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Explain Autobounces, I get flack for killing people when they expect it to autobounce

5:03 am, October 23, 2014 I don't have any screens because I'm at work but I've been reported and chewed out for killing people while they are in supposedly autobounce angles. I'm not so sure they exist, is it a thing or are p [..] View

Sidescraping issue after 9.3?

4:03 pm, October 9, 2014 Is anyone having problems with getting penned in the side from obscene angles by people in front of you lately? I'm an average player so I know about sidescraping and had no issue with performing it [..] View

Out of all the things I see ruin the game.... chance of win predictions...

5:03 am, September 26, 2014 Cry about the post all you want but the one thing that stands out and really only see negative from its use is mods that predict the outcome.  They use it to blame people before the game star [..] View

The full run down on the 9.3 changes to the tanks...

4:03 pm, September 25, 2014 So you don't have to look it up....   M24 Chaffee (tier V American light tank): fully rebalanced Players who had previously researched the M24 Chaffee get 43,340 experience points for this v [..] View

Moronic Mondays #2: Armor Angling, Sidescraping/Wall hugging and Face hugging

5:03 am, September 16, 2014 For the second installment, we'll go over armor angling and sidescraping (also called wall hugging, not to be confused with actively bumping enemy tanks up close so they miss shots). SIDESCRAPING In e [..] View

Is there any news on how the new lights are going to be changed?

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 [..] View

Why does WoT use such a ****** auto-ballistic 'adjustment' system, especially in sniper mode?

2:01 am, August 27, 2014 This has been aggravating me more and more lately, perhaps because I've been playing a few tanks with larger-caliber, slower rounds. What I mean by 'auto-ballistic adjustment' [..] View

Good tanks, bad tanks, fun tanks

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 [..] View

Thoughts on a sort of "Hardcore Mode"?

2:01 pm, August 20, 2014 TL;DR at the end. So I was talking to my dad the other day about how we would make WoT more enjoyable for ourselves, if we were involved in the development of it. We both play WoT and really do love t [..] View

The caernarvon :( help

2:01 pm, August 20, 2014 I have been playing world of tanks for a while, most of my early stats show how much of a noob I used to be, and as time when on I realized it too. I have played the US medium line all the way to the [..] View

M103 Guide

2:01 am, August 17, 2014 I think this is thetank I've reviewed on the forums that has changed the most since I bought it. A few (unrelated) tanks that really don't change all that much when you upgrade them are the Type 5 [..] View

Question about symbols on MeltyMap'sMathMod

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 [..] View

Artillery: The class we love to hate. My views and suggestions for making artillery bearable and playable.

2:01 am, July 14, 2014 It is not news to anyone on this subreddit that artillery is a hugely controversial part of WoT. From "Finger of God" to "Sky Cancer" and (just last night) &quo [..] View

A rather specific question about playing a medium in fisherman's bay.

2:01 pm, July 10, 2014 Tried looking if there were videos or guides about playing a medium in the center of fisherman's bay. Seen a few -G- members on twitch play the middle of the map, and they always give tips and advice [..] View

Pitched Battle Mode

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 [..] View

Any suggestions on the Tiger II?

2:01 am, June 29, 2014 I have played almost 200 games in this tank and still can't figure the damn thing out... I have tried a bunch of different ways to play the Tiger II and no one method is any better than the re [..] View

1930 AEM CHAR DE CHASSE - a low tier French tank destroyer?

2:01 pm, June 26, 2014 (I'm aware that Wargaming isn't planning to add in any new tanks for a period of time, but I still like to discuss changes even if they wouldn't be implemented for a while even if they actually did pr [..] View

Object 907???

2:01 pm, June 24, 2014 I was looking through the tanks in WoT Tank Viewer and I noticed a tank with I had truly never heard of before. The Soviet tier 10 medium tank: Obj. 907. It has ridiculous armour angles, super stronk [..] View

What's with the animosity towards jumping tech?

