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So after reading this is what I'm toying with.

SPG - Soviet until SU 8 and if I still prefer my SU 5 will ditch the SU8 then if I go higher it will be those zany french SPG's. I've read that the higher Soviet SPG's start getting crappy at the end tiers.

TD's - German and Again French (Long range and accurate). Looking forward to the stuG III

Med tanks - French again followed by German.

Heavy Probably Soviet or German.

I'm basing my style of play on keeping still, long range and accuracy. No Brawling for me.  

Been really interesting reading the pros and cons of every Tank, SPG and TD on wiki.

Need to spend some gold though. Particularly on my crews.

like always if I just done a bit of reading before jumping into the game I could have saved myself time and gold.

 

HN - I read that the stuG III is a good credit farmer and I'm keen to hit tier 5 myself soon.

Munk/HN - is it true that Premium tanks earn more credit??

 

If this is the case then maybe the Matilda black prince as a tier 5 cheap premium tank? Mind you I'm doing ok with SU 5, but I read that tier 5 and above is where you make more credits?



God that was pitiful, ok I've been awake more than 24 hours, but they talk of Lemming trains, but a train well that sort of smacks of logic or order?

X2 games, I could have easily got 3-4 kills but what do the Light Tank Brigade do???  Charge off getting wiped out within the first 3 minutes and leaving us down by 4-5. No eyes. They just charge around the enemy base camp until they died.


Awful and med tanks just sitting there whilst the arty gets pounded ....Grrrrr


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ForteanTimes wrote:


TD's - German and Again French (Long range and accurate). Looking forward to the stuG III

Heavy Probably Soviet or German.


HN - I read that the stuG III is a good credit farmer and I'm keen to hit tier 5 myself soon.

Munk/HN - is it true that Premium tanks earn more credit??

 If this is the case then maybe the Matilda black prince as a tier 5 cheap premium tank? Mind you I'm doing ok with SU 5, but I read that tier 5 and above is where you make more credits?


Premium tanks do earn more credits -make sure you research them first though-i was going to buy the Matilda BP for a friend but read they werent all that good -also, make sure you dont go too high i.e.T8 prem, too soon (whole of the moon) as you dont want to end up in a high tier battle against more experienced players. Maybe check the T-25 German medium.
If your play style is keeping still, long range and accuracy. with no brawling . - if you are looking at heavy tanks-work towards a Tiger -its more of a heavy sniper-i think other nations heavies are all brawlers, the t6 tank before it -the VK 36 01 H is also an awesome sniper with the konish gun , but that play style lends itself perfectly to TDs - go for the Stug -its awesome fun -also do consider the US line -T40 and Hellcat are standouts, and try the russian line as far as the SU85b -with its top gun,and its camo -it almost unfair the amount of damage it can do.
In game, PM me  your email address -I can send you some replays
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Munk wrote:

ForteanTimes wrote:


TD's - German and Again French (Long range and accurate). Looking forward to the stuG III

Heavy Probably Soviet or German.


HN - I read that the stuG III is a good credit farmer and I'm keen to hit tier 5 myself soon.

Munk/HN - is it true that Premium tanks earn more credit??

 If this is the case then maybe the Matilda black prince as a tier 5 cheap premium tank? Mind you I'm doing ok with SU 5, but I read that tier 5 and above is where you make more credits?


Premium tanks do earn more credits -make sure you research them first though-i was going to buy the Matilda BP for a friend but read they werent all that good -also, make sure you dont go too high i.e.T8 prem, too soon (whole of the moon) as you dont want to end up in a high tier battle against more experienced players. Maybe check the T-25 German medium.
If your play style is keeping still, long range and accuracy. with no brawling . - if you are looking at heavy tanks-work towards a Tiger -its more of a heavy sniper-i think other nations heavies are all brawlers, the t6 tank before it -the VK 36 01 H is also an awesome sniper with the konish gun , but that play style lends itself perfectly to TDs - go for the Stug -its awesome fun -also do consider the US line -T40 and Hellcat are standouts, and try the russian line as far as the SU85b -with its top gun,and its camo -it almost unfair the amount of damage it can do.
In game, PM me  your email address -I can send you some replays

 

Cheers for that I appreciate your advice.

 

I cannot believe how superior the German TD's are to the UK . I know the armour is nothing to write home about but if you can get off 2 shots first normally that's enough to get the kill. The accuracy is amazing!

 

Malinovka and Province is a joy to play at tier 2 with the Panzerjager I, (providing the noobs don't all run out and get killed in the middle), it's a 3-4 kill average. I prefer it to the Soviet AT1 which I've just sold. Even Ensk and Himmelsdorf is ok if you start by keeping tucked away at the edges and move in very slowly.

Just bought the Marder and waiting to upgrade the gun.

I've fallen back in love again with the TD. :)

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I rage quit both ther Marder and the Hetzer in the last week.  The Marder accuracy did my head in and my Hetzer was jinxed. 

