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daveyrach
29-12-12, 07:48 PM
Got my account blocked till tomorrow, was using an American T57 which is more like a mobile artillery gun, used a high explosive shell which took out my team mate as well as enemy and I got blocked for 'Team Kill'
joshwalker094
29-12-12, 07:51 PM
I can't seem to hit anyone, how does that auto aim work?
Go to the settings menu, and there is a visual in there that shows you what all the icons mean.
You fire when your target site is on the tank, and you have a red outline of the vehicle you're aiming at. Right click the mouse when it is like this, and it keeps your aim on the tank unless it hides or dies. Again, only fire when you have the red outline.
If they are moving you will need to shoot ahead of them as it is not instant kill like halo. There is bullet travel.
Fallout
29-12-12, 08:25 PM
Auto aim is for ugly girls with no arms.
joshwalker094
29-12-12, 08:32 PM
Oh well just died again, still haven't got a kill, don't think I can damage anyone
I've managed quite a few kills and doing quite well. I like the T57 as you can get at people who are hiding. Still getting noobs on my team firing at me and taking half my health.
markc123
30-12-12, 12:55 PM
I'm on an epic loosing streak over the last few days :-(.
Fallout
30-12-12, 05:23 PM
Just been playing. Just got my Cruiser IV tom! Now off for dinner then will be back on.
Is it worth the 41k ?? That much better than the 3?
I try and chat and add you lot to platoons but i never get any replies, Is it a problem at my end or yours?
Probably because I'm not online..... 2 secs.
either of you three online atm in a game?
Just come off for a break
markc123
30-12-12, 09:49 PM
I'm markc123 on WOT just like here. Got premium as well for 3 man platoons.
Just finished for the night finally won some games, struggling with my new tiger though.
Fallout
30-12-12, 10:10 PM
3 man platoons in premium? That's lame! I was hoping to have 6 of us at my next (yes, prepare for ultimate geekdom) LAN paaartay, but if it's only 3 I will give it a miss.
I think its to stop excessive unfair play, like 6 maus tanks in a team would be unbeatable.
When idiots deploy tier 8 tanks with tier 1 tanks in a platoon............
daveyrach
31-12-12, 03:21 PM
Went on a massive win streak earlier. 5 battles 5 survivals 7 kills. Getting good at this.
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Artillery is the way forward!
Fallout
31-12-12, 03:31 PM
Logging on now!
daveyrach
31-12-12, 03:51 PM
Artillery or Tank destroyer always, get killed in everything else.
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Wideboy
31-12-12, 04:50 PM
How the hell did all you get so much money and exp so quick?
daveyrach
31-12-12, 04:52 PM
You seem to get more XP and coins depending on in game achievements. Like you get more XP in a game where u damage/destroy enemies than if u just survive.
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markc123
31-12-12, 04:58 PM
And x5 for the first of the day (atm).
Exp is given for damage, damage dealt by others whiule you are spotting a target and for capture of base etc.
Just unlocked the T34-85 but have no money to buy one :-(.
Wideboy
31-12-12, 05:19 PM
I see. I wilk have to play it more. I find it difficult and just get owned.
I've been cruising around in the Russian BT2 with a 40mm gun. Packs quite a punch against the little tanks. The M57 is pretty good for artillery and getting at people hiding. Took out four tanks in a row earlier with minimal damage. You have to know where to hit them!
widepants
31-12-12, 06:01 PM
Where the **** hav my tanks gone.Only a choice of one now
Fallout
31-12-12, 06:17 PM
I see. I wilk have to play it more. I find it difficult and just get owned.
Don't expect to kill more than 1 person. Killing 2 is a very good performance. Killing 3 or 4 is heroic. It's not an FPS or Battlefield game. It's essentially a patience and stealth game. You just have to hide, move bit by bit, stay with others and pick on targets that get spotted. If you're hunting down targets yourself and at the front of the charge, you need a strategy for cover and retreat and you're almost certainly going to die. It takes a while to adapt to it! Think Operation Flashpoint .. I think I remember you saying you played that.
