Balthazars
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Balthazars reacted to a reply to a status update:
Obviously it's just a quirk of statistics, but sometimes WOT really feels like you en
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Panzergraf reacted to a status update:
Obviously it's just a quirk of statistics, but sometimes WOT really feels like you en
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Obviously it's just a quirk of statistics, but sometimes WOT really feels like you end up with 'cursed' tanks - for example, AMX 50-120, crappy tank. DPG worse than a whole slew of my tier 8s. 52% win rate after 220 games. AMX M4 51 - great tank. 12th highest DPG tank in my garage, higher than a good chunk of tier 10s. 45% win rate after 100 games.
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Statistics do be quirky like that some times.
While none of them are exactly cursed for me, here's a quirk of statistics regarding my VK7201K and AMX M4 54
I have similar DPG in both tanks. Both are 1-marked, climbing towards 2nd mark. Both have winrates around 60% (a bit higher for VKK). 150 games in VKK, 107 in AMX (not counting Onslaught).
The VKK has probably my highes ace/game ratio. I've had 6 or 7 ace tanker games in it so far.
The AMX, with similar mastery reqs, not even a first class! Lots of 2nd class games though.
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Can you do the 279e missions at tier 7 (I can't remember as I don't have them unlocked yet)? If they can, the O-Ni may be a decent substitute as the 10cm gun there is actually okay and tier 7 MM is quite good these days so good players can probably consistently nail high XP games. The O-Ho however is absolutely gutted. The 10cm is very crappy at this tier and on this platform and WG apparently forgot to rebalance it after the HE re-work. 121 pen on a derp gun isn't penetrating anything frontally and good luck with that on a super slow and clunky platform. If tier 7 can't do the missions,
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To be honest, it seems less imbalanced than the Italian TDs which the tier 8 premium and the tier 10 are pretty ridiculous, because their gimmick here is really quite gimmicky, meaning there are situations where it will be crazy strong, and situations where it could get you killed, so a lot will come down to players being able to select the right moments to use it, which as we all know, for the majority of the player base, is probably not very often. But it is the continuation of WG wanting to put more extreme random crap into the game. It's ironic that after they nerfed HE significantly -
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Recently started playing the Progetto 46 in randoms (ironically had only played it in
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Recently started playing the Progetto 46 in randoms (ironically had only played it in Frontline prior to this) to see if it's still got it despite the power-creep. Conclusion: Pretty much yes - the squishyness gets you in trouble with the HE changes on occasion, but a 4,930 damage, 760 assist, 6-kill and 1,354 base XP game is apparently still only a first class badge.
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I don't think the Prog 46 got power crept. In fact, when the Italian Meds got nerfed, the Prog got buffed, because while it lost the ability to mount a rammer, it got the rammer boosts as its base reload, and now has an extra slot to play with. I recently 3 marked it, and still pull off monster games in it both as a scout and as a damage dealer. I just uploaded a near-6k dmg game in it a few days ago -- check my thread!
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Balthazars reacted to a reply to a status update:
So interestingly it seems that WG has decided that WoT needs a bit of love and attent
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echo9835 reacted to a status update:
So interestingly it seems that WG has decided that WoT needs a bit of love and attent
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So interestingly it seems that WG has decided that WoT needs a bit of love and attention after not doing very much other than churning out lots of special modes for a while. All of a sudden they're going whole hog - lots of vehicle balancing changes, map balancing changes, a new map (and a second on the way early next year), and a new tank line. I wonder what changed...
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My guess is that there's new managment somewhere in the chain of command. Probably got the job after WG pulled out of russia and belarus. The new managment is most likely less jaded and beaten down and looking for "positive engagement" or something. We'll see how long this holds up.
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I'm inclined to agree that trying to change out your map bans based on the class of tank you're playing is likely to be more effort than it's worth, particularly given there are so many maps that are bad generally for entire classes or for all but a handful of vehicles in the class. On that particular note, I would say if you're the type that you're spamming games in a particular tank (e.g. for grind or marks or whatever) then probably banning maps specifically bad for that tank is probably a better bet. For example, Pearl River is okay for assault and/or mobile TDs that can contest the heavy
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I think the stats show that the T29 is still over-performing, although probably not as much as in the past (many of the tier 7 heavies are actually quite good and competitive these days). As others have noted, the main issue is that it's strengths are just so well-defined and also just so strong that if you're up against a horde of new players, you can use those to grind the opposition into the dust. For me, I found the low DPM, slow speed and turret, and the arty-spam in particular to just ruin the fun in playing it. I really, really, really hope however that the nerf for the M44 is just
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So the proposed changes to the M103 and T32 seem like they will make them even nicer to play if you know what you're doing. Especially the T32, looks like it could become one of the best tech tree tier 8 heavies. They apparently want to absolutely gut the T29 with the 105mm gun as well, especially in regards to its DPM (base DPM will go under 1,500, lol). AND HUZZAH, THE M44 IS (HOPEFULLY) ACTUALLY GOING TO BE NERFED!
