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Camping For Dummies: 8 kills and barely a scratch

5:03 am, October 23, 2014 submitted by GuyFleegman [link] [3 comments] View

Arty as a game mechanic

4:03 pm, October 21, 2014 As a relatively casual player of Tanks but a big video game fan and someone that like to analyze things I just do not understand how arty functions in the game as it stands now. They have some super f [..] View

Don't make fun of me. Please.

5:03 am, October 19, 2014 When as an arty in the arty top-down mode or a TD camping a corner I don't see any indicator to tell me that I have been spotted, is it not here or am i just missing something. This is very nice to kn [..] 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

Leo On Track: Guide+Replays

4:03 pm, October 15, 2014 Preface: My stats in the leo, http://i.imgur.com/JyNeD1L.jpg A wonderful (very generous) benefactor on reddit is gifting me a fury e8 if I do a leo 1 guide as well as guide him a bit in game, so here [..] View

Low Tier Heavies in the Front Line, or not?

5:03 am, October 11, 2014 I guess most players encountered this situation from one perspective in the past: I was driving my BDR and was put into a Tier 7 match on Airfield. Assuming that my survivability is negligible, I deci [..] View

Newbs, noobs, beginners - pick the right tank from the start

4:03 pm, October 3, 2014 Tankers.   I have seen a lot of sad posts lately from players with 2k to 5k games who are struggling with the game. Poor win rate, WN8, bad stats, low esteem. I am no guru, so please don't ge [..] View

The typical high tier (IX & X) battle...

4:03 pm, October 2, 2014 most the team goes to one choke point the one or two lowest tier tanks complain about MM (then die within a couple/few minutes) the remaining 3 or 4 tanks go to other choke point the tanks at first ch [..] View

An discussion regarding "Corridors" topic on FTR.

5:03 am, September 30, 2014 Warning: Very long post ahead, and please read the article on FTR before posting, thank you! http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/09/26/corridors-really-such-a-problem/   So SS basically stated that [..] View

An idea for the rebalance of Artillery

5:03 am, September 24, 2014 Okay, we all know how annoying it is to be one-shot by artillery from across the map. The gameplay provided via artillery DOES help reduce camping in open areas, which, as SerB would say, is "Wor [..] View

Tired of arty taking the fun out of the TANK game.

5:03 am, September 22, 2014 Tried to get back into WOT, but again it is just no good.  Since the beginning arty mechanics have been a burden, cancer, plague, curse, what ever you want to call it to this great tank game. [..] View

Sand River Map Unbalanced

4:03 pm, September 18, 2014 If you ever wondered how the map Sand River was unbalanced... http://wotreplays.com/site/1176140#sand_river-roycemingyu-centurion_mk_7_1 Short summary: One of the bases on Sand River is crazy overpowe [..] View

HARDCORE mode (Think DayZ meets WoT!)

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 [..] View

A Guide on How to be Competent in 7/42

5:03 am, September 18, 2014 This is just going to be a bit of bread and butter stuff. It'll show a few battles from a string of matches on Himmelsdorf just to show some of these tactics in action. Also if you are expecting some [..] View

Sturer Emil is the best WN8 padder I've ever played.

4:03 pm, September 17, 2014 Worst tank in the game? The Sturer Emil was pretty brutal to grind through. The stock gun and totally different style of gameplay was pretty rough for me. I like to give a tank at least 40-50 games b [..] View

Redshire Encounter

5:03 am, September 12, 2014 I like having variety in my games, and the different game modes supply that, but it is frustrating to watch people not know how to play them, even at tier 10. The following is a heat map of Redshire E [..] View

Imbalance of Tank Types.

5:03 am, September 11, 2014 I don't use winchance, but in pubs when I see their team with 4 out of the 5 heavies top tier and our team with 3 heavies and only one of them are top tier, the chances of us winning are usually not v [..] View

Moronic Monday #1: Spotting, Camo and Bushes

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 [..] View

Matches Like These Upset Me

4:03 pm, September 3, 2014 The screenshot doesn't go the match justice, sure I did well, though to be honest here I didn't until the middle of the match where enemies just decided to YOLO me in slow TDs, letting me take them ou [..] View

World of Tanks needs smoke grenades.

2:01 am, September 1, 2014 (Not literally smoke grenades) I'm still thinking about the finals I watched last night and now I think that occluding vision would make the game a lot more interesting. Some way of advancing [..] View

Clickers, Seal Clubbers and the lot...

