artyrambles

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So arty hows your war thunder grind going?

GET OFF MY LAWN

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Oh oops, I meant to reblog this on my main actually and didn't even notice it went on this one instead

it's very important that disabled people are allowed to make bad decisions actually. that we're allowed to do things which cause flare-ups. that we're allowed to take a risk and get it wrong. that not every single second of our day has to be about playing it safe and being well-behaved and staying within our limits

and on the days when we deal with the consequences of those mistakes and bad decisions we're still worthy of a) sympathy and b) pain relief. just as we are if our illness or disability is the result of our choices in the first place

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how I look with 60% overall win rate as an arty main

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About Me: World of Tanks player on EU server since 2013 (non-practicing)

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an artfight revenge for Heidinskunst!

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“Consumables seller! I am going into battle and I need your strongest consumables!”

-”My consumables are too strong for you, noob.”

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While messing around with camos and decals I have in my depot I stumbled upon these face decals. I actually had to stop and regain my bearings after seeing this incredibly cursed visage smirk back at me through the screen. Thinking it would be funny to inflict psychic damage to any scout getting close enough to see me like this, I went into battle.

The situation then actually happened - I got discovered by a T-50-2, who attacked me but then, as I was within 60 hp of my life, suddenly came to a halt, looked at me for a second, and didn’t shoot again. I shot him with a HEAT shell and killed him. After the match, he messaged me saying he was so confused because he thought I was dead.

Immediately after the match, I decided I better take those decals off again.

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@eject91 you got it! Depends on your config probably but for me the anonymized players simply have grey/blank stats. Kinda indistinguishable from Very Bad players that way, unfortunately. After the match if you have a config/mod that shows xvm stats on the result screens, their actual username and stats will show up.

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Oh and there was also this extremely ridiculous snapshot I took at a Super Hellcat. Can’t hit an enemy standing right in front of me if I fully aim, but this works, I guess. 🥴

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Return to WoT went pretty well. I didn’t notice many differences except for slight map changes. Was able to get back into the LUCH clan immediately, too. And some of the matches were rather tedious, but others were pretty amazing or funny. Looks like I still got it~

Some progress on my stats, I guess. I don’t think it’s possible to get purple xTE if you’ve played more than about 200 matches in this SPG, honestly. But at least the kills are coming along nicely (7,738 kills at 4,425 matches).

I was also finally able to get some platooning in with a fella who’s been in my friend list for long enough that I don’t even remember how he ended up in there, it went nicely... 😊

For those interested, the replay file of the last match of the day (Malinovka), match results screenshot above: http://wotreplays.eu/site/6555447?secret=45bae5731707bed6baaddbef55a4d8c0

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You know what I didn’t get help. I was my own help. I made myself better. Now I’m eating ass masterclass and drinking yummy drinks at cozy cafes.

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Proud of my buddy!!

also i should have probably posted this first. match doomed from the start but i somehow got like... almost 3k damage in a mad charge for the enemy spawn. and a top gun. which i did Not Notice until my platoonmate pointed it out

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I remember playing world of tanks, then I got help and improved myself. Now I have sex and eat at yummy restaurant.

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Sorry, based on your recent WN8 we have to kick you from the polycule

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@eject91​ in case you still wanna get back in the game, it appears that I am making a return myself. EU server, obviously, and you couldn’t pay me to play anything but tier 5.

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Well basically the game didn't change much for me at least since I've been sticking to tier 5 (and very rarely 6) for the past years. A lot of the new features you mentioned (being able to switch out equipment, field modifications, battle pass, etc) are only for tier 6 and above so I haven't spent any time worrying about them.

The powercreep and meta reward/premium tanks are also a sickness of tier 8 and above, so once again only a concern if for some reason you are masochistic enough to play high tier. Matchmaker seems random as ever to me, but the maximum amount of SPGs was limited to 2 now and SPGs still cannot platoon up with other SPGs anymore. Noteworthy compared to 2017-ish is that vehicles of tier 1 to 3 are now separated from the normal matchmaking queue. I forget where that leaves tier 4, probably fighting tier 3 but a lot of the time ending up in matches against tier 5. Playing tier 5 you will find yourself bottom tier a lot, but it does seem like often the teams will be entirely tier 5 or mostly with a handful of tier 6s on the top. It seems like in general the bottom tiers are either the majority or just an unlucky few, and the top tiers are two or three (so if they suck on your team you can almost bet on a loss). Side effect of the limited matchmaking for tier 3 and below is that even on EU server, you'll be playing with actual bots a lot that the MM adds to the matches to get a full team.

Credits and exp earning is literally through the roof, even when shooting a bunch of gold ammo and using coffee I am steadily piling up millions of credits now and could get more if I remembered to use the personal reserves (boosters) which they throw at you at every opportunity.

Lots of tanks have been moved out of the tech tree but are still available as "collector's vehicles", which is basically the same since you need to research certain other vehicles before being able to buy them.

