I don't know if it was intentional on WGs part, but I'm getting a lot more steel walls
I guess the bouncing missions are back?

>>2225343
the steel wall medals are easier due to autocannons, but the blocking missions that require a # amount of blocked damage no
i had a hard time doing them during version 2.0 launch and that was when the game was filled with <50 battle tourists playing the tier 10 giveaways

Is the TL-7 ass?

>>2227325
Kinda. It has broken mobility (in the bad sense) that WG never fixed even after they said they'd totally look into it

What is the frequency with which sixth sense can activate? Surely there is a delay before it can fire again?

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Weeeee

>>2227325
traverse bugged
TL-7 was also in the first wave of tier 9 premiums so it's underpowered.
we're about to get hit with chinese new year lootboxes with busted tier 9 and 10s so i suggest passing this TL-7 sale at least.

>>2227871
Give me the Yong Bing or give me death, communists

I haven't been frontlining, can't work up the motivation to play which sucks cause Frontlines is one of the few times the game is good

>>2227879
Meanwhile I'm running frontline with my premiums, having a great time, then going back to my garage and staring at the tanks I'm actually grinding before I just log out. Maybe I should just become a T10/T8 player

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i got bored and tried looking up tier 9 tanks in supertesting at the moment
holy FUCK

>>2227893
Yeah, WG puts out a lot of premium tanks every year and with T11 I think we're shifting from T8 premiums up a tier to T9 premiums which see a full +2/-2 MM spread now. Expect to see a lot of these in lootboxes, but also expect to see quite a few just straight up available for cash or gold.

>>2227893
Someone with more time and acumen than me skim this and tell me if any of them are good
The Pike looks fun

>>2227944
Maybe it’s weeb bias but the two Japanese tanks look interesting.
Everything else have like shit gold pen, the Japanese ones at least have AP to make up for weaker raw pen value to be like M4 54 or Type 5 H

>>2227967
For me I think it’s the Serpente, Kame, Pike, and Yong Bing. Serpente has the SFAC double and the others all have fun mechanics

>decide to try Alembic in Frontlines
>earrapingly bad sfx
>slow as fucking molasses, worse than a HT
>worst gun handling I've ever experienced
jesus what a dogshit tank

General philosophies for medium and heavy tank equipment?
I’ve settled on running hardening + vstab/IRM (tier 7 and below) + rammer in heavies, and vents + optics + rammer on mediums, to lean into vision range. I’ve tried using turbos on slow heavies and I like the idea of it, but honestly I don’t notice any difference, it’s still a slow turd. And half of me wants to put hardening/vstab/rammer on mediums to brawl, while the other half wants to stick with the vents and optics to maintain good view range. I go back and forth on this a lot.
I suppose eventually after more grinding I’ll have multiple equipment setups I can swap back and forth, but in general, what are your equipment philosophies?

>>2229876
The perfect (combat) equipment on any tank is rammer hardening turbo, deviating slightly if you want to fix gun handling a little with exp turbo or get more module hp with exp survivability, usually in those tanks prone to fires or racks.
Deviating from this trinity is done as a cope for bad gun handling, in which case you swap one of the above for vert stab.
And then there are edge cases where you deviate further because of exceptionally bad (or good) soft stats. The 703 for example gets almost no gain from vert stab, so you use aiming device instead to improve final dispersion.
And then finally there are tanks with abysmal guns that need strange things like fire control or IRM. Cobra for instance.

Vents are a meme and usually pointless unless you have bounty or bond and it's on a medium that can afford to waste the slot. Optics is for secondary loadouts for getting zoned into mali or prohk. CVS too.

When considering track hp try to get above 400 where possible. People will tell you to go left field mod and drop hardening on IS-7 but then that allows you to be tracked in one shot by tier 8s. Notably the kranvagn has 300 base track hp and can afford to diverge in field mod selection.

The last thing to consider is camo abuse with low noise exhaust. The 416 for instance.

>>2229949
>Vents are a meme and usually pointless
You use them on autoloaders where rammer isn't an option - it boosts your DPM like a rammer would, and it also ups the rest of your soft stats too
It's not as good as a rammer, but because there's no option to mount a rammer you aren't dealing with that opportunity cost

>>2229987
Shaving a few seconds off a long reload is usually inconsequential.
Autoloaders should have hardening turbo and stab. Hardening to have more hp to trade at the end of the game.
And then if you don't need a turbo you can use vents, or further fix bad gun handling.

>>2229987
I’ve been liking vents in randoms because they help knock up view range to 445m and I feel the slight increase to my 5 skill crews and shot accuracy.

Rammer is whatever if you’re not playing something with 2700+ base DPM. The playing environment is full of autoloaders that will race your 7 second reload with their 2 second intraclip, permatracking is a dead concept and maps aren’t generally exposed enough anymore to farm people out of position like swamp or pre-reworked glacier/redshire.

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fucking weekends

>>2230323
Less 0s than I thought honestly

It’s going to be weird and sad going back to regular tanks after frontline. I already know I’m going to be feeding as I try to get used to not always pushing again

missed most of frontlines, why does it have to be a single week
like at least two weeks, PLEASE

>>2230537
because p2w tankers like this anon >>2230437 are making too much profit

>>2231323
You’re goddamn right. I’m up to 26 million credits, which is a significant chunk of how much I actually need

>>2231665
No need to have that many garage queens
Start decking out your current tanks with credit directives

>>2231729
Not until I’m done or “done” with these tech tree tanks. Sometimes I require an experience that only a mediocre niche lootbox tank from 2025 can provide. Like French wine if it was shit

Man, did WG really just manage to kill all leakers? Armored Patrol used to have useful info, like I'd expect to know the assembly shop tank by now.

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>>2232137
leaks are dead since the WG / lesta split
i only browse TAP for supertest and see what wot RU is cooking up because their tanks usually get ported over to global servers in 1 to 2 years

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Final froooooontline game. Made a lot of credits, bought the BZ-79, time to finish the grind on a few of my T7-9s and retire to become a T10-11 shitter

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>>2232942
I hate that I instantly recognize the IS-4 meme

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I'm afraid to play more
I would have gotten a 3k average all with the ares 90 firing standard, if it weren't for the game where a platoon of KR1s intercepted me

>>2232966
Remember when the IS-4 was the tier 9 that led to the IS-7?

>>2233033
And had the IS-7s 130mm gun?

>>2233033
Yes, I was here for the forbidden magic. And the t5 KV-2 and the PzIV S meta.
Sadly I didn't get to be a beta tester but I did start playing not too long after launch.
Beta-tested WoWS and Alpha'd WoWP for what that's worth.

>>2233083
When the beta was only Germany vs USSR it had a really enjoyable asymmetric balance feel to it
After they added the US, it threw a monkey wrench in the balance, but was still reasonable
Once they started adding other shit was when it went downhill, was the start of the powercreep

>>2233193
France was a mistake

hon hon
le autoloadeure

reverse autoreloader btw

>>2229876
>hardening/vstab/rammer on mediums to brawl

Sound

>vents optics rammer

Vents are placebo when Food exists. The Anti-Bush vision equipment is what makes you relevant for counter-recon and supporting Turret/Gun Depression heavies.

>Heavies

Higher than standard alpha heavies (e.g. Polish) can justify omitting rammer; fast Heaviums if you're going with mediums to overmatch open terrain flanks-- or if you're platooned with people you can rely on to cove reload pushes.

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>>2233193
2018 was when world of tanks jumped the shark
look at all these autoloading motherfuckers

https://thearmoredpatrol.com/2018/12/31/2018-vehicle-yearbook/#more-68266

>>2233933
It jumped the shark the moment the Defender and Patriot were put in tbdesu. The new paradigm.

