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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5:03 am, October 10, 2014
I've got the Pz 1 c. Fully upgraded. Whenever I'm in a game with tier 2 and 3 I'm great, as I probably should be. But against tier 4 and 5 when I can't just motor through and blast everyone I am lost. [..]
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4:03 pm, October 4, 2014
Thanks WG for the credit and crew buffs to lower tier tanks, but the main reason I don't play them is because they ****. Look at the T15. There is no comparison between t [..]
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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 1, 2014
I have nearly 3,500 battles now. I got rid of my last tier I tank probably 2700 battles ago, and got rid of my last tier II tank about 1,500 battles ago. Just the other day I decided not to buy the ti [..]
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5:03 am, September 24, 2014
You know what time it is, 9.3 should go live tomorrow 24 September for EU. You all know the drill by now, listing mods here with the link to their last known update page and waiting for them to become [..]
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5:03 am, September 23, 2014
Experiment: Take a 100% crew (without camouflage training), and a 50% crew, and play the same tank using as much camo cover as possible. The difference is astrofuckingnomical. Like, I never, ever expe [..]
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5:03 am, September 20, 2014
Okay, so I've read various things and heard different things from different people, but looking for more to the point answer. What do the changes in 9.3 mean for TDs/Scouts? I believe I heard they are [..]
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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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4:03 pm, September 15, 2014
The situation:
Two identical tanks, A and B. Both have 350m viewrange and 10% innate camo rating. They're 75m apart. There's a building in between them like in the image. Neithe [..]
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4:03 pm, September 14, 2014
Hi. So I've always been a lurker in /r/Wot but decided to sign up to Reddit to ask this since I haven't got a satisfying answer yet. I'm playing EU, mainly the M18. Around 4k battles on the M18, 58% W [..]
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5:03 am, September 13, 2014
Hi Everyone, I recently started a campaign to deliver a series of videos to help new players. A lot of people flame new or poor players including myself in the past, I decided to take a positive proac [..]
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4:03 pm, September 10, 2014
Hi, I'm having trouble with T21. More specifically, on Ruinberg. I'm Not sure where I should go. City is a big brawl, and at the road to the north I am either too far (trying to spot from bushes), or [..]
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4:03 pm, September 8, 2014
We'd like to introduce a new feature for this subreddit. To help all you new players out there too afraid to ask a question or don't know what questions to ask, this will be your home. Any and all que [..]
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4:03 pm, September 6, 2014
Watching Jingles review of map rework.... Almost no soft cover anywhere. Just shallow depressions and slightly elevated plateaus. Bushes pretty much all gone. Where there are some, just tiny ones. See [..]
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2:01 pm, August 29, 2014
I like sniping so I tend to use tanks like the MS-1 with the 45 or TD's. I've added a cammo net and I'm saving up for binos.
I am very confused how to use cover. Most maps have bits of pieces of bush [..]
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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 [..]
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2:01 pm, August 17, 2014
http://i.imgur.com/LdQViNZ.jpg?1 The other spawn's side has kinda the same ledge but those bushes cover your tank completely until you fire, no matter how bad my tank's camo is or how [..]
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2:01 am, August 11, 2014
It was a tier 5 match on the one on "Highway", after streaks of losses I turn towards my M41 to perhaps cheer me up. I had a good team (based off of the amount of heavies, T.D's, etc.), but [..]
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2:01 am, August 6, 2014
Thought I had a replay, but must have not saved it soo...
After numerous posts pointing out how I know everything, one of the "How does he not know this?" questions...
Was on tundra in [..]
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2:01 pm, August 4, 2014
Since I moved to South Korea, I couldnt handle the ping lag in the American servers. So I made an account in the South Korean server. I wanted the su152 (stronk stalin tenk). The tier 2 and 3 were aw [..]
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2:01 am, July 30, 2014
You know what time it is, 9.2 goes live Wednesday 30 July for NA. You all know the drill by now, listing mods here with the link to their last known update page and waiting for them to become official [..]
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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 21, 2014
Had a Lowe in a match claim that the only reason he was spotted was because an E75 was shooting right next to him. He claimed the E75 shot, then his (the Lowe's) 6th Sense went off. I know that heavie [..]
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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 pm, July 16, 2014
The last several minutes of this Chaffee replay shows how to properly use bushes. The 15-meter rule Quickybaby describes works for every tank.
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2:01 pm, July 15, 2014
http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/07/15/storm-announces-spotting-changes/
The following lines require at least general knowledge of how the spotting check system works if you dont know that, please rea [..]
