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churchill50:  I should have phrased this better, but I definitely agree. If Ranked was 7v7, I would fully support the OP's suggestion for chevron earnings.

stabbymckill: Good morning Tankers,


The on track missions for the XM551 Sheridan have begun as of today April 5 and they will continue until May 5. Head over to the article here for all the details. 



Once you're done with the On Track missions, feel free to take advantage of the Fast Track bundle to complete your progress to the Sheridan! Check all the details here. Happy tanking!

stabbymckill: Good morning Tankers,
 April 14th is rapidly approaching and that will mark the 60th anniversary of a very special date: The anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first suborbital flight and the first time mankind took to the stars! 
In recognition of this historic feat, let's celebrate together with missions, customization elements, styles, and the chance to add Yuri as a commander for your USSR vehicles!

Be sure to join us on April 7 for the start of this exciting event! 

Track your missions and progress every day as you advance!

Unlock these awesome customization elements!

The new 2D style based on the Vostok 1 spacecraft that carried Yuri into orbit!
Tons and tons of details on this event so be sure to head over to the article hereto read them all. Happy tanking! 
  

churchill50: Measuring performance in Ranked battles solely off of winrate (as this proposal would do) is a pretty flawed idea in my opinion OP. Winrate is a good measure of skill, but not in the short-term. In the short-term, as we've all probably experienced, winrate can be incredibly random. It's only when it attains the stability of a large sample size that winrate becomes a viable metric.What this change would mean is that some people would be randomly screwed over by getting a bad winrate over the 3 weeks of Ranked, and wouldn't get the rewards they deserve. Others would get lucky by getting good teams and place higher than their skill merits. This is why WG threw the bone to personal performance that is the top few players on the losing team gaining chevrons as well. This allows your personal performance to make up for bad winrate over the course of a Ranked battle season.Sadly, that does, as you point out, lead to horrible gameplay as everyone would rather be one of the top players on the losing team rather than take the risky, non-selfish play that would leave them in the bottom of the winning team. Happily, there is a solution to this in my opinion. But sadly WG has not seen fit to implement it yet. That solution would be to make Ranked 7v7, like the Team Clash mode. In battles of that size, personal influence on the outcome of a battle is much higher, so using winrate as the metric is much more viable.7v7 Encounter mode with a shortened cap would also be good for Ranked for other reasons (for instance, preventing some camping since you're forced to play around the cap), but those don't apply to this discussion.

churchill50:  This is the biggest issue with winrate imo. Any stat taken alone has weaknesses.Winrate can be padded by platooning or playing low tiers (especially on SA against bots).Wn8 can be padded by playing low-tiers and light tanks.WG PR is padded by battle count iirc. I prefer to look at a combination of recent Winrate, recent Wn8, recent average tier. Then you can start looking at DPG and marks in tier 10. 

Draschel: Armored car angst and complaints, are both unreasonable yet very applicable at the same time. The unreasonable.-Tires absorbing hits. Tires are the same as tracks. Tracks have been hit forever now and absorb shots too. It isn't a new concept. What happens is the spaced armor, track or tire, is struck and the shot follows through in penetration and misses underneath, the actual skinned hitbox of the enemy. A miss, happens all the time, not exclusive to ACThe applicable.-Tires cannot be immobilized, a very valid complaint. The unreasonable.-Armored cars too fast. Vehicles too fast have existed before. Tier IV - V  T-50 and T-50-2 were speeder bikes from star wars, and as such got horrendously nerfed and/or re-structured. The applicable.-Can't be immobilized, can't over turn and time out. The unreasonable.-High pen HE. RU251, M41GF, Tortoise, Centurion 7/1, SU152 all have had high pen HE for forever. Isn't exclusive. The applicable -Illegal auto aim to utilize things like high velocity ammunition and high pen HE  

Draschel:  False. -Trajectory view, isn't view range in itself. It is a ballistic sight. This ballistic sight, was around in inception before WG defined and outlawed map destructible markers, zoom out mods, Etc.-This ballistic sight, is required for artillery to do it's intended role effectively, and has been around prior to WG stating what is and isn't a cheat, (while it can try without it, it does so -ineffectively-)  Armored cars would be able to operate as light tanks effectively, without it's illegal feature.  True.-wargaming defined what cheating is and isn't, in regards to auto-aim modification prior to.-war gaming releases armored car tech line, that arbitrarily cheats in breaking auto-aim ruling.  

