World of Tanks

[Myssa Rei]

IS6, definitely, given it's all-rounder stats. It's nimble, well-armored, and has a reasonably good HP pool. It's only failing is that it has a gun with bad aim and low penetration, but the APCR round is good, and if you play well enough you'll still get your credits back even with 50% APCR.

[Dartvader]

Originally Posted by RWBladewing

It's slower so it takes players who bought it before they were ready for tier 8 slightly longer to yolo and die in it. Also you'll never pen anything using auto-aim on the IS-6. Lowe much stronk.

Originally Posted by Tempester

Why would you say it's better?

with a smart tankist on "Lowe" tank (2k battles on it) you can get a lot of rickoshets, in turret mask & upper armor plate and a lot of penetrations without HP loss, so in my opinion this tank is not so fast but it got it because if his armor.

[Gravitas Free Zone]

Stalingrad has a lot of invisible walls that keep people from driving into/across wrecked buildings. But... INVISIBLE, so you'll go 50 KPH up a rubble pile and come to an abrupt halt.

[Strigon 13]

Well, new update screwed with a lot of mods, the "old serverside reticle" mod included.

Also, I'm waiting for a tier 9 sale in the near future. I seriously need the E75.

[Gravitas Free Zone]

I was more or less compelled to finally install XVM because continuing patch support for the Multilined Tank Carousel went away due to the feature being incorporated into XVM.

I don't think that move is particularly beneficial, but here I am. Anyway, I turned off almost every other XVM feature, except...

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I can finally screw around with the Sixth Sense icon to my liking.

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I also thought of making a map post with all of Stalingrad's various invisible traps, but it would take a long time to catalogue the whole forcefield madness.

[Chevalier]

Stalingrad is a weird map. The match I have today in my Easy Eight in that map gave me 1200 WN8 lol.

[demonix]

I haven't had a battle on the Stalingrad map, but I would rather avoid the historic maps since the first one is barely playable most of the time.

I do also seem to be getting off a few lucky shots over the past week or so including a blind sniper shot on westfield in the KV-85 where I managed to get an over 400 HP hit on an M41 Bulldog, but I think the best one shot kill so far was yesterday on a KV-1 when I was in a KV-2 (I didn't think that a head on shot would do that much damage with AP shells on the 155mm gun, but all that happened was spot, aim, shoot and watch as all the health was stripped from the other tank).

[Gravitas Free Zone]

The KV-2's AP averages 700 damage per shot; it can demolish quite a few things if, first, it actually hits, and second, if it penetrates—though the premium AP has a respectable 136 average penetration. It can do for lower tiers, at least. Higher tiers is a lot less reliable, so it's not surprising that most people just use HE for a respectable, if often merely average, amount of damage against almost all targets, versus spending 20 seconds getting AP up the spout for situational very high damage usage.

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Meanwhile, I think I'm okay with how I've adjusted the Sixth Sense icon now.

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...and Jimbo's crosshair has some bugs with the reload timer.

Edited to add:

WG, drunkworkingdrunk as usual.

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I checked for myself.

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[VDZ]

For those playing on the NA server, there's a nice set of missions going on this weekend. Spot 11 players for 60k credits, kill 11 players for 60k credits, and win 11 matches with >250 damage for another 60k credits. All daily. Complete all three for three premium days (once per account).

[Chevalier]

^^ That`s insane! I pulled that one off recently...too bad I`m playing in SEA(Damn I`m amused at the stupidity lol)

[Myssa Rei]

Because I really had to land in Stalingrad while playing my Type 62.

First game in a while, due to connection shenanigans making it impossible to play at all.

[Strigon 13]

Ok, the T-44 stock is just suffering lvl max. The 85mm bounces A LOT, even against tier 8, thing that (strangely) didn't happened with the T-43 carrying the same gun. I had to spend gold to make it playable.

[VDZ]

Originally Posted by Strigon 13

I had to spend gold to make it playable.

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[Gravitas Free Zone]

Heh, money woes, I've gotten two more Tier 10s in the space of two weeks and am perhaps a week away from a third, except that I can't quite afford that third one.

I miss last year, when the monthly events were made of money instead of consumables.

[Strigon 13]

Originally Posted by Endless Knackwurst

I miss last year, when the monthly events were made of money instead of consumables.

Jewgaming as usual, now the only things that gives more money is the On Track, and sadly is only tier 8-10 (and a misserable 15% increase).

What happened WG? you were so cool.

Time to migrate to WT.

[Chevalier]

I bought Matilda IV today and my matches are horrible! T_T Any idea how to play it?

That tank is essential to my plans in getting Obj 140 and T-62A.

Thanks to the recent purchase of IS-6, I have to get IS-7 and IS-3. I think I made a good picks there.

[Strigon 13]

The Matilda IV is an uptiered tier 4 Matilda. The gun is ok and has high RoF however the tank is a slug. In a tier where every other medium tank is faster it loses hard.

Also, good for you to buy the IS-6. Remember that the IS-7 needs two loaders.

[Tempester]

Originally Posted by Strigon 13

In a tier where every other medium tank is faster it loses hard.

There's no point in comparing the Matilda IV's speed to other mediums, because the playstyle of the Matilda and its variants is equivalent to high-armor heavies rather than to mediums. It's like saying the FCM 50t sucks compared to the Lowe just because it has less alpha and armor. Apples and oranges.

That being said, I can't enjoy the Matilda anymore. It's sad because when I started the game I loved the tank for its armor, DPM and gun handling but now I can't get over how it simply cannot carry games due to its nonexistent ability to flex and deal early damage. I'll call this 'blue player problems'.

[Gravitas Free Zone]

I get in the Matilda, pick a way to go, and do it. Trying to change directions is usually pointless, so I'll go on about my business and hope that the other 14 people that are nominally on my side can handle things. Or if the Matilda is at bottom tier, do the same thing but more cautiously. Might as well yukkuri it with the cruise control on.

I rebought an M46 Patton. I actually had it during its previous On-Track, tried grinding it the hard way for a while, said "WHYYYYYY" like Kay, and sold it.

I'm still on the "WHYYYYYY" stage with the repurchase. The Centurion 7/1 with the 20-pdr. B Barrel managed to combine a ridiculous rate of fire with a decent penetration, meaning that grinding up to the L7A1 wasn't horrible. The 90mm T15E2M2 remains a terrible way to go about things at Tier 9.

Though since I've now switched from a-lots-of-time-and-little-cash situation to a very-little-time-and-a-reasonable-amount-of-cash situation, the Real Money Trap™ has popped up just the way WG planned it for Tier 9: I can avoid banging my head against the wall for another 60000 XP for the low cost of about $10.

Though most amusingly, now that the game saves camouflage that you've purchased, the camo that I put on the M46 a year ago before I sold it turned up as available on the new M46 at no additional cost.

[Chevalier]

^^Please dont make me imagine your face saying like that

Anyways, I got a monster game in IS-6 and I managed to kill 3 Lowe who were platted. Damn they`re tough nut to kill because they came from good clan. Received 100k Credits(x 2 and Premium Account).

I wasted 2 shells in penning that annoying VK(tier 9. The one with rear turret). I can`t believed this tank is so heavily armored and I cant pen anything frontally! T_T I managed to pen him on turret and rear though.