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>>2233942
defender was okay it still got punched through by the massive amount of TD players, barely anyone knew of the turret weakspot because the playerbase were conditioned to aim at massive cupolas and lower plate instead of the small slits on top

i forgot about patriot, that thing reigned as THE permatrack king for a while until caernarvon buffs and caern AX came a few months later

>>2233952
when the defender was released, the lower hull had more effective armor than the king tiger's upper hull, the hull machine gun was a weak spot and you could set it on fire by shooting the lower hull
and this happened before gold ammo could be bought for credits, so the upper hull sides were immune to all T6 tanks

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>>2233962
actually i do remember getting HE spammed in my defender, i tunneled on skorp g players
i turned into a heavy tank apologist without realizing it

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>lakeville
>city won
>only half-health 279 and T110E5 at ~300 hp remaining for enemy team
>me ~150 hp, ares90 ~350 hp, artillery, grille and strv remaining on full
>enemies in the middle of valluey
>me, ares 90, grille in the enemy base
>artillery and strv in our base
>I start capping
>strv and artillery abandon base and start heading for the enemy base via the lake road
>ares and grille rush the enemy tanks in the valley
>die doing 0 damage
>strv returns to our base
>cap just as T110 came around the corner, destroyed by the strv
thank you for giving the 279 the highest damage game in his career, fucking retards

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the high explosive rounds for the ares are busted
I just did 2k damage shooting the roofs of kr1 and rats and that made them panic and shift their positioning to be destroyed by the rest of the team
if you hit an optic, you do the full damage

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New lootboxes
I'd be tempted to grab some, I have the filler tanks already and I'd want pretty much everything I don't have.

Just realized the Shitpak is going to be really annoying in the new gamemode since TDs knock the coin off your tank and it has a stupid RoF, a turret, and high mobility to allow it to constantly reset you

>an event where you have to play on Empire Border
Uuuhhhhh can I just kill myself instead... or get Jade out of the lootboxes

>>2234461
>the udes 03 is based on the shitty tier 8 that gets autopenned everywhere instead of the tier 9/10 that autobounces everywhere north of the LFP
awesome.

ISU-122-2 looks annoying to play with its mediocre camo and 12 degrees of gun traverse + autopen lfp, ufp, and casemate. It does have a siege mode which doesn't show up on tanks.gg but I don't think I've liked siege mode on any tank so far.

The kanonenjagdpanzer 2 though looks really good with its absurd camo and profile.

The rest are all tanks I want. I'll probably buy a bunch of these and hope I get a little bit lucky since I already have a T-44-100.

>>2234938
Despite the shitty armor profile, the Udes Alt 3 is a beast. It's really, really good; look up a few gameplay videos and you'll see what I mean. If it had the autobounce T9 hull it'd be gamebreakingly toxic and you'd only ever see it in black markets if at all.
I think the only duds in these boxes are the T-44-100 which most people probably have and is not particularly special or unique and maybe the ISU-122-2 which is at least an interesting double barrel gimmick TD if nothing else. But looking at it; it has a fast salvo time, an absurdly low lockout on nearly 800 alpha of damage, and very good gun handling for twin 122s.
I can't see myself upset with ANY of the tanks I'm missing from this box, maybe the Medved is a bit mediocre?

>>2234978
True, I didn't notice it has the suspension as well as the autoloader. That seems like it'd be really strong/fun.

>>2234978
kpz erich is extremely bad in ARES meta and the gun trolls harder than leo 1 gun
SPHT is also pretty much the erich gameplay but with an actual good gun and not HE pennable.
legitimately if you get the kpz erich from the jade CNY lootboxes you have a right to be mad

>>2235150
This is why I haven't bought my Leo PTA yet. Seems like it'd be fucking miserable in this era of the meta, need to wait a few months

>>2235166
You just need to peek quickly and not do stupid gamerdad shit like exposing yourself for no reason.
Most ares players are retards and will trade their single shots for yours.

I really like playing the 122 TM. Decent armor, okay hulldown, reliable (albeit low DPM) gun and people underestimate your surivability. A pretty cozy package that feels good when you're a shitter.

Any cheap tech tree tanks or cheap premiums that come close to this? Are the chink tech tree meds any similar to that playstyle?

>>2235282
imo not really because the 122 TM is a weird outlier of a T9 tank at T8 and the tradeoff is you have absolutely zero DPM at all in exchange
that said the DZT-159 is probably worth grabbing next they sell it

>>2235282
Swede heavies via Emil 2? IDK

>>2235282
There are absolutely 0 other tanks like the 122
It's a shame, but get the cs52 from the bond shop, it is also shitterproof

>>2235244
>not do stupid gamerdad shit
But anon… I AM pagliacci

The jag looks absolutely busted with 0 dispersion, I might try try to get it
Will be really disappointed if I get the bing bing wahoo tank

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i bet nobody plays blitz and nobody cares, but it was my little victory with +3k base experience i was hunting for a while in some special game mode

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>>2236106
i was about to say i don't see the point in playing that over the free windhund but
>0.01 moving dispersion in siege mode
what the fuck?

I was going to buy lootboxes but holy shit this game is SO FUCKING BAD
this MM is a fucking joke and the state of the game is so fucking atrocious, literally I could drive nails into my arm and it would be a more pleasant experience

okay they've literally rigged the game against me today lmao
every single fully aimed shot misses
even my fucking DBV
fully aimed shot against Grille, miss
fully aimed shot against Grille, miss
fully aimed shot against T110E5, goes into the turret and does no damage
like the game is literally unplayable holy fuck

>>2236392
i don't like playing the DBV-152 as much because of that. not enough raw pen to yolo pen anything that goes off center

>>2236413
It's just every tank I've played today
I can't even laugh anymore it's so fucking bad
15-0 2 minute matches non-stop with literal 20IQ teams that perform worse than the AI bots in PvE gamemodes
Like just give me braindead zero stress PvE at this point so I can just slop through matches
Another dogshit match - loaded up my DZT-159, pushed into a perfect hull-down position against T8 heavies that could do absolutely nothing to me. Fired 11 shots in the 3 minute blowout match, every single shot fully aimed. Four missed entirely, three failed to pen because they didn't hit weakspots. I even loaded HEAT and it still barely did anything for me. It's just frustrating, like every single shot I've fired today has been off the mark to the point it's hard not to believe in forced 50%. The four pens I did get were shots that literally could not miss, like it was not physically possible. I miss shots with 80% of the enemy tank in the reticle though.

>>2236439
ok dzt-159 is a tank that definitely have shit gun handling and accuracy, especially if you are tryharding for hard stats by dropping vstab like the unicums do

what tanks are you driving? you might need to adjust your expectations and/or drive tanks with way better gun handling stats if you're getting tilted off a shit session

>>2236443
my brother in Christ I could be playing a Leopard rn and it'd make no difference
I was playing Lion earlier and even at 0.28 dispersion with a full gun handling build (Exp Turbo T3, Bond Vstab, Accuracy Improvement T3) I'm STILL missing free, fully aimed shots on near stationary targets.

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>>2236445
consider ditching Accuracy Improvement T3 for bond IRM on lion.

Accuracy Improvement T3 gets better past 3 seconds, but for shooting opportunities under 3 seconds (aka majority of the time brawling or corner/ridge peeking), bond IRM gives a way better experience. i hated my lion too until i put on bond IRM on it.

IRM also gives you benefit on snap shotting and after firing dispersion. that experimental equipment you have on is dogshit option for nearly every tank except for FV4005 that actually has to consistently take the >3 second to aim in

>>2235166
Take the Bush Camo negating equipment and back up/counter spot with your light tank(s). It's only AIDS on 100% urban maps.

>>2236493
I took it so I'd have the minimum possible dispersion but maybe I'll consider IRM since I play pretty aggressively and try to get snapshots in where possible since the Lion has a great turret IF you don't give people time to aim at you.
>after firing
bit of a meme since Lion has such a long intra-clip

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>>2236559
I should slam more games onto lion once i get bored of driving the 279e

>Gonsalo for sale
yes
>gold cost: 10500 gold
fuck
That’s a price I’m not willing to go for, especially when I could add 1500 gold to that and obtained the SPHT with way better accuracy/dpm/cheap HE

This game mode isn't so bad. It's pretty quick and painless for the missions for jade, and the rewards are good.

