Re: World of Tanks
Posted: 2012-07-02 08:23pm
...So THAT'S why I thought I heard "concession accepted!" that one time my KV-3 blew up...
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... And I just got the second 120mm gun. Hot damn, it's super accurate even on the move. It really makes the M103 feel like a medium now.xthetenth wrote:Yep, the M103 is an absolutely dirty sniping tank if it can find a good position. It's got weaknesses up close but they get a lot less pronounced at long range.
LOL, Fatton's a nice way of putting it. Should I expect a lot when the engine gets upgraded?xthetenth wrote:I've been caught calling it the Fatton from time to time. It really does feel that way. Just wait till you get the T110, that thing's beast. Moves better, has serious front armor except for the actually not that big cupola and tiny lower hull, and gets even more out of that gun. Plus, it's a clan wars mainstay if you want to try that whole schtick out.
Wait for the Batchat to become Tier XHawkwings wrote:Maybe this will signal the slow demise of World of Heavy Tanks?
Nah, I don't have that much faith in people.
The engine's a good boost for sure. I never really drove my M103 because I ground through the T34, but I seem to remember it accelerating not badly at all for a heavy, and that'd bring it really close to the T110's power to weight ratio, and that really accelerates well. As far as I know, ping isn't that much of an issue, two of the better drivers in my clan can't make it to many matches because they're in Finland, but when they show they get taken every time because they're really good, and considering we've got two and a half divisions and two sister clans it's not like we're hurting for people. It's not really about the ping as much as it is player skill. If you've got a reasonable amount of tanking skill, can listen to and execute orders and are a good guy (I'm gonna go with a yes here) you shouldn't have much trouble finding a clan. I'm not sure what your schedule is, but if you're in the Philippines, you might want to go with a clan in Western Europe because of timezones. You'll have to check the clan wars map to see if that's the case, just click on a province to see when battles happening there happen, it should be converted to your timezone automatically. Right now the main players are mostly running half full second (or in our case fourth) divisions/clans, so you might very well be able to find a spot with one of those.Zinegata wrote:LOL, Fatton's a nice way of putting it. Should I expect a lot when the engine gets upgraded?xthetenth wrote:I've been caught calling it the Fatton from time to time. It really does feel that way. Just wait till you get the T110, that thing's beast. Moves better, has serious front armor except for the actually not that big cupola and tiny lower hull, and gets even more out of that gun. Plus, it's a clan wars mainstay if you want to try that whole schtick out.
I just might start to try clanning once I get the T110, albeit my ping is kinda horrid (200+) due to being in the Philippines.
In clan wars? Yes. The most used heavies are the T110 and IS-7, and that's because they're reasonably quick. The Foch's been getting play pretty much every night someone has one, and the T10 version looks to be amazing. If the US ones can take over the T95's job but do it with more speed, I can definitely see them supplementing the Maus in defensive positions, or maybe the E-100 JagdBoomstick. Cityfights and spearheading are still mostly going to be heavies, but they'll definitely have flanking groups of mediums, and TDs will see a lot of use when there's open firing arcs to be had. I think pubs will still be a bit biased towards heavies but they're forgiving so it's pretty reasonable.Hawkwings wrote:Maybe this will signal the slow demise of World of Heavy Tanks?
Nah, I don't have that much faith in people.
Russian tanks are better if you like to go balls-to-the-wall, charge in there, and get people at close range from the flanks. German tanks are better if you prefer to stand off and snipe.Skywalker_T-65 wrote:EDIT: And on that note...which tech tree would I enjoy more? The PzIII/IV tree, or the T-34 tree?
Hmm...I have noticed that with the tanks I do have. The PzIII and A-20 are both light tanks, but the former has a much better gun, while the latter is much faster. I think I'll go for the German tree first. Too many people charge in as is, and I'm one of the few who actually has the brains to guard the base, so it might be better to go for the sniper tanks first.Darth Wong wrote:Russian tanks are better if you like to go balls-to-the-wall, charge in there, and get people at close range from the flanks. German tanks are better if you prefer to stand off and snipe.Skywalker_T-65 wrote:EDIT: And on that note...which tech tree would I enjoy more? The PzIII/IV tree, or the T-34 tree?
This is mostly true but each nation has it's own peculiarities or tanks that just don't fit in. But you specified the Panzer VS the T-34 tree and it very much is sniping VS flanking. You can Pen a lot of stuff with that L/70.Darth Wong wrote:Russian tanks are better if you like to go balls-to-the-wall, charge in there, and get people at close range from the flanks. German tanks are better if you prefer to stand off and snipe.Skywalker_T-65 wrote:EDIT: And on that note...which tech tree would I enjoy more? The PzIII/IV tree, or the T-34 tree?
This is more true of the heavies but I think the mediums, particularly between the T-34 and the T-43 take a little more careful play - they don't really have the armor to lead a charge, but they do very well following one in and supporting a frontal attack from a little behind the front line until gaps open up that you can exploit for flanking attacks. Then you rush in and tear people up from the sides. It took me a while to really internalize this on the T-43 and until then it was pretty brutal.Darth Wong wrote:Russian tanks are better if you like to go balls-to-the-wall, charge in there, and get people at close range from the flanks.
As far as I know, the T10 mediums are as a whole not going to be much better armored than the T9 versions (batchat and E-50 are the same, Patton more armored, T-62A less armored). The guns might be a little bit more impressive, but I'm not sure by how much. The T110's probably going to stay the best downtiering tank around. The TDs are still vulnerable to being outflanked and arty and all their other problems. Plus the tier nines are going to get nerfed down to actually being tier nine.Vanas wrote:It's got to be said, I'm finding less and less incentive to actually play the game these days. I'm pretty sure the T10 meds and TDs are going to suck the last hints of fun out of just tooling around in pub matches by virtue of being utterly stupid. I mean, fuck me, the bloody T110 is bad enough.
The T1 Heavy is crap. It's just a Sherman with a bigger fatter body: same gun. From the Lee, I suggest you get the Sherman, then the Jumbo Sherman. From there, you can choose to go to the heavy or medium line, or both.Skywalker_T-65 wrote:Oh don't I know it. The Lee is a good tank, but I need to grind a lot to get even the T1 heavy. Plus I refuse to spend money for gold...so I have to get credits the old fashioned way.
If one really wants to enjoy the T1 experience, he can always get the M6 from the Jumbo Sherman: the M6 is so similar to the T1 that it is visually almost indistinguishable, even at close range.Simon_Jester wrote:The T1 has more credible frontal armor than the Sherman; this makes a difference in some situations. Of course, it makes up for it in a lot of other places by having big targetable flanks.