World of Tanks

[Ranger]

Finally swapped my su-85 for the su-100. It's a whole lot better. Made a right mess of a JPzIV on its first outing.

Tank destroyers can give you a lot of malicious pleasure as you start to damage tanks well above your own tier (Löwes seem to suffer then most, and quite right too)! :devil:

Of course, there are the down sides, if those mediums get behind you then you are so much scrap metal. But hopefully your team mates will do their job.

When I got my SU-100 I *really* started to think I had a tank killer. The 100 is a mean looking machine and makes you feel the part, even though the su-85 shared many of design features that became the norm for TDs.

The key is what modules you chose to equip your TD with - you need the camo net, rammer and binoculars of course. But working your crew up to optimum training is crucial. I have the camo net AND crew camo training at 100%, so I tend to be a very nasty surprise for any oncoming tank! :norty: But some people recommend that when you get your 100% camo training that you can remove your camo net and replace it with the coated optics to help you spot.

Unfortunately you will now probably suffer from 'TD fever' - that constant obsession for a bigger and bigger gun so you can annoy those bigger heavies! I have no doubt you have already identified which tank you feel is your nemesis - with me it was Tiger IIs and then the E75 when that came out. I also got involved - as a Soviet TD fan - in a bit of a duel with the enemy Ferdinands.

It's a long grind from now on and I wish you luck. The one thing I can say is that sometimes in WoT you find you are disappointed when you finally get a tank you have worked hard to get - this isn't true of the upper Soviet TDs - the ISU-152 and the mighty Object 504 are as bad-ass as you imagine they are!


Above: My Object 704 with the infamous BL-10 (152mm). The colour patches are from an overlay I use to help identify weak points in WoT tanks.

Good luck!

Ranger

[TeaLeaf]

Big gun envy can get you big-stylee in WoT, I had the same on my TD!

Re the overlay:
Where the overlays are used for education purposes to learn about the tanks & their weakspots I think it's a fantastic idea.  Being able to visualise the weak points is essential and it makes a big difference to your performance when you hit the enemy in the right place.  However, I'd personally be against using any coloured skin set like your picture in-game.  It's akin to allowing a glowing head skin in Counterstrike to assist headshot aiming - which is something we never ever allowed back in the day.  So I'll be sticking to my dull grey/black/brown standard skin sets and will be using the coloured pictures that are available on the web only for educating me out of game as to where I should be aiming by barrel!

[Ranger]

The use of the overlay in game is an issue that gets bandied about a lot - some say it's 'cheating'...This is complete nonsense.

Historically tank crews were taught in training to identify enemy tank weakspots. This was fine duing WW2 where the average tank crew would only expect to come upon two or three main enemy types. During D-Day, for example, the average US Army Sherman crew might expect to come across Pzr IV, Panther and Tiger - the gunner would be completely wise to the weak spots in all three of these types...

In World of Tanks, however, you can expect to come across a total of 116 tanks (not even including SPGs)!!!

Using the overlay is a means of re-ballancing the historical ability of crews to be able to recognize opposing points of weakness...

Of course if you can remember off hand 116 different configerations of tank weak spots - then you are a better man than I Gunga Din!

[RizZy]

I know most people have moved onto BF3, but I'm still enjoying the game -

Continuous Bonus Exp Special
For the upcoming 7 days both EU and US servers will enjoy X3 experience rates for the first victory per day.

The special will be available after the tomorrow's server restarts. For details visit the respective WoT portal (EU or US).

[BigFatCat]

Nope, not swayed by anything and BSG doesn't grab me. The Tiger now has a decent engine and short 88 on it. The SU-100 has a new engine and tracks and is very nippy with the uprated 85mm.

[Fazer Erazer]

Still enjoying Tanks as well as BF3, still building the points towards the Tiger and the T-50-2

[Dewey]

Also still playing in between BF3 - finally got my Tiger II - fully upgraded except for the last gun. I'm working my way towards the E75 which just seems a beast when I play against it.

Like Ranger I also enjoy using my BL-10 on my ISU TD.

Still enjoy playing Its a slower pace than bf3 which isn't a bad thing.

[RizZy]

I just got the big barrel for the Tiger II, had a few rounds with it, its quite nice, funny to look at in the garage as it doesn't all fit in the screen unless I zoom right out.

[Fazer Erazer]

Beta test of V7.0 is available for download here

[BigFatCat]

They've shown us tanks can be other colours than grey too.

[Tutonic]

The use of the overlay in game is an issue that gets bandied about a lot - some say it's 'cheating'...This is complete nonsense.

Historically tank crews were taught in training to identify enemy tank weakspots. This was fine duing WW2 where the average tank crew would only expect to come upon two or three main enemy types. During D-Day, for example, the average US Army Sherman crew might expect to come across Pzr IV, Panther and Tiger - the gunner would be completely wise to the weak spots in all three of these types...

In World of Tanks, however, you can expect to come across a total of 116 tanks (not even including SPGs)!!!

Using the overlay is a means of re-ballancing the historical ability of crews to be able to recognize opposing points of weakness...

Of course if you can remember off hand 116 different configerations of tank weak spots - then you are a better man than I Gunga Din!

It'scheating if you ask me.

If someone replaced their Counter-Strike models with neon-yellow ones so they were easier to spot, you'd consider it cheating and I don't see any difference with what you're doing.

[BigFatCat]

The skins don't really aid visibility that much, given there's a glowing symbol over each tank, like the Sims, making each quite easy to spot. They are a substitute for experience though, which in time, you'd learn. That makes them an aid and I'm only use them as a teaching tool and never in game.

[RizZy]

Having just paid a ton of cash for the Tiger, Fazer, you probably won't want to read this -

All roads lead to Rome, quite literally. For the Allied Forces it was no Yellow Brick Road. The Axis had a series of heavily fortified lines, which ran across Italy blocking AF advancements to Rome. It took time, massive man and gun power as well as relentless determination and some ingenious strategic planning to break though them. No campaign in Western Europe cost more than the Italian campaign in terms of lives lost and wounds suffered by infantry forces.

World of Tanks commemorates the heroic deeds of the warriors and  announces the Gustav Line Breakthrough Special to be held within WoT this weekend.

Starting from 5:30AM UTC November 24th, until 5:00AM UTC November 28th, enter the game to taste the following opportunities:

Buy the following vehicles at half-price:
Panther,
PzKpfw VI Tiger,
StuG III,
M7 Priest,
M4A3E8,
M10 Wolverine,
M36 Slugger
Premium vehicle RAM-II

Get the doubled credit income from the following vehicles:
Panther,
PzKpfw VI Tiger,
StuG III,
M7 Priest,
M4A3E8,
M10 Wolverine,
M36 Slugger
Premium vehicle RAM-II

Enlarge your barracks purchasing the bunks at half-price;

Train the crew for Tank Academy at half-price;

Purchase a vehicle with the trained crew, paying half-price for each 100% trained crew member;

Retrain the tank crew for Tank Academy at half-price.

Use the great offers at full and save more to get more, and good luck on the battlefield!

[BigFatCat]

Rats, not long sprung for a Tiger. Ah well, at least double income helps trying to run the poxy thing, it eats money.

[RizZy]

Tiger II's even worse BFC, 1000+ per shell just to re-arm it.