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how to play well.

4:03 pm, October 23, 2014 1. understand the roll of your tank and its strongpoints and weaknesses. a t-34 should not be up on a hill sniping , and a toaster should not be up at the front of a charge. don't ******* if your a sc [..] View

Ughh, just had a teammate fail at trying to TK me

5:03 am, October 19, 2014 After calling out an allied KV-5 for camping by telling the enemy team that KV-5s are the best sniping platform in the game, he started talking smack and did the usual "ur bad" and "now [..] View

Is my PC failing?

4:03 pm, October 18, 2014 I know my current, soon to be replaced, PC has the performance of a toaster and I'm always barely getting playable frames even with maximum optimization. It was however always running stable and I've [..] View

is this person cheating?

5:03 am, October 16, 2014 the other night I'm playing my SU122 in erlenberg, I'm at B6 my target is at B5 110m away, direct line of sight I fire, and just as I get ready to fire again, he dissapears, auto lock says "where [..] View

scouts need camo breaking.

5:03 am, October 1, 2014 look at fiery salient - nobody wants to scout the 1-2 line because of invisible TD's.  scouts should have a bonus to break their camo and better view range. View

Why is crew skill level so ridiculously important for camo?

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 [..] View

Decision making process

5:03 am, September 19, 2014 I've done a few of things in the past, and a few guys messaged me after this battle (from both sides) saying gg, and wondering how I did it.    http://wotreplays.com/site/1175387#sel [..] View

Invisible Enemies

4:03 pm, September 15, 2014 Okay, I just hit 4800 battles, so I'm still a noob. But something I'm noticing more often is that I'm being ****** by tanks that I can't even see.   I spot a target, line him up and begin to [..] View

Incoming fire direction indicator

5:03 am, September 11, 2014 What do you all think of this mod? I tried it and felt that it's a bit OP (giving you a big arrow that lasts a whole reload cycle to aim precisely). Since the damage log/ammo type mods no longer tell [..] View

How do I be more consistent?

2:01 pm, August 19, 2014 Well, after ragequitting WoT for basically the entire summer, I've decided to start again. After around 400 battles, I came to a conclusion: I am horribly inconsistent. By this I mean I either [..] View

So recently RDDT went looking for some trolly spots for CW. Instead we found an invisible wall.

2:01 am, August 19, 2014 submitted by bbluech [link] [comment] View

Mods - Any working help sites

2:01 pm, August 14, 2014 I decided to download XVM to see what on earth everyone sees when they keep declaring "GG, we ****." It downloaded OK, but outside of the minimap, there was less information than bef [..] View

Game deselecting randomly mid-match

2:01 am, August 10, 2014 I dont really even know how to describe it with simple words. Basically ill just be running along in my tank and all of a sudden I just halt in place, cant move, cant look around. To be able to move a [..] View

OPINIONS NEEDED!

2:01 pm, August 8, 2014 Was recently in a lil discussion with some people...would like to show the comment I received...Want to hear what others have to say on it---- "Wow... If you believe 6th snese ISN'T useful o [..] View

Is this how camo is supposed to work?

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 [..] View

Red Border is Colourblind Unfriendly

2:01 am, August 3, 2014 The current map border lines are currently nearly invisible to colorblind players on maps with green grass. A simple fix would be to render map borders in a high visibility pattern such as alternating [..] View

Maus best cammo NA

2:01 am, July 30, 2014 Maus goes invisible from less than 100 meters. Totally balanced http://wotreplays.com/site/1040688#erlenberg-crookanator-object_140 View

WoT Guide for all colors of WN8

2:01 pm, July 27, 2014 I'll go ahead an mention that /u/damienjaxx tempted me to do this by offering the possible banning of attention whoring posts that I hate, but hey, everyone benefits right? This is a relativel [..] View

A bit of perspective on the game as a whole.

2:01 am, July 9, 2014 Hi guys! I keep seeing seriously misguided opinions on here about game mechanics, WG design choices, and pretty much everything else, and I wanted to provide information for the newer players. I&# [..] View

Things that are funny: watching people whine and complain about the Hellcat nerf.

2:01 pm, July 8, 2014 It's like people have no concept of balance, the metagame, and how the two affect each other. Or the most basic of statistics. I've seen so many pubbies recently on various forums whin [..] View

Whats your warm up tank?