>>2236137
I mean for a good while wot blitz was better balanced than regular wot
This was just after the vk31h got moved to T4

>>2236242
I legitimately didn't know the windhund had no dispersion during traverse, thought it was just udes but in the German tech tree

>>2237000
The STRV S1 and 103B cheese wedges don't either, but what makes the KJGPZ 2 special is it doesn't have any moving dispersion which lets you creep forward on a ridgeline and fire with no penalty where an Strv would have to stop and take time to aim in again

Surprising absolutely nobody, the new event gamemode is total dogshit
the best part is that people leave immediately, myself included, cause once you get your 800 damage mission done there's no point in playing that match further
just do your mission and go next, no need to actually try to play the game or win or engage with the event at all

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>>2236786
fuck it i redeemed
imagine passing up on SPHT to buy yet ANOTHER tier 8. put that clown makeup on me

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>>2237658
never mind the gonsalo is GOAT
210 HESH pen goes wild against tier 8s and the gun is way more tolerable than BZ-176 due to the incredible 0.08 turret dispersion

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>>2237717
credit income off a 4k battle game on standard account, 90k gross profit for credits
incredible tank and the playstyle fits like a glove

Why am I not getting a MoE despite having 2800 average damage on the t11oe3, 429 damage above the required amount to get at least 1 mark? Don't understand how this mark of excellence thing works.

>>2237979
Nvm I just found out that you have to wait at least 14 days.

How tf do you block twice your hit points on heavies?!!! I always get so close and then either die or there is no one to shoot at me anymore. Hate this shit so much. I completed a mission but there's another campaign mission which requires it. So annoying and it's so difficult.

>>2237979
>>2237982
you read it wrong, it judges the performance of your last 100 battles against the entire server's performance within 14 days.
if you don't have 100 battles yet, then you are getting dragged down by zero damage games until you reach 100 battles

so if you have 70 battles, you are getting dragged down by 30 "zero damage games"

>>2238024
what mission? the answer depends on what tier you can attempt them at

>>2238024
>How tf do you block twice your hit points on heavies?!!!
Go back in time like 15 years and play the KV

Does the CS-63 or CS-67 Szakal even have any downsides?

>>2238066
i only played cs-63 but the gun accuracy on the tank is dogshit, it only gets decent once you go all the way with field mods (300k exp that not going towards unlocking szakal).

from shooting against the CS-67 szakal, it loses the auto bounce upper plate that CS-63 has so it's incredibly squishy and prone to ARES 90C burst

>>2238125
>300k exp that not going towards unlocking szakal
Field mods are only researched after the next tank is unlocked, unless you used the WG tech tree unlock

>>2238024
It's really hard in flashlight wot but you pretty much need to wait for a paid actor to appear who will willingly shoot at you when you're wiggling and angling.
Then you need to stop your team from killing him while you reverse farm him.
If you want advice on tank selection use the jap superheavies.

got 40 points for the jade event, got my 2 boxes
not gonna play an event where the chance to play on M*nes is 1/4

>>2238024
T29, Tiger P, or any of the JP superheavies

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Holy fuck, I'd always heard of it but didn't think it would happen to me. Got the fucking UDES out of my 2 free boxes. I am over the moon with this.

>>2238296
>M*nes
The weird part to me of coming back to this map (was it ever reworked like some of the other old maps?) is that I know that objectively, one of the sides has a better position to seize the hill, but subjectively, regardless of which side of the map I'm on, maybe 85% of the time the enemy team seizes the hill and my team just ignores it.

>>2238296
I'm tempted to keep abusing the leave matches early meme to get to 180 for the slutty Chinese commander, idk

Was trying to explain to teammates today how winning actually doesn't matter in the Jade Emperor event and you just have to worry about completing your dailes, and they told me to stfu and that winning means you get the rewards faster. Really hit home just how retarded the average player of this game is, they don't actually read anything and just wait for dakillzor or whoever else their streamer daddy is tells them what to think.

>>2238626
You gotta understand that even participating in these event modes self-selects for 1000-3000 wtr players. These people are barely human, don’t worry about it.

>>2238574
>the leave matches early meme
what is this?

>>2239074
The missions don't require staying in the game. You can just hit 800 damage and leave.

>>2239074
As soon as you've completed a mission, like doing 800 damage or ramming or doing damage to a spirit-holding tank, you get jade credit. So once you get that done, you leave the match and go next. You can do 800 damage, leave, and while everyone else is being retarded in the match you're in the next match getting another 800 damage mission done.

>>2239149
>>2239151
damn that's sneaky
when i tried to leave after dying for the first time the image said mission progression wasn't saved so i ended up staying... the liars

Wonder how much the wot plus pro is going to cost. So far a years premium and 12 months of wot plus costs €166.64 euro. The new wot pro plus coming out im 2.2 offers 35% extra credits, combat and crew exp but only for a single tank and can only be changed every 12 hrs. Also extra battle pass point and then a bunch of less interesting stuff. It comes with a 180 day plan or a 360 plan so I think it could cost at least 90 euro per 180 days. Super gay imo. Way too fucking expensive and unnecessary.

>>2239815
I have permanent premium and WoT+ and I'm a whale with a career and I don't know if I'll bother with WoT+ Turbo Pro or whatever it is. The 35% thing is the only real feature it has to sell me on it, and it's really not that huge. At most I guess I'd use it for grinding a Tier 10 to 11, but playing T10 is the peak of the gameplay already so I don't really see the point in radically speeding the grind up.

Unless it's the BZ-75. I'd rather free exp the whole tank than do that grind again. But yeah, I'm not really seeing the value in this. I think I actually play too often to make it worthwhile. I don't need the credits, and I'm not really worried about battlepass points. I do appreciate the system of tagging a vehicle to make it a semi-premium, though. I've been thinking about that being a thing for a while... it's just that this isn't good enough for me to pay more for it. Maybe if it costs like 2 dollars more than regular WoT+ or something, and even then...

Update on stat obsession: I turned off all the damage reports/records in-game and in the little session statistics thing in the garage. I also stopped looking at my profile stats. Not only did it work, but I am also playing better, or at least it feels like I'm playing better, and there's no evidence to the contrary, so. Seriously though, I think it made me a better player to do this.

>>2239870
This is a good idea, I will do this
t. teal.

>>2239870
personally i kept the in-game damage reports on but i turned off my own MOE display on barrel because that shit was diverting too much of my attention

Wtf saw an account that joined in April 2025 and it already has 8257 matches played and has a rating of over 10k. That's on average 29 a day. He also has 11 XI tanks including black rock. Not sure how that's possible in so little matches.

>>2240517
i got black rock in a month after completing dravec missions, about 400~ matches
if you're rerolling with the prior knowledge and tanks then it's simple to blow through campaign missions

>login just for the 3 free boxes
>Yong Bing out of the first box
Well ok the fuck even is this?

>>2240874
Same thing happened to me with the udes. Pretty insane bullshittery

>>2240874
i think you got away with the winner. i've been facing kanjpz 2 in battles and it looks like shit because there's no armor to leverage its dpm and no moving dispersions

>>2240921
I've seen it look insane when played by streamers because of the camo and gun, but I don't think I've seen a single one actually work in random matches. The minimum skill required is too high.

>>2240874
Yeah it gives out tanks to people who rarely play to lure them back into the game and hopefully spend real money.

>>2240921
It has excellent camo, a low profile, amazing gun depression and good DPM as well as not having any moving dispersion.
But, it has two problems;
one; it doesn't have armor so yes it can't leverage forward/aggressive positions on small maps with narrow lanes. It also can't do what the STRV does where you laugh and autobounce smaller caliber guns
two; every match is a 3 minute blowout so you don't have time to sit back and stack up the damage from a concealed position, you either have to chase damage or your entire team is dead and you're about to get overrun

>>2240874
where the fuck do you get them
or is it "you play regularly, fuck you"

>>2241422
The jade emperor event gives you 2 free boxes for hitting 40 jade, which is like 1-3 days of playing it a couple times

Does it make any difference if I still wait a second or 2 after the reticle has fully aimed before shooting or does it not make any difference if you shoot immediately after the reticle has fully aimed? Anyone have any evidence that it does or doesn't make a difference?

