Reply With QuoteYeah, the medals are utterly useless ATM. They're just for achievement junkies.
wish battle heroes give xp, I keep getting steel wall on my KV.
Had one game where my entire team went over to capture point, I sat alone in my base defending with my stock KV, near the end, the entire enemy team was shooting at me, they had 1 stug, 1 hetzer, 1 kv, 2 medium tanks, and I manage to take 20 shots. Had 7 hp when the game was over..
Yeah, the medals are utterly useless ATM. They're just for achievement junkies.
It's strange for me to see this refusal to pay some money for a game, especially from the beta testers who have already been able to play absolutely free for months and months. And on the board where you see words "support the developers" in every other thread.Originally Posted by TheWombat
Personally, I don't see a problem with paying them $14.95 to get a month of premium account plus some leftover gold to transfer some exp. Especially after enjoying the game for close to 9 months during the beta.
If you're refering to the slow reload time of the 152 mm derp gun, you don't have to use it. I much prefer the ZiS 6. It fires more than 3x as fast and can one shot most lower tier tanks. The derp is massive overkill vs. them, and you can't fire again for more than 20 seconds. Against higher tiers, the ZiS has great penetrating power and accuracy, so again it performs well. The derp gun is amusing, but the ZiS 6 is (for me, of course) the superior choice.
is Zis 6 is the 14k xp one?
I thinking about skipping that and just get 102mm U one, the one that only fire high explosive... good damage at all range and fire decently fast, and only cost 1/3 xp of zis 6.
The DERP gun is optional, I stuck with the stock turret and just used the less powerful cannon. Grinding up to the IS really is a pain though, I had more fun with the German and American Heavies.
The KV LOLCANNON is the most hilarious thing on the game though and it's a shame to miss out on trying it.
Its two major strengths are :
1 : Provided your shot hits the map somewhere it will splash damage on your target.
2 : You can finish your thesis between shots.
I got my thousand battle tank for my beta participation and it seems like I'll be playing that once a day as my money maker. By the end of the beta I had gone away from the high level to playing my 100% crewed AT1 Russian AT, so I'm absolutely fine with being back in low tier battles again.
Zooming about in my PzII with its pop-gun is fun, although getting used to a 50% crew again is grating - it's only semi-funny watching my guy somehow miss targets with a gun that is what, 112 calibres long?
Having said which, I was surprised at the gold cost. I felt the month of premium was a bit higher than I expected, potentially because I was spoiled by so many months of free gold every day. I'll still buy it when I know I'm going to have a pretty much uninterrupted month, but mainly so I'll have so gold to move free experience about so I can skip junk like the Lee and the Hetzer.
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I like the game in small doses, but right now it's my don't have time to play a long game - let's just blow up some tanks for 20 minutes game. Paying for premium seems like a bit of a waste if I'm not playing that much. I may get some gold to move free experience around, but we'll see. Does the experience grind ever catch up with the credit grind if you're playing for free? Right now I have 5 elite Tier 1 and 2 tanks and not enough money to buy the next ones.
I really like the medals, but I suppose I am a bit of an achievement junkie.
The thing about the gun (the 14k xp one, 107 mm IIRC) is that it can be installed on both the KV and KV-3 (but not on KV-1S IIRC). So if you are going the KV-3 route, the gun will benefit you for looong time. I think KV-3 has an even better gun available later on but it's way down the tree.
So spending 14k of exp now, allows you to earn the required thousands of exp on KV and KV-3 much faster and more pleasantly. Don't forget that better gun=more damage=more exp/credits.
so I got 112mm gun, except I can't mount it until I get better tread..
/wrist..
it was so sad earlier in one game, I was shooting at an IS-3. After first shot, he decides to ignore me and hunt down all my medium tank buddies , while I desperately trying to damaging him with my HE shoot.. at 2% a shot.
what are the overall advantages/disadvantages of going with the US tanks? I played USSR mediums and lights throughout beta and prefer that style of play.
I believe russian have the bigger gun, german have the armor, and US have Lee which makes US tank driver cry.
stick with russia? ;)
Maybe I'm weird but I'd skip it on the KV until you unlock the KV-3 so that you can grind for KV-3 equipment on two tanks at the same time.
Why is it strange? I'm paying fifteen clams a month to play Rift. I play Rift enough to get my money's worth, but that means time I can't spend playing WoT. I don't play WoT enough--or it's not valuable enough to me--to justify spending a regular amount of money for it. And yeah, I played for free for months--during most of which time I felt I was getting my money's worth, if you know what I mean. I like the game but not enough to pay for it, in general. If it was not free, I doubt I'd play it at all.
