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Jaguarz: no

1LT_Dwayne:  Some have empathy but it's limited so they can live their lives.

DomoSapien: Oh stop it, you 
I appreciate the shoutout, man! I'm definitely loving the Kpz 50 t, and that was one of the most exciting games of WoT I've had in a long time.  Two Top Guns in 2 hours of streaming? I'll take it!
I am pretty proud of that battle. I've been playing for almost 10 years so it feels good to have a match that I can look back on and say "man, I actually made a lot of really good decisions and reacted to what was going on in the match on the fly."

1LT_Dwayne:  Ok it's your choice you're right. But removing them due to what's happening in Ukraine is non sense to me. Kharkov was better than a lot of maps.

KRZYBooP: Howdy Boom Jockeys!  Earn tokens and get rewards for watching your favorite streamers throughout the month of March. How it WorksThe CC Showcase has two parts. First, watch official community contributor streams on their respective Twitch Channels to collect a Token. Second, complete missions that are unlocked via Token in the game client. You must do both in order to advance. The more consecutive weeks you watch and play, the more bonuses you earn for upkeeping your streak! WEEK 1: MARCH 9-14 WEEK 2: MARCH 16-21 WEEK 3 & 4: MARCH 23-28* You can collect 1 Token You can collect 1 Token You can collect 2 Tokens *The third and fourth week take place in the same timeframe.   Please see the schedule for community contributor stream days and times.Watch community contributor streams on their respective Twitch channels from Wednesday to Sunday. After watching for 60 minutes, players are awarded a Drop. The time can be divided up among multiple Streams, as long as the total amount of time spent watching is at least 60 minutes. The Drop consists of a Token that unlocks a "CC Mission" in the in-game client that must be completed by Sunday of that week. Once the mission is completed, you get rewards (please see the in-game client for mission conditions and restrictions). Week Watching is cumulative (please see "Reward Schedule," below).  If you are looking for more information on how Twitch drops work click HERE.

KRZYBooP: Please......
 My Heart can't take that title.....

KRZYBooP: Howdy Boom Jockeys! This is a pretty sweet 3D style bundle if you ever feel nostalgic for the amazing series and collected any of the figures.  From today (11Mar) until 25Mar. these bundles with tanks and the 3D style are available for you!If you already own the tanks then you can just get the 3D styles by themselves.  First up is the superplastic TS5 The bundle with the skin and Tank starts at 53.11If you already own the Tank then you can always just buy the 3D skin only. Next up is the Cobra styled tank the T54 first PrototypeThis tank with the 3D style starts at 49.23 If you are looking for just the sweet 3D looks they start at 15.99 For more information on these bundles click HERE.

Jaguarz: A more cohesive and technologically advanced horde than the current swarm of ineptitude from the east.

KRZYBooP: Do you call car tires "shoes"? 

Jambijon: Greetings Everyone! This Sunday, March 13th is National K9 Veterans Day and to celebrate we're running a little giveaway as well as some Twitch Drops!  The Twitch Drops will be happening on the 13th on supporting CC streams and all the details are linked below. K-9 Veterans Day DropsTune-in to the following Community Contributors during their streams and earn Twitch Drops from Sunday, March 13 at 04:20 PT | 06:20 CT | 07:20 ET until Monday, March 14 at 04:20 PT | 06:20 CT | 07:20 ET. PARTICIPATING STREAMERS: Casual_Boops Cody_Menz DamiensGaming German_Intelligence Ladymaeus MrBeetleBum Muscles1_tv Nick_Shox Overlord_Prime RAPOSO Sir8j TalkTo_MeGoose TRUvoodoo _Warchild_ Wot_Chick   K9 Veteran's Day Twitch Drops Article However! The giveaway starts now! 
Simply share a picture of your pet in the comments to be entered in to win some sweet K9 (and a few cats) themed customizations! Five winners will be randomly selected on Monday the 14th and take home the following prizing: x1 Decal: "Boots" x1 Decal: "Simba" x1 Decal: "Akita Inu" x1 Decal: "German Sheperd" x1 Decal: "Corgi" x3 Camo: "Nine Lives" x6 Camo: "K-Nine"
  If you don't get selected, don't fret! Just tune in to the above listed CCs on Sunday for even more customizations!  
 

