4261

I could use a few more 5x days. Most of my tanks are Tier VII or VIII with nothing left but the next tier to grind towards. Slow going. Luckily, they’re all fun to play.

4262

the speed-up in crew training is awesome. having a good crew makes most tanks so much more fun! Busy working up the xp on leo and m5 in anticipation of 0.6.7. while slightly nerfed, the chaffee still seems to pwn, and the son-of-leo got a considerable buff!

4263

I am trying to find official explanation on how the crew is supposed to work with premium tanks (what I sad above is based on how my friend explained it to me briefly, mind you a very experienced friend).

But in the meantime I found this interesting piece of info. People on Russian server analized win ratio of 1000 players with the largest numbers of games played and came up with the following table.

The first number is your win ratio. The second number is “you are better than this per cent of random players”.

49,2% : 53,98%
49,6% : 57,93%
49,9% : 61,79%
50,3% : 65,54%
50,6% : 69,15%
50,9% : 72,57%
51,3% : 75,80%
51,6% : 78,81%
52,0% : 81,59%
52,3% : 84,13%
52,6% : 86,43%
53,0% : 88,49%
53,3% : 90,32%
53,6% : 91,92%
54,0% : 93,32%
54,3% : 94,52%
54,7% : 95,54%
55,0% : 96,41%
55,3% : 97,13%
55,7% : 97,72%
56,0% : 98,21%
56,4% : 98,61%
56,7% : 98,93%
57,0% : 99,18%
57,4% : 99,38%
57,7% : 99,53%
58,1% : 99,65%
58,4% : 99,74%

So roughly 54% of players have their win ratio less than 49% and only 0.5% have it more than 57.7%.

4264

ooh, my ego suddenly wont fit the room anymore \o/

4265

Of course, I’m guessing that the vast majority of casual players don’t play many matches, lose most of the matches they play, and give up quickly.

4266

Wow that really psyches me out about my 56% :)

4267

Don’t worry. Mine seems to take up negative space at this point.

4268

heh, invader award… in my SU-14!

And reaper from the same match. 8210 xp with first win of day :)

4269

Malinovka in a TS1. Got knocked down to 2 hp early. Decided to crawl up the left side. Got 3 kills. And we won. I love this game.

Edit: From the southern start position, no less.

4270

Apologies for double post. I was in a new T-18 on Prokorovka (sp?). I basically said, “Four guys here guard arty. The rest over the train tracks. Go wide. Keep moving. Don’t stop to engage.” They actually followed my plan. We capped and won in like 3 mins. After the game I got 3 invites to clans.

Have I said I love this game?

4271

Sweet! I love it when stuff like this works.

In one of my games on VK3601 yesterday, I was down to 1 hp(!), and killed 4 more enemies like that. :) Ended up to be my best game in VK36 so far - 2032 xp (no double bonus, just regular exp on premium), Top Gun, Sniper. With 1 hp, hehe. And it was a big dudes game, tier 8 was the top, I guess all the big guys didn’t want to waste their shot on a little almost dead one :)

4272

Oh and I double checked this thing. It only works with the tanks of the same class, i.e. you can move your crew to a premium tank without re-training between medium tanks, for example, but not between a medium and a TD.

No idea why the devs don’t advertise it, it’s a pretty sweet feature of premium tanks. It was mentioned in the patch notes once and that’s it.

One more trick. When your crew reaches 100% in their main skill, just let it sit there with a plus sign, don’t select the secondary skill (Repairing, etc.) yet. The crew still accumulates the exp and when you move this crew to another tank and re-train it for credits, instead of 90%, they will have more. My friend did this and got 100% crew after re-training. When I did it yesterday, I had a bit less exp accumulated and my crew ended up to be 97%.

It’s useful, when your guys reached 100% and you know you are giong to switch tanks soon anyway. The trick allows you to minimize the driving with an unexperienced crew, which is always frustrating, especially in a stock tank. Works with the second secondary skill as well.

4273

Well looks like the rot is starting to set in. My WoT clan has mostly stopped playing and two other clans I know have ceased playing in Clan Wars. Clan battles are also way down. Lot’s of grumbling from people who are bored with the game. I am still enjoying it but seems random battles is all I have to do at the moment. Luckily low tier battles are still as fun as ever.

4274

The KV-1S is a miserable tank to drive. The tank has such poor armour and mobility it seems to cause a feeding frenzy in the opposing team. Occasionally I get a good match where I am one of the heavier tanks but usually I just get smoked. Can’t wait to get to the KV-13…

Got the T44 finally and I am enjoying it right out of the gate. What a great tank. And the upgraded T20 with the 90mm is no slouch either.

Still enjoying this game!

4275

I’m enjoying it and tossing the occasional few bucks its way, but I can definitely see a point not too far away where it’ll become stale if they don’t do something. Adding a new map or two every couple of months won’t cut it, and neither will a few new premium tanks. They need more game modes for random battles, the new French line in its entirety, and a physics overhaul; these things, or even one or two of them, would make the game a bit fresher. They still need more maps, too, of course, and the tweaking of existing lines I suppose will continue.

I’d love to see more customization of tanks, though I can see the hassle in supporting user-created decals or paint schemes. Still, more and more interesting modules would be nice. And what’s with premium ammo? Five or six gold for a shell with like five more penetration than a normal shell, and the same damage? Some vehicles get premium shells you might actually consider using, if you were rich, but many have shells that seem like a total waste of gold.