>>2242698
Only due to a slight delay between your client side reticle and the server side reticle. Server side, you’re still aiming for a fraction of a second after you’re fully aimed in client side. Should be significantly less than a second though.

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>>2242698
>does it not make any difference if you shoot immediately after the reticle has fully aimed?
if you're firing it immediately, you're never actually fully aimed in from the server side.
if you have client side reticle on, it's better to wait out half a second or so to allow the server to catch up.

another thing that causes inaccuracy when shooting: the tiny mouse movement when you click down the left mouse button to fire.
if you have a heavier mouse or a tank with small turret dispersion on movement it doesn't matter as much, but if you have a light mouse and playing something with shit turret dispersion bloom like grille 15 then you're gonna get shit on and getting "trolled by WG" everytime you fire

god forbid you if you're using a vertical mice

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>>2242774
to kind of back up what i was saying - these are "trolly gun" tanks that i remember others complaining about and/or have experienced for myself
the thing that makes them feel bad is the turret traverse bloom, and is why i go always looking at gun handling stats over the meme """dispersion""" stat

>>2242698
A second or two is much too long. But yeah if you have high ping you should wait a moment. I play with 200ms and I'm pretty accustomed to it.

>>2242803
My ms is 20.

>>2242861
You probably don't need to wait more than the slightest bit then. You can actually verify this yourself; either turn the server reticle on in settings, or use an Aslain mod to turn on both client and server reticle at the same time. Play a couple of games and you'll see a slight lag behind your actual movements.

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welp, researched the 90C, the last 10k XP were utterly shit

>>2242861
>ms 20
>not MS-1

>>2243324
I've come to the conclusion I'm mildly retarded because I can't play the Ares for shit. Only played the tier 8 but I'm dreading the tier 9 because people say it's worse, and I don't think the playstyle changes.

>>2244352
In my experience, T9 is the worst of the bunch, gets much better in T10 and 11, the extra gun depression and workable armor is a godsend
Ran the T10 with hardening, stabs and vents and I hardly had a game with under 3k damage

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come on man, really?

Anyone know where can I check what the average profit made per game for each tank is? Need to make some profit but all my tanks make dogshit profit even in victories and while being at least in the top five in exp. Need something that makes at least 40k credit profit without any credit boosts, just premium account and even if you have shit games. I would prefer something non-premium since I don't want to waste my x5 exp missions on prem tanks that are already fully upgraded.

>>2245273
https://tomato.gg/economics/all/30

>>2245273
gotta bite the bullet and buy a premium tank from the bonds shop
otherwise tech tree tanks can float by firing high damage shells and not require food for gameplay, AKA heavies and TDs

Apparently Ashigaru is in randoms right now, probably next assembly shop at this point.

speaking of 5x I REALLY need to force myself to play tech tree tanks, I need to finish my T-44 > Obj 430 grind so I can finally transfer the crew to the T-54

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>>2246030
the thing better get some fat microbuffs that WG likes to do before sales day

>>2246071
It doesn't look THAT bad, but yeah I hope they kick the top speed up to like 55km/h and buff the dispersion values to something reasonable like 0.18/0.18/0.10

>>2246074
those dispersion values are almost 430u levels and everyone clowns the shit out of that tanks gun handling despite having access to vstabs

ashigaru needs 0.10 dispersions across the board JUST so it can be on par with current tier 10 mediums

>>2246087
Ashigaru's weird in that it has a VERY good aimtime and a very good accuracy stat, so it should be able to make up for the poor gun handling to some degree. But it could still use better than what it has now.

>>2246060
I shot all HEAT on my T-54 back in 2014 and it was probably the most broken tank I've ever played. It's still good now, even

>>2245243
sucks to be (you)

Assembly shop is happening. It’s the Ashigaru.

Looks like ass, my gold is safe.

>>2246967
>no last minute buffs
it's over

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if i nuke my account resources i can get ashigaru "for free".
21 mil credits is technically farmable and i won't play enough to burn through all of it anyways

Not sure I'm feeling the Ashigaru, I really did want to buy this thing but the dogshit mobility, the really lackluster 3D style, the lack of "micro"buffs... I'm tempted to just wait and see if this thing is better than we think and pick it up in a year or two if it gets rerun since Assembly shop reruns are a thing now.

>>2247886
i watched QB stream of the ashigaru because his playstyle is closest to mines and it looks awful
the paper DPM never gets used in real combat

>>2247101
That's what I thought too. Compare it to the K-91 and it barely scrapes by.

The one thing that's going to define this tank is being really, really fucking annoying when it's 1v1/2v1 and your last opponent is an Ashigaru on a bushy map. Like the Strv but worse.

>everyone shitting on the Ashigaru
Instant buy, this thing is going to be beyond broken
t. bought the "dogshit" DBV-152 and the "garbage" SFAC-105

>>2247997
I don't think it's going to be bad but I do think it's another low alpha high camo paper tank which requires a skilled player to get the most out of it. The Concept, K-91 and Leo1 do similar things but with different tradeoffs, and having high mobility on your paper tank is always good.
I think it'll be solid/good but that's not enough for me to buy it.

>>2248009
If I have a complaint it's that it has similar weight and HP/ton as the Concept 5, a little worse, but the Concept 5 goes 65/32
Ashigaru has no reason not do to like 60/28 and that'd probably fix the biggest weakness the vehicle has.

>>2247997
it's just too slow mang
i could see why they were worried about a wheeled tank that could keep moving but they already shat out ARES 90 that has 50 km/h base speed and have reverse tracks

>>2248012
It's definitely low on top speed. Going 60 is an antidote to being paper since you can relocate to different ridges. Going 40 means you're slower than some heavies.

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I don't think a single streamer I've watched has been happy about the Ashigaru.

>decide to play cancer emperor
>full HP in a heavy
>703 II clicks on me
>lose my entire 1500 HP in a single hit
>leave match
good game

>>2248164
Just another day in the fucking double barrel mines. I've been doubleshotting in my zwilling recently because of a chems video and I ammorack so many people

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i climbed to silver E
i can still club pubbies no problem... but i really struggled climbing out of bronze in onslaught

when even the noobs know to stack e100 / type 5 heavy and assault meds like e50m / 430u it's hard to truly catch a noob off guard, while hoping your team isn't full of more noobs i am one too

>>2248232
Nice job man. I calibrated at Bronze D or something so I still have to play my way out. Hoping to get it done this weekend, but I'm not pulling that kind of DPG, closer to 2.7k for me.

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>>2248237
i know from prior experience that climbing is the worst when it's the weekend before the season ends
if you can, try to climb now during the weekdays. even then it's pretty hard since slackers like me are playing the mode now until onslaught ends

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>>2248239
Great.

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Started with 6 straight losses, bros. It might be over before it begins.

>>2247736
After debating about it, I guess I will dump my free resources on ashitgaru despite not vibing with the playstyle
I don’t really have anything to use with my free exp, blueprints and credits anymore.
The upcoming tier 9 premiums looks ugly and even if I wanted them, they’re gonna be direct sale / marathon / lootbox only… >>2227893

>>2248456
GG. If you have a T57 heavy you could act like a rat and play to get carried

>queue is 70% TDs so you can't play Ashigaru
Wargaminggggg

>queue medium tank, surely I'll be able to insta-match
>in matchmaker for over a minute
So does matchmaking just literally not work now? Can the game not make any matches?

