DoggieKruger

the 40TP wishes it was pure dog shit.

@DoggieKruger 3rd part killed my progress. A ton of loses no matter what I did. I think I sit at 51% WR for 10 vs 10 which is shit. 

I had a lot of fun with this, but between work clashing with the ranked hours for the first week, and then a camping trip with some buddies for a few days the second week, I didn't have enough time to get to a league.
I reached 1st division on Saturday, and went all the way to rank 8 in that division during Sunday (last day), and with two hours remaining my brain was completely melted and I just bounced back and forth between 7 and 8. So no Turbo for me this time...

If only they'd opened it an hour or two earlier each night I would have had time to play more and maybe get into Bronze at least.

Primetime is absolutely nuts for somebody who works night shifts like me. I missed half the days just because I had to go the work/was at work.

My overall results is 64.04% and I'm ended up at Rank 8 like you which I guess is not too horrible

It was a permaban for me.

Only having 2 maps to ban when 1/3 of the maps suck is pretty sad

You keep dying. lets start there.

Could be infinitely many things based on that information

In general, I feel like I'm getting punished too much trying to chase the early game damage.

Patience is not my forte

24 battles, 2 survived. Aw lordy

river rush on severogorsk was never meta

I was thinking about this tank, and what I realized is that I basically just play it like a TD, up until the map opens up, and then I play it like a LT. Meaning, early on I just sit back and fling big hurty shells into things, where long aimtime and -3 depression aren't a big factor. Then, when there is space I use the acceptable mobility and small size to just flank and clean up. So it kinda never enters the "brawly medium" mode - which I don't do particularly well in. 

I honestly just loved the alpha on it, the problem with the T-54 was that 320 alpha which just isn't useful in trading situations. 440 Alpha on a medium is just too good no matter how bad the gun depression is. Most of the times I wouldn't even notice that problem due to it's playstyle. The T-54 is the Toyota of Tanks, It will never let you down but just isn't exciting. The WZ is a Lambo, Yeah its shit for daily driving and reliability but what it does well it does really well (Alpha) In the End which one do I prefer? I want to have fun so of course i'll take the WZ

@CraBeatOffNice, definitely gonna try that

Visually and performance wise the in-game STB-1 is a Type 74. Especially the 3D style which makes it a modern Type 74. 

The Type 61 also suffers from inaccurate model height and a ridiculous camo rating. It's slightly shorter than the easy 8 sherman IRL and has a much lower chassis. But somehow has one of the worst camo ratings, on par with the E50. So it really just feels out of place in between the STA1 and STB1 and a huge roadblock to the Tier 10. You don't actually have to remove it, my biggest bugbear is the silly camo rating. Having a STB at Tier 9 would be much cooler though. 

Visually, M26 and M46 is almost identical. Most of the difference was in performance. M46 was almost a Pershing before being named as Patton. So not much issue with slapping a M46 turret on the fully upgraded tier 8 and calling it whatever you want. 

M47 is so visually different just by the turret that having the tier 9 be called a M46 but having the final M47 turret is also odd to be sure. Skipping the M46 is a-ok as there's a M46 premium and the tech tree clean up showed that Wargaming is ok with removing historical progression. 

Knowing WoT, I care less about the overall historicity than a smooth progression that can enhance the gameplay and fun.

Tanks with turrets changing the "model" of tank isnt new though, the Centurion 1 with the upgraded turret is the Centurion 3 for example. 

Outside of not making sense type61 is a good tank. Especially with new equipment. Slap a turbo on it and it's really enjoyable.

Any tips or tricks for the T-100LT in Ranked?

@DoggieKruger yes. Tip #1: you're not an EBR. Tip #2: you're not an EBR!

The common mistake made by non-EBR LT drivers is to try to play the EBR's game. The EBR has speed and camo in spades, but it lacks VR. The T-100 has less speed, similar camo, and fully decked out gets 60m or so more VR. I open by taking bushes which are less aggressive than I'd usually take in a non-EBR game, but with a view of common EBR scouting routes. The goal is to light their EBR on his initial spotting run, and hope your strvs and leos can make him pay. As the EBR loses HP and eventually dies, you can go to a more standard aggressive scouting approach especially if you're the only LT. Essentially, any game with the enemy EBR dying early should be a set up for 2 chevs. Due to the campy nature of Ranked, a T-100 is actually not bad for digging out enemy tanks. A CVS-equipped T-100 can burn out enemy camping tanks progressively.

I posted several T-100 ranked games in my replay thread: a Prok game with no EBR and 6k spotting, a Siegfried Line game where I exploit my VR advantage over an EBR, and a Karelia no-EBR game where again, picking the LT early leads to just massive vision domination.

@sr360 I know how to play non ebr lights I just don't have them on my current account. I'd argue in some situations in ranked I'd rather be in a manticore or t100lt (grinding for both atm). Though some battles people went for insane yolo's and it's where it makes sense to ebr. 

As for spot - I had some 10k combined on westfield with 7.7k spot on the ebr but also around 5 or 6k spot on the Leo in Prok when all scouts and bats died.

I love role filling since somehow even campy tanks have a role of shoot your own spot when it already gives you more exp. Plus yeah teams are horrible. Wish I had more lights tho since the teams at least shoot better than on randoms so you can get decent results there.

M44 is decent, so decent as to be indecent

Sorry I meant to say "sucks to be on the receiving side"

You can't. Same applies to glacier. Driving a sconq nowadays is pure pain.

Simple, drive a different Conqueror

JK, fuck skycancer