookieMan0 [link] [7 comments]
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2:01 pm, July 10, 2014
So a few days ago I was playing my KV1 with the derp gun. I normally use gold for fun but decided to try HE for some reason. Basically what happened was I was poking around a corner to shoot a BDR G1 [..]
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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 3, 2014
My bet is on the KV-1S. With a top speed upwards of ~55 and straight line speed around ~42, it has the speed of a medium tank of tier, excluding the Cromwell. It also has good straight line accelerati [..]
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2:01 am, July 2, 2014
Or precisely - how to Black Prince not being top tier, but against t8/9 heavies. Without using gold rounds. For your information: In ~50 battles on this vehicle, I have 60% WR, ~1600 WN8 (my overall W [..]
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2:01 am, July 2, 2014
I come here not to explode on how much I hate arty, but to get people to understand why arty shouldn't take the hate for just simply trying to earn credits and experience.
From playing endless game [..]
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2:01 am, July 1, 2014
Recruiting my friend LargeBrownBear into World of Tanks in February of 2013 came with it a sense of responsibility. Like anyone who had discovered something new and fun, I wanted to share this experie [..]
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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 30, 2014
BEHOLD!!!!!!! The T.15!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This unfortunately is not any where near as famous as or probably as desirable as their chocolates, waffles, or goodsfrom the Congo but, it is a workable desig [..]
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2:01 pm, June 19, 2014
So you finally got time to play your favorite game. World of Tanks is logging on. Before you is a mine field of fail platoons, horrible MM, map shafts, your inner potato wanting to burst forth like Al [..]
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2:01 am, June 18, 2014
Tanks I own:
T57
E100
Is7
Is4
Foch 155
Jagpz E100
T110E3
FV 183
Obj 261
Batchat 155 58
121
Batchat 25t
What I'm looking for:
Experienced
Good communication between officers and soldie [..]
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2:01 pm, May 24, 2014
submitted by NuclearHotdogsHD [link] [3 comments]
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2:01 pm, May 22, 2014
I hear that the Maus may be getting a buff after all the nerfs. I seem to remember that the Maus turret used to be insanely thick but has been nerfed to the point that anything and everything can pen [..]
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2:01 am, May 17, 2014
General Chat
Bystander : So yeah lube is very important.
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Best_Player_NA : HAY GUYS, BUY HEAT SHELLS, BYE ALL PREMIUM TANKS, AND CONVERT FREE EXP. YOU LOSE SKILL BUTT YOU WIN THE GAME AL [..]
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2:01 am, May 17, 2014
Lately, I'd say at least 1 out of every 8 battles my team has included one or more of the British TD's, either the AT-2, AT-8, AT-7, and the owners of these TD's keep deciding to camp out within 100m [..]
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2:01 am, May 14, 2014
First let me say thank you for anyone who is able to help me, I'm trying to avoid the forums because everything seems so formal there and i would rather not have my stupid mistakes be linked t [..]
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10:05 pm, May 4, 2014
Something has come to mind here recently. Maybe it's not the number of TD's in game play that's the problem. I started noticing that most of the matches in the T6 bracket consisted of a lot of tank de [..]
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10:05 pm, April 29, 2014
With no obvious reasons developers missed in the 50's developed a prototype of the U.S. medium tank - the most advanced and futuristic design of those years.
Here is a brief description of this tank: [..]
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10:05 pm, April 24, 2014
Hello there! My question today is : Let's say your enemy is behind a dead, light armored tank with 20-30 armor thickness. What happens if i shoot through the dead tank? Will the shot pass thro [..]
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10:05 am, April 19, 2014
As we all know, side skirts have been slapped onto the Pz IV. This tank is now impervious to all forms of 105mm derp from the side. With the skirts, tracked, and a turret mostly covered with spaced ar [..]
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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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2:01 pm, April 11, 2014
Just noticing last night thattoday, GKC has reached its 1000th day of surviving asa clan! We've been through thick and thin, success and failure, have had great guys leave, great guys come. We've been [..]
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9:05 am, March 4, 2014
So you just signed up and blew $30 on up on that fancy new Premium medium or heavy tank. After buying into a tier you never earned your way into, you are thinking:
"I'm ready, man. Check it [..]
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9:05 pm, February 27, 2014
Ok so we know going hull down can make certain tanks nigh invincible. But RNG doesn't seem to like this and pulls out all the stops to make doing so a living nightmare. So lets go through the [..]
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9:05 pm, February 22, 2014
From the latest wargaming discussion blog...
Quote
Hello everyone,
an interesting post came up on WG RU forums. Here is an official list of banned modsfor RU forums. Recently, a thick red lin [..]
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9:05 pm, February 22, 2014
Resolved being that I have given up trying to work for better stats, completing the mission, sacrificing oneself for the team, filling gaps in the line etc , While I do have the team in mind I am now [..]