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 [..] View

Forum issue

2:01 pm, June 14, 2014 Not a gameplay issue, but maybe someone here has seen this before. This just started this evening. When I go to the bottom of a thread, the quick reply area has my avatar on the left, but there is now [..] View

Thoughts on additional flair

2:01 am, June 11, 2014 Disclaimer: In a perfect world with no e-peen this idea may actually be viable. THE IDEA So we already have clan flair on this subreddit which gives a mostly accurate representation of a player&# [..] View

8.6 changes

2:01 am, June 3, 2014 Having just read this article. http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/238170-changes-in-in-game-balance-in-86/ I see nerfs for 105 coming in 8.6: "A separate point here is the nerf o [..] 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

Suggestion: nerf TDs health and Auto-loaders ammo capacity

2:01 pm, May 29, 2014 First of all, I am no big fan of nerfs nor buffs. I can see the need sometimes to adjust "features" in order to correct them after a release. We're talking minor nerfs and buffs. But the ong [..] View

9.0 i cant take it any more , come and help me please

2:01 pm, May 26, 2014 OK its all started when i updated the game to 9.0 1st problem is : the terrain , i can see some black shapes moving in the whole map and sometimes its in one place not moving cant see anything from [..] View

I finally understand spotting thanks to this post by Rocketbrainsurgeon

2:01 pm, May 24, 2014 submitted by armybratkp [link] [24 comments] View

Invisible Tanks? Not your standard camo mechanics whine, either

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 [..] View

[PSA] If you are a new tanker, now is the time to buy Binoculars and Camouflage Nets. They are half off and help immensely.

2:01 am, May 11, 2014 Everyone needs to own both of these pieces of equipment. You can dismount for free, so any stock (or nearly stock) tank will benefit from both of these pieces of equipment. This is especially true at [..] View

An Arty Buff we could all live with

2:01 pm, May 9, 2014 I can live with the bad aim (people don't play arty safe anymore so it balances out) I can live with the aim time (way higher than the times posted in the vehicles details) I can live with the borin [..] View

This is irritating to me

2:01 am, May 8, 2014 At the moment I'm playing on a laptop and have the graphics essentially set to nothing. I can run high on textures but it taxes the laptop so much that it overheats. This causes me many issues in game [..] View

Shell tracers and spotting of such

10:05 pm, May 5, 2014 This idea is mainly a response to the problem of TDs growing more and more overpowered and the endless camouflage and other nerfs that simply aren't solving the problems, but it can have wide spread e [..] View

Does anyone know when they're going to fix all the buggy terrain?

10:05 pm, May 4, 2014 So every map change/rework is released with tons of invisible buggy terrain where your shells hit invisible terrain extending out of visible terrain. Does anyone know if they've announced when they're [..] View

I ****** an invisible teammate?!

10:05 pm, May 3, 2014 I ****** a teammate. My teammate disappeared from my view and my minimap shortly before I shot him. He vanished on the replay as well. I turned off all my mods and watched the replay and he truly & [..] View

Break Time

10:05 am, May 2, 2014 Hello again, They happen to all of us. We get one of those games that is right down to the wire. There are only a handful of tanks remaining, and every move has dramatic effects on the game. It is th [..] View

Lake View City battle in IS8 shots hitting invisible walls.

10:05 am, May 2, 2014 Hello , Had a great game in lakeview but I noticed about 3-4 times that I had a clear point blank shot after peeking out and my shot nor tracer ever came out of gun. I hear the sounds and see smoke [..] View

Looking for a minimap mod

10:05 pm, April 29, 2014 Are there any minimap mods or XVM configurations that has 100m, 200m, 300m, 400m circles instead of just your viewrange? submitted by Invisible_Light [link] [3 comments] View

Newb question: Do speculative shots work at all in World of Tanks Xbox 360?

10:05 pm, April 29, 2014 There are times when I'm pretty sure my shot is still on a target which was visible but is now invisible, and I take a shot. If the shot is on target does it do damage, or are only visible tar [..] 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

Spotting mechanics explained graphically.

10:05 am, April 28, 2014 Seeing yet another post on invisi tanks I thought I'd take the time and effort to graphically explain WG spotting system. Here is a picture of a tank firing (looks like a leopard, cannot be sure).: [..] View

What is the autobounce angle for HEAT?