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2:01 am, July 15, 2014
I often employ a tactic that I see few others use. I would like your opinions as to your use of it and its viability to improve others game.
The sighting rule now includes fallen trees. I create fa [..]
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2:01 am, July 9, 2014
Okay, so I am at a losshere. I understand it's a sniping tank, but 50% of the maps don't allow for this type of gameplay due to many reasons (thanks Wargaming, how about fixing this?) that I won't get [..]
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2:01 am, July 5, 2014
Hello! I'm BlueD from Friday Night Gaming - A Stream to Learn Competitive Games. Tonight me and my co-host JoKeRRR will be playing World of Tanks! We have a game rotation so we're not [..]
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2:01 am, July 4, 2014
Between 8.6 and 9.2 we've seen constant nerfs to LT's
Removal of T-50-2
Nerfing of most high speed LT's
Increase in sigma, making LT active scouting near pointless, since most heavies can one sho [..]
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2:01 am, July 1, 2014
FTR: http://ftr.wot-news.com/
The vid is in Russian - but you can see; major rework to the map. A LOT less bushes, numerous new routes. TDs will not have a lot of places to hide / shoot from safe [..]
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2:01 am, June 28, 2014
So first off, I'm loving this game! It's so much more different to both the FPS and MOBA communities. But I have some problems. What are the roles of each type of tank? And how come I [..]
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2:01 am, June 26, 2014
1. I figured I'd try to save some thread-space by asking 2 questions on the same thread. The first question is about German heavies from tier V to VII. I know the the tier IV DW2 isnt well liked, so I [..]
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2:01 pm, June 18, 2014
And by TD , i mean SU152 to be more specific.
1) How do i deal with people rushing my team on small maps?
2)How do i play this TD on town maps? do i try to stand far back or do i get around a corn [..]
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2:01 am, June 17, 2014
Hi, Im Ted, and Im a tomato. It all started a few years back when I jumped into my first Loltraktor. I couldnt hit the broadside of a Province barn and soon found myself a smoldering wreck halfway dow [..]
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2:01 pm, June 12, 2014
Since 9.0 I've barely gotten a handful of scout or patrol duty medals. Due to the maps now almost all having two chokepoint lanes that are walled off, with usually a crapload of buildings or hill in t [..]
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2:01 am, June 12, 2014
Hey Tankkit. This is infuriating. No matter how many videos and strategies that I watch, I just can't seem to be able to scout. I play heavy tanks relatively well, but as fun as I find light t [..]
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2:01 am, June 12, 2014
Okay, so I've been playing this game since May 16th 2011. I have been around since 0.6.4. I'm not posting this for thumbs up because it sure as heck won't be because the average player in the game wou [..]
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2:01 pm, June 11, 2014
NB: XVM now requires you to link your wargaming ID to be able to use XVM stats You know what time it is, 9.1 goes live today Wednesday 11 June for EU. You all know the drill by now, listing mods here [..]
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2:01 pm, June 11, 2014
i don't mean a reduced number of leafs bec its considered a hack i think i just want alower texture for the trees and leafs bec it raises the FPS for nothing
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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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2:01 am, May 31, 2014
So I've been wondering this for awhile but lets say you knock over a tree and hide behind the top bit with the leaves does that count as a "foilage"? submitted by Hany_the_ [..]
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2:01 am, May 30, 2014
I was playing the VK.28.01 (fully upgraded with derp) on komarin. I drove up to a building with a bush to its left side like so: XBush =Building -+-Tank X===== -+- I angled my tank at around a 30 deg [..]
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2:01 am, May 29, 2014
I notice that every time when I play this map that the right side of the map is frequently contested. However, by getting to the east, a tank must pass these areas:
These parts are practically a hu [..]
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2:01 am, May 24, 2014
For several weeks now I have been dealing with ping spikes in almost every game I play, with many of these spikes getting above 400-600 all the way to 999 some times. I find that anymore when my ping [..]
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2:01 pm, May 12, 2014
This was quite another memorable x5 game in my 416. 10.7k exp (x5), 4.1k damage, 9 kills
http://www.wotreplays.com/site/854030#team
Points of the poast:
1. The good players on the enemy team [..]
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2:01 am, May 12, 2014
Since 9.0 I've had a number of instances where a tank would seemingly completely fail to render. No intervening bushes, at distances of less than 50m. Sometimes I even get the tracer from thei [..]
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2:01 pm, May 8, 2014
So, there are some tanks and configurations that are generally considered "bad", such as M3 Lee, B1, or AMX 38. However, some of them, when in certain positions, can really do well. [..]
