Arty, Discourages Camping? (Not Hate Thread)

The_Chieftain:   If you've made it to unicum level stats, then evidently you've managed to figure out how to keep getting killed by arty (and everything else) down to a reasonable level.   The comment about trying to hit moving targets stands. Arty players need to anticipate far enough ahead that they have time to zoom their reticle in, not a problem they have with stationary targets. It's not just moving in erratic lines, it's where you're moving to. Case in point, I recently hit an STB-1 with my T92 which was disengaging from a superior force. Not a direct hit, just close enough to track him, which set him up for my colleagues. After the match, I sent him the replay file as there was some disbelief that I could have hit something moving in the manner he was. I was aiming so far ahead that his tank didn't even enter my fully-zoomed-out screen for about four seconds. The catch was that I took a pretty good guess as to where he was heading to, and aimed there. I could have guessed wrong, in which case nobody would have noticed or complained, but the final destination seemed pretty obvious to me, thus giving me the time I needed to zoom in enough to at least get close to hit him on the way there.   It is certainly true that heavier vehicles are easier to damage with artillery. It is not, however, true that heavier vehicles have to play XP Pinata all the time. Although a T95 cannot prevent itself from taking artillery damage, it can prevent itself from taking -significant- artillery damage most of the time, thus basically playing the 'tank' role common to MMOs. A maneuvering T95 with spall liner, all repair skills and toolbox can prove quite survivable for a good while as it takes a couple hundred points every forty seconds. The arty is going to be focusing on -someone-, you may as well use it to your team's advantage.