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Why Yinz Cost So Much To Run!

4:03 pm, October 22, 2014 The T57 and T29 are two tanks that I don’t understand why they are so expensive to run.  I got the itch to run my T57 last night so I played approximately 15 games in it. I ran stan [..] View

Trying to find more suitable lines to go down.

4:03 pm, October 17, 2014 I'll admit up front, before I continue, that I'm not good at this game except in a select few tanks. I'm working on improving, but it's gonna take a while. Just below a 50% win rate, though, so I'm ge [..] View

What do you guys want to see in a Leo 1 guide?

4:03 pm, October 14, 2014 Leo is is mai waifu and my best performing t10. I've developed a play style in it where I can consistently solo pub 70% w/r in it as well as average 3600 dpg. With the on track a lot of people have be [..] View

Do I look like a smurf? What's wrong with them anyway?

4:03 pm, October 13, 2014 I have roughly 7000 games and have considered myself to be above average in ability for some time now. I am currently trying to consistently hit 3000WN8 and a 60% W/R when playing solo and usually ach [..] View

This is why better players get better MM

5:03 am, October 11, 2014 They are good and only play with good players. What does this mean?   Good player + good player + good player = carry    What does that mean? They carry more consistently. & [..] View

I Keep Getting Stuck In Tier IX and X Battles!

4:03 pm, October 5, 2014 I'm not complaining.  I just want to know how to play against the ******** who can one-shot my Tier VII IS?  Since upgrading all the modules in my IS, I have been consistently drawin [..] View

Current artillery mechanics remove agency from players.

5:03 am, October 3, 2014 The title says it all. The current randomized aspect of artillery shell distribution means that players lose agency; ie a player's performance in a SPG is no longer dictated so much by skill but rathe [..] View

Is it me or is the 152 on the T49 much less accurate than the 152 on the KV-2?

4:03 pm, October 2, 2014 http://wiki.wargaming.net/en/Tank:T49 http://wiki.wargaming.net/en/Tank:KV2 Something feels off. With the KV-2 I feel that I can land shots at long range much more consistently than with the T49. Both [..] View

T37 Ammo Racking

5:03 am, September 27, 2014 I have both safe storage and wet ammo rack and I am still getting ammo racked consistently. Before 75% of shots hitting the front/front side end in ammo rack being damaged or blowing up, now its down [..] View

Competitive CW player looking for clan.

5:03 am, September 23, 2014   Had immense fun with my last clan. HT is an incredible group of guys that at times can punch well above their weight. Wanted to make drastic changes to put the clan into a better position [..] View

Matchmaker Suggestion

5:03 am, September 10, 2014 After 10 battles or so in a row, in my tier 6 vs tier 8, I was wondering (to improve the fun for lower tiers) if MM could carry a counter per tank measuring its tier mix, so that a step threshold, the [..] View

Future Grind to IS through KV-1S

2:01 am, August 29, 2014 I'm currently working on unlocking the IS through the KV-1S. I can't catch a break with this tank. I seem to bethe only player in the WoT universe thatconsistently does badly in "one of the most [..] View

Current State - My Mindset

2:01 pm, August 28, 2014 Hi all, This is just my "Current Mindset" or "State of the Union" from my POV.Until Wargaming actually fixes MatchMaking, I will not spend one more dime on this game. You can all [..] View

The secret to Soviet accuracy

2:01 am, August 23, 2014 For the past few days it just has seemed like RNG doesn't want me to have any fun. It was just a nonstop series of misses and ricochets from my shots combined with enemy shots that consistentl [..] View

What makes a good player in WOT. A commentary on why I think stats matter.

2:01 am, August 20, 2014 Let me preface this by saying this is my personal opinion developed largely around my experience in this game over the last few months. It is not intended to criticize or insult anyone who disagrees o [..] View

How to deal with constant pathetic RNG?

2:01 am, August 19, 2014 I am driving the IS and I have consistently found that the RNG I am getting is absolutely pathetic, for example: I fully aim at the side of lets say a KV-1s that is 100m away from me, the aim circle i [..] View

When to Tier "Up"?

2:01 pm, August 13, 2014 I've been playing for a couple of years and have played as high as TierVI (VK 28.01). Since I **** at higher tiers I have recently made the executive decision to make a quick scramble back down to &qu [..] View

AMX 50 100 Help?

2:01 am, August 12, 2014 Long story short I just got the AMX 50 100 and I am having a hard time with it. I think it might me just bad luck with teams but I think it is an positioning problem and not knowing where to go in it. [..] View

How to combat inconsistency

2:01 am, August 10, 2014 Noob with 1.1k battles here, I feel like half of my games I will be top 3 in XP and do really well WN8 wize but the other half I just die without doing hardly anything. Any tips for trying to get more [..] View

JT 8.8 vs T34 for money making?

