World of Tanks (Vol 2)

[Beati Dogu]

Patch 9.6 should be out on the EU servers on Wednesday. Here's a video of the many changes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU6rv5kwg9U

[Mastodon2]

Beati Dogu said:

Patch 9.6 should be out on the EU servers on Wednesday. Here's a video of the many changes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU6rv5kwg9U

Those new HD tanks look incredible. Interesting changes - something had to be done about TDs tbh, it seems like it will hit the lower tiers the hardest though. The shooting RNG change is interesting, I wonder if it will be badly received, or if people will like it. I'm erring towards it annoying people tbh, the stronger the hand of RNG is felt, the more annoying the game becomes, despite RNG being crucial to the game.

The AMX CDC looks interesting, QB's review made it look quite appealing, the "no real armour" gameplay style reminded me of a French Leopard 1. The Japanese STA-2 looks pretty underwhelming though.

I also killed an Object 261 earlier, like shooting a unicorn. Nailed his gun deck at about 1200m diagonally across Erlenberg.

[Beati Dogu]

If the accuracy changes cripple snap shots, as appears to be the intention, I'm all for it. The number of times I've been snap shotted by some scrub E-100 or IS-3 is ridiculous. Snap shots were always total bullst.

The Japanese STA-2 will probably be OK actually. It has the STA-1's stock engine and second gun. It will feel sluggish - one of the first things I did was upgrade the STA-1's engine - but the gun is fine and has a good rate of fire (8.45 rounds a minute). So it has more potential DPM than even the fully upgraded STA-1.

[Truffles]

Mastodon2 said:

Those new HD tanks look incredible. Interesting changes - something had to be done about TDs tbh, it seems like it will hit the lower tiers the hardest though.

Not the FCM36 PAK40 though...

[TX1]

This game is really annoying me now, last couple of weeks my win rate in Matilda must be about 20%.
Was my fav tank now its become the opposite and dread playing it as I know what to expect.

[Beati Dogu]

Yeah I need a bit of a break too. Since my premium time has now expired, I'm just going to play the odd game now and then for a while. The amount of XVM targetting artillery, general BS matchmaking and uselessness of so many players grinds you down after a while.

Hopefully these personal missions will work their way out of the system in the next couple of months as well. Most of the epeen waving Twitch streamers are already onto the third (T-55) mission now. Maybe even the vast majority of players will realise they have zero change of getting very far and give up on them. One can only hope.

[Mastodon2]

Ho ho ho, just picked up a Kamikaze for killing an Object 263 to end a game, caught his side, hit him with an FV3805 shell as I charged him, non-penetrating hit for about 800 damage (bd!), so I kept my foot on the gas to finish him with a ram. Another successful day of smashing the fk out of everything. I have been feeling the rage too though, like when I hit a Waffentrager auf E-100 in the gunshield and low-rolled a paltry 1580 damage.

[cirian75]

could not win last night, even with a 5k damage game in my Obj704 inc a E100 and JadgTiger

[defblade]

Oi!
Which one of you lot stuck a bloomin' great machine gun on the back of my 704?!

[Mastodon2]

Some interesting thing in 1.8 Update for the Xbox

• Tiger buffed - More health, more accuracy, faster reload (to try and make it a viable alternative to the Tiger P, which was just about better in every way)

• Pershing and both Pattons buffed - improvements to guns

• Waffle - 1 round removed from magazine, view range nerf

• New urban camo category with 4/5 new unique camos for each nation

• Arty shell flight timer when in tactical view mode (very handy)

For some reason, the US variant of the Sexton I has .46 accuracy. I tried this thing out, I was cutting down trees at 500m, I hit 8/10 on my first shot - and they needed to be bang on as this thing has no splash worth mentioning. The accuracy is insane for an arty, not to mention bizarre. No explanation why it's accuracy is so wildly better than the Brit Sexton (0.76).

[Beati Dogu]

Because American development team.

Sounds like you've got some of the changes the PC version had last year, although they didn't touch the tier X Patton.

[bstb3]

Tried the new patch out....why oh why didn't I listen to the inner bstb3. Don't play on patch day he was saying. It'll only lead to frustration he was saying. But nooooo I know better....

5 CTD's (1 in battle, 1 at the start and 3 going to garage);
Even without XVM you could tell the teams were redder than an explosion in a ketchup factory;
Tried the archer tank (god I hate it but want to move up that tree) and got artied;
Tried the Arl V39 (god I hate it but want to move up that tree) and got artied;
Watched my team go from being 4 tanks vs 1 arty with 7:45 minutes left to drawing the game (after I had killed myself like a numpty driving off a cliff: Replay) at which point Alt+F4 and a smug "I told you so" from somewhere near my inner left ear. fk I hate it when I'm right.

At least the accuracy change didn't seem too wonky, although I did have some odd moments in a cromwell game (but that can happen with Oliver, so who knows).

Edited by bstb3 on Wednesday 11th February 23:42

Edited by bstb3 on Wednesday 11th February 23:42

[cirian75]

so much for fixing the tanks vanishing while looking directly at them bug

last night I had a tiger vanish while looking directly at it at less than 150 meters with my bino equipped JP

In fact I found it to be even worse for that bug.

[cirian75]

defblade said:

Oi!
Which one of you lot stuck a bloomin' great machine gun on the back of my 704?!

Can't complain, its on the real 704 at the Kubribca tank museum

[defblade]

cirian75 said:

Can't complain, its on the real 704 at the Kubribca tank museum

Can complain, it sticks up further than without, making it harder to hide; and there's no bugger to shoot anyway!

[cirian75]

defblade said:

cirian75 said:

Can't complain, its on the real 704 at the Kubribca tank museum

Can complain, it sticks up further than without, making it harder to hide; and there's no bugger to shoot anyway!

HD remodeled, view range nerfed by 30 meters in 9.6 and the aiming RNG change for all tanks.


oh and the secret reverse speed nerf in 9.5

[eatcustard]

I played like a right cock last night, first to diein 4 games but in the end did manage 6 wins on the bounce.

Shells do bounce more off heavys now, but thats probably right

[Mastodon2]

I scored a 850m one-shot on an E-75 who was capping in an encounter match last night, I bet he was mad

[cirian75]

Mastodon2 said:

I scored a 850m one-shot on an E-75 who was capping in an encounter match last night, I bet he was mad

I got clicked with a arty one shot in my JP last night, was not please.

oh, was not spotted, he just guessed.

[Z06George]

cirian75 said:

Mastodon2 said:

I scored a 850m one-shot on an E-75 who was capping in an encounter match last night, I bet he was mad

I got clicked with a arty one shot in my JP last night, was not please.

oh, was not spotted, he just guessed.

Shoot and move! When I play arty you don't have to be spotted to be easy to find, if I see trees/walls/collapsible scenery moving it catches my attention. Similarly If I see a tracer from roughly the same spot twice I'll take a shot there knowing I can at least do some splash damage.

I'm not saying you were doing those things but it's the easiest way to play counter arty and works well on the general tanks.