2:01 pm, June 21, 2014 So as a new player, I've noticed I get jumped on alot for having grabbed a Wolverine/KV1 , people seem upset by the fact that I don't actually have every mapped memorized etc. Now I'm not saying that [..] View

How exactly do tracks block shots?

2:01 am, June 7, 2014 The other day I was in a losing game in my T34. Getting flanked by an STA-1, I fired one last shot as he circled me into his side at near point blank range, the shell hitting flush into the middle of [..] View

Which tank has the strongest frontal turret armor in the game?

2:01 pm, June 4, 2014 EDIT: Including angles, spaced armor, etc submitted by joonik [link] [22 comments] View

On track to: purple stats - tips & tricks

2:01 pm, June 1, 2014 What is this? A collection of little things that, to my feeling,contribute to a next-level gameplay. Many people have the experience of hitting a 'skill-ceiling'. They find it hard to perform better a [..] View

Need some critiquing on a loss.

2:01 am, June 1, 2014 Here's the Replay: http://wotreplays.com/site/899564#self Ignore the last bit from the two teammates, I understand losing is frustrating so what happened didn't bother me too much. Wha [..] View

Angry Deputy talks CW

2:01 am, June 1, 2014 First off, this contains mature language and I was a little bit pissed off when I wrote it. But like I care :) How to Clan Wars Hello I'm kattovisch and I'm the deputy commander for Ka [..] View

Is there any skill going to be placed back in the game?

2:01 am, May 20, 2014 Once upon a time frontal armor and positioning meant something. That was a long long time ago. Now the only way to bounce shot is to have them shoot your side on steep angles or hope they don t hit ma [..] View

Losing streak prevention

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 [..] View

Faults of World of Tanks

10:05 am, May 5, 2014 So I was playing the last few days and I must say, the RNG has been beyond horrible. To follow up, I realized just how biased every match is towards varied players. Killing the combat abilities of [..] View

Destructible buildings not so destructible

2:01 pm, April 28, 2014 I keep running into this over and over again. There will be a destructible building that someone is hiding behind and no matter how many times I shoot it (experiments conducted with waffle e100) I can [..] View

Incoming rant - The state of things

10:05 pm, April 27, 2014 Warning, this is the product of a lot of frustration so I am not going to be that diplomatic. If I step on your favorite tanks toes, I am not that sorry. Where is this game going? Is it just me o [..] View

Is it time we look at the +-25% RNG effect on penetration?

9:05 am, February 27, 2014 The shooting mechanics game is affect by the RNG in three aspects: Accuracy, Penetration, and Damage. I think damage RNG is another topic to discuss, but I do believe penetration RNG should be look [..] View

Is it worth it to shoot HE at the turret of the WT E100?

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 [..] View

Tupinambis' prediction on how Confrontatin battles will go, lower tiers

9:05 am, February 10, 2014 I'm bored, so I'm in the mood to write a stupidly long topic. Here goes: NOTE: Let it be known now, that I know very little about arty, and I have very little idea how the different arties for eac [..] View

Matchmaker is Broken, yes?

9:05 am, January 28, 2014 I've been getting very lopsided matches in the last week. I don't generally take much stock in the XVM chance to win, but I was seeing percentages in the mid teens and low 20s. Although I was generall [..] View

Jagdtiger - The German box tank that was never meant to be: A disappointing fate for the average joe.

9:05 am, January 9, 2014 Jagdtiger is one of those hated tanks. WG hates it so much, they nerfed it with the batch of German "balance changes". Is it still capable? Yes. Is it fun to play now? No. I rewrote [..] View

Streaming grinding to WTE100

9:05 am, January 9, 2014 The frustrating grind to WTE100. Hopefully music soothes some of the rage. Any advices/comments/insults are welcome. http://www.twitch.tv/arithmaticsalter if you see my aiming reticule shakes for no r [..] View

Type 61 issues (Japanese line underpowered or OP?)

