Wheeled Tank Mechanics

[Kolni 69,670,143]

This is a topic instead of an update simply because there isn't a thread on it yet and sharing information could be good on these mechanics so was thinking that it could be a general thread for this mechanic in particular. 

I don't actually have anything of value to share besides some trivia on how they coded it. I was watching Niall play the EBR, and if you activate the boost mode mid-air your speedometer increases but you don't actually accelerate. Obviously you shouldn't, but it does mean that they used IRL mechanics of a speedometer similar to cars where your speedometer is linked to your tire rotation, and that the km/h increase is because the tires don't have resistance during flight so they simply rotate faster. 

 

Also, boost on aggressive slopes and you'll easily clear 50m in air, you can make it from the Glacier ship into the water on the south side which is over a 150m jump to clear. This is absolutely ridiculous. 

At range these tanks also move too fast that to hit a shot with a slow shell velocity (E 100, FV4005 and so on) in x8 sniper mode your turret either moves too slowly, your bloom resets because of how aggressively forward you have to aim to lead, or you have to aim in x4 because your lead has to be so much that you can't actually see the tank in x8, and close up your turret rotation doesn't hold up to catch them. 

 

More gamebreaks, at least you make arty players quit arty by yoloing them into quitting the class altogether since nobody'll be able to hit you for shit. On test server I've made it to arty alive and killed it without the enemy being able to shoot me while driving straight through them all with some minor turns. There's also supposed rumours  (have yet to see any myself though) that using this to boost yourself on top of buildings can break the game and make you clip into them xD

 

1.4 will be the patch that kills the last shred of competitiveness the game had

 

 

you get stupid stuff like this, on the brightside doing races on maps and trying to do certain flips is kinda fun, but this is game is not WoT anymore when these tanks come into the game

[Deus__Ex__Machina 788]

outside of the ridiculous boost potential the tiers 7-9 seem relativity balanced. Another case of the Italians IMO where they will only be good in the hands of a knowledgeable player. 

the tier 10 is another topic of discussion though. While the rest of the tanks fully kitted can only reach around 400-420 VR, the tier 10 can reach 445 by normal means and higher with bonded eq and directives.

this is concerning because it contradicts WG's statement of these not flat out replacing lights:  with the EBR having the speed, camo/camo bonus, and decent gun (HE memes as well) and also good VR with a good crew? i think it comes real close to crossing the line of that statement...... 

still the tanks are loads of fun tho

[Haswell 2,151]

25 minutes ago, Deus__Ex__Machina said:

it contradicts WG's statement

Since when did that ever matter in the first place?

[Hellsfog 234]

First iteration to get the hype going. Just before release WG will probably nerf them just like the Swedish heavies. 

[Crossfader 1,140]

3 hours ago, Hellsfog said:

First iteration to get the hype going. Just before release WG will probably nerf them just like the Swedish heavies. 

Every tank line since the Waffle

[Tarski 266]

1 hour ago, Kolni said:

At range these tanks also move too fast that to hit a shot with a slow shell velocity (E 100, FV4005 and so on) in x8 sniper mode your turret either moves too slowly, your bloom resets because of how aggressively forward you have to aim to lead, or you have to aim in x4 because your lead has to be so much that you can't actually see the tank in x8, and close up your turret rotation doesn't hold up to catch them. 

More gamebreaks, at least you make arty players quit arty by yoloing them into quitting the class altogether since nobody'll be able to hit you for shit. On test server I've made it to arty alive and killed it without the enemy being able to shoot me while driving straight through them all with some minor turns. There's also supposed rumours  (have yet to see any myself though) that using this to boost yourself on top of buildings can break the game and make you clip into them xD

 

This is what I've been worried about, and why I was surprised when they decided to actually introduce wheeled vehicles to WoT. I used to imagine they'd save them for another game. Vehicles that move this fast break the fundamental pace of this game. They don't belong. 

50 minutes ago, Hellsfog said:

First iteration to get the hype going. Just before release WG will probably nerf them just like the Swedish heavies. 

I'm kind of hoping this will be true. Otherwise it seems like some of these vehicles will be cancer. 

[sohojacques 181]

3 hours ago, Kolni said:

but this is game is not WoT anymore when these tanks come into the game

Sadly these will be the yolo scouts that pubbies have always dreamed of. Actual scouting is far too difficult for the bulk of the player base.

