World of Tanks (Vol 2)

[Beati Dogu]

That looks impressive. A lot of people who play WoT on PC wouldn't be able to have graphics like that. Whereas all Xbox One players will.

Trailer:

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

[PanzerCommander]

Beati Dogu said:

That looks impressive. A lot of people who play WoT on PC wouldn't be able to have graphics like that. Whereas all Xbox One players will.

Trailer:

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

Its probably why they have broken the client on the PC into a standard version and a high definition version. So those that have a PC capable of supporting next generation graphics can get the shiny bits and those that can't don't lose out on playability.

[cirian75]

PanzerCommander said:

Beati Dogu said:

That looks impressive. A lot of people who play WoT on PC wouldn't be able to have graphics like that. Whereas all Xbox One players will.

Trailer:

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

Its probably why they have broken the client on the PC into a standard version and a high definition version. So those that have a PC capable of supporting next generation graphics can get the shiny bits and those that can't don't lose out on playability.

enabling multi core support would be a good start!

I have the 4.0 AMD 8 core and WoT uses one core

[Z06George]

Hold up, high tier games on province?! I've been after that for ages, unless it is just for the trailer

[PanzerCommander]

Z06George said:

Hold up, high tier games on province?! I've been after that for ages, unless it is just for the trailer

I hope not, that map is a camping fest in the lower tiers, start sticking in long range high tier guns and it will be even worse, if I ever get that map in a high tier game I'll just double tap 'r' and go and make a bru/get another beer, its a hateful map.

[Beati Dogu]

It's only up to tier 3 games that get it.

It's only really a campfest if you let it. If I have a quick tank I'll run under the opposing hill and try to spot them above and ones trying to attack us. I always carry binocs on low tier tanks.

[Z06George]

Yeah I thou it was only up to 3 too but I was just going off of the trailer. I haven't come across the map regardless of tier yet on the One. I just think it'd lend itself to something like my M4E8 and go storming around the map wrecking campers.

[All that jazz]

Province is my favourite map. If I don't get at least 6 kills with my Cruiser 3 on that map then I've had a bad game. Castle side is best, then drive up the top road a bit and kemp the bush with the big rock at the side of it and play peek-a-boo.

[Mastodon2]

Z06George said:

Hold up, high tier games on province?! I've been after that for ages, unless it is just for the trailer

Have a word George, Province is far too small for anything above tier 3, or you the two teams could spot each other in their spawns. Getting Province in an FCM36Pak40 feels like cheating, with it's 400m view range, plus binoculars giving it 445m spotting range and massive camo defeating ability. Imagine that at higher tiers, with all the TDs and mediums with binocs / coated optics, it would be utterly pointless. Mines is nearly as bad, stupid fking little map that is, north spawn takes the hill every time as they can get to it first as the map is unbalanced, then spot into the enemy base less than a minute into the game. Fun, fun, fun! The Xbox game was treated to mercy for a patch, and the map was capped to tier 8 max I believe, then they uncapped it again for some reason.

[bstb3]

Mastodon2 said:

Have a word George, Province is far too small for anything above tier 3, or you the two teams could spot each other in their spawns. Getting Province in an FCM36Pak40 feels like cheating

It's not just Province either, the Mittengard map too.... I was out padding earning credits in my FCM36Pak40 just last week and got the mittengard map. Binocs and Net activated during the countdown, insta spotted 13 enemies the second the game started . Easiest scout medal ever. It would be chaos with any high tiers, albeit probably funny the first few times.

Edited by bstb3 on Wednesday 29th July 19:29

[Beati Dogu]

That one odd map though.

You just don't have the gun elevation to shoot anything from up there, so you have to rush down hill as fast as you can. Not easy in a slug like the Pak 40.

[Jayyylo]

I've just had a top tier game in my AT2. Killed 8, 32 penetrative, blocked 2275!
High caliber, mastery badge, radley-walters', cool-headed, kolobanov's, top gun and steel wall.

[Beati Dogu]

Well done! You should post the replay. Most I got with that was 6 kills, but never got Ace Tanker.

http://wotreplays.com/

[Beati Dogu]

I've finally got round to playing the E-75 for the first time. I lack the top gun and engine, so it's a big useless slug at the moment. Any tips for getting through the grind?