I unlocked my Pershing, but I can’t afford it yet, sadly enough. I want to wait anyhow until I have enough stored experience to vault immediately to at least the first 90mm (which means getting the treads) or preferably that gun and the new turret.

4276

Man I loved the KV-1S. Mobile and could pop out and hit like a truck and get away. I thought it was a ton of fun to drive. I used it to grind up to the KV-13 which I though looked hella fun but the KV-13 feels extremely lackluster in comparison. More mobile but doesn’t hit as hard or bounce as much fire.

4277

Yeah, I feel similarly. Over the weekend I felt it “made sense” to try and grab a win on every tank in my garage, since the 5x experience combined with 2x crew levelling was “too good to pass up.” But I also had enough going on this weekend that I wanted to play “efficiently.”

Tanks isn’t a lot of fun when you’re trying to efficiently farm victories.

I realize this is my own fault for violating my general-purpose WoT rule of “don’t play just to level,” but it does sort of expose the brutality of the grind. Meanwhile, I still have a ways to go to get my Tier 10 heavy, and it’s possible that there won’t be a Clan Wars group for me when I get it, due to attrition…

4278

I wonder, too, if we’re seeing the difference between American and European/Russian gamers here. It seems the WoT paradigm is working gangbusters across the pond, but perhaps US gamers are starting to weary of the lack of carrots to go after, and the encroaching grind. I’d imagine, too, that Clan activity is more pronounced over there than here? I mean, I don’t see that many distinct Clan tags on US servers, actually.

4279

Wish largely granted, Mr. Wombat. A few highlights:

New Game Modes:

•Company battle divisions: tier 10 max with no overall tier limitation, tiers 8, 6, and 4 max with the respective overall tier limitation - Q4 2011;

•Assault (one team attacks, the other one defends the base) and Encounter battle (two teams are to capture the base in the center of the map) - Q4 2011;

•Garage battle – players can use several tanks (one after another) in one battle (“limited respawn”) - Q1 2012;

•Escort (only a few tanks from the team have the ability to capture enemy’s base, the opposite team is to stop potential invaders) - Q1 2012;

•Historical battle - faction based battles with historically justified restrictions on vehicles and modules available - 2012.

New Tanks:

American tanks
•medium tank M4A3E2, light tank M24 - Q3 2011;

•tank destroyers M8A1, T49, M18 Hellcat, T28 prototype - Q1 2012;

•heavy tanks M103, T110, tank destroyer T25-2 - Q1 2012.

Soviet tanks
•light tanks T-50, T-50-2 - Q3 2011;

•tank destroyer SU-85 (I) - Q4 2011;

•tank destroyers SU-100M-1, SU-101 (Uralmash-1), SU-122-54 - Q4 2011;

•heavy tanks KV-1, KV-2, KV-4, Т-150, ST 1, Object 252 - Q1 2012.

German tanks
•medium tank Pz IV Hydro - Q4 2011;

•tank destroyers Marder III, Dickermax, Nashorn, Sturer Emil, Jagdpanzer E-100 - Q4 2011;

•SPGs E10, E25, tank destroyer JagdTiger Sd Kfz 185 (88/71) - Q2 2012.

French tanks
•light, medium, and heavy tanks Renault FT, D1, D2, B1, ARL 44, AMX-50 100mm, AMX-50 120mm, Hotchkiss H35, AMX 38, AMX 40, AMX-13/75, AMX-13/90, Chatillon 25t, BDR G1B, AMX M4 1945, AMX-50-68t , AMX-12t , Lorraine 40t - Q4 2011;

•SPGs RenaultBS, Lorraine39 L-AM, AMX-105AM, AMX 13F3AM, Lorraine155-50, Lorraine155-51, Bаt Chatillon155 - Q1 2012;

•tank destroyers FCM 36Pak40, 105 leFH18B2, Panzerjager35R - Q1 2012;

•tank destroyers Renault FT AC, Lorraine 37L-AC, Somua Sau40, S 35CA, ARL V39, AMX AC de120-46, AMX AC de120-48, AMX50 Foch - Q1 2012;

•medium tank Renault G1R, light tank АМХ 13FL11 - Q1 2012.

British tanks - Q2 2012

Japanese tanks - 2012

Maps
1.Each update will introduce 1-2 new maps.

2.Maps featuring North American Landscapes are planned for release in Q4 2011, after that the following regions are going to be covered:

• Africa
• South America
• Australia
• China, Korea
• Japan

Maps featuring all regions above are currently in development. The details on maps will be announced upon the release of each particular update.

4280

They just posted their current development roadmap on their website for the rest of this year and into next.

New game modes, changes to clan wars, camo system, tons of new tanks and maps, and game engine tweaks. Looks to be very ambitious, but if they can manage to pull it off, the game should improve dramatically.

Also pleasantly surprised that the revisions to the German TD line will be this year. Hopefully the Jagdpanzer E-100 will make up for the complete failure that is currently the Jagdtiger.

Also just purchased my E100 finally and am working on unlocking the 15cm gun. Pretty excited to have my first Tier 10!

Edit: Beat by Dave Markell!