2:01 pm, August 6, 2014 I have been looking all over the forums for this and each one is bringing different opinions on which tank is better at making creds, the Jagdtiger 88 or the American T34. Some are saying that the T34 [..] View

JT 8,8 map advices

2:01 pm, August 4, 2014 On most maps and tanks, I have a general idea where to go. Unfortunately, JT 8,8 is this vehicle, where I often don't know - and eventually, fail. It has too many known limits, which make it w [..] View

A technical question regarding the precise definition of 'accuracy' or dispersion in WOT?

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 [..] View

Experienced players: What's some advice that you wish you had gotten early in your Tanking career?

2:01 am, July 26, 2014 I've been playing off and on since Beta. My highest tier is a VII. I usually lose motivation after a month or so, but right now is the longest I've played consistently. I'm lea [..] View

It took long enough but I'm finally a 1000 WN8 player

2:01 am, July 26, 2014 WOTLabs For a while i was playing at a 1400-1500 recent wn8 with a 54% win rate, but i went on a massive tilt for a while, now my recent is back above 1250 and 52% and my WN8 finally broke the 1000 ma [..] View

The ULTIMATE secret to becoming a great player is....

2:01 am, July 26, 2014 ... the ability to continuously gather and process information, and making every decision based on the processed information. That's it. Really. It's that simple. It's not about focusing on **** vs [..] View

Is using scouts as combat mediums good for WN8?

2:01 am, July 21, 2014 So I recently got myself a MT-25 (practically elite because I had elited the S-51 before) and looking at WN8 charts, the average damage is 300-400, and unicum level is 500-600. I've only playe [..] View

Getting better as a player, but losing more?

2:01 am, July 21, 2014 So I've been playing regularly for about 2 months now and I think I've made quite a lot of progress toward being better (seehttp://tanks.noobmeter.com/player/na/chyneseguy/1002677778/). Yet right now [..] View

Comparables of incoming tier 10's

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 [..] View

Advice on tanks

2:01 am, July 14, 2014 So I went down the kv-1 line and have played a few games in the kv-1, but I'm not enjoying it all that much. Here's the thing though.... Once I got the T-28, I started consistently hav [..] View

Does anyone else think the Dicker Max is a bit... OP?

2:01 am, July 10, 2014 I was just wondering if anyone thought it was a bit overpowered, I mean the gun depression is fairly good (-15,+10). The gun is nice as long as you get in tier 6 & 7 but you can still pen tier [..] View

Does anyone else think that the L/71 is a viable option on the Tiger II?

2:01 pm, July 9, 2014 I recently purchased the Tiger II and free XP to get the turret, engine, and first 105. I hated the tank at first because it felt like the gun really let it down so i went back to the 8,8 cm Kw.K 43 L [..] View

Conqueror and FV215b Users, Are you happy with your tanks?

2:01 am, July 7, 2014 I started playing world of tanks again about a month ago after a year long hiatus and continued to grind my churchhill VII. Through many many games I've ended up with the Conqueror but still d [..] View

The 28 Proto. Slowly destroying my stats 1 game at a time.

2:01 pm, June 30, 2014 Is there a way to be more consistent with this tank? One game I've over 3k wn8, next game I'm lucky to get 800. Or is this tank just too slow to be consistent? I got rid of the camo net, and got [..] View

At what point does 'patience' become 'camping'?

2:01 am, June 26, 2014 Everybody hates camping. On the other hand, consistently getting ****** early is one of the marks of a poor player, and as you go up in tier, games tend to get slower and players show more patience. E [..] View

[Narwl] Upvote is Recruiting!

2:01 am, June 22, 2014 Hey /r/worldoftanks, Reddit's second clan wars clan is currently recruiting. We're looking for some active players for the clan wars scene and hope that talking to some of you here, t [..] View

Question about perks/skills

2:01 pm, June 21, 2014 Hi guys. I'm relatively new to the game. I don't think I have 2k games yet. I am far enough though that I need to focus on perks and skills for my crew. I had a question about the one [..] View

Hi expert tankers! I recently got the M103 and it is really frustrating me. I've been been unable to play consistently at all. I can see the potential the tank has, but I feel like I am wasting it. Help?