1LT_Dwayne:  You seemed to be smart but please explain to me why you are getting affected by this? You remember WW2 history? Does that mean we should remove every German contents from video games?

Jaguarz:  huge difference between someone bad having a good game and someone doing 35% and 15% persistently in the most OP tanks in game.....

KRZYBooP: Well, that stinks. If you are not able to use the scroll bar at the bottom of the battle pass levels then you can try two things.First, try these options in your settings.If you are still having issues and you have already tried a bigger resolution in the game settings then you can look at resizing your desktop. If you are still having troubles then you may need to try our support team, but they may recommend seeking out assistance with Nvidia or your laptop's support team.   

KRZYBooP: Can I play?  

churchill50: Rammer, V-Stab are givens. You don't want to give either up.For the last slot, Hardening, Turbo, IAU, or Vents. Up to your personal preference.

Jaguarz:  Notorious pay someone else to get stuff KZK-A alum corvette_dude now named extra_spicy is rocking 15% win rate on his, half of what he manages in his 279e... So while I agree with you in general terms tanks can only do so much....

Jaguarz:  What use would that be? They wont be a part of the legal team either....... Im more confident its to do with the additional resources of modeling, rendering and then people complaining that they were not animated or not animated well enough... I honestly couldnt care less, its just noise which adds very, very little to very few tanks.

Jaguarz: Confirmed, if a blacklisted player is anonymized then you can see his messages in game regardless

Jaguarz:  I think I hold my own, probably in the top quartile of the games I have played, I dont have amazing reaction skills nor can I shoot a pixel like some can but I am tactical and highly opportunistic

churchill50: I've been running into the same issue OP. Hopefully WG figures that out by the end of the Battle Pass...

KRZYBooP:  

KRZYBooP:  I am telling you what I have been told, cause I have asked that same question and the answer I have given you is the one I received. I am not part of the legal team or in charge of getting a rating for our game. Maybe rules have changed in the 11 years the game has been out. Maybe it takes time and money to secure a new rating, maybe during the time it has to be rated the game has to be down for a period of time. You are more than welcome to ask a developer this question during one of our AMA's that happens throughout the year. 

Einzelganger7: Stats like win rate and WN8 are so volatile when you have few matches on them, so those big differences do not mean much and there is nothing to worry about.

Jaguarz:  You are giving people WAYYY too much credit, they arent trying to max XP, they are just slow to react Its just this Tank spotted - 10s leftPlayer realizes theres a lit tank - 6s leftPlayer turns turret/tank to look at lit tank - 4s leftPlayer aims and wiggles gun looking for soft spot and or spotted tank to get into a more open postion - 1s leftTank doesnt become more open, tank goes dark, player missed chance, hail Marys a shot at last location.

churchill50: You can also click on either of the options for the Field Mods (without clicking on the credit price tag for them) to see how they change the stats of the tank.

churchill50:  Definitely, although that's not saying much.But it's a Reward tank, not a Premium tank like the WZ-114, so it doesn't make improved credits.

churchill50: In my opinion, the Lorr 50t is kind of redundant, but in a good way. The combination of mobility, turret armor, gun depression, and standard pen is nice. But the tank is hamstrung by the low DPM, mediocre gun handling (final accuracy is nice, but dispersion values aren't great), and lack of hull armor. The prem pen is also not great compared with its counterparts (M103, Concept 1B, Conq, AMX M4 51).It can definitely work, but it has a few too many weaknesses to really be in the top echelon of tier 9's. The AMX M4 51 is a much more flexible and overall stronger tank. Giving up 2 degrees of gun depression, some mobility (although the mobility is still fine), and standard pen to gain quite a bit of DPM and usable hull armor is a tradeoff that doesn't go in the Lorr 50t's favor.Meanwhile, the Conqueror gives up the mobility to become a MUCH better hulldown bully because of the better gun handling and DPM.Then there's the Concept 1B, which kind of gets the best combination of stats. It's not quite as fast as the Lorr, but is massively better in every other way. But, at the end of the day, I think that's a good thing. The Lorr is right where it should be balance-wise in my opinion. It's definitely viable, and can work quite well. But it's middle of the pack, not powercreeping everything like the Concept 1B. It's also not bs to fight since it does have some pronounced weaknesses you can work around.That's exactly how WG should be trying to balance tanks like this.

