2013-01-12, 20:18 | Link #1641 |
dn ʎɐʍ sıɥʇ
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Northern Ireland
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I watched an ELC one shot an M4 earlier after speeding up behind it at a bazillion miles an hour so I can see why people like it so much.
It looks like a fun tank which is why I want it. Regarding the churchill I found it a bit of a drag so I'm not really looking forward to it however luckily I saved my old crew so I'll fire them back into it (after I re-buy it) and try to fully train them up which will hopefully make it a bit more tolerable.
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2013-01-12, 21:03 | Link #1645 |
思想工作
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Vereinigte Staaten
Age: 31
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I hate Type 59s. It's not that they'll do you in, but that by the time you're done with them, there'll be more enemies converging on your position and shooting the weak spots that you had to leave open while brawling.
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2013-01-12, 21:06 | Link #1646 |
Moderate Haruhiist
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A warning about the ELC, taking to heart what the other folk on this forum advised earlier: treat it like a tank destroyer or sniper, and not a scout. You see a busy tank? Go around it, hit it once, then RUN THE HECK AWAY as fast as you can, then look for other targets.
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2013-01-12, 21:11 | Link #1647 | |
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Vereinigte Staaten
Age: 31
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One thing I've noticed is that lots of people are really afraid of retreating. They act like pawns in a chess game, only able to advance towards enemies. It's really inane. Plenty of games have been won due to a couple tanks deciding that where they went first wasn't a good idea after all. |
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2013-01-12, 21:25 | Link #1649 |
思想工作
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Vereinigte Staaten
Age: 31
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Oh, of course the preferred way to engage a 59 is to wait for it to turn its side to you. It's when you have to get into close quarters that the trouble starts. The Panthers have bad armor and low alpha, so they aren't too good for that at all.
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2013-01-12, 21:26 | Link #1650 | |
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Personally, I've found the Type 59s a nightmare to deal with, especially since I'm using the long 7.5. At long range I can't spot their weak spots well, and at short range it's usually THEIR advantage.
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2013-01-12, 21:29 | Link #1651 | ||
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Vereinigte Staaten
Age: 31
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This is also why it is important as a tier 7 to stick with a heavier tank or two so that you aren't the only target. |
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2013-01-12, 21:30 | Link #1652 |
Banned
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Dai Korai Teikoku
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Actually, I'm a pretty decent brawler with the Panther, being able to brawl against two IS tanks, two derper M4s, and some other two tanks and actually killing the two IS tanks and getting Steel Wall. That's partly why I'm annoyed with the Panther II: I just can't seem to have the same kind of skill as I did with the Panther.
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2013-01-12, 21:40 | Link #1654 |
Banned
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Dai Korai Teikoku
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Also, probably the difference of using the 7,5 cm KwK 45 L/100 and the 8,8 cm KwK 43 L/71. I seem to be able to better utilize the 7,5 cm KwK 45 L/100 when it's on the Panther than the 8,8 cm KwK 43 L/71 on the Panther II.
And strangely enough, I rule with the 8,8 cm KwK 43 L/71 for the Königstiger. |
2013-01-12, 21:43 | Link #1655 | |
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Idaho
Age: 32
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It wouldn't be so bad if I couldn't regularly bounce T29s, T34s, IS-3s, IS-6s, and a whole host of other tanks from within a tier of the Type 59. It doesn't help that for all the armor that some of those tanks have in that tier, I can still regularly damage them in a lot of different locations. The only tank I've fought from that tier and even a tier above and is nearly impenetrable is that tank. It doesn't help that it's actually Chinese and a premium tank either.
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2013-01-12, 23:01 | Link #1657 |
Nyaaan~~
Join Date: Feb 2006
Age: 40
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So for the first time I had someone complain about me before the match even started because of my XVM stats .. That was a tad frustrating.. On another note, the long 10.5 is making a HUGE difference in my performance .. I wonder why..
As for the Type 59 debate .. ideally played it's almost like my ideal playstyle. Show up in annoying places, speed in for facehugs and smash! Part of the problem is people not knowing where to shoot them.. the other is good Type 59 players can break a match.. It's just so flexible. It can hulldown, it can flank, it can brawl .. it slices and dices and even does julienne fries!
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2013-01-12, 23:38 | Link #1658 |
Electrosphere
Join Date: Mar 2011
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The type 59 is a tank you'll bless if is in your team, and you will rage if is in the opposite team. With the time i've learned how naturally kill those bastard with my KV-3 and IS, and I found that now is easier to pen him by the front. Last time I killed not one but 2 in my KV-4, which is strange because even if it has the same gun of the IS/KV-3, I can pen those bastards almost like if they where made of butter.
If you have one face to face towards you just shot him on the left side of their lower front, it makes him to catch fire or break him a module or killing a crew (almost always is the driver who dies). You can repeat the process on the same spot, and NEVER aim to its turret, you will only lose a valuable shell. If he's trying to flank you just ram him or broke it's tracks, Type 59 tracks breaks so easily from even the smallest ram. The best tactics for fighting a type is never go alone of course. Just think that you're facing an same armored version of a T-44, and aim for the most obvious weakpoints. Also, the type has the disadvantage to lose the ammorack very frequently (like every other russian or chinese on 8.3) |
2013-01-12, 23:41 | Link #1659 |
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Philippines
Age: 47
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Should've looked closely before downloading the client as I didn't know that I was diverted to the SEA site; now I'm stuck with the SEA server instead of US, and I guess I'll have to download again from the US server.
I've got some bad experiences with the local kiddies.
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2013-01-12, 23:44 | Link #1660 |
Nyaaan~~
Join Date: Feb 2006
Age: 40
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Well, that's all well and good -- except for the fact that it's low enough to the ground that if it ever manages to facehug you .. then you can't shoot at it's hull .. so you're stuck shooting a sloped 200 armor turret ..
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