The positives though are that the Teeny TD is an excellent Marder Replacement.  Even got a couple of kills in a tier 5 battle in it the other day... and it's MUCH harder to hit or spot.

...and the Hetzer sale forced me into the STuG and it is teh Sex.  Within a couple of battles I spent gold on a 100% crew because I knew it was staying with me.

I've also now added an M2 Light to my stable for bashing around with my work mates (when the T18 is in the shop).  Did all my Premium grinding over the weekend.  Back to real dollars now.  Only thing I didn't do that I should of is grind Perry to the bathtub.

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Hard News wrote:

  Only thing I didn't do that I should of is grind Perry to the bathtub.

thats not as wrong as it sounds..
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I'm really hoping that it is some form of WoT speak for something legit and morally acceptable.


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 Actual Perry

Tank Destroyer nicknamed Perry

Bathtub

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Just ordered...


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I bought Shogun TW2 -but due to WOT, only played about 45mins of it -I am looking forward to TW Rome 2, and will try for the hour mark,at least..

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Hey guys, I might get WOT tomorrow ! Can I join your clan ?

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Just ordered...




Having played them all since Shogun came out many Moons ago with Rome being the Zenith I have been bitterly disappointed by the last couple of games and how buggy they are.

Shogun 2 is unplayable as it freezes about halfway through the campaign no matter what I do. I am not alone there are loads of Total War people who have issues with bugs and freezes that make the game unplayable.

Some people just accept the bugs as part of a complex game but they are wrong. Creative Assembly need to sort their sh*t out. I will not be buying another one,.

Gutted because with Medieval I with Sean (Spavined Nag) Pertwee's amazing voice acting and with Rome being just perfect this was my favorite franchise but they just don't seem to give a shit these days.

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ForteanTimes wrote:


Having played them all since Shogun came out many Moons ago with Rome being the Zenith I have been bitterly disappointed by the last couple of games and how buggy they are.


agree about Rome being the zenith -so much fun -
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Derp Perry.

Keep getting Tier VI battles but just had a Tier IV.  Four kills.  Three of them single shots one after the other.  Best laugh was the Pz1c that charged me.  BOOM!

Bahahahahahahahahahahahaha


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 Perry winrate up to 52%

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ForteanTimes wrote:

Just ordered...




Shogun 2 is unplayable as it freezes about halfway through the campaign no matter what I do. I am not alone there are loads of Total War people who have issues with bugs and freezes that make the game unplayable.

Well, if you're gonna attack my $58.00 Shogun 2 (which looks fantastically brilliant)...

Just had to reinstall Windows today...my last game was at Redshire yesterday...did the "perfect" scout in my Pz. III.  Went up the scouting slope to the left.  Did some sniping.  Thought I was the next Micahel Wittmann.  Got a kill.  Went further.  Got killed by some efffing arty.  Did my job (350+ experience, received 0 thanks)...was something like 10-5 score in our favour.  Then sat back...to watch "Hi I'm a Filipino" fluff about, get killed...lose the unlosable.  Despair.  Threw tanty.

Just why should I re-download WoT (for a third time)???

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I reckon focus more on stats you can control. I want my win rate up, but am not kidding myself that I'm good enough to significantly affect it. 

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ForteanTimes wrote:

Just ordered...




Shogun 2 is unplayable as it freezes about halfway through the campaign no matter what I do. I am not alone there are loads of Total War people who have issues with bugs and freezes that make the game unplayable.

Well, if you're gonna attack my $58.00 Shogun 2 (which looks fantastically brilliant)...

Just had to reinstall Windows today...my last game was at Redshire yesterday...did the "perfect" scout in my Pz. III.  Went up the scouting slope to the left.  Did some sniping.  Thought I was the next Micahel Wittmann.  Got a kill.  Went further.  Got killed by some efffing arty.  Did my job (350+ experience, received 0 thanks)...was something like 10-5 score in our favour.  Then sat back...to watch "Hi I'm a Filipino" fluff about, get killed...lose the unlosable.  Despair.  Threw tanty.

Just why should I re-download WoT (for a third time)???



I really hope it works well with your system. It's a great game I just could not get it to work.

WOT - because it's addictive??
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 New Maintenance times copied from forums

"Attention Tank Commanders,

Our weekly server maintenance will be changed to 0400 hrs UTC +8 every Tuesday & Saturday to ensure smooth connectivity to our server."



Saturdays is a bit weird for a server that supports Aussie and NZ players.
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Should rename this the Stevo rage quit thread.

Got Perry up to a 60% winrate yesterday.  Derp derp derp (and some carries from others).

Battle of the night - which hopefully Munk can get on YouTube or similar - has Munk and I in Tier 3 TDs in a mainly Tier V battle.  Munk in the T82 me in the Renault Teeny TD on Lakeville and we smashed them.  12 or 13 kills between us (I got two french Tier Vs) and we  won the whole thing for our side.  Bet most of them had exited to garage and were left going 'how the fuck did we win that'.