10:05 pm, April 26, 2014 know 30 degrees is the angle for AP, but I read somewhere that for HEAT it is 20 degrees. Can anyone confirm? submitted by Invisible_Light [link] [9 comments] View

Question about cammo

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. [..] View

A simple guide for the uninformed

10:05 pm, April 22, 2014 I've been seeing a lot of people lately needing a little advice here and there on the forums, so I figured I'd make a simple but effective casual's guide for the uninformed. I'll outline some of th [..] View

Invisible Man

10:05 pm, April 20, 2014 I noticed it before but now its more noticeable it seems that the WT series camo is turned up more since the patch!!! To have a muzzle such as it has and a heck of a report you would seem to be able t [..] View

The Return to 9.0, and More

2:01 pm, April 20, 2014 Hello again, Back in January, my enthusiasm for WoT ran out so I decided to take a few months off in order to play other games. Well, a few months have passed and 9.0 is now out, so I have decided [..] View

What tank do you hate playing against?

10:05 pm, April 17, 2014 Similar to zach's question but what tanks do you hate seeing on the enemy team apart from the obvious any artillery (especially the 304) answer? Personally I hate rhoombas. Who ever thought t [..] View

Why is the Rhm.B. Invisible?

10:05 am, April 16, 2014 It's got a 400m view range at tier 8, a huge accurate high pen gun, and now it's invisible. I keep having them disappear while sitting in the open. Or roll up onto a ridge, spot for themselves, fire a [..] View

Understanding Camouflage Mechanics

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 [..] View

My good deed of the day, back to the basics guide for all those noobs buying into high tiers......

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 [..] View

Damn invisible texture hill FTL... I have no shot here.

9:05 am, February 21, 2014 submitted by AustereSpoon [link] [9 comments] View

For those indecisive about what skills to train

9:05 pm, February 17, 2014 Train camouflage first. Just do it. Don't do anything minor like snap shot, rotation or repair. Don't worry about it at all. Camouflage and the abuse of not getting spotted is the single most useful [..] View

Looking for the right RDDT clan

9:05 pm, February 14, 2014 After being afk for more than half a year I want to pick up this game again, only to find that I don't recognize the game anymore (what happened to El Halluf? Wtf is this Northwest map? I don& [..] View

How to play this map Severogorsk

9:05 pm, February 14, 2014 I get pinned down in the middle town, blown to bits the moment I show my head in the west hills. The only place I can shoot in peace seems to be the east hills, but then I run into tier 10 TDs. How do [..] View

unremarkable observations -- a collection

9:05 am, February 11, 2014 There have been a lot of posts detailing unusual events. Outlier random numbers, a loss despite hard carries, invisible tanks, and the like. I'd like to make a thread about unremarkable observation [..] View

This is how they think

9:05 am, February 8, 2014 The battle starts. I point out a single tank, which is running backwards from the spawn point, far from where he can see lit targets, let alone hit them. Someone immideately called him a 'bot'. His re [..] 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

If not for tomatoes, there would be no WoT

9:05 pm, February 4, 2014 You guys hate the tomatoes. I think that's the wrong attitude. I think you need to be happy, perhaps even delighted that there are so many tomatoes in the game. For several reasons. To start - [..] View

Star Trek WW2 tanks

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 [..] View

Does camo paint impacts gameplay in any way?

9:05 am, January 22, 2014 I usually buy camo paints for all the tanks I plan to keep FOREVER, mainly the one I have good impression on. But this just occur to me, how much bonus is 5% really give? I bought 3 paint jobs on my l [..] View

My idea for spotting Mechanics

9:05 pm, January 21, 2014 I was inspired by another thread about changing the spotting mechanics but, here is my idea of how they could be changed. Tanks do not disappear/ be invisible A tank that is not spotted and/or not w [..] View

Invisible Play

9:05 pm, January 21, 2014 Can someone tell me why some players are allowed to move all over the map while invisible? View

More problems on Pearl River

9:05 pm, January 19, 2014 I searched for this problem, but the other problems that have been brought up before are different. Half his tank was visible. But I couldn't shoot him, because there's some invisible wall the [..] View

How a New player (~150 battles) got an IS-6.