I've fitted Enhanced Bellville Washers for now, so I can leave the tracks until last.
I used free XP to get the top turret, as the stock one looks rubbish.

[y2blade]

Mastodon2 said:

bstb3 said:

We are deffo different people though. I'm not nearly so knowledgeable, witty or hairy


Mastodon those 360 pics look awesome, really wish they would do something like that for the PC, but they don't as too many users are still on potato powered machines

These are pics from the newly released Xbox One version, it went onto proper release today after a beta weekend a few weeks back.

We've got some pretty cool stuff in the founder's pack, the T95E2 pictured above, the AMX Chaffee which I think is new and the MTLS-1G14, which I believe has been sold on the Chinese server before.



The AMX Chaffee is bloody brilliant, the best bits of both French and American light tanks. It's got a 75mm autoloader with 6 round drum, 810 average clip damage potential and it's bloody fast and turns like a Chaffee. Tier 6 and plays up to tier 10.



This is a funny old thing. WG initially said it would never see the light of day, but then they sold it on the Chinese server. It's comically OP in some matches, utterly useless in others. With mostly tier 3 enemies, it can dominate with the incredible (for tier 3) average clip damage of 400. It's quick enough, but it's big and has poor view range. It's not really a scout, it's best as an ambush hunter, flanking the enemy and causing carnage, particularly in platoons. The guns have poor accuracy, 400m max range (by which point their pen is greatly diminished anyway) but a quick aim time at 1.7 seconds. Loading a clip of high explosive and catching camping TDs from the sides and rear is a good laugh, hitting them in their zero armour zones, seeing all the module hit indicators flash up before they die, what a lol. That is a new feature on the Xbox, we now have clearer indication that we've damaged enemy modules, as an icon of the damage module flashes next to the target tank as it takes a hit, very handy and helps to see in the heat of battle who is hurting where.

The T95E2 could be a great tank. I understand that the PC version was a gift tank for the referral program that saw tier 10 with a 173mm pen gun, and got no premium silver or XP bonus. This has been fixed for the XB1, with the tank getting pref mm and silver + XP boost. 173mm pen still needs careful use to penetrate hits, and the premium round is not as good as the Super Pershing, the T95E2 gets a 250mm HEAT round vs the SP's 258mm HVAP (APCR) round. The T95E2 has worse armour but the most incredible troll slope at the front, but gets much greater mobility than the SP to compensate.

Overall, I'm very much looking forward to getting stuck into these tanks, especially as there are Founder Pack ops on giving away additional premium time for getting certain amounts of XP in each.

Love this on 360...I have it downloading on the Xbox One as we speak

[PanzerCommander]

Beati Dogu said:

I've finally got round to playing the E-75 for the first time. I lack the top gun and engine, so it's a big useless slug at the moment. Any tips for getting through the grind?

I've fitted Enhanced Bellville Washers for now, so I can leave the tracks until last.
I used free XP to get the top turret, as the stock one looks rubbish.

IF you can fit the gun with the enhanced Bellville washers then concentrate on getting the 12.8cm the rest can wait.

I would reccomend 100% upgrading it though, all engines, everything, because once upgraded its an excellent tank, its fairly sprightly for a German heavy and the improvement over the Tiger II is something to behold. The E-75 is also fantastically flexible in the roles it can be configured for with the 12.8cm

[jimmyjimjim]

Beati Dogu said:

Well done! You should post the replay. Most I got with that was 6 kills, but never got Ace Tanker.

http://wotreplays.com/

Here's a CII one from the other day that I enjoyed; first decent replay since I remembered to turn them on.

http://wotreplays.com/site/2051116

[Beati Dogu]

He he, a top tier Cruiser II game on Ensk. It doesn't get any better than that. Well done though.

I've definitely had more Ace Tankers with that thing than any other tank.

[Jayyylo]

For anyone who just can't get enough tanks, there is now a WOT Blitz game available to download on apple and android. I've just started it and it's not too bad but obviously the movement is a bit more clunky.

Gameplay from youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6S-SjNr8IU

I also found an official WOT app which tracks all your game stats if you're using the PC version. Pretty handy to have the data available without having to search too far.

[Beati Dogu]

Boxtank (the SU-100Y) is in Warthunder now as a premium vehicle and it looks just a little OP to say the least.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV2A-SYgNw4