Holy shit, the UDES15/16 might be the most overrated tech tree in the entire game
>hilariously slow, might as well be playing a heavy tank
>absolutely atrocious gun handling
>no standard pen at all
Honestly just pathetic, I regret wasting a tech tree skip on this thing

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i've been sitting here waiting for a decent number to show up. i'm not even planning on using the style, this is peak autism

>>2249616
i ditched the medium UDES line because it bled too much to arty hits
losing 300-400 hp on a single hit is devastating

>>2249617
>bled too much to arty hits
not even the issue, they gave this tank the worst gun of any medium in the entire game in exchange for having a good turret, it's actually fucking sad
you have ZERO pen, so don't even think about wasting time firing standard ammo, and when you shoot HEAT your gun acts like it's a heavy's 155 so you're just pissing away credits flinging shells into the nether
Actually disgustingly bad

>>2249637
yeah udes medium line came from an era where WG actually cared about putting some downsides to strong hulldown tanks with the shit pen and handling

even in the version 2.0 update they didn't touch udes 15/16 at all.
https://worldoftanks.com/en/news/general-news/update-2-0-rebalance/

So unfortunately the CCs were right and the Ashigaru is complete dogshit
Slow as fuck, AWFUL gun handling, mediocre accuracy even with a cooled gun, it's just dogshit. You can't play it anywhere because it has no armor and no HP but also no speed, and you have terrible medium tank levels of pen on a 390 alpha gun that isn't even reliably accurate
I just missed a stationary Ares in the open with a fully cooled gun
I know WG never buffs assembly shop tanks post release but this thing needs the mother of all fucking buffs to even be playable

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>>2249669
the only advantage of ashigaru is being able to cheat in a psuedo medium tank into a sniper tank role while giving the enemy team a grille / strv. matching up against DBV is extremely rough though

the tank destroyer itself... yeah. the skill ceiling is severely hampered by the speed limit. it's really hard to put the DPM stat into practice

>>2249702
I knew I was going to be playing a slow pseudo-med but I was expecting buttery smooth gun performance that'd reward every single opportunity I get to shoot and instead I'm playing a Grille that does 390 alpha

>>2249669
I think it's interesting that CCs are saying that in good player hands this tank will be good. I have no doubt a good player can make anything work, but I cannot imagine how can you maximize this DPM, except 1 in 20 games where some zombies are rushing your position and you can farm them. You have no armour to trade shoots, no speed to rotate.

I really like the idea of high DPM on paper. But knowing how wot games play, I don't see how to make it work.

>>2248232
I was stuck in silver for some time, climbed into gold, but now there are many games with legends and those guys in their fully purple equipment tanks, perfect tank choices and positions. It's hard to keep up. I can win 10 games then lose 10. It's over for me.

I also don't have a good tank selection. I need to buy t5h and foch b for next season. On some maps they are just better.

Also fuck sand river. I probably have 2% WR on this map. I have no idea where or how to play there to carry my team...

>>2249617
>i've been sitting here waiting for a decent number to show up. i'm not even planning on using the style, this is peak autism
lmao. I thought about buying but eventually didn't

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>>2249844
i ended up getting the ashigaru
for me, i know i'm not good enough to use all the DPM so i was thinking about speccing into HP instead of rammer and go all in on acceleration or something

i don't see myself in situations where i can unload 2 shots in quick succession without getting shot back. have to wait for the queue to be free of other ashigarus first

>>2249850
I'd take IRM over Spall, and really I'd take experimental T3 over Turbo if you have one for the extra gun handling. Fuel is a waste - the tank has very good power/weight and accelerates to top speed incredibly quickly, it just lacks a top speed. Going uphill on Himmels I hit like 34km/h though, it does not lack for PW/accel at all.

>>2249838
>Also fuck sand river. I probably have 2% WR on this map. I have no idea where or how to play there to carry my team...
Same. I never have any idea where to go, might just have to play a medium and pick a hill

Any chance they rerun the DBV?

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>>2249853
>>2249853
yeah i'll need to fiddle around in game first. i just know for sure that i'm not taking rammer so i have a third equipment slot to think about

for IRM i think you're right. i plugged it into tomato.gg and even at a glance the ashigaru gun handling curves out significantly better. i just wrote it off initially because the hull increase from IRM / exp turbo doesn't work on wheeled vehicles (but clutch braking does...)

https://youtu.be/M1tndro4l3U?si=YD8CZAaQ7rOZFgRw&t=126

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I'm up from 3/30 to 12/30 missions and I've risen from bronze D to bronze B
I'M DOING IT
IT'S FUCKING HAPPENING

>>2249868
Knowing WG they will rerun it when it won't be a good tank anymore. They don't tend to sell good tanks again.

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>>2249869
fuck it whatever i'm going max gun handling
the accuracy curve is so different when you put on all the gun improvement equipment. putting on smooth ride and the directive helps a ton too

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First night of onslaught: 680 points
Second night: 860 points
Been playing like an absolute clownlord with the aggression and 75% of the time it works, 25% of the time I die 1v3 or 1v4. If I was more aware and less retarded it'd be going a bit better, but you do what you can with what you have.

Hoping to hit silver in the next couple of days but even if I don't, I'll try to get the 30 missions done. I don't even want a 60TP, I just want a shiny thing that says "Ashbringer". Worst case scenario I take a day of PTO on Sunday...

My thoughts on how I'd fix the Ashigaru
Mobility; top speed increased to 60km/h
reverse speed increased to 30km/h
Firepower;
105mm gun dispersion buffed
moving from 0.24 to 0.10
tank traverse from 0.24 to 0.10
turret traverse from 0.14 to 0.06
same values as the Concept 5
Uncooled gun accuracy from 0.31 to 0.29
Alpha damage of 105 increased to 420, reloaded increased to keep DPM the same or maybe 100 DPM less than current
Game changing idea that I stole from a CC;
15cm gun added, tank can swap between 105 and 150 guns.
Alpha of 650. Effective DPM of 2850~ compared to the effective DPM of 3589 on the current 105
Dispersion values of 0.22/0.22/0.12
Two degrees less gun depression because it's larger and takes up more space in the turret, same 8 degrees Concept 5 gets

Now you have a highly mobile wheeled TD/medium hybrid that can either focus on delivering constant high DPM very accurately like a Concept 5, or can focus on hitting hard like a proper TD while leveraging mobility to reposition quickly.
>it'd just be a better Concept 5 with these buffs
it should be, assembly shop tanks should be a little bit broken since they're expensive and rare
not to the level it breaks the MM and makes the game unenjoyable but to the point it's a bit better than a tech tree equivalent like how the DBV-152 is clearly vastly superior to the Grille but hasn't made the game unplayable

>>2249925
If they give it gigabuffs after I can't buy it any more I'm doing a somersault off a skyscraper

>>2249928
I DOUBT they'll actually buff it, since it's not actually a horrendously bad tank and it probably won't underperform that much
I also can't think of any other assembly shop tank that got buffed after sale
But it's definitely underwhelming and imo assembly shop tanks should be a little broken/pay to win since they're expensive and super limited
They can easily control the number of Ashigarus in the game, even moreso than something like the BZ-176 or EBR because they get to decide exactly how many get sold and there's no obligation to ever inject more into the game.

>>2249935
I agree completely, there has to be some kind of extra incentive to get them. Otherwise the price is completely unreasonable

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/68626/4in1_Wargaming_Publisher_Sale_2026/

For Steam players/steam-linked people, you can get a T26E3 Eagle 7 for like $5 if you somehow don't already have it from the token store.

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>>2249881
settled on this equipment setup
the easy way to play ashigaru is taking snipe shots in the backline for 4-5 minutes until teams whittle down on both sides for cleanup

bond binocs help you self-sustain and activates faster than regular binocs. i found that IRM wasn't really needed when sniping / cooled off barrel and not needed in DPM situations (aka close-mid range)

tried T3 experimental turbo and changed for bond turbo. the extra 1 km/h is noticeable, the extra horsepower makes the tank turn faster and was the difference between getting 40 to 43 km/h inconsistently or keeping at a steady 45-46 km/h on slightly bumpy terrain. it really, REALLY wants a 5+ skill crew at minimum.