2:01 am, August 25, 2014 So, I need a break from the current On Track, it's a punishment. Read some posts, reread some guides and started thinking... Arty is still a problem in the game. If you can't see it, your logically [..] View

A Cheeky Disquisition on Random Maps

2:01 am, August 23, 2014 So there we were, me and the Woof (my dog), minding our own bidness watching old reruns of Melrose Place when, all of a sudden, it hit me against all the odds, I had an idea. And that's not a common [..] View

what causes this?

2:01 am, August 23, 2014 Spoiler I really cant understand why a player with 15,000 battles and a win rate of 51% would do this? apparently to get to the number of battle he has now, it has worked well enough to ke [..] View

Random Bombing in maps

2:01 pm, August 16, 2014 Hello everyone! This is my first time posting something and it's just an idea of something that bothers me when I play. The idea is "random plane bombing" around the map and specially [..] View

"Arty prevents/punishes camping"

2:01 pm, August 13, 2014 submitted by SkttLes [link] [25 comments] View

Quit camping! (or, he's buttmad he Died.)

2:01 pm, August 13, 2014 Was bottom tier on widepark. north spawn, sat in the broken building overlooking railyard. start putting effective fire into the enemies. Our SU-85 sits on the tracks and dies early. He then tries to [..] View

Map making, changing, and their effects.

2:01 am, August 12, 2014 SirFoch's video today really got me thinking about how Wargaming has been going about making maps lately and its effect on gameplay and general classes in World of Tanks. https://www.youtube.com/wa [..] View

Gameplay post 9.2?

2:01 am, August 8, 2014 I've been reading and watching about all the changes in 9.2 as I've been unable to play since they released the new el halluf, and was wondering how much gameplay has changed in maps l [..] View

Please allow the players to choose whether or not to play arty

2:01 am, August 6, 2014 As an avid player of world of tanks, I completely understand why people would want arty to stay. I can also completely understand why people would want arty removed (as I am in this category). However [..] View

I'm no stat-[edited], but ...

2:01 am, August 4, 2014 ... someone with more WR than WN8 over 4.4k battles just makes me sad. He was our team's top tank, a T29, on Himmelsdorf. I have to say though, despite camping in A1 behind our artillery mos [..] View

How to deal with bots/disruptive players

2:01 pm, July 26, 2014 This is becoming a bigger problem. I have notices a trend where ~50% of the games I am in have at least one bot or disruptive player. I'm not talking about the usual lemming or nub. I'm talking about [..] View

How can WoT eSports be fixed?

2:01 am, July 26, 2014 Season 4 of the WGL is coming to a close, and at least in NA it seems to not really draw anymore attention then the previous season. I rarely see eSports posts (other then Macs videos) upvoted, and vi [..] View

ARTY, and the lack there of

2:01 am, July 21, 2014 I have posted several time on this matter, within the arty page, but to no lack luster. So I am going to put it here into the general discussion.. WG has been reducing the ability of artillery, due t [..] View

A jumble of ranting and questions

2:01 pm, July 20, 2014 Let me get this out first: **** MUROVANKA. Obviously the forest is a lot more advantageous to the south as they have that raised camping platform that is literally a here-you-go-i-have-everything-you- [..] View

How to discourage camping and make armor more relevant

2:01 pm, July 16, 2014 Make the penetration loss over distance mechanic actually relevant, it's basically a joke right now, when it has the potential to be a dynamic and intuitive mechanic. Vastly increasing pen-los [..] View

Upcoming Accuracy Nerf

2:01 am, July 16, 2014 From FTR: developers have not yet decided how to correctly implement a general accuracy nerf (SS: was announced earlier) How do you guys feel about this and how would you like to see it implemented? [..] 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

Artillery reloading mechanics, adding to artillery game-play depth.

2:01 am, July 14, 2014 My idea is actually prettysimple and represents a real life phenomenon that should make sense to all players. If artillery is stationary for a momentit should reload faster than it does when it moves. [..] View

Arty - a dying breed

2:01 am, July 12, 2014 I just hada great game: - I was playing a teir 7 match as a tier 7 arty (a rarity) - I did not get the usual bot group heading out and camping the field while two or three scouts came in and ****** [..] 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

Why is there so much hate for x5 weekends?