9:05 am, January 5, 2014 The Type 61 has some serious issues after playing it for a bit and some hidden stats I have good experience with the E-50, and the T-54 to compare roughly what constitutes a standard T9 medium tan [..] View

Help me not be absolutely terrible at this game

9:05 pm, January 3, 2014 Playing a game, I get the "stanky you have the worst record i've ever seen" Now don't get me wrong, I am absolute **** at this game but the problem is that I love it. [..] 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

A Quick Thank You

9:05 pm, December 23, 2013 I just want to say thank you for helping me improve my play over the last few weeks. http://www.noobmeter.com/player/na/Ranzo/1001658043/ Working on my angles, watching my positions, playing more cons [..] View

Designing a post-war Super-Heavy MBT

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 [..] View

3D Tactical Battle Designer

9:05 pm, November 23, 2013 I have been working on this at least six months (I am really not sure how long it's been) and was wondering if its worth continuing.. The BigWorld engine does amazing things like... VERY FAST LOD Mana [..] View

What has Changed?

9:05 am, November 19, 2013 I'm not sure what has changed since the 8.9 update, but the gameplay is vastly different.  Before the last update, I had gotten my **** together and gone from about a 46% win rate to [..] View

Q&A with Storm about WoT in 2014

9:05 am, November 9, 2013 Translation of video from discussion with Storm (by Jove) - (paraphrased from Russian by ClanTalk.net): Patch 0.8.0 was really nice, why were the patches after that underwhelming? A. There was a lot [..] View

Tiger Two Wat Do?

9:05 pm, November 7, 2013 Recently got to the King Tiger and i have the turret and the second gun, however I can't seem to make this tank work. Sidescrapeing ends up getting me penned at ~175* angles on the hull and tu [..] View

My Thoughts On The Chi-Nu Kai.

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 [..] View

Japanese Type 74 (STB-1) may be leopard 1 Equal?

8:58 pm, October 28, 2013 SS on ftr doesn't think the 74 will get much depression, though irl it has hydrolic suspension to allow for silly depression angles see: whee. However it looks to have a troll turret that is p [..] 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

The Chieftain's Guide: Armor Angles

10:05 am, October 20, 2013 submitted by Captain_Alaska [link] [2 comments] View

Idiots

10:05 am, October 13, 2013 Was in a match in my KV-1, was sidescraping, got down to 8% health, but took out 2 enemies and did 762 damage. There was a matilda slowly making his way to support me, but let's leave him out for now. [..] View

The different play styles of the 2 German medium lines

10:05 am, October 10, 2013 Hey tankers, not sure if this has been posted or discussed here before, but after having 2 pretty good games in 1 night on my E-50M and Leopard PTA (pretty much just a Leopard 1 on baddie pills), and [..] View

This game is just about as broken as it was 2 years ago

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 [..] View

Super P post 8.8 help

10:05 pm, September 27, 2013 Hey guys, I need some help with the sp. I had it sitting for quite some time and descided to try it out after the latest patch and boy do I stink with it. Any tips or angles etc? Any links on how to u [..] View

Q&A with veider. Person, responsible for the balance in the game.

10:05 am, September 22, 2013 There was a RU-stream today with veider (~1hr30mins). Where questions regarding balance and future changes were answered. This is a transcript/translation from the Russian language. Expect lots of gra [..] View

Q&A with Veider, the person responsible for game balance

10:05 am, September 22, 2013 Copied/pasted from the reddit page. Made a few grammar and style corrections for easier reading. There was a RU-stream today with veider (~1hr30mins) where questions regarding balance and future cha [..] View

Stealth buff: World of Tanks Android App

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 [..] View

T34.

