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Jambijon: Greetings Tankers! The first Common Test for update 1.14.1 is now live! Highlights:Chinese tank rebalancing Field Modification adjustments For more details check out our article linked below:
 Update 1.14.1: Common Test 1 is Here!   

KRZYBooP: Howdy Boom Jockeys! Soon, the M-IV-Y, a Tier VIII American heavy tank, is coming to the Supertest.This is a Premium representative of the Yoh branch in the U.S. Tech Tree: vehicles that feature the new reserve track mechanic. Starting from Tier VII, these vehicles have an additional track attached to the main one. This allows the vehicles of the Yoh branch to continue moving (although with a speed penalty) even if both main tracks are destroyed.This Tier VIII Premium vehicle is armed with a 105 mm gun that can cause 360 points of damage per shot. The penetration value of the main AP shell is 218 mm, and the penetration value of the special APCR shell is 247 mm. The aiming time is 2.5 s, and the gun dispersion is 0.4 m. The reload time is 11.3 s.The thickness of the frontal armoring reaches 279 mm in the turret and 177 mm in the hull, but don't forget about the rational angles and the turret shape, which add to the overall protection of the vehicle. The vehicle's durability is 1,500 HP. The vehicle, which has a specific power of 18.1 h.p./t, has a top speed of 42 km/h.In terms of gameplay, the M-IV-Y is a typical heavy tank—armored, moderately maneuverable, and has a good gun. At the same time, don't forget about the reserve track and the influence it will have on the vehicle's playstyle. For a new player, this feature will mainly be protection against a failure that facilitates escape from a seemingly stalemate situation, while for an experienced player, the combination of armor and the ability to move even with a destroyed track can open up new combat technics, even if they are risky. 

Einzelganger7:  That's actually a good point, at least this way they would be less broken and we could be able to counter their big hulldown potential since their turrets will be stuck in one place constantly.

Einzelganger7: If Borsig gets damage on the plates that are on the sides of its gun (even if there is nothing behind them) then the Yoh tanks should get damage here.  

DeviouslyCursed:  Somehow I don't think WG listening to a 43%'er at tier 10 is going to improve the game. For instance, your whole middle paragraph is just a stupid, stupid idea. Yeah, let's make the AMX 50 120 only get xp from blocking... BTW, the first rule of complaining about bad players is not being one yourself.

Jaguarz:  Dude.... you are not really able to make comments about others and their play, why are YOU not doing better? Wargaming allows everyone to see your stats so are you asking Wargaming to do something to correct your bad play? Is this some weird cry for help so someone will coach you? Because if its neither of those thing you may want to think on the proverb "people in glass houses shouldnt throw stones".

churchill50: To encourage you to spend free xp on the modules of the tank you skipped.Gotta make money to feed the hamster powering the servers somehow.

Jaguarz: Wow, hideous

DeviouslyCursed:  

DeviouslyCursed:  Kudos for admitting it, lol. Where the information came from originally I can't remember. It was years ago.

DeviouslyCursed:  This is delusional, sorry. Only the top player/team has a chance to make millions, so just because someone chooses not to compete doesn't necessarily mean they can't. Being competitive takes a lot of time and investment, which doesn't always guarantee a return. Placing 5th or lower in the world and you basically have to have an actual job to pay the bills, and hope you can improve enough at some point to make some actual money. Also, having a family pretty much excludes a person unless they don't give a crap about spending any time with them.

DeviouslyCursed:  And I prefer smashing the other team so hard they send little message full of tears afterwards. A win is a win. If I contributed significantly to it, even better.

Jambijon: Hello! Check out the new Dev Diaries going over the American Heavy Yoh tanks.  Are they ugly? Yes!  Am I still excited for more American Heavies? Yes! 

Jambijon: Greetings Tankers! The Somua SM is available in the Premium Shop!  Somua SM OFFER BEGINS: Wednesday, September 15 at 04:20 PT | 06:20 CT | 07:20 ET
OFFER ENDS: Thursday, September 30 at 04:20 PT | 06:20 CT | 07:20 ET  For all the details, click the tank or the link below:
The French Five-Shot GLHF

DeviouslyCursed:  You are a baddie and you have no clue what you are talking about. If battles lasted 15 minutes it was because the people who pressed got wrecked, and anyone left alive knew if they moved they would get smoked by the 4-5 arty per side, each of which could one-shot you. You are delusional. That was toxic game play and it was changed for a reason.  

DeviouslyCursed:  Longer games aren't better games. Win big or lose hard.

DeviouslyCursed:  I can't stop laughing...    +1 

Jaguarz:  Nonsensical, the artillery missions were easiest before and after the "nerf" and have been reduced in requirements already.

DeviouslyCursed: The matches never took 12-13 minutes on average, you wanker. EDIT:  I'm also going to say I seriously doubt you know how to play your tanks.

DeviouslyCursed:  You didn't think very hard.  See below. 

DeviouslyCursed:  

DeviouslyCursed:  If we're posting at nearly the same time, is there any other place my post can go except right after yours?

churchill50:  Yes and no. Winrate is a horrible statistic to measure tanks off of because it's so dependent on the population playing the tank.Just look at the GSOR. Highest winrate for a tier 9 LT, but it is an absolute steaming pile of [edited]. In this instance, the only people getting the 777 are the ones who are dedicated and have ground out most of the other tanks. That kind of dedication is more likely to translate to player skill. The 777 isn't a bad tank per say. I've played it. But it has some issues:If you're playing it as a semi-mobile heavium, you'd be better off in the T-10, AMX M4 51, or WZ-111 1-4.If you're playing it to sidescrape (which is kind of its strength), you're better off in the E75.Plus, when sidescraping, no matter what you do you're showing a weakspot. The only reason that's not taken more advantage of is because people aren't entirely aware of how to pen them.So it's not a bad tank, but it's only a semi-mobile tank with a ton of weakspots in the armor and a kind of unreliable gun. It's far from the best. 