9:05 pm, January 13, 2014 Tl;Dr at the bottom along with pictures for proof. I'm sure a ton of you are "Cool story bro" but I'm proud of myself. So I started playing November 12th (2013) becau [..] View

Are your vents sucking smoke caused by an invisi-tank? Get Optics!

9:05 pm, January 13, 2014 Vents are great. They add 2.2% to all your attributes on your tank, event the useless stats you don't care about. But wait. That 2.2% on view range just does not cut it when you are a burning wr [..] View

The story of the Churchill Gun Carrier.

9:05 am, January 11, 2014 The vehicle was developed on the basis of the Churchill tank. The cabin with the 3-inch gun was placed in the front. Initially, 100 vehicles were ordered. Later, the order was reduced to 24 vehicles. [..] View

Crusader: the jack of all trades....well....sort of....

9:05 am, January 7, 2014 Before I start.... After 700+ games with Crusader, I am fairly confident that I can provide a decent reviewfor new players strugglingwith this legendary British cruiser tank. What drives me to writ [..] View

How my WoT career became better after abandoning scouts

9:05 am, January 6, 2014 I started the game with the amx series (admittedly I was a pretty crappy player as you can see in my amx lights and trying to fix my W/Rfor the 13 90 :P ) . Then moved on to get the t71 which I found [..] View

Object 416: The unsung hero of our generation - Magical combination - The Guide

9:05 am, January 1, 2014 I read on a bunch of post on the official forums, and even here on how terrible the Object 416 is. Fear not Comrade. Object 416 is possibly one of the best tanks in tier 8, severely underrated. Everyo [..] View

Remove spotting

9:05 pm, December 10, 2013 In order to level the playing field for all, it appears that the current camo system is flawed.  Thus, a fine solution would be to have enemies lit the entire battle, and no way for [..] View

Help with Camo

9:05 pm, December 5, 2013 I have camo net, paint and also my crew is learning camo. I am safe to assume when someone parks next to you without any of that it pretty much negates your advantages? Take this T 18 who decided t [..] View

Just a quick question

9:05 pm, November 28, 2013 Has anyone else been noticing tank corpses moving on their own? I'm not saying that an invisible enemy tank is moving them, I'm saying the situations where you see a recently dead tank [..] View

Illumination Flare Shells (For SPG's)

9:05 am, November 14, 2013 Perhaps, to make Arty a bit more useful when there is nothing to shoot at, to add in Illumination Flare / Parachute Flare rounds that can be fired to reduce the camouflage value of tanks near the flar [..] View

Choose when to take your x2 or x5

9:05 am, November 12, 2013 Because lets face it, we've all been in that one match where we get one shot or the one where it's already 3minutes in before we realize "oh **** the entire team went to that side." or the t [..] View

MM working as intended.... invisible vs

9:05 am, November 6, 2013
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WG Priority gate server- and it's effect on game play

9:05 pm, November 2, 2013 Thanks to all the players that post- Invisible tank, Can your computer run Wot?, and other game play postings.  One topic that has not come up recently is WG servers use of priority [..] View

Invisible Tanks - Really.

9:05 pm, November 1, 2013 Has something changed in the patch?  I played a battle where there were invisible tanks. I do not mean I was being hit across the map from a tank in a bush I couldnt see. I was in En [..] View

Cannot Help-A Poem to TD players

10:05 am, October 25, 2013 HI WOT Thank you so much for patch 8.8 your wonderful cammo boost has created a zombie horde of idiot TD players I the TD on your team will  camp at all cost because I dont want t [..] View

RIP light tanks

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 [..] View

SUPER DUPER Guide to becoming orange. A must read.

10:05 pm, October 10, 2013 Hi tankers! Are you 8k games in and just discovered XVM?  I know that program is a well guarded secret and hard to find, but welcome aboard! Already grown tired of that deep shad [..] View

U mad Bro ?

10:05 pm, October 4, 2013 This is for wargaming and its player base enjoy ur little arcade game of the 2010s the big boys are joining up and taking arms. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foTmS4omfoE&feature=share you can d [..] View

On my WZ-132: Replays, stories, thoughts

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 [..] View

Recurring radio range bug

10:05 am, October 1, 2013 Back in the earlier versions of the game (cant remember specific version) there was a lot of complaints around the issue of radio range - or specifically, enemy tanks vanishing when they should be in [..] View

I'm pretty pathetic with the T21. Halp.