>>2250198
>in the backline
What maps even have backlines at this point, they have been removing TD sightlines from every map in the game
It's fucked, we've gone from a meta in which armor is useless to a meta where if you don't have 300mm of armor you might as well not even be playing the game

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>>2250252
idk there's at least half of the map pool that i can create sightlines out of render range or behind a bush. worst comes to worse you brawl as a paper medium
having a turret gives you flexibility to do shit, it's not like you're playing a narrow arc casemate TD like blysk or foch 155

Can't decide if I want the White Dragon
I've wanted the Kpz for a while, but at this point - I don't really need a German medium crew trainer, and I don't even know if I'd play it that much in Frontlines since I have a pretty stacked stable; I can play my AAT60, AMX AP30, CS-52 Lis, Prototipo 6, Progetto 46 or even ShPTK-TVP if I want a mobile, high DPM tank
And that's before it has to compete with my Bourrasque or Skoda T56 or any of my other stupidly good heavies/TDs

>>2250393
i have the unskinned version and it's a pain in the ass to make work with the unreliable gun

4 second reload sounds good until you realize that you're facing off against more modern medium tanks that autoload you back faster as retaliation in 2 or 3 seconds. the 90 HE pen is kind of whatever, because if you wanted total paper tank death the czech light tanks and ARES 75 exist

>>2250438
The Squall is actually so fucking underrated as a tank, stupidly good if you know the routes to take and play with an appropriate amount of aggression
>b-but le heckin ELC 90 outspots y-you!
Yeah that does him a lot of good when I figure out a route that lets me dive his bush without eating shit from the entire enemy team and he takes his entire HP pool in a few seconds from my HE
>okay but that doesn't happen
it does more often than not with the average ELC monkey who has no idea where to position aside from "bush"

>used the twitch miner to get my OLS tokens
>not even sure if it was worth the time having my PC on for a kanonjagdpanzer 105

nobody is actually buying the ashigaru, there were 25k yesterday at this time in EU, now there are 19k

Is there any mods to show much time I spent playing games and also how much my game has been open for? Want to see how much time I'm spending playing matches in total in a single day and then also how much my game is open for even if I'm idle.

>>2251263
On NA the first 5000 were bought in the first hour but it's ticking down really, really slowly now. Still 7000 left.

>>2251816
I bought the Raumpanzer instead, so glad I don’t have to waste an equipment slot on a sick scoop anymore

>>2251263
Yeah, they made too many available and the thing is grim
People are looking at all the available videos, looking at the stats, and realizing without any FOMO because there's still a ton left, that it's simply not worth it.

>>2251972
I first realized the raumpanzer might actually have a use case when I ran into it in frontline. It's actually a really good brawler and cap pusher. Obviously it's not like, a Zwilling, but what is

>>2251996
It got turbobuffed, it has good DPM now and fills a solid niche as a sort of German Spershing
Would I go out of my way to buy it? Probably not.
is it bad? Not at all.

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it's time
3 boxes for 1 dolla

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>>2252043
not bad

>>2252043
I did this earlier and got NOTHING
It's never been more over for a chud like me

The Skoda T56 has to be the most overrated POS in the entire game by far
>no hull armor at all, reliant entirely on a turret with a huge weakspot
>literally the worst gun in the entire game, terrible gun handling and accuracy with less pen than the average LT
>if you somehow hit your target, and you somehow penetrate them (you will ricochet 80% of the time even against paper mediums) you only roll for 380 alpha
Just a tremendously overrated piece of shit, easily the least enjoyable premium I own

How long does the average battle take in world of tanks for a player including the full countdown? It read somewhere that's 4 minutes but that's seems far too short. I think it's 7.

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>>2250198
ashigaru update again
the more i play with it the more okay it seems. it's held back by high entry requirements via 5+ skill crew and pink bounty equipment needed to push the tank past its undertuned characteristics.

the gold shell is whatever but the regular shells is quite strong at 280 AP pen and 1400 m/s shell speed. you can lean into it as an economic tank, as long as you penetrate 70% of the shots fired you will break even on standard account due to somewhat cheap credit costs for the damage (1080 credits)... though it is kinda of weird to play a whale tank like this economically.

i overlooked the aim time stat at 1.40 seconds, it negates the shitty dispersion stats. uncooled gun accuracy is usable and i haven't got any of the accuracy field mods yet. i'll be playing this more often due to how decent it functions without food.

>>2252247
https://tomato.gg/maps/EU

sort by duration and add 30 seconds for countdown timer. some people confuse duration and lifetime stat together so filter accordingly

>>2252247
Way back in the day, there was an official quote from the lead dev saying 7. These days, I wouldn't be surprised if it actually were closer to 4-5.

>far more people in onslaught queue than there were yesterday
Oh boy. Here we fucking go

>>2252352
i had to do a battle to keep my silver E ranking and the one battles i did there were 4 people holding their shots to get the last kill
it's going to be a shitfest of people last minute climbing ranks and people wanting to do their weeklies only

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Couldn't do it lads. Got from 860 up to 960 with 3 straight massive wins followed by something like 12 straight losses down to 860, won a few games back up to 900+, and finally fell back down to... uhh, 921. I guess I won my last 2 games somehow.
A far sight from the consistent point gains I was getting the last 2 days, and fucking abysmal games in my E5. Might have to pull an all day session to hopefully get this done, and be less afraid of playing my mediums.
On the bright side, 18/30 missions.

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>>2252499
i don't think t110e5 is good for this season

the accuracy changes hurt it more than it helps (people don't bounce on troll hull, accuracy was already good and doesn't improve much) and too many 4000 HP type 5 heavies to chew through. it also doesn't feel like it gets role points so on a bad loss i found myself bottom 3 players due to teammates farming their role points with autoloaders and superheavies

i played 6 games before i said fuck it. compared to my other tanks i was not getting as many role points so i was never on the top half of the team

>>2252510
It's not good, heavies in general are too weak.
If you want to trade you can play e4 or foch and be better at mitigating damage.
If you want to carry you can play e50m or 140 and have massive dpm or team dpm off the rip.

It's funny type 5 gets mentioned but if you see a type 5 in onslop you should always just ignore them and kill their team. The worst thing you can do when you encounter one is waste several minutes dpm trying to kill them.

>>2252510
I wanted to grind my E5 since I don't have the T11 unlocked and do have the KR-1 unlocked, but I think I'm just gonna have to full-time the IS-7/Type 5/STB. I have a T57 but I'm too retarded to play it. Ironically, I can play the 50B fine, or at least I did last season.

>>2252530
I am not good enough at onslaught to leverage most mediums. At best I can play hull down in an STB.

>>2252610
It's really not that hard to play e50m. You just watch minimap, 1v1 any player that isolates themselves, kill them because your dpm allows you to just all in and kill anything that can overextend, then collapse on their team.
It's a very good tank to climb out of wood league with just because players at these ranks will isolate themselves a lot.
You can take the 430u and almost do the same thing, but you will be easier to deal with because it's not as flexible.

140 or any of the inspire meds like the steeb are much harder to play because you need to land an initial shot at match start to charge and use inspire, and doing this without eating a horrible trade is very tricky.
Being a coward and not charging inspire for the initial engage is a throw.
Being too aggressive and getting focused is a throw.
Meanwhile e50m just turns brain off and goes and kills their light or their cs or whatever.

>>2252623
Very good, however… I only have the 140, STB, and Batchat. I’ll probably never have an E50M because I’d have to play the panther(s) and fuck that

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>WG portal shills maus model
>"hey that looks pretty decent"
>$565 DOLLARS
what the FUQ. guess i'm going to do the giveaway and hope for the best

https://worldoftanks.com/en/news/merchandise/first-legion-figurines-maus-feb-2026/

>>2252665
Fuck me, similar cost to the Astraeus from 40k. Hopefully better build quality.

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>>2252665
Well, we have the base kit that costs 80 to 100 dollars + the flak cannon which is 20 + paints, pigments, washes, varnishes and cement for another 20 + misc materials like nets, drums, jerrycans and beams to make ladders and frames
I wouldn't exclude the option for additional details like PE or metal/3d printed tracks which is at least the cost of the kit
I assume the entire logistics network to ship these across the us isn't free, and WG has to take their cut
There is absolutely no way that one of these will be made in under a week by a good modelist, one of these takes about a month to complete
t. knower

>>2252687
Neat tonks anon. I only collect warhammer, but I like a good tonk.

