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TragicLoss: I'm excited! I hope everyone is too

KRZYBooP: Howdy Boom Jockeys! Get ready for Season 17 of the global map starting on the 22Sep21 and running until 01Dec21. More details such as rentals and rules can be found by clicking HERE.

DeviouslyCursed:  Just imagine it as Tinkerbell getting sucked into the air intake manifold.

DeviouslyCursed:  So you admit to having trouble getting to tier 10 because you are an idiot. Got it. Hey! I heard if you use blueprints to research more than half of a tank, it gets flagged by WG and you are forced to less then 50% Win Rate! It's true! I even know some people with skyrocket WR who say this!

KRZYBooP: Howdy Boom Jockeys,  Super excited about the German TD's almost forgot about the new medium tank STRV-81.   This tank starts at 39.99 and is on sale from 12Sep- 20Sep.  More information on this sale can be found HERE.

KRZYBooP: Howdy Boom Jockeys,  Get your hands on some great TD's. The German TD's demanded so much they had to make an "Unskinned" version!  From now (13Sep21) until 23Sep you can get these tanks start at 43.99. For more information on this sale click HERE. 

Jaguarz:  I think stun on teammates is fine without it a tank could physically use their tank to lock an opponent in place where a trading situation would result in their own death and laugh as arty moves the goalposts the other way screwing over the reload and accuracy

Jaguarz:  Confirmation bias, unless platooned or in clan wars theres virtually no chance anyone on your team or the other is "baiting" the enemy into SPG fire, TD fire yes because they can see and approximate the line of fire, this is not possible with SPG due to multiple factors including the arc, location of SPG and enemy and even the reload speed. Looking at your stats you do significantly better in the AMX 13 F3 than others, a fast arty which allows for ease of relocation, do you not find yourself moving more in this SPG?  

DeviouslyCursed:  Why your gut feeling is likely wrong about Random: It is well established that the average person does not know what actual random looks like, and will pick something that isn't random over something that is when asked which set of numbers is actually random. Generally only people who know about this will pick correctly. It's difficult to find recent studies showing how bad people are at this, because it is already established fact. Recent studies are more along the lines of why and in what way do humans perceive randomly difficult, and can you predict the numbers a human will list when asked to write random digits (turns out, you sort of can). The study I learned about back in the 90's was one where they asked people to write down strings of random integers. They then handed those lists people created, and gave them along with actual random strings to a different set people and asked which ones were random. People picked the wrong set. This is because people won't generate string with repeating numbers very often, if at all. Not even two numbers in a row, much less 3. Human generated lists are also more spread out out and evenly distributed. There typically won't be clumps of "random weirdness" like a set of ten numbers where half the numbers are the same. Random does this. What does this mean? You are bad at recognizing random. It isn't what you think it is. So when your gut feeling is telling you it's not random, it is doing so based off a misconception of what random actually is.  Finding meaning where none exists: Another older study demonstrated people's ability to find meaning and purpose when there wasn't any. Again, this is established fact, and recent studies are difficult to find as they have moved past the initial reaction and are diving into the 'why' and 'in what way.' They took a group of people, told them they had hired actors and that sometime over the next two weeks, certain events would be orchestrated specifically for them. The participants were to take a notepad and pencil with them and write down the events that were for them when they noticed them. Virtually everyone saw something meant for them, but there were no actors. It was people just reading meaning into coincidence and average things happening. When you look, you will find meaning where there isn't any. This is playing into your belief that the game is rigged. Random string that is weird comes up, your brain thinks it is not random because it doesn't really understand random, and then your mind processes it as intent and meaningful. Then of course, Confirmation Bias will kick in to reinforce this to such a degree that even actual evidence that nothing is amiss will get ignored because "you know."  I wish I could find the base studies that started all these things, but i t was before the internet. Pick up some Psychology books, you may find references in there if you are really interested. (If you really want to freak yourself out, look into the unreliability of personal memory, and then realize most of fine details of your memories is just being made up on the fly by your brain. That is some seriously scary stuff.)

_BobaFett:  Something like this?

Draschel:  And you are doing the same, hiding, preaching hypocrisy, and aren't credible yourself. I can show you my performance. Never said no. But you wouldn't care and would start with other excuses anywayYou are already doing it. That other guy in here, Kefic is 50 times better than you are. And you discard it.So what good would it matter even if you were told something, credible. You live in denial, phantasy, silliness.   

Draschel: People have no difficulty these days, managing 3K+ damage per match in T95, Type 5, Maus, E100, Jag panzer, badger, 110E3There are reasons for this, such as ability to exclude certain maps not beneficial for them. Or new eqp, making these tanks have further reach. Like turbo.But the main reasoning, is their influence. Their knowledge on map position. Where to drive, so either driving to the enemy, or the enemy does into them.  

Draschel:  Right. Best to avoid those tanks. But most maps have areas, that the enemy WILL MEET YOU, and you WILL MEET the enemy. You need to learn positioning good enough to understand these areas. This account is meaningless, a placard made to do dumb things farming south server bots. But the point stands, driving a churchill or matilda to locations to always influence the battle. Despite the slownessAgain, this is the same message someone with 11,000 PR will tell you. Its not just me. Lets try not to focus on service records, but rather what makes gameplay and what makes a flop. Positioning is the single most important, powerful tool a player has. Unless said player is in a bonds outfitted, directive fed, 8 crew skill  279E and chances are if thats your opponent not much helps anyway. 