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9:05 am, February 20, 2014
Does anyone have tankviewer, tank inspector, and can tell me how thick the gun mantlet on the Comet is? Because I just had a QQ moment that caused me to rage quit after a particularly hard streak of Q [..]
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9:05 pm, February 19, 2014
...it was worth every second. I think I honestly have a new favourite tank, because parking parallel to the hulking heavies and negating their every advantage in armament and armour thickness will alw [..]
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9:05 pm, February 17, 2014
Hello WOT Community,
I have been playing WOT for about 8 months. I am still very much a noob, but I am slowly learning. I feel my next step is joining an active clan.
I generally can play 30 min [..]
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9:05 pm, February 16, 2014
I really like the package that Kings all the basic puts together. However, I have tried out MeltyMaps sights and although way too busy for me, I do like "some" of the added informat [..]
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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 pm, February 9, 2014
Clearly the Tiger H is horrible underpowered compared to tanks in it's same tier. Now i blame part of this on WG historical inaccuracy though many claim this game is not meant to be historically accur [..]
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9:05 pm, February 7, 2014
Shadow Syndicate is looking for active players interested in platoons and team battles. We're looking for players age 17+ who have a 50% win rate and above with 1000 efficiency.
You must have thick [..]
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9:05 am, February 7, 2014
I've been trying to learn all the mechanics of this game, but it just stopped making sense after a while. Problem #1: Matchmaking, to start with something universally hated. I am on track to a [..]
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9:05 pm, February 1, 2014
Just saying, for a tank that sees tier 5s against which it's only advantage is kind of moot, it should have a weapon with which it can at least go toe-to-toe with tier 5, and even some tier 4 tanks.
[..]
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9:05 pm, January 30, 2014
Hello there WoT reddit community ! I see many imgur albums with exhibitions with tanks around here constantly. So i would like to share you with one near my city ( 10km ). It's Museum of & [..]
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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 pm, January 23, 2014
submitted by Liteheaded [link] [6 comments]
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9:05 pm, January 22, 2014
submitted by Roflkopt3r [link] [11 comments]
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9:05 pm, January 21, 2014
Correct me if i'm wrong, but this is my understanding of how HE shells work with RNG:
First,once you fire the shellRNG decides what your penetration will be based on the avg pen, +/- 25%.
Once t [..]
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9:05 pm, January 10, 2014
With the woes of power creep and armor becoming a liability, I think it's time for a new system above standard RNG to deal with penetration and damage rolls.
When you shoot at armor with an AP roun [..]
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9:05 am, January 8, 2014
General
The much ignored IS8 has disappointed many players, while delighting a select few. It gets a bad rap for a number of reasons as people push the m103 and e75 over it. This is why not many expe [..]
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9:05 pm, January 7, 2014
I understand this isn't really a horror game, but I'm bored and wanted to share a little horror story I had in the game. I would be glad to read yours if you have one... Or more.
NOTE: This is a tr [..]
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9:05 pm, January 7, 2014
Since 2011, I have had a relationship with World of Tanks. Like few other games in my long gaming career (which dates back to the 1980s), I have poured my heart, energy and even money into this one. I [..]
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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 am, December 18, 2013
This is a thread dedicated to newbies who need quick facts. All facts are accepted by majority of good and experienced players, therefore I will not explain every single one of them. When in doubt, as [..]
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9:05 am, December 11, 2013
I am having trouble with my Tiger. This week I have been bouncing shots off everything from tier 4 lights to tier 7 lights. Nothing seems to wo [..]
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9:05 am, December 10, 2013
this idea started with my post in the GuP thread but if worked a bit on it, and now i think i can put down some hard numbers.
markodash, on Dec 09 2013 - 12:57, said:
man this thread moves fast. yes i [..]
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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 pm, November 26, 2013
http://worldoftanks.com/community/clans/1000011025-0TIME/#wot&mt_order_by=-role_hierarchy
Looking for players with good stats 40+ XVM
Mainly looking for players who enjoy& [..]
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9:05 am, November 24, 2013
Wargaming, you know I love you. And if you didn't know, you will soon. The new look of the premium tank shop is nice, but sometimes the spelling in vehicle descriptions just devolves into engrish of t [..]
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9:05 pm, November 22, 2013
I am looking for a program to replace RexTimmy's model viewer program since as of the 25th of November, there will be no more updates. Is there a similar program or online resource to show ar [..]
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9:05 pm, November 1, 2013
1.) Gun.
The gun is about as good as the 76mm M1A1 on the Sherman and a smidge better than the 75mm on the T-25 Premium. A premium tank that gets as good a gun as its same tier elited counterpart is g [..]
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9:05 am, November 1, 2013
SO the first of the Japanese tanks is upon us and as per the Wargaming usual, have delivered it shortly before the Japanese tree is released. As such, I have bought the tank to train up a medium crew [..]
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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 14, 2013
It's an odd one for me, and was completely the opposite to what I was expecting. You grind through the T1 heavy and the M6 to get to the beast of a tank. Except I didn't, I went throug [..]
