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Hellsau posted:Pretty much. Some nights the map rotation is just too loving awful to stomach. Are there any mechanics about the map rotation that have been confirmed by wg? An addon (hi xvm please add this) that shows the reported map rotation and percentages from the past hour, three hours, or day (whatever time period seems appropriate, possibly multiple) would be magical. I just wouldn't play whenever malinovka is the dominant map in rotation.
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Mild derail, but this is the place to ask. What's a good site to look for soviet surplus gear. I need a new winter hat to go with my giant coat you see.
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Captain Blaargh posted:Mild derail, but this is the place to ask. What's a good site to look for soviet surplus gear. I need a new winter hat to go with my giant coat you see. Well, as a Russian reenactor, I.... http://schuster.ru/eng/ http://www.voenspec.ru/ And you can try Trident, but it's usually best to use their eBay store.
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The pubbies, while bad, haven't really been the biggest problem. loving packetloss all goddamned day has been. The little light in the upper left corner blinks red at least once every couple of seconds. So I'll see tanks mini-warping around when it gets bad, and then you get poo poo like when I pulled up on the side of an M103 and he kept his turret turned forward, and then I exploded. He shot me. Except I never saw the turret turn. Good times.
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Yeah I had that red light too all day while failtanking today. East server. The ping was about 40-50% higher than normal too.
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How can you people not love Malinovka? It's the best map in the game.
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I have far too many memories of trying to drive away from the west spawn before some asshat from the good spawn finished centering their gun on me because of lovely spotting mechanics added on top of the poor map design. 
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Cippalippus posted:you people I see how it is.
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btw, just to finish the arty chat earlier a little more clearly. I would say if anyone was to go down an arty tree with the specific goal of having one t10 artillery in their garage, go for the gw e-100. It is the everybody artillery. It has very middling stats and the skirts give you some modicum of defense against non direct hit counter batteries when you forget to move after shooting.
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JuffoWup posted:Yeah, about the lowe being squishy: Oh boy do I have a good video about that (waiting to be uploaded when I get home tomorrow night). Cippalippus posted:How can you people not love Malinovka? It's the best map in the game. I love it when I'm west spawn in a medium with decent teammates. East gets hosed now, because NA pubs are too stupid to head for the hill and fire back down into cap from camo if the enemy rush. I used to love it before all the changes though, for either spawn. rossmum fucked around with this message at 02:20 on Jan 4, 2015 |
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I finally have my desktop with me and I still have an excuse not to play this lovely game.  Fedex killed my graphics card, Ontrac is delaying or possibly just stealing my replacement card (seriously gently caress ontrac), and my internet installation has been delayed by lovely old building wiring and a bad copper pair. It's a wash whether dealing with this bullshit or playing with 5x pubbies when I'm rusty would be worse. rossmum posted:...pubs are too stupid to head for the hill and fire back down into cap from camo if the enemy rush. I used to love it before all the changes though, for either spawn. This isn't the only map where pubbies are too stupid to give up a bad position to take a good one. They're all too happy to run and guard arty though.
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JuffoWup posted:btw, just to finish the arty chat earlier a little more clearly. I would say if anyone was to go down an arty tree with the specific goal of having one t10 artillery in their garage, go for the gw e-100. It is the everybody artillery. It has very middling stats and the skirts give you some modicum of defense against non direct hit counter batteries when you forget to move after shooting. poo poo, I have not bothered moving after shooting in a good long while. Counter-Artillery doesn't seem to be a thing anymore so why bother?
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Has the x5 exp crowd dispersed yet? I really have no urge to play during these big exp bonus specials.
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Dalael posted:poo poo, I have not bothered moving after shooting in a good long while. Counter-Artillery doesn't seem to be a thing anymore so why bother? It's not a thing when there's one or two, but when there's three arty per side you better shuffle. There's always that rear end in a top hat.