2:01 am, July 8, 2014 So many people ***** and whine about the noobs coming out on x5 or similar weekend events. Granted this does give you worse teams with players yolo'ing or camping, but wouldn't the odd [..] View

Chat And The Stuff In It

2:01 am, July 4, 2014 Phrases, words or stuff that some of us maybe tired of seeing in chat. 1. Sorry I am stock, it may be good to know if the T29 behind you is not fully upgraded, but not as an excuse for poor play or [..] 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

1. What do you think of mid tier German heavies? 2. How do you decide when to move?

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 [..] View

Pro-Arty and Anti-Arty

2:01 pm, June 25, 2014 I've noticed one common reason for the two argument in the pro- Artillery and and Anti- Artillery camps. There are many arguments from both sides; but the two that are split between sides, that I thin [..] View

Can't get rid of them..

2:01 pm, June 25, 2014 Might as well join them, I am talking about the scum arty players who one shot you while camping as far back in a corner as possible.. So, what arty line is the best, I think I played the grille a fe [..] View

'pro' Jackasses ruining it for everyone else

2:01 am, June 22, 2014 Just started playing in the T40 and rocking it (https://i.imgur.com/FB8iOzP.jpg), 8 battles so far in it. Long story short, got into a tier 5 battle and was left alone with arty, did only 3 kills but [..] View

Remove arty

2:01 am, June 22, 2014 Arty has been hated in world of tanks, since 7.5 and is still hated and can never be fixed "how can you fix something that sits at the back of the map and shoots at stuff" one of the many g [..] View

Thoughts at 37K

2:01 pm, June 19, 2014 I jotted down some thoughts after playing 37K battles and unlocking every tank in the game. It's a wall of text in the spoiler. Enjoy, rage, argue as required... Spoiler I thought I would write [..] View

Td loose camo after shot nerf and I ok with that

2:01 pm, June 19, 2014 I am in favor of it. As primarily a td driver, i was upset at first that they are messing with my cloaking device. However, this does promote shoot and scoot, punishes camping and makes for a more dyn [..] View

An Encounter on Mountain Pass

2:01 am, June 11, 2014 So, I had just hopped into my KV-2 to try and get the double for it, and got matched into Mountain Pass. It starts off as a fairly normal game - XVM users complaining, heavies heading middle, TD&# [..] View

Poor attitudes in game

2:01 pm, June 7, 2014 I understand that players come in all skill levels, and the matchmaker is random, so I am not griping about the ability of the players on one team vs the other. The issue I'm having tonight is player [..] View

An attempt of a legitimate comparison between WarThunder and WoT

2:01 am, June 5, 2014 I want to love WoT like I used to, but after playing WarThunder for a couple of weeks I find it impossible to do so. I'll start this by giving some back ground on myself: I began as every othe [..] 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

What does camping mean to you?

2:01 pm, May 29, 2014 I've always been intrigued by the "arty prevents camping" vs "arty CAUSES camping" argument. I am not savvy enough with my phone to break the poll up by win rate or WNx rating, but [..] View

Please don't rage at the Conqueror

2:01 pm, May 27, 2014 First off please don't move this to the British Heavy discussion board as it is not aimed at the people that read that board. Just a little request that people stop rantingat tanks like the Conquer [..] View

When everything goes wrong - what do you do ?

2:01 pm, May 27, 2014 I think everyone knows these days - nothing is working. You get 1-shoted by the enemy arty or just get spotted by the enemy light tank noone wants to destroy. You get lemmingteams that just went to ** [..] View

When did World of Tanks become World of Tank Destroyers? [Serious]

2:01 am, May 27, 2014 I have been playing WoT since beta but have been away the last year and a bit while testing and playing World of Warplanes. In the past week I have popped back into WoT for a dozen battles and there h [..] View

Stats: Why they don't matter much

2:01 pm, May 22, 2014 Why is everyone so focussed on stats? If stats truly measured your skill level, which they don't, they're mainly for discussion & MM matching, they'd include the following, which they do NOT at pr [..] View

For those of you that don't understand small sample sizes...

2:01 pm, May 20, 2014 Ground the vk3002M over the weekend. Promoted the crew to the Panther. Both tanks had their fully set of modules substantially free xp'ed - so majority of battles each tank benefitted from being essen [..] View

Complete team of Brainless Pos Zombies

2:01 pm, May 17, 2014 Over and over and over and Over and over ,, can NOT get 25 Wins to get the 16 Free Slots, UNBELIEVABLE !! Is it any wonder I just turn around and Shoot a HEAVY camping base with its Head up its Exh [..] View

Heavily armored Brit TD's(AT-2, AT-8, AT-7) arent designed for base camping!