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>>2252688
Thanks, both of these tanks are about 60% finished, they have to be postponed due to a sinus infection
Scale model tanks are cheaper and better build quality than warhammer

>>2252691
>tfw moved from scale tanks to gunpla because it was cheaper and easier
>it's now back at the point it might be worth buying some more tanks

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I'm sick and tired of carrying, guys
I want to have a nice, relaxed game where my teammates aren't poised to lose in a 7v4 situation

How do I play the British wheeled medium line? What sort of strategy in general? They don't really seem to be good at anything except driving in a straight line, even the usual gun depression you rely on for Brit vehicles is missing.

>>2252773
Same way you play leo 1 or the tanks preceding it.
Them going fast in a straight line is useful because it allows you to rotate positions and sweat your tits off so you can get as much damage as a 1k wtr heavy player.

Paris is such a fucking shit map

>>2253363
I’ve taken to just driving into mid if I’m not in a brawling heavy.

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RRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH WE'RE ALL GONNA FUCKIN MAKE IT
SHOUTOUT TO THE ANON THAT SAID TO PLAY THE T57 THAT THING IS INSANE

If you still play this game after they switched to UE5 and shit on the graphics, you are a retarded cuck.
No legacy renderer = not worth playing.

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>>2253903
good shit anon
t57 heavy is a socially acceptable version of fv4005

>>2254204
I had to actively resist my brain telling me to push forward or to hold a flank alone in my heavy tank. But onslaught is the damage vulture mode so it worked eventually. You even have some hp to share around if needed. I wish I had the Stinger now

>>2253903
How are you struggling to get into silver rank? kek

>>2254314
Variance, I guess. I'm not very good at onslaught either, only played in this season and the last.

>>2254314
team game when teammates are unreliable in bronze
i like to make plays and support team so it's absolutely maddening when stuff happens like
>no one focus firing or willing to share HP to save a one shot teammate nearby
>the 2500 hp maus / T5H / canopener enjoyer that doesn't want to get scratched and humps a rubble all game until the hp advantage is gone and the whole team is dead
>ego players that hate being commanded / chat disabled
>regards shooting regular ammo against superheavies multiple times
>ally covering your back flubs an easy shot and now you have foch b or 140 / e50m DPMing your ass

had to really change my playstyle to be play like a bitch and had minimal fun

anyone notice how often the game crashes when alt+tabing?

>>2254580
Works on my machine.

Thought;
Release Ares line as the newest broken FOMO line, getting people to fxp/blueprint it and farm. Drives up engagement, etc.
Drop assembly shop shortly after, people have to spend more since they spent fxp/blueprints on the Ares line (would work better/hold more water if they released actual whalebait)
Let the Ares stomp for a few months and firmly entrench the concept that the line is broken in people's heads - then nerf it to a state where it isn't gamebreaking.
Here's the big conspiracy - finally release the Ares MTB, which is usually released BEFORE the tech tree line to drum up hype and sell an exclusive early access to the gameplay. Stealth nerf it to shit like the rest of the line so it isn't another toxic BZ-176 situation that ruins the game forever, but lie by omission and tell nobody and schmucks buy it purely off the mental image they have of the Ares line.
Or if they're really desperate for money, just drop it into the game without any nerfs and create another hyper toxic pay to win pubstomper now that the tech tree has been neutered.

>>2254591
Yeah, that about sums it up.
The MTB is currently strictly better than the extant tier 9 btw, if anyone didn't know. So that'll be funny.

got the erich kpz from the chinaman boxes, running it standard equipment + no food, I make 1.5 million credits per day
it is vastly superior to the protopard

>>2254605
>400 damage sniper with 270 pen
Primo

Want to get the Yong ping but I would most likely have to buy 200 boxes since it's the most unlikely one to drop and I would most likely get the 3 of the other tanks that I don't have yet and I don't really want to spend money to get them(medved, isu-122-2 and kjpanzer 2). Anyone know how much it would cost to pay for it if it came out sold separately or is it one of those tanks that won't come out for years?

what's the easiest tier VI or VII tank to use to destroy 2 TDs, do at least 1000 damage to TDs and also damage at least 6 tanks?

>>2254892
It feels like it might end up being sold mostly in lootboxes although it should probably be available eventually.
I think the Obj 752 was about $52 on Black Friday? Probably closer to $65 for a T9 premium at full price.

>>2255071
T10 or 11 ares
1k damage is one burst, you actually have the luxury to change targets as well

>>2255071
Now that the medicine has worn off and I actually can read the question, my personal preference is the E8 Sherman, as you can bring the reload down to 2 seconds and the T7 bong wheely, it is stealthy, fast and has amazing gun stats

>>2255071
amx 13 57

>>2255071
KV-2

What do I get if I complete the honour missions in a campaign? Do I still get a badge without completing honour missions?

>>2255071
any class, nation or role restriction, assuming you're asking about campaign missions?

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>NA server
>numbered styles for ashigaru didn't sell out with 2 hours left
is this the biggest flop in recent memory

>>2255889
Honestly yeah. I could have bought one but didn't bother. I know from prior experience that a paper tank with low alpha that isn't called a Bourrasque is going to be a huge pain in the ass to play

>>2255889
Yeah and if I'm honest I kinda regret buying mine
t. Number 2000

How do I get better at the game? How do you stay consistent? I feel like there are average players with little over 52% and then good players with 60+% wr. The gap is huge and I don't fully understand how to cross it.

>>2256247
what i did back then was follow CC streamers and asked question about their thought process at times
should still be a good way to bridge the experience gap somewhat quickly by vicariously living through a unicum POV, but it requires you to breathe WOT in your free time

personally i'm of the opinion that games are the most fun when you aren't as knowledegable, so don't be in too much of a rush. this game isn't going anywhere or changing as much for better or for worse

>>2256250
also if you're a gigantic nerd, you can look at map guides
https://wotmapsbyyaya.com/maps

pub meta and unicums already more or less follow the pathings here, so you can learn by following them in-game generally. this is more for in you want to dip your toes into light tank / paper medium gameplay (please don't with the meta like this atm)

>>2256247
You need to realize this isn't a conventional shooter, it's a game about geomancy and leylines.
If you stand in a position with invulnerable feng shui, you will be invulnerable. If you go to a map location with ruinous feng shui, you will explode and return to the garage.
Good players always go to powerful positions.

Learning the good and bad positions should get you to middle 50s winrate, and then the gap is made up by other skills like aim and other kinds of meta knowledge like tank matchups and weakspots.

>>2256247
First you need to actually want to be good at World of Tanks. This is the hardest step.

Then you can start watching guides from iyouxin. Stuff like where to go as a light tank, etc. Just knowing "where do I go on a map in this tank" is a strong starting point.
There are several problems with teaching people to be good at tanks, though, and one of them is that you simply can't impart that much knowledge onto people using words. It's a game with a lot of micro bullshit involving tanks, positions, map situation, etc.
One general tip is that if you win a flank you should check the map and decide whether to go help the other flank immediately. Pushing forward into base-camping TDs is often the road to a quick suicide.

>>2256257
Also all of this is true. If you want to experience bad feng shui try pushing into the pit on Ghost Town.

>try to grind through the IKV 103 because I spent all of my fxp
>bot match after bot match but the enemy team gets sealclubbers in broken meta tanks and I'm stuck trying to play a howitzer with 10m/s shell velocity and a non-existent gun arc for 1000 exp per match because every match is a loss
I hate this fucking game so much

holy fuck the 25TP is so fucking funny
what a hilarious decision this thing was, what if we gave a T5 tank a 300 damage machinegun that reloads basically instantly so you can't even punish it "on reload"
surely that's balanced, a 3000DPM medium at T5

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>>2256292
Dude I had the exact same experience lmao. Playing that line, specifically, at tiers 4-5, cemented my decision to whale on christmas boxes so I never had to play low tier again. You can even see where I gave up. From now on I'll never play below T7.

Actually speaking of low tier, another way to "boost your stats" is to not grind tech tree tanks. My stats always peak when I just play my tier 10s.

>>2256325
Don't blame anyone for this desu these shitboxes were a nightmare to play and I ended getting them done by stacking optics and exhaust on them and spotting so I could have a sub 60 loss rate.
And that was years ago, the ares tanks were just a mote floating in satans scrotum I didn't have to think about.