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Dalael posted:poo poo, I have not bothered moving after shooting in a good long while. Counter-Artillery doesn't seem to be a thing anymore so why bother? funnily enough, I got just as complacent and got counter batteried yesterday. Was aiming and then suddenly the camera shifted to show off my wreck exploding. Never was spotted.
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That mod leaves a big red dot on screen of where you last fired at for all the shitters to murder you with, just move after each shot like you used to have to.
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Crash74 posted:That mod leaves a big red dot on screen of where you last fired at for all the shitters to murder you with, just move after each shot like you used to have to. What mod, I'm aware of no mod that does it unless. Tracers don't show up unless you specifically look at an area anymore. And you have to be in arty view to see them then. If there is a mod that does, it should be escalated to wargaming's support because that is against the eula. I completely miss the days of full on tracer though. Those were beautiful.
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JuffoWup posted:What mod, I'm aware of no mod that does it unless. Tracers don't show up unless you specifically look at an area anymore. And you have to be in arty view to see them then. If there is a mod that does, it should be escalated to wargaming's support because that is against the eula. I completely miss the days of full on tracer though. Those were beautiful. Arty tracers are still a thing, Juffo.
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Crash74 posted:That mod leaves a big red dot on screen of where you last fired at for all the shitters to murder you with, just move after each shot like you used to have to. Which mod is that? The Southern Dandy posted:It's not a thing when there's one or two, but when there's three arty per side you better shuffle. There's always that rear end in a top hat. JuffoWup posted:funnily enough, I got just as complacent and got counter batteried yesterday. Was aiming and then suddenly the camera shifted to show off my wreck exploding. Never was spotted. I honestly cannot remember the last time I got counter-artied... But admittedly, I don't play artillery as much as I used to. Maybe I just get lucky.
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The Southern Dandy posted:Arty tracers are still a thing, Juffo. As I said, in arty view, I'm well aware of it. I was curious what mod shows it off out of sight and pings you about it like the old tracers did. I know they are still there, and usually you don't see them because they are usually really thin lines. I usually just hear the swoosh of the shell. He said "That mod" and that is where I want to know. I would rather they just turn the whole drat thing off at this point since they can't be bothered to just encrypt it. All this babble about invisi tanks and sight mechanics made much more sense when full tracer fire was unlocked. It was a thing of beauty when a full on brawl happened. Arty shells whistled back then too iirc. Might be mixing with the one patch section years ago I ran gnomefathers though.
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JuffoWup posted:What mod, I'm aware of no mod that does it unless. Tracers don't show up unless you specifically look at an area anymore. And you have to be in arty view to see them then. If there is a mod that does, it should be escalated to wargaming's support because that is against the eula. I completely miss the days of full on tracer though. Those were beautiful. Not sure if your being sarcastic but incase not there's a (banned) mod called Redball that does that.
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T___A posted:Could be worse: Read 'em and weep. http://wotlabs.net/sea/player/xDeathLordx Ross you were spot on about the vk 30.02D, with goldspam the tank is fantastic. It's a t7 tank that i actually enjoy playing.
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God drat today sucked. Quints really do mess with people's minds. I did have an awesome Bishop (!) round as a bright spot, though. Nailed several shots then went into full TD mode to hold an entire flank like a boss. Almost felt like pre-nerf arty, it was that good. Replay coming.    Also had a very intense run-in with a Pz I C.  I hate the Valentine hull in general but the extra armor really saved my rear end this time. My Grille would have been toast. rockopete fucked around with this message at 04:55 on Jan 4, 2015 |
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Axetrain posted:Not sure if your being sarcastic but incase not there's a (banned) mod called Redball that does that. I didn't know of it. And from the looks of it, you still have to be looking in arty view in the area to see the tracer to get the marker. I wouldn't be surprised if it is being used out there honestly. The problem is proving it. I really wish wargaming would just lock down their drat client to remove these types of things. Same goes with their other issues that are supposed to be banned. Oh well, the mod is pointless if you move. I had gotten lazy as getting counter batteried hadn't happened in a long long time.