Yeah, you go head to head with a tank killer and you will get owned fast. Big gun plus thick armor. Hide and sneak I think is the key. Take em from behind where their armor is thin. (no dirty minded puns please!)
Wideboy
31-12-12, 06:39 PM
Im heroic then as I've only killed 3 people and they were all in a row in the same game that I survived.
I just took out four with the T57.
Wideboy
31-12-12, 06:51 PM
So to unlock tanks and upgrades you just need money and experience?
daveyrach
31-12-12, 06:54 PM
So to unlock tanks and upgrades you just need money and experience?
Yes. Via the 'Tech Tree'
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Some parts are interchangable on the tank family. So a gun that fits panzer 1 should fit panzer 2.
I'll be online soon, Jammy666
I can see you guys online but there is no way to join the server you are on.
I sent you loads of invites kenzie, If you accept the invite you join my platoon, then when i start a battle you come with me.
Below the battle button at the top theres a little drop-down menu, select paltoon from that and then you can invite people into your own platoon. :)
daveyrach
01-01-13, 04:13 PM
I'm on.
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ethariel
01-01-13, 11:41 PM
You lot playing on euro or US servers?
From my MMO day's been playing with occasional friends on US servers for while now.
EU.
Spotted this pic, funny!
http://www.memecenter.com/fun/1020246/clever-girl
daveyrach
02-01-13, 08:25 AM
EU, sucks being back at work today and can't play.
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Wideboy
02-01-13, 08:50 AM
Had a brief play on it last night when I got home and researched a fair bit.
Im currently running a cruiser 3
I got put on a level with tier four and five tanks when I had a tier three. got owned with one shot.
daveyrach
02-01-13, 10:20 AM
I got put on a level with tier four and five tanks when I had a tier three. got owned with one shot.
Same, its to do with the layout I think. I have a T18 which is a tier 3 tank but it has a Tier 5 gun mounted so gets put in battles with 4 & 5's
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Wideboy
02-01-13, 10:49 AM
Oh I didnt know you were matched in games with levels. Might explain why I was getting annihilated and when my shells only took about 20 hp off their tank.
What is the best shells to use?
Spank86
02-01-13, 10:49 AM
Blue ones.
daveyrach
02-01-13, 11:05 AM
Oh I didnt know you were matched in games with levels. Might explain why I was getting annihilated and when my shells only took about 20 hp off their tank.
What is the best shells to use?
High explosives damage surrounding tanks if they ar bunched. The arrow ones which cost gold are best but expensive. Standard armour piercing are good if you you have a well trained gunner who can reload quickly.
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Wideboy
02-01-13, 11:52 AM
How the feeb do you learn all this? I cant work anything out until I read it on here.
Thanks I'll have another fiddle tonight so I know what im doing.... then I can own you all
chris8886
02-01-13, 12:09 PM
How the feeb do you learn all this? I cant work anything out until I read it on here.
exactly, this thread is like my tutuorial for the bleedin game! lol
daveyrach
02-01-13, 12:24 PM
A lot of it is explained in the game. If u hover over bits in the Tech tree all the specs are there as are the shell details within the store.
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chris8886
02-01-13, 12:26 PM
A lot of it is explained in the game. If u hover over bits in the Tech tree all the specs are there as are the shell details within the store.
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i think i sort of do this, but i still don't undertsand a lot of it (maybe i'm just stupid these days, i don't)!
daveyrach
02-01-13, 12:37 PM
No I don't think anyone is stupid tbh although the game is good the menu etc is massively over complicated. It takes a while to get used to.
