Bludsuager

800 games in a loltracktor and STILL only a 3rd class.

this guy is a pro

You would think his recent stats would be higher. 

Nice, got the STA-2 with the wife but haven't played it as we wanna unlock the tier 8 before using it together to get a feel for it  WZ-120-FT seems like a good choice but dont know if i can handle another turretless tank  but will consider it  

If you like the 122-44 it's basically like that... except a tier up with bigger alpha and good pen.

T-127

Before deleting something maybe have an expert nominate themselves to replace the existing thread before removing it

I made some threads long ass time ago, I left the game 2-3 years ago though. I feel this might be the case for many wotlabs users. No idea why I still post here occasionally.

Maps are going to be HD soon so there is no point really. And the game has not changed that much only more premium shells are used and does not take a genius to understand how deal with arty (medkit). 

The only tanks we should discuss about are the new LTs. I was going to write something about it (though i am no expert) but I still need to understand how to make them work on some maps and I dont have much time to write things. I have been very busy lately.

At least you can work as a scout. Better to have a sub par gun on a fast tank than on a slow one

Its a murdermachine once fully upgraded. 

Just not sure the penalty to the crew performance in the first place makes it worth playing the tank, let alone an autoloader. Anyway, the crew i have now on the baby bat is a female crew almost up to their 4th skill discounting SOS and they started from the 13 75 but i ground out both the baby bat and AMX 30 from the 13 90. 

it's generally not worth it

the penalty you'll suffer from decreased performance of the crew in a tank class they aren't trained in would eat away any of the bonus you might have gained otherwise in a premium tank with a crew that was trained for that class.

you'd be better off training & grinding the crew in their native tank, use +% crew trainer personal reserves

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Premium tanks also receive the following benefits that make them very useful for training other tank crews.  For training level the following applies:

• If a crew member is in a premium vehicle of the same class there is no penalty to his current training level. The regular penalty is 25% to his current training level.
• If a crew member is in a premium vehicle of a different class there is a 25% penalty to his current training level. The regular penalty is 50% to his current training level.

For experience gain the following applies:  

• If a crew member is in a premium vehicle of the same class there is no penalty to EXP earned. The regular penalty is 50% less EXP earned.
• If a crew member is in a premium vehicle of a different class there is a 50% penalty to EXP earned. The regular penalty is 75% less EXP earned.

The X2 may be just enough to off set the XP penalty but reality the end XP result equates to playing another match in the 12t without X2 but at 100% crew.  You will need more crews just start a French Medium one...

The only time I accept the XP penalties are when sharing the odd Radio Operator between crews...

But the E 25 does lose camo when firing. All vehicles do.

You don't need patch notes, you can check this for yourself in game by at least two methods: by reading the camo stats in the garage or by testing the spotting with a friend. 

TDs formerly lost less camo when firing relative to other tanks, and the E 25 retained that advantage.