>>2256325
I spent some Swedish blueprints on the Udes so once I get through the Ikv 65 I can just fxp the gun on the Ikv 90 and skip it entirely
Then I have to spend even more fxp to get the actually decent gun on the Udes but after that the line SHOULD be smooth sailing

>decide to play the Ikv 65
>hilariously long reload for a paper shitbox with 240 alpha, like comically long
>absolutely zero camo at all
why does WG absolutely love making T4-6 completely comically unbalanced?
Some of these lines are unplayable fxp bait and some are just destroyers of worlds

I'm actually starting to fucking seethe
WG keeps putting me on LITERALLY SUBHUMAN teams
Over and over and over
my WR this session is like 20%, every single match is a 1-10 stomp and the single kill is me before I get 1v5'd because my teams are literally worse than bots
no wonder they're giving new players T10, the game is literally unplayable below T8

>>2256404
Yeah that was my experience too. Easy 27% winrate sessions, makes it feel like the whole thing is pointless when you can't even USE the x5 boosts and 2x victory bonuses because your team never wins

>>2256424
What I don't get is how I ALWAYS end up on the curbstomp team
Like yeah I'm playing a garbage tank but I top the team and pull my weight, why do I not get to enjoy the 70% WR curbstomps

>>2256433
Prior to the Ares patch I decided to grind the T20 from zero in advance. I won 11 games straight and was finished in one session. I think that was effectively repayment for my horrific loss streaks in lower tiers. Unfortunately it never happened when I actually needed it, like at tier 5.

>check the Blazing Steed camo
>looks like shit on my Chinese tanks
WHY EVEN FUCKING BOTHER

>>2256489
The only Chinese camo that looks good is the red one with gold trim
But I only like the camouflage pattern camos, not the tessellated texture ones

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>>2256489
a lot of tanks ruin 2d styles by having these ugly ass scrape marks that makes your tank look like battle-scarred shit from counter strike 2.
it's why i usually slap on a coat of paint for heavies or the GuP styles if the tank really needs the camo boost.
the 2% camo boost really doesn't matter for heavy tanks.

kek, they already announced huge Ares nerfs
gg I should've ground it out earlier, fun's over
https://worldoftanks.com/en/news/general-news/2-2-ares-line-rebalancing/

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>>2256553
Chinese New Year
I kinda wish they'd toss this in an event or a lootbox or w/e so I could pick up a few more copies.
Genuinely one of the best styles for Chinese tanks and I'd love to use it on more than just my DZT.

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>>2256601
i saw this coming a mile away which is why i never touched the ARES line
i learnt my lesson when the french wheeled line got clobbered. too unique

>>2256609
I mean if you pre-ground the T20 and have been playing the line since release I'd say you got your time and effort's worth
Realistically it'll probably still be good enough

>>2256601
fine, the burst fire overwhelms pubbies and it is a bit unfair, but the turret face armor nerfs are just heavytards crying that they can't autopen everything

>>2256621
The turret face is annoying when you're trying to trade them as a medium
You poke out, ricochet a 390 shell off the tiny turret, and he trades 220 into you (best case scenario) while you pull back.
If you penned his turret that'd be an okay trade.

>>2256620
when i look at it again the nerfs don't seem too bad
they didn't touch gun dispersion on spraying, speed limits or penetration

>>2256621
nah fuck off, less hulldown cancer the better
ares 90 has no right to bounce 250mm standard shells on that small of a turret profile with -9 gun depression

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>>2256601
also this seems like a popularity nerf for ARES 90.
the stats are eerily close to WG's reasoning for progetto 65 nerf in the past.
if the ARES line remains a problem after, the true gutting will come in the 2nd wave of nerfs like the AMX M4 mle 54 and Object 268 version 4.

>>>2256247
>First you need to actually want to be good at World of Tanks. This is the hardest step.

That's true, sometimes I don't care and just want to drive around and shoot. My issue is when I actually want to try harder, I still get clapped. One time because I was too aggressive and didn't get cover from my team or the other time when I just can't break the flank, because pushing into 2 Ares hull down is not really an option.

In my unending hatred of the Ikv 65 I decided to compare it to most of the other tech tree TDs at T6
>240 alpha is one of the lowest of the pack, most other TDs do 240 up to 390
>TDs with 360/390 alpha (Bassotto/SU-100) have MORE DPM
>there's a TD with the same alpha and DPM - it's the Hellcat, that gets a fully rotating fucking turret goes 72 to the 60 of the IKV, is arguably better armored thanks to the turret's armor, has way better view range at barely any camo cost
I genuinely can't think of anything this barely armored HE magnet shitbox has going for it. It's not low profile like the Jg Pz IV/Bassotto, it doesn't have good DPM, it doesn't have good alpha, it's not particularly accurate, the camo is okay but if you compare it to the SU-100, Bassotto and Jg Pz IV it's not impressive, I guess it's fast but that's not really enough to make up for all the flaws and the Hellcat is faster anyways.

>>2257083
Yeah, the Hellcat is the most obvious comparison and the ikv comes up short in almost every conceivable way. Brilliant design from WG once again

>>2256601
Welp. Guess all the complaining about how it’s more toxic than the Waffentrager ever was (lol) finally paid off

So much seething over a tank because it punishes you for isolating yourself or poking broadside on like a retard. Another case of WG nerfing a tank because the top% of players make it work and your average shitter would rather complain on the forums instead of learning to not poke broadside on to the low pen high burst tank.

Why do wot streamer not use x25 zoom and how do I make it so that once I shoot a tank it zooms out automatically?

>>2257674
Too far in to be truly useful, you miss all the peripheral stuff. Turn on the zoom reset in options. It's not automatic, it's just what happens when you exit and re-enter sniper mode with that setting on.

>>2257674
no reason for x25, there's barely any modeled weakspots like viewpoints anymore, tanks rock back and forth at like 20 km/h with all the mobility enhancing stuff and armor flashlight already tells you if the spot you are aiming at is green penetratable
>how do I make it so that once I shoot a tank it zooms out automatically
that's just people using the shift key to exit sniper mode instead of using scroll wheel

do any of you nerds remember the grand old days of the best World of Tanks clan, NTR?

>video games

>>2257853
I’m still in it. I was in the first and second CW campaigns for NTR when zazie diplo’d us the M60, which was probably the funniest thing we ever did

I was a beta tester... Havn't played in at least 7 years. Was a unicorn back in those days, with a 63% win ratio over the course of 25,000 games.

I used every mod I could to give myself an advantage. The greatest mod you could give yourself would be to add lazers to the end of other players cannons, so you knew exactly when they were pointing their gun at you. Probably still possible.

Funnest tank was the tier 5 chaffee when tier 5 was the highest light tank you could get. Would always run out of ammo, it was insanet.

>>2257183
The Hellcat was OP when it first got released. I think I had like a 73% win ratio in that thing.

Is it still OP?

>>2257864
Do you remember aligning with RDDT for the m60s, by fucking around in Greenland?

I was in RDDT calling battles, and I hated 4chan at the time; don't really remember why tbqh. I remember your clan leader had a pure white cat as its avatar in teamspeak, and that there was some guy named timberwolf who would bounce back and forth from RDDT to NTR. Got my M60 though so I was happy.

>>2233083
Am I the only one who liked world of warplanes?
Surprised that game died so easily.

>>2257953
Are you sure you're not thinking of PBKAC? I think the pure white cat was that guy's avatar. I'm having trouble remembering (no shit), but our leader was Zazie with our subcommander Apparent, and our caller OhSlowpoke. I mostly remember fucking around in Africa in our IS-7s to get reward tanks we definitely didn't deserve because Zazie was a tournament player and was friends with PBKAC and -G-'s top players.

To this day I don't know what Zazie's problem was
t. PLSGO

>>2258019
4chan (NTR) always needs a little brother (PLSGO) to hate on, please understand.

I figured out how never to play with artillery ever again
Just have a "shoot an artillery" mission active

Any of you guys getting WoT Plus Pro or whatever it's called?

>>2258068
I have regular WoT Plus, but I don't think I'll spring for pro. Bonus bp progression and a faux premium don't really stand out to me.