10:05 am, September 19, 2013 I'm an ok (not great but OK) tanker in a fair number of tanks. I usually do fairly well in mediums. How the hell do I play the T21? I've been trying to find some videos or something th [..] View

While playing some platoons yesterday evening with a mate, we came across the most terrifying thing any tier 4-6, and even 7, tank can come across:

10:05 pm, September 18, 2013 Two fully decked hellcats working together. Holy ****! It's Like volley after volley of KV-1S firepower coming at you with deadly accuracy from an invisible enemy 500 meters away. We just grin [..] View

Ways to help your Win Rate/For new players

6:38 am, September 18, 2013 Wanted to share some thoughts with the newer players in hopes it will help make the WOT more fun and also allow you to win more games as you play. First,..a bit about the author. I was once a " [..] View

Camoflage

10:05 pm, September 15, 2013 I've been told when using bushes for my camo to sit behind and not IN bushes for the invisible effect.Which is best? View

? INVISIBILITY ?

10:05 pm, September 6, 2013 ...just a little more then curious about the ability of some tanks, or players, to move long distances in very slow tanks without being seen on the map or on the battle field????? ...I have noticed i [..] View

Shell passes through invisible tanks

10:05 pm, August 26, 2013 I understand how the mechanics of your radio, your radio operator, and those of the vehicle that is lighting a target up, determine whether a target is visible or not but there are two bugs in the gam [..] View

Tired of Invisitanks?

10:05 am, August 23, 2013 If you are as tired of getting hammered by "invisitanks" as I am, sound off! I have had tanks disappear 50 yards away! Tanks disappear in the wide open as well! Whatever the developers did w [..] View

Do you prefer the vision/camo dynamic pre or post 8.6?

10:05 am, August 16, 2013 Honestly, I guess I'm just QQing here.  But I am really frustrated with World of [Invisible] Tanks.  I totally liked the old system where camo allowed you to hide, [..] View

I am bored so what is your favorite tank to play and why?

10:05 am, August 5, 2013 Like the title states, what is your favorite tank and why? My favorite tank is most definitely the Hellcat. I always have fun playing it and I am really good with it. It has an amazing gun, great gun [..] View

Has Wargaming said anything about fixing the hitboxes for the terrain?

10:05 pm, August 2, 2013 All to often you have someone in your sights, and you fire only to have the shot hit some invisible wall. As it turns out the penetration indicator doesn't even glow, which shows that its not [..] View

Visible Crews for Open-topped vehicles

10:05 pm, July 31, 2013 Hello, I didn't see any posts on the topic so I was wondering if Wargaming ever plan on adding visible crews to open topped vehicles such as the M18 Hellcat.  I know its only an aest [..] View

What Is The best Skills/Make-up Of A Chaffee

10:05 am, July 15, 2013 Ok guys I have come to the forums to see what your opinions are on the best make-up/skill set of a Chaffee is? As we all know at some point soon the Chaffee like all other tier 5 Scouts will be " [..] View

Will they EVER ?

10:05 am, June 30, 2013 Ya know guys, this bull with tanks in the wide open totally disappearing as they come at you , not reappearing until they fire at you is getting really , REALLY old. When do the devs of , what has bec [..] View

Camoflage 8.6

10:05 am, June 23, 2013 "Changed mechanism of camouflage calculation when using camouflage pattern and camouflage net: From now on, the values for vehicles with camo patterns and camo net will be cumulative. &a [..] 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

Scouting Report: Richmond, VA Meet & Greet

10:05 pm, June 4, 2013 I went to the World of Tanks Meet & Greet in Richmond, VA last night to meet up with Chieftain and other local players. We met up at Legend Brewing Co. in downtown Richmond, a local brewery/pu [..] View

8.6 Camo Change: Massive Nerf for Artillery?

10:05 pm, June 2, 2013 I know I'm not a very experienced player of WoT, but in 8.5 and 8.4, I in my SU-5/SU-26 can generally stay safe and alive in my (short!) range as artillery with a camo net, hidden in some bushes near [..] View

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