2:01 am, June 14, 2014 I feel like the problem is partly poor positioning, partly poor timing, partly frustration from previous battles, partly always playing medium tanks so I have not learned how and where to play heavies [..] View

Skill Plateaus

2:01 pm, June 13, 2014 Salutations fellow tankers. I'd like to hear the stories of how you guys faced skill plateaus and managed to overcome them gradually. Here's my story. I derped around like most new ta [..] View

[RDDT] NA is recruiting!

2:01 am, June 10, 2014 RDDT NA, your local /r/worldoftanks official clan wars clan, is currently seeking qualified tankers to join our ranks! If you've been looking for a change of scenery from your current clan or [..] View

What do you do to keep the inspiration levels up (the grind)

2:01 pm, June 6, 2014 I'm having some problems finding any inspiration to play WoT and I'm just seeking what others do to keep going on the 'grind'. I have to say that I struggle with finding reasons to play WoT solely [..] View

Strange problem

2:01 am, June 2, 2014 Hello everyone, wondering if you all could help me out or explain exactly whats happening to my game. When I am playing, using the w,a,s,d keys my tank will either not move yet the engine is obviousl [..] View

Am I Playing This Right? | IS-3 Edition

2:01 pm, May 29, 2014 Hey guys, average player here trying to improve. Here are five games in a row, tell me how I can improve in whatever aspect (positioning, loadout, etc) and I will try and apply it to the best of abili [..] View

Heat Shells

2:01 am, May 14, 2014 So, there are two types of premium ammo (mainly, excluding arty and 183) HEAT shells, and APCR shells. Some tanks fire APCR and some HEAT. I have tried to use heat shells myself, while upgrading a tan [..] View

How do I play FV215b 183 to be consistent?

2:01 am, May 4, 2014 Hello everyone, I just got the 183 today as my first Tier ten, and coming from the tortoise which I at least did ok in, my first few battles have been underwhelming. I seem to be getting derped out pr [..] View

Arty shooting out of reticle

10:05 pm, April 30, 2014 I'm shooting full reticle, at still position for over 2 seconds, the shot is consistently over or under shooting by huge margins out of the reticle. up to 3 tank lengths. IT seems like the draw circle [..] View

Hidden Village

10:05 am, April 30, 2014 So for 3 weeks I have been observing my game plays on Hidden Village. In my personal opinion the north side is far harder to win than the south due to one major issue, the players. On the north side i [..] View

9.0 please fix the visual lag

2:01 pm, April 29, 2014 On numerous occasions since 9.0 has been released I've encountered invisible tanks from less than 50 meters away in the open with no concealment. Has anyone else had this issue? My ping runs on ave [..] View

How do you do it, purples?

10:05 pm, April 24, 2014 About a month ago, my 60 day WN8 was around 3000. More recently, I have been averaging around 2400-2600 every day. Consistently. Granted I have been playing a lot more X's lately, but my avera [..] View

Due to new graphics, I can no longer play.

2:01 am, April 19, 2014 So I have a mediocre laptop to play with. I was running sub-optimal frame rate before the patch (~15 constant, 5-8 fps during fights). And well, I guess I enjoyed the game more than I thought I did an [..] View

Latency Issues?

2:01 am, April 16, 2014 I booted up world of tanks this morning to play a few rounds (that's why how it always starts :P) and noticed this (obviously fluctuating slightly but still in this league) on my login screen: [..] View

Can't turn turret and move at the same time

10:05 pm, April 12, 2014 When I am driving very often I can't move my turret until I stop. This happens with both the touchpad and a USB mouse. Is there anything I can do to fix this? Being able to aim on the move con [..] View

Solo Training Mode

10:05 pm, April 11, 2014 Back in the day...like a hunnerd years ago a bunch of us played a game...THE game Tanarus...the first team-based fps-tank battle game ever...we all still miss that game alot! We were talking about [..] View

Win Rate: Useful Statistic? Yes and No

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 [..] View

MM....I know I know blah blah

9:05 am, March 1, 2014 I am sure everyone in here can appreciate the title and how repetitive this topic is and how many times it has been brought up. I platoon with my buddies of which we are not bad players as a whole. I [..] View

challenge -- break down WoT "skill" into 7 independent competencies

9:05 am, February 19, 2014 There have been a lot of discussions about how to measure WoT "skill". In my mind, this is a very broad term that is composed of different (and some independent) competencies. The challen [..] View

Power Donkeys!

9:05 am, February 16, 2014 What just happened to me? I spent the evening trying to get 6th sense on my T29, because x3 crew XP just makes those last % points fly. End result for the evening : WN8 of 1578, WR of 36%. I'm n [..] View

Pershing: My impressions.