TeriyakiTanker: No, there are X number of tanks available to the top X players for 4000 bonds.  After that there are an additional Y number of tanks available for auctioning, and that can get expensive!

1LT_Dwayne:  The IS-2 has terrible accuracy. You can't snipe with this tank. It has also terrible gun depression.

1LT_Dwayne:  I could went there but the battle I was talking about the only one that went in the wood behind was an arty. I spawned on west side and I decided to go with the team east and push through the field. I made it to the far east to get ride of tds there but after that got destroyed by other reds from bushes near their spawn. Our team just failed miserably.

1LT_Dwayne:  I landed in Malinovka with an IS-2. Nobody went hill so I was doomed. We lost.

KRZYBooP: Well, they are in Recon mode which is probably why they made changes. In addition, they are doing 3 at once which is an improvement. 

1LT_Dwayne: What do you want?

KRZYBooP: Howdy Boom Jockeys! After the Recon Mission event was over, we analyzed the feedback from players, based on which we prepared a redesign of the Airshipyard map.Click Minimap above to go to Imgur album Game mode: Standard Battle Map size: 1000x1000 meters 0_airshipyard.png Two zones have been changed: medium tanks direction (1) and the central part of the map intended for light tanks (2). Goal: 1 — Increase the interest in the medium area by creating an active connection with the center of the map, adding new positions and covers. 2 — Improve the position of light tanks on the map by reworking the terrain and adding more vegetation. 3 — Increase the number of positions for tank destroyers.   1. A tunnel has been added to the direction as a comfortable fighting point. The railway has been shifted to the edge of the map. A lot of terrain irregularities as cover, as well as a large amount of vegetation, have been added. 1.1_before_airshipyard.png 1.1_after_airshipyard.png 1.2_before_airshipyard.png 1.2_after_airshipyard.png 1.3_before_airshipyard.png 1.3_after_airshipyard.png 1.4_before_airshipyard.png 1.4_after_airshipyard.png 1.5_before_airshipyard.png 1.5_after_airshipyard.png 1.6_before_airshipyard.png 1.6_after_airshipyard.png 1.7_before_airshipyard.png 1.7_after_airshipyard.png 1.8_before_airshipyard.png 1.8_after_airshipyard.png 1.9_before_airshipyard.png 1.9_after_airshipyard.png 2. The center of the map connects the medium and heavy tank directions. Terrain, cover, and bushes make this area convenient for light tanks. 2.1_before_airshipyard.png 2.1_after_airshipyard.png 2.2_before_airshipyard.png 2.2_after_airshipyard.png   Canyon Map  Game mode: Standard Battle Map size: 1,000x1,000 meters Click on the Minimap above to head to the Imgur album. After analyzing the main negative aspects of the map, it was discovered that it is necessary to focus on light tanks, tank destroyers, and SPGs on this map. Playing comfort in these vehicle types should be improved. For light tanks, the main positions are now more protected when driving and playing actively. Tank destroyers have also received improvements to their positions: If played right, you can be spotted less and help your team more. For SPGs, we tried to provide a bit more comfort in terms of the number of positions on the map—in the previous version, they had only one main position. Now they are able to change positions. 0_canyon.png 1. Tank destroyer positions have been moved apart slightly, and bushes have been reworked to better conceal tall tank destroyers. 1_before_canyon.png 1_after_canyon.png 2. The hillside is now not so sharp, which allows you to climb the hill faster. There are now passages along the mountain near the bridges, so you don't have to descend. There are now two windows with firing positions on the mountain towards the bottom base. Also, the amount of vegetation under the mountain along the river has been increased and intermediate covers have been added. 2.1_before_canyon.png 2.1_after_canyon.png 2.2_before_canyon.png 2.2_after_canyon.png 3. The area with dunes has been reworked. Now they are much larger, and contain both covers and bushes for more effective play on the direction. Now it is possible to drive up to the dunes and drive away from them more safely. 3_before_canyon.png 3_after_canyon.png 4. Medium tank positions near the edge of the map have been slightly reworked. Now both teams can use them to control the direction. 4_before_canyon.png 4_after_canyon.png 5. The ability for SPGs to change positions on the map has been slightly improved. Bushes have been added for them. 5.1_before_canyon.png 5.1_after_canyon.png 5.2_before_canyon.png 5.2_after_canyon.png   Far East       Click on the Minimap above to see the Imgur album Improved version of the Far East map. Based on the Recon Mission feedback from players, it was determined that it was hard to cross the runway, both when attacking and retreating. Also, according to feedback, the center of the map was barely used, which has now been improved. In addition, there were problems capturing the base when attacking from the mountain, and the lower-left corner of the map was unevenly occupied—the right team usually got there first. 0_far_east.jpg 1. Small indestructible covers have been added to the base circles from the town side.  Previously, the house in the circle was destructible and did not provide cover. 1.1_before_fareast.png 1.1_after_fareast.png 1.2_before_fareast.png 1.2_after_fareast.png 2. To balance the approach time and balance between the teams, the terrain and cover positions in the lower-left corner of the map have been slightly changed. 2_before_fareast.png 2_after_fareast.png 3. Significant changes to the center of the map. Based on player feedback, additional routes and covers have been added to introduce variety and use the center more actively. 3_before_fareast.png 3_after_fareast.png 4. Based on player feedback, small covers have been added on the runway near the bases on the hillside for more comfortable movement from one side of the runway to the other. 4.1_before_fareast.png 4.1_after_fareast.png 4.2_before_fareast.png 4.2_after_fareast.png    