2:01 am, May 17, 2014 Lately, I'd say at least 1 out of every 8 battles my team has included one or more of the British TD's, either the AT-2, AT-8, AT-7, and the owners of these TD's keep deciding to camp out within 100m [..] View

how can it be fun to be so bad?

2:01 pm, May 10, 2014 On my worst days that I rage quit I pull about 800 wn8. (My 60 day is close to 1500). I know how unfun and annoying playing at an 800 level is. I dont understand how anyone can have any fun at all wit [..] View

Two Suggestions, Neither of Them My Own.

10:05 pm, May 5, 2014 Two simple suggestions that are not original. I claim no credit for either and would rather appreciate if others could find where these ideas originated. First is to do with "Poll Only Topics& [..] View

I need some serious help with this game. I cannot win any matches, I constantly get low amounts of XP and I cannot figure out how to play each role.

2:01 am, May 5, 2014 I'll try and discuss my problem in the best way I can. I constantly get raped in every single game I play. Ensk, Himmselsdorf, Mines, Malinovka, Province, it doesn't matter. I can& [..] View

I love the T20

10:05 pm, May 4, 2014 Just had an awesome game in this little tank and I don't see it getting enough love around this subreddit. I know tier 7 mediums are considered a low point at many tiers, but I think the T20s [..] View

Noob Myths

10:05 am, May 4, 2014 Having played for over 11k games, here is what I have discovered are the myths believed by noobs. As an arty,it is the responsibility of my allies to protect me. If I get shot, it is their fault. [..] View

Historical battles changing of interface suggestion (Rehash from last night)

10:05 pm, May 3, 2014 As it currently stands Historical battles is more of a gimmick. Almost no one plays it on either West or East. Whilst I like the Idea of Historical battles I find there are a few problems with it [..] View

Historical battles changing of interface suggestion

10:05 am, May 3, 2014 As it currently stands Historical battles is more of a gimmick. Almost no one plays it on either West or East. Whilst I like the Idea of Historical battles I find there are a few problems with it [..] View

What was wargaming thinking

10:05 am, April 27, 2014 What was wargaming thinking when they added arty into the game. I bet they were like hmmm we need something that has birds eye view of the whole map, can shoot over cover, can do a large amount of dam [..] View

Some campers!

10:05 am, April 27, 2014 Camping is ok IF you pick a good spot. Hint: A GOOD SPOT IS NOT BEHIND THE ARTY!!!!!! I just got out of a game and not 1 but 3 camped behind us 3 arty.... We lost 14-3 I play a bit of everythi [..] View

A tribute to great team players

10:05 am, April 24, 2014 Instead of the usual whining about poor lousy team members, noobs and horrendous match making, I thought I'd give a tribute to the many great team players out there. On the contrary of the many posts [..] View

9.x & Meta-game

10:05 pm, April 23, 2014 Ahoy folks, As recently as 8.11, the meta-game seemed largely focused around TDs + vision game (camo vs. spot). Now that 9.x has been released (for better or worse), we have all had a chance to kick t [..] View

What are the unwritten rules of World of Tanks?

10:05 pm, April 16, 2014 What are the things that always happen despite not appearing in the manual? For instance: When playing as the defending team in an Assault game, someone will always complain that the team are camping [..] View

Does this annoy people or is it just me?

10:05 pm, April 14, 2014 I'm referring to when you enter a game and a random pub says something along the lines of, "Oh, we have RDDT/PBKAC/OTTER/-G-/BADGER/ect... we automatically win!" - This is no [..] View

No More On Track to TD or SPG

2:01 pm, April 13, 2014 I lovethe "On Track" events and have been playing up the "On Track to the T110:E3". My problem is that this creates a disproportional number of TDs in the matches. Too many TDs mea [..] View

I ****

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 [..] View

Brawling Guide: because camping sucks.

9:05 am, February 25, 2014 submitted by rocketbrainsurgeon- [link] [31 comments] View

PSA: Zen and the Art of Self-Defence - How to Handle Trolls, Tk'ers, and Annoying People on Your Team

9:05 am, February 25, 2014 You can't. Shooting a green tank is never allowed. Ok, so you need some more than that. Sure thing. I'm noticing an increasing number of threads of people complaining about being banned for reta [..] View

The Erlenberg problem

9:05 am, February 23, 2014 Just wondering if anyone is experiencing the same amount of camping as the old erlenberg if not more than before. IMO i dont really think they fixed the map as much as they made more spots for campers [..] View

Windstorm help needed--Where to go in a glass cannon TD?