DeviouslyCursed:
I'm going to be quick, b/c I don't feel like typing a novel. Divisions won't work, b/c there are not enough purples to fill 15v15 for all tiers, all the time. This type of separation is not only unfair for top players, but generally makes the game unplayable for them. If you don't balance the matches within the divisions, you still have the same problem. One side has the lower players of the division, other side has higher ranked players in that division, guess who is going to lose? Balancing matches with the entire pool of players is really the only option for WoT, especially on the NA server. This means bad players will be guaranteed an approximate 50% chance to win game, no matter how bad they are. Instead of winning 40% of their games, they would win 50%. You could literally afk repeatedly, and end up with a 50% win rate as you'd be rated as a player who never contributes, and the match would be compensated accordingly. Hence, bad players getting more wins with no effort.

DeviouslyCursed:  That fact that you don't understand the reason why there's no one even close to a 100% win rate is due to the team size of 15v15, absolutely, irrevocably proves you has a serious deficiency in analyzing things and coming to proper conclusions. It seriously calls in to question your ability to come to any sort of relevant conclusion about anything, that's how obvious the answer was that you missed. It has nothing to do with RNG. Even in 1v1 games with no RNG at all, there will likely never be a player that has a 100% win rate over their entire play time. How stupid do you have to be to think RNG is the reason there are no 100% players?

Jaguarz:  Nonsense, in pubs people have nothing to lose, in ranked they lose chevrons and standing towards their super l33t free tonk and as a result the play in ranked is infinitely more campy and conservative.

Jaguarz:  Look again the Tech Tree M48 Patton is a great tank and received a number of buffs not too long ago, its not the best but its still a good tank. The M60 however has a great gun but thats it, the armour is completely worthless, literally worse than the tier 8 Chinese abomination 59-Patton. Speaking of, I hope the 59 patton gets buffed, I always kinda wanted to play it but its just so bad.

Jaguarz: Gratz, amazing game.

Jaguarz: 703 2 is a great tank, solid, quick enough for a heavy and has alpha potential of a tier 10 TD, whats not to love?

Jaguarz:  Problem is the M60 IS a clan reward tank, the very first one, one that was incredibly desired and was an example of Wargaming introducing a desired tank which wasnt stupidly OP unlike the chieftain. 

Jaguarz:  Its different in ranked, pub games people take positions  and push for map control, rightly or wrongly, in ranked everyone almost always camps and waits for someone to either spot for them or the other side gets bored and pushes because they think this will enable them to gain chevrons at the expense of others. The play in ranked is terrible and is certainly not a showcase of skilled players.

TeriyakiTanker:
I’m a little more interested in a fun game than getting treated “fairly”, though even that means different things to different people.  My problem with the SBMM mafia is that they can’t seem to explain why it is better than simple random.  Besides to me you could easily fix the problem by making anyone with less than a 48% win rate playing only against each other.

TeriyakiTanker:
And you have been told multiple times in multiple threads1.  Some people don’t think it will change anything2.  Some people think random is actually fairer3.  Some people think it will increase queue times4.  Some people like having an easier time than they would have with SBMM5.  Some people don’t like the idea of giving “free” wins to bad players6.  Some people don’t think they should be punished for being good take your pick, those 6 reasons seem to cover the answers you are looking for, of course you already new this but you keep up your intellectually dishonest crusade nonetheless.

Jaguarz:  Opinionative, theres plenty of other nation origin tanks in other nations trees dotted about and the M48a5 was Israeli in origin using the Udon cupola, regardless, you are entitled to yours as I am to mine and whatever wargaming will do will probably please no one.  I dont play yank tanks much, and hadnt looked at the M48 or M60 properly for years and omfg, I didnt realise the entire package of the M60 was so bad, apart from the tumor the whole turret and chassis is paper put to shame by the t8 M48A2 Räumpanzer, its a damn accurate gun but thats it.