churchill50:  The Char definitely requires a good crew, just like the rest of the French autoloading meds. In my opinion, they're one of the best lines to put Female Crew members in.Bounty equipment and gold ammo, not so much. I use primarily standard ammo, which is great at 268mm pen and 1,461m/s shell velocity. The HEAT is useful sometimes, but generally you don't want to frontally fight the stuff you would need HEAT to pen, unless you have to.I'm running Standard Equipment. V-Stabs is definitely needed. Other than that you can run Vents, IAU, or Optics in my opinion, that's just up to your personal preference.Food really does wonders for the Char, but that's something I would generally suggest running on most high tier meds. The other thing it requires is good situational awareness, and map/game knowledge. It needs to be played carefully. But when played well it's quite a solid tank.The long time between shells definitely takes some getting used to. There's some good content up on Youtube about the Char. I'd suggest looking at skill4ltu (I believe he has several videos up about it) if you want some information on how to play it better.

TragicLoss: Article will be going up SoonTM  Enjoy!

1LT_Dwayne:  My bad for that but that's is why you come after me? Come on!

1LT_Dwayne:  

1LT_Dwayne:  So why do you keep coming on the forum and tell people to improve if it's useless? Why do you not propose something else?

1LT_Dwayne:  I have not been playing for ten years and I have 10k battles. If the message that it's always players fault would pass and all players would always try to improve and do their best the spectrum of wr would not be 35%-65% but rather something like 45%-55%. Unicum would have a harder time to win but unfortunately this has never been the case and their are still plenty of terrible players. 

1LT_Dwayne:  Also the irony of this statement!

1LT_Dwayne:  At least I'm not ignorant and delusional!

churchill50: I'd organize them like:AE Phase 1, Char FuturKunze PanzerObj 777, K-91-PTLorr 50t, Cobra Although the Cobra is still in development, so who knows what changes we'll see.