9:05 am, February 20, 2014 Hello guys, First of all, I've maybe played this map around 5 times, so that's obviously not much at all. But I've been in some training rooms on the test server to check this new map out. Now, [..] View

American easy eight

9:05 am, February 18, 2014 Hey guys. I am a serious noob (4600 games, 47 win ratio). I am experienced but Im not good (theres a difference between those words). I unlocked the E8. I looked at the stats and armor value and its o [..] View

Last box tank standing

9:05 am, February 16, 2014 Just had a good match after a string of poor ones. Got in my SU-100Y and got mines standard. did some sniping/camping my entire team died except for a T49 and myself both up on the hill near the south [..] View

Idea for Scout tanks - Tracer Tracking

9:05 am, February 13, 2014 I think one reason why camping has become a problem is that fact they removed tracers(except for arty) due to mod exploits. Sitting at one spot and constantly shooting at a spot would normally be p [..] 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

The worst camping I have ever experienced

9:05 pm, February 5, 2014 submitted by martellus [link] [11 comments] View

Malinovka overhaul

9:05 am, February 4, 2014 This map is quite campy. Normally in low tier fights team controlling the hill can rush down and flank, but at Tier 8-10 battles there are sometimes TDs with insane alpha camping down hills in the for [..] View

OK, this is a new one...at least for me

9:05 pm, February 3, 2014 So, there I was on Pearl River. Our spawn was on the north side of the map. I was top tier in my IS, so I went to the small town to the west of themountainin the center of the map. About half way t [..] View

MINES is not balanced!

9:05 am, February 2, 2014 Obviously one side has the advantage of having an island spot to snipe anyone going hill, as well as having a bigger rock with a crack that allow tanks to go hull down and shoot enemy players camping [..] View

Arty prevents camping - misconception

9:05 am, January 22, 2014 Judge for yourselves... that's all I got to say. View

WInning means nothing

9:05 pm, January 20, 2014 I am changing the way I play...... im not trying to win pub matches any more. Im playing for damage and kills and thats it. I you are on my team and you get in trouble you are on your own, Im hiding [..] View

I hate camping on Redshire: New and improved method!

9:05 pm, January 18, 2014 submitted by DeleRT83 [link] [comment] View

Pro camping/sniping position

9:05 am, January 17, 2014 submitted by ToMoBlues [link] [7 comments] View

I am willing to submit to the arty debate, but lets get one thing straight.

9:05 am, January 17, 2014 First off, how can anyone argue about arty when thepro artycrowd can't even get their own story straight. Half say arty prevents camping, the other half say your not hiding good enough. So how exactl [..] View

people like these ruin the game, they should be punished...

9:05 pm, January 15, 2014 All in the replay, PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND WATCH IT, I beg you! I want SOMEBODY to see this! I was in my ISU, a Tiger II started camping next to me at the very back of the map. I crossed the line, [..] View

So I bought a Jagdtiger 8.8, it ***** cash but I'm but I'm bad in it, I think it's bad and I'm beginning to hate it. Please help me understand it's play style.

9:05 am, January 15, 2014 Hiya guys. So, as title says pretty much. The gun is great, I get really good games in it (for me, anyway) when I can bring it to bare. My problem is the maneuverability. I'm mostly a medium p [..] View

Stats are going up, but I feel like I'm playing worse; Analysis of a failcarry(wip)

9:05 pm, January 14, 2014 I often see posts here, well, not often, everyday, that basically show how X team sucked and how they were uncarriable scrubs who uninstall. First off, these get old extremely quickly(pubbies are bad, [..] View

The World of Tanks Community

9:05 am, January 14, 2014 DISCLAIMER: This is not a rant. It is more of an objective analysis of the current state of the World of Tanks community. Please assist me in cleaning up the trash and making it better. I've been p [..] View

My Best ISU Game So Far

9:05 pm, January 13, 2014 *Disclaimer, since this isn't the server i usually play on can a mod move this if they deem necessary as i can only post in newcomers* The ISU is an absolute powerhouse of a tank, i don't think the [..] View

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