World of Tanks

[Shalam]

I was sent a free 3 day premium pass a while ago to celebtrate their 1st year or something.

One free day of premium going atm (Saint Nicholas Day). Valid until the 12th. Might even be able to buy yourself a new tank if you sell all the premium consumable garbage.

Code is : HAPPYSTNCKDAY

After inputting the bonus code you will receive all of the following:

1 day of Premium account
5x Extra Combat Rations
5x Case of Coca Cola
5x Chocolate
5x Improved Combat Rations
5x Pudding and Tea
5x Strong coffee

 

[Swither]

Cheers, got 360K for the consumables

 

[Artanix]

OM NOM NOM NOM

 

[Swither]

noobmeter

I'm not THAT bad!! They lie

 

[Artanix]

I wouldn't worry about those, efficiency is vastly based too much on being a scout that see's everything first and gets blown up.

Noobmeter seems to be keeping the CoD wannabes happy by having more emphasis on kills and things.


Neither show good teamwork or helping others out In other news, I have a TOGII*, its BLOODY HUGE:

 

[Swither]

Looks enormous!

Not sure about the Brit tanks yet, I want to play them and stick to them, but so far only played the Cruiser III.

Changed to a T18 TD and having a blast as my main from a T29 , but looking for a versatile fast brawler really in the Brit tree if such a thing exists.

 

[Artanix]

I've gone down the med line upto the crusader so far, and I hated them all, but the Cromwell is apparently epic, it sounds like the french tanks tbh, they really don't kick in until Tier V either and then they get a bit awesome (ELC AMX funtime!)

Cromwell is very fast, not sure if its a brawler, you'll really need team work and get round the back of the bigger tanks. The TOGII* just steam rolls, its a tier VI with 1400 hp the gun is really good, and its quite a bouncy tank, even when a KV-1S is trying to derp me

 

[Swither]

That's a premium tank isn't it?

Hmm will have to decide later I guess if Brit tree is worth the grind after doing that with the US tree and the Lee.

 

[Artanix]

yeah tog is a premium tank, it was fairly expensive, but I do the monthly premium option where I end up with a bit of gold left over, just saved that up a few months

 

[Shalam]

I'm up to the cromwell (haven't bought it yet) and the churchill 7 on the british line, really struggling to find many good points thus far outside of the pom pom fun early on so I only do my daily doubles with them. See people doing well in Cromwells and the tier 8-10's though so maybe its worth it.

Churchill 1 had a decent gun but the paper turret with no gun mantel was super lame, gun depression was bad too. Enjoyed all the other nations t5 heavies much more.

Churchill 7 I haven't fully upgraded yet so its very much a challenge to even get to the combat on half the maps before the outcome is decided. Its slow enough that i'm having flashbacks to the horrific stock AMX 40/B1.

Crusader felt like a slightly more agile but lower top speed T-34 with a damaged gun.

it sounds like the french tanks tbh, they really don't kick in until Tier V either and then they get a bit awesome (ELC AMX funtime!)

Awesome right up until you sell the ELC and "upgrade" into the 12t... eugh. Getting into t10 games half the time with 144 penetration is not fun and then once you finally get done with that you get to do it all again for even more exp with the exact same gun on the 13 75!

Currently enjoying going up the american medium line, Sherman Jumbo with premium ammo derp is utterly rediculous. I thought KV-1S was crazy when it landed top tier.. but this is even more deadly as it fires twice as fast for almost comparable damage per shell and has great armor! Anything less than a 2k/steelwall/top gun game feels like a failure.

 

[Shalam]

Schedule of discounts for the holidays just went up here.

Free premium light tank (+ garage slot) seems to be the highlight . Might pick myself up a Tier 8 premium when its discounted too, will have to get myself onto the test server to try them out, shame the Type-59 isn't back in.

Edit : Looks like they are finally going to sort out the problems with artillery too! I am hoping the cap is 2-3 per side. Gets really tiring seeing these 5+ arty/side games.

 

[Artanix]

yeah it felt like they fiddled with arty counts in 8.2, I get way more games with 0 artys in, but now the games that do feature artys, are usually 4 on each side -.-


Oh and if anybody didn't know, one of the main benefits of premium tanks is not needing to train crews for them. (as long as tank class matches)So, I have a togII*, I move the crew from my IS into it, they perform at normal level with no loss of crew skill (that you would normally get), and to top it off, its a premium tank, so I have accelerated crew experience on as well. Do the daily double, and get a bucket of experience for my IS crew

 

[Legs]

tier 8 is reduced by 15%

 

[Shalam]

Bought myself a T34, hope its as good as T29

Was thinking of Super Pershing since its quite a bit cheaper but that low pen surely means its not as easy to make credits with.

 

[Artanix]

Super Pershing is a weird beast, its kinda like the TOG with the armor. It doesn't look great on paper, but I struggle to pen with my jagtiger 8.8cm, and that thing has a mighty gun on it. Granted, if it shows its sides, its screwed.

Haven't done anything in or with the T34, so dunno how good/bad it is. I'm still waiting for type 59's to come back, man I want one of those.

 

[Shalam]

Super Pershing is a weird beast, its kinda like the TOG with the armor. It doesn't look great on paper, but I struggle to pen with my jagtiger 8.8cm, and that thing has a mighty gun on it. Granted, if it shows its sides, its screwed.

Haven't done anything in or with the T34, so dunno how good/bad it is. I'm still waiting for type 59's to come back, man I want one of those.

Don't think i'd like Super Pershing, the armor is great. Normally I only take a shot at them if I am close enough to hit those little torsion bars or whatever they are on the top of the turret or if I have a side shot but the gun has 175 pen ... and with that (non existant) speed you aren't going to be getting into many good flanking positions. Pen is good with premium ammo but that kinda defeats the point of using the gold tank .

My games in the T34 so far it seems pretty good. 248 Pen and 400 damage is great. It's very much like I expected, drives like a T29 but the gun is much much better).

Type 59 is a good tank yep, Maybe a little (or alot) too good... A really mobile medium with a turret that might aswell be invunerable, hull armor thats pretty much immune to everything with <175pen and it has a decent gun. I think they should have stuck with the premium tanks being better than a stock tank but not quite as good as fully upgraded thing...

 

[Swither]

Best tank in whole game is...T18 TD....never had so much fun!

Got a T29 for ages, but I don't do well in it and ammo costs a fortune @ 1K per shot!

Still looking for a fast/brawler type, got a luchs and still trying the Brit tree now and then.

 

[Shalam]

Got a T29 for ages, but I don't do well in it and ammo costs a fortune @ 1K per shot!

Still looking for a fast/brawler type, got a luchs and still trying the Brit tree now and then.

For your T29 you just need to remember that you have no armor unless you are hull down. Make sure you are fully aimed for every shot too as the gun isn't all that accurate.

Have you tried the KV-1S? Damn I love that tank. As fast as many medium tanks but with a monster gun for its tier. If you land as top tank its hard to lose and you can roll around one shotting many things.

I got alot better at the game (much easier to make profit from each match when you get better) when I installed some hitzone skins. I haven't used them for a while but it was really helpful early on to know where to shoot. I think I used this one.

 

[Swither]

Don't fancy grinding KV-1 for KV-1S myself....done plenty to get the T29 lol.

Maybe I should have gone Russian for brawler tanks in the first place?

Heh Type 59 sound like it would suit me though

 

[Artanix]

The KV-1S is awesome, KV1 is great too. Going down that line through IS, IS-3 and eventually to the tier 10's is epic. i'm fairly sure the tier 10 IS (IS-7 I think it is) is the most popular in all clan wars.