9:05 am, February 13, 2014 Pershing + Vert stabs + Snap shot + smooth ride + Vents= Firing on the move god, and practically no aim time at all once you've stopped. Dear god I think I've just discovered my favorite tank in the [..] View

Faster matchmaking (imbalanced) vs balanced matchmaking (balanced). 8.11 change for tier 8 tanks

9:05 pm, February 10, 2014 How many people do you think get fed up with this game because they are consistently placed into matches with tanks 2-3 tier higher than them, often making their role obsolete and wasting their time a [..] View

The upcoming TD Nerfs

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 [..] View

Fixing the Tiger H

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 [..] View

I am at my limit with this game

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 [..] View

WoT Matchmaker discussion

9:05 am, February 5, 2014 I'm interested in discussing this. The If not for tomatoes, there would be no WoT thread has generated tons of discussion, and there has been one particular debate over one core assertion of t [..] View

Coming back after a break.

9:05 am, February 3, 2014 I haven't played consistently in over a year but I'm interested in getting into the game again. I'd like a group of people to play with that could help get me up to speed and t [..] View

Best (most forgiving and fun) Beginner Line

9:05 am, February 1, 2014 Which tank line has consistently the best tanks for each tier? I am teaching my friend how to play and we are experiencing some issues working through the Leopard 1 line. Currently slogging through th [..] View

What can you tell me about my playstyle?

9:05 am, January 27, 2014 I have 8 tier 5 tanks and a few tier 4 and a tier 6. Recently I've taken to driving my Pz.Kpfw. III/IV again. I have everything fully upgraded and I love it. I like the speed, the turret speed [..] View

Question regarding XP.

9:05 pm, January 26, 2014 Ok, so I'm going to try to make this sound like its not a rant post, but it is. I don't get why, at tier 6, I have to put 12k more XP into my arty to get to the tier 7 M12 but a Jackso [..] View

I really want to love WoT, but...

9:05 pm, January 18, 2014 I guess I'm just terrible at playing it. I've been sticking to low tier (1-2) tanks and have been dying left and right consistently. I have played War Thunder longer than I have WoT, [..] View

Cannot carry consistently

9:05 pm, January 15, 2014 Now I know that I'm not the best player around. And the fact that I played the first 9k or so battles on a 10 FPS laptop with a dodgy connection didn't help my overall WN7 either. But [..] View

How To Improve WR, Efficiencies, Carry Ability, And In General?

9:05 am, January 10, 2014 To the better players out there, how do you increase your carry ability, which in turn affects win rate and performance? I am trying to improve my stats andability in WoT. Please don't say, "play [..] View

DEAR WOT : I AM BREAKING UP WITH YOU, FOR 10 REASONS

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 [..] View

/r/WorldofTanks, which tanks are your "Ugly Bettys"?

9:05 pm, January 5, 2014 And by a "Ugly Betty" I mean a tank that you find unappealing in appearance, but consistently performs for you. For example, the Somua S 35 CA. Sure, it's a bathtub on tread [..] View

WZ-120: T-54 without HEAT spam

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 [..] View

8.10 ping problem

9:05 am, December 25, 2013 Hey guys, I have been consistently getting a ping of over 200 in every battle I play in 8.10, while I previously got one of 30-50ms. Can y'all help me? P.S. I'm on the NA_EAST server a [..] View

Really hard to stay consistently good.

9:05 am, December 20, 2013 Sigh . . . Got better for a while, now it's hard to stay consistently good. Many times I thought I was contributing well, then turn around and the rest of the team is dead . . . Heck, my [..] View

Team battles. Have they always been so one-sided?

9:05 am, December 18, 2013 I decided to play some team battles for the free rammers and premium days and got into a team of similarly rated players (53-54% WR, ~1200 - 1400 WN7). We barely even talked anything more than push he [..] View

Dear Unicums: How do you keep up your absurdly high ratings?

9:05 am, December 3, 2013 Bit of background - I've been playing since about 2 years ago, on and off, though in the last 6 months I spend so much damn time in this game. I consider myself a bit above average, but I have [..] View

What is with people shooting the ground?

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 [..] View

WOT Learning Curve: a roadmap

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 [..] View

Open Letter

9:05 am, November 8, 2013 Well I figure this time I'll post something. I've tried to come back to this game after several breaks. I really *want* to like this game however there are quite a few flaws. Training For the sake [..] View

The single best way for you to improve your winrate if you are average or below, assuming you have somebody better than you on your team...