Draschel:  The view range operates the same way every other class does. Sure, it can cover ground faster than light tanks normally can, but that doesn't directly impact view range in itself. War gaming stance on auto aim, before inception and to this very day - are any additional benefits that assist in achieving an auto aim lock, are illegal. That is exactly what EBR does.  The stupidest thing took place, WG had something outlawed, and then and there arbitrarily made a decision to give it to a tech tree researchable line legally.   

Jaguarz:  The Antonov A-40 would like to say hi 

Jaguarz:  Yeah.... apart from a very few troll people theres nothing about the 122 TM reskin to be happy about, its an offense to everyone who sees it.

Jaguarz:  Im sure the good people who play World of Tanks wouldnt possibly indulge in such activities........

Einzelganger7:
I am kind of new in this scale modelling world so I am still lacking in terms of weathering but wow! It does look good indeed, I should try some of that with the Jagdpanther and if I like the result I could even do it on the other two, I think it is never too late to add extra effects on those. This is my second, by the way.
 
 

TeriyakiTanker: Same situation for me, no matter what I just keep all the tanks I have gotten over the years.  With this years black market the only tanks I could get were the Type 59g and the SU-76i.

TeriyakiTanker: Next time you run your mouth you might want to read the post I quoted, which was specifically about an optional SBMM for unicums.  But thanks for not actually answering the question I as asking.

TeriyakiTanker: Never mind they are different classes.

Einzelganger7:
Thanks. It was indeed painted with airbrush but unfortunately it is not mine, It belongs to my father in law (he works at painting custom cars) but when he let me paint the Jagdpanther I will take some pictures of the airbrush, maybe during these days.

Einzelganger7:  Oh, sorry for the delay. The paint scheme I'd like for it is like this one, I love that combination of colors, my first build had those but with different pattern.   p.s: this is my first build.  

Einzelganger7:
It was added along the team HP bars, though I just noticed the sound some days ago since 99% of the times I play while listening to music so at least for me it is not annoying because I do not listen to it in the first place. lol

Einzelganger7: I'm also with Asperger but I had no idea of an Autism Awareness day.

p.s: as for building stuff, this is what I am currently working on, heh.
 

Jaguarz:  The very, very vast majority of M48s came with a tumor, same as the M60 but variants of the M60 exist(ed) without said tumor, they changed the M48 to the M48a5 variant because the tumor was dumb as balls, they could easily renamed the M60 to one of the Israeli variants which binned the US tumor we have all come to despise. M60 variant Magach 6r with additional dozer blade which is just a M60 with a uprated engine and no tumor. 

Jaguarz:  Generally speaking the harder you try the worse you do because your back is up and are stressed, you need to relax and let the inevitable disasters just roll off your back. You only need to get out of the baby division though this is much harder than you would assume you just have to keep working at it and bide your time, somedays you cant buy a win. You have good enough t10s to do it, batchats good because even if your team is terrible you can dump a clip on someone and come out on top. You have to play to PAD not to win because playing to win often means pushing a risk area which requires your team to support you and they dont in ranked, everyone is camping at the back waiting for someone else to spot for them. KPZ 50t is a fine tank and worth it but ranked will always suck.

TeriyakiTanker: Why would anyone choose an option that would force them to wait in the queue longer?  You admit it would only be for a small number of players, so wouldn't that increase queue times dramatically for that small number of players, and if so why would they then choose it?

Jaguarz: M60 just needs lose the tumor, theres no justification for it after the M48 lost its, unless they up armour it to e3 levels.