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JuffoWup posted:I didn't know of it. And from the looks of it, you still have to be looking in arty view in the area to see the tracer to get the marker. I wouldn't be surprised if it is being used out there honestly. The problem is proving it. I really wish wargaming would just lock down their drat client to remove these types of things. Same goes with their other issues that are supposed to be banned. Sorry I don't know how to read people's posts so I thought you might have been "OF COURSE I don't know of any illegal mods (wink wink)".
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Snakes in a can posted:Read 'em and weep. Also get a T20, it is the Most Fun Tank.
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Just got the Firefly. Why do the British stick a loving speed limiter on everything? It's sort of goofy and endearing on the Centurions where they will do 40 kmh up a vertical incline, but on the Firefly it means you have that much less momentum because your top speed isn't what it should be. gently caress England.
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AlmightyPants posted:Just got the Firefly. At least you are in a medium tank. The achilles is basically an m10 at tier 6. And I'm not looking forward to the challenger for the same reasons.
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JuffoWup posted:At least you are in a medium tank. The achilles is basically an m10 at tier 6. And I'm not looking forward to the challenger for the same reasons. Its a cromwell hull with a Tog turret and the same top gun that you've been using since tier 5. Whats not to love?
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Smesh posted:I fell for the marketing hype and bought an E25. I'm having a lot of fun it though, so I don't care. Ill give you my four-skill layout, but it also depends if this is a dual crew for a german TD line. I'm going to assume it isn't, and de-emphasize repair(it would be a fourth/fifth skill filler on the e25). BiA/Sixth Sense/camo/recon(eagle eye is a fun option) BiA/Deadeye/camo/repair(can't remember if snap shot works on turretless tanks) BiA/Clutch Braking/camo/repair BiA/Safe Stowage/camo/repair Ill usually start Sixth Sense/camo then retrain to insert BiA when I hit the third skill, starting camo over on the third skill. This is a formula I use on all my tanks(replacing camo with repair where appropriate). Dalael posted:After a series of loss in a row, partially due to my inability to dish out any kind of damage, I decided to take my arty out for a match, hoping for better results. Exhibit A on why arty is a stupid, broken mechanic.
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AlmightyPants posted:Why do the British stick a loving speed limiter on everything? It's sort of goofy and endearing on the Centurions where they will do 40 kmh up a vertical incline, but on the Firefly it means you have that much less momentum because your top speed isn't what it should be. gently caress England. The Firefly does 40kph not because it was limited but because that was its top speed. It was based on earlier Sherman's than the Easy 8 so shouldn't have the Easy 8's top engine and better suspension. But this is Wargaming so who knows, maybe they did decide to put in a hard speed limit so it wouldn't be better than the Easy 8 as that would upset people.
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I had this guy on my team last night, he might be the worst player in WoT: http://www.noobmeter.com/player/eu/souras/500058639/ Points of special interest are how all his graphs are going steadily downwards, and how he has a 39% WR in the VK4005B with over 1000 games 
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Any advice for the M103? I hate this thing so, so much. I get nonstop IS7/E100 lineups in Tier 10 games and have feel like I have almost no ability to hurt them unless they flash me their rear end. E: I've got the second gun and still hate it. The gun isn't accurate enough to snipe and it doesn't have the armor to brawl. Magres fucked around with this message at 12:54 on Jan 4, 2015 |
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Magres posted:Any advice for the M103? I loving hate this thing so, so much. I get nonstop IS7/E100 lineups in Tier 10 games and have feel like I have almost no ability to hurt them unless they flash me their rear end. I just got mine, have the 2nd gun and upgraded turret. I like it, but with that 1st gun it is terrible [T29 legacy gun in tier 9 lol], x5 and a little free xp got me past it quick. It is mobile with a good gun and good gun depression. Turret armor seems a step back from the T29 and T32 [especially with that huge cupola/optics thing sticking up so high]. I try to be more support-ish with it.
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