9:05 pm, November 5, 2013 ...is probably to learn to avoid the extremes of camping or YOLOing/*******-rushing.  Seriously, assuming you've already got the basics covered of not shooting HE except from derps, [..] View

wot launcher wont display webpage

9:05 am, November 5, 2013 Ok....I have seen others with this problem before in the forums, but as usual, there is always a million different fixes that never seem to work for everyone consistently. I just re-installed wot for [..] View

[Discussion] Team Battle Mode Impressions

9:05 pm, November 4, 2013 Good morning /r/WorldofTanks! I hope everyone is having a pleasant Monday morning. I totally forgot my laptop at home so I basically had to triple my commute time this morning, which kinda sucked, but [..] View

Guide to Adequate Map Positioning (Cliff)

10:05 pm, October 21, 2013 I'll start with a standard disclaimer. I'm not a pro. There may be other spots to go to on maps that a great player can wring some benefit from. I'm just going for competence. If you go to a place I s [..] View

It's amazing how much better the LeoProt gets with the L7A1.

10:05 am, October 1, 2013 I was struggling to do my HP in damage for the whole grind - it was worse before I got the engine and turret. But just tonight, I managed to finally unlock the L7A1 gun. And holy ****, man... it&# [..] View

Analyze and Help a Noobie Out

10:05 pm, September 30, 2013 So I have a paltry 435 battles under my belt and have made it to Tier 5. Here are my stats I think I have pretty good performance, but as I am new to the game, I really have no idea how this numbers r [..] View

Sorry WG. You did some great things, but the core of the game is still GARBAGE.

10:05 am, September 28, 2013 I have had it.  Physics, new tanks, balanced arty, new maps, all good stuff.  But you are seriously blundering the biggest and most important core of this game, the [..] View

Wargaming, be consistant with your forum discipline

10:05 pm, August 31, 2013 I have been a member of the World of Tanks community for a while now and have seen many trolls, spammers and just plain rude people get their deserved bans and ROs for their actions. &nbs [..] View

Tonight was not such a good night. Seems like just another in a string of many.

10:05 am, August 30, 2013 There really are days where you have to just sit back and wonder if God hates you. Went 4 and 19 tonight. Every game I played was good. I perform consistently well (at least I believe so), and yet all [..] View

I think my M6 is cursed, help!

10:05 pm, August 28, 2013 After another night of dreadful games with the M6, I am turning to you for some much needed help. 32% win rate in 25 battles last night. Did fine in my other tanks, but the M6 is consistently a loser [..] View

When does someone stop being a noob?

10:05 am, August 28, 2013 I have been thinking about this recently, and I want some input from some higher-tier (Literally and figuratively) tankers. When does someone stop being a noob? Is it when their w/l is above 50%, cons [..] View

A few questions

10:05 pm, August 27, 2013 1 - How do people aim around the map so quickly in an artillery, like in this video? 2 - Is team killing just a common thing? In a recent game in a tier 4, someone else had platooned with a tier 2, an [..] View

Quitting after 22,500 games + Review of WOT.

10:05 am, August 27, 2013 This ain't a rage quit post, I still really like WOT and I think that the game improves quite a lot almost every patch. I'm quitting because it's just too addictive and I have **** to do. Review. Gam [..] View

IS - Mountain Pass - Replay Analysis Advice

10:05 pm, August 22, 2013 Note - Mod, please feel free to move this to the correct forums if this is not the right one. I noticed a replay forum but it consisted of highlight videos, so I figured the gameplay forum (which cons [..] View

Tiger II MM pretty bad / My rant on Forum hounds

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 [..] View

Looking for mature, laid back clan

10:05 pm, August 6, 2013 Hey all, been playing for over a year solo-pubbing the entire time. Looking for mature clan since I'm mid 30s and not looking to be playing with 14 year olds. Would like a group to go platooning with [..] View

Am I losing my mind? I feel like I am losing my mind.

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 [..] View

Five thousand battles...

10:05 pm, August 3, 2013 Close to one year after starting to play, I finally hit 5k battles. It's been a rough road at times, with some awful grinds (Pz. 38 n.A.) and some not-so-awful grinds (The entire soviet medium line, y [..] View

Tier 8 tanker - 2300+ battles - PST - 51% win ratio - Tiger II, Lowe, IS6, and many others

10:05 am, July 23, 2013 Battles:  2.3K+ W/L:  51% Hit Ratio:  62% Effeciency Rating:  2176 Avg Daily Play Time: 5+ hours (at the moment) Age: & [..] View

What is the one tank that you consistently have the most fun in World of Tanks?

10:05 am, July 17, 2013 My personal favorite is currently the SU-122-44, simply because dat 3,400 DPM, speed, and 180mm effective armor. Go for it. submitted by TheMrTwist [link] [29 comments] View

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