10:05 am, August 24, 2013 Whats up with this tank? How are people able to impossible pen sections of armor at extreme angles when it should physically bounce? Was playing a match where it was me against a Pershing and I was ha [..] View

Hard cover on caps in Encounter

10:05 am, August 20, 2013 Okay, so, El Halluf has that rock of hard cover on the cap, but has many options for getting angles on people hiding behind it from either side. Conversely, Redshire, Lakeville, and Mines really don&a [..] View

IS-3M Fan Art - "Beast"

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 [..] View

Someone, please... How do i play with the Churchill VII

10:05 am, August 3, 2013 I have over 8k battles and 55% winrate or more on my recent tanks. But this tank is just... Unplayable! No matter how hard I sidescrape, I always get penned, even at seemingly auto bounce angles. And [..] View

KV-5 and you, a love/hate relationship (Guide/Discussion)

10:05 pm, August 1, 2013 I posted this three months ago during the last sale, and it seemed to slow the number should I buy threads, so I'm throwing it up again with a few revisions. Pros The armor is really strong [..] View

TRON Skin - T54E1

10:05 am, July 24, 2013 Alright, long time to see skinning section, but I have returned, with yet another TRON skin! This time around I have done the T54E1, as I am currently grinding the T57 heavy from this tank, but wante [..] View

Is shell drops due to range included in gun depression?

10:05 pm, July 22, 2013 A shell drops to the ground due to gravity. Is this included in gun depressions? Ie, can you shoot at higher depression angles at longer ranges? submitted by paplan [link] [18 comments] View

Things I did before and after 2000 games to improve my play.

10:05 am, July 12, 2013 So I was at first hesitant to do this but since some people were requesting it, I thought I'd finally write this guide out. It'll probably be a long read so bear with me. This is the t [..] View

WOT "What if?": World of Tanks 80.4 Cold War Edition

10:05 am, July 6, 2013 I've seen quite a lot of posts about people asking what it would be like if tanks with smoothbore guns and ATGMs and composite armor was added to the game, if maps would get bigger then, or how they w [..] View

Minimap Icons

10:05 pm, June 29, 2013 Does anyone recall the fix for tank destroyers displaying as SPGs on the minimap (they show up as Squares as opposed to triangles)? View

Arty 'Skill' Theory

10:05 pm, June 20, 2013 So I've been thinking a bit about arty, and why there seems to be a smaller learning curve and 'easy mode' feel to it. Obviously the point and shoot aspect plays in given the g [..] View

8.6 Final Release Notes

10:05 pm, June 17, 2013 Changes in SPGs: USSR SPG line has been reworked: New SPGs added: SU-122 (Tier V), SU-14-1 (Tier VII) Now the tree will look like this: Tier II SU-18 Tier III SU-26 Tier IV SU-5 Tier V SU-122A (new [..] View

Concrete Triangles are OP

10:05 am, June 15, 2013 submitted by BannedOrMuted [link] [8 comments] View

8.6 Test server v2: updated list of the big artillery changes

10:05 am, June 11, 2013 Since there was not really a good compendium on the incoming artillery changes, might as well give you the info that i got from the forums in wot russia, and mirtankov.net, and wot-lol and since WG is [..] View

Arctic southeast corner still a deathtrap?

10:05 pm, June 10, 2013 Don't go south corner you'll get ****** let them come around, one of WOT's most common sayings along with rush hill on Mines. Used to be 100% true, south road was one long killzone. But map's been red [..] View

Can you fix highway map?

10:05 pm, May 28, 2013 The south has a major disadvantage then the north and it get really annoying. Although the north route is quite even on protection for both sides the south side of the map pass is so unfair for all He [..] View

8.6 Preliminary Patch Notes, courtesy of Mugsy (WGNA)

10:05 pm, May 23, 2013 NA forum link: http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/238493-preliminary-86-update-notes/page__p__4504164#entry4504164 Text for non NA account holders: Dear all, We want to share with you list [..] View

The Silly Overmatch System

10:05 pm, May 17, 2013 In case you aren't aware... Overmatch is a mechanic for AP/APCR that prevents you from bouncing off sheets of paper with a coastal defense gun because of wonky angles; if the caliber of your gun is a [..] View

Random advice: driving tips, and setup advice for arty.

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 [..] View

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