DeviouslyCursed:  Was I replying specifically to you?

DeviouslyCursed:  You're assuming the game's population could support that. Get too many modes and you kill them all.

DeviouslyCursed: I can't believe I have to be the one to say this every single time, but the Obj 777 is literally right with the AE and Char in terms of win rate. It is actually just slightly above the AE right now. People say it's not good, but it's track record speaks for itself. It is equal to the AE Phase at the very least.

1LT_Dwayne: If WG is to allow players to see others stats in-battle they should make this mod in their platform. Why exactly this is not available to everyone when they install the game? Or they could ban it and it would be a good reason to remove anonymiser. 

churchill50: The only other reward tank I would suggest over the AE Phase 1 is the Char Futur. They're the two best options. The AE Phase 1 is a good tank, but it's not particularly interesting in my opinion. I prefer the Conqueror, Concept 1B, and AMX M4 51 over it. The Char Futur is quite a solid tank, although strange. It's definitely not easy to play. It is quite interesting though, and definitely solid in the right hands. Picking between those two is up to personal preference in my opinion. Make the choice between the two based on which playstyle you prefer. Next would be the Kunze Panzer, then the Obj 777 II, and then the K-91 PT.

DeviouslyCursed:  Lol 

DeviouslyCursed: RNG is needed. Without RNG Dispersion is a meaningless stat. Without RNG Aim Time is a meaningless stat. This also makes all soft stats that affect Dispersion and Aim Time meaningless, such as accuracy when moving, after firing, etc. This also invalidates all crew skills and equipment that modify these parameters. Also, without RNG Penetration and Armor are very nearly meaningless stats (you either can or can't pen the weakest spot on the tank you are facing, any other armor values are pointless). The game would be impossible to balance without RNG. It is at the core of the game, and they can't do away with it. Why don't people understand this? And yes, RNG numbers are pre-rolled. That has been a known fact for quite a while. And if the game is programmed efficiently, the RNG numbers can be used for all random rolls, including determination for module hits and fires, etc. The game would not know what roll was for what case, it just uses the next number in the line when it needs a random result.

DeviouslyCursed:  You must be really bad at poker.

KRZYBooP: Howdy Boom Jockeys! Now, here is an educational video!  Starts 16Sep21 and runs until 27Sep21. More information on this festival can be found HERE.

1LT_Dwayne: Useless spots are in maps like mountain pass. Half the map is inaccessible.

1LT_Dwayne: I don't think it make sense. Good or bad you will have the same rolls over time. What happens when a bad player get -25% and the good one +25%?

Draschel:  

Draschel:  Can you read? Did you finish grade school? seems to me like very legitimate reasons and inequality. Unfairness.  

Draschel: lol....Being proficient and doing reasonably well does not ==/== doing very well and performing excellent. Anyone can be proficient at artillery, and perform reasonably especially if their other classes tend to do very poorly. A complete and utterly lost klutz, clown, can not understand game foundation and mechanics, positions and maps, HP value, personal role and responsibility, and deal 1-2-shots of damage and die doing nothing else all battle in the first 3:00 of it......in light, medium, heavy, TD tanks. The very same person in an artillery will live for much more than 3:00 in the corner of a map near spawn, just pointing and clicking the reds without much to think or fear, and will typically do much more than 2-shots of damage. Typically more than 3x their HP worth, actually easily. They can't get even close to this in actual tanks But to be excellent and constantly ace wanker artillery, 3-Mark artillery, it is very hard and lengthy because of factors the player cannot control.  Why even bother discussing artillery if you cannot even explain it well enough as to what it is and what it does, and how it works typically. 

Draschel:  all societies have that bottom of the barrel. The crust. And those that constitute the bottom, flaky, dull crust don't mind being it, and frankly many times don't even know it.What you call a whiner, someone who succeeds and does well at something, is very far from the crust. They look down at the crust and label it. Useless crust. Bottom of the barrel. Fish food. Trust me, most of the time, these people leave you envious after a games post results page, if we are talking about enjoyment. Less enjoyable,  lol 

Draschel:  There are EBR nerfs already. You just either::don't like readingcan't read welldon't understand what you readignore everything off the top of my head, already 3 separate EBR nerfs in timeline

Draschel: I even left out reasons,  the long queue times and  far more team reliance required. These are all valid concerns. This isn't an arty bash thread. Read the post. 

Draschel:  instead of the automatic ignorant gang-saying retorts you typically resort to as comments, can't you at least first read the post and understand what is meant and as to what you are replying to? It is not a hard feat. Word by word guys, just read. OP is not resenting artillery, as a class. He is saying it is unfair to do these missions compared to other classes b/c::A) arty is nerfed so commonly and the missions required usually are not lowered alongside said nerfsB) arty does not have provisionary premium vehicles to make grinding artillery missions more pleasantC) arty has far fewer tech lines that seem to go on-track fewer than other classesD) arty has far fewer tech lines that rob of diversity for completing missions compared to other classes He isn't bashing arty. Read the post. He is asking for fair appraisal of arty missions compared to other classes, or remove them because they are treated worse.  

Draschel:

TragicLoss: Heyo! We've been working up until the line. With COVID restrictions, traveling to Canada has been an "if".

Our attendance has been the only thing up in the air though! Aquino has been set to run for at least a month or more.

KRZYBooP: Closing this topic as there is no longer a productive discussion.