Bounty equipment is a battlepass thing, but it's useless and I don't bother with it, since the improved equipment has the same effects but without dropping millions of credits on it. You can get bonds pretty easily if you play tier 10, or if you're like me you will get them through events and personal missions. Every year they drop a couple thousand bonds on people too for the "well-deserved reward" event where all you have to do is have an account and log in once a year. Improved equipment is easy to buy that way (got a couple of my tanks fully equipped with it where reasonable and ran out of things to spend the bonds on).

Overall the equipment has been reworked but the basic principle and setups are the same, keeping in mind that below tier 5 you will now get fewer equipment and consumable slots.

HP of mid- and low-tier vehicles has been buffed a lot, many tanks hold more ammo now to compensate for that (somewhat).

There's a bunch of missions at all times which give you fancy coins or similar event currency that is usually traded for personal reserves (boosters), credits, event camos/insignias, or vehicles that will be back in the cash shop a week after the event ends. Safe to ignore.

You can block a map from the rotation (and a second one with a prem account), which is pretty neat honestly. I am thriving after not seeing Ensk and Himmelsdorf for years. A lot of the maps were changed or removed altogether, very few entirely new maps were added and they tend to be same-y to old maps. No need to go into a training room to practice, after one match you know what the corridors are and where everyone goes.

Gold spam has kind of become the standard, so armor isn't something you can rely on anymore (but to be fair it's been a looooooong time since you could). It's not recommended to go into a match without plenty of gold ammo since lots of tanks have been added which have absolutely troll amounts of frontal armor and with how corridor-y the maps have gotten you won't be flanking them unless the two of you are literally the last tanks left alive.

Thoughts and doubts about giving WoT another shot

Weiterlesen

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This is a nice review and all but you really listened to me talking about the T67 for an hour and then didn't even mention it as a footnote huh

Alright kiddies it's time for Tech Tree Talk! After catching up with a certain @artyrambles I was inspired to talk about the American TD Line First! As a reminder I will only be giving my thoughts on Tiers 6 through Teir 10, lets get started!

The line itself splits at the Tier 5 TD Wolverine and starts converting into turreted and non-turreted TD lines (which isn't seen until the Tier 7s) boasting a powerful 155mm gun at the end of the lines.

TIER 6

M36 Jackson: A nice all-round TD, good armor, great gun, decent mobility and flexibility though be aware that your Turret Traverse speed will leave you wanting if you're not turning the tank as well. Don't side scrape in this thing, especially against tanks that you know have the same or larger calibers than you.

M18 Hellcat: You know what's better than a TD with a great gun? A TD with a great gun that makes some of the fastest Light tanks look slow. don't try to take sharp turns in it or try to brawl in this tank. sniping and guerilla fighting are this things forte.

TIER 7

T25 AT: Now its been a hot minute since I've played this tank and from what I remember it was fine TD. Good 105mm top gun, nice top speed and decent armor that could bounce if you used the 10 degrees of gun depression.

T25/2: I skipped this one because to me it was a bigger Jackson with better mobility and a better gun but worse armor. now if this thing actually got a 105mm gun like the AT things would be different. meh.

TIER 8

T28: The beginning of the THICC a glorious 254mm frontal armor and great 120mm gun making it a bane of the free to plays and gold spammers unless they go for the cupolas and even then, they'll be hard pressed to actually damage it frontally without trying to flank it. though have fun getting anywhere without a turbo charger.

T28 Prot.: I was very disappointed in this tank when I got it. 203mm of turret and frontal hull armor sounds great until you realize that its at a fuckin 85 degree A N G L E and the turret doesn't go 360... pos.

TIER 9

T95: The Doom Turtle a whopping 305mm frontal armor practically unpennable unless hitting weak points with gold and the earth shaking 155mm gun. slow AF have fun trying to get into the action unless you have a turbo. great fun pub stomper if top tier. the nerfs this and the E3 took did little to stop it being a fun tank.

T30: Use to be a heavy tank back in the day along with the T34 being a non prem... god I'm old... anyway. A better improvement over the prot. much better turret with a very very small spot on the top that can be overmatched with high calibers. 360-degree turret is always a plus especially when using the 155mm.

TIER 10

T110E3: the GOAT of the American TD line Armor? whack. Gun? whack. cupola weakpoint? Nah fam. faster than the T95 to boot and funny enough you can bait shots into your Lower plate if people are firing non-gold at you! though if you see one doing a dance i.e. going back and forth you can get a pen on the roof if you're fast enough and have a high enough caliber.

T110E4: an absolute joke. Trash turret Trash weak points T R A S H I CAN SHIT ON THIS THING FRONTALLY WITH A T8 LIGHT TANK FROM A FAR!!! The only thing this has over the E3 is the fact that its faster and can shoot around corners with out have to turn the entire tank with its ew 180-degree turret. pos

and thats that! if yall have any questions/want me to go over something particular hmu the ask box is always open!

I'll see you on the battlefield.