Making a tiny difference...

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 Also Munk.  What magazine was that article in?

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 Magnetix didn't have it, so I might try the iPad version.

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Might invest in an IPad or somesuch device... http://wotblitz.com/

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 Yeah.  Looks like it won't link to WOT so can't use your login but a great mobile time waster.  Be interesting to see a generation of players who have no idea run into people who know the maps and engine.

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Hard News wrote:

 Yeah.  Looks like it won't link to WOT so can't use your login but a great mobile time waster.  Be interesting to see a generation of players who have no idea run into people who know the maps and engine.

like when the SEA server first started up...I created a test account -there were some astounding lemming trains
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 ...and there aren't now?

Lakeville last night.  Giggles.

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Lakeville valley still gets so many lemming trains they ought to have a station built there

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 Bad luck for me today

In Prokhorovka in the SU 5 I have killed 6 and we are neck and neck 2 left on each side. Then I hit my teammate by mistake killing him, drop back down to 5 and now I'm blued out. As if I did it on purpose ffs.


Have the screen shot and will post when I have time, I am gutted. 


Stats for today:

Panzerjager I

Won 20

Draw 1

Defeat 8

Kills 27 (not good enough)


SU 5

Won 10

Draw 0

Defeat 13

Kills 31 (should have been 32)


Marquee
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 from my post above


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 Kills 32 if you include your team mate?

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Hard News wrote:

Battle of the night - which hopefully Munk can get on YouTube or similar - has Munk and I in Tier 3 TDs in a mainly Tier V battle.  Munk in the T82 me in the Renault Teeny TD on Lakeville and we smashed them.  12 or 13 kills between us (I got two french Tier Vs) and we  won the whole thing for our side.  Bet most of them had exited to garage and were left going 'how the fuck did we win that'.

Making a tiny difference...

This is a link to the replay of the match -youll have to d/l it and open it with Worldof Tanks.exe
we were both laughing like little kids at the end of that -the lawnmover and jeep of death
also Sig-Ed now has his stug
 

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Hard News wrote:

 Kills 32 if you include your team mate?



Lol I'm still smarting from that one. No 32, 33 if you include my teammate. Gutted my best ever game and first time I got 5 or more to earn my medal.
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ForteanTimes wrote:

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Lol I'm still smarting from that one. No 32, 33 if you include my teammate. Gutted my best ever game and first time I got 5 or more to earn my medal.
Great job in both vehicles -20 wins in the PZ1 is very good-especially with the quality of teammates you run into. Not sure how long the blue lasts -might be a few hours -means it open season on you for both teams until you return to normal colouration, though most experienced players will know its very easy to do team damage with arty and shouldnt TK you 
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Munk wrote:

ForteanTimes wrote:

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Lol I'm still smarting from that one. No 32, 33 if you include my teammate. Gutted my best ever game and first time I got 5 or more to earn my medal.
Great job in both vehicles -20 wins in the PZ1 is very good-especially with the quality of teammates you run into. Not sure how long the blue lasts -might be a few hours -means it open season on you for both teams until you return to normal colouration, though most experienced players will know its very easy to do team damage with arty and shouldnt TK you 


Yeah I prefer it to the Marder.

I just read that the blue is not time factored but "clean play" factored I just have not not kill anyone and do damage for approx 3 games.

Off out to see Joseph Moore and then Jello Biafra. Catch yah all later Tank Commanders!
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Especially when you've killed 6 already. Clearly you didn't do it on purpose. 

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ForteanTimes wrote:
Lol I'm still smarting from that one. No 32, 33 if you include my teammate. Gutted my best ever game and first time I got 5 or more to earn my medal.


Remember I'm the one who smashed Munk's SU-85b up with Perry.  New Derp Pery would put him clear across the next map.

I think my relationship with the Pz1 was quite early on so I never did it justice.  17 battles at a 53% win rate. Whereas my Marder was only 54% in 138 battles before our trial separation last week.  I need to have a look at my kills on each of them  (The Android app should enable you to drill down on each vehicle) but I suspect it won't be close to your numbers Fort.

I'm out tonight as well - Wayne Brady (blame my mother-in-law, I'd rather see Joseph).  Shame I'll miss out on STuGing it up with Ed.  Maybe when I get in later Munk?

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I'm out tonight as well - Wayne Brady (blame my mother-in-law, I'd rather see Joseph).  Shame I'll miss out on STuGing it up with Ed.  Maybe when I get in later Munk?

Yup -ill be on around 10.30 your time, after soccer practice
Also-the Marder was hit pretty hard with the nerf bat about 3 versions ago - not a keeper anymore
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 Mrs. News may say no.  If she doesn't it's a date.

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