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I guess 'recent' is relative given how long it's been since WG touched specific tanks, but from memory yes, they were one of the last lines to be buffed significantly, but even that was in 2020 if I'm not mistaken (I did the line in late 2021). I suppose those buffs weren't enough for the pubbies, as looking at Tomato.gg, it has he 4th worst win-rate of the tech tree tier 8 heavies (the worst is the AMX which is being buffed too, but the forgotten children are the VK 45.02A and the O-Ho which are both doing worse than the T32) in the last 60 days. The M103 is actually last of the tech-tre
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The Kran and Emil are tanks which are designed around basically being invincible on a ridgeline, so I don't think there's a way to balance them when that is the entire design of the vehicle. That said, the nerfs appear to be too much in my opinion. Nerfing either the gun or the mobility on its own is probably enough to pull it into line with other heavies, doing both will probably make it kind of trash. Personally I think nerfing the mobility (heavies going 60kph is really just a dumb idea) and then maybe the DPM is probably good enough to bring it into line. What's of more interest to me
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So, because I'm silly, decided to throw about 500k free XP (I stockpile it pretty quickly these days as I'm not grinding many lines and generally do grinds anyway), a bunch of blueprints not getting used, and 4 million credits at WG to get the new tier 10 tank (which doesn't even look that special). I feel kind of dirty.
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@Devo Yes, they are completely sold out now on NA, so less than 24 hours. I'm sure WG is pretty happy with that. I haven't taken mine out for a spin, mostly because the MM is absolutely infested with them at the moment and I refuse to add to that crapshow, but also because it is a weird 3-crew setup and I don't have a good 3-person Russian crew that I can use. I definitely get troll bounces firing at it so far, but I'm sure when I play it, everything will pen constantly. Looks like that kind of tank to me.
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Balthazars reacted to a post in a topic:
Charioteer - does it need a buff?
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The Charioteer in 2022. It is... ugh, so close to being great, but so, so frustrating. The positives: it is a relatively stealthy TD which is fast and has a full turret, which means you get quite a bit of flexibility in terms of positioning and engagement, obviously especially relative to casemate or limited traverse TDs. The top gun is the trusty tier 9/10 British medium tank gun, which means you get standard APRC rounds with awesome penetration (particularly for the tier), excellent shell velocity, making it an excellent sniper at range, and with very handy HESH rounds which is particul
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Been a while, but thread necro with my review for the Object 263 by an average player in 2022. Overall it feels like a solid performer in the tier/class, but for me is just lacking something to compete with the best options in the tier/class. On the plus side: straight-line mobility is excellent for a TD, especially one like this that has armour. The upper hull is very good and stands up to a lot of standard rounds (although obviously not so good against HEAT), so if you can hide the lower plate (face-hugging is a decent option against a lot of opponents) you can tank quite a lot of
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Panzergraf reacted to a post in a topic:
ShPTK-TVP 100
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Yes, much better overall system and not as bad a grind compared to the last few marathons. The other main advantage is being able to complete stages with gold as opposed to having to stump up actual cash. With limited time this week especially I only made it to level 30 but as I have gold sitting around and not much to do with it (given Christmas loot-boxes easily re-set your premium time counter), I'm perfectly fine with dropping the 4kish gold to finish it and get what is a pretty nice premium tank. Only played a handful of games in it so still getting a feel for it. It's got a few roug
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Balthazars reacted to a post in a topic:
ShPTK-TVP 100
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Looks like the kind of tank that will do very well in the hands of good players and result in a lot of quick deletions for the potatoes. No armour, relatively fast and poor alpha for a TD means lots of people rushing off quickly, getting spotted and obliterated quickly. Know what you're doing however and can leverage what is a very nice gun with decent gun handling, outstanding AP penetration and bonkers DPM (almost 2,900 base!?) - with poor shell velocity pretty much the only downside - and I think it will do very well. It also gets 3 very useful ammo types, with the 270-pen AP, 330 HEAT