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Wideboy
02-01-13, 01:22 PM
They need to make a tutorial for it. If this thread wasnt here I would have given up and un installed it ages ago
Fallout
02-01-13, 02:26 PM
It's not really aimed at us Gav. It's aimed at the sort of people who think it's worth spending £30 to increment the shellDamage variable by 2.3. I personally would rather have a curry, a pack of fags and a box of magners.
daveyrach
02-01-13, 02:34 PM
It's not really aimed at us Gav. It's aimed at the sort of people who think it's worth spending £30 to increment the shellDamage variable by 2.3. I personally would rather have a curry, a pack of fags and a box of magners.
Same as just without the fag. Lol.
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Never really got into this although a bunch of the lads I go to lan's with Entered the competition at the last Multiplay event and won so ended up representing the UK in China at the WGC a few months back... they lost every game but was still one hell of an experience.
markc123
02-01-13, 04:22 PM
Oh I didnt know you were matched in games with levels. Might explain why I was getting annihilated and when my shells only took about 20 hp off their tank.
What is the best shells to use?
Generally, Armour Piercing. If you can't penetrate the tank that you are fighting, you can switch to High Explosive, or try to get into a position to shoot the sides or rear of your enemy where the armor is thinner.
The big thing to get used to is learning to aim for weakspots - sides, rear and certain areas of the front. The game colour codes your aiming circle - green will most likely penetrate, red won't. On top of all this, the angle that your shell hits the armor at will have a big effect on the result. In simple terms, don't shoot at the thick or sloped sections of a tank, and use your own tanks armor to your advantage.
The gun is fully aimed when the big green circle has shrunk fully. There is a huge difference depending on crew skill - by the time you get into a T4 tank, you should be saving the credits to go straight in with a 75% crew.
Getting the tank to elite status, with all the best engines and guns makes a huge difference - my advice is to do this and then you can enjoy winning games, as starting on the next tank up with all the worst equipment and a fresh crew will put you back into being destroyed.
I play this game too much.
chris8886
02-01-13, 06:55 PM
No I don't think anyone is stupid tbh although the game is good the menu etc is massively over complicated. It takes a while to get used to.
i wasn't having a go at you or anyone else in any shape or form, was just trying to make a point. plus if you knew me before my 'accident' i would most probably have found this menu confusing! lol
They need to make a tutorial for it. If this thread wasnt here I would have given up and un installed it ages ago
yeh, but we'd prboably then have to pay for it if they do/did.
It's not really aimed at us Gav. It's aimed at the sort of people who think it's worth spending £30 to increment the shellDamage variable by 2.3. I personally would rather have a curry, a pack of fags and a box of magners.
Same as just without the fag. Lol.
quite i think same without the fags too!
daveyrach
04-01-13, 12:45 PM
They have an official channel on Youtube, has some good tutorials for those who wanted them:
http://www.youtube.com/user/WorldOfTanksCom?feature=watch
Wideboy
04-01-13, 01:12 PM
Cheers will have a look later this evening
merv121 - magster
daveyrach - Daveyrach05
tomor - tommo08
joshwalker094 -joshwalker094
wideboy - wideboysv
fallout - Falloutbikes
chris8886 - chrisc86
daddyjob - DaddyJ1
kenzie - kenzie2k3
jammy - jammy666
widepants - giduck
I'm in Mark_H - Mark_H_SVORG
ethariel
05-01-13, 12:34 PM
I'm in on the euro servers too now, ingame as usual is - ethariel
chris8886
07-01-13, 04:59 PM
am online now, if anyone's about
Wideboy
20-03-13, 09:49 PM
forgot all about this, i'll have to redownload it as i've wiped my laptop since then.
police evidence and all that
Spank86
20-03-13, 09:54 PM
You worry too much Gav.
I thought you lot had given up on this so I never bothered downloading it.
Job has been playing a lot!!!
chris8886
21-03-13, 12:35 AM
You worry too much Gav.
I thought you lot had given up on this so I never bothered downloading it.
i never really got anywhere with it. it has the potential to be really good i think, but i don't really understand what's going on and how to upgrade stuff etc. :(
TheOnlyNemesis
21-03-13, 01:14 AM
if i get it, do i get to kill you wideboy for all the times you've let me down :-(
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