Jaguarz:  Wow, pedantic much? lets see

See those areas in the yellow? Those are virtually impenetrable by an IS2/M gun which means about 25% or so of the frontal surface area is a no go for shooting (thats just a guess, dont get all excited and go and measure the exact surface area, I know how exacting you are!!!) whereas the IS2 has minimal facets which will be bounced by its own gun frontally. Clearly 25% or so of a surface area being unpenetratable isnt significant enough for you and I will endeavor to put in "Seraph062" caveats in any future post stipulating that the terminology has not been ran past you and therefore dont carry the necessary value they would have as if they came with your seal of approval......

MA77: Saudações!
Além das mudanças que mencionamos para alguns veículos Premium, estamos procurando melhorar alguns veículos de recompensa. Estes são veículos que os jogadores podem obter para atividades no Mapa Global. Nosso objetivo é torná-los mais relevantes no campo de batalha.
M60, 121B & КВ-4 Kreslavskiy
 Chieftain/T95, IS-5 & T23E3 
Não se esqueça que todas as alterações não são finais e estão sujeitas a alterações de acordo com os resultados do teste.  Boa sorte no campo de batalha!

MA77: ¡Saludos, Comandantes! Además de los cambios que hemos mencionado para algunos vehículos premium, buscamos mejorar ciertos vehículos de recompensa. Se trata de vehículos que los jugadores pueden obtener por actividades en el Mapa Global. Nuestro objetivo es hacerlos más relevantes en el campo de batalla. M60, 121B & КВ-4 Kreslavskiy  Chieftain/T95, IS-5 & T23E3  Como siempre, recuerden que todos los cambios no son definitivos y que están sujetos a los resultados de las pruebas. ¡Dejen sus opiniones! ¡Mucha suerte en el campo de batalla!

stabbymckill: Good morning tankers,
Enjoy your Easter weekend with chocolate in your basket and tons of missions, Twitch drops and more in World of Tanks! 

The Easter missions will start today April 2 and run through Monday April 5. 
 
The accompanying Twitch drops will go live starting today April 2 and run through Monday April 5 as well. 

Don't miss our CC livestreams to grab them!

No event would be complete without a matching style, in this case the new Chocolate Bar 2D style!
Head over to the article for the full details here. Happy tanking!
 

stabbymckill: Good morning Tankers,
Enjoy special combo pricing on the Object 244 and IS-2 in a two pack on the premium shop for the next few weeks.  
Head over to the article for the full details here, this combo offer will be available until April 15. 
 

KRZYBooP: Howdy Boom Jockeys,   In addition to the previously mentioned changes to some Premium vehicles, we also aim to improve a number of reward vehicles. These are vehicles that players can receive for activities on the Global Map. The goal of the rebalance is to make them more relevant in the game.Full list of planned changes:M60Complex improvement of the turret armoring121BReload time will be changed from 8.7 to 8.1 s Damage per minute will be changed from 2,689 to 2,909 HP Top speed will be changed from 50 to 55 km/h Reverse speed will be changed from 20 to 25 km/h Armoring of the turret and upper glacis plate will be improvedKV-4 KreslavskiyGun dispersion during movement and on hull traverse will be changed from 0.21 to 0.14 m Engine power will be changed from 1,200 to 1,350 h.p. Specific power will be changed from 12.96 to 14.6 h.p./t Top speed will be changed from 30 to 40 km/h Vehicle durability will be changed from 1,500 to 1,700 HP Armoring of the turret front and the sides of the gun mantlet will be improvedChieftain/T95Gun dispersion during movement and on hull traverse will be changed from 0.18 to 0.14 m Gun dispersion on turret traverse will be changed from 0.14 to 0.1 m Reload time will be changed from 8.3 to 7.5 s Damage per minute will be changed from 1,734 to 1,920 HP View range will be changed from 380 to 400 m Engine power will be changed from 750 to 850 h.p. Specifics power will be changed from 15 to 17 h.p./tIS-5Gun dispersion during movement and on hull traverse will be changed from 0.24 to 0.2 m Gun dispersion on turret traverse will be changed from 0.16 to 0.1 m Gun depression angle will be changed from –5 to –7 deg.T23E3Gun dispersion during movement and on hull traverse will be changed from 0.2 to 0.14 mNote that the above changes are not final and may be adjusted.