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10:05 pm, October 10, 2013
I don't really know who does the Daily Discussions, but I would like if this issue is discussed. Power creep is a gradual unbalancing of a game, caused by contents of each patch undermining th [..]
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10:05 am, October 9, 2013
I admit I felt bad after this battle:
I'm thankful that my Jagdpanzer 38 (t) does not use the historically soft armor that would have halved the effective armor thickness. It allows me to jus [..]
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10:05 am, October 9, 2013
So as everyone already knows, WG added a low-tier heavy German line in the last update. It consists of the Durchbruchswagen 2, the nerfed VK 30.01 (H), and the newly designated heavy VK 36.01 (H).
As [..]
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10:05 am, October 9, 2013
I've now played through much of the game and experienced most of what there is to experience. It's taken me more than 2 years to do so. I have come unavoidably to the conclusion that it has no hope of [..]
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10:05 am, October 8, 2013
Important Notes: I'm new at this. I guarantee I can't answer "How do I change this or that?" questions, but I'll try to figure it out if I have time. I&# [..]
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10:05 am, October 7, 2013
When patch 8.8 hit, I was pretty curious about the changes to the German tech tree, especially the addition of a new kid on the block, The Durchbruchswagen 2. I was expecting strangeness from the new [..]
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10:05 pm, September 25, 2013
submitted by quelar [link] [6 comments]
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10:05 pm, September 23, 2013
Back story: I recently came back to wot, ~2 weeks ago now, I encountered my old clan leader in a battle and he recognized me and invited me back, me having just come back and knowing a few of them i s [..]
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10:05 am, September 20, 2013
A clannie and I did a little training room trolling and pen testing...probably not as thorough as jingle's original vid, but the results were pretty telling....
First test was with an Su 152 using th [..]
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6:45 am, September 18, 2013
The STB-1
Tier 10 medium from Japan
By SoukouDragon revised by Daigensui
After the culmination of many tested core components, the STB-1 was completed in 1969. The STB-1 was the first of two de [..]
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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:
Spoiler
*Credits t [..]
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10:05 pm, September 15, 2013
Today I learned that the Centurion type turrets are not all the same, specificly in the area of the mantlet. These turrets are found of the tier 8 and 9 British mediums and heavies (the two Centurion [..]
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10:05 pm, September 15, 2013
I had the app for a while, but did not really use it. It wasn't very functional. However, it kept itself updating, and when I clicked on something last night it asked me if it was OK to downlo [..]
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10:05 am, September 13, 2013
I have a couple of suggestions that I would like to bring up. They are both gameplay issues, for me at least, that is very annoying.
Suggestion #1: I think it wo [..]
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10:05 am, September 12, 2013
So the other day I was thinking about a crew voice sound mod I would like to see made, It doesn't exist so I would like to create it myself using my own recorded voice.
.
I tried looking on the forums [..]
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10:05 am, September 11, 2013
I think that the anti-HEAT side grates on the Pz.Kpfw. IV Schmalturm should have an effect in-game, and be included in the collision model as a couple mm of spaced armor. Right now, [..]
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10:05 pm, September 5, 2013
I have been driving the Black Prince for a few hundred games now, and I see so few of these beasts on the battlefield. I understand why, but it is still fun. Why we don't see more: The British [..]
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10:05 pm, September 4, 2013
I'm being a bit thick here so if someone could help me out that would be great.
I have a VK30.01H in the garage right now with no crew (just waiting to be gifted the VK30.02M).
I have a good crew in m [..]
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10:05 pm, September 2, 2013
i've been wondering about this lately (and by lately i mean since i started playing the SU 152). Damage by penetration is a well understood mechanic. at its most basic, you don't do d [..]
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10:05 pm, August 31, 2013
Hi I am The Senior Admin for clan BnR we are recruiting all Skills, Tiers and Ages! We are trying to build a strong W.o.T community within our clan. We plan to run events with Gold rewards every week/ [..]
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10:05 am, August 24, 2013
After grinding my Ferdiand out all day, seeing mostly tier 10 tanks, and losing more than winning. I started to become fascinated by people using premium ammunition. I was studying how they played and [..]
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10:05 pm, August 19, 2013
Sorry about the wall of text, but I figured we would have different opinions as to what is important/unimportant. So I've gone ahead and copied and pasted everything and bolded the the interesting tid [..]
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10:05 pm, August 16, 2013
Hello, this took me around 6 hours to complete, and I haven't drawn anything for about a year and a half now.
Back Story: This IS-3 was retained by an unknown faction. They up armoured the turret fron [..]
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10:05 am, August 9, 2013
Other than having to lead the target, there some notable differences that between high and low velocity shells.
Low velocity shells tend to be in a lobbing arc which IMO a disadvantage especially at l [..]
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10:05 pm, August 8, 2013
submitted by GrumpyTanker [link] [14 comments]
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