Draschel: Rhino loses top speed from progetto too. Crazy.  

Draschel:  you mean vehicle ratings? Thought individual tank to tankI never knew that metric was averaged out for entire stats per account

Draschel:  If you are that naive, whatever I'd have to say is lost on you anyway. -My mistake. 

Jaguarz: Heat of the battle, something someone does negatively impacts them, they lash out, pretty simple psychology and shouldnt let it bother you

Jaguarz: You killed 8 so that would be a radleys not a top gun assuming its not tier locked like Pools

Jaguarz:  Your points are reasonable and well written, there isnt really any comeback to them as they fall into subjective nuances. What I take away from playing arty and Im in an active, spotted situation and/or role is to hope they are aiming at someone else, if I take a hit from arty I will go black, estimate their reload and add an additional 10-15 seconds before being spotted again and hope they have moved onto another target. Really I dont have much of an issue with arty anymore, the days of being one shot in your IS7 are long gone, I think they should be one per side but can appreciate what that would do to people in the queue but then again I think lights should be capped to no more than 3 and wheelies are obnoxious and worse for the game as they currently stand. I also think the long autoloaders were better balanced than the new, fast ones but thats a different topic. Back to arty, as it stands its totally toxic just due to what you can do and if you arent being toxic in it then you arent playing it very well and thats just a result of its design and implementation, personally I would love a smoke round or other variety of rounds. Invisitank in magic bush at e1 in prok? Dump smoke on his [edited]and render him useless or force him to move would be great (imo). As it stands, I dont have any great hate for the class it just is what it is, I just find people wanting the class to buffed to be grossly unaware or incapable of using its powers of abuse.

Draschel:
If I can manage 1.6K in a ferdinand, AMXAC48, SU101 years years years years ago, when I ground out tanks with non-top guns b/c did not spend free exp, not using powerful crews....many times not even 100% basic quality,  or when premium consumables and premium rounds weren't available 2012? No outer camo, no sixth sense? Without resources like Tanks 101 mechanics explained, Tanks gg? Using dumb de-mount equipment like binocs, toolbox, camo net?  Trust me, my ferdinand sits in my garage with a tarp over it, collecting dust. and not just a layer of dust, but several geologic sedimentary layers of it. If we are talking 1,600 with stone age tech, and when I was an imbecile?  if I threw 3 crew books into a crew, ventilation, rammer, rotator and started playing it? 2K damage would be minimum I'd expect. WZ111FT is better than all of those.  The guy isn't being active, is using a stock gun? What you expect? At least do that s--- in FL, why punish yourself 

Draschel: what is WTR? PR you mean? 

Draschel:  You mean doing well, and to your liking, if it were a tier VAnd for not doing well, pretty much anything over tier V.  

Draschel:  I agree. Light tanks too. 

TeriyakiTanker: Yes, giving good advice is super pompous of him....... just the worst.

Draschel:  Yet, people call me toxic. Really, the world we live in. 

Draschel:  what would your clan commander say? Think, real hard. Real hard.1-  do half a shot of damage, fire twice all game, don't play influential positions, don't read maps, and have your team carry you?or2- try to contribute to your team, try to be some influence, know map locations, be aware of surroundings. It isn't a hard question. And no, being pompous has nothing to do about it. It is called, proactive. 

Jaguarz:  You are doing exactly what you accuse others of, you say because Battau isnt good in arty his opinion isnt valid but the simple fact is hes an above average player and as a result someone with a greater understanding of the game. You are better than average in arty and Im better than you in it, Im a capable WOT player in all the classes though obviously I have preferences. Because Im capable I am able to see exactly how much effort and skill I need to put in to perform in Arty as I do in the other classes and its much, much less. The only "arty safe" parts of most maps are places which mean you are of no benefit to your team, "knowing" and being in these places makes you a bad player. Almost every critical part of a map can be hit by arty because they are not static and can move, and the ones that cant do that effectively have crazy arcs. On the occasions I am playing with someone, or even watching a stream when they are hit by an arty I always say "the best way to avoid arty is to not be where they are shooting", its a meme because theres no real place you can go to prevent being smacked by arty unless you are "actively" helping your team lose by being in a worthless location. I play arty for missions, to help others do missions or if Im in a foul mood and want to make others miserable and believe me I make them absolutely miserable. I use only stun rounds because its without a doubt the most effective round you can use, you make them burn their consumables and hamper their effectiveness, there is no greater force multiplier at your disposal, going for "more damage HE" is a poor choice and AP is absolute madness except in rare occasions where you need a hail Mary and hit the jackpot of not only hitting but also hitting the right place, how I laughed when the T92 HMCs AP round was eaten by the tracks in my Bourasque. In most games I pump out between 200-300 seconds of stun duration, I use the small gun with a 20s reload and a 23s potential stun duration, its the literal embodiment of abuse and I assure you I am completely toxic in arty.