WG’s willingness to completely break their own game needs to be commended. What little structure that exists in random battles is gone as long as one of these borderline untrackable things can yolo run through at 105kph. 

But the TD and arty players tears...

[Jesse_the_Scout 1,866]

It's like they finally added a vehicle branch specifically for the purpose of jumping the shark.

[Hellsfog 234]

3 hours ago, Tarski said:

 

This is what I've been worried about, and why I was surprised when they decided to actually introduce wheeled vehicles to WoT. I used to imagine they'd save them for another game. Vehicles that move this fast break the fundamental pace of this game. They don't belong. 

I'm kind of hoping this will be true. Otherwise it seems like some of these vehicles will be cancer. 

The few battles I played in tier 6, they were vulnerable to HE spam from other lights. I suppose light tanks will have a new job of killing these things.  Speaking of HE, the tier 6 has a 75mm pen HE round. I am probably wrong but I see that as making the problem worse when this thing is on tier or top tier.  

24 minutes ago, Jesse_the_Scout said:

It's like they finally added a vehicle branch specifically for the purpose of jumping the shark.

Anything worth doing, it worth doing right. 

I want to believe a nerf is coming, as it always has, except for the 268 v4...

[Tman450 185]

Combat wise the vehicles aren't that great, but the speed alone is kind of stupid. As has already been said, they're so hard to hit and can boost/jump so well that they're pretty much gamebreaking right now, especially the Tier 10. (105kph lolk)

[mati_14 121]

I seriously don't get the issue with boosts. The moments I remember the most in WoT esports are when Applewow got stuck on Cliff and when one russian guy countered a boost vs CanadianImpact in Steppes. It really gave to me more variety to all the maps. I really miss 2014-2016 WoT

[Vindi 405]

I quoted you on the official forums also because I'm furious about this change - if they will go through with it. Absolutely ridiculous.

[Madner Kami 374]

4 hours ago, mati_14 said:

I seriously don't get the issue with boosts. The moments I remember the most in WoT esports are when Applewow got stuck on Cliff and when one russian guy countered a boost vs CanadianImpact in Steppes. It really gave to me more variety to all the maps. I really miss 2014-2016 WoT

Boosts allow the players to play the game in a way that WarGaming did not anticipate. If you can break their corridor-think, you are breaking their game, from their perspective.

[hazzgar 510]

11 hours ago, Deus__Ex__Machina said:

outside of the ridiculous boost potential the tiers 7-9 seem relativity balanced. Another case of the Italians IMO where they will only be good in the hands of a knowledgeable player. 

the tier 10 is another topic of discussion though. While the rest of the tanks fully kitted can only reach around 400-420 VR, the tier 10 can reach 445 by normal means and higher with bonded eq and directives.

this is concerning because it contradicts WG's statement of these not flat out replacing lights:  with the EBR having the speed, camo/camo bonus, and decent gun (HE memes as well) and also good VR with a good crew? i think it comes real close to crossing the line of that statement...... 

still the tanks are loads of fun tho

445 is shit vr. That still means they have to go sub 400 to spot stationary tanks that are not heavies and will always be outspoted by other lights.

10 hours ago, Crossfader said:

Every tank line since the Waffle

You forget Sconq.

[Assassin7 4,122]

18 hours ago, mati_14 said:

I seriously don't get the issue with boosts. The moments I remember the most in WoT esports are when Applewow got stuck on Cliff and when one russian guy countered a boost vs CanadianImpact in Steppes. It really gave to me more variety to all the maps. I really miss 2014-2016 WoT

I despise boosts with a burning passion.

Because they utterly destroyed all forms of map balance. There were some absolutely broken spots that made some maps unwinnable from one side. And clan wars degraded into a cesspool of playing 100% around these damn boosts where every single lobby you had the caller saying "can you do the boost?" "i need someone who can do the boost". It was the most unfun period of clan wars in the entire game for me (coupled with the 268v4 meta right after) and pretty much killed a very large portion of interest in this game for me.

 

 

 

Anyway, wheeled vehicles. Agree with everyone else. Broken. Not needed in the game. Bad idea

[sohojacques 181]

Boosts had to go. But why WG removed all the back door exists from elevated shooting positions by sticking giant rocks on every slope...