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10:05 pm, May 3, 2014
Im on mobile so sorry if the formating/english is garbage. My questions are: When playing in a platoon with friends how come we usually get matched up with higher tiers instead of our tiers (we are a [..]
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2:01 am, May 3, 2014
Now, I know this probably isn't the best place for it and I'll get told off most likely, the official world of tanks forums are hell. They practically told me "don't w [..]
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10:05 pm, April 23, 2014
So, up until very recently I've been a pretty good passive scout. My type 62 has a paint job, a cammo net, and jacked crew skills, and I know good places to hide--I always park behind bushes. [..]
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10:05 am, April 23, 2014
I'm a regular heavy tanker. I've managed to branch out successfully into tank destroyers and mediums (as well as arty though the fv304 doesn't really count as arty in my book). [..]
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10:05 pm, April 22, 2014
Block Quote
Removal of trees, leaves and bushes or change transparency
This Still puzzle me to this very day, what make this mod so illegal?
the only disadvantage of this mod is not knowi [..]
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10:05 pm, April 15, 2014
Lately I've become disillusioned with World of Tanks as I can't seem to get my win rate above 48%. I've played almost 7K games and feel like I understand mechanics for the most [..]
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10:05 am, April 14, 2014
You know what time it is, 9.0 goes live tomorrow 15 April. You all know the drill by now, listing mods here with the link to their last known update page and waiting for them to become officially 9.0 [..]
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2:01 am, April 14, 2014
This my idea of how the those controversial spotting mechanics should work. Love them, hate them, use them to blow your nose I don't care but this is just my ideas on how they could work.First off, ve [..]
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2:01 pm, April 12, 2014
I ****.
(dont comment if you dont read fully)
I thought i'd just go ahead and put that out there before i get to the root of my argument here. i **** at WOT. i am a weekend noob. My personal score [..]
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9:05 am, March 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 20, 2014
I'm a newish player only just getting my first Tier 7 now, where should I be as a non turreted TD like the Stug or Pz.Sfl. IVc. There doesn't seem to be any cover or bushes to hide in. [..]
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9:05 am, February 16, 2014
I found a mod a while ago (~2 years) that would thin out trees and bushes so you could see easier. This was on Curse, and has since been removed. I still have the file, but I hear a lot about flora re [..]
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9:05 am, February 11, 2014
I'm trying my hand at light tanks and being a scout, but since I'm usually matched up against higher tiers I do a lot of hiding in bushes. That said, how do I know when I've s [..]
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9:05 pm, February 10, 2014
You know what time it is, 8.11 goes live tomorrow 11 February for EU and Thursday 13 February for NA (Release notes). You all know the drill by now, listing mods here with the link to their last known [..]
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9:05 pm, February 9, 2014
Just a couple of quick questions about World of Tanks I'm not sure about how much if any I want to put into the game. So as I'm working with limited garage I'm planning to sell [..]
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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 am, January 31, 2014
Alright, so I've been on quite the losing streak tonight while always coming in at top damage and XP. It's getting a little annoying, since my ***** usually signifies a loss in the games I've been in [..]
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9:05 pm, January 29, 2014
Player approvals. I'd like to be able to start "approving" and "disapproving" of players in the game, and then I'd like MM to try to take these &am [..]
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9:05 am, January 29, 2014
Ok so what's the point of having a view range if tanks can move in the open without being spotted? 400m to 10m away the stay invisible or appear disappear in a flash just wondering how one can get the [..]
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9:05 pm, January 27, 2014
So, I THINK I know the maximum view range (when you can see a lit target) is 500 meters. If I am wrong, please correct.
Spotting range is the range at which you see a concealed enemy, opposing thei [..]
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9:05 pm, January 26, 2014
Hey all, just checking the changes and the mechanics... and wanted to get the information verified by others. 8.11 seems to be removing the "class camo bonus" to TDs when they fire. [..]
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9:05 am, January 25, 2014
Is there any at all? I am running into an issue where the enemies always know where I am, and I mean always. Twice I have tried to sneak up on a tank engaged with one of my teammate. I have not fired [..]
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9:05 pm, January 20, 2014
Erlenberg - We all know it. Erlenberghas become a massive camp fest. The reasons for this are simple. You have 2 sides of a map separated by a river with 3 narrow crossing points. These points can be [..]
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9:05 am, January 13, 2014
To be specific, thanks a tonne. Thank all 9O of your fattonnes.
l have to give kudos to this AC48, which saved my life more than one time. And led the charge at the end, due to this incompetent [..]