Do I wish the developers well? Sure. But they chose a F2P model, and I'm taking advantage of that. Will I ever spend real money? Probably, here and there. But it's hardly a moral issue--if they wanted everyone to pay they'd have made it a subscription model I suppose.
Sorry, man, I misunderstood your post then. I was under impression that you played and liked the game a lot.
Although it is kinda strange to play over 1000 fights and thus spend probably over 170 hours on a game one thinks isn't worth paying for.
But you are right, it's your money and your time, none of my business.
No, I'm sorry if I sounded nasty or anything--you make a good point. I _do_ like the game, but I have to prioritize. I will spend some money on it, once in a while, but I'll play it because it's free--if it was a required payment per month I couldn't really do it. I tend to play a lot for a day or three, then not at all for a long time.
I'm not objecting to paying for the game, per se, I'm just saying that given the choice, and my priorities, I am happy I don't have to pay if I don't want to!
It is, but you can also mount it on the KV-3 when you advance to the next tier, so you get to use it twice and it works well for both. I won't research another gun until I get the IS.
Edit: lol, stridergg beat me to it.
This is actually a bt5, a tier two vehicle. fuck yea!
hmm I might get it but I still going to get 122 mm first, because there is no waaaaay in hell i'm playing KV with stock gun for like 16k xp because you need to buy the turret before the zis...
I was really happy when they added the 3-day premium option. It seems perfect for a weekend of play.
I'm currently running a month of premium. After that we'll see. I've also been buying up tank slots -- I've currently got 12 tanks in my barn.
I bought 15 bucks worth of gold right off. I'm using it to finance free XP conversion, tank slots, and the occasional purchase when credit grinding gets old. I'm still sitting on over 1500 gold and atm have all I want. I'll probably buy more at some point, and I *am* glad to be giving them something for the fun I've had.
And after that, we'll see. I do love not having to buy a boxed copy of the game upfront, and figure this 15 is a month's "subscription" that I get to use in the manner I want.
M5 = useful scout with open turret giving good viewing range. 75mm HE chucker enables some damage. Think A20 with 76mm HE chucker, probably bit better
M7 with 6pdr = T34-57 equivalent, probably a bit worse though (for example, no HE)
M4E8 once fully upgraded = awesomeness. High DPS and manouvreable
Never got beyond that.
Unlocked the M4A3E8 earlier tonight. I was surprised at how robust it is, since AIUI it's really just an M4 Sherman with a better suspension system. It seems to have way more shells bounce instead of hit it compared to the standard M4. Plus it just seems to take more damage when the shells don't bounce (which looking at the stats is because they gave it a huge amount of health compared to the M4 -- M4 with upgraded turret = 460 hit points, M4A3E8 with standard turret = 720 hit points).
Comparing the M4A3E8 with the T-34-85 which I played a considerable amount of in beta: I'd say the T-34-85 is faster and more maneuverable, but the M4A3E8 feels tougher. The T-34-85 gun seemed more dangerous and more accurate though.
Looking over the stats, this is mostly borne out. M4A3E8 has more hit points, and a much thicker hull, although the T-34-85 turret armour is actually better. The T-34-85 gun is more accurate and does much more damage. I was surprised to discover that the Sherman gun actually fires considerably faster (the T-34-85 85mm I used has a very high fire rate to start with, so the Sherman gets very good rounds per minute -- upwards of 20!).
easy eight can pump out a round every two seconds if you pimp it properly. damn accurate little rounds they are too! you can put a stabilizer on it, see. its one of the funnest tanks in the game imo. right up there with roflcannon kv and HE chucker pz3.
In beta my two go to tanks were the T-34-85 and the Easy 8. They're both relatively fast, relatively durable, and relatively deadly. An upgraded E8 with all the shoot-fast parts is particularly fun, though I like the T-34s overall dynamics a bit better. Both are great mediums and relatively easy to unlock, compared to stuff like Panthers or T-44s.
I'm kinda miffed I didn't get my free tank for 1000 battles. I had well over that.
I've been having fun dinking around with my P2 and AT-1 though.
It's a bit more complex than that. Russian tanks have bigger guns, but they are also less accurate until the higher tiers, when their accuracy gets close to that of Germans. Russian tanks also tend to have highly effective sloped armor that bounces a lot of shots. German armor, while thicker on paper, has many problems. It's rarely sloped, so little bouncing occurs, and the devs cursed the high tier German tanks with enormous weak spots that might as well be made of cardboard.
US tanks are interesting. The high tiers have serious firepower, both accurate and very damaging, and their turrets are heavily armored. The hulls, however, tend to be very easy to penetrate, which means a US tank in the open is in serious trouble.
So what does the auto-aim do, exactly? I don't notice any difference whether on or off.