Draschel: IS7, 705A, IS4, 277, 113, AMX54, Super conqueror, T110E5, Vz 55, Kran,  WZ111111111111111115A

Draschel:  Among the top skills, excellent players build on and build on are::A) positioning. Going to locations that influence the battle to very high degree. Even in slow tanks, they make it to places where the enemy has no choice but to run into them. Positioning is keyB) consistency. Consistency is also paramount. What good is 4k damage one game, and follow up with 500? Consistency is key. It involves many things, like knowing when to take action, reading the map, Etc. 

Jaguarz:  and people can spend 1000s on Gweneth Paltrows idiotic "wellness" products of which pixels are infinitely of more use, luckily you are not forced to spend money on anything you dont want.

DeviouslyCursed:  

DeviouslyCursed:  You know we can see your stats, right? The Skoda T56 is literally one of your top performing Tier 8 tanks, in both Ave Dmg and Win Rate. You have just over 80 tier 8 tanks, and pretty sure your Skoda T56 is top 3 in both categories. Not really sure what you are trying to complain about... unless you're doing some sort of reverse psychology thing and I missed it.

DeviouslyCursed:  

DeviouslyCursed:  This is why people insult you (he probably has me blocked anyway because he likes to insult, but can't take it). The patent and what is does has been explained over and over, and you participated in those discussions. People have also pointed out, over and over, that team size is the biggest limiter in win rate spread. Though that shouldn't have to be explained. It should be obvious to anyone who thinks about it for more than 5 seconds. So if you don't understand either by now, you are literally one of the dumbest people on the forum.

Draschel: 273 combined. In great tier spread.  Just wow.Fired 2 times all game, with a stock gun. Nice 

Draschel:  There is no irony. Just a whole lot of incompetence, and inability to understand simple things. 

Draschel:  But you are hiding your account. You say all the time, "I don't play this account''  Why are you posting on it then? Why be a hypocrite? Your post doesn't address your point, but supports my fact, artillery was nerfed. They acquire less damage per game, and still continue to drop.For most purposes, their combined damage + tracking assistance, from prior 9.18 was probably superior to todays damage + tracking + stun assist 

Draschel:  I am not sure what he has figured out.But I can assure you, and many here, it isn't  ''this''

Jaguarz:  lol, terrible player is terrible player, even in low tier trash OP, 80k battles and hides in low tiers crying about the easiest class in game whereas I can play and win in high tier arty all day long, those are facts my infantile friend. You see, I know my worth, my value, my intelligence and strive to improve. You on the other hand are blaming other things as the reason for you being incapable of playing well and cannot come to terms with the simple fact that arty is easily played well. I think you should look up and try reading what the Dunning-Kruger effect is supposed to be about because the only one it seems to be applying to here is you, try “Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One’s Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments” (1999).

Draschel: I will start off with what it isn't. It isn't just playing ridiculously over powered tanks. It isn't just firing premium shells and using premium consumables. It isn't equipping your tank with 7 skill crew, bounty and bonds equipment, a directive, field modifications.  The best, and easiest, to which the bad-average-good player can improve their play, read, bead, and execution is patience. And it is even free, won't cost 1 credit.  It can be done in every class, light / medium / heavy / TD. Your team je-baiting you into moving, just ignore them. Your team doesn't know what is best for you. Playing 2 tiers below at the bottom? Patience. Skill4ltu has PLENTY of examples, content where you can see him being patient, and end up contributing even in a crappy tank, bottom tier. Be p-a-t-i-e-n-tAnd no. Patience does not mean camp in a corner or in a forest. That is important to know too, and is also free. Learn the difference between camp and patience. "If you do not know what to do, don't do anything''~ Banana lord.  

Draschel:  It will be due for a fixing. Like how they fixed IS4 terrible movement/traverse dispersion. The only question is:  will they nerf bat the accuracy too like they did with IS4 and E100 What I do not understand is the pitiful, pathetic DPM.  Looking at Vz 55, ST-II, 50B, Kran van, T57 -> what exactly is the issue with this tank DPM. If it is going to have extremely derpshot dispersion values. worse than T57....why doesn't it have DPM like T57. To balance it out into a close range brawler. Why give a tank 0.33 accuracy, 2s aim-time to extraordinarily punish it with woeful, counter balancing dispersion as bad as Grille? Still after 10 long years, war gaming refuses to let go of knee-capping tanks and their stats and proper representing them. I understand the Horn, and it is good for WG to implement weakness. But why make it so weak tier 8 light tank with AP can penetrate it. How come russian tanks don't have weakspots like that. Looking at a usual cupola weakspot, T62A or ST-I, still 225-245mm. Not 185. And what is with the belt of 40mm side armor, great job WG. Get over matched by everyone and their mom, with 122. What is the point of that. They couldn't even give it 55, like the Horn sides?  Change the horn to 150mm, still a legitimate weakness, but not fodder.Side armor of the tank all listed 75mm. Remove drop to 40mmDispersion of traverse and movement lowered to 0.24. Still bad but better. 

Draschel: Not sure you know where positions that project power are.  Most don't involve camo.