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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 am, January 7, 2014
Is it just me, or do most of the maps now-a-days seem like theres no point in having a scout? They're all so linear. Like every new map, what are you supposed to do as a scout? People fight al [..]
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9:05 pm, January 5, 2014
It might be a little late in the game to be asking such a question, but I don't recall experiencing this situation before.
I'll start by saying that I understand how to properly use trees and bushe [..]
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9:05 am, December 21, 2013
It's that time again fellow tankers, 8.10 will be released Monday 23 December for EU. You all know the drill by now, listing mods here with the link to their last known update page and waiting [..]
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9:05 pm, December 20, 2013
I've unlocked the 90mm gun and the best engine and i still feel like a waste of space in it. I don't have 6th sense in it so I cant see when I've been spotted other than when s [..]
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9:05 am, December 19, 2013
So basically when I play WoT, my framerate will be around 50 fps, but when I aim at the sky it will be 120+ and when I sit in a big bunch of bushes, it will go as low as 10. Does anyone know why this [..]
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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 15, 2013
Here we see a tomato in cover from 3 tanks. It can get in a shot before being sent to the garage. Do not be like this tomato. Do not pop up infront of multiple tanks
Here we see a suiscout. Do [..]
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9:05 am, December 14, 2013
Something I had to share.
Standard battle, south spawn on Malinovka. I informed the team I'd be spotting field for them, moved up into the first line of field bushes, caught the KV2 right off the b [..]
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9:05 am, December 12, 2013
I'm leveling the old German TD's and I'm on 6 and I"m starting to get the hang of playing TDs but at 8 they switch from stealthier/typical TD's to more heavily [..]
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9:05 am, December 9, 2013
after installing XVM, I quickly noticed that my WN6 rating is in the 500s, my winrate is a stagnant 50%, and then I checked further stats, to find I have not a single positive ratio in regards to kill [..]
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9:05 am, November 20, 2013
I got a bit of a complex question about camouflage that i hope the veterans can help me with. If someone has the post-8.6 camo calculation formula, i would love you. The WT-E100 has absolutely atrocio [..]
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9:05 am, November 10, 2013
I'm starting to really really get confused about some things right about now. I've recently got my T-34 which is a great tank and I feel like I've been doing well in it getting nearly 3-6 kills per ga [..]
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9:05 pm, November 1, 2013
One of the things I've caught myself doing alot lately is pre-aiming. I don't know if that's the correct term for it, but what I'm referring to is the process by where [..]
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9:05 pm, October 29, 2013
No, not the map, cliffs, up or over a cliff. I understand that tanks within 50 m become visible and "spotted" when they are within 50 meters, regardless of camo or a clear [..]
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9:05 am, October 27, 2013
Wanted Heavy Tank report button for Heavies that camp on hills in Tank Destroyer spots for a match and snipe for most or all of the match. Give the tankers that do not play their class properly a dedu [..]
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10:05 am, October 18, 2013
Preface: So I did a search for this idea before I made this post, and I saw a lot of posts about smoke, but most were talking about "how do we remove it" mostly for performance issue [..]
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10:05 am, October 11, 2013
I submitted this as a ticket. Even when I'm drunk I sound smarter than most of you idiots (was that arrogant to say?). TL;DR stfu.
Let me start by saying that [..]
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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'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 pm, October 8, 2013
First of all, THIS IS NOT A COMPLAINT ABOU THE Fv215b(183)!!!
ok, now that we settled that... A couple of days ago I was grinding my centurion Mk1. I got a tier 10 battle in Mines (the map with a hill [..]
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10:05 am, October 3, 2013
One of my largest shortcomings as a player is knowing how to handle fighting in forests. In most maps with areas like these, it seems there is little cover there besides the camo provided by trees and [..]
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10:05 am, October 3, 2013
First all I want to say how amazing the revived wt-replays.org is, especially with the minimap battleviewer and the entire chat record, help put in a lot of perspectives for spectators. Equipments: Im [..]
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10:05 pm, October 1, 2013
Beach Head:A rural version of the Coast,not many building,but there would be many bushes,trees,fields,ect....Each team starts at one of the ends of the map (between beach and land).Scouts and TDs coul [..]
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10:05 pm, September 25, 2013
Here is the ideas, Add Seasonal change for most the maps, Desert maps are not changing.
1. All Summer maps could change to Winter maps covered with snow.
2. All Winter maps could change to Summer maps [..]
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10:05 am, September 23, 2013
ok I understand it somewhat balances for tank destroyers to be slightly more detectable by some tanks but when a tank destroyer with a paint camo a camo